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 22 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
22 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 96 95
Rank change year-on-year +17 -1 +44
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,220 652 865
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.08% 2.66% 2.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.61% 2.92% 2.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 795 427 593
10th Percentile £358 £375 £375
25th Percentile £449 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £529 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.76% -3.82% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £660
90th Percentile £725 £718 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 8 38
10th Percentile £14.95 £29.58 £25.00
25th Percentile £17.75 £50.84 £40.00
Median hourly rate £41.56 £63.75 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.82% -20.31% +300.00%
75th Percentile £71.60 £71.88 -
90th Percentile £81.00 £77.74 £86.50
UK median hourly rate £41.56 £70.00 £80.00
% change year-on-year -40.64% -12.50% +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 33,784 22,346 32,054
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.23% 91.09% 86.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,591 14,669 21,080
10th Percentile £315 £310 £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 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.89% -0.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,113 899 2,221
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.82 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.51 £15.89
Median hourly rate £42.00 £31.64 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +32.74% -9.60% -9.09%
75th Percentile £67.25 £64.50 £58.75
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.10 £72.45
UK median hourly rate £39.00 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +30.00% -14.29% -6.67%

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 22 April 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 22 April 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 22 April 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 +32 611 £525 -4.55% 128
South East +6 177 £609 +10.68% 84
North of England -16 163 £500 -2.15% 58
Midlands -14 120 £450 -10.00% 41
North West +2 98 £467 -14.12% 31
West Midlands -23 80 £425 -15.00% 22
Yorkshire -41 56 £527 +33.42% 24
East of England -6 50 £575 -11.54% 21
South West -26 40 £550 +7.32% 28
East Midlands -12 37 £500 +7.53% 19
North East -13 9 £488 -20.41% 3
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 38 (3.11%) SharePoint
2 37 (3.03%) Confluence
3 11 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (0.66%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
5 3 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 3 (0.25%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.16%) Appian
6 2 (0.16%) IIS
7 1 (0.082%) Apache
7 1 (0.082%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.082%) CMS
7 1 (0.082%) OpenROAD
7 1 (0.082%) Oracle Service Bus
7 1 (0.082%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.082%) WebSphere
Applications
1 67 (5.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (1.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 20 (1.64%) Spreadsheet
4 19 (1.56%) Microsoft Project
5 16 (1.31%) MS Visio
6 14 (1.15%) Microsoft Office
7 1 (0.082%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.082%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 130 (10.66%) SAP S/4HANA
2 54 (4.43%) Oracle EBS
3 33 (2.70%) Dynamics CRM
4 22 (1.80%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 14 (1.15%) Oracle ERP
6 13 (1.07%) Loan IQ
7 12 (0.98%) SAP ERP
8 11 (0.90%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 11 (0.90%) Workday HCM
9 10 (0.82%) NetSuite
9 10 (0.82%) Oracle General Ledger
10 9 (0.74%) Oracle Payables
11 8 (0.66%) Oracle Receivables
12 7 (0.57%) Oracle EBS R12
13 6 (0.49%) Finacle
13 6 (0.49%) SAP CO
13 6 (0.49%) SAP FI
14 5 (0.41%) NEC Housing
14 5 (0.41%) SAP Business One
14 5 (0.41%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 174 (14.26%) Azure
2 126 (10.33%) Power Platform
3 103 (8.44%) AWS
