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

6 months to
4 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 15 16
Rank change year-on-year +4 +1 0
Contract jobs citing Migration 266 98 128
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 11.58% 10.35% 7.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.05% 11.21% 8.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 169 59 81
10th Percentile £366 £263 £350
25th Percentile £415 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -13.64%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £569
90th Percentile £625 £638 £619
England median daily rate £515 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -4.28% +2.38% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 0
10th Percentile £15.00 - -
25th Percentile £16.46 - -
Median hourly rate £22.81 - -
75th Percentile £24.34 - -
90th Percentile £30.64 - -
England median hourly rate £23.83 £28.75 £48.12
% change year-on-year -17.13% -40.25% -23.93%

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 2,038 874 1,462
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 88.72% 92.29% 86.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,344 548 875
10th Percentile £313 £262 £250
25th Percentile £405 £363 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% - -9.52%
75th Percentile £551 £556 £575
90th Percentile £638 £638 £668
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 36 59
10th Percentile £14.25 £11.60 £11.26
25th Percentile £15.25 £16.93 £12.15
Median hourly rate £23.19 £21.24 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.19% +57.33% +27.00%
75th Percentile £57.25 £28.75 £21.35
90th Percentile £68.75 £69.07 £53.75
England median hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £33.07
% change year-on-year +15.38% -1.71% -11.83%

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 4 April 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Migration in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 4 April 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Migration in Yorkshire

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 4 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
South Yorkshire +2 144 £487 -2.60% 18
West Yorkshire -3 108 £500 +0.50% 25
North Yorkshire -3 12 £600 +11.63% 2
East Yorkshire - 3 £295 - 2
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 22 (8.27%) Confluence
2 4 (1.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.50%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.13%) Exchange Server 2013
3 3 (1.13%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.38%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.38%) CMS
4 1 (0.38%) OpenStack
Applications
1 24 (9.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (4.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (1.88%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.13%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.13%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.75%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (3.76%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.50%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (1.50%) Teamcenter
2 4 (1.50%) Unit4 Business World
3 3 (1.13%) Cloudability
3 3 (1.13%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.75%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.38%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.38%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.38%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.38%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.38%) SAP FI-CA
Cloud Services
1 74 (27.82%) OpenShift
2 53 (19.92%) Azure
3 38 (14.29%) AWS
4 37 (13.91%) GitHub
5 26 (9.77%) GCP
6 22 (8.27%) Microsoft 365
7 17 (6.39%) Power Platform
8 10 (3.76%) Entra ID
9 9 (3.38%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 9 (3.38%) SaaS
10 8 (3.01%) Microsoft Purview
11 7 (2.63%) Akamai
