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 4 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 96 95 97
Rank change year-on-year -1 +2 +40
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,004 686 853
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.79% 2.73% 2.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.21% 3.02% 2.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 663 466 587
10th Percentile £363 £375 £400
25th Percentile £450 £455 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -1.82% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £721 £711 £719
UK median daily rate £540 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +2.86% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 3 32
10th Percentile £14.95 £39.25 £25.00
25th Percentile £16.25 £45.63 £40.00
Median hourly rate £61.00 £57.50 £77.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.09% -25.81% +189.72%
75th Percentile £79.50 £72.90 £86.31
90th Percentile £81.00 £81.39 £86.50
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £85.00 £80.00
% change year-on-year -57.65% +6.25% +158.06%

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 31,295 22,746 32,794
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.03% 90.36% 87.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,032 14,434 21,722
10th Percentile £313 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £618 £638 £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 1,939 776 2,084
10th Percentile £15.24 £15.50 £13.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.00 £33.78
Median % change year-on-year -17.14% +3.63% -6.18%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £59.44
90th Percentile £73.46 £75.38 £71.90
UK median hourly rate £27.94 £32.50 £32.85
% change year-on-year -14.03% -1.05% -6.16%

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 4 March 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 4 March 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 4 March 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 +8 537 £550 - 111
South East -21 135 £609 +15.95% 92
North of England -27 117 £500 -6.98% 53
Midlands -21 109 £500 -4.76% 39
North West -9 69 £460 -10.24% 24
West Midlands -39 67 £500 -4.76% 29
Yorkshire -49 41 £527 -6.14% 21
East Midlands -1 40 £500 +2.30% 9
South West -30 31 £525 +5.53% 19
East of England -28 23 £465 -28.54% 22
North East -12 7 £494 -26.85% 8
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 33 (3.29%) Confluence
2 26 (2.59%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (0.80%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
5 6 (0.60%) GeoServer
5 6 (0.60%) Smallworld
6 4 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.30%) CMS
7 3 (0.30%) LiveLink
8 2 (0.20%) Appian
8 2 (0.20%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.20%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.100%) Apache
9 1 (0.100%) IIS
9 1 (0.100%) Moodle
9 1 (0.100%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.100%) Oracle Service Bus
9 1 (0.100%) SAP Portal
9 1 (0.100%) WebSphere
Applications
1 59 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (1.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 19 (1.89%) Spreadsheet
3 16 (1.59%) Microsoft Project
4 15 (1.49%) MS Visio
5 10 (1.00%) Microsoft Office
6 4 (0.40%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.100%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 89 (8.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 51 (5.08%) Oracle EBS
3 29 (2.89%) Dynamics CRM
4 18 (1.79%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 16 (1.59%) Oracle General Ledger
6 15 (1.49%) Oracle Payables
6 15 (1.49%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 15 (1.49%) SAP HR
7 13 (1.29%) Loan IQ
8 12 (1.20%) Oracle Receivables
9 11 (1.10%) Oracle ERP
10 9 (0.90%) Workday HCM
11 8 (0.80%) Oracle Cash Management
11 8 (0.80%) Oracle EBS R12
11 8 (0.80%) SAP CO
11 8 (0.80%) SAP FI
12 7 (0.70%) SAP ERP
12 7 (0.70%) SAP FI/CO
13 6 (0.60%) Dynamics AX
13 6 (0.60%) Oracle FAH
Cloud Services
1 148 (14.74%) Azure
2 100 (9.96%) AWS
3 86 (8.57%) OCI
4 84 (8.37%) Power Platform
