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 22 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 91 97 111
Rank change year-on-year +6 +14 +36
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 873 762 887
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.86% 2.44% 2.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.17% 2.80% 2.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 573 521 599
10th Percentile £375 £400 £400
25th Percentile £436 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - +1.85%
75th Percentile £650 £640 £650
90th Percentile £725 £700 £739
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 3 11
10th Percentile £18.46 £40.40 £82.50
25th Percentile £59.75 £48.50 £83.13
Median hourly rate £65.00 £64.00 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% -24.71% +34.92%
75th Percentile £81.00 £67.88 £86.50
90th Percentile £91.31 £69.00 £87.50
UK median hourly rate £62.25 £64.00 £85.00
% change year-on-year -2.73% -24.71% +34.92%

All Process and 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 27,542 27,205 35,091
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.07% 87.01% 88.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,480 16,613 23,999
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £414 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £645 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,822 1,002 1,481
10th Percentile £14.86 £15.07 £14.54
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.00 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.36 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.87% -21.42% +26.76%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £74.72 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £33.93 £44.00
% change year-on-year -25.88% -22.89% +25.71%

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 22 November 2025.

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 22 November 2025.

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 22 November 2025. 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 +17 476 £550 - 226
South East -19 111 £600 +9.09% 92
Midlands +4 106 £550 - 58
North of England -42 81 £457 -13.05% 58
West Midlands -10 63 £538 -4.27% 40
East Midlands +18 41 £563 +32.35% 18
North West -29 39 £430 -11.90% 26
Yorkshire -31 39 £513 -7.78% 26
South West -13 29 £525 +2.44% 26
East of England -8 20 £475 -2.56% 13
North East -9 4 £438 -27.08% 6
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 34 (3.89%) Confluence
2 23 (2.63%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.15%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.80%) Smallworld
6 6 (0.69%) GeoServer
7 4 (0.46%) CMS
7 4 (0.46%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
8 3 (0.34%) Apache
8 3 (0.34%) LiveLink
9 2 (0.23%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.23%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.23%) Documentum
9 2 (0.23%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.23%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (0.11%) Moodle
10 1 (0.11%) NetWeaver
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle Spatial
10 1 (0.11%) SAP Portal
10 1 (0.11%) SAS
Applications
1 44 (5.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (1.95%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (1.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 14 (1.60%) Microsoft Project
4 10 (1.15%) MS Visio
5 7 (0.80%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.34%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.11%) Trello
7 1 (0.11%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 69 (7.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 34 (3.89%) Dynamics CRM
3 33 (3.78%) Oracle EBS
4 22 (2.52%) SAP HR
5 18 (2.06%) Oracle Payables
6 13 (1.49%) Oracle General Ledger
7 11 (1.26%) Salesforce CRM
8 10 (1.15%) Oracle EBS R12
8 10 (1.15%) Oracle Receivables
9 8 (0.92%) NetSuite
9 8 (0.92%) Oracle Cash Management
9 8 (0.92%) Oracle ERP
9 8 (0.92%) SAP Payroll
9 8 (0.92%) Workday HCM
10 7 (0.80%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
10 7 (0.80%) SAP PM
11 6 (0.69%) Dynamics AX
11 6 (0.69%) Dynamics NAV