11 7 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
12 4 (1.50%) AWS CloudFormation
12 4 (1.50%) Azure Data Factory
12 4 (1.50%) Dynamics 365
12 4 (1.50%) GitHub Actions
12 4 (1.50%) OCI
12 4 (1.50%) Serverless
12 4 (1.50%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 30 (11.28%) DNS
2 25 (9.40%) SAN
3 17 (6.39%) NAS
4 13 (4.89%) Network Security
5 12 (4.51%) iSCSI
6 10 (3.76%) Firewall
7 8 (3.01%) Fibre Channel
8 7 (2.63%) TCP/IP
8 7 (2.63%) WAN
9 5 (1.88%) Kerberos
9 5 (1.88%) LAN
10 4 (1.50%) DHCP
10 4 (1.50%) VLAN
11 3 (1.13%) Cisco ISE
11 3 (1.13%) SSL
11 3 (1.13%) Structured Cabling
11 3 (1.13%) VoIP
11 3 (1.13%) VPN
12 2 (0.75%) Cisco Nexus
12 2 (0.75%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (6.39%) Power BI
2 10 (3.76%) SQL Server
3 8 (3.01%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (2.26%) Oracle Reports
5 5 (1.88%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (1.88%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 3 (1.13%) DTS
6 3 (1.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (1.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.75%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.75%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.75%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.75%) Metadata
7 2 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.75%) Tableau
8 1 (0.38%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.38%) Data Hub
8 1 (0.38%) Delta Lake
8 1 (0.38%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.38%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 46 (17.29%) Jenkins
2 24 (9.02%) JIRA
3 17 (6.39%) Sonatype Nexus
4 8 (3.01%) Git
5 4 (1.50%) GitLab
6 3 (1.13%) Flyway
7 2 (0.75%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.38%) Hudson
8 1 (0.38%) LSMW
8 1 (0.38%) Mocha
General
1 95 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 61 (22.93%) Finance
3 47 (17.67%) Banking
4 20 (7.52%) Public Sector
5 17 (6.39%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (3.38%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (3.01%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (2.63%) Legal
9 5 (1.88%) General Ledger
9 5 (1.88%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.50%) Financial Institution
10 4 (1.50%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.75%) Retail
12 1 (0.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.38%) Law
12 1 (0.38%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.38%) Military
12 1 (0.38%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 46 (17.29%) Architect
2 35 (13.16%) Analyst
3 29 (10.90%) Business Analyst
4 27 (10.15%) Lead
5 23 (8.65%) Consultant
6 19 (7.14%) Project Manager
7 17 (6.39%) Senior
8 14 (5.26%) Technical Business Analyst
9 13 (4.89%) Technical Analyst
10 11 (4.14%) Solutions Architect
11 10 (3.76%) Developer
12 9 (3.38%) Oracle Consultant
13 7 (2.63%) Security Specialist
13 7 (2.63%) Senior Analyst
14 6 (2.26%) Enterprise Architect
14 6 (2.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 6 (2.26%) IT Engineer
14 6 (2.26%) Network Engineer
14 6 (2.26%) Senior Business Analyst
15 5 (1.88%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.14%) OpenTelemetry
2 9 (3.38%) YAML
3 8 (3.01%) REST
4 7 (2.63%) .NET
4 7 (2.63%) Oracle Fusion
5 6 (2.26%) LDAP
6 5 (1.88%) AWS CDK
6 5 (1.88%) OAuth
7 4 (1.50%) Middleware
7 4 (1.50%) OpenID
7 4 (1.50%) SAML
8 2 (0.75%) .NET Core
8 2 (0.75%) Elastic Stack
8 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Graph
8 2 (0.75%) PySpark
8 2 (0.75%) Spring
8 2 (0.75%) WebSockets
9 1 (0.38%) cloud-init
9 1 (0.38%) GraphQL
9 1 (0.38%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 29 (10.90%) Cloud Native
2 23 (8.65%) Hybrid Cloud
3 14 (5.26%) Enterprise Storage
4 13 (4.89%) Replication
5 11 (4.14%) Data Protection Act
5 11 (4.14%) Onboarding
6 9 (3.38%) Data Centre
6 9 (3.38%) Legacy Systems
7 8 (3.01%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 8 (3.01%) Product Ownership
