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

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 85 96
Rank change year-on-year +11 +11 +31
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,487 782 770
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.25% 2.82% 2.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.81% 3.11% 2.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 991 477 532
10th Percentile £363 £360 £375
25th Percentile £425 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £644 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £540
% change year-on-year - -2.78% -0.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 12 18
10th Percentile £17.75 £15.28 £69.73
25th Percentile £23.00 £28.68 £72.50
Median hourly rate £40.00 £50.25 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.40% -37.19% +199.07%
75th Percentile £57.50 £68.44 -
90th Percentile £74.20 £73.50 -
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £36.33 £80.00
% change year-on-year +10.12% -54.59% +158.06%

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 38,995 25,146 28,578
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.11% 90.84% 85.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,229 16,020 18,598
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £629 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £755
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,544 1,434 1,645
10th Percentile £14.45 £14.20 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.33 £17.87 £18.35
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +3.61%
75th Percentile £68.60 £50.38 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £41.50
% change year-on-year +67.00% -39.40% -1.19%

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 15 August 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 15 August 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 15 August 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 +14 724 £550 - 284
North of England -5 205 £525 +10.53% 82
South East +8 196 £550 +7.32% 89
Midlands +16 172 £453 -9.40% 64
North West +4 124 £525 +10.53% 59
West Midlands +7 123 £443 -11.50% 38
South West +9 89 £523 -1.42% 27
Yorkshire -35 67 £517 +8.17% 18
East of England +7 53 £575 -4.88% 25
East Midlands +7 44 £525 +16.67% 26
North East -28 17 £575 - 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 61 (4.10%) SharePoint
2 45 (3.03%) Confluence
3 10 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (0.54%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (0.54%) Oracle Workflow
5 7 (0.47%) Apache
6 6 (0.40%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.34%) Tuxedo
8 2 (0.13%) CMS
8 2 (0.13%) HCL Notes
8 2 (0.13%) Mendix
8 2 (0.13%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.067%) IIS
9 1 (0.067%) OpenROAD
9 1 (0.067%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
9 1 (0.067%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.067%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 72 (4.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (1.08%) Spreadsheet
3 14 (0.94%) Microsoft Project
4 12 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (0.81%) MS Visio
5 10 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.13%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.067%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 153 (10.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 38 (2.56%) Dynamics CRM
3 30 (2.02%) Oracle EBS
4 24 (1.61%) Oracle ERP
5 21 (1.41%) Oracle Payables
6 20 (1.34%) SAP ERP
7 19 (1.28%) NetSuite
8 17 (1.14%) Oracle Receivables
9 12 (0.81%) iTrent
9 12 (0.81%) Oracle Financials
9 12 (0.81%) Workday HCM
10 11 (0.74%) Oracle General Ledger
10 11 (0.74%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 10 (0.67%) Oracle Assets
11 10 (0.67%) SAP MDG
11 10 (0.67%) Teamcenter
12 9 (0.61%) SAP SD
13 8 (0.54%) Temenos T24
14 7 (0.47%) Oracle EBS R12
15 6 (0.40%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 243 (16.34%) Azure
2 156 (10.49%) Power Platform
3 149 (10.02%) AWS
4 117 (7.87%) Dynamics 365
5 94 (6.32%) OCI
6 75 (5.04%) Azure DevOps
7 62 (4.17%) SaaS
8 54 (3.63%) Azure Data Factory
