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

 6 months to
3 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 92 103
Rank change year-on-year +19 +11 +24
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,410 713 823
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.21% 2.73% 2.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.76% 3.00% 2.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 921 444 556
10th Percentile £363 £360 £363
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £529 £540
Median % change year-on-year -0.76% -2.04% -0.23%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £734 £714
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 13 33
10th Percentile £17.23 £15.56 £25.00
25th Percentile £23.00 £32.31 £40.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £57.50 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.43% -23.33% +141.94%
75th Percentile £57.52 £67.50 £80.00
90th Percentile £76.00 £73.25 -
UK median hourly rate £36.71 £60.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year -38.82% -20.00% +127.27%

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 37,490 23,760 31,971
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.37% 91.05% 85.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,605 15,276 20,748
10th Percentile £325 £300 £305
25th Percentile £419 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.46% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £730 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +1.98% -3.81% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,362 1,184 2,308
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.23 £12.79
25th Percentile £20.79 £17.95 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% +1.65%
75th Percentile £68.55 £55.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £82.25 £72.50 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% +3.45%

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 3 July 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 3 July 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 3 July 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 +32 702 £541 -1.59% 145
South East +8 192 £550 +7.32% 71
North of England -18 186 £525 +10.53% 49
Midlands +11 146 £490 +3.16% 42
North West +12 120 £500 +3.90% 33
West Midlands +3 106 £473 -5.40% 23
South West +14 76 £523 +1.95% 18
East of England +9 57 £581 -10.58% 15
Yorkshire -50 54 £530 +16.10% 14
East Midlands +9 36 £525 +14.75% 19
North East -25 14 £625 +8.70% 2
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 49 (3.48%) SharePoint
2 36 (2.55%) Confluence
3 9 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (0.57%) Oracle Workflow
5 5 (0.35%) Tuxedo
6 4 (0.28%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.21%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
8 2 (0.14%) Apache
8 2 (0.14%) Appian
8 2 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.071%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.071%) CMS
9 1 (0.071%) IIS
9 1 (0.071%) Mendix
9 1 (0.071%) OpenROAD
9 1 (0.071%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 77 (5.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (1.42%) Microsoft Project
2 20 (1.42%) Spreadsheet
3 16 (1.13%) MS Visio
4 14 (0.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 12 (0.85%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.14%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.071%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.071%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 152 (10.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 37 (2.62%) Oracle EBS
3 34 (2.41%) Dynamics CRM
4 22 (1.56%) Oracle ERP
5 20 (1.42%) NetSuite
5 20 (1.42%) SAP ERP
6 18 (1.28%) Oracle Payables
7 16 (1.13%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 16 (1.13%) Oracle Receivables
8 14 (0.99%) Oracle General Ledger
9 12 (0.85%) iTrent
10 11 (0.78%) Loan IQ
10 11 (0.78%) Oracle Financials
11 10 (0.71%) Oracle Assets
12 8 (0.57%) Teamcenter
13 7 (0.50%) NEC Housing
13 7 (0.50%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
13 7 (0.50%) SAP SD
13 7 (0.50%) Workday HCM
