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 13 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 93 97 111
Rank change year-on-year +4 +14 +38
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 866 753 841
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.87% 2.43% 2.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.17% 2.80% 2.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 562 517 561
10th Percentile £375 £400 £400
25th Percentile £437 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.92% -0.91% +3.04%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £700 £745
UK median daily rate £538 £539 £550
% change year-on-year -0.23% -2.05% +2.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 3 11
10th Percentile £18.46 £40.40 £82.50
25th Percentile £36.50 £48.50 £83.13
Median hourly rate £64.63 £64.00 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.98% -24.71% +34.92%
75th Percentile £81.00 £67.88 £86.50
90th Percentile £91.31 £69.00 £87.50
UK median hourly rate £62.25 £64.00 £85.00
% change year-on-year -2.73% -24.71% +34.92%

All Process and 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 27,308 26,910 34,818
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.41% 86.73% 88.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,359 16,435 23,883
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £640 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.41% -3.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,779 970 1,470
10th Percentile £14.75 £15.10 £14.36
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.19 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £36.08 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.30% -18.92% +27.14%
75th Percentile £45.70 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.87 £74.04 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £43.42
% change year-on-year -28.14% -19.38% +24.04%

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 13 November 2025.

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 13 November 2025.

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 13 November 2025. 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 +9 461 £550 - 242
South East -10 116 £600 +9.09% 93
Midlands +4 103 £550 +2.33% 53
North of England -39 82 £457 -13.05% 65
West Midlands -13 61 £550 -1.03% 32
North West -26 42 £429 -9.68% 30
East Midlands +18 40 £575 +35.29% 19
Yorkshire -26 37 £500 -9.09% 26
South West -8 31 £530 +0.95% 14
East of England -10 22 £475 -13.64% 11
North East -13 4 £438 -26.32% 9
South Coast - 1 £550 -
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 31 (3.58%) Confluence
2 18 (2.08%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.27%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (1.15%) Smallworld
5 8 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (0.69%) GeoServer
7 4 (0.46%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.35%) Apache
8 3 (0.35%) CMS
8 3 (0.35%) LiveLink
8 3 (0.35%) Oracle Spatial
9 2 (0.23%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.23%) Documentum
9 2 (0.23%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
9 2 (0.23%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.23%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (0.12%) Moodle
10 1 (0.12%) NetWeaver
10 1 (0.12%) SAP Portal
10 1 (0.12%) SAS
Applications
1 36 (4.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (1.50%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (1.39%) Microsoft Project
4 8 (0.92%) MS Visio
5 7 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.81%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.35%) Oracle Smart View
7 2 (0.23%) Trello
8 1 (0.12%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 76 (8.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 34 (3.93%) Dynamics CRM
3 33 (3.81%) Oracle EBS
4 22 (2.54%) SAP HR
5 19 (2.19%) Oracle Payables
6 13 (1.50%) Oracle General Ledger
7 12 (1.39%) Oracle Receivables
8 10 (1.15%) Oracle EBS R12
8 10 (1.15%) Salesforce CRM
9 9 (1.04%) Workday HCM
10 8 (0.92%) Oracle Cash Management
10 8 (0.92%) SAP Payroll
11 7 (0.81%) Dynamics AX
11 7 (0.81%) NetSuite
11 7 (0.81%) Oracle ERP
11 7 (0.81%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
