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

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 95 90 97
Rank change year-on-year -5 +7 +44
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 845 719 839
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.68% 2.63% 2.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.03% 2.96% 2.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 553 495 572
10th Percentile £375 £400 £412
25th Percentile £447 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -3.18% -2.22% +7.14%
75th Percentile £648 £638 £675
90th Percentile £723 £688 £744
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £563
% change year-on-year -2.33% -4.44% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 2 10
10th Percentile £16.25 £37.83 £79.25
25th Percentile £59.75 £42.06 £82.94
Median hourly rate £64.63 £50.75 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year +27.35% -40.29% +21.00%
75th Percentile £81.00 £61.06 £86.50
90th Percentile £91.31 £66.28 £86.60
UK median hourly rate £64.50 £50.75 £85.00
% change year-on-year +27.09% -40.29% +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 27,850 24,270 31,879
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.47% 88.85% 88.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,794 14,913 21,576
10th Percentile £304 £310 £306
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £645 £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 1,749 797 1,433
10th Percentile £15.21 £15.62 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.96 £20.30 £19.05
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £43.86
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -20.20% +23.55%
75th Percentile £57.50 £64.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £42.25
% change year-on-year -22.62% -23.07% +20.71%

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 5 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 5 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 5 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 +8 449 £550 - 105
South East -30 111 £625 +13.64% 80
Midlands -4 102 £550 +4.76% 63
North of England -40 85 £475 -9.52% 42
West Midlands -35 54 £538 +2.38% 37
East Midlands +10 48 £550 +25.71% 24
North West -27 43 £450 -10.00% 23
Yorkshire -34 36 £525 -6.79% 16
South West -12 28 £525 - 21
East of England -21 19 £475 -13.64% 39
North East -13 7 £488 -22.00% 3
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 (3.79%) Confluence
2 29 (3.43%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.07%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (0.95%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (0.71%) GeoServer
5 6 (0.71%) Smallworld
6 5 (0.59%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
7 3 (0.36%) Apache
7 3 (0.36%) CMS
7 3 (0.36%) LiveLink
8 2 (0.24%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.24%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.12%) IIS
9 1 (0.12%) Moodle
9 1 (0.12%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle Service Bus
9 1 (0.12%) SAP Portal
9 1 (0.12%) SAS
9 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
Applications
1 38 (4.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (1.30%) Microsoft Project
4 11 (1.30%) MS Visio
5 10 (1.18%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.36%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.12%) Trello
7 1 (0.12%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 76 (8.99%) SAP S/4HANA
2 37 (4.38%) Oracle EBS
3 30 (3.55%) Dynamics CRM
4 19 (2.25%) SAP HR
5 15 (1.78%) Oracle General Ledger
5 15 (1.78%) Oracle Payables
6 12 (1.42%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 11 (1.30%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 11 (1.30%) Oracle Receivables
8 9 (1.07%) SAP FI
9 8 (0.95%) Oracle Cash Management
9 8 (0.95%) Oracle EBS R12
9 8 (0.95%) Oracle ERP
9 8 (0.95%) SAP CO
9 8 (0.95%) SAP ERP
