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

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 93 83 101
Rank change year-on-year -10 +18 +18
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,393 827 741
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.01% 2.95% 2.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.55% 3.24% 2.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 900 534 499
10th Percentile £363 £380 £388
25th Percentile £425 £447 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% - -2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £635
90th Percentile £738 £725 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £537 £538
% change year-on-year -2.23% -0.09% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 10 3
10th Percentile £16.35 £15.00 £40.40
25th Percentile £21.25 £33.36 £48.50
Median hourly rate £29.96 £62.50 £64.00
Median % change year-on-year -52.06% -2.34% -24.71%
75th Percentile £57.50 £73.13 £67.88
90th Percentile £73.75 £95.50 £69.00
UK median hourly rate £34.98 £32.50 £64.00
% change year-on-year +7.63% -49.22% -26.62%

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 39,257 25,497 27,959
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.86% 90.90% 86.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,690 16,157 17,059
10th Percentile £325 £293 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,996 1,590 1,150
10th Percentile £13.69 £14.54 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.33 £17.87 £20.30
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -40.82% -4.49%
75th Percentile £67.47 £45.00 £67.38
90th Percentile £78.88 £67.28 £74.88
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £25.15 £40.16
% change year-on-year +49.11% -37.38% -8.38%

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 10 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 10 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 10 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 +10 692 £550 - 455
Midlands +9 179 £473 -14.00% 85
North of England -17 178 £525 +10.53% 120
South East -31 149 £475 -17.39% 140
West Midlands +14 132 £450 -18.18% 63
North West +3 108 £538 +22.16% 51
South West +25 93 £523 +0.72% 33
Yorkshire -28 51 £500 - 41
East of England -15 47 £509 +3.09% 46
East Midlands -7 42 £550 -2.22% 21
North East -22 22 £475 +8.57% 28
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 63 (4.52%) Confluence
2 55 (3.95%) SharePoint
3 13 (0.93%) Apache Airflow
4 12 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (0.57%) Apache Spark
6 7 (0.50%) Apache
7 6 (0.43%) Oracle Workflow
7 6 (0.43%) SAS
8 5 (0.36%) CICS
8 5 (0.36%) CMS
8 5 (0.36%) Tuxedo
9 2 (0.14%) Documentum
9 2 (0.14%) HCL Notes
9 2 (0.14%) Mendix
9 2 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
9 2 (0.14%) SugarCRM
10 1 (0.072%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.072%) IIS
10 1 (0.072%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.072%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 66 (4.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (1.36%) Spreadsheet
3 16 (1.15%) Microsoft Office
4 14 (1.01%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.29%) Windchill
7 3 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 2 (0.14%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.072%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.072%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 147 (10.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 46 (3.30%) Dynamics CRM
3 27 (1.94%) Oracle Payables
4 21 (1.51%) Oracle Receivables
5 20 (1.44%) Oracle ERP
6 19 (1.36%) NetSuite
6 19 (1.36%) SAP FI
6 19 (1.36%) SAP HCM
7 15 (1.08%) SAP CO
7 15 (1.08%) SAP ERP
8 14 (1.01%) Oracle General Ledger
9 13 (0.93%) Oracle Financials
9 13 (0.93%) SAP SD
10 12 (0.86%) Oracle Assets
10 12 (0.86%) SAP MM
10 12 (0.86%) Teamcenter
11 11 (0.79%) iTrent
11 11 (0.79%) SAP Payroll
11 11 (0.79%) Workday HCM