11 7 (0.81%) SAP PM
12 6 (0.69%) Dynamics NAV
12 6 (0.69%) Endur
12 6 (0.69%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 121 (13.97%) Azure
2 72 (8.31%) AWS
3 64 (7.39%) Power Platform
4 58 (6.70%) Dynamics 365
4 58 (6.70%) OCI
5 48 (5.54%) SaaS
6 36 (4.16%) Azure DevOps
7 27 (3.12%) Snowflake
8 24 (2.77%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 23 (2.66%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 20 (2.31%) Amazon S3
10 20 (2.31%) Serverless
11 19 (2.19%) Microsoft 365
12 18 (2.08%) SuccessFactors
13 17 (1.96%) GCP
14 16 (1.85%) Azure Data Factory
14 16 (1.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 15 (1.73%) dbt
15 15 (1.73%) PowerApps
16 14 (1.62%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.58%) Firewall
1 5 (0.58%) TCP/IP
2 4 (0.46%) WAN
3 3 (0.35%) DNS
3 3 (0.35%) NAS
3 3 (0.35%) Network Security
3 3 (0.35%) VPN
4 2 (0.23%) Internet
4 2 (0.23%) Intranet
4 2 (0.23%) IPv6
4 2 (0.23%) LAN
4 2 (0.23%) SAN
4 2 (0.23%) SSL
5 1 (0.12%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (0.12%) Fibre Channel
5 1 (0.12%) IPv4
5 1 (0.12%) iSCSI
5 1 (0.12%) VLAN
5 1 (0.12%) WebEx
5 1 (0.12%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (6.47%) SQL Server
2 51 (5.89%) Data Warehouse
3 45 (5.20%) Power BI
4 41 (4.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 29 (3.35%) Relational Database
6 26 (3.00%) Oracle Reports
7 20 (2.31%) Oracle Database
8 19 (2.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 19 (2.19%) Tableau
9 18 (2.08%) Amazon Redshift
9 18 (2.08%) Data Lake
10 17 (1.96%) Metadata
11 15 (1.73%) DataStage
12 13 (1.50%) RDBMS
13 11 (1.27%) GIS
13 11 (1.27%) SAP HANA
14 10 (1.15%) Azure SQL Database
14 10 (1.15%) MySQL
15 9 (1.04%) Big Data
15 9 (1.04%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 75 (8.66%) JIRA
2 7 (0.81%) Git
2 7 (0.81%) LSMW
3 5 (0.58%) Visual Studio
4 4 (0.46%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.46%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 4 (0.46%) Zephyr
5 3 (0.35%) Oracle Forms
5 3 (0.35%) Postman
5 3 (0.35%) Selenium
6 2 (0.23%) Oracle APEX
6 2 (0.23%) TestRail
6 2 (0.23%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.12%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.12%) ER Studio
7 1 (0.12%) ERwin
7 1 (0.12%) GitLab
7 1 (0.12%) Hudson
7 1 (0.12%) Poetry
7 1 (0.12%) SoapUI
General
1 315 (36.37%) Social Skills
2 311 (35.91%) Finance
3 98 (11.32%) Analytical Skills
4 72 (8.31%) Public Sector
5 49 (5.66%) Banking
6 36 (4.16%) Local Government
7 32 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
8 27 (3.12%) Marketing
9 26 (3.00%) Legal
9 26 (3.00%) Manufacturing
9 26 (3.00%) Retail
10 22 (2.54%) Organisational Skills
11 21 (2.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 20 (2.31%) Back Office
13 19 (2.19%) General Ledger
14 15 (1.73%) Presentation Skills
15 12 (1.39%) Law
16 10 (1.15%) Billing
16 10 (1.15%) Telecoms
17 9 (1.04%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 126 (14.55%) Analyst
1 126 (14.55%) Lead
2 116 (13.39%) Consultant
3 113 (13.05%) Architect
4 92 (10.62%) Project Manager
5 75 (8.66%) Business Analyst
6 56 (6.47%) Senior
7 50 (5.77%) Data Engineer
8 43 (4.97%) Data Migration Lead
9 40 (4.62%) Developer
10 38 (4.39%) Data Analyst
11 36 (4.16%) SAP Consultant
12 31 (3.58%) Solutions Architect
13 26 (3.00%) Migration Specialist
14 23 (2.66%) Salesforce Architect
15 22 (2.54%) Data Migration Specialist
15 22 (2.54%) Functional Consultant
15 22 (2.54%) Oracle Consultant
16 21 (2.42%) Data Architect
16 21 (2.42%) Data Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (4.97%) Oracle Fusion
2 36 (4.16%) Lightning Web Components
3 33 (3.81%) XML
4 30 (3.46%) REST
5 25 (2.89%) Visualforce
6 23 (2.66%) SOAP
7 22 (2.54%) Middleware
8 15 (1.73%) JSON
9 12 (1.39%) EDI
9 12 (1.39%) SAP Fiori
10 11 (1.27%) .NET
11 9 (1.04%) PySpark
11 9 (1.04%) Web Services
12 8 (0.92%) BAPI
12 8 (0.92%) IDoc
12 8 (0.92%) SAP PI
13 6 (0.69%) WebdriverIO
14 5 (0.58%) GraphQL
14 5 (0.58%) React
14 5 (0.58%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 102 (11.78%) Legacy Systems
2 53 (6.12%) Data Structures
3 33 (3.81%) Product Ownership
4 31 (3.58%) Management Information System
