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

 6 months to
18 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 98 91
Rank change year-on-year +14 -7 +51
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,186 653 868
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.01% 2.67% 2.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.52% 2.93% 2.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 772 432 599
10th Percentile £358 £375 £379
25th Percentile £450 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £660
90th Percentile £716 £724 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 7 38
10th Percentile £14.79 £27.90 £25.00
25th Percentile £17.75 £45.44 £40.00
Median hourly rate £41.56 £62.50 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.51% -21.88% +300.00%
75th Percentile £72.67 £69.38 -
90th Percentile £81.00 £79.07 £86.50
UK median hourly rate £41.56 £72.50 £80.00
% change year-on-year -42.68% -9.38% +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 33,651 22,305 32,263
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.36% 91.07% 86.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,531 14,664 21,253
10th Percentile £313 £310 £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 £613 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £523 £525
% change year-on-year -4.31% -0.48% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,083 886 2,215
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.80 £12.85
25th Percentile £20.27 £18.51 £15.75
Median hourly rate £41.86 £31.64 £34.21
Median % change year-on-year +32.29% -7.51% -6.66%
75th Percentile £67.13 £63.75 £58.69
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.38 £71.75
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £30.00 £33.78
% change year-on-year +25.00% -11.18% -5.92%

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 18 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 18 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 18 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 +34 595 £525 -4.55% 141
South East +5 169 £600 +9.09% 83
North of England -14 161 £500 -2.15% 54
Midlands -19 119 £450 -11.76% 39
North West 0 97 £463 -14.90% 32
West Midlands -32 78 £425 -15.84% 22
Yorkshire -41 55 £527 +33.42% 18
East of England -8 48 £581 -10.58% 14
East Midlands -9 38 £500 +2.30% 17
South West -20 37 £600 +20.00% 28
North East -7 9 £488 -20.41% 4
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 37 (3.12%) SharePoint
2 36 (3.04%) Confluence
3 11 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (0.67%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
5 3 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 3 (0.25%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.17%) Appian
7 1 (0.084%) Apache
7 1 (0.084%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.084%) CMS
7 1 (0.084%) IIS
7 1 (0.084%) OpenROAD
7 1 (0.084%) Oracle Service Bus
7 1 (0.084%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.084%) WebSphere
Applications
1 68 (5.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (1.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 21 (1.77%) Spreadsheet
3 19 (1.60%) Microsoft Project
4 16 (1.35%) MS Visio
5 15 (1.26%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.084%) Oracle Smart View
6 1 (0.084%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 125 (10.54%) SAP S/4HANA
2 54 (4.55%) Oracle EBS
3 31 (2.61%) Dynamics CRM
4 22 (1.85%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 14 (1.18%) Oracle ERP
6 13 (1.10%) Loan IQ
7 12 (1.01%) SAP ERP
8 11 (0.93%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 11 (0.93%) Workday HCM
9 10 (0.84%) Oracle General Ledger
10 9 (0.76%) NetSuite
10 9 (0.76%) Oracle Payables
11 8 (0.67%) Oracle Receivables
12 7 (0.59%) Oracle EBS R12
13 6 (0.51%) Finacle
13 6 (0.51%) SAP CO
13 6 (0.51%) SAP FI
14 5 (0.42%) NEC Housing
14 5 (0.42%) SAP Business One
14 5 (0.42%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 169 (14.25%) Azure
2 126 (10.62%) Power Platform
3 103 (8.68%) AWS
4 88 (7.42%) OCI
5 86 (7.25%) Dynamics 365
6 48 (4.05%) Azure DevOps
7 47 (3.96%) SaaS
8 45 (3.79%) Azure Data Factory
