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

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 89 102
Rank change year-on-year +8 +13 +20
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,430 785 735
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.09% 2.84% 2.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.64% 3.13% 2.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 949 490 496
10th Percentile £363 £363 £400
25th Percentile £425 £430 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £630 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £543
% change year-on-year - -3.23% -1.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 11 7
10th Percentile £17.75 £15.00 £62.75
25th Percentile £21.31 £33.47 £71.63
Median hourly rate £40.00 £62.50 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year -36.00% -21.88% -13.25%
75th Percentile £57.50 £69.38 -
90th Percentile £73.75 £73.75 -
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £38.00 £80.00
% change year-on-year +5.26% -52.50% -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 39,321 25,058 28,015
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.90% 90.80% 85.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,195 15,905 17,612
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £636 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £752
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,661 1,475 1,343
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.27 £14.84
25th Percentile £18.00 £17.83 £20.24
Median hourly rate £43.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +72.96% -41.51% +0.58%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £66.61
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.03 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.17% -41.51% +1.96%

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 9 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 9 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 9 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 +14 698 £538 -2.27% 333
North of England -12 190 £510 +7.37% 73
South East -6 175 £550 - 95
Midlands 0 166 £475 -7.77% 70
North West +6 115 £525 +16.67% 46
West Midlands +2 114 £450 -10.89% 51
South West +16 90 £523 -0.48% 32
East of England +12 63 £566 +14.53% 33
Yorkshire -28 62 £500 +0.50% 15
East Midlands +3 48 £525 -4.55% 19
North East -33 16 £444 +1.43% 12
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 (4.06%) SharePoint
2 42 (2.94%) Confluence
3 13 (0.91%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (0.70%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (0.56%) Oracle Workflow
6 7 (0.49%) Apache
6 7 (0.49%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.35%) Tuxedo
8 2 (0.14%) CMS
8 2 (0.14%) HCL Notes
8 2 (0.14%) Mendix
8 2 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.070%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.070%) IIS
9 1 (0.070%) OpenROAD
9 1 (0.070%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.070%) SAS
9 1 (0.070%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.070%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 69 (4.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (1.33%) Spreadsheet
3 15 (1.05%) Microsoft Office
4 14 (0.98%) MS Visio
5 11 (0.77%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 3 (0.21%) Windchill
8 2 (0.14%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.070%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.070%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 159 (11.12%) SAP S/4HANA
2 42 (2.94%) Dynamics CRM
3 25 (1.75%) Oracle Payables
4 21 (1.47%) Oracle ERP
4 21 (1.47%) Oracle Receivables
5 20 (1.40%) NetSuite
6 19 (1.33%) SAP ERP
7 16 (1.12%) Oracle EBS
8 14 (0.98%) Oracle Financials
9 13 (0.91%) Oracle General Ledger
10 12 (0.84%) Oracle Assets
10 12 (0.84%) SAP SD
10 12 (0.84%) Teamcenter
10 12 (0.84%) Workday HCM
11 11 (0.77%) iTrent
11 11 (0.77%) SAP MDG
12 10 (0.70%) SAP FI
13 9 (0.63%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
13 9 (0.63%) SAP MM
14 8 (0.56%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 233 (16.29%) Azure
