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

6 months to
29 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 102 94
Rank change year-on-year +23 -8 +47
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,215 645 879
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.02% 2.65% 2.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.55% 2.91% 2.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 800 421 606
10th Percentile £358 £375 £363
25th Percentile £442 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £529 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.76% -3.82% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £660
90th Percentile £725 £725 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 8 35
10th Percentile £14.62 £29.58 £25.00
25th Percentile £17.75 £50.84 £40.00
Median hourly rate £41.56 £63.75 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.82% -15.00% +275.00%
75th Percentile £61.50 £71.88 £80.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £77.74 -
UK median hourly rate £29.41 £70.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year -57.99% -6.67% +252.94%

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 34,200 22,151 32,000
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.97% 91.14% 86.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,858 14,510 20,977
10th Percentile £318 £310 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.48% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £617 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £523 £525
% change year-on-year -4.31% -0.48% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,144 918 2,231
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.74 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.51 £16.00
Median hourly rate £44.00 £30.45 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year +44.50% -14.23% -5.33%
75th Percentile £67.31 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £40.66 £29.07 £35.00
% change year-on-year +39.87% -16.94% -6.17%

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 29 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 29 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 29 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 +29 600 £525 -4.55% 80
South East -2 176 £621 +13.38% 55
North of England -13 162 £500 -2.15% 41
Midlands -12 123 £450 -10.89% 24
North West +8 97 £473 -12.97% 28
West Midlands -18 84 £446 -11.73% 15
Yorkshire -45 56 £527 +33.42% 11
East of England -10 51 £575 -11.54% 18
South West -13 48 £538 +4.88% 13
East Midlands -16 36 £500 +7.53% 9
North East -9 9 £488 -20.41% 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 40 (3.29%) Confluence
1 40 (3.29%) SharePoint
2 8 (0.66%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (0.66%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
3 3 (0.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 3 (0.25%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.16%) Appian
4 2 (0.16%) IIS
5 1 (0.082%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.082%) CMS
5 1 (0.082%) OpenROAD
5 1 (0.082%) Oracle Service Bus
5 1 (0.082%) WebSphere
Applications
1 65 (5.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (1.56%) Microsoft Project
2 19 (1.56%) Spreadsheet
3 18 (1.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (1.23%) MS Visio
5 12 (0.99%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.082%) Oracle Smart View
6 1 (0.082%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 128 (10.53%) SAP S/4HANA
2 55 (4.53%) Oracle EBS
3 34 (2.80%) Dynamics CRM
4 21 (1.73%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 14 (1.15%) Oracle ERP
6 13 (1.07%) Loan IQ
7 12 (0.99%) SAP ERP
8 11 (0.91%) NetSuite
8 11 (0.91%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 10 (0.82%) Oracle General Ledger
10 9 (0.74%) Workday HCM
11 8 (0.66%) Oracle EBS R12
11 8 (0.66%) Oracle Receivables
12 7 (0.58%) Oracle Payables
13 6 (0.49%) Finacle
13 6 (0.49%) SAP CO
13 6 (0.49%) SAP FI
14 5 (0.41%) SAP Business One
14 5 (0.41%) SAP FI/CO
14 5 (0.41%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 173 (14.24%) Azure
2 124 (10.21%) Power Platform
3 96 (7.90%) AWS
