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 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 87 101
Rank change year-on-year +4 +14 +25
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,417 788 761
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.10% 2.86% 2.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.66% 3.15% 2.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 935 491 520
10th Percentile £363 £363 £380
25th Percentile £425 £432 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year - -1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £725 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 12 13
10th Percentile £17.75 £15.28 £65.10
25th Percentile £23.00 £28.68 £72.50
Median hourly rate £40.00 £50.25 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.40% -37.19% -13.25%
75th Percentile £57.50 £68.44 -
90th Percentile £73.75 £73.50 -
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £36.33 £80.00
% change year-on-year +10.12% -54.59% -13.25%

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 38,738 25,035 28,393
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.83% 90.79% 85.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,882 15,942 18,107
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £631 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £753
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,595 1,467 1,443
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.25 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.87 £18.63
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +1.18%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.09 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +63.39% -40.82% +2.41%

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 September 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 September 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 September 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 +15 696 £538 -2.27% 346
North of England -9 194 £500 +5.26% 90
South East -2 173 £550 -4.35% 106
Midlands +5 162 £475 -5.00% 66
North West +1 120 £525 +10.53% 60
West Midlands -5 111 £450 -10.00% 46
South West +20 88 £523 -0.48% 38
Yorkshire -30 62 £500 +2.56% 14
East of England +6 57 £565 +14.43% 33
East Midlands +4 47 £525 +0.77% 20
North East -34 15 £444 +1.43% 16
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 61 (4.30%) SharePoint
2 42 (2.96%) Confluence
3 12 (0.85%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (0.56%) Oracle Workflow
6 7 (0.49%) Apache
6 7 (0.49%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.35%) Tuxedo
8 2 (0.14%) CMS
8 2 (0.14%) HCL Notes
8 2 (0.14%) Mendix
8 2 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.071%) IIS
9 1 (0.071%) OpenROAD
9 1 (0.071%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.071%) SAS
9 1 (0.071%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.071%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 67 (4.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (1.27%) Spreadsheet
3 14 (0.99%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (0.99%) MS Visio
4 11 (0.78%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.21%) Windchill
7 2 (0.14%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.071%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 156 (11.01%) SAP S/4HANA
2 43 (3.03%) Dynamics CRM
3 23 (1.62%) Oracle ERP
3 23 (1.62%) Oracle Payables
4 20 (1.41%) NetSuite
5 19 (1.34%) Oracle Receivables
5 19 (1.34%) SAP ERP
6 17 (1.20%) Oracle EBS
7 13 (0.92%) Workday HCM
8 12 (0.85%) Oracle Assets
8 12 (0.85%) Oracle Financials
8 12 (0.85%) SAP SD
9 11 (0.78%) iTrent
9 11 (0.78%) Oracle General Ledger
9 11 (0.78%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 11 (0.78%) SAP MDG
9 11 (0.78%) Teamcenter
10 9 (0.64%) SAP FI
10 9 (0.64%) SAP MM
11 8 (0.56%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 232 (16.37%) Azure
2 147 (10.37%) Power Platform
3 142 (10.02%) AWS
4 119 (8.40%) Dynamics 365
5 81 (5.72%) OCI
6 74 (5.22%) Azure DevOps
7 59 (4.16%) SaaS
8 45 (3.18%) Snowflake