2 146 (10.21%) Power Platform
3 140 (9.79%) AWS
4 118 (8.25%) Dynamics 365
5 77 (5.38%) OCI
6 74 (5.17%) Azure DevOps
7 59 (4.13%) SaaS
8 45 (3.15%) Snowflake
9 41 (2.87%) Azure Data Factory
9 41 (2.87%) Microsoft 365
10 36 (2.52%) GitHub
10 36 (2.52%) SuccessFactors
11 30 (2.10%) Power Automate
12 29 (2.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 28 (1.96%) Amazon S3
14 26 (1.82%) PowerApps
15 23 (1.61%) GCP
16 17 (1.19%) dbt
16 17 (1.19%) Microsoft Purview
17 13 (0.91%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.49%) DNS
2 5 (0.35%) NAS
2 5 (0.35%) SAN
3 4 (0.28%) Firewall
3 4 (0.28%) VPN
4 3 (0.21%) Intranet
5 2 (0.14%) HTTP
5 2 (0.14%) VSAN
6 1 (0.070%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.070%) DKIM
6 1 (0.070%) DMARC
6 1 (0.070%) Internet
6 1 (0.070%) SNMP
6 1 (0.070%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 124 (8.67%) Power BI
2 100 (6.99%) Data Warehouse
3 69 (4.83%) SQL Server
4 55 (3.85%) Metadata
5 47 (3.29%) Relational Database
6 41 (2.87%) Oracle Reports
7 37 (2.59%) Data Lake
8 30 (2.10%) Oracle Database
8 30 (2.10%) PostgreSQL
9 19 (1.33%) RDBMS
10 16 (1.12%) NoSQL
11 14 (0.98%) Azure SQL Database
11 14 (0.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 13 (0.91%) DataStage
13 12 (0.84%) Oracle Exadata
13 12 (0.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 11 (0.77%) MongoDB
14 11 (0.77%) Oracle BI Publisher
15 10 (0.70%) Amazon Redshift
15 10 (0.70%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 117 (8.18%) JIRA
2 52 (3.64%) Git
3 36 (2.52%) Zephyr
4 29 (2.03%) Postman
5 19 (1.33%) GitLab
6 15 (1.05%) Jenkins
7 11 (0.77%) Oracle Forms
8 8 (0.56%) Selenium
9 6 (0.42%) Hudson
10 5 (0.35%) Gatling
10 5 (0.35%) Team Foundation Server
11 4 (0.28%) Cypress.io
11 4 (0.28%) LSMW
11 4 (0.28%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.21%) Claude Code
12 3 (0.21%) ER Studio
13 2 (0.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 2 (0.14%) Yeoman
14 1 (0.070%) Bitbucket
14 1 (0.070%) Cucumber
General
1 505 (35.31%) Finance
2 407 (28.46%) Social Skills
3 197 (13.78%) Analytical Skills
4 136 (9.51%) Public Sector
5 86 (6.01%) Banking
6 76 (5.31%) Manufacturing
7 57 (3.99%) Retail
8 55 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
9 46 (3.22%) General Ledger
9 46 (3.22%) Law
10 34 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
11 33 (2.31%) Local Government
12 25 (1.75%) Automotive
12 25 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 25 (1.75%) Marketing
13 22 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
14 21 (1.47%) Billing
15 19 (1.33%) Legal
16 18 (1.26%) Military
17 16 (1.12%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 269 (18.81%) Lead
2 220 (15.38%) Analyst
3 180 (12.59%) Architect
4 159 (11.12%) Consultant
5 127 (8.88%) Data Engineer
6 120 (8.39%) Senior
7 101 (7.06%) Data Migration Lead
8 91 (6.36%) Business Analyst
9 88 (6.15%) Project Manager
10 79 (5.52%) Data Analyst
11 67 (4.69%) Developer
12 61 (4.27%) Data Architect
13 59 (4.13%) Migration Engineer
14 53 (3.71%) SAP Consultant
15 49 (3.43%) Data Migration Engineer
16 45 (3.15%) Migration Analyst
17 44 (3.08%) Solutions Architect
18 39 (2.73%) Data Consultant
18 39 (2.73%) Data Migration Analyst
19 37 (2.59%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 93 (6.50%) Oracle Fusion
2 46 (3.22%) Middleware
3 35 (2.45%) Terraform
4 34 (2.38%) REST
5 27 (1.89%) .NET
6 24 (1.68%) XML
7 20 (1.40%) SOAP
8 17 (1.19%) JSON
8 17 (1.19%) Kafka
8 17 (1.19%) PySpark
9 13 (0.91%) Oracle GoldenGate
10 12 (0.84%) Spring
11 9 (0.63%) Keycloak
12 8 (0.56%) Lightning Web Components
13 7 (0.49%) SAP Fiori
13 7 (0.49%) Spring Boot
13 7 (0.49%) Web Services
14 6 (0.42%) ADO
14 6 (0.42%) FHIR
14 6 (0.42%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 165 (11.54%) Legacy Systems
2 102 (7.13%) Data Structures
3 46 (3.22%) Management Information System
4 43 (3.01%) Onboarding
5 42 (2.94%) Public Cloud
6 40 (2.80%) Cloud Native
7 39 (2.73%) Enterprise Software
8 34 (2.38%) Product Ownership
9 28 (1.96%) Greenfield Project
10 18 (1.26%) FMCG
10 18 (1.26%) NHS
11 17 (1.19%) Reference Data
11 17 (1.19%) Replication
