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 10 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 93 101
Rank change year-on-year +20 +8 +25
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,440 743 831
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.21% 2.75% 2.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.76% 3.03% 2.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 945 455 561
10th Percentile £363 £360 £363
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +0.47%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £713
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £541
% change year-on-year - -3.00% +3.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 13 35
10th Percentile £17.75 £15.56 £25.00
25th Percentile £23.00 £32.31 £40.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £57.50 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.43% -23.33% +141.94%
75th Percentile £57.52 £67.50 £80.00
90th Percentile £76.00 £73.25 -
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £60.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year -33.33% -20.00% +127.27%

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 38,339 24,527 31,778
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.54% 90.74% 85.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,173 15,771 20,632
10th Percentile £325 £300 £306
25th Percentile £419 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £645
90th Percentile £733 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £518 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +2.48% -3.81% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,381 1,262 2,268
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.21 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.98 £16.25
Median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% -6.09%
75th Percentile £68.75 £54.00 £62.00
90th Percentile £82.50 £70.16 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% -6.25%

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 10 July 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 10 July 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 10 July 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 +25 718 £549 -0.23% 125
South East +8 197 £550 +10.00% 60
North of England -19 192 £507 +6.74% 37
Midlands +6 149 £489 +0.26% 40
North West +11 120 £500 +3.90% 23
West Midlands -10 107 £473 -5.40% 25
South West +14 78 £524 +2.20% 17
Yorkshire -39 59 £525 +13.51% 12
East of England -2 56 £581 -7.37% 13
East Midlands +8 38 £525 +12.90% 15
North East -23 16 £625 +8.70% 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 52 (3.61%) SharePoint
2 36 (2.50%) Confluence
3 11 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (0.56%) Oracle Workflow
5 5 (0.35%) Tuxedo
6 4 (0.28%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.21%) Apache
7 3 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.21%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
8 2 (0.14%) Appian
8 2 (0.14%) HCL Notes
8 2 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.069%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.069%) CMS
9 1 (0.069%) IIS
9 1 (0.069%) Mendix
9 1 (0.069%) OpenROAD
9 1 (0.069%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 76 (5.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (1.39%) Microsoft Project
3 19 (1.32%) Spreadsheet
4 16 (1.11%) MS Visio
5 14 (0.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 12 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
7 2 (0.14%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.069%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.069%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 154 (10.69%) SAP S/4HANA
2 37 (2.57%) Oracle EBS
3 36 (2.50%) Dynamics CRM
4 23 (1.60%) Oracle ERP
5 21 (1.46%) NetSuite
5 21 (1.46%) SAP ERP
6 19 (1.32%) Oracle Payables
7 17 (1.18%) Oracle Receivables
8 14 (0.97%) Oracle General Ledger
8 14 (0.97%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 12 (0.83%) iTrent
9 12 (0.83%) Oracle Financials
10 11 (0.76%) Loan IQ
11 10 (0.69%) Oracle Assets
12 9 (0.63%) Teamcenter
13 8 (0.56%) SAP MDG
13 8 (0.56%) Workday HCM
14 7 (0.49%) NEC Housing
14 7 (0.49%) SAP SD
