Data Migration Job Trends in England

Data Migration
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Data Migration skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 337 275 379
Rank change year-on-year -62 +104 -35
Permanent jobs citing Data Migration 411 458 549
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.50% 1.17% 0.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.68% 1.25% 0.76%
Number of salaries quoted 291 302 423
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £49,812 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,188 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,000 £106,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +8.70% -11.54%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Data Migration falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 60,622 36,670 71,820
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.76% 93.39% 84.79%
Number of salaries quoted 39,997 20,119 53,763
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £73,410
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £58,033 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.39% +5.51% -10.10%

Data Migration
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Migration relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Data Migration job vacancy trend in England

Data Migration
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Data Migration.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Data Migration

Data Migration
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Migration in England over the 6 months to 21 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Migration in England

Data Migration
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Migration within the England region over the 6 months to 21 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -5 186 £70,000 +3.70% 102
North of England -35 82 £56,500 -3.83% 41
North West -12 50 £55,000 -6.38% 25
Midlands -53 49 £67,000 +11.67% 34
West Midlands -63 40 £66,000 +10.00% 21
South East -71 34 £60,500 +0.83% 46
Yorkshire -31 24 £60,000 +2.13% 14
East of England -4 23 £55,000 -4.35% 18
South West -51 16 £45,000 -28.80% 17
East Midlands -26 8 £66,250 +10.42% 13
North East - 8 £50,000 - 2
Data Migration
UK

