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

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 96 100
Rank change year-on-year +24 +4 +33
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,335 652 813
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.15% 2.68% 2.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.70% 2.93% 2.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 874 401 559
10th Percentile £363 £360 £350
25th Percentile £450 £444 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £529 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.76% -3.82% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £725 £713
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 10 33
10th Percentile £16.18 £30.86 £25.00
25th Percentile £20.44 £35.09 £40.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £60.00 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% -20.00% +233.33%
75th Percentile £46.75 £69.69 £80.00
90th Percentile £75.78 £75.08 -
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £65.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year -38.46% -13.33% +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 36,103 22,244 31,795
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.13% 91.27% 85.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,869 14,374 20,646
10th Percentile £325 £303 £300
25th Percentile £413 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +0.49% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,268 1,001 2,353
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.81
25th Percentile £20.79 £18.10 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.25 £28.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +65.79% -24.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £68.00 £58.75 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.00 £73.75 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £27.50 £36.50
% change year-on-year +59.85% -24.66% +1.67%

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 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 9 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 9 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 +41 656 £540 -2.26% 131
South East +5 183 £550 +10.00% 66
North of England -15 177 £500 +1.63% 47
Midlands +6 141 £488 +6.56% 30
North West +8 111 £475 -10.55% 29
West Midlands -5 100 £473 +5.11% 17
South West +13 70 £525 +2.44% 15
East of England -3 57 £575 -11.54% 14
Yorkshire -45 56 £530 +22.78% 12
East Midlands -3 37 £500 +9.29% 12
North East -17 10 £488 -15.22% 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 42 (3.15%) SharePoint
2 39 (2.92%) Confluence
3 8 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.52%) Oracle Workflow
5 4 (0.30%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.22%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
6 3 (0.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 3 (0.22%) Tuxedo
7 2 (0.15%) Apache
7 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.15%) Appian
8 1 (0.075%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.075%) CMS
8 1 (0.075%) IIS
8 1 (0.075%) OpenROAD
8 1 (0.075%) Oracle Service Bus
8 1 (0.075%) WebSphere
Applications
1 75 (5.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (1.65%) Spreadsheet
3 18 (1.35%) Microsoft Project
4 13 (0.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (0.97%) MS Visio
5 10 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.15%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.075%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 152 (11.39%) SAP S/4HANA
2 39 (2.92%) Oracle EBS
3 31 (2.32%) Dynamics CRM
4 21 (1.57%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 21 (1.57%) SAP ERP
5 20 (1.50%) Oracle ERP
6 16 (1.20%) NetSuite
7 13 (0.97%) Oracle General Ledger
7 13 (0.97%) Oracle Payables
8 12 (0.90%) Oracle Receivables
9 11 (0.82%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
10 10 (0.75%) Loan IQ
11 9 (0.67%) iTrent
11 9 (0.67%) Oracle Assets
12 8 (0.60%) NEC Housing
12 8 (0.60%) Oracle Financials
13 7 (0.52%) SAP SD
13 7 (0.52%) Workday HCM
14 6 (0.45%) Finacle
14 6 (0.45%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 205 (15.36%) Azure
2 134 (10.04%) AWS
