Data Migration
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Data Migration skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Migration over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 354 358 405
Rank change year-on-year +4 +47 -70
Permanent jobs citing Data Migration 795 892 1,515
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.77% 0.92% 0.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.92% 0.96% 0.95%
Number of salaries quoted 494 558 803
10th Percentile £36,750 £40,875 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £98,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £55,140
% change year-on-year -16.67% +8.81% +10.28%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Data Migration is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 86,445 93,025 160,114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.24% 95.56% 95.90%
Number of salaries quoted 60,550 54,985 83,280
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Data Migration
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Data Migration as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Data Migration in the UK

Data Migration
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Migration.

Salary trend for Data Migration in the UK

Data Migration
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Migration over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Migration in the UK

Data Migration
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Migration within the UK over the 6 months to 28 May 2024. 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
England -10 639 £57,500 -11.54% 206
UK excluding London +40 489 £50,000 -16.67% 133
Work from Home +59 396 £58,000 -6.83% 89
London +45 228 £75,000 +7.14% 81
North of England +73 134 £45,000 -21.74% 25
South East -8 102 £51,000 -7.27% 33
North West +41 91 £45,000 -30.77% 12
Midlands -19 90 £50,000 -23.08% 34
West Midlands -3 59 £50,000 -23.08% 28
Scotland -25 50 £45,000 -35.71% 11
East of England +14 39 £50,000 -20.00% 11
South West -44 36 £52,500 -22.22% 13
Yorkshire +64 35 £45,000 -10.00% 9
East Midlands -19 27 £37,500 -44.44% 6
Northern Ireland - 23 £35,000 - 4
Wales +17 16 £67,500 +24.70% 3
North East - 8 £61,250 - 4