9 45 (3.03%) Snowflake
10 41 (2.76%) Microsoft 365
11 34 (2.29%) GitHub
12 33 (2.22%) Power Automate
12 33 (2.22%) SuccessFactors
13 32 (2.15%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 28 (1.88%) PowerApps
15 24 (1.61%) GCP
16 23 (1.55%) Amazon S3
17 18 (1.21%) Microsoft Purview
18 15 (1.01%) dbt
19 13 (0.87%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 9 (0.61%) DNS
2 7 (0.47%) VPN
3 6 (0.40%) NAS
3 6 (0.40%) SAN
4 5 (0.34%) Firewall
5 3 (0.20%) Intranet
6 2 (0.13%) HTTP
6 2 (0.13%) VSAN
7 1 (0.067%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (0.067%) DKIM
7 1 (0.067%) DMARC
7 1 (0.067%) Fibre Channel
7 1 (0.067%) Internet
7 1 (0.067%) Network Security
7 1 (0.067%) SNMP
7 1 (0.067%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 134 (9.01%) Power BI
2 110 (7.40%) Data Warehouse
3 67 (4.51%) SQL Server
4 60 (4.03%) Oracle Reports
5 47 (3.16%) Metadata
6 46 (3.09%) Relational Database
7 40 (2.69%) Data Lake
8 29 (1.95%) Oracle Database
9 23 (1.55%) PostgreSQL
10 20 (1.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 19 (1.28%) RDBMS
12 18 (1.21%) NoSQL
13 15 (1.01%) Azure SQL Database
14 13 (0.87%) Oracle BI Publisher
15 12 (0.81%) DataStage
15 12 (0.81%) Oracle Exadata
15 12 (0.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 11 (0.74%) SAP Data Services
17 9 (0.61%) BusinessObjects
17 9 (0.61%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 134 (9.01%) JIRA
2 59 (3.97%) Git
3 47 (3.16%) Zephyr
4 39 (2.62%) Postman
5 18 (1.21%) GitLab
6 16 (1.08%) Jenkins
7 11 (0.74%) Oracle Forms
8 10 (0.67%) Selenium
9 6 (0.40%) Hudson
10 5 (0.34%) Cypress.io
10 5 (0.34%) Gatling
10 5 (0.34%) LSMW
10 5 (0.34%) Team Foundation Server
11 4 (0.27%) Cucumber
11 4 (0.27%) JUnit
11 4 (0.27%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.20%) Claude Code
12 3 (0.20%) ER Studio
12 3 (0.20%) Rational DOORS
12 3 (0.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 526 (35.37%) Finance
2 432 (29.05%) Social Skills
3 202 (13.58%) Analytical Skills
4 134 (9.01%) Public Sector
5 95 (6.39%) Banking
6 79 (5.31%) Manufacturing
7 55 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
8 52 (3.50%) Retail
9 50 (3.36%) Law
10 40 (2.69%) General Ledger
11 34 (2.29%) Organisational Skills
12 30 (2.02%) Local Government
13 28 (1.88%) Marketing
14 26 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 26 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
15 24 (1.61%) Automotive
16 22 (1.48%) Legal
17 21 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
18 18 (1.21%) Billing
19 17 (1.14%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 284 (19.10%) Lead
2 223 (15.00%) Analyst
3 186 (12.51%) Architect
4 160 (10.76%) Consultant
5 129 (8.68%) Data Engineer
6 127 (8.54%) Senior
7 105 (7.06%) Data Migration Lead
8 103 (6.93%) Business Analyst
9 101 (6.79%) Project Manager
10 77 (5.18%) Data Analyst
11 71 (4.77%) Developer
12 63 (4.24%) Data Architect
13 62 (4.17%) Migration Engineer
14 51 (3.43%) Data Migration Engineer
15 50 (3.36%) SAP Consultant
16 48 (3.23%) Migration Analyst
16 48 (3.23%) Solutions Architect
17 44 (2.96%) Migration Manager
18 42 (2.82%) Data Consultant
19 40 (2.69%) Data Migration Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 97 (6.52%) Oracle Fusion
2 41 (2.76%) Middleware
3 37 (2.49%) REST
4 26 (1.75%) .NET
5 21 (1.41%) SOAP
5 21 (1.41%) XML
6 19 (1.28%) Kafka
7 16 (1.08%) JSON
8 15 (1.01%) PySpark
9 14 (0.94%) Spring
10 13 (0.87%) Oracle GoldenGate
11 9 (0.61%) Lightning Web Components
12 8 (0.54%) Spring Boot
13 7 (0.47%) React
14 6 (0.40%) ADO
14 6 (0.40%) OpenTelemetry
14 6 (0.40%) Playwright
14 6 (0.40%) RESTful
14 6 (0.40%) SAP Fiori
15 5 (0.34%) Keycloak
Miscellaneous
1 175 (11.77%) Legacy Systems
2 101 (6.79%) Data Structures
3 46 (3.09%) Management Information System
4 44 (2.96%) Cloud Native
5 40 (2.69%) Onboarding
6 39 (2.62%) Public Cloud
7 36 (2.42%) Product Ownership
8 31 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
9 28 (1.88%) Greenfield Project
10 18 (1.21%) NHS
11 16 (1.08%) FMCG
12 15 (1.01%) Data Centre
12 15 (1.01%) Replication
13 14 (0.94%) Data Protection Act
13 14 (0.94%) Reference Data
14 13 (0.87%) Distributed Systems
