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 7 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 99 91
Rank change year-on-year +12 -8 +49
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,142 653 891
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.93% 2.68% 2.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.41% 2.95% 2.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 752 434 613
10th Percentile £363 £375 £388
25th Percentile £450 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £532 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.22% -3.36% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £660
90th Percentile £722 £713 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 6 39
10th Percentile £13.95 £26.21 £25.00
25th Percentile £16.25 £40.03 £40.00
Median hourly rate £41.56 £60.00 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.74% -25.00% +300.00%
75th Percentile £75.57 £64.69 -
90th Percentile £81.00 £76.03 £86.50
UK median hourly rate £36.36 £75.00 £80.00
% change year-on-year -51.53% -6.25% +276.47%

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 33,455 22,163 32,367
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.84% 90.86% 86.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,444 14,600 21,357
10th Percentile £313 £311 £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 £614 £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 2,067 867 2,171
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.99 £12.92
25th Percentile £19.54 £19.00 £15.87
Median hourly rate £38.25 £32.50 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +17.69% -1.52% -12.00%
75th Percentile £65.59 £65.00 £58.69
90th Percentile £77.50 £75.80 £70.50
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £31.51 £33.00
% change year-on-year +14.25% -4.52% -11.53%

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 7 April 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 7 April 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 7 April 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 +19 591 £525 -4.55% 124
South East -9 157 £624 +18.86% 79
North of England -13 150 £500 -4.76% 47
Midlands -27 107 £450 -12.20% 29
North West +14 87 £460 -16.36% 20
West Midlands -35 67 £470 -8.07% 20
Yorkshire -31 54 £540 +34.88% 22
East of England -15 48 £575 -11.54% 21
East Midlands -6 37 £450 -7.93% 9
South West -25 32 £600 +17.07% 18
North East -9 9 £488 -20.41% 5
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 (2.80%) SharePoint
2 28 (2.45%) Confluence
3 9 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (0.70%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
5 3 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.18%) Appian
6 2 (0.18%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.18%) CMS
6 2 (0.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.088%) Apache
7 1 (0.088%) IIS
7 1 (0.088%) Moodle
7 1 (0.088%) OpenROAD
7 1 (0.088%) Oracle Service Bus
7 1 (0.088%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.088%) WebSphere
Applications
1 64 (5.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (1.93%) Spreadsheet
3 21 (1.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (1.75%) Microsoft Project
5 17 (1.49%) MS Visio
6 11 (0.96%) Microsoft Office
7 1 (0.088%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.088%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 117 (10.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 53 (4.64%) Oracle EBS
3 32 (2.80%) Dynamics CRM
4 21 (1.84%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 14 (1.23%) Oracle ERP
6 13 (1.14%) Loan IQ
7 11 (0.96%) SAP ERP
7 11 (0.96%) Workday HCM
8 10 (0.88%) Oracle General Ledger
8 10 (0.88%) Oracle Payables
8 10 (0.88%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 7 (0.61%) NetSuite
9 7 (0.61%) Oracle EBS R12
9 7 (0.61%) Oracle Receivables
9 7 (0.61%) SAP HR
10 6 (0.53%) Finacle
11 5 (0.44%) NEC Housing
11 5 (0.44%) Oracle Cash Management
11 5 (0.44%) Salesforce CRM
11 5 (0.44%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 164 (14.36%) Azure
2 123 (10.77%) Power Platform
3 102 (8.93%) AWS
4 89 (7.79%) OCI
5 85 (7.44%) Dynamics 365
