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 14 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 8 17
Rank change year-on-year -4 +9 -1
Contract jobs citing Migration 258 116 134
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 10.45% 11.25% 8.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.05% 12.18% 9.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 160 64 91
10th Percentile £368 £330 £380
25th Percentile £414 £379 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.26%
75th Percentile £550 £561 £575
90th Percentile £625 £638 £619
England median daily rate £515 £532 £525
% change year-on-year -3.15% +1.29% -4.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 0
10th Percentile - £22.04 -
25th Percentile £15.00 £23.16 -
Median hourly rate £22.81 £25.08 -
Median % change year-on-year -9.03% - -
75th Percentile £24.29 £25.13 -
90th Percentile £36.12 £25.14 -
England median hourly rate £25.15 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year - -37.13% -42.24%

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 2,141 952 1,433
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 86.72% 92.34% 86.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,363 584 854
10th Percentile £318 £259 £275
25th Percentile £411 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £490
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% -3.06% -6.67%
75th Percentile £564 £550 £583
90th Percentile £663 £625 £650
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 37 66
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.39 £11.30
25th Percentile £16.97 £17.25 £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 £22.14 £22.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £34.27 £53.75
England median hourly rate £47.00 £29.02 £36.50
% change year-on-year +61.96% -20.49% -2.25%

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 14 May 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 14 May 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 14 May 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 -1 146 £487 +0.52% 15
West Yorkshire -3 103 £500 - 25
North Yorkshire -9 9 £600 +11.63% 8
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 18 (6.98%) Confluence
2 3 (1.16%) Exchange Server 2013
2 3 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.16%) Oracle Workflow
2 3 (1.16%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.39%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.39%) CMS
Applications
1 18 (6.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (3.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (2.71%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.16%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.16%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.78%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (3.49%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.33%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.94%) Unit4 Business World
4 4 (1.55%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (1.55%) Teamcenter
5 2 (0.78%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.39%) Cloudability
6 1 (0.39%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.39%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.39%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.39%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.39%) SAP FI-CA
Cloud Services
1 77 (29.84%) OpenShift
2 49 (18.99%) Azure
3 32 (12.40%) GitHub
4 28 (10.85%) AWS
5 20 (7.75%) GCP
6 18 (6.98%) Microsoft 365
7 14 (5.43%) Power Platform
8 9 (3.49%) Microsoft Purview
8 9 (3.49%) SaaS
9 8 (3.10%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 7 (2.71%) Akamai
10 7 (2.71%) Entra ID
11 6 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
12 4 (1.55%) Azure Data Factory
12 4 (1.55%) Dynamics 365
12 4 (1.55%) GitHub Actions
12 4 (1.55%) PaaS
12 4 (1.55%) Snowflake
13 3 (1.16%) Azure Logic Apps
