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 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 95 93 97
Rank change year-on-year -2 +4 +45
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 836 698 834
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.70% 2.61% 2.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.05% 2.93% 2.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 549 483 572
10th Percentile £375 £400 £412
25th Percentile £450 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% -2.22% +7.14%
75th Percentile £648 £638 £675
90th Percentile £723 £700 £744
UK median daily rate £538 £538 £564
% change year-on-year - -4.66% +7.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 1 10
10th Percentile £15.81 - £79.25
25th Percentile £27.13 - £82.94
Median hourly rate £64.57 £35.00 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year +84.47% -58.82% +21.00%
75th Percentile £81.00 - £86.50
90th Percentile £90.02 - £86.60
UK median hourly rate £62.75 £35.00 £85.00
% change year-on-year +79.29% -58.82% +21.00%

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 27,375 23,793 32,010
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.27% 89.07% 87.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,424 14,594 21,607
10th Percentile £304 £310 £305
25th Percentile £410 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £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 1,725 761 1,484
10th Percentile £15.13 £15.53 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.88 £20.30 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.03% -20.00% +21.43%
75th Percentile £57.50 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.86 £75.00 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.25 £40.50
% change year-on-year -22.00% -20.38% +16.41%

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 12 January 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 12 January 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 12 January 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 +7 435 £550 - 66
South East -29 110 £625 +13.64% 66
Midlands -12 102 £550 +4.76% 33
North of England -33 91 £475 -9.52% 26
West Midlands -29 55 £538 +2.38% 20
North West -22 49 £450 -10.00% 16
East Midlands +14 47 £550 +25.71% 13
Yorkshire -28 36 £525 -6.50% 8
South West -21 28 £525 - 13
East of England -24 20 £475 -13.64% 20
North East -8 7 £488 -22.00% 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 32 (3.83%) Confluence
2 28 (3.35%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.08%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.72%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (0.72%) GeoServer
4 6 (0.72%) Smallworld
5 5 (0.60%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
6 3 (0.36%) CMS
6 3 (0.36%) LiveLink
7 2 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.24%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.12%) Apache
8 1 (0.12%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.12%) IIS
8 1 (0.12%) Moodle
8 1 (0.12%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle Service Bus
8 1 (0.12%) SAP Portal
8 1 (0.12%) SAS
8 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
Applications
1 38 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (2.15%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (1.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (1.32%) Microsoft Project
4 11 (1.32%) MS Visio
4 11 (1.32%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.36%) Oracle Smart View
6 1 (0.12%) Trello
6 1 (0.12%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 76 (9.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 36 (4.31%) Oracle EBS
3 28 (3.35%) Dynamics CRM
4 19 (2.27%) SAP HR
5 16 (1.91%) Oracle General Ledger
6 15 (1.79%) Oracle Payables
7 13 (1.56%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 12 (1.44%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 11 (1.32%) Oracle Receivables
10 9 (1.08%) SAP FI
11 8 (0.96%) Oracle Cash Management
11 8 (0.96%) Oracle EBS R12
11 8 (0.96%) SAP CO
11 8 (0.96%) SAP FI/CO
11 8 (0.96%) Workday HCM
12 7 (0.84%) Oracle ERP
13 6 (0.72%) Dynamics NAV
13 6 (0.72%) NetSuite
