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

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 92 87 106
Rank change year-on-year -5 +19 +14
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,397 830 738
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.00% 2.97% 2.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.54% 3.26% 2.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 912 526 496
10th Percentile £363 £378 £383
25th Percentile £425 £449 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% - -2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £537 £540
% change year-on-year -2.23% -0.56% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 9 5
10th Percentile £16.88 £15.00 £45.80
25th Percentile £21.25 £32.31 £62.00
Median hourly rate £38.36 £60.00 £66.50
Median % change year-on-year -36.08% -9.77% -25.65%
75th Percentile £53.58 £71.25 £80.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £81.00 -
UK median hourly rate £36.71 £32.50 £66.50
% change year-on-year +12.95% -51.13% -25.65%

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 39,430 25,460 28,039
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.71% 90.97% 86.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,919 16,157 17,165
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £512 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.64% -2.57% -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 2,918 1,560 1,201
10th Percentile £13.85 £14.42 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.60 £17.87 £20.25
Median hourly rate £40.08 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.36% -41.51% -3.37%
75th Percentile £67.50 £47.00 £67.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.28 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £38.72 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +53.96% -40.82% -

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 October 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 October 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 October 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 +13 683 £550 - 450
North of England -19 177 £525 +10.53% 127
Midlands -3 173 £475 -13.64% 104
South East -26 163 £505 -14.04% 167
West Midlands +6 125 £450 -16.28% 75
North West +1 108 £538 +19.44% 58
South West +26 97 £523 -0.48% 46
Yorkshire -33 53 £519 +3.80% 43
East of England -8 46 £510 +3.29% 57
East Midlands -3 44 £538 -2.27% 29
North East -26 19 £475 +8.57% 26
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 57 (4.08%) Confluence
2 54 (3.87%) SharePoint
3 13 (0.93%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (0.57%) Apache Spark
6 7 (0.50%) Apache
7 6 (0.43%) Oracle Workflow
8 5 (0.36%) CICS
8 5 (0.36%) CMS
8 5 (0.36%) Tuxedo
9 3 (0.21%) SAS
10 2 (0.14%) HCL Notes
10 2 (0.14%) Mendix
10 2 (0.14%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
10 2 (0.14%) SugarCRM
11 1 (0.072%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.072%) Documentum
11 1 (0.072%) IIS
11 1 (0.072%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 67 (4.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (1.36%) Spreadsheet
3 17 (1.22%) Microsoft Office
4 14 (1.00%) MS Visio
5 9 (0.64%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.29%) Windchill
7 3 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 2 (0.14%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.072%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.072%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 145 (10.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 44 (3.15%) Dynamics CRM
3 27 (1.93%) Oracle Payables
4 22 (1.57%) Oracle Receivables
5 20 (1.43%) NetSuite
5 20 (1.43%) Oracle ERP
6 18 (1.29%) SAP HCM
7 17 (1.22%) SAP ERP
8 15 (1.07%) SAP FI
9 14 (1.00%) Oracle General Ledger
10 13 (0.93%) Oracle Financials
10 13 (0.93%) SAP SD
10 13 (0.93%) Teamcenter
11 12 (0.86%) Oracle Assets
11 12 (0.86%) SAP CO
11 12 (0.86%) SAP MM
11 12 (0.86%) Workday HCM
12 11 (0.79%) iTrent
12 11 (0.79%) SAP MDG