9 8 (0.95%) SAP FI/CO
9 8 (0.95%) Workday HCM
10 7 (0.83%) NetSuite
11 6 (0.71%) Dynamics NAV
11 6 (0.71%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 117 (13.85%) Azure
2 71 (8.40%) AWS
2 71 (8.40%) Power Platform
3 66 (7.81%) OCI
4 55 (6.51%) Dynamics 365
5 37 (4.38%) SaaS
6 28 (3.31%) Azure DevOps
7 23 (2.72%) Microsoft 365
8 22 (2.60%) Azure Data Factory
9 21 (2.49%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 21 (2.49%) Snowflake
10 20 (2.37%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 19 (2.25%) Amazon S3
12 17 (2.01%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 17 (2.01%) SuccessFactors
13 15 (1.78%) Entra ID
14 12 (1.42%) Azure Logic Apps
14 12 (1.42%) GitHub
14 12 (1.42%) PowerApps
14 12 (1.42%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.47%) NAS
2 3 (0.36%) DNS
2 3 (0.36%) Firewall
2 3 (0.36%) Intranet
2 3 (0.36%) Network Security
2 3 (0.36%) TCP/IP
2 3 (0.36%) VPN
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%) WAN
4 1 (0.12%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (0.12%) Fibre Channel
4 1 (0.12%) IPv4
4 1 (0.12%) iSCSI
4 1 (0.12%) VLAN
4 1 (0.12%) WebEx
4 1 (0.12%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (6.39%) Power BI
2 51 (6.04%) Data Warehouse
3 47 (5.56%) SQL Server
4 38 (4.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 30 (3.55%) Relational Database
6 24 (2.84%) Oracle Database
7 23 (2.72%) Oracle Reports
8 20 (2.37%) Data Lake
9 19 (2.25%) Metadata
9 19 (2.25%) Tableau
10 17 (2.01%) DataStage
10 17 (2.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 15 (1.78%) Amazon Redshift
12 14 (1.66%) RDBMS
13 10 (1.18%) Big Data
14 9 (1.07%) Azure SQL Database
14 9 (1.07%) MySQL
15 8 (0.95%) MongoDB
15 8 (0.95%) PostgreSQL
15 8 (0.95%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 64 (7.57%) JIRA
2 5 (0.59%) Git
3 4 (0.47%) LSMW
3 4 (0.47%) Oracle Forms
3 4 (0.47%) Toad
3 4 (0.47%) 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
1 284 (33.61%) Social Skills
2 283 (33.49%) Finance
3 90 (10.65%) Analytical Skills
4 80 (9.47%) Public Sector
5 54 (6.39%) Banking
6 29 (3.43%) Retail
7 26 (3.08%) Manufacturing
8 25 (2.96%) Documentation Skills
9 23 (2.72%) Local Government
9 23 (2.72%) Marketing
9 23 (2.72%) Presentation Skills
10 22 (2.60%) Legal
11 19 (2.25%) General Ledger
12 17 (2.01%) Back Office
13 16 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 16 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
14 10 (1.18%) Financial Institution
15 9 (1.07%) Influencing Skills
16 8 (0.95%) Front Office
16 8 (0.95%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 140 (16.57%) Lead
2 129 (15.27%) Analyst
3 112 (13.25%) Consultant
4 97 (11.48%) Architect
5 83 (9.82%) Business Analyst
6 81 (9.59%) Project Manager
7 63 (7.46%) Senior
8 49 (5.80%) Data Migration Lead
9 45 (5.33%) Data Engineer
10 44 (5.21%) Developer
11 40 (4.73%) Data Analyst
12 32 (3.79%) SAP Consultant
13 31 (3.67%) Solutions Architect
14 29 (3.43%) Migration Analyst
15 26 (3.08%) Migration Specialist
15 26 (3.08%) Oracle Consultant
16 25 (2.96%) Data Migration Analyst
17 23 (2.72%) Data Architect
17 23 (2.72%) Data Migration Specialist
17 23 (2.72%) Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (7.10%) Oracle Fusion
2 37 (4.38%) XML
3 35 (4.14%) REST
4 25 (2.96%) Lightning Web Components
5 22 (2.60%) SOAP
6 21 (2.49%) Middleware
6 21 (2.49%) Visualforce
7 14 (1.66%) JSON
8 12 (1.42%) .NET
9 10 (1.18%) Web Services
10 9 (1.07%) PySpark
11 8 (0.95%) SAP Fiori
11 8 (0.95%) XSLT
12 6 (0.71%) EDI
13 5 (0.59%) SAP PI
14 3 (0.36%) Kafka
14 3 (0.36%) LDAP
14 3 (0.36%) React
14 3 (0.36%) RESTful
15 2 (0.24%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 103 (12.19%) Legacy Systems
2 59 (6.98%) Data Structures
3 34 (4.02%) Onboarding
4 27 (3.20%) Product Ownership
5 21 (2.49%) Management Information System
6 15 (1.78%) Data Protection Act
7 14 (1.66%) Greenfield Project
