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

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 90 98
Rank change year-on-year +10 +8 +23
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,434 782 777
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.14% 2.83% 2.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.70% 3.12% 2.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 945 485 534
10th Percentile £363 £363 £377
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 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 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% -13.25%
75th Percentile £57.50 £68.44 -
90th Percentile £73.75 £73.50 -
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £36.33 £80.00
% change year-on-year +10.12% -54.59% -13.25%

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 38,772 25,064 28,481
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.81% 90.82% 85.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,937 15,945 18,292
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £630 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £753
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,579 1,483 1,510
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.20 £14.05
25th Percentile £18.75 £17.87 £18.13
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -40.82% -
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £69.65 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £40.50
% change year-on-year +63.02% -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 27 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 27 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 27 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 +21 699 £538 -2.27% 333
North of England -7 201 £519 +9.26% 79
South East +2 179 £550 +1.22% 110
Midlands +6 161 £475 -5.00% 72
North West +11 125 £525 +10.53% 50
West Midlands -3 110 £450 -10.00% 48
South West +15 88 £523 -0.48% 38
Yorkshire -40 62 £500 +2.56% 17
East of England +7 57 £565 +7.62% 33
East Midlands +6 47 £525 +16.67% 24
North East -28 17 £575 +31.43% 12
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 (4.25%) SharePoint
2 40 (2.79%) Confluence
3 11 (0.77%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (0.56%) Oracle Workflow
6 7 (0.49%) Apache
6 7 (0.49%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.35%) Tuxedo
8 2 (0.14%) CMS
8 2 (0.14%) HCL Notes
8 2 (0.14%) Mendix
8 2 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.070%) IIS
9 1 (0.070%) OpenROAD
9 1 (0.070%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.070%) SAS
9 1 (0.070%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 71 (4.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (1.19%) Spreadsheet
3 14 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (0.98%) MS Visio
4 13 (0.91%) Microsoft Project
5 9 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.14%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.14%) Windchill
7 1 (0.070%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 155 (10.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 40 (2.79%) Dynamics CRM
3 23 (1.60%) Oracle ERP
4 22 (1.53%) Oracle EBS
4 22 (1.53%) Oracle Payables
5 20 (1.39%) NetSuite
6 19 (1.32%) SAP ERP
7 18 (1.26%) Oracle Receivables
8 14 (0.98%) Workday HCM
9 12 (0.84%) Oracle Financials
10 11 (0.77%) iTrent
10 11 (0.77%) Oracle Assets
10 11 (0.77%) Oracle General Ledger
10 11 (0.77%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 11 (0.77%) SAP MDG
10 11 (0.77%) SAP SD
10 11 (0.77%) Teamcenter
11 8 (0.56%) SAP FI
11 8 (0.56%) SAP MM
12 7 (0.49%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 238 (16.60%) Azure
2 152 (10.60%) Power Platform
3 143 (9.97%) AWS
4 118 (8.23%) Dynamics 365
5 86 (6.00%) OCI
6 79 (5.51%) Azure DevOps
7 60 (4.18%) SaaS
8 48 (3.35%) Azure Data Factory
9 46 (3.21%) Snowflake