12 11 (0.79%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 232 (16.61%) Azure
2 133 (9.52%) AWS
3 121 (8.66%) Power Platform
4 97 (6.94%) Dynamics 365
5 80 (5.73%) Azure DevOps
6 72 (5.15%) OCI
7 53 (3.79%) SaaS
8 44 (3.15%) Microsoft 365
8 44 (3.15%) SuccessFactors
9 40 (2.86%) Azure Data Factory
9 40 (2.86%) Snowflake
10 32 (2.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 32 (2.29%) Power Automate
11 28 (2.00%) PowerApps
12 27 (1.93%) Amazon S3
12 27 (1.93%) GCP
13 24 (1.72%) GitHub
14 22 (1.57%) Microsoft Purview
15 19 (1.36%) dbt
16 14 (1.00%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.36%) NAS
1 5 (0.36%) SAN
2 3 (0.21%) Firewall
2 3 (0.21%) Intranet
2 3 (0.21%) VPN
3 2 (0.14%) VSAN
4 1 (0.072%) DKIM
4 1 (0.072%) DMARC
4 1 (0.072%) DNS
4 1 (0.072%) Internet
4 1 (0.072%) SNMP
4 1 (0.072%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 103 (7.37%) Data Warehouse
2 95 (6.80%) Power BI
3 60 (4.29%) SQL Server
4 59 (4.22%) Metadata
5 49 (3.51%) Relational Database
6 45 (3.22%) Oracle Reports
7 41 (2.93%) Data Lake
8 32 (2.29%) Oracle Database
9 25 (1.79%) PostgreSQL
10 19 (1.36%) RDBMS
11 16 (1.15%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 15 (1.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 14 (1.00%) Azure SQL Database
13 14 (1.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 12 (0.86%) BigQuery
14 12 (0.86%) NoSQL
14 12 (0.86%) Oracle Exadata
15 11 (0.79%) Amazon Redshift
15 11 (0.79%) DataStage
16 10 (0.72%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 129 (9.23%) JIRA
2 53 (3.79%) Git
3 38 (2.72%) Zephyr
4 32 (2.29%) Postman
5 17 (1.22%) GitLab
6 9 (0.64%) Jenkins
6 9 (0.64%) Oracle Forms
7 6 (0.43%) Selenium
8 5 (0.36%) Gatling
8 5 (0.36%) Team Foundation Server
9 4 (0.29%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.29%) LSMW
9 4 (0.29%) Visual Studio
10 3 (0.21%) Claude Code
10 3 (0.21%) ER Studio
10 3 (0.21%) Hudson
10 3 (0.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 2 (0.14%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.14%) Yeoman
12 1 (0.072%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 472 (33.79%) Finance
2 393 (28.13%) Social Skills
3 192 (13.74%) Analytical Skills
4 136 (9.74%) Public Sector
5 93 (6.66%) Banking
6 80 (5.73%) Manufacturing
7 59 (4.22%) Retail
8 53 (3.79%) Documentation Skills
9 48 (3.44%) General Ledger
10 35 (2.51%) Organisational Skills
11 34 (2.43%) Local Government
12 26 (1.86%) Legal
13 23 (1.65%) Automotive
13 23 (1.65%) Influencing Skills
14 21 (1.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 21 (1.50%) Marketing
15 20 (1.43%) Military
16 19 (1.36%) Billing
16 19 (1.36%) Law
17 17 (1.22%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 239 (17.11%) Analyst
2 220 (15.75%) Lead
3 158 (11.31%) Consultant
4 154 (11.02%) Architect
5 132 (9.45%) Data Engineer
6 126 (9.02%) Senior
7 102 (7.30%) Business Analyst
8 92 (6.59%) Data Migration Lead
9 84 (6.01%) Data Analyst
10 79 (5.65%) Project Manager
11 64 (4.58%) Migration Engineer
12 62 (4.44%) Data Architect
13 60 (4.29%) Developer
14 54 (3.87%) Data Migration Engineer
14 54 (3.87%) SAP Consultant
15 44 (3.15%) Migration Analyst
15 44 (3.15%) Solutions Architect
16 40 (2.86%) Data Migration Analyst
17 36 (2.58%) Data Consultant
18 31 (2.22%) Migration Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 106 (7.59%) Oracle Fusion
2 48 (3.44%) Middleware
3 32 (2.29%) REST
3 32 (2.29%) Terraform
4 28 (2.00%) .NET
5 24 (1.72%) SOAP
6 23 (1.65%) XML
7 17 (1.22%) PySpark
8 14 (1.00%) JSON
9 13 (0.93%) ADO
9 13 (0.93%) Oracle GoldenGate
10 11 (0.79%) Kafka
10 11 (0.79%) SAP Fiori
11 9 (0.64%) Keycloak
11 9 (0.64%) Web Services
12 8 (0.57%) HTML
13 7 (0.50%) Lightning Web Components
13 7 (0.50%) Spring
13 7 (0.50%) Spring Boot
14 6 (0.43%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 150 (10.74%) Legacy Systems
2 100 (7.16%) Data Structures
3 47 (3.36%) Onboarding
4 45 (3.22%) Enterprise Software
4 45 (3.22%) Management Information System
5 38 (2.72%) Public Cloud
6 35 (2.51%) Product Ownership
7 27 (1.93%) Cloud Native
8 26 (1.86%) Greenfield Project
