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

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 89 102
Rank change year-on-year -5 +13 +19
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,416 830 746
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.02% 2.95% 2.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.56% 3.25% 2.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 918 536 500
10th Percentile £366 £375 £387
25th Percentile £425 £445 £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 £724 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £537 £538
% change year-on-year -2.23% -0.09% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 10 3
10th Percentile £16.53 £15.00 £40.40
25th Percentile £21.25 £33.36 £48.50
Median hourly rate £34.98 £62.50 £64.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.03% -2.34% -24.71%
75th Percentile £57.50 £73.13 £67.88
90th Percentile £73.75 £95.50 £69.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £32.50 £64.00
% change year-on-year +23.08% -49.22% -24.71%

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 39,775 25,570 27,639
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.94% 90.90% 86.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,015 16,235 16,841
10th Percentile £325 £294 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £413
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% -2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,044 1,594 1,106
10th Percentile £13.70 £14.50 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.41 £17.87 £20.30
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -40.82% -5.56%
75th Percentile £67.47 £44.80 £66.90
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.25 £74.22
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +49.11% -37.13% -10.11%

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 14 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 14 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 14 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 +3 696 £550 - 352
Midlands +8 190 £470 -14.55% 66
North of England -9 182 £525 +10.53% 93
South East -25 153 £485 -15.65% 107
West Midlands +17 143 £450 -18.18% 47
North West +6 110 £538 +25.00% 44
South West +20 93 £523 +0.72% 21
Yorkshire -31 53 £505 +1.00% 32
East of England -11 46 £509 +4.41% 34
East Midlands -14 42 £550 - 19
North East -21 22 £475 +8.57% 17
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 68 (4.80%) Confluence
2 55 (3.88%) SharePoint
3 22 (1.55%) SAS
4 13 (0.92%) Apache Airflow
5 12 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
6 8 (0.56%) Apache Spark
7 7 (0.49%) Apache
8 6 (0.42%) Oracle Workflow
9 5 (0.35%) CICS
9 5 (0.35%) CMS
9 5 (0.35%) Tuxedo
10 2 (0.14%) Documentum
10 2 (0.14%) HCL Notes
10 2 (0.14%) Mendix
10 2 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
10 2 (0.14%) SugarCRM
11 1 (0.071%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.071%) IIS
11 1 (0.071%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.071%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 67 (4.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (1.34%) Spreadsheet
3 16 (1.13%) Microsoft Office
4 14 (0.99%) MS Visio
5 9 (0.64%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.28%) Windchill
7 3 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 2 (0.14%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.071%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.071%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 149 (10.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 46 (3.25%) Dynamics CRM
3 27 (1.91%) Oracle Payables
4 21 (1.48%) Oracle Receivables
5 20 (1.41%) Oracle ERP
5 20 (1.41%) SAP FI
6 19 (1.34%) SAP HCM
7 18 (1.27%) NetSuite
8 15 (1.06%) SAP CO
8 15 (1.06%) SAP ERP
9 14 (0.99%) Oracle General Ledger
10 13 (0.92%) Oracle Financials
10 13 (0.92%) SAP SD
11 12 (0.85%) Oracle Assets
11 12 (0.85%) SAP MM
11 12 (0.85%) Teamcenter
12 11 (0.78%) iTrent
12 11 (0.78%) SAP Payroll
12 11 (0.78%) Workday HCM
