Data Migration Lead Contracts in Scotland

Data Migration Lead
UK > Scotland

The median Data Migration Lead daily rate in Scotland is £537, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 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
7 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 - 161
Rank change year-on-year - - +9
Contract jobs requiring a Data Migration Lead 1 0 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.061% - 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.065% - 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £408
25th Percentile - - £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 - £425
Median % change year-on-year - - -12.37%
75th Percentile - - £463
90th Percentile - - £508
UK median daily rate £618 £596 £600
% change year-on-year +3.78% -0.75% +9.09%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 1,537 2,024 2,564
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.41% 94.62% 95.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 859 1,234 1,784
10th Percentile £250 £200 £225
25th Percentile £363 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +0.64%
75th Percentile £538 £558 £550
90th Percentile £600 £638 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 127 45
10th Percentile £15.94 £12.30 £12.48
25th Percentile £16.84 £16.00 £14.25
Median hourly rate £18.51 £19.50 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.08