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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 87 101 119
Rank change year-on-year +14 +18 +32
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 795 760 899
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.86% 2.31% 2.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.15% 2.68% 2.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 499 510 615
10th Percentile £375 £400 £388
25th Percentile £448 £459 £462
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £541 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.69% -1.59% +1.85%
75th Percentile £650 £649 £650
90th Percentile £738 £700 £738
UK median daily rate £529 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.82% - +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 7 2
10th Percentile £15.00 £51.20 £89.75
25th Percentile £32.31 £62.63 £90.21
Median hourly rate £65.00 £80.00 £92.22
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% -13.25% +46.96%
75th Percentile £71.25 - £95.49
90th Percentile £81.00 - £96.69
UK median hourly rate £35.25 £80.00 £92.22
% change year-on-year -55.94% -13.25% +47.55%

All Process and 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 25,277 28,358 37,638
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.89% 86.07% 89.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,059 17,631 26,012
10th Percentile £300 £313 £315
25th Percentile £405 £420 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £645 £656
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,509 1,303 1,436
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.79 £20.00 £19.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +53.66%
75th Percentile £50.00 £66.55 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.79
% change year-on-year -41.51% -1.81% +51.53%

Data Migration
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Data Migration as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Data Migration 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 19 September 2025.

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 19 September 2025.

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 19 September 2025. 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 +8 400 £550 +4.76% 167
North of England -18 103 £475 -9.52% 45
Midlands +17 97 £550 +10.00% 57
South East -6 90 £575 +4.55% 113
West Midlands +11 64 £525 +2.44% 33
Yorkshire -1 53 £500 -9.09% 17
North West -10 48 £450 -10.00% 26
East of England +12 29 £494 -14.13% 24
East Midlands +11 29 £550 +18.92% 22
South West -2 26 £525 -12.50% 28
North East -9 3 £438 -25.53% 2
Data Migration
UK

