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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 91 98
Rank change year-on-year +19 +7 +34
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,385 678 832
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.21% 2.72% 2.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.76% 2.98% 2.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 906 423 567
10th Percentile £363 £363 £363
25th Percentile £450 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £725 £716
UK median daily rate £525 £529 £550
% change year-on-year -0.76% -3.82% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 11 33
10th Percentile £16.53 £17.80 £25.00
25th Percentile £21.75 £33.47 £40.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £57.50 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.43% -23.33% +233.33%
75th Percentile £65.21 £68.13 £80.00
90th Percentile £76.00 £73.75 -
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £62.50 £75.00
% change year-on-year -36.00% -16.67% +180.37%

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 36,836 22,759 32,181
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.26% 91.40% 85.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,282 14,723 20,802
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £415 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £730 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £502 £525
% change year-on-year +2.19% -4.48% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,303 1,078 2,398
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £21.00 £18.10 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.50 £27.40 £37.63
Median % change year-on-year +73.36% -27.18% +4.81%
75th Percentile £68.75 £56.25 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year +72.39% -32.00% +7.05%

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 20 June 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 20 June 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 20 June 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 +36 688 £549 -0.23% 96
South East -3 188 £550 +7.32% 65
North of England -19 181 £514 +7.08% 42
Midlands +6 144 £490 +3.16% 30
North West +5 115 £500 -1.67% 25
West Midlands -3 103 £473 -5.40% 18
South West +13 78 £524 +2.20% 18
Yorkshire -48 56 £530 +15.99% 11
East of England -1 55 £575 -11.54% 13
East Midlands +6 37 £500 +9.29% 12
North East -26 11 £556 -3.26% 6
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 46 (3.32%) SharePoint
2 34 (2.45%) Confluence
3 9 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.51%) Oracle Workflow
5 5 (0.36%) Tuxedo
6 4 (0.29%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.22%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
8 2 (0.14%) Apache
8 2 (0.14%) Appian
8 2 (0.14%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.072%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.072%) CMS
9 1 (0.072%) IIS
9 1 (0.072%) Mendix
9 1 (0.072%) OpenROAD
9 1 (0.072%) WebSphere
Applications
1 79 (5.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (1.52%) Spreadsheet
3 19 (1.37%) Microsoft Project
4 14 (1.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (1.01%) MS Visio
5 12 (0.87%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.14%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.072%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.072%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 155 (11.19%) SAP S/4HANA
2 38 (2.74%) Oracle EBS
3 32 (2.31%) Dynamics CRM
4 21 (1.52%) Oracle ERP
4 21 (1.52%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 21 (1.52%) SAP ERP
5 17 (1.23%) NetSuite
6 15 (1.08%) Oracle Payables
7 14 (1.01%) Oracle General Ledger
8 13 (0.94%) Oracle Receivables
9 11 (0.79%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
10 10 (0.72%) Loan IQ
11 9 (0.65%) iTrent
11 9 (0.65%) Oracle Assets
12 8 (0.58%) Oracle Financials
13 7 (0.51%) NEC Housing
13 7 (0.51%) SAP SD
13 7 (0.51%) Workday HCM
14 6 (0.43%) Finacle
14 6 (0.43%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 218 (15.74%) Azure
2 141 (10.18%) AWS
3 130 (9.39%) Power Platform
4 99 (7.15%) Dynamics 365