11 6 (0.69%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 6 (0.69%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 122 (13.97%) Azure
2 70 (8.02%) AWS
3 66 (7.56%) Power Platform
4 58 (6.64%) Dynamics 365
4 58 (6.64%) OCI
5 48 (5.50%) SaaS
6 35 (4.01%) Azure DevOps
7 25 (2.86%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 25 (2.86%) Snowflake
8 23 (2.63%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 19 (2.18%) Amazon S3
9 19 (2.18%) Azure Data Factory
9 19 (2.18%) Microsoft 365
10 18 (2.06%) GCP
10 18 (2.06%) Serverless
10 18 (2.06%) SuccessFactors
11 17 (1.95%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 14 (1.60%) Azure Logic Apps
12 14 (1.60%) dbt
12 14 (1.60%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.57%) Firewall
1 5 (0.57%) TCP/IP
2 4 (0.46%) NAS
2 4 (0.46%) WAN
3 3 (0.34%) DNS
3 3 (0.34%) Network Security
3 3 (0.34%) VPN
4 2 (0.23%) Internet
4 2 (0.23%) Intranet
4 2 (0.23%) IPv6
4 2 (0.23%) LAN
4 2 (0.23%) SAN
4 2 (0.23%) SSL
5 1 (0.11%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (0.11%) Fibre Channel
5 1 (0.11%) IPv4
5 1 (0.11%) iSCSI
5 1 (0.11%) VLAN
5 1 (0.11%) WebEx
5 1 (0.11%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (6.41%) SQL Server
2 49 (5.61%) Data Warehouse
3 48 (5.50%) Power BI
4 38 (4.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 33 (3.78%) Relational Database
6 23 (2.63%) Oracle Database
6 23 (2.63%) Oracle Reports
7 19 (2.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 19 (2.18%) Tableau
8 18 (2.06%) Data Lake
8 18 (2.06%) Metadata
9 17 (1.95%) Amazon Redshift
10 16 (1.83%) RDBMS
11 15 (1.72%) DataStage
12 10 (1.15%) Azure SQL Database
12 10 (1.15%) MongoDB
12 10 (1.15%) MySQL
13 9 (1.03%) Big Data
14 8 (0.92%) GIS
14 8 (0.92%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 78 (8.93%) JIRA
2 7 (0.80%) Git
3 4 (0.46%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.46%) Oracle Forms
3 4 (0.46%) Toad
3 4 (0.46%) Visual Studio
3 4 (0.46%) Zephyr
4 3 (0.34%) LSMW
4 3 (0.34%) Postman
4 3 (0.34%) Selenium
4 3 (0.34%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (0.23%) Oracle APEX
5 2 (0.23%) TestRail
6 1 (0.11%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.11%) GitLab
6 1 (0.11%) gulp
6 1 (0.11%) Pylint
6 1 (0.11%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.11%) webpack
General
1 314 (35.97%) Finance
2 309 (35.40%) Social Skills
3 98 (11.23%) Analytical Skills
4 76 (8.71%) Public Sector
5 50 (5.73%) Banking
6 36 (4.12%) Local Government
7 32 (3.67%) Documentation Skills
8 27 (3.09%) Marketing
9 25 (2.86%) Legal
9 25 (2.86%) Manufacturing
9 25 (2.86%) Retail
10 24 (2.75%) Organisational Skills
11 21 (2.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 20 (2.29%) Back Office
13 17 (1.95%) General Ledger
13 17 (1.95%) Presentation Skills
14 11 (1.26%) Billing
14 11 (1.26%) Law
15 10 (1.15%) Telecoms
16 8 (0.92%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 134 (15.35%) Analyst
2 124 (14.20%) Lead
3 114 (13.06%) Architect
4 113 (12.94%) Consultant
5 91 (10.42%) Project Manager
6 79 (9.05%) Business Analyst
7 59 (6.76%) Senior
8 49 (5.61%) Data Engineer
9 45 (5.15%) Developer
10 44 (5.04%) Data Migration Lead
11 37 (4.24%) Data Analyst
12 32 (3.67%) SAP Consultant
13 31 (3.55%) Solutions Architect
14 25 (2.86%) Migration Specialist
14 25 (2.86%) Salesforce Architect
15 24 (2.75%) Migration Analyst
16 23 (2.63%) Data Migration Specialist
16 23 (2.63%) Functional Consultant
16 23 (2.63%) Oracle Consultant
17 22 (2.52%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (5.15%) Oracle Fusion
2 38 (4.35%) Lightning Web Components
3 33 (3.78%) REST
3 33 (3.78%) XML
4 27 (3.09%) Visualforce
5 26 (2.98%) SOAP
6 21 (2.41%) Middleware
7 15 (1.72%) JSON
8 12 (1.37%) .NET
9 10 (1.15%) Web Services
10 9 (1.03%) EDI
10 9 (1.03%) PySpark
10 9 (1.03%) SAP Fiori
11 8 (0.92%) SAP PI
12 6 (0.69%) WebdriverIO
13 5 (0.57%) BAPI
13 5 (0.57%) GraphQL
13 5 (0.57%) IDoc
13 5 (0.57%) React
13 5 (0.57%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 103 (11.80%) Legacy Systems
2 53 (6.07%) Data Structures
3 33 (3.78%) Onboarding
3 33 (3.78%) Product Ownership
4 30 (3.44%) Management Information System
5 15 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
6 14 (1.60%) Greenfield Project