15 12 (0.81%) Analytical Mindset
16 11 (0.74%) Low-Code
16 11 (0.74%) Mainframe
17 10 (0.67%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 26 (1.75%) Windows
2 22 (1.48%) Linux
3 12 (0.81%) AIX
4 5 (0.34%) Data ONTAP
5 4 (0.27%) VMS
5 4 (0.27%) zOS
6 3 (0.20%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.067%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.067%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,487 (100.00%) Migration
2 412 (27.71%) Validation
3 342 (23.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 338 (22.73%) ERP
5 321 (21.59%) User Acceptance Testing
6 260 (17.48%) Agile
6 260 (17.48%) ETL
7 240 (16.14%) Data Modelling
8 231 (15.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 182 (12.24%) Problem-Solving
10 177 (11.90%) Data Governance
11 161 (10.83%) Business Intelligence
12 145 (9.75%) Data Cleansing
13 133 (8.94%) Analytics
14 132 (8.88%) Continuous Improvement
15 131 (8.81%) Data Mapping
16 129 (8.68%) DevOps
17 115 (7.73%) CI/CD
18 114 (7.67%) Requirements Gathering
19 113 (7.60%) Data Transformation
Programming Languages
1 300 (20.17%) SQL
2 95 (6.39%) Python
3 41 (2.76%) Java
4 28 (1.88%) PL/SQL
5 21 (1.41%) C#
6 18 (1.21%) JavaScript
7 17 (1.14%) Bash
8 14 (0.94%) PowerShell
9 12 (0.81%) T-SQL
10 9 (0.61%) Kotlin
11 8 (0.54%) TypeScript
12 7 (0.47%) Apex Code
13 5 (0.34%) ABAP
13 5 (0.34%) C
13 5 (0.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 5 (0.34%) VB
13 5 (0.34%) VB6
13 5 (0.34%) VBA
14 4 (0.27%) X++
15 3 (0.20%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 260 (17.48%) Security Cleared
2 206 (13.85%) SC Cleared
3 53 (3.56%) Degree
4 36 (2.42%) DV Cleared
5 34 (2.29%) ISTQB
6 30 (2.02%) PMP
7 28 (1.88%) PMI Certification
8 26 (1.75%) ACCA
8 26 (1.75%) CIMA
9 19 (1.28%) BPSS Clearance
10 12 (0.81%) Azure Certification
11 11 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
12 9 (0.61%) Computer Science Degree
13 8 (0.54%) DBS Check
14 7 (0.47%) Oracle Certification
14 7 (0.47%) SAP Certification
15 6 (0.40%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
16 5 (0.34%) AWS Certification
17 4 (0.27%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
17 4 (0.27%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 286 (19.23%) Data Quality
2 129 (8.68%) QA
3 71 (4.77%) GDPR
4 33 (2.22%) PMO
5 12 (0.81%) SLA
6 11 (0.74%) IFRS
7 10 (0.67%) HL7
8 9 (0.61%) Accessibility
9 8 (0.54%) GRC
10 7 (0.47%) SNOMED CT
11 6 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
11 6 (0.40%) DICOM
11 6 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (0.27%) GMP
12 4 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 4 (0.27%) PERC
12 4 (0.27%) Solvency II
13 3 (0.20%) GAAP
14 2 (0.13%) ISO 20022
14 2 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 14 (0.94%) Docker
2 13 (0.87%) Oracle RAC
2 13 (0.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (0.81%) Active Directory
4 9 (0.61%) vSphere
5 6 (0.40%) VMware NSX
6 4 (0.27%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.20%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 3 (0.20%) SRDF
7 3 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.13%) NFS
Systems Management
1 38 (2.56%) Terraform
2 29 (1.95%) Kubernetes
3 27 (1.82%) Ansible
4 12 (0.81%) Data Guard
4 12 (0.81%) Oracle RMAN
5 9 (0.61%) vCenter Server
6 8 (0.54%) Argo
6 8 (0.54%) Grafana
7 5 (0.34%) HP ALM
8 4 (0.27%) EMC NetWorker
8 4 (0.27%) EMC VPLEX
8 4 (0.27%) Karpenter
8 4 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (0.27%) NetBackup
8 4 (0.27%) SnapMirror
9 3 (0.20%) SnapVault
10 2 (0.13%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.13%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.067%) Avamar
11 1 (0.067%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 309 (20.78%) Oracle
2 274 (18.43%) SAP
3 254 (17.08%) Microsoft
4 81 (5.45%) Databricks
5 65 (4.37%) Salesforce
6 31 (2.08%) Workday
7 30 (2.02%) ServiceNow
8 24 (1.61%) Informatica
9 22 (1.48%) IBM
10 21 (1.41%) Talend
11 19 (1.28%) Google
11 19 (1.28%) IFS
12 17 (1.14%) Sage
13 16 (1.08%) VMware
14 13 (0.87%) Ariba
14 13 (0.87%) MuleSoft
15 10 (0.67%) Siebel
16 9 (0.61%) InterSystems
16 9 (0.61%) Pure Storage
16 9 (0.61%) Red Hat