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 3 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 21 24
Rank change year-on-year -12 +3 -7
Contract jobs citing Migration 212 146 100
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 7.32% 9.11% 6.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.77% 10.10% 8.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 131 77 73
10th Percentile £387 £386 £415
25th Percentile £425 £413 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -3.85% -5.45%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £573
90th Percentile £710 £680 £638
England median daily rate £535 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +1.90% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 18 2
10th Percentile - £19.40 £15.95
25th Percentile - - £21.41
Median hourly rate - £25.15 £32.40
Median % change year-on-year - -22.38% -
75th Percentile - - £45.26
90th Percentile - - £51.86
England median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £38.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -33.82% -44.53%

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 2,416 1,446 1,248
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 83.40% 90.26% 84.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,437 938 737
10th Percentile £339 £250 £300
25th Percentile £413 £375 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £477 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.88% -4.65% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £575
90th Percentile £669 £650 £654
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 53 42
10th Percentile £13.45 £17.27 £12.32
25th Percentile £15.39 £18.51 £12.55
Median hourly rate £19.34 £22.58 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.35% +29.00% -14.63%
75th Percentile £26.50 £25.15 £32.50
90th Percentile £43.96 £75.50 £47.75
England median hourly rate £40.08 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.36% -41.51% -3.37%

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 3 October 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 3 October 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 0 92 £500 -7.41% 89
South Yorkshire -9 86 £550 +22.22% 30
North Yorkshire -1 30 £454 +0.67% 17
East Yorkshire - 1 - - 5
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 11 (5.19%) SharePoint
2 10 (4.72%) Confluence
3 2 (0.94%) CICS
3 2 (0.94%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.94%) Palantir Foundry
3 2 (0.94%) SAS
4 1 (0.47%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 8 (3.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.30%) Spreadsheet
3 4 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.89%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.47%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (4.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.89%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.42%) Maximo
4 2 (0.94%) SystmOne
5 1 (0.47%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.47%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.47%) SAP MRS
5 1 (0.47%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.47%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 53 (25.00%) Azure
2 32 (15.09%) AWS
3 23 (10.85%) OpenShift
4 22 (10.38%) Power Platform
5 11 (5.19%) GCP
6 7 (3.30%) Dynamics 365
6 7 (3.30%) GitHub
6 7 (3.30%) SaaS
6 7 (3.30%) Snowflake
7 6 (2.83%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (2.83%) Azure Monitor
7 6 (2.83%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (2.83%) Microsoft Purview
7 6 (2.83%) OCI
8 5 (2.36%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 4 (1.89%) Azure Data Factory
9 4 (1.89%) GitHub Actions
9 4 (1.89%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 3 (1.42%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 3 (1.42%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.25%) Firewall
2 8 (3.77%) Network Security
2 8 (3.77%) VPN
3 5 (2.36%) DNS
