Data Migration Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Data Migration
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Data Migration skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 62 61
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 +18
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 10 7 18
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 1.27% 0.87% 1.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.40% 1.05% 1.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 7 8
10th Percentile £467 £380 £494
25th Percentile £508 £438 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £450 £583
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -22.75% +16.50%
75th Percentile £713 £531 £711
90th Percentile £793 £603 £733
South West median daily rate £525 £500 £563
% change year-on-year +5.00% -11.11% +12.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 716 665 907
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 91.09% 82.51% 87.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 364 368 581
10th Percentile £240 £239 £300
25th Percentile £375 £400 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £480 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -8.57% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £645
90th Percentile £739 £739 £700
South West median daily rate £517 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.57% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 153 92 126
10th Percentile £13.26 £35.10 £30.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £60.75 £50.00
Median hourly rate £33.50 £67.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.37% +3.85% -
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.25 £76.25
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -61.31% +8.33% -7.69%

Data Migration
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Data Migration job vacancy trend in Bristol

Data Migration
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Data Migration.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Data Migration

Data Migration
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Migration in Bristol over the 6 months to 1 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Migration in Bristol

Data Migration
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Data Migration.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Data Migration

Data Migration
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 3 (30.00%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) AWS
2 1 (10.00%) Azure
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (10.00%) OneDrive
2 1 (10.00%) SaaS
2 1 (10.00%) ShareGate
2 1 (10.00%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
General
1 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Finance
2 3 (30.00%) Local Government
3 1 (10.00%) Banking
3 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (20.00%) Implementation Specialist
1 2 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Architect
2 1 (10.00%) AWS Architect
2 1 (10.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Data Architect
2 1 (10.00%) Data Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Data Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Data Migration Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Data Migration Lead
2 1 (10.00%) Data Warehouse Architect
2 1 (10.00%) HR Specialist
2 1 (10.00%) Implementation Manager
2 1 (10.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (10.00%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Migration Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Programme Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Security Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Security Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Migration
2 6 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (30.00%) ETL
3 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (20.00%) Agile
4 2 (20.00%) Data Architecture
4 2 (20.00%) Data Transformation
4 2 (20.00%) Project Management
4 2 (20.00%) Risk Management
5 1 (10.00%) Business Analysis
5 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (10.00%) Data Analytics
5 1 (10.00%) Data Modelling
5 1 (10.00%) ERP
5 1 (10.00%) ITIL
5 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2
5 1 (10.00%) Project Planning
5 1 (10.00%) Quality Management
5 1 (10.00%) Scrum
5 1 (10.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (10.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) SLA
2 1 (10.00%) Data Quality