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

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 95 96
Rank change year-on-year +22 +1 +42
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,295 633 825
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.11% 2.66% 2.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.66% 2.92% 2.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 845 391 569
10th Percentile £359 £375 £350
25th Percentile £450 £449 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £529 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.76% -3.82% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £725 £717
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 9 33
10th Percentile £15.29 £31.26 £25.00
25th Percentile £17.75 £36.50 £40.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £62.50 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -36.00% -16.67% +233.33%
75th Percentile £41.83 £71.25 £80.00
90th Percentile £76.00 £76.41 -
UK median hourly rate £38.36 £67.50 £75.00
% change year-on-year -43.18% -10.00% +180.37%

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 35,337 21,704 31,436
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.82% 91.29% 85.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,449 14,185 20,585
10th Percentile £325 £306 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.10% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £512 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -0.14% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,203 923 2,285
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.50 £18.13 £15.95
Median hourly rate £45.00 £28.00 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +60.71% -23.29% -2.67%
75th Percentile £68.00 £60.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £81.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £41.94 £27.45 £36.02
% change year-on-year +52.79% -23.80% -2.64%

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 27 May 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 27 May 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 27 May 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 +34 632 £536 -2.55% 112
South East +10 183 £563 +5.30% 43
North of England -18 172 £500 +1.63% 44
Midlands -1 135 £488 +6.56% 36
North West +6 107 £475 -10.55% 31
West Midlands -6 92 £470 +4.44% 22
South West +5 64 £525 +5.00% 17
East of England 0 57 £575 -11.54% 12
Yorkshire -38 57 £550 +37.50% 12
East Midlands -2 40 £500 +9.29% 14
North East -18 8 £488 -15.22% 1
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 44 (3.40%) SharePoint
2 39 (3.01%) Confluence
3 9 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.54%) Oracle Workflow
5 4 (0.31%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.23%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
6 3 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.15%) Apache
7 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.15%) Appian
7 2 (0.15%) IIS
8 1 (0.077%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.077%) OpenROAD
8 1 (0.077%) Oracle Service Bus
8 1 (0.077%) WebSphere
Applications
1 72 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (1.70%) Spreadsheet
3 17 (1.31%) Microsoft Project
4 13 (1.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (1.00%) MS Visio
5 10 (0.77%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.15%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.077%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 148 (11.43%) SAP S/4HANA
2 39 (3.01%) Oracle EBS
3 30 (2.32%) Dynamics CRM
4 21 (1.62%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 18 (1.39%) SAP ERP
6 15 (1.16%) NetSuite
6 15 (1.16%) Oracle ERP
7 11 (0.85%) Oracle General Ledger
7 11 (0.85%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 10 (0.77%) Loan IQ
8 10 (0.77%) Oracle Receivables
9 8 (0.62%) NEC Housing
9 8 (0.62%) Oracle Assets
9 8 (0.62%) Oracle Payables
10 7 (0.54%) iTrent
11 6 (0.46%) Finacle
11 6 (0.46%) Oracle EBS R12
11 6 (0.46%) SAP Business One
11 6 (0.46%) Teamcenter
11 6 (0.46%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 197 (15.21%) Azure