3 5 (2.36%) SAN
4 4 (1.89%) NAS
4 4 (1.89%) VSAN
4 4 (1.89%) WAN
5 2 (0.94%) BGP
5 2 (0.94%) LAN
5 2 (0.94%) MPLS
5 2 (0.94%) OSPF
5 2 (0.94%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.94%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.47%) Broadband
6 1 (0.47%) DHCP
6 1 (0.47%) DWDM
6 1 (0.47%) EIGRP
6 1 (0.47%) Internet
6 1 (0.47%) TACACS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (7.55%) Power BI
2 11 (5.19%) Metadata
3 10 (4.72%) SQL Server
4 9 (4.25%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (1.89%) Db2
5 4 (1.89%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (1.42%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (1.42%) Delta Lake
6 3 (1.42%) Oracle Database
6 3 (1.42%) SAP BW
6 3 (1.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.94%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.94%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.94%) DocumentDB
7 2 (0.94%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.94%) Star Schema
8 1 (0.47%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.47%) GIS
8 1 (0.47%) PowerCenter
8 1 (0.47%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 18 (8.49%) JIRA
2 13 (6.13%) Git
3 8 (3.77%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.42%) Flyway
4 3 (1.42%) GitLab
5 2 (0.94%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.94%) git-flow
5 2 (0.94%) JUnit
5 2 (0.94%) Liquibase
5 2 (0.94%) Mockito
6 1 (0.47%) JMeter
6 1 (0.47%) LSMW
6 1 (0.47%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.47%) Zephyr
General
1 60 (28.30%) Finance
2 57 (26.89%) Social Skills
3 28 (13.21%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (10.85%) Banking
5 14 (6.60%) Public Sector
6 11 (5.19%) Retail
7 8 (3.77%) Legal
8 6 (2.83%) Law
8 6 (2.83%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (2.36%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (1.89%) Military
11 3 (1.42%) Financial Institution
11 3 (1.42%) Local Government
12 2 (0.94%) Back Office
12 2 (0.94%) Front Office
12 2 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.94%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.94%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.47%) Digital Health
13 1 (0.47%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 33 (15.57%) Architect
2 32 (15.09%) Senior
3 21 (9.91%) Lead
4 19 (8.96%) Project Manager
5 17 (8.02%) Analyst
5 17 (8.02%) Data Engineer
6 13 (6.13%) Developer
7 12 (5.66%) Business Analyst
7 12 (5.66%) Java Architect
8 11 (5.19%) Administrator
9 10 (4.72%) Consultant
9 10 (4.72%) GCP Architect
9 10 (4.72%) Kubernetes Architect
9 10 (4.72%) Migration Architect
10 7 (3.30%) Delivery Manager
10 7 (3.30%) SharePoint Administrator
10 7 (3.30%) Technical Leader
10 7 (3.30%) Technical Manager
11 6 (2.83%) Senior Developer
11 6 (2.83%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (11.79%) Terraform
2 9 (4.25%) Middleware
3 8 (3.77%) .NET
4 5 (2.36%) .NET Framework
4 5 (2.36%) ASP.NET
5 4 (1.89%) OAuth
6 3 (1.42%) JWT
6 3 (1.42%) PySpark
6 3 (1.42%) REST
6 3 (1.42%) Spring
6 3 (1.42%) Spring Boot
6 3 (1.42%) Web Services
6 3 (1.42%) YAML
7 2 (0.94%) JDBC
7 2 (0.94%) Loki
7 2 (0.94%) OpenAPI
7 2 (0.94%) OpenTelemetry
7 2 (0.94%) Oracle GoldenGate
7 2 (0.94%) Spring Cloud
7 2 (0.94%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 19 (8.96%) Cloud Native
2 17 (8.02%) Data Centre
3 13 (6.13%) Data Protection Act
4 12 (5.66%) Legacy Systems
5 11 (5.19%) Product Ownership
6 10 (4.72%) Replication
7 8 (3.77%) Onboarding
8 7 (3.30%) Data Structures
8 7 (3.30%) Public Cloud
9 6 (2.83%) NHS
10 5 (2.36%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (2.36%) Enterprise Storage
10 5 (2.36%) Legacy Code
10 5 (2.36%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (1.89%) EMC VMAX
11 4 (1.89%) EMC VNX
11 4 (1.89%) Legacy Applications
11 4 (1.89%) Mainframe
11 4 (1.89%) Management Information System
11 4 (1.89%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 18 (8.49%) Linux
