Data Migration Contract Job Trends in Dorset

Data Migration
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Dorset requiring Data Migration skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 - 38
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Dorset 1.10% - 1.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.37% - 1.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £625 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - £159
75th Percentile £675 - £351
90th Percentile - - £467
South West median daily rate £524 £500 £563
% change year-on-year +4.75% -11.11% +18.42%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Dorset

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 Dorset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 73 103 214
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 80.22% 92.79% 88.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 57 124
10th Percentile £193 £288 £172
25th Percentile £350 £413 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £488 £531
Median % change year-on-year +5.64% -8.24% +7.32%
75th Percentile £550 £563 £650
90th Percentile £655 £688 £796
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 6 51
10th Percentile - - £15.62
25th Percentile £15.25 £14.41 £21.96
Median hourly rate £15.50 £15.22 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year +1.87% -73.07% +175.56%
75th Percentile £21.50 £15.62 £65.98
90th Percentile £25.15 £20.40 £69.62
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 Dorset

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

Data Migration job vacancy trend in Dorset

Data Migration
Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

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

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

Data Migration
Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset

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

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

Data Migration
Contract Job Locations in Dorset

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 Dorset region over the 6 months to 4 December 2025. 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
Bournemouth - 1 £650 - 5
Data Migration
South West

Data Migration
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality