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 23 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 94 99 120
Rank change year-on-year +5 +21 +29
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 808 762 864
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.84% 2.41% 2.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.13% 2.78% 2.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 521 520 580
10th Percentile £375 £393 £397
25th Percentile £447 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% +3.77%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £653
90th Percentile £725 £700 £738
UK median daily rate £539 £538 £550
% change year-on-year +0.23% -2.27% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 8
10th Percentile £15.00 £40.40 £72.75
25th Percentile £27.98 £48.50 £82.69
Median hourly rate £49.00 £64.00 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.44% -24.71% +31.78%
75th Percentile £74.10 £67.88 £87.99
90th Percentile £98.72 £69.00 £91.86
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £64.00 £85.00
% change year-on-year -49.22% -24.71% +31.78%

All Process and 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 25,821 27,413 36,020
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.85% 86.61% 88.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,389 16,699 24,871
10th Percentile £298 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,637 1,053 1,464
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.01 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £41.16 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -38.89% -7.52% +27.14%
75th Percentile £44.75 £66.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.25 £74.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.08 £38.75 £43.17
% change year-on-year -35.29% -10.23% +28.85%

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 23 October 2025.

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 23 October 2025.

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 23 October 2025. 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 +7 416 £550 - 240
Midlands +14 104 £550 +10.00% 37
South East -9 103 £600 +9.09% 179
North of England -39 79 £475 -7.32% 46
West Midlands +2 62 £550 +10.00% 24
East Midlands +18 39 £600 +41.18% 13
Yorkshire -18 39 £550 +2.33% 13
North West -27 39 £429 -9.68% 33
South West +4 29 £525 +5.00% 13
East of England +4 28 £488 -11.36% 12
North East -14 2 £438 -25.53%
South Coast - 1 £550 -
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 29 (3.59%) Confluence
2 18 (2.23%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.24%) Apache Airflow
3 10 (1.24%) Smallworld
4 6 (0.74%) GeoServer
5 5 (0.62%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.50%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.37%) CMS
7 3 (0.37%) LiveLink
7 3 (0.37%) Oracle Spatial
8 2 (0.25%) Apache
8 2 (0.25%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.25%) Documentum
8 2 (0.25%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.12%) Moodle
9 1 (0.12%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.12%) SAP Portal
9 1 (0.12%) SAS
9 1 (0.12%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 33 (4.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (1.61%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (1.49%) Microsoft Project
4 8 (0.99%) MS Visio
5 6 (0.74%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 3 (0.37%) Oracle Smart View
8 2 (0.25%) Trello
Business Applications
1 76 (9.41%) SAP S/4HANA
2 27 (3.34%) Dynamics CRM
3 26 (3.22%) Oracle EBS
4 19 (2.35%) Oracle Payables
4 19 (2.35%) SAP HR
5 13 (1.61%) Oracle General Ledger
6 12 (1.49%) Oracle Receivables
7 10 (1.24%) Oracle EBS R12
7 10 (1.24%) Salesforce CRM
7 10 (1.24%) SAP PM
8 8 (0.99%) NetSuite
8 8 (0.99%) Oracle Cash Management
8 8 (0.99%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 7 (0.87%) Dynamics AX
9 7 (0.87%) Oracle ERP
9 7 (0.87%) SAP CO
9 7 (0.87%) SAP FI
9 7 (0.87%) SAP FI/CO
9 7 (0.87%) SAP HCM
10 6 (0.74%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 115 (14.23%) Azure
2 68 (8.42%) AWS
3 55 (6.81%) Dynamics 365
4 50 (6.19%) Power Platform
5 48 (5.94%) OCI
6 39 (4.83%) SaaS
7 29 (3.59%) Azure DevOps
8 27 (3.34%) Snowflake
9 22 (2.72%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 21 (2.60%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 21 (2.60%) Serverless
11 19 (2.35%) Azure Data Factory
11 19 (2.35%) Microsoft 365
12 18 (2.23%) Amazon S3
13 16 (1.98%) dbt
13 16 (1.98%) GCP
14 15 (1.86%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 15 (1.86%) PowerApps
15 14 (1.73%) Power Automate
16 13 (1.61%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.87%) Firewall
2 5 (0.62%) Network Security
2 5 (0.62%) TCP/IP
2 5 (0.62%) VPN
3 4 (0.50%) WAN
4 2 (0.25%) DNS
4 2 (0.25%) Internet
4 2 (0.25%) Intranet
4 2 (0.25%) IPv6
4 2 (0.25%) LAN
4 2 (0.25%) NAS
4 2 (0.25%) SAN
4 2 (0.25%) SSL
5 1 (0.12%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (0.12%) Fibre Channel
5 1 (0.12%) IPv4
5 1 (0.12%) iSCSI
5 1 (0.12%) VLAN
5 1 (0.12%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (6.31%) SQL Server
2 49 (6.06%) Data Warehouse
3 38 (4.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 36 (4.46%) Power BI
5 26 (3.22%) Relational Database
6 24 (2.97%) Oracle Reports
7 23 (2.85%) Oracle Database
8 17 (2.10%) Tableau
9 16 (1.98%) Data Lake
10 15 (1.86%) Amazon Redshift
11 14 (1.73%) Azure SQL Database
11 14 (1.73%) GIS
11 14 (1.73%) Metadata
11 14 (1.73%) RDBMS
11 14 (1.73%) SAP HANA
12 13 (1.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 11 (1.36%) DataStage
13 11 (1.36%) SAP Data Services
14 9 (1.11%) Big Data
15 8 (0.99%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 69 (8.54%) JIRA
2 8 (0.99%) LSMW
3 6 (0.74%) Git
4 4 (0.50%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 4 (0.50%) Zephyr
5 3 (0.37%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.37%) Postman
5 3 (0.37%) Selenium
5 3 (0.37%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.25%) GitLab
6 2 (0.25%) Oracle Forms
6 2 (0.25%) TestRail
6 2 (0.25%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.12%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.12%) gulp
7 1 (0.12%) Hudson
7 1 (0.12%) Pylint
7 1 (0.12%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.12%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.12%) webpack
General
1 299 (37.00%) Social Skills
2 293 (36.26%) Finance
3 101 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 63 (7.80%) Public Sector
5 47 (5.82%) Banking
6 35 (4.33%) Local Government
7 29 (3.59%) Documentation Skills
8 26 (3.22%) Legal
9 25 (3.09%) Marketing
10 23 (2.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 22 (2.72%) Retail
12 21 (2.60%) Manufacturing
13 20 (2.48%) Organisational Skills
14 18 (2.23%) General Ledger
15 17 (2.10%) Back Office
16 14 (1.73%) Presentation Skills
17 10 (1.24%) Billing
17 10 (1.24%) Law
18 9 (1.11%) Telecoms
19 8 (0.99%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 116 (14.36%) Lead
2 115 (14.23%) Analyst
3 114 (14.11%) Consultant
4 105 (13.00%) Architect
5 85 (10.52%) Project Manager
6 65 (8.04%) Business Analyst
7 47 (5.82%) Senior
8 43 (5.32%) SAP Consultant
9 41 (5.07%) Data Migration Lead
10 39 (4.83%) Data Analyst
10 39 (4.83%) Data Engineer
11 35 (4.33%) Developer
12 30 (3.71%) Migration Specialist
13 26 (3.22%) Data Migration Specialist
13 26 (3.22%) Solutions Architect
14 23 (2.85%) Salesforce Architect
15 22 (2.72%) Oracle Consultant
16 20 (2.48%) Data Architect
16 20 (2.48%) Data Consultant
16 20 (2.48%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (4.70%) Oracle Fusion
2 35 (4.33%) Lightning Web Components
3 30 (3.71%) REST
4 24 (2.97%) Visualforce
5 22 (2.72%) Middleware
5 22 (2.72%) SOAP
6 21 (2.60%) XML
7 13 (1.61%) SAP Fiori
8 10 (1.24%) EDI
8 10 (1.24%) SAP PI
9 9 (1.11%) JSON
9 9 (1.11%) Web Services
10 8 (0.99%) BAPI
10 8 (0.99%) IDoc
10 8 (0.99%) PySpark
11 6 (0.74%) .NET
11 6 (0.74%) WebdriverIO
12 5 (0.62%) Kafka
12 5 (0.62%) React
12 5 (0.62%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 90 (11.14%) Legacy Systems
2 50 (6.19%) Data Structures
3 34 (4.21%) Product Ownership
4 29 (3.59%) Onboarding
5 28 (3.47%) Management Information System
6 13 (1.61%) Data Centre
6 13 (1.61%) Data Protection Act
6 13 (1.61%) Reference Data
7 11 (1.36%) Virtual Team
8 10 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (0.87%) FMCG
9 7 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
10 6 (0.74%) Cloud Native
10 6 (0.74%) NHS
10 6 (0.74%) SCADA
11 5 (0.62%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (0.62%) Public Cloud
11 5 (0.62%) Robotics
11 5 (0.62%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (0.50%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 20 (2.48%) Windows
2 5 (0.62%) Windows Server
2 5 (0.62%) Windows Server 2016
3 4 (0.50%) Solaris
3 4 (0.50%) Windows 10
4 3 (0.37%) Linux
4 3 (0.37%) Unix
5 2 (0.25%) AIX
5 2 (0.25%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (0.12%) MVS
6 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.12%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
6 1 (0.12%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 808 (100.00%) Migration
2 176 (21.78%) Agile
3 173 (21.41%) Problem-Solving
4 139 (17.20%) ERP
5 127 (15.72%) Validation
6 123 (15.22%) Stakeholder Management
7 121 (14.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 119 (14.73%) ETL
9 117 (14.48%) User Acceptance Testing
10 111 (13.74%) Data Modelling
11 95 (11.76%) Data Governance
12 87 (10.77%) Project Management
13 82 (10.15%) Analytics
14 77 (9.53%) Change Management
15 74 (9.16%) CRM
16 72 (8.91%) DevOps
17 68 (8.42%) Data Cleansing
18 60 (7.43%) Business Intelligence
19 59 (7.30%) Data Management
20 58 (7.18%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 153 (18.94%) SQL
2 60 (7.43%) Python
3 35 (4.33%) Apex Code
4 29 (3.59%) Java
5 14 (1.73%) C#
6 11 (1.36%) JavaScript
6 11 (1.36%) T-SQL
7 10 (1.24%) ABAP
8 9 (1.11%) PowerShell
9 7 (0.87%) PL/SQL
9 7 (0.87%) VB
10 5 (0.62%) Bicep
10 5 (0.62%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.50%) SOQL
11 4 (0.50%) X++
12 3 (0.37%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (0.37%) Magik
12 3 (0.37%) SOSL
13 2 (0.25%) C++
13 2 (0.25%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 79 (9.78%) Degree
2 62 (7.67%) Security Cleared
3 46 (5.69%) SC Cleared
4 31 (3.84%) Computer Science Degree
5 24 (2.97%) PMP
6 21 (2.60%) PMI Certification
7 19 (2.35%) Master's Degree
8 13 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
9 12 (1.49%) AWS Certification
10 9 (1.11%) SAP Certification
11 6 (0.74%) Oracle Certification
12 5 (0.62%) ACCA
12 5 (0.62%) CIMA
13 4 (0.50%) CBAP
13 4 (0.50%) DBS Check
13 4 (0.50%) ISTQB
14 3 (0.37%) Azure Certification
14 3 (0.37%) CFA
14 3 (0.37%) OCP
14 3 (0.37%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 131 (16.21%) Data Quality
2 45 (5.57%) GDPR
2 45 (5.57%) QA
3 12 (1.49%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 11 (1.36%) SLA
5 8 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.87%) Accessibility
7 5 (0.62%) PMO
8 4 (0.50%) ISO 20022
9 3 (0.37%) GRC
9 3 (0.37%) HIPAA
9 3 (0.37%) IFRS
9 3 (0.37%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.25%) COBIT
10 2 (0.25%) EMIR
10 2 (0.25%) GAAP
10 2 (0.25%) MiFID
10 2 (0.25%) NIST
10 2 (0.25%) WCAG
11 1 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 17 (2.10%) Docker
2 7 (0.87%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.37%) NFS
5 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.12%) Time Sharing Option
5 1 (0.12%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 17 (2.10%) Kubernetes
2 13 (1.61%) Terraform
3 7 (0.87%) Ansible
4 5 (0.62%) HP ALM
4 5 (0.62%) SCCM
5 3 (0.37%) Puppet
6 2 (0.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.12%) CA Endevor
7 1 (0.12%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.12%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Clustering
7 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.12%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 163 (20.17%) SAP
2 145 (17.95%) Oracle
3 113 (13.99%) Microsoft
4 56 (6.93%) Salesforce
5 25 (3.09%) Databricks
5 25 (3.09%) Workday
6 14 (1.73%) Google
7 10 (1.24%) Ariba
7 10 (1.24%) ESRI
7 10 (1.24%) IFS
7 10 (1.24%) Informatica
7 10 (1.24%) Kronos
8 9 (1.11%) MuleSoft
9 7 (0.87%) HP
9 7 (0.87%) Sage
9 7 (0.87%) ServiceNow
9 7 (0.87%) StreamSets
10 6 (0.74%) IBM
10 6 (0.74%) Intergraph
11 5 (0.62%) OpenText