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

 6 months to
2 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 100 93
Rank change year-on-year +21 -7 +48
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,227 656 883
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.04% 2.69% 2.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.57% 2.95% 2.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 807 424 606
10th Percentile £357 £375 £363
25th Percentile £440 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £529 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.76% -3.82% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £660
90th Percentile £733 £721 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 8 35
10th Percentile £14.95 £29.58 £25.00
25th Percentile £17.75 £50.84 £40.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £63.75 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.25% -15.00% +275.00%
75th Percentile £41.83 £71.88 £80.00
90th Percentile £77.40 £77.74 -
UK median hourly rate £36.36 £70.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year -48.06% -6.67% +252.94%

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 34,330 22,247 32,169
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.96% 91.17% 86.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,953 14,553 21,080
10th Percentile £318 £310 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.05% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,133 913 2,254
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.67 £12.94
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £30.00 £35.95
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -16.55% -4.13%
75th Percentile £67.50 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £79.97 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £41.56 £29.00 £35.50
% change year-on-year +43.29% -18.31% -2.53%

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 2 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 2 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 2 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 +30 607 £525 -4.55% 129
South East -7 170 £609 +11.70% 64
North of England -10 166 £500 -2.44% 45
Midlands -10 127 £470 -6.00% 32
North West +3 101 £475 -11.55% 29
West Midlands -17 86 £450 -10.00% 20
Yorkshire -37 57 £525 +31.25% 11
East of England -2 54 £575 -11.54% 21
South West -12 48 £525 +2.44% 16
East Midlands -11 38 £500 +7.53% 12
North East -14 8 £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 42 (3.42%) Confluence
2 41 (3.34%) SharePoint
3 8 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.49%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
5 3 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 3 (0.24%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.16%) Appian
6 2 (0.16%) IIS
7 1 (0.081%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.081%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.081%) CMS
7 1 (0.081%) OpenROAD
7 1 (0.081%) Oracle Service Bus
7 1 (0.081%) WebSphere
Applications
1 66 (5.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (1.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 19 (1.55%) Microsoft Project
2 19 (1.55%) Spreadsheet
3 15 (1.22%) MS Visio
4 13 (1.06%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.081%) Oracle Smart View
5 1 (0.081%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 137 (11.17%) SAP S/4HANA
2 47 (3.83%) Oracle EBS
3 33 (2.69%) Dynamics CRM
4 21 (1.71%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 15 (1.22%) SAP ERP
6 14 (1.14%) Loan IQ
6 14 (1.14%) Oracle ERP
7 11 (0.90%) NetSuite
7 11 (0.90%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 10 (0.81%) Oracle General Ledger
9 9 (0.73%) Workday HCM
10 8 (0.65%) Oracle Receivables
11 7 (0.57%) Oracle EBS R12
11 7 (0.57%) Oracle Payables
12 6 (0.49%) Finacle
12 6 (0.49%) SAP CO
12 6 (0.49%) SAP FI
12 6 (0.49%) Teamcenter
13 5 (0.41%) NEC Housing
13 5 (0.41%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 172 (14.02%) Azure
2 124 (10.11%) Power Platform
3 100 (8.15%) AWS
4 89 (7.25%) Dynamics 365
5 77 (6.28%) OCI
6 49 (3.99%) Azure DevOps
7 48 (3.91%) Azure Data Factory
