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

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 89 101 91
Rank change year-on-year +12 -10 +54
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,146 654 891
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.93% 2.69% 2.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.42% 2.95% 2.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 754 433 613
10th Percentile £363 £375 £388
25th Percentile £450 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% +4.76%
75th Percentile £631 £638 £660
90th Percentile £724 £713 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 6 39
10th Percentile £13.95 £26.21 £25.00
25th Percentile £16.25 £40.03 £40.00
Median hourly rate £41.56 £60.00 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.74% -25.00% +300.00%
75th Percentile £74.26 £64.69 -
90th Percentile £81.00 £76.03 £86.50
UK median hourly rate £36.71 £75.00 £80.00
% change year-on-year -51.05% -6.25% +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 33,535 22,134 32,375
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.78% 90.89% 86.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,490 14,584 21,356
10th Percentile £313 £313 £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 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,083 869 2,177
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.99 £12.92
25th Percentile £19.72 £19.00 £15.89
Median hourly rate £39.00 £32.50 £33.07
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -1.71% -11.83%
75th Percentile £65.60 £65.00 £58.69
90th Percentile £77.50 £75.65 £70.43
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £31.51 £33.00
% change year-on-year +14.25% -4.52% -11.17%

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 8 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 8 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 8 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 +16 588 £525 -4.55% 124
South East -2 161 £624 +18.86% 79
North of England -7 153 £500 -4.76% 47
Midlands -17 107 £460 -10.02% 29
North West +18 89 £463 -15.91% 20
West Midlands -41 67 £470 -7.84% 20
Yorkshire -30 55 £529 +32.25% 22
East of England -10 48 £575 -11.54% 21
East Midlands -4 37 £450 -7.93% 9
South West -27 33 £600 +17.07% 18
North East -11 9 £488 -20.41% 5
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 33 (2.88%) SharePoint
2 28 (2.44%) Confluence
3 9 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (0.70%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
5 3 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.17%) Appian
6 2 (0.17%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.17%) CMS
6 2 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.087%) Apache
7 1 (0.087%) IIS
7 1 (0.087%) Moodle
7 1 (0.087%) OpenROAD
7 1 (0.087%) Oracle Service Bus
7 1 (0.087%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.087%) WebSphere
Applications
1 65 (5.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (1.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 21 (1.83%) Spreadsheet
3 20 (1.75%) Microsoft Project
4 17 (1.48%) MS Visio
5 12 (1.05%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.087%) Oracle Smart View
6 1 (0.087%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 119 (10.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 53 (4.62%) Oracle EBS
3 32 (2.79%) Dynamics CRM
4 21 (1.83%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 14 (1.22%) Oracle ERP
6 13 (1.13%) Loan IQ
7 12 (1.05%) SAP ERP
8 11 (0.96%) Workday HCM
9 10 (0.87%) Oracle General Ledger
9 10 (0.87%) Oracle Payables
9 10 (0.87%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
10 7 (0.61%) NetSuite
10 7 (0.61%) Oracle EBS R12
10 7 (0.61%) Oracle Receivables
11 6 (0.52%) Finacle
11 6 (0.52%) SAP HR
12 5 (0.44%) NEC Housing
12 5 (0.44%) Oracle Cash Management
12 5 (0.44%) Salesforce CRM
12 5 (0.44%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 164 (14.31%) Azure
2 123 (10.73%) Power Platform
3 101 (8.81%) AWS
4 89 (7.77%) OCI
5 84 (7.33%) Dynamics 365
6 44 (3.84%) Azure DevOps
6 44 (3.84%) SaaS
7 40 (3.49%) Azure Data Factory
