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

6 months to
27 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 28 17
Rank change year-on-year +11 -11 -3
Contract jobs citing Migration 188 60 130
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 9.74% 6.29% 7.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.93% 7.19% 8.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 42 87
10th Percentile £367 £263 £375
25th Percentile £417 £401 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -5.66%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £587
90th Percentile £655 £718 £625
England median daily rate £522 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -5.09% - +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 0
10th Percentile £22.20 - -
25th Percentile £24.56 - -
Median hourly rate £25.15 £12.30 -
Median % change year-on-year +104.47% - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £41.61 - -
England median hourly rate £24.00 £20.38 £40.00
% change year-on-year +17.79% -49.06% -38.46%

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 1,720 834 1,611
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 89.07% 87.42% 88.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,148 497 1,003
10th Percentile £290 £232 £275
25th Percentile £400 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £550 £573 £588
90th Percentile £652 £650 £675
England median daily rate £503 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.29% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 23 47
10th Percentile £14.25 £12.74 £11.07
25th Percentile £15.25 £16.00 £12.58
Median hourly rate £25.15 £22.50 £17.06
Median % change year-on-year +11.78% +31.93% +60.44%
75th Percentile £52.50 £38.75 £23.75
90th Percentile £57.40 £85.61 £53.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year -26.03% -6.85% +4.92%

