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

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 86 106
Rank change year-on-year +3 +20 +17
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,415 780 740
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.10% 2.87% 2.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.65% 3.16% 2.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 939 488 502
10th Percentile £363 £363 £394
25th Percentile £425 £425 £452
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £630 £645 £650
90th Percentile £738 £725 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £540
% change year-on-year - -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 11 11
10th Percentile £17.75 £15.00 £63.25
25th Percentile £22.16 £33.47 £72.50
Median hourly rate £40.00 £62.50 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year -36.00% -21.88% -13.25%
75th Percentile £57.50 £69.38 -
90th Percentile £73.75 £73.75 -
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £38.00 £80.00
% change year-on-year +5.26% -52.50% -13.25%

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 38,742 24,707 27,973
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.90% 90.77% 85.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,892 15,711 17,811
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £636 £626 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £751
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,598 1,453 1,393
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.25 £14.41
25th Percentile £18.34 £17.87 £20.00
Median hourly rate £43.56 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +73.20% -41.51% +1.18%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £66.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +63.02% -40.82% +2.41%

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 4 September 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 4 September 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 4 September 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 +8 692 £536 -2.50% 345
North of England -19 189 £510 +7.37% 75
South East -5 172 £545 -0.91% 102
Midlands +8 164 £475 -5.00% 72
North West +11 115 £525 +16.67% 49
West Midlands 0 112 £450 -10.45% 53
South West +18 89 £523 -0.48% 35
Yorkshire -36 62 £500 +1.01% 12
East of England +14 61 £565 +14.43% 40
East Midlands 0 48 £525 +0.77% 19
North East -25 15 £444 +1.43% 14
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 57 (4.03%) SharePoint
2 41 (2.90%) Confluence
3 12 (0.85%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (0.57%) Oracle Workflow
6 7 (0.49%) Apache
6 7 (0.49%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.35%) Tuxedo
8 2 (0.14%) CMS
8 2 (0.14%) HCL Notes
8 2 (0.14%) Mendix
8 2 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.071%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.071%) IIS
9 1 (0.071%) OpenROAD
9 1 (0.071%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.071%) SAS
9 1 (0.071%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.071%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 68 (4.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (1.34%) Spreadsheet
3 14 (0.99%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (0.99%) MS Visio
4 11 (0.78%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.21%) Windchill
7 2 (0.14%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.071%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.071%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 157 (11.10%) SAP S/4HANA
2 40 (2.83%) Dynamics CRM
3 25 (1.77%) Oracle Payables
4 21 (1.48%) Oracle ERP
4 21 (1.48%) Oracle Receivables
5 20 (1.41%) NetSuite
6 19 (1.34%) SAP ERP
7 16 (1.13%) Oracle EBS
8 14 (0.99%) Oracle Financials
9 13 (0.92%) Oracle General Ledger
10 12 (0.85%) Oracle Assets
10 12 (0.85%) SAP SD
10 12 (0.85%) Teamcenter
10 12 (0.85%) Workday HCM
11 11 (0.78%) iTrent
11 11 (0.78%) SAP MDG
12 9 (0.64%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
12 9 (0.64%) SAP FI
12 9 (0.64%) SAP MM
13 8 (0.57%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 229 (16.18%) Azure
