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

 6 months to
30 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 95 92
Rank change year-on-year +17 -3 +48
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,224 654 886
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.04% 2.69% 2.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.57% 2.95% 2.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 805 425 610
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 £658
90th Percentile £725 £720 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 8 35
10th Percentile £14.79 £29.58 £25.00
25th Percentile £17.75 £50.84 £40.00
Median hourly rate £41.56 £63.75 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.82% -15.00% +275.00%
75th Percentile £56.58 £71.88 £80.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £77.74 -
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £70.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year -48.57% -6.67% +252.94%

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 34,270 22,183 32,209
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.00% 91.18% 86.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,910 14,537 21,121
10th Percentile £318 £310 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £617 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £521 £525
% change year-on-year -4.03% -0.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,134 920 2,242
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.75 £12.92
25th Percentile £20.38 £18.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £30.00 £35.68
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -15.92% -4.85%
75th Percentile £67.50 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £79.35 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £41.56 £29.07 £35.00
% change year-on-year +42.95% -16.94% -6.17%

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 30 April 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 30 April 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 30 April 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 +35 603 £525 -4.55% 83
South East +4 177 £621 +13.90% 60
North of England -19 164 £500 -2.15% 40
Midlands -10 126 £470 -6.93% 25
North West +1 98 £471 -12.29% 25
West Midlands -17 87 £450 -10.89% 17
Yorkshire -41 57 £525 +34.62% 12
East of England -11 51 £575 -11.54% 19
South West -12 48 £538 +4.88% 14
East Midlands -6 36 £500 +7.53% 8
North East -11 9 £488 -20.41% 3
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 40 (3.27%) Confluence
1 40 (3.27%) SharePoint
2 8 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (0.65%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
3 3 (0.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 3 (0.25%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.16%) Appian
4 2 (0.16%) IIS
5 1 (0.082%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.082%) CMS
5 1 (0.082%) OpenROAD
5 1 (0.082%) Oracle Service Bus
5 1 (0.082%) WebSphere
Applications
1 65 (5.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (1.55%) Microsoft Project
2 19 (1.55%) Spreadsheet
3 18 (1.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (1.23%) MS Visio
5 12 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.082%) Oracle Smart View
6 1 (0.082%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 129 (10.54%) SAP S/4HANA
2 55 (4.49%) Oracle EBS
3 34 (2.78%) Dynamics CRM
4 21 (1.72%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 14 (1.14%) Loan IQ
5 14 (1.14%) Oracle ERP
6 13 (1.06%) SAP ERP
7 11 (0.90%) NetSuite
7 11 (0.90%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 10 (0.82%) Oracle General Ledger
9 9 (0.74%) Workday HCM
10 8 (0.65%) Oracle EBS R12
10 8 (0.65%) Oracle Receivables
11 7 (0.57%) Oracle Payables
12 6 (0.49%) Finacle
12 6 (0.49%) SAP CO
12 6 (0.49%) SAP FI
13 5 (0.41%) SAP Business One
13 5 (0.41%) SAP FI/CO
13 5 (0.41%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 175 (14.30%) Azure
2 125 (10.21%) Power Platform
3 97 (7.92%) AWS
4 89 (7.27%) Dynamics 365
5 83 (6.78%) OCI
6 52 (4.25%) Azure DevOps
7 49 (4.00%) Azure Data Factory
