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 16 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 88 90 103
Rank change year-on-year +2 +13 +18
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,385 786 753
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.00% 2.83% 2.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.55% 3.11% 2.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 917 494 510
10th Percentile £363 £368 £400
25th Percentile £425 £438 £452
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £529 £540
Median % change year-on-year -0.76% -2.04% -1.82%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £527 £540
% change year-on-year -0.38% -2.41% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 10 6
10th Percentile £17.75 £15.00 £62.63
25th Percentile £21.25 £32.89 £67.44
Median hourly rate £40.00 £51.50 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.33% -35.63% -13.25%
75th Percentile £57.50 £70.31 -
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.38 -
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £34.65 £80.00
% change year-on-year +15.44% -56.69% -13.25%

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 39,062 25,238 28,145
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.72% 90.90% 86.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,917 16,041 17,545
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £645
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,725 1,497 1,306
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £14.92
25th Percentile £17.85 £17.87 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -1.91%
75th Percentile £68.00 £49.75 £66.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% +1.18%

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 16 September 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 16 September 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 16 September 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 +6 672 £538 -2.71% 483
North of England -18 177 £525 +10.53% 154
Midlands +8 172 £475 -9.52% 108
South East -5 168 £550 -4.35% 162
West Midlands -3 120 £450 -14.29% 73
North West +6 107 £538 +19.44% 94
South West +15 89 £523 -0.48% 38
Yorkshire -39 58 £500 - 41
East of England +4 57 £550 +11.39% 56
East Midlands +8 48 £525 -4.55% 35
North East -27 15 £525 +20.00% 19
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 (4.19%) SharePoint
2 44 (3.18%) Confluence
3 13 (0.94%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (0.58%) Oracle Workflow
6 7 (0.51%) Apache
6 7 (0.51%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.36%) Tuxedo
8 2 (0.14%) CMS
8 2 (0.14%) HCL Notes
8 2 (0.14%) Mendix
8 2 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
8 2 (0.14%) SAS
8 2 (0.14%) SugarCRM
9 1 (0.072%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.072%) Documentum
9 1 (0.072%) IIS
9 1 (0.072%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.072%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 67 (4.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (1.44%) Spreadsheet
3 15 (1.08%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (0.87%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 3 (0.22%) Windchill
8 2 (0.14%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.072%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.072%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 155 (11.19%) SAP S/4HANA
2 43 (3.10%) Dynamics CRM
3 26 (1.88%) Oracle Payables
4 21 (1.52%) NetSuite
4 21 (1.52%) Oracle Receivables
5 20 (1.44%) Oracle ERP
5 20 (1.44%) SAP ERP
6 14 (1.01%) Oracle EBS
7 13 (0.94%) Oracle Financials
7 13 (0.94%) Oracle General Ledger
7 13 (0.94%) SAP SD
8 12 (0.87%) Oracle Assets
8 12 (0.87%) SAP FI
8 12 (0.87%) Teamcenter
8 12 (0.87%) Workday HCM
9 11 (0.79%) iTrent
9 11 (0.79%) SAP MDG
10 10 (0.72%) SAP CO
10 10 (0.72%) SAP MM
11 9 (0.65%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 220 (15.88%) Azure
2 140 (10.11%) AWS
3 132 (9.53%) Power Platform
4 108 (7.80%) Dynamics 365
5 75 (5.42%) OCI