8 46 (3.75%) SaaS
9 33 (2.69%) GitHub
10 32 (2.61%) Snowflake
11 29 (2.36%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 24 (1.96%) Microsoft 365
13 19 (1.55%) SuccessFactors
14 17 (1.39%) GCP
15 14 (1.14%) Entra ID
15 14 (1.14%) OpenShift
15 14 (1.14%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
16 13 (1.06%) Amazon S3
16 13 (1.06%) Salesforce Service Cloud
17 11 (0.90%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.22%) DNS
2 13 (1.06%) NAS
2 13 (1.06%) SAN
3 6 (0.49%) Firewall
4 4 (0.33%) VPN
5 2 (0.16%) Fibre Channel
5 2 (0.16%) HTTP
5 2 (0.16%) VSAN
6 1 (0.081%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.081%) DKIM
6 1 (0.081%) DMARC
6 1 (0.081%) FCoE
6 1 (0.081%) Internet
6 1 (0.081%) Intranet
6 1 (0.081%) iSCSI
6 1 (0.081%) Network Security
6 1 (0.081%) SNMP
6 1 (0.081%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (8.88%) Power BI
2 89 (7.25%) Data Warehouse
3 56 (4.56%) Oracle Reports
4 54 (4.40%) SQL Server
5 33 (2.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 31 (2.53%) Metadata
7 27 (2.20%) Data Lake
8 23 (1.87%) Relational Database
9 22 (1.79%) PostgreSQL
10 20 (1.63%) Oracle Database
11 15 (1.22%) NoSQL
12 14 (1.14%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 13 (1.06%) SAP Data Services
14 12 (0.98%) DB2
15 11 (0.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 10 (0.81%) Amazon Redshift
16 10 (0.81%) Electronic Patient Records
16 10 (0.81%) Tableau
17 9 (0.73%) MySQL
18 8 (0.65%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 116 (9.45%) JIRA
2 32 (2.61%) Git
3 29 (2.36%) Zephyr
4 24 (1.96%) Postman
5 18 (1.47%) Jenkins
6 11 (0.90%) Selenium
7 8 (0.65%) Oracle Forms
8 6 (0.49%) LSMW
9 5 (0.41%) GitLab
9 5 (0.41%) Hudson
10 4 (0.33%) Cucumber
10 4 (0.33%) JUnit
10 4 (0.33%) Toad
11 3 (0.24%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.24%) ERwin
11 3 (0.24%) Rational DOORS
11 3 (0.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 3 (0.24%) Team Foundation Server
12 2 (0.16%) Cypress.io
12 2 (0.16%) Oracle APEX
General
1 411 (33.50%) Finance
2 388 (31.62%) Social Skills
3 158 (12.88%) Analytical Skills
4 107 (8.72%) Public Sector
5 68 (5.54%) Banking
6 63 (5.13%) Manufacturing
7 47 (3.83%) Documentation Skills
8 44 (3.59%) Law
8 44 (3.59%) Retail
9 38 (3.10%) Presentation Skills
10 24 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
11 23 (1.87%) Legal
12 22 (1.79%) General Ledger
12 22 (1.79%) Local Government
12 22 (1.79%) Marketing
13 19 (1.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 17 (1.39%) Billing
14 17 (1.39%) Pharmaceutical
15 14 (1.14%) Aerospace
16 12 (0.98%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 276 (22.49%) Lead
2 190 (15.48%) Analyst
3 151 (12.31%) Architect
4 140 (11.41%) Consultant
5 100 (8.15%) Data Migration Lead
6 95 (7.74%) Project Manager
7 92 (7.50%) Business Analyst
8 88 (7.17%) Senior
9 87 (7.09%) Data Engineer
10 65 (5.30%) Data Analyst
11 58 (4.73%) Developer
12 53 (4.32%) Migration Analyst
13 50 (4.07%) Migration Engineer
14 46 (3.75%) Migration Manager
15 45 (3.67%) Data Migration Engineer
16 44 (3.59%) Data Architect
17 40 (3.26%) SAP Consultant
18 39 (3.18%) Data Migration Analyst
19 36 (2.93%) Lead Architect
20 34 (2.77%) Data Migration Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (6.52%) Oracle Fusion
2 35 (2.85%) REST
3 32 (2.61%) Middleware
4 23 (1.87%) XML
5 20 (1.63%) SOAP
6 17 (1.39%) .NET
7 16 (1.30%) JSON
8 13 (1.06%) Kafka
8 13 (1.06%) Lightning Web Components
9 12 (0.98%) OpenTelemetry
9 12 (0.98%) Spring
10 7 (0.57%) PySpark
10 7 (0.57%) Web Services
11 6 (0.49%) FHIR
12 5 (0.41%) React
12 5 (0.41%) Visualforce
12 5 (0.41%) XSLT
13 4 (0.33%) RESTful
13 4 (0.33%) Spring Boot
13 4 (0.33%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 158 (12.88%) Legacy Systems
2 98 (7.99%) Data Structures
3 40 (3.26%) Cloud Native
4 39 (3.18%) Management Information System
5 31 (2.53%) Onboarding
6 26 (2.12%) Greenfield Project
6 26 (2.12%) Product Ownership
7 20 (1.63%) Public Cloud
7 20 (1.63%) Replication
8 16 (1.30%) Data Protection Act
9 15 (1.22%) Hybrid Cloud
10 14 (1.14%) Mainframe
10 14 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
