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

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 85 99
Rank change year-on-year +16 +14 +25
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,454 777 817
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.24% 2.85% 2.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.80% 3.14% 2.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 959 477 547
10th Percentile £363 £359 £373
25th Percentile £447 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year - -1.87% -1.83%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £644
90th Percentile £738 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £540
% change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 13 31
10th Percentile £17.75 £15.56 £25.00
25th Percentile £23.00 £32.31 £40.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £57.50 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.43% -23.33% +141.94%
75th Percentile £61.44 £67.50 £80.00
90th Percentile £76.00 £73.25 -
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £60.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year -33.33% -20.00% +127.27%

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 38,278 24,745 30,322
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.32% 90.65% 85.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,038 15,865 19,799
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £420 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £635 £645
90th Percentile £737 £738 £751
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,361 1,324 1,984
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.23 £13.25
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.95 £17.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +88.87% -37.13% -6.98%
75th Percentile £69.50 £53.56 £63.75
90th Percentile £83.00 £70.16 £74.31
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +74.79% -34.02% -10.31%

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 July 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 July 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 July 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 +18 717 £550 - 140
South East +7 200 £550 +10.00% 73
North of England -14 196 £525 +10.53% 46
Midlands +4 156 £473 -5.40% 47
North West +5 120 £500 +5.26% 33
West Midlands -1 114 £450 -10.00% 32
South West +9 84 £523 -0.48% 22
Yorkshire -36 63 £527 +10.95% 12
East of England +6 53 £581 -3.93% 12
East Midlands +5 38 £525 +16.67% 15
North East -22 16 £625 +8.70% 1
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 58 (3.99%) SharePoint
2 40 (2.75%) Confluence
3 11 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (0.55%) Oracle Workflow
5 6 (0.41%) Apache
6 5 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.34%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.34%) Tuxedo
7 3 (0.21%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
8 2 (0.14%) HCL Notes
8 2 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.069%) Appian
9 1 (0.069%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.069%) CMS
9 1 (0.069%) IIS
9 1 (0.069%) Mendix
9 1 (0.069%) OpenROAD
9 1 (0.069%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 73 (5.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (1.10%) Microsoft Project
2 16 (1.10%) Spreadsheet
3 13 (0.89%) MS Visio
4 12 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
5 11 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.14%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.069%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.069%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 154 (10.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 39 (2.68%) Dynamics CRM
3 37 (2.54%) Oracle EBS
4 24 (1.65%) Oracle ERP
5 22 (1.51%) NetSuite
6 21 (1.44%) SAP ERP
7 20 (1.38%) Oracle Payables
8 17 (1.17%) Oracle Receivables
9 13 (0.89%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 12 (0.83%) iTrent
10 12 (0.83%) Oracle Financials
10 12 (0.83%) Oracle General Ledger
11 11 (0.76%) Oracle Assets
12 10 (0.69%) Teamcenter
13 8 (0.55%) NEC Housing
13 8 (0.55%) SAP MDG
13 8 (0.55%) SAP SD
13 8 (0.55%) Workday HCM
14 7 (0.48%) Loan IQ
15 6 (0.41%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 236 (16.23%) Azure
2 145 (9.97%) AWS
2 145 (9.97%) Power Platform
3 113 (7.77%) Dynamics 365
4 87 (5.98%) OCI
5 74 (5.09%) Azure DevOps
6 59 (4.06%) SaaS
7 49 (3.37%) Azure Data Factory
8 44 (3.03%) Snowflake
9 42 (2.89%) Microsoft 365
10 41 (2.82%) GitHub
11 31 (2.13%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 30 (2.06%) SuccessFactors
13 27 (1.86%) Power Automate
14 25 (1.72%) PowerApps
15 22 (1.51%) Amazon S3
15 22 (1.51%) GCP
16 16 (1.10%) dbt
17 15 (1.03%) OpenShift
18 12 (0.83%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.03%) SAN
2 14 (0.96%) DNS
2 14 (0.96%) NAS
3 6 (0.41%) Firewall
3 6 (0.41%) VPN
4 3 (0.21%) Intranet
4 3 (0.21%) VSAN
5 2 (0.14%) Fibre Channel
5 2 (0.14%) HTTP
6 1 (0.069%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.069%) DKIM
6 1 (0.069%) DMARC
6 1 (0.069%) FCoE
6 1 (0.069%) Internet
6 1 (0.069%) iSCSI
6 1 (0.069%) Network Security
6 1 (0.069%) SNMP
6 1 (0.069%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 124 (8.53%) Power BI
2 95 (6.53%) Data Warehouse
3 66 (4.54%) SQL Server
4 59 (4.06%) Oracle Reports
5 41 (2.82%) Data Lake
5 41 (2.82%) Metadata
6 40 (2.75%) Relational Database
7 24 (1.65%) PostgreSQL
7 24 (1.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 23 (1.58%) Oracle Database
9 21 (1.44%) RDBMS
10 19 (1.31%) NoSQL
11 13 (0.89%) Azure SQL Database
12 12 (0.83%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 12 (0.83%) Oracle Exadata
12 12 (0.83%) SAP Data Services
13 11 (0.76%) Db2
13 11 (0.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 10 (0.69%) BusinessObjects
14 10 (0.69%) GIS
Development Applications
1 127 (8.73%) JIRA
2 53 (3.65%) Git
3 41 (2.82%) Zephyr
4 32 (2.20%) Postman
5 23 (1.58%) Jenkins
6 20 (1.38%) GitLab
7 10 (0.69%) Oracle Forms
7 10 (0.69%) Selenium
8 7 (0.48%) Team Foundation Server
9 6 (0.41%) Hudson
10 5 (0.34%) Cypress.io
10 5 (0.34%) Gatling
10 5 (0.34%) LSMW
11 4 (0.28%) Cucumber
11 4 (0.28%) JUnit
11 4 (0.28%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.21%) Claude Code
12 3 (0.21%) ER Studio
12 3 (0.21%) Rational DOORS
12 3 (0.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 507 (34.87%) Finance
2 406 (27.92%) Social Skills
3 192 (13.20%) Analytical Skills
4 123 (8.46%) Public Sector
5 84 (5.78%) Banking
6 80 (5.50%) Manufacturing
7 53 (3.65%) Documentation Skills
8 47 (3.23%) Law
9 45 (3.09%) Retail
10 36 (2.48%) General Ledger
11 30 (2.06%) Organisational Skills
12 28 (1.93%) Local Government
13 26 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 25 (1.72%) Marketing
15 24 (1.65%) Influencing Skills
15 24 (1.65%) Presentation Skills
16 22 (1.51%) Legal
17 20 (1.38%) Automotive
18 18 (1.24%) Pharmaceutical
19 17 (1.17%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 291 (20.01%) Lead
2 218 (14.99%) Analyst
3 190 (13.07%) Architect
4 147 (10.11%) Consultant
5 123 (8.46%) Data Engineer
6 115 (7.91%) Senior
7 107 (7.36%) Data Migration Lead
8 101 (6.95%) Business Analyst
8 101 (6.95%) Project Manager
9 79 (5.43%) Data Analyst
10 68 (4.68%) Data Architect
10 68 (4.68%) Developer
11 62 (4.26%) Migration Engineer
12 54 (3.71%) Migration Analyst
13 51 (3.51%) Data Migration Engineer
14 46 (3.16%) Migration Manager
15 44 (3.03%) Data Migration Analyst
15 44 (3.03%) SAP Consultant
16 43 (2.96%) Solutions Architect
17 38 (2.61%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (5.85%) Oracle Fusion
2 41 (2.82%) REST
3 38 (2.61%) Middleware
4 25 (1.72%) SOAP
5 23 (1.58%) .NET
6 20 (1.38%) XML
7 19 (1.31%) Kafka
8 17 (1.17%) Spring
9 16 (1.10%) JSON
10 13 (0.89%) Oracle GoldenGate
11 11 (0.76%) Lightning Web Components
11 11 (0.76%) OpenTelemetry
11 11 (0.76%) PySpark
12 9 (0.62%) React
12 9 (0.62%) Spring Boot
13 7 (0.48%) ADO
13 7 (0.48%) Web Services
14 6 (0.41%) COM
14 6 (0.41%) ODBC
14 6 (0.41%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 179 (12.31%) Legacy Systems
2 106 (7.29%) Data Structures
3 49 (3.37%) Cloud Native
4 44 (3.03%) Management Information System
5 37 (2.54%) Onboarding
6 35 (2.41%) Public Cloud
7 33 (2.27%) Product Ownership
8 32 (2.20%) Greenfield Project
9 27 (1.86%) Enterprise Software
