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 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 94 97 118
Rank change year-on-year +3 +21 +31
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 855 765 862
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.85% 2.46% 2.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.15% 2.83% 2.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 557 528 577
10th Percentile £371 £400 £400
25th Percentile £435 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £548 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.83% -0.45% +3.04%
75th Percentile £648 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £700 £738
UK median daily rate £538 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -0.46% -1.82% +2.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 3 11
10th Percentile £16.73 £40.40 £82.50
25th Percentile £52.89 £48.50 £83.13
Median hourly rate £64.82 £64.00 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.27% -24.71% +34.92%
75th Percentile £81.00 £67.88 £86.50
90th Percentile £92.60 £69.00 £87.50
UK median hourly rate £62.25 £64.00 £85.00
% change year-on-year -2.73% -24.71% +34.92%

All Process and 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 27,129 27,014 35,522
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.29% 86.78% 88.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,216 16,502 24,361
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -3.62% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £642 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.41% -3.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,789 972 1,496
10th Percentile £14.75 £15.10 £14.42
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.28 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -32.93% -15.73% +27.14%
75th Percentile £46.75 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £74.72 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £43.33
% change year-on-year -28.14% -19.22% +23.80%

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 November 2025.

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 November 2025.

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 November 2025. 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 +13 461 £550 - 253
South East -11 109 £600 +9.09% 105
Midlands +5 104 £550 +2.33% 55
North of England -39 82 £457 -13.05% 71
West Midlands -11 61 £550 -1.03% 35
North West -26 42 £429 -9.68% 35
East Midlands +19 41 £563 +32.35% 18
Yorkshire -32 37 £525 -4.55% 28
South West -4 29 £525 - 27
East of England -10 20 £475 -13.64% 12
North East -16 4 £438 -27.08% 8
South Coast - 1 £550 -
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 32 (3.74%) Confluence
2 18 (2.11%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.17%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (0.94%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (0.94%) Smallworld
5 6 (0.70%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.47%) CMS
7 3 (0.35%) Apache
7 3 (0.35%) LiveLink
8 2 (0.23%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.23%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.23%) Documentum
8 2 (0.23%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
8 2 (0.23%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.23%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.12%) Moodle
9 1 (0.12%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle Spatial
9 1 (0.12%) SAP Portal
9 1 (0.12%) SAS
Applications
1 36 (4.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (1.52%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (1.40%) Microsoft Project
4 8 (0.94%) MS Visio
5 7 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.82%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.35%) Oracle Smart View
7 2 (0.23%) Trello
8 1 (0.12%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 73 (8.54%) SAP S/4HANA
2 35 (4.09%) Dynamics CRM
3 30 (3.51%) Oracle EBS
4 22 (2.57%) SAP HR
5 19 (2.22%) Oracle Payables
6 13 (1.52%) Oracle General Ledger
7 12 (1.40%) Oracle Receivables
8 10 (1.17%) Oracle EBS R12
8 10 (1.17%) Salesforce CRM
9 9 (1.05%) Workday HCM
10 8 (0.94%) Oracle Cash Management
10 8 (0.94%) SAP Payroll
11 7 (0.82%) NetSuite
11 7 (0.82%) Oracle ERP
11 7 (0.82%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
