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

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 15 18
Rank change year-on-year +3 +3 -2
Contract jobs citing Migration 259 96 125
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 11.33% 10.30% 7.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.76% 11.18% 8.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 165 58 78
10th Percentile £366 £263 £364
25th Percentile £415 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £469
Median % change year-on-year - +6.67% -14.77%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £564
90th Percentile £625 £638 £616
England median daily rate £515 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -4.19% +2.38% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 0
10th Percentile £15.00 - -
25th Percentile £16.46 - -
Median hourly rate £22.81 £12.30 -
Median % change year-on-year +85.45% - -
75th Percentile £24.34 - -
90th Percentile £30.64 - -
England median hourly rate £23.83 £28.75 £46.23
% change year-on-year -17.13% -37.81% -26.91%

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 2,029 859 1,476
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 88.80% 92.17% 86.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,339 534 881
10th Percentile £313 £257 £258
25th Percentile £405 £363 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.74% -0.11% -9.52%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £575
90th Percentile £638 £638 £669
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 36 58
10th Percentile £14.25 £11.95 £11.24
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 £21.99
90th Percentile £68.75 £69.07 £53.75
England median hourly rate £37.00 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year +13.85% - -13.33%

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 31 March 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 31 March 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 31 March 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 +1 139 £487 -2.60% 18
West Yorkshire -3 104 £500 +0.50% 25
North Yorkshire 0 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 (8.49%) Confluence
2 4 (1.54%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.54%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.16%) Exchange Server 2013
3 3 (1.16%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.39%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.39%) CMS
4 1 (0.39%) OpenStack
Applications
1 24 (9.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (5.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (1.93%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.16%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.16%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.77%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (3.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.54%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (1.54%) Teamcenter
2 4 (1.54%) Unit4 Business World
3 3 (1.16%) Cloudability
3 3 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.77%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.39%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.39%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.39%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.39%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.39%) SAP FI-CA
Cloud Services
1 69 (26.64%) OpenShift
2 52 (20.08%) Azure
3 37 (14.29%) AWS
4 36 (13.90%) GitHub
5 26 (10.04%) GCP
6 23 (8.88%) Microsoft 365
7 17 (6.56%) Power Platform
8 10 (3.86%) Entra ID
9 9 (3.47%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 9 (3.47%) SaaS
10 8 (3.09%) Microsoft Purview
11 7 (2.70%) Akamai
11 7 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
12 4 (1.54%) AWS CloudFormation
12 4 (1.54%) Azure Data Factory
12 4 (1.54%) GitHub Actions
12 4 (1.54%) OCI
12 4 (1.54%) Serverless
13 3 (1.16%) Amazon S3
13 3 (1.16%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 29 (11.20%) DNS
2 24 (9.27%) SAN
3 17 (6.56%) NAS
4 13 (5.02%) Network Security
5 12 (4.63%) iSCSI
6 10 (3.86%) Firewall
7 8 (3.09%) Fibre Channel
8 7 (2.70%) TCP/IP
8 7 (2.70%) WAN
9 5 (1.93%) Kerberos
9 5 (1.93%) LAN
10 4 (1.54%) DHCP
10 4 (1.54%) VLAN
11 3 (1.16%) Cisco ISE
11 3 (1.16%) SSL
11 3 (1.16%) Structured Cabling
11 3 (1.16%) VoIP
11 3 (1.16%) VPN
12 2 (0.77%) DKIM
12 2 (0.77%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (6.56%) Power BI
2 10 (3.86%) SQL Server
3 8 (3.09%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (2.32%) Oracle Reports
5 5 (1.93%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (1.93%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 3 (1.16%) DTS
6 3 (1.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (1.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.77%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.77%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.77%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.77%) Metadata
7 2 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.77%) Tableau
8 1 (0.39%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.39%) Data Hub
8 1 (0.39%) Delta Lake
8 1 (0.39%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.39%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 45 (17.37%) Jenkins
2 23 (8.88%) JIRA
3 17 (6.56%) Sonatype Nexus
4 8 (3.09%) Git
5 4 (1.54%) GitLab
6 3 (1.16%) Flyway
7 2 (0.77%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.39%) LSMW
8 1 (0.39%) Mocha
General
1 93 (35.91%) Social Skills
2 59 (22.78%) Finance
3 46 (17.76%) Banking
4 20 (7.72%) Public Sector
5 18 (6.95%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (3.47%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (3.09%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (2.70%) Legal
