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

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 10 18
Rank change year-on-year -2 +8 -2
Contract jobs citing Migration 262 111 131
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 10.76% 10.94% 7.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.31% 11.81% 8.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 164 64 85
10th Percentile £366 £330 £358
25th Percentile £414 £379 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile £550 £542 £575
90th Percentile £625 £650 £619
England median daily rate £513 £537 £525
% change year-on-year -4.56% +2.29% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 0
10th Percentile £15.00 - -
25th Percentile £16.46 - -
Median hourly rate £22.81 - -
75th Percentile £24.34 - -
90th Percentile £30.64 - -
England median hourly rate £23.83 £25.15 £43.12
% change year-on-year -5.27% -41.67% -33.67%

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 2,128 940 1,458
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 87.39% 92.61% 86.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,369 588 874
10th Percentile £313 £248 £263
25th Percentile £406 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £487 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.53% - -9.52%
75th Percentile £560 £550 £579
90th Percentile £650 £638 £650
England median daily rate £508 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 34 65
10th Percentile £14.25 £13.00 £11.30
25th Percentile £16.77 £17.12 £12.15
Median hourly rate £22.81 £21.24 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.39% +57.33% +27.00%
75th Percentile £57.25 £27.10 £22.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £80.10 £53.75
England median hourly rate £45.00 £30.00 £35.68
% change year-on-year +50.00% -15.92% -4.85%

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 30 April 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 30 April 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 30 April 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 -5 143 £487 -2.60% 9
West Yorkshire +3 108 £500 - 17
North Yorkshire -6 11 £600 +11.63% 4
East Yorkshire - 4 £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 20 (7.63%) Confluence
2 3 (1.15%) Exchange Server 2013
2 3 (1.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.15%) Oracle Workflow
2 3 (1.15%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.38%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.38%) CMS
Applications
1 22 (8.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (4.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (2.29%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.15%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.15%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.76%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (3.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.29%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.53%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (1.53%) Teamcenter
3 4 (1.53%) Unit4 Business World
4 3 (1.15%) Cloudability
5 2 (0.76%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.38%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.38%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.38%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.38%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.38%) SAP FI-CA
Cloud Services
1 76 (29.01%) OpenShift
2 49 (18.70%) Azure
3 35 (13.36%) GitHub
4 33 (12.60%) AWS
5 20 (7.63%) GCP
6 19 (7.25%) Microsoft 365
7 16 (6.11%) Power Platform
8 9 (3.44%) Microsoft Purview
8 9 (3.44%) SaaS
9 8 (3.05%) Entra ID
9 8 (3.05%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 7 (2.67%) Akamai
10 7 (2.67%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (1.91%) GitHub Actions
12 4 (1.53%) Azure Data Factory
12 4 (1.53%) Dynamics 365
12 4 (1.53%) Snowflake
13 3 (1.15%) Azure Logic Apps
13 3 (1.15%) OCI