7 13 (1.49%) Data Centre
7 13 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
8 10 (1.15%) Reference Data
9 9 (1.03%) Replication
9 9 (1.03%) Virtual Team
10 6 (0.69%) Cloud Native
10 6 (0.69%) FMCG
10 6 (0.69%) Low-Code
10 6 (0.69%) Public Cloud
10 6 (0.69%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (0.57%) Credit Risk
11 5 (0.57%) Legacy Applications
11 5 (0.57%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 21 (2.41%) Windows
2 7 (0.80%) Unix
3 6 (0.69%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.57%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (0.46%) Linux
5 4 (0.46%) Solaris
5 4 (0.46%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.23%) AIX
6 2 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.23%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (0.11%) MVS
7 1 (0.11%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.11%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 873 (100.00%) Migration
2 206 (23.60%) Agile
3 172 (19.70%) Problem-Solving
4 153 (17.53%) Stakeholder Management
5 152 (17.41%) ERP
6 135 (15.46%) ETL
7 133 (15.23%) User Acceptance Testing
8 132 (15.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 130 (14.89%) Validation
10 122 (13.97%) Data Modelling
11 94 (10.77%) Project Management
12 84 (9.62%) Analytics
12 84 (9.62%) CRM
13 82 (9.39%) Change Management
13 82 (9.39%) Data Governance
14 79 (9.05%) Data Cleansing
15 76 (8.71%) DevOps
16 73 (8.36%) Workshop Facilitation
17 69 (7.90%) Business Intelligence
18 59 (6.76%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 175 (20.05%) SQL
2 59 (6.76%) Python
3 38 (4.35%) Apex Code
3 38 (4.35%) Java
4 19 (2.18%) C#
5 16 (1.83%) JavaScript
6 12 (1.37%) PL/SQL
7 10 (1.15%) PowerShell
7 10 (1.15%) T-SQL
8 7 (0.80%) ABAP
8 7 (0.80%) Shell Script
8 7 (0.80%) VB
9 6 (0.69%) Bicep
9 6 (0.69%) PHP
9 6 (0.69%) SOQL
10 5 (0.57%) Perl
10 5 (0.57%) X++
11 4 (0.46%) SOSL
12 3 (0.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.23%) Bash
Qualifications
1 81 (9.28%) Security Cleared
2 76 (8.71%) Degree
3 59 (6.76%) SC Cleared
4 26 (2.98%) Computer Science Degree
5 24 (2.75%) PMP
6 21 (2.41%) PMI Certification
7 20 (2.29%) Master's Degree
8 15 (1.72%) AWS Certification
9 12 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (0.92%) SAP Certification
11 7 (0.80%) DV Cleared
12 6 (0.69%) Oracle Certification
13 5 (0.57%) CFA
13 5 (0.57%) CIMA
14 4 (0.46%) ACCA
14 4 (0.46%) CBAP
14 4 (0.46%) DBS Check
14 4 (0.46%) ISTQB
15 3 (0.34%) OCP
15 3 (0.34%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 127 (14.55%) Data Quality
2 59 (6.76%) QA
3 48 (5.50%) GDPR
4 15 (1.72%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 10 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (1.15%) PMO
6 8 (0.92%) Accessibility
6 8 (0.92%) SLA
7 5 (0.57%) IFRS
8 4 (0.46%) COBIT
8 4 (0.46%) ISO 20022
8 4 (0.46%) NIST
9 3 (0.34%) GRC
9 3 (0.34%) HIPAA
9 3 (0.34%) IFRS 17
9 3 (0.34%) IFRS 9
9 3 (0.34%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.23%) EMIR
10 2 (0.23%) MiFID
System Software
1 15 (1.72%) Docker
2 8 (0.92%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.34%) NFS
5 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.11%) Time Sharing Option
5 1 (0.11%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.11%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (2.06%) Kubernetes
2 14 (1.60%) Terraform
3 7 (0.80%) Ansible
4 5 (0.57%) HP ALM
4 5 (0.57%) SCCM
5 2 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.23%) Puppet
6 1 (0.11%) Argo
6 1 (0.11%) CA Endevor
6 1 (0.11%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (0.11%) Grafana
6 1 (0.11%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Clustering
6 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.11%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 157 (17.98%) SAP
2 156 (17.87%) Oracle
3 127 (14.55%) Microsoft
4 63 (7.22%) Salesforce
5 36 (4.12%) Workday
6 25 (2.86%) Databricks
7 13 (1.49%) Google
8 11 (1.26%) MuleSoft
9 10 (1.15%) IFS
9 10 (1.15%) Informatica
10 8 (0.92%) IBM
10 8 (0.92%) Kronos
10 8 (0.92%) Sage
10 8 (0.92%) ServiceNow
11 7 (0.80%) Ariba
11 7 (0.80%) ESRI
11 7 (0.80%) HP
11 7 (0.80%) Talend
12 6 (0.69%) Intergraph
12 6 (0.69%) VMware