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

6 months to
19 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 96 102
Rank change year-on-year -4 +6 +36
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 835 689 828
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.64% 2.58% 2.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.99% 2.89% 2.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 551 475 573
10th Percentile £375 £400 £406
25th Percentile £447 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - +4.27%
75th Percentile £649 £638 £675
90th Percentile £723 £699 £738
UK median daily rate £538 £538 £550
% change year-on-year - -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 1 11
10th Percentile £15.81 - £50.00
25th Percentile £27.13 - £82.63
Median hourly rate £64.57 £35.00 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year +84.47% -58.82% +21.00%
75th Percentile £81.00 - £86.50
90th Percentile £90.02 - -
UK median hourly rate £62.75 £35.00 £85.00
% change year-on-year +79.29% -58.82% +21.00%

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 27,911 23,801 32,210
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.11% 89.29% 87.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,824 14,585 21,671
10th Percentile £304 £310 £304
25th Percentile £409 £413 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £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 1,743 772 1,617
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.88 £20.94 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -12.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £57.50 £64.20 £64.50
90th Percentile £69.43 £75.00 £75.84
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £38.85
% change year-on-year -22.62% -16.34% +19.54%

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 19 January 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 19 January 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 19 January 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 +11 439 £550 - 67
South East -29 112 £625 +13.64% 66
Midlands -13 96 £550 +7.32% 30
North of England -27 95 £475 -9.52% 30
North West -12 53 £449 -12.44% 14
West Midlands -35 51 £550 +6.02% 19
East Midlands +8 45 £550 +25.71% 11
Yorkshire -33 36 £513 -8.73% 12
South West -15 27 £519 -1.19% 19
East of England -19 19 £475 -13.64% 17
North East -13 7 £488 -25.00% 4
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 31 (3.71%) Confluence
2 26 (3.11%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.08%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.84%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (0.72%) GeoServer
5 6 (0.72%) Smallworld
6 5 (0.60%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
7 3 (0.36%) CMS
7 3 (0.36%) LiveLink
8 2 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.24%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.12%) Appian
9 1 (0.12%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.12%) IIS
9 1 (0.12%) Moodle
9 1 (0.12%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle Service Bus
9 1 (0.12%) SAP Portal
9 1 (0.12%) SAS
9 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
Applications
1 42 (5.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (2.16%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (1.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (1.56%) MS Visio
4 13 (1.56%) Spreadsheet
5 12 (1.44%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.36%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.12%) Trello
7 1 (0.12%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 73 (8.74%) SAP S/4HANA
2 35 (4.19%) Oracle EBS
3 28 (3.35%) Dynamics CRM
4 19 (2.28%) SAP HR
5 17 (2.04%) Oracle General Ledger
6 16 (1.92%) Oracle Payables
7 15 (1.80%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 14 (1.68%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 13 (1.56%) Oracle Receivables
10 10 (1.20%) SAP FI
11 9 (1.08%) SAP CO
11 9 (1.08%) SAP FI/CO
12 8 (0.96%) Oracle Cash Management
12 8 (0.96%) Oracle EBS R12
12 8 (0.96%) Workday HCM
13 7 (0.84%) Oracle ERP
13 7 (0.84%) Salesforce CRM
14 6 (0.72%) NetSuite