2 124 (9.58%) AWS
2 124 (9.58%) Power Platform
3 93 (7.18%) Dynamics 365
4 72 (5.56%) OCI
5 57 (4.40%) Azure DevOps
6 52 (4.02%) SaaS
7 45 (3.47%) Azure Data Factory
8 36 (2.78%) Snowflake
9 33 (2.55%) GitHub
10 27 (2.08%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 27 (2.08%) Microsoft 365
11 20 (1.54%) GCP
12 19 (1.47%) Amazon S3
13 17 (1.31%) SuccessFactors
14 14 (1.08%) dbt
14 14 (1.08%) Entra ID
14 14 (1.08%) Power Automate
14 14 (1.08%) PowerApps
15 13 (1.00%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.08%) DNS
2 13 (1.00%) SAN
3 12 (0.93%) NAS
4 6 (0.46%) Firewall
5 5 (0.39%) VPN
6 2 (0.15%) Fibre Channel
6 2 (0.15%) HTTP
6 2 (0.15%) VSAN
7 1 (0.077%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (0.077%) DKIM
7 1 (0.077%) DMARC
7 1 (0.077%) FCoE
7 1 (0.077%) Internet
7 1 (0.077%) Intranet
7 1 (0.077%) iSCSI
7 1 (0.077%) Network Security
7 1 (0.077%) SNMP
7 1 (0.077%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 106 (8.19%) Power BI
2 95 (7.34%) Data Warehouse
3 57 (4.40%) Oracle Reports
4 54 (4.17%) SQL Server
5 36 (2.78%) Metadata
6 31 (2.39%) Data Lake
7 29 (2.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 20 (1.54%) PostgreSQL
9 18 (1.39%) NoSQL
9 18 (1.39%) Oracle Database
9 18 (1.39%) Relational Database
10 16 (1.24%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 13 (1.00%) SAP Data Services
12 12 (0.93%) Tableau
13 11 (0.85%) DB2
14 10 (0.77%) Electronic Patient Records
14 10 (0.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 9 (0.69%) Amazon Redshift
16 8 (0.62%) GIS
17 6 (0.46%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 115 (8.88%) JIRA
2 34 (2.63%) Git
3 33 (2.55%) Zephyr
4 26 (2.01%) Postman
5 21 (1.62%) Jenkins
6 11 (0.85%) Selenium
7 9 (0.69%) GitLab
8 7 (0.54%) LSMW
9 6 (0.46%) Hudson
9 6 (0.46%) Oracle Forms
10 4 (0.31%) Cucumber
10 4 (0.31%) JUnit
11 3 (0.23%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.23%) Claude Code
11 3 (0.23%) ERwin
11 3 (0.23%) Rational DOORS
11 3 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 3 (0.23%) Team Foundation Server
12 2 (0.15%) Cypress.io
12 2 (0.15%) Visual Studio
General
1 445 (34.36%) Finance
2 396 (30.58%) Social Skills
3 163 (12.59%) Analytical Skills
4 101 (7.80%) Public Sector
5 82 (6.33%) Banking
6 60 (4.63%) Manufacturing
7 47 (3.63%) Documentation Skills
8 44 (3.40%) Law
9 40 (3.09%) Retail
10 33 (2.55%) Presentation Skills
11 30 (2.32%) General Ledger
12 28 (2.16%) Local Government
13 26 (2.01%) Organisational Skills
14 22 (1.70%) Legal
14 22 (1.70%) Marketing
15 18 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 18 (1.39%) Pharmaceutical
16 16 (1.24%) Billing
17 15 (1.16%) Aerospace
18 14 (1.08%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 289 (22.32%) Lead
2 194 (14.98%) Analyst
3 169 (13.05%) Architect
4 142 (10.97%) Consultant
5 107 (8.26%) Data Migration Lead
6 101 (7.80%) Project Manager
7 90 (6.95%) Business Analyst
8 89 (6.87%) Data Engineer
9 87 (6.72%) Senior
10 71 (5.48%) Data Analyst
11 61 (4.71%) Data Architect
12 55 (4.25%) Developer
12 55 (4.25%) Migration Engineer
13 53 (4.09%) Migration Analyst
14 49 (3.78%) Migration Manager
15 48 (3.71%) SAP Consultant
16 46 (3.55%) Data Migration Engineer
17 42 (3.24%) Data Migration Analyst
18 38 (2.93%) Lead Architect
19 35 (2.70%) Data Migration Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (6.25%) Oracle Fusion
2 36 (2.78%) REST
3 34 (2.63%) Middleware
4 20 (1.54%) SOAP
5 19 (1.47%) XML
6 18 (1.39%) .NET
7 16 (1.24%) Kafka
7 16 (1.24%) Spring
8 14 (1.08%) JSON
9 11 (0.85%) OpenTelemetry
10 8 (0.62%) Lightning Web Components
10 8 (0.62%) Spring Boot
11 7 (0.54%) PySpark
11 7 (0.54%) React
12 6 (0.46%) FHIR
12 6 (0.46%) SAP Fiori
12 6 (0.46%) Web Services
13 5 (0.39%) RESTful
14 4 (0.31%) AngularJS
14 4 (0.31%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 169 (13.05%) Legacy Systems
2 98 (7.57%) Data Structures
3 43 (3.32%) Cloud Native
4 36 (2.78%) Management Information System
5 27 (2.08%) Onboarding
6 26 (2.01%) Greenfield Project
7 23 (1.78%) Product Ownership
7 23 (1.78%) Public Cloud
8 16 (1.24%) Data Protection Act
8 16 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