8 45 (3.68%) SaaS
9 33 (2.70%) GitHub
10 32 (2.61%) Snowflake
11 31 (2.53%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 24 (1.96%) Microsoft 365
13 19 (1.55%) SuccessFactors
14 17 (1.39%) GCP
15 15 (1.23%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
16 14 (1.14%) Entra ID
16 14 (1.14%) OpenShift
16 14 (1.14%) Salesforce Service Cloud
17 13 (1.06%) Amazon S3
18 11 (0.90%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.23%) DNS
2 14 (1.14%) NAS
3 13 (1.06%) SAN
4 6 (0.49%) Firewall
5 4 (0.33%) VPN
6 2 (0.16%) Fibre Channel
6 2 (0.16%) HTTP
6 2 (0.16%) VSAN
7 1 (0.082%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (0.082%) DKIM
7 1 (0.082%) DMARC
7 1 (0.082%) FCoE
7 1 (0.082%) Internet
7 1 (0.082%) Intranet
7 1 (0.082%) iSCSI
7 1 (0.082%) Network Security
7 1 (0.082%) SNMP
7 1 (0.082%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (8.91%) Power BI
2 90 (7.35%) Data Warehouse
3 57 (4.66%) Oracle Reports
4 54 (4.41%) SQL Server
5 34 (2.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 31 (2.53%) Metadata
7 29 (2.37%) Data Lake
8 23 (1.88%) Relational Database
9 22 (1.80%) PostgreSQL
10 20 (1.63%) Oracle Database
11 15 (1.23%) NoSQL
12 14 (1.14%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 13 (1.06%) SAP Data Services
14 12 (0.98%) DB2
15 11 (0.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 10 (0.82%) Amazon Redshift
16 10 (0.82%) Electronic Patient Records
16 10 (0.82%) Tableau
17 9 (0.74%) MySQL
18 8 (0.65%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 114 (9.31%) JIRA
2 31 (2.53%) Git
3 28 (2.29%) Zephyr
4 24 (1.96%) Postman
5 18 (1.47%) Jenkins
6 11 (0.90%) Selenium
7 8 (0.65%) Oracle Forms
8 6 (0.49%) LSMW
9 5 (0.41%) GitLab
9 5 (0.41%) Hudson
10 4 (0.33%) Cucumber
10 4 (0.33%) JUnit
10 4 (0.33%) Toad
11 3 (0.25%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.25%) ERwin
11 3 (0.25%) Rational DOORS
11 3 (0.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 3 (0.25%) Team Foundation Server
12 2 (0.16%) Cypress.io
12 2 (0.16%) Oracle APEX
General
1 408 (33.33%) Finance
2 388 (31.70%) Social Skills
3 154 (12.58%) Analytical Skills
4 108 (8.82%) Public Sector
5 68 (5.56%) Banking
6 60 (4.90%) Manufacturing
7 48 (3.92%) Documentation Skills
8 44 (3.59%) Retail
9 43 (3.51%) Law
10 37 (3.02%) Presentation Skills
11 23 (1.88%) Organisational Skills
12 22 (1.80%) General Ledger
12 22 (1.80%) Legal
12 22 (1.80%) Marketing
13 21 (1.72%) Local Government
14 19 (1.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 17 (1.39%) Pharmaceutical
16 16 (1.31%) Billing
17 14 (1.14%) Aerospace
18 13 (1.06%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 277 (22.63%) Lead
2 187 (15.28%) Analyst
3 151 (12.34%) Architect
4 138 (11.27%) Consultant
5 98 (8.01%) Data Migration Lead
6 97 (7.92%) Project Manager
7 94 (7.68%) Business Analyst
8 88 (7.19%) Data Engineer
8 88 (7.19%) Senior
9 64 (5.23%) Data Analyst
10 58 (4.74%) Developer
11 54 (4.41%) Migration Analyst
12 49 (4.00%) Migration Engineer
13 45 (3.68%) Data Migration Engineer
14 44 (3.59%) Migration Manager
15 43 (3.51%) Data Architect
16 40 (3.27%) Data Migration Analyst
17 39 (3.19%) SAP Consultant
18 36 (2.94%) Lead Architect
19 32 (2.61%) Migration Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (6.70%) Oracle Fusion
2 35 (2.86%) REST
3 32 (2.61%) Middleware
4 23 (1.88%) XML
5 20 (1.63%) SOAP
6 18 (1.47%) .NET
7 15 (1.23%) JSON
8 13 (1.06%) Kafka
8 13 (1.06%) Lightning Web Components
9 12 (0.98%) OpenTelemetry
10 11 (0.90%) Spring
11 8 (0.65%) PySpark
12 7 (0.57%) Web Services
13 5 (0.41%) FHIR
13 5 (0.41%) React
13 5 (0.41%) Visualforce
13 5 (0.41%) XSLT
14 4 (0.33%) AngularJS
14 4 (0.33%) RESTful
14 4 (0.33%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 158 (12.91%) Legacy Systems
2 95 (7.76%) Data Structures
3 39 (3.19%) Cloud Native
3 39 (3.19%) Management Information System
4 31 (2.53%) Onboarding
5 26 (2.12%) Product Ownership
6 24 (1.96%) Greenfield Project
7 20 (1.63%) Public Cloud
7 20 (1.63%) Replication
8 16 (1.31%) Data Protection Act
9 15 (1.23%) Hybrid Cloud
10 14 (1.14%) Mainframe
10 14 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
