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

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 85 101
Rank change year-on-year +2 +16 +23
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,410 784 761
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.09% 2.86% 2.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.64% 3.15% 2.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 935 487 520
10th Percentile £363 £363 £380
25th Percentile £425 £432 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year - -1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £725 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 12 13
10th Percentile £17.75 £15.28 £65.10
25th Percentile £23.00 £28.68 £72.50
Median hourly rate £40.00 £50.25 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.40% -37.19% -13.25%
75th Percentile £57.50 £68.44 -
90th Percentile £73.75 £73.50 -
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £36.33 £80.00
% change year-on-year +10.12% -54.59% -13.25%

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 38,700 24,856 28,392
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.86% 90.77% 85.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,864 15,818 18,112
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £631 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £753
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,605 1,463 1,438
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.25 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.87 £18.56
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +1.18%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +63.02% -40.82% +2.41%

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 2 September 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 2 September 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 2 September 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 +15 694 £537 -2.36% 343
North of England -18 193 £500 +5.26% 89
South East -4 171 £550 -4.35% 99
Midlands +3 161 £475 -5.00% 67
North West +5 119 £525 +10.53% 59
West Midlands -3 110 £450 -10.00% 42
South West +16 88 £523 -0.48% 36
Yorkshire -33 62 £500 +2.56% 15
East of England +5 57 £565 +14.43% 41
East Midlands +3 47 £525 +0.77% 25
North East -34 15 £444 +1.43% 15
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 59 (4.18%) SharePoint
2 42 (2.98%) Confluence
3 12 (0.85%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (0.57%) Oracle Workflow
6 7 (0.50%) Apache
6 7 (0.50%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.35%) Tuxedo
8 2 (0.14%) CMS
8 2 (0.14%) HCL Notes
8 2 (0.14%) Mendix
8 2 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.071%) IIS
9 1 (0.071%) OpenROAD
9 1 (0.071%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.071%) SAS
9 1 (0.071%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.071%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 67 (4.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (1.35%) Spreadsheet
3 14 (0.99%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (0.99%) MS Visio
4 11 (0.78%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.21%) Windchill
7 2 (0.14%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.071%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 156 (11.06%) SAP S/4HANA
2 41 (2.91%) Dynamics CRM
3 23 (1.63%) Oracle ERP
3 23 (1.63%) Oracle Payables
4 20 (1.42%) NetSuite
5 19 (1.35%) Oracle Receivables
5 19 (1.35%) SAP ERP
6 17 (1.21%) Oracle EBS
7 12 (0.85%) Oracle Assets
7 12 (0.85%) Oracle Financials
7 12 (0.85%) SAP SD
7 12 (0.85%) Workday HCM
8 11 (0.78%) iTrent
8 11 (0.78%) Oracle General Ledger
8 11 (0.78%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 11 (0.78%) SAP MDG
8 11 (0.78%) Teamcenter
9 9 (0.64%) SAP FI
9 9 (0.64%) SAP MM
10 8 (0.57%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 230 (16.31%) Azure
2 144 (10.21%) Power Platform
3 142 (10.07%) AWS
4 117 (8.30%) Dynamics 365
5 80 (5.67%) OCI
6 72 (5.11%) Azure DevOps
7 59 (4.18%) SaaS
8 45 (3.19%) Snowflake
9 42 (2.98%) Azure Data Factory