14 6 (0.43%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 220 (15.60%) Azure
2 140 (9.93%) AWS
3 133 (9.43%) Power Platform
4 102 (7.23%) Dynamics 365
5 78 (5.53%) OCI
6 71 (5.04%) Azure DevOps
7 55 (3.90%) SaaS
8 43 (3.05%) Azure Data Factory
8 43 (3.05%) Snowflake
9 41 (2.91%) GitHub
10 31 (2.20%) Microsoft 365
11 29 (2.06%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 22 (1.56%) Power Automate
12 22 (1.56%) SuccessFactors
13 21 (1.49%) PowerApps
14 20 (1.42%) Amazon S3
14 20 (1.42%) GCP
15 15 (1.06%) dbt
15 15 (1.06%) OpenShift
16 12 (0.85%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.06%) SAN
2 14 (0.99%) DNS
2 14 (0.99%) NAS
3 6 (0.43%) Firewall
3 6 (0.43%) VPN
4 3 (0.21%) VSAN
5 2 (0.14%) Fibre Channel
5 2 (0.14%) HTTP
5 2 (0.14%) Internet
6 1 (0.071%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.071%) DKIM
6 1 (0.071%) DMARC
6 1 (0.071%) FCoE
6 1 (0.071%) Intranet
6 1 (0.071%) iSCSI
6 1 (0.071%) Network Security
6 1 (0.071%) SNMP
6 1 (0.071%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 117 (8.30%) Power BI
2 98 (6.95%) Data Warehouse
3 63 (4.47%) SQL Server
4 61 (4.33%) Oracle Reports
5 40 (2.84%) Metadata
6 35 (2.48%) Relational Database
7 33 (2.34%) Data Lake
8 28 (1.99%) PostgreSQL
9 24 (1.70%) Oracle Database
10 23 (1.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 20 (1.42%) NoSQL
12 18 (1.28%) RDBMS
13 12 (0.85%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 12 (0.85%) SAP Data Services
13 12 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 11 (0.78%) Azure SQL Database
15 10 (0.71%) Db2
15 10 (0.71%) GIS
16 9 (0.64%) BusinessObjects
16 9 (0.64%) Ingres
Development Applications
1 124 (8.79%) JIRA
2 48 (3.40%) Git
3 37 (2.62%) Zephyr
4 32 (2.27%) Postman
5 22 (1.56%) Jenkins
6 16 (1.13%) GitLab
7 11 (0.78%) Oracle Forms
8 10 (0.71%) Selenium
9 8 (0.57%) Team Foundation Server
10 6 (0.43%) Hudson
11 5 (0.35%) Cypress.io
11 5 (0.35%) Gatling
11 5 (0.35%) LSMW
12 4 (0.28%) Cucumber
12 4 (0.28%) JUnit
13 3 (0.21%) Claude Code
13 3 (0.21%) ER Studio
13 3 (0.21%) ERwin
13 3 (0.21%) Rational DOORS
13 3 (0.21%) Visual Studio
General
1 489 (34.68%) Finance
2 414 (29.36%) Social Skills
3 184 (13.05%) Analytical Skills
4 115 (8.16%) Public Sector
5 82 (5.82%) Banking
6 71 (5.04%) Manufacturing
7 50 (3.55%) Documentation Skills
8 46 (3.26%) Law
8 46 (3.26%) Retail
9 37 (2.62%) General Ledger
10 31 (2.20%) Organisational Skills
11 30 (2.13%) Local Government
12 25 (1.77%) Presentation Skills
13 24 (1.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 23 (1.63%) Legal
14 23 (1.63%) Marketing
15 20 (1.42%) Automotive
16 19 (1.35%) Billing
17 17 (1.21%) Influencing Skills
17 17 (1.21%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 294 (20.85%) Lead
2 203 (14.40%) Analyst
3 192 (13.62%) Architect
4 152 (10.78%) Consultant
5 109 (7.73%) Data Migration Lead
6 106 (7.52%) Data Engineer
7 105 (7.45%) Project Manager
8 103 (7.30%) Senior
9 90 (6.38%) Business Analyst
10 76 (5.39%) Data Analyst
11 68 (4.82%) Data Architect
12 63 (4.47%) Migration Engineer
13 59 (4.18%) Developer
14 55 (3.90%) Migration Analyst
15 52 (3.69%) Data Migration Engineer
16 51 (3.62%) Migration Manager
17 47 (3.33%) SAP Consultant
18 46 (3.26%) Solutions Architect
19 42 (2.98%) Data Migration Analyst
20 38 (2.70%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (5.96%) Oracle Fusion
2 40 (2.84%) REST
3 39 (2.77%) Middleware
4 25 (1.77%) SOAP
5 23 (1.63%) .NET
6 20 (1.42%) XML
7 19 (1.35%) Kafka
8 18 (1.28%) Spring
9 17 (1.21%) JSON
10 11 (0.78%) Lightning Web Components
10 11 (0.78%) OpenTelemetry
11 10 (0.71%) PySpark
11 10 (0.71%) Spring Boot
12 9 (0.64%) ADO
12 9 (0.64%) Oracle GoldenGate
12 9 (0.64%) React
13 7 (0.50%) COM
13 7 (0.50%) ODBC
14 6 (0.43%) FHIR
14 6 (0.43%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 178 (12.62%) Legacy Systems
2 103 (7.30%) Data Structures
3 45 (3.19%) Cloud Native
4 44 (3.12%) Management Information System
5 33 (2.34%) Onboarding
6 31 (2.20%) Public Cloud
7 30 (2.13%) Product Ownership
8 27 (1.91%) Greenfield Project
9 24 (1.70%) Enterprise Software
10 18 (1.28%) Replication
11 17 (1.21%) Data Protection Act
12 16 (1.13%) NHS
