Migration Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Migration
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring Migration skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 9 19
Rank change year-on-year -12 +10 -4
Contract jobs citing Migration 231 144 128
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 8.46% 11.79% 7.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.78% 12.61% 8.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 140 76 95
10th Percentile £366 £368 £383
25th Percentile £413 £400 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.75% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £564 £561 £575
90th Percentile £650 £644 £619
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 8 1
10th Percentile - £19.40 -
25th Percentile £15.00 £24.10 £48.75
Median hourly rate £22.81 £25.15 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.30% -52.10% -
75th Percentile £24.29 - £56.25
90th Percentile £24.63 - -
England median hourly rate £35.00 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +39.17% -37.13% -38.46%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,363 1,142 1,456
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 86.49% 93.53% 84.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,442 693 872
10th Percentile £325 £268 £280
25th Percentile £413 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £580
90th Percentile £675 £625 £650
England median daily rate £520 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 50 70
10th Percentile £15.00 £16.13 £11.30
25th Percentile £17.01 £18.16 £12.15
Median hourly rate £22.81 £21.69 £13.23
Median % change year-on-year +5.16% +63.95% +24.46%
75th Percentile £31.88 £24.80 £21.31
90th Percentile £68.75 £30.68 £54.00
England median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +88.87% -34.02% +8.48%

Migration
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Migration relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Migration job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Migration
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Migration.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Migration

Migration
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Migration in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 26 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Migration in Yorkshire

Migration
Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Migration.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Migration

Migration
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Migration within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 26 June 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
South Yorkshire -8 117 £500 +2.04% 11
West Yorkshire -8 95 £500 +0.05% 21
North Yorkshire -5 20 £525 -2.33% 10
East Yorkshire - 3 £295 - 3
Migration
England

