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

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 92 98
Rank change year-on-year +13 +6 +23
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,443 773 776
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.16% 2.79% 2.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.72% 3.07% 2.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 954 480 533
10th Percentile £363 £362 £376
25th Percentile £425 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year - -1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £640
90th Percentile £738 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 12 15
10th Percentile £17.75 £15.28 £66.95
25th Percentile £23.00 £28.68 £72.50
Median hourly rate £40.00 £50.25 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.40% -37.19% -10.55%
75th Percentile £57.50 £68.44 -
90th Percentile £73.98 £73.50 -
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £36.33 £80.00
% change year-on-year +10.12% -54.59% -10.55%

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 38,743 25,202 28,504
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.81% 90.84% 85.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,962 16,051 18,351
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £424
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £630 £627 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £751
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,572 1,476 1,524
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.25 £14.05
25th Percentile £19.17 £17.87 £18.08
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +1.18%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.05 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £40.94
% change year-on-year +67.00% -38.57% -3.67%

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 24 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 24 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 24 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 +21 698 £549 -0.23% 121
North of England -5 201 £515 +8.32% 46
South East +1 190 £550 +4.76% 77
Midlands +8 164 £473 -5.40% 35
North West +15 125 £525 +10.53% 35
West Midlands +4 114 £450 -10.00% 22
South West +11 85 £523 -0.48% 30
Yorkshire -30 62 £500 +4.17% 8
East of England +5 56 £565 +0.09% 20
East Midlands +8 46 £525 +16.67% 13
North East -26 17 £575 +31.43% 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 61 (4.23%) SharePoint
2 40 (2.77%) Confluence
3 10 (0.69%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (0.62%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (0.55%) Oracle Workflow
6 7 (0.49%) Apache
7 6 (0.42%) Apache Spark
8 5 (0.35%) Tuxedo
9 2 (0.14%) CMS
9 2 (0.14%) HCL Notes
9 2 (0.14%) Mendix
9 2 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.069%) IIS
10 1 (0.069%) OpenROAD
10 1 (0.069%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.069%) SAS
10 1 (0.069%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 73 (5.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (1.25%) Spreadsheet
3 13 (0.90%) Microsoft Project
4 12 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (0.83%) MS Visio
5 9 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.14%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.069%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.069%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 156 (10.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 39 (2.70%) Dynamics CRM
3 27 (1.87%) Oracle EBS
4 24 (1.66%) Oracle ERP
5 22 (1.52%) Oracle Payables
6 20 (1.39%) SAP ERP
7 19 (1.32%) NetSuite
8 18 (1.25%) Oracle Receivables
9 14 (0.97%) Workday HCM
10 12 (0.83%) Oracle Financials
11 11 (0.76%) iTrent
11 11 (0.76%) Oracle Assets
11 11 (0.76%) Oracle General Ledger
11 11 (0.76%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 11 (0.76%) SAP MDG
12 10 (0.69%) SAP SD
12 10 (0.69%) Teamcenter
13 7 (0.49%) Oracle EBS R12
13 7 (0.49%) SAP FI
13 7 (0.49%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 233 (16.15%) Azure
2 153 (10.60%) Power Platform
3 143 (9.91%) AWS
4 117 (8.11%) Dynamics 365