5 78 (5.63%) OCI
6 67 (4.84%) Azure DevOps
7 55 (3.97%) SaaS
8 43 (3.10%) Snowflake
9 41 (2.96%) Azure Data Factory
10 39 (2.82%) GitHub
11 30 (2.17%) Microsoft 365
12 27 (1.95%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 21 (1.52%) GCP
14 19 (1.37%) Amazon S3
14 19 (1.37%) SuccessFactors
15 18 (1.30%) Power Automate
16 17 (1.23%) PowerApps
17 15 (1.08%) dbt
17 15 (1.08%) OpenShift
18 12 (0.87%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.08%) SAN
2 14 (1.01%) DNS
2 14 (1.01%) NAS
3 6 (0.43%) Firewall
3 6 (0.43%) VPN
4 3 (0.22%) VSAN
5 2 (0.14%) Fibre Channel
5 2 (0.14%) HTTP
5 2 (0.14%) Internet
6 1 (0.072%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.072%) DKIM
6 1 (0.072%) DMARC
6 1 (0.072%) FCoE
6 1 (0.072%) Intranet
6 1 (0.072%) iSCSI
6 1 (0.072%) Network Security
6 1 (0.072%) SNMP
6 1 (0.072%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (8.09%) Power BI
2 99 (7.15%) Data Warehouse
3 63 (4.55%) Oracle Reports
4 62 (4.48%) SQL Server
5 38 (2.74%) Metadata
6 30 (2.17%) Relational Database
7 28 (2.02%) Data Lake
8 26 (1.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 25 (1.81%) PostgreSQL
10 21 (1.52%) Oracle Database
11 20 (1.44%) NoSQL
12 16 (1.16%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 14 (1.01%) RDBMS
14 12 (0.87%) SAP Data Services
15 11 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 10 (0.72%) Db2
16 10 (0.72%) GIS
17 9 (0.65%) BusinessObjects
17 9 (0.65%) Ingres
17 9 (0.65%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 120 (8.66%) JIRA
2 45 (3.25%) Git
3 37 (2.67%) Zephyr
4 32 (2.31%) Postman
5 22 (1.59%) Jenkins
6 12 (0.87%) GitLab
7 11 (0.79%) Oracle Forms
8 10 (0.72%) Selenium
9 8 (0.58%) Team Foundation Server
10 5 (0.36%) Cypress.io
10 5 (0.36%) Gatling
10 5 (0.36%) Hudson
11 4 (0.29%) Cucumber
11 4 (0.29%) JUnit
11 4 (0.29%) LSMW
12 3 (0.22%) Bitbucket
12 3 (0.22%) ER Studio
12 3 (0.22%) ERwin
12 3 (0.22%) Rational DOORS
12 3 (0.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 486 (35.09%) Finance
2 416 (30.04%) Social Skills
3 176 (12.71%) Analytical Skills
4 110 (7.94%) Public Sector
5 91 (6.57%) Banking
6 61 (4.40%) Manufacturing
7 51 (3.68%) Documentation Skills
8 46 (3.32%) Retail
9 45 (3.25%) Law
10 39 (2.82%) General Ledger
11 30 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
12 29 (2.09%) Local Government
12 29 (2.09%) Presentation Skills
13 23 (1.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 23 (1.66%) Legal
14 21 (1.52%) Marketing
15 19 (1.37%) Automotive
16 18 (1.30%) Billing
17 17 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
17 17 (1.23%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 301 (21.73%) Lead
2 202 (14.58%) Analyst
3 191 (13.79%) Architect
4 150 (10.83%) Consultant
5 114 (8.23%) Data Migration Lead
6 102 (7.36%) Project Manager
7 96 (6.93%) Data Engineer
7 96 (6.93%) Senior
8 87 (6.28%) Business Analyst
9 79 (5.70%) Data Analyst
10 70 (5.05%) Data Architect
11 59 (4.26%) Migration Engineer
12 57 (4.12%) Developer
12 57 (4.12%) Migration Analyst
13 51 (3.68%) Data Migration Engineer
14 50 (3.61%) Migration Manager
15 49 (3.54%) SAP Consultant
16 45 (3.25%) Data Migration Analyst
17 44 (3.18%) Solutions Architect
18 38 (2.74%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (6.57%) Oracle Fusion
2 41 (2.96%) Middleware
2 41 (2.96%) REST
3 23 (1.66%) SOAP
4 20 (1.44%) .NET
5 19 (1.37%) XML
6 18 (1.30%) Kafka
6 18 (1.30%) Spring
7 14 (1.01%) JSON
8 11 (0.79%) Lightning Web Components
8 11 (0.79%) OpenTelemetry
9 10 (0.72%) Spring Boot
10 9 (0.65%) ADO
10 9 (0.65%) PySpark
11 8 (0.58%) React
12 7 (0.51%) COM
12 7 (0.51%) ODBC
13 6 (0.43%) FHIR
13 6 (0.43%) Playwright
14 5 (0.36%) Oracle GoldenGate
Miscellaneous
1 182 (13.14%) Legacy Systems
2 104 (7.51%) Data Structures
3 43 (3.10%) Cloud Native
4 42 (3.03%) Management Information System
5 29 (2.09%) Product Ownership
6 28 (2.02%) Onboarding
7 27 (1.95%) Greenfield Project
8 26 (1.88%) Public Cloud
9 23 (1.66%) Enterprise Software
10 18 (1.30%) Data Protection Act
10 18 (1.30%) Replication
11 15 (1.08%) Data Centre
12 14 (1.01%) Distributed Systems
12 14 (1.01%) Mainframe
12 14 (1.01%) Reference Data