12 14 (0.98%) Data Protection Act
13 12 (0.84%) Data Centre
13 12 (0.84%) Distributed Systems
13 12 (0.84%) Low-Code
14 11 (0.77%) Analytical Mindset
14 11 (0.77%) Reinsurance
15 10 (0.70%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 22 (1.54%) Windows
2 21 (1.47%) Linux
3 12 (0.84%) AIX
4 5 (0.35%) Data ONTAP
5 4 (0.28%) VMS
6 2 (0.14%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.070%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,430 (100.00%) Migration
2 417 (29.16%) Validation
3 350 (24.48%) Stakeholder Management
4 328 (22.94%) ERP
5 326 (22.80%) User Acceptance Testing
6 245 (17.13%) Agile
7 237 (16.57%) Data Modelling
8 233 (16.29%) ETL
9 225 (15.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 179 (12.52%) Data Governance
10 179 (12.52%) Problem-Solving
11 146 (10.21%) Business Intelligence
12 139 (9.72%) Data Cleansing
13 132 (9.23%) DevOps
14 129 (9.02%) Analytics
15 127 (8.88%) Continuous Improvement
16 121 (8.46%) Data Mapping
17 116 (8.11%) CI/CD
17 116 (8.11%) Requirements Gathering
18 108 (7.55%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 294 (20.56%) SQL
2 92 (6.43%) Python
3 32 (2.24%) Java
4 25 (1.75%) PL/SQL
5 21 (1.47%) C#
6 20 (1.40%) JavaScript
7 17 (1.19%) Bash
8 14 (0.98%) PowerShell
9 10 (0.70%) TypeScript
10 9 (0.63%) T-SQL
11 7 (0.49%) Apex Code
12 6 (0.42%) Kotlin
13 5 (0.35%) ABAP
13 5 (0.35%) VB
13 5 (0.35%) VB6
13 5 (0.35%) VBA
14 4 (0.28%) C
14 4 (0.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 4 (0.28%) X++
15 3 (0.21%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 257 (17.97%) Security Cleared
2 208 (14.55%) SC Cleared
3 51 (3.57%) Degree
4 36 (2.52%) DV Cleared
5 29 (2.03%) ACCA
5 29 (2.03%) CIMA
6 26 (1.82%) PMI Certification
6 26 (1.82%) PMP
7 25 (1.75%) ISTQB
8 21 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
9 12 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
10 10 (0.70%) Computer Science Degree
11 8 (0.56%) Azure Certification
12 7 (0.49%) DBS Check
13 6 (0.42%) Oracle Certification
13 6 (0.42%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 5 (0.35%) AWS Certification
14 5 (0.35%) SAP Certification
15 4 (0.28%) ITIL Certification
16 3 (0.21%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 291 (20.35%) Data Quality
2 113 (7.90%) QA
3 64 (4.48%) GDPR
4 31 (2.17%) PMO
5 13 (0.91%) GRC
6 11 (0.77%) HL7
7 10 (0.70%) IFRS
8 9 (0.63%) Accessibility
8 9 (0.63%) SLA
9 6 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (0.42%) DICOM
9 6 (0.42%) SNOMED CT
10 5 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (0.28%) Solvency II
12 3 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 3 (0.21%) PERC
13 2 (0.14%) GAAP
13 2 (0.14%) GMP
13 2 (0.14%) ISO 20022
13 2 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 16 (1.12%) Docker
2 13 (0.91%) Oracle RAC
3 12 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.70%) Active Directory
5 8 (0.56%) vSphere
6 5 (0.35%) VMware NSX
7 4 (0.28%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.21%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 3 (0.21%) SRDF
8 3 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.14%) NFS
Systems Management
1 27 (1.89%) Kubernetes
2 26 (1.82%) Ansible
3 12 (0.84%) Data Guard
3 12 (0.84%) Oracle RMAN
4 8 (0.56%) Karpenter
4 8 (0.56%) vCenter Server
5 7 (0.49%) Argo
5 7 (0.49%) Grafana
6 4 (0.28%) EMC VPLEX
6 4 (0.28%) HP ALM
6 4 (0.28%) SnapMirror
7 3 (0.21%) EMC NetWorker
7 3 (0.21%) NetBackup
7 3 (0.21%) SnapVault
8 2 (0.14%) Failover Clustering
8 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.14%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.070%) Autotask
9 1 (0.070%) SCCM
9 1 (0.070%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 285 (19.93%) Oracle
2 278 (19.44%) SAP
3 259 (18.11%) Microsoft
4 84 (5.87%) Databricks
5 61 (4.27%) Salesforce
6 30 (2.10%) ServiceNow
7 29 (2.03%) Workday
8 26 (1.82%) Informatica
9 21 (1.47%) IBM
10 20 (1.40%) Talend
11 17 (1.19%) Ariba
11 17 (1.19%) Google
11 17 (1.19%) IFS
12 13 (0.91%) VMware
13 11 (0.77%) Sage
14 10 (0.70%) MuleSoft
14 10 (0.70%) Siebel
15 9 (0.63%) Atlassian
15 9 (0.63%) InterSystems
16 8 (0.56%) Red Hat