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

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 99 99
Rank change year-on-year +26 0 +38
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,305 635 825
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.13% 2.66% 2.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.68% 2.92% 2.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 850 392 570
10th Percentile £360 £366 £350
25th Percentile £450 £448 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.85% -3.73% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £723 £714
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 9 33
10th Percentile £15.62 £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 £51.67 £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 35,433 21,759 31,490
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.85% 91.31% 85.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,494 14,185 20,632
10th Percentile £325 £305 £300
25th Percentile £413 £411 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.25% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £512 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -0.19% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,215 937 2,283
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.84
25th Percentile £20.50 £18.13 £16.00
Median hourly rate £46.43 £28.18 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +64.76% -22.79% -2.46%
75th Percentile £68.00 £60.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £81.05 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.28 £27.52 £36.00
% change year-on-year +53.64% -23.57% -1.09%

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 28 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 28 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 28 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 +37 638 £537 -2.36% 129
South East +7 184 £556 +2.37% 49
North of England -16 175 £500 +1.01% 39
Midlands +3 136 £488 +8.33% 39
North West +9 108 £475 -10.55% 27
West Midlands -4 93 £470 +4.44% 24
South West +8 64 £525 +5.00% 16
Yorkshire -42 59 £530 +21.14% 11
East of England -2 56 £575 -11.54% 10
East Midlands +3 40 £500 +9.29% 15
North East -22 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 45 (3.45%) SharePoint
2 39 (2.99%) 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 74 (5.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (1.69%) Spreadsheet
3 17 (1.30%) 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
1 149 (11.42%) SAP S/4HANA
2 39 (2.99%) Oracle EBS
3 31 (2.38%) Dynamics CRM
4 21 (1.61%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 18 (1.38%) SAP ERP
6 15 (1.15%) NetSuite
7 14 (1.07%) Oracle ERP
8 11 (0.84%) Oracle General Ledger
8 11 (0.84%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 10 (0.77%) Loan IQ
9 10 (0.77%) Oracle Receivables
10 8 (0.61%) NEC Housing
10 8 (0.61%) Oracle Assets
10 8 (0.61%) Oracle Payables
11 7 (0.54%) iTrent
12 6 (0.46%) Finacle
12 6 (0.46%) Oracle EBS R12
12 6 (0.46%) SAP Business One
12 6 (0.46%) SAP SD
12 6 (0.46%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 204 (15.63%) Azure
2 128 (9.81%) AWS
3 126 (9.66%) Power Platform
4 95 (7.28%) Dynamics 365
5 72 (5.52%) OCI
6 59 (4.52%) Azure DevOps
7 52 (3.98%) SaaS
8 45 (3.45%) Azure Data Factory
9 36 (2.76%) Snowflake
10 34 (2.61%) GitHub
11 27 (2.07%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 27 (2.07%) Microsoft 365
12 20 (1.53%) GCP
13 19 (1.46%) Amazon S3
14 17 (1.30%) SuccessFactors
15 16 (1.23%) Power Automate
