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

6 months to
30 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 100 91
Rank change year-on-year +13 -9 +51
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,105 649 902
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.91% 2.65% 2.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.38% 2.92% 2.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 732 445 619
10th Percentile £363 £375 £392
25th Percentile £450 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £712 £713 £713
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 6 40
10th Percentile £13.95 £26.21 £25.00
25th Percentile £16.25 £40.03 £40.00
Median hourly rate £51.28 £60.00 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.54% -25.00% +300.00%
75th Percentile £78.19 £64.69 -
90th Percentile £81.00 £76.03 £86.50
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £65.00 £80.00
% change year-on-year -44.62% -18.75% +276.47%

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 32,652 22,196 32,688
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.09% 90.77% 86.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,899 14,634 21,608
10th Percentile £313 £311 £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 £614 £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 2,012 866 2,163
10th Percentile £15.34 £15.00 £13.00
25th Percentile £19.04 £20.03 £15.97
Median hourly rate £36.71 £32.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.95% - -13.33%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.67 £57.91
90th Percentile £77.50 £76.25 £71.13
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £31.88 £32.50
% change year-on-year +11.36% -1.91% -9.72%

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 30 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 30 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 30 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 +27 584 £537 -2.36% 124
South East -13 148 £618 +17.62% 79
North of England -12 142 £500 -4.76% 47
Midlands -18 106 £500 -2.44% 29
North West +3 86 £460 -16.36% 20
West Midlands -30 65 £475 -7.09% 20
Yorkshire -43 47 £525 +31.25% 22
East of England -13 44 £588 -9.62% 21
East Midlands -9 38 £500 +2.30% 9
South West -27 29 £600 +23.08% 18
North East -5 9 £488 -25.00% 5
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 32 (2.90%) Confluence
2 31 (2.81%) SharePoint
3 9 (0.81%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (0.72%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
5 3 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.27%) CMS
6 2 (0.18%) Appian
6 2 (0.18%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.18%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.090%) Apache
7 1 (0.090%) IIS
7 1 (0.090%) Moodle
7 1 (0.090%) OpenROAD
7 1 (0.090%) Oracle Service Bus
7 1 (0.090%) SAS
7 1 (0.090%) WebSphere
Applications
1 64 (5.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (1.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 21 (1.90%) Spreadsheet
4 20 (1.81%) Microsoft Project
5 18 (1.63%) MS Visio
6 12 (1.09%) Microsoft Office
7 1 (0.090%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.090%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 109 (9.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 51 (4.62%) Oracle EBS
3 31 (2.81%) Dynamics CRM
4 20 (1.81%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 14 (1.27%) Oracle ERP
6 13 (1.18%) Loan IQ
7 12 (1.09%) Oracle General Ledger
7 12 (1.09%) Oracle Payables
8 11 (1.00%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 10 (0.90%) SAP HR
9 10 (0.90%) Workday HCM
10 9 (0.81%) Oracle Receivables
11 8 (0.72%) SAP ERP
12 7 (0.63%) Oracle EBS R12
13 6 (0.54%) Finacle
13 6 (0.54%) NetSuite
13 6 (0.54%) Oracle Cash Management
13 6 (0.54%) SAP CO
13 6 (0.54%) SAP FI
14 5 (0.45%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 158 (14.30%) Azure
2 120 (10.86%) Power Platform
3 97 (8.78%) AWS
4 89 (8.05%) OCI
5 84 (7.60%) Dynamics 365
6 42 (3.80%) Azure DevOps