Data Migration
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 15 (3.65%) SharePoint
2 12 (2.92%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.22%) CMS
3 5 (1.22%) Confluence
4 2 (0.49%) SAS
5 1 (0.24%) Apache
5 1 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.24%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.24%) nginx
5 1 (0.24%) WordPress
Applications
1 23 (5.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (3.89%) Microsoft Project
3 9 (2.19%) MS Visio
4 7 (1.70%) Maya
5 4 (0.97%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.49%) PTC Creo
6 2 (0.49%) Windchill
7 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Office
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 58 (14.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 31 (7.54%) Dynamics CRM
3 18 (4.38%) SAP ERP
4 13 (3.16%) NetSuite
5 8 (1.95%) Oracle ERP
6 7 (1.70%) SAP MDG
7 6 (1.46%) SAP CO
7 6 (1.46%) SAP FI
7 6 (1.46%) SAP FI/CO
8 5 (1.22%) iTrent
8 5 (1.22%) Oracle EBS
8 5 (1.22%) Oracle Payables
9 4 (0.97%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 4 (0.97%) SAP SD
10 3 (0.73%) Dynamics NAV
10 3 (0.73%) Oracle Receivables
10 3 (0.73%) Oracle Retail
10 3 (0.73%) SAP MDG-F
10 3 (0.73%) SAP MM
10 3 (0.73%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 74 (18.00%) Azure
2 48 (11.68%) Dynamics 365
3 43 (10.46%) Power Platform
4 39 (9.49%) AWS
5 25 (6.08%) GCP
6 20 (4.87%) OCI
7 17 (4.14%) Microsoft 365
7 17 (4.14%) SaaS
8 14 (3.41%) Azure Data Factory
9 13 (3.16%) Entra ID
10 12 (2.92%) Power Automate
10 12 (2.92%) SuccessFactors
11 11 (2.68%) Azure DevOps
12 10 (2.43%) PowerApps
13 9 (2.19%) Boomi
13 9 (2.19%) Microsoft Copilot
14 7 (1.70%) Azure Logic Apps
15 5 (1.22%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 5 (1.22%) Matillion
15 5 (1.22%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.19%) DNS
2 8 (1.95%) DHCP
2 8 (1.95%) LAN
2 8 (1.95%) VPN
2 8 (1.95%) WAN
2 8 (1.95%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (0.73%) RFID
4 2 (0.49%) WinSCP
5 1 (0.24%) FTP
5 1 (0.24%) Intranet
5 1 (0.24%) SSL
5 1 (0.24%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (8.52%) Power BI
2 34 (8.27%) Metadata
3 27 (6.57%) Data Warehouse
4 25 (6.08%) Data Lake
5 16 (3.89%) Relational Database
6 12 (2.92%) SQL Server
7 10 (2.43%) MySQL
8 9 (2.19%) RDBMS
9 7 (1.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (1.22%) Pentaho
10 5 (1.22%) Snowflake Schema
10 5 (1.22%) Star Schema
11 4 (0.97%) DB2
11 4 (0.97%) Electronic Patient Records
11 4 (0.97%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 4 (0.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 3 (0.73%) Azure SQL Database
12 3 (0.73%) Oracle Database
12 3 (0.73%) Power Query
12 3 (0.73%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 24 (5.84%) JIRA
2 7 (1.70%) ERwin
2 7 (1.70%) Git
3 3 (0.73%) Selenium
4 2 (0.49%) Katalon Studio
4 2 (0.49%) LSMW
4 2 (0.49%) PHPUnit
4 2 (0.49%) Postman
5 1 (0.24%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.24%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.24%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.24%) Gatling
5 1 (0.24%) GitLab
5 1 (0.24%) JMeter
5 1 (0.24%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.24%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.24%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.24%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.24%) Toad
5 1 (0.24%) Zephyr
General
1 181 (44.04%) Finance
2 138 (33.58%) Social Skills
3 91 (22.14%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (8.27%) Manufacturing
5 33 (8.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 27 (6.57%) Financial Institution
7 26 (6.33%) Banking
8 24 (5.84%) Law
9 21 (5.11%) Public Sector
10 17 (4.14%) Retail
11 11 (2.68%) Legal
12 10 (2.43%) Pharmaceutical
12 10 (2.43%) Retail Banking
13 8 (1.95%) General Ledger
13 8 (1.95%) Local Government
14 7 (1.70%) Billing
14 7 (1.70%) Games
14 7 (1.70%) Health Technology
14 7 (1.70%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (1.46%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 78 (18.98%) Analyst
2 75 (18.25%) Consultant
3 54 (13.14%) Architect
4 53 (12.90%) Senior
5 38 (9.25%) Project Manager
6 35 (8.52%) Lead
7 32 (7.79%) Data Architect
8 29 (7.06%) Business Analyst
9 24 (5.84%) Data Analyst
10 23 (5.60%) Data Migration Specialist
10 23 (5.60%) Migration Specialist
10 23 (5.60%) SAP Manager
11 20 (4.87%) Solutions Architect
12 19 (4.62%) Oracle Consultant
13 18 (4.38%) Migration Analyst
14 17 (4.14%) Data Consultant
