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 27 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 14 20
Rank change year-on-year +3 +6 -6
Contract jobs citing Migration 259 94 122
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 11.53% 10.18% 7.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.98% 11.05% 8.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 168 59 76
10th Percentile £366 £263 £360
25th Percentile £414 £375 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £463
Median % change year-on-year - +8.11% -15.91%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £540
90th Percentile £625 £638 £611
England median daily rate £515 £538 £530
% change year-on-year -4.19% +1.42% -2.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 0
10th Percentile £15.00 - -
25th Percentile £16.46 - -
Median hourly rate £22.81 £12.30 -
Median % change year-on-year +85.45% - -
75th Percentile £24.34 - -
90th Percentile £30.64 - -
England median hourly rate £23.83 £28.75 £46.23
% change year-on-year -17.13% -37.81% -26.03%

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 1,995 851 1,492
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 88.82% 92.20% 85.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,318 532 892
10th Percentile £313 £258 £258
25th Percentile £405 £365 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.89% - -9.52%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £575
90th Percentile £650 £638 £669
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 35 58
10th Percentile £14.25 £13.47 £11.24
25th Percentile £15.25 £17.08 £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 £28.75 £21.99
90th Percentile £68.75 £74.59 £53.75
England median hourly rate £35.91 £32.50 £33.00
% change year-on-year +10.49% -1.52% -12.00%

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 27 March 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 27 March 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 27 March 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 +1 139 £487 -2.60% 18
West Yorkshire -2 103 £500 +0.50% 25
North Yorkshire -1 12 £600 +11.63% 2
East Yorkshire - 3 £295 - 2
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 22 (8.49%) Confluence
2 4 (1.54%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.54%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.16%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.39%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.39%) CMS
4 1 (0.39%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 24 (9.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (5.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (1.93%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.16%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.16%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.77%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (4.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.54%) Teamcenter
2 4 (1.54%) Unit4 Business World
3 3 (1.16%) Cloudability
3 3 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.77%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.77%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.39%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.39%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.39%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.39%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.39%) SAP FI-CA
Cloud Services
1 67 (25.87%) OpenShift
2 53 (20.46%) Azure
3 39 (15.06%) AWS
4 35 (13.51%) GitHub
5 26 (10.04%) GCP
6 23 (8.88%) Microsoft 365
7 17 (6.56%) Power Platform
8 10 (3.86%) Entra ID
9 9 (3.47%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 9 (3.47%) SaaS
10 8 (3.09%) Microsoft Purview
11 7 (2.70%) Akamai
11 7 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
12 4 (1.54%) Amazon S3
12 4 (1.54%) AWS CloudFormation
12 4 (1.54%) Azure Data Factory
12 4 (1.54%) OCI
12 4 (1.54%) Serverless
13 3 (1.16%) GitHub Actions
13 3 (1.16%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 29 (11.20%) DNS
2 22 (8.49%) SAN
3 15 (5.79%) NAS
4 13 (5.02%) Network Security
5 11 (4.25%) iSCSI
6 10 (3.86%) Firewall
7 7 (2.70%) Fibre Channel
7 7 (2.70%) TCP/IP
7 7 (2.70%) WAN
8 5 (1.93%) Kerberos
8 5 (1.93%) LAN
9 4 (1.54%) DHCP
9 4 (1.54%) VLAN
10 3 (1.16%) Cisco ISE
10 3 (1.16%) SSL
10 3 (1.16%) Structured Cabling
10 3 (1.16%) VoIP
10 3 (1.16%) VPN
11 2 (0.77%) Cisco Nexus
11 2 (0.77%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (6.56%) Power BI
2 11 (4.25%) SQL Server
3 8 (3.09%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (1.93%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (1.93%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 4 (1.54%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (1.16%) DTS
6 3 (1.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (1.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.77%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.77%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.77%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.77%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.77%) Metadata
7 2 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.77%) Tableau
8 1 (0.39%) Data Hub
8 1 (0.39%) Delta Lake
8 1 (0.39%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.39%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 44 (16.99%) Jenkins
2 23 (8.88%) JIRA
3 17 (6.56%) Sonatype Nexus
4 8 (3.09%) Git
5 4 (1.54%) GitLab
6 3 (1.16%) Flyway
7 1 (0.39%) LSMW
7 1 (0.39%) Mocha
General
1 93 (35.91%) Social Skills
2 57 (22.01%) Finance
3 45 (17.37%) Banking
4 20 (7.72%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (7.72%) Public Sector
5 9 (3.47%) Documentation Skills
6 8 (3.09%) Presentation Skills