2 11 (5.19%) Windows
3 5 (2.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (1.89%) Data ONTAP
4 4 (1.89%) Unix
4 4 (1.89%) VMS
4 4 (1.89%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.94%) CoreOS
5 2 (0.94%) OpenVMS
5 2 (0.94%) zOS
6 1 (0.47%) Android
6 1 (0.47%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.47%) CentOS
6 1 (0.47%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (24.53%) Stakeholder Management
2 51 (24.06%) Data Migration
3 38 (17.92%) CI/CD
4 34 (16.04%) Validation
5 33 (15.57%) Infrastructure as Code
6 32 (15.09%) Problem-Solving
7 31 (14.62%) Agile
8 30 (14.15%) Performance Tuning
9 25 (11.79%) Analytics
9 25 (11.79%) DevOps
9 25 (11.79%) ETL
10 24 (11.32%) Data Protection
11 22 (10.38%) Change Management
11 22 (10.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 21 (9.91%) Data Pipeline
13 20 (9.43%) Data Modelling
13 20 (9.43%) Platform Engineering
14 19 (8.96%) Business Intelligence
15 18 (8.49%) Data Analysis
15 18 (8.49%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 33 (15.57%) SQL
2 23 (10.85%) Python
3 21 (9.91%) Java
4 9 (4.25%) C#
5 8 (3.77%) Bash
6 7 (3.30%) PowerShell
7 4 (1.89%) Bicep
8 2 (0.94%) DCL
8 2 (0.94%) JCL
8 2 (0.94%) Korn
8 2 (0.94%) PromQL
9 1 (0.47%) ABAP
9 1 (0.47%) COBOL
9 1 (0.47%) Go
9 1 (0.47%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.47%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.47%) Perl
9 1 (0.47%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.47%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.47%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 23 (10.85%) Security Cleared
2 16 (7.55%) SC Cleared
3 12 (5.66%) Degree
4 7 (3.30%) PMI Certification
4 7 (3.30%) PMP
5 5 (2.36%) Azure Certification
5 5 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.89%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 3 (1.42%) NCDA
7 3 (1.42%) NCIE
8 2 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.94%) CCNP
8 2 (0.94%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.94%) OCP
8 2 (0.94%) Oracle Certification
8 2 (0.94%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 2 (0.94%) RHCA
9 1 (0.47%) CCNA
9 1 (0.47%) CISSP
9 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (14.15%) Data Quality
2 4 (1.89%) Accessibility
2 4 (1.89%) QA
3 3 (1.42%) PMO
3 3 (1.42%) SLA
4 2 (0.94%) GDPR
4 2 (0.94%) GRC
4 2 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.94%) 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 23 (10.85%) VMware Infrastructure
2 17 (8.02%) Virtual Machines
3 15 (7.08%) vSphere
4 7 (3.30%) Docker
5 6 (2.83%) Active Directory
5 6 (2.83%) Ceph
6 5 (2.36%) Hyper-V
6 5 (2.36%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (1.42%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 3 (1.42%) KVM
7 3 (1.42%) SRDF
8 2 (0.94%) ACF2
8 2 (0.94%) NFS
8 2 (0.94%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.94%) RACF
8 2 (0.94%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.47%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 34 (16.04%) Kubernetes
2 16 (7.55%) Ansible
3 9 (4.25%) Grafana
3 9 (4.25%) Prometheus
4 8 (3.77%) vCenter Server
5 4 (1.89%) Argo
5 4 (1.89%) EMC VPLEX
5 4 (1.89%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (1.89%) SnapMirror
6 3 (1.42%) EMC NetWorker
6 3 (1.42%) NetBackup
6 3 (1.42%) SnapVault
7 2 (0.94%) Consul
7 2 (0.94%) Control-M
7 2 (0.94%) Data Guard
7 2 (0.94%) Oracle RMAN
7 2 (0.94%) Tivoli
7 2 (0.94%) Zipkin
8 1 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.47%) Autotask
Vendors
1 42 (19.81%) Microsoft
2 24 (11.32%) VMware
3 17 (8.02%) Databricks
4 16 (7.55%) Oracle
5 15 (7.08%) ServiceNow
6 14 (6.60%) SAP
7 11 (5.19%) Red Hat
8 9 (4.25%) Cisco
9 5 (2.36%) Google
10 4 (1.89%) 3PAR
10 4 (1.89%) Atlassian
10 4 (1.89%) Brocade
10 4 (1.89%) EMC
10 4 (1.89%) IBM
10 4 (1.89%) NetApp
10 4 (1.89%) Veeam
11 3 (1.42%) Dell
11 3 (1.42%) Salesforce
12 2 (0.94%) BMC
12 2 (0.94%) Informatica