5 90 (6.24%) OCI
6 78 (5.41%) Azure DevOps
7 59 (4.09%) SaaS
8 49 (3.40%) Azure Data Factory
9 46 (3.19%) Snowflake
10 39 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
11 34 (2.36%) SuccessFactors
12 33 (2.29%) Power Automate
13 32 (2.22%) GitHub
14 30 (2.08%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 28 (1.94%) PowerApps
16 24 (1.66%) GCP
17 23 (1.59%) Amazon S3
18 17 (1.18%) dbt
18 17 (1.18%) Microsoft Purview
19 13 (0.90%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.49%) DNS
1 7 (0.49%) VPN
2 6 (0.42%) NAS
2 6 (0.42%) SAN
3 4 (0.28%) Firewall
4 3 (0.21%) Intranet
5 2 (0.14%) HTTP
5 2 (0.14%) VSAN
6 1 (0.069%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.069%) DKIM
6 1 (0.069%) DMARC
6 1 (0.069%) Fibre Channel
6 1 (0.069%) Internet
6 1 (0.069%) Network Security
6 1 (0.069%) SNMP
6 1 (0.069%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 132 (9.15%) Power BI
2 106 (7.35%) Data Warehouse
3 67 (4.64%) SQL Server
4 52 (3.60%) Metadata
5 51 (3.53%) Oracle Reports
6 44 (3.05%) Relational Database
7 37 (2.56%) Data Lake
8 30 (2.08%) Oracle Database
9 25 (1.73%) PostgreSQL
10 19 (1.32%) RDBMS
11 18 (1.25%) NoSQL
12 17 (1.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 15 (1.04%) Azure SQL Database
14 13 (0.90%) Oracle BI Publisher
14 13 (0.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 12 (0.83%) DataStage
15 12 (0.83%) Oracle Exadata
16 11 (0.76%) SAP Data Services
17 9 (0.62%) BusinessObjects
17 9 (0.62%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 118 (8.18%) JIRA
2 54 (3.74%) Git
3 39 (2.70%) Zephyr
4 30 (2.08%) Postman
5 18 (1.25%) GitLab
6 15 (1.04%) Jenkins
7 11 (0.76%) Oracle Forms
8 9 (0.62%) Selenium
9 6 (0.42%) Hudson
10 5 (0.35%) Gatling
10 5 (0.35%) LSMW
10 5 (0.35%) Team Foundation Server
11 4 (0.28%) Cypress.io
11 4 (0.28%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.21%) Claude Code
12 3 (0.21%) ER Studio
12 3 (0.21%) Rational DOORS
12 3 (0.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 2 (0.14%) Yeoman
14 1 (0.069%) Bitbucket
General
1 510 (35.34%) Finance
2 410 (28.41%) Social Skills
3 197 (13.65%) Analytical Skills
4 132 (9.15%) Public Sector
5 86 (5.96%) Banking
6 79 (5.47%) Manufacturing
7 55 (3.81%) Retail
8 54 (3.74%) Documentation Skills
9 50 (3.47%) Law
10 42 (2.91%) General Ledger
11 33 (2.29%) Organisational Skills
12 31 (2.15%) Local Government
13 25 (1.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 25 (1.73%) Marketing
14 24 (1.66%) Automotive
15 22 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
16 21 (1.46%) Billing
16 21 (1.46%) Legal
17 18 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
18 17 (1.18%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 278 (19.27%) Lead
2 211 (14.62%) Analyst
3 187 (12.96%) Architect
4 157 (10.88%) Consultant
5 124 (8.59%) Data Engineer
6 119 (8.25%) Senior
7 103 (7.14%) Data Migration Lead
8 90 (6.24%) Project Manager
9 86 (5.96%) Business Analyst
10 75 (5.20%) Data Analyst
11 69 (4.78%) Developer
12 64 (4.44%) Data Architect
13 59 (4.09%) Migration Engineer
14 50 (3.47%) SAP Consultant
15 48 (3.33%) Data Migration Engineer
16 45 (3.12%) Migration Analyst
16 45 (3.12%) Solutions Architect
17 41 (2.84%) Data Consultant
18 38 (2.63%) Data Migration Analyst
18 38 (2.63%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (6.65%) Oracle Fusion
2 44 (3.05%) Middleware
3 37 (2.56%) Terraform
4 36 (2.49%) REST
5 25 (1.73%) .NET
6 21 (1.46%) SOAP
6 21 (1.46%) XML
7 16 (1.11%) JSON
7 16 (1.11%) Kafka
8 15 (1.04%) PySpark
9 14 (0.97%) Spring
10 13 (0.90%) Oracle GoldenGate
11 8 (0.55%) SAP Fiori
11 8 (0.55%) Spring Boot
12 7 (0.49%) Lightning Web Components
13 6 (0.42%) ADO
13 6 (0.42%) React
14 5 (0.35%) COM
14 5 (0.35%) ODBC
14 5 (0.35%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 165 (11.43%) Legacy Systems
2 98 (6.79%) Data Structures
3 45 (3.12%) Management Information System
4 43 (2.98%) Cloud Native
5 42 (2.91%) Public Cloud
6 39 (2.70%) Onboarding
7 38 (2.63%) Product Ownership
8 34 (2.36%) Enterprise Software
9 29 (2.01%) Greenfield Project
10 19 (1.32%) NHS
11 17 (1.18%) FMCG
12 16 (1.11%) Replication