10 18 (1.24%) Replication
11 17 (1.17%) FMCG
12 16 (1.10%) Data Centre
12 16 (1.10%) NHS
13 15 (1.03%) Distributed Systems
14 14 (0.96%) Mainframe
15 13 (0.89%) Data Protection Act
16 12 (0.83%) Analytical Mindset
16 12 (0.83%) Hybrid Cloud
17 11 (0.76%) Low-Code
18 10 (0.69%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 27 (1.86%) Windows
2 20 (1.38%) Linux
3 12 (0.83%) AIX
4 7 (0.48%) zOS
5 5 (0.34%) Data ONTAP
6 4 (0.28%) VMS
7 3 (0.21%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.069%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.069%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,454 (100.00%) Migration
2 406 (27.92%) Validation
3 325 (22.35%) ERP
4 318 (21.87%) Stakeholder Management
5 311 (21.39%) User Acceptance Testing
6 252 (17.33%) Agile
7 248 (17.06%) ETL
8 218 (14.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 217 (14.92%) Data Modelling
10 197 (13.55%) Problem-Solving
11 158 (10.87%) Data Governance
12 149 (10.25%) Business Intelligence
13 148 (10.18%) Data Cleansing
14 137 (9.42%) DevOps
15 134 (9.22%) Analytics
16 126 (8.67%) Continuous Improvement
17 125 (8.60%) Data Mapping
18 121 (8.32%) CI/CD
19 116 (7.98%) Project Management
20 111 (7.63%) Data Validation
Programming Languages
1 284 (19.53%) SQL
2 99 (6.81%) Python
3 42 (2.89%) Java
4 28 (1.93%) PL/SQL
5 23 (1.58%) JavaScript
6 22 (1.51%) Bash
7 18 (1.24%) C#
8 15 (1.03%) PowerShell
9 11 (0.76%) T-SQL
10 9 (0.62%) Apex Code
10 9 (0.62%) Kotlin
10 9 (0.62%) TypeScript
11 6 (0.41%) VB
11 6 (0.41%) VB6
11 6 (0.41%) VBA
12 5 (0.34%) C
12 5 (0.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 4 (0.28%) X++
14 3 (0.21%) COBOL
14 3 (0.21%) Korn
Qualifications
1 248 (17.06%) Security Cleared
2 193 (13.27%) SC Cleared
3 51 (3.51%) Degree
4 36 (2.48%) DV Cleared
5 29 (1.99%) PMP
6 28 (1.93%) ISTQB
7 27 (1.86%) PMI Certification
8 21 (1.44%) BPSS Clearance
9 20 (1.38%) ACCA
9 20 (1.38%) CIMA
10 13 (0.89%) Azure Certification
11 11 (0.76%) Computer Science Degree
12 8 (0.55%) DBS Check
13 7 (0.48%) Microsoft Certification
14 6 (0.41%) Oracle Certification
14 6 (0.41%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 6 (0.41%) SAP Certification
15 5 (0.34%) AWS Certification
16 4 (0.28%) ITIL Certification
16 4 (0.28%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 262 (18.02%) Data Quality
2 125 (8.60%) QA
3 72 (4.95%) GDPR
4 35 (2.41%) PMO
5 14 (0.96%) SLA
6 10 (0.69%) Accessibility
7 9 (0.62%) HL7
7 9 (0.62%) IFRS
7 9 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (0.48%) SNOMED CT
9 6 (0.41%) COBIT
9 6 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 5 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
10 5 (0.34%) DICOM
10 5 (0.34%) GMP
10 5 (0.34%) GRC
10 5 (0.34%) NIST
11 4 (0.28%) PERC
11 4 (0.28%) Solvency II
12 3 (0.21%) GAAP
System Software
1 26 (1.79%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (1.10%) Docker
3 15 (1.03%) vSphere
4 13 (0.89%) Active Directory
4 13 (0.89%) Oracle RAC
5 12 (0.83%) VMware NSX
6 10 (0.69%) NFS
7 4 (0.28%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.28%) SRDF
8 3 (0.21%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 3 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 48 (3.30%) Terraform
2 36 (2.48%) Kubernetes
3 32 (2.20%) Ansible
4 15 (1.03%) Grafana
4 15 (1.03%) vCenter Server
5 14 (0.96%) Argo
6 12 (0.83%) Data Guard
6 12 (0.83%) Oracle RMAN
7 10 (0.69%) EMC VPLEX
8 6 (0.41%) vMotion
9 5 (0.34%) HP ALM
10 4 (0.28%) EMC NetWorker
10 4 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
10 4 (0.28%) NetBackup
10 4 (0.28%) SnapMirror
11 3 (0.21%) Karpenter
11 3 (0.21%) Prometheus
11 3 (0.21%) SnapVault
12 2 (0.14%) Failover Clustering
13 1 (0.069%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 287 (19.74%) Oracle
2 273 (18.78%) SAP
3 243 (16.71%) Microsoft
4 72 (4.95%) Databricks
5 69 (4.75%) Salesforce
6 31 (2.13%) VMware
7 30 (2.06%) ServiceNow
8 27 (1.86%) Workday
9 25 (1.72%) Informatica
10 23 (1.58%) Pure Storage
11 21 (1.44%) IFS
11 21 (1.44%) Talend
12 19 (1.31%) Sage
13 17 (1.17%) Google
13 17 (1.17%) IBM
14 15 (1.03%) MuleSoft
14 15 (1.03%) Red Hat
15 12 (0.83%) Ariba
15 12 (0.83%) Siebel
16 11 (0.76%) Splunk