7 39 (3.53%) SaaS
8 38 (3.44%) Azure Data Factory
9 35 (3.17%) GitHub
10 25 (2.26%) Snowflake
11 23 (2.08%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 22 (1.99%) Microsoft 365
13 19 (1.72%) SuccessFactors
14 18 (1.63%) GCP
15 15 (1.36%) Amazon S3
15 15 (1.36%) Entra ID
16 14 (1.27%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
17 13 (1.18%) OpenShift
17 13 (1.18%) Salesforce Service Cloud
18 10 (0.90%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.18%) DNS
2 11 (1.00%) NAS
3 10 (0.90%) SAN
4 3 (0.27%) Firewall
4 3 (0.27%) VPN
5 2 (0.18%) Fibre Channel
5 2 (0.18%) HTTP
5 2 (0.18%) SSL
6 1 (0.090%) FCoE
6 1 (0.090%) Internet
6 1 (0.090%) Intranet
6 1 (0.090%) iSCSI
6 1 (0.090%) Network Security
6 1 (0.090%) VSAN
6 1 (0.090%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 102 (9.23%) Power BI
2 75 (6.79%) Data Warehouse
3 58 (5.25%) SQL Server
4 41 (3.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 40 (3.62%) Oracle Reports
6 28 (2.53%) Relational Database
7 27 (2.44%) Metadata
8 24 (2.17%) Data Lake
9 20 (1.81%) Oracle Database
9 20 (1.81%) PostgreSQL
10 16 (1.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 14 (1.27%) NoSQL
12 13 (1.18%) Amazon Redshift
12 13 (1.18%) SAP Data Services
12 13 (1.18%) Tableau
13 11 (1.00%) MySQL
13 11 (1.00%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 11 (1.00%) RDBMS
14 10 (0.90%) Electronic Patient Records
15 9 (0.81%) DB2
Development Applications
1 89 (8.05%) JIRA
2 22 (1.99%) Git
3 17 (1.54%) Jenkins
4 15 (1.36%) Zephyr
5 12 (1.09%) Postman
6 7 (0.63%) Oracle Forms
7 5 (0.45%) GitLab
7 5 (0.45%) LSMW
8 4 (0.36%) Cucumber
8 4 (0.36%) Hudson
8 4 (0.36%) JUnit
8 4 (0.36%) Selenium
8 4 (0.36%) Toad
9 3 (0.27%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.27%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.27%) ERwin
9 3 (0.27%) Oracle APEX
9 3 (0.27%) Rational DOORS
9 3 (0.27%) Team Foundation Server
9 3 (0.27%) Visual Studio
General
1 385 (34.84%) Social Skills
2 375 (33.94%) Finance
3 140 (12.67%) Analytical Skills
4 99 (8.96%) Public Sector
5 66 (5.97%) Banking
6 42 (3.80%) Law
7 40 (3.62%) Retail
8 39 (3.53%) Documentation Skills
8 39 (3.53%) Manufacturing
9 35 (3.17%) Presentation Skills
10 26 (2.35%) Legal
11 22 (1.99%) Organisational Skills
12 19 (1.72%) General Ledger
13 18 (1.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 18 (1.63%) Marketing
14 17 (1.54%) Local Government
15 16 (1.45%) Billing
15 16 (1.45%) Pharmaceutical
16 13 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
17 10 (0.90%) Police
Job Titles
1 236 (21.36%) Lead
2 167 (15.11%) Analyst
3 143 (12.94%) Architect
4 130 (11.76%) Consultant
5 99 (8.96%) Project Manager
6 94 (8.51%) Business Analyst
7 78 (7.06%) Senior
8 71 (6.43%) Data Engineer
9 69 (6.24%) Data Migration Lead
10 61 (5.52%) Data Analyst
11 53 (4.80%) Migration Analyst
12 52 (4.71%) Developer
13 38 (3.44%) Data Migration Analyst
13 38 (3.44%) Migration Manager
14 37 (3.35%) SAP Consultant
15 36 (3.26%) Data Architect
15 36 (3.26%) Solutions Architect
16 33 (2.99%) Lead Architect
17 30 (2.71%) Data Manager
17 30 (2.71%) Functional Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (7.24%) Oracle Fusion
2 35 (3.17%) REST
3 29 (2.62%) Middleware
4 27 (2.44%) XML
5 20 (1.81%) SOAP
6 15 (1.36%) JSON
7 14 (1.27%) .NET
7 14 (1.27%) Lightning Web Components
8 12 (1.09%) Kafka
8 12 (1.09%) OpenTelemetry
9 11 (1.00%) Spring
10 8 (0.72%) Web Services
11 7 (0.63%) PySpark
12 6 (0.54%) React
12 6 (0.54%) Visualforce
13 5 (0.45%) FHIR
13 5 (0.45%) RESTful
13 5 (0.45%) XSLT
14 4 (0.36%) AngularJS
14 4 (0.36%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 153 (13.85%) Legacy Systems
2 86 (7.78%) Data Structures
3 36 (3.26%) Management Information System
4 34 (3.08%) Cloud Native
5 28 (2.53%) Onboarding
6 26 (2.35%) Product Ownership
7 22 (1.99%) Greenfield Project
8 19 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
9 17 (1.54%) Replication
10 15 (1.36%) Hybrid Cloud
11 13 (1.18%) NHS
11 13 (1.18%) Reference Data
12 12 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
