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

 6 months to
18 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 86 103
Rank change year-on-year +15 +17 +21
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,444 765 821
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.21% 2.81% 2.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.76% 3.10% 2.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 948 467 548
10th Percentile £363 £362 £367
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -2.33% -
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £711
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £540
% change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 13 34
10th Percentile £17.75 £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 £60.13 £67.50 £80.00
90th Percentile £76.00 £73.25 -
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £60.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year -33.33% -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 38,446 24,678 30,937
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.44% 90.65% 85.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,172 15,843 20,140
10th Percentile £325 £300 £308
25th Percentile £420 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £645
90th Percentile £735 £746 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,378 1,309 2,090
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.28 £13.18
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.88 £16.83
Median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% -8.14%
75th Percentile £68.75 £53.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £83.00 £71.50 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +74.79% -34.02% -5.88%

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 18 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 18 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 18 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 +22 717 £550 - 83
South East +14 197 £563 +7.82% 58
North of England -14 194 £522 +9.89% 34
Midlands +3 148 £475 -5.00% 40
North West 0 119 £500 +3.90% 24
West Midlands -8 107 £450 -10.00% 29
South West +6 84 £523 -0.48% 15
Yorkshire -31 62 £525 +12.00% 10
East of England +6 55 £581 -7.37% 9
East Midlands +3 37 £525 +16.67% 11
North East -19 16 £625 +8.70%
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 55 (3.81%) SharePoint
2 38 (2.63%) Confluence
3 11 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (0.55%) Oracle Workflow
5 5 (0.35%) Apache
5 5 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (0.35%) Tuxedo
6 4 (0.28%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.21%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
8 2 (0.14%) HCL Notes
8 2 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.069%) Appian
9 1 (0.069%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.069%) CMS
9 1 (0.069%) IIS
9 1 (0.069%) Mendix
9 1 (0.069%) OpenROAD
9 1 (0.069%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 74 (5.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (1.32%) Microsoft Project
3 17 (1.18%) Spreadsheet
4 14 (0.97%) MS Visio
5 13 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 12 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
7 2 (0.14%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.069%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.069%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 154 (10.66%) SAP S/4HANA
2 40 (2.77%) Dynamics CRM
3 37 (2.56%) Oracle EBS
4 23 (1.59%) Oracle ERP
5 21 (1.45%) NetSuite
5 21 (1.45%) SAP ERP
6 18 (1.25%) Oracle Payables
7 16 (1.11%) Oracle Receivables
8 12 (0.83%) iTrent
8 12 (0.83%) Oracle Financials
8 12 (0.83%) Oracle General Ledger
8 12 (0.83%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 10 (0.69%) Loan IQ
9 10 (0.69%) Oracle Assets
9 10 (0.69%) Teamcenter
10 8 (0.55%) NEC Housing
10 8 (0.55%) SAP MDG
10 8 (0.55%) SAP SD
10 8 (0.55%) Workday HCM
11 6 (0.42%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 234 (16.20%) Azure
