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

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 87 99
Rank change year-on-year +14 +12 +32
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,470 780 784
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.26% 2.83% 2.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.82% 3.11% 2.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 972 477 528
10th Percentile £366 £360 £367
25th Percentile £431 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £526 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year +0.24% -1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £641
90th Percentile £738 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 14 24
10th Percentile £17.75 £15.84 £41.35
25th Percentile £23.98 £32.89 £72.50
Median hourly rate £40.78 £60.00 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.04% -25.00% +158.06%
75th Percentile £61.44 £70.31 -
90th Percentile £76.00 £83.06 -
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £60.00 £80.00
% change year-on-year -33.33% -25.00% +142.42%

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 38,456 25,047 28,792
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.21% 90.72% 85.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,987 16,039 18,801
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £758
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,460 1,391 1,685
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.20 £14.05
25th Percentile £20.69 £17.87 £18.16
Median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +78.93% -40.82% -
75th Percentile £68.75 £50.88 £65.00
90th Percentile £83.00 £70.16 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £40.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -37.90% -4.71%

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 4 August 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 4 August 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 4 August 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 +18 717 £550 - 182
South East +12 203 £550 +2.96% 72
North of England -9 199 £527 +10.95% 59
Midlands +5 159 £473 -5.40% 76
North West +4 122 £531 +11.84% 42
West Midlands -6 116 £450 -10.00% 53
South West +10 88 £523 -0.48% 19
Yorkshire -34 64 £525 +10.53% 14
East of England +12 55 £575 -4.96% 20
East Midlands +9 39 £525 +16.67% 23
North East -26 16 £625 +8.70% 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 60 (4.08%) SharePoint
2 43 (2.93%) Confluence
3 10 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (0.54%) Oracle Workflow
5 7 (0.48%) Apache
6 6 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (0.34%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.34%) Tuxedo
8 2 (0.14%) HCL Notes
8 2 (0.14%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
8 2 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.068%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.068%) CMS
9 1 (0.068%) IIS
9 1 (0.068%) Mendix
9 1 (0.068%) OpenROAD
9 1 (0.068%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 75 (5.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (0.95%) Microsoft Project
2 14 (0.95%) Spreadsheet
3 12 (0.82%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (0.82%) MS Visio
4 10 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.14%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.068%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.068%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 155 (10.54%) SAP S/4HANA
2 38 (2.59%) Dynamics CRM
3 32 (2.18%) Oracle EBS
4 23 (1.56%) Oracle ERP
5 22 (1.50%) SAP ERP
6 21 (1.43%) Oracle Payables
7 19 (1.29%) NetSuite
8 18 (1.22%) Oracle Receivables
9 12 (0.82%) iTrent
9 12 (0.82%) Oracle Financials
9 12 (0.82%) Oracle General Ledger
10 11 (0.75%) Oracle Assets
10 11 (0.75%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 11 (0.75%) Workday HCM
11 10 (0.68%) Teamcenter
12 8 (0.54%) NEC Housing
12 8 (0.54%) SAP MDG
12 8 (0.54%) SAP SD
12 8 (0.54%) Temenos T24
13 7 (0.48%) Oracle Cash Management
Cloud Services
1 240 (16.33%) Azure
2 151 (10.27%) Power Platform
