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

6 months to
9 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 92 101
Rank change year-on-year -6 +9 +42
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 882 692 865
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.65% 2.66% 2.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.03% 2.96% 2.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 588 465 597
10th Percentile £375 £377 £400
25th Percentile £450 £454 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £539 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.23% -2.27% +3.77%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £663
90th Percentile £713 £700 £725
UK median daily rate £539 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +2.62% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 3 23
10th Percentile £15.87 £39.25 £25.00
25th Percentile £18.79 £45.63 -
Median hourly rate £61.00 £57.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.09% +43.75% -42.86%
75th Percentile £77.63 £72.90 £86.50
90th Percentile £81.00 £81.39 -
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £85.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -57.65% +112.50% -42.86%

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 29,128 23,342 33,372
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.51% 89.73% 87.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,638 14,331 22,291
10th Percentile £306 £310 £300
25th Percentile £410 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £618 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,831 740 1,986
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.96 £21.03 £16.54
Median hourly rate £25.47 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.23% - -
75th Percentile £60.13 £64.50 £61.62
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.66 £34.36
% change year-on-year -22.98% -4.95% +5.71%

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 9 February 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 9 February 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 9 February 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 +10 477 £550 - 90
South East -30 111 £634 +16.38% 87
Midlands -16 100 £530 +3.41% 26
North of England -28 99 £475 -9.52% 37
North West +2 58 £448 -5.79% 24
West Midlands -46 54 £525 - 20
East Midlands +6 45 £550 +18.28% 6
Yorkshire -50 35 £525 -6.50% 11
East of England -20 23 £475 -13.64% 15
South West -35 23 £525 +5.00% 14
North East -14 7 £488 -25.00% 2
South Coast - 1 £550 -
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 31 (3.51%) Confluence
2 26 (2.95%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.25%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.68%) GeoServer
4 6 (0.68%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
4 6 (0.68%) Smallworld
5 5 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.34%) CMS
6 3 (0.34%) LiveLink
7 2 (0.23%) Appian
7 2 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.23%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.11%) Apache
8 1 (0.11%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.11%) IIS
8 1 (0.11%) Moodle
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle Service Bus
8 1 (0.11%) SAP Portal
8 1 (0.11%) SAS
8 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
Applications
1 47 (5.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (1.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 17 (1.93%) Spreadsheet
3 15 (1.70%) Microsoft Project
3 15 (1.70%) MS Visio
4 13 (1.47%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.34%) Oracle Smart View
6 1 (0.11%) Trello
6 1 (0.11%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 77 (8.73%) SAP S/4HANA
2 38 (4.31%) Oracle EBS
3 29 (3.29%) Dynamics CRM
4 17 (1.93%) Oracle General Ledger
4 17 (1.93%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 16 (1.81%) Oracle Payables
6 15 (1.70%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 15 (1.70%) SAP HR
7 13 (1.47%) Oracle Receivables
8 10 (1.13%) Loan IQ
8 10 (1.13%) SAP CO
8 10 (1.13%) SAP FI
9 9 (1.02%) SAP FI/CO
10 8 (0.91%) Oracle Cash Management
10 8 (0.91%) Workday HCM
11 6 (0.68%) Oracle EBS R12