6 66 (4.77%) Azure DevOps
7 54 (3.90%) SaaS
8 44 (3.18%) Snowflake
9 41 (2.96%) Microsoft 365
10 40 (2.89%) Azure Data Factory
11 36 (2.60%) SuccessFactors
12 30 (2.17%) Power Automate
13 29 (2.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 29 (2.09%) GitHub
14 27 (1.95%) Amazon S3
15 25 (1.81%) GCP
15 25 (1.81%) PowerApps
16 18 (1.30%) dbt
16 18 (1.30%) Microsoft Purview
17 14 (1.01%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.43%) DNS
2 5 (0.36%) NAS
2 5 (0.36%) SAN
3 4 (0.29%) VPN
4 3 (0.22%) Firewall
4 3 (0.22%) Intranet
5 2 (0.14%) HTTP
5 2 (0.14%) VSAN
6 1 (0.072%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.072%) DKIM
6 1 (0.072%) DMARC
6 1 (0.072%) Internet
6 1 (0.072%) SNMP
6 1 (0.072%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 110 (7.94%) Power BI
2 96 (6.93%) Data Warehouse
3 61 (4.40%) SQL Server
4 54 (3.90%) Metadata
5 47 (3.39%) Relational Database
6 44 (3.18%) Oracle Reports
7 39 (2.82%) Data Lake
8 31 (2.24%) Oracle Database
9 29 (2.09%) PostgreSQL
10 19 (1.37%) RDBMS
11 14 (1.01%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 13 (0.94%) Azure SQL Database
12 13 (0.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 12 (0.87%) DataStage
13 12 (0.87%) Oracle Exadata
13 12 (0.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 11 (0.79%) Amazon Redshift
14 11 (0.79%) MongoDB
15 10 (0.72%) BusinessObjects
15 10 (0.72%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 116 (8.38%) JIRA
2 48 (3.47%) Git
3 35 (2.53%) Zephyr
4 30 (2.17%) Postman
5 18 (1.30%) GitLab
6 14 (1.01%) Jenkins
7 11 (0.79%) Oracle Forms
8 7 (0.51%) Selenium
9 5 (0.36%) Gatling
9 5 (0.36%) Team Foundation Server
10 4 (0.29%) Cypress.io
10 4 (0.29%) Hudson
10 4 (0.29%) LSMW
10 4 (0.29%) Visual Studio
11 3 (0.22%) Claude Code
11 3 (0.22%) ER Studio
11 3 (0.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 2 (0.14%) Yeoman
13 1 (0.072%) Bitbucket
13 1 (0.072%) Cucumber
General
1 480 (34.66%) Finance
2 393 (28.38%) Social Skills
3 189 (13.65%) Analytical Skills
4 128 (9.24%) Public Sector
5 85 (6.14%) Banking
6 78 (5.63%) Manufacturing
7 56 (4.04%) Retail
8 52 (3.75%) Documentation Skills
9 46 (3.32%) General Ledger
10 37 (2.67%) Law
11 35 (2.53%) Organisational Skills
12 32 (2.31%) Local Government
13 26 (1.88%) Automotive
14 23 (1.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 23 (1.66%) Marketing
15 22 (1.59%) Influencing Skills
16 20 (1.44%) Legal
17 19 (1.37%) Billing
18 17 (1.23%) Military
19 15 (1.08%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 251 (18.12%) Lead
2 215 (15.52%) Analyst
3 166 (11.99%) Architect
4 157 (11.34%) Consultant
5 124 (8.95%) Data Engineer
6 117 (8.45%) Senior
7 103 (7.44%) Data Migration Lead
8 85 (6.14%) Business Analyst
9 83 (5.99%) Project Manager
10 77 (5.56%) Data Analyst
11 64 (4.62%) Developer
12 61 (4.40%) Data Architect
13 59 (4.26%) Migration Engineer
14 53 (3.83%) SAP Consultant
15 48 (3.47%) Data Migration Engineer
16 44 (3.18%) Migration Analyst
17 43 (3.10%) Solutions Architect
18 39 (2.82%) Data Migration Analyst
19 36 (2.60%) Data Consultant
20 34 (2.45%) Oracle Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 98 (7.08%) Oracle Fusion
2 44 (3.18%) Middleware
3 34 (2.45%) REST
4 33 (2.38%) Terraform
5 24 (1.73%) .NET
6 22 (1.59%) XML
7 21 (1.52%) SOAP
8 17 (1.23%) JSON
8 17 (1.23%) Kafka
8 17 (1.23%) PySpark
9 13 (0.94%) Oracle GoldenGate
10 9 (0.65%) Keycloak
11 8 (0.58%) Lightning Web Components
12 7 (0.51%) SAP Fiori
12 7 (0.51%) Spring
12 7 (0.51%) Spring Boot
12 7 (0.51%) Web Services
13 6 (0.43%) ADO
13 6 (0.43%) HTML
14 5 (0.36%) COM
Miscellaneous
1 158 (11.41%) Legacy Systems
2 101 (7.29%) Data Structures
3 46 (3.32%) Management Information System
4 44 (3.18%) Onboarding
5 43 (3.10%) Enterprise Software
6 42 (3.03%) Public Cloud
7 33 (2.38%) Cloud Native
8 32 (2.31%) Product Ownership
9 29 (2.09%) Greenfield Project
10 19 (1.37%) Reference Data
11 18 (1.30%) Replication
12 17 (1.23%) NHS
13 16 (1.16%) FMCG
14 12 (0.87%) Analytical Mindset
14 12 (0.87%) Data Centre
14 12 (0.87%) Data Protection Act
