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 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 341 362 391
Rank change year-on-year +21 +29 -38
Permanent jobs citing Data Migration 810 931 1,460
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.82% 0.90% 0.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.96% 0.94% 0.98%
Number of salaries quoted 498 571 818
10th Percentile £37,275 £41,250 £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 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £94,825
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +4.35% +15.00%

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 84,683 99,249 149,267
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.94% 95.61% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 59,831 58,284 83,142
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,182 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £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 2 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 2 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 +19 650 £57,500 -11.54% 157
UK excluding London +35 495 £50,000 -16.67% 85
Work from Home +74 403 £57,500 -8.00% 76
London +37 234 £75,000 +7.14% 66
North of England +62 132 £45,000 -22.08% 15
South East +22 102 £50,000 -9.09% 20
Midlands +8 90 £50,000 -23.08% 17
North West +38 89 £45,000 -28.00% 5
West Midlands +24 62 £50,000 -23.08% 11
Scotland -26 52 £45,000 -37.93% 4
East of England +35 42 £50,000 -13.04% 10
South West -56 38 £47,500 -17.39% 16
Yorkshire +71 35 £45,000 -10.00% 2
East Midlands -18 24 £37,500 -44.44% 6
Northern Ireland - 23 £54,408 - 6
Wales +27 17 £67,500 +26.17% 1
North East - 8 £61,250 - 8

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 (5.68%) WebLogic
2 42 (5.19%) SharePoint
3 22 (2.72%) Confluence
4 12 (1.48%) Oracle Workflow
5 6 (0.74%) Appian
6 5 (0.62%) nginx
7 4 (0.49%) Drupal
8 3 (0.37%) Alfresco
8 3 (0.37%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.37%) Documentum
8 3 (0.37%) FileNet
8 3 (0.37%) IIS
8 3 (0.37%) MQSeries
8 3 (0.37%) Oracle HTTP Server
8 3 (0.37%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.25%) NServiceBus
9 2 (0.25%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (0.12%) Apache
10 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
Applications
1 28 (3.46%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (1.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.74%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.12%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 46 (5.68%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 33 (4.07%) SAP S/4HANA
3 32 (3.95%) Dynamics CRM
4 20 (2.47%) NetSuite
5 13 (1.60%) Oracle General Ledger
5 13 (1.60%) Oracle Payables
5 13 (1.60%) Oracle Receivables
6 12 (1.48%) Oracle Cash Management
7 9 (1.11%) NEC Housing
7 9 (1.11%) SAP CX
7 9 (1.11%) Teamcenter
8 4 (0.49%) Dynamics AX
8 4 (0.49%) Dynamics NAV
8 4 (0.49%) Oracle Applications
8 4 (0.49%) Oracle Payroll
8 4 (0.49%) ResourceLink
9 3 (0.37%) Maximo
9 3 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
9 3 (0.37%) SAP ERP
9 3 (0.37%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 226 (27.90%) AWS
2 154 (19.01%) Azure
3 119 (14.69%) Power Platform
4 49 (6.05%) Amazon EKS
5 46 (5.68%) Amazon SQS
5 46 (5.68%) Microsoft 365
6 42 (5.19%) Dynamics 365
6 42 (5.19%) SaaS
7 33 (4.07%) OCI
8 31 (3.83%) Azure Data Factory
9 24 (2.96%) GCP
10 21 (2.59%) Amazon S3
10 21 (2.59%) PowerApps
11 17 (2.10%) Power Automate
12 16 (1.98%) Amazon EC2
12 16 (1.98%) GitHub
12 16 (1.98%) PaaS
12 16 (1.98%) Route 53
12 16 (1.98%) Serverless