13 15 (1.06%) Data Centre
13 15 (1.06%) Distributed Systems
14 14 (0.99%) Mainframe
15 13 (0.92%) FMCG
16 12 (0.85%) Hybrid Cloud
17 11 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
17 11 (0.78%) Low-Code
17 11 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 22 (1.56%) Windows
2 17 (1.21%) Linux
3 8 (0.57%) AIX
4 7 (0.50%) zOS
5 5 (0.35%) Data ONTAP
6 4 (0.28%) VMS
7 3 (0.21%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.14%) Unix
9 1 (0.071%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.071%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,410 (100.00%) Migration
2 383 (27.16%) Validation
3 306 (21.70%) ERP
4 299 (21.21%) User Acceptance Testing
5 297 (21.06%) Stakeholder Management
6 243 (17.23%) Agile
7 235 (16.67%) ETL
8 208 (14.75%) Problem-Solving
9 206 (14.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 205 (14.54%) Data Modelling
11 143 (10.14%) Business Intelligence
12 142 (10.07%) Data Cleansing
13 141 (10.00%) Data Governance
14 135 (9.57%) DevOps
15 127 (9.01%) Data Mapping
16 126 (8.94%) Project Management
17 123 (8.72%) Continuous Improvement
18 118 (8.37%) Analytics
19 113 (8.01%) CI/CD
20 108 (7.66%) Data Validation
Programming Languages
1 278 (19.72%) SQL
2 100 (7.09%) Python
3 42 (2.98%) Java
4 27 (1.91%) PL/SQL
5 23 (1.63%) JavaScript
6 22 (1.56%) Bash
7 16 (1.13%) C#
8 15 (1.06%) PowerShell
9 11 (0.78%) T-SQL
10 9 (0.64%) Apex Code
10 9 (0.64%) Kotlin
10 9 (0.64%) TypeScript
11 7 (0.50%) VB
11 7 (0.50%) VB6
11 7 (0.50%) VBA
12 5 (0.35%) C
12 5 (0.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.21%) Korn
13 3 (0.21%) SOQL
13 3 (0.21%) X++
Qualifications
1 233 (16.52%) Security Cleared
2 185 (13.12%) SC Cleared
3 53 (3.76%) Degree
4 29 (2.06%) DV Cleared
5 28 (1.99%) ISTQB
5 28 (1.99%) PMP
6 22 (1.56%) PMI Certification
7 21 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
8 16 (1.13%) ACCA
8 16 (1.13%) CIMA
9 14 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
10 13 (0.92%) Azure Certification
11 7 (0.50%) DBS Check
12 6 (0.43%) Oracle Certification
12 6 (0.43%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 6 (0.43%) SAP Certification
13 5 (0.35%) AWS Certification
14 4 (0.28%) ITIL Certification
14 4 (0.28%) Microsoft Certification
14 4 (0.28%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 250 (17.73%) Data Quality
2 117 (8.30%) QA
3 69 (4.89%) GDPR
4 28 (1.99%) PMO
5 16 (1.13%) SLA
6 10 (0.71%) HL7
6 10 (0.71%) IFRS
7 9 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (0.50%) Accessibility
8 7 (0.50%) SNOMED CT
9 6 (0.43%) COBIT
10 5 (0.35%) DICOM
10 5 (0.35%) NIST
10 5 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (0.28%) GMP
11 4 (0.28%) PERC
11 4 (0.28%) Solvency II
12 3 (0.21%) GAAP
13 2 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 26 (1.84%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (1.13%) Docker
3 15 (1.06%) vSphere
4 12 (0.85%) Active Directory
4 12 (0.85%) VMware NSX
5 10 (0.71%) NFS
6 9 (0.64%) Oracle RAC
7 4 (0.28%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.28%) SRDF
8 3 (0.21%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 3 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 44 (3.12%) Terraform
2 36 (2.55%) Kubernetes
3 28 (1.99%) Ansible
4 15 (1.06%) Grafana
4 15 (1.06%) vCenter Server
5 14 (0.99%) Argo
6 10 (0.71%) EMC VPLEX
7 8 (0.57%) Data Guard
7 8 (0.57%) Oracle RMAN
8 6 (0.43%) vMotion
9 5 (0.35%) HP ALM
9 5 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
10 4 (0.28%) EMC NetWorker
10 4 (0.28%) NetBackup
10 4 (0.28%) SnapMirror
11 3 (0.21%) Karpenter
11 3 (0.21%) Prometheus
11 3 (0.21%) SnapVault
12 2 (0.14%) Failover Clustering
13 1 (0.071%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 281 (19.93%) Oracle
2 263 (18.65%) SAP
3 233 (16.52%) Microsoft
4 68 (4.82%) Salesforce
5 65 (4.61%) Databricks
6 31 (2.20%) VMware
7 30 (2.13%) ServiceNow
8 25 (1.77%) Workday
9 23 (1.63%) Pure Storage
10 22 (1.56%) Sage
11 21 (1.49%) IFS
11 21 (1.49%) Informatica
12 20 (1.42%) Talend
13 18 (1.28%) Google
14 15 (1.06%) MuleSoft
14 15 (1.06%) Red Hat
15 12 (0.85%) Ariba
15 12 (0.85%) Siebel
16 11 (0.78%) IBM
16 11 (0.78%) Splunk
313 Data Migration jobs in England