8 7 (2.63%) PKI
8 7 (2.63%) Public Cloud
9 6 (2.26%) Data Structures
10 5 (1.88%) FlexPod
10 5 (1.88%) SCORM
11 4 (1.50%) EMC VMAX
11 4 (1.50%) Learning Management System
11 4 (1.50%) NHS
12 3 (1.13%) CMDB
12 3 (1.13%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 22 (8.27%) Linux
2 18 (6.77%) Windows
3 11 (4.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 11 (4.14%) VMS
4 7 (2.63%) Windows 10
5 5 (1.88%) CoreOS
5 5 (1.88%) Data ONTAP
6 4 (1.50%) Windows Server
7 3 (1.13%) Android
8 2 (0.75%) Unix
9 1 (0.38%) CentOS
9 1 (0.38%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (29.70%) DevOps
2 74 (27.82%) CI/CD
3 53 (19.92%) Data Migration
4 47 (17.67%) Problem-Solving
5 46 (17.29%) Containerisation
6 42 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
7 35 (13.16%) Data Protection
8 33 (12.41%) Disaster Recovery
9 32 (12.03%) Agile
9 32 (12.03%) High Availability
10 28 (10.53%) Technical Leadership
11 25 (9.40%) RBAC
12 23 (8.65%) Business Intelligence
12 23 (8.65%) Roadmaps
12 23 (8.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 22 (8.27%) Change Management
13 22 (8.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 21 (7.89%) Risk Management
15 20 (7.52%) Software Delivery
15 20 (7.52%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 49 (18.42%) Python
2 21 (7.89%) Bash
3 14 (5.26%) SQL
4 12 (4.51%) PowerShell
5 9 (3.38%) JavaScript
6 7 (2.63%) Java
7 5 (1.88%) Shell Script
8 4 (1.50%) TypeScript
9 3 (1.13%) C#
9 3 (1.13%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.75%) Delphi
10 2 (0.75%) PHP
11 1 (0.38%) Korn
11 1 (0.38%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 24 (9.02%) Degree
2 16 (6.02%) Security Cleared
3 13 (4.89%) OCP
3 13 (4.89%) Oracle Certification
4 8 (3.01%) SC Cleared
5 7 (2.63%) CISM
5 7 (2.63%) CISSP
6 6 (2.26%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.50%) PMI Certification
8 4 (1.50%) PMP
9 3 (1.13%) CCNP
9 3 (1.13%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.75%) CCNA
10 2 (0.75%) JNCIA
10 2 (0.75%) JNCIS
10 2 (0.75%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 1 (0.38%) CEH
11 1 (0.38%) RHCE
11 1 (0.38%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.14%) GDPR
2 10 (3.76%) Data Quality
3 8 (3.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (3.01%) QA
4 4 (1.50%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.13%) PMO
6 2 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.38%) NIST
7 1 (0.38%) SOC 2
System Software
1 28 (10.53%) VMware Infrastructure
2 27 (10.15%) vSphere
3 18 (6.77%) Virtual Machines
3 18 (6.77%) VMware NSX
4 16 (6.02%) NFS
5 8 (3.01%) Active Directory
6 7 (2.63%) Docker
7 5 (1.88%) KVM
8 4 (1.50%) Ceph
9 3 (1.13%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.75%) Hyper-V
10 2 (0.75%) SRDF
11 1 (0.38%) Firmware
11 1 (0.38%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 79 (29.70%) Ansible
2 57 (21.43%) Kubernetes
3 45 (16.92%) Terraform
4 19 (7.14%) vCenter Server
5 18 (6.77%) Argo
6 14 (5.26%) Grafana
7 5 (1.88%) SnapMirror
8 4 (1.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (1.13%) Foglight
9 3 (1.13%) FortiGate
9 3 (1.13%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (0.75%) NetBackup
10 2 (0.75%) PowerCLI
10 2 (0.75%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.75%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.75%) Puppet
11 1 (0.38%) Istio
11 1 (0.38%) Network Intrusion Detection System
11 1 (0.38%) Podman
11 1 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 37 (13.91%) VMware
2 34 (12.78%) Microsoft
3 32 (12.03%) Red Hat
4 26 (9.77%) Pure Storage
5 21 (7.89%) SAP
6 18 (6.77%) Splunk
7 16 (6.02%) NetApp
8 15 (5.64%) Sonatype
9 13 (4.89%) Cisco
9 13 (4.89%) Oracle
10 11 (4.14%) ServiceNow
11 9 (3.38%) Dell
11 9 (3.38%) Google
12 7 (2.63%) EMC
13 6 (2.26%) IBM
14 5 (1.88%) Databricks
15 4 (1.50%) Broadcom
15 4 (1.50%) ESRI
15 4 (1.50%) F5
15 4 (1.50%) HP