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

 6 months to
23 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 85 99
Rank change year-on-year +13 +14 +25
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,464 782 819
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.26% 2.86% 2.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.82% 3.16% 2.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 963 480 550
10th Percentile £363 £358 £374
25th Percentile £449 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year - -1.87% -1.83%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £649
90th Percentile £738 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £540
% change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 14 30
10th Percentile £17.75 £15.84 £25.00
25th Percentile £23.00 £32.89 £40.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £60.00 £77.50
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% -22.58% +150.00%
75th Percentile £61.44 £70.31 £80.00
90th Percentile £76.00 £83.06 -
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £62.50 £77.50
% change year-on-year -36.00% -19.35% +134.85%

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 38,297 24,783 30,176
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.34% 90.63% 85.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,016 15,884 19,726
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £420 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £634 £645
90th Percentile £737 £738 £753
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,362 1,330 1,950
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.29 £13.50
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.99 £17.25
Median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +88.87% -37.13% -6.43%
75th Percentile £69.75 £53.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £83.23 £71.46 £74.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £39.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -36.33% -7.06%

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 23 July 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 23 July 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 23 July 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 +16 722 £550 - 129
North of England -11 201 £525 +10.53% 40
South East +4 198 £550 +10.00% 67
Midlands +7 157 £473 -5.40% 47
North West +6 123 £500 +5.26% 27
West Midlands -5 115 £450 -10.00% 32
South West +11 85 £523 -0.48% 21
Yorkshire -36 65 £529 +11.37% 12
East of England +1 53 £581 -3.93% 9
East Midlands +5 38 £525 +16.67% 15
North East -24 16 £625 +8.70% 2
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 58 (3.96%) SharePoint
2 43 (2.94%) Confluence
3 11 (0.75%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (0.55%) Oracle Workflow
5 6 (0.41%) Apache
6 5 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.34%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.34%) Tuxedo
7 2 (0.14%) HCL Notes
7 2 (0.14%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
7 2 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.068%) Appian
8 1 (0.068%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.068%) CMS
8 1 (0.068%) IIS
8 1 (0.068%) Mendix
8 1 (0.068%) OpenROAD
8 1 (0.068%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 73 (4.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (1.09%) Microsoft Project
2 16 (1.09%) Spreadsheet
3 13 (0.89%) MS Visio
4 12 (0.82%) Microsoft Office
5 11 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.14%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.068%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.068%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 157 (10.72%) SAP S/4HANA
2 40 (2.73%) Dynamics CRM
3 34 (2.32%) Oracle EBS
4 24 (1.64%) Oracle ERP
5 22 (1.50%) NetSuite
6 21 (1.43%) SAP ERP
7 20 (1.37%) Oracle Payables
8 17 (1.16%) Oracle Receivables
9 13 (0.89%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 12 (0.82%) iTrent
10 12 (0.82%) Oracle Financials
10 12 (0.82%) Oracle General Ledger
11 11 (0.75%) Oracle Assets
12 10 (0.68%) Teamcenter
13 8 (0.55%) NEC Housing
13 8 (0.55%) SAP MDG
13 8 (0.55%) SAP SD
13 8 (0.55%) Workday HCM
