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

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 11 18
Rank change year-on-year -10 +7 -1
Contract jobs citing Migration 245 158 128
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 8.62% 11.70% 7.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.08% 12.68% 9.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 81 97
10th Percentile £373 £375 £368
25th Percentile £425 £406 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.26%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £575
90th Percentile £638 £650 £626
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 13 1
10th Percentile - £16.26 -
25th Percentile £15.00 £25.04 £48.75
Median hourly rate £18.91 £25.15 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -24.83% -52.10% -
75th Percentile £24.29 - £56.25
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £48.12
% change year-on-year +59.05% -47.73% -29.76%

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 2,430 1,246 1,410
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 85.53% 92.23% 84.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,479 774 858
10th Percentile £325 £266 £292
25th Percentile £413 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £577
90th Percentile £675 £625 £650
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 57 57
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.75 -
25th Percentile £16.72 £18.35 £12.15
Median hourly rate £22.81 £22.14 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% +64.00% -28.95%
75th Percentile £33.25 £25.15 £22.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £31.83 £50.75
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% -8.14%

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 17 July 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 17 July 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 -7 116 £513 +8.01% 10
West Yorkshire -8 100 £500 -4.76% 18
North Yorkshire -2 31 £460 -14.42% 3
East Yorkshire - 2 £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 13 (5.31%) Confluence
2 12 (4.90%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.22%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.41%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.41%) CMS
4 1 (0.41%) SAS
Applications
1 13 (5.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (3.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (2.45%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (1.63%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.41%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (2.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.63%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.22%) Maximo
4 1 (0.41%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.41%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 53 (21.63%) Azure
2 50 (20.41%) OpenShift
3 30 (12.24%) AWS
4 29 (11.84%) GitHub
5 17 (6.94%) GCP
6 15 (6.12%) Power Platform
7 10 (4.08%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 8 (3.27%) Snowflake
9 7 (2.86%) Akamai
9 7 (2.86%) Microsoft Purview
9 7 (2.86%) SaaS
10 6 (2.45%) Microsoft 365
11 5 (2.04%) Azure Monitor
12 4 (1.63%) Azure DevOps
12 4 (1.63%) GitHub Actions
13 3 (1.22%) Azure Data Factory
13 3 (1.22%) Azure Functions
13 3 (1.22%) Dynamics 365
13 3 (1.22%) PowerApps
13 3 (1.22%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 24 (9.80%) DNS
1 24 (9.80%) SAN
2 16 (6.53%) NAS
3 13 (5.31%) Network Security
4 7 (2.86%) iSCSI
5 6 (2.45%) Firewall
5 6 (2.45%) VPN
6 4 (1.63%) WAN
7 3 (1.22%) BGP
7 3 (1.22%) Fibre Channel
7 3 (1.22%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.82%) Kerberos
8 2 (0.82%) LAN