13 13 (0.94%) Self-Motivation
14 12 (0.87%) FMCG
14 12 (0.87%) Hybrid Cloud
15 11 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
15 11 (0.79%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 25 (1.81%) Windows
2 14 (1.01%) Linux
3 7 (0.51%) zOS
4 6 (0.43%) Windows 10
5 5 (0.36%) Data ONTAP
6 4 (0.29%) AIX
6 4 (0.29%) VMS
7 3 (0.22%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.14%) Unix
8 2 (0.14%) Windows Server
9 1 (0.072%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,385 (100.00%) Migration
2 370 (26.71%) Validation
3 301 (21.73%) ERP
4 294 (21.23%) Stakeholder Management
5 291 (21.01%) User Acceptance Testing
6 245 (17.69%) Agile
7 231 (16.68%) ETL
8 204 (14.73%) Data Modelling
8 204 (14.73%) Problem-Solving
9 201 (14.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 141 (10.18%) Business Intelligence
11 136 (9.82%) Data Cleansing
12 133 (9.60%) Data Governance
13 127 (9.17%) Data Mapping
14 124 (8.95%) Project Management
15 122 (8.81%) Continuous Improvement
16 120 (8.66%) DevOps
17 111 (8.01%) Analytics
18 102 (7.36%) CI/CD
18 102 (7.36%) Data Validation
Programming Languages
1 276 (19.93%) SQL
2 99 (7.15%) Python
3 42 (3.03%) Java
4 28 (2.02%) PL/SQL
5 22 (1.59%) Bash
6 19 (1.37%) JavaScript
7 14 (1.01%) PowerShell
8 13 (0.94%) C#
9 9 (0.65%) Apex Code
9 9 (0.65%) Kotlin
9 9 (0.65%) T-SQL
10 8 (0.58%) TypeScript
11 7 (0.51%) VB
11 7 (0.51%) VB6
11 7 (0.51%) VBA
12 5 (0.36%) C
12 5 (0.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.22%) COBOL
13 3 (0.22%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.22%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 233 (16.82%) Security Cleared
2 187 (13.50%) SC Cleared
3 54 (3.90%) Degree
4 28 (2.02%) ISTQB
4 28 (2.02%) PMP
5 26 (1.88%) DV Cleared
6 22 (1.59%) PMI Certification
7 17 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
8 16 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
9 15 (1.08%) ACCA
9 15 (1.08%) CIMA
10 13 (0.94%) Azure Certification
11 6 (0.43%) DBS Check
11 6 (0.43%) Oracle Certification
11 6 (0.43%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 5 (0.36%) AWS Certification
12 5 (0.36%) SAP Certification
13 4 (0.29%) Master's Degree
13 4 (0.29%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (0.29%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 247 (17.83%) Data Quality
2 116 (8.38%) QA
3 67 (4.84%) GDPR
4 26 (1.88%) PMO
5 16 (1.16%) SLA
6 12 (0.87%) IFRS
7 10 (0.72%) HL7
8 9 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 9 (0.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 7 (0.51%) SNOMED CT
10 6 (0.43%) Accessibility
10 6 (0.43%) COBIT
10 6 (0.43%) GAAP
11 5 (0.36%) DICOM
11 5 (0.36%) NIST
12 4 (0.29%) Basel III
12 4 (0.29%) PERC
12 4 (0.29%) Solvency II
13 3 (0.22%) GMP
14 2 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 25 (1.81%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (1.08%) vSphere
3 14 (1.01%) Active Directory
4 12 (0.87%) Docker
4 12 (0.87%) VMware NSX
5 10 (0.72%) NFS
6 5 (0.36%) Oracle RAC
7 4 (0.29%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.29%) SRDF
8 3 (0.22%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 3 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 37 (2.67%) Terraform
2 32 (2.31%) Kubernetes
3 24 (1.73%) Ansible
4 15 (1.08%) Grafana
4 15 (1.08%) vCenter Server
5 14 (1.01%) Argo
6 10 (0.72%) EMC VPLEX
7 8 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (0.43%) vMotion
9 5 (0.36%) HP ALM
10 4 (0.29%) Data Guard
10 4 (0.29%) EMC NetWorker
10 4 (0.29%) NetBackup
10 4 (0.29%) Oracle RMAN
10 4 (0.29%) SCCM
10 4 (0.29%) SnapMirror
11 3 (0.22%) Prometheus
11 3 (0.22%) SnapVault
12 2 (0.14%) Failover Clustering
13 1 (0.072%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 280 (20.22%) Oracle
2 257 (18.56%) SAP
3 220 (15.88%) Microsoft
4 65 (4.69%) Databricks
5 63 (4.55%) Salesforce
6 30 (2.17%) VMware
7 27 (1.95%) ServiceNow
8 25 (1.81%) Informatica
8 25 (1.81%) Workday
9 24 (1.73%) Sage
10 23 (1.66%) Pure Storage
11 21 (1.52%) IFS
12 19 (1.37%) Talend
13 18 (1.30%) Google
14 15 (1.08%) MuleSoft
14 15 (1.08%) Red Hat
15 13 (0.94%) Avaloq
16 12 (0.87%) IBM
16 12 (0.87%) Siebel
16 12 (0.87%) Temenos