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

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 16 22
Rank change year-on-year -13 +6 -6
Contract jobs citing Migration 210 149 110
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 7.23% 9.52% 7.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.68% 10.54% 8.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 72 82
10th Percentile £382 £376 £389
25th Percentile £425 £411 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £506 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.53% -3.57% -4.55%
75th Percentile £597 £600 £575
90th Percentile £696 £675 £638
England median daily rate £530 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +0.95% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 18 1
10th Percentile - £19.40 -
25th Percentile - - £48.75
Median hourly rate - £25.15 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year - -52.10% -
75th Percentile - - £56.25
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £52.50
% change year-on-year +59.05% -52.10% -25.00%

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 2,418 1,413 1,261
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 83.21% 90.29% 84.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,431 910 745
10th Percentile £338 £235 £300
25th Percentile £413 £375 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £563 £580
90th Percentile £669 £650 £660
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 54 43
10th Percentile £13.45 £15.68 £12.23
25th Percentile £15.39 £18.51 £12.55
Median hourly rate £19.68 £22.36 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.98% +27.76% -13.58%
75th Percentile £26.72 £25.15 £31.25
90th Percentile £43.96 £72.63 £46.75
England median hourly rate £41.56 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +65.23% -41.51% -1.94%

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 September 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 September 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
West Yorkshire -5 91 £500 -9.09% 69
South Yorkshire -14 85 £544 +21.18% 18
North Yorkshire 0 30 £454 +0.67% 11
East Yorkshire - 1 - - 8
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 10 (4.76%) SharePoint
2 8 (3.81%) Confluence
3 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.95%) Oracle Workflow
3 2 (0.95%) Palantir Foundry
3 2 (0.95%) SAS
4 1 (0.48%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.48%) CICS
Applications
1 7 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (3.33%) Spreadsheet
2 4 (1.90%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.90%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.48%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (3.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.90%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.43%) Maximo
4 2 (0.95%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.48%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.48%) SAP MRS
5 1 (0.48%) SystmOne
5 1 (0.48%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.48%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 49 (23.33%) Azure
2 33 (15.71%) AWS
3 25 (11.90%) OpenShift
4 21 (10.00%) Power Platform
5 11 (5.24%) GCP
6 9 (4.29%) GitHub
7 7 (3.33%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (3.33%) SaaS
7 7 (3.33%) Snowflake
8 6 (2.86%) Microsoft Purview
8 6 (2.86%) OCI
9 5 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (2.38%) Azure Monitor
9 5 (2.38%) GitHub Actions
10 4 (1.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 4 (1.90%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 4 (1.90%) Microsoft 365
11 3 (1.43%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 3 (1.43%) Entra ID
11 3 (1.43%) Stackdriver
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.29%) Firewall
2 8 (3.81%) VPN
3 7 (3.33%) Network Security
3 7 (3.33%) SAN
4 6 (2.86%) DNS
4 6 (2.86%) NAS
5 4 (1.90%) VSAN
5 4 (1.90%) WAN
6 2 (0.95%) BGP
6 2 (0.95%) LAN
6 2 (0.95%) MPLS
6 2 (0.95%) OSPF