8 2 (0.82%) MPLS
8 2 (0.82%) OSPF
8 2 (0.82%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.82%) VSAN
9 1 (0.41%) Broadband
9 1 (0.41%) DHCP
9 1 (0.41%) DWDM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.71%) SQL Server
2 13 (5.31%) Power BI
3 12 (4.90%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (2.45%) Amazon RDS
4 6 (2.45%) Metadata
5 4 (1.63%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (1.63%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (1.22%) Data Lake
6 3 (1.22%) DTS
6 3 (1.22%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (1.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (1.22%) Star Schema
7 2 (0.82%) DocumentDB
7 2 (0.82%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.82%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.82%) Tableau
8 1 (0.41%) Parquet
8 1 (0.41%) SAP Data Services
8 1 (0.41%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 36 (14.69%) Jenkins
2 21 (8.57%) JIRA
3 11 (4.49%) Git
4 7 (2.86%) Sonatype Nexus
5 6 (2.45%) Flyway
5 6 (2.45%) GitLab
6 2 (0.82%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.82%) git-flow
6 2 (0.82%) JUnit
6 2 (0.82%) Liquibase
6 2 (0.82%) Mockito
6 2 (0.82%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.41%) Hudson
7 1 (0.41%) LSMW
General
1 79 (32.24%) Social Skills
2 53 (21.63%) Finance
3 39 (15.92%) Banking
4 27 (11.02%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (6.94%) Public Sector
6 8 (3.27%) Legal
7 5 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (2.04%) Financial Institution
8 4 (1.63%) Military
8 4 (1.63%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (1.63%) Retail
9 3 (1.22%) Law
10 2 (0.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.82%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.41%) Back Office
11 1 (0.41%) Front Office
11 1 (0.41%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.41%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.41%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 47 (19.18%) Architect
2 24 (9.80%) Lead
3 20 (8.16%) Analyst
4 19 (7.76%) Senior
5 16 (6.53%) Business Analyst
5 16 (6.53%) Developer
6 15 (6.12%) Project Manager
7 13 (5.31%) Consultant
8 12 (4.90%) Administrator
8 12 (4.90%) Java Architect
9 11 (4.49%) Data Engineer
10 10 (4.08%) GCP Architect
10 10 (4.08%) Kubernetes Architect
10 10 (4.08%) Migration Architect
11 7 (2.86%) Azure Engineer
11 7 (2.86%) Data Architect
11 7 (2.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 7 (2.86%) Product Owner
11 7 (2.86%) Security Specialist
11 7 (2.86%) SharePoint Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.90%) OpenTelemetry
2 10 (4.08%) .NET
3 6 (2.45%) Middleware
4 4 (1.63%) .NET Framework
4 4 (1.63%) ASP.NET
4 4 (1.63%) AWS CDK
5 3 (1.22%) OAuth
5 3 (1.22%) PySpark
5 3 (1.22%) REST
5 3 (1.22%) Spring
5 3 (1.22%) Spring Boot
5 3 (1.22%) Web Services
5 3 (1.22%) YAML
6 2 (0.82%) Gherkin
6 2 (0.82%) HATEOAS
6 2 (0.82%) Jasypt
6 2 (0.82%) Loki
6 2 (0.82%) OAuth2
6 2 (0.82%) Spring Batch
6 2 (0.82%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 33 (13.47%) Cloud Native
2 17 (6.94%) Hybrid Cloud
3 15 (6.12%) Replication
4 14 (5.71%) Product Ownership
5 13 (5.31%) Data Centre
6 12 (4.90%) Legacy Systems
7 11 (4.49%) Data Protection Act
7 11 (4.49%) Enterprise Storage
8 8 (3.27%) Data Structures
8 8 (3.27%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 8 (3.27%) EMC VMAX
9 5 (2.04%) FlexPod
9 5 (2.04%) NHS
9 5 (2.04%) Onboarding
10 4 (1.63%) EMC VNX
10 4 (1.63%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (1.63%) Legacy Applications
10 4 (1.63%) Legacy Code
10 4 (1.63%) Public Cloud
11 3 (1.22%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 26 (10.61%) Linux