8 36 (3.14%) GitHub
9 26 (2.27%) Snowflake
10 24 (2.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 23 (2.01%) Microsoft 365
12 22 (1.92%) SuccessFactors
13 18 (1.57%) GCP
14 16 (1.40%) Amazon S3
15 15 (1.31%) Entra ID
15 15 (1.31%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
16 14 (1.22%) OpenShift
16 14 (1.22%) Salesforce Service Cloud
17 10 (0.87%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.22%) DNS
2 13 (1.13%) NAS
3 12 (1.05%) SAN
4 4 (0.35%) VPN
5 3 (0.26%) Firewall
6 2 (0.17%) Fibre Channel
6 2 (0.17%) HTTP
6 2 (0.17%) SSL
6 2 (0.17%) VSAN
7 1 (0.087%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (0.087%) FCoE
7 1 (0.087%) Internet
7 1 (0.087%) Intranet
7 1 (0.087%) iSCSI
7 1 (0.087%) Network Security
7 1 (0.087%) SNMP
7 1 (0.087%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (9.16%) Power BI
2 78 (6.81%) Data Warehouse
3 53 (4.62%) SQL Server
4 46 (4.01%) Oracle Reports
5 38 (3.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 29 (2.53%) Metadata
7 26 (2.27%) Data Lake
7 26 (2.27%) Relational Database
8 22 (1.92%) PostgreSQL
9 20 (1.75%) Oracle Database
10 16 (1.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 15 (1.31%) NoSQL
12 13 (1.13%) Amazon Redshift
12 13 (1.13%) SAP Data Services
12 13 (1.13%) Tableau
13 11 (0.96%) Oracle BI Publisher
14 10 (0.87%) DB2
14 10 (0.87%) Electronic Patient Records
15 9 (0.79%) MySQL
16 8 (0.70%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 87 (7.59%) JIRA
2 25 (2.18%) Git
3 19 (1.66%) Zephyr
4 18 (1.57%) Jenkins
5 15 (1.31%) Postman
6 8 (0.70%) Oracle Forms
7 5 (0.44%) GitLab
7 5 (0.44%) Hudson
7 5 (0.44%) LSMW
7 5 (0.44%) Selenium
8 4 (0.35%) Cucumber
8 4 (0.35%) JUnit
8 4 (0.35%) Toad
9 3 (0.26%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.26%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.26%) ERwin
9 3 (0.26%) Oracle APEX
9 3 (0.26%) Rational DOORS
9 3 (0.26%) Team Foundation Server
10 2 (0.17%) Visual Studio
General
1 395 (34.47%) Social Skills
2 388 (33.86%) Finance
3 146 (12.74%) Analytical Skills
4 105 (9.16%) Public Sector
5 67 (5.85%) Banking
6 44 (3.84%) Law
7 43 (3.75%) Manufacturing
8 42 (3.66%) Documentation Skills
9 38 (3.32%) Retail
10 37 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
11 24 (2.09%) Legal
12 22 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
13 21 (1.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 19 (1.66%) General Ledger
14 19 (1.66%) Marketing
15 18 (1.57%) Local Government
16 17 (1.48%) Billing
17 16 (1.40%) Pharmaceutical
18 12 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
19 10 (0.87%) Police
Job Titles
1 249 (21.73%) Lead
2 162 (14.14%) Analyst
3 153 (13.35%) Architect
4 129 (11.26%) Consultant
5 99 (8.64%) Project Manager
6 91 (7.94%) Business Analyst
7 83 (7.24%) Senior
8 80 (6.98%) Data Migration Lead
9 76 (6.63%) Data Engineer
10 62 (5.41%) Data Analyst
11 53 (4.62%) Developer
11 53 (4.62%) Migration Analyst
12 40 (3.49%) Data Architect
13 39 (3.40%) Migration Manager
14 38 (3.32%) Data Migration Analyst
14 38 (3.32%) Solutions Architect
15 36 (3.14%) SAP Consultant
16 33 (2.88%) Lead Architect
17 32 (2.79%) Data Manager
18 31 (2.71%) Functional Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (6.72%) Oracle Fusion
2 34 (2.97%) REST
3 31 (2.71%) Middleware
4 26 (2.27%) XML
5 19 (1.66%) SOAP
6 15 (1.31%) .NET
6 15 (1.31%) JSON
7 14 (1.22%) Lightning Web Components
8 13 (1.13%) Kafka
9 12 (1.05%) OpenTelemetry
10 11 (0.96%) Spring
11 7 (0.61%) Web Services
12 6 (0.52%) PySpark
12 6 (0.52%) React
13 5 (0.44%) FHIR
13 5 (0.44%) RESTful
13 5 (0.44%) Visualforce
13 5 (0.44%) XSLT
14 4 (0.35%) AngularJS
14 4 (0.35%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 159 (13.87%) Legacy Systems
2 87 (7.59%) Data Structures
3 39 (3.40%) Management Information System
4 36 (3.14%) Cloud Native
5 30 (2.62%) Onboarding
6 26 (2.27%) Product Ownership
7 24 (2.09%) Greenfield Project
8 19 (1.66%) Replication
9 17 (1.48%) Data Protection Act
10 15 (1.31%) Hybrid Cloud
11 14 (1.22%) Public Cloud
12 13 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
12 13 (1.13%) NHS