4 88 (7.21%) Dynamics 365
4 88 (7.21%) OCI
5 51 (4.18%) Azure DevOps
6 47 (3.85%) SaaS
7 46 (3.77%) Azure Data Factory
8 35 (2.87%) GitHub
9 29 (2.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 29 (2.38%) Snowflake
10 26 (2.13%) Microsoft 365
11 23 (1.89%) SuccessFactors
12 18 (1.48%) GCP
13 16 (1.31%) Amazon S3
14 15 (1.23%) Entra ID
14 15 (1.23%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 14 (1.15%) OpenShift
15 14 (1.15%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 11 (0.90%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.23%) DNS
2 14 (1.15%) NAS
3 13 (1.07%) SAN
4 6 (0.49%) Firewall
5 4 (0.33%) VPN
6 2 (0.16%) Fibre Channel
6 2 (0.16%) HTTP
6 2 (0.16%) VSAN
7 1 (0.082%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (0.082%) DKIM
7 1 (0.082%) DMARC
7 1 (0.082%) FCoE
7 1 (0.082%) Internet
7 1 (0.082%) Intranet
7 1 (0.082%) iSCSI
7 1 (0.082%) Network Security
7 1 (0.082%) SNMP
7 1 (0.082%) SSL
7 1 (0.082%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 108 (8.85%) Power BI
2 91 (7.46%) Data Warehouse
3 56 (4.59%) SQL Server
4 55 (4.51%) Oracle Reports
5 36 (2.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 30 (2.46%) Metadata
7 29 (2.38%) Data Lake
8 26 (2.13%) Relational Database
9 22 (1.80%) PostgreSQL
10 20 (1.64%) Oracle Database
11 15 (1.23%) NoSQL
12 14 (1.15%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 14 (1.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 13 (1.07%) Amazon Redshift
13 13 (1.07%) SAP Data Services
14 12 (0.98%) DB2
14 12 (0.98%) Tableau
15 9 (0.74%) Electronic Patient Records
15 9 (0.74%) MySQL
16 8 (0.66%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 110 (9.02%) JIRA
2 30 (2.46%) Git
3 28 (2.30%) Zephyr
4 24 (1.97%) Postman
5 18 (1.48%) Jenkins
6 11 (0.90%) Selenium
7 8 (0.66%) Oracle Forms
8 6 (0.49%) LSMW
9 5 (0.41%) GitLab
9 5 (0.41%) Hudson
10 4 (0.33%) Cucumber
10 4 (0.33%) JUnit
10 4 (0.33%) Toad
11 3 (0.25%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.25%) ERwin
11 3 (0.25%) Rational DOORS
11 3 (0.25%) Team Foundation Server
12 2 (0.16%) Cypress.io
12 2 (0.16%) Oracle APEX
12 2 (0.16%) Visual Studio
General
1 412 (33.77%) Finance
2 396 (32.46%) Social Skills
3 153 (12.54%) Analytical Skills
4 107 (8.77%) Public Sector
5 71 (5.82%) Banking
6 56 (4.59%) Manufacturing
7 45 (3.69%) Documentation Skills
8 43 (3.52%) Law
9 41 (3.36%) Retail
10 37 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
11 23 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
12 22 (1.80%) Local Government
13 21 (1.72%) General Ledger
13 21 (1.72%) Legal
13 21 (1.72%) Marketing
14 20 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 17 (1.39%) Pharmaceutical
16 16 (1.31%) Billing
17 13 (1.07%) Aerospace
18 12 (0.98%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 273 (22.38%) Lead
2 186 (15.25%) Analyst
3 157 (12.87%) Architect
4 136 (11.15%) Consultant
5 96 (7.87%) Business Analyst
5 96 (7.87%) Project Manager
6 92 (7.54%) Data Migration Lead
7 87 (7.13%) Data Engineer
8 86 (7.05%) Senior
9 64 (5.25%) Data Analyst
10 57 (4.67%) Migration Analyst
11 55 (4.51%) Developer
12 44 (3.61%) Migration Manager
13 43 (3.52%) Data Architect
13 43 (3.52%) Data Migration Analyst
13 43 (3.52%) Migration Engineer
14 39 (3.20%) Data Migration Engineer
14 39 (3.20%) SAP Consultant
15 36 (2.95%) Lead Architect
15 36 (2.95%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (6.80%) Oracle Fusion
2 35 (2.87%) REST
3 31 (2.54%) Middleware
4 28 (2.30%) XML
5 20 (1.64%) .NET
5 20 (1.64%) SOAP
6 16 (1.31%) JSON
7 13 (1.07%) Kafka
7 13 (1.07%) Lightning Web Components
8 12 (0.98%) OpenTelemetry
9 11 (0.90%) Spring
10 8 (0.66%) PySpark
11 7 (0.57%) Web Services
12 5 (0.41%) FHIR
12 5 (0.41%) React
12 5 (0.41%) Visualforce
12 5 (0.41%) XSLT
13 4 (0.33%) AngularJS
13 4 (0.33%) RESTful
13 4 (0.33%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 167 (13.69%) Legacy Systems
2 94 (7.70%) Data Structures
3 42 (3.44%) Management Information System
4 37 (3.03%) Cloud Native
5 33 (2.70%) Onboarding
6 27 (2.21%) Greenfield Project
7 26 (2.13%) Product Ownership
8 20 (1.64%) Replication
9 19 (1.56%) Public Cloud
10 17 (1.39%) Data Protection Act
11 15 (1.23%) Hybrid Cloud
11 15 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