11 12 (0.98%) Data Centre
11 12 (0.98%) Reference Data
12 11 (0.90%) Distributed Systems
12 11 (0.90%) Enterprise Software
12 11 (0.90%) Marketing Technology
12 11 (0.90%) NHS
13 9 (0.73%) PACS
Operating Systems
1 24 (1.96%) Windows
2 9 (0.73%) Linux
3 7 (0.57%) Apple iOS
3 7 (0.57%) Windows 10
3 7 (0.57%) zOS
4 6 (0.49%) Unix
5 3 (0.24%) Data ONTAP
5 3 (0.24%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.081%) AIX
6 1 (0.081%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.081%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,227 (100.00%) Migration
2 314 (25.59%) Validation
3 275 (22.41%) Stakeholder Management
4 260 (21.19%) ERP
5 243 (19.80%) User Acceptance Testing
6 236 (19.23%) Agile
7 221 (18.01%) ETL
8 197 (16.06%) Problem-Solving
9 182 (14.83%) Data Modelling
10 169 (13.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 139 (11.33%) Business Intelligence
12 138 (11.25%) Data Cleansing
13 129 (10.51%) Project Management
14 124 (10.11%) Data Mapping
15 115 (9.37%) Analytics
16 112 (9.13%) Continuous Improvement
17 106 (8.64%) Data Governance
18 100 (8.15%) Workshop Facilitation
19 96 (7.82%) Change Management
20 91 (7.42%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 232 (18.91%) SQL
2 88 (7.17%) Python
3 35 (2.85%) Java
4 28 (2.28%) PL/SQL
5 19 (1.55%) Bash
6 13 (1.06%) JavaScript
7 12 (0.98%) Apex Code
8 11 (0.90%) PowerShell
9 9 (0.73%) VBA
10 8 (0.65%) C#
10 8 (0.65%) T-SQL
11 5 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 5 (0.41%) Korn
11 5 (0.41%) Kotlin
11 5 (0.41%) PHP
11 5 (0.41%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.33%) Perl
12 4 (0.33%) SOQL
13 3 (0.24%) ABAP
13 3 (0.24%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 198 (16.14%) Security Cleared
2 147 (11.98%) SC Cleared
3 48 (3.91%) Degree
4 29 (2.36%) DV Cleared
5 23 (1.87%) PMP
6 19 (1.55%) BPSS Clearance
6 19 (1.55%) ISTQB
7 18 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
8 17 (1.39%) PMI Certification
9 10 (0.81%) Azure Certification
10 9 (0.73%) AWS Certification
11 7 (0.57%) ACCA
11 7 (0.57%) CIMA
12 5 (0.41%) Master's Degree
13 4 (0.33%) OCP
13 4 (0.33%) Oracle Certification
13 4 (0.33%) SAP Certification
14 3 (0.24%) DBS Check
14 3 (0.24%) Microsoft Certification
14 3 (0.24%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 215 (17.52%) Data Quality
2 92 (7.50%) QA
3 60 (4.89%) GDPR
4 26 (2.12%) PMO
5 12 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 12 (0.98%) SLA
6 10 (0.81%) COBIT
6 10 (0.81%) HL7
7 9 (0.73%) NIST
8 8 (0.65%) IFRS
9 7 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 7 (0.57%) SNOMED CT
10 5 (0.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 5 (0.41%) DICOM
10 5 (0.41%) GAAP
10 5 (0.41%) GMP
11 4 (0.33%) Basel III
11 4 (0.33%) PERC
12 3 (0.24%) Accessibility
12 3 (0.24%) GxP
System Software
1 24 (1.96%) VMware Infrastructure
2 18 (1.47%) Active Directory
3 15 (1.22%) vSphere
4 13 (1.06%) VMware NSX
5 9 (0.73%) NFS
6 8 (0.65%) Docker
7 3 (0.24%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.24%) SRDF
8 2 (0.16%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.081%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 30 (2.44%) Kubernetes
1 30 (2.44%) Terraform
2 20 (1.63%) Ansible
3 15 (1.22%) Grafana
3 15 (1.22%) vCenter Server
4 14 (1.14%) Argo
5 12 (0.98%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (0.65%) EMC VPLEX
6 8 (0.65%) SCCM
7 6 (0.49%) vMotion
8 4 (0.33%) HP ALM
9 3 (0.24%) EMC NetWorker
9 3 (0.24%) NetBackup
10 2 (0.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.16%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.16%) SnapMirror
10 2 (0.16%) SnapVault
11 1 (0.081%) Avamar
11 1 (0.081%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 233 (18.99%) SAP
2 230 (18.74%) Oracle
3 193 (15.73%) Microsoft
4 66 (5.38%) Salesforce
5 47 (3.83%) Databricks
6 28 (2.28%) VMware
6 28 (2.28%) Workday
7 23 (1.87%) Informatica
7 23 (1.87%) Pure Storage
7 23 (1.87%) Sage
8 20 (1.63%) ServiceNow
9 18 (1.47%) Talend
10 17 (1.39%) Google
11 16 (1.30%) MuleSoft
12 15 (1.22%) Avaloq
13 14 (1.14%) IFS
13 14 (1.14%) Red Hat
14 13 (1.06%) IBM
15 12 (0.98%) Splunk
16 11 (0.90%) Ariba
285 Data Migration jobs in England