4 89 (7.33%) Dynamics 365
5 83 (6.83%) OCI
6 51 (4.20%) Azure DevOps
7 48 (3.95%) Azure Data Factory
8 45 (3.70%) SaaS
9 33 (2.72%) GitHub
10 31 (2.55%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 31 (2.55%) Snowflake
11 24 (1.98%) Microsoft 365
12 19 (1.56%) SuccessFactors
13 16 (1.32%) GCP
14 15 (1.23%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 14 (1.15%) Entra ID
15 14 (1.15%) OpenShift
15 14 (1.15%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 13 (1.07%) Amazon S3
17 11 (0.91%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.23%) DNS
2 14 (1.15%) NAS
3 13 (1.07%) SAN
4 6 (0.49%) Firewall
5 4 (0.33%) VPN
6 2 (0.16%) Fibre Channel
6 2 (0.16%) HTTP
6 2 (0.16%) VSAN
7 1 (0.082%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (0.082%) DKIM
7 1 (0.082%) DMARC
7 1 (0.082%) FCoE
7 1 (0.082%) Internet
7 1 (0.082%) Intranet
7 1 (0.082%) iSCSI
7 1 (0.082%) Network Security
7 1 (0.082%) SNMP
7 1 (0.082%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 108 (8.89%) Power BI
2 89 (7.33%) Data Warehouse
3 55 (4.53%) Oracle Reports
4 54 (4.44%) SQL Server
5 34 (2.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 29 (2.39%) Data Lake
6 29 (2.39%) Metadata
7 23 (1.89%) Relational Database
8 22 (1.81%) PostgreSQL
9 20 (1.65%) Oracle Database
10 15 (1.23%) NoSQL
11 14 (1.15%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 13 (1.07%) SAP Data Services
13 12 (0.99%) DB2
14 11 (0.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 10 (0.82%) Amazon Redshift
15 10 (0.82%) Electronic Patient Records
15 10 (0.82%) Tableau
16 9 (0.74%) MySQL
17 8 (0.66%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 113 (9.30%) JIRA
2 30 (2.47%) Git
3 28 (2.30%) Zephyr
4 24 (1.98%) Postman
5 18 (1.48%) Jenkins
6 11 (0.91%) Selenium
7 8 (0.66%) Oracle Forms
8 6 (0.49%) LSMW
9 5 (0.41%) GitLab
9 5 (0.41%) Hudson
10 4 (0.33%) Cucumber
10 4 (0.33%) JUnit
10 4 (0.33%) Toad
11 3 (0.25%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.25%) ERwin
11 3 (0.25%) Rational DOORS
11 3 (0.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 3 (0.25%) Team Foundation Server
12 2 (0.16%) Cypress.io
12 2 (0.16%) Oracle APEX
General
1 403 (33.17%) Finance
2 387 (31.85%) Social Skills
3 152 (12.51%) Analytical Skills
4 106 (8.72%) Public Sector
5 67 (5.51%) Banking
6 59 (4.86%) Manufacturing
7 47 (3.87%) Documentation Skills
8 43 (3.54%) Law
9 42 (3.46%) Retail
10 37 (3.05%) Presentation Skills
11 23 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
12 22 (1.81%) Legal
12 22 (1.81%) Marketing
13 21 (1.73%) General Ledger
13 21 (1.73%) Local Government
14 19 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 17 (1.40%) Pharmaceutical
16 16 (1.32%) Billing
17 13 (1.07%) Aerospace
17 13 (1.07%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 276 (22.72%) Lead
2 186 (15.31%) Analyst
3 151 (12.43%) Architect
4 136 (11.19%) Consultant
5 97 (7.98%) Data Migration Lead
5 97 (7.98%) Project Manager
6 94 (7.74%) Business Analyst
7 85 (7.00%) Data Engineer
7 85 (7.00%) Senior
8 64 (5.27%) Data Analyst
9 56 (4.61%) Developer
10 54 (4.44%) Migration Analyst
11 46 (3.79%) Migration Engineer
12 44 (3.62%) Migration Manager
13 43 (3.54%) Data Architect
14 42 (3.46%) Data Migration Engineer
15 40 (3.29%) Data Migration Analyst
16 38 (3.13%) SAP Consultant
17 36 (2.96%) Lead Architect
18 32 (2.63%) Migration Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (6.75%) Oracle Fusion
2 35 (2.88%) REST
3 32 (2.63%) Middleware
4 23 (1.89%) XML
5 20 (1.65%) SOAP
6 18 (1.48%) .NET
7 15 (1.23%) JSON
8 13 (1.07%) Kafka
8 13 (1.07%) Lightning Web Components
9 12 (0.99%) OpenTelemetry
10 11 (0.91%) Spring
11 8 (0.66%) PySpark
12 7 (0.58%) Web Services
13 5 (0.41%) FHIR
13 5 (0.41%) React
13 5 (0.41%) Visualforce
13 5 (0.41%) XSLT
14 4 (0.33%) AngularJS
14 4 (0.33%) RESTful
14 4 (0.33%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 159 (13.09%) Legacy Systems
2 93 (7.65%) Data Structures
3 39 (3.21%) Management Information System
4 38 (3.13%) Cloud Native
5 30 (2.47%) Onboarding
6 26 (2.14%) Product Ownership
7 25 (2.06%) Greenfield Project
8 20 (1.65%) Replication
9 19 (1.56%) Public Cloud
10 16 (1.32%) Data Protection Act