9 35 (2.95%) GitHub
10 29 (2.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 28 (2.36%) Snowflake
12 26 (2.19%) Microsoft 365
13 23 (1.94%) SuccessFactors
14 18 (1.52%) GCP
15 16 (1.35%) Amazon S3
16 15 (1.26%) Entra ID
16 15 (1.26%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
17 14 (1.18%) OpenShift
17 14 (1.18%) Salesforce Service Cloud
18 11 (0.93%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.26%) DNS
2 13 (1.10%) NAS
3 12 (1.01%) SAN
4 4 (0.34%) VPN
5 3 (0.25%) Firewall
6 2 (0.17%) Fibre Channel
6 2 (0.17%) HTTP
6 2 (0.17%) VSAN
7 1 (0.084%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (0.084%) DKIM
7 1 (0.084%) DMARC
7 1 (0.084%) FCoE
7 1 (0.084%) Internet
7 1 (0.084%) Intranet
7 1 (0.084%) iSCSI
7 1 (0.084%) Network Security
7 1 (0.084%) SNMP
7 1 (0.084%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 108 (9.11%) Power BI
2 91 (7.67%) Data Warehouse
3 57 (4.81%) SQL Server
4 55 (4.64%) Oracle Reports
5 37 (3.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 30 (2.53%) Metadata
7 29 (2.45%) Data Lake
8 26 (2.19%) Relational Database
9 22 (1.85%) PostgreSQL
10 21 (1.77%) Oracle Database
11 15 (1.26%) NoSQL
11 15 (1.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 13 (1.10%) Amazon Redshift
12 13 (1.10%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 13 (1.10%) SAP Data Services
13 12 (1.01%) Tableau
14 10 (0.84%) DB2
14 10 (0.84%) Electronic Patient Records
15 8 (0.67%) MySQL
15 8 (0.67%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 104 (8.77%) JIRA
2 30 (2.53%) Git
3 28 (2.36%) Zephyr
4 24 (2.02%) Postman
5 18 (1.52%) Jenkins
6 11 (0.93%) Selenium
7 9 (0.76%) Oracle Forms
8 6 (0.51%) LSMW
9 5 (0.42%) GitLab
9 5 (0.42%) Hudson
10 4 (0.34%) Cucumber
10 4 (0.34%) JUnit
10 4 (0.34%) Toad
11 3 (0.25%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.25%) ERwin
11 3 (0.25%) Oracle APEX
11 3 (0.25%) Rational DOORS
11 3 (0.25%) Team Foundation Server
12 2 (0.17%) Cypress.io
12 2 (0.17%) Visual Studio
General
1 402 (33.90%) Finance
2 393 (33.14%) Social Skills
3 150 (12.65%) Analytical Skills
4 106 (8.94%) Public Sector
5 68 (5.73%) Banking
6 52 (4.38%) Manufacturing
7 43 (3.63%) Documentation Skills
7 43 (3.63%) Law
8 39 (3.29%) Retail
9 37 (3.12%) Presentation Skills
10 23 (1.94%) Organisational Skills
11 21 (1.77%) General Ledger
11 21 (1.77%) Legal
12 20 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 20 (1.69%) Marketing
13 18 (1.52%) Local Government
14 17 (1.43%) Pharmaceutical
15 16 (1.35%) Billing
16 12 (1.01%) Aerospace
16 12 (1.01%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 264 (22.26%) Lead
2 177 (14.92%) Analyst
3 151 (12.73%) Architect
4 133 (11.21%) Consultant
5 94 (7.93%) Project Manager
6 92 (7.76%) Business Analyst
7 86 (7.25%) Data Migration Lead
8 85 (7.17%) Senior
9 81 (6.83%) Data Engineer
10 64 (5.40%) Data Analyst
11 56 (4.72%) Developer
12 54 (4.55%) Migration Analyst
13 42 (3.54%) Migration Manager
14 41 (3.46%) Data Architect
15 40 (3.37%) Data Migration Analyst
16 38 (3.20%) SAP Consultant
17 37 (3.12%) Migration Engineer
18 35 (2.95%) Solutions Architect
19 34 (2.87%) Lead Architect
20 33 (2.78%) Data Migration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (6.75%) Oracle Fusion
2 34 (2.87%) REST
3 31 (2.61%) Middleware
4 27 (2.28%) XML
5 19 (1.60%) SOAP
6 16 (1.35%) JSON
7 15 (1.26%) .NET
8 13 (1.10%) Kafka
8 13 (1.10%) Lightning Web Components
9 12 (1.01%) OpenTelemetry
10 11 (0.93%) Spring
11 8 (0.67%) PySpark
12 7 (0.59%) Web Services
13 5 (0.42%) FHIR
13 5 (0.42%) React
13 5 (0.42%) Visualforce
13 5 (0.42%) XSLT
14 4 (0.34%) AngularJS
14 4 (0.34%) RESTful
14 4 (0.34%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 164 (13.83%) Legacy Systems
2 91 (7.67%) Data Structures
3 40 (3.37%) Management Information System
4 37 (3.12%) Cloud Native
5 33 (2.78%) Onboarding
6 26 (2.19%) Product Ownership
7 24 (2.02%) Greenfield Project
8 20 (1.69%) Replication
9 19 (1.60%) Public Cloud
10 17 (1.43%) Data Protection Act
11 15 (1.26%) Hybrid Cloud
12 13 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
12 13 (1.10%) NHS
12 13 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