10 40 (2.84%) Microsoft 365
11 34 (2.41%) SuccessFactors
12 33 (2.34%) GitHub
13 30 (2.13%) Power Automate
14 28 (1.99%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 26 (1.84%) PowerApps
16 24 (1.70%) Amazon S3
16 24 (1.70%) GCP
17 16 (1.13%) dbt
17 16 (1.13%) Microsoft Purview
18 13 (0.92%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.50%) DNS
2 5 (0.35%) NAS
2 5 (0.35%) SAN
2 5 (0.35%) VPN
3 4 (0.28%) Firewall
4 3 (0.21%) Intranet
5 2 (0.14%) HTTP
5 2 (0.14%) VSAN
6 1 (0.071%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.071%) DKIM
6 1 (0.071%) DMARC
6 1 (0.071%) Internet
6 1 (0.071%) SNMP
6 1 (0.071%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 124 (8.79%) Power BI
2 99 (7.02%) Data Warehouse
3 68 (4.82%) SQL Server
4 54 (3.83%) Metadata
5 47 (3.33%) Relational Database
6 40 (2.84%) Oracle Reports
7 36 (2.55%) Data Lake
8 31 (2.20%) Oracle Database
9 26 (1.84%) PostgreSQL
10 20 (1.42%) RDBMS
11 17 (1.21%) NoSQL
12 14 (0.99%) Azure SQL Database
12 14 (0.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 13 (0.92%) DataStage
13 13 (0.92%) Oracle Exadata
14 12 (0.85%) Oracle BI Publisher
14 12 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 10 (0.71%) Amazon Redshift
15 10 (0.71%) SAP Data Services
16 9 (0.64%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 115 (8.16%) JIRA
2 53 (3.76%) Git
3 36 (2.55%) Zephyr
4 29 (2.06%) Postman
5 20 (1.42%) GitLab
6 15 (1.06%) Jenkins
7 12 (0.85%) Oracle Forms
8 8 (0.57%) Selenium
9 6 (0.43%) Hudson
10 5 (0.35%) Gatling
10 5 (0.35%) Team Foundation Server
11 4 (0.28%) Cypress.io
11 4 (0.28%) LSMW
11 4 (0.28%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.21%) Claude Code
12 3 (0.21%) ER Studio
12 3 (0.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 2 (0.14%) Rational DOORS
13 2 (0.14%) Yeoman
14 1 (0.071%) Cucumber
General
1 503 (35.67%) Finance
2 401 (28.44%) Social Skills
3 192 (13.62%) Analytical Skills
4 129 (9.15%) Public Sector
5 82 (5.82%) Banking
6 75 (5.32%) Manufacturing
7 56 (3.97%) Documentation Skills
7 56 (3.97%) Retail
8 48 (3.40%) Law
9 44 (3.12%) General Ledger
10 32 (2.27%) Local Government
10 32 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
11 26 (1.84%) Marketing
12 25 (1.77%) Automotive
12 25 (1.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 23 (1.63%) Influencing Skills
14 22 (1.56%) Billing
15 18 (1.28%) Legal
16 16 (1.13%) Aerospace
16 16 (1.13%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 266 (18.87%) Lead
2 218 (15.46%) Analyst
3 179 (12.70%) Architect
4 155 (10.99%) Consultant
5 123 (8.72%) Data Engineer
6 119 (8.44%) Senior
7 98 (6.95%) Data Migration Lead
8 90 (6.38%) Business Analyst
9 85 (6.03%) Project Manager
10 79 (5.60%) Data Analyst
11 67 (4.75%) Developer
12 61 (4.33%) Data Architect
13 57 (4.04%) Migration Engineer
14 49 (3.48%) SAP Consultant
15 47 (3.33%) Data Migration Engineer
16 44 (3.12%) Migration Analyst
17 42 (2.98%) Solutions Architect
18 40 (2.84%) Data Consultant
19 38 (2.70%) Data Migration Analyst
20 37 (2.62%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (6.31%) Oracle Fusion
2 44 (3.12%) Middleware
3 36 (2.55%) Terraform
4 34 (2.41%) REST
5 26 (1.84%) .NET
6 24 (1.70%) XML
7 20 (1.42%) SOAP
8 17 (1.21%) JSON
8 17 (1.21%) Kafka
9 16 (1.13%) PySpark
10 14 (0.99%) Oracle GoldenGate
10 14 (0.99%) Spring
11 8 (0.57%) Lightning Web Components
11 8 (0.57%) Spring Boot
12 7 (0.50%) SAP Fiori
13 6 (0.43%) ADO
13 6 (0.43%) FHIR
13 6 (0.43%) HTML
13 6 (0.43%) Web Services
14 5 (0.35%) Keycloak
Miscellaneous
1 166 (11.77%) Legacy Systems
2 101 (7.16%) Data Structures
3 43 (3.05%) Management Information System
3 43 (3.05%) Public Cloud
4 41 (2.91%) Onboarding
5 40 (2.84%) Cloud Native
6 37 (2.62%) Enterprise Software
7 35 (2.48%) Product Ownership
8 28 (1.99%) Greenfield Project
9 19 (1.35%) NHS
10 18 (1.28%) FMCG
11 17 (1.21%) Replication
12 16 (1.13%) Reference Data
13 14 (0.99%) Data Protection Act
14 13 (0.92%) Distributed Systems
15 12 (0.85%) Data Centre
15 12 (0.85%) Low-Code
16 11 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