Migration
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 16 (6.93%) Confluence
2 10 (4.33%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.30%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.43%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.43%) CMS
Applications
1 14 (6.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (4.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (2.16%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (1.73%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (1.30%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.87%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (2.60%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.73%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.30%) Unit4 Business World
4 2 (0.87%) Maximo
4 2 (0.87%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.43%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 51 (22.08%) Azure
2 50 (21.65%) OpenShift
3 33 (14.29%) GitHub
4 26 (11.26%) AWS
5 18 (7.79%) GCP
6 11 (4.76%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 8 (3.46%) Microsoft Purview
7 8 (3.46%) Power Platform
7 8 (3.46%) SaaS
8 7 (3.03%) Akamai
8 7 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
9 5 (2.16%) Azure Monitor
9 5 (2.16%) GitHub Actions
10 4 (1.73%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (1.73%) Snowflake
11 3 (1.30%) Amazon EC2
11 3 (1.30%) Azure Data Factory
11 3 (1.30%) Azure Functions
11 3 (1.30%) Serverless
11 3 (1.30%) Stackdriver
Communications & Networking
1 25 (10.82%) DNS
2 24 (10.39%) SAN
3 16 (6.93%) NAS
4 15 (6.49%) Network Security
5 8 (3.46%) Firewall
6 7 (3.03%) iSCSI
6 7 (3.03%) VPN
7 5 (2.16%) WAN
8 4 (1.73%) TCP/IP
9 3 (1.30%) BGP
9 3 (1.30%) Fibre Channel
9 3 (1.30%) LAN
10 2 (0.87%) Cisco Nexus
10 2 (0.87%) DWDM
10 2 (0.87%) MPLS
10 2 (0.87%) OSPF
10 2 (0.87%) SD-WAN
10 2 (0.87%) Structured Cabling
10 2 (0.87%) VLAN
10 2 (0.87%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.90%) Data Warehouse
1 9 (3.90%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.03%) Power BI
3 6 (2.60%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (1.73%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (1.73%) Oracle Reports
4 4 (1.73%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (1.30%) DTS
5 3 (1.30%) Metadata
5 3 (1.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (1.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (0.87%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.87%) DocumentDB
6 2 (0.87%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.87%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 1 (0.43%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.43%) Parquet
7 1 (0.43%) SAP Data Services
7 1 (0.43%) Spark SQL
7 1 (0.43%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 40 (17.32%) Jenkins
2 23 (9.96%) JIRA
3 11 (4.76%) Git
3 11 (4.76%) Sonatype Nexus
4 6 (2.60%) Flyway
5 5 (2.16%) GitLab
6 2 (0.87%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.87%) git-flow
6 2 (0.87%) JUnit
6 2 (0.87%) Liquibase
6 2 (0.87%) Mockito
6 2 (0.87%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.43%) Hudson
7 1 (0.43%) LSMW
General
1 76 (32.90%) Social Skills
2 50 (21.65%) Finance
3 41 (17.75%) Banking
4 19 (8.23%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (7.36%) Public Sector
6 8 (3.46%) Legal
7 5 (2.16%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (2.16%) Financial Institution
7 5 (2.16%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.30%) Law
8 3 (1.30%) Retail
9 2 (0.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (0.87%) Military
9 2 (0.87%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.43%) Back Office
10 1 (0.43%) Front Office
10 1 (0.43%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.43%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.43%) Retail Banking
10 1 (0.43%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 47 (20.35%) Architect
2 25 (10.82%) Lead
3 23 (9.96%) Analyst
4 19 (8.23%) Business Analyst
5 17 (7.36%) Project Manager
6 16 (6.93%) Senior
7 15 (6.49%) Consultant
8 9 (3.90%) Administrator
8 9 (3.90%) Developer
8 9 (3.90%) Java Architect
9 8 (3.46%) GCP Architect
10 7 (3.03%) Data Architect
10 7 (3.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 7 (3.03%) Kubernetes Architect
10 7 (3.03%) Migration Architect
10 7 (3.03%) Product Owner
10 7 (3.03%) Security Specialist
10 7 (3.03%) Solutions Architect
10 7 (3.03%) Technical Business Analyst
11 6 (2.60%) Migration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (5.19%) OpenTelemetry
2 6 (2.60%) .NET
2 6 (2.60%) YAML
3 5 (2.16%) Middleware
4 4 (1.73%) AWS CDK
4 4 (1.73%) Oracle Fusion
4 4 (1.73%) REST
5 3 (1.30%) OAuth
5 3 (1.30%) PySpark