3 145 (9.86%) AWS
4 118 (8.03%) Dynamics 365
5 93 (6.33%) OCI
6 76 (5.17%) Azure DevOps
7 65 (4.42%) SaaS
8 54 (3.67%) Azure Data Factory
9 45 (3.06%) Snowflake
10 39 (2.65%) Microsoft 365
11 36 (2.45%) GitHub
12 32 (2.18%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 31 (2.11%) SuccessFactors
14 30 (2.04%) Power Automate
15 26 (1.77%) PowerApps
16 24 (1.63%) Amazon S3
17 22 (1.50%) GCP
18 17 (1.16%) dbt
19 16 (1.09%) Microsoft Purview
20 13 (0.88%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 10 (0.68%) DNS
2 9 (0.61%) SAN
3 8 (0.54%) NAS
4 6 (0.41%) VPN
5 5 (0.34%) Firewall
6 3 (0.20%) Intranet
6 3 (0.20%) VSAN
7 2 (0.14%) Fibre Channel
7 2 (0.14%) HTTP
8 1 (0.068%) Cisco Nexus
8 1 (0.068%) DKIM
8 1 (0.068%) DMARC
8 1 (0.068%) FCoE
8 1 (0.068%) Internet
8 1 (0.068%) iSCSI
8 1 (0.068%) Network Security
8 1 (0.068%) SNMP
8 1 (0.068%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 130 (8.84%) Power BI
2 99 (6.73%) Data Warehouse
3 67 (4.56%) SQL Server
4 58 (3.95%) Oracle Reports
5 43 (2.93%) Metadata
6 42 (2.86%) Data Lake
7 41 (2.79%) Relational Database
8 27 (1.84%) Oracle Database
9 23 (1.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 20 (1.36%) PostgreSQL
10 20 (1.36%) RDBMS
11 18 (1.22%) NoSQL
12 14 (0.95%) Azure SQL Database
13 13 (0.88%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 13 (0.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 12 (0.82%) Oracle Exadata
14 12 (0.82%) SAP Data Services
15 10 (0.68%) BusinessObjects
15 10 (0.68%) DataStage
15 10 (0.68%) GIS
Development Applications
1 126 (8.57%) JIRA
2 54 (3.67%) Git
3 40 (2.72%) Zephyr
4 32 (2.18%) Postman
5 18 (1.22%) GitLab
6 17 (1.16%) Jenkins
7 11 (0.75%) Oracle Forms
8 10 (0.68%) Selenium
9 7 (0.48%) Hudson
10 6 (0.41%) Team Foundation Server
11 5 (0.34%) Cypress.io
11 5 (0.34%) Gatling
11 5 (0.34%) LSMW
12 4 (0.27%) Cucumber
12 4 (0.27%) JUnit
12 4 (0.27%) Visual Studio
13 3 (0.20%) Claude Code
13 3 (0.20%) ER Studio
13 3 (0.20%) Rational DOORS
13 3 (0.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 521 (35.44%) Finance
2 411 (27.96%) Social Skills
3 195 (13.27%) Analytical Skills
4 125 (8.50%) Public Sector
5 92 (6.26%) Banking
6 77 (5.24%) Manufacturing
7 54 (3.67%) Documentation Skills
8 48 (3.27%) Law
9 47 (3.20%) Retail
10 39 (2.65%) General Ledger
11 32 (2.18%) Organisational Skills
12 29 (1.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 29 (1.97%) Local Government
13 27 (1.84%) Influencing Skills
14 26 (1.77%) Marketing
15 22 (1.50%) Automotive
15 22 (1.50%) Legal
16 20 (1.36%) Presentation Skills
17 18 (1.22%) Billing
18 17 (1.16%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 296 (20.14%) Lead
2 214 (14.56%) Analyst
3 190 (12.93%) Architect
4 153 (10.41%) Consultant
5 133 (9.05%) Data Engineer
6 121 (8.23%) Senior
7 109 (7.41%) Data Migration Lead
8 102 (6.94%) Project Manager
9 100 (6.80%) Business Analyst
10 73 (4.97%) Data Analyst
11 71 (4.83%) Developer
12 64 (4.35%) Data Architect
13 62 (4.22%) Migration Engineer
14 51 (3.47%) Data Migration Engineer
15 47 (3.20%) Migration Analyst
16 46 (3.13%) Solutions Architect
17 45 (3.06%) Migration Manager
18 44 (2.99%) SAP Consultant
19 39 (2.65%) Data Migration Analyst
20 38 (2.59%) Data Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 92 (6.26%) Oracle Fusion
2 39 (2.65%) REST
3 36 (2.45%) Middleware
4 25 (1.70%) .NET
5 22 (1.50%) SOAP
5 22 (1.50%) XML
6 18 (1.22%) Kafka
7 16 (1.09%) JSON
8 15 (1.02%) Spring
9 13 (0.88%) Oracle GoldenGate
10 11 (0.75%) PySpark
11 10 (0.68%) Lightning Web Components
12 8 (0.54%) Spring Boot
13 7 (0.48%) ADO
13 7 (0.48%) OpenTelemetry
13 7 (0.48%) React
14 6 (0.41%) COM
14 6 (0.41%) ODBC
14 6 (0.41%) Playwright
14 6 (0.41%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 171 (11.63%) Legacy Systems
2 101 (6.87%) Data Structures
3 46 (3.13%) Management Information System
4 44 (2.99%) Cloud Native
5 38 (2.59%) Public Cloud
6 37 (2.52%) Onboarding
6 37 (2.52%) Product Ownership
7 31 (2.11%) Greenfield Project
8 29 (1.97%) Enterprise Software
9 17 (1.16%) FMCG
9 17 (1.16%) Replication
10 16 (1.09%) Data Centre
11 15 (1.02%) Distributed Systems
