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 19 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 95 97
Rank change year-on-year +1 +2 +49
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 956 691 856
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.75% 2.67% 2.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.15% 2.97% 2.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 637 462 585
10th Percentile £375 £375 £406
25th Percentile £450 £455 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £536 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.70% -2.50% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £630 £663
90th Percentile £713 £700 £725
UK median daily rate £540 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +2.86% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 3 27
10th Percentile £14.95 £39.25 £25.00
25th Percentile £16.25 £45.63 -
Median hourly rate £61.00 £57.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.09% +43.75% -37.25%
75th Percentile £79.50 £72.90 £86.50
90th Percentile £81.00 £81.39 -
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £85.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -57.65% +88.89% -10.00%

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 30,349 23,302 32,721
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.42% 89.94% 87.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,395 14,514 21,728
10th Percentile £311 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,903 732 1,999
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £13.39
25th Percentile £18.26 £21.20 £16.25
Median hourly rate £26.78 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.49% - -
75th Percentile £61.18 £64.79 £60.13
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.23 £73.05
UK median hourly rate £25.50 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -21.54% -7.14% -

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 19 February 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 19 February 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 19 February 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 +12 513 £550 - 114
South East -24 126 £625 +14.16% 101
North of England -33 111 £500 -4.76% 52
Midlands -31 100 £550 +7.32% 36
North West +3 64 £456 -4.00% 40
West Midlands -55 56 £540 +2.86% 31
East Midlands +6 43 £550 +18.28% 4
Yorkshire -43 41 £527 -6.14% 10
South West -28 29 £525 +5.00% 19
East of England -22 27 £475 -13.64% 13
North East -14 7 £488 -25.00% 2
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 33 (3.45%) Confluence
2 26 (2.72%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.26%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (0.84%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
5 6 (0.63%) GeoServer
5 6 (0.63%) Smallworld
6 5 (0.52%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.31%) CMS
7 3 (0.31%) LiveLink
8 2 (0.21%) Appian
8 2 (0.21%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.21%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.10%) Apache
9 1 (0.10%) IIS
9 1 (0.10%) Moodle
9 1 (0.10%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.10%) Oracle Service Bus
9 1 (0.10%) SAP Portal
9 1 (0.10%) WebSphere
Applications
1 51 (5.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (1.88%) Spreadsheet
3 17 (1.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (1.57%) MS Visio
5 13 (1.36%) Microsoft Office
5 13 (1.36%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.42%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.10%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 86 (9.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 40 (4.18%) Oracle EBS
3 30 (3.14%) Dynamics CRM
4 18 (1.88%) Oracle General Ledger
4 18 (1.88%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 17 (1.78%) Oracle Payables
6 16 (1.67%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 15 (1.57%) SAP HR
8 14 (1.46%) Oracle Receivables
9 10 (1.05%) Loan IQ
9 10 (1.05%) SAP CO
9 10 (1.05%) SAP FI
10 9 (0.94%) Oracle Cash Management
10 9 (0.94%) SAP FI/CO
11 8 (0.84%) Oracle ERP
12 7 (0.73%) SAP ERP
12 7 (0.73%) Workday HCM
13 6 (0.63%) Oracle FAH
13 6 (0.63%) Salesforce CRM
14 5 (0.52%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 135 (14.12%) Azure
2 86 (9.00%) AWS
3 76 (7.95%) Power Platform
4 73 (7.64%) OCI
5 54 (5.65%) Dynamics 365
6 37 (3.87%) SaaS
7 32 (3.35%) Azure Data Factory
8 28 (2.93%) Azure DevOps
9 26 (2.72%) Microsoft 365
10 23 (2.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 23 (2.41%) Snowflake
11 22 (2.30%) GitHub
12 19 (1.99%) SuccessFactors
13 17 (1.78%) Amazon S3
13 17 (1.78%) Entra ID
14 16 (1.67%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 16 (1.67%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 13 (1.36%) GCP
15 13 (1.36%) OpenShift
16 11 (1.15%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.15%) NAS
2 10 (1.05%) DNS
2 10 (1.05%) SAN
3 4 (0.42%) Firewall
4 3 (0.31%) Internet
4 3 (0.31%) Intranet
4 3 (0.31%) Network Security
4 3 (0.31%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.21%) IPv6
5 2 (0.21%) LAN
5 2 (0.21%) SSL
5 2 (0.21%) VPN
5 2 (0.21%) WAN
6 1 (0.10%) FCoE
6 1 (0.10%) Fibre Channel
6 1 (0.10%) IPv4
6 1 (0.10%) iSCSI
6 1 (0.10%) VLAN
6 1 (0.10%) WebEx
6 1 (0.10%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (5.96%) Data Warehouse
1 57 (5.96%) Power BI
2 53 (5.54%) SQL Server
3 43 (4.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 36 (3.77%) Relational Database
5 28 (2.93%) Oracle Database
6 25 (2.62%) Metadata
6 25 (2.62%) Oracle Reports
7 23 (2.41%) Data Lake
8 19 (1.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 18 (1.88%) Tableau
10 16 (1.67%) RDBMS
11 15 (1.57%) PostgreSQL
12 14 (1.46%) Amazon Redshift
13 11 (1.15%) MySQL
14 10 (1.05%) Big Data
15 9 (0.94%) DataStage
15 9 (0.94%) Oracle BI Publisher
16 8 (0.84%) GIS
16 8 (0.84%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 69 (7.22%) JIRA
2 11 (1.15%) Jenkins
3 9 (0.94%) Git
4 6 (0.63%) Oracle Forms
5 4 (0.42%) Toad
5 4 (0.42%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.31%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.31%) ERwin
6 3 (0.31%) Hudson
6 3 (0.31%) LSMW
6 3 (0.31%) Oracle APEX
6 3 (0.31%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (0.21%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.21%) GitLab
7 2 (0.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.10%) gulp
8 1 (0.10%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.10%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.10%) webpack
8 1 (0.10%) Zephyr
General
1 352 (36.82%) Social Skills
2 313 (32.74%) Finance
3 104 (10.88%) Analytical Skills
4 93 (9.73%) Public Sector
5 70 (7.32%) Banking
6 35 (3.66%) Retail
7 33 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
8 30 (3.14%) Presentation Skills
9 25 (2.62%) Manufacturing
10 24 (2.51%) Legal
11 22 (2.30%) General Ledger
12 21 (2.20%) Organisational Skills
13 19 (1.99%) Local Government
14 16 (1.67%) Marketing
15 14 (1.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 12 (1.26%) Investment Banking
16 12 (1.26%) Law
17 11 (1.15%) Billing
17 11 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
17 11 (1.15%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 170 (17.78%) Lead
2 151 (15.79%) Analyst
3 121 (12.66%) Consultant
4 103 (10.77%) Architect
5 93 (9.73%) Business Analyst
6 89 (9.31%) Project Manager
7 74 (7.74%) Senior
8 68 (7.11%) Data Engineer
9 54 (5.65%) Data Analyst
10 49 (5.13%) Data Migration Lead
11 42 (4.39%) Developer
12 41 (4.29%) Migration Analyst
13 36 (3.77%) Migration Manager
14 33 (3.45%) SAP Consultant
15 32 (3.35%) Data Architect
15 32 (3.35%) Solutions Architect
16 31 (3.24%) Data Migration Analyst
17 28 (2.93%) Oracle Consultant
18 26 (2.72%) Functional Consultant
19 24 (2.51%) Data Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (7.43%) Oracle Fusion
2 34 (3.56%) REST
3 30 (3.14%) XML
4 26 (2.72%) Middleware
5 20 (2.09%) SOAP
6 17 (1.78%) Lightning Web Components
7 13 (1.36%) JSON
7 13 (1.36%) Web Services
8 11 (1.15%) PySpark
9 10 (1.05%) .NET
9 10 (1.05%) Visualforce
10 7 (0.73%) OpenTelemetry
10 7 (0.73%) XSLT
11 5 (0.52%) EDI
11 5 (0.52%) Kafka
11 5 (0.52%) SAP Fiori
12 4 (0.42%) ADO
12 4 (0.42%) React
12 4 (0.42%) Spring
13 3 (0.31%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 135 (14.12%) Legacy Systems
2 73 (7.64%) Data Structures
3 35 (3.66%) Onboarding
4 30 (3.14%) Management Information System
5 20 (2.09%) Product Ownership
6 19 (1.99%) Replication
7 18 (1.88%) Data Protection Act
8 17 (1.78%) Greenfield Project
9 15 (1.57%) Cloud Native
10 11 (1.15%) Data Centre
10 11 (1.15%) Reference Data
11 9 (0.94%) Enterprise Software
11 9 (0.94%) Hybrid Cloud
11 9 (0.94%) Public Cloud
12 7 (0.73%) FMCG
12 7 (0.73%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 7 (0.73%) Low-Code
12 7 (0.73%) NHS
12 7 (0.73%) Smartphone
12 7 (0.73%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 23 (2.41%) Windows
2 9 (0.94%) Windows 10
3 7 (0.73%) Apple iOS
4 6 (0.63%) Unix
5 5 (0.52%) Linux
5 5 (0.52%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.52%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (0.42%) zOS
7 3 (0.31%) Solaris
8 1 (0.10%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 956 (100.00%) Migration
2 234 (24.48%) Stakeholder Management
3 212 (22.18%) Agile
4 195 (20.40%) Validation
5 185 (19.35%) Problem-Solving
6 172 (17.99%) ERP
7 160 (16.74%) ETL
8 146 (15.27%) User Acceptance Testing
9 137 (14.33%) Data Modelling
9 137 (14.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 111 (11.61%) Project Management
11 105 (10.98%) Analytics
12 104 (10.88%) Workshop Facilitation
13 103 (10.77%) Data Cleansing
14 100 (10.46%) Data Mapping
15 95 (9.94%) Change Management
16 82 (8.58%) Business Intelligence
17 73 (7.64%) Continuous Improvement
18 71 (7.43%) Data Analysis
19 70 (7.32%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 194 (20.29%) SQL
2 71 (7.43%) Python
3 28 (2.93%) Java
4 18 (1.88%) JavaScript
5 16 (1.67%) Apex Code
5 16 (1.67%) PL/SQL
6 10 (1.05%) PowerShell
7 9 (0.94%) Bash
7 9 (0.94%) C#
8 7 (0.73%) T-SQL
9 6 (0.63%) VBA
10 5 (0.52%) Perl
10 5 (0.52%) PHP
10 5 (0.52%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.42%) Korn
11 4 (0.42%) SOQL
11 4 (0.42%) X++
12 3 (0.31%) Bicep
12 3 (0.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (0.31%) VB
Qualifications
1 128 (13.39%) Security Cleared
2 88 (9.21%) SC Cleared
3 57 (5.96%) Degree
4 25 (2.62%) PMP
5 22 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (1.78%) PMI Certification
7 15 (1.57%) DV Cleared
7 15 (1.57%) Master's Degree
8 14 (1.46%) BPSS Clearance
9 10 (1.05%) AWS Certification
10 5 (0.52%) Azure Certification
10 5 (0.52%) CFA
11 4 (0.42%) CIMA
11 4 (0.42%) OCP
11 4 (0.42%) Oracle Certification
11 4 (0.42%) SAP Certification
11 4 (0.42%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (0.31%) ACCA
12 3 (0.31%) IIBA
12 3 (0.31%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 155 (16.21%) Data Quality
2 68 (7.11%) QA
3 51 (5.33%) GDPR
4 15 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (1.46%) PMO
6 12 (1.26%) COBIT
7 11 (1.15%) NIST
8 8 (0.84%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 8 (0.84%) IFRS
9 7 (0.73%) SLA
10 6 (0.63%) Accessibility
11 5 (0.52%) GMP
11 5 (0.52%) IFRS 9
12 4 (0.42%) Basel III
12 4 (0.42%) GAAP
12 4 (0.42%) IFRS 17
12 4 (0.42%) ISO 20022
12 4 (0.42%) PCI DSS
12 4 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.31%) HIPAA
System Software
1 17 (1.78%) Active Directory
2 16 (1.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (1.36%) Docker
4 11 (1.15%) NFS
5 8 (0.84%) VMware NSX
5 8 (0.84%) vSphere
6 2 (0.21%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 23 (2.41%) Kubernetes
2 19 (1.99%) Terraform
3 12 (1.26%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (1.05%) SCCM
5 9 (0.94%) Ansible
5 9 (0.94%) Grafana
6 8 (0.84%) Argo
6 8 (0.84%) vCenter Server
7 6 (0.63%) EMC VPLEX
7 6 (0.63%) vMotion
8 4 (0.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.10%) Control-M
10 1 (0.10%) EMC TimeFinder
10 1 (0.10%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.10%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.10%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 188 (19.67%) Oracle
2 170 (17.78%) SAP
3 126 (13.18%) Microsoft
4 51 (5.33%) Salesforce
5 36 (3.77%) Workday
6 35 (3.66%) Databricks
7 24 (2.51%) Informatica
8 18 (1.88%) Sage
8 18 (1.88%) VMware
9 17 (1.78%) MuleSoft
10 16 (1.67%) Pure Storage
11 14 (1.46%) ServiceNow
11 14 (1.46%) Talend
12 13 (1.36%) Avaloq
13 11 (1.15%) Google
13 11 (1.15%) IFS
14 9 (0.94%) Red Hat
15 8 (0.84%) GoldenSource
15 8 (0.84%) Kronos
16 7 (0.73%) Temenos