5 56 (5.58%) Dynamics 365
6 35 (3.49%) SaaS
7 32 (3.19%) Azure Data Factory
8 31 (3.09%) Azure DevOps
9 27 (2.69%) Snowflake
10 25 (2.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 23 (2.29%) Microsoft 365
12 22 (2.19%) GitHub
13 20 (1.99%) SuccessFactors
14 17 (1.69%) Amazon S3
15 16 (1.59%) Entra ID
15 16 (1.59%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 16 (1.59%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 14 (1.39%) GCP
17 13 (1.29%) OpenShift
18 12 (1.20%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.10%) NAS
2 10 (1.00%) SAN
3 8 (0.80%) DNS
4 2 (0.20%) Fibre Channel
4 2 (0.20%) Firewall
4 2 (0.20%) SSL
4 2 (0.20%) VPN
5 1 (0.100%) FCoE
5 1 (0.100%) Internet
5 1 (0.100%) Intranet
5 1 (0.100%) iSCSI
5 1 (0.100%) Network Security
5 1 (0.100%) VSAN
5 1 (0.100%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (7.47%) Data Warehouse
2 66 (6.57%) Power BI
3 51 (5.08%) SQL Server
4 43 (4.28%) Oracle Reports
4 43 (4.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 36 (3.59%) Relational Database
6 27 (2.69%) Oracle Database
7 25 (2.49%) Metadata
8 24 (2.39%) Data Lake
9 20 (1.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 16 (1.59%) RDBMS
11 15 (1.49%) PostgreSQL
11 15 (1.49%) Tableau
12 14 (1.39%) Amazon Redshift
13 11 (1.10%) MySQL
14 10 (1.00%) Big Data
14 10 (1.00%) Oracle BI Publisher
15 9 (0.90%) DataStage
15 9 (0.90%) DB2
15 9 (0.90%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 87 (8.67%) JIRA
2 17 (1.69%) Git
3 14 (1.39%) Zephyr
4 12 (1.20%) Postman
5 11 (1.10%) Jenkins
6 6 (0.60%) Oracle Forms
7 4 (0.40%) LSMW
7 4 (0.40%) Toad
7 4 (0.40%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.30%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.30%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.30%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.30%) ERwin
8 3 (0.30%) JUnit
8 3 (0.30%) Oracle APEX
8 3 (0.30%) Selenium
8 3 (0.30%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.20%) GitLab
9 2 (0.20%) Hudson
10 1 (0.100%) webpack
General
1 372 (37.05%) Social Skills
2 326 (32.47%) Finance
3 115 (11.45%) Analytical Skills
4 92 (9.16%) Public Sector
5 70 (6.97%) Banking
6 35 (3.49%) Presentation Skills
6 35 (3.49%) Retail
7 33 (3.29%) Documentation Skills
8 32 (3.19%) Manufacturing
9 25 (2.49%) Legal
10 21 (2.09%) Organisational Skills
11 19 (1.89%) General Ledger
12 16 (1.59%) Marketing
13 15 (1.49%) Local Government
14 14 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 13 (1.29%) Law
15 13 (1.29%) Pharmaceutical
16 12 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
17 11 (1.10%) Billing
18 10 (1.00%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 179 (17.83%) Lead
2 157 (15.64%) Analyst
3 129 (12.85%) Consultant
4 116 (11.55%) Architect
5 93 (9.26%) Project Manager
6 90 (8.96%) Business Analyst
7 80 (7.97%) Senior
8 66 (6.57%) Data Engineer
9 56 (5.58%) Data Analyst
10 54 (5.38%) Data Migration Lead
11 47 (4.68%) Migration Analyst
12 44 (4.38%) Developer
13 37 (3.69%) Solutions Architect
14 36 (3.59%) Data Architect
14 36 (3.59%) Migration Manager
15 34 (3.39%) Data Migration Analyst
15 34 (3.39%) SAP Consultant
16 31 (3.09%) Oracle Consultant
17 27 (2.69%) Data Business Analyst
17 27 (2.69%) Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (7.67%) Oracle Fusion
2 34 (3.39%) REST
3 27 (2.69%) Middleware
4 26 (2.59%) XML
5 18 (1.79%) Lightning Web Components
5 18 (1.79%) SOAP
6 12 (1.20%) .NET
7 11 (1.10%) JSON
7 11 (1.10%) Web Services
8 9 (0.90%) Visualforce
9 8 (0.80%) PySpark
10 7 (0.70%) OpenTelemetry
11 6 (0.60%) Kafka
11 6 (0.60%) React
11 6 (0.60%) SAP Fiori
12 5 (0.50%) XSLT
13 4 (0.40%) ADO
13 4 (0.40%) RESTful
13 4 (0.40%) Spring
14 3 (0.30%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 135 (13.45%) Legacy Systems
2 68 (6.77%) Data Structures
3 36 (3.59%) Onboarding
4 34 (3.39%) Management Information System
5 24 (2.39%) Product Ownership
6 20 (1.99%) Cloud Native
6 20 (1.99%) Greenfield Project
6 20 (1.99%) Replication
7 18 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
8 13 (1.29%) Reference Data
9 12 (1.20%) Data Centre
10 10 (1.00%) Hybrid Cloud
11 9 (0.90%) Tandem
12 8 (0.80%) Enterprise Software
