Migration Specialist Contracts in England

Migration Specialist
UK > England

The median Migration Specialist daily rate in England is £463, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 462 502 626
Rank change year-on-year +40 +124 +132
Contract jobs requiring a Migration Specialist 23 40 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.094% 0.11% 0.054%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.12% 0.057%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 32 23
10th Percentile £394 £430 £365
25th Percentile £445 £475 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -15.91% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £517 £638 £610
90th Percentile £581 £650 £763
UK median daily rate £450 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% +10.53%
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 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Migration Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Migration Specialist in England

Migration Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Migration Specialist in England

Migration Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Migration Specialist in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Migration Specialist in England

Migration Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Migration Specialist in England

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 Migration Specialist within the England region over the 6 months to 1 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 +37 15 £450 -23.08% 6
South East +38 4 £469 -6.25% 19
South West +45 1 - - 11
North of England +16 1 £675 +32.03% 18
North West +15 1 £675 +34.33% 9
Migration Specialist
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 Migration Specialist in the job title.

1 23 (100.00%) Migration
2 9 (39.13%) Azure
3 8 (34.78%) Data Migration
4 7 (30.43%) Social Skills
5 6 (26.09%) Finance
5 6 (26.09%) Microsoft
6 5 (21.74%) SQL
6 5 (21.74%) Windows
6 5 (21.74%) Project Management
6 5 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (17.39%) Disk Encryption
7 4 (17.39%) Public Sector
7 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (17.39%) Validation
7 4 (17.39%) SCCM
7 4 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (17.39%) ETL
8 3 (13.04%) Law
8 3 (13.04%) Change Management
8 3 (13.04%) vSphere
9 2 (8.70%) Identity Access Management
9 2 (8.70%) Multi-Factor Authentication
9 2 (8.70%) Requirements Gathering
9 2 (8.70%) Collaborative Working
9 2 (8.70%) Technical Leadership
9 2 (8.70%) RBAC
9 2 (8.70%) Roadmaps
9 2 (8.70%) Database Migration
9 2 (8.70%) Salesforce
9 2 (8.70%) SharePoint

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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (8.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Adobe Captivate
Cloud Services
1 9 (39.13%) Azure
2 1 (4.35%) AWS
2 1 (4.35%) Entra ID
2 1 (4.35%) GCP
2 1 (4.35%) Google Compute Engine
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.35%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.35%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.70%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.35%) BigQuery
2 1 (4.35%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) RStudio
General
1 7 (30.43%) Social Skills
2 6 (26.09%) Finance
3 4 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (17.39%) Public Sector
4 3 (13.04%) Law
5 1 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (4.35%) Legal
5 1 (4.35%) Local Government
5 1 (4.35%) Manufacturing
5 1 (4.35%) Marketing
5 1 (4.35%) Military
5 1 (4.35%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.70%) Data Structures
1 2 (8.70%) Learning Management System
2 1 (4.35%) Clustering
2 1 (4.35%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (4.35%) Data Centre
2 1 (4.35%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (4.35%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (4.35%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 5 (21.74%) Windows
2 1 (4.35%) Windows Server
2 1 (4.35%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (100.00%) Migration
2 8 (34.78%) Data Migration
3 5 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (21.74%) Project Management
4 4 (17.39%) Disk Encryption
4 4 (17.39%) ETL
4 4 (17.39%) Validation
5 3 (13.04%) Change Management
6 2 (8.70%) Collaborative Working
6 2 (8.70%) Data Mapping
6 2 (8.70%) Database Migration
6 2 (8.70%) Identity Access Management
6 2 (8.70%) Multi-Factor Authentication
6 2 (8.70%) RBAC
6 2 (8.70%) Requirements Gathering
6 2 (8.70%) Roadmaps
6 2 (8.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (8.70%) Technical Leadership
7 1 (4.35%) Business Case
7 1 (4.35%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 5 (21.74%) SQL
2 1 (4.35%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.35%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (4.35%) CISM
1 1 (4.35%) CISSP
1 1 (4.35%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.35%) Data Quality
System Software
1 3 (13.04%) vSphere
2 1 (4.35%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.35%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (4.35%) XenApp
2 1 (4.35%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (17.39%) SCCM
2 1 (4.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (26.09%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.70%) Salesforce
2 2 (8.70%) SAP
3 1 (4.35%) Adobe
3 1 (4.35%) Citrix
3 1 (4.35%) Google
3 1 (4.35%) HubSpot
3 1 (4.35%) Okta
3 1 (4.35%) Workday