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

 6 months to
22 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 92 101
Rank change year-on-year -2 +9 +46
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 961 702 856
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.76% 2.72% 2.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.17% 3.01% 2.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 636 472 584
10th Percentile £375 £375 £400
25th Percentile £447 £453 £464
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £539 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.23% -2.05% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £662
90th Percentile £714 £700 £725
UK median daily rate £540 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +2.86% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 3 30
10th Percentile £14.95 £39.25 £25.00
25th Percentile £16.25 £45.63 £40.00
Median hourly rate £61.00 £57.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.09% -11.54% +30.00%
75th Percentile £79.50 £72.90 £86.44
90th Percentile £81.00 £81.39 £86.50
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £85.00 £80.00
% change year-on-year -57.65% +6.25% +88.24%

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 30,350 23,294 33,147
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.25% 90.10% 87.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,414 14,536 22,024
10th Percentile £313 £309 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £617 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,891 752 2,034
10th Percentile £15.22 £15.62 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £27.21 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.26% - -
75th Percentile £63.32 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.48 £72.68
UK median hourly rate £25.77 £32.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year -21.46% -6.26% -

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 February 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 February 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 February 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 +18 517 £550 - 80
South East -25 123 £625 +15.47% 95
North of England -34 112 £500 -9.09% 38
Midlands -19 104 £530 +3.41% 28
North West -3 65 £456 -13.14% 27
West Midlands -55 58 £525 - 23
East Midlands +4 44 £550 +18.28% 4
Yorkshire -47 41 £527 -6.14% 10
South West -31 30 £525 +2.44% 17
East of England -23 26 £475 -13.64% 13
North East -20 7 £488 -25.00% 1
South Coast - 1 £550 -
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 30 (3.12%) Confluence
2 26 (2.71%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.25%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (0.83%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
5 6 (0.62%) GeoServer
5 6 (0.62%) Smallworld
6 4 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.31%) CMS
7 3 (0.31%) LiveLink
8 2 (0.21%) Appian
8 2 (0.21%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.21%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.10%) Apache
9 1 (0.10%) IIS
9 1 (0.10%) Moodle
9 1 (0.10%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.10%) Oracle Service Bus
9 1 (0.10%) SAP Portal
9 1 (0.10%) WebSphere
Applications
1 52 (5.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (1.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 18 (1.87%) Spreadsheet
3 15 (1.56%) MS Visio
4 14 (1.46%) Microsoft Project
5 13 (1.35%) Microsoft Office
6 4 (0.42%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.10%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 85 (8.84%) SAP S/4HANA
2 41 (4.27%) Oracle EBS
3 29 (3.02%) Dynamics CRM
4 18 (1.87%) Oracle General Ledger
4 18 (1.87%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 17 (1.77%) Oracle Payables
6 16 (1.66%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 15 (1.56%) SAP HR
8 14 (1.46%) Oracle Receivables
9 11 (1.14%) Loan IQ
10 10 (1.04%) SAP CO
10 10 (1.04%) SAP FI
11 9 (0.94%) Oracle Cash Management
11 9 (0.94%) Oracle ERP
11 9 (0.94%) SAP FI/CO
12 7 (0.73%) Workday HCM
13 6 (0.62%) Oracle FAH
13 6 (0.62%) Salesforce CRM
13 6 (0.62%) SAP ERP