12 13 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
13 12 (1.05%) Mainframe
13 12 (1.05%) Reference Data
14 11 (0.96%) Data Centre
14 11 (0.96%) Distributed Systems
14 11 (0.96%) Marketing Technology
15 9 (0.79%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 25 (2.18%) Windows
2 10 (0.87%) Linux
3 7 (0.61%) Apple iOS
3 7 (0.61%) Windows 10
3 7 (0.61%) zOS
4 6 (0.52%) Unix
4 6 (0.52%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.26%) Data ONTAP
6 1 (0.087%) AIX
6 1 (0.087%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.087%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,146 (100.00%) Migration
2 278 (24.26%) Validation
3 275 (24.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 247 (21.55%) ERP
5 230 (20.07%) Agile
6 210 (18.32%) User Acceptance Testing
7 197 (17.19%) ETL
8 193 (16.84%) Problem-Solving
9 173 (15.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 169 (14.75%) Data Modelling
11 131 (11.43%) Business Intelligence
12 127 (11.08%) Data Cleansing
12 127 (11.08%) Project Management
13 117 (10.21%) Data Mapping
14 115 (10.03%) Continuous Improvement
15 114 (9.95%) Analytics
16 107 (9.34%) Workshop Facilitation
17 106 (9.25%) Change Management
18 93 (8.12%) Data Governance
19 89 (7.77%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 221 (19.28%) SQL
2 84 (7.33%) Python
3 38 (3.32%) Java
4 24 (2.09%) PL/SQL
5 17 (1.48%) Bash
6 16 (1.40%) JavaScript
7 14 (1.22%) PowerShell
8 13 (1.13%) Apex Code
9 11 (0.96%) C#
10 10 (0.87%) VBA
11 7 (0.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 7 (0.61%) T-SQL
12 5 (0.44%) Korn
12 5 (0.44%) Kotlin
12 5 (0.44%) Perl
12 5 (0.44%) PHP
12 5 (0.44%) Shell Script
13 4 (0.35%) SOQL
14 3 (0.26%) ABAP
14 3 (0.26%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 182 (15.88%) Security Cleared
2 132 (11.52%) SC Cleared
3 47 (4.10%) Degree
4 27 (2.36%) DV Cleared
5 25 (2.18%) PMP
6 19 (1.66%) BPSS Clearance
7 17 (1.48%) Computer Science Degree
8 16 (1.40%) PMI Certification
9 15 (1.31%) ISTQB
10 11 (0.96%) AWS Certification
11 10 (0.87%) Azure Certification
12 6 (0.52%) Master's Degree
12 6 (0.52%) SAP Certification
13 4 (0.35%) OCP
13 4 (0.35%) Oracle Certification
14 3 (0.26%) ACCA
14 3 (0.26%) CIMA
14 3 (0.26%) IIBA
14 3 (0.26%) Microsoft Certification
14 3 (0.26%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 194 (16.93%) Data Quality
2 93 (8.12%) QA
3 60 (5.24%) GDPR
4 25 (2.18%) PMO
5 15 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (1.05%) COBIT
7 11 (0.96%) NIST
8 9 (0.79%) IFRS
8 9 (0.79%) SLA
9 8 (0.70%) HL7
10 7 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 5 (0.44%) Accessibility
11 5 (0.44%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 5 (0.44%) GAAP
11 5 (0.44%) GMP
11 5 (0.44%) IFRS 9
12 4 (0.35%) Basel III
12 4 (0.35%) DICOM
12 4 (0.35%) IFRS 17
12 4 (0.35%) PERC
System Software
1 24 (2.09%) VMware Infrastructure
2 18 (1.57%) Active Directory
3 15 (1.31%) vSphere
4 13 (1.13%) VMware NSX
5 9 (0.79%) NFS
6 8 (0.70%) Docker
7 3 (0.26%) SRDF
8 2 (0.17%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.087%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 1 (0.087%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 32 (2.79%) Kubernetes
2 27 (2.36%) Terraform
3 16 (1.40%) Ansible
4 15 (1.31%) Grafana
4 15 (1.31%) vCenter Server
5 14 (1.22%) Argo
6 12 (1.05%) Microsoft Intune
7 8 (0.70%) EMC VPLEX
7 8 (0.70%) SCCM
8 6 (0.52%) vMotion
9 3 (0.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.26%) EMC NetWorker
9 3 (0.26%) HP ALM
9 3 (0.26%) NetBackup
10 2 (0.17%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.17%) SnapMirror
10 2 (0.17%) SnapVault
11 1 (0.087%) Data Guard
11 1 (0.087%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 218 (19.02%) Oracle
2 207 (18.06%) SAP
3 183 (15.97%) Microsoft
4 63 (5.50%) Salesforce
5 39 (3.40%) Databricks
6 36 (3.14%) Workday
7 28 (2.44%) VMware
8 24 (2.09%) Informatica
9 23 (2.01%) Pure Storage
9 23 (2.01%) Sage
10 18 (1.57%) ServiceNow
11 17 (1.48%) Avaloq
12 16 (1.40%) MuleSoft
12 16 (1.40%) Talend
13 15 (1.31%) Red Hat
14 14 (1.22%) Google
15 13 (1.13%) IFS
16 12 (1.05%) Splunk
17 11 (0.96%) IBM
18 10 (0.87%) Ariba