12 8 (0.80%) NHS
12 8 (0.80%) Public Cloud
13 7 (0.70%) FMCG
13 7 (0.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 7 (0.70%) Mainframe
13 7 (0.70%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 24 (2.39%) Windows
2 8 (0.80%) Windows 10
3 7 (0.70%) Apple iOS
4 6 (0.60%) Linux
4 6 (0.60%) Unix
4 6 (0.60%) zOS
5 5 (0.50%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.50%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.30%) Solaris
7 1 (0.100%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.100%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,004 (100.00%) Migration
2 241 (24.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 226 (22.51%) Agile
4 211 (21.02%) Validation
5 186 (18.53%) Problem-Solving
6 181 (18.03%) ERP
7 180 (17.93%) ETL
8 154 (15.34%) User Acceptance Testing
9 148 (14.74%) Data Modelling
10 136 (13.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 122 (12.15%) Project Management
12 115 (11.45%) Analytics
13 108 (10.76%) Data Cleansing
13 108 (10.76%) Workshop Facilitation
14 105 (10.46%) Data Mapping
15 98 (9.76%) Change Management
16 92 (9.16%) Business Intelligence
17 79 (7.87%) Continuous Improvement
17 79 (7.87%) Data Governance
17 79 (7.87%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 205 (20.42%) SQL
2 75 (7.47%) Python
3 32 (3.19%) Java
4 17 (1.69%) PL/SQL
5 16 (1.59%) Apex Code
5 16 (1.59%) JavaScript
6 12 (1.20%) C#
7 9 (0.90%) Bash
7 9 (0.90%) PowerShell
7 9 (0.90%) T-SQL
8 6 (0.60%) VBA
9 5 (0.50%) Perl
9 5 (0.50%) PHP
9 5 (0.50%) Shell Script
9 5 (0.50%) X++
10 4 (0.40%) ABAP
10 4 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 4 (0.40%) Korn
10 4 (0.40%) Kotlin
11 3 (0.30%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 146 (14.54%) Security Cleared
2 104 (10.36%) SC Cleared
3 53 (5.28%) Degree
4 27 (2.69%) PMP
5 22 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
6 19 (1.89%) PMI Certification
7 15 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
7 15 (1.49%) DV Cleared
7 15 (1.49%) Master's Degree
8 10 (1.00%) AWS Certification
8 10 (1.00%) ISTQB
9 7 (0.70%) Azure Certification
10 6 (0.60%) SAP Certification
11 4 (0.40%) OCP
11 4 (0.40%) Oracle Certification
12 3 (0.30%) ACCA
12 3 (0.30%) CIMA
12 3 (0.30%) IIBA
12 3 (0.30%) PgMP
12 3 (0.30%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 161 (16.04%) Data Quality
2 79 (7.87%) QA
3 54 (5.38%) GDPR
4 18 (1.79%) PMO
5 15 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (1.20%) COBIT
7 11 (1.10%) NIST
8 9 (0.90%) IFRS
8 9 (0.90%) SLA
9 8 (0.80%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 6 (0.60%) Accessibility
11 5 (0.50%) GAAP
11 5 (0.50%) GMP
11 5 (0.50%) IFRS 9
11 5 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (0.40%) Basel III
12 4 (0.40%) IFRS 17
13 3 (0.30%) HIPAA
13 3 (0.30%) ISO 20022
13 3 (0.30%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 16 (1.59%) Active Directory
1 16 (1.59%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (1.39%) Docker
3 11 (1.10%) NFS
4 8 (0.80%) VMware NSX
4 8 (0.80%) vSphere
5 2 (0.20%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 26 (2.59%) Kubernetes
2 19 (1.89%) Terraform
3 12 (1.20%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (0.90%) Ansible
4 9 (0.90%) Grafana
4 9 (0.90%) SCCM
5 8 (0.80%) Argo
5 8 (0.80%) vCenter Server
6 6 (0.60%) EMC VPLEX
6 6 (0.60%) vMotion
7 4 (0.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.20%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.100%) Avamar
10 1 (0.100%) Control-M
10 1 (0.100%) EMC NetWorker
10 1 (0.100%) EMC TimeFinder
10 1 (0.100%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.100%) NetBackup
10 1 (0.100%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 211 (21.02%) Oracle
2 173 (17.23%) SAP
3 133 (13.25%) Microsoft
4 53 (5.28%) Salesforce
5 40 (3.98%) Workday
6 35 (3.49%) Databricks
7 25 (2.49%) Sage
8 23 (2.29%) Informatica
9 20 (1.99%) VMware
10 17 (1.69%) MuleSoft
10 17 (1.69%) Pure Storage
10 17 (1.69%) Talend
11 15 (1.49%) Avaloq
11 15 (1.49%) ServiceNow
12 12 (1.20%) Google
13 10 (1.00%) IFS
14 9 (0.90%) GoldenSource
14 9 (0.90%) Red Hat
15 8 (0.80%) ESRI
15 8 (0.80%) Temenos