Data Migration Contracts

Data Migration
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Data Migration skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Data Migration over the 6 months to 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 95 138 130
Rank change year-on-year +43 -8 -19
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,021 1,156 1,840
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.34% 1.92% 2.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.71% 2.13% 2.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 692 803 1,247
10th Percentile £375 £381 £363
25th Percentile £463 £450 £427
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £650 £625 £616
90th Percentile £725 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £486
% change year-on-year +5.00% +2.83% +2.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 8 10
10th Percentile £25.00 £17.24 £11.47
25th Percentile £40.00 £17.50 £16.75
Median hourly rate £77.50 £21.25 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +264.71% +6.25% +26.10%
75th Percentile £80.00 £33.13 £50.10
90th Percentile - £39.50 £62.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate £75.00 £20.75 £20.00
% change year-on-year +261.45% +3.75% +26.10%

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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,683 54,210 80,866
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.32% 89.89% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,351 37,527 56,743
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.36%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,427 1,790 1,945
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.64 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +50.00% -
75th Percentile £58.75 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.07 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.50 £37.30 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.83% +86.50% -8.17%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Data Migration in the UK

Data Migration
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Migration over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Migration in the UK

Data Migration
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Migration in the UK

Data Migration
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Migration over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Migration in the UK

Data Migration
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Migration within the UK over the 6 months to 23 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +47 872 £550 +4.76% 192
London +62 451 £550 - 82
UK excluding London +31 434 £525 +5.00% 105
Work from Home +30 423 £550 +7.06% 93
South East -7 115 £550 +4.76% 27
North of England +50 103 £523 +4.50% 23
South West +52 70 £520 +4.00% 15
North West +40 62 £525 +5.00% 11
Midlands +5 53 £591 +24.47% 19
Scotland +25 45 £480 -1.84% 7
East of England +16 39 £306 -18.27% 14
West Midlands +16 37 £600 +20.00% 14
Yorkshire +19 36 £516 +3.25% 5
East Midlands +18 15 £530 +26.19% 5
Wales +17 6 £425 - 1
North East +23 5 £500 -4.76% 7