11 15 (1.02%) NHS
12 14 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
13 12 (0.82%) Analytical Mindset
13 12 (0.82%) Mainframe
14 11 (0.75%) Low-Code
15 10 (0.68%) Marketing Technology
15 10 (0.68%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 25 (1.70%) Windows
2 22 (1.50%) Linux
3 12 (0.82%) AIX
4 5 (0.34%) Data ONTAP
4 5 (0.34%) zOS
5 4 (0.27%) VMS
6 2 (0.14%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.068%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.068%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,470 (100.00%) Migration
2 407 (27.69%) Validation
3 333 (22.65%) ERP
4 323 (21.97%) Stakeholder Management
5 317 (21.56%) User Acceptance Testing
6 252 (17.14%) Agile
7 246 (16.73%) ETL
8 228 (15.51%) Data Modelling
9 223 (15.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 189 (12.86%) Problem-Solving
11 167 (11.36%) Data Governance
12 158 (10.75%) Business Intelligence
13 149 (10.14%) Data Cleansing
14 135 (9.18%) Analytics
15 131 (8.91%) DevOps
16 129 (8.78%) Continuous Improvement
17 122 (8.30%) Data Mapping
18 116 (7.89%) CI/CD
19 111 (7.55%) Project Management
20 109 (7.41%) Data Transformation
Programming Languages
1 289 (19.66%) SQL
2 99 (6.73%) Python
3 42 (2.86%) Java
4 29 (1.97%) PL/SQL
5 21 (1.43%) JavaScript
6 20 (1.36%) C#
7 18 (1.22%) Bash
8 14 (0.95%) PowerShell
9 13 (0.88%) T-SQL
10 9 (0.61%) Kotlin
11 8 (0.54%) Apex Code
11 8 (0.54%) TypeScript
12 7 (0.48%) VBA
13 6 (0.41%) VB
13 6 (0.41%) VB6
14 5 (0.34%) ABAP
14 5 (0.34%) C
14 5 (0.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 4 (0.27%) SOQL
15 4 (0.27%) X++
Qualifications
1 251 (17.07%) Security Cleared
2 199 (13.54%) SC Cleared
3 51 (3.47%) Degree
4 39 (2.65%) DV Cleared
5 30 (2.04%) PMP
6 28 (1.90%) PMI Certification
7 27 (1.84%) ISTQB
8 24 (1.63%) ACCA
8 24 (1.63%) CIMA
9 21 (1.43%) BPSS Clearance
10 12 (0.82%) Azure Certification
11 10 (0.68%) Computer Science Degree
11 10 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
12 8 (0.54%) DBS Check
13 6 (0.41%) Oracle Certification
13 6 (0.41%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 6 (0.41%) SAP Certification
14 5 (0.34%) AWS Certification
15 4 (0.27%) OCP
16 3 (0.20%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 276 (18.78%) Data Quality
2 124 (8.44%) QA
3 70 (4.76%) GDPR
4 32 (2.18%) PMO
5 13 (0.88%) SLA
6 10 (0.68%) Accessibility
6 10 (0.68%) IFRS
7 8 (0.54%) HL7
8 7 (0.48%) SNOMED CT
9 6 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (0.41%) GRC
9 6 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 5 (0.34%) GMP
10 5 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 4 (0.27%) DICOM
11 4 (0.27%) PERC
11 4 (0.27%) Solvency II
12 3 (0.20%) GAAP
13 2 (0.14%) COBIT
13 2 (0.14%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 16 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (0.95%) Docker
3 13 (0.88%) Oracle RAC
4 11 (0.75%) Active Directory
5 10 (0.68%) vSphere
6 7 (0.48%) VMware NSX
7 4 (0.27%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.27%) NFS
7 4 (0.27%) SRDF
8 3 (0.20%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 3 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 42 (2.86%) Terraform
2 30 (2.04%) Kubernetes
3 28 (1.90%) Ansible
4 12 (0.82%) Data Guard
4 12 (0.82%) Oracle RMAN
5 10 (0.68%) vCenter Server
6 9 (0.61%) Argo
6 9 (0.61%) Grafana
7 6 (0.41%) EMC VPLEX
8 5 (0.34%) HP ALM
9 4 (0.27%) EMC NetWorker
9 4 (0.27%) NetBackup
9 4 (0.27%) SnapMirror
10 3 (0.20%) Karpenter
10 3 (0.20%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (0.20%) SnapVault
11 2 (0.14%) Failover Clustering
11 2 (0.14%) Prometheus
11 2 (0.14%) vMotion
12 1 (0.068%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 294 (20.00%) Oracle
2 273 (18.57%) SAP
3 249 (16.94%) Microsoft
4 76 (5.17%) Databricks
5 68 (4.63%) Salesforce
6 30 (2.04%) ServiceNow
7 29 (1.97%) Workday
8 25 (1.70%) Informatica
9 22 (1.50%) Talend
10 21 (1.43%) IFS
11 19 (1.29%) IBM
11 19 (1.29%) VMware
12 18 (1.22%) Google
13 17 (1.16%) Sage
14 15 (1.02%) MuleSoft
15 13 (0.88%) Ariba
16 12 (0.82%) Pure Storage
17 11 (0.75%) Red Hat
18 10 (0.68%) Siebel
19 9 (0.61%) InterSystems