2 146 (10.11%) AWS
3 143 (9.90%) Power Platform
4 114 (7.89%) Dynamics 365
5 83 (5.75%) OCI
6 74 (5.12%) Azure DevOps
7 60 (4.16%) SaaS
8 45 (3.12%) Azure Data Factory
8 45 (3.12%) Snowflake
9 41 (2.84%) GitHub
10 39 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
11 29 (2.01%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 29 (2.01%) SuccessFactors
12 27 (1.87%) Power Automate
13 25 (1.73%) PowerApps
14 23 (1.59%) GCP
15 22 (1.52%) Amazon S3
16 17 (1.18%) dbt
17 15 (1.04%) OpenShift
18 13 (0.90%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.04%) SAN
2 14 (0.97%) DNS
2 14 (0.97%) NAS
3 6 (0.42%) Firewall
3 6 (0.42%) VPN
4 3 (0.21%) Intranet
4 3 (0.21%) VSAN
5 2 (0.14%) Fibre Channel
5 2 (0.14%) HTTP
5 2 (0.14%) Internet
6 1 (0.069%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.069%) DKIM
6 1 (0.069%) DMARC
6 1 (0.069%) FCoE
6 1 (0.069%) iSCSI
6 1 (0.069%) Network Security
6 1 (0.069%) SNMP
6 1 (0.069%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 122 (8.45%) Power BI
2 96 (6.65%) Data Warehouse
3 66 (4.57%) SQL Server
4 60 (4.16%) Oracle Reports
5 42 (2.91%) Metadata
6 38 (2.63%) Data Lake
6 38 (2.63%) Relational Database
7 25 (1.73%) PostgreSQL
8 23 (1.59%) Oracle Database
8 23 (1.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 21 (1.45%) RDBMS
10 19 (1.32%) NoSQL
11 13 (0.90%) Azure SQL Database
12 12 (0.83%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 12 (0.83%) SAP Data Services
13 11 (0.76%) Db2
13 11 (0.76%) Oracle Exadata
13 11 (0.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 10 (0.69%) BusinessObjects
14 10 (0.69%) GIS
Development Applications
1 129 (8.93%) JIRA
2 53 (3.67%) Git
3 39 (2.70%) Zephyr
4 32 (2.22%) Postman
5 23 (1.59%) Jenkins
6 19 (1.32%) GitLab
7 11 (0.76%) Oracle Forms
8 10 (0.69%) Selenium
9 8 (0.55%) Team Foundation Server
10 6 (0.42%) 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
12 4 (0.28%) Visual Studio
13 3 (0.21%) Claude Code
13 3 (0.21%) ER Studio
13 3 (0.21%) Rational DOORS
13 3 (0.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 503 (34.83%) Finance
2 411 (28.46%) Social Skills
3 191 (13.23%) Analytical Skills
4 120 (8.31%) Public Sector
5 84 (5.82%) Banking
6 77 (5.33%) Manufacturing
7 53 (3.67%) Documentation Skills
8 46 (3.19%) Law
9 45 (3.12%) Retail
10 35 (2.42%) General Ledger
11 32 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
12 27 (1.87%) Local Government
13 25 (1.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 25 (1.73%) Presentation Skills
14 24 (1.66%) Marketing
15 23 (1.59%) Influencing Skills
16 22 (1.52%) Legal
17 20 (1.39%) Automotive
18 18 (1.25%) Billing
19 17 (1.18%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 291 (20.15%) Lead
2 219 (15.17%) Analyst
3 191 (13.23%) Architect
4 147 (10.18%) Consultant
5 115 (7.96%) Data Engineer
6 108 (7.48%) Data Migration Lead
6 108 (7.48%) Senior
7 106 (7.34%) Project Manager
8 101 (6.99%) Business Analyst
9 78 (5.40%) Data Analyst
10 68 (4.71%) Data Architect
11 66 (4.57%) Developer
12 62 (4.29%) Migration Engineer
13 57 (3.95%) Migration Analyst
14 51 (3.53%) Data Migration Engineer
15 47 (3.25%) Migration Manager
16 44 (3.05%) Data Migration Analyst
16 44 (3.05%) SAP Consultant
16 44 (3.05%) Solutions Architect
17 38 (2.63%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (5.61%) Oracle Fusion
2 41 (2.84%) REST
3 38 (2.63%) Middleware
4 25 (1.73%) SOAP
5 23 (1.59%) .NET
6 20 (1.39%) XML
7 19 (1.32%) Kafka
8 17 (1.18%) Spring
9 16 (1.11%) JSON
10 12 (0.83%) Oracle GoldenGate
11 11 (0.76%) Lightning Web Components
11 11 (0.76%) OpenTelemetry
12 10 (0.69%) PySpark
13 9 (0.62%) ADO
13 9 (0.62%) React
13 9 (0.62%) Spring Boot
14 7 (0.48%) COM
14 7 (0.48%) ODBC
15 6 (0.42%) Playwright
15 6 (0.42%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 181 (12.53%) Legacy Systems
2 108 (7.48%) Data Structures
3 48 (3.32%) Cloud Native
4 46 (3.19%) Management Information System
5 36 (2.49%) Onboarding
6 33 (2.29%) Public Cloud
7 32 (2.22%) Product Ownership
8 31 (2.15%) Greenfield Project
