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

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 15 21
Rank change year-on-year +3 +6 -7
Contract jobs citing Migration 244 87 116
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 11.33% 9.71% 6.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.72% 10.71% 7.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 59 76
10th Percentile £366 £263 £360
25th Percentile £416 £388 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +13.89% -18.18%
75th Percentile £550 £573 £525
90th Percentile £650 £650 £587
England median daily rate £518 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -5.91% +4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 1 0
10th Percentile £15.00 - -
25th Percentile £19.37 - -
Median hourly rate £22.81 £12.30 -
Median % change year-on-year +85.45% - -
75th Percentile £25.15 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £23.83 £24.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -0.73% -49.47% -26.92%

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 1,918 812 1,543
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 89.08% 90.63% 86.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,259 508 928
10th Percentile £306 £231 £262
25th Percentile £402 £361 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% - -9.52%
75th Percentile £550 £566 £575
90th Percentile £650 £638 £668
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 29 54
10th Percentile £14.25 £16.04 £11.17
25th Percentile £15.25 £17.08 £12.15
Median hourly rate £22.81 £22.14 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% +64.00% +27.00%
75th Percentile £55.00 £28.75 £22.56
90th Percentile £68.75 £52.53 £53.75
England median hourly rate £30.00 £34.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -13.04% +6.15% -7.22%