13 3 (1.16%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 27 (10.47%) DNS
1 27 (10.47%) SAN
2 19 (7.36%) NAS
3 14 (5.43%) Network Security
4 12 (4.65%) iSCSI
5 8 (3.10%) Fibre Channel
5 8 (3.10%) Firewall
6 5 (1.94%) Kerberos
6 5 (1.94%) VPN
7 4 (1.55%) TCP/IP
8 3 (1.16%) SSL
8 3 (1.16%) Structured Cabling
8 3 (1.16%) VLAN
8 3 (1.16%) WAN
9 2 (0.78%) Cisco Nexus
9 2 (0.78%) DKIM
9 2 (0.78%) DMARC
9 2 (0.78%) DWDM
9 2 (0.78%) LAN
9 2 (0.78%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.43%) Power BI
2 10 (3.88%) SQL Server
3 8 (3.10%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (2.33%) Oracle Reports
5 5 (1.94%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 4 (1.55%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (1.55%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (1.16%) DTS
7 3 (1.16%) Metadata
7 3 (1.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (1.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.78%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.78%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.39%) Delta Lake
9 1 (0.39%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.39%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.39%) SAP Data Services
9 1 (0.39%) Spark SQL
9 1 (0.39%) Star Schema
9 1 (0.39%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 37 (14.34%) Jenkins
2 25 (9.69%) JIRA
3 13 (5.04%) Sonatype Nexus
4 8 (3.10%) Git
5 3 (1.16%) Flyway
5 3 (1.16%) GitLab
6 2 (0.78%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.39%) Hudson
7 1 (0.39%) LSMW
General
1 81 (31.40%) Social Skills
2 59 (22.87%) Finance
3 44 (17.05%) Banking
4 21 (8.14%) Public Sector
5 13 (5.04%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (3.88%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (2.71%) Financial Institution
7 7 (2.71%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (2.33%) Legal
8 6 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (1.55%) General Ledger
10 2 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.78%) Military
10 2 (0.78%) Retail
11 1 (0.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.39%) Law
11 1 (0.39%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.39%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 42 (16.28%) Architect
2 31 (12.02%) Analyst
3 29 (11.24%) Lead
4 26 (10.08%) Business Analyst
5 24 (9.30%) Project Manager
6 22 (8.53%) Consultant
6 22 (8.53%) Senior
7 9 (3.49%) Oracle Consultant
7 9 (3.49%) Senior Analyst
7 9 (3.49%) Technical Business Analyst
8 8 (3.10%) Developer
8 8 (3.10%) Senior Business Analyst
8 8 (3.10%) Solutions Architect
8 8 (3.10%) Technical Analyst
9 7 (2.71%) Security Specialist
10 6 (2.33%) Azure Engineer
10 6 (2.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 6 (2.33%) Migration Manager
10 6 (2.33%) Product Owner
11 5 (1.94%) Data Migration Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.88%) OpenTelemetry
1 10 (3.88%) YAML
2 7 (2.71%) .NET
2 7 (2.71%) Oracle Fusion
2 7 (2.71%) REST
3 6 (2.33%) LDAP
4 5 (1.94%) OAuth
5 4 (1.55%) Middleware
5 4 (1.55%) OpenID
5 4 (1.55%) SAML
6 3 (1.16%) AWS CDK
7 2 (0.78%) .NET Core
7 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Graph
7 2 (0.78%) PySpark
7 2 (0.78%) WebSockets
8 1 (0.39%) 802.1X
8 1 (0.39%) ASP.NET Web API
8 1 (0.39%) Hibernate
8 1 (0.39%) React
8 1 (0.39%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 27 (10.47%) Cloud Native
2 17 (6.59%) Replication
3 16 (6.20%) Hybrid Cloud
4 15 (5.81%) Enterprise Storage
5 12 (4.65%) Data Protection Act
5 12 (4.65%) Product Ownership
6 9 (3.49%) Data Centre
7 8 (3.10%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 8 (3.10%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (2.71%) Onboarding
8 7 (2.71%) PKI
9 6 (2.33%) Data Structures
9 6 (2.33%) EMC VMAX
10 5 (1.94%) FlexPod
10 5 (1.94%) SCORM
11 4 (1.55%) Learning Management System
11 4 (1.55%) Legacy Applications