13 11 (1.00%) Distributed Systems
13 11 (1.00%) Public Cloud
14 10 (0.90%) Enterprise Software
14 10 (0.90%) FMCG
14 10 (0.90%) Marketing Technology
15 9 (0.81%) Data Centre
15 9 (0.81%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 21 (1.90%) Windows
2 7 (0.63%) Apple iOS
2 7 (0.63%) Linux
2 7 (0.63%) Windows 10
2 7 (0.63%) zOS
3 6 (0.54%) Unix
4 5 (0.45%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.090%) AIX
5 1 (0.090%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.090%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,105 (100.00%) Migration
2 262 (23.71%) Validation
3 261 (23.62%) Stakeholder Management
4 231 (20.90%) ERP
5 226 (20.45%) Agile
6 202 (18.28%) User Acceptance Testing
7 195 (17.65%) ETL
8 188 (17.01%) Problem-Solving
9 174 (15.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 167 (15.11%) Data Modelling
11 129 (11.67%) Project Management
12 127 (11.49%) Business Intelligence
12 127 (11.49%) Data Cleansing
13 117 (10.59%) Analytics
14 115 (10.41%) Continuous Improvement
14 115 (10.41%) Data Mapping
15 111 (10.05%) Workshop Facilitation
16 107 (9.68%) Change Management
17 93 (8.42%) Data Governance
18 84 (7.60%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 215 (19.46%) SQL
2 81 (7.33%) Python
3 35 (3.17%) Java
4 22 (1.99%) PL/SQL
5 16 (1.45%) Bash
5 16 (1.45%) JavaScript
6 13 (1.18%) Apex Code
7 11 (1.00%) C#
8 10 (0.90%) PowerShell
9 9 (0.81%) VBA
10 7 (0.63%) T-SQL
11 5 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 5 (0.45%) Korn
11 5 (0.45%) Perl
11 5 (0.45%) PHP
11 5 (0.45%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.36%) Kotlin
12 4 (0.36%) SOQL
13 3 (0.27%) ABAP
13 3 (0.27%) X++
Qualifications
1 165 (14.93%) Security Cleared
2 121 (10.95%) SC Cleared
3 48 (4.34%) Degree
4 24 (2.17%) PMP
5 23 (2.08%) DV Cleared
6 18 (1.63%) BPSS Clearance
7 16 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
8 15 (1.36%) PMI Certification
9 11 (1.00%) ISTQB
10 10 (0.90%) AWS Certification
11 7 (0.63%) Azure Certification
12 6 (0.54%) Master's Degree
13 5 (0.45%) SAP Certification
14 4 (0.36%) OCP
14 4 (0.36%) Oracle Certification
15 3 (0.27%) IIBA
15 3 (0.27%) TOGAF Certification
16 2 (0.18%) CBAP
16 2 (0.18%) DBS Check
16 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 191 (17.29%) Data Quality
2 91 (8.24%) QA
3 58 (5.25%) GDPR
4 19 (1.72%) PMO
5 15 (1.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (1.09%) COBIT
7 11 (1.00%) NIST
8 9 (0.81%) IFRS
9 8 (0.72%) Accessibility
9 8 (0.72%) SLA
10 7 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 6 (0.54%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 5 (0.45%) GAAP
12 5 (0.45%) GMP
12 5 (0.45%) IFRS 9
13 4 (0.36%) Basel III
13 4 (0.36%) HL7
13 4 (0.36%) IFRS 17
14 3 (0.27%) PERC
15 2 (0.18%) SOC 2
System Software
1 21 (1.90%) VMware Infrastructure
2 17 (1.54%) Active Directory
3 13 (1.18%) VMware NSX
3 13 (1.18%) vSphere
4 10 (0.90%) Docker
5 8 (0.72%) NFS
6 2 (0.18%) SRDF
7 1 (0.090%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 34 (3.08%) Kubernetes
2 25 (2.26%) Terraform
3 15 (1.36%) Ansible
4 14 (1.27%) Grafana
5 13 (1.18%) Argo
5 13 (1.18%) vCenter Server
6 12 (1.09%) Microsoft Intune
7 8 (0.72%) SCCM
8 6 (0.54%) EMC VPLEX
8 6 (0.54%) vMotion
9 3 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.18%) HP ALM
10 2 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.090%) Avamar
11 1 (0.090%) Control-M
11 1 (0.090%) Data Guard
11 1 (0.090%) EMC NetWorker
11 1 (0.090%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.090%) NetBackup
11 1 (0.090%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 215 (19.46%) Oracle
2 197 (17.83%) SAP
3 176 (15.93%) Microsoft
4 60 (5.43%) Salesforce
5 39 (3.53%) Databricks
5 39 (3.53%) Workday
6 27 (2.44%) Informatica
7 25 (2.26%) VMware
8 23 (2.08%) Sage
9 22 (1.99%) Pure Storage
10 19 (1.72%) MuleSoft
10 19 (1.72%) Talend
11 18 (1.63%) ServiceNow
12 17 (1.54%) Avaloq
13 14 (1.27%) Red Hat
14 13 (1.18%) Google
15 12 (1.09%) IFS
15 12 (1.09%) Splunk
16 10 (0.90%) GoldenSource
16 10 (0.90%) IBM