7 7 (2.70%) Legal
8 5 (1.93%) General Ledger
8 5 (1.93%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.54%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.39%) Law
10 1 (0.39%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.39%) Military
10 1 (0.39%) Retail
10 1 (0.39%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 44 (16.99%) Architect
2 35 (13.51%) Analyst
3 31 (11.97%) Business Analyst
4 26 (10.04%) Lead
5 20 (7.72%) Consultant
5 20 (7.72%) Project Manager
6 16 (6.18%) Senior
7 14 (5.41%) Technical Business Analyst
8 13 (5.02%) Technical Analyst
9 11 (4.25%) Solutions Architect
10 9 (3.47%) Developer
11 7 (2.70%) Oracle Consultant
11 7 (2.70%) Security Specialist
12 6 (2.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 6 (2.32%) IT Engineer
12 6 (2.32%) Migration Manager
12 6 (2.32%) Network Engineer
12 6 (2.32%) Senior Analyst
12 6 (2.32%) Senior Business Analyst
13 5 (1.93%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.25%) OpenTelemetry
2 9 (3.47%) YAML
3 8 (3.09%) REST
4 7 (2.70%) .NET
4 7 (2.70%) Oracle Fusion
5 6 (2.32%) LDAP
6 5 (1.93%) AWS CDK
6 5 (1.93%) OAuth
7 4 (1.54%) Middleware
7 4 (1.54%) OpenID
7 4 (1.54%) SAML
8 2 (0.77%) .NET Core
8 2 (0.77%) Elastic Stack
8 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Graph
8 2 (0.77%) PySpark
8 2 (0.77%) Spring
8 2 (0.77%) WebSockets
9 1 (0.39%) GraphQL
9 1 (0.39%) Jest
9 1 (0.39%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 28 (10.81%) Cloud Native
2 23 (8.88%) Hybrid Cloud
3 12 (4.63%) Enterprise Storage
4 11 (4.25%) Data Protection Act
4 11 (4.25%) Onboarding
4 11 (4.25%) Replication
5 9 (3.47%) Data Centre
6 8 (3.09%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 8 (3.09%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (2.70%) Data Structures
7 7 (2.70%) PKI
8 6 (2.32%) Public Cloud
9 5 (1.93%) FlexPod
9 5 (1.93%) Product Ownership
9 5 (1.93%) SCORM
10 4 (1.54%) EMC VMAX
10 4 (1.54%) Learning Management System
10 4 (1.54%) NHS
11 3 (1.16%) iPhone
11 3 (1.16%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 22 (8.49%) Linux
2 18 (6.95%) Windows
3 11 (4.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 11 (4.25%) VMS
4 7 (2.70%) Windows 10
5 5 (1.93%) CoreOS
5 5 (1.93%) Data ONTAP
6 4 (1.54%) Windows Server
7 3 (1.16%) Android
8 2 (0.77%) Unix
9 1 (0.39%) CentOS
9 1 (0.39%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (30.12%) DevOps
2 70 (27.03%) CI/CD
3 48 (18.53%) Data Migration
4 44 (16.99%) Containerisation
4 44 (16.99%) Problem-Solving
5 43 (16.60%) Stakeholder Management
6 34 (13.13%) Agile
7 33 (12.74%) Data Protection
8 31 (11.97%) Disaster Recovery
9 30 (11.58%) High Availability
10 28 (10.81%) Technical Leadership
11 24 (9.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 23 (8.88%) Business Intelligence
12 23 (8.88%) Roadmaps
13 22 (8.49%) Change Management
14 21 (8.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 21 (8.11%) Risk Management
15 20 (7.72%) RBAC
15 20 (7.72%) Software Delivery
16 19 (7.34%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 48 (18.53%) Python
2 21 (8.11%) Bash
3 12 (4.63%) PowerShell
4 11 (4.25%) SQL
5 9 (3.47%) JavaScript
6 7 (2.70%) Java
7 5 (1.93%) Shell Script
8 4 (1.54%) TypeScript
9 3 (1.16%) C#
10 2 (0.77%) Delphi
10 2 (0.77%) PHP
11 1 (0.39%) Korn
11 1 (0.39%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.39%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 24 (9.27%) Degree
2 16 (6.18%) Security Cleared
3 12 (4.63%) OCP
3 12 (4.63%) Oracle Certification
4 8 (3.09%) SC Cleared
5 7 (2.70%) CISM
5 7 (2.70%) CISSP
6 6 (2.32%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (1.93%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (1.93%) PMI Certification
7 5 (1.93%) PMP
8 3 (1.16%) CCNP
8 3 (1.16%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.77%) CCNA
9 2 (0.77%) JNCIA
9 2 (0.77%) JNCIS
9 2 (0.77%) SAP Certification
9 2 (0.77%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (0.39%) CEH
10 1 (0.39%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.25%) Data Quality
1 11 (4.25%) GDPR
2 9 (3.47%) QA
3 8 (3.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.54%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (0.77%) PMO
6 1 (0.39%) NIST
6 1 (0.39%) SOC 2
System Software
1 27 (10.42%) VMware Infrastructure
2 26 (10.04%) vSphere
3 17 (6.56%) VMware NSX
4 15 (5.79%) NFS
4 15 (5.79%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (3.47%) Active Directory
6 7 (2.70%) Docker
7 5 (1.93%) KVM
8 3 (1.16%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.77%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.77%) SRDF
10 1 (0.39%) Ceph
10 1 (0.39%) Firmware
10 1 (0.39%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 77 (29.73%) Ansible
2 53 (20.46%) Kubernetes
3 44 (16.99%) Terraform
4 18 (6.95%) vCenter Server
5 16 (6.18%) Argo
6 14 (5.41%) Grafana
7 5 (1.93%) SnapMirror
8 4 (1.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (1.16%) Foglight
9 3 (1.16%) FortiGate
9 3 (1.16%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (0.77%) NetBackup
10 2 (0.77%) PowerCLI
10 2 (0.77%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.77%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.77%) Puppet
11 1 (0.39%) Istio
11 1 (0.39%) Network Intrusion Detection System
11 1 (0.39%) Podman
11 1 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 35 (13.51%) VMware
2 32 (12.36%) Microsoft
3 31 (11.97%) Red Hat
4 24 (9.27%) Pure Storage
5 22 (8.49%) SAP
6 18 (6.95%) Splunk
7 15 (5.79%) NetApp
7 15 (5.79%) Sonatype
8 11 (4.25%) Cisco
8 11 (4.25%) Oracle
9 10 (3.86%) ServiceNow
10 9 (3.47%) Google
11 8 (3.09%) Dell
12 6 (2.32%) EMC
12 6 (2.32%) IBM
13 5 (1.93%) Databricks
14 4 (1.54%) Broadcom
14 4 (1.54%) ESRI
14 4 (1.54%) F5
14 4 (1.54%) HP