10 40 (2.79%) Microsoft 365
11 34 (2.37%) SuccessFactors
12 33 (2.30%) GitHub
12 33 (2.30%) Power Automate
13 30 (2.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 28 (1.95%) PowerApps
15 25 (1.74%) GCP
16 24 (1.67%) Amazon S3
17 17 (1.19%) Microsoft Purview
18 15 (1.05%) dbt
19 13 (0.91%) 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 (0.070%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.070%) DKIM
6 1 (0.070%) DMARC
6 1 (0.070%) Fibre Channel
6 1 (0.070%) Internet
6 1 (0.070%) Network Security
6 1 (0.070%) SNMP
6 1 (0.070%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 130 (9.07%) Power BI
2 101 (7.04%) Data Warehouse
3 65 (4.53%) SQL Server
4 53 (3.70%) Metadata
5 47 (3.28%) Relational Database
6 39 (2.72%) Oracle Reports
7 37 (2.58%) Data Lake
8 31 (2.16%) Oracle Database
9 25 (1.74%) PostgreSQL
10 20 (1.39%) RDBMS
11 17 (1.19%) NoSQL
12 15 (1.05%) Azure SQL Database
13 14 (0.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 13 (0.91%) DataStage
14 13 (0.91%) Oracle Exadata
15 12 (0.84%) Oracle BI Publisher
16 10 (0.70%) SAP Data Services
16 10 (0.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 9 (0.63%) BusinessObjects
17 9 (0.63%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 115 (8.02%) JIRA
2 52 (3.63%) Git
3 35 (2.44%) Zephyr
4 27 (1.88%) Postman
5 20 (1.39%) GitLab
6 15 (1.05%) Jenkins
7 11 (0.77%) Oracle Forms
8 9 (0.63%) Selenium
9 6 (0.42%) Hudson
10 5 (0.35%) Gatling
10 5 (0.35%) Team Foundation Server
11 4 (0.28%) Cypress.io
11 4 (0.28%) LSMW
11 4 (0.28%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.21%) Claude Code
12 3 (0.21%) ER Studio
12 3 (0.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 2 (0.14%) Rational DOORS
13 2 (0.14%) Yeoman
14 1 (0.070%) Cucumber
General
1 508 (35.43%) Finance
2 409 (28.52%) Social Skills
3 192 (13.39%) Analytical Skills
4 133 (9.27%) Public Sector
5 85 (5.93%) Banking
6 77 (5.37%) Manufacturing
7 55 (3.84%) Documentation Skills
8 54 (3.77%) Retail
9 49 (3.42%) Law
10 42 (2.93%) General Ledger
11 33 (2.30%) Organisational Skills
12 31 (2.16%) Local Government
13 26 (1.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 25 (1.74%) Automotive
15 24 (1.67%) Marketing
16 23 (1.60%) Influencing Skills
17 20 (1.39%) Billing
18 19 (1.32%) Legal
19 18 (1.26%) Presentation Skills
20 16 (1.12%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 273 (19.04%) Lead
2 215 (14.99%) Analyst
3 182 (12.69%) Architect
4 157 (10.95%) Consultant
5 125 (8.72%) Data Engineer
6 123 (8.58%) Senior
7 101 (7.04%) Data Migration Lead
8 91 (6.35%) Business Analyst
9 89 (6.21%) Project Manager
10 76 (5.30%) Data Analyst
11 70 (4.88%) Developer
12 61 (4.25%) Data Architect
13 59 (4.11%) Migration Engineer
14 49 (3.42%) SAP Consultant
15 48 (3.35%) Data Migration Engineer
16 45 (3.14%) Migration Analyst
16 45 (3.14%) Solutions Architect
17 42 (2.93%) Data Consultant
18 39 (2.72%) Migration Consultant
19 38 (2.65%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (6.21%) Oracle Fusion
2 44 (3.07%) Middleware
3 38 (2.65%) Terraform
4 35 (2.44%) REST
5 25 (1.74%) .NET
6 22 (1.53%) XML
7 20 (1.39%) SOAP
8 17 (1.19%) Kafka
9 16 (1.12%) JSON
10 15 (1.05%) PySpark
11 14 (0.98%) Oracle GoldenGate
11 14 (0.98%) Spring
12 8 (0.56%) SAP Fiori
12 8 (0.56%) Spring Boot
13 7 (0.49%) Lightning Web Components
14 6 (0.42%) ADO
14 6 (0.42%) React
15 5 (0.35%) COM
15 5 (0.35%) ODBC
15 5 (0.35%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 167 (11.65%) Legacy Systems
2 99 (6.90%) Data Structures
3 45 (3.14%) Management Information System
4 43 (3.00%) Public Cloud
5 42 (2.93%) Cloud Native
6 39 (2.72%) Onboarding
7 36 (2.51%) Enterprise Software
8 35 (2.44%) Product Ownership
9 27 (1.88%) Greenfield Project
10 19 (1.32%) NHS
11 18 (1.26%) FMCG
12 16 (1.12%) Replication
13 15 (1.05%) Reference Data
14 13 (0.91%) Data Centre
14 13 (0.91%) Data Protection Act