12 14 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
12 14 (1.15%) Mainframe
13 12 (0.98%) NHS
13 12 (0.98%) Reference Data
14 11 (0.90%) Data Centre
14 11 (0.90%) Distributed Systems
14 11 (0.90%) Marketing Technology
15 9 (0.74%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 23 (1.89%) Windows
2 10 (0.82%) Linux
3 7 (0.57%) Apple iOS
3 7 (0.57%) Windows 10
3 7 (0.57%) zOS
4 6 (0.49%) Unix
5 4 (0.33%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.25%) Data ONTAP
7 1 (0.082%) AIX
7 1 (0.082%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.082%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,220 (100.00%) Migration
2 303 (24.84%) Validation
3 283 (23.20%) Stakeholder Management
4 257 (21.07%) ERP
5 244 (20.00%) Agile
6 235 (19.26%) User Acceptance Testing
7 220 (18.03%) ETL
8 193 (15.82%) Problem-Solving
9 183 (15.00%) Data Modelling
10 177 (14.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 142 (11.64%) Data Cleansing
12 138 (11.31%) Business Intelligence
13 129 (10.57%) Project Management
14 124 (10.16%) Data Mapping
15 115 (9.43%) Analytics
16 113 (9.26%) Continuous Improvement
17 105 (8.61%) Workshop Facilitation
18 103 (8.44%) Change Management
19 101 (8.28%) Data Governance
20 94 (7.70%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 230 (18.85%) SQL
2 89 (7.30%) Python
3 40 (3.28%) Java
4 28 (2.30%) PL/SQL
5 19 (1.56%) Bash
6 15 (1.23%) JavaScript
7 13 (1.07%) PowerShell
8 12 (0.98%) Apex Code
9 11 (0.90%) C#
10 10 (0.82%) VBA
11 9 (0.74%) T-SQL
12 7 (0.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 5 (0.41%) Korn
13 5 (0.41%) Kotlin
13 5 (0.41%) Perl
13 5 (0.41%) PHP
13 5 (0.41%) Shell Script
14 4 (0.33%) SOQL
15 3 (0.25%) ABAP
15 3 (0.25%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 202 (16.56%) Security Cleared
2 150 (12.30%) SC Cleared
3 47 (3.85%) Degree
4 31 (2.54%) DV Cleared
5 22 (1.80%) PMP
6 21 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
7 19 (1.56%) ISTQB
8 18 (1.48%) Computer Science Degree
9 16 (1.31%) PMI Certification
10 11 (0.90%) AWS Certification
11 10 (0.82%) Azure Certification
12 6 (0.49%) ACCA
12 6 (0.49%) CIMA
13 5 (0.41%) Master's Degree
13 5 (0.41%) SAP Certification
14 4 (0.33%) OCP
14 4 (0.33%) Oracle Certification
15 3 (0.25%) IIBA
15 3 (0.25%) Microsoft Certification
15 3 (0.25%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 212 (17.38%) Data Quality
2 97 (7.95%) QA
3 58 (4.75%) GDPR
4 25 (2.05%) PMO
5 14 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (0.98%) COBIT
7 11 (0.90%) NIST
7 11 (0.90%) SLA
8 9 (0.74%) HL7
9 8 (0.66%) IFRS
10 7 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 5 (0.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 5 (0.41%) DICOM
11 5 (0.41%) GAAP
11 5 (0.41%) GMP
11 5 (0.41%) SNOMED CT
12 4 (0.33%) Accessibility
12 4 (0.33%) Basel III
12 4 (0.33%) IFRS 9
12 4 (0.33%) PERC
System Software
1 25 (2.05%) VMware Infrastructure
2 19 (1.56%) Active Directory
3 15 (1.23%) vSphere
4 13 (1.07%) VMware NSX
5 9 (0.74%) NFS
6 8 (0.66%) Docker
7 3 (0.25%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.25%) SRDF
8 2 (0.16%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.082%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 32 (2.62%) Kubernetes
2 31 (2.54%) Terraform
3 20 (1.64%) Ansible
4 15 (1.23%) Grafana
4 15 (1.23%) vCenter Server
5 14 (1.15%) Argo
6 12 (0.98%) Microsoft Intune
7 8 (0.66%) EMC VPLEX
7 8 (0.66%) SCCM
8 6 (0.49%) vMotion
9 4 (0.33%) HP ALM
10 3 (0.25%) EMC NetWorker
10 3 (0.25%) NetBackup
11 2 (0.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.16%) Prometheus
11 2 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.16%) SnapMirror
11 2 (0.16%) SnapVault
12 1 (0.082%) Avamar
12 1 (0.082%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 239 (19.59%) Oracle
2 227 (18.61%) SAP
3 195 (15.98%) Microsoft
4 66 (5.41%) Salesforce
5 43 (3.52%) Databricks
6 35 (2.87%) Workday
7 29 (2.38%) VMware
8 23 (1.89%) Informatica
8 23 (1.89%) Pure Storage
8 23 (1.89%) Sage
9 20 (1.64%) ServiceNow
10 19 (1.56%) Talend
11 18 (1.48%) Google
12 17 (1.39%) Avaloq
12 17 (1.39%) MuleSoft
13 15 (1.23%) Red Hat
14 13 (1.07%) IBM
14 13 (1.07%) IFS
15 12 (0.98%) Splunk
16 10 (0.82%) Ariba
341 Data Migration jobs in England