Data Migration
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 46 (5.79%) WebLogic
2 37 (4.65%) SharePoint
3 23 (2.89%) Confluence
4 12 (1.51%) Oracle Workflow
5 6 (0.75%) Appian
6 4 (0.50%) Drupal
6 4 (0.50%) nginx
7 3 (0.38%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.38%) IIS
7 3 (0.38%) MQSeries
7 3 (0.38%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 3 (0.38%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.25%) NServiceBus
9 1 (0.13%) Alfresco
9 1 (0.13%) Apache
9 1 (0.13%) CMS
9 1 (0.13%) Documentum
9 1 (0.13%) FileNet
9 1 (0.13%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 29 (3.65%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.88%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.13%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.13%) Sketch
6 1 (0.13%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 46 (5.79%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 34 (4.28%) SAP S/4HANA
3 32 (4.03%) Dynamics CRM
4 16 (2.01%) NetSuite
5 13 (1.64%) Oracle General Ledger
5 13 (1.64%) Oracle Payables
5 13 (1.64%) Oracle Receivables
6 12 (1.51%) Oracle Cash Management
7 9 (1.13%) NEC Housing
7 9 (1.13%) SAP CX
7 9 (1.13%) Teamcenter
8 4 (0.50%) Oracle Applications
8 4 (0.50%) Oracle Payroll
8 4 (0.50%) ResourceLink
9 3 (0.38%) Maximo
9 3 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
9 3 (0.38%) SAP ERP
9 3 (0.38%) SAP MM
9 3 (0.38%) SAP SCM
10 2 (0.25%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 221 (27.80%) AWS
2 158 (19.87%) Azure
3 118 (14.84%) Power Platform
4 49 (6.16%) Amazon EKS
5 46 (5.79%) Amazon SQS
6 42 (5.28%) Microsoft 365
7 41 (5.16%) Dynamics 365
8 40 (5.03%) SaaS
9 33 (4.15%) Azure Data Factory
9 33 (4.15%) GCP
10 32 (4.03%) OCI
11 18 (2.26%) PowerApps
12 17 (2.14%) Amazon S3
12 17 (2.14%) GitHub
13 16 (2.01%) Power Automate
14 15 (1.89%) PaaS
15 12 (1.51%) AWS CloudFormation
15 12 (1.51%) Route 53
15 12 (1.51%) Serverless
15 12 (1.51%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 55 (6.92%) DNS
2 46 (5.79%) BGP
2 46 (5.79%) SSL
2 46 (5.79%) TCP/IP
3 8 (1.01%) Firewall
4 6 (0.75%) Intranet
5 5 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (0.38%) HTTP
6 3 (0.38%) Internet
6 3 (0.38%) Wireless
7 2 (0.25%) DHCP
7 2 (0.25%) LAN
7 2 (0.25%) WAN
8 1 (0.13%) NAS
8 1 (0.13%) SAN
8 1 (0.13%) VPN
8 1 (0.13%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 149 (18.74%) Oracle Database
2 99 (12.45%) Power BI
3 98 (12.33%) PostgreSQL
4 92 (11.57%) Oracle Database 11g
5 75 (9.43%) Relational Database
6 71 (8.93%) Data Warehouse
7 61 (7.67%) SQL Server
8 57 (7.17%) Amazon RDS
9 50 (6.29%) RDBMS
10 39 (4.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 34 (4.28%) MySQL
12 31 (3.90%) Data Lake
13 28 (3.52%) Metadata
14 16 (2.01%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
15 13 (1.64%) Azure SQL Database
16 12 (1.51%) Oracle Reports
17 11 (1.38%) Big Data
17 11 (1.38%) MS Access
17 11 (1.38%) SAP HANA
18 9 (1.13%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 76 (9.56%) JIRA
2 20 (2.52%) Jenkins
3 19 (2.39%) Git
4 16 (2.01%) Bitbucket
5 14 (1.76%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 10 (1.26%) GitLab
7 9 (1.13%) Sonatype Nexus
7 9 (1.13%) Subversion
8 7 (0.88%) Postman
9 6 (0.75%) Oracle APEX
9 6 (0.75%) Toad
10 5 (0.63%) Eclipse
10 5 (0.63%) Selenium
11 4 (0.50%) Ant
12 3 (0.38%) LSMW
12 3 (0.38%) PHPUnit
13 2 (0.25%) Fiddler
14 1 (0.13%) JUnit
14 1 (0.13%) TestNG
14 1 (0.13%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 258 (32.45%) Social Skills
2 211 (26.54%) Finance
3 94 (11.82%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (5.79%) Manufacturing
5 43 (5.41%) Banking
6 39 (4.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 35 (4.40%) Public Sector
8 33 (4.15%) Marketing
9 27 (3.40%) Retail
10 25 (3.14%) Presentation Skills
10 25 (3.14%) Retail Banking
11 22 (2.77%) Law
12 19 (2.39%) Influencing Skills
13 16 (2.01%) Financial Institution
14 13 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
15 12 (1.51%) Legal
15 12 (1.51%) Pharmaceutical
16 10 (1.26%) Games
17 9 (1.13%) Back Office
18 7 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 176 (22.14%) Developer
2 170 (21.38%) Senior
3 146 (18.36%) Analyst
4 117 (14.72%) Architect
5 100 (12.58%) Consultant
5 100 (12.58%) Senior Developer
6 97 (12.20%) Lead
7 93 (11.70%) Database Developer
8 91 (11.45%) PostgreSQL Developer
9 80 (10.06%) Senior Database Developer
10 62 (7.80%) Business Analyst
11 60 (7.55%) Solutions Architect
12 49 (6.16%) Lead Architect
13 46 (5.79%) Lead Solutions Architect
14 43 (5.41%) Data Architect
15 31 (3.90%) Administrator
15 31 (3.90%) Data Engineer
16 27 (3.40%) Data Migration Lead
