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

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 16 22
Rank change year-on-year -14 +6 -5
Contract jobs citing Migration 211 151 111
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 7.37% 9.75% 7.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.81% 10.77% 8.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 75 79
10th Percentile £375 £375 £398
25th Percentile £415 £409 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year - -3.85% -5.45%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £575
90th Percentile £650 £650 £638
England median daily rate £525 £520 £535
% change year-on-year +0.96% -2.80% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 16 1
10th Percentile - £18.14 -
25th Percentile - £25.12 £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 £53.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -52.55% -24.29%

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 2,395 1,402 1,265
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 83.62% 90.51% 83.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,444 889 761
10th Percentile £346 £260 £313
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 £550 £585
90th Percentile £669 £638 £663
England median daily rate £525 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 89 55 45
10th Percentile £13.45 £15.00 £12.15
25th Percentile £16.62 £18.10 £12.55
Median hourly rate £20.09 £22.14 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.26% +26.51% -12.50%
75th Percentile £27.86 £25.15 £28.75
90th Percentile £43.96 £81.25 £44.75
England median hourly rate £42.30 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.19% -41.51% +1.18%

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 11 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 11 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 -6 98 £500 -6.76% 32
South Yorkshire -9 79 £519 +17.35% 19
North Yorkshire -3 29 £458 +40.45% 6
East Yorkshire - 1 - - 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 10 (4.74%) SharePoint
2 9 (4.27%) Confluence
3 3 (1.42%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.47%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.47%) SAS
Applications
1 7 (3.32%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (3.32%) Spreadsheet
2 4 (1.90%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (1.42%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.47%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (4.27%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.42%) Maximo
2 3 (1.42%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.47%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.47%) Unit4 Business World
3 1 (0.47%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 50 (23.70%) Azure
2 31 (14.69%) AWS
3 23 (10.90%) Power Platform
4 22 (10.43%) OpenShift
5 11 (5.21%) GitHub
6 9 (4.27%) Snowflake
7 8 (3.79%) Microsoft Purview
8 7 (3.32%) GCP
8 7 (3.32%) SaaS
9 6 (2.84%) Azure Data Factory
9 6 (2.84%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (2.84%) OCI
10 5 (2.37%) Azure Monitor
11 4 (1.90%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (1.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 4 (1.90%) GitHub Actions
11 4 (1.90%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 4 (1.90%) Microsoft 365
12 3 (1.42%) Amazon EC2
12 3 (1.42%) Stackdriver
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.27%) DNS
1 9 (4.27%) SAN
2 8 (3.79%) Firewall
3 7 (3.32%) NAS
3 7 (3.32%) VPN
4 6 (2.84%) Network Security
5 4 (1.90%) VSAN
5 4 (1.90%) WAN
6 3 (1.42%) iSCSI
7 2 (0.95%) BGP
7 2 (0.95%) Fibre Channel
7 2 (0.95%) LAN
7 2 (0.95%) MPLS
7 2 (0.95%) OSPF