14 17 (4.14%) Data Engineer
14 17 (4.14%) Data Migration Analyst
15 16 (3.89%) Developer
15 16 (3.89%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (3.41%) Oracle Fusion
2 13 (3.16%) Middleware
3 12 (2.92%) REST
4 11 (2.68%) XML
5 10 (2.43%) SOAP
6 9 (2.19%) JSON
7 8 (1.95%) EDI
8 7 (1.70%) .NET
8 7 (1.70%) FIX Protocol
8 7 (1.70%) FpML
8 7 (1.70%) XML Schema
9 6 (1.46%) PySpark
10 5 (1.22%) SAP PI
11 3 (0.73%) AngularJS
11 3 (0.73%) CSS
11 3 (0.73%) HTML
11 3 (0.73%) LAMP
11 3 (0.73%) Lightning Web Components
11 3 (0.73%) Pandas
12 2 (0.49%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 35 (8.52%) Legacy Systems
2 32 (7.79%) Data Structures
3 28 (6.81%) Enterprise Software
4 23 (5.60%) Driving Licence
5 20 (4.87%) Onboarding
6 14 (3.41%) e-Learning
7 13 (3.16%) Cloud Native
8 10 (2.43%) Analytical Mindset
8 10 (2.43%) NHS
9 9 (2.19%) Management Information System
10 7 (1.70%) Greenfield Project
11 6 (1.46%) AI Agents
11 6 (1.46%) Low-Code
12 5 (1.22%) Blockchain
13 4 (0.97%) Enterprise Cloud
14 3 (0.73%) Contactless
14 3 (0.73%) FMCG
15 2 (0.49%) AS400
15 2 (0.49%) Derivative
15 2 (0.49%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.97%) Windows
2 2 (0.49%) Windows 10
2 2 (0.49%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.24%) AIX
3 1 (0.24%) Kali Linux
3 1 (0.24%) Linux
3 1 (0.24%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 411 (100.00%) Migration
2 111 (27.01%) ERP
3 108 (26.28%) Agile
4 102 (24.82%) Stakeholder Management
5 93 (22.63%) Problem-Solving
6 81 (19.71%) Validation
7 67 (16.30%) Data Modelling
8 66 (16.06%) User Acceptance Testing
9 65 (15.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 64 (15.57%) Data Governance
11 54 (13.14%) Business Intelligence
12 52 (12.65%) Analytics
13 49 (11.92%) Decision-Making
14 47 (11.44%) Continuous Improvement
14 47 (11.44%) CRM
14 47 (11.44%) DevOps
15 43 (10.46%) Project Management
16 41 (9.98%) Data Cleansing
16 41 (9.98%) ETL
16 41 (9.98%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 82 (19.95%) SQL
2 32 (7.79%) Python
3 13 (3.16%) C#
4 12 (2.92%) Java
5 9 (2.19%) PL/SQL
6 6 (1.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 6 (1.46%) JavaScript
6 6 (1.46%) VBA
7 5 (1.22%) PowerShell
8 4 (0.97%) PHP
9 3 (0.73%) ABAP
10 2 (0.49%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.49%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.24%) JCL
11 1 (0.24%) PROC SQL
11 1 (0.24%) SAS Macro
11 1 (0.24%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 44 (10.71%) Security Cleared
2 35 (8.52%) Degree
2 35 (8.52%) SC Cleared
3 27 (6.57%) ACCA
3 27 (6.57%) CIMA
4 21 (5.11%) Azure Certification
5 19 (4.62%) AWS Certification
6 18 (4.38%) PMI Certification
6 18 (4.38%) PMP
7 16 (3.89%) BPSS Clearance
8 12 (2.92%) Microsoft Certification
9 11 (2.68%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (1.95%) HNC
11 5 (1.22%) TOGAF Certification
12 4 (0.97%) CCA
12 4 (0.97%) Master's Degree
13 3 (0.73%) CAPM
13 3 (0.73%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (0.73%) Oracle Certification
13 3 (0.73%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (15.33%) Data Quality
2 26 (6.33%) QA
3 23 (5.60%) GDPR
4 13 (3.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (2.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 9 (2.19%) GAAP
6 9 (2.19%) IFRS
7 8 (1.95%) Cyber Essentials
7 8 (1.95%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (1.22%) HIPAA
8 5 (1.22%) NIST
9 3 (0.73%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.73%) SLA
10 2 (0.49%) PMO
11 1 (0.24%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.24%) PERC
11 1 (0.24%) SEPA
11 1 (0.24%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 4 (0.97%) Docker
2 3 (0.73%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (1.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (1.22%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.22%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (0.73%) Grafana
4 2 (0.49%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.49%) Terraform
5 1 (0.24%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 96 (23.36%) SAP
2 71 (17.27%) Microsoft
3 69 (16.79%) Oracle
4 22 (5.35%) Salesforce
5 16 (3.89%) ServiceNow
6 14 (3.41%) Databricks
6 14 (3.41%) MuleSoft
7 12 (2.92%) Workday
8 8 (1.95%) Cisco
8 8 (1.95%) Informatica
8 8 (1.95%) Meraki
9 7 (1.70%) Sparx
10 5 (1.22%) Ariba
10 5 (1.22%) Google
10 5 (1.22%) Sage
10 5 (1.22%) Talend
10 5 (1.22%) TOWER Software
11 4 (0.97%) Aderant
11 4 (0.97%) iManage
11 4 (0.97%) Intapp