14 6 (0.72%) Oracle FAH
14 6 (0.72%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 115 (13.77%) Azure
2 69 (8.26%) Power Platform
3 68 (8.14%) AWS
4 67 (8.02%) OCI
5 50 (5.99%) Dynamics 365
6 36 (4.31%) SaaS
7 26 (3.11%) Azure DevOps
8 23 (2.75%) Azure Data Factory
9 21 (2.51%) Microsoft 365
9 21 (2.51%) Snowflake
10 18 (2.16%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 17 (2.04%) SuccessFactors
12 14 (1.68%) Amazon S3
12 14 (1.68%) Entra ID
12 14 (1.68%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 14 (1.68%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 13 (1.56%) GitHub
14 12 (1.44%) Azure Logic Apps
15 11 (1.32%) GCP
16 10 (1.20%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.36%) DNS
1 3 (0.36%) Intranet
1 3 (0.36%) NAS
1 3 (0.36%) Network Security
1 3 (0.36%) TCP/IP
2 2 (0.24%) Firewall
2 2 (0.24%) Internet
2 2 (0.24%) IPv6
2 2 (0.24%) LAN
2 2 (0.24%) SSL
2 2 (0.24%) VPN
2 2 (0.24%) WAN
3 1 (0.12%) IPv4
3 1 (0.12%) SAN
3 1 (0.12%) VLAN
3 1 (0.12%) WebEx
3 1 (0.12%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (6.47%) Power BI
2 50 (5.99%) Data Warehouse
3 47 (5.63%) SQL Server
4 38 (4.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 28 (3.35%) Relational Database
6 26 (3.11%) Oracle Database
7 23 (2.75%) Oracle Reports
8 22 (2.63%) Metadata
9 21 (2.51%) Tableau
10 18 (2.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 17 (2.04%) Data Lake
12 14 (1.68%) RDBMS
13 12 (1.44%) Amazon Redshift
14 11 (1.32%) PostgreSQL
15 10 (1.20%) Big Data
15 10 (1.20%) DataStage
15 10 (1.20%) MySQL
16 8 (0.96%) Azure SQL Database
16 8 (0.96%) Oracle BI Publisher
16 8 (0.96%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 62 (7.43%) JIRA
2 5 (0.60%) Git
3 4 (0.48%) LSMW
3 4 (0.48%) Oracle Forms
3 4 (0.48%) Toad
3 4 (0.48%) Visual Studio
4 3 (0.36%) Bitbucket
4 3 (0.36%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.36%) Oracle APEX
4 3 (0.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (0.24%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.24%) ERwin
5 2 (0.24%) Hudson
6 1 (0.12%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.12%) gulp
6 1 (0.12%) Pylint
6 1 (0.12%) Selenium
6 1 (0.12%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.12%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.12%) webpack
General
1 289 (34.61%) Social Skills
2 274 (32.81%) Finance
3 87 (10.42%) Analytical Skills
4 80 (9.58%) Public Sector
5 59 (7.07%) Banking
6 34 (4.07%) Retail
7 24 (2.87%) Manufacturing
8 23 (2.75%) Documentation Skills
8 23 (2.75%) Presentation Skills
9 22 (2.63%) General Ledger
9 22 (2.63%) Legal
10 21 (2.51%) Local Government
11 17 (2.04%) Marketing
11 17 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
12 16 (1.92%) Back Office
13 13 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 11 (1.32%) Billing
15 10 (1.20%) Financial Institution
15 10 (1.20%) Investment Banking
16 9 (1.08%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 151 (18.08%) Lead
2 128 (15.33%) Analyst
3 113 (13.53%) Consultant
4 91 (10.90%) Architect
5 81 (9.70%) Business Analyst
6 78 (9.34%) Project Manager
7 65 (7.78%) Senior
8 51 (6.11%) Data Migration Lead
9 47 (5.63%) Data Engineer
10 41 (4.91%) Data Analyst
11 38 (4.55%) Developer
12 35 (4.19%) Solutions Architect
13 30 (3.59%) Migration Analyst
14 29 (3.47%) SAP Consultant
15 27 (3.23%) Migration Manager
16 26 (3.11%) Oracle Consultant
17 25 (2.99%) Data Migration Analyst
18 24 (2.87%) Migration Specialist
19 23 (2.75%) Data Architect
19 23 (2.75%) Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (7.90%) Oracle Fusion
2 35 (4.19%) XML
3 30 (3.59%) REST
4 20 (2.40%) Middleware
5 19 (2.28%) Lightning Web Components
6 17 (2.04%) SOAP
7 16 (1.92%) Visualforce
8 14 (1.68%) JSON
9 11 (1.32%) .NET
10 10 (1.20%) PySpark
10 10 (1.20%) Web Services
11 8 (0.96%) XSLT
12 7 (0.84%) SAP Fiori
13 6 (0.72%) EDI
14 5 (0.60%) SAP PI
15 3 (0.36%) Kafka
15 3 (0.36%) LDAP
15 3 (0.36%) RESTful
16 2 (0.24%) IDoc
16 2 (0.24%) React
Miscellaneous
1 110 (13.17%) Legacy Systems
2 63 (7.54%) Data Structures
3 36 (4.31%) Onboarding
4 23 (2.75%) Product Ownership
5 21 (2.51%) Management Information System
