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 12 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 95 98
Rank change year-on-year +23 +3 +35
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,361 664 825
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.19% 2.71% 2.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.75% 2.97% 2.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 891 410 568
10th Percentile £363 £362 £357
25th Percentile £450 £447 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £536 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% -2.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £725 £715
UK median daily rate £525 £529 £550
% change year-on-year -0.76% -3.82% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 10 33
10th Percentile £16.35 £30.86 £25.00
25th Percentile £21.33 £35.09 £40.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £60.00 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% -20.00% +233.33%
75th Percentile £61.50 £69.69 £80.00
90th Percentile £76.00 £75.08 -
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £65.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year -38.46% -13.33% +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 36,315 22,393 32,018
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.15% 91.34% 85.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,987 14,479 20,805
10th Percentile £325 £303 £300
25th Percentile £414 £407 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +0.99% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,273 1,020 2,369
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.80
25th Percentile £20.82 £18.10 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £28.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +69.64% -25.33% +5.63%
75th Percentile £68.00 £58.75 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £27.21 £36.50
% change year-on-year +61.56% -25.45% +4.20%

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 12 June 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 12 June 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 12 June 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 +36 674 £550 -0.90% 138
South East -3 185 £550 +7.32% 73
North of England -13 180 £500 +4.17% 59
Midlands +7 143 £488 +3.72% 34
North West +12 113 £475 -9.52% 37
West Midlands +2 103 £473 -0.42% 18
South West +12 71 £525 +5.00% 20
East of England +7 57 £575 -11.54% 17
Yorkshire -42 56 £530 +17.54% 13
East Midlands +1 36 £500 +9.29% 16
North East -24 12 £488 -15.22% 9
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 42 (3.09%) SharePoint
2 37 (2.72%) Confluence
3 9 (0.66%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.51%) Oracle Workflow
5 5 (0.37%) Tuxedo
6 4 (0.29%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.22%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
7 3 (0.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.15%) Apache
8 2 (0.15%) Appian
9 1 (0.073%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.073%) CMS
9 1 (0.073%) IIS
9 1 (0.073%) OpenROAD
9 1 (0.073%) Oracle Service Bus
9 1 (0.073%) WebSphere
Applications
1 77 (5.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (1.62%) Spreadsheet
3 18 (1.32%) Microsoft Project
4 13 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (0.96%) MS Visio
5 9 (0.66%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.15%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.073%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 153 (11.24%) SAP S/4HANA
2 39 (2.87%) Oracle EBS
3 31 (2.28%) Dynamics CRM
4 21 (1.54%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 21 (1.54%) SAP ERP
5 20 (1.47%) Oracle ERP
6 16 (1.18%) NetSuite
7 13 (0.96%) Oracle General Ledger
7 13 (0.96%) Oracle Payables
8 12 (0.88%) Oracle Receivables
9 11 (0.81%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
10 10 (0.73%) Loan IQ
11 9 (0.66%) iTrent
11 9 (0.66%) Oracle Assets
12 8 (0.59%) NEC Housing
12 8 (0.59%) Oracle Financials
13 7 (0.51%) SAP SD
13 7 (0.51%) Workday HCM
14 6 (0.44%) Finacle
14 6 (0.44%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 212 (15.58%) Azure