15 6 (0.42%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 228 (15.83%) Azure
2 145 (10.07%) AWS
3 138 (9.58%) Power Platform
4 106 (7.36%) Dynamics 365
5 81 (5.63%) OCI
6 71 (4.93%) Azure DevOps
7 58 (4.03%) SaaS
8 44 (3.06%) Azure Data Factory
9 43 (2.99%) Snowflake
10 41 (2.85%) GitHub
11 36 (2.50%) Microsoft 365
12 29 (2.01%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 25 (1.74%) SuccessFactors
14 23 (1.60%) Power Automate
15 22 (1.53%) GCP
15 22 (1.53%) PowerApps
16 20 (1.39%) Amazon S3
17 15 (1.04%) dbt
17 15 (1.04%) OpenShift
18 13 (0.90%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.04%) SAN
2 14 (0.97%) DNS
2 14 (0.97%) NAS
3 6 (0.42%) Firewall
3 6 (0.42%) VPN
4 3 (0.21%) Intranet
4 3 (0.21%) VSAN
5 2 (0.14%) Fibre Channel
5 2 (0.14%) HTTP
5 2 (0.14%) Internet
6 1 (0.069%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.069%) DKIM
6 1 (0.069%) DMARC
6 1 (0.069%) FCoE
6 1 (0.069%) iSCSI
6 1 (0.069%) Network Security
6 1 (0.069%) SNMP
6 1 (0.069%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 122 (8.47%) Power BI
2 98 (6.81%) Data Warehouse
3 64 (4.44%) SQL Server
4 60 (4.17%) Oracle Reports
5 42 (2.92%) Metadata
6 37 (2.57%) Relational Database
7 35 (2.43%) Data Lake
8 27 (1.88%) PostgreSQL
9 24 (1.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 23 (1.60%) Oracle Database
11 20 (1.39%) NoSQL
11 20 (1.39%) RDBMS
12 12 (0.83%) Azure SQL Database
12 12 (0.83%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 12 (0.83%) SAP Data Services
12 12 (0.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 10 (0.69%) Db2
13 10 (0.69%) GIS
13 10 (0.69%) Oracle Exadata
14 9 (0.63%) Ingres
Development Applications
1 126 (8.75%) JIRA
2 50 (3.47%) Git
3 37 (2.57%) Zephyr
4 32 (2.22%) Postman
5 22 (1.53%) Jenkins
6 18 (1.25%) GitLab
7 11 (0.76%) Oracle Forms
8 10 (0.69%) Selenium
9 8 (0.56%) Team Foundation Server
10 6 (0.42%) Hudson
11 5 (0.35%) Cypress.io
11 5 (0.35%) Gatling
11 5 (0.35%) LSMW
12 4 (0.28%) Cucumber
12 4 (0.28%) JUnit
13 3 (0.21%) ER Studio
13 3 (0.21%) ERwin
13 3 (0.21%) Rational DOORS
13 3 (0.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 3 (0.21%) Visual Studio
General
1 497 (34.51%) Finance
2 421 (29.24%) Social Skills
3 189 (13.13%) Analytical Skills
4 121 (8.40%) Public Sector
5 82 (5.69%) Banking
6 74 (5.14%) Manufacturing
7 51 (3.54%) Documentation Skills
8 47 (3.26%) Law
8 47 (3.26%) Retail
9 37 (2.57%) General Ledger
10 32 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
11 30 (2.08%) Local Government
12 25 (1.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 25 (1.74%) Presentation Skills
13 24 (1.67%) Marketing
14 22 (1.53%) Legal
15 20 (1.39%) Automotive
16 19 (1.32%) Billing
16 19 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
17 16 (1.11%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 294 (20.42%) Lead
2 213 (14.79%) Analyst
3 193 (13.40%) Architect
4 155 (10.76%) Consultant
5 111 (7.71%) Data Engineer
5 111 (7.71%) Data Migration Lead
6 107 (7.43%) Project Manager
7 106 (7.36%) Senior
8 97 (6.74%) Business Analyst
9 78 (5.42%) Data Analyst
10 68 (4.72%) Data Architect
11 64 (4.44%) Migration Engineer
12 63 (4.38%) Developer
13 57 (3.96%) Migration Analyst
14 53 (3.68%) Data Migration Engineer
15 48 (3.33%) Migration Manager
16 46 (3.19%) SAP Consultant
16 46 (3.19%) Solutions Architect
17 44 (3.06%) Data Migration Analyst
18 38 (2.64%) Migration Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (5.69%) Oracle Fusion
2 40 (2.78%) REST
3 38 (2.64%) Middleware
4 25 (1.74%) SOAP
5 23 (1.60%) .NET
6 21 (1.46%) XML
7 19 (1.32%) Kafka
8 18 (1.25%) Spring
9 17 (1.18%) JSON
10 11 (0.76%) Lightning Web Components
10 11 (0.76%) OpenTelemetry
10 11 (0.76%) Oracle GoldenGate
10 11 (0.76%) PySpark
11 10 (0.69%) Spring Boot
12 9 (0.63%) ADO
12 9 (0.63%) React
13 7 (0.49%) COM
13 7 (0.49%) ODBC
14 6 (0.42%) FHIR
14 6 (0.42%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 187 (12.99%) Legacy Systems
2 104 (7.22%) Data Structures
3 49 (3.40%) Cloud Native
4 46 (3.19%) Management Information System
5 35 (2.43%) Onboarding
6 33 (2.29%) Public Cloud
7 31 (2.15%) Product Ownership
8 30 (2.08%) Greenfield Project
9 25 (1.74%) Enterprise Software
10 18 (1.25%) NHS
