Migration Architect Contracts

Migration Architect
UK

The median Migration Architect daily rate in the UK is £675 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 549 639 739
Rank change year-on-year +90 +100 -85
Contract jobs requiring a Migration Architect 36 54 110
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.084% 0.093% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.091% 0.098% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 40 71
10th Percentile £460 £450 £525
25th Percentile £575 £524 £572
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £555 £650
Median % change year-on-year +21.62% -14.62% +8.33%
75th Percentile £775 £747 £731
90th Percentile £795 £805 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £646 £550 £613
% change year-on-year +17.45% -10.20% +2.08%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 39,719 54,978 83,963
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.74% 94.64% 95.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,839 38,395 59,001
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,655 1,545 2,052
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.25 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.74 £76.40 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £19.52
% change year-on-year -5.88% +117.73% +2.74%

Migration Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Migration Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Migration Architect in the UK

Migration Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Migration Architect in the UK

Migration Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Migration Architect over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Migration Architect in the UK

Migration Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Migration Architect in the UK

Migration Architect
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Migration Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 7 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +97 32 £700 +27.27%
London +97 18 £750 +15.38%
UK excluding London +55 14 £646 +17.45%
Work from Home +109 10 £646 +16.40%
South East +21 5 £500 -2.44%
Midlands +26 4 £675 +25.00%
East Midlands +16 3 £750 +38.89%
Scotland +43 2 £646 -13.87%
North West +22 2 - -
North of England +22 2 - -
West Midlands +22 1 £600 +8.11%
East of England - 1 £675 -

Migration Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 7 May 2024, Migration Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Migration Architect in the job title.

1 36 (100.00%) Migration
2 13 (36.11%) AWS
3 12 (33.33%) Data Migration
3 12 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 10 (27.78%) Azure
5 7 (19.44%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (16.67%) Finance
6 6 (16.67%) Agile
6 6 (16.67%) Data Centre
7 5 (13.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 5 (13.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (11.11%) TOGAF
8 4 (11.11%) Degree
8 4 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (11.11%) Email Migration
8 4 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (8.33%) Kubernetes
9 3 (8.33%) vSphere
9 3 (8.33%) Security Cleared
9 3 (8.33%) JIRA
9 3 (8.33%) Time Management
9 3 (8.33%) Enterprise Architecture
9 3 (8.33%) ETL
9 3 (8.33%) VMware
9 3 (8.33%) ERP
9 3 (8.33%) Microsoft
9 3 (8.33%) Active Directory
9 3 (8.33%) Dell
9 3 (8.33%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (8.33%) Technology Transformation

Migration Architect Skill Set
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 2 (5.56%) GemFire
2 1 (2.78%) Exchange Server 2013
2 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.78%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.78%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (2.78%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.78%) PeopleSoft HCM
1 1 (2.78%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
1 1 (2.78%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 13 (36.11%) AWS
2 10 (27.78%) Azure
3 4 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (5.56%) Amazon S3
4 2 (5.56%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (5.56%) GCP
5 1 (2.78%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (2.78%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.78%) Mimecast
5 1 (2.78%) OpenShift
5 1 (2.78%) SaaS
5 1 (2.78%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.56%) VSAN
2 1 (2.78%) Firewall
2 1 (2.78%) SSL
2 1 (2.78%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.56%) Big Data
1 2 (5.56%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (5.56%) Redis
2 1 (2.78%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 12 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 6 (16.67%) Finance
3 5 (13.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (5.56%) Banking
5 2 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.78%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.56%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 6 (16.67%) Data Centre
2 3 (8.33%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (5.56%) CMDB
3 2 (5.56%) VxBlock/Vblock
4 1 (2.78%) Blackberry
4 1 (2.78%) FMCG
4 1 (2.78%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (2.78%) Private Cloud
4 1 (2.78%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.56%) Windows
1 2 (5.56%) Windows 10
2 1 (2.78%) Windows Server
2 1 (2.78%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (2.78%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (100.00%) Migration
2 12 (33.33%) Data Migration
3 7 (19.44%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (16.67%) Agile
5 5 (13.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 4 (11.11%) Email Migration
6 4 (11.11%) TOGAF
7 3 (8.33%) Enterprise Architecture
7 3 (8.33%) ERP
7 3 (8.33%) ETL
7 3 (8.33%) Roadmaps
7 3 (8.33%) Technology Transformation
7 3 (8.33%) Time Management
8 2 (5.56%) Business Strategy
8 2 (5.56%) Containerisation
8 2 (5.56%) Decision-Making
8 2 (5.56%) Organisational Awareness
8 2 (5.56%) Strategic Thinking
8 2 (5.56%) Technology Strategy
8 2 (5.56%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.56%) Java
1 2 (5.56%) SQL
2 1 (2.78%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (11.11%) Degree
2 3 (8.33%) Security Cleared
3 2 (5.56%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.78%) AWS Certification
4 1 (2.78%) Azure Certification
4 1 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.78%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (2.78%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.78%) TOGAF Certification
System Software
1 3 (8.33%) Active Directory
1 3 (8.33%) vSphere
2 2 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.78%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (8.33%) Kubernetes
2 2 (5.56%) vCenter Server
2 2 (5.56%) VxRail
3 1 (2.78%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (8.33%) Dell
1 3 (8.33%) Microsoft
1 3 (8.33%) VMware
2 2 (5.56%) Databricks
2 2 (5.56%) Google
2 2 (5.56%) Oracle
3 1 (2.78%) Darktrace
3 1 (2.78%) IBM
3 1 (2.78%) Infor
3 1 (2.78%) Juniper
3 1 (2.78%) Okta
3 1 (2.78%) PeopleSoft
3 1 (2.78%) Red Hat
3 1 (2.78%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.78%) Sparx
3 1 (2.78%) Workday