13 6 (0.72%) Oracle FAH
13 6 (0.72%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 112 (13.40%) Azure
2 68 (8.13%) AWS
3 67 (8.01%) Power Platform
4 65 (7.78%) OCI
5 53 (6.34%) Dynamics 365
6 35 (4.19%) SaaS
7 27 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
8 22 (2.63%) Azure Data Factory
9 21 (2.51%) Microsoft 365
9 21 (2.51%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 20 (2.39%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 19 (2.27%) Amazon S3
11 19 (2.27%) Snowflake
12 17 (2.03%) SuccessFactors
13 16 (1.91%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 14 (1.67%) Entra ID
15 12 (1.44%) Azure Logic Apps
15 12 (1.44%) GitHub
16 11 (1.32%) Power Automate
16 11 (1.32%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.48%) NAS
2 3 (0.36%) DNS
2 3 (0.36%) Intranet
2 3 (0.36%) Network Security
2 3 (0.36%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.24%) Firewall
3 2 (0.24%) Internet
3 2 (0.24%) IPv6
3 2 (0.24%) LAN
3 2 (0.24%) SAN
3 2 (0.24%) SSL
3 2 (0.24%) VPN
3 2 (0.24%) WAN
4 1 (0.12%) IPv4
4 1 (0.12%) VLAN
4 1 (0.12%) WebEx
4 1 (0.12%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (6.10%) Power BI
2 49 (5.86%) Data Warehouse
3 45 (5.38%) SQL Server
4 37 (4.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 31 (3.71%) Relational Database
6 25 (2.99%) Oracle Database
7 24 (2.87%) Oracle Reports
8 19 (2.27%) Metadata
8 19 (2.27%) Tableau
9 18 (2.15%) Data Lake
10 17 (2.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 16 (1.91%) DataStage
12 14 (1.67%) RDBMS
13 13 (1.56%) Amazon Redshift
14 10 (1.20%) Big Data
15 9 (1.08%) MySQL
15 9 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
16 8 (0.96%) Azure SQL Database
16 8 (0.96%) Oracle BI Publisher
16 8 (0.96%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 63 (7.54%) JIRA
2 5 (0.60%) Git
3 4 (0.48%) LSMW
3 4 (0.48%) Oracle Forms
3 4 (0.48%) Toad
3 4 (0.48%) Visual Studio
4 3 (0.36%) Bitbucket
4 3 (0.36%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.36%) Oracle APEX
4 3 (0.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (0.24%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.24%) Hudson
6 1 (0.12%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.12%) gulp
6 1 (0.12%) Pylint
6 1 (0.12%) Selenium
6 1 (0.12%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.12%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.12%) webpack
General
1 279 (33.37%) Finance
1 279 (33.37%) Social Skills
2 85 (10.17%) Analytical Skills
3 79 (9.45%) Public Sector
4 55 (6.58%) Banking
5 31 (3.71%) Retail
6 26 (3.11%) Manufacturing
7 24 (2.87%) Documentation Skills
8 23 (2.75%) Marketing
9 22 (2.63%) Local Government
9 22 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
10 21 (2.51%) Legal
11 19 (2.27%) General Ledger
12 16 (1.91%) Back Office
12 16 (1.91%) Organisational Skills
13 14 (1.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 10 (1.20%) Financial Institution
15 9 (1.08%) Influencing Skills
16 8 (0.96%) Front Office
16 8 (0.96%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 143 (17.11%) Lead
2 127 (15.19%) Analyst
3 115 (13.76%) Consultant
4 93 (11.12%) Architect
5 82 (9.81%) Business Analyst
6 79 (9.45%) Project Manager
7 62 (7.42%) Senior
8 48 (5.74%) Data Migration Lead
9 46 (5.50%) Data Engineer
10 42 (5.02%) Developer
11 40 (4.78%) Data Analyst
12 33 (3.95%) SAP Consultant
13 29 (3.47%) Solutions Architect
14 28 (3.35%) Migration Analyst
15 26 (3.11%) Migration Manager
15 26 (3.11%) Migration Specialist
15 26 (3.11%) Oracle Consultant
16 24 (2.87%) Data Architect
16 24 (2.87%) Data Migration Analyst
17 23 (2.75%) Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (7.42%) Oracle Fusion
2 38 (4.55%) XML
3 36 (4.31%) REST
4 25 (2.99%) Lightning Web Components
5 24 (2.87%) Middleware
6 23 (2.75%) SOAP
7 21 (2.51%) Visualforce
8 13 (1.56%) JSON
9 12 (1.44%) .NET
10 10 (1.20%) Web Services
11 9 (1.08%) PySpark
12 8 (0.96%) SAP Fiori
12 8 (0.96%) XSLT
13 6 (0.72%) EDI
14 5 (0.60%) SAP PI
15 3 (0.36%) Kafka
15 3 (0.36%) LDAP
15 3 (0.36%) RESTful
16 2 (0.24%) BAPI
16 2 (0.24%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 107 (12.80%) Legacy Systems