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 9 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 9 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 9 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 +5 136 £487 -5.44% 23
West Yorkshire -2 91 £500 -2.44% 26
North Yorkshire +5 13 £650 +57.58% 3
East Yorkshire - 3 £295 - 1
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 21 (8.61%) Confluence
2 6 (2.46%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (2.46%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.23%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.41%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.41%) CMS
4 1 (0.41%) OpenStack
Applications
1 25 (10.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (5.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (2.05%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (2.05%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (1.23%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.82%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (3.69%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.64%) Teamcenter
2 4 (1.64%) Unit4 Business World
3 3 (1.23%) Cloudability
3 3 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.82%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.82%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.41%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.41%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.41%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.41%) SAP FI-CA
Cloud Services
1 63 (25.82%) OpenShift
2 45 (18.44%) Azure
3 37 (15.16%) AWS
4 30 (12.30%) GitHub
5 25 (10.25%) Microsoft 365
6 22 (9.02%) GCP
7 14 (5.74%) Power Platform
8 11 (4.51%) Entra ID
9 8 (3.28%) SaaS
10 6 (2.46%) Microsoft Purview
11 5 (2.05%) Amazon S3
11 5 (2.05%) AWS CloudFormation
11 5 (2.05%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (2.05%) Azure Logic Apps
11 5 (2.05%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 5 (2.05%) OCI
12 4 (1.64%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 4 (1.64%) AWS Lambda
12 4 (1.64%) Serverless
13 3 (1.23%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 21 (8.61%) DNS
2 20 (8.20%) SAN
3 14 (5.74%) NAS
4 9 (3.69%) Firewall
4 9 (3.69%) iSCSI
4 9 (3.69%) Network Security
5 7 (2.87%) TCP/IP
5 7 (2.87%) WAN
6 6 (2.46%) Fibre Channel
7 5 (2.05%) Kerberos
7 5 (2.05%) LAN
8 4 (1.64%) DHCP
8 4 (1.64%) VLAN
9 3 (1.23%) Cisco ISE
9 3 (1.23%) SSL
9 3 (1.23%) Structured Cabling
9 3 (1.23%) VoIP
9 3 (1.23%) VPN
10 2 (0.82%) Cisco Nexus
10 2 (0.82%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.74%) Power BI
2 6 (2.46%) SQL Server
3 5 (2.05%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (2.05%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 5 (2.05%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (1.23%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.82%) Amazon Redshift
5 2 (0.82%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.82%) DTS
5 2 (0.82%) Hadoop
5 2 (0.82%) Metadata
5 2 (0.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.41%) Data Hub
6 1 (0.41%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.41%) MySQL
6 1 (0.41%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.41%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 40 (16.39%) Jenkins
2 23 (9.43%) JIRA
3 17 (6.97%) Sonatype Nexus
4 7 (2.87%) Git
5 4 (1.64%) GitLab
6 2 (0.82%) Flyway
7 1 (0.41%) Mocha
General
1 84 (34.43%) Social Skills
2 56 (22.95%) Finance
3 46 (18.85%) Banking
4 18 (7.38%) Public Sector
5 16 (6.56%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (3.28%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (2.87%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (2.46%) Legal
9 5 (2.05%) Financial Institution
9 5 (2.05%) General Ledger
9 5 (2.05%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (2.05%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.82%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.41%) Law
11 1 (0.41%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.41%) Military
11 1 (0.41%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 41 (16.80%) Architect
2 36 (14.75%) Analyst
3 32 (13.11%) Business Analyst
4 20 (8.20%) Consultant
4 20 (8.20%) Lead
4 20 (8.20%) Project Manager
5 16 (6.56%) Senior
6 14 (5.74%) Technical Business Analyst
7 13 (5.33%) Technical Analyst
8 11 (4.51%) Solutions Architect
9 7 (2.87%) IT Engineer
10 6 (2.46%) Developer
10 6 (2.46%) Network Engineer
10 6 (2.46%) Oracle Consultant
10 6 (2.46%) Senior Analyst
10 6 (2.46%) Senior Business Analyst
11 5 (2.05%) Administrator
11 5 (2.05%) Enterprise Architect
11 5 (2.05%) Migration Consultant
11 5 (2.05%) Migration Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.69%) YAML
2 8 (3.28%) Oracle Fusion
2 8 (3.28%) REST
3 7 (2.87%) LDAP
3 7 (2.87%) OpenTelemetry
4 6 (2.46%) .NET
4 6 (2.46%) OAuth
5 5 (2.05%) SAML
6 4 (1.64%) AWS CDK
6 4 (1.64%) Middleware
6 4 (1.64%) OpenID
7 3 (1.23%) Elastic Stack
8 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Graph
8 2 (0.82%) SailPoint
8 2 (0.82%) Spring
8 2 (0.82%) Web Services
8 2 (0.82%) WebSockets
9 1 (0.41%) .NET Framework
9 1 (0.41%) Hibernate
9 1 (0.41%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 23 (9.43%) Cloud Native
2 19 (7.79%) Hybrid Cloud
3 12 (4.92%) Data Protection Act
3 12 (4.92%) Onboarding
4 10 (4.10%) Enterprise Storage
4 10 (4.10%) Replication
5 9 (3.69%) Data Centre
6 7 (2.87%) PKI
7 6 (2.46%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (2.05%) FlexPod
8 5 (2.05%) SCORM
9 4 (1.64%) CMDB
9 4 (1.64%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 4 (1.64%) Learning Management System
9 4 (1.64%) NHS
9 4 (1.64%) Public Cloud
10 3 (1.23%) Data Structures
10 3 (1.23%) EMC VMAX
10 3 (1.23%) iPhone
10 3 (1.23%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 21 (8.61%) Linux
2 19 (7.79%) Windows
3 11 (4.51%) VMS
4 10 (4.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (2.87%) Windows 10
6 5 (2.05%) CoreOS
6 5 (2.05%) Data ONTAP
6 5 (2.05%) Windows Server
7 3 (1.23%) Android
8 2 (0.82%) Unix
9 1 (0.41%) CentOS
9 1 (0.41%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (29.92%) DevOps
2 66 (27.05%) CI/CD
3 47 (19.26%) Stakeholder Management
4 40 (16.39%) Containerisation
4 40 (16.39%) Problem-Solving
5 39 (15.98%) Data Migration
6 35 (14.34%) Agile
7 33 (13.52%) Data Protection
8 27 (11.07%) Technical Leadership
9 26 (10.66%) Disaster Recovery
10 25 (10.25%) High Availability
10 25 (10.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 22 (9.02%) Change Management
11 22 (9.02%) Roadmaps
12 20 (8.20%) Business Intelligence
12 20 (8.20%) Risk Management
12 20 (8.20%) Software Delivery
13 19 (7.79%) Process Improvement
13 19 (7.79%) Workshop Facilitation
14 18 (7.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 41 (16.80%) Python
2 18 (7.38%) Bash
3 15 (6.15%) PowerShell
4 8 (3.28%) SQL
5 5 (2.05%) Java
5 5 (2.05%) Shell Script
6 4 (1.64%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.23%) C#
7 3 (1.23%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.82%) Delphi
8 2 (0.82%) PHP
9 1 (0.41%) Korn
9 1 (0.41%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 23 (9.43%) Degree
2 12 (4.92%) Security Cleared
3 10 (4.10%) OCP
3 10 (4.10%) Oracle Certification
4 8 (3.28%) CISM
4 8 (3.28%) CISSP
5 6 (2.46%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (2.46%) SC Cleared
6 5 (2.05%) PMI Certification
6 5 (2.05%) PMP
7 4 (1.64%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.23%) CCNP
8 3 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.23%) SAP Certification
9 2 (0.82%) CCNA
9 2 (0.82%) JNCIA
9 2 (0.82%) JNCIS
9 2 (0.82%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (0.41%) CCIE
10 1 (0.41%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.92%) GDPR
2 9 (3.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (3.28%) Data Quality
4 7 (2.87%) QA
5 4 (1.64%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.82%) NIST
6 2 (0.82%) PMO
7 1 (0.41%) SOC 2
System Software
1 23 (9.43%) VMware Infrastructure
2 22 (9.02%) vSphere
3 15 (6.15%) Virtual Machines
4 14 (5.74%) NFS
5 13 (5.33%) VMware NSX
6 10 (4.10%) Active Directory
7 8 (3.28%) Docker
8 5 (2.05%) KVM
9 3 (1.23%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.82%) Hyper-V
10 2 (0.82%) SRDF
11 1 (0.41%) Ceph
11 1 (0.41%) Firmware
11 1 (0.41%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 73 (29.92%) Ansible
2 48 (19.67%) Kubernetes
3 42 (17.21%) Terraform
4 14 (5.74%) vCenter Server
5 12 (4.92%) Argo
6 11 (4.51%) Grafana
7 5 (2.05%) SnapMirror
8 4 (1.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (1.23%) FortiGate
9 3 (1.23%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (1.23%) Progress Chef
9 3 (1.23%) Puppet
10 2 (0.82%) Foglight
10 2 (0.82%) NetBackup
10 2 (0.82%) PowerCLI
10 2 (0.82%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.82%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.41%) Istio
11 1 (0.41%) Network Intrusion Detection System
11 1 (0.41%) Podman
Vendors
1 31 (12.70%) VMware
2 27 (11.07%) Microsoft
2 27 (11.07%) Red Hat
3 20 (8.20%) SAP
4 18 (7.38%) Pure Storage
5 15 (6.15%) NetApp
5 15 (6.15%) Sonatype
6 14 (5.74%) Splunk
7 11 (4.51%) ServiceNow
8 10 (4.10%) Cisco
9 9 (3.69%) Google
9 9 (3.69%) Oracle
10 7 (2.87%) Dell
11 6 (2.46%) EMC
11 6 (2.46%) IBM
12 4 (1.64%) ESRI
12 4 (1.64%) F5
13 3 (1.23%) Broadcom
13 3 (1.23%) Isilon
13 3 (1.23%) Sage