12 10 (0.72%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 234 (16.80%) Azure
2 142 (10.19%) AWS
3 126 (9.05%) Power Platform
4 99 (7.11%) Dynamics 365
5 80 (5.74%) Azure DevOps
6 72 (5.17%) OCI
7 56 (4.02%) SaaS
8 47 (3.37%) Microsoft 365
9 43 (3.09%) SuccessFactors
10 39 (2.80%) Azure Data Factory
11 38 (2.73%) Snowflake
12 33 (2.37%) Power Automate
13 29 (2.08%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 28 (2.01%) GCP
14 28 (2.01%) PowerApps
15 27 (1.94%) Amazon S3
15 27 (1.94%) GitHub
16 22 (1.58%) Microsoft Purview
17 18 (1.29%) dbt
18 17 (1.22%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.29%) VPN
2 3 (0.22%) Firewall
2 3 (0.22%) Intranet
2 3 (0.22%) NAS
2 3 (0.22%) SAN
3 1 (0.072%) DKIM
3 1 (0.072%) DMARC
3 1 (0.072%) DNS
3 1 (0.072%) Internet
3 1 (0.072%) SSL
3 1 (0.072%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 108 (7.75%) Data Warehouse
2 98 (7.04%) Power BI
3 62 (4.45%) SQL Server
4 61 (4.38%) Metadata
5 54 (3.88%) Relational Database
6 41 (2.94%) Data Lake
6 41 (2.94%) Oracle Reports
7 38 (2.73%) Oracle Database
8 27 (1.94%) PostgreSQL
9 19 (1.36%) RDBMS
10 17 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 16 (1.15%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 15 (1.08%) Azure SQL Database
12 15 (1.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 14 (1.01%) MongoDB
14 13 (0.93%) BigQuery
15 12 (0.86%) NoSQL
15 12 (0.86%) Oracle Exadata
16 11 (0.79%) Amazon Redshift
16 11 (0.79%) DataStage
Development Applications
1 131 (9.40%) JIRA
2 54 (3.88%) Git
3 36 (2.58%) Zephyr
4 31 (2.23%) Postman
5 20 (1.44%) GitLab
6 9 (0.65%) Jenkins
6 9 (0.65%) Oracle Forms
7 8 (0.57%) Selenium
8 7 (0.50%) Gatling
9 5 (0.36%) Team Foundation Server
10 4 (0.29%) Cypress.io
10 4 (0.29%) Visual Studio
11 3 (0.22%) Claude Code
11 3 (0.22%) ER Studio
11 3 (0.22%) Hudson
11 3 (0.22%) LSMW
11 3 (0.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 2 (0.14%) Bitbucket
12 2 (0.14%) SonarQube
12 2 (0.14%) Yeoman
General
1 486 (34.89%) Finance
2 403 (28.93%) Social Skills
3 195 (14.00%) Analytical Skills
4 141 (10.12%) Public Sector
5 95 (6.82%) Banking
6 77 (5.53%) Manufacturing
7 60 (4.31%) Retail
8 52 (3.73%) General Ledger
9 51 (3.66%) Documentation Skills
10 34 (2.44%) Local Government
11 32 (2.30%) Organisational Skills
12 29 (2.08%) Legal
13 23 (1.65%) Automotive
13 23 (1.65%) Influencing Skills
14 20 (1.44%) Billing
14 20 (1.44%) Marketing
14 20 (1.44%) Military
15 18 (1.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 18 (1.29%) Law
16 15 (1.08%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 240 (17.23%) Analyst
2 210 (15.08%) Lead
3 163 (11.70%) Consultant
4 155 (11.13%) Architect
5 131 (9.40%) Data Engineer
6 128 (9.19%) Senior
7 100 (7.18%) Business Analyst
8 84 (6.03%) Data Analyst
9 81 (5.81%) Data Migration Lead
10 78 (5.60%) Project Manager
11 63 (4.52%) Data Architect
12 59 (4.24%) Developer
12 59 (4.24%) Migration Engineer
13 57 (4.09%) SAP Consultant
14 49 (3.52%) Data Migration Engineer
15 46 (3.30%) Solutions Architect
16 41 (2.94%) Migration Analyst
17 37 (2.66%) Data Migration Analyst
18 35 (2.51%) Accountant
18 35 (2.51%) Data Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 107 (7.68%) Oracle Fusion
2 47 (3.37%) Middleware
3 34 (2.44%) REST
4 32 (2.30%) Terraform
5 30 (2.15%) .NET
6 23 (1.65%) SOAP
6 23 (1.65%) XML
7 19 (1.36%) PySpark
8 18 (1.29%) JSON
9 14 (1.01%) ADO
9 14 (1.01%) Kafka
9 14 (1.01%) Oracle GoldenGate
10 13 (0.93%) SAP Fiori
11 10 (0.72%) Keycloak
12 9 (0.65%) React
12 9 (0.65%) Web Services
13 8 (0.57%) HTML
13 8 (0.57%) Playwright
13 8 (0.57%) Spring
13 8 (0.57%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 150 (10.77%) Legacy Systems
2 100 (7.18%) Data Structures
3 51 (3.66%) Management Information System
4 46 (3.30%) Enterprise Software
5 43 (3.09%) Onboarding
6 38 (2.73%) Product Ownership
7 34 (2.44%) Public Cloud
8 29 (2.08%) Cloud Native
9 24 (1.72%) Greenfield Project
10 23 (1.65%) Reference Data
11 18 (1.29%) Replication
12 16 (1.15%) FMCG
12 16 (1.15%) NHS