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 65 (6.37%) SharePoint
2 26 (2.55%) Confluence
3 19 (1.86%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (0.88%) Apache Spark
5 7 (0.69%) CMS
5 7 (0.69%) Oracle Workflow
6 6 (0.59%) Apache
7 3 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.29%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.20%) GemFire
8 2 (0.20%) GeoServer
9 1 (0.098%) PowerExchange
Applications
1 34 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (2.06%) MS Visio
3 20 (1.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (1.18%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (1.18%) Spreadsheet
5 11 (1.08%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.098%) CATIA
6 1 (0.098%) Siemens NX
6 1 (0.098%) Trello
Business Applications
1 69 (6.76%) SAP S/4HANA
2 54 (5.29%) Dynamics CRM
3 18 (1.76%) Oracle EBS
4 14 (1.37%) Loan IQ
4 14 (1.37%) SAP MDG
5 12 (1.18%) SAP CO
5 12 (1.18%) SAP FI
6 10 (0.98%) SAP FI/CO
7 9 (0.88%) NetSuite
8 8 (0.78%) Dynamics AX
9 7 (0.69%) NEC Housing
9 7 (0.69%) Oracle General Ledger
9 7 (0.69%) SAP PM
9 7 (0.69%) SAP Retail
9 7 (0.69%) Workday HCM
10 6 (0.59%) Oracle Receivables
10 6 (0.59%) Salesforce CRM
11 5 (0.49%) Oracle Assets
11 5 (0.49%) Oracle EBS R12
11 5 (0.49%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 194 (19.00%) Azure
2 97 (9.50%) Dynamics 365
3 87 (8.52%) AWS
4 85 (8.33%) Power Platform
5 38 (3.72%) Microsoft 365
6 32 (3.13%) SaaS
7 31 (3.04%) Azure DevOps
8 27 (2.64%) OCI
9 25 (2.45%) Serverless
10 23 (2.25%) Azure Data Factory
10 23 (2.25%) GCP
11 22 (2.15%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 20 (1.96%) Snowflake
13 19 (1.86%) Entra ID
14 16 (1.57%) Azure Service Bus
14 16 (1.57%) GitHub
15 14 (1.37%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 13 (1.27%) PaaS
17 12 (1.18%) Amazon S3
17 12 (1.18%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 19 (1.86%) Firewall
2 13 (1.27%) DNS
3 10 (0.98%) DHCP
4 9 (0.88%) LAN
4 9 (0.88%) MPLS
4 9 (0.88%) SAN
4 9 (0.88%) WAN
5 8 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
6 7 (0.69%) VPN
7 6 (0.59%) VSAN
8 4 (0.39%) IPsec
9 3 (0.29%) PuTTY
10 2 (0.20%) NAS
11 1 (0.098%) Ethernet
11 1 (0.098%) HTTP
11 1 (0.098%) HTTPS
11 1 (0.098%) OpenLDAP
11 1 (0.098%) SSL
11 1 (0.098%) TCP/IP
11 1 (0.098%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (9.30%) Data Warehouse
2 74 (7.25%) SQL Server
3 57 (5.58%) Power BI
4 54 (5.29%) PostgreSQL
5 35 (3.43%) Oracle Database
6 32 (3.13%) Data Lake
7 21 (2.06%) Big Data
7 21 (2.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 21 (2.06%) Tableau
8 19 (1.86%) Azure SQL Database
9 18 (1.76%) Metadata
9 18 (1.76%) Oracle Database 11g
9 18 (1.76%) Relational Database
10 17 (1.67%) SAP Data Services
11 14 (1.37%) NoSQL
12 12 (1.18%) Electronic Patient Records
13 11 (1.08%) MySQL
14 9 (0.88%) DB2
15 8 (0.78%) Metadata Repository
15 8 (0.78%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 45 (4.41%) JIRA
2 16 (1.57%) GitLab
3 9 (0.88%) ERwin
3 9 (0.88%) Git
3 9 (0.88%) LSMW
4 8 (0.78%) Visual Studio
5 7 (0.69%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 6 (0.59%) Eclipse
6 6 (0.59%) Visual Studio Team System
7 5 (0.49%) Jenkins
8 4 (0.39%) Selenium
9 3 (0.29%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.29%) Deequ
9 3 (0.29%) Postman
9 3 (0.29%) SoapUI
9 3 (0.29%) SpecFlow
9 3 (0.29%) Toad
10 2 (0.20%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.20%) Oracle APEX
11 1 (0.098%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 278 (27.23%) Social Skills
2 274 (26.84%) Finance
3 92 (9.01%) Public Sector
4 74 (7.25%) Analytical Skills
5 48 (4.70%) Banking
6 46 (4.51%) Retail
7 32 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
8 25 (2.45%) Manufacturing
9 20 (1.96%) Financial Institution
10 18 (1.76%) Aerospace
10 18 (1.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 18 (1.76%) Marketing
11 17 (1.67%) Legal
12 16 (1.57%) Local Government
13 15 (1.47%) Billing
14 14 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
15 11 (1.08%) Telecoms
16 10 (0.98%) Investment Banking
16 10 (0.98%) Law
16 10 (0.98%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 167 (16.36%) Consultant
2 156 (15.28%) Analyst
3 143 (14.01%) Architect
4 108 (10.58%) Lead
5 97 (9.50%) Project Manager
6 86 (8.42%) Data Engineer
7 78 (7.64%) Developer
8 73 (7.15%) Business Analyst
9 59 (5.78%) Data Migration Lead
10 58 (5.68%) Migration Engineer
11 52 (5.09%) Data Architect
12 51 (5.00%) Data Analyst
13 46 (4.51%) Data Consultant
14 44 (4.31%) Data Migration Engineer
14 44 (4.31%) Senior
15 42 (4.11%) Migration Analyst
16 41 (4.02%) Data Manager
16 41 (4.02%) Migration Manager
17 40 (3.92%) Data Migration Analyst
18 38 (3.72%) Migration Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (2.74%) .NET
2 27 (2.64%) Web Services
3 21 (2.06%) JSON
4 18 (1.76%) Oracle Fusion
4 18 (1.76%) REST
5 13 (1.27%) Web Dynpro
6 11 (1.08%) XML
7 9 (0.88%) ARM Templates