11 6 (0.68%) Oracle ERP
11 6 (0.68%) Oracle FAH
11 6 (0.68%) Salesforce CRM
12 5 (0.57%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 120 (13.61%) Azure
2 75 (8.50%) AWS
3 72 (8.16%) OCI
4 69 (7.82%) Power Platform
5 49 (5.56%) Dynamics 365
6 30 (3.40%) SaaS
7 26 (2.95%) Azure DevOps
8 24 (2.72%) Azure Data Factory
8 24 (2.72%) Microsoft 365
9 19 (2.15%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 19 (2.15%) GitHub
10 18 (2.04%) Snowflake
11 17 (1.93%) SuccessFactors
12 16 (1.81%) Entra ID
13 15 (1.70%) Amazon S3
13 15 (1.70%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 15 (1.70%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 13 (1.47%) GCP
15 11 (1.25%) Azure Logic Apps
16 10 (1.13%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.13%) NAS
2 8 (0.91%) SAN
3 7 (0.79%) DNS
4 3 (0.34%) Firewall
4 3 (0.34%) Internet
4 3 (0.34%) Intranet
4 3 (0.34%) Network Security
4 3 (0.34%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.23%) IPv6
5 2 (0.23%) LAN
5 2 (0.23%) SSL
5 2 (0.23%) VPN
5 2 (0.23%) WAN
6 1 (0.11%) IPv4
6 1 (0.11%) VLAN
6 1 (0.11%) WebEx
6 1 (0.11%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (6.12%) Data Warehouse
2 52 (5.90%) Power BI
2 52 (5.90%) SQL Server
3 39 (4.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 32 (3.63%) Relational Database
5 28 (3.17%) Oracle Database
6 25 (2.83%) Oracle Reports
7 23 (2.61%) Metadata
8 19 (2.15%) Data Lake
8 19 (2.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 18 (2.04%) Tableau
10 16 (1.81%) RDBMS
11 15 (1.70%) PostgreSQL
12 11 (1.25%) Amazon Redshift
12 11 (1.25%) MySQL
13 10 (1.13%) Big Data
14 9 (1.02%) DataStage
15 8 (0.91%) MongoDB
15 8 (0.91%) Oracle BI Publisher
15 8 (0.91%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 65 (7.37%) JIRA
2 9 (1.02%) Jenkins
3 8 (0.91%) Git
4 6 (0.68%) Oracle Forms
5 4 (0.45%) LSMW
5 4 (0.45%) Toad
5 4 (0.45%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.34%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.34%) ERwin
6 3 (0.34%) Hudson
6 3 (0.34%) Oracle APEX
6 3 (0.34%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (0.23%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.23%) GitLab
7 2 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.11%) gulp
8 1 (0.11%) Pylint
8 1 (0.11%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.11%) webpack
8 1 (0.11%) Zephyr
General
1 324 (36.73%) Social Skills
2 289 (32.77%) Finance
3 92 (10.43%) Analytical Skills
4 89 (10.09%) Public Sector
5 61 (6.92%) Banking
6 36 (4.08%) Retail
7 31 (3.51%) Documentation Skills
8 29 (3.29%) Presentation Skills
9 26 (2.95%) Manufacturing
10 22 (2.49%) General Ledger
10 22 (2.49%) Legal
11 21 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
12 18 (2.04%) Local Government
13 14 (1.59%) Marketing
14 12 (1.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 12 (1.36%) Investment Banking
15 10 (1.13%) Back Office
15 10 (1.13%) Billing
15 10 (1.13%) Financial Institution
15 10 (1.13%) Law
Job Titles
1 160 (18.14%) Lead
2 134 (15.19%) Analyst
3 120 (13.61%) Consultant
4 91 (10.32%) Architect
5 83 (9.41%) Project Manager
6 78 (8.84%) Business Analyst
7 63 (7.14%) Senior
8 52 (5.90%) Data Engineer
9 51 (5.78%) Data Migration Lead
10 43 (4.88%) Data Analyst
11 42 (4.76%) Developer
12 36 (4.08%) Migration Analyst
13 32 (3.63%) Solutions Architect
14 31 (3.51%) SAP Consultant
15 29 (3.29%) Migration Manager
16 28 (3.17%) Oracle Consultant
17 26 (2.95%) Data Migration Analyst
17 26 (2.95%) Functional Consultant
18 25 (2.83%) Data Architect
18 25 (2.83%) Migration Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (7.60%) Oracle Fusion
2 32 (3.63%) REST
3 30 (3.40%) XML
4 26 (2.95%) Middleware
5 19 (2.15%) SOAP
6 15 (1.70%) Lightning Web Components
7 13 (1.47%) JSON
8 12 (1.36%) Web Services
9 11 (1.25%) Visualforce
10 10 (1.13%) .NET
10 10 (1.13%) PySpark
11 7 (0.79%) XSLT
12 5 (0.57%) EDI
12 5 (0.57%) OpenTelemetry
12 5 (0.57%) SAP Fiori
13 4 (0.45%) ADO
13 4 (0.45%) Kafka
13 4 (0.45%) React
14 3 (0.34%) LDAP
14 3 (0.34%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 122 (13.83%) Legacy Systems
2 69 (7.82%) Data Structures
3 36 (4.08%) Onboarding
4 28 (3.17%) Management Information System
