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 2 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 27 15
Rank change year-on-year +3 -12 -2
Contract jobs citing Migration 156 79 144
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 8.66% 6.20% 7.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.67% 7.24% 8.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 56 110
10th Percentile £305 £291 £375
25th Percentile £413 £422 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £586 £591 £587
90th Percentile £681 £675 £675
England median daily rate £519 £546 £550
% change year-on-year -4.99% -0.73% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 2 0
10th Percentile £18.89 £15.95 -
25th Percentile - £21.41 -
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.40 -
Median % change year-on-year -22.38% - -
75th Percentile - £45.26 -
90th Percentile - £51.86 -
England median hourly rate £25.15 £22.50 £68.50
% change year-on-year +11.78% -67.15% +24.55%

All Process and 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 1,614 1,091 1,629
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 89.62% 85.57% 88.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,078 634 1,045
10th Percentile £220 £243 £300
25th Percentile £375 £383 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £479 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.25% - -1.96%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £639 £675 £695
England median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 37 25
10th Percentile £15.00 £12.55 £15.96
25th Percentile £18.35 £15.22 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £21.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.76% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile - £33.75 £23.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £47.40 £38.90
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.14%

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 2 December 2025.

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 2 December 2025. 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
West Yorkshire +9 77 £513 -8.73% 53
South Yorkshire -8 58 £456 -17.05% 40
North Yorkshire +13 17 £451 +28.79% 7
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 12 (7.69%) Confluence
2 4 (2.56%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.92%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.64%) OpenStack
Applications
1 11 (7.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.28%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.64%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (5.77%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (3.85%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.92%) Cloudability
3 3 (1.92%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.64%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.64%) Oracle Payroll
Cloud Services
1 34 (21.79%) Azure
2 30 (19.23%) AWS
3 15 (9.62%) GCP
3 15 (9.62%) Power Platform
4 13 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (6.41%) GitHub
6 9 (5.77%) OpenShift
7 7 (4.49%) Entra ID
8 6 (3.85%) Amazon S3
9 5 (3.21%) AWS CloudFormation
10 4 (2.56%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 4 (2.56%) AWS Lambda
10 4 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (2.56%) Azure Logic Apps
10 4 (2.56%) OCI
10 4 (2.56%) Serverless
11 3 (1.92%) Amazon EC2
11 3 (1.92%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (1.92%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (1.92%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (7.69%) Firewall
2 9 (5.77%) DNS
3 4 (2.56%) DHCP
3 4 (2.56%) TCP/IP
3 4 (2.56%) WAN
4 3 (1.92%) LAN
4 3 (1.92%) NAS
4 3 (1.92%) NGFW
4 3 (1.92%) SAN
4 3 (1.92%) VoIP
5 2 (1.28%) BIG-IP
5 2 (1.28%) Broadband
5 2 (1.28%) Cisco ISE
5 2 (1.28%) Kerberos
5 2 (1.28%) Network Security
5 2 (1.28%) SMS
5 2 (1.28%) VSAN
5 2 (1.28%) VXLAN
6 1 (0.64%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (0.64%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (9.62%) Power BI
2 5 (3.21%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (3.21%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.92%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (1.92%) Amazon Redshift
3 3 (1.92%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.92%) SAP HANA
4 2 (1.28%) Metadata
4 2 (1.28%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (1.28%) Tableau
5 1 (0.64%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.64%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.64%) Delta Lake
5 1 (0.64%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.64%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.64%) MySQL
5 1 (0.64%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.64%) Power Query
5 1 (0.64%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 18 (11.54%) Jenkins
2 15 (9.62%) JIRA
3 8 (5.13%) Git
4 6 (3.85%) Sonatype Nexus
5 5 (3.21%) GitLab
6 1 (0.64%) Mocha
6 1 (0.64%) Postman
General
1 60 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 41 (26.28%) Finance
3 22 (14.10%) Banking
4 18 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (5.13%) Documentation Skills
5 8 (5.13%) Public Sector
6 5 (3.21%) Legal
7 4 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (1.92%) Financial Institution
8 3 (1.92%) General Ledger
8 3 (1.92%) Local Government
8 3 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (1.92%) Retail
9 2 (1.28%) Retail Banking