14 7 (0.48%) Loan IQ
15 6 (0.41%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 236 (16.12%) Azure
2 145 (9.90%) AWS
2 145 (9.90%) Power Platform
3 113 (7.72%) Dynamics 365
4 87 (5.94%) OCI
5 74 (5.05%) Azure DevOps
6 62 (4.23%) SaaS
7 49 (3.35%) Azure Data Factory
8 44 (3.01%) Snowflake
9 42 (2.87%) Microsoft 365
10 41 (2.80%) GitHub
11 31 (2.12%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 30 (2.05%) SuccessFactors
13 27 (1.84%) Power Automate
14 25 (1.71%) PowerApps
15 23 (1.57%) Amazon S3
16 22 (1.50%) GCP
17 16 (1.09%) dbt
18 15 (1.02%) OpenShift
19 12 (0.82%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.02%) SAN
2 14 (0.96%) DNS
2 14 (0.96%) NAS
3 6 (0.41%) Firewall
3 6 (0.41%) VPN
4 3 (0.20%) Intranet
4 3 (0.20%) VSAN
5 2 (0.14%) Fibre Channel
5 2 (0.14%) HTTP
6 1 (0.068%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.068%) DKIM
6 1 (0.068%) DMARC
6 1 (0.068%) FCoE
6 1 (0.068%) Internet
6 1 (0.068%) iSCSI
6 1 (0.068%) Network Security
6 1 (0.068%) SNMP
6 1 (0.068%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 124 (8.47%) Power BI
2 95 (6.49%) Data Warehouse
3 65 (4.44%) SQL Server
4 59 (4.03%) Oracle Reports
5 41 (2.80%) Data Lake
5 41 (2.80%) Metadata
6 40 (2.73%) Relational Database
7 24 (1.64%) PostgreSQL
8 23 (1.57%) Oracle Database
8 23 (1.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 21 (1.43%) RDBMS
10 19 (1.30%) NoSQL
11 13 (0.89%) Azure SQL Database
12 12 (0.82%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 12 (0.82%) Oracle Exadata
12 12 (0.82%) SAP Data Services
13 11 (0.75%) Db2
13 11 (0.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 10 (0.68%) BusinessObjects
14 10 (0.68%) GIS
Development Applications
1 130 (8.88%) JIRA
2 53 (3.62%) Git
3 41 (2.80%) Zephyr
4 32 (2.19%) Postman
5 23 (1.57%) Jenkins
6 20 (1.37%) GitLab
7 10 (0.68%) Oracle Forms
7 10 (0.68%) Selenium
8 7 (0.48%) Team Foundation Server
9 6 (0.41%) Hudson
10 5 (0.34%) Cypress.io
10 5 (0.34%) Gatling
10 5 (0.34%) LSMW
11 4 (0.27%) Cucumber
11 4 (0.27%) JUnit
11 4 (0.27%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.20%) Claude Code
12 3 (0.20%) ER Studio
12 3 (0.20%) Rational DOORS
12 3 (0.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 514 (35.11%) Finance
2 411 (28.07%) Social Skills
3 192 (13.11%) Analytical Skills
4 124 (8.47%) Public Sector
5 89 (6.08%) Banking
6 80 (5.46%) Manufacturing
7 53 (3.62%) Documentation Skills
8 48 (3.28%) Retail
9 47 (3.21%) Law
10 36 (2.46%) General Ledger
11 30 (2.05%) Organisational Skills
12 28 (1.91%) Local Government
13 26 (1.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 25 (1.71%) Influencing Skills
14 25 (1.71%) Marketing
15 24 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
16 22 (1.50%) Legal
17 20 (1.37%) Automotive
18 18 (1.23%) Billing
18 18 (1.23%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 293 (20.01%) Lead
2 218 (14.89%) Analyst
3 192 (13.11%) Architect
4 145 (9.90%) Consultant
5 123 (8.40%) Data Engineer
6 116 (7.92%) Senior
7 109 (7.45%) Data Migration Lead
8 103 (7.04%) Project Manager
9 101 (6.90%) Business Analyst
10 79 (5.40%) Data Analyst
11 68 (4.64%) Data Architect
12 67 (4.58%) Developer
13 62 (4.23%) Migration Engineer
14 54 (3.69%) Migration Analyst
15 51 (3.48%) Data Migration Engineer
16 46 (3.14%) Migration Manager
17 44 (3.01%) Data Migration Analyst
17 44 (3.01%) SAP Consultant
17 44 (3.01%) Solutions Architect
18 38 (2.60%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 86 (5.87%) Oracle Fusion
2 41 (2.80%) REST
3 38 (2.60%) Middleware
4 24 (1.64%) SOAP
5 23 (1.57%) .NET
6 20 (1.37%) XML
7 19 (1.30%) Kafka
8 17 (1.16%) Spring
9 16 (1.09%) JSON
10 13 (0.89%) Oracle GoldenGate
11 11 (0.75%) Lightning Web Components
11 11 (0.75%) OpenTelemetry
11 11 (0.75%) PySpark
12 9 (0.61%) React
12 9 (0.61%) Spring Boot
13 7 (0.48%) ADO
13 7 (0.48%) Web Services
14 6 (0.41%) COM
14 6 (0.41%) ODBC
14 6 (0.41%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 179 (12.23%) Legacy Systems
2 106 (7.24%) Data Structures
3 49 (3.35%) Cloud Native
4 45 (3.07%) Management Information System
5 37 (2.53%) Onboarding
6 35 (2.39%) Product Ownership
6 35 (2.39%) Public Cloud
7 32 (2.19%) Greenfield Project