17 10 (0.71%) Reinsurance
18 9 (0.64%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 22 (1.56%) Linux
2 21 (1.49%) Windows
3 13 (0.92%) AIX
4 5 (0.35%) Data ONTAP
5 4 (0.28%) VMS
6 2 (0.14%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.071%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.071%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,410 (100.00%) Migration
2 412 (29.22%) Validation
3 341 (24.18%) Stakeholder Management
4 326 (23.12%) ERP
4 326 (23.12%) User Acceptance Testing
5 241 (17.09%) Agile
6 236 (16.74%) Data Modelling
7 235 (16.67%) ETL
8 228 (16.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 178 (12.62%) Data Governance
10 172 (12.20%) Problem-Solving
11 147 (10.43%) Business Intelligence
12 137 (9.72%) Data Cleansing
13 126 (8.94%) Analytics
13 126 (8.94%) Continuous Improvement
14 125 (8.87%) DevOps
15 115 (8.16%) Data Mapping
16 112 (7.94%) CI/CD
16 112 (7.94%) Requirements Gathering
17 105 (7.45%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 291 (20.64%) SQL
2 92 (6.52%) Python
3 35 (2.48%) Java
4 25 (1.77%) PL/SQL
5 20 (1.42%) C#
5 20 (1.42%) JavaScript
6 17 (1.21%) Bash
7 15 (1.06%) PowerShell
8 10 (0.71%) TypeScript
9 9 (0.64%) T-SQL
10 7 (0.50%) Apex Code
10 7 (0.50%) Kotlin
11 5 (0.35%) ABAP
11 5 (0.35%) VB
11 5 (0.35%) VB6
11 5 (0.35%) VBA
12 4 (0.28%) C
12 4 (0.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 4 (0.28%) X++
13 3 (0.21%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 247 (17.52%) Security Cleared
2 196 (13.90%) SC Cleared
3 52 (3.69%) Degree
4 36 (2.55%) DV Cleared
5 29 (2.06%) ACCA
5 29 (2.06%) CIMA
6 25 (1.77%) ISTQB
6 25 (1.77%) PMI Certification
6 25 (1.77%) PMP
7 18 (1.28%) BPSS Clearance
8 12 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
9 11 (0.78%) Computer Science Degree
10 9 (0.64%) Azure Certification
11 7 (0.50%) DBS Check
12 6 (0.43%) AWS Certification
12 6 (0.43%) Oracle Certification
12 6 (0.43%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 5 (0.35%) SAP Certification
14 3 (0.21%) ITIL Certification
14 3 (0.21%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 286 (20.28%) Data Quality
2 110 (7.80%) QA
3 64 (4.54%) GDPR
4 31 (2.20%) PMO
5 12 (0.85%) GRC
6 11 (0.78%) HL7
7 10 (0.71%) IFRS
7 10 (0.71%) SLA
8 9 (0.64%) Accessibility
9 6 (0.43%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (0.43%) DICOM
9 6 (0.43%) SNOMED CT
10 5 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (0.28%) PERC
11 4 (0.28%) Solvency II
12 3 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 2 (0.14%) GAAP
13 2 (0.14%) GMP
13 2 (0.14%) ISO 20022
13 2 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 14 (0.99%) Oracle RAC
2 13 (0.92%) Docker
3 12 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.71%) Active Directory
5 8 (0.57%) vSphere
6 5 (0.35%) VMware NSX
7 4 (0.28%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.21%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 3 (0.21%) SRDF
8 3 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.14%) NFS
Systems Management
1 27 (1.91%) Ansible
2 25 (1.77%) Kubernetes
3 13 (0.92%) Data Guard
3 13 (0.92%) Oracle RMAN
4 8 (0.57%) vCenter Server
5 7 (0.50%) Argo
5 7 (0.50%) Grafana
6 4 (0.28%) EMC VPLEX
6 4 (0.28%) HP ALM
6 4 (0.28%) Karpenter
6 4 (0.28%) SnapMirror
7 3 (0.21%) EMC NetWorker
7 3 (0.21%) NetBackup
7 3 (0.21%) SnapVault
8 2 (0.14%) Failover Clustering
8 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.14%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.071%) Autotask
9 1 (0.071%) SCCM
9 1 (0.071%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 282 (20.00%) Oracle
2 273 (19.36%) SAP
3 255 (18.09%) Microsoft
4 82 (5.82%) Databricks
5 61 (4.33%) Salesforce
6 30 (2.13%) ServiceNow
7 29 (2.06%) Workday
8 24 (1.70%) Informatica
9 22 (1.56%) IBM
10 19 (1.35%) Talend
11 18 (1.28%) Google
12 17 (1.21%) Ariba
12 17 (1.21%) IFS
13 13 (0.92%) VMware
14 11 (0.78%) Sage
15 10 (0.71%) MuleSoft
15 10 (0.71%) Siebel
16 9 (0.64%) Atlassian
16 9 (0.64%) InterSystems
17 8 (0.57%) Red Hat