6 2 (0.95%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.95%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.48%) Broadband
7 1 (0.48%) DHCP
7 1 (0.48%) DWDM
7 1 (0.48%) EIGRP
7 1 (0.48%) Internet
7 1 (0.48%) TACACS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (7.14%) Power BI
2 11 (5.24%) Metadata
3 9 (4.29%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (4.29%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.90%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (1.43%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (1.43%) Db2
5 3 (1.43%) Delta Lake
5 3 (1.43%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.95%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.95%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.95%) DocumentDB
6 2 (0.95%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.95%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (0.95%) SAP BW
6 2 (0.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (0.95%) Star Schema
7 1 (0.48%) GIS
7 1 (0.48%) PowerCenter
7 1 (0.48%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 17 (8.10%) JIRA
2 13 (6.19%) Git
3 10 (4.76%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.43%) Flyway
4 3 (1.43%) GitLab
5 2 (0.95%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.95%) git-flow
5 2 (0.95%) JUnit
5 2 (0.95%) Liquibase
5 2 (0.95%) Mockito
5 2 (0.95%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.48%) Hudson
6 1 (0.48%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 60 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 59 (28.10%) Finance
3 28 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (10.95%) Banking
5 11 (5.24%) Public Sector
6 9 (4.29%) Retail
7 7 (3.33%) Legal
8 5 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (2.38%) Law
8 5 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.90%) Military
10 3 (1.43%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.95%) Back Office
11 2 (0.95%) Front Office
11 2 (0.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.95%) Local Government
11 2 (0.95%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.95%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.48%) Digital Health
12 1 (0.48%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 31 (14.76%) Senior
2 30 (14.29%) Architect
3 19 (9.05%) Project Manager
4 17 (8.10%) Analyst
4 17 (8.10%) Data Engineer
4 17 (8.10%) Lead
5 14 (6.67%) Developer
6 13 (6.19%) Consultant
7 12 (5.71%) Java Architect
8 11 (5.24%) Administrator
8 11 (5.24%) Business Analyst
9 10 (4.76%) GCP Architect
9 10 (4.76%) Kubernetes Architect
9 10 (4.76%) Migration Architect
10 7 (3.33%) Delivery Manager
10 7 (3.33%) Product Owner
10 7 (3.33%) SharePoint Administrator
10 7 (3.33%) Technical Manager
11 6 (2.86%) Data Analyst
11 6 (2.86%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (12.38%) Terraform
2 8 (3.81%) .NET
2 8 (3.81%) Middleware
3 5 (2.38%) .NET Framework
3 5 (2.38%) ASP.NET
4 4 (1.90%) OAuth
5 3 (1.43%) JWT
5 3 (1.43%) PySpark
5 3 (1.43%) REST
5 3 (1.43%) Spring
5 3 (1.43%) Spring Boot
5 3 (1.43%) Web Services
5 3 (1.43%) YAML
6 2 (0.95%) JDBC
6 2 (0.95%) Loki
6 2 (0.95%) OpenAPI
6 2 (0.95%) OpenTelemetry
6 2 (0.95%) Oracle GoldenGate
6 2 (0.95%) Spring Cloud
6 2 (0.95%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 20 (9.52%) Cloud Native
2 16 (7.62%) Data Centre
3 13 (6.19%) Data Protection Act
4 12 (5.71%) Product Ownership
4 12 (5.71%) Replication
5 11 (5.24%) Legacy Systems
6 8 (3.81%) Onboarding
6 8 (3.81%) Public Cloud
7 6 (2.86%) Data Structures
7 6 (2.86%) Enterprise Storage
7 6 (2.86%) NHS
8 5 (2.38%) Legacy Code
8 5 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.90%) CMDB
9 4 (1.90%) EMC VMAX
9 4 (1.90%) EMC VNX
9 4 (1.90%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.90%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.90%) Virtual Team
10 3 (1.43%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 18 (8.57%) Linux
2 10 (4.76%) Windows
3 5 (2.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (1.90%) Data ONTAP