9 44 (3.11%) Azure Data Factory
10 40 (2.82%) Microsoft 365
11 34 (2.40%) SuccessFactors
12 33 (2.33%) GitHub
12 33 (2.33%) Power Automate
13 29 (2.05%) PowerApps
14 28 (1.98%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 24 (1.69%) Amazon S3
15 24 (1.69%) GCP
16 17 (1.20%) Microsoft Purview
17 16 (1.13%) dbt
18 13 (0.92%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.49%) DNS
2 5 (0.35%) NAS
2 5 (0.35%) SAN
2 5 (0.35%) VPN
3 4 (0.28%) Firewall
4 3 (0.21%) Intranet
5 2 (0.14%) HTTP
5 2 (0.14%) VSAN
6 1 (0.071%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.071%) DKIM
6 1 (0.071%) DMARC
6 1 (0.071%) Internet
6 1 (0.071%) SNMP
6 1 (0.071%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 124 (8.75%) Power BI
2 100 (7.06%) Data Warehouse
3 68 (4.80%) SQL Server
4 54 (3.81%) Metadata
5 47 (3.32%) Relational Database
6 40 (2.82%) Oracle Reports
7 36 (2.54%) Data Lake
8 31 (2.19%) Oracle Database
9 26 (1.83%) PostgreSQL
10 20 (1.41%) RDBMS
11 17 (1.20%) NoSQL
12 14 (0.99%) Azure SQL Database
12 14 (0.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 13 (0.92%) DataStage
13 13 (0.92%) Oracle Exadata
14 12 (0.85%) Oracle BI Publisher
14 12 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 10 (0.71%) Amazon Redshift
15 10 (0.71%) SAP Data Services
16 9 (0.64%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 115 (8.12%) JIRA
2 53 (3.74%) Git
3 36 (2.54%) Zephyr
4 29 (2.05%) Postman
5 20 (1.41%) GitLab
6 15 (1.06%) Jenkins
7 12 (0.85%) Oracle Forms
8 8 (0.56%) Selenium
9 6 (0.42%) Hudson
10 5 (0.35%) Gatling
10 5 (0.35%) Team Foundation Server
11 4 (0.28%) Cypress.io
11 4 (0.28%) LSMW
11 4 (0.28%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.21%) Claude Code
12 3 (0.21%) ER Studio
12 3 (0.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 2 (0.14%) Rational DOORS
13 2 (0.14%) Yeoman
14 1 (0.071%) Cucumber
General
1 505 (35.64%) Finance
2 403 (28.44%) Social Skills
3 192 (13.55%) Analytical Skills
4 131 (9.24%) Public Sector
5 83 (5.86%) Banking
6 76 (5.36%) Manufacturing
7 57 (4.02%) Documentation Skills
8 56 (3.95%) Retail
9 48 (3.39%) Law
10 44 (3.11%) General Ledger
11 32 (2.26%) Local Government
11 32 (2.26%) Organisational Skills
12 26 (1.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 26 (1.83%) Marketing
13 25 (1.76%) Automotive
14 23 (1.62%) Influencing Skills
15 22 (1.55%) Billing
16 18 (1.27%) Legal
17 17 (1.20%) Aerospace
18 16 (1.13%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 269 (18.98%) Lead
2 218 (15.38%) Analyst
3 179 (12.63%) Architect
4 158 (11.15%) Consultant
5 123 (8.68%) Data Engineer
6 119 (8.40%) Senior
7 100 (7.06%) Data Migration Lead
8 91 (6.42%) Business Analyst
9 86 (6.07%) Project Manager
10 78 (5.50%) Data Analyst
11 67 (4.73%) Developer
12 61 (4.30%) Data Architect
13 57 (4.02%) Migration Engineer
14 49 (3.46%) SAP Consultant
15 47 (3.32%) Data Migration Engineer
16 44 (3.11%) Migration Analyst
17 43 (3.03%) Solutions Architect
18 42 (2.96%) Data Consultant
19 38 (2.68%) Data Migration Analyst
19 38 (2.68%) Migration Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (6.28%) Oracle Fusion
2 45 (3.18%) Middleware
3 36 (2.54%) Terraform
4 34 (2.40%) REST
5 26 (1.83%) .NET
6 24 (1.69%) XML
7 20 (1.41%) SOAP
8 18 (1.27%) JSON
9 17 (1.20%) Kafka
10 16 (1.13%) PySpark
11 14 (0.99%) Oracle GoldenGate
11 14 (0.99%) Spring
12 8 (0.56%) Lightning Web Components
12 8 (0.56%) Spring Boot
13 7 (0.49%) SAP Fiori
14 6 (0.42%) ADO
14 6 (0.42%) HTML
14 6 (0.42%) Web Services
15 5 (0.35%) COM
15 5 (0.35%) ODBC
Miscellaneous
1 167 (11.79%) Legacy Systems
2 99 (6.99%) Data Structures
3 43 (3.03%) Management Information System
3 43 (3.03%) Public Cloud
4 41 (2.89%) Onboarding
5 40 (2.82%) Cloud Native
6 36 (2.54%) Enterprise Software
7 35 (2.47%) Product Ownership
8 28 (1.98%) Greenfield Project
9 18 (1.27%) FMCG
9 18 (1.27%) NHS
10 17 (1.20%) Replication
11 16 (1.13%) Reference Data
12 14 (0.99%) Data Protection Act
13 13 (0.92%) Distributed Systems
14 12 (0.85%) Data Centre
14 12 (0.85%) Low-Code
15 11 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