12 16 (1.98%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 55 (6.79%) DNS
2 46 (5.68%) BGP
2 46 (5.68%) SSL
2 46 (5.68%) TCP/IP
3 8 (0.99%) Firewall
4 7 (0.86%) Intranet
5 5 (0.62%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (0.37%) HTTP
6 3 (0.37%) Internet
6 3 (0.37%) Wireless
7 2 (0.25%) DHCP
7 2 (0.25%) LAN
7 2 (0.25%) WAN
8 1 (0.12%) NAS
8 1 (0.12%) SAN
8 1 (0.12%) VPN
8 1 (0.12%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 163 (20.12%) Oracle Database
2 113 (13.95%) PostgreSQL
3 106 (13.09%) Oracle Database 11g
4 98 (12.10%) Power BI
5 76 (9.38%) Relational Database
6 70 (8.64%) Data Warehouse
7 62 (7.65%) SQL Server
8 61 (7.53%) Amazon RDS
9 50 (6.17%) RDBMS
10 40 (4.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 30 (3.70%) MySQL
12 28 (3.46%) Data Lake
12 28 (3.46%) Metadata
13 16 (1.98%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 13 (1.60%) Oracle Reports
15 12 (1.48%) Big Data
16 11 (1.36%) Azure SQL Database
16 11 (1.36%) MS Access
17 10 (1.23%) SAP HANA
18 9 (1.11%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 75 (9.26%) JIRA
2 23 (2.84%) Jenkins
3 17 (2.10%) Bitbucket
4 16 (1.98%) Git
5 14 (1.73%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 13 (1.60%) Sonatype Nexus
6 13 (1.60%) Subversion
7 7 (0.86%) Postman
8 6 (0.74%) Oracle APEX
8 6 (0.74%) Toad
9 5 (0.62%) Eclipse
9 5 (0.62%) GitLab
10 4 (0.49%) Ant
11 3 (0.37%) Artifactory
11 3 (0.37%) ClearCase
11 3 (0.37%) ClearQuest
11 3 (0.37%) Redmine
11 3 (0.37%) SonarQube
12 2 (0.25%) Fiddler
12 2 (0.25%) Selenium
General
1 260 (32.10%) Social Skills
2 216 (26.67%) Finance
3 91 (11.23%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (5.93%) Manufacturing
5 39 (4.81%) Banking
6 37 (4.57%) Public Sector
7 35 (4.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 31 (3.83%) Marketing
9 30 (3.70%) Retail
10 26 (3.21%) Presentation Skills
11 22 (2.72%) Law
11 22 (2.72%) Retail Banking
12 20 (2.47%) Influencing Skills
13 13 (1.60%) Financial Institution
13 13 (1.60%) Legal
14 12 (1.48%) Organisational Skills
15 11 (1.36%) Pharmaceutical
16 10 (1.23%) Games
17 9 (1.11%) Back Office
18 6 (0.74%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 196 (24.20%) Developer
2 182 (22.47%) Senior
3 147 (18.15%) Analyst
4 119 (14.69%) Architect
5 115 (14.20%) Senior Developer
6 107 (13.21%) Consultant
6 107 (13.21%) Database Developer
7 105 (12.96%) PostgreSQL Developer
8 94 (11.60%) Senior Database Developer
9 93 (11.48%) Lead
10 62 (7.65%) Business Analyst
10 62 (7.65%) Solutions Architect
11 49 (6.05%) Lead Architect
12 46 (5.68%) Lead Solutions Architect
13 45 (5.56%) Data Architect
14 33 (4.07%) Administrator
15 29 (3.58%) Functional Consultant
16 28 (3.46%) Senior Consultant
17 25 (3.09%) Data Migration Lead
18 24 (2.96%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (5.68%) RabbitMQ
1 46 (5.68%) Spring Boot
2 24 (2.96%) HTML
3 21 (2.59%) REST
3 21 (2.59%) SOAP
4 19 (2.35%) Web Services
4 19 (2.35%) XML
5 17 (2.10%) .NET
6 12 (1.48%) JSON
6 12 (1.48%) Visualforce
7 11 (1.36%) Oracle Fusion
8 9 (1.11%) CSS
8 9 (1.11%) Itk
8 9 (1.11%) Kafka
9 8 (0.99%) Middleware
10 7 (0.86%) XHTML
11 6 (0.74%) Ajax
11 6 (0.74%) Lightning Web Components
12 5 (0.62%) Node.js
12 5 (0.62%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 70 (8.64%) Enterprise Software
2 62 (7.65%) Management Information System
3 54 (6.67%) Public Cloud
4 39 (4.81%) Legacy Systems
5 30 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
6 18 (2.22%) Data Structures
7 14 (1.73%) Onboarding
8 10 (1.23%) Distributed Systems
8 10 (1.23%) NHS
8 10 (1.23%) Renewable Energy
9 8 (0.99%) Cloud Native
9 8 (0.99%) Legacy Applications