11 4 (1.55%) Public Cloud
12 3 (1.16%) NHS
13 2 (0.78%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 23 (8.91%) Linux
2 18 (6.98%) Windows
3 12 (4.65%) VMS
4 11 (4.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (2.71%) CoreOS
5 7 (2.71%) Data ONTAP
6 4 (1.55%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.78%) Unix
8 1 (0.39%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (27.13%) DevOps
2 68 (26.36%) CI/CD
3 56 (21.71%) Data Migration
4 44 (17.05%) Problem-Solving
5 41 (15.89%) Stakeholder Management
6 40 (15.50%) Containerisation
7 37 (14.34%) Data Protection
8 34 (13.18%) Disaster Recovery
9 32 (12.40%) High Availability
10 30 (11.63%) Agile
11 29 (11.24%) RBAC
12 28 (10.85%) Technical Leadership
13 27 (10.47%) Change Management
14 25 (9.69%) Performance Tuning
15 23 (8.91%) Risk Management
15 23 (8.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 22 (8.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 21 (8.14%) Infrastructure as Code
17 21 (8.14%) Performance Optimisation
17 21 (8.14%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 49 (18.99%) Python
2 20 (7.75%) Bash
3 15 (5.81%) SQL
4 10 (3.88%) JavaScript
5 7 (2.71%) Java
5 7 (2.71%) PowerShell
6 5 (1.94%) Shell Script
7 4 (1.55%) TypeScript
8 3 (1.16%) C#
8 3 (1.16%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.78%) Bicep
9 2 (0.78%) Delphi
9 2 (0.78%) PHP
10 1 (0.39%) Go
10 1 (0.39%) Korn
10 1 (0.39%) Perl
10 1 (0.39%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 26 (10.08%) Degree
2 16 (6.20%) Security Cleared
3 13 (5.04%) OCP
3 13 (5.04%) Oracle Certification
4 7 (2.71%) CISM
4 7 (2.71%) CISSP
4 7 (2.71%) PMI Certification
4 7 (2.71%) PMP
5 6 (2.33%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (2.33%) SC Cleared
6 5 (1.94%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.16%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.16%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (0.78%) CCNA
8 2 (0.78%) CCNP
8 2 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.78%) JNCIA
8 2 (0.78%) JNCIS
8 2 (0.78%) RHCA
8 2 (0.78%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.65%) GDPR
2 10 (3.88%) Data Quality
3 6 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (2.33%) QA
4 5 (1.94%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.16%) PMO
6 2 (0.78%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.39%) Dodd-Frank
7 1 (0.39%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.39%) NIST
7 1 (0.39%) SLA
System Software
1 28 (10.85%) VMware Infrastructure
2 26 (10.08%) vSphere
3 24 (9.30%) Virtual Machines
4 17 (6.59%) NFS
5 15 (5.81%) VMware NSX
6 7 (2.71%) Ceph
7 6 (2.33%) Active Directory
8 4 (1.55%) KVM
8 4 (1.55%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (1.16%) Docker
9 3 (1.16%) Hyper-V
9 3 (1.16%) SRDF
10 1 (0.39%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 1 (0.39%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 71 (27.52%) Ansible
2 54 (20.93%) Kubernetes
3 44 (17.05%) Terraform
4 19 (7.36%) Argo
4 19 (7.36%) vCenter Server
5 15 (5.81%) Grafana
6 7 (2.71%) SnapMirror
7 5 (1.94%) Prometheus
8 4 (1.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (1.55%) NetBackup
9 3 (1.16%) Foglight
9 3 (1.16%) FortiGate
9 3 (1.16%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (0.78%) EMC NetWorker
10 2 (0.78%) EMC VPLEX
10 2 (0.78%) PowerCLI
10 2 (0.78%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.78%) Puppet
10 2 (0.78%) SnapVault
11 1 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 41 (15.89%) Microsoft
2 36 (13.95%) VMware
3 30 (11.63%) Red Hat
4 26 (10.08%) Pure Storage
5 21 (8.14%) SAP
6 17 (6.59%) NetApp
6 17 (6.59%) Splunk
7 16 (6.20%) Oracle
8 15 (5.81%) ServiceNow
9 12 (4.65%) Cisco
10 11 (4.26%) Sonatype
11 10 (3.88%) Dell
12 9 (3.49%) EMC
12 9 (3.49%) Google
13 5 (1.94%) Brocade
13 5 (1.94%) Databricks
13 5 (1.94%) IBM
14 4 (1.55%) Broadcom
14 4 (1.55%) HP
15 3 (1.16%) Isilon