13 12 (1.01%) Mainframe
13 12 (1.01%) Reference Data
14 11 (0.93%) Data Centre
14 11 (0.93%) Distributed Systems
14 11 (0.93%) Marketing Technology
15 9 (0.76%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 23 (1.94%) Windows
2 10 (0.84%) Linux
3 7 (0.59%) Apple iOS
3 7 (0.59%) Windows 10
3 7 (0.59%) zOS
4 6 (0.51%) Unix
5 4 (0.34%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.25%) Data ONTAP
7 1 (0.084%) AIX
7 1 (0.084%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.084%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,186 (100.00%) Migration
2 295 (24.87%) Validation
3 277 (23.36%) Stakeholder Management
4 254 (21.42%) ERP
5 234 (19.73%) Agile
6 232 (19.56%) User Acceptance Testing
7 213 (17.96%) ETL
8 191 (16.10%) Problem-Solving
9 175 (14.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 173 (14.59%) Data Modelling
11 138 (11.64%) Data Cleansing
12 137 (11.55%) Business Intelligence
13 127 (10.71%) Project Management
14 120 (10.12%) Data Mapping
15 115 (9.70%) Analytics
16 113 (9.53%) Continuous Improvement
17 102 (8.60%) Workshop Facilitation
18 101 (8.52%) Change Management
19 98 (8.26%) Data Governance
20 91 (7.67%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 230 (19.39%) SQL
2 90 (7.59%) Python
3 40 (3.37%) Java
4 29 (2.45%) PL/SQL
5 19 (1.60%) Bash
6 15 (1.26%) JavaScript
7 13 (1.10%) PowerShell
8 12 (1.01%) Apex Code
9 11 (0.93%) C#
10 10 (0.84%) VBA
11 9 (0.76%) T-SQL
12 7 (0.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 5 (0.42%) Korn
13 5 (0.42%) Kotlin
13 5 (0.42%) Perl
13 5 (0.42%) PHP
13 5 (0.42%) Shell Script
14 4 (0.34%) SOQL
15 3 (0.25%) ABAP
15 3 (0.25%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 194 (16.36%) Security Cleared
2 143 (12.06%) SC Cleared
3 48 (4.05%) Degree
4 27 (2.28%) DV Cleared
5 22 (1.85%) PMP
6 21 (1.77%) BPSS Clearance
7 19 (1.60%) ISTQB
8 18 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
9 16 (1.35%) PMI Certification
10 11 (0.93%) AWS Certification
11 10 (0.84%) Azure Certification
12 6 (0.51%) ACCA
12 6 (0.51%) CIMA
13 5 (0.42%) Master's Degree
13 5 (0.42%) SAP Certification
14 4 (0.34%) OCP
14 4 (0.34%) Oracle Certification
15 3 (0.25%) IIBA
15 3 (0.25%) Microsoft Certification
15 3 (0.25%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 201 (16.95%) Data Quality
2 95 (8.01%) QA
3 57 (4.81%) GDPR
4 25 (2.11%) PMO
5 14 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (1.01%) COBIT
7 11 (0.93%) NIST
8 10 (0.84%) SLA
9 8 (0.67%) HL7
9 8 (0.67%) IFRS
10 7 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 5 (0.42%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 5 (0.42%) GAAP
11 5 (0.42%) GMP
12 4 (0.34%) Accessibility
12 4 (0.34%) Basel III
12 4 (0.34%) DICOM
12 4 (0.34%) IFRS 9
12 4 (0.34%) PERC
13 3 (0.25%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 24 (2.02%) VMware Infrastructure
2 19 (1.60%) Active Directory
3 15 (1.26%) vSphere
4 13 (1.10%) VMware NSX
5 9 (0.76%) NFS
6 8 (0.67%) Docker
7 3 (0.25%) SRDF
8 2 (0.17%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.17%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.084%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 32 (2.70%) Kubernetes
2 27 (2.28%) Terraform
3 16 (1.35%) Ansible
4 15 (1.26%) Grafana
4 15 (1.26%) vCenter Server
5 14 (1.18%) Argo
6 12 (1.01%) Microsoft Intune
7 8 (0.67%) EMC VPLEX
7 8 (0.67%) SCCM
8 6 (0.51%) vMotion
9 4 (0.34%) HP ALM
10 3 (0.25%) EMC NetWorker
10 3 (0.25%) NetBackup
11 2 (0.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.17%) Prometheus
11 2 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.17%) SnapMirror
11 2 (0.17%) SnapVault
12 1 (0.084%) Avamar
12 1 (0.084%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 234 (19.73%) Oracle
2 219 (18.47%) SAP
3 189 (15.94%) Microsoft
4 63 (5.31%) Salesforce
5 42 (3.54%) Databricks
6 36 (3.04%) Workday
7 28 (2.36%) VMware
8 23 (1.94%) Informatica
8 23 (1.94%) Pure Storage
8 23 (1.94%) Sage
9 19 (1.60%) ServiceNow
9 19 (1.60%) Talend
10 18 (1.52%) Google
11 17 (1.43%) Avaloq
11 17 (1.43%) MuleSoft
12 15 (1.26%) Red Hat
13 13 (1.10%) IFS
14 12 (1.01%) Splunk
15 11 (0.93%) IBM
16 10 (0.84%) Ariba
333 Data Migration jobs in England