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

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 14 18
Rank change year-on-year +2 +4 -4
Contract jobs citing Migration 260 88 115
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 11.80% 9.55% 6.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.27% 10.37% 7.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 169 56 71
10th Percentile £366 £266 £350
25th Percentile £413 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £463
Median % change year-on-year - +8.11% -15.91%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £525
90th Percentile £625 £638 £588
England median daily rate £520 £545 £530
% change year-on-year -4.63% +2.88% -1.85%
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 £26.88 £40.00
% change year-on-year -11.35% -32.81% -37.50%

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 1,959 849 1,490
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 88.92% 92.18% 86.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,298 534 888
10th Percentile £313 £251 £250
25th Percentile £404 £363 £375
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 £650 £638 £668
England median daily rate £503 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.19% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 32 56
10th Percentile £14.25 £12.59 £11.21
25th Percentile £15.25 £16.93 £12.15
Median hourly rate £23.58 £21.69 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.69% +60.67% +27.00%
75th Percentile £56.63 £30.10 £22.19
90th Percentile £68.75 £91.13 £53.75
England median hourly rate £32.50 £33.26 £32.50
% change year-on-year -2.27% +2.32% -12.87%

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 20 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 20 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 20 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 +7 143 £487 -2.60% 16
West Yorkshire -3 100 £500 +0.50% 23
North Yorkshire +2 12 £600 +11.63% 2
East Yorkshire - 3 £295 -
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 (8.46%) Confluence
2 6 (2.31%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (2.31%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.15%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.38%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.38%) CMS
4 1 (0.38%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 25 (9.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (5.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (1.92%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.15%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.15%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.77%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (3.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.54%) Teamcenter
2 4 (1.54%) Unit4 Business World
3 3 (1.15%) Cloudability
3 3 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.77%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.77%) 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 67 (25.77%) OpenShift
2 51 (19.62%) Azure
3 40 (15.38%) AWS
4 35 (13.46%) GitHub
5 26 (10.00%) GCP
6 25 (9.62%) Microsoft 365
7 17 (6.54%) Power Platform
8 11 (4.23%) Entra ID
9 9 (3.46%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 9 (3.46%) SaaS
10 7 (2.69%) Akamai
10 7 (2.69%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (2.31%) Microsoft Purview
12 5 (1.92%) Azure Logic Apps
13 4 (1.54%) Amazon S3
13 4 (1.54%) AWS CloudFormation
13 4 (1.54%) Azure Data Factory
13 4 (1.54%) OCI
13 4 (1.54%) PaaS
13 4 (1.54%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 29 (11.15%) DNS
2 22 (8.46%) SAN
3 15 (5.77%) NAS
4 13 (5.00%) Network Security
5 11 (4.23%) iSCSI
6 10 (3.85%) Firewall
7 7 (2.69%) Fibre Channel
7 7 (2.69%) TCP/IP
7 7 (2.69%) WAN
8 5 (1.92%) Kerberos
8 5 (1.92%) LAN
9 4 (1.54%) DHCP
9 4 (1.54%) VLAN
10 3 (1.15%) Cisco ISE
10 3 (1.15%) SSL
10 3 (1.15%) Structured Cabling
10 3 (1.15%) VoIP
10 3 (1.15%) VPN
11 2 (0.77%) Cisco Nexus
11 2 (0.77%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (6.54%) Power BI
2 10 (3.85%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.92%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (1.92%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (1.92%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 4 (1.54%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (1.15%) DTS
5 3 (1.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (1.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (0.77%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (0.77%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.77%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.77%) Hadoop
6 2 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.38%) Data Hub
7 1 (0.38%) Delta Lake
7 1 (0.38%) Metadata
7 1 (0.38%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.38%) SAP Data Services
7 1 (0.38%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 44 (16.92%) Jenkins
2 23 (8.85%) JIRA
3 17 (6.54%) Sonatype Nexus
4 8 (3.08%) Git
5 4 (1.54%) GitLab
6 3 (1.15%) Flyway
7 1 (0.38%) LSMW
7 1 (0.38%) Mocha
General
1 91 (35.00%) Social Skills
2 58 (22.31%) Finance
3 46 (17.69%) Banking
4 20 (7.69%) Public Sector
5 17 (6.54%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (3.08%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (2.69%) Legal