16 10 (0.71%) Reinsurance
16 10 (0.71%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 22 (1.55%) Linux
2 21 (1.48%) Windows
3 13 (0.92%) AIX
4 5 (0.35%) Data ONTAP
5 4 (0.28%) VMS
6 2 (0.14%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.071%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.071%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,417 (100.00%) Migration
2 410 (28.93%) Validation
3 341 (24.06%) Stakeholder Management
4 328 (23.15%) ERP
5 327 (23.08%) User Acceptance Testing
6 242 (17.08%) Agile
7 235 (16.58%) Data Modelling
7 235 (16.58%) ETL
8 228 (16.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 177 (12.49%) Data Governance
10 172 (12.14%) Problem-Solving
11 148 (10.44%) Business Intelligence
12 137 (9.67%) Data Cleansing
13 127 (8.96%) Continuous Improvement
13 127 (8.96%) DevOps
14 126 (8.89%) Analytics
15 115 (8.12%) Data Mapping
16 112 (7.90%) CI/CD
16 112 (7.90%) Requirements Gathering
17 105 (7.41%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 290 (20.47%) SQL
2 92 (6.49%) Python
3 35 (2.47%) Java
4 25 (1.76%) PL/SQL
5 20 (1.41%) C#
5 20 (1.41%) JavaScript
6 17 (1.20%) Bash
7 15 (1.06%) PowerShell
8 10 (0.71%) TypeScript
9 9 (0.64%) T-SQL
10 7 (0.49%) Apex Code
10 7 (0.49%) Kotlin
11 5 (0.35%) ABAP
11 5 (0.35%) VB
11 5 (0.35%) VB6
11 5 (0.35%) VBA
12 4 (0.28%) C
12 4 (0.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 4 (0.28%) X++
13 3 (0.21%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 250 (17.64%) Security Cleared
2 199 (14.04%) SC Cleared
3 52 (3.67%) Degree
4 36 (2.54%) DV Cleared
5 29 (2.05%) ACCA
5 29 (2.05%) CIMA
6 26 (1.83%) PMP
7 25 (1.76%) ISTQB
7 25 (1.76%) PMI Certification
8 18 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
9 12 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
10 11 (0.78%) Computer Science Degree
11 9 (0.64%) Azure Certification
12 7 (0.49%) DBS Check
13 6 (0.42%) AWS Certification
13 6 (0.42%) Oracle Certification
13 6 (0.42%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 5 (0.35%) SAP Certification
15 3 (0.21%) ITIL Certification
15 3 (0.21%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 284 (20.04%) Data Quality
2 110 (7.76%) QA
3 64 (4.52%) GDPR
4 31 (2.19%) PMO
5 12 (0.85%) GRC
6 10 (0.71%) HL7
6 10 (0.71%) IFRS
6 10 (0.71%) SLA
7 9 (0.64%) Accessibility
8 6 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
8 6 (0.42%) DICOM
8 6 (0.42%) SNOMED CT
9 5 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (0.28%) PERC
10 4 (0.28%) Solvency II
11 3 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 2 (0.14%) GAAP
12 2 (0.14%) GMP
12 2 (0.14%) ISO 20022
12 2 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 14 (0.99%) Oracle RAC
2 13 (0.92%) Docker
3 12 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.71%) Active Directory
5 8 (0.56%) vSphere
6 5 (0.35%) VMware NSX
7 4 (0.28%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.21%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 3 (0.21%) SRDF
8 3 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.14%) NFS
Systems Management
1 27 (1.91%) Ansible
2 25 (1.76%) Kubernetes
3 13 (0.92%) Data Guard
3 13 (0.92%) Oracle RMAN
4 8 (0.56%) vCenter Server
5 7 (0.49%) Argo
5 7 (0.49%) Grafana
6 4 (0.28%) EMC VPLEX
6 4 (0.28%) HP ALM
6 4 (0.28%) Karpenter
6 4 (0.28%) SnapMirror
7 3 (0.21%) EMC NetWorker
7 3 (0.21%) NetBackup
7 3 (0.21%) SnapVault
8 2 (0.14%) Failover Clustering
8 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.14%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.071%) Autotask
9 1 (0.071%) SCCM
9 1 (0.071%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 283 (19.97%) Oracle
2 274 (19.34%) SAP
3 258 (18.21%) Microsoft
4 82 (5.79%) Databricks
5 61 (4.30%) Salesforce
6 30 (2.12%) ServiceNow
6 30 (2.12%) Workday
7 24 (1.69%) Informatica
8 22 (1.55%) IBM
9 19 (1.34%) Talend
10 18 (1.27%) Google
11 17 (1.20%) Ariba
11 17 (1.20%) IFS
12 13 (0.92%) VMware
13 11 (0.78%) Sage
14 10 (0.71%) MuleSoft
14 10 (0.71%) Siebel
15 9 (0.64%) Atlassian
15 9 (0.64%) InterSystems
16 8 (0.56%) Red Hat