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

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 20 23
Rank change year-on-year -9 +3 -5
Contract jobs citing Migration 211 150 101
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 7.42% 9.01% 6.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.88% 10.01% 8.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 133 79 72
10th Percentile £377 £388 £401
25th Percentile £425 £413 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -2.44% -6.39%
75th Percentile £600 £579 £570
90th Percentile £708 £675 £638
England median daily rate £537 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +2.29% - -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 £34.50
% change year-on-year +59.05% -27.10% -49.64%

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 2,376 1,498 1,251
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 83.57% 89.97% 84.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,417 973 733
10th Percentile £334 £242 £300
25th Percentile £413 £375 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £485 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% -3.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £575
90th Percentile £675 £649 £652
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 98 51 39
10th Percentile £13.45 £17.48 -
25th Percentile £15.39 £18.87 £12.55
Median hourly rate £19.00 £25.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.00% +31.58% -10.84%
75th Percentile £26.50 £25.15 £33.75
90th Percentile £43.96 £81.25 £50.25
England median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +59.05% -40.82% -4.49%

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 10 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 10 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 -6 90 £500 -6.10% 80
South Yorkshire -4 84 £568 +26.11% 33
North Yorkshire 0 30 £454 +0.67% 9
East Yorkshire - 1 - - 6
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 12 (5.69%) Confluence
2 11 (5.21%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.42%) SAS
4 2 (0.95%) CICS
4 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.95%) Palantir Foundry
5 1 (0.47%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.47%) CMS
5 1 (0.47%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 8 (3.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.32%) Spreadsheet
3 6 (2.84%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (1.90%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.47%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (4.27%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.42%) Maximo
2 3 (1.42%) SystmOne
3 1 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.47%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.47%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.47%) SAP MRS
3 1 (0.47%) Unit4 Business World
3 1 (0.47%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 50 (23.70%) Azure
2 29 (13.74%) AWS
3 22 (10.43%) Power Platform
4 17 (8.06%) OpenShift
5 11 (5.21%) GCP
6 9 (4.27%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (3.32%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (3.32%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (3.32%) SaaS
7 7 (3.32%) Snowflake
8 6 (2.84%) Azure Monitor
8 6 (2.84%) GitHub
8 6 (2.84%) Microsoft Purview
8 6 (2.84%) OCI
9 5 (2.37%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 4 (1.90%) Azure Data Factory
10 4 (1.90%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 3 (1.42%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (1.42%) Serverless
11 3 (1.42%) Stackdriver
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.27%) Firewall
2 8 (3.79%) Network Security
2 8 (3.79%) VPN
3 5 (2.37%) DNS
4 4 (1.90%) WAN
5 3 (1.42%) VSAN
6 2 (0.95%) BGP
6 2 (0.95%) LAN
6 2 (0.95%) MPLS
6 2 (0.95%) NAS
6 2 (0.95%) OSPF
6 2 (0.95%) SAN
6 2 (0.95%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.95%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.47%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (0.47%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (0.47%) DMVPN
7 1 (0.47%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 1 (0.47%) LTE
7 1 (0.47%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (7.58%) Power BI
2 11 (5.21%) Metadata
3 10 (4.74%) SQL Server
4 9 (4.27%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (1.90%) Db2
5 4 (1.90%) 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 (0.95%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.95%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.95%) DocumentDB
7 2 (0.95%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.95%) Star Schema
8 1 (0.47%) GIS
8 1 (0.47%) Neo4j
8 1 (0.47%) PowerCenter
8 1 (0.47%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 17 (8.06%) JIRA
2 10 (4.74%) Git
3 7 (3.32%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.42%) Flyway
4 3 (1.42%) 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
6 1 (0.47%) JMeter
6 1 (0.47%) LSMW
6 1 (0.47%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.47%) Zephyr
General
1 62 (29.38%) Finance
2 57 (27.01%) Social Skills
3 29 (13.74%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (10.90%) Banking
5 14 (6.64%) Public Sector
6 10 (4.74%) Retail
7 8 (3.79%) Legal
8 7 (3.32%) Law
9 6 (2.84%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (2.37%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.90%) Local Government
12 3 (1.42%) Financial Institution
12 3 (1.42%) Military
13 2 (0.95%) Back Office
13 2 (0.95%) Front Office
13 2 (0.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.95%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.95%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.95%) Retail Banking
13 2 (0.95%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 29 (13.74%) Architect