14 13 (0.91%) Distributed Systems
15 12 (0.84%) Low-Code
16 11 (0.77%) Analytical Mindset
17 10 (0.70%) Self-Motivation
18 9 (0.63%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 23 (1.60%) Linux
1 23 (1.60%) Windows
2 13 (0.91%) AIX
3 5 (0.35%) Data ONTAP
4 4 (0.28%) VMS
5 2 (0.14%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.14%) zOS
6 1 (0.070%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,434 (100.00%) Migration
2 411 (28.66%) Validation
3 345 (24.06%) Stakeholder Management
4 334 (23.29%) ERP
5 326 (22.73%) User Acceptance Testing
6 241 (16.81%) Agile
7 239 (16.67%) ETL
8 235 (16.39%) Data Modelling
9 234 (16.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 179 (12.48%) Data Governance
11 174 (12.13%) Problem-Solving
12 153 (10.67%) Business Intelligence
13 139 (9.69%) Data Cleansing
14 132 (9.21%) Continuous Improvement
14 132 (9.21%) DevOps
15 128 (8.93%) Analytics
16 118 (8.23%) Data Mapping
17 116 (8.09%) CI/CD
18 113 (7.88%) Requirements Gathering
19 106 (7.39%) Data Transformation
Programming Languages
1 291 (20.29%) SQL
2 96 (6.69%) Python
3 37 (2.58%) Java
4 26 (1.81%) PL/SQL
5 19 (1.32%) C#
6 18 (1.26%) JavaScript
7 17 (1.19%) Bash
8 15 (1.05%) PowerShell
9 11 (0.77%) T-SQL
10 9 (0.63%) Kotlin
11 8 (0.56%) 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
1 247 (17.22%) Security Cleared
2 198 (13.81%) SC Cleared
3 52 (3.63%) Degree
4 36 (2.51%) DV Cleared
5 29 (2.02%) ACCA
5 29 (2.02%) CIMA
6 27 (1.88%) PMP
7 26 (1.81%) ISTQB
7 26 (1.81%) PMI Certification
8 18 (1.26%) BPSS Clearance
9 12 (0.84%) Azure Certification
9 12 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
10 11 (0.77%) Computer Science Degree
11 8 (0.56%) DBS Check
12 6 (0.42%) AWS Certification
12 6 (0.42%) Oracle Certification
12 6 (0.42%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 6 (0.42%) SAP Certification
13 3 (0.21%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (0.21%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 286 (19.94%) Data Quality
2 111 (7.74%) QA
3 64 (4.46%) GDPR
4 32 (2.23%) PMO
5 11 (0.77%) GRC
6 10 (0.70%) HL7
6 10 (0.70%) IFRS
6 10 (0.70%) SLA
7 9 (0.63%) Accessibility
8 7 (0.49%) SNOMED CT
9 6 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (0.42%) DICOM
10 5 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (0.28%) PERC
11 4 (0.28%) Solvency II
12 3 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 2 (0.14%) GAAP
13 2 (0.14%) GMP
13 2 (0.14%) ISO 20022
13 2 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 14 (0.98%) Docker
1 14 (0.98%) Oracle RAC
2 12 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (0.70%) Active Directory
4 8 (0.56%) vSphere
5 5 (0.35%) VMware NSX
6 4 (0.28%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.21%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 3 (0.21%) SRDF
7 3 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.14%) NFS
Systems Management
1 27 (1.88%) Ansible
2 26 (1.81%) Kubernetes
3 13 (0.91%) Data Guard
3 13 (0.91%) Oracle RMAN
4 8 (0.56%) vCenter Server
5 7 (0.49%) Argo
5 7 (0.49%) Grafana
6 5 (0.35%) HP ALM
7 4 (0.28%) EMC NetWorker
7 4 (0.28%) EMC VPLEX
7 4 (0.28%) Karpenter
7 4 (0.28%) NetBackup
7 4 (0.28%) SnapMirror
8 3 (0.21%) SnapVault
9 2 (0.14%) Failover Clustering
9 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.14%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.070%) Autotask
10 1 (0.070%) Avamar
10 1 (0.070%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 285 (19.87%) Oracle
2 273 (19.04%) SAP
3 259 (18.06%) Microsoft
4 82 (5.72%) Databricks
5 59 (4.11%) Salesforce
6 31 (2.16%) Workday
7 30 (2.09%) ServiceNow
8 23 (1.60%) Informatica
9 22 (1.53%) IBM
10 19 (1.32%) Google
11 17 (1.19%) Ariba
11 17 (1.19%) IFS
12 16 (1.12%) Talend
13 14 (0.98%) VMware
14 12 (0.84%) Sage
15 10 (0.70%) Siebel
16 9 (0.63%) Atlassian
16 9 (0.63%) InterSystems
16 9 (0.63%) MuleSoft
17 8 (0.56%) Red Hat