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

 6 months to
11 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 93 97
Rank change year-on-year +16 +4 +44
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,244 663 863
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.06% 2.71% 2.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.61% 2.97% 2.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 812 419 598
10th Percentile £358 £375 £363
25th Percentile £440 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £733 £725 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 8 33
10th Percentile £15.46 £29.58 £25.00
25th Percentile £17.75 £50.84 £40.00
Median hourly rate £40.78 £63.75 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -36.04% -15.00% +233.33%
75th Percentile £56.58 £71.88 £80.00
90th Percentile £76.35 £77.74 -
UK median hourly rate £36.71 £70.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year -47.56% -6.67% +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 34,470 22,336 31,802
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.75% 91.22% 86.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,971 14,617 20,828
10th Percentile £319 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £501 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.75% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,149 942 2,251
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.50 £12.92
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.00 £29.07 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +61.68% -20.36% -2.67%
75th Percentile £67.84 £63.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.13 £28.75 £36.50
% change year-on-year +46.52% -21.23% +0.69%

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 11 May 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 11 May 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 11 May 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 +39 615 £525 -4.55% 107
South East 0 174 £600 +10.26% 55
North of England -16 168 £500 +0.60% 47
Midlands -7 130 £470 -6.00% 29
North West +4 104 £473 -12.97% 27
West Midlands -13 88 £446 -10.85% 18
Yorkshire -39 57 £525 +31.25% 18
East of England -8 54 £575 -11.54% 20
South West -9 54 £525 +5.00% 19
East Midlands -7 39 £500 +9.29% 11
North East -13 7 £488 -20.41% 2
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 (3.70%) SharePoint
2 44 (3.54%) Confluence
3 8 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.48%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
5 3 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 3 (0.24%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.16%) Appian
6 2 (0.16%) IIS
7 1 (0.080%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.080%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.080%) CMS
7 1 (0.080%) OpenROAD
7 1 (0.080%) Oracle Service Bus
7 1 (0.080%) WebSphere
Applications
1 72 (5.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (1.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 19 (1.53%) Microsoft Project
3 18 (1.45%) Spreadsheet
4 15 (1.21%) MS Visio
5 13 (1.05%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.080%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.080%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 144 (11.58%) SAP S/4HANA
2 45 (3.62%) Oracle EBS
3 32 (2.57%) Dynamics CRM
4 21 (1.69%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 15 (1.21%) Oracle ERP
5 15 (1.21%) SAP ERP
6 14 (1.13%) Loan IQ
7 12 (0.96%) NetSuite
8 11 (0.88%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 10 (0.80%) Oracle General Ledger
10 9 (0.72%) Oracle Receivables
11 8 (0.64%) Oracle Payables
12 6 (0.48%) Finacle
12 6 (0.48%) Oracle EBS R12
12 6 (0.48%) SAP Business One
12 6 (0.48%) SAP CO
12 6 (0.48%) SAP FI
12 6 (0.48%) Teamcenter
12 6 (0.48%) Workday HCM
13 5 (0.40%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 177 (14.23%) Azure
2 121 (9.73%) Power Platform
3 105 (8.44%) AWS
4 92 (7.40%) Dynamics 365
5 77 (6.19%) OCI
6 52 (4.18%) Azure DevOps
7 48 (3.86%) Azure Data Factory
8 46 (3.70%) SaaS
9 34 (2.73%) GitHub