7 7 (2.69%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (1.92%) Financial Institution
8 5 (1.92%) General Ledger
8 5 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.38%) Law
10 1 (0.38%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.38%) Military
10 1 (0.38%) Retail Banking
10 1 (0.38%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 45 (17.31%) Architect
2 34 (13.08%) Analyst
3 31 (11.92%) Business Analyst
4 26 (10.00%) Lead
5 20 (7.69%) Consultant
5 20 (7.69%) Project Manager
6 16 (6.15%) Senior
7 14 (5.38%) Technical Business Analyst
8 13 (5.00%) Technical Analyst
9 11 (4.23%) Solutions Architect
10 7 (2.69%) Developer
10 7 (2.69%) IT Engineer
10 7 (2.69%) Oracle Consultant
10 7 (2.69%) Security Specialist
11 6 (2.31%) Migration Manager
11 6 (2.31%) Network Engineer
11 6 (2.31%) Senior Analyst
11 6 (2.31%) Senior Business Analyst
12 5 (1.92%) Administrator
12 5 (1.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.23%) OpenTelemetry
2 9 (3.46%) YAML
3 8 (3.08%) REST
4 7 (2.69%) .NET
4 7 (2.69%) LDAP
4 7 (2.69%) Oracle Fusion
5 6 (2.31%) OAuth
6 5 (1.92%) AWS CDK
6 5 (1.92%) SAML
7 4 (1.54%) Middleware
7 4 (1.54%) OpenID
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 (0.38%) .NET Framework
9 1 (0.38%) GraphQL
9 1 (0.38%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 28 (10.77%) Cloud Native
2 23 (8.85%) Hybrid Cloud
3 13 (5.00%) Onboarding
4 12 (4.62%) Enterprise Storage
5 11 (4.23%) Data Protection Act
5 11 (4.23%) Replication
6 9 (3.46%) Data Centre
7 8 (3.08%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 7 (2.69%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (2.69%) PKI
9 5 (1.92%) FlexPod
9 5 (1.92%) Product Ownership
9 5 (1.92%) Public Cloud
9 5 (1.92%) SCORM
10 4 (1.54%) CMDB
10 4 (1.54%) EMC VMAX
10 4 (1.54%) Learning Management System
10 4 (1.54%) NHS
11 3 (1.15%) Data Structures
11 3 (1.15%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 22 (8.46%) Linux
2 20 (7.69%) Windows
3 11 (4.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 11 (4.23%) VMS
4 7 (2.69%) Windows 10
5 5 (1.92%) CoreOS
5 5 (1.92%) Data ONTAP
5 5 (1.92%) Windows Server
6 3 (1.15%) Android
7 2 (0.77%) Unix
8 1 (0.38%) CentOS
8 1 (0.38%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (30.38%) DevOps
2 70 (26.92%) CI/CD
3 47 (18.08%) Data Migration
4 44 (16.92%) Containerisation
4 44 (16.92%) Problem-Solving
4 44 (16.92%) Stakeholder Management
5 33 (12.69%) Agile
5 33 (12.69%) Data Protection
6 31 (11.92%) Disaster Recovery
7 30 (11.54%) High Availability
8 28 (10.77%) Technical Leadership
9 24 (9.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 23 (8.85%) Business Intelligence
10 23 (8.85%) Roadmaps
11 22 (8.46%) Change Management
12 21 (8.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 20 (7.69%) RBAC
13 20 (7.69%) Risk Management
13 20 (7.69%) Software Delivery
14 19 (7.31%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 47 (18.08%) Python
2 21 (8.08%) Bash
3 15 (5.77%) PowerShell
4 11 (4.23%) SQL
5 9 (3.46%) JavaScript
6 6 (2.31%) Java
7 5 (1.92%) Shell Script
8 4 (1.54%) TypeScript
9 3 (1.15%) C#
10 2 (0.77%) Delphi
10 2 (0.77%) PHP
11 1 (0.38%) Korn
11 1 (0.38%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.38%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 24 (9.23%) Degree
2 15 (5.77%) Security Cleared
3 12 (4.62%) OCP
3 12 (4.62%) Oracle Certification
4 8 (3.08%) CISM
4 8 (3.08%) CISSP
5 7 (2.69%) SC Cleared
6 6 (2.31%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (1.92%) PMI Certification
7 5 (1.92%) PMP
8 3 (1.15%) CCNP
8 3 (1.15%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.15%) SAP 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 (0.38%) CCIE
10 1 (0.38%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.62%) GDPR
2 9 (3.46%) Data Quality
2 9 (3.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (3.46%) QA
3 4 (1.54%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (0.77%) NIST
4 2 (0.77%) PMO
5 1 (0.38%) SOC 2
System Software
1 28 (10.77%) VMware Infrastructure
2 26 (10.00%) vSphere
3 17 (6.54%) VMware NSX
4 15 (5.77%) NFS
4 15 (5.77%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (3.85%) Active Directory
6 7 (2.69%) Docker
7 5 (1.92%) KVM
8 3 (1.15%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.77%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.77%) SRDF
10 1 (0.38%) Ceph
10 1 (0.38%) Firmware
10 1 (0.38%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 77 (29.62%) Ansible
2 53 (20.38%) Kubernetes
3 45 (17.31%) Terraform
4 18 (6.92%) vCenter Server
5 16 (6.15%) Argo
6 15 (5.77%) Grafana
7 5 (1.92%) SnapMirror
8 4 (1.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (1.15%) Foglight
9 3 (1.15%) FortiGate
9 3 (1.15%) 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
10 2 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.38%) Istio
11 1 (0.38%) Network Intrusion Detection System
11 1 (0.38%) Podman
Vendors
1 36 (13.85%) VMware
2 32 (12.31%) Microsoft
3 31 (11.92%) Red Hat
4 24 (9.23%) Pure Storage
5 21 (8.08%) SAP
6 18 (6.92%) Splunk
7 15 (5.77%) NetApp
7 15 (5.77%) Sonatype
8 12 (4.62%) ServiceNow
9 11 (4.23%) Cisco
10 9 (3.46%) Google
10 9 (3.46%) Oracle
11 8 (3.08%) Dell
12 6 (2.31%) EMC
12 6 (2.31%) IBM
13 5 (1.92%) Databricks
14 4 (1.54%) Broadcom
14 4 (1.54%) ESRI
14 4 (1.54%) F5
14 4 (1.54%) HP