14 12 (0.87%) Low-Code
15 11 (0.79%) Legacy Applications
16 10 (0.72%) Life Science
16 10 (0.72%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 24 (1.73%) Windows
2 20 (1.44%) Linux
3 12 (0.87%) AIX
4 5 (0.36%) Data ONTAP
5 4 (0.29%) VMS
6 2 (0.14%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.072%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,385 (100.00%) Migration
2 406 (29.31%) Validation
3 351 (25.34%) Stakeholder Management
4 312 (22.53%) ERP
5 310 (22.38%) User Acceptance Testing
6 233 (16.82%) Agile
7 227 (16.39%) ETL
8 223 (16.10%) Data Modelling
9 204 (14.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 171 (12.35%) Data Governance
10 171 (12.35%) Problem-Solving
11 138 (9.96%) Data Cleansing
12 135 (9.75%) Business Intelligence
13 125 (9.03%) Analytics
14 122 (8.81%) DevOps
15 119 (8.59%) Data Mapping
16 115 (8.30%) Continuous Improvement
16 115 (8.30%) Requirements Gathering
17 110 (7.94%) CI/CD
18 107 (7.73%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 285 (20.58%) SQL
2 85 (6.14%) Python
3 26 (1.88%) PL/SQL
4 25 (1.81%) Java
5 20 (1.44%) C#
5 20 (1.44%) JavaScript
6 14 (1.01%) Bash
6 14 (1.01%) PowerShell
7 10 (0.72%) TypeScript
8 9 (0.65%) T-SQL
9 7 (0.51%) Apex Code
10 6 (0.43%) ABAP
10 6 (0.43%) Kotlin
11 5 (0.36%) VB
11 5 (0.36%) VB6
11 5 (0.36%) X++
12 4 (0.29%) C
12 4 (0.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.22%) SOQL
13 3 (0.22%) VBA
Qualifications
1 255 (18.41%) Security Cleared
2 209 (15.09%) SC Cleared
3 49 (3.54%) Degree
4 35 (2.53%) DV Cleared
5 30 (2.17%) ACCA
5 30 (2.17%) CIMA
6 26 (1.88%) PMI Certification
6 26 (1.88%) PMP
7 24 (1.73%) ISTQB
8 21 (1.52%) BPSS Clearance
9 11 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
10 9 (0.65%) Computer Science Degree
11 8 (0.58%) Azure Certification
12 7 (0.51%) DBS Check
13 6 (0.43%) Oracle Certification
13 6 (0.43%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 5 (0.36%) SAP Certification
15 4 (0.29%) AWS Certification
15 4 (0.29%) ITIL Certification
16 3 (0.22%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 282 (20.36%) Data Quality
2 104 (7.51%) QA
3 58 (4.19%) GDPR
4 32 (2.31%) PMO
5 13 (0.94%) GRC
6 10 (0.72%) IFRS
7 9 (0.65%) Accessibility
7 9 (0.65%) HL7
8 8 (0.58%) SLA
9 7 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
10 6 (0.43%) DICOM
11 5 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 5 (0.36%) SNOMED CT
12 3 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 2 (0.14%) GAAP
13 2 (0.14%) GMP
13 2 (0.14%) ISO 20022
13 2 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 2 (0.14%) PERC
13 2 (0.14%) Solvency II
System Software
1 16 (1.16%) Docker
2 13 (0.94%) Oracle RAC
3 11 (0.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.65%) Active Directory
5 7 (0.51%) vSphere
6 4 (0.29%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.29%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.22%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 3 (0.22%) SRDF
7 3 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.14%) NFS
Systems Management
1 24 (1.73%) Ansible
2 21 (1.52%) Kubernetes
3 12 (0.87%) Data Guard
3 12 (0.87%) Oracle RMAN
4 8 (0.58%) Karpenter
5 7 (0.51%) vCenter Server
6 6 (0.43%) Argo
6 6 (0.43%) Grafana
7 4 (0.29%) EMC VPLEX
7 4 (0.29%) SnapMirror
8 3 (0.22%) EMC NetWorker
8 3 (0.22%) HP ALM
8 3 (0.22%) NetBackup
8 3 (0.22%) SnapVault
9 2 (0.14%) Failover Clustering
9 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.14%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.072%) Autotask
10 1 (0.072%) SCCM
10 1 (0.072%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 289 (20.87%) Oracle
2 275 (19.86%) SAP
3 246 (17.76%) Microsoft
4 81 (5.85%) Databricks
5 59 (4.26%) Salesforce
6 29 (2.09%) Workday
7 26 (1.88%) ServiceNow
8 23 (1.66%) Informatica
9 19 (1.37%) IBM
9 19 (1.37%) Talend
10 17 (1.23%) Google
11 16 (1.16%) Ariba
11 16 (1.16%) IFS
12 12 (0.87%) VMware
13 11 (0.79%) Sage
14 10 (0.72%) Siebel
15 9 (0.65%) MuleSoft
16 8 (0.58%) Alteryx
16 8 (0.58%) Atlassian
16 8 (0.58%) InterSystems