2 14 (5.71%) Windows
3 12 (4.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 9 (3.67%) Data ONTAP
5 8 (3.27%) VMS
6 7 (2.86%) CoreOS
7 5 (2.04%) Unix
8 3 (1.22%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.82%) OpenVMS
10 1 (0.41%) CentOS
10 1 (0.41%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (25.31%) CI/CD
1 62 (25.31%) Data Migration
2 51 (20.82%) DevOps
3 44 (17.96%) Problem-Solving
4 34 (13.88%) Stakeholder Management
5 33 (13.47%) Disaster Recovery
5 33 (13.47%) Performance Tuning
6 31 (12.65%) Infrastructure as Code
7 29 (11.84%) Containerisation
8 28 (11.43%) Agile
8 28 (11.43%) Data Protection
9 27 (11.02%) High Availability
10 26 (10.61%) ETL
11 25 (10.20%) RBAC
12 24 (9.80%) Change Management
13 21 (8.57%) Data Modelling
14 20 (8.16%) Validation
15 19 (7.76%) Continuous Improvement
15 19 (7.76%) Performance Optimisation
16 18 (7.35%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 40 (16.33%) Python
2 28 (11.43%) SQL
3 23 (9.39%) Java
4 19 (7.76%) Bash
5 10 (4.08%) JavaScript
6 8 (3.27%) C#
7 5 (2.04%) PowerShell
8 4 (1.63%) Bicep
8 4 (1.63%) PL/SQL
8 4 (1.63%) TypeScript
9 3 (1.22%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.82%) DCL
10 2 (0.82%) Korn
10 2 (0.82%) PromQL
11 1 (0.41%) Go
11 1 (0.41%) Perl
11 1 (0.41%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 27 (11.02%) Security Cleared
2 15 (6.12%) SC Cleared
3 13 (5.31%) Degree
4 9 (3.67%) OCP
4 9 (3.67%) Oracle Certification
5 5 (2.04%) Azure Certification
5 5 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (2.04%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 4 (1.63%) PMI Certification
6 4 (1.63%) PMP
7 3 (1.22%) NCDA
7 3 (1.22%) NCIE
8 2 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.82%) RHCA
8 2 (0.82%) RHCE
9 1 (0.41%) CEH
9 1 (0.41%) JNCIA
9 1 (0.41%) JNCIS
9 1 (0.41%) MBA
9 1 (0.41%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (8.16%) Data Quality
2 4 (1.63%) Accessibility
2 4 (1.63%) QA
3 2 (0.82%) GDPR
3 2 (0.82%) PMO
3 2 (0.82%) SLA
4 1 (0.41%) Dodd-Frank
4 1 (0.41%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.41%) ISO 20022
4 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.41%) MiFID
4 1 (0.41%) NIST
4 1 (0.41%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.41%) SOC 2
System Software
1 33 (13.47%) VMware Infrastructure
2 27 (11.02%) vSphere
3 23 (9.39%) Virtual Machines
4 15 (6.12%) VMware NSX
5 13 (5.31%) NFS
6 7 (2.86%) Ceph
6 7 (2.86%) Docker
6 7 (2.86%) KVM
7 5 (2.04%) SRDF
7 5 (2.04%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (1.63%) Active Directory
8 4 (1.63%) Hyper-V
9 3 (1.22%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 1 (0.41%) ACF2
10 1 (0.41%) Firmware
10 1 (0.41%) RACF
Systems Management
1 50 (20.41%) Kubernetes
2 47 (19.18%) Ansible
3 36 (14.69%) Terraform
4 20 (8.16%) Argo
4 20 (8.16%) vCenter Server
5 19 (7.76%) Grafana
6 9 (3.67%) Prometheus
6 9 (3.67%) SnapMirror
7 5 (2.04%) NetBackup
8 4 (1.63%) EMC VPLEX
8 4 (1.63%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (1.22%) EMC NetWorker
9 3 (1.22%) Foglight
9 3 (1.22%) Puppet
9 3 (1.22%) SnapVault
10 2 (0.82%) Consul
10 2 (0.82%) PowerCLI
10 2 (0.82%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.82%) Zipkin
11 1 (0.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 39 (15.92%) VMware
2 36 (14.69%) Microsoft
3 24 (9.80%) Red Hat
4 23 (9.39%) Pure Storage
5 18 (7.35%) ServiceNow
6 17 (6.94%) Splunk
7 16 (6.53%) SAP
8 15 (6.12%) Cisco
9 14 (5.71%) NetApp
9 14 (5.71%) Oracle
10 13 (5.31%) Databricks
11 8 (3.27%) Dell
12 7 (2.86%) Brocade
12 7 (2.86%) Google
13 6 (2.45%) EMC
13 6 (2.45%) Sonatype
14 4 (1.63%) 3PAR
14 4 (1.63%) Broadcom
14 4 (1.63%) HP
14 4 (1.63%) Veeam