Hybrid/Remote Data Ingestion Contract Job Trends

Data Ingestion
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Data Ingestion skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 234 248 272
Rank change year-on-year +14 +24 +89
Contract jobs citing Data Ingestion 146 65 59
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.07% 0.67% 0.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.19% 0.72% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 51 41
10th Percentile £400 £409 £425
25th Percentile £450 £453 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.83% -1.90% -16.00%
75th Percentile £656 £617 £638
90th Percentile £738 £675 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +9.95% -19.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £56.25 - -
Median hourly rate £57.50 - -
75th Percentile £58.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £62.40 £38.85 £28.50
% change year-on-year +60.64% +36.30% -62.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Data Ingestion falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,276 8,995 10,982
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 90.35% 92.33% 88.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,674 5,971 6,935
10th Percentile £355 £325 £325
25th Percentile £428 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -1.69%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £720 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 775 280 273
10th Percentile £15.82 £12.98 £19.67
25th Percentile £30.00 £20.50 £30.75
Median hourly rate £50.00 £35.70 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +40.08% -16.99% -18.10%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £82.40 £68.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £39.00 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +55.07% -40.82% -

Data Ingestion
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Ingestion and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Data Ingestion job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Data Ingestion
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Data Ingestion.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Data Ingestion

Data Ingestion
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Data Ingestion over the 6 months to 1 October 2026.

Data Ingestion daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Data Ingestion
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Data Ingestion.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Data Ingestion

Data Ingestion
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 11 (7.53%) Apache
2 9 (6.16%) Apache Spark
3 5 (3.42%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (2.05%) Confluence
5 2 (1.37%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (1.37%) nginx
6 1 (0.68%) Apache Pig
6 1 (0.68%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (0.68%) Adobe Premiere
Business Applications
1 5 (3.42%) NetSuite
1 5 (3.42%) Sage X3
2 3 (2.05%) Aladdin
3 2 (1.37%) SimCorp Dimension
4 1 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.68%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.68%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 47 (32.19%) Azure
2 29 (19.86%) AWS
3 19 (13.01%) GitHub
3 19 (13.01%) Power Platform
4 18 (12.33%) Azure DevOps
5 17 (11.64%) GCP
6 16 (10.96%) Azure Data Factory
6 16 (10.96%) Snowflake
7 15 (10.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 14 (9.59%) dbt
9 13 (8.90%) GitHub Actions
10 8 (5.48%) Amazon S3
10 8 (5.48%) Entra ID
11 7 (4.79%) Azure Databricks
11 7 (4.79%) Serverless
12 6 (4.11%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 5 (3.42%) Azure Logic Apps
13 5 (3.42%) Azure Monitor
13 5 (3.42%) Cloud Functions
13 5 (3.42%) Fivetran
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.74%) Broadband
2 3 (2.05%) HTTP
3 1 (0.68%) Firewall
3 1 (0.68%) IPsec
3 1 (0.68%) Network Security
3 1 (0.68%) NGFW
3 1 (0.68%) OpenFlow
3 1 (0.68%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.68%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (17.12%) Data Warehouse
2 22 (15.07%) Metadata
3 21 (14.38%) Data Lake
4 18 (12.33%) Power BI
5 13 (8.90%) BigQuery
6 11 (7.53%) Big Data
7 8 (5.48%) Amazon Redshift
7 8 (5.48%) Delta Lake
8 6 (4.11%) Snowflake Schema
8 6 (4.11%) Star Schema
9 5 (3.42%) Elasticsearch
9 5 (3.42%) Parquet
10 4 (2.74%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (2.74%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 4 (2.74%) Hadoop
10 4 (2.74%) Relational Database
11 3 (2.05%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 3 (2.05%) Power Query
11 3 (2.05%) SQL Server
12 2 (1.37%) GIS
Development Applications
1 8 (5.48%) Git
2 4 (2.74%) GitLab
2 4 (2.74%) JIRA
3 3 (2.05%) Postman
4 2 (1.37%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.68%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.68%) MLflow
5 1 (0.68%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.68%) RStudio
5 1 (0.68%) Selenium
5 1 (0.68%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 37 (25.34%) Social Skills
2 33 (22.60%) Finance
3 22 (15.07%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (8.90%) Public Sector
5 8 (5.48%) Marketing
6 7 (4.79%) Telecoms
7 6 (4.11%) Banking
7 6 (4.11%) Billing
8 5 (3.42%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (3.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (2.74%) Legal
9 4 (2.74%) Publishing
10 3 (2.05%) Financial Institution
10 3 (2.05%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (2.05%) Retail
11 2 (1.37%) Aerospace
11 2 (1.37%) Back Office
11 2 (1.37%) German Language
11 2 (1.37%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.68%) Law
Job Titles
1 39 (26.71%) Data Engineer
2 25 (17.12%) Architect
3 24 (16.44%) Senior
4 16 (10.96%) Developer
5 14 (9.59%) Data Architect
6 9 (6.16%) Azure Engineer
6 9 (6.16%) Senior Data Engineer
6 9 (6.16%) Software Engineer
7 7 (4.79%) Analyst
7 7 (4.79%) Consultant
7 7 (4.79%) Machine Learning Engineer
7 7 (4.79%) Solutions Architect
8 6 (4.11%) Azure Data Engineer
8 6 (4.11%) Databricks Engineer
8 6 (4.11%) Platform Engineer
8 6 (4.11%) Snowflake Engineer
9 5 (3.42%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 5 (3.42%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 5 (3.42%) Senior Architect
9 5 (3.42%) Snowflake Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (16.44%) REST
2 18 (12.33%) Terraform
3 12 (8.22%) Kafka
4 9 (6.16%) PySpark
5 6 (4.11%) Apache NiFi
5 6 (4.11%) JSON
5 6 (4.11%) PyTorch
6 5 (3.42%) .NET
6 5 (3.42%) TensorFlow
7 4 (2.74%) LangChain
7 4 (2.74%) Model Context Protocol
7 4 (2.74%) React
7 4 (2.74%) SOAP
7 4 (2.74%) Spring
7 4 (2.74%) Spring Boot
8 3 (2.05%) FastAPI
8 3 (2.05%) LangGraph
8 3 (2.05%) Oracle Fusion
8 3 (2.05%) SailPoint
8 3 (2.05%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 19 (13.01%) Cloud Native
2 16 (10.96%) Onboarding
3 10 (6.85%) Data Structures
4 8 (5.48%) AI Agents
5 7 (4.79%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (4.11%) Algorithms
6 6 (4.11%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (3.42%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (2.74%) Product Ownership
9 3 (2.05%) Clustering
9 3 (2.05%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (2.05%) SCADA
9 3 (2.05%) Video\Live Streaming
10 2 (1.37%) BYOD
10 2 (1.37%) Data Fabric
10 2 (1.37%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (1.37%) Educational Technology
10 2 (1.37%) Marketing Technology
10 2 (1.37%) Reference Data
11 1 (0.68%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.74%) Linux
2 1 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (0.68%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (45.89%) Data Pipeline
2 58 (39.73%) Data Engineering
3 54 (36.99%) Data Modelling
3 54 (36.99%) ETL
4 49 (33.56%) CI/CD
5 47 (32.19%) Analytics
6 41 (28.08%) AI
7 30 (20.55%) DevOps
8 29 (19.86%) Data Transformation
8 29 (19.86%) Machine Learning
9 25 (17.12%) Business Intelligence
9 25 (17.12%) Validation
10 23 (15.75%) Agile
11 22 (15.07%) Observability
11 22 (15.07%) Problem-Solving
12 21 (14.38%) Data Architecture
12 21 (14.38%) Data Governance
12 21 (14.38%) Software Engineering
12 21 (14.38%) Use Case
13 20 (13.70%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 64 (43.84%) Python
2 50 (34.25%) SQL
3 10 (6.85%) Java
3 10 (6.85%) PowerShell
4 9 (6.16%) C#
5 6 (4.11%) Scala
6 5 (3.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 5 (3.42%) JavaScript
7 4 (2.74%) Kusto Query Language
7 4 (2.74%) TypeScript
8 3 (2.05%) Bash
8 3 (2.05%) Bicep
8 3 (2.05%) R
9 1 (0.68%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.68%) PROC SQL
9 1 (0.68%) Search Processing Language
9 1 (0.68%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.68%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 32 (21.92%) Security Cleared
2 21 (14.38%) SC Cleared
3 8 (5.48%) DV Cleared
4 7 (4.79%) Degree
5 4 (2.74%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.37%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.37%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.37%) SnowPro
7 1 (0.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.68%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.68%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 1 (0.68%) Numerate Degree
7 1 (0.68%) PhD
7 1 (0.68%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.68%) PMP
7 1 (0.68%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (30.14%) Data Quality
2 6 (4.11%) NIST
2 6 (4.11%) QA
3 5 (3.42%) NCSC
4 3 (2.05%) GDPR
5 2 (1.37%) COPPA
5 2 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.37%) SLA
6 1 (0.68%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.68%) SOC 2
System Software
1 7 (4.79%) Docker
2 5 (3.42%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.68%) Apache Flume
3 1 (0.68%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 18 (12.33%) Kubernetes
2 5 (3.42%) Ansible
3 3 (2.05%) Grafana
4 2 (1.37%) Kibana
4 2 (1.37%) Prometheus
4 2 (1.37%) QRadar
5 1 (0.68%) Control-M
5 1 (0.68%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 29 (19.86%) Databricks
2 26 (17.81%) Microsoft
3 9 (6.16%) Salesforce
4 8 (5.48%) Google
5 6 (4.11%) Oracle
6 5 (3.42%) PagerDuty
6 5 (3.42%) Sage
6 5 (3.42%) ServiceNow
6 5 (3.42%) Splunk
7 4 (2.74%) OpenAI
7 4 (2.74%) SAP
8 3 (2.05%) Adobe
9 2 (1.37%) ArcSight
9 2 (1.37%) Foundry
9 2 (1.37%) IBM
9 2 (1.37%) Rapid7
9 2 (1.37%) SimCorp
10 1 (0.68%) Mistral
10 1 (0.68%) Palo Alto
10 1 (0.68%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud