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 25 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 95 100
Rank change year-on-year +25 +5 +30
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,398 686 818
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.22% 2.73% 2.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.77% 2.99% 2.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 918 430 559
10th Percentile £363 £362 £363
25th Percentile £450 £428 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £526 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.61% -3.73% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £726 £718
UK median daily rate £525 £529 £550
% change year-on-year -0.76% -3.82% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 11 33
10th Percentile £16.70 £17.80 £25.00
25th Percentile £22.17 £33.47 £40.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £57.50 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.43% -23.33% +233.33%
75th Percentile £57.42 £68.13 £80.00
90th Percentile £76.00 £73.75 -
UK median hourly rate £38.36 £60.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year -36.08% -20.00% +180.37%

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 37,051 22,942 31,995
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.33% 91.40% 85.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,408 14,828 20,735
10th Percentile £325 £300 £304
25th Percentile £416 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £730 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £514 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +1.78% -3.81% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,328 1,099 2,362
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.76
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.87 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.00 £26.45 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +77.69% -29.47% +6.72%
75th Percentile £68.55 £55.00 £61.48
90th Percentile £82.25 £72.50 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% +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 25 June 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 25 June 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 25 June 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 +27 701 £550 - 97
South East 0 187 £550 +1.22% 65
North of England -21 181 £519 +8.69% 46
Midlands +6 144 £491 +0.72% 28
North West +14 118 £500 +1.63% 28
West Midlands 0 105 £475 -5.00% 13
South West -2 77 £523 +1.95% 19
East of England +5 58 £581 -10.58% 13
Yorkshire -48 53 £530 +15.99% 11
East Midlands +5 35 £500 +9.29% 15
North East -26 11 £625 +8.70% 7
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 48 (3.43%) SharePoint
2 36 (2.58%) Confluence
3 9 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.50%) Oracle Workflow
5 5 (0.36%) Tuxedo
6 4 (0.29%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.21%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
8 2 (0.14%) Apache
8 2 (0.14%) Appian
8 2 (0.14%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.072%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.072%) CMS
9 1 (0.072%) IIS
9 1 (0.072%) Mendix
9 1 (0.072%) OpenROAD
9 1 (0.072%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.072%) WebSphere
Applications
1 78 (5.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (1.50%) Spreadsheet
3 20 (1.43%) Microsoft Project
4 16 (1.14%) MS Visio
5 14 (1.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 12 (0.86%) Microsoft Office
7 2 (0.14%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.072%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.072%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 157 (11.23%) SAP S/4HANA
2 37 (2.65%) Oracle EBS
3 34 (2.43%) Dynamics CRM
4 21 (1.50%) Oracle ERP
4 21 (1.50%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 21 (1.50%) SAP ERP
5 19 (1.36%) NetSuite
6 15 (1.07%) Oracle Payables
7 14 (1.00%) Oracle General Ledger
8 13 (0.93%) Oracle Receivables
9 11 (0.79%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
10 10 (0.72%) Loan IQ
11 9 (0.64%) iTrent
11 9 (0.64%) Oracle Assets
11 9 (0.64%) Oracle Financials
12 7 (0.50%) NEC Housing
12 7 (0.50%) SAP SD
12 7 (0.50%) Workday HCM
13 6 (0.43%) SAP Business One
13 6 (0.43%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 222 (15.88%) Azure
2 139 (9.94%) AWS
3 135 (9.66%) Power Platform
4 100 (7.15%) Dynamics 365
5 75 (5.36%) OCI
6 69 (4.94%) Azure DevOps
7 56 (4.01%) SaaS
8 44 (3.15%) Azure Data Factory
9 43 (3.08%) Snowflake
10 42 (3.00%) GitHub
11 32 (2.29%) Microsoft 365
12 29 (2.07%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 21 (1.50%) Amazon S3
13 21 (1.50%) GCP
14 20 (1.43%) Power Automate
15 19 (1.36%) PowerApps
15 19 (1.36%) SuccessFactors
16 15 (1.07%) dbt
16 15 (1.07%) OpenShift
17 12 (0.86%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.07%) SAN
2 14 (1.00%) DNS
2 14 (1.00%) NAS
3 6 (0.43%) Firewall
3 6 (0.43%) VPN
4 3 (0.21%) VSAN
5 2 (0.14%) Fibre Channel
5 2 (0.14%) HTTP
5 2 (0.14%) Internet
6 1 (0.072%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.072%) DKIM
6 1 (0.072%) DMARC
6 1 (0.072%) FCoE
6 1 (0.072%) Intranet
6 1 (0.072%) iSCSI
6 1 (0.072%) Network Security
6 1 (0.072%) SNMP
6 1 (0.072%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 117 (8.37%) Power BI
2 99 (7.08%) Data Warehouse
3 62 (4.43%) SQL Server
4 61 (4.36%) Oracle Reports
5 39 (2.79%) Metadata
6 31 (2.22%) Data Lake
7 30 (2.15%) Relational Database
8 28 (2.00%) PostgreSQL
9 25 (1.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 21 (1.50%) Oracle Database
11 20 (1.43%) NoSQL
12 14 (1.00%) RDBMS
13 13 (0.93%) Oracle BI Publisher
14 12 (0.86%) SAP Data Services
15 11 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 10 (0.72%) Db2
16 10 (0.72%) GIS
17 9 (0.64%) Azure SQL Database
17 9 (0.64%) BusinessObjects
17 9 (0.64%) Ingres
Development Applications
1 123 (8.80%) JIRA
2 45 (3.22%) Git
3 37 (2.65%) Zephyr
4 32 (2.29%) Postman
5 22 (1.57%) Jenkins
6 12 (0.86%) GitLab
7 11 (0.79%) Oracle Forms
8 10 (0.72%) Selenium
9 8 (0.57%) Team Foundation Server
10 6 (0.43%) Hudson
11 5 (0.36%) Cypress.io
11 5 (0.36%) Gatling
11 5 (0.36%) LSMW
12 4 (0.29%) Cucumber
12 4 (0.29%) JUnit
13 3 (0.21%) Claude Code
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)
General
1 493 (35.26%) Finance
2 416 (29.76%) Social Skills
3 179 (12.80%) Analytical Skills
4 113 (8.08%) Public Sector
5 87 (6.22%) Banking
6 67 (4.79%) Manufacturing
7 51 (3.65%) Documentation Skills
8 46 (3.29%) Retail
9 45 (3.22%) Law
10 40 (2.86%) General Ledger
11 31 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
12 29 (2.07%) Local Government
13 27 (1.93%) Presentation Skills
14 23 (1.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 23 (1.65%) Legal
15 22 (1.57%) Marketing
16 19 (1.36%) Automotive
17 18 (1.29%) Billing
18 17 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
18 17 (1.22%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 303 (21.67%) Lead
2 202 (14.45%) Analyst
3 191 (13.66%) Architect
4 150 (10.73%) Consultant
5 113 (8.08%) Data Migration Lead
6 105 (7.51%) Project Manager
7 101 (7.22%) Senior
8 100 (7.15%) Data Engineer
9 88 (6.29%) Business Analyst
10 77 (5.51%) Data Analyst
11 69 (4.94%) Data Architect
12 63 (4.51%) Migration Engineer
13 56 (4.01%) Developer
14 55 (3.93%) Migration Analyst
15 52 (3.72%) Data Migration Engineer
16 50 (3.58%) Migration Manager
16 50 (3.58%) SAP Consultant
17 45 (3.22%) Solutions Architect
18 43 (3.08%) Data Migration Analyst
19 38 (2.72%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (6.29%) Oracle Fusion
2 41 (2.93%) Middleware
3 39 (2.79%) REST
4 23 (1.65%) SOAP
5 21 (1.50%) .NET
5 21 (1.50%) XML
6 18 (1.29%) Kafka
6 18 (1.29%) Spring
7 15 (1.07%) JSON
8 11 (0.79%) Lightning Web Components
8 11 (0.79%) OpenTelemetry
9 10 (0.72%) PySpark
9 10 (0.72%) Spring Boot
10 9 (0.64%) ADO
11 8 (0.57%) React
12 7 (0.50%) COM
12 7 (0.50%) ODBC
13 6 (0.43%) FHIR
13 6 (0.43%) Playwright
14 5 (0.36%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 181 (12.95%) Legacy Systems
2 104 (7.44%) Data Structures
3 45 (3.22%) Cloud Native
4 43 (3.08%) Management Information System
5 29 (2.07%) Onboarding
5 29 (2.07%) Product Ownership
6 27 (1.93%) Greenfield Project
7 26 (1.86%) Public Cloud
8 23 (1.65%) Enterprise Software
9 18 (1.29%) Data Protection Act
9 18 (1.29%) Replication
10 15 (1.07%) Data Centre
11 14 (1.00%) Distributed Systems
11 14 (1.00%) FMCG
11 14 (1.00%) Mainframe
11 14 (1.00%) NHS
12 13 (0.93%) Reference Data
13 12 (0.86%) Hybrid Cloud
13 12 (0.86%) Self-Motivation
14 11 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 24 (1.72%) Windows
2 14 (1.00%) Linux
3 7 (0.50%) zOS
4 5 (0.36%) Data ONTAP
4 5 (0.36%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.29%) AIX
5 4 (0.29%) VMS
6 2 (0.14%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.14%) Unix
6 2 (0.14%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.072%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,398 (100.00%) Migration
2 373 (26.68%) Validation
3 308 (22.03%) ERP
4 300 (21.46%) Stakeholder Management
5 290 (20.74%) User Acceptance Testing
6 248 (17.74%) Agile
7 235 (16.81%) ETL
8 206 (14.74%) Problem-Solving
9 205 (14.66%) Data Modelling
10 203 (14.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 144 (10.30%) Business Intelligence
12 139 (9.94%) Data Cleansing
13 134 (9.59%) Data Governance
14 130 (9.30%) DevOps
15 128 (9.16%) Project Management
16 127 (9.08%) Data Mapping
17 122 (8.73%) Continuous Improvement
18 112 (8.01%) Analytics
19 109 (7.80%) CI/CD
20 106 (7.58%) Data Validation
Programming Languages
1 279 (19.96%) SQL
2 100 (7.15%) Python
3 42 (3.00%) Java
4 29 (2.07%) PL/SQL
5 22 (1.57%) Bash
6 20 (1.43%) JavaScript
7 14 (1.00%) C#
7 14 (1.00%) PowerShell
8 10 (0.72%) T-SQL
9 9 (0.64%) Apex Code
9 9 (0.64%) Kotlin
10 8 (0.57%) TypeScript
11 7 (0.50%) VB
11 7 (0.50%) VB6
11 7 (0.50%) VBA
12 5 (0.36%) C
12 5 (0.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.21%) COBOL
13 3 (0.21%) Korn
13 3 (0.21%) X++
Qualifications
1 233 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 189 (13.52%) SC Cleared
3 52 (3.72%) Degree
4 30 (2.15%) PMP
5 28 (2.00%) ISTQB
6 26 (1.86%) DV Cleared
7 23 (1.65%) PMI Certification
8 21 (1.50%) BPSS Clearance
9 16 (1.14%) Computer Science Degree
10 15 (1.07%) ACCA
10 15 (1.07%) CIMA
11 13 (0.93%) Azure Certification
12 6 (0.43%) DBS Check
12 6 (0.43%) Oracle Certification
12 6 (0.43%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 5 (0.36%) AWS Certification
13 5 (0.36%) SAP Certification
14 4 (0.29%) ITIL Certification
14 4 (0.29%) Master's Degree
14 4 (0.29%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 247 (17.67%) Data Quality
2 116 (8.30%) QA
3 69 (4.94%) GDPR
4 27 (1.93%) PMO
5 16 (1.14%) SLA
6 12 (0.86%) IFRS
7 10 (0.72%) HL7
8 9 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 9 (0.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 7 (0.50%) SNOMED CT
10 6 (0.43%) Accessibility
10 6 (0.43%) COBIT
10 6 (0.43%) GAAP
11 5 (0.36%) DICOM
11 5 (0.36%) NIST
12 4 (0.29%) Basel III
12 4 (0.29%) GMP
12 4 (0.29%) PERC
12 4 (0.29%) Solvency II
13 2 (0.14%) GRC
System Software
1 26 (1.86%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (1.07%) Docker
2 15 (1.07%) vSphere
3 13 (0.93%) Active Directory
4 12 (0.86%) VMware NSX
5 10 (0.72%) NFS
6 5 (0.36%) Oracle RAC
7 4 (0.29%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.29%) SRDF
8 3 (0.21%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 3 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 39 (2.79%) Terraform
2 35 (2.50%) Kubernetes
3 24 (1.72%) Ansible
4 15 (1.07%) Grafana
4 15 (1.07%) vCenter Server
5 14 (1.00%) Argo
6 10 (0.72%) EMC VPLEX
7 7 (0.50%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (0.43%) vMotion
9 5 (0.36%) HP ALM
10 4 (0.29%) Data Guard
10 4 (0.29%) EMC NetWorker
10 4 (0.29%) NetBackup
10 4 (0.29%) Oracle RMAN
10 4 (0.29%) SnapMirror
11 3 (0.21%) Karpenter
11 3 (0.21%) Prometheus
11 3 (0.21%) SCCM
11 3 (0.21%) SnapVault
12 2 (0.14%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 277 (19.81%) Oracle
2 263 (18.81%) SAP
3 229 (16.38%) Microsoft
4 67 (4.79%) Databricks
5 65 (4.65%) Salesforce
6 31 (2.22%) VMware
7 30 (2.15%) ServiceNow
8 25 (1.79%) Workday
9 24 (1.72%) Informatica
9 24 (1.72%) Sage
10 23 (1.65%) Pure Storage
11 21 (1.50%) IFS
12 19 (1.36%) Talend
13 18 (1.29%) Google
14 15 (1.07%) MuleSoft
14 15 (1.07%) Red Hat
15 12 (0.86%) Ariba
15 12 (0.86%) IBM
15 12 (0.86%) Siebel
16 11 (0.79%) Splunk