14 5 (0.52%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 137 (14.26%) Azure
2 90 (9.37%) AWS
3 75 (7.80%) OCI
4 73 (7.60%) Power Platform
5 51 (5.31%) Dynamics 365
6 34 (3.54%) SaaS
7 29 (3.02%) Azure Data Factory
8 26 (2.71%) Azure DevOps
8 26 (2.71%) Microsoft 365
9 23 (2.39%) Snowflake
10 22 (2.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 22 (2.29%) GitHub
11 19 (1.98%) SuccessFactors
12 17 (1.77%) Amazon S3
13 16 (1.66%) Entra ID
14 15 (1.56%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 15 (1.56%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 13 (1.35%) OpenShift
16 11 (1.14%) GCP
17 10 (1.04%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.14%) NAS
2 10 (1.04%) DNS
2 10 (1.04%) SAN
3 4 (0.42%) Firewall
4 3 (0.31%) Internet
4 3 (0.31%) Intranet
4 3 (0.31%) Network Security
4 3 (0.31%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.21%) IPv6
5 2 (0.21%) LAN
5 2 (0.21%) SSL
5 2 (0.21%) VPN
5 2 (0.21%) WAN
6 1 (0.10%) FCoE
6 1 (0.10%) Fibre Channel
6 1 (0.10%) IPv4
6 1 (0.10%) iSCSI
6 1 (0.10%) VLAN
6 1 (0.10%) WebEx
6 1 (0.10%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (6.24%) Data Warehouse
2 54 (5.62%) Power BI
3 51 (5.31%) SQL Server
4 40 (4.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 36 (3.75%) Relational Database
6 28 (2.91%) Oracle Database
6 28 (2.91%) Oracle Reports
7 24 (2.50%) Metadata
8 22 (2.29%) Data Lake
9 17 (1.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 16 (1.66%) RDBMS
11 15 (1.56%) PostgreSQL
11 15 (1.56%) Tableau
12 14 (1.46%) Amazon Redshift
13 11 (1.14%) MySQL
14 10 (1.04%) Big Data
15 9 (0.94%) DataStage
15 9 (0.94%) Oracle BI Publisher
16 8 (0.83%) MongoDB
16 8 (0.83%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 74 (7.70%) JIRA
2 12 (1.25%) Git
3 11 (1.14%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.62%) Oracle Forms
5 4 (0.42%) Postman
5 4 (0.42%) Toad
5 4 (0.42%) Visual Studio
5 4 (0.42%) Zephyr
6 3 (0.31%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.31%) Cucumber
6 3 (0.31%) Cypress.io
6 3 (0.31%) ERwin
6 3 (0.31%) Hudson
6 3 (0.31%) JUnit
6 3 (0.31%) LSMW
6 3 (0.31%) Oracle APEX
6 3 (0.31%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (0.21%) GitLab
7 2 (0.21%) Selenium
8 1 (0.10%) webpack
General
1 351 (36.52%) Social Skills
2 315 (32.78%) Finance
3 101 (10.51%) Analytical Skills
4 92 (9.57%) Public Sector
5 69 (7.18%) Banking
6 35 (3.64%) Retail
7 32 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
7 32 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
8 26 (2.71%) Manufacturing
9 22 (2.29%) General Ledger
9 22 (2.29%) Legal
10 21 (2.19%) Organisational Skills
11 15 (1.56%) Local Government
12 14 (1.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 14 (1.46%) Marketing
13 12 (1.25%) Pharmaceutical
14 11 (1.14%) Influencing Skills
14 11 (1.14%) Law
15 10 (1.04%) Financial Institution
15 10 (1.04%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 173 (18.00%) Lead
2 154 (16.02%) Analyst
3 126 (13.11%) Consultant
4 104 (10.82%) Architect
5 92 (9.57%) Business Analyst
5 92 (9.57%) Project Manager
6 73 (7.60%) Senior
7 64 (6.66%) Data Engineer
8 54 (5.62%) Data Analyst
9 51 (5.31%) Data Migration Lead
10 42 (4.37%) Developer
10 42 (4.37%) Migration Analyst
11 36 (3.75%) Migration Manager
12 34 (3.54%) SAP Consultant
13 33 (3.43%) Solutions Architect
14 32 (3.33%) Data Architect
15 31 (3.23%) Data Migration Analyst
16 30 (3.12%) Oracle Consultant
17 27 (2.81%) Functional Consultant
18 25 (2.60%) Data Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (7.39%) Oracle Fusion
2 34 (3.54%) REST
3 29 (3.02%) XML
4 27 (2.81%) Middleware
5 19 (1.98%) SOAP
6 18 (1.87%) Lightning Web Components
7 13 (1.35%) Web Services
8 12 (1.25%) JSON
9 11 (1.14%) .NET
10 10 (1.04%) PySpark
11 9 (0.94%) Visualforce
12 7 (0.73%) OpenTelemetry
13 6 (0.62%) Kafka
13 6 (0.62%) XSLT
14 5 (0.52%) React
14 5 (0.52%) SAP Fiori
15 4 (0.42%) ADO
15 4 (0.42%) EDI
15 4 (0.42%) Spring
16 3 (0.31%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 129 (13.42%) Legacy Systems
2 71 (7.39%) Data Structures
3 35 (3.64%) Onboarding
4 31 (3.23%) Management Information System
5 19 (1.98%) Data Protection Act
5 19 (1.98%) Replication