13 14 (0.97%) Reference Data
14 13 (0.90%) Data Centre
14 13 (0.90%) Data Protection Act
14 13 (0.90%) Distributed Systems
15 11 (0.76%) Analytical Mindset
15 11 (0.76%) Low-Code
16 10 (0.69%) Mainframe
16 10 (0.69%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 23 (1.59%) Windows
2 22 (1.52%) Linux
3 12 (0.83%) AIX
4 5 (0.35%) Data ONTAP
5 4 (0.28%) VMS
6 3 (0.21%) zOS
7 2 (0.14%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.069%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,443 (100.00%) Migration
2 411 (28.48%) Validation
3 338 (23.42%) Stakeholder Management
4 337 (23.35%) ERP
5 323 (22.38%) User Acceptance Testing
6 246 (17.05%) ETL
7 243 (16.84%) Agile
8 240 (16.63%) Data Modelling
9 227 (15.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 178 (12.34%) Problem-Solving
11 175 (12.13%) Data Governance
12 156 (10.81%) Business Intelligence
13 139 (9.63%) Data Cleansing
14 133 (9.22%) Analytics
15 131 (9.08%) Continuous Improvement
15 131 (9.08%) DevOps
16 117 (8.11%) Data Mapping
17 115 (7.97%) CI/CD
18 109 (7.55%) Requirements Gathering
19 107 (7.42%) Data Transformation
Programming Languages
1 293 (20.30%) SQL
2 97 (6.72%) Python
3 38 (2.63%) Java
4 27 (1.87%) PL/SQL
5 19 (1.32%) C#
6 18 (1.25%) JavaScript
7 17 (1.18%) Bash
8 15 (1.04%) PowerShell
9 12 (0.83%) T-SQL
10 9 (0.62%) Kotlin
11 8 (0.55%) TypeScript
12 6 (0.42%) Apex Code
13 5 (0.35%) ABAP
13 5 (0.35%) C
13 5 (0.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 5 (0.35%) VB
13 5 (0.35%) VB6
13 5 (0.35%) VBA
13 5 (0.35%) X++
14 3 (0.21%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 249 (17.26%) Security Cleared
2 198 (13.72%) SC Cleared
3 53 (3.67%) Degree
4 36 (2.49%) DV Cleared
5 28 (1.94%) ACCA
5 28 (1.94%) CIMA
5 28 (1.94%) ISTQB
6 27 (1.87%) PMP
7 26 (1.80%) PMI Certification
8 18 (1.25%) BPSS Clearance
9 12 (0.83%) Azure Certification
9 12 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
10 11 (0.76%) Computer Science Degree
11 8 (0.55%) DBS Check
12 6 (0.42%) Oracle Certification
12 6 (0.42%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 6 (0.42%) SAP Certification
13 5 (0.35%) AWS Certification
14 3 (0.21%) CTC Cleared
14 3 (0.21%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 283 (19.61%) Data Quality
2 116 (8.04%) QA
3 66 (4.57%) GDPR
4 34 (2.36%) PMO
5 11 (0.76%) GRC
5 11 (0.76%) IFRS
5 11 (0.76%) SLA
6 10 (0.69%) HL7
7 9 (0.62%) Accessibility
8 7 (0.49%) SNOMED CT
9 6 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (0.42%) DICOM
9 6 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (0.28%) PERC
10 4 (0.28%) Solvency II
11 3 (0.21%) GAAP
11 3 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 2 (0.14%) GMP
12 2 (0.14%) ISO 20022
12 2 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 14 (0.97%) Docker
2 13 (0.90%) Oracle RAC
3 12 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.69%) Active Directory
5 8 (0.55%) vSphere
6 5 (0.35%) VMware NSX
7 4 (0.28%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.21%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 3 (0.21%) SRDF
8 3 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.14%) NFS
Systems Management
1 26 (1.80%) Ansible
1 26 (1.80%) Kubernetes
2 12 (0.83%) Data Guard
2 12 (0.83%) Oracle RMAN
3 8 (0.55%) vCenter Server
4 7 (0.49%) Argo
4 7 (0.49%) Grafana
5 5 (0.35%) HP ALM
6 4 (0.28%) EMC NetWorker
6 4 (0.28%) EMC VPLEX
6 4 (0.28%) Karpenter
6 4 (0.28%) NetBackup
6 4 (0.28%) SnapMirror
7 3 (0.21%) SnapVault
8 2 (0.14%) Failover Clustering
8 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.14%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.069%) Autotask
9 1 (0.069%) Avamar
9 1 (0.069%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 295 (20.44%) Oracle
2 275 (19.06%) SAP
3 251 (17.39%) Microsoft
4 81 (5.61%) Databricks
5 59 (4.09%) Salesforce
6 33 (2.29%) Workday
7 30 (2.08%) ServiceNow
8 23 (1.59%) IBM
8 23 (1.59%) Informatica
9 19 (1.32%) Google
10 17 (1.18%) IFS
10 17 (1.18%) Talend
11 16 (1.11%) Ariba
12 14 (0.97%) VMware
13 12 (0.83%) Sage
14 10 (0.69%) Siebel
15 9 (0.62%) Atlassian
15 9 (0.62%) InterSystems
16 8 (0.55%) MuleSoft
16 8 (0.55%) Red Hat