6 17 (2.04%) Data Protection Act
7 11 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
7 11 (1.32%) Greenfield Project
7 11 (1.32%) Reference Data
7 11 (1.32%) Replication
8 9 (1.08%) Public Cloud
9 8 (0.96%) Data Centre
10 7 (0.84%) Cloud Native
10 7 (0.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 7 (0.84%) NHS
10 7 (0.84%) Smartphone
11 6 (0.72%) FMCG
11 6 (0.72%) Low-Code
11 6 (0.72%) Self-Motivation
12 5 (0.60%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 17 (2.04%) Windows
2 7 (0.84%) Apple iOS
2 7 (0.84%) Windows 10
3 6 (0.72%) Linux
3 6 (0.72%) Unix
4 5 (0.60%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.60%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (0.36%) Solaris
6 1 (0.12%) AIX
6 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.12%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 835 (100.00%) Migration
2 208 (24.91%) Agile
3 180 (21.56%) Stakeholder Management
4 153 (18.32%) Problem-Solving
5 148 (17.72%) ERP
6 145 (17.37%) Validation
7 136 (16.29%) ETL
8 127 (15.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 126 (15.09%) Data Modelling
10 120 (14.37%) User Acceptance Testing
11 88 (10.54%) Analytics
11 88 (10.54%) Workshop Facilitation
12 87 (10.42%) Data Cleansing
13 86 (10.30%) Project Management
14 80 (9.58%) Change Management
15 75 (8.98%) Data Mapping
16 72 (8.62%) Business Intelligence
17 68 (8.14%) Data Governance
18 63 (7.54%) Data Analysis
19 61 (7.31%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 165 (19.76%) SQL
2 58 (6.95%) Python
3 27 (3.23%) Java
4 18 (2.16%) Apex Code
5 14 (1.68%) PL/SQL
6 12 (1.44%) JavaScript
7 10 (1.20%) Shell Script
8 9 (1.08%) PowerShell
9 8 (0.96%) C#
9 8 (0.96%) T-SQL
10 5 (0.60%) Bicep
10 5 (0.60%) Perl
10 5 (0.60%) PHP
11 4 (0.48%) SOQL
11 4 (0.48%) VBA
11 4 (0.48%) X++
12 3 (0.36%) Bash
12 3 (0.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.24%) R
13 2 (0.24%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 92 (11.02%) Security Cleared
2 58 (6.95%) Degree
2 58 (6.95%) SC Cleared
3 25 (2.99%) PMP
4 24 (2.87%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (2.28%) PMI Certification
6 14 (1.68%) Master's Degree
7 12 (1.44%) DV Cleared
8 10 (1.20%) AWS Certification
9 7 (0.84%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (0.60%) CFA
10 5 (0.60%) SAP Certification
11 4 (0.48%) CIMA
11 4 (0.48%) Oracle Certification
12 3 (0.36%) ACCA
12 3 (0.36%) OCP
12 3 (0.36%) PgMP
13 2 (0.24%) Azure Certification
13 2 (0.24%) IIBA
13 2 (0.24%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 128 (15.33%) Data Quality
2 49 (5.87%) GDPR
2 49 (5.87%) QA
3 10 (1.20%) PMO
4 9 (1.08%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 9 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (0.96%) IFRS
6 7 (0.84%) Accessibility
7 6 (0.72%) COBIT
7 6 (0.72%) NIST
7 6 (0.72%) SLA
8 5 (0.60%) GAAP
8 5 (0.60%) IFRS 9
8 5 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (0.48%) Basel III
9 4 (0.48%) IFRS 17
9 4 (0.48%) ISO 20022
9 4 (0.48%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.36%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.24%) WCAG
System Software
1 13 (1.56%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.20%) Docker
3 3 (0.36%) NFS
4 2 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.12%) SRDF
5 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (1.56%) Kubernetes
2 10 (1.20%) Terraform
3 9 (1.08%) SCCM
4 8 (0.96%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (0.36%) Ansible
6 2 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.12%) Argo
7 1 (0.12%) Control-M
7 1 (0.12%) Grafana
7 1 (0.12%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.12%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 167 (20.00%) Oracle
2 150 (17.96%) SAP
3 109 (13.05%) Microsoft
4 43 (5.15%) Salesforce
5 38 (4.55%) Workday
6 29 (3.47%) Databricks
7 15 (1.80%) Informatica
8 11 (1.32%) Avaloq
8 11 (1.32%) MuleSoft
9 10 (1.20%) Sage
10 9 (1.08%) Google
11 8 (0.96%) Kronos
11 8 (0.96%) Talend
12 7 (0.84%) IBM
12 7 (0.84%) ServiceNow
13 6 (0.72%) Ariba
13 6 (0.72%) ESRI
13 6 (0.72%) GoldenSource
13 6 (0.72%) IFS
13 6 (0.72%) Intergraph