10 7 (0.86%) Clustering
10 7 (0.86%) Low-Code
11 6 (0.74%) Driving Licence
11 6 (0.74%) Mobile Payment
12 5 (0.62%) Data Centre
12 5 (0.62%) Data Protection Act
12 5 (0.62%) Greenfield Project
12 5 (0.62%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 62 (7.65%) Linux
2 46 (5.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 19 (2.35%) Windows
4 11 (1.36%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.49%) AIX
6 3 (0.37%) Unix
7 1 (0.12%) Android
7 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 810 (100.00%) Migration
2 197 (24.32%) Actionable Insight
3 193 (23.83%) Problem-Solving
4 170 (20.99%) Agile
5 148 (18.27%) ERP
6 123 (15.19%) Project Management
7 117 (14.44%) Business Intelligence
8 115 (14.20%) Artificial Intelligence
9 112 (13.83%) Performance Tuning
10 106 (13.09%) Secure Coding
10 106 (13.09%) Unit Testing
11 104 (12.84%) Stakeholder Management
12 103 (12.72%) Collaborative Working
13 94 (11.60%) Requirements Gathering
14 90 (11.11%) ETL
15 88 (10.86%) Data Management
15 88 (10.86%) Roadmaps
16 87 (10.74%) Data Modelling
17 86 (10.62%) Computer Science
18 69 (8.52%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 291 (35.93%) SQL
2 134 (16.54%) PL/SQL
3 50 (6.17%) Java
3 50 (6.17%) Python
4 31 (3.83%) JavaScript
5 24 (2.96%) T-SQL
6 18 (2.22%) PowerShell
7 14 (1.73%) Apex Code
8 11 (1.36%) Bash
8 11 (1.36%) C#
8 11 (1.36%) PHP
9 10 (1.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 9 (1.11%) C++
11 6 (0.74%) SOQL
12 5 (0.62%) C
12 5 (0.62%) Shell Script
13 4 (0.49%) RPG
14 3 (0.37%) Go
14 3 (0.37%) VBA
15 2 (0.25%) R
Qualifications
1 127 (15.68%) Security Cleared
2 125 (15.43%) Degree
3 106 (13.09%) SC Cleared
4 63 (7.78%) AWS Certification
5 62 (7.65%) Azure Certification
6 50 (6.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 44 (5.43%) Computer Science Degree
8 22 (2.72%) Microsoft Certification
9 21 (2.59%) Master's Degree
10 13 (1.60%) BPSS Clearance
11 12 (1.48%) DBS Check
11 12 (1.48%) PMP
12 9 (1.11%) CISM
12 9 (1.11%) CISSP
12 9 (1.11%) PMI Certification
13 8 (0.99%) Oracle Certification
14 5 (0.62%) MCAD
15 4 (0.49%) OCP
16 3 (0.37%) ITIL Certification
16 3 (0.37%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (7.41%) Data Quality
2 24 (2.96%) GDPR
3 18 (2.22%) QA
4 6 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (0.49%) SLA
7 3 (0.37%) GMP
7 3 (0.37%) HIPAA
7 3 (0.37%) PMO
8 1 (0.12%) Good Clinical Practice
System Software
1 25 (3.09%) Docker
2 8 (0.99%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.37%) HDFS
5 2 (0.25%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.25%) iptables
5 2 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.25%) vSphere
6 1 (0.12%) NFS
6 1 (0.12%) Shibboleth
6 1 (0.12%) Varnish
6 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 22 (2.72%) Kubernetes
2 21 (2.59%) Terraform
3 11 (1.36%) Ansible
3 11 (1.36%) Puppet
4 10 (1.23%) Packer
5 7 (0.86%) Progress Chef
5 7 (0.86%) Salt
6 6 (0.74%) CloudHub
7 5 (0.62%) Grafana
7 5 (0.62%) Kibana
8 4 (0.49%) Oracle RMAN
8 4 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.37%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.12%) SCCM
10 1 (0.12%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.12%) VxRail
Vendors
1 255 (31.48%) Oracle
2 176 (21.73%) Microsoft
3 79 (9.75%) SAP
4 46 (5.68%) Sparx
5 36 (4.44%) Salesforce
6 21 (2.59%) Atlassian
7 19 (2.35%) IFS
8 13 (1.60%) IBM
9 12 (1.48%) Sage
10 11 (1.36%) ServiceNow
11 9 (1.11%) MuleSoft
11 9 (1.11%) NEC
12 8 (0.99%) Databricks
13 7 (0.86%) VMware
14 6 (0.74%) Civica
14 6 (0.74%) Splunk
14 6 (0.74%) Sybase
14 6 (0.74%) Zuora
15 5 (0.62%) Google
15 5 (0.62%) Informatica