2 139 (10.21%) AWS
3 126 (9.26%) Power Platform
4 95 (6.98%) Dynamics 365
5 77 (5.66%) OCI
6 62 (4.56%) Azure DevOps
7 56 (4.11%) SaaS
8 43 (3.16%) Snowflake
9 42 (3.09%) Azure Data Factory
10 38 (2.79%) GitHub
11 26 (1.91%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 26 (1.91%) Microsoft 365
12 22 (1.62%) GCP
13 19 (1.40%) Amazon S3
14 17 (1.25%) SuccessFactors
15 16 (1.18%) Power Automate
16 15 (1.10%) dbt
16 15 (1.10%) OpenShift
17 14 (1.03%) PowerApps
18 13 (0.96%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.10%) SAN
2 14 (1.03%) DNS
2 14 (1.03%) NAS
3 6 (0.44%) Firewall
4 5 (0.37%) VPN
5 3 (0.22%) VSAN
6 2 (0.15%) Fibre Channel
6 2 (0.15%) HTTP
7 1 (0.073%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (0.073%) DKIM
7 1 (0.073%) DMARC
7 1 (0.073%) FCoE
7 1 (0.073%) Internet
7 1 (0.073%) Intranet
7 1 (0.073%) iSCSI
7 1 (0.073%) Network Security
7 1 (0.073%) SNMP
7 1 (0.073%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 108 (7.94%) Power BI
2 100 (7.35%) Data Warehouse
3 63 (4.63%) Oracle Reports
4 61 (4.48%) SQL Server
5 37 (2.72%) Metadata
6 31 (2.28%) Data Lake
7 30 (2.20%) Relational Database
8 26 (1.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 24 (1.76%) PostgreSQL
10 21 (1.54%) NoSQL
10 21 (1.54%) Oracle Database
11 16 (1.18%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 14 (1.03%) RDBMS
13 12 (0.88%) SAP Data Services
14 11 (0.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 10 (0.73%) Db2
15 10 (0.73%) Electronic Patient Records
15 10 (0.73%) GIS
15 10 (0.73%) Tableau
16 9 (0.66%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 120 (8.82%) JIRA
2 45 (3.31%) Git
3 37 (2.72%) Zephyr
4 31 (2.28%) Postman
5 21 (1.54%) Jenkins
6 12 (0.88%) GitLab
7 11 (0.81%) Oracle Forms
8 10 (0.73%) Selenium
9 8 (0.59%) Team Foundation Server
10 6 (0.44%) LSMW
11 5 (0.37%) Cypress.io
11 5 (0.37%) Gatling
11 5 (0.37%) Hudson
12 4 (0.29%) Cucumber
12 4 (0.29%) JUnit
13 3 (0.22%) Bitbucket
13 3 (0.22%) ER Studio
13 3 (0.22%) ERwin
13 3 (0.22%) Rational DOORS
13 3 (0.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 474 (34.83%) Finance
2 412 (30.27%) Social Skills
3 171 (12.56%) Analytical Skills
4 109 (8.01%) Public Sector
5 91 (6.69%) Banking
6 62 (4.56%) Manufacturing
7 52 (3.82%) Documentation Skills
8 45 (3.31%) Law
9 44 (3.23%) Retail
10 34 (2.50%) General Ledger
11 32 (2.35%) Presentation Skills
12 30 (2.20%) Local Government
13 28 (2.06%) Organisational Skills
14 22 (1.62%) Legal
14 22 (1.62%) Marketing
15 20 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 19 (1.40%) Pharmaceutical
17 18 (1.32%) Billing
18 17 (1.25%) Automotive
19 16 (1.18%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 297 (21.82%) Lead
2 197 (14.47%) Analyst
3 182 (13.37%) Architect
4 147 (10.80%) Consultant
5 109 (8.01%) Data Migration Lead
6 102 (7.49%) Project Manager
7 97 (7.13%) Senior
8 96 (7.05%) Data Engineer
9 85 (6.25%) Business Analyst
10 75 (5.51%) Data Analyst
11 67 (4.92%) Data Architect
12 57 (4.19%) Migration Engineer
13 55 (4.04%) Developer
14 54 (3.97%) Migration Analyst
15 50 (3.67%) Migration Manager
16 49 (3.60%) Data Migration Engineer
16 49 (3.60%) SAP Consultant
17 42 (3.09%) Data Migration Analyst
18 39 (2.87%) Solutions Architect
19 38 (2.79%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 90 (6.61%) Oracle Fusion
2 41 (3.01%) REST
3 38 (2.79%) Middleware
4 24 (1.76%) SOAP
5 20 (1.47%) XML
6 19 (1.40%) .NET
7 18 (1.32%) Kafka
7 18 (1.32%) Spring
8 15 (1.10%) JSON
9 11 (0.81%) Lightning Web Components
9 11 (0.81%) OpenTelemetry
10 10 (0.73%) Spring Boot
11 9 (0.66%) ADO
12 8 (0.59%) PySpark
12 8 (0.59%) React
13 7 (0.51%) COM
13 7 (0.51%) ODBC
14 6 (0.44%) FHIR
14 6 (0.44%) Playwright
14 6 (0.44%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 178 (13.08%) Legacy Systems
2 102 (7.49%) Data Structures
3 43 (3.16%) Cloud Native
4 39 (2.87%) Management Information System
5 29 (2.13%) Onboarding
6 27 (1.98%) Product Ownership
7 26 (1.91%) Greenfield Project
7 26 (1.91%) Public Cloud
8 20 (1.47%) Replication
9 19 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
10 18 (1.32%) Data Protection Act
11 16 (1.18%) Reference Data
