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

6 months to
26 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 1,401 688 820
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.23% 2.73% 2.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.78% 2.99% 2.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 919 432 559
10th Percentile £363 £363 £363
25th Percentile £450 £433 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.85% -3.73% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £725 £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 37,044 23,037 31,936
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.35% 91.39% 85.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,386 14,872 20,693
10th Percentile £325 £300 £304
25th Percentile £417 £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 £729 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £502 £525
% change year-on-year +2.54% -4.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,321 1,118 2,341
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.87 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +88.87% -34.02% +8.48%
75th Percentile £68.55 £55.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £82.25 £72.50 £72.90
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 26 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 26 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 26 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 +36 700 £550 - 96
South East +9 188 £550 +4.76% 64
North of England -10 183 £519 +8.69% 49
Midlands +2 145 £491 +0.72% 29
North West +9 119 £500 +1.63% 28
West Midlands 0 105 £475 -5.00% 12
South West +7 77 £523 +1.95% 20
East of England +3 57 £581 -10.58% 13
Yorkshire -41 53 £530 +15.99% 14
East Midlands +14 36 £500 +9.29% 17
North East -20 13 £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 49 (3.50%) SharePoint
2 36 (2.57%) 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 (0.071%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.071%) CMS
9 1 (0.071%) IIS
9 1 (0.071%) Mendix
9 1 (0.071%) OpenROAD
9 1 (0.071%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.071%) WebSphere
Applications
1 77 (5.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (1.43%) Microsoft Project
2 20 (1.43%) Spreadsheet
3 16 (1.14%) MS Visio
4 14 (1.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 12 (0.86%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.14%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.071%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.071%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 157 (11.21%) SAP S/4HANA
2 37 (2.64%) Oracle EBS
3 34 (2.43%) Dynamics CRM
4 21 (1.50%) Oracle ERP
4 21 (1.50%) SAP ERP
5 19 (1.36%) NetSuite
6 18 (1.28%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 15 (1.07%) Oracle Payables
8 14 (1.00%) Oracle General Ledger
9 13 (0.93%) Oracle Receivables
10 10 (0.71%) iTrent
10 10 (0.71%) Loan IQ
11 9 (0.64%) Oracle Assets
11 9 (0.64%) Oracle Financials
11 9 (0.64%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
12 7 (0.50%) NEC Housing
12 7 (0.50%) SAP SD
12 7 (0.50%) Teamcenter
12 7 (0.50%) Workday HCM
13 6 (0.43%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 222 (15.85%) Azure
2 141 (10.06%) AWS
3 134 (9.56%) Power Platform
4 100 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
5 75 (5.35%) OCI
6 70 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
7 56 (4.00%) SaaS
8 46 (3.28%) Azure Data Factory
9 43 (3.07%) Snowflake
10 42 (3.00%) GitHub
11 32 (2.28%) Microsoft 365
12 30 (2.14%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 21 (1.50%) Amazon S3
13 21 (1.50%) GCP
14 20 (1.43%) Power Automate
14 20 (1.43%) SuccessFactors
15 19 (1.36%) PowerApps
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 (0.071%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.071%) DKIM
6 1 (0.071%) DMARC
6 1 (0.071%) FCoE
6 1 (0.071%) Intranet
6 1 (0.071%) iSCSI
6 1 (0.071%) Network Security
6 1 (0.071%) SNMP
6 1 (0.071%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 117 (8.35%) Power BI
2 99 (7.07%) Data Warehouse
3 63 (4.50%) SQL Server
4 61 (4.35%) Oracle Reports
5 39 (2.78%) Metadata
6 32 (2.28%) Data Lake
6 32 (2.28%) Relational Database
7 28 (2.00%) PostgreSQL
8 26 (1.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 23 (1.64%) Oracle Database
10 20 (1.43%) NoSQL
11 16 (1.14%) RDBMS
12 13 (0.93%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 12 (0.86%) SAP Data Services
13 12 (0.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 11 (0.79%) Azure SQL Database
15 10 (0.71%) Db2
15 10 (0.71%) GIS
16 9 (0.64%) BusinessObjects
16 9 (0.64%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 123 (8.78%) JIRA
2 47 (3.35%) Git
3 37 (2.64%) Zephyr
4 32 (2.28%) Postman
5 22 (1.57%) Jenkins
6 14 (1.00%) GitLab
7 11 (0.79%) Oracle Forms
8 10 (0.71%) 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%) ERwin
13 3 (0.21%) Rational DOORS
13 3 (0.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 3 (0.21%) Visual Studio
General
1 492 (35.12%) Finance
