Migration Specialist Contracts in England

Migration Specialist
UK > England

The median Migration Specialist daily rate in England is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 June 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
25 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 455 525 607
Rank change year-on-year +70 +82 +133
Contract jobs requiring a Migration Specialist 31 34 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.12% 0.091% 0.055%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.098% 0.058%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 26 19
10th Percentile £420 £450 £341
25th Percentile £450 £475 £376
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £647 £610
90th Percentile £575 £650 £663
UK median daily rate £475 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +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 23,170 34,772 44,476
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.26% 92.87% 94.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,220 22,729 31,567
10th Percentile £293 £293 £313
25th Percentile £405 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £634 £638 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +1.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,044 2,631 1,333
10th Percentile £13.90 £12.86 £14.27
25th Percentile £17.95 £16.58 £19.51
Median hourly rate £28.75 £39.50 £43.63
Median % change year-on-year -27.22% -9.47% +74.52%
75th Percentile £57.52 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.50 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £27.13 £37.50 £43.00
% change year-on-year -27.67% -12.79% +68.63%

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 25 June 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 25 June 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 +44 14 £450 -18.18% 14
South East +43 5 £475 -13.64% 3
North of England +20 5 £550 +7.58% 3
Midlands +13 4 - - 2
Yorkshire +10 4 £550 +5.77% 2
West Midlands - 4 - - 2
South West +50 2 £375 -40.00% 2
North West +1 1 £675 +34.33% 1
Migration Specialist
UK

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

For the 6 months to 25 June 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 31 (100.00%) Migration
2 17 (54.84%) Data Migration
3 11 (35.48%) Azure
4 10 (32.26%) Microsoft
5 8 (25.81%) ETL
5 8 (25.81%) Finance
5 8 (25.81%) Social Skills
6 7 (22.58%) SQL
6 7 (22.58%) SAP
7 6 (19.35%) Windows
7 6 (19.35%) Validation
7 6 (19.35%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (19.35%) Public Sector
8 5 (16.13%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (16.13%) Project Management
8 5 (16.13%) Data Mapping
8 5 (16.13%) Data Quality
8 5 (16.13%) Microsoft Intune
8 5 (16.13%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (12.90%) Kafka
9 4 (12.90%) Data Governance
9 4 (12.90%) Data Integration
9 4 (12.90%) GIS
9 4 (12.90%) Oracle
10 3 (9.68%) Databricks
10 3 (9.68%) Azure Data Factory
10 3 (9.68%) Disk Encryption
10 3 (9.68%) GDPR
10 3 (9.68%) RBAC
10 3 (9.68%) Delta Lake

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 (6.45%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.23%) ArcGIS
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (3.23%) Oracle Spatial
2 1 (3.23%) Smallworld
2 1 (3.23%) WebSphere
2 1 (3.23%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Adobe Captivate
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (3.23%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (9.68%) SAP PM
2 1 (3.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (3.23%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 11 (35.48%) Azure
2 3 (9.68%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 3 (9.68%) Azure Data Factory
2 3 (9.68%) Collibra
2 3 (9.68%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (3.23%) AWS
3 1 (3.23%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (3.23%) Blackbaud
3 1 (3.23%) Copilot Studio
3 1 (3.23%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (3.23%) Entra ID
3 1 (3.23%) IBM Cloud
3 1 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.23%) OpenShift
3 1 (3.23%) Power Automate
3 1 (3.23%) Power Platform
3 1 (3.23%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.23%) NetScaler
1 1 (3.23%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (12.90%) GIS
2 3 (9.68%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (9.68%) Delta Lake
2 3 (9.68%) Oracle Database
2 3 (9.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (6.45%) SQL Server
4 1 (3.23%) Data Lake
4 1 (3.23%) SAP Data Services
4 1 (3.23%) Spatial Data
4 1 (3.23%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (3.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Jenkins
1 1 (3.23%) Log4j
1 1 (3.23%) LSMW
General
1 8 (25.81%) Finance
1 8 (25.81%) Social Skills
2 6 (19.35%) Public Sector
3 5 (16.13%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (9.68%) Law
5 2 (6.45%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (3.23%) Legal
6 1 (3.23%) Local Government
6 1 (3.23%) Military
6 1 (3.23%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (12.90%) Kafka
2 1 (3.23%) JDBC
2 1 (3.23%) JMS
2 1 (3.23%) JNDI
2 1 (3.23%) LDAP
2 1 (3.23%) Middleware
2 1 (3.23%) OAuth
2 1 (3.23%) PostGIS
2 1 (3.23%) SAML
2 1 (3.23%) WebSphere MQ
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.13%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (9.68%) IoT
2 3 (9.68%) Onboarding
2 3 (9.68%) SCADA
3 2 (6.45%) Learning Management System
4 1 (3.23%) Cloud Native
4 1 (3.23%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (3.23%) Data Structures
4 1 (3.23%) NHS
4 1 (3.23%) Product Ownership
4 1 (3.23%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 6 (19.35%) Windows
2 1 (3.23%) Linux
2 1 (3.23%) Windows 10
2 1 (3.23%) Windows Server
2 1 (3.23%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (100.00%) Migration
2 17 (54.84%) Data Migration
3 8 (25.81%) ETL
4 6 (19.35%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (19.35%) Validation
5 5 (16.13%) Data Mapping
5 5 (16.13%) Project Management
6 4 (12.90%) Data Governance
6 4 (12.90%) Data Integration
7 3 (9.68%) Agile
7 3 (9.68%) Artificial Intelligence
7 3 (9.68%) Change Management
7 3 (9.68%) Disk Encryption
7 3 (9.68%) RBAC
8 2 (6.45%) Collaborative Working
8 2 (6.45%) Data Design
8 2 (6.45%) Decision-Making
8 2 (6.45%) Digital Transformation Programme
8 2 (6.45%) Multi-Factor Authentication
8 2 (6.45%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 7 (22.58%) SQL
2 3 (9.68%) Kusto Query Language
2 3 (9.68%) PowerShell
2 3 (9.68%) Python
3 1 (3.23%) Magik
Qualifications
1 1 (3.23%) CISM
1 1 (3.23%) CISSP
1 1 (3.23%) Degree
1 1 (3.23%) IBM Certification
1 1 (3.23%) SC Cleared
1 1 (3.23%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (16.13%) Data Quality
2 3 (9.68%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (9.68%) vSphere
2 2 (6.45%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (3.23%) Active Directory
3 1 (3.23%) Docker
3 1 (3.23%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (3.23%) XenApp
3 1 (3.23%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 5 (16.13%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (9.68%) SCCM
3 1 (3.23%) Kubernetes
3 1 (3.23%) Prometheus
3 1 (3.23%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (3.23%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (32.26%) Microsoft
2 7 (22.58%) SAP
3 4 (12.90%) Oracle
4 3 (9.68%) Databricks
4 3 (9.68%) Informatica
5 2 (6.45%) Salesforce
6 1 (3.23%) Adobe
6 1 (3.23%) Citrix
6 1 (3.23%) Dynatrace
6 1 (3.23%) ESRI
6 1 (3.23%) IBM
6 1 (3.23%) Okta
6 1 (3.23%) QAD
6 1 (3.23%) Red Hat
6 1 (3.23%) Splunk
6 1 (3.23%) TIBCO
6 1 (3.23%) Workday