17 24 (3.02%) DBA
17 24 (3.02%) Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (5.79%) RabbitMQ
1 46 (5.79%) Spring Boot
2 25 (3.14%) HTML
3 21 (2.64%) REST
3 21 (2.64%) SOAP
4 18 (2.26%) Web Services
5 16 (2.01%) XML
6 15 (1.89%) .NET
7 13 (1.64%) Visualforce
8 11 (1.38%) CSS
8 11 (1.38%) JSON
8 11 (1.38%) Oracle Fusion
9 9 (1.13%) Itk
9 9 (1.13%) Kafka
9 9 (1.13%) XHTML
10 8 (1.01%) Middleware
11 7 (0.88%) Lightning Web Components
12 6 (0.75%) Ajax
12 6 (0.75%) LAMP
13 5 (0.63%) MDX
Miscellaneous
1 71 (8.93%) Enterprise Software
2 60 (7.55%) Management Information System
3 54 (6.79%) Public Cloud
4 38 (4.78%) Legacy Systems
5 30 (3.77%) Self-Motivation
6 21 (2.64%) Data Structures
7 13 (1.64%) Onboarding
7 13 (1.64%) Renewable Energy
8 11 (1.38%) Distributed Systems
9 10 (1.26%) NHS
10 8 (1.01%) Cloud Native
10 8 (1.01%) Greenfield Project
10 8 (1.01%) Legacy Applications
11 7 (0.88%) Clustering
12 6 (0.75%) Driving Licence
12 6 (0.75%) Mobile Payment
13 5 (0.63%) Data Protection Act
13 5 (0.63%) Replication
14 4 (0.50%) AS400
14 4 (0.50%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 64 (8.05%) Linux
2 46 (5.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 19 (2.39%) Windows
4 10 (1.26%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.50%) AIX
5 4 (0.50%) Unix
6 1 (0.13%) Android
6 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 795 (100.00%) Migration
2 193 (24.28%) Problem-Solving
3 183 (23.02%) Actionable Insight
4 179 (22.52%) Agile
5 144 (18.11%) ERP
6 122 (15.35%) Project Management
7 117 (14.72%) Business Intelligence
8 102 (12.83%) Collaborative Working
9 101 (12.70%) Stakeholder Management
10 98 (12.33%) Artificial Intelligence
10 98 (12.33%) Performance Tuning
11 97 (12.20%) Data Management
12 93 (11.70%) Requirements Gathering
13 92 (11.57%) Secure Coding
14 91 (11.45%) Computer Science
14 91 (11.45%) Unit Testing
15 90 (11.32%) ETL
16 87 (10.94%) Roadmaps
17 86 (10.82%) Data Modelling
18 69 (8.68%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 283 (35.60%) SQL
2 120 (15.09%) PL/SQL
3 58 (7.30%) Python
4 47 (5.91%) Java
5 31 (3.90%) JavaScript
6 24 (3.02%) T-SQL
7 19 (2.39%) PowerShell
8 15 (1.89%) Apex Code
9 14 (1.76%) PHP
10 10 (1.26%) Bash
10 10 (1.26%) C#
10 10 (1.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 9 (1.13%) C++
12 6 (0.75%) Go
12 6 (0.75%) SOQL
13 5 (0.63%) C
13 5 (0.63%) Shell Script
14 4 (0.50%) RPG
15 3 (0.38%) VBA
16 2 (0.25%) Scala
Qualifications
1 130 (16.35%) Degree
2 127 (15.97%) Security Cleared
3 105 (13.21%) SC Cleared
4 69 (8.68%) AWS Certification
5 67 (8.43%) Azure Certification
6 51 (6.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 51 (6.42%) Computer Science Degree
7 20 (2.52%) Master's Degree
8 19 (2.39%) Microsoft Certification
9 14 (1.76%) DBS Check
10 11 (1.38%) BPSS Clearance
10 11 (1.38%) PMI Certification
10 11 (1.38%) PMP
11 9 (1.13%) CISM
11 9 (1.13%) CISSP
12 8 (1.01%) Oracle Certification
13 5 (0.63%) MCAD
14 4 (0.50%) OCP
15 3 (0.38%) TOGAF Certification
16 2 (0.25%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (8.05%) Data Quality
2 26 (3.27%) GDPR
3 19 (2.39%) QA
4 8 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.50%) PMO
7 3 (0.38%) GMP
7 3 (0.38%) HIPAA
7 3 (0.38%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.38%) SLA
8 2 (0.25%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (0.25%) NIST
9 1 (0.13%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.13%) Good Clinical Practice
9 1 (0.13%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 29 (3.65%) Docker
2 8 (1.01%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.38%) HDFS
5 2 (0.25%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.25%) vSphere
6 1 (0.13%) iptables
6 1 (0.13%) NFS
6 1 (0.13%) Shibboleth
6 1 (0.13%) Varnish
6 1 (0.13%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 23 (2.89%) Kubernetes
1 23 (2.89%) Terraform
2 10 (1.26%) Ansible
3 8 (1.01%) Packer
3 8 (1.01%) Puppet
4 6 (0.75%) CloudHub
5 5 (0.63%) Grafana
5 5 (0.63%) Kibana
6 4 (0.50%) Oracle RMAN
6 4 (0.50%) Progress Chef
6 4 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.38%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 3 (0.38%) Salt
8 1 (0.13%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.13%) VxRail
Vendors
1 237 (29.81%) Oracle
2 174 (21.89%) Microsoft
3 78 (9.81%) SAP
4 46 (5.79%) Sparx
5 34 (4.28%) Salesforce
6 20 (2.52%) Atlassian
7 19 (2.39%) IFS
8 12 (1.51%) Databricks
9 10 (1.26%) Sage
10 9 (1.13%) IBM
10 9 (1.13%) MuleSoft
10 9 (1.13%) NEC
10 9 (1.13%) ServiceNow
11 7 (0.88%) VMware
12 6 (0.75%) Civica
12 6 (0.75%) Google
12 6 (0.75%) Splunk
12 6 (0.75%) Sybase
12 6 (0.75%) Zuora
13 4 (0.50%) Cloudera