16 15 (1.15%) OpenShift
17 14 (1.07%) dbt
17 14 (1.07%) Entra ID
17 14 (1.07%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.15%) SAN
2 14 (1.07%) DNS
2 14 (1.07%) NAS
3 6 (0.46%) Firewall
4 5 (0.38%) VPN
5 3 (0.23%) VSAN
6 2 (0.15%) Fibre Channel
6 2 (0.15%) HTTP
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
1 107 (8.20%) Power BI
2 96 (7.36%) Data Warehouse
3 58 (4.44%) Oracle Reports
4 54 (4.14%) SQL Server
5 36 (2.76%) Metadata
6 31 (2.38%) Data Lake
7 29 (2.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 20 (1.53%) PostgreSQL
9 19 (1.46%) Oracle Database
9 19 (1.46%) Relational Database
10 18 (1.38%) NoSQL
11 16 (1.23%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 13 (1.00%) SAP Data Services
13 12 (0.92%) Tableau
14 11 (0.84%) DB2
15 10 (0.77%) Electronic Patient Records
15 10 (0.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 9 (0.69%) Amazon Redshift
17 8 (0.61%) GIS
18 6 (0.46%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 116 (8.89%) JIRA
2 35 (2.68%) Git
3 34 (2.61%) Zephyr
4 27 (2.07%) Postman
5 22 (1.69%) Jenkins
6 11 (0.84%) Selenium
7 10 (0.77%) 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
1 448 (34.33%) Finance
2 400 (30.65%) Social Skills
3 164 (12.57%) Analytical Skills
4 104 (7.97%) Public Sector
5 82 (6.28%) Banking
6 60 (4.60%) Manufacturing
7 50 (3.83%) Documentation Skills
8 45 (3.45%) Law
9 40 (3.07%) Retail
10 33 (2.53%) Presentation Skills
11 31 (2.38%) General Ledger
12 28 (2.15%) Local Government
13 26 (1.99%) Organisational Skills
14 22 (1.69%) Legal
14 22 (1.69%) Marketing
15 20 (1.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 18 (1.38%) Pharmaceutical
17 16 (1.23%) Billing
18 15 (1.15%) Aerospace
19 14 (1.07%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 288 (22.07%) Lead
2 194 (14.87%) Analyst
3 173 (13.26%) Architect
4 146 (11.19%) Consultant
5 106 (8.12%) Data Migration Lead
6 102 (7.82%) Project Manager
7 90 (6.90%) Business Analyst
8 89 (6.82%) Data Engineer
9 88 (6.74%) Senior
10 71 (5.44%) Data Analyst
11 60 (4.60%) Data Architect
12 56 (4.29%) Migration Engineer
13 55 (4.21%) Developer
14 53 (4.06%) Migration Analyst
15 48 (3.68%) Migration Manager
15 48 (3.68%) SAP Consultant
16 47 (3.60%) Data Migration Engineer
17 42 (3.22%) Data Migration Analyst
18 38 (2.91%) Lead Architect
19 35 (2.68%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (6.13%) Oracle Fusion
2 36 (2.76%) REST
3 35 (2.68%) Middleware
4 20 (1.53%) SOAP
5 19 (1.46%) .NET
5 19 (1.46%) XML
6 17 (1.30%) Spring
7 16 (1.23%) Kafka
8 14 (1.07%) JSON
9 11 (0.84%) OpenTelemetry
10 9 (0.69%) Spring Boot
11 8 (0.61%) Lightning Web Components
11 8 (0.61%) React
12 7 (0.54%) PySpark
13 6 (0.46%) FHIR
13 6 (0.46%) SAP Fiori
13 6 (0.46%) Web Services
14 5 (0.38%) RESTful
15 4 (0.31%) AngularJS
15 4 (0.31%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 170 (13.03%) Legacy Systems
2 96 (7.36%) Data Structures
3 44 (3.37%) Cloud Native
4 36 (2.76%) Management Information System
5 29 (2.22%) Onboarding
6 26 (1.99%) Greenfield Project
7 24 (1.84%) Public Cloud
8 23 (1.76%) Product Ownership
9 17 (1.30%) Replication
10 16 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
10 16 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
10 16 (1.23%) Reference Data
11 14 (1.07%) Data Centre
11 14 (1.07%) Mainframe
12 13 (1.00%) Self-Motivation
13 12 (0.92%) Hybrid Cloud
14 11 (0.84%) Distributed Systems
15 10 (0.77%) Marketing Technology
15 10 (0.77%) NHS
16 9 (0.69%) PACS
Operating Systems
1 27 (2.07%) Windows
2 12 (0.92%) Linux
3 7 (0.54%) Apple iOS