8 11 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
8 11 (1.30%) Reference Data
8 11 (1.30%) Replication
9 10 (1.18%) Data Centre
10 7 (0.83%) FMCG
10 7 (0.83%) Smartphone
11 6 (0.71%) Cloud Native
11 6 (0.71%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 6 (0.71%) Low-Code
11 6 (0.71%) Public Cloud
12 5 (0.59%) NHS
12 5 (0.59%) Self-Motivation
12 5 (0.59%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 18 (2.13%) Windows
2 7 (0.83%) Apple iOS
2 7 (0.83%) Windows 10
3 5 (0.59%) Windows Server
3 5 (0.59%) Windows Server 2016
4 4 (0.47%) Linux
4 4 (0.47%) 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
1 845 (100.00%) Migration
2 219 (25.92%) Agile
3 185 (21.89%) Stakeholder Management
4 158 (18.70%) Problem-Solving
5 145 (17.16%) ERP
6 140 (16.57%) ETL
7 138 (16.33%) Validation
8 128 (15.15%) Data Modelling
9 123 (14.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 121 (14.32%) User Acceptance Testing
11 89 (10.53%) Analytics
12 84 (9.94%) Project Management
13 83 (9.82%) Workshop Facilitation
14 80 (9.47%) Data Cleansing
15 79 (9.35%) Data Governance
16 76 (8.99%) Change Management
17 73 (8.64%) Business Intelligence
18 68 (8.05%) Data Mapping
19 63 (7.46%) Data Analysis
20 61 (7.22%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 166 (19.64%) SQL
2 55 (6.51%) Python
3 32 (3.79%) Java
4 25 (2.96%) Apex Code
5 15 (1.78%) PL/SQL
6 12 (1.42%) JavaScript
7 11 (1.30%) C#
8 9 (1.07%) PowerShell
9 8 (0.95%) T-SQL
10 7 (0.83%) Shell Script
11 6 (0.71%) ABAP
11 6 (0.71%) Bicep
11 6 (0.71%) PHP
12 5 (0.59%) Perl
13 4 (0.47%) SOQL
13 4 (0.47%) X++
14 3 (0.36%) Bash
14 3 (0.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (0.36%) R
14 3 (0.36%) Scala
Qualifications
1 102 (12.07%) Security Cleared
2 65 (7.69%) SC Cleared
3 62 (7.34%) Degree
4 28 (3.31%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (2.96%) PMP
6 20 (2.37%) PMI Certification
7 19 (2.25%) Master's Degree
8 13 (1.54%) AWS Certification
9 12 (1.42%) DV Cleared
10 9 (1.07%) BPSS Clearance
11 7 (0.83%) SAP Certification
12 6 (0.71%) Oracle Certification
13 5 (0.59%) CFA
14 4 (0.47%) CIMA
15 3 (0.36%) ACCA
15 3 (0.36%) DBS Check
15 3 (0.36%) OCP
15 3 (0.36%) PgMP
16 2 (0.24%) CIPD
16 2 (0.24%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 132 (15.62%) Data Quality
2 56 (6.63%) GDPR
3 55 (6.51%) QA
4 15 (1.78%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 10 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (1.18%) PMO
6 7 (0.83%) Accessibility
6 7 (0.83%) IFRS
7 6 (0.71%) COBIT
7 6 (0.71%) NIST
7 6 (0.71%) SLA
8 5 (0.59%) IFRS 9
8 5 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (0.47%) Basel III
9 4 (0.47%) GAAP
9 4 (0.47%) IFRS 17
9 4 (0.47%) ISO 20022
9 4 (0.47%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.36%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.24%) EMIR
System Software
1 14 (1.66%) Active Directory
2 12 (1.42%) Docker
3 4 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.36%) NFS
5 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.12%) SRDF
5 1 (0.12%) Time Sharing Option
5 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (1.78%) Kubernetes
2 11 (1.30%) Terraform
3 9 (1.07%) SCCM
4 8 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.47%) Ansible
6 3 (0.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.12%) Argo
8 1 (0.12%) CA Endevor
8 1 (0.12%) Cisco CUCM
8 1 (0.12%) Control-M
8 1 (0.12%) Grafana
8 1 (0.12%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.12%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 163 (19.29%) Oracle
2 157 (18.58%) SAP
3 108 (12.78%) Microsoft
4 49 (5.80%) Salesforce
5 35 (4.14%) Workday
6 26 (3.08%) Databricks
7 15 (1.78%) Informatica
8 11 (1.30%) IBM
8 11 (1.30%) MuleSoft
9 9 (1.07%) Avaloq
10 8 (0.95%) Google
10 8 (0.95%) Kronos
10 8 (0.95%) Sage
11 7 (0.83%) IFS
11 7 (0.83%) Talend
12 6 (0.71%) Ariba
12 6 (0.71%) ESRI
12 6 (0.71%) Intergraph
12 6 (0.71%) ServiceNow
13 5 (0.59%) OpenText