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

6 months to
22 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 92 100
Rank change year-on-year -2 +8 +19
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,398 811 764
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.99% 2.85% 2.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.51% 3.14% 2.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 902 524 520
10th Percentile £375 £377 £393
25th Percentile £425 £449 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £538
Median % change year-on-year -3.38% +1.09% -2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £725 £700
UK median daily rate £532 £538 £538
% change year-on-year -1.02% - -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 8 3
10th Percentile £13.86 £15.00 £40.40
25th Percentile £21.25 £27.98 £48.50
Median hourly rate £29.96 £49.00 £64.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.86% -23.44% -24.71%
75th Percentile £57.50 £74.10 £67.88
90th Percentile £73.60 £98.72 £69.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £32.50 £64.00
% change year-on-year +23.08% -49.22% -24.71%

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.

6 months to
22 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 39,860 25,825 27,493
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.35% 90.91% 86.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,043 16,388 16,768
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £640
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,134 1,632 1,057
10th Percentile £13.54 £14.50 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.25 £17.69 £20.30
Median hourly rate £37.82 £25.15 £41.16
Median % change year-on-year +50.38% -38.89% -7.52%
75th Percentile £67.25 £44.19 £66.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £67.25 £74.00
UK median hourly rate £37.02 £25.08 £38.50
% change year-on-year +47.64% -34.87% -10.81%

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 October 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 22 October 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 22 October 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 +11 700 £550 - 325
North of England +16 186 £525 +9.95% 94
Midlands +8 183 £470 -14.55% 79
South East -27 141 £485 -19.17% 108
West Midlands +20 138 £450 -18.18% 51
North West +8 105 £531 +24.41% 49
South West +17 87 £523 -0.48% 22
Yorkshire -21 55 £500 -9.09% 26
East of England -8 44 £509 +4.41% 31
East Midlands -10 40 £538 -4.44% 28
North East -11 29 £538 +22.86% 19
Data Migration
UK

Data Migration Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Migration100.0%1,398
2Validation32.8%459
3Stakeholder Management29.8%417
4User Acceptance Testing23.4%327
5ERP21.5%300
6Agile18.7%261
7ETL16.8%235
8Data Modelling16.7%234
9Data Governance14.2%199
10Problem-Solving14.2%198
11Stakeholder Engagement13.4%187
12DevOps10.6%148
13Analytics9.8%137
14Data Cleansing9.7%136
15Requirements Gathering9.7%135
16CI/CD9.6%134
17Business Intelligence9.2%128
17Data Integration9.2%128
17Data Transformation9.2%128
20System Integration Testing8.8%123