10 33 (2.65%) Snowflake
11 29 (2.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 25 (2.01%) Microsoft 365
13 19 (1.53%) GCP
14 16 (1.29%) SuccessFactors
15 14 (1.13%) Entra ID
15 14 (1.13%) OpenShift
15 14 (1.13%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
16 13 (1.05%) Amazon S3
16 13 (1.05%) Salesforce Service Cloud
17 11 (0.88%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.21%) DNS
2 13 (1.05%) NAS
2 13 (1.05%) SAN
3 6 (0.48%) Firewall
4 4 (0.32%) VPN
5 2 (0.16%) Fibre Channel
5 2 (0.16%) HTTP
5 2 (0.16%) VSAN
6 1 (0.080%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.080%) DKIM
6 1 (0.080%) DMARC
6 1 (0.080%) FCoE
6 1 (0.080%) Internet
6 1 (0.080%) Intranet
6 1 (0.080%) iSCSI
6 1 (0.080%) Network Security
6 1 (0.080%) SNMP
6 1 (0.080%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 107 (8.60%) Power BI
2 88 (7.07%) Data Warehouse
3 56 (4.50%) Oracle Reports
4 52 (4.18%) SQL Server
5 33 (2.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 30 (2.41%) Metadata
7 28 (2.25%) Data Lake
8 22 (1.77%) Relational Database
9 19 (1.53%) PostgreSQL
10 18 (1.45%) Oracle Database
11 15 (1.21%) NoSQL
12 14 (1.13%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 13 (1.05%) SAP Data Services
14 11 (0.88%) DB2
15 10 (0.80%) Electronic Patient Records
15 10 (0.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 10 (0.80%) Tableau
16 9 (0.72%) Amazon Redshift
17 8 (0.64%) RDBMS
18 7 (0.56%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 118 (9.49%) JIRA
2 31 (2.49%) Git
3 30 (2.41%) Zephyr
4 24 (1.93%) Postman
5 19 (1.53%) Jenkins
6 11 (0.88%) Selenium
7 7 (0.56%) Oracle Forms
8 6 (0.48%) GitLab
8 6 (0.48%) Hudson
8 6 (0.48%) LSMW
9 4 (0.32%) Cucumber
9 4 (0.32%) JUnit
9 4 (0.32%) Toad
10 3 (0.24%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.24%) ERwin
10 3 (0.24%) Rational DOORS
10 3 (0.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 3 (0.24%) Team Foundation Server
11 2 (0.16%) Claude Code
11 2 (0.16%) Cypress.io
General
1 410 (32.96%) Finance
2 387 (31.11%) Social Skills
3 158 (12.70%) Analytical Skills
4 102 (8.20%) Public Sector
5 70 (5.63%) Banking
6 58 (4.66%) Manufacturing
7 48 (3.86%) Documentation Skills
8 43 (3.46%) Law
9 40 (3.22%) Retail
10 37 (2.97%) Presentation Skills
11 24 (1.93%) Organisational Skills
12 23 (1.85%) General Ledger
12 23 (1.85%) Local Government
12 23 (1.85%) Marketing
13 22 (1.77%) Legal
14 18 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 17 (1.37%) Billing
15 17 (1.37%) Pharmaceutical
16 14 (1.13%) Aerospace
17 12 (0.96%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 286 (22.99%) Lead
2 193 (15.51%) Analyst
3 149 (11.98%) Architect
4 138 (11.09%) Consultant
5 108 (8.68%) Data Migration Lead
6 95 (7.64%) Project Manager
7 89 (7.15%) Business Analyst
8 87 (6.99%) Data Engineer
9 85 (6.83%) Senior
10 66 (5.31%) Data Analyst
11 57 (4.58%) Developer
12 55 (4.42%) Migration Analyst
13 53 (4.26%) Migration Engineer
14 47 (3.78%) Migration Manager
15 46 (3.70%) Data Migration Engineer
16 45 (3.62%) Data Architect
17 43 (3.46%) SAP Consultant
18 41 (3.30%) Data Migration Analyst
19 37 (2.97%) Lead Architect
20 34 (2.73%) Data Migration Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (6.59%) Oracle Fusion
2 35 (2.81%) REST
3 34 (2.73%) Middleware
4 20 (1.61%) SOAP
5 17 (1.37%) XML
6 16 (1.29%) .NET
7 15 (1.21%) Spring
8 14 (1.13%) Kafka
9 13 (1.05%) Lightning Web Components
10 12 (0.96%) OpenTelemetry
11 11 (0.88%) JSON
12 7 (0.56%) PySpark
12 7 (0.56%) Spring Boot
12 7 (0.56%) Web Services
13 6 (0.48%) FHIR
13 6 (0.48%) React
14 5 (0.40%) Visualforce
15 4 (0.32%) AngularJS
15 4 (0.32%) SAP Fiori
15 4 (0.32%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 162 (13.02%) Legacy Systems
2 98 (7.88%) Data Structures
3 42 (3.38%) Cloud Native
4 39 (3.14%) Management Information System
5 28 (2.25%) Greenfield Project
5 28 (2.25%) Onboarding
6 27 (2.17%) Product Ownership
7 20 (1.61%) Public Cloud
8 18 (1.45%) Replication
9 15 (1.21%) Data Protection Act
9 15 (1.21%) Hybrid Cloud
10 14 (1.13%) Mainframe
10 14 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