9 5 (1.93%) General Ledger
9 5 (1.93%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.54%) Financial Institution
10 4 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.39%) Law
11 1 (0.39%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.39%) Military
11 1 (0.39%) Retail
11 1 (0.39%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 43 (16.60%) Architect
2 33 (12.74%) Analyst
3 29 (11.20%) Business Analyst
4 26 (10.04%) Lead
5 22 (8.49%) Consultant
6 20 (7.72%) Project Manager
7 17 (6.56%) Senior
8 14 (5.41%) Technical Business Analyst
9 13 (5.02%) Technical Analyst
10 10 (3.86%) Developer
10 10 (3.86%) Solutions Architect
11 9 (3.47%) Oracle Consultant
12 7 (2.70%) Security Specialist
13 6 (2.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 6 (2.32%) IT Engineer
13 6 (2.32%) Migration Manager
13 6 (2.32%) Network Engineer
13 6 (2.32%) Senior Analyst
13 6 (2.32%) Senior Business Analyst
14 5 (1.93%) Migration Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.25%) OpenTelemetry
2 9 (3.47%) YAML
3 8 (3.09%) REST
4 7 (2.70%) .NET
4 7 (2.70%) Oracle Fusion
5 6 (2.32%) LDAP
6 5 (1.93%) AWS CDK
6 5 (1.93%) OAuth
7 4 (1.54%) Middleware
7 4 (1.54%) OpenID
7 4 (1.54%) SAML
8 2 (0.77%) .NET Core
8 2 (0.77%) Elastic Stack
8 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Graph
8 2 (0.77%) PySpark
8 2 (0.77%) Spring
8 2 (0.77%) WebSockets
9 1 (0.39%) ASP.NET Web API
9 1 (0.39%) GraphQL
9 1 (0.39%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 27 (10.42%) Cloud Native
2 23 (8.88%) Hybrid Cloud
3 13 (5.02%) Enterprise Storage
3 13 (5.02%) Replication
4 11 (4.25%) Data Protection Act
4 11 (4.25%) Onboarding
5 9 (3.47%) Data Centre
6 8 (3.09%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 8 (3.09%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (2.70%) PKI
8 6 (2.32%) Data Structures
8 6 (2.32%) Public Cloud
9 5 (1.93%) FlexPod
9 5 (1.93%) Product Ownership
9 5 (1.93%) SCORM
10 4 (1.54%) EMC VMAX
10 4 (1.54%) Learning Management System
10 4 (1.54%) NHS
11 3 (1.16%) CMDB
11 3 (1.16%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 22 (8.49%) Linux
2 18 (6.95%) Windows
3 11 (4.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 11 (4.25%) VMS
4 7 (2.70%) Windows 10
5 5 (1.93%) CoreOS
5 5 (1.93%) Data ONTAP
6 4 (1.54%) Windows Server
7 3 (1.16%) Android
8 2 (0.77%) Unix
9 1 (0.39%) CentOS
9 1 (0.39%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (30.12%) DevOps
2 71 (27.41%) CI/CD
3 49 (18.92%) Data Migration
4 46 (17.76%) Problem-Solving
5 45 (17.37%) Containerisation
6 41 (15.83%) Stakeholder Management
7 34 (13.13%) Data Protection
8 33 (12.74%) Agile
9 32 (12.36%) Disaster Recovery
10 31 (11.97%) High Availability
11 28 (10.81%) Technical Leadership
12 23 (8.88%) Business Intelligence
13 22 (8.49%) Change Management
13 22 (8.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 22 (8.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 21 (8.11%) RBAC
14 21 (8.11%) Risk Management
14 21 (8.11%) Roadmaps
15 20 (7.72%) Software Delivery
16 19 (7.34%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 49 (18.92%) Python
2 21 (8.11%) Bash
3 14 (5.41%) SQL
4 12 (4.63%) PowerShell
5 9 (3.47%) JavaScript
6 7 (2.70%) Java
7 5 (1.93%) Shell Script
8 4 (1.54%) TypeScript
9 3 (1.16%) C#
9 3 (1.16%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.77%) Delphi
10 2 (0.77%) PHP
11 1 (0.39%) Korn
11 1 (0.39%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 24 (9.27%) Degree
2 16 (6.18%) Security Cleared
3 12 (4.63%) OCP
3 12 (4.63%) Oracle Certification
4 8 (3.09%) SC Cleared
5 7 (2.70%) CISM
5 7 (2.70%) CISSP
6 6 (2.32%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (1.93%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (1.93%) PMI Certification
7 5 (1.93%) PMP
8 3 (1.16%) CCNP
8 3 (1.16%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.77%) CCNA
9 2 (0.77%) JNCIA
9 2 (0.77%) JNCIS
9 2 (0.77%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (0.39%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.39%) CEH
10 1 (0.39%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.25%) GDPR
2 10 (3.86%) Data Quality
3 8 (3.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (3.09%) QA
4 4 (1.54%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (0.77%) PMO
6 1 (0.39%) NIST
6 1 (0.39%) SOC 2
System Software
1 27 (10.42%) VMware Infrastructure
2 26 (10.04%) vSphere
3 17 (6.56%) VMware NSX
4 16 (6.18%) NFS
5 15 (5.79%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (3.47%) Active Directory
7 7 (2.70%) Docker
8 5 (1.93%) KVM
9 3 (1.16%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.77%) Hyper-V
10 2 (0.77%) SRDF
11 1 (0.39%) Ceph
11 1 (0.39%) Firmware
11 1 (0.39%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 78 (30.12%) Ansible
2 55 (21.24%) Kubernetes
3 45 (17.37%) Terraform
4 18 (6.95%) vCenter Server
5 16 (6.18%) Argo
6 14 (5.41%) Grafana
7 5 (1.93%) SnapMirror
8 4 (1.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (1.16%) Foglight
9 3 (1.16%) FortiGate
9 3 (1.16%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (0.77%) NetBackup
10 2 (0.77%) PowerCLI
10 2 (0.77%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.77%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.77%) Puppet
11 1 (0.39%) Istio
11 1 (0.39%) Network Intrusion Detection System
11 1 (0.39%) Podman
11 1 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 35 (13.51%) VMware
2 33 (12.74%) Microsoft
3 31 (11.97%) Red Hat
4 25 (9.65%) Pure Storage
5 19 (7.34%) SAP
6 18 (6.95%) Splunk
7 16 (6.18%) NetApp
8 15 (5.79%) Sonatype
9 13 (5.02%) Cisco
9 13 (5.02%) Oracle
10 10 (3.86%) ServiceNow
11 9 (3.47%) Dell
11 9 (3.47%) Google
12 7 (2.70%) EMC
13 6 (2.32%) IBM
14 5 (1.93%) Databricks
15 4 (1.54%) Broadcom
15 4 (1.54%) ESRI
15 4 (1.54%) F5
15 4 (1.54%) HP