6 44 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
7 43 (3.77%) SaaS
8 40 (3.50%) Azure Data Factory
9 35 (3.06%) GitHub
10 26 (2.28%) Snowflake
11 24 (2.10%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 23 (2.01%) Microsoft 365
13 22 (1.93%) SuccessFactors
14 18 (1.58%) GCP
15 16 (1.40%) Amazon S3
16 15 (1.31%) Entra ID
16 15 (1.31%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
17 14 (1.23%) Salesforce Service Cloud
18 13 (1.14%) OpenShift
19 10 (0.88%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.23%) DNS
2 12 (1.05%) NAS
3 11 (0.96%) SAN
4 4 (0.35%) VPN
5 3 (0.26%) Firewall
6 2 (0.18%) Fibre Channel
6 2 (0.18%) HTTP
6 2 (0.18%) SSL
7 1 (0.088%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (0.088%) FCoE
7 1 (0.088%) Internet
7 1 (0.088%) Intranet
7 1 (0.088%) iSCSI
7 1 (0.088%) Network Security
7 1 (0.088%) SNMP
7 1 (0.088%) VSAN
7 1 (0.088%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (9.19%) Power BI
2 78 (6.83%) Data Warehouse
3 54 (4.73%) SQL Server
4 46 (4.03%) Oracle Reports
5 40 (3.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 28 (2.45%) Metadata
7 26 (2.28%) Relational Database
8 25 (2.19%) Data Lake
9 21 (1.84%) PostgreSQL
10 20 (1.75%) Oracle Database
11 16 (1.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 15 (1.31%) NoSQL
13 13 (1.14%) Amazon Redshift
13 13 (1.14%) SAP Data Services
13 13 (1.14%) Tableau
14 11 (0.96%) Oracle BI Publisher
15 10 (0.88%) DB2
15 10 (0.88%) Electronic Patient Records
15 10 (0.88%) MySQL
16 8 (0.70%) DataStage
Development Applications
1 87 (7.62%) JIRA
2 25 (2.19%) Git
3 19 (1.66%) Zephyr
4 17 (1.49%) Jenkins
5 15 (1.31%) Postman
6 8 (0.70%) Oracle Forms
7 5 (0.44%) GitLab
7 5 (0.44%) Hudson
7 5 (0.44%) LSMW
7 5 (0.44%) Selenium
8 4 (0.35%) Cucumber
8 4 (0.35%) JUnit
8 4 (0.35%) Toad
9 3 (0.26%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.26%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.26%) ERwin
9 3 (0.26%) Oracle APEX
9 3 (0.26%) Rational DOORS
9 3 (0.26%) Team Foundation Server
9 3 (0.26%) Visual Studio
General
1 394 (34.50%) Social Skills
2 387 (33.89%) Finance
3 144 (12.61%) Analytical Skills
4 101 (8.84%) Public Sector
5 67 (5.87%) Banking
6 44 (3.85%) Law
7 42 (3.68%) Manufacturing
8 41 (3.59%) Documentation Skills
9 39 (3.42%) Retail
10 36 (3.15%) Presentation Skills
11 24 (2.10%) Legal
12 21 (1.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 20 (1.75%) Marketing
13 20 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
14 18 (1.58%) General Ledger
15 17 (1.49%) Billing
15 17 (1.49%) Local Government
16 16 (1.40%) Pharmaceutical
17 12 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
18 10 (0.88%) Police
Job Titles
1 248 (21.72%) Lead
2 165 (14.45%) Analyst
3 152 (13.31%) Architect
4 128 (11.21%) Consultant
5 98 (8.58%) Project Manager
6 91 (7.97%) Business Analyst
7 83 (7.27%) Senior
8 79 (6.92%) Data Migration Lead
9 76 (6.65%) Data Engineer
10 63 (5.52%) Data Analyst
11 54 (4.73%) Developer
11 54 (4.73%) Migration Analyst
12 39 (3.42%) Data Architect
12 39 (3.42%) Data Migration Analyst
13 38 (3.33%) Migration Manager
13 38 (3.33%) Solutions Architect
14 35 (3.06%) SAP Consultant
15 33 (2.89%) Lead Architect
16 32 (2.80%) Data Manager
17 31 (2.71%) Functional Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (6.74%) Oracle Fusion
2 34 (2.98%) REST
3 31 (2.71%) Middleware
4 26 (2.28%) XML
5 19 (1.66%) SOAP
6 15 (1.31%) .NET
6 15 (1.31%) JSON
6 15 (1.31%) Lightning Web Components
7 13 (1.14%) Kafka
8 12 (1.05%) OpenTelemetry
9 11 (0.96%) Spring
10 7 (0.61%) PySpark
10 7 (0.61%) Web Services
11 6 (0.53%) React
11 6 (0.53%) Visualforce
12 5 (0.44%) FHIR
12 5 (0.44%) RESTful
12 5 (0.44%) XSLT
13 4 (0.35%) AngularJS
13 4 (0.35%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 157 (13.75%) Legacy Systems
2 88 (7.71%) Data Structures
3 39 (3.42%) Management Information System
4 35 (3.06%) Cloud Native
5 27 (2.36%) Onboarding
6 26 (2.28%) Product Ownership
7 25 (2.19%) Greenfield Project
8 18 (1.58%) Replication
9 17 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
10 15 (1.31%) Hybrid Cloud
11 13 (1.14%) Enterprise Software
11 13 (1.14%) NHS
11 13 (1.14%) Public Cloud