3 124 (9.29%) Power Platform
4 95 (7.12%) Dynamics 365
5 74 (5.54%) OCI
6 62 (4.64%) Azure DevOps
7 55 (4.12%) SaaS
8 41 (3.07%) Azure Data Factory
9 37 (2.77%) GitHub
9 37 (2.77%) Snowflake
10 25 (1.87%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 25 (1.87%) Microsoft 365
11 20 (1.50%) GCP
12 19 (1.42%) Amazon S3
13 17 (1.27%) SuccessFactors
14 16 (1.20%) Power Automate
15 15 (1.12%) dbt
15 15 (1.12%) OpenShift
16 14 (1.05%) PowerApps
17 12 (0.90%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.12%) SAN
2 14 (1.05%) DNS
2 14 (1.05%) NAS
3 6 (0.45%) Firewall
4 5 (0.37%) VPN
5 3 (0.22%) VSAN
6 2 (0.15%) Fibre Channel
6 2 (0.15%) HTTP
7 1 (0.075%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (0.075%) DKIM
7 1 (0.075%) DMARC
7 1 (0.075%) FCoE
7 1 (0.075%) Internet
7 1 (0.075%) Intranet
7 1 (0.075%) iSCSI
7 1 (0.075%) Network Security
7 1 (0.075%) SNMP
7 1 (0.075%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (7.87%) Power BI
2 98 (7.34%) Data Warehouse
3 62 (4.64%) Oracle Reports
4 59 (4.42%) SQL Server
5 34 (2.55%) Metadata
6 29 (2.17%) Data Lake
7 28 (2.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 22 (1.65%) Relational Database
9 20 (1.50%) PostgreSQL
10 19 (1.42%) Oracle Database
11 18 (1.35%) NoSQL
12 16 (1.20%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 12 (0.90%) SAP Data Services
13 12 (0.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 11 (0.82%) Db2
15 10 (0.75%) Electronic Patient Records
15 10 (0.75%) Tableau
16 8 (0.60%) Amazon Redshift
16 8 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
16 8 (0.60%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 122 (9.14%) JIRA
2 41 (3.07%) Git
3 37 (2.77%) Zephyr
4 30 (2.25%) Postman
5 22 (1.65%) Jenkins
6 10 (0.75%) GitLab
6 10 (0.75%) Selenium
7 9 (0.67%) Oracle Forms
8 6 (0.45%) LSMW
8 6 (0.45%) Team Foundation Server
9 5 (0.37%) Hudson
10 4 (0.30%) Cucumber
10 4 (0.30%) JUnit
11 3 (0.22%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.22%) Claude Code
11 3 (0.22%) ERwin
11 3 (0.22%) Rational DOORS
11 3 (0.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 2 (0.15%) Visual Studio
13 1 (0.075%) Cypress.io
General
1 466 (34.91%) Finance
2 403 (30.19%) Social Skills
3 167 (12.51%) Analytical Skills
4 108 (8.09%) Public Sector
5 87 (6.52%) Banking
6 62 (4.64%) Manufacturing
7 52 (3.90%) Documentation Skills
8 45 (3.37%) Law
9 43 (3.22%) Retail
10 33 (2.47%) General Ledger
11 32 (2.40%) Presentation Skills
12 31 (2.32%) Local Government
13 28 (2.10%) Organisational Skills
14 22 (1.65%) Legal
14 22 (1.65%) Marketing
15 20 (1.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 19 (1.42%) Pharmaceutical
17 18 (1.35%) Billing
18 16 (1.20%) Aerospace
18 16 (1.20%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 291 (21.80%) Lead
2 195 (14.61%) Analyst
3 178 (13.33%) Architect
4 147 (11.01%) Consultant
5 105 (7.87%) Data Migration Lead
6 102 (7.64%) Project Manager
7 93 (6.97%) Data Engineer
7 93 (6.97%) Senior
8 87 (6.52%) Business Analyst
9 72 (5.39%) Data Analyst
10 63 (4.72%) Data Architect
11 57 (4.27%) Migration Engineer
12 54 (4.04%) Developer
13 53 (3.97%) Migration Analyst
14 50 (3.75%) Migration Manager
15 49 (3.67%) SAP Consultant
16 48 (3.60%) Data Migration Engineer
17 41 (3.07%) Data Migration Analyst
18 38 (2.85%) Lead Architect
19 37 (2.77%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (6.67%) Oracle Fusion
2 38 (2.85%) REST
3 37 (2.77%) Middleware
4 21 (1.57%) SOAP
5 19 (1.42%) .NET
6 18 (1.35%) Kafka
6 18 (1.35%) XML
7 17 (1.27%) Spring
8 13 (0.97%) JSON
9 11 (0.82%) OpenTelemetry
10 9 (0.67%) Lightning Web Components
10 9 (0.67%) Spring Boot
11 8 (0.60%) React
12 7 (0.52%) ADO
12 7 (0.52%) PySpark
13 6 (0.45%) FHIR
13 6 (0.45%) SAP Fiori
13 6 (0.45%) Web Services
14 5 (0.37%) ODBC
14 5 (0.37%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 170 (12.73%) Legacy Systems
2 97 (7.27%) Data Structures
3 44 (3.30%) Cloud Native
4 37 (2.77%) Management Information System
5 29 (2.17%) Onboarding
6 26 (1.95%) Greenfield Project
7 25 (1.87%) Product Ownership
7 25 (1.87%) Public Cloud
8 17 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
8 17 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
8 17 (1.27%) Replication