9 22 (1.57%) Reference Data
10 18 (1.29%) Replication
11 16 (1.15%) NHS
12 15 (1.07%) FMCG
13 13 (0.93%) Data Protection Act
13 13 (0.93%) Low-Code
14 12 (0.86%) Reinsurance
15 11 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
15 11 (0.79%) Legacy Applications
15 11 (0.79%) Life Science
16 10 (0.72%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 25 (1.79%) Windows
2 22 (1.57%) Linux
3 12 (0.86%) AIX
4 5 (0.36%) zOS
5 4 (0.29%) Data ONTAP
5 4 (0.29%) Unix
5 4 (0.29%) VMS
6 2 (0.14%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,397 (100.00%) Migration
2 429 (30.71%) Validation
3 379 (27.13%) Stakeholder Management
4 311 (22.26%) User Acceptance Testing
5 290 (20.76%) ERP
6 241 (17.25%) Agile
7 227 (16.25%) ETL
8 221 (15.82%) Data Modelling
9 186 (13.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 179 (12.81%) Problem-Solving
11 176 (12.60%) Data Governance
12 137 (9.81%) DevOps
13 136 (9.74%) Data Cleansing
14 130 (9.31%) Requirements Gathering
15 125 (8.95%) Analytics
16 124 (8.88%) Business Intelligence
17 123 (8.80%) Data Mapping
18 116 (8.30%) System Integration Testing
19 109 (7.80%) CI/CD
20 108 (7.73%) Data Transformation
Programming Languages
1 294 (21.05%) SQL
2 80 (5.73%) Python
3 24 (1.72%) C#
3 24 (1.72%) PL/SQL
4 22 (1.57%) Java
4 22 (1.57%) JavaScript
5 14 (1.00%) PowerShell
6 13 (0.93%) Bash
7 11 (0.79%) T-SQL
8 10 (0.72%) TypeScript
9 8 (0.57%) ABAP
10 6 (0.43%) Apex Code
11 5 (0.36%) JCL
11 5 (0.36%) Kotlin
11 5 (0.36%) VB
11 5 (0.36%) VB6
11 5 (0.36%) X++
12 4 (0.29%) C
13 3 (0.21%) COBOL
13 3 (0.21%) Korn
Qualifications
1 270 (19.33%) Security Cleared
2 221 (15.82%) SC Cleared
3 56 (4.01%) Degree
4 32 (2.29%) ACCA
4 32 (2.29%) CIMA
5 28 (2.00%) DV Cleared
6 27 (1.93%) ISTQB
6 27 (1.93%) PMI Certification
6 27 (1.93%) PMP
7 24 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
8 14 (1.00%) Computer Science Degree
9 11 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (0.57%) DBS Check
11 7 (0.50%) Azure Certification
12 6 (0.43%) SAP Certification
13 5 (0.36%) CBAP
13 5 (0.36%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 4 (0.29%) ITIL Certification
15 3 (0.21%) CTC Cleared
15 3 (0.21%) NCDA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 286 (20.47%) Data Quality
2 107 (7.66%) QA
3 58 (4.15%) GDPR
4 31 (2.22%) PMO
5 13 (0.93%) GRC
6 10 (0.72%) IFRS
7 9 (0.64%) Actionable Recommendations
8 8 (0.57%) Accessibility
8 8 (0.57%) SLA
9 7 (0.50%) HL7
10 5 (0.36%) SNOMED CT
11 4 (0.29%) DICOM
12 3 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.14%) GAAP
13 2 (0.14%) GMP
13 2 (0.14%) GxP
13 2 (0.14%) ISO 20022
13 2 (0.14%) Solvency II
14 1 (0.072%) ISO 22301
14 1 (0.072%) SEPA
System Software
1 15 (1.07%) Docker
2 13 (0.93%) Oracle RAC
3 7 (0.50%) Active Directory
4 6 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.21%) EMC RecoverPoint
5 3 (0.21%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.21%) SRDF
5 3 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (0.21%) vSphere
6 2 (0.14%) NFS
7 1 (0.072%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 20 (1.43%) Ansible
2 15 (1.07%) Kubernetes
3 12 (0.86%) Data Guard
3 12 (0.86%) Oracle RMAN
4 8 (0.57%) Karpenter
5 6 (0.43%) Control-M
6 4 (0.29%) EMC VPLEX
6 4 (0.29%) SnapMirror
7 3 (0.21%) EMC NetWorker
7 3 (0.21%) NetBackup
7 3 (0.21%) SnapVault
7 3 (0.21%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.14%) Argo
8 2 (0.14%) Failover Clustering
8 2 (0.14%) Grafana
8 2 (0.14%) HP ALM
8 2 (0.14%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.072%) Autotask
9 1 (0.072%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.072%) SCCM
Vendors
1 298 (21.33%) Oracle
2 270 (19.33%) SAP
3 247 (17.68%) Microsoft
4 83 (5.94%) Databricks
5 60 (4.29%) Salesforce
6 36 (2.58%) ServiceNow
7 30 (2.15%) Workday
8 24 (1.72%) Google
8 24 (1.72%) Informatica
9 20 (1.43%) IBM
10 18 (1.29%) Talend
11 17 (1.22%) IFS
12 14 (1.00%) Ariba
13 13 (0.93%) Sage
14 9 (0.64%) Alteryx
14 9 (0.64%) Infor
15 8 (0.57%) Atlassian
15 8 (0.57%) Denodo
15 8 (0.57%) InterSystems
16 7 (0.50%) VMware