Data Migration Specialist Contracts in England

Data Migration Specialist
UK > England

The median Data Migration Specialist daily rate in England is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 July 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 486 525 620
Rank change year-on-year +39 +95 +150
Contract jobs requiring a Data Migration Specialist 20 21 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.073% 0.058% 0.006%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.079% 0.063% 0.007%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 20 2
10th Percentile £423 - £468
25th Percentile £500 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £650 £525
90th Percentile £708 - £533
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61.25 - -
Median hourly rate £62.50 - -
75th Percentile £63.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £62.50 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 25,186 33,515 44,514
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.86% 92.98% 94.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,387 22,034 31,463
10th Percentile £290 £300 £310
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £628 £638 £656
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,244 2,292 1,392
10th Percentile £13.75 £13.25 £14.83
25th Percentile £17.85 £18.00 £19.25
Median hourly rate £27.45 £40.33 £44.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.93% -8.35% +76.00%
75th Percentile £56.52 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -37.13% -6.98% +67.45%

Data Migration Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Migration Specialist in England

Data Migration Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Data Migration Specialist in England

Data Migration Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Migration Specialist in England over the 6 months to 19 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Migration Specialist in England

Data Migration Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Migration Specialist in England

Data Migration Specialist
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Migration Specialist within the England region over the 6 months to 19 July 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
London +40 5 £500 -9.09% 4
Midlands 0 5 - -
South East +20 3 - - 2
North of England +6 3 £550 +7.58% 1
West Midlands - 3 - -
Yorkshire +3 2 £550 +5.77% 1
North West +5 1 £675 +34.33%
South West - 1 - -
Data Migration Specialist
UK

Data Migration Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 19 July 2025, Data Migration Specialist 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 across the England region featuring Data Migration Specialist in the job title.

1 20 (100.00%) Migration
1 20 (100.00%) Data Migration
2 10 (50.00%) Validation
2 10 (50.00%) SQL
3 8 (40.00%) SAP
3 8 (40.00%) ETL
4 7 (35.00%) Data Quality
4 7 (35.00%) Social Skills
5 6 (30.00%) Public Sector
5 6 (30.00%) Data Mapping
5 6 (30.00%) Microsoft
6 5 (25.00%) Finance
6 5 (25.00%) Azure
6 5 (25.00%) Azure Data Factory
6 5 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (20.00%) Data Governance
7 4 (20.00%) GDPR
7 4 (20.00%) Data Integration
7 4 (20.00%) Data Validation
8 3 (15.00%) Data Extraction
8 3 (15.00%) Dynamics CRM
8 3 (15.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (15.00%) Artificial Intelligence
8 3 (15.00%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (15.00%) Oracle Database
8 3 (15.00%) IoT
8 3 (15.00%) Kafka
8 3 (15.00%) GIS
8 3 (15.00%) Informatica
8 3 (15.00%) Python

Data Migration Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Adobe Captivate
Business Applications
1 3 (15.00%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (15.00%) SAP PM
2 2 (10.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (25.00%) Azure
1 5 (25.00%) Azure Data Factory
2 3 (15.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 3 (15.00%) Collibra
2 3 (15.00%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (5.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (5.00%) Blackbaud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 3 (15.00%) Delta Lake
1 3 (15.00%) GIS
1 3 (15.00%) Oracle Database
1 3 (15.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (5.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (5.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 7 (35.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (30.00%) Public Sector
3 5 (25.00%) Finance
4 2 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (10.00%) Aviation
4 2 (10.00%) Local Government
5 1 (5.00%) Legal
5 1 (5.00%) Manufacturing
5 1 (5.00%) Military
5 1 (5.00%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.00%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 5 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (15.00%) IoT
2 3 (15.00%) Onboarding
2 3 (15.00%) SCADA
3 2 (10.00%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (10.00%) Learning Management System
4 1 (5.00%) Data Structures
4 1 (5.00%) NHS
4 1 (5.00%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 20 (100.00%) Migration
2 10 (50.00%) Validation
3 8 (40.00%) ETL
4 6 (30.00%) Data Mapping
5 4 (20.00%) Data Governance
5 4 (20.00%) Data Integration
5 4 (20.00%) Data Validation
6 3 (15.00%) Artificial Intelligence
6 3 (15.00%) CRM
6 3 (15.00%) Data Extraction
6 3 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (10.00%) Analytics
7 2 (10.00%) Asset Management
7 2 (10.00%) Business Continuity
7 2 (10.00%) Collaborative Culture
7 2 (10.00%) Data Design
7 2 (10.00%) Project Management
7 2 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (10.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 10 (50.00%) SQL
2 3 (15.00%) Kusto Query Language
2 3 (15.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (5.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (35.00%) Data Quality
2 4 (20.00%) GDPR
3 1 (5.00%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (40.00%) SAP
2 6 (30.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (15.00%) Databricks
3 3 (15.00%) Informatica
3 3 (15.00%) Oracle
4 2 (10.00%) Salesforce
5 1 (5.00%) Adobe
5 1 (5.00%) Liquidlogic
5 1 (5.00%) Workday