6 18 (1.87%) Greenfield Project
7 17 (1.77%) Product Ownership
8 15 (1.56%) Cloud Native
9 12 (1.25%) Data Centre
9 12 (1.25%) Reference Data
10 9 (0.94%) Hybrid Cloud
11 8 (0.83%) Enterprise Software
11 8 (0.83%) Public Cloud
11 8 (0.83%) Tandem
12 7 (0.73%) FMCG
12 7 (0.73%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 7 (0.73%) Low-Code
12 7 (0.73%) NHS
12 7 (0.73%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 23 (2.39%) Windows
2 8 (0.83%) Windows 10
3 7 (0.73%) Apple iOS
4 6 (0.62%) Unix
5 5 (0.52%) Linux
5 5 (0.52%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.52%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (0.42%) zOS
7 3 (0.31%) Solaris
8 1 (0.10%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 961 (100.00%) Migration
2 233 (24.25%) Stakeholder Management
3 214 (22.27%) Agile
4 194 (20.19%) Validation
5 180 (18.73%) Problem-Solving
6 171 (17.79%) ERP
7 165 (17.17%) ETL
8 142 (14.78%) User Acceptance Testing
9 136 (14.15%) Data Modelling
10 134 (13.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 115 (11.97%) Project Management
12 103 (10.72%) Analytics
12 103 (10.72%) Data Cleansing
13 101 (10.51%) Data Mapping
14 100 (10.41%) Workshop Facilitation
15 93 (9.68%) Change Management
16 79 (8.22%) Business Intelligence
17 74 (7.70%) Continuous Improvement
18 71 (7.39%) Data Governance
19 70 (7.28%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 192 (19.98%) SQL
2 71 (7.39%) Python
3 29 (3.02%) Java
4 17 (1.77%) JavaScript
4 17 (1.77%) PL/SQL
5 16 (1.66%) Apex Code
6 11 (1.14%) C#
7 9 (0.94%) Bash
7 9 (0.94%) PowerShell
8 6 (0.62%) T-SQL
8 6 (0.62%) VBA
9 5 (0.52%) Perl
9 5 (0.52%) PHP
9 5 (0.52%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.42%) Korn
10 4 (0.42%) X++
11 3 (0.31%) ABAP
11 3 (0.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.31%) SOQL
11 3 (0.31%) VB
Qualifications
1 132 (13.74%) Security Cleared
2 92 (9.57%) SC Cleared
3 54 (5.62%) Degree
4 28 (2.91%) PMP
5 22 (2.29%) Computer Science Degree
6 19 (1.98%) PMI Certification
7 15 (1.56%) DV Cleared
7 15 (1.56%) Master's Degree
8 14 (1.46%) BPSS Clearance
9 10 (1.04%) AWS Certification
10 5 (0.52%) Azure Certification
10 5 (0.52%) SAP Certification
11 4 (0.42%) ISTQB
11 4 (0.42%) OCP
11 4 (0.42%) Oracle Certification
11 4 (0.42%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (0.31%) ACCA
12 3 (0.31%) CIMA
12 3 (0.31%) IIBA
12 3 (0.31%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 156 (16.23%) Data Quality
2 68 (7.08%) QA
3 54 (5.62%) GDPR
4 15 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (1.46%) PMO
6 12 (1.25%) COBIT
7 11 (1.14%) NIST
8 8 (0.83%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 8 (0.83%) IFRS
8 8 (0.83%) SLA
9 6 (0.62%) Accessibility
10 5 (0.52%) GMP
10 5 (0.52%) IFRS 9
11 4 (0.42%) Basel III
11 4 (0.42%) GAAP
11 4 (0.42%) IFRS 17
11 4 (0.42%) ISO 20022
11 4 (0.42%) PCI DSS
11 4 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.31%) HIPAA
System Software
1 16 (1.66%) Active Directory
1 16 (1.66%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (1.35%) Docker
3 11 (1.14%) NFS
4 8 (0.83%) VMware NSX
4 8 (0.83%) vSphere
5 2 (0.21%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 25 (2.60%) Kubernetes
2 17 (1.77%) Terraform
3 12 (1.25%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (0.94%) Ansible
4 9 (0.94%) Grafana
4 9 (0.94%) SCCM
5 8 (0.83%) Argo
5 8 (0.83%) vCenter Server
6 6 (0.62%) EMC VPLEX
6 6 (0.62%) vMotion
7 4 (0.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.10%) Control-M
9 1 (0.10%) EMC TimeFinder
9 1 (0.10%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.10%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.10%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 193 (20.08%) Oracle
2 167 (17.38%) SAP
3 125 (13.01%) Microsoft
4 52 (5.41%) Salesforce
5 36 (3.75%) Workday
6 34 (3.54%) Databricks
7 24 (2.50%) Informatica
8 20 (2.08%) Sage
9 19 (1.98%) VMware
10 17 (1.77%) MuleSoft
11 16 (1.66%) Pure Storage
12 15 (1.56%) ServiceNow
13 14 (1.46%) Avaloq
13 14 (1.46%) Talend
14 11 (1.14%) IFS
15 10 (1.04%) Google
16 9 (0.94%) Red Hat
17 8 (0.83%) GoldenSource
17 8 (0.83%) Kronos
18 7 (0.73%) Temenos
237 Data Migration jobs in England