4 4 (1.90%) Unix
4 4 (1.90%) VMS
4 4 (1.90%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.95%) CoreOS
5 2 (0.95%) OpenVMS
6 1 (0.48%) Android
6 1 (0.48%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.48%) CentOS
6 1 (0.48%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.48%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (25.71%) Data Migration
2 46 (21.90%) Stakeholder Management
3 41 (19.52%) CI/CD
4 34 (16.19%) Infrastructure as Code
4 34 (16.19%) Problem-Solving
4 34 (16.19%) Validation
5 32 (15.24%) Performance Tuning
6 29 (13.81%) Agile
7 25 (11.90%) DevOps
7 25 (11.90%) ETL
8 24 (11.43%) Data Protection
9 23 (10.95%) Analytics
9 23 (10.95%) Change Management
10 22 (10.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 20 (9.52%) Data Modelling
11 20 (9.52%) Data Pipeline
12 19 (9.05%) Data Analysis
12 19 (9.05%) Platform Engineering
13 18 (8.57%) Business Intelligence
13 18 (8.57%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 35 (16.67%) SQL
2 24 (11.43%) Python
3 21 (10.00%) Java
4 9 (4.29%) C#
5 8 (3.81%) Bash
6 7 (3.33%) PowerShell
7 4 (1.90%) Bicep
8 3 (1.43%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.95%) DCL
9 2 (0.95%) Korn
9 2 (0.95%) PromQL
10 1 (0.48%) Go
10 1 (0.48%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.48%) JCL
10 1 (0.48%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.48%) Perl
10 1 (0.48%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.48%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 22 (10.48%) Security Cleared
2 15 (7.14%) SC Cleared
3 12 (5.71%) Degree
4 6 (2.86%) PMI Certification
4 6 (2.86%) PMP
5 5 (2.38%) Azure Certification
5 5 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.90%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 3 (1.43%) NCDA
7 3 (1.43%) NCIE
7 3 (1.43%) OCP
7 3 (1.43%) Oracle Certification
8 2 (0.95%) CCNP
8 2 (0.95%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.95%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 2 (0.95%) RHCA
9 1 (0.48%) JNCIA
9 1 (0.48%) JNCIS
9 1 (0.48%) MBA
9 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (13.33%) Data Quality
2 4 (1.90%) Accessibility
2 4 (1.90%) QA
3 3 (1.43%) PMO
3 3 (1.43%) SLA
4 2 (0.95%) GDPR
4 2 (0.95%) GRC
4 2 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.95%) MiFID
5 1 (0.48%) Dodd-Frank
5 1 (0.48%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.48%) ISO 20022
5 1 (0.48%) NIST
5 1 (0.48%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.48%) SOC 2
System Software
1 22 (10.48%) VMware Infrastructure
2 18 (8.57%) Virtual Machines
3 14 (6.67%) vSphere
4 7 (3.33%) Ceph
4 7 (3.33%) Docker
5 6 (2.86%) Active Directory
6 5 (2.38%) Hyper-V
6 5 (2.38%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (1.43%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 3 (1.43%) KVM
7 3 (1.43%) NFS
7 3 (1.43%) SRDF
7 3 (1.43%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.95%) ACF2
8 2 (0.95%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.95%) RACF
9 1 (0.48%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 36 (17.14%) Kubernetes
2 18 (8.57%) Ansible
3 9 (4.29%) Grafana
3 9 (4.29%) Prometheus
3 9 (4.29%) vCenter Server
4 6 (2.86%) Argo
5 4 (1.90%) EMC VPLEX
5 4 (1.90%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (1.90%) SnapMirror
6 3 (1.43%) EMC NetWorker
6 3 (1.43%) NetBackup
6 3 (1.43%) SnapVault
7 2 (0.95%) Consul
7 2 (0.95%) Control-M
7 2 (0.95%) Data Guard
7 2 (0.95%) Oracle RMAN
7 2 (0.95%) Tivoli
7 2 (0.95%) Zipkin
8 1 (0.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.48%) Autotask
Vendors
1 40 (19.05%) Microsoft
2 24 (11.43%) VMware
3 18 (8.57%) Oracle
4 15 (7.14%) Databricks
5 14 (6.67%) SAP
5 14 (6.67%) ServiceNow
6 11 (5.24%) Cisco
7 10 (4.76%) Red Hat
8 6 (2.86%) Brocade
9 5 (2.38%) EMC
9 5 (2.38%) Google
9 5 (2.38%) NetApp
10 4 (1.90%) 3PAR
10 4 (1.90%) Atlassian
10 4 (1.90%) Dell
10 4 (1.90%) IBM
10 4 (1.90%) Pure Storage
10 4 (1.90%) Veeam
11 3 (1.43%) Salesforce
12 2 (0.95%) BMC