11 7 (0.82%) SAP PM
12 6 (0.70%) Dynamics AX
12 6 (0.70%) Dynamics NAV
12 6 (0.70%) Endur
12 6 (0.70%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 121 (14.15%) Azure
2 70 (8.19%) AWS
3 64 (7.49%) Power Platform
4 57 (6.67%) Dynamics 365
5 55 (6.43%) OCI
6 48 (5.61%) SaaS
7 36 (4.21%) Azure DevOps
8 26 (3.04%) Snowflake
9 25 (2.92%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 24 (2.81%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 19 (2.22%) Amazon S3
11 19 (2.22%) Microsoft 365
11 19 (2.22%) Serverless
12 18 (2.11%) SuccessFactors
13 17 (1.99%) GCP
14 16 (1.87%) Azure Data Factory
14 16 (1.87%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 15 (1.75%) PowerApps
16 14 (1.64%) Azure Logic Apps
16 14 (1.64%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.58%) Firewall
1 5 (0.58%) TCP/IP
2 4 (0.47%) WAN
3 3 (0.35%) DNS
3 3 (0.35%) NAS
3 3 (0.35%) Network Security
3 3 (0.35%) VPN
4 2 (0.23%) Internet
4 2 (0.23%) Intranet
4 2 (0.23%) IPv6
4 2 (0.23%) LAN
4 2 (0.23%) SAN
4 2 (0.23%) SSL
5 1 (0.12%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (0.12%) Fibre Channel
5 1 (0.12%) IPv4
5 1 (0.12%) iSCSI
5 1 (0.12%) VLAN
5 1 (0.12%) WebEx
5 1 (0.12%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (6.43%) SQL Server
2 50 (5.85%) Data Warehouse
3 45 (5.26%) Power BI
4 40 (4.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 28 (3.27%) Relational Database
6 23 (2.69%) Oracle Reports
7 19 (2.22%) Oracle Database
7 19 (2.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 19 (2.22%) Tableau
8 17 (1.99%) Amazon Redshift
8 17 (1.99%) Metadata
9 16 (1.87%) Data Lake
10 15 (1.75%) DataStage
11 12 (1.40%) RDBMS
12 11 (1.29%) SAP HANA
13 10 (1.17%) Azure SQL Database
13 10 (1.17%) MySQL
14 9 (1.05%) Big Data
14 9 (1.05%) GIS
14 9 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 76 (8.89%) JIRA
2 7 (0.82%) Git
3 6 (0.70%) LSMW
4 4 (0.47%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.47%) Oracle Forms
4 4 (0.47%) Visual Studio
4 4 (0.47%) Zephyr
5 3 (0.35%) Postman
5 3 (0.35%) Selenium
5 3 (0.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.23%) Oracle APEX
6 2 (0.23%) TestRail
6 2 (0.23%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.12%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.12%) GitLab
7 1 (0.12%) gulp
7 1 (0.12%) Pylint
7 1 (0.12%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.12%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.12%) webpack
General
1 309 (36.14%) Finance
2 307 (35.91%) Social Skills
3 97 (11.35%) Analytical Skills
4 73 (8.54%) Public Sector
5 49 (5.73%) Banking
6 36 (4.21%) Local Government
7 32 (3.74%) Documentation Skills
8 28 (3.27%) Marketing
9 25 (2.92%) Legal
9 25 (2.92%) Manufacturing
9 25 (2.92%) Retail
10 22 (2.57%) Organisational Skills
11 20 (2.34%) Back Office
11 20 (2.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 19 (2.22%) General Ledger
13 13 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
14 12 (1.40%) Law
15 10 (1.17%) Billing
15 10 (1.17%) Telecoms
16 8 (0.94%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 125 (14.62%) Analyst
2 121 (14.15%) Lead
3 115 (13.45%) Consultant
4 111 (12.98%) Architect
5 92 (10.76%) Project Manager
6 76 (8.89%) Business Analyst
7 55 (6.43%) Senior
8 50 (5.85%) Data Engineer
9 42 (4.91%) Data Migration Lead
10 40 (4.68%) Developer
11 37 (4.33%) Data Analyst
12 34 (3.98%) SAP Consultant
13 31 (3.63%) Solutions Architect
14 24 (2.81%) Migration Specialist
14 24 (2.81%) Salesforce Architect
15 23 (2.69%) Oracle Consultant
16 22 (2.57%) Data Migration Specialist
16 22 (2.57%) Functional Consultant
17 21 (2.46%) Data Architect
17 21 (2.46%) Data Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (4.91%) Oracle Fusion
2 37 (4.33%) Lightning Web Components
3 33 (3.86%) XML
4 32 (3.74%) REST
5 26 (3.04%) Visualforce
6 25 (2.92%) SOAP
7 21 (2.46%) Middleware
8 15 (1.75%) JSON
9 12 (1.40%) EDI
9 12 (1.40%) SAP Fiori
10 11 (1.29%) .NET
11 10 (1.17%) Web Services
12 9 (1.05%) PySpark
13 8 (0.94%) BAPI
13 8 (0.94%) IDoc
13 8 (0.94%) SAP PI
14 6 (0.70%) WebdriverIO
15 5 (0.58%) GraphQL
15 5 (0.58%) React
15 5 (0.58%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 102 (11.93%) Legacy Systems
2 53 (6.20%) Data Structures
3 32 (3.74%) Product Ownership
4 31 (3.63%) Onboarding