8 8 (0.78%) .NET Framework
8 8 (0.78%) Middleware
8 8 (0.78%) Spring Boot
9 7 (0.69%) Apache Camel
9 7 (0.69%) BAPI
9 7 (0.69%) Entity Framework
9 7 (0.69%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
9 7 (0.69%) PySpark
9 7 (0.69%) WCF
10 6 (0.59%) Kafka
10 6 (0.59%) Spring
11 5 (0.49%) PostGIS
Miscellaneous
1 58 (5.68%) Legacy Systems
2 43 (4.21%) Data Structures
3 42 (4.11%) Data Centre
4 27 (2.64%) Management Information System
5 20 (1.96%) Cloud Native
6 17 (1.67%) Linux Command Line
6 17 (1.67%) Product Ownership
7 16 (1.57%) Clustering
8 15 (1.47%) Greenfield Project
8 15 (1.47%) Replication
9 11 (1.08%) FMCG
10 10 (0.98%) NHS
11 9 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
11 9 (0.88%) Onboarding
11 9 (0.88%) Virtual Team
12 8 (0.78%) Client/Server
13 7 (0.69%) Reinsurance
14 6 (0.59%) Derivative
14 6 (0.59%) Fixed Income
14 6 (0.59%) VxBlock/Vblock
Operating Systems
1 45 (4.41%) Windows
2 32 (3.13%) Linux
3 22 (2.15%) Unix
4 13 (1.27%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.39%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.29%) VMS
7 2 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.098%) CentOS
8 1 (0.098%) Data ONTAP
8 1 (0.098%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,021 (100.00%) Migration
2 152 (14.89%) Agile
3 149 (14.59%) Problem-Solving
4 131 (12.83%) Data Modelling
5 119 (11.66%) ETL
6 110 (10.77%) ERP
7 104 (10.19%) Stakeholder Management
8 102 (9.99%) Project Management
9 99 (9.70%) Data Management
10 92 (9.01%) User Acceptance Testing
11 90 (8.81%) CRM
12 88 (8.62%) Analytics
12 88 (8.62%) Business Intelligence
13 85 (8.33%) DevOps
14 79 (7.74%) Data Governance
15 77 (7.54%) Validation
16 69 (6.76%) Data Analysis
17 59 (5.78%) Requirements Gathering
18 56 (5.48%) Data Cleansing
19 55 (5.39%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 193 (18.90%) SQL
2 52 (5.09%) Python
3 39 (3.82%) Java
4 34 (3.33%) C#
5 32 (3.13%) PowerShell
6 27 (2.64%) JavaScript
6 27 (2.64%) PL/SQL
7 23 (2.25%) ABAP
8 13 (1.27%) T-SQL
9 11 (1.08%) Bash
10 6 (0.59%) Scala
10 6 (0.59%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.39%) Go
12 3 (0.29%) Bicep
12 3 (0.29%) R
13 2 (0.20%) Apex Code
13 2 (0.20%) PHP
13 2 (0.20%) TypeScript
14 1 (0.098%) SOQL
14 1 (0.098%) VBA
Qualifications
1 143 (14.01%) Security Cleared
2 122 (11.95%) SC Cleared
3 68 (6.66%) Degree
4 22 (2.15%) BPSS Clearance
5 21 (2.06%) DV Cleared
6 13 (1.27%) Azure Certification
7 10 (0.98%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (0.98%) SAP Certification
8 8 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (0.59%) PMP
9 6 (0.59%) TOGAF Certification
10 5 (0.49%) ACCA
10 5 (0.49%) CIMA
10 5 (0.49%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 4 (0.39%) APMP
11 4 (0.39%) Numerate Degree
11 4 (0.39%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.20%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.20%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 1 (0.098%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 117 (11.46%) Data Quality
2 60 (5.88%) QA
3 32 (3.13%) GDPR
4 30 (2.94%) PMO
5 11 (1.08%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.39%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.39%) SLA
7 3 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.29%) Disclosure Scotland
7 3 (0.29%) NIST
8 2 (0.20%) GxP
8 2 (0.20%) HL7
9 1 (0.098%) Government Security Classifications
9 1 (0.098%) IASME
9 1 (0.098%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 44 (4.31%) Active Directory
2 30 (2.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (2.15%) vSphere
4 13 (1.27%) Docker
4 13 (1.27%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (0.98%) VMware NSX
6 8 (0.78%) Virtual Servers
6 8 (0.78%) VMware Workstation
7 4 (0.39%) Oracle RAC
8 3 (0.29%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.098%) HDFS
9 1 (0.098%) NFS
9 1 (0.098%) OpenIDM
Systems Management
1 28 (2.74%) Terraform
2 14 (1.37%) Ansible
3 12 (1.18%) Kubernetes
4 9 (0.88%) SCCM
5 8 (0.78%) Microsoft Clustering
5 8 (0.78%) Nagios
5 8 (0.78%) NetBackup
6 7 (0.69%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (0.69%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 7 (0.69%) VxRail
7 6 (0.59%) vCenter Server
8 4 (0.39%) Data Guard
8 4 (0.39%) Oracle RMAN
9 2 (0.20%) Grafana
9 2 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.098%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.098%) Istio
10 1 (0.098%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.098%) Packer
10 1 (0.098%) vRealize
Vendors
1 180 (17.63%) SAP
2 169 (16.55%) Microsoft
3 147 (14.40%) Oracle
4 37 (3.62%) Micro Focus
4 37 (3.62%) Salesforce
5 34 (3.33%) VMware
6 32 (3.13%) Databricks
7 29 (2.84%) NetApp
8 23 (2.25%) Dell
9 22 (2.15%) Workday
10 17 (1.67%) Atlassian
10 17 (1.67%) Informatica
11 15 (1.47%) Adobe
12 14 (1.37%) Cisco
13 13 (1.27%) IBM
14 11 (1.08%) Google
14 11 (1.08%) SolarWinds
15 10 (0.98%) Ariba
15 10 (0.98%) Red Hat
16 8 (0.78%) Hitachi