13 10 (0.71%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 234 (16.53%) Azure
2 156 (11.02%) AWS
3 127 (8.97%) Power Platform
4 101 (7.13%) Dynamics 365
5 80 (5.65%) Azure DevOps
6 72 (5.08%) OCI
7 58 (4.10%) SaaS
8 47 (3.32%) Microsoft 365
9 44 (3.11%) SuccessFactors
10 39 (2.75%) Azure Data Factory
10 39 (2.75%) Snowflake
11 33 (2.33%) Power Automate
12 29 (2.05%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 28 (1.98%) GCP
13 28 (1.98%) PowerApps
14 27 (1.91%) Amazon S3
14 27 (1.91%) GitHub
15 22 (1.55%) Microsoft Purview
16 18 (1.27%) dbt
17 17 (1.20%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.28%) VPN
2 3 (0.21%) Firewall
2 3 (0.21%) Intranet
2 3 (0.21%) NAS
2 3 (0.21%) SAN
3 1 (0.071%) DKIM
3 1 (0.071%) DMARC
3 1 (0.071%) DNS
3 1 (0.071%) Internet
3 1 (0.071%) SSL
3 1 (0.071%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 108 (7.63%) Data Warehouse
2 99 (6.99%) Power BI
3 62 (4.38%) SQL Server
4 61 (4.31%) Metadata
5 54 (3.81%) Relational Database
6 41 (2.90%) Data Lake
7 40 (2.82%) Oracle Reports
8 38 (2.68%) Oracle Database
9 27 (1.91%) PostgreSQL
10 19 (1.34%) RDBMS
11 17 (1.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 16 (1.13%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 15 (1.06%) Azure SQL Database
13 15 (1.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 14 (0.99%) MongoDB
15 13 (0.92%) BigQuery
16 12 (0.85%) NoSQL
16 12 (0.85%) Oracle Exadata
17 11 (0.78%) Amazon Redshift
17 11 (0.78%) DataStage
Development Applications
1 136 (9.60%) JIRA
2 62 (4.38%) Git
3 35 (2.47%) Zephyr
4 30 (2.12%) Postman
5 20 (1.41%) GitLab
6 17 (1.20%) Jenkins
7 9 (0.64%) Oracle Forms
8 7 (0.49%) Gatling
8 7 (0.49%) Selenium
9 5 (0.35%) Team Foundation Server
10 4 (0.28%) Cypress.io
10 4 (0.28%) Visual Studio
11 3 (0.21%) Claude Code
11 3 (0.21%) ER Studio
11 3 (0.21%) Hudson
11 3 (0.21%) LSMW
11 3 (0.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 2 (0.14%) Bitbucket
12 2 (0.14%) SonarQube
12 2 (0.14%) Yeoman
General
1 491 (34.68%) Finance
2 409 (28.88%) Social Skills
3 202 (14.27%) Analytical Skills
4 143 (10.10%) Public Sector
5 94 (6.64%) Banking
6 77 (5.44%) Manufacturing
7 60 (4.24%) Retail
8 55 (3.88%) General Ledger
9 51 (3.60%) Documentation Skills
10 34 (2.40%) Local Government
11 33 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
12 29 (2.05%) Legal
13 23 (1.62%) Automotive
13 23 (1.62%) Influencing Skills
14 20 (1.41%) Billing
14 20 (1.41%) Marketing
14 20 (1.41%) Military
15 18 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 18 (1.27%) Law
16 16 (1.13%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 246 (17.37%) Analyst
2 211 (14.90%) Lead
3 164 (11.58%) Consultant
4 155 (10.95%) Architect
5 138 (9.75%) Data Engineer
6 129 (9.11%) Senior
7 99 (6.99%) Business Analyst
8 90 (6.36%) Data Analyst
9 81 (5.72%) Data Migration Lead
10 80 (5.65%) Project Manager
11 63 (4.45%) Data Architect
12 60 (4.24%) Migration Engineer
13 59 (4.17%) Developer
14 57 (4.03%) SAP Consultant
15 50 (3.53%) Data Migration Engineer
16 46 (3.25%) Solutions Architect
17 40 (2.82%) Migration Analyst
18 37 (2.61%) Accountant
19 36 (2.54%) Data Migration Analyst
20 35 (2.47%) Data Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 106 (7.49%) Oracle Fusion
2 48 (3.39%) Middleware
3 34 (2.40%) REST
4 32 (2.26%) Terraform
5 30 (2.12%) .NET
6 23 (1.62%) SOAP
6 23 (1.62%) XML
7 19 (1.34%) PySpark
8 18 (1.27%) JSON
9 14 (0.99%) ADO
9 14 (0.99%) Kafka
9 14 (0.99%) Oracle GoldenGate
10 13 (0.92%) SAP Fiori
11 10 (0.71%) Keycloak
12 9 (0.64%) React
12 9 (0.64%) Web Services
13 8 (0.56%) HTML
13 8 (0.56%) Playwright
13 8 (0.56%) Spring
13 8 (0.56%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 151 (10.66%) Legacy Systems
2 101 (7.13%) Data Structures
3 52 (3.67%) Management Information System
4 47 (3.32%) Enterprise Software
5 43 (3.04%) Onboarding
6 38 (2.68%) Product Ownership
7 36 (2.54%) Cloud Native
8 34 (2.40%) Public Cloud
9 24 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
10 23 (1.62%) Reference Data
11 18 (1.27%) Replication
12 16 (1.13%) FMCG
12 16 (1.13%) NHS
13 15 (1.06%) Data Protection Act
