Data Migration Contracts in England

Data Migration
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Data Migration skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Migration over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 100 101 133
Rank change year-on-year +1 +32 +13
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 638 820 920
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.65% 2.23% 1.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.91% 2.60% 2.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 393 566 655
10th Percentile £363 £350 £389
25th Percentile £444 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £529 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -3.82% +2.80% +1.90%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £713 £737
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 33 7
10th Percentile £30.86 £25.00 £17.50
25th Percentile £35.09 £40.00 £18.75
Median hourly rate £60.00 £75.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +233.33% -22.62%
75th Percentile £69.69 £80.00 £41.25
90th Percentile £75.08 - £69.00
UK median hourly rate £66.25 £75.00 £26.75
% change year-on-year -11.67% +180.37% +33.75%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 21,947 31,578 42,765
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.31% 85.86% 89.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,275 20,635 30,003
10th Percentile £305 £300 £325
25th Percentile £410 £413 £449
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £766
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 956 2,303 1,521
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.84 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.87 £16.00 £15.81
Median hourly rate £28.17 £37.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -24.89% - +50.00%
75th Percentile £59.93 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £36.50 £37.00
% change year-on-year -24.66% -1.35% +44.08%

Data Migration
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Data Migration as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Data Migration in England

Data Migration
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Data Migration in England

Data Migration
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Migration in England over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Migration in England

Data Migration
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Migration in England

Data Migration
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Migration in England over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Migration in England

Data Migration
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 within the England region over the 6 months to 30 May 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 -16 306 £550 - 254
North of England +19 104 £495 -5.71% 528
South East +45 80 £513 -6.82% 641
North West +7 56 £531 +1.14% 253
Midlands +10 49 £450 -10.00% 479
Yorkshire +29 46 £438 -15.25% 218
West Midlands +9 35 £450 -10.00% 252
South West +3 30 £500 -12.09% 290
East of England +20 27 £650 +112.07% 348
East Midlands +8 11 £458 -13.68% 195
North East -3 2 £575 -2.13% 59
Data Migration
UK

Data Migration
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:

Application Platforms
1 32 (5.02%) Confluence
2 28 (4.39%) SharePoint
3 6 (0.94%) CMS
4 5 (0.78%) SAS
5 3 (0.47%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.47%) Smallworld
6 2 (0.31%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.31%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.31%) IBM Notes
6 2 (0.31%) IIS
6 2 (0.31%) Oracle Spatial
6 2 (0.31%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.16%) Apache
7 1 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.16%) JBoss
7 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.16%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.16%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.16%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.16%) WebSphere
Applications
1 23 (3.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.25%) MS Visio
3 5 (0.78%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.63%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.31%) Trello
7 1 (0.16%) Adobe Captivate
7 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 64 (10.03%) SAP S/4HANA
2 31 (4.86%) Oracle EBS
3 22 (3.45%) Dynamics CRM
4 9 (1.41%) SAP PP
5 8 (1.25%) SAP SD
6 7 (1.10%) Oracle EBS R12
7 6 (0.94%) SAP CO
7 6 (0.94%) SAP HR
8 5 (0.78%) Oracle ERP
8 5 (0.78%) SAP FI
8 5 (0.78%) SAP FI/CO
8 5 (0.78%) SAP MDG
8 5 (0.78%) SAP PM
8 5 (0.78%) Workday HCM
9 4 (0.63%) Dynamics AX
9 4 (0.63%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 4 (0.63%) SAP IBP
10 3 (0.47%) Oracle Applications
10 3 (0.47%) Oracle E-Business Tax
10 3 (0.47%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 108 (16.93%) Azure
2 81 (12.70%) AWS
3 52 (8.15%) Power Platform
4 49 (7.68%) Dynamics 365
5 32 (5.02%) GCP
6 26 (4.08%) OCI
7 22 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
8 19 (2.98%) Azure Data Factory
8 19 (2.98%) SaaS
9 17 (2.66%) Serverless
9 17 (2.66%) Snowflake
10 16 (2.51%) Amazon S3
11 15 (2.35%) PowerApps
12 13 (2.04%) Microsoft 365
12 13 (2.04%) Power Automate
13 11 (1.72%) AWS Lambda
14 10 (1.57%) PaaS
14 10 (1.57%) SuccessFactors
15 8 (1.25%) AWS CloudFormation
15 8 (1.25%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.41%) Firewall
2 6 (0.94%) VPN
3 3 (0.47%) Intranet
4 2 (0.31%) Network Security
4 2 (0.31%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.16%) LAN
5 1 (0.16%) OpenLDAP
5 1 (0.16%) SAN
5 1 (0.16%) VSAN
5 1 (0.16%) WAN
5 1 (0.16%) X.25
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (8.62%) Data Warehouse
2 52 (8.15%) SQL Server
3 37 (5.80%) Power BI
4 33 (5.17%) Oracle Database
5 30 (4.70%) Oracle Reports
6 26 (4.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 24 (3.76%) Data Lake
8 17 (2.66%) SAP Data Services
9 16 (2.51%) PostgreSQL
10 15 (2.35%) Azure SQL Database
11 13 (2.04%) Amazon RDS
12 12 (1.88%) Big Data
12 12 (1.88%) Relational Database
13 11 (1.72%) Metadata
13 11 (1.72%) Tableau
14 10 (1.57%) MySQL
14 10 (1.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 8 (1.25%) SAP HANA
16 7 (1.10%) Amazon Redshift
16 7 (1.10%) DB2
Development Applications
1 39 (6.11%) JIRA
2 11 (1.72%) Git
3 10 (1.57%) GitLab
4 6 (0.94%) ERwin
4 6 (0.94%) LSMW
4 6 (0.94%) Postman
5 4 (0.63%) DBeaver
5 4 (0.63%) PowerDesigner
6 3 (0.47%) Selenium
6 3 (0.47%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 3 (0.47%) Subversion
6 3 (0.47%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.31%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.31%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.31%) JMeter
7 2 (0.31%) QARun
7 2 (0.31%) SoapUI
7 2 (0.31%) SpecFlow
7 2 (0.31%) Visual Studio Code
7 2 (0.31%) WinRunner
General
1 233 (36.52%) Social Skills
2 200 (31.35%) Finance
3 110 (17.24%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (6.11%) Public Sector
5 28 (4.39%) Manufacturing
6 25 (3.92%) Marketing
7 24 (3.76%) Banking
8 22 (3.45%) Retail
9 21 (3.29%) Pharmaceutical
10 20 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
11 18 (2.82%) Documentation Skills
12 16 (2.51%) Legal
13 15 (2.35%) Local Government
14 14 (2.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 8 (1.25%) French Language
15 8 (1.25%) General Ledger
15 8 (1.25%) Law
15 8 (1.25%) Organisational Skills
16 6 (0.94%) Influencing Skills
17 5 (0.78%) Military
Job Titles
1 113 (17.71%) Consultant
2 99 (15.52%) Analyst
3 90 (14.11%) Architect
4 69 (10.82%) Lead
5 54 (8.46%) Project Manager
6 44 (6.90%) Data Engineer
6 44 (6.90%) SAP Consultant
7 43 (6.74%) Data Analyst
8 40 (6.27%) Senior
9 38 (5.96%) Business Analyst
10 34 (5.33%) Developer
11 32 (5.02%) Data Consultant
12 30 (4.70%) Solutions Architect
13 28 (4.39%) Data Architect
14 26 (4.08%) Migration Analyst
15 25 (3.92%) Data Migration Analyst
15 25 (3.92%) Migration Engineer
16 24 (3.76%) Oracle Consultant
17 23 (3.61%) Data Migration Consultant