2 415 (29.62%) Social Skills
3 182 (12.99%) Analytical Skills
4 113 (8.07%) Public Sector
5 87 (6.21%) Banking
6 69 (4.93%) Manufacturing
7 51 (3.64%) Documentation Skills
8 45 (3.21%) Law
8 45 (3.21%) Retail
9 38 (2.71%) General Ledger
10 31 (2.21%) Organisational Skills
11 29 (2.07%) Local Government
12 27 (1.93%) Presentation Skills
13 23 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 23 (1.64%) Legal
14 22 (1.57%) Marketing
15 19 (1.36%) Automotive
16 18 (1.28%) Billing
17 17 (1.21%) Pharmaceutical
18 16 (1.14%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 300 (21.41%) Lead
2 202 (14.42%) Analyst
3 192 (13.70%) Architect
4 150 (10.71%) Consultant
5 112 (7.99%) Data Migration Lead
6 105 (7.49%) Project Manager
7 103 (7.35%) Senior
8 101 (7.21%) Data Engineer
9 88 (6.28%) Business Analyst
10 77 (5.50%) Data Analyst
11 69 (4.93%) Data Architect
12 63 (4.50%) Migration Engineer
13 57 (4.07%) Developer
14 55 (3.93%) Migration Analyst
15 52 (3.71%) Data Migration Engineer
16 50 (3.57%) Migration Manager
16 50 (3.57%) SAP Consultant
17 45 (3.21%) Solutions Architect
18 43 (3.07%) Data Migration Analyst
19 38 (2.71%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 86 (6.14%) Oracle Fusion
2 41 (2.93%) Middleware
3 39 (2.78%) REST
4 23 (1.64%) SOAP
5 22 (1.57%) .NET
6 21 (1.50%) XML
7 18 (1.28%) Kafka
7 18 (1.28%) Spring
8 16 (1.14%) JSON
9 11 (0.79%) Lightning Web Components
9 11 (0.79%) OpenTelemetry
9 11 (0.79%) PySpark
10 10 (0.71%) Spring Boot
11 9 (0.64%) ADO
12 8 (0.57%) React
13 7 (0.50%) COM
13 7 (0.50%) ODBC
13 7 (0.50%) Oracle GoldenGate
14 6 (0.43%) FHIR
14 6 (0.43%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 181 (12.92%) Legacy Systems
2 104 (7.42%) Data Structures
3 45 (3.21%) Cloud Native
4 43 (3.07%) Management Information System
5 29 (2.07%) Onboarding
5 29 (2.07%) Product Ownership
6 28 (2.00%) Public Cloud
7 27 (1.93%) Greenfield Project
8 23 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
9 18 (1.28%) Data Protection Act
9 18 (1.28%) 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 (1.71%) Windows
2 16 (1.14%) Linux
3 7 (0.50%) zOS
4 6 (0.43%) AIX
5 5 (0.36%) Data ONTAP
5 5 (0.36%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.29%) VMS
7 2 (0.14%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.14%) Unix
7 2 (0.14%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.071%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,401 (100.00%) Migration
2 376 (26.84%) Validation
3 308 (21.98%) ERP
4 301 (21.48%) Stakeholder Management
5 290 (20.70%) User Acceptance Testing
6 246 (17.56%) Agile
7 237 (16.92%) ETL
8 207 (14.78%) Problem-Solving
9 205 (14.63%) Data Modelling
10 202 (14.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 144 (10.28%) Business Intelligence
12 140 (9.99%) Data Cleansing
13 135 (9.64%) Data Governance
14 131 (9.35%) DevOps
15 128 (9.14%) Project Management
16 127 (9.06%) Data Mapping
17 123 (8.78%) Continuous Improvement
18 113 (8.07%) Analytics
19 110 (7.85%) CI/CD
20 107 (7.64%) Data Validation
Programming Languages
1 281 (20.06%) SQL
2 101 (7.21%) Python
3 42 (3.00%) Java
4 28 (2.00%) PL/SQL
5 22 (1.57%) Bash
6 21 (1.50%) JavaScript
7 15 (1.07%) C#
8 14 (1.00%) PowerShell
9 11 (0.79%) T-SQL
10 9 (0.64%) Apex Code
10 9 (0.64%) Kotlin
11 8 (0.57%) TypeScript
12 7 (0.50%) VB
12 7 (0.50%) VB6
12 7 (0.50%) VBA
13 5 (0.36%) C
13 5 (0.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (0.21%) Korn
14 3 (0.21%) SOQL
14 3 (0.21%) X++
Qualifications
1 234 (16.70%) Security Cleared
2 188 (13.42%) SC Cleared
3 52 (3.71%) Degree
4 29 (2.07%) PMP
5 28 (2.00%) ISTQB
6 27 (1.93%) DV Cleared
7 23 (1.64%) 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
1 249 (17.77%) Data Quality
2 116 (8.28%) QA
3 70 (5.00%) GDPR
4 27 (1.93%) PMO
5 16 (1.14%) SLA
6 11 (0.79%) IFRS
7 10 (0.71%) HL7
8 9 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 7 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 7 (0.50%) SNOMED CT
10 6 (0.43%) Accessibility
10 6 (0.43%) COBIT
11 5 (0.36%) DICOM
11 5 (0.36%) GAAP
11 5 (0.36%) NIST
12 4 (0.29%) GMP
12 4 (0.29%) PERC
12 4 (0.29%) Solvency II
13 2 (0.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
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 (0.71%) NFS
6 7 (0.50%) 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 41 (2.93%) Terraform
2 35 (2.50%) Kubernetes
3 26 (1.86%) Ansible
4 15 (1.07%) Grafana
4 15 (1.07%) vCenter Server
5 14 (1.00%) Argo
6 10 (0.71%) EMC VPLEX
7 7 (0.50%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (0.43%) Data Guard
8 6 (0.43%) Oracle RMAN
8 6 (0.43%) vMotion
9 5 (0.36%) HP ALM
10 4 (0.29%) EMC NetWorker
10 4 (0.29%) NetBackup
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
1 276 (19.70%) Oracle
2 263 (18.77%) SAP
3 230 (16.42%) Microsoft
4 67 (4.78%) Databricks
5 66 (4.71%) Salesforce
6 31 (2.21%) VMware
7 30 (2.14%) ServiceNow
8 25 (1.78%) Workday
9 24 (1.71%) Sage
10 23 (1.64%) Informatica
10 23 (1.64%) Pure Storage
11 22 (1.57%) IFS
12 20 (1.43%) Talend
13 18 (1.28%) 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