13 3 (1.15%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 27 (10.31%) SAN
2 25 (9.54%) DNS
3 19 (7.25%) NAS
4 12 (4.58%) iSCSI
5 11 (4.20%) Network Security
6 8 (3.05%) Fibre Channel
7 6 (2.29%) Firewall
8 5 (1.91%) Kerberos
8 5 (1.91%) TCP/IP
9 4 (1.53%) WAN
10 3 (1.15%) LAN
10 3 (1.15%) SSL
10 3 (1.15%) Structured Cabling
10 3 (1.15%) VLAN
10 3 (1.15%) VPN
11 2 (0.76%) Cisco Nexus
11 2 (0.76%) DKIM
11 2 (0.76%) DMARC
11 2 (0.76%) DWDM
11 2 (0.76%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.11%) Power BI
2 10 (3.82%) SQL Server
3 8 (3.05%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (2.29%) Oracle Reports
5 5 (1.91%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 4 (1.53%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (1.15%) DTS
7 3 (1.15%) Metadata
7 3 (1.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (1.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.76%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.76%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.76%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.38%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.38%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.38%) Parquet
9 1 (0.38%) SAP Data Services
9 1 (0.38%) Spark SQL
9 1 (0.38%) Star Schema
9 1 (0.38%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 42 (16.03%) Jenkins
2 26 (9.92%) JIRA
3 15 (5.73%) Sonatype Nexus
4 9 (3.44%) Git
5 4 (1.53%) GitLab
6 3 (1.15%) Flyway
7 2 (0.76%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.38%) Hudson
8 1 (0.38%) LSMW
8 1 (0.38%) Mocha
General
1 84 (32.06%) Social Skills
2 60 (22.90%) Finance
3 44 (16.79%) Banking
4 21 (8.02%) Public Sector
5 14 (5.34%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (3.82%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (3.05%) Legal
8 7 (2.67%) Financial Institution
9 6 (2.29%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (2.29%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (1.53%) General Ledger
11 2 (0.76%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.76%) Military
11 2 (0.76%) Retail
12 1 (0.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.38%) Law
12 1 (0.38%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.38%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 41 (15.65%) Architect
2 33 (12.60%) Analyst
3 30 (11.45%) Lead
4 28 (10.69%) Business Analyst
5 22 (8.40%) Consultant
5 22 (8.40%) Senior
6 20 (7.63%) Project Manager
7 12 (4.58%) Technical Business Analyst
8 11 (4.20%) Technical Analyst
9 9 (3.44%) Developer
9 9 (3.44%) Oracle Consultant
9 9 (3.44%) Senior Analyst
10 8 (3.05%) Senior Business Analyst
10 8 (3.05%) Solutions Architect
11 7 (2.67%) Security Specialist
12 6 (2.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 6 (2.29%) Product Owner
13 5 (1.91%) IT Engineer
13 5 (1.91%) Migration Manager
13 5 (1.91%) Platform Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.82%) OpenTelemetry
2 9 (3.44%) YAML
3 8 (3.05%) REST
4 7 (2.67%) .NET
4 7 (2.67%) Oracle Fusion
5 6 (2.29%) LDAP
6 5 (1.91%) AWS CDK
6 5 (1.91%) OAuth
7 4 (1.53%) Middleware
7 4 (1.53%) OpenID
7 4 (1.53%) SAML
8 2 (0.76%) .NET Core
8 2 (0.76%) Microsoft Graph
8 2 (0.76%) PySpark
8 2 (0.76%) Spring
8 2 (0.76%) WebSockets
9 1 (0.38%) cloud-init
9 1 (0.38%) GraphQL
9 1 (0.38%) Jest
9 1 (0.38%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 30 (11.45%) Cloud Native
2 16 (6.11%) Hybrid Cloud
3 15 (5.73%) Enterprise Storage
3 15 (5.73%) Replication
4 12 (4.58%) Product Ownership
5 10 (3.82%) Data Protection Act
6 9 (3.44%) Data Centre
6 9 (3.44%) Onboarding
7 8 (3.05%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 8 (3.05%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (2.67%) PKI
9 6 (2.29%) Data Structures
9 6 (2.29%) EMC VMAX
10 5 (1.91%) FlexPod
10 5 (1.91%) SCORM
11 4 (1.53%) Learning Management System
11 4 (1.53%) Legacy Applications
11 4 (1.53%) NHS
11 4 (1.53%) Public Cloud