17 23 (3.61%) Migration Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.04%) Middleware
2 11 (1.72%) Oracle Fusion
2 11 (1.72%) XML
3 10 (1.57%) Lightning Web Components
4 9 (1.41%) Kafka
5 8 (1.25%) JSON
5 8 (1.25%) REST
5 8 (1.25%) Visualforce
5 8 (1.25%) Web Services
6 7 (1.10%) .NET
7 6 (0.94%) SAP Fiori
7 6 (0.94%) SOAP
8 5 (0.78%) BAPI
8 5 (0.78%) RESTful
9 4 (0.63%) EDI
9 4 (0.63%) HTML
9 4 (0.63%) IDoc
9 4 (0.63%) PySpark
10 3 (0.47%) CSS
10 3 (0.47%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 78 (12.23%) Legacy Systems
2 42 (6.58%) Data Structures
3 23 (3.61%) Management Information System
4 19 (2.98%) Data Centre
4 19 (2.98%) Product Ownership
5 14 (2.19%) Onboarding
6 10 (1.57%) NHS
6 10 (1.57%) Public Cloud
7 9 (1.41%) Hybrid Cloud
7 9 (1.41%) Reference Data
8 8 (1.25%) Life Science
9 6 (0.94%) Replication
10 5 (0.78%) Cloud Native
10 5 (0.78%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (0.78%) Taxonomies
11 4 (0.63%) FMCG
11 4 (0.63%) IoT
11 4 (0.63%) Private Cloud
11 4 (0.63%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 16 (2.51%) Unix
2 13 (2.04%) Linux
3 11 (1.72%) Windows
4 5 (0.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (0.78%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.16%) AIX
5 1 (0.16%) Amazon Linux
5 1 (0.16%) CentOS
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (0.16%) Solaris
5 1 (0.16%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 638 (100.00%) Migration
2 148 (23.20%) Problem-Solving
3 129 (20.22%) ETL
4 104 (16.30%) Validation
5 98 (15.36%) Agile
6 88 (13.79%) Data Modelling
6 88 (13.79%) ERP
7 83 (13.01%) Stakeholder Management
8 75 (11.76%) Data Management
9 74 (11.60%) Data Governance
10 73 (11.44%) Data Integration
11 70 (10.97%) Analytics
12 68 (10.66%) Change Management
13 65 (10.19%) User Acceptance Testing
14 63 (9.87%) Project Management
15 59 (9.25%) Business Intelligence
15 59 (9.25%) DevOps
16 56 (8.78%) Data Cleansing
17 51 (7.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 47 (7.37%) Data Mapping
Programming Languages
1 173 (27.12%) SQL
2 72 (11.29%) Python
3 26 (4.08%) PL/SQL
4 13 (2.04%) Bash
4 13 (2.04%) Java
5 12 (1.88%) C#
5 12 (1.88%) T-SQL
6 9 (1.41%) Apex Code
6 9 (1.41%) JavaScript
7 8 (1.25%) ABAP
7 8 (1.25%) PowerShell
7 8 (1.25%) VBA
8 6 (0.94%) Bicep
9 5 (0.78%) R
10 4 (0.63%) VB
11 3 (0.47%) C++
11 3 (0.47%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.31%) C
12 2 (0.31%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.31%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 55 (8.62%) Security Cleared
2 52 (8.15%) Degree
3 44 (6.90%) SC Cleared
4 22 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (2.19%) BPSS Clearance
6 10 (1.57%) AWS Certification
6 10 (1.57%) PMI Certification
6 10 (1.57%) PMP
7 8 (1.25%) Azure Certification
8 6 (0.94%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 6 (0.94%) CBAP
8 6 (0.94%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.63%) SAP Certification
9 4 (0.63%) TOGAF Certification
10 3 (0.47%) ACCA
10 3 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.31%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 2 (0.31%) CIMA
12 1 (0.16%) MBA
12 1 (0.16%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (13.01%) Data Quality
2 29 (4.55%) GDPR
3 24 (3.76%) QA
4 9 (1.41%) PMO
5 7 (1.10%) HIPAA
6 5 (0.78%) Accessibility
7 4 (0.63%) SEPA
7 4 (0.63%) SLA
8 3 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.31%) COBIT
9 2 (0.31%) ISO 20022
9 2 (0.31%) NIST
9 2 (0.31%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.16%) DICOM
10 1 (0.16%) GAAP
10 1 (0.16%) GRC
10 1 (0.16%) HL7
10 1 (0.16%) IFRS
System Software
1 15 (2.35%) Docker
2 6 (0.94%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.16%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.16%) SRDF
4 1 (0.16%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 18 (2.82%) Kubernetes
2 15 (2.35%) Terraform
3 13 (2.04%) Ansible
4 12 (1.88%) Oracle RMAN
5 6 (0.94%) Progress Chef
5 6 (0.94%) Puppet
6 4 (0.63%) CEMLI
6 4 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.31%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 1 (0.16%) Data Guard
8 1 (0.16%) EMC TimeFinder
8 1 (0.16%) Grafana
8 1 (0.16%) HAProxy
8 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Clustering
8 1 (0.16%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.16%) SCCM
8 1 (0.16%) SCSM
Vendors
1 135 (21.16%) SAP
2 125 (19.59%) Oracle
3 102 (15.99%) Microsoft
4 30 (4.70%) Salesforce
5 23 (3.61%) Google
6 15 (2.35%) Workday
7 14 (2.19%) Ariba
7 14 (2.19%) Databricks
8 10 (1.57%) Commvault
8 10 (1.57%) IBM
9 9 (1.41%) Informatica
10 7 (1.10%) Alteryx
10 7 (1.10%) MuleSoft
10 7 (1.10%) ServiceNow
10 7 (1.10%) VMware
11 6 (0.94%) Guidewire
11 6 (0.94%) Red Hat
12 4 (0.63%) Cognos
12 4 (0.63%) Denodo
13 3 (0.47%) Cisco