14 14 (0.99%) Low-Code
15 13 (0.92%) Legacy Applications
15 13 (0.92%) Reinsurance
16 12 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
17 11 (0.78%) Credit Risk
17 11 (0.78%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 26 (1.84%) Windows
2 24 (1.69%) Linux
3 12 (0.85%) AIX
4 6 (0.42%) Unix
4 6 (0.42%) zOS
5 4 (0.28%) VMS
6 3 (0.21%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.14%) Data ONTAP
8 1 (0.071%) SUSE
8 1 (0.071%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,416 (100.00%) Migration
2 452 (31.92%) Validation
3 404 (28.53%) Stakeholder Management
4 326 (23.02%) User Acceptance Testing
5 296 (20.90%) ERP
6 264 (18.64%) Agile
7 242 (17.09%) ETL
8 234 (16.53%) Data Modelling
9 192 (13.56%) Data Governance
10 188 (13.28%) Problem-Solving
11 186 (13.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 144 (10.17%) DevOps
13 137 (9.68%) Data Cleansing
14 134 (9.46%) Requirements Gathering
15 133 (9.39%) Analytics
16 129 (9.11%) Business Intelligence
17 128 (9.04%) CI/CD
18 124 (8.76%) Data Integration
19 122 (8.62%) Data Transformation
20 118 (8.33%) System Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 316 (22.32%) SQL
2 96 (6.78%) Python
3 27 (1.91%) PL/SQL
4 26 (1.84%) Java
4 26 (1.84%) JavaScript
5 25 (1.77%) C#
6 14 (0.99%) PowerShell
7 13 (0.92%) Bash
8 12 (0.85%) T-SQL
9 11 (0.78%) TypeScript
10 9 (0.64%) ABAP
11 6 (0.42%) JCL
11 6 (0.42%) Shell Script
12 5 (0.35%) Apex Code
12 5 (0.35%) Kotlin
12 5 (0.35%) VB
12 5 (0.35%) VB6
12 5 (0.35%) X++
13 4 (0.28%) Korn
14 3 (0.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 283 (19.99%) Security Cleared
2 239 (16.88%) SC Cleared
3 58 (4.10%) Degree
4 35 (2.47%) ACCA
4 35 (2.47%) CIMA
5 33 (2.33%) ISTQB
6 28 (1.98%) PMI Certification
6 28 (1.98%) PMP
7 26 (1.84%) DV Cleared
8 24 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
9 16 (1.13%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
11 10 (0.71%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 9 (0.64%) AWS Certification
13 8 (0.56%) DBS Check
14 7 (0.49%) Azure Certification
15 6 (0.42%) CBAP
15 6 (0.42%) SAP Certification
16 5 (0.35%) TOGAF Certification
17 4 (0.28%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 305 (21.54%) Data Quality
2 107 (7.56%) QA
3 68 (4.80%) GDPR
4 30 (2.12%) PMO
5 13 (0.92%) GRC
6 12 (0.85%) IFRS
7 11 (0.78%) Accessibility
8 9 (0.64%) Actionable Recommendations
9 7 (0.49%) SLA
10 5 (0.35%) HL7
10 5 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (0.28%) SNOMED CT
12 3 (0.21%) DICOM
12 3 (0.21%) GAAP
12 3 (0.21%) GMP
12 3 (0.21%) Solvency II
13 2 (0.14%) GxP
13 2 (0.14%) ISO 20022
13 2 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 2 (0.14%) WCAG
System Software
1 27 (1.91%) Docker
2 12 (0.85%) Oracle RAC
3 10 (0.71%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.14%) EMC RecoverPoint
5 2 (0.14%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.14%) SRDF
6 1 (0.071%) HDFS
6 1 (0.071%) NFS
6 1 (0.071%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.071%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 27 (1.91%) Kubernetes
2 19 (1.34%) Ansible
3 12 (0.85%) Data Guard
3 12 (0.85%) Oracle RMAN
4 9 (0.64%) Karpenter
5 8 (0.56%) Control-M
6 3 (0.21%) Grafana
7 2 (0.14%) EMC VPLEX
7 2 (0.14%) Failover Clustering
7 2 (0.14%) HP ALM
7 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.14%) SCCM
7 2 (0.14%) SnapMirror
8 1 (0.071%) Argo
8 1 (0.071%) Autotask
8 1 (0.071%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (0.071%) OMEGAMON
8 1 (0.071%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.071%) SnapVault
8 1 (0.071%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 300 (21.19%) Oracle
2 274 (19.35%) SAP
3 261 (18.43%) Microsoft
4 83 (5.86%) Databricks
5 60 (4.24%) Salesforce
6 37 (2.61%) ServiceNow
7 31 (2.19%) Workday
8 27 (1.91%) Talend
9 25 (1.77%) Informatica
10 24 (1.69%) Google
11 21 (1.48%) IBM
12 18 (1.27%) IFS
13 17 (1.20%) Ariba
14 14 (0.99%) Sage
15 13 (0.92%) Denodo
16 10 (0.71%) Infor
17 9 (0.64%) Alteryx
17 9 (0.64%) Atlassian
18 8 (0.56%) InterSystems
19 7 (0.49%) MuleSoft