11 12 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
11 12 (0.98%) Reference Data
12 11 (0.90%) Data Centre
12 11 (0.90%) Distributed Systems
12 11 (0.90%) Marketing Technology
12 11 (0.90%) NHS
13 9 (0.74%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 24 (1.96%) Windows
2 9 (0.74%) Linux
3 7 (0.57%) Apple iOS
3 7 (0.57%) Windows 10
3 7 (0.57%) zOS
4 6 (0.49%) Unix
5 3 (0.25%) Data ONTAP
5 3 (0.25%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.082%) AIX
6 1 (0.082%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,224 (100.00%) Migration
2 308 (25.16%) Validation
3 282 (23.04%) Stakeholder Management
4 261 (21.32%) ERP
5 242 (19.77%) User Acceptance Testing
6 241 (19.69%) Agile
7 219 (17.89%) ETL
8 191 (15.60%) Problem-Solving
9 183 (14.95%) Data Modelling
10 171 (13.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 139 (11.36%) Business Intelligence
12 136 (11.11%) Data Cleansing
13 129 (10.54%) Project Management
14 121 (9.89%) Data Mapping
15 116 (9.48%) Analytics
16 114 (9.31%) Continuous Improvement
17 104 (8.50%) Data Governance
18 100 (8.17%) Workshop Facilitation
19 97 (7.92%) Change Management
20 95 (7.76%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 232 (18.95%) SQL
2 88 (7.19%) Python
3 34 (2.78%) Java
4 28 (2.29%) PL/SQL
5 19 (1.55%) Bash
6 14 (1.14%) JavaScript
7 12 (0.98%) Apex Code
8 11 (0.90%) PowerShell
9 9 (0.74%) C#
9 9 (0.74%) T-SQL
9 9 (0.74%) VBA
10 7 (0.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 5 (0.41%) Korn
11 5 (0.41%) Kotlin
11 5 (0.41%) PHP
11 5 (0.41%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.33%) Perl
12 4 (0.33%) SOQL
13 3 (0.25%) ABAP
13 3 (0.25%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 200 (16.34%) Security Cleared
2 147 (12.01%) SC Cleared
3 49 (4.00%) Degree
4 29 (2.37%) DV Cleared
5 23 (1.88%) PMP
6 19 (1.55%) BPSS Clearance
6 19 (1.55%) ISTQB
7 18 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
8 17 (1.39%) PMI Certification
9 10 (0.82%) Azure Certification
10 9 (0.74%) AWS Certification
11 6 (0.49%) ACCA
11 6 (0.49%) CIMA
11 6 (0.49%) Master's Degree
12 4 (0.33%) OCP
12 4 (0.33%) Oracle Certification
12 4 (0.33%) SAP Certification
13 3 (0.25%) DBS Check
13 3 (0.25%) IIBA
13 3 (0.25%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 213 (17.40%) Data Quality
2 98 (8.01%) QA
3 58 (4.74%) GDPR
4 27 (2.21%) PMO
5 14 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (0.98%) COBIT
6 12 (0.98%) SLA
7 11 (0.90%) NIST
8 9 (0.74%) HL7
8 9 (0.74%) IFRS
9 7 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 6 (0.49%) SNOMED CT
11 5 (0.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 5 (0.41%) DICOM
11 5 (0.41%) GAAP
11 5 (0.41%) GMP
12 4 (0.33%) Accessibility
12 4 (0.33%) Basel III
12 4 (0.33%) IFRS 9
12 4 (0.33%) PERC
System Software
1 24 (1.96%) VMware Infrastructure
2 18 (1.47%) Active Directory
3 15 (1.23%) vSphere
4 13 (1.06%) VMware NSX
5 9 (0.74%) NFS
6 8 (0.65%) Docker
7 3 (0.25%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.25%) SRDF
8 2 (0.16%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.082%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 30 (2.45%) Kubernetes
1 30 (2.45%) Terraform
2 20 (1.63%) Ansible
3 15 (1.23%) Grafana
3 15 (1.23%) vCenter Server
4 14 (1.14%) Argo
5 12 (0.98%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (0.65%) EMC VPLEX
6 8 (0.65%) SCCM
7 6 (0.49%) vMotion
8 4 (0.33%) HP ALM
9 3 (0.25%) EMC NetWorker
9 3 (0.25%) NetBackup
10 2 (0.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.16%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.16%) SnapMirror
10 2 (0.16%) SnapVault
11 1 (0.082%) Avamar
11 1 (0.082%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 236 (19.28%) Oracle
2 227 (18.55%) SAP
3 194 (15.85%) Microsoft
4 68 (5.56%) Salesforce
5 46 (3.76%) Databricks
6 28 (2.29%) VMware
7 27 (2.21%) Workday
8 23 (1.88%) Informatica
8 23 (1.88%) Pure Storage
8 23 (1.88%) Sage
9 20 (1.63%) ServiceNow
10 18 (1.47%) Talend
11 17 (1.39%) Google
12 16 (1.31%) MuleSoft
13 15 (1.23%) Avaloq
14 14 (1.14%) IFS
14 14 (1.14%) Red Hat
15 13 (1.06%) IBM
16 12 (0.98%) Splunk
17 10 (0.82%) Ariba
205 Data Migration jobs in England