4 31 (3.58%) Onboarding
5 15 (1.73%) Data Protection Act
6 13 (1.50%) Enterprise Software
7 12 (1.39%) Data Centre
7 12 (1.39%) Greenfield Project
8 11 (1.27%) Reference Data
9 9 (1.04%) Virtual Team
10 6 (0.69%) Cloud Native
10 6 (0.69%) FMCG
10 6 (0.69%) Low-Code
10 6 (0.69%) NHS
10 6 (0.69%) Public Cloud
10 6 (0.69%) Replication
11 5 (0.58%) Credit Risk
11 5 (0.58%) Robotics
11 5 (0.58%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 21 (2.42%) Windows
2 6 (0.69%) Windows Server
3 5 (0.58%) Windows Server 2016
4 4 (0.46%) Linux
4 4 (0.46%) Solaris
4 4 (0.46%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.35%) Unix
6 2 (0.23%) AIX
6 2 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.23%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (0.12%) MVS
7 1 (0.12%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.12%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 866 (100.00%) Migration
2 197 (22.75%) Agile
3 171 (19.75%) Problem-Solving
4 157 (18.13%) ERP
5 146 (16.86%) Stakeholder Management
6 135 (15.59%) Validation
7 134 (15.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 129 (14.90%) ETL
8 129 (14.90%) User Acceptance Testing
9 122 (14.09%) Data Modelling
10 94 (10.85%) Project Management
11 85 (9.82%) Data Governance
12 83 (9.58%) CRM
13 81 (9.35%) Analytics
14 80 (9.24%) Change Management
15 77 (8.89%) DevOps
16 71 (8.20%) Data Cleansing
17 68 (7.85%) Business Intelligence
17 68 (7.85%) Workshop Facilitation
18 61 (7.04%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 168 (19.40%) SQL
2 60 (6.93%) Python
3 37 (4.27%) Java
4 36 (4.16%) Apex Code
5 19 (2.19%) C#
6 16 (1.85%) JavaScript
7 12 (1.39%) T-SQL
8 11 (1.27%) PowerShell
9 10 (1.15%) ABAP
10 8 (0.92%) PL/SQL
11 7 (0.81%) VB
12 6 (0.69%) Bicep
13 5 (0.58%) Shell Script
13 5 (0.58%) X++
14 4 (0.46%) SOQL
15 3 (0.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 3 (0.35%) Magik
15 3 (0.35%) SOSL
16 2 (0.23%) Scala
16 2 (0.23%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 80 (9.24%) Degree
1 80 (9.24%) Security Cleared
2 58 (6.70%) SC Cleared
3 28 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
4 25 (2.89%) PMP
5 22 (2.54%) PMI Certification
6 20 (2.31%) Master's Degree
7 15 (1.73%) AWS Certification
8 12 (1.39%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (0.92%) SAP Certification
10 7 (0.81%) DV Cleared
11 6 (0.69%) Oracle Certification
12 5 (0.58%) CFA
12 5 (0.58%) CIMA
13 4 (0.46%) ACCA
13 4 (0.46%) CBAP
13 4 (0.46%) DBS Check
13 4 (0.46%) ISTQB
14 3 (0.35%) OCP
14 3 (0.35%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 123 (14.20%) Data Quality
2 55 (6.35%) QA
3 46 (5.31%) GDPR
4 13 (1.50%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 11 (1.27%) SLA
6 10 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (0.92%) Accessibility
7 8 (0.92%) PMO
8 5 (0.58%) IFRS
9 4 (0.46%) COBIT
9 4 (0.46%) ISO 20022
9 4 (0.46%) NIST
10 3 (0.35%) GRC
10 3 (0.35%) HIPAA
10 3 (0.35%) IFRS 17
10 3 (0.35%) IFRS 9
10 3 (0.35%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.23%) EMIR
11 2 (0.23%) MiFID
System Software
1 15 (1.73%) Docker
2 8 (0.92%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.35%) NFS
5 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.12%) Time Sharing Option
5 1 (0.12%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (2.08%) Kubernetes
2 14 (1.62%) Terraform
3 7 (0.81%) Ansible
4 5 (0.58%) HP ALM
4 5 (0.58%) SCCM
5 2 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.23%) Puppet
6 1 (0.12%) Argo
6 1 (0.12%) CA Endevor
6 1 (0.12%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (0.12%) Grafana
6 1 (0.12%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Clustering
6 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.12%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 161 (18.59%) SAP
2 156 (18.01%) Oracle
3 121 (13.97%) Microsoft
4 57 (6.58%) Salesforce
5 37 (4.27%) Workday
6 23 (2.66%) Databricks
7 13 (1.50%) Google
8 10 (1.15%) ESRI
8 10 (1.15%) IFS
8 10 (1.15%) MuleSoft
9 9 (1.04%) Informatica
9 9 (1.04%) ServiceNow
10 8 (0.92%) IBM
10 8 (0.92%) Kronos
10 8 (0.92%) Sage
11 7 (0.81%) HP
12 6 (0.69%) Ariba
12 6 (0.69%) Intergraph
12 6 (0.69%) Talend
12 6 (0.69%) VMware