7 2 (0.95%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.47%) DWDM
8 1 (0.47%) EIGRP
8 1 (0.47%) Internet
8 1 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.47%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (8.53%) Power BI
2 13 (6.16%) Data Warehouse
2 13 (6.16%) Metadata
2 13 (6.16%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.90%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (1.90%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (1.42%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (1.42%) Oracle Database
4 3 (1.42%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (1.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (1.42%) Star Schema
5 2 (0.95%) Db2
5 2 (0.95%) DocumentDB
5 2 (0.95%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.95%) SAP BW
5 2 (0.95%) Tableau
6 1 (0.47%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.47%) Delta Lake
6 1 (0.47%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.47%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 17 (8.06%) JIRA
2 13 (6.16%) Jenkins
3 11 (5.21%) Git
4 4 (1.90%) Flyway
4 4 (1.90%) 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 (0.47%) Hudson
6 1 (0.47%) LSMW
6 1 (0.47%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 62 (29.38%) Social Skills
2 52 (24.64%) Finance
3 31 (14.69%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (10.90%) Banking
5 13 (6.16%) Public Sector
6 10 (4.74%) Retail
7 8 (3.79%) Legal
8 5 (2.37%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (2.37%) Law
8 5 (2.37%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.90%) Military
10 3 (1.42%) 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%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.95%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.47%) Automotive
12 1 (0.47%) Digital Health
12 1 (0.47%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 33 (15.64%) Architect
2 26 (12.32%) Senior
3 18 (8.53%) Analyst
3 18 (8.53%) Lead
3 18 (8.53%) Project Manager
4 17 (8.06%) Developer
5 14 (6.64%) Consultant
5 14 (6.64%) Data Engineer
6 12 (5.69%) Java Architect
7 11 (5.21%) Administrator
8 10 (4.74%) Business Analyst
8 10 (4.74%) GCP Architect
8 10 (4.74%) Kubernetes Architect
8 10 (4.74%) Migration Architect
9 8 (3.79%) Data Analyst
10 7 (3.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 7 (3.32%) Product Owner
10 7 (3.32%) SharePoint Administrator
11 6 (2.84%) Delivery Manager
11 6 (2.84%) Storage Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (12.32%) Terraform
2 9 (4.27%) .NET
3 7 (3.32%) Middleware
4 5 (2.37%) .NET Framework
4 5 (2.37%) ASP.NET
4 5 (2.37%) OpenTelemetry
5 4 (1.90%) OAuth
6 3 (1.42%) JWT
6 3 (1.42%) Oracle Fusion
6 3 (1.42%) REST
6 3 (1.42%) Spring
6 3 (1.42%) Spring Boot
6 3 (1.42%) Web Services
7 2 (0.95%) .NET Core
7 2 (0.95%) AWS CDK
7 2 (0.95%) JDBC
7 2 (0.95%) Loki
7 2 (0.95%) OpenAPI
7 2 (0.95%) Oracle GoldenGate
7 2 (0.95%) Spring Cloud
Miscellaneous
1 22 (10.43%) Cloud Native
2 14 (6.64%) Product Ownership
3 13 (6.16%) Legacy Systems
3 13 (6.16%) Replication
4 11 (5.21%) Data Centre
4 11 (5.21%) Data Protection Act
5 10 (4.74%) Data Structures
6 9 (4.27%) Onboarding
7 8 (3.79%) Enterprise Storage
7 8 (3.79%) Public Cloud
8 6 (2.84%) Hybrid Cloud
8 6 (2.84%) NHS
9 5 (2.37%) EMC VMAX
9 5 (2.37%) Legacy Code
9 5 (2.37%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.90%) CMDB
10 4 (1.90%) EMC VNX
10 4 (1.90%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (1.90%) Management Information System
11 3 (1.42%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 16 (7.58%) Linux
2 6 (2.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 6 (2.84%) Windows
3 4 (1.90%) Data ONTAP
4 3 (1.42%) Unix
