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

 6 months to
22 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 94 97
Rank change year-on-year +23 +3 +39
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,283 654 830
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.11% 2.73% 2.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.67% 2.99% 2.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 843 405 574
10th Percentile £360 £369 £350
25th Percentile £450 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £529 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.76% -3.82% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £713 £722
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 9 33
10th Percentile £15.29 £31.26 £25.00
25th Percentile £17.75 £36.50 £40.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £62.50 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -36.00% -16.67% +233.33%
75th Percentile £41.83 £71.25 £80.00
90th Percentile £76.00 £76.41 -
UK median hourly rate £38.36 £67.50 £75.00
% change year-on-year -43.18% -10.00% +180.37%

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 34,973 21,894 31,367
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.68% 91.30% 86.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,266 14,295 20,565
10th Percentile £325 £305 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £510 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -0.49% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,148 929 2,246
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.42 £12.92
25th Percentile £20.50 £18.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £46.11 £29.00 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +58.98% -20.55% -0.73%
75th Percentile £68.00 £62.24 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.44 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £28.18 £36.05
% change year-on-year +50.82% -21.82% +0.13%

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 May 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 May 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 May 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 +37 624 £525 -4.55% 112
South East -1 183 £599 +10.07% 50
North of England -16 173 £500 +1.63% 52
Midlands -2 130 £495 +4.21% 37
North West +4 108 £475 -11.55% 34
West Midlands -6 88 £475 - 23
South West +3 61 £525 +2.44% 17
East of England -2 57 £575 -11.54% 14
Yorkshire -37 57 £550 +37.50% 16
East Midlands +2 39 £500 +9.29% 13
North East -22 8 £488 -15.22% 2
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 44 (3.43%) SharePoint
2 40 (3.12%) Confluence
3 9 (0.70%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.55%) Oracle Workflow
5 4 (0.31%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
6 3 (0.23%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.16%) Appian
7 2 (0.16%) IIS
8 1 (0.078%) Apache
8 1 (0.078%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.078%) OpenROAD
8 1 (0.078%) Oracle Service Bus
8 1 (0.078%) WebSphere
Applications
1 69 (5.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (1.40%) Spreadsheet
3 17 (1.33%) Microsoft Project
4 14 (1.09%) MS Visio
5 13 (1.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 10 (0.78%) Microsoft Office
7 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.078%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 147 (11.46%) SAP S/4HANA
2 42 (3.27%) Oracle EBS
3 30 (2.34%) Dynamics CRM
4 21 (1.64%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 19 (1.48%) SAP ERP
6 15 (1.17%) Oracle ERP
7 14 (1.09%) NetSuite
8 11 (0.86%) Oracle General Ledger
8 11 (0.86%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 10 (0.78%) Loan IQ
9 10 (0.78%) Oracle Receivables
10 8 (0.62%) Oracle Payables
11 7 (0.55%) iTrent
11 7 (0.55%) NEC Housing
12 6 (0.47%) Finacle
12 6 (0.47%) Oracle Assets
12 6 (0.47%) Oracle EBS R12
12 6 (0.47%) SAP Business One
12 6 (0.47%) Teamcenter
12 6 (0.47%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 191 (14.89%) Azure
2 124 (9.66%) Power Platform
3 116 (9.04%) AWS
4 93 (7.25%) Dynamics 365
5 75 (5.85%) OCI
6 55 (4.29%) Azure DevOps
7 49 (3.82%) SaaS