1 29 (13.74%) Senior
2 20 (9.48%) Lead
3 19 (9.00%) Project Manager
4 17 (8.06%) Analyst
4 17 (8.06%) Data Engineer
5 14 (6.64%) Developer
6 12 (5.69%) Business Analyst
6 12 (5.69%) Java Architect
7 11 (5.21%) Administrator
8 10 (4.74%) Consultant
8 10 (4.74%) GCP Architect
8 10 (4.74%) Kubernetes Architect
8 10 (4.74%) Migration Architect
9 8 (3.79%) Technical Manager
10 7 (3.32%) SharePoint Administrator
10 7 (3.32%) Technical Leader
11 6 (2.84%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
11 6 (2.84%) Senior Developer
12 5 (2.37%) Migration Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (9.95%) Terraform
2 9 (4.27%) Middleware
3 8 (3.79%) .NET
4 5 (2.37%) .NET Framework
4 5 (2.37%) ASP.NET
5 4 (1.90%) OAuth
5 4 (1.90%) REST
6 3 (1.42%) JWT
6 3 (1.42%) PySpark
6 3 (1.42%) Spring
6 3 (1.42%) Spring Boot
6 3 (1.42%) Web Services
6 3 (1.42%) YAML
7 2 (0.95%) Drools
7 2 (0.95%) JDBC
7 2 (0.95%) Loki
7 2 (0.95%) OpenAPI
7 2 (0.95%) OpenTelemetry
7 2 (0.95%) Spring Cloud
7 2 (0.95%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 16 (7.58%) Data Protection Act
2 15 (7.11%) Data Centre
3 14 (6.64%) Cloud Native
4 12 (5.69%) Legacy Systems
5 9 (4.27%) Replication
6 8 (3.79%) Onboarding
6 8 (3.79%) Product Ownership
7 7 (3.32%) Data Structures
7 7 (3.32%) Public Cloud
8 6 (2.84%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (2.84%) NHS
8 6 (2.84%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (2.84%) Virtual Team
9 5 (2.37%) Legacy Applications
9 5 (2.37%) Legacy Code
10 4 (1.90%) Mainframe
11 3 (1.42%) CMDB
11 3 (1.42%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (1.42%) Management Information System
11 3 (1.42%) SystemC
Operating Systems
1 18 (8.53%) Linux
2 11 (5.21%) Windows
3 5 (2.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (1.90%) Unix
4 4 (1.90%) VMS
4 4 (1.90%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.42%) zOS
6 2 (0.95%) CoreOS
6 2 (0.95%) Data ONTAP
6 2 (0.95%) OpenVMS
7 1 (0.47%) Android
7 1 (0.47%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.47%) CentOS
7 1 (0.47%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (27.01%) Stakeholder Management
2 51 (24.17%) Data Migration
3 35 (16.59%) CI/CD
3 35 (16.59%) Validation
4 32 (15.17%) Problem-Solving
5 31 (14.69%) Agile
6 28 (13.27%) Infrastructure as Code
7 26 (12.32%) Analytics
7 26 (12.32%) Data Protection
8 25 (11.85%) ETL
8 25 (11.85%) Performance Tuning
9 22 (10.43%) Change Management
9 22 (10.43%) Roadmaps
10 21 (9.95%) Data Pipeline
11 20 (9.48%) Data Modelling
11 20 (9.48%) DevOps
12 19 (9.00%) Business Intelligence
12 19 (9.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 18 (8.53%) Continuous Improvement
13 18 (8.53%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 33 (15.64%) SQL
2 22 (10.43%) Java
2 22 (10.43%) Python
3 9 (4.27%) C#
4 7 (3.32%) Bash
5 6 (2.84%) PowerShell
6 4 (1.90%) Bicep
7 3 (1.42%) JCL
8 2 (0.95%) DCL
8 2 (0.95%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.95%) Korn
8 2 (0.95%) PromQL
9 1 (0.47%) ABAP
9 1 (0.47%) COBOL
9 1 (0.47%) Go
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 22 (10.43%) Security Cleared
2 16 (7.58%) SC Cleared
3 12 (5.69%) Degree
4 7 (3.32%) PMI Certification
4 7 (3.32%) PMP
5 5 (2.37%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.90%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.42%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.95%) CCNP
8 2 (0.95%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.95%) NCDA
8 2 (0.95%) NCIE
8 2 (0.95%) OCP
8 2 (0.95%) Oracle Certification
8 2 (0.95%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 2 (0.95%) RHCA
9 1 (0.47%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.47%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.47%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (14.22%) Data Quality
2 6 (2.84%) QA
3 4 (1.90%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.42%) PMO
4 3 (1.42%) SLA
5 2 (0.95%) GDPR
5 2 (0.95%) GRC
5 2 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.95%) MiFID
6 1 (0.47%) Dodd-Frank
6 1 (0.47%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.47%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.47%) NIST
6 1 (0.47%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.47%) SOC 2
System Software
1 21 (9.95%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (6.64%) Virtual Machines
3 13 (6.16%) vSphere
4 7 (3.32%) Docker
5 6 (2.84%) Active Directory
6 4 (1.90%) Hyper-V
7 3 (1.42%) Ceph
7 3 (1.42%) KVM
7 3 (1.42%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.95%) ACF2
8 2 (0.95%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 2 (0.95%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.95%) RACF
8 2 (0.95%) SRDF
8 2 (0.95%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.47%) NFS
9 1 (0.47%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 33 (15.64%) Kubernetes
2 15 (7.11%) Ansible
3 8 (3.79%) Grafana
3 8 (3.79%) Prometheus
4 6 (2.84%) vCenter Server
5 4 (1.90%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (1.42%) Argo
6 3 (1.42%) Tivoli
7 2 (0.95%) Consul
7 2 (0.95%) Control-M
7 2 (0.95%) Data Guard
7 2 (0.95%) EMC VPLEX
7 2 (0.95%) Oracle RMAN
7 2 (0.95%) SnapMirror
7 2 (0.95%) Zipkin
8 1 (0.47%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (0.47%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.47%) OMEGAMON
8 1 (0.47%) Puppet
8 1 (0.47%) vMotion
Vendors
1 43 (20.38%) Microsoft
2 22 (10.43%) VMware
3 17 (8.06%) Databricks
4 16 (7.58%) Oracle
5 14 (6.64%) SAP
6 11 (5.21%) ServiceNow
7 10 (4.74%) Red Hat
8 7 (3.32%) Cisco
9 6 (2.84%) IBM
10 5 (2.37%) Google
11 4 (1.90%) Atlassian
12 3 (1.42%) Dell
12 3 (1.42%) Liquidlogic
12 3 (1.42%) Salesforce
13 2 (0.95%) BMC
13 2 (0.95%) Dynatrace
13 2 (0.95%) Informatica
13 2 (0.95%) NetApp
13 2 (0.95%) Remedy
13 2 (0.95%) Workday