5 29 (3.39%) Management Information System
6 15 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
7 13 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
8 12 (1.40%) Data Centre
8 12 (1.40%) Greenfield Project
9 11 (1.29%) Reference Data
10 9 (1.05%) Virtual Team
11 6 (0.70%) Cloud Native
11 6 (0.70%) FMCG
11 6 (0.70%) Low-Code
11 6 (0.70%) NHS
11 6 (0.70%) Public Cloud
11 6 (0.70%) Replication
12 5 (0.58%) Legacy Applications
12 5 (0.58%) Robotics
12 5 (0.58%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 21 (2.46%) Windows
2 6 (0.70%) Windows Server
3 5 (0.58%) Windows Server 2016
4 4 (0.47%) Linux
4 4 (0.47%) Solaris
4 4 (0.47%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.35%) Unix
6 2 (0.23%) AIX
6 2 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.23%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (0.12%) MVS
7 1 (0.12%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.12%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 855 (100.00%) Migration
2 197 (23.04%) Agile
3 170 (19.88%) Problem-Solving
4 151 (17.66%) ERP
5 143 (16.73%) Stakeholder Management
6 132 (15.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 129 (15.09%) Validation
8 128 (14.97%) ETL
8 128 (14.97%) User Acceptance Testing
9 120 (14.04%) Data Modelling
10 93 (10.88%) Project Management
11 84 (9.82%) CRM
12 83 (9.71%) Data Governance
13 81 (9.47%) Analytics
14 80 (9.36%) Change Management
15 76 (8.89%) DevOps
16 71 (8.30%) Data Cleansing
17 69 (8.07%) Workshop Facilitation
18 67 (7.84%) Business Intelligence
19 59 (6.90%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 169 (19.77%) SQL
2 59 (6.90%) Python
3 37 (4.33%) Apex Code
3 37 (4.33%) Java
4 19 (2.22%) C#
5 16 (1.87%) JavaScript
6 11 (1.29%) T-SQL
7 10 (1.17%) ABAP
7 10 (1.17%) PowerShell
8 8 (0.94%) PL/SQL
9 7 (0.82%) VB
10 6 (0.70%) Bicep
11 5 (0.58%) Shell Script
11 5 (0.58%) X++
12 4 (0.47%) SOQL
13 3 (0.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.35%) SOSL
14 2 (0.23%) R
14 2 (0.23%) Scala
14 2 (0.23%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 78 (9.12%) Security Cleared
2 76 (8.89%) Degree
3 57 (6.67%) SC Cleared
4 27 (3.16%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (2.92%) PMP
6 22 (2.57%) PMI Certification
7 20 (2.34%) Master's Degree
8 14 (1.64%) AWS Certification
9 12 (1.40%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (0.94%) SAP Certification
11 6 (0.70%) DV Cleared
11 6 (0.70%) Oracle Certification
12 5 (0.58%) CFA
12 5 (0.58%) CIMA
13 4 (0.47%) ACCA
13 4 (0.47%) CBAP
13 4 (0.47%) DBS Check
13 4 (0.47%) ISTQB
14 3 (0.35%) OCP
14 3 (0.35%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 122 (14.27%) Data Quality
2 55 (6.43%) QA
3 47 (5.50%) GDPR
4 14 (1.64%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 11 (1.29%) SLA
6 9 (1.05%) PMO
7 8 (0.94%) Accessibility
7 8 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.58%) IFRS
9 4 (0.47%) ISO 20022
10 3 (0.35%) GRC
10 3 (0.35%) HIPAA
10 3 (0.35%) IFRS 17
10 3 (0.35%) IFRS 9
10 3 (0.35%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.23%) COBIT
11 2 (0.23%) EMIR
11 2 (0.23%) NIST
11 2 (0.23%) WCAG
System Software
1 15 (1.75%) Docker
2 8 (0.94%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.70%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.35%) NFS
5 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.12%) Time Sharing Option
5 1 (0.12%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (2.11%) Kubernetes
2 14 (1.64%) Terraform
3 7 (0.82%) Ansible
4 5 (0.58%) HP ALM
4 5 (0.58%) SCCM
5 2 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.23%) Puppet
6 1 (0.12%) Argo
6 1 (0.12%) CA Endevor
6 1 (0.12%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (0.12%) Grafana
6 1 (0.12%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Clustering
6 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.12%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 157 (18.36%) SAP
2 149 (17.43%) Oracle
3 122 (14.27%) Microsoft
4 60 (7.02%) Salesforce
5 37 (4.33%) Workday
6 23 (2.69%) Databricks
7 13 (1.52%) Google
8 10 (1.17%) IFS
8 10 (1.17%) MuleSoft
9 9 (1.05%) Informatica
9 9 (1.05%) ServiceNow
10 8 (0.94%) ESRI
10 8 (0.94%) IBM
10 8 (0.94%) Kronos
10 8 (0.94%) Sage
11 7 (0.82%) HP
12 6 (0.70%) Ariba
12 6 (0.70%) Intergraph
12 6 (0.70%) Talend
12 6 (0.70%) VMware