8 45 (3.51%) Azure Data Factory
9 36 (2.81%) Snowflake
10 33 (2.57%) GitHub
11 27 (2.10%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 27 (2.10%) Microsoft 365
12 20 (1.56%) GCP
13 18 (1.40%) Amazon S3
14 17 (1.33%) SuccessFactors
15 14 (1.09%) dbt
15 14 (1.09%) Entra ID
15 14 (1.09%) Power Automate
15 14 (1.09%) PowerApps
16 13 (1.01%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.09%) DNS
2 13 (1.01%) SAN
3 12 (0.94%) NAS
4 6 (0.47%) Firewall
5 4 (0.31%) VPN
6 2 (0.16%) Fibre Channel
6 2 (0.16%) HTTP
6 2 (0.16%) VSAN
7 1 (0.078%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (0.078%) DKIM
7 1 (0.078%) DMARC
7 1 (0.078%) FCoE
7 1 (0.078%) Internet
7 1 (0.078%) Intranet
7 1 (0.078%) iSCSI
7 1 (0.078%) Network Security
7 1 (0.078%) SNMP
7 1 (0.078%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 106 (8.26%) Power BI
2 92 (7.17%) Data Warehouse
3 55 (4.29%) Oracle Reports
4 54 (4.21%) SQL Server
5 34 (2.65%) Metadata
6 30 (2.34%) Data Lake
6 30 (2.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 20 (1.56%) PostgreSQL
8 18 (1.40%) Oracle Database
8 18 (1.40%) Relational Database
9 17 (1.33%) NoSQL
10 13 (1.01%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 12 (0.94%) SAP Data Services
11 12 (0.94%) Tableau
12 11 (0.86%) DB2
13 10 (0.78%) Electronic Patient Records
13 10 (0.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 9 (0.70%) Amazon Redshift
15 8 (0.62%) GIS
16 7 (0.55%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 113 (8.81%) JIRA
2 34 (2.65%) Git
3 30 (2.34%) Zephyr
4 25 (1.95%) Postman
5 18 (1.40%) Jenkins
6 11 (0.86%) Selenium
7 6 (0.47%) GitLab
7 6 (0.47%) Hudson
7 6 (0.47%) LSMW
7 6 (0.47%) Oracle Forms
8 4 (0.31%) Cucumber
8 4 (0.31%) JUnit
9 3 (0.23%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.23%) Claude Code
9 3 (0.23%) ERwin
9 3 (0.23%) Rational DOORS
9 3 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 3 (0.23%) Team Foundation Server
10 2 (0.16%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.16%) Visual Studio
General
1 429 (33.44%) Finance
2 390 (30.40%) Social Skills
3 162 (12.63%) Analytical Skills
4 101 (7.87%) Public Sector
5 79 (6.16%) Banking
6 60 (4.68%) Manufacturing
7 48 (3.74%) Documentation Skills
8 44 (3.43%) Law
9 40 (3.12%) Retail
10 32 (2.49%) Presentation Skills
11 26 (2.03%) General Ledger
11 26 (2.03%) Local Government
12 23 (1.79%) Marketing
12 23 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
13 22 (1.71%) Legal
14 17 (1.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 17 (1.33%) Pharmaceutical
15 16 (1.25%) Billing
16 15 (1.17%) Aerospace
17 12 (0.94%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 291 (22.68%) Lead
2 194 (15.12%) Analyst
3 163 (12.70%) Architect
4 140 (10.91%) Consultant
5 111 (8.65%) Data Migration Lead
6 100 (7.79%) Project Manager
7 89 (6.94%) Business Analyst
8 88 (6.86%) Data Engineer
9 87 (6.78%) Senior
10 71 (5.53%) Data Analyst
11 59 (4.60%) Data Architect
12 58 (4.52%) Developer
13 54 (4.21%) Migration Engineer
14 53 (4.13%) Migration Analyst
15 50 (3.90%) Migration Manager
16 48 (3.74%) SAP Consultant
17 45 (3.51%) Data Migration Engineer
18 42 (3.27%) Data Migration Analyst
19 38 (2.96%) Lead Architect
20 36 (2.81%) Data Migration Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (6.16%) Oracle Fusion
2 34 (2.65%) Middleware
3 33 (2.57%) REST
4 20 (1.56%) XML
5 18 (1.40%) .NET
6 17 (1.33%) SOAP
7 16 (1.25%) Kafka
7 16 (1.25%) Spring
8 13 (1.01%) JSON
9 11 (0.86%) OpenTelemetry
10 9 (0.70%) Lightning Web Components
11 8 (0.62%) Spring Boot
12 7 (0.55%) PySpark
12 7 (0.55%) React
13 6 (0.47%) FHIR
13 6 (0.47%) SAP Fiori
13 6 (0.47%) Web Services
14 4 (0.31%) ADO
14 4 (0.31%) AngularJS
14 4 (0.31%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 168 (13.09%) Legacy Systems
2 100 (7.79%) Data Structures
3 42 (3.27%) Cloud Native
4 37 (2.88%) Management Information System
5 26 (2.03%) Greenfield Project
6 25 (1.95%) Onboarding
7 23 (1.79%) Product Ownership
7 23 (1.79%) Public Cloud
8 17 (1.33%) Data Protection Act
9 16 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
10 15 (1.17%) Reference Data
10 15 (1.17%) Replication
11 14 (1.09%) Hybrid Cloud