2 144 (10.18%) Power Platform
3 139 (9.82%) AWS
4 116 (8.20%) Dynamics 365
5 77 (5.44%) OCI
6 72 (5.09%) Azure DevOps
7 59 (4.17%) SaaS
8 44 (3.11%) Snowflake
9 41 (2.90%) Azure Data Factory
10 40 (2.83%) Microsoft 365
11 36 (2.54%) GitHub
12 35 (2.47%) SuccessFactors
13 30 (2.12%) Power Automate
14 28 (1.98%) Amazon S3
14 28 (1.98%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 26 (1.84%) PowerApps
16 23 (1.63%) GCP
17 16 (1.13%) dbt
17 16 (1.13%) Microsoft Purview
18 13 (0.92%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.49%) DNS
2 5 (0.35%) NAS
2 5 (0.35%) SAN
3 4 (0.28%) Firewall
3 4 (0.28%) VPN
4 3 (0.21%) Intranet
5 2 (0.14%) HTTP
5 2 (0.14%) VSAN
6 1 (0.071%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.071%) DKIM
6 1 (0.071%) DMARC
6 1 (0.071%) Internet
6 1 (0.071%) SNMP
6 1 (0.071%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 124 (8.76%) Power BI
2 100 (7.07%) Data Warehouse
3 68 (4.81%) SQL Server
4 53 (3.75%) Metadata
5 46 (3.25%) Relational Database
6 41 (2.90%) Oracle Reports
7 37 (2.61%) Data Lake
8 30 (2.12%) Oracle Database
9 29 (2.05%) PostgreSQL
10 19 (1.34%) RDBMS
11 16 (1.13%) NoSQL
12 14 (0.99%) Azure SQL Database
13 13 (0.92%) DataStage
13 13 (0.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 12 (0.85%) Oracle Exadata
14 12 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 11 (0.78%) MongoDB
15 11 (0.78%) Oracle BI Publisher
16 10 (0.71%) Amazon Redshift
16 10 (0.71%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 116 (8.20%) JIRA
2 52 (3.67%) Git
3 36 (2.54%) Zephyr
4 29 (2.05%) Postman
5 19 (1.34%) GitLab
6 15 (1.06%) Jenkins
7 11 (0.78%) Oracle Forms
8 8 (0.57%) Selenium
9 6 (0.42%) Hudson
10 5 (0.35%) Gatling
10 5 (0.35%) Team Foundation Server
11 4 (0.28%) Cypress.io
11 4 (0.28%) LSMW
11 4 (0.28%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.21%) Claude Code
12 3 (0.21%) ER Studio
13 2 (0.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 2 (0.14%) Yeoman
14 1 (0.071%) Bitbucket
14 1 (0.071%) Cucumber
General
1 502 (35.48%) Finance
2 401 (28.34%) Social Skills
3 196 (13.85%) Analytical Skills
4 132 (9.33%) Public Sector
5 85 (6.01%) Banking
6 76 (5.37%) Manufacturing
7 57 (4.03%) Retail
8 55 (3.89%) Documentation Skills
9 46 (3.25%) General Ledger
9 46 (3.25%) Law
10 33 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
11 32 (2.26%) Local Government
12 25 (1.77%) Automotive
12 25 (1.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 25 (1.77%) Marketing
13 22 (1.55%) Influencing Skills
14 21 (1.48%) Billing
15 19 (1.34%) Legal
16 17 (1.20%) Military
17 16 (1.13%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 267 (18.87%) Lead
2 219 (15.48%) Analyst
3 177 (12.51%) Architect
4 154 (10.88%) Consultant
5 124 (8.76%) Data Engineer
6 120 (8.48%) Senior
7 99 (7.00%) Data Migration Lead
8 91 (6.43%) Business Analyst
9 88 (6.22%) Project Manager
10 78 (5.51%) Data Analyst
11 66 (4.66%) Developer
12 60 (4.24%) Data Architect
13 57 (4.03%) Migration Engineer
14 50 (3.53%) SAP Consultant
15 47 (3.32%) Data Migration Engineer
16 44 (3.11%) Migration Analyst
17 42 (2.97%) Solutions Architect
18 39 (2.76%) Data Consultant
19 38 (2.69%) Data Migration Analyst
20 37 (2.61%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (6.43%) Oracle Fusion
2 45 (3.18%) Middleware
3 35 (2.47%) Terraform
4 34 (2.40%) REST
5 26 (1.84%) .NET
6 24 (1.70%) XML
7 20 (1.41%) SOAP
8 17 (1.20%) JSON
8 17 (1.20%) Kafka
9 16 (1.13%) PySpark
10 13 (0.92%) Oracle GoldenGate
11 12 (0.85%) Spring
12 9 (0.64%) Keycloak
13 8 (0.57%) Lightning Web Components
14 7 (0.49%) SAP Fiori
14 7 (0.49%) Spring Boot
15 6 (0.42%) ADO
15 6 (0.42%) FHIR
15 6 (0.42%) HTML
15 6 (0.42%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 165 (11.66%) Legacy Systems
2 101 (7.14%) Data Structures
3 46 (3.25%) Management Information System
4 43 (3.04%) Onboarding
5 42 (2.97%) Public Cloud
6 40 (2.83%) Cloud Native
7 39 (2.76%) Enterprise Software
8 33 (2.33%) Product Ownership
9 28 (1.98%) Greenfield Project
10 18 (1.27%) FMCG
10 18 (1.27%) NHS
11 17 (1.20%) Reference Data
11 17 (1.20%) Replication
12 14 (0.99%) Data Protection Act