11 12 (0.96%) Data Centre
11 12 (0.96%) Reference Data
12 11 (0.88%) Distributed Systems
12 11 (0.88%) Marketing Technology
13 10 (0.80%) Enterprise Software
13 10 (0.80%) NHS
14 9 (0.72%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 24 (1.93%) Windows
2 9 (0.72%) Linux
3 7 (0.56%) Apple iOS
3 7 (0.56%) Windows 10
3 7 (0.56%) zOS
4 6 (0.48%) Unix
5 3 (0.24%) Data ONTAP
5 3 (0.24%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.16%) VMS
7 1 (0.080%) AIX
7 1 (0.080%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,244 (100.00%) Migration
2 328 (26.37%) Validation
3 274 (22.03%) Stakeholder Management
4 258 (20.74%) ERP
5 250 (20.10%) User Acceptance Testing
6 236 (18.97%) Agile
7 221 (17.77%) ETL
8 195 (15.68%) Problem-Solving
9 180 (14.47%) Data Modelling
10 172 (13.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 142 (11.41%) Data Cleansing
12 135 (10.85%) Business Intelligence
13 128 (10.29%) Project Management
14 124 (9.97%) Data Mapping
15 115 (9.24%) Continuous Improvement
16 112 (9.00%) Analytics
17 109 (8.76%) Data Governance
18 99 (7.96%) Workshop Facilitation
19 97 (7.80%) Data Validation
20 96 (7.72%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 235 (18.89%) SQL
2 92 (7.40%) Python
3 36 (2.89%) Java
4 30 (2.41%) PL/SQL
5 21 (1.69%) Bash
6 12 (0.96%) Apex Code
6 12 (0.96%) JavaScript
7 11 (0.88%) PowerShell
8 9 (0.72%) VBA
9 8 (0.64%) T-SQL
10 7 (0.56%) C#
11 5 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 5 (0.40%) PHP
11 5 (0.40%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.32%) Kotlin
12 4 (0.32%) Perl
12 4 (0.32%) SOQL
13 3 (0.24%) ABAP
13 3 (0.24%) COBOL
13 3 (0.24%) Korn
Qualifications
1 198 (15.92%) Security Cleared
2 146 (11.74%) SC Cleared
3 48 (3.86%) Degree
4 30 (2.41%) DV Cleared
5 25 (2.01%) PMP
6 20 (1.61%) ISTQB
7 19 (1.53%) PMI Certification
8 18 (1.45%) BPSS Clearance
8 18 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (0.80%) Azure Certification
10 9 (0.72%) ACCA
10 9 (0.72%) CIMA
11 6 (0.48%) AWS Certification
12 4 (0.32%) Master's Degree
12 4 (0.32%) OCP
12 4 (0.32%) Oracle Certification
12 4 (0.32%) SAP Certification
13 3 (0.24%) DBS Check
13 3 (0.24%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (0.24%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 218 (17.52%) Data Quality
2 93 (7.48%) QA
3 59 (4.74%) GDPR
4 25 (2.01%) PMO
5 12 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 12 (0.96%) SLA
6 10 (0.80%) COBIT
6 10 (0.80%) HL7
7 9 (0.72%) NIST
8 7 (0.56%) IFRS
8 7 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 7 (0.56%) SNOMED CT
9 5 (0.40%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 5 (0.40%) DICOM
9 5 (0.40%) GAAP
9 5 (0.40%) GMP
10 4 (0.32%) Accessibility
10 4 (0.32%) Basel III
10 4 (0.32%) PERC
11 3 (0.24%) GxP
System Software
1 24 (1.93%) VMware Infrastructure
2 18 (1.45%) Active Directory
3 15 (1.21%) vSphere
4 13 (1.05%) VMware NSX
5 9 (0.72%) NFS
6 8 (0.64%) Docker
7 3 (0.24%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.24%) SRDF
8 2 (0.16%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.080%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 31 (2.49%) Terraform
2 29 (2.33%) Kubernetes
3 20 (1.61%) Ansible
4 15 (1.21%) Grafana
4 15 (1.21%) vCenter Server
5 14 (1.13%) Argo
6 12 (0.96%) Microsoft Intune
7 8 (0.64%) EMC VPLEX
7 8 (0.64%) SCCM
8 6 (0.48%) vMotion
9 4 (0.32%) HP ALM
10 3 (0.24%) EMC NetWorker
10 3 (0.24%) NetBackup
11 2 (0.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.16%) Prometheus
11 2 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.16%) SnapMirror
11 2 (0.16%) SnapVault
12 1 (0.080%) Autotask
12 1 (0.080%) Avamar
Vendors
1 241 (19.37%) SAP
2 231 (18.57%) Oracle
3 195 (15.68%) Microsoft
4 65 (5.23%) Salesforce
5 46 (3.70%) Databricks
6 28 (2.25%) VMware
7 23 (1.85%) Pure Storage
7 23 (1.85%) Workday
8 22 (1.77%) Informatica
8 22 (1.77%) Sage
9 19 (1.53%) ServiceNow
9 19 (1.53%) Talend
10 18 (1.45%) Google
11 16 (1.29%) MuleSoft
12 15 (1.21%) Avaloq
12 15 (1.21%) IFS
13 14 (1.13%) Red Hat
14 12 (0.96%) Splunk
15 11 (0.88%) IBM
16 10 (0.80%) Ariba
247 Data Migration jobs in England