4 3 (1.42%) VMS
5 2 (0.95%) CoreOS
5 2 (0.95%) OpenVMS
6 1 (0.47%) Android
6 1 (0.47%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.47%) CentOS
6 1 (0.47%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.47%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (28.44%) Data Migration
2 41 (19.43%) Stakeholder Management
3 40 (18.96%) CI/CD
4 34 (16.11%) Problem-Solving
5 33 (15.64%) Validation
6 32 (15.17%) Performance Tuning
7 31 (14.69%) Infrastructure as Code
8 29 (13.74%) ETL
9 27 (12.80%) Agile
10 26 (12.32%) DevOps
11 23 (10.90%) Analytics
12 22 (10.43%) Data Modelling
13 21 (9.95%) Business Intelligence
13 21 (9.95%) Disaster Recovery
13 21 (9.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 20 (9.48%) Data Analysis
15 19 (9.00%) Data Protection
15 19 (9.00%) Platform Engineering
16 18 (8.53%) Data Pipeline
16 18 (8.53%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 36 (17.06%) SQL
2 23 (10.90%) Python
3 22 (10.43%) Java
4 11 (5.21%) Bash
5 9 (4.27%) C#
6 4 (1.90%) Bicep
6 4 (1.90%) PL/SQL
6 4 (1.90%) PowerShell
7 3 (1.42%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.95%) DCL
8 2 (0.95%) Korn
8 2 (0.95%) PromQL
8 2 (0.95%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.47%) Go
9 1 (0.47%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.47%) Perl
9 1 (0.47%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 25 (11.85%) Security Cleared
2 17 (8.06%) SC Cleared
3 10 (4.74%) Degree
4 6 (2.84%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (2.37%) Azure Certification
5 5 (2.37%) OCP
5 5 (2.37%) Oracle Certification
6 4 (1.90%) PMI Certification
6 4 (1.90%) PMP
7 3 (1.42%) NCDA
7 3 (1.42%) NCIE
7 3 (1.42%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.95%) RHCA
9 1 (0.47%) CCNA
9 1 (0.47%) CCNP
9 1 (0.47%) JNCIA
9 1 (0.47%) JNCIS
9 1 (0.47%) MBA
9 1 (0.47%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (14.69%) Data Quality
2 4 (1.90%) Accessibility
2 4 (1.90%) QA
3 3 (1.42%) PMO
3 3 (1.42%) SLA
4 2 (0.95%) GDPR
4 2 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.95%) MiFID
5 1 (0.47%) Dodd-Frank
5 1 (0.47%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.47%) ISO 20022
5 1 (0.47%) NIST
5 1 (0.47%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.47%) SOC 2
System Software
1 19 (9.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 17 (8.06%) Virtual Machines
3 11 (5.21%) vSphere
4 7 (3.32%) Ceph
4 7 (3.32%) Docker
5 6 (2.84%) VMware NSX
6 5 (2.37%) Active Directory
6 5 (2.37%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (1.90%) NFS
8 3 (1.42%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 3 (1.42%) Hyper-V
8 3 (1.42%) KVM
8 3 (1.42%) SRDF
9 2 (0.95%) ACF2
9 2 (0.95%) Oracle RAC
9 2 (0.95%) RACF
Systems Management
1 35 (16.59%) Kubernetes
2 19 (9.00%) Ansible
3 12 (5.69%) Grafana
4 11 (5.21%) vCenter Server
5 9 (4.27%) Argo
5 9 (4.27%) Prometheus
6 4 (1.90%) EMC VPLEX
6 4 (1.90%) SnapMirror
7 3 (1.42%) EMC NetWorker
7 3 (1.42%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (1.42%) NetBackup
7 3 (1.42%) SnapVault
8 2 (0.95%) Consul
8 2 (0.95%) Data Guard
8 2 (0.95%) Oracle RMAN
8 2 (0.95%) Zipkin
9 1 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.47%) Autotask
9 1 (0.47%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.47%) vMotion
Vendors
1 42 (19.91%) Microsoft
2 21 (9.95%) Oracle
3 20 (9.48%) VMware
4 17 (8.06%) SAP
5 14 (6.64%) Databricks
6 13 (6.16%) ServiceNow
7 11 (5.21%) Cisco
8 9 (4.27%) Pure Storage
8 9 (4.27%) Red Hat
9 6 (2.84%) Brocade
10 5 (2.37%) Dell
10 5 (2.37%) EMC
10 5 (2.37%) NetApp
11 4 (1.90%) 3PAR
11 4 (1.90%) Atlassian
11 4 (1.90%) Veeam
12 3 (1.42%) Google
12 3 (1.42%) Salesforce
12 3 (1.42%) Splunk
13 2 (0.95%) Informatica