13 12 (0.85%) Data Centre
13 12 (0.85%) Distributed Systems
13 12 (0.85%) Low-Code
14 10 (0.71%) Analytical Mindset
14 10 (0.71%) Reinsurance
15 9 (0.64%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 22 (1.55%) Windows
2 21 (1.48%) Linux
3 12 (0.85%) AIX
4 5 (0.35%) Data ONTAP
5 4 (0.28%) VMS
6 2 (0.14%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.071%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.071%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,415 (100.00%) Migration
2 412 (29.12%) Validation
3 346 (24.45%) Stakeholder Management
4 326 (23.04%) ERP
5 324 (22.90%) User Acceptance Testing
6 241 (17.03%) Agile
7 233 (16.47%) Data Modelling
8 231 (16.33%) ETL
9 224 (15.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 177 (12.51%) Data Governance
10 177 (12.51%) Problem-Solving
11 146 (10.32%) Business Intelligence
12 137 (9.68%) Data Cleansing
13 129 (9.12%) DevOps
14 128 (9.05%) Analytics
15 126 (8.90%) Continuous Improvement
16 118 (8.34%) Data Mapping
17 116 (8.20%) Requirements Gathering
18 115 (8.13%) CI/CD
19 107 (7.56%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 292 (20.64%) SQL
2 92 (6.50%) Python
3 32 (2.26%) Java
4 25 (1.77%) PL/SQL
5 20 (1.41%) C#
5 20 (1.41%) JavaScript
6 17 (1.20%) Bash
7 13 (0.92%) PowerShell
8 10 (0.71%) TypeScript
9 9 (0.64%) T-SQL
10 7 (0.49%) Apex Code
11 6 (0.42%) Kotlin
12 5 (0.35%) ABAP
12 5 (0.35%) VB
12 5 (0.35%) VB6
12 5 (0.35%) VBA
13 4 (0.28%) C
13 4 (0.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 4 (0.28%) X++
14 3 (0.21%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 254 (17.95%) Security Cleared
2 205 (14.49%) SC Cleared
3 51 (3.60%) Degree
4 36 (2.54%) DV Cleared
5 29 (2.05%) ACCA
5 29 (2.05%) CIMA
6 26 (1.84%) PMI Certification
6 26 (1.84%) PMP
7 25 (1.77%) ISTQB
8 19 (1.34%) BPSS Clearance
9 12 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
10 10 (0.71%) Computer Science Degree
11 8 (0.57%) Azure Certification
12 7 (0.49%) DBS Check
13 6 (0.42%) Oracle Certification
13 6 (0.42%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 5 (0.35%) AWS Certification
14 5 (0.35%) SAP Certification
15 4 (0.28%) ITIL Certification
16 3 (0.21%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 288 (20.35%) Data Quality
2 113 (7.99%) QA
3 64 (4.52%) GDPR
4 31 (2.19%) PMO
5 13 (0.92%) GRC
6 11 (0.78%) HL7
7 10 (0.71%) IFRS
8 9 (0.64%) Accessibility
8 9 (0.64%) SLA
9 6 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (0.42%) DICOM
9 6 (0.42%) SNOMED CT
10 5 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (0.28%) Solvency II
12 3 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 3 (0.21%) PERC
13 2 (0.14%) GAAP
13 2 (0.14%) GMP
13 2 (0.14%) ISO 20022
13 2 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 16 (1.13%) Docker
2 13 (0.92%) Oracle RAC
3 12 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.64%) Active Directory
5 8 (0.57%) vSphere
6 5 (0.35%) VMware NSX
7 4 (0.28%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.21%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 3 (0.21%) SRDF
8 3 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.14%) NFS
Systems Management
1 27 (1.91%) Kubernetes
2 26 (1.84%) Ansible
3 12 (0.85%) Data Guard
3 12 (0.85%) Oracle RMAN
4 8 (0.57%) Karpenter
4 8 (0.57%) vCenter Server
5 7 (0.49%) Argo
5 7 (0.49%) Grafana
6 4 (0.28%) EMC VPLEX
6 4 (0.28%) HP ALM
6 4 (0.28%) SnapMirror
7 3 (0.21%) EMC NetWorker
7 3 (0.21%) NetBackup
7 3 (0.21%) SnapVault
8 2 (0.14%) Failover Clustering
8 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.14%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.071%) Autotask
9 1 (0.071%) SCCM
9 1 (0.071%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 282 (19.93%) Oracle
2 274 (19.36%) SAP
3 255 (18.02%) Microsoft
4 82 (5.80%) Databricks
5 60 (4.24%) Salesforce
6 30 (2.12%) ServiceNow
7 29 (2.05%) Workday
8 25 (1.77%) Informatica
9 21 (1.48%) IBM
10 19 (1.34%) Talend
11 17 (1.20%) Ariba
11 17 (1.20%) Google
11 17 (1.20%) IFS
12 13 (0.92%) VMware
13 11 (0.78%) Sage
14 10 (0.71%) MuleSoft
14 10 (0.71%) Siebel
15 9 (0.64%) Atlassian
15 9 (0.64%) InterSystems
16 8 (0.57%) Red Hat