10 18 (1.25%) Replication
11 17 (1.18%) Data Protection Act
12 15 (1.04%) Data Centre
12 15 (1.04%) Distributed Systems
13 14 (0.97%) FMCG
13 14 (0.97%) Mainframe
14 12 (0.83%) Hybrid Cloud
15 11 (0.76%) Analytical Mindset
15 11 (0.76%) Low-Code
15 11 (0.76%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 23 (1.60%) Windows
2 19 (1.32%) Linux
3 10 (0.69%) AIX
4 7 (0.49%) zOS
5 5 (0.35%) Data ONTAP
6 4 (0.28%) VMS
7 3 (0.21%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.14%) Unix
9 1 (0.069%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.069%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,440 (100.00%) Migration
2 399 (27.71%) Validation
3 311 (21.60%) ERP
3 311 (21.60%) User Acceptance Testing
4 304 (21.11%) Stakeholder Management
5 250 (17.36%) Agile
6 241 (16.74%) ETL
7 216 (15.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 214 (14.86%) Data Modelling
9 210 (14.58%) Problem-Solving
10 151 (10.49%) Data Governance
11 150 (10.42%) Data Cleansing
12 148 (10.28%) Business Intelligence
13 135 (9.38%) DevOps
14 128 (8.89%) Data Mapping
15 127 (8.82%) Analytics
15 127 (8.82%) Project Management
16 126 (8.75%) Continuous Improvement
17 117 (8.13%) CI/CD
18 111 (7.71%) Data Validation
Programming Languages
1 282 (19.58%) SQL
2 102 (7.08%) Python
3 42 (2.92%) Java
4 27 (1.88%) PL/SQL
5 23 (1.60%) JavaScript
6 22 (1.53%) Bash
7 16 (1.11%) C#
8 15 (1.04%) PowerShell
9 12 (0.83%) T-SQL
10 9 (0.63%) Apex Code
10 9 (0.63%) Kotlin
10 9 (0.63%) TypeScript
11 7 (0.49%) VB
11 7 (0.49%) VB6
11 7 (0.49%) VBA
12 5 (0.35%) C
12 5 (0.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.21%) COBOL
13 3 (0.21%) SOQL
13 3 (0.21%) X++
Qualifications
1 236 (16.39%) Security Cleared
2 186 (12.92%) SC Cleared
3 54 (3.75%) Degree
4 32 (2.22%) DV Cleared
5 28 (1.94%) ISTQB
5 28 (1.94%) PMP
6 22 (1.53%) BPSS Clearance
6 22 (1.53%) PMI Certification
7 17 (1.18%) ACCA
7 17 (1.18%) CIMA
8 14 (0.97%) Computer Science Degree
9 13 (0.90%) Azure Certification
10 8 (0.56%) DBS Check
11 6 (0.42%) Oracle Certification
11 6 (0.42%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 6 (0.42%) SAP Certification
12 5 (0.35%) AWS Certification
12 5 (0.35%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (0.28%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (0.28%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 256 (17.78%) Data Quality
2 120 (8.33%) QA
3 70 (4.86%) GDPR
4 32 (2.22%) PMO
5 16 (1.11%) SLA
6 10 (0.69%) HL7
6 10 (0.69%) IFRS
7 9 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (0.49%) Accessibility
8 7 (0.49%) SNOMED CT
9 6 (0.42%) COBIT
10 5 (0.35%) DICOM
10 5 (0.35%) GMP
10 5 (0.35%) NIST
10 5 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (0.28%) PERC
11 4 (0.28%) Solvency II
12 3 (0.21%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.21%) GRC
13 2 (0.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 26 (1.81%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (1.11%) Docker
3 15 (1.04%) vSphere
4 12 (0.83%) Active Directory
4 12 (0.83%) VMware NSX
5 11 (0.76%) Oracle RAC
6 10 (0.69%) NFS
7 4 (0.28%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.28%) SRDF
8 3 (0.21%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 3 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 46 (3.19%) Terraform
2 36 (2.50%) Kubernetes
3 30 (2.08%) Ansible
4 15 (1.04%) Grafana
4 15 (1.04%) vCenter Server
5 14 (0.97%) Argo
6 10 (0.69%) Data Guard
6 10 (0.69%) EMC VPLEX
6 10 (0.69%) Oracle RMAN
7 6 (0.42%) vMotion
8 5 (0.35%) HP ALM
8 5 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (0.28%) EMC NetWorker
9 4 (0.28%) NetBackup
9 4 (0.28%) SnapMirror
10 3 (0.21%) Karpenter
10 3 (0.21%) Prometheus
10 3 (0.21%) SnapVault
11 2 (0.14%) Failover Clustering
12 1 (0.069%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 280 (19.44%) Oracle
2 268 (18.61%) SAP
3 241 (16.74%) Microsoft
4 70 (4.86%) Databricks
4 70 (4.86%) Salesforce
5 31 (2.15%) ServiceNow
5 31 (2.15%) VMware
6 26 (1.81%) Workday
7 23 (1.60%) Pure Storage
8 21 (1.46%) IFS
8 21 (1.46%) Informatica
8 21 (1.46%) Sage
9 20 (1.39%) Talend
10 18 (1.25%) Google
11 15 (1.04%) MuleSoft
11 15 (1.04%) Red Hat
12 13 (0.90%) IBM
13 12 (0.83%) Ariba
13 12 (0.83%) Siebel
14 11 (0.76%) Splunk