9 28 (1.94%) Enterprise Software
10 18 (1.25%) Replication
11 16 (1.11%) Data Centre
11 16 (1.11%) NHS
12 15 (1.04%) Data Protection Act
12 15 (1.04%) Distributed Systems
12 15 (1.04%) FMCG
13 14 (0.97%) Mainframe
14 12 (0.83%) Analytical Mindset
14 12 (0.83%) Hybrid Cloud
15 11 (0.76%) Low-Code
16 10 (0.69%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 26 (1.80%) Windows
2 18 (1.25%) Linux
3 11 (0.76%) AIX
4 7 (0.48%) zOS
5 5 (0.35%) Data ONTAP
6 4 (0.28%) VMS
7 3 (0.21%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.069%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.069%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,444 (100.00%) Migration
2 403 (27.91%) Validation
3 319 (22.09%) ERP
4 318 (22.02%) Stakeholder Management
5 315 (21.81%) User Acceptance Testing
6 255 (17.66%) Agile
7 243 (16.83%) ETL
8 216 (14.96%) Data Modelling
9 215 (14.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 202 (13.99%) Problem-Solving
11 155 (10.73%) Data Governance
12 147 (10.18%) Business Intelligence
13 146 (10.11%) Data Cleansing
14 138 (9.56%) DevOps
15 132 (9.14%) Analytics
16 127 (8.80%) Continuous Improvement
17 126 (8.73%) Data Mapping
18 123 (8.52%) Project Management
19 120 (8.31%) CI/CD
20 112 (7.76%) Data Validation
Programming Languages
1 280 (19.39%) SQL
2 100 (6.93%) Python
3 40 (2.77%) Java
4 26 (1.80%) PL/SQL
5 23 (1.59%) JavaScript
6 22 (1.52%) Bash
7 18 (1.25%) C#
8 15 (1.04%) PowerShell
9 11 (0.76%) T-SQL
10 9 (0.62%) Apex Code
10 9 (0.62%) Kotlin
10 9 (0.62%) TypeScript
11 7 (0.48%) VB
11 7 (0.48%) VB6
12 6 (0.42%) VBA
13 5 (0.35%) C
13 5 (0.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 4 (0.28%) X++
15 3 (0.21%) COBOL
15 3 (0.21%) Korn
Qualifications
1 247 (17.11%) Security Cleared
2 193 (13.37%) SC Cleared
3 53 (3.67%) Degree
4 36 (2.49%) DV Cleared
5 30 (2.08%) PMP
6 28 (1.94%) ISTQB
7 27 (1.87%) PMI Certification
8 23 (1.59%) BPSS Clearance
9 18 (1.25%) ACCA
9 18 (1.25%) CIMA
10 13 (0.90%) Azure Certification
11 12 (0.83%) Computer Science Degree
12 8 (0.55%) DBS Check
13 7 (0.48%) Microsoft Certification
14 6 (0.42%) Oracle Certification
14 6 (0.42%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 6 (0.42%) SAP Certification
15 5 (0.35%) AWS Certification
16 4 (0.28%) ITIL Certification
16 4 (0.28%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 260 (18.01%) Data Quality
2 124 (8.59%) QA
3 73 (5.06%) GDPR
4 35 (2.42%) PMO
5 14 (0.97%) SLA
6 10 (0.69%) Accessibility
7 9 (0.62%) HL7
7 9 (0.62%) IFRS
7 9 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (0.48%) SNOMED CT
9 6 (0.42%) COBIT
10 5 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
10 5 (0.35%) DICOM
10 5 (0.35%) GMP
10 5 (0.35%) NIST
10 5 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (0.28%) GRC
11 4 (0.28%) PERC
11 4 (0.28%) Solvency II
12 2 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 26 (1.80%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (1.11%) Docker
3 15 (1.04%) vSphere
4 12 (0.83%) Active Directory
4 12 (0.83%) Oracle RAC
4 12 (0.83%) VMware NSX
5 10 (0.69%) NFS
6 4 (0.28%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.28%) SRDF
7 3 (0.21%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 3 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 47 (3.25%) Terraform
2 36 (2.49%) Kubernetes
3 31 (2.15%) Ansible
4 15 (1.04%) Grafana
4 15 (1.04%) vCenter Server
5 14 (0.97%) Argo
6 11 (0.76%) Data Guard
6 11 (0.76%) Oracle RMAN
7 10 (0.69%) EMC VPLEX
8 6 (0.42%) 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 (0.069%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 281 (19.46%) Oracle
2 273 (18.91%) SAP
3 241 (16.69%) Microsoft
4 70 (4.85%) Salesforce
5 68 (4.71%) Databricks
6 31 (2.15%) VMware
7 30 (2.08%) ServiceNow
8 28 (1.94%) Workday
9 26 (1.80%) Informatica
10 23 (1.59%) Pure Storage
11 21 (1.45%) IFS
12 20 (1.39%) Sage
12 20 (1.39%) Talend
13 18 (1.25%) Google
14 15 (1.04%) IBM
14 15 (1.04%) MuleSoft
14 15 (1.04%) Red Hat
15 12 (0.83%) Ariba
15 12 (0.83%) Siebel
16 11 (0.76%) Splunk
212 Data Migration jobs in England