3 7 (0.54%) Windows 10
3 7 (0.54%) zOS
4 5 (0.38%) Data ONTAP
5 4 (0.31%) VMS
6 3 (0.23%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.15%) AIX
7 2 (0.15%) Unix
8 1 (0.077%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,305 (100.00%) Migration
2 346 (26.51%) Validation
3 275 (21.07%) Stakeholder Management
4 270 (20.69%) ERP
5 262 (20.08%) User Acceptance Testing
6 238 (18.24%) Agile
7 220 (16.86%) ETL
8 202 (15.48%) Problem-Solving
9 193 (14.79%) Data Modelling
10 192 (14.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 140 (10.73%) Data Cleansing
12 137 (10.50%) Business Intelligence
13 126 (9.66%) Project Management
14 124 (9.50%) Data Governance
15 120 (9.20%) Data Mapping
16 117 (8.97%) Continuous Improvement
17 113 (8.66%) Analytics
18 107 (8.20%) DevOps
19 99 (7.59%) Change Management
20 95 (7.28%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 252 (19.31%) SQL
2 101 (7.74%) Python
3 39 (2.99%) Java
4 29 (2.22%) PL/SQL
5 23 (1.76%) Bash
6 17 (1.30%) JavaScript
7 12 (0.92%) PowerShell
8 11 (0.84%) C#
9 9 (0.69%) VBA
10 8 (0.61%) T-SQL
11 7 (0.54%) Apex Code
12 5 (0.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 5 (0.38%) 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
1 215 (16.48%) Security Cleared
2 168 (12.87%) SC Cleared
3 51 (3.91%) Degree
4 28 (2.15%) PMP
5 26 (1.99%) DV Cleared
6 24 (1.84%) ISTQB
7 22 (1.69%) PMI Certification
8 16 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
8 16 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
9 13 (1.00%) ACCA
9 13 (1.00%) CIMA
10 12 (0.92%) Azure Certification
11 6 (0.46%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 5 (0.38%) AWS Certification
12 5 (0.38%) DBS Check
12 5 (0.38%) Oracle Certification
13 4 (0.31%) Master's Degree
13 4 (0.31%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (0.31%) OCP
13 4 (0.31%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 226 (17.32%) Data Quality
2 104 (7.97%) QA
3 61 (4.67%) GDPR
4 22 (1.69%) PMO
5 15 (1.15%) 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 (0.38%) Accessibility
11 5 (0.38%) DICOM
11 5 (0.38%) GMP
11 5 (0.38%) NIST
12 4 (0.31%) Basel III
12 4 (0.31%) PERC
13 3 (0.23%) GRC
13 3 (0.23%) Solvency II
System Software
1 25 (1.92%) VMware Infrastructure
2 18 (1.38%) Active Directory
3 15 (1.15%) vSphere
4 12 (0.92%) Docker
4 12 (0.92%) VMware NSX
5 10 (0.77%) NFS
6 5 (0.38%) SRDF
7 4 (0.31%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.23%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 3 (0.23%) Oracle RAC
8 3 (0.23%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 35 (2.68%) Terraform
2 31 (2.38%) Kubernetes
3 23 (1.76%) Ansible
4 15 (1.15%) Grafana
4 15 (1.15%) vCenter Server
5 14 (1.07%) Argo
6 12 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
7 10 (0.77%) EMC VPLEX
8 8 (0.61%) SCCM
9 6 (0.46%) vMotion
10 4 (0.31%) EMC NetWorker
10 4 (0.31%) HP ALM
10 4 (0.31%) NetBackup
10 4 (0.31%) SnapMirror
11 3 (0.23%) Prometheus
11 3 (0.23%) SnapVault
12 2 (0.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.15%) Data Guard
12 2 (0.15%) Oracle RMAN
12 2 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 243 (18.62%) SAP
2 242 (18.54%) Oracle
3 214 (16.40%) Microsoft
4 60 (4.60%) Databricks
5 55 (4.21%) Salesforce
6 30 (2.30%) VMware
7 24 (1.84%) Workday
8 23 (1.76%) Informatica
8 23 (1.76%) Pure Storage
9 22 (1.69%) Sage
9 22 (1.69%) ServiceNow
10 20 (1.53%) Google
11 19 (1.46%) Talend
12 17 (1.30%) IFS
13 15 (1.15%) Red Hat
14 14 (1.07%) Avaloq
15 13 (1.00%) MuleSoft
16 11 (0.84%) Siebel
16 11 (0.84%) Splunk
17 9 (0.69%) Temenos