12 2 (0.76%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 22 (8.40%) Linux
2 17 (6.49%) Windows
3 12 (4.58%) VMS
4 11 (4.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (2.67%) CoreOS
5 7 (2.67%) Data ONTAP
6 5 (1.91%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.76%) Unix
7 2 (0.76%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.38%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (29.39%) DevOps
2 72 (27.48%) CI/CD
3 57 (21.76%) Data Migration
4 47 (17.94%) Problem-Solving
5 41 (15.65%) Containerisation
6 38 (14.50%) Stakeholder Management
7 35 (13.36%) Data Protection
8 34 (12.98%) Disaster Recovery
9 32 (12.21%) Agile
10 31 (11.83%) High Availability
11 29 (11.07%) RBAC
12 27 (10.31%) Technical Leadership
13 25 (9.54%) Change Management
14 23 (8.78%) Performance Tuning
15 22 (8.40%) Business Intelligence
15 22 (8.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 22 (8.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 21 (8.02%) Infrastructure as Code
16 21 (8.02%) Performance Optimisation
16 21 (8.02%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 48 (18.32%) Python
2 20 (7.63%) Bash
3 14 (5.34%) SQL
4 9 (3.44%) JavaScript
5 8 (3.05%) Java
5 8 (3.05%) PowerShell
6 5 (1.91%) Shell Script
7 4 (1.53%) TypeScript
8 3 (1.15%) C#
8 3 (1.15%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.76%) Delphi
9 2 (0.76%) PHP
10 1 (0.38%) Go
10 1 (0.38%) Korn
10 1 (0.38%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 25 (9.54%) Degree
2 18 (6.87%) Security Cleared
3 13 (4.96%) OCP
3 13 (4.96%) Oracle Certification
4 8 (3.05%) SC Cleared
5 7 (2.67%) CISM
5 7 (2.67%) CISSP
6 6 (2.29%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (2.29%) PMI Certification
6 6 (2.29%) PMP
7 5 (1.91%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.15%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.15%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 2 (0.76%) CCNA
9 2 (0.76%) CCNP
9 2 (0.76%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.76%) JNCIA
9 2 (0.76%) JNCIS
9 2 (0.76%) RHCA
9 2 (0.76%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.58%) GDPR
2 10 (3.82%) Data Quality
3 9 (3.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (3.05%) QA
5 5 (1.91%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.15%) PMO
7 2 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.76%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.38%) Dodd-Frank
8 1 (0.38%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.38%) NIST
System Software
1 28 (10.69%) VMware Infrastructure
2 26 (9.92%) vSphere
3 23 (8.78%) Virtual Machines
4 17 (6.49%) NFS
5 15 (5.73%) VMware NSX
6 7 (2.67%) Ceph
7 6 (2.29%) Active Directory
8 4 (1.53%) Docker
8 4 (1.53%) KVM
8 4 (1.53%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (1.15%) Hyper-V
9 3 (1.15%) SRDF
10 1 (0.38%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 1 (0.38%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 73 (27.86%) Ansible
2 55 (20.99%) Kubernetes
3 44 (16.79%) Terraform
4 19 (7.25%) Argo
4 19 (7.25%) vCenter Server
5 16 (6.11%) Grafana
6 7 (2.67%) SnapMirror
7 5 (1.91%) Prometheus
8 4 (1.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (1.53%) NetBackup
9 3 (1.15%) Foglight
9 3 (1.15%) FortiGate
9 3 (1.15%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (0.76%) EMC NetWorker
10 2 (0.76%) EMC VPLEX
10 2 (0.76%) PowerCLI
10 2 (0.76%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.76%) Puppet
10 2 (0.76%) SnapVault
11 1 (0.38%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 36 (13.74%) Microsoft
1 36 (13.74%) VMware
2 30 (11.45%) Red Hat
3 26 (9.92%) Pure Storage
4 21 (8.02%) SAP
5 17 (6.49%) NetApp
5 17 (6.49%) Splunk
6 15 (5.73%) Oracle
7 13 (4.96%) ServiceNow
7 13 (4.96%) Sonatype
8 12 (4.58%) Cisco
9 10 (3.82%) Dell
10 9 (3.44%) EMC
10 9 (3.44%) Google
11 5 (1.91%) Brocade
11 5 (1.91%) Databricks
11 5 (1.91%) IBM
12 4 (1.53%) Broadcom
12 4 (1.53%) ESRI
12 4 (1.53%) HP