11 14 (1.09%) Mainframe
12 13 (1.01%) Self-Motivation
13 11 (0.86%) Data Centre
13 11 (0.86%) Distributed Systems
13 11 (0.86%) Marketing Technology
14 10 (0.78%) NHS
15 9 (0.70%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 26 (2.03%) Windows
2 11 (0.86%) Linux
3 7 (0.55%) Apple iOS
3 7 (0.55%) Windows 10
3 7 (0.55%) zOS
4 4 (0.31%) VMS
5 3 (0.23%) Data ONTAP
5 3 (0.23%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.16%) Unix
7 1 (0.078%) AIX
7 1 (0.078%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,283 (100.00%) Migration
2 343 (26.73%) Validation
3 274 (21.36%) Stakeholder Management
4 266 (20.73%) ERP
5 257 (20.03%) User Acceptance Testing
6 233 (18.16%) Agile
7 216 (16.84%) ETL
8 196 (15.28%) Problem-Solving
9 195 (15.20%) Data Modelling
10 187 (14.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 142 (11.07%) Data Cleansing
12 133 (10.37%) Business Intelligence
13 128 (9.98%) Project Management
14 124 (9.66%) Data Mapping
15 121 (9.43%) Data Governance
16 115 (8.96%) Continuous Improvement
17 110 (8.57%) Analytics
18 99 (7.72%) Data Validation
18 99 (7.72%) DevOps
19 96 (7.48%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 241 (18.78%) SQL
2 96 (7.48%) Python
3 37 (2.88%) Java
4 28 (2.18%) PL/SQL
5 22 (1.71%) Bash
6 17 (1.33%) JavaScript
7 11 (0.86%) PowerShell
8 10 (0.78%) C#
9 9 (0.70%) VBA
10 8 (0.62%) Apex Code
10 8 (0.62%) T-SQL
11 5 (0.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 4 (0.31%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.23%) ABAP
13 3 (0.23%) COBOL
13 3 (0.23%) Korn
13 3 (0.23%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.23%) TypeScript
13 3 (0.23%) X++
14 2 (0.16%) C
Qualifications
1 213 (16.60%) Security Cleared
2 159 (12.39%) SC Cleared
3 53 (4.13%) Degree
4 31 (2.42%) DV Cleared
5 26 (2.03%) PMP
6 20 (1.56%) ISTQB
6 20 (1.56%) PMI Certification
7 18 (1.40%) BPSS Clearance
7 18 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (0.78%) ACCA
8 10 (0.78%) Azure Certification
8 10 (0.78%) CIMA
9 5 (0.39%) AWS Certification
9 5 (0.39%) Oracle Certification
9 5 (0.39%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 4 (0.31%) DBS Check
10 4 (0.31%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.31%) OCP
10 4 (0.31%) SAP Certification
10 4 (0.31%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 221 (17.23%) Data Quality
2 97 (7.56%) QA
3 58 (4.52%) GDPR
4 22 (1.71%) PMO
5 14 (1.09%) SLA
6 11 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 10 (0.78%) HL7
8 8 (0.62%) COBIT
9 7 (0.55%) IFRS
9 7 (0.55%) NIST
9 7 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 7 (0.55%) SNOMED CT
10 5 (0.39%) Accessibility
10 5 (0.39%) DICOM
10 5 (0.39%) GAAP
10 5 (0.39%) GMP
11 4 (0.31%) Basel III
11 4 (0.31%) PERC
12 3 (0.23%) GRC
12 3 (0.23%) GxP
System Software
1 23 (1.79%) VMware Infrastructure
2 18 (1.40%) Active Directory
3 14 (1.09%) vSphere
4 12 (0.94%) VMware NSX
5 11 (0.86%) Docker
6 9 (0.70%) NFS
7 3 (0.23%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.23%) SRDF
8 2 (0.16%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.078%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 32 (2.49%) Terraform
2 29 (2.26%) Kubernetes
3 21 (1.64%) Ansible
4 14 (1.09%) Grafana
4 14 (1.09%) vCenter Server
5 13 (1.01%) Argo
6 12 (0.94%) Microsoft Intune
7 8 (0.62%) EMC VPLEX
7 8 (0.62%) SCCM
8 6 (0.47%) vMotion
9 4 (0.31%) HP ALM
10 3 (0.23%) EMC NetWorker
10 3 (0.23%) NetBackup
11 2 (0.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.16%) Prometheus
11 2 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.16%) SnapMirror
11 2 (0.16%) SnapVault
12 1 (0.078%) Data Guard
12 1 (0.078%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 246 (19.17%) SAP
2 235 (18.32%) Oracle
3 206 (16.06%) Microsoft
4 57 (4.44%) Databricks
4 57 (4.44%) Salesforce
5 27 (2.10%) VMware
6 24 (1.87%) Workday
7 22 (1.71%) Informatica
7 22 (1.71%) Pure Storage
7 22 (1.71%) Sage
8 21 (1.64%) ServiceNow
9 20 (1.56%) Google
10 19 (1.48%) Talend
11 17 (1.33%) IFS
12 15 (1.17%) Avaloq
12 15 (1.17%) MuleSoft
13 13 (1.01%) Red Hat
14 11 (0.86%) IBM
14 11 (0.86%) Siebel
14 11 (0.86%) Splunk
259 Data Migration jobs in England