9 2 (1.28%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.64%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.64%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 27 (17.31%) Analyst
2 20 (12.82%) Architect
2 20 (12.82%) Business Analyst
3 10 (6.41%) Lead
4 9 (5.77%) Senior
5 8 (5.13%) Developer
5 8 (5.13%) Project Manager
6 7 (4.49%) Technical Analyst
6 7 (4.49%) Technical Business Analyst
7 6 (3.85%) Data Analyst
7 6 (3.85%) Solutions Architect
8 5 (3.21%) Data Business Analyst
8 5 (3.21%) Programme Manager
8 5 (3.21%) SAP Architect
9 4 (2.56%) IT Engineer
9 4 (2.56%) Migration Manager
9 4 (2.56%) Migration Specialist
9 4 (2.56%) Node.js Developer
9 4 (2.56%) Platform Architect
9 4 (2.56%) VMWare Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.21%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (2.56%) Jest
2 4 (2.56%) Middleware
2 4 (2.56%) Node.js
2 4 (2.56%) React
3 3 (1.92%) AngularJS
3 3 (1.92%) Elastic Stack
3 3 (1.92%) Express.js
3 3 (1.92%) LDAP
3 3 (1.92%) OAuth
3 3 (1.92%) REST
3 3 (1.92%) SAML
4 2 (1.28%) .NET
4 2 (1.28%) AWS CDK
4 2 (1.28%) OpenID
4 2 (1.28%) SailPoint
4 2 (1.28%) Spring
4 2 (1.28%) Web Services
4 2 (1.28%) WebSockets
5 1 (0.64%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.41%) Onboarding
2 8 (5.13%) Cloud Native
3 7 (4.49%) Hybrid Cloud
3 7 (4.49%) Legacy Systems
4 6 (3.85%) Data Centre
4 6 (3.85%) Data Protection Act
4 6 (3.85%) Data Structures
4 6 (3.85%) Management Information System
5 4 (2.56%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.92%) CMDB
6 3 (1.92%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (1.92%) iPhone
6 3 (1.92%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.92%) Public Cloud
6 3 (1.92%) Reference Data
6 3 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.28%) Enterprise Storage
7 2 (1.28%) Private Cloud
7 2 (1.28%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.64%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 16 (10.26%) Windows
2 9 (5.77%) Windows Server
3 8 (5.13%) Linux
4 5 (3.21%) VMS
5 4 (2.56%) Windows 10
6 3 (1.92%) Android
7 2 (1.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.64%) CentOS
8 1 (0.64%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.64%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (23.08%) Data Migration
2 34 (21.79%) Agile
3 29 (18.59%) DevOps
3 29 (18.59%) Stakeholder Management
4 26 (16.67%) CI/CD
5 24 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
6 21 (13.46%) User Acceptance Testing
7 20 (12.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 18 (11.54%) Workflow
9 17 (10.90%) Roadmaps
10 16 (10.26%) Business Intelligence
11 15 (9.62%) Containerisation
11 15 (9.62%) Decision-Making
12 13 (8.33%) Infrastructure Automation
13 12 (7.69%) Data Modelling
13 12 (7.69%) ITIL
13 12 (7.69%) Workflow Management
14 11 (7.05%) Software Delivery
14 11 (7.05%) User Stories
14 11 (7.05%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 17 (10.90%) PowerShell
2 16 (10.26%) Python
3 9 (5.77%) Bash
3 9 (5.77%) SQL
4 5 (3.21%) Shell Script
5 2 (1.28%) C#
5 2 (1.28%) Delphi
5 2 (1.28%) Java
5 2 (1.28%) PHP
6 1 (0.64%) Bicep
6 1 (0.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.64%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.64%) Ruby
6 1 (0.64%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 19 (12.18%) Security Cleared
2 18 (11.54%) SC Cleared
3 10 (6.41%) Degree
4 4 (2.56%) OCP
4 4 (2.56%) Oracle Certification
5 3 (1.92%) SAP Certification
6 2 (1.28%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.28%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.64%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.64%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.64%) CCIE
7 1 (0.64%) CCIE Data Center
7 1 (0.64%) CCNP
7 1 (0.64%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.64%) CISM
7 1 (0.64%) CISSP
7 1 (0.64%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.64%) PMP
7 1 (0.64%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.77%) Data Quality
1 9 (5.77%) QA
2 8 (5.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.92%) PMO
4 2 (1.28%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (1.28%) COBIT
4 2 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (1.28%) GDPR
5 1 (0.64%) NIST
5 1 (0.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 10 (6.41%) Active Directory
2 9 (5.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (5.13%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (4.49%) Docker
5 6 (3.85%) VMware NSX
5 6 (3.85%) vSphere
6 1 (0.64%) Ceph
6 1 (0.64%) KVM
6 1 (0.64%) QEMU
6 1 (0.64%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 1 (0.64%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 29 (18.59%) Ansible
2 18 (11.54%) Terraform
3 9 (5.77%) Kubernetes
4 5 (3.21%) vCenter Server
5 3 (1.92%) Grafana
5 3 (1.92%) vRealize
6 2 (1.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (1.28%) Argo
6 2 (1.28%) Puppet
7 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.64%) Podman
7 1 (0.64%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.64%) SCOM
7 1 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 21 (13.46%) Microsoft
2 20 (12.82%) SAP
3 14 (8.97%) VMware
4 9 (5.77%) Oracle
5 8 (5.13%) F5
6 6 (3.85%) Dell
6 6 (3.85%) Sonatype
7 5 (3.21%) Cisco
7 5 (3.21%) Databricks
7 5 (3.21%) Pure Storage
7 5 (3.21%) Red Hat
8 4 (2.56%) CheckPoint
8 4 (2.56%) ServiceNow
9 3 (1.92%) CloudEndure
10 2 (1.28%) Dynatrace
10 2 (1.28%) Infoblox
10 2 (1.28%) Palo Alto
10 2 (1.28%) Sage
10 2 (1.28%) SevOne
10 2 (1.28%) Xero