11 13 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
12 12 (1.05%) Mainframe
12 12 (1.05%) Reference Data
13 11 (0.96%) Distributed Systems
13 11 (0.96%) Marketing Technology
14 10 (0.88%) Data Centre
15 9 (0.79%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 24 (2.10%) Windows
2 9 (0.79%) Linux
3 7 (0.61%) Apple iOS
3 7 (0.61%) Windows 10
3 7 (0.61%) zOS
4 6 (0.53%) Unix
4 6 (0.53%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.18%) Data ONTAP
6 1 (0.088%) AIX
6 1 (0.088%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.088%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,142 (100.00%) Migration
2 275 (24.08%) Validation
3 274 (23.99%) Stakeholder Management
4 246 (21.54%) ERP
5 229 (20.05%) Agile
6 206 (18.04%) User Acceptance Testing
7 198 (17.34%) ETL
8 194 (16.99%) Problem-Solving
9 174 (15.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 169 (14.80%) Data Modelling
11 131 (11.47%) Business Intelligence
12 126 (11.03%) Data Cleansing
12 126 (11.03%) Project Management
13 116 (10.16%) Analytics
13 116 (10.16%) Data Mapping
14 115 (10.07%) Continuous Improvement
15 107 (9.37%) Workshop Facilitation
16 105 (9.19%) Change Management
17 92 (8.06%) Data Governance
18 87 (7.62%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 223 (19.53%) SQL
2 83 (7.27%) Python
3 38 (3.33%) Java
4 24 (2.10%) PL/SQL
5 16 (1.40%) Bash
5 16 (1.40%) JavaScript
6 14 (1.23%) Apex Code
7 12 (1.05%) PowerShell
8 11 (0.96%) C#
9 10 (0.88%) VBA
10 7 (0.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 7 (0.61%) T-SQL
11 5 (0.44%) Korn
11 5 (0.44%) Kotlin
11 5 (0.44%) Perl
11 5 (0.44%) PHP
11 5 (0.44%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.35%) SOQL
13 3 (0.26%) ABAP
13 3 (0.26%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 179 (15.67%) Security Cleared
2 131 (11.47%) SC Cleared
3 46 (4.03%) Degree
4 27 (2.36%) DV Cleared
5 25 (2.19%) PMP
6 19 (1.66%) BPSS Clearance
7 17 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
8 16 (1.40%) PMI Certification
9 15 (1.31%) ISTQB
10 11 (0.96%) AWS Certification
11 8 (0.70%) Azure Certification
12 6 (0.53%) Master's Degree
12 6 (0.53%) SAP Certification
13 4 (0.35%) OCP
13 4 (0.35%) Oracle Certification
14 3 (0.26%) IIBA
14 3 (0.26%) TOGAF Certification
15 2 (0.18%) CBAP
15 2 (0.18%) DBS Check
15 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 194 (16.99%) Data Quality
2 93 (8.14%) QA
3 58 (5.08%) GDPR
4 24 (2.10%) PMO
5 15 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (1.05%) COBIT
7 11 (0.96%) NIST
8 9 (0.79%) IFRS
8 9 (0.79%) SLA
9 7 (0.61%) HL7
9 7 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 6 (0.53%) Accessibility
10 6 (0.53%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 5 (0.44%) GAAP
11 5 (0.44%) GMP
11 5 (0.44%) IFRS 9
12 4 (0.35%) Basel III
12 4 (0.35%) IFRS 17
12 4 (0.35%) PERC
13 3 (0.26%) DICOM
System Software
1 23 (2.01%) VMware Infrastructure
2 18 (1.58%) Active Directory
3 14 (1.23%) vSphere
4 13 (1.14%) VMware NSX
5 8 (0.70%) Docker
5 8 (0.70%) NFS
6 2 (0.18%) SRDF
7 1 (0.088%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.088%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.088%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 31 (2.71%) Kubernetes
2 26 (2.28%) Terraform
3 15 (1.31%) Ansible
4 14 (1.23%) Grafana
4 14 (1.23%) vCenter Server
5 13 (1.14%) Argo
6 12 (1.05%) Microsoft Intune
7 8 (0.70%) SCCM
8 7 (0.61%) EMC VPLEX
9 6 (0.53%) vMotion
10 3 (0.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.26%) HP ALM
11 2 (0.18%) EMC NetWorker
11 2 (0.18%) NetBackup
11 2 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.088%) Control-M
12 1 (0.088%) Data Guard
12 1 (0.088%) EMC TimeFinder
12 1 (0.088%) Jamf Pro
12 1 (0.088%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 220 (19.26%) Oracle
2 205 (17.95%) SAP
3 181 (15.85%) Microsoft
4 64 (5.60%) Salesforce
5 40 (3.50%) Databricks
6 36 (3.15%) Workday
7 27 (2.36%) VMware
8 25 (2.19%) Informatica
9 23 (2.01%) Sage
10 22 (1.93%) Pure Storage
11 19 (1.66%) ServiceNow
12 17 (1.49%) Avaloq
12 17 (1.49%) MuleSoft
12 17 (1.49%) Talend
13 14 (1.23%) Google
13 14 (1.23%) Red Hat
14 13 (1.14%) IFS
15 12 (1.05%) Splunk
16 11 (0.96%) IBM
17 10 (0.88%) Ariba