9 16 (1.20%) Reference Data
10 14 (1.05%) Data Centre
10 14 (1.05%) Mainframe
11 13 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
12 12 (0.90%) Hybrid Cloud
13 11 (0.82%) Distributed Systems
13 11 (0.82%) NHS
14 10 (0.75%) FMCG
14 10 (0.75%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 24 (1.80%) Windows
2 12 (0.90%) Linux
3 7 (0.52%) zOS
4 6 (0.45%) Windows 10
5 5 (0.37%) Data ONTAP
6 4 (0.30%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.30%) VMS
7 2 (0.15%) AIX
7 2 (0.15%) Unix
7 2 (0.15%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.075%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,335 (100.00%) Migration
2 357 (26.74%) Validation
3 287 (21.50%) ERP
4 280 (20.97%) Stakeholder Management
5 275 (20.60%) User Acceptance Testing
6 243 (18.20%) Agile
7 225 (16.85%) ETL
8 203 (15.21%) Problem-Solving
9 196 (14.68%) Data Modelling
10 193 (14.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 138 (10.34%) Data Cleansing
12 134 (10.04%) Business Intelligence
13 127 (9.51%) Data Governance
14 123 (9.21%) Project Management
15 120 (8.99%) Data Mapping
16 114 (8.54%) Continuous Improvement
17 113 (8.46%) DevOps
18 108 (8.09%) Analytics
19 99 (7.42%) Change Management
20 98 (7.34%) Data Validation
Programming Languages
1 263 (19.70%) SQL
2 101 (7.57%) Python
3 39 (2.92%) Java
4 28 (2.10%) PL/SQL
5 23 (1.72%) Bash
6 17 (1.27%) JavaScript
7 13 (0.97%) PowerShell
8 11 (0.82%) C#
9 9 (0.67%) T-SQL
10 8 (0.60%) VBA
11 7 (0.52%) Apex Code
12 5 (0.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 5 (0.37%) Kotlin
12 5 (0.37%) VB
12 5 (0.37%) VB6
13 4 (0.30%) C
13 4 (0.30%) TypeScript
14 3 (0.22%) COBOL
14 3 (0.22%) Korn
14 3 (0.22%) X++
Qualifications
1 223 (16.70%) Security Cleared
2 176 (13.18%) SC Cleared
3 53 (3.97%) Degree
4 27 (2.02%) ISTQB
4 27 (2.02%) PMP
5 26 (1.95%) DV Cleared
6 21 (1.57%) PMI Certification
7 16 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
7 16 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
8 15 (1.12%) ACCA
8 15 (1.12%) CIMA
9 12 (0.90%) Azure Certification
10 6 (0.45%) DBS Check
10 6 (0.45%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 5 (0.37%) AWS Certification
11 5 (0.37%) Oracle Certification
12 4 (0.30%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (0.30%) OCP
12 4 (0.30%) SAP Certification
12 4 (0.30%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 237 (17.75%) Data Quality
2 107 (8.01%) QA
3 64 (4.79%) GDPR
4 27 (2.02%) PMO
5 16 (1.20%) SLA
6 12 (0.90%) IFRS
7 10 (0.75%) HL7
8 9 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 7 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 7 (0.52%) SNOMED CT
10 6 (0.45%) COBIT
10 6 (0.45%) GAAP
11 5 (0.37%) Accessibility
11 5 (0.37%) DICOM
11 5 (0.37%) GMP
11 5 (0.37%) NIST
12 4 (0.30%) Basel III
12 4 (0.30%) PERC
13 3 (0.22%) GRC
13 3 (0.22%) Solvency II
System Software
1 25 (1.87%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (1.12%) Active Directory
2 15 (1.12%) vSphere
3 12 (0.90%) Docker
3 12 (0.90%) VMware NSX
4 10 (0.75%) NFS
5 5 (0.37%) SRDF
6 4 (0.30%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.22%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 3 (0.22%) Oracle RAC
7 3 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 35 (2.62%) Terraform
2 32 (2.40%) Kubernetes
3 23 (1.72%) Ansible
4 15 (1.12%) Grafana
4 15 (1.12%) vCenter Server
5 14 (1.05%) Argo
6 10 (0.75%) EMC VPLEX
7 9 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (0.45%) vMotion
9 5 (0.37%) SCCM
10 4 (0.30%) EMC NetWorker
10 4 (0.30%) HP ALM
10 4 (0.30%) NetBackup
10 4 (0.30%) SnapMirror
11 3 (0.22%) Prometheus
11 3 (0.22%) SnapVault
12 2 (0.15%) Data Guard
12 2 (0.15%) Failover Clustering
12 2 (0.15%) Oracle RMAN
12 2 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 263 (19.70%) Oracle
2 251 (18.80%) SAP
3 212 (15.88%) Microsoft
4 60 (4.49%) Databricks
5 58 (4.34%) Salesforce
6 30 (2.25%) VMware
7 25 (1.87%) Sage
7 25 (1.87%) Workday
8 23 (1.72%) Informatica
8 23 (1.72%) Pure Storage
8 23 (1.72%) ServiceNow
9 20 (1.50%) Google
10 18 (1.35%) Talend
11 17 (1.27%) IFS
12 15 (1.12%) Red Hat
13 13 (0.97%) Avaloq
13 13 (0.97%) MuleSoft
14 11 (0.82%) Siebel
14 11 (0.82%) Splunk
15 10 (0.75%) Ariba