Data Migration
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 38 (4.78%) Confluence
2 19 (2.39%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.38%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.50%) Smallworld
5 3 (0.38%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.38%) LiveLink
5 3 (0.38%) Oracle Spatial
6 2 (0.25%) Apache
6 2 (0.25%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.25%) CMS
6 2 (0.25%) Documentum
6 2 (0.25%) HCL Notes
6 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.25%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.13%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.13%) SAP Portal
7 1 (0.13%) SAS
Applications
1 22 (2.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.51%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.01%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.50%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.38%) Oracle Smart View
6 2 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.25%) Trello
Business Applications
1 82 (10.31%) SAP S/4HANA
2 30 (3.77%) Dynamics CRM
3 21 (2.64%) Oracle EBS
4 17 (2.14%) SAP HR
5 13 (1.64%) Oracle EBS R12
6 12 (1.51%) Oracle Payables
6 12 (1.51%) SAP PM
7 10 (1.26%) SAP SD
8 9 (1.13%) Oracle General Ledger
8 9 (1.13%) Salesforce CRM
9 8 (1.01%) NetSuite
9 8 (1.01%) SAP PP
10 7 (0.88%) Oracle ERP
10 7 (0.88%) Oracle Receivables
10 7 (0.88%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
10 7 (0.88%) SAP CO
10 7 (0.88%) SAP FI
10 7 (0.88%) SAP FI/CO
10 7 (0.88%) SAP HCM
11 6 (0.75%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 101 (12.70%) Azure
2 58 (7.30%) AWS
3 55 (6.92%) Dynamics 365
4 44 (5.53%) Power Platform
5 39 (4.91%) SaaS
6 38 (4.78%) OCI
7 30 (3.77%) Azure DevOps
8 24 (3.02%) Serverless
9 23 (2.89%) Snowflake
10 21 (2.64%) GCP
11 20 (2.52%) Amazon S3
12 19 (2.39%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 18 (2.26%) Microsoft 365
14 17 (2.14%) Azure Data Factory
14 17 (2.14%) Power Automate
14 17 (2.14%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 15 (1.89%) dbt
15 15 (1.89%) PowerApps
16 12 (1.51%) AWS Lambda
16 12 (1.51%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.26%) Firewall
2 7 (0.88%) VPN
3 5 (0.63%) Network Security
3 5 (0.63%) TCP/IP
4 4 (0.50%) WAN
5 2 (0.25%) DNS
5 2 (0.25%) Internet
5 2 (0.25%) Intranet
5 2 (0.25%) IPv6
5 2 (0.25%) LAN
5 2 (0.25%) NAS
5 2 (0.25%) SAN
6 1 (0.13%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.13%) Fibre Channel
6 1 (0.13%) IPv4
6 1 (0.13%) iSCSI
6 1 (0.13%) VLAN
6 1 (0.13%) Wireless
6 1 (0.13%) X.25
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (6.16%) SQL Server
2 41 (5.16%) Data Warehouse
3 33 (4.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 31 (3.90%) Power BI
5 30 (3.77%) Oracle Database
6 28 (3.52%) Oracle Reports
7 19 (2.39%) Data Lake
8 16 (2.01%) Amazon Redshift
8 16 (2.01%) SAP Data Services
9 15 (1.89%) Relational Database
10 14 (1.76%) Tableau
11 13 (1.64%) SAP HANA
12 12 (1.51%) Azure SQL Database
13 11 (1.38%) Metadata
14 10 (1.26%) DataStage
14 10 (1.26%) PostgreSQL
15 9 (1.13%) BigQuery
16 8 (1.01%) GIS
16 8 (1.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 7 (0.88%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 69 (8.68%) JIRA
2 9 (1.13%) Git
2 9 (1.13%) LSMW
3 5 (0.63%) Postman
3 5 (0.63%) Selenium
4 4 (0.50%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 4 (0.50%) Zephyr
5 3 (0.38%) GitLab
5 3 (0.38%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.38%) SoapUI
6 2 (0.25%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.25%) Hudson
6 2 (0.25%) JMeter
6 2 (0.25%) QARun
6 2 (0.25%) TestRail
6 2 (0.25%) WinRunner
7 1 (0.13%) ERwin
7 1 (0.13%) Subversion
7 1 (0.13%) Toad
7 1 (0.13%) Visual Studio
General
1 295 (37.11%) Finance
2 277 (34.84%) Social Skills
3 101 (12.70%) Analytical Skills
4 60 (7.55%) Public Sector
5 44 (5.53%) Banking
6 37 (4.65%) Local Government
7 32 (4.03%) Marketing
8 27 (3.40%) Manufacturing
9 26 (3.27%) Legal
10 24 (3.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 21 (2.64%) Documentation Skills
12 19 (2.39%) Retail
13 17 (2.14%) Organisational Skills
14 16 (2.01%) Back Office
14 16 (2.01%) General Ledger
15 13 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
16 12 (1.51%) Pharmaceutical
17 8 (1.01%) Billing
17 8 (1.01%) French Language
18 7 (0.88%) Law
Job Titles
1 114 (14.34%) Consultant
2 111 (13.96%) Analyst
3 104 (13.08%) Lead
4 103 (12.96%) Architect
5 83 (10.44%) Project Manager
6 65 (8.18%) Business Analyst
7 50 (6.29%) SAP Consultant
8 47 (5.91%) Senior
9 42 (5.28%) Developer
10 35 (4.40%) Data Engineer
11 34 (4.28%) Data Migration Lead
12 32 (4.03%) Data Analyst
12 32 (4.03%) Migration Specialist
13 30 (3.77%) Solutions Architect
14 28 (3.52%) Data Migration Specialist
15 27 (3.40%) Data Consultant
16 23 (2.89%) Data Architect
17 20 (2.52%) Salesforce Architect
18 19 (2.39%) Migration Manager