12 14 (1.03%) Data Centre
12 14 (1.03%) Distributed Systems
12 14 (1.03%) Mainframe
13 13 (0.96%) Self-Motivation
14 12 (0.88%) Hybrid Cloud
15 11 (0.81%) FMCG
15 11 (0.81%) NHS
16 10 (0.73%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 24 (1.76%) Windows
2 14 (1.03%) Linux
3 7 (0.51%) zOS
4 6 (0.44%) Windows 10
5 5 (0.37%) Data ONTAP
6 4 (0.29%) AIX
6 4 (0.29%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.29%) VMS
7 2 (0.15%) Unix
7 2 (0.15%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.073%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,361 (100.00%) Migration
2 370 (27.19%) Validation
3 289 (21.23%) ERP
3 289 (21.23%) Stakeholder Management
4 283 (20.79%) User Acceptance Testing
5 246 (18.07%) Agile
6 229 (16.83%) ETL
7 206 (15.14%) Problem-Solving
8 203 (14.92%) Data Modelling
9 197 (14.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 137 (10.07%) Business Intelligence
11 136 (9.99%) Data Cleansing
12 133 (9.77%) Data Governance
13 124 (9.11%) Data Mapping
14 123 (9.04%) Project Management
15 117 (8.60%) Continuous Improvement
16 113 (8.30%) DevOps
17 110 (8.08%) Analytics
18 99 (7.27%) CI/CD
18 99 (7.27%) Data Validation
Programming Languages
1 271 (19.91%) SQL
2 101 (7.42%) Python
3 41 (3.01%) Java
4 28 (2.06%) PL/SQL
5 23 (1.69%) Bash
6 17 (1.25%) JavaScript
7 14 (1.03%) PowerShell
8 11 (0.81%) C#
9 9 (0.66%) Apex Code
9 9 (0.66%) Kotlin
9 9 (0.66%) T-SQL
10 8 (0.59%) TypeScript
10 8 (0.59%) VBA
11 7 (0.51%) VB
11 7 (0.51%) VB6
12 5 (0.37%) C
12 5 (0.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.22%) ABAP
13 3 (0.22%) COBOL
13 3 (0.22%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 229 (16.83%) Security Cleared
2 182 (13.37%) SC Cleared
3 54 (3.97%) Degree
4 27 (1.98%) ISTQB
5 26 (1.91%) DV Cleared
5 26 (1.91%) PMP
6 21 (1.54%) PMI Certification
7 17 (1.25%) Computer Science Degree
8 16 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
9 15 (1.10%) ACCA
9 15 (1.10%) CIMA
10 13 (0.96%) Azure Certification
11 6 (0.44%) DBS Check
11 6 (0.44%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 5 (0.37%) AWS Certification
12 5 (0.37%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (0.37%) Oracle Certification
12 5 (0.37%) TOGAF Certification
13 4 (0.29%) Master's Degree
13 4 (0.29%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 243 (17.85%) Data Quality
2 111 (8.16%) QA
3 66 (4.85%) GDPR
4 26 (1.91%) PMO
5 16 (1.18%) SLA
6 12 (0.88%) IFRS
7 10 (0.73%) HL7
8 9 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 9 (0.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 7 (0.51%) SNOMED CT
10 6 (0.44%) COBIT
10 6 (0.44%) GAAP
11 5 (0.37%) Accessibility
11 5 (0.37%) DICOM
11 5 (0.37%) GMP
11 5 (0.37%) NIST
12 4 (0.29%) Basel III
12 4 (0.29%) PERC
12 4 (0.29%) Solvency II
13 3 (0.22%) GxP
System Software
1 25 (1.84%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (1.10%) Active Directory
2 15 (1.10%) vSphere
3 12 (0.88%) Docker
3 12 (0.88%) VMware NSX
4 10 (0.73%) NFS
5 5 (0.37%) Oracle RAC
5 5 (0.37%) SRDF
6 4 (0.29%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.22%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 3 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 37 (2.72%) Terraform
2 32 (2.35%) Kubernetes
3 25 (1.84%) Ansible
4 15 (1.10%) Grafana
4 15 (1.10%) vCenter Server
5 14 (1.03%) Argo
6 10 (0.73%) EMC VPLEX
7 9 (0.66%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (0.44%) vMotion
9 5 (0.37%) SCCM
10 4 (0.29%) Data Guard
10 4 (0.29%) EMC NetWorker
10 4 (0.29%) HP ALM
10 4 (0.29%) NetBackup
10 4 (0.29%) Oracle RMAN
10 4 (0.29%) SnapMirror
11 3 (0.22%) Prometheus
11 3 (0.22%) SnapVault
12 2 (0.15%) Failover Clustering
12 2 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 271 (19.91%) Oracle
2 255 (18.74%) SAP
3 213 (15.65%) Microsoft
4 67 (4.92%) Databricks
5 61 (4.48%) Salesforce
6 30 (2.20%) VMware
7 25 (1.84%) Informatica
7 25 (1.84%) Sage
7 25 (1.84%) Workday
8 23 (1.69%) Pure Storage
8 23 (1.69%) ServiceNow
9 20 (1.47%) Google
10 19 (1.40%) Talend
11 18 (1.32%) IFS
12 15 (1.10%) MuleSoft
12 15 (1.10%) Red Hat
13 14 (1.03%) Avaloq
14 12 (0.88%) Temenos
15 11 (0.81%) IBM
15 11 (0.81%) Siebel