5 3 (1.30%) Web Services
6 2 (0.87%) Drools
6 2 (0.87%) JDBC
6 2 (0.87%) JPA
6 2 (0.87%) LDAP
6 2 (0.87%) RESTful
6 2 (0.87%) Spring
6 2 (0.87%) Spring Boot
6 2 (0.87%) Spring MVC
6 2 (0.87%) Spring Security
6 2 (0.87%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 29 (12.55%) Cloud Native
2 16 (6.93%) Hybrid Cloud
3 14 (6.06%) Product Ownership
3 14 (6.06%) Replication
4 13 (5.63%) Data Centre
4 13 (5.63%) Data Protection Act
5 11 (4.76%) Enterprise Storage
6 8 (3.46%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 8 (3.46%) EMC VMAX
6 8 (3.46%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (2.60%) Data Structures
8 5 (2.16%) FlexPod
8 5 (2.16%) Onboarding
9 4 (1.73%) EMC VNX
9 4 (1.73%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.73%) NHS
9 4 (1.73%) Public Cloud
10 3 (1.30%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (1.30%) CMDB
10 3 (1.30%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 24 (10.39%) Linux
2 16 (6.93%) Windows
3 12 (5.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 9 (3.90%) Data ONTAP
5 7 (3.03%) CoreOS
5 7 (3.03%) VMS
6 4 (1.73%) Windows 10
7 3 (1.30%) Unix
8 1 (0.43%) CentOS
8 1 (0.43%) OpenVMS
8 1 (0.43%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (26.84%) CI/CD
2 58 (25.11%) DevOps
3 53 (22.94%) Data Migration
4 44 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
5 34 (14.72%) Stakeholder Management
6 32 (13.85%) Data Protection
6 32 (13.85%) Disaster Recovery
7 28 (12.12%) Containerisation
7 28 (12.12%) Performance Tuning
8 27 (11.69%) Infrastructure as Code
9 26 (11.26%) RBAC
10 25 (10.82%) High Availability
11 24 (10.39%) Agile
12 21 (9.09%) Change Management
13 19 (8.23%) Platform Engineering
14 18 (7.79%) Continuous Improvement
15 16 (6.93%) Performance Optimisation
15 16 (6.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 16 (6.93%) Task Automation
15 16 (6.93%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 44 (19.05%) Python
2 22 (9.52%) SQL
3 19 (8.23%) Bash
3 19 (8.23%) Java
4 10 (4.33%) JavaScript
5 6 (2.60%) PowerShell
6 4 (1.73%) TypeScript
7 3 (1.30%) Bicep
7 3 (1.30%) C#
7 3 (1.30%) PL/SQL
8 2 (0.87%) Korn
8 2 (0.87%) PromQL
8 2 (0.87%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.43%) DCL
9 1 (0.43%) Go
9 1 (0.43%) Perl
9 1 (0.43%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 20 (8.66%) Security Cleared
2 15 (6.49%) Degree
3 10 (4.33%) SC Cleared
4 9 (3.90%) OCP
4 9 (3.90%) Oracle Certification
5 6 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (2.16%) Azure Certification
6 5 (2.16%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 4 (1.73%) PMI Certification
7 4 (1.73%) PMP
8 3 (1.30%) NCDA
8 3 (1.30%) NCIE
9 2 (0.87%) CCNA
9 2 (0.87%) CCNP
9 2 (0.87%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.87%) JNCIA
9 2 (0.87%) JNCIS
9 2 (0.87%) RHCA
9 2 (0.87%) RHCE
10 1 (0.43%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.46%) Data Quality
2 4 (1.73%) QA
3 3 (1.30%) GDPR
4 2 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.87%) PMO
5 1 (0.43%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.43%) Dodd-Frank
5 1 (0.43%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.43%) ISO 20022
5 1 (0.43%) MiFID
5 1 (0.43%) NIST
5 1 (0.43%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.43%) SLA
5 1 (0.43%) SOC 2
System Software
1 33 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
2 27 (11.69%) vSphere
3 23 (9.96%) Virtual Machines
4 15 (6.49%) VMware NSX
5 13 (5.63%) NFS
6 7 (3.03%) Ceph
6 7 (3.03%) KVM
7 6 (2.60%) Docker
8 5 (2.16%) SRDF
8 5 (2.16%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (1.73%) Active Directory
9 4 (1.73%) Hyper-V
10 3 (1.30%) EMC RecoverPoint
11 1 (0.43%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 55 (23.81%) Ansible
2 47 (20.35%) Kubernetes
3 37 (16.02%) Terraform
4 20 (8.66%) Argo
4 20 (8.66%) vCenter Server
5 19 (8.23%) Grafana
6 9 (3.90%) Prometheus
6 9 (3.90%) SnapMirror
7 5 (2.16%) NetBackup
8 4 (1.73%) EMC VPLEX
8 4 (1.73%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (1.30%) EMC NetWorker
9 3 (1.30%) Foglight
9 3 (1.30%) Puppet
9 3 (1.30%) SnapVault
10 2 (0.87%) Consul
10 2 (0.87%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.87%) PowerCLI
10 2 (0.87%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.87%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 39 (16.88%) VMware
2 35 (15.15%) Microsoft
3 27 (11.69%) Red Hat
4 23 (9.96%) Pure Storage
5 17 (7.36%) ServiceNow
5 17 (7.36%) Splunk
6 16 (6.93%) Cisco
7 15 (6.49%) Oracle
7 15 (6.49%) SAP
8 14 (6.06%) NetApp
9 9 (3.90%) Databricks
9 9 (3.90%) Sonatype
10 8 (3.46%) Dell
10 8 (3.46%) Google
11 7 (3.03%) Brocade
12 6 (2.60%) EMC
13 4 (1.73%) 3PAR
13 4 (1.73%) Broadcom
13 4 (1.73%) HP
13 4 (1.73%) Veeam