13 14 (1.01%) Data Protection Act
14 13 (0.93%) Legacy Applications
14 13 (0.93%) Low-Code
14 13 (0.93%) Reinsurance
15 12 (0.86%) Analytical Mindset
16 11 (0.79%) Credit Risk
16 11 (0.79%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 26 (1.87%) Windows
2 24 (1.72%) Linux
3 12 (0.86%) AIX
4 6 (0.43%) Unix
4 6 (0.43%) zOS
5 4 (0.29%) VMS
6 3 (0.22%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.14%) Data ONTAP
8 1 (0.072%) SUSE
8 1 (0.072%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,393 (100.00%) Migration
2 433 (31.08%) Validation
3 398 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 309 (22.18%) User Acceptance Testing
5 292 (20.96%) ERP
6 248 (17.80%) Agile
7 229 (16.44%) ETL
8 225 (16.15%) Data Modelling
9 185 (13.28%) Problem-Solving
10 184 (13.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 183 (13.14%) Data Governance
12 136 (9.76%) Data Cleansing
12 136 (9.76%) DevOps
13 132 (9.48%) Requirements Gathering
14 130 (9.33%) Analytics
15 128 (9.19%) Business Intelligence
16 117 (8.40%) System Integration Testing
17 116 (8.33%) Data Mapping
18 114 (8.18%) CI/CD
19 113 (8.11%) Data Transformation
Programming Languages
1 301 (21.61%) SQL
2 83 (5.96%) Python
3 27 (1.94%) PL/SQL
4 26 (1.87%) Java
4 26 (1.87%) JavaScript
5 25 (1.79%) C#
6 14 (1.01%) PowerShell
7 13 (0.93%) Bash
8 12 (0.86%) T-SQL
9 11 (0.79%) TypeScript
10 9 (0.65%) ABAP
11 6 (0.43%) JCL
11 6 (0.43%) Shell Script
12 5 (0.36%) Apex Code
12 5 (0.36%) Kotlin
12 5 (0.36%) VB
12 5 (0.36%) VB6
12 5 (0.36%) X++
13 4 (0.29%) Korn
14 3 (0.22%) C
Qualifications
1 267 (19.17%) Security Cleared
2 224 (16.08%) SC Cleared
3 58 (4.16%) Degree
4 34 (2.44%) ACCA
4 34 (2.44%) CIMA
5 28 (2.01%) ISTQB
6 27 (1.94%) PMI Certification
6 27 (1.94%) PMP
7 26 (1.87%) DV Cleared
8 23 (1.65%) BPSS Clearance
9 16 (1.15%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (0.57%) DBS Check
12 7 (0.50%) Azure Certification
13 6 (0.43%) CBAP
13 6 (0.43%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 6 (0.43%) SAP Certification
14 5 (0.36%) TOGAF Certification
15 4 (0.29%) ITIL Certification
15 4 (0.29%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 294 (21.11%) Data Quality
2 107 (7.68%) QA
3 57 (4.09%) GDPR
4 29 (2.08%) PMO
5 13 (0.93%) GRC
6 11 (0.79%) Accessibility
6 11 (0.79%) IFRS
7 9 (0.65%) Actionable Recommendations
8 7 (0.50%) SLA
9 5 (0.36%) HL7
9 5 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (0.29%) SNOMED CT
11 3 (0.22%) DICOM
11 3 (0.22%) GMP
11 3 (0.22%) Solvency II
12 2 (0.14%) GAAP
12 2 (0.14%) GxP
12 2 (0.14%) ISO 20022
12 2 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 2 (0.14%) WCAG
System Software
1 19 (1.36%) Docker
2 12 (0.86%) Oracle RAC
3 10 (0.72%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.14%) EMC RecoverPoint
5 2 (0.14%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.14%) SRDF
6 1 (0.072%) HDFS
6 1 (0.072%) NFS
6 1 (0.072%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.072%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 19 (1.36%) Ansible
1 19 (1.36%) Kubernetes
2 12 (0.86%) Data Guard
2 12 (0.86%) Oracle RMAN
3 9 (0.65%) Karpenter
4 8 (0.57%) Control-M
5 3 (0.22%) Grafana
6 2 (0.14%) EMC VPLEX
6 2 (0.14%) Failover Clustering
6 2 (0.14%) HP ALM
6 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.14%) SCCM
6 2 (0.14%) SnapMirror
7 1 (0.072%) Argo
7 1 (0.072%) Autotask
7 1 (0.072%) EMC NetWorker
7 1 (0.072%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.072%) OMEGAMON
7 1 (0.072%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.072%) SnapVault
Vendors
1 301 (21.61%) Oracle
2 271 (19.45%) SAP
3 257 (18.45%) Microsoft
4 83 (5.96%) Databricks
5 60 (4.31%) Salesforce
6 37 (2.66%) ServiceNow
7 31 (2.23%) Workday
8 25 (1.79%) Informatica
9 24 (1.72%) Google
10 21 (1.51%) IBM
11 20 (1.44%) Talend
12 17 (1.22%) IFS
13 16 (1.15%) Ariba
14 14 (1.01%) Sage
15 10 (0.72%) Infor
16 9 (0.65%) Alteryx
16 9 (0.65%) Atlassian
17 8 (0.57%) InterSystems
18 7 (0.50%) MuleSoft
19 6 (0.43%) SYSPRO