11 15 (1.23%) Hybrid Cloud
12 14 (1.15%) Mainframe
12 14 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
13 12 (0.99%) Enterprise Software
13 12 (0.99%) Reference Data
14 11 (0.91%) Data Centre
14 11 (0.91%) Distributed Systems
14 11 (0.91%) Marketing Technology
14 11 (0.91%) NHS
15 9 (0.74%) PACS
Operating Systems
1 24 (1.98%) Windows
2 9 (0.74%) Linux
3 7 (0.58%) Apple iOS
3 7 (0.58%) Windows 10
3 7 (0.58%) zOS
4 6 (0.49%) Unix
5 3 (0.25%) Data ONTAP
5 3 (0.25%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.082%) AIX
6 1 (0.082%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,215 (100.00%) Migration
2 304 (25.02%) Validation
3 280 (23.05%) Stakeholder Management
4 260 (21.40%) ERP
5 238 (19.59%) Agile
6 237 (19.51%) User Acceptance Testing
7 217 (17.86%) ETL
8 189 (15.56%) Problem-Solving
9 180 (14.81%) Data Modelling
10 169 (13.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 138 (11.36%) Business Intelligence
12 137 (11.28%) Data Cleansing
13 129 (10.62%) Project Management
14 122 (10.04%) Data Mapping
15 114 (9.38%) Analytics
15 114 (9.38%) Continuous Improvement
16 102 (8.40%) Data Governance
17 101 (8.31%) Workshop Facilitation
18 97 (7.98%) Change Management
19 94 (7.74%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 227 (18.68%) SQL
2 87 (7.16%) Python
3 34 (2.80%) Java
4 27 (2.22%) PL/SQL
5 18 (1.48%) Bash
6 14 (1.15%) JavaScript
7 12 (0.99%) Apex Code
8 11 (0.91%) PowerShell
9 9 (0.74%) C#
9 9 (0.74%) T-SQL
9 9 (0.74%) VBA
10 7 (0.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 5 (0.41%) Korn
11 5 (0.41%) Kotlin
11 5 (0.41%) PHP
11 5 (0.41%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.33%) Perl
12 4 (0.33%) SOQL
13 3 (0.25%) ABAP
13 3 (0.25%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 199 (16.38%) Security Cleared
2 148 (12.18%) SC Cleared
3 48 (3.95%) Degree
4 30 (2.47%) DV Cleared
5 23 (1.89%) PMP
6 19 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
6 19 (1.56%) ISTQB
7 18 (1.48%) Computer Science Degree
8 17 (1.40%) PMI Certification
9 10 (0.82%) Azure Certification
10 9 (0.74%) AWS Certification
11 6 (0.49%) ACCA
11 6 (0.49%) CIMA
11 6 (0.49%) Master's Degree
12 4 (0.33%) OCP
12 4 (0.33%) Oracle Certification
12 4 (0.33%) SAP Certification
13 3 (0.25%) DBS Check
13 3 (0.25%) IIBA
13 3 (0.25%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 209 (17.20%) Data Quality
2 97 (7.98%) QA
3 58 (4.77%) GDPR
4 27 (2.22%) PMO
5 14 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (0.99%) COBIT
7 11 (0.91%) NIST
7 11 (0.91%) SLA
8 9 (0.74%) HL7
9 8 (0.66%) IFRS
10 7 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 6 (0.49%) SNOMED CT
12 5 (0.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 5 (0.41%) DICOM
12 5 (0.41%) GAAP
12 5 (0.41%) GMP
13 4 (0.33%) Accessibility
13 4 (0.33%) Basel III
13 4 (0.33%) IFRS 9
13 4 (0.33%) PERC
System Software
1 24 (1.98%) VMware Infrastructure
2 18 (1.48%) Active Directory
3 15 (1.23%) vSphere
4 13 (1.07%) VMware NSX
5 9 (0.74%) NFS
6 8 (0.66%) Docker
7 3 (0.25%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.25%) SRDF
8 2 (0.16%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.082%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 30 (2.47%) Kubernetes
1 30 (2.47%) Terraform
2 20 (1.65%) Ansible
3 15 (1.23%) Grafana
3 15 (1.23%) vCenter Server
4 14 (1.15%) Argo
5 12 (0.99%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (0.66%) EMC VPLEX
6 8 (0.66%) SCCM
7 6 (0.49%) vMotion
8 4 (0.33%) HP ALM
9 3 (0.25%) EMC NetWorker
9 3 (0.25%) NetBackup
10 2 (0.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.16%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.16%) SnapMirror
10 2 (0.16%) SnapVault
11 1 (0.082%) Avamar
11 1 (0.082%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 234 (19.26%) Oracle
2 225 (18.52%) SAP
3 193 (15.88%) Microsoft
4 67 (5.51%) Salesforce
5 45 (3.70%) Databricks
6 28 (2.30%) VMware
7 27 (2.22%) Workday
8 23 (1.89%) Informatica
8 23 (1.89%) Pure Storage
8 23 (1.89%) Sage
9 20 (1.65%) ServiceNow
10 18 (1.48%) Talend
11 17 (1.40%) Google
12 16 (1.32%) Avaloq
12 16 (1.32%) MuleSoft
13 14 (1.15%) IFS
13 14 (1.15%) Red Hat
14 13 (1.07%) IBM
15 12 (0.99%) Splunk
16 10 (0.82%) Ariba