8 16 (1.24%) Reference Data
9 15 (1.16%) Replication
10 14 (1.08%) Mainframe
11 13 (1.00%) Self-Motivation
12 12 (0.93%) Data Centre
12 12 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
13 11 (0.85%) Distributed Systems
14 10 (0.77%) Marketing Technology
14 10 (0.77%) NHS
15 9 (0.69%) PACS
Operating Systems
1 27 (2.08%) Windows
2 11 (0.85%) Linux
3 7 (0.54%) Apple iOS
3 7 (0.54%) Windows 10
3 7 (0.54%) zOS
4 4 (0.31%) VMS
5 3 (0.23%) Data ONTAP
5 3 (0.23%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.15%) Unix
7 1 (0.077%) AIX
7 1 (0.077%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,295 (100.00%) Migration
2 347 (26.80%) Validation
3 273 (21.08%) Stakeholder Management
4 271 (20.93%) ERP
5 261 (20.15%) User Acceptance Testing
6 234 (18.07%) Agile
7 219 (16.91%) ETL
8 198 (15.29%) Problem-Solving
9 194 (14.98%) Data Modelling
10 189 (14.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 142 (10.97%) Data Cleansing
12 136 (10.50%) Business Intelligence
13 126 (9.73%) Project Management
14 123 (9.50%) Data Governance
15 122 (9.42%) Data Mapping
16 116 (8.96%) Continuous Improvement
17 112 (8.65%) Analytics
18 102 (7.88%) DevOps
19 98 (7.57%) Change Management
20 96 (7.41%) Data Validation
Programming Languages
1 250 (19.31%) SQL
2 100 (7.72%) Python
3 38 (2.93%) Java
4 29 (2.24%) PL/SQL
5 22 (1.70%) Bash
6 17 (1.31%) JavaScript
7 11 (0.85%) PowerShell
8 10 (0.77%) C#
9 9 (0.69%) VBA
10 8 (0.62%) T-SQL
11 7 (0.54%) Apex Code
12 5 (0.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 5 (0.39%) Kotlin
13 4 (0.31%) TypeScript
14 3 (0.23%) ABAP
14 3 (0.23%) COBOL
14 3 (0.23%) Korn
14 3 (0.23%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.23%) X++
15 2 (0.15%) VB6
Qualifications
1 213 (16.45%) Security Cleared
2 164 (12.66%) SC Cleared
3 51 (3.94%) Degree
4 27 (2.08%) DV Cleared
4 27 (2.08%) PMP
5 23 (1.78%) ISTQB
6 21 (1.62%) PMI Certification
7 16 (1.24%) BPSS Clearance
7 16 (1.24%) Computer Science Degree
8 13 (1.00%) ACCA
8 13 (1.00%) CIMA
9 10 (0.77%) Azure Certification
10 6 (0.46%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 5 (0.39%) AWS Certification
11 5 (0.39%) DBS Check
11 5 (0.39%) Oracle Certification
12 4 (0.31%) Master's Degree
12 4 (0.31%) OCP
12 4 (0.31%) SAP Certification
12 4 (0.31%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 224 (17.30%) Data Quality
2 101 (7.80%) QA
3 61 (4.71%) GDPR
4 22 (1.70%) PMO
5 15 (1.16%) SLA
6 13 (1.00%) IFRS
7 10 (0.77%) HL7
8 9 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 7 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 7 (0.54%) SNOMED CT
10 6 (0.46%) COBIT
10 6 (0.46%) GAAP
11 5 (0.39%) Accessibility
11 5 (0.39%) DICOM
11 5 (0.39%) GMP
11 5 (0.39%) NIST
12 4 (0.31%) Basel III
12 4 (0.31%) PERC
13 3 (0.23%) GxP
13 3 (0.23%) Solvency II
System Software
1 23 (1.78%) VMware Infrastructure
2 18 (1.39%) Active Directory
3 14 (1.08%) vSphere
4 12 (0.93%) VMware NSX
5 11 (0.85%) Docker
6 9 (0.69%) NFS
7 3 (0.23%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.23%) SRDF
8 2 (0.15%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.077%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 33 (2.55%) Terraform
2 29 (2.24%) Kubernetes
3 21 (1.62%) Ansible
4 14 (1.08%) Grafana
4 14 (1.08%) vCenter Server
5 13 (1.00%) Argo
6 12 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
7 8 (0.62%) EMC VPLEX
7 8 (0.62%) SCCM
8 6 (0.46%) vMotion
9 4 (0.31%) HP ALM
10 3 (0.23%) EMC NetWorker
10 3 (0.23%) NetBackup
11 2 (0.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.15%) Prometheus
11 2 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.15%) SnapMirror
11 2 (0.15%) SnapVault
12 1 (0.077%) Autotask
12 1 (0.077%) Avamar
Vendors
1 243 (18.76%) SAP
2 241 (18.61%) Oracle
3 213 (16.45%) Microsoft
4 60 (4.63%) Databricks
5 56 (4.32%) Salesforce
6 28 (2.16%) VMware
7 24 (1.85%) Workday
8 23 (1.78%) Informatica
9 22 (1.70%) Pure Storage
9 22 (1.70%) Sage
9 22 (1.70%) ServiceNow
10 20 (1.54%) Google
11 19 (1.47%) Talend
12 17 (1.31%) IFS
13 14 (1.08%) Avaloq
14 13 (1.00%) MuleSoft
14 13 (1.00%) Red Hat
15 11 (0.85%) Siebel
15 11 (0.85%) Splunk
16 9 (0.69%) Ariba