2 62 (7.42%) Data Structures
3 34 (4.07%) Onboarding
4 25 (2.99%) Product Ownership
5 22 (2.63%) Management Information System
6 15 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
7 13 (1.56%) Greenfield Project
8 11 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
8 11 (1.32%) Reference Data
8 11 (1.32%) Replication
9 9 (1.08%) Data Centre
10 7 (0.84%) FMCG
10 7 (0.84%) Smartphone
11 6 (0.72%) Cloud Native
11 6 (0.72%) Low-Code
11 6 (0.72%) Public Cloud
12 5 (0.60%) CMDB
12 5 (0.60%) Credit Risk
12 5 (0.60%) SCORM
12 5 (0.60%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 17 (2.03%) Windows
2 7 (0.84%) Apple iOS
2 7 (0.84%) Windows 10
3 5 (0.60%) Windows Server
3 5 (0.60%) Windows Server 2016
4 4 (0.48%) Linux
4 4 (0.48%) Unix
5 3 (0.36%) Solaris
6 1 (0.12%) AIX
6 1 (0.12%) MVS
6 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.12%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 836 (100.00%) Migration
2 214 (25.60%) Agile
3 180 (21.53%) Stakeholder Management
4 153 (18.30%) Problem-Solving
5 145 (17.34%) ERP
6 140 (16.75%) Validation
7 136 (16.27%) ETL
8 125 (14.95%) Data Modelling
9 121 (14.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 119 (14.23%) User Acceptance Testing
11 85 (10.17%) Workshop Facilitation
12 83 (9.93%) Project Management
13 82 (9.81%) Analytics
14 80 (9.57%) Data Cleansing
15 76 (9.09%) Change Management
16 73 (8.73%) Data Governance
17 71 (8.49%) Data Mapping
18 69 (8.25%) Business Intelligence
19 62 (7.42%) Data Analysis
20 59 (7.06%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 160 (19.14%) SQL
2 51 (6.10%) Python
3 30 (3.59%) Java
4 25 (2.99%) Apex Code
5 15 (1.79%) PL/SQL
6 13 (1.56%) JavaScript
7 9 (1.08%) C#
7 9 (1.08%) PowerShell
8 7 (0.84%) Shell Script
8 7 (0.84%) T-SQL
9 6 (0.72%) ABAP
9 6 (0.72%) PHP
10 5 (0.60%) Bicep
10 5 (0.60%) Perl
11 4 (0.48%) SOQL
11 4 (0.48%) X++
12 3 (0.36%) Bash
12 3 (0.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (0.36%) VBA
13 2 (0.24%) Korn
Qualifications
1 100 (11.96%) Security Cleared
2 64 (7.66%) SC Cleared
3 61 (7.30%) Degree
4 27 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (2.99%) PMP
6 20 (2.39%) PMI Certification
7 19 (2.27%) Master's Degree
8 13 (1.56%) AWS Certification
9 12 (1.44%) DV Cleared
10 9 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (0.60%) CFA
11 5 (0.60%) SAP Certification
12 4 (0.48%) CIMA
12 4 (0.48%) Oracle Certification
13 3 (0.36%) ACCA
13 3 (0.36%) OCP
13 3 (0.36%) PgMP
14 2 (0.24%) CIPD
14 2 (0.24%) DBS Check
14 2 (0.24%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 131 (15.67%) Data Quality
2 55 (6.58%) GDPR
3 51 (6.10%) QA
4 15 (1.79%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 10 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (1.20%) PMO
6 7 (0.84%) Accessibility
6 7 (0.84%) IFRS
7 6 (0.72%) COBIT
7 6 (0.72%) NIST
7 6 (0.72%) SLA
8 5 (0.60%) GAAP
8 5 (0.60%) IFRS 9
8 5 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (0.48%) Basel III
9 4 (0.48%) IFRS 17
9 4 (0.48%) ISO 20022
9 4 (0.48%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.36%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 13 (1.56%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.20%) Docker
3 3 (0.36%) NFS
3 3 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.12%) SRDF
4 1 (0.12%) Time Sharing Option
4 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (1.56%) Kubernetes
2 9 (1.08%) SCCM
2 9 (1.08%) Terraform
3 8 (0.96%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 3 (0.36%) Ansible
5 2 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.12%) Argo
6 1 (0.12%) CA Endevor
6 1 (0.12%) Control-M
6 1 (0.12%) Grafana
6 1 (0.12%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.12%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 163 (19.50%) Oracle
2 158 (18.90%) SAP
3 103 (12.32%) Microsoft
4 49 (5.86%) Salesforce
5 36 (4.31%) Workday
6 25 (2.99%) Databricks
7 15 (1.79%) Informatica
8 11 (1.32%) Avaloq
8 11 (1.32%) MuleSoft
9 10 (1.20%) IBM
10 9 (1.08%) Sage
11 8 (0.96%) Kronos
12 7 (0.84%) Google
12 7 (0.84%) IFS
12 7 (0.84%) ServiceNow
12 7 (0.84%) Talend
13 6 (0.72%) Ariba
13 6 (0.72%) ESRI
13 6 (0.72%) GoldenSource
13 6 (0.72%) Temenos