18 19 (2.39%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (4.15%) Lightning Web Components
2 27 (3.40%) Oracle Fusion
3 25 (3.14%) REST
4 24 (3.02%) XML
5 23 (2.89%) Visualforce
6 18 (2.26%) Middleware
6 18 (2.26%) SOAP
7 12 (1.51%) SAP Fiori
8 10 (1.26%) Kafka
8 10 (1.26%) SAP PI
9 9 (1.13%) EDI
9 9 (1.13%) JSON
10 7 (0.88%) .NET
10 7 (0.88%) BAPI
11 6 (0.75%) IDoc
11 6 (0.75%) PySpark
11 6 (0.75%) Web Services
11 6 (0.75%) WebdriverIO
12 5 (0.63%) GraphQL
12 5 (0.63%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 85 (10.69%) Legacy Systems
2 45 (5.66%) Data Structures
3 35 (4.40%) Product Ownership
4 32 (4.03%) Management Information System
5 18 (2.26%) Onboarding
6 16 (2.01%) Data Centre
7 13 (1.64%) Reference Data
8 12 (1.51%) Data Protection Act
8 12 (1.51%) Virtual Team
9 10 (1.26%) Enterprise Software
9 10 (1.26%) Public Cloud
10 8 (1.01%) Greenfield Project
10 8 (1.01%) Hybrid Cloud
11 7 (0.88%) FMCG
12 6 (0.75%) Cloud Native
12 6 (0.75%) SCADA
13 5 (0.63%) Analytical Mindset
13 5 (0.63%) NHS
13 5 (0.63%) Robotics
14 4 (0.50%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 19 (2.39%) Windows
2 5 (0.63%) Windows Server 2016
3 4 (0.50%) Linux
3 4 (0.50%) Unix
3 4 (0.50%) Windows 10
3 4 (0.50%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.25%) AIX
4 2 (0.25%) Solaris
4 2 (0.25%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (0.13%) MVS
5 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.13%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
5 1 (0.13%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 795 (100.00%) Migration
2 176 (22.14%) Problem-Solving
3 152 (19.12%) Agile
4 134 (16.86%) ERP
5 130 (16.35%) Validation
6 122 (15.35%) Stakeholder Management
7 118 (14.84%) ETL
8 108 (13.58%) User Acceptance Testing
9 102 (12.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 101 (12.70%) Data Modelling
11 90 (11.32%) Data Governance
12 85 (10.69%) Change Management
13 81 (10.19%) Project Management
14 76 (9.56%) CRM
15 69 (8.68%) Analytics
15 69 (8.68%) DevOps
16 66 (8.30%) Data Cleansing
17 61 (7.67%) Data Management
18 58 (7.30%) Project Delivery
19 53 (6.67%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 152 (19.12%) SQL
2 58 (7.30%) Python
3 33 (4.15%) Apex Code
4 29 (3.65%) Java
5 17 (2.14%) C#
6 13 (1.64%) ABAP
7 12 (1.51%) JavaScript
7 12 (1.51%) T-SQL
8 11 (1.38%) PL/SQL
9 10 (1.26%) PowerShell
10 9 (1.13%) VB
11 7 (0.88%) Bicep
12 5 (0.63%) Bash
12 5 (0.63%) Shell Script
13 4 (0.50%) SOQL
14 3 (0.38%) C++
14 3 (0.38%) Kusto Query Language
14 3 (0.38%) Magik
14 3 (0.38%) SOSL
15 2 (0.25%) PHP
Qualifications
1 69 (8.68%) Degree
2 63 (7.92%) Security Cleared
3 50 (6.29%) SC Cleared
4 26 (3.27%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (2.64%) PMI Certification
5 21 (2.64%) PMP
6 18 (2.26%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (1.38%) Master's Degree
8 10 (1.26%) AWS Certification
9 7 (0.88%) SAP Certification
10 5 (0.63%) Azure Certification
10 5 (0.63%) CBAP
11 4 (0.50%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.50%) ISTQB
11 4 (0.50%) Oracle Certification
12 3 (0.38%) ACCA
12 3 (0.38%) CFA
12 3 (0.38%) CIMA
12 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.25%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 119 (14.97%) Data Quality
2 45 (5.66%) QA
3 37 (4.65%) GDPR
4 11 (1.38%) SLA
5 9 (1.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 7 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.88%) PMO
7 3 (0.38%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.38%) GRC
8 2 (0.25%) COBIT
8 2 (0.25%) EMIR
8 2 (0.25%) GAAP
8 2 (0.25%) IFRS
8 2 (0.25%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.25%) MiFID
8 2 (0.25%) NIST
8 2 (0.25%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.13%) WCAG
System Software
1 12 (1.51%) Docker
2 7 (0.88%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.13%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.13%) NFS
4 1 (0.13%) Time Sharing Option
4 1 (0.13%) Veritas Cluster Server
4 1 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 18 (2.26%) Terraform
2 16 (2.01%) Kubernetes
3 12 (1.51%) Ansible
4 8 (1.01%) Oracle RMAN
5 5 (0.63%) HP ALM
5 5 (0.63%) Progress Chef
5 5 (0.63%) SCCM
6 3 (0.38%) Puppet
6 3 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.13%) CA Endevor
7 1 (0.13%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.13%) Grafana
7 1 (0.13%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Clustering
7 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.13%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.13%) SCSM
Vendors
1 176 (22.14%) SAP
2 138 (17.36%) Oracle
3 117 (14.72%) Microsoft
4 61 (7.67%) Salesforce
5 25 (3.14%) Databricks
6 21 (2.64%) Workday
7 17 (2.14%) Google
8 11 (1.38%) IFS
9 9 (1.13%) Ariba
9 9 (1.13%) Commvault
10 7 (0.88%) HP
10 7 (0.88%) IBM
10 7 (0.88%) Informatica
10 7 (0.88%) StreamSets
11 6 (0.75%) Kronos
11 6 (0.75%) Sage
11 6 (0.75%) ServiceNow
12 5 (0.63%) Siebel
12 5 (0.63%) VMware
13 4 (0.50%) ESRI