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 January 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 January 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 January 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 +7 97 £482 -9.27% 38
West Yorkshire +4 78 £525 -4.55% 24
North Yorkshire +3 7 £700 +250.00% 8
East Yorkshire - 2 - - 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 19 (10.11%) Confluence
2 6 (3.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (3.19%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.60%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.53%) OpenStack
Applications
1 18 (9.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (4.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.60%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.60%) MS Visio
5 2 (1.06%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (5.32%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (2.66%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (2.13%) Teamcenter
3 4 (2.13%) Unit4 Business World
4 3 (1.60%) Cloudability
5 2 (1.06%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.53%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.53%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.53%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.53%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.53%) SAP FI-CA
Cloud Services
1 38 (20.21%) Azure
2 35 (18.62%) OpenShift
3 33 (17.55%) AWS
4 22 (11.70%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (8.51%) GCP
6 15 (7.98%) Power Platform
7 14 (7.45%) GitHub
8 11 (5.85%) Entra ID
9 7 (3.72%) OCI
10 6 (3.19%) SaaS
11 5 (2.66%) Amazon S3
11 5 (2.66%) AWS CloudFormation
11 5 (2.66%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (2.66%) Azure Logic Apps
11 5 (2.66%) Microsoft Purview
12 4 (2.13%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 4 (2.13%) AWS Lambda
12 4 (2.13%) Serverless
13 3 (1.60%) Dynamics 365
13 3 (1.60%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (5.85%) Firewall
2 10 (5.32%) DNS
3 6 (3.19%) Fibre Channel
3 6 (3.19%) iSCSI
3 6 (3.19%) NAS
3 6 (3.19%) SAN
3 6 (3.19%) WAN
4 5 (2.66%) LAN
4 5 (2.66%) Network Security
4 5 (2.66%) TCP/IP
5 4 (2.13%) DHCP
5 4 (2.13%) Kerberos
6 3 (1.60%) SSL
6 3 (1.60%) VLAN
6 3 (1.60%) VoIP
7 2 (1.06%) BIG-IP
7 2 (1.06%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (1.06%) DWDM
7 2 (1.06%) SMTP
7 2 (1.06%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (7.98%) Power BI
2 5 (2.66%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 5 (2.66%) Oracle Reports
3 4 (2.13%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.60%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (1.60%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.06%) Amazon Redshift
5 2 (1.06%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.06%) Metadata
6 1 (0.53%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.53%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.53%) MySQL
6 1 (0.53%) Power Query
6 1 (0.53%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 19 (10.11%) Jenkins
1 19 (10.11%) JIRA
2 13 (6.91%) Sonatype Nexus
3 4 (2.13%) Git
4 2 (1.06%) GitLab
5 1 (0.53%) Mocha
General
1 67 (35.64%) Social Skills
2 52 (27.66%) Finance
3 28 (14.89%) Banking
4 16 (8.51%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (7.98%) Public Sector
6 10 (5.32%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (3.72%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (3.19%) Legal
9 5 (2.66%) General Ledger
9 5 (2.66%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (2.13%) Financial Institution
10 4 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.60%) Retail
12 2 (1.06%) Retail Banking
13 1 (0.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.53%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.53%) Military
13 1 (0.53%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 31 (16.49%) Analyst
1 31 (16.49%) Architect
2 27 (14.36%) Business Analyst
3 19 (10.11%) Project Manager
4 17 (9.04%) Consultant
5 14 (7.45%) Senior
6 12 (6.38%) Lead
6 12 (6.38%) Technical Business Analyst
7 11 (5.85%) Technical Analyst
8 6 (3.19%) Developer
8 6 (3.19%) IT Engineer
8 6 (3.19%) Network Engineer
8 6 (3.19%) Oracle Consultant
8 6 (3.19%) Senior Analyst
8 6 (3.19%) Senior Business Analyst
8 6 (3.19%) Solutions Architect
9 5 (2.66%) Migration Consultant
9 5 (2.66%) Platform Architect
9 5 (2.66%) SAP Architect
10 4 (2.13%) Migration Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (4.79%) YAML
2 8 (4.26%) REST
3 7 (3.72%) Oracle Fusion
4 6 (3.19%) LDAP
4 6 (3.19%) OAuth
5 5 (2.66%) .NET
5 5 (2.66%) SAML
6 4 (2.13%) Middleware
6 4 (2.13%) OpenID
7 3 (1.60%) Elastic Stack
8 2 (1.06%) AWS CDK
8 2 (1.06%) Jest
8 2 (1.06%) Microsoft Graph
8 2 (1.06%) Node.js
8 2 (1.06%) React
8 2 (1.06%) SailPoint
8 2 (1.06%) Spring
8 2 (1.06%) Web Services
8 2 (1.06%) WebSockets
9 1 (0.53%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 12 (6.38%) Onboarding
2 11 (5.85%) Cloud Native
3 8 (4.26%) Data Protection Act
3 8 (4.26%) Enterprise Storage
4 7 (3.72%) Hybrid Cloud
5 6 (3.19%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (3.19%) PKI
5 6 (3.19%) Replication
6 5 (2.66%) Data Centre
6 5 (2.66%) SCORM
7 4 (2.13%) Data Structures
7 4 (2.13%) Product Ownership
7 4 (2.13%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.60%) CMDB
8 3 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.60%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.60%) iPhone
8 3 (1.60%) Learning Management System
8 3 (1.60%) NHS
8 3 (1.60%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 11 (5.85%) Windows
2 6 (3.19%) Linux
2 6 (3.19%) VMS
3 5 (2.66%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.13%) Windows 10
5 3 (1.60%) Android
6 2 (1.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.53%) CentOS
7 1 (0.53%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (28.19%) DevOps
2 46 (24.47%) Stakeholder Management
3 45 (23.94%) CI/CD
4 34 (18.09%) Data Migration
5 33 (17.55%) Agile
6 31 (16.49%) Problem-Solving
7 27 (14.36%) Containerisation
7 27 (14.36%) Technical Leadership
8 23 (12.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 22 (11.70%) Roadmaps
10 21 (11.17%) Business Intelligence
11 20 (10.64%) User Acceptance Testing
12 19 (10.11%) Data Protection
13 18 (9.57%) Decision-Making
13 18 (9.57%) Workshop Facilitation
14 16 (8.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 16 (8.51%) Software Delivery
14 16 (8.51%) Validation
15 15 (7.98%) Change Management
16 14 (7.45%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (11.70%) Python
2 14 (7.45%) PowerShell
3 9 (4.79%) Bash
4 6 (3.19%) SQL
5 3 (1.60%) C#
5 3 (1.60%) Shell Script
6 2 (1.06%) Delphi
6 2 (1.06%) Java
6 2 (1.06%) PHP
7 1 (0.53%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.53%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 18 (9.57%) Degree
2 10 (5.32%) Security Cleared
3 8 (4.26%) CISM
3 8 (4.26%) CISSP
3 8 (4.26%) SC Cleared
4 6 (3.19%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (2.66%) PMI Certification
5 5 (2.66%) PMP
6 4 (2.13%) OCP
6 4 (2.13%) Oracle Certification
7 3 (1.60%) CCNP
7 3 (1.60%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.60%) SAP Certification
8 2 (1.06%) CCNA
8 2 (1.06%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.06%) JNCIA
8 2 (1.06%) JNCIS
9 1 (0.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.53%) CCIE
9 1 (0.53%) CCIE Data Center
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.38%) GDPR
2 11 (5.85%) Data Quality
3 9 (4.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (3.19%) QA
5 4 (2.13%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.06%) COBIT
6 2 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (1.06%) PMO
7 1 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.53%) NIST
7 1 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.53%) SOC 2
System Software
1 9 (4.79%) Active Directory
2 8 (4.26%) Docker
3 6 (3.19%) NFS
4 5 (2.66%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (2.13%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (1.60%) VMware NSX
6 3 (1.60%) vSphere
7 1 (0.53%) Ceph
7 1 (0.53%) KVM
7 1 (0.53%) QEMU
7 1 (0.53%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 48 (25.53%) Ansible
2 29 (15.43%) Kubernetes
3 28 (14.89%) Terraform
4 5 (2.66%) Grafana
5 4 (2.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (1.06%) Argo
6 2 (1.06%) FortiGate
6 2 (1.06%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (1.06%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.53%) Istio
7 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.53%) Podman
7 1 (0.53%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.53%) Puppet
7 1 (0.53%) SCOM
Vendors
1 25 (13.30%) Microsoft
2 18 (9.57%) SAP
3 15 (7.98%) Red Hat
4 11 (5.85%) Sonatype
5 10 (5.32%) Oracle
6 9 (4.79%) VMware
7 6 (3.19%) Cisco
7 6 (3.19%) Dell
7 6 (3.19%) IBM
7 6 (3.19%) NetApp
7 6 (3.19%) Pure Storage
8 5 (2.66%) EMC
8 5 (2.66%) F5
9 4 (2.13%) ESRI
10 3 (1.60%) CheckPoint
10 3 (1.60%) Google
10 3 (1.60%) ServiceNow
10 3 (1.60%) Splunk
11 2 (1.06%) CloudEndure
11 2 (1.06%) Infoblox