8 28 (1.91%) Enterprise Software
9 18 (1.23%) Replication
10 17 (1.16%) Data Centre
10 17 (1.16%) FMCG
11 16 (1.09%) NHS
12 15 (1.02%) Distributed Systems
13 14 (0.96%) Mainframe
14 13 (0.89%) Data Protection Act
15 12 (0.82%) Analytical Mindset
15 12 (0.82%) Hybrid Cloud
16 11 (0.75%) Low-Code
17 10 (0.68%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 28 (1.91%) Windows
2 20 (1.37%) Linux
3 12 (0.82%) AIX
4 7 (0.48%) zOS
5 5 (0.34%) Data ONTAP
6 4 (0.27%) VMS
7 3 (0.20%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.068%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.068%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,464 (100.00%) Migration
2 407 (27.80%) Validation
3 330 (22.54%) ERP
4 321 (21.93%) Stakeholder Management
5 314 (21.45%) User Acceptance Testing
6 255 (17.42%) Agile
7 248 (16.94%) ETL
8 219 (14.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 217 (14.82%) Data Modelling
10 199 (13.59%) Problem-Solving
11 158 (10.79%) Data Governance
12 149 (10.18%) Business Intelligence
13 147 (10.04%) Data Cleansing
14 138 (9.43%) DevOps
15 136 (9.29%) Analytics
16 129 (8.81%) Continuous Improvement
17 125 (8.54%) Data Mapping
18 122 (8.33%) CI/CD
19 118 (8.06%) Project Management
20 109 (7.45%) Data Validation
Programming Languages
1 283 (19.33%) SQL
2 99 (6.76%) Python
3 44 (3.01%) Java
4 28 (1.91%) PL/SQL
5 22 (1.50%) Bash
5 22 (1.50%) JavaScript
6 18 (1.23%) C#
7 15 (1.02%) PowerShell
8 11 (0.75%) T-SQL
9 9 (0.61%) Apex Code
9 9 (0.61%) Kotlin
9 9 (0.61%) TypeScript
10 6 (0.41%) VB
10 6 (0.41%) VB6
10 6 (0.41%) VBA
11 5 (0.34%) C
11 5 (0.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 4 (0.27%) X++
13 3 (0.20%) COBOL
13 3 (0.20%) Korn
Qualifications
1 253 (17.28%) Security Cleared
2 197 (13.46%) SC Cleared
3 51 (3.48%) Degree
4 37 (2.53%) DV Cleared
5 29 (1.98%) PMP
6 28 (1.91%) ISTQB
7 27 (1.84%) PMI Certification
8 21 (1.43%) BPSS Clearance
9 20 (1.37%) ACCA
9 20 (1.37%) CIMA
10 13 (0.89%) Azure Certification
11 11 (0.75%) Computer Science Degree
12 8 (0.55%) DBS Check
13 7 (0.48%) Microsoft Certification
14 6 (0.41%) Oracle Certification
14 6 (0.41%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 6 (0.41%) SAP Certification
15 5 (0.34%) AWS Certification
16 4 (0.27%) ITIL Certification
16 4 (0.27%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 263 (17.96%) Data Quality
2 124 (8.47%) QA
3 72 (4.92%) GDPR
4 35 (2.39%) PMO
5 14 (0.96%) SLA
6 10 (0.68%) Accessibility
7 9 (0.61%) HL7
7 9 (0.61%) IFRS
8 7 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (0.48%) SNOMED CT
9 6 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 5 (0.34%) DICOM
10 5 (0.34%) GMP
10 5 (0.34%) GRC
11 4 (0.27%) COBIT
11 4 (0.27%) PERC
11 4 (0.27%) Solvency II
12 3 (0.20%) GAAP
12 3 (0.20%) NIST
System Software
1 26 (1.78%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (1.09%) Docker
3 15 (1.02%) vSphere
4 13 (0.89%) Active Directory
4 13 (0.89%) Oracle RAC
5 12 (0.82%) VMware NSX
6 10 (0.68%) NFS
7 4 (0.27%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.27%) SRDF
8 3 (0.20%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 3 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 48 (3.28%) Terraform
2 36 (2.46%) Kubernetes
3 32 (2.19%) Ansible
4 15 (1.02%) Grafana
4 15 (1.02%) vCenter Server
5 14 (0.96%) Argo
6 12 (0.82%) Data Guard
6 12 (0.82%) Oracle RMAN
7 10 (0.68%) EMC VPLEX
8 6 (0.41%) vMotion
9 5 (0.34%) HP ALM
10 4 (0.27%) EMC NetWorker
10 4 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
10 4 (0.27%) NetBackup
10 4 (0.27%) SnapMirror
11 3 (0.20%) Karpenter
11 3 (0.20%) Prometheus
11 3 (0.20%) SnapVault
12 2 (0.14%) Failover Clustering
13 1 (0.068%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 289 (19.74%) Oracle
2 276 (18.85%) SAP
3 243 (16.60%) Microsoft
4 72 (4.92%) Databricks
5 69 (4.71%) Salesforce
6 31 (2.12%) VMware
7 29 (1.98%) ServiceNow
8 28 (1.91%) Workday
9 25 (1.71%) Informatica
10 23 (1.57%) Pure Storage
11 21 (1.43%) IFS
11 21 (1.43%) Talend
12 19 (1.30%) Sage
13 17 (1.16%) Google
13 17 (1.16%) IBM
14 15 (1.02%) MuleSoft
14 15 (1.02%) Red Hat
15 14 (0.96%) Ariba
16 12 (0.82%) Siebel
17 11 (0.75%) Splunk
296 Data Migration jobs in England