5 18 (2.04%) Data Protection Act
5 18 (2.04%) Product Ownership
6 17 (1.93%) Replication
7 13 (1.47%) Greenfield Project
8 11 (1.25%) Cloud Native
8 11 (1.25%) Reference Data
9 9 (1.02%) Data Centre
9 9 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
9 9 (1.02%) Public Cloud
10 8 (0.91%) NHS
11 7 (0.79%) FMCG
11 7 (0.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 7 (0.79%) Hybrid Cloud
11 7 (0.79%) Low-Code
11 7 (0.79%) Smartphone
11 7 (0.79%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 21 (2.38%) Windows
2 8 (0.91%) Windows 10
3 7 (0.79%) Apple iOS
4 6 (0.68%) Unix
5 5 (0.57%) Linux
5 5 (0.57%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.57%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.34%) Solaris
6 3 (0.34%) zOS
7 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 882 (100.00%) Migration
2 211 (23.92%) Stakeholder Management
3 206 (23.36%) Agile
4 172 (19.50%) Problem-Solving
5 171 (19.39%) Validation
6 161 (18.25%) ERP
7 146 (16.55%) ETL
8 143 (16.21%) User Acceptance Testing
9 136 (15.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 126 (14.29%) Data Modelling
11 101 (11.45%) Project Management
12 99 (11.22%) Analytics
13 95 (10.77%) Workshop Facilitation
14 92 (10.43%) Change Management
14 92 (10.43%) Data Cleansing
15 84 (9.52%) Data Mapping
16 72 (8.16%) Business Intelligence
17 70 (7.94%) Continuous Improvement
18 66 (7.48%) Data Governance
19 65 (7.37%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 179 (20.29%) SQL
2 62 (7.03%) Python
3 27 (3.06%) Java
4 16 (1.81%) PL/SQL
5 15 (1.70%) JavaScript
6 14 (1.59%) Apex Code
7 10 (1.13%) PowerShell
8 9 (1.02%) C#
9 7 (0.79%) Bash
9 7 (0.79%) T-SQL
10 5 (0.57%) Perl
10 5 (0.57%) PHP
10 5 (0.57%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.45%) Korn
11 4 (0.45%) VBA
11 4 (0.45%) X++
12 3 (0.34%) Bicep
12 3 (0.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (0.34%) SOQL
12 3 (0.34%) VB
Qualifications
1 110 (12.47%) Security Cleared
2 73 (8.28%) SC Cleared
3 57 (6.46%) Degree
4 29 (3.29%) PMP
5 22 (2.49%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (2.49%) PMI Certification
6 15 (1.70%) Master's Degree
7 12 (1.36%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (1.36%) DV Cleared
8 10 (1.13%) AWS Certification
9 5 (0.57%) CFA
9 5 (0.57%) SAP Certification
10 4 (0.45%) Azure Certification
10 4 (0.45%) CIMA
11 3 (0.34%) ACCA
11 3 (0.34%) IIBA
11 3 (0.34%) OCP
11 3 (0.34%) Oracle Certification
11 3 (0.34%) PgMP
11 3 (0.34%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 135 (15.31%) Data Quality
2 56 (6.35%) QA
3 51 (5.78%) GDPR
4 14 (1.59%) PMO
5 13 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (1.13%) COBIT
7 9 (1.02%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 9 (1.02%) IFRS
7 9 (1.02%) NIST
8 6 (0.68%) Accessibility
8 6 (0.68%) SLA
9 5 (0.57%) GAAP
9 5 (0.57%) IFRS 9
9 5 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (0.45%) Basel III
10 4 (0.45%) IFRS 17
10 4 (0.45%) ISO 20022
10 4 (0.45%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.34%) GMP
11 3 (0.34%) HIPAA
System Software
1 15 (1.70%) Active Directory
2 13 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (1.36%) Docker
4 10 (1.13%) NFS
5 6 (0.68%) VMware NSX
5 6 (0.68%) vSphere
6 1 (0.11%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 19 (2.15%) Kubernetes
2 14 (1.59%) Terraform
3 10 (1.13%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (1.13%) SCCM
4 7 (0.79%) Ansible
4 7 (0.79%) Grafana
5 6 (0.68%) Argo
5 6 (0.68%) vCenter Server
6 5 (0.57%) EMC VPLEX
6 5 (0.57%) vMotion
7 3 (0.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.11%) Control-M
8 1 (0.11%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.11%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 179 (20.29%) Oracle
2 152 (17.23%) SAP
3 116 (13.15%) Microsoft
4 43 (4.88%) Salesforce
5 38 (4.31%) Workday
6 29 (3.29%) Databricks
7 20 (2.27%) Informatica
8 15 (1.70%) Sage
8 15 (1.70%) VMware
9 13 (1.47%) Avaloq
9 13 (1.47%) Pure Storage
9 13 (1.47%) ServiceNow
10 10 (1.13%) Google
10 10 (1.13%) MuleSoft
10 10 (1.13%) Talend
11 8 (0.91%) GoldenSource
11 8 (0.91%) IFS
11 8 (0.91%) Kronos
12 7 (0.79%) Temenos
13 6 (0.68%) IBM