Data Migration Contract Job Trends in England

Data Migration
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Data Migration skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
1 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 96 101
Rank change year-on-year +2 +5 +37
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 978 689 860
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.76% 2.70% 2.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.17% 2.99% 2.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 647 464 592
10th Percentile £363 £375 £400
25th Percentile £447 £456 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -1.82% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £723 £711 £725
UK median daily rate £540 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +2.86% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 3 32
10th Percentile £14.95 £39.25 £25.00
25th Percentile £16.25 £45.63 £40.00
Median hourly rate £61.00 £57.50 £77.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.09% -25.81% +189.72%
75th Percentile £79.50 £72.90 £86.31
90th Percentile £81.00 £81.39 £86.50
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £85.00 £80.00
% change year-on-year -57.65% +6.25% +158.06%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 30,846 23,044 33,123
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.12% 90.26% 87.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,757 14,550 21,943
10th Percentile £313 £307 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £617 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,917 778 2,099
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.50 £13.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £28.55 £35.00 £34.21
Median % change year-on-year -18.43% +2.31% -2.92%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £59.94
90th Percentile £73.41 £75.73 £72.07
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £32.50 £33.00
% change year-on-year -15.38% -1.52% -5.71%

Data Migration
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Migration relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Data Migration job vacancy trend in England

Data Migration
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Data Migration.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Data Migration

Data Migration
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Migration in England over the 6 months to 1 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Migration in England

Data Migration
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Data Migration.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Data Migration

Data Migration
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Migration in England over the 6 months to 1 March 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Migration in England

Data Migration
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Migration within the England region over the 6 months to 1 March 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months		 Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
London +12 522 £550 - 117
South East -23 131 £618 +17.62% 119
North of England -30 111 £500 -9.09% 54
Midlands -13 109 £500 -4.76% 46
West Midlands -34 66 £500 -4.76% 33
North West -14 65 £456 -11.03% 30
East Midlands +5 41 £513 +4.86% 13
Yorkshire -53 41 £527 -6.14% 17
South West -28 31 £525 +5.53% 25
East of England -30 24 £475 -26.92% 33
North East -14 5 £488 -25.00% 7
South Coast - 1 £550 -
Data Migration
UK

Data Migration
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 33 (3.37%) Confluence
2 27 (2.76%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.23%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (0.82%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
5 6 (0.61%) GeoServer
5 6 (0.61%) Smallworld
6 4 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.31%) CMS
7 3 (0.31%) LiveLink
8 2 (0.20%) Appian
8 2 (0.20%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.20%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.10%) Apache
9 1 (0.10%) IIS
9 1 (0.10%) Moodle
9 1 (0.10%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.10%) Oracle Service Bus
9 1 (0.10%) SAP Portal
9 1 (0.10%) WebSphere
Applications
1 56 (5.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (1.94%) Spreadsheet
3 17 (1.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (1.53%) MS Visio
5 14 (1.43%) Microsoft Project
6 10 (1.02%) Microsoft Office
7 4 (0.41%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.10%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 87 (8.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 47 (4.81%) Oracle EBS
3 29 (2.97%) Dynamics CRM
4 18 (1.84%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 16 (1.64%) Oracle General Ledger
6 15 (1.53%) Oracle Payables
6 15 (1.53%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 15 (1.53%) SAP HR
7 12 (1.23%) Oracle Receivables
8 11 (1.12%) Loan IQ
9 10 (1.02%) Oracle ERP
10 8 (0.82%) Oracle Cash Management
10 8 (0.82%) Oracle EBS R12
10 8 (0.82%) SAP CO
10 8 (0.82%) SAP FI
10 8 (0.82%) Workday HCM
11 7 (0.72%) SAP ERP
11 7 (0.72%) SAP FI/CO
12 6 (0.61%) Dynamics AX
12 6 (0.61%) Oracle FAH
Cloud Services
1 142 (14.52%) Azure
2 97 (9.92%) AWS
3 81 (8.28%) OCI
4 79 (8.08%) Power Platform
5 53 (5.42%) Dynamics 365
6 34 (3.48%) SaaS
7 30 (3.07%) Azure DevOps
8 28 (2.86%) Azure Data Factory
9 27 (2.76%) Snowflake
10 25 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
11 22 (2.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 22 (2.25%) GitHub
12 19 (1.94%) SuccessFactors
13 17 (1.74%) Amazon S3
14 16 (1.64%) Entra ID
14 16 (1.64%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 16 (1.64%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 14 (1.43%) GCP
16 13 (1.33%) OpenShift
17 12 (1.23%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.02%) NAS
2 9 (0.92%) SAN
3 8 (0.82%) DNS
4 2 (0.20%) Firewall
4 2 (0.20%) SSL
5 1 (0.10%) FCoE
5 1 (0.10%) Fibre Channel
5 1 (0.10%) Internet
5 1 (0.10%) Intranet
5 1 (0.10%) iSCSI
5 1 (0.10%) VSAN
5 1 (0.10%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (7.57%) Data Warehouse
2 61 (6.24%) Power BI
3 51 (5.21%) SQL Server
4 43 (4.40%) Oracle Reports
4 43 (4.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 36 (3.68%) Relational Database
6 27 (2.76%) Oracle Database
7 25 (2.56%) Metadata
8 24 (2.45%) Data Lake
9 20 (2.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 16 (1.64%) RDBMS
11 15 (1.53%) PostgreSQL
11 15 (1.53%) Tableau
12 14 (1.43%) Amazon Redshift
13 11 (1.12%) MySQL
14 10 (1.02%) Big Data
14 10 (1.02%) Oracle BI Publisher
15 9 (0.92%) DataStage
16 8 (0.82%) DB2
16 8 (0.82%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 84 (8.59%) JIRA
2 17 (1.74%) Git
3 13 (1.33%) Zephyr
4 12 (1.23%) Postman
5 11 (1.12%) Jenkins
6 6 (0.61%) Oracle Forms
7 4 (0.41%) LSMW
7 4 (0.41%) Toad
7 4 (0.41%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.31%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.31%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.31%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.31%) ERwin
8 3 (0.31%) Hudson
8 3 (0.31%) JUnit
8 3 (0.31%) Oracle APEX
8 3 (0.31%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.20%) GitLab
9 2 (0.20%) Selenium
10 1 (0.10%) webpack
General
1 361 (36.91%) Social Skills
2 319 (32.62%) Finance
3 112 (11.45%) Analytical Skills
4 90 (9.20%) Public Sector
5 68 (6.95%) Banking
6 35 (3.58%) Retail
7 33 (3.37%) Documentation Skills
7 33 (3.37%) Presentation Skills
8 32 (3.27%) Manufacturing
9 24 (2.45%) Legal
10 19 (1.94%) General Ledger
10 19 (1.94%) Organisational Skills
11 16 (1.64%) Marketing
12 15 (1.53%) Local Government
13 14 (1.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 13 (1.33%) Pharmaceutical
15 12 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
15 12 (1.23%) Law
16 11 (1.12%) Billing
17 10 (1.02%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 173 (17.69%) Lead
2 156 (15.95%) Analyst
3 127 (12.99%) Consultant
4 111 (11.35%) Architect
5 91 (9.30%) Project Manager
6 90 (9.20%) Business Analyst
7 75 (7.67%) Senior
8 64 (6.54%) Data Engineer
9 57 (5.83%) Data Analyst
10 51 (5.21%) Data Migration Lead
11 45 (4.60%) Migration Analyst
12 43 (4.40%) Developer
13 37 (3.78%) Solutions Architect
14 36 (3.68%) Migration Manager
15 34 (3.48%) Data Architect
15 34 (3.48%) Data Migration Analyst
16 33 (3.37%) SAP Consultant
17 31 (3.17%) Oracle Consultant
18 27 (2.76%) Data Business Analyst
18 27 (2.76%) Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (7.77%) Oracle Fusion
2 34 (3.48%) REST
3 27 (2.76%) Middleware
3 27 (2.76%) XML
4 18 (1.84%) Lightning Web Components
4 18 (1.84%) SOAP
5 12 (1.23%) .NET
5 12 (1.23%) Web Services
6 11 (1.12%) JSON
7 9 (0.92%) Visualforce
8 8 (0.82%) PySpark
9 7 (0.72%) OpenTelemetry
10 6 (0.61%) Kafka
10 6 (0.61%) React
10 6 (0.61%) SAP Fiori
11 5 (0.51%) XSLT
12 4 (0.41%) ADO
12 4 (0.41%) RESTful
12 4 (0.41%) Spring
13 3 (0.31%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 132 (13.50%) Legacy Systems
2 67 (6.85%) Data Structures
3 35 (3.58%) Onboarding
4 32 (3.27%) Management Information System
5 23 (2.35%) Product Ownership
6 20 (2.04%) Cloud Native
6 20 (2.04%) Greenfield Project
7 19 (1.94%) Replication
8 17 (1.74%) Data Protection Act
9 13 (1.33%) Reference Data
10 11 (1.12%) Data Centre
11 9 (0.92%) Hybrid Cloud
12 8 (0.82%) Enterprise Software
12 8 (0.82%) Public Cloud
12 8 (0.82%) Tandem
13 7 (0.72%) FMCG
13 7 (0.72%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 7 (0.72%) NHS
13 7 (0.72%) Smartphone
13 7 (0.72%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 22 (2.25%) Windows
2 8 (0.82%) Windows 10
3 7 (0.72%) Apple iOS
4 6 (0.61%) Unix
5 5 (0.51%) Linux
5 5 (0.51%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (0.51%) zOS
6 3 (0.31%) Solaris
7 1 (0.10%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 978 (100.00%) Migration
2 232 (23.72%) Stakeholder Management
3 222 (22.70%) Agile
4 203 (20.76%) Validation
5 182 (18.61%) Problem-Solving
6 178 (18.20%) ETL
7 174 (17.79%) ERP
8 148 (15.13%) User Acceptance Testing
9 146 (14.93%) Data Modelling
10 132 (13.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 117 (11.96%) Project Management
12 113 (11.55%) Analytics
13 105 (10.74%) Data Cleansing
13 105 (10.74%) Workshop Facilitation
14 102 (10.43%) Data Mapping
15 95 (9.71%) Change Management
16 88 (9.00%) Business Intelligence
17 79 (8.08%) Data Governance
18 75 (7.67%) Continuous Improvement
18 75 (7.67%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 199 (20.35%) SQL
2 71 (7.26%) Python
3 30 (3.07%) Java
4 17 (1.74%) PL/SQL
5 16 (1.64%) Apex Code
5 16 (1.64%) JavaScript
6 12 (1.23%) C#
7 9 (0.92%) Bash
7 9 (0.92%) PowerShell
8 7 (0.72%) T-SQL
9 6 (0.61%) VBA
10 5 (0.51%) Perl
10 5 (0.51%) PHP
10 5 (0.51%) Shell Script
10 5 (0.51%) X++
11 4 (0.41%) ABAP
11 4 (0.41%) Korn
12 3 (0.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (0.31%) SOQL
13 2 (0.20%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 143 (14.62%) Security Cleared
2 101 (10.33%) SC Cleared
3 52 (5.32%) Degree
4 27 (2.76%) PMP
5 22 (2.25%) Computer Science Degree
6 19 (1.94%) PMI Certification
7 15 (1.53%) DV Cleared
7 15 (1.53%) Master's Degree
8 14 (1.43%) BPSS Clearance
9 10 (1.02%) AWS Certification
10 9 (0.92%) ISTQB
11 6 (0.61%) SAP Certification
12 5 (0.51%) Azure Certification
13 4 (0.41%) OCP
13 4 (0.41%) Oracle Certification
14 3 (0.31%) ACCA
14 3 (0.31%) CIMA
14 3 (0.31%) IIBA
14 3 (0.31%) PgMP
14 3 (0.31%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 156 (15.95%) Data Quality
2 77 (7.87%) QA
3 54 (5.52%) GDPR
4 17 (1.74%) PMO
5 15 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (1.23%) COBIT
7 11 (1.12%) NIST
8 9 (0.92%) IFRS
8 9 (0.92%) SLA
9 8 (0.82%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 6 (0.61%) Accessibility
11 5 (0.51%) GAAP
11 5 (0.51%) GMP
11 5 (0.51%) IFRS 9
11 5 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (0.41%) Basel III
12 4 (0.41%) IFRS 17
13 3 (0.31%) HIPAA
13 3 (0.31%) ISO 20022
13 3 (0.31%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 16 (1.64%) Active Directory
1 16 (1.64%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (1.33%) Docker
3 11 (1.12%) NFS
4 8 (0.82%) VMware NSX
4 8 (0.82%) vSphere
5 2 (0.20%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 25 (2.56%) Kubernetes
2 18 (1.84%) Terraform
3 12 (1.23%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (0.92%) Ansible
4 9 (0.92%) Grafana
4 9 (0.92%) SCCM
5 8 (0.82%) Argo
5 8 (0.82%) vCenter Server
6 6 (0.61%) EMC VPLEX
6 6 (0.61%) vMotion
7 4 (0.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.10%) Control-M
9 1 (0.10%) EMC TimeFinder
9 1 (0.10%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.10%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.10%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 206 (21.06%) Oracle
2 169 (17.28%) SAP
3 126 (12.88%) Microsoft
4 54 (5.52%) Salesforce
5 39 (3.99%) Workday
6 35 (3.58%) Databricks
7 23 (2.35%) Informatica
7 23 (2.35%) Sage
8 19 (1.94%) VMware
9 17 (1.74%) MuleSoft
9 17 (1.74%) Talend
10 16 (1.64%) Pure Storage
11 15 (1.53%) Avaloq
11 15 (1.53%) ServiceNow
12 12 (1.23%) Google
13 11 (1.12%) IFS
14 9 (0.92%) GoldenSource
14 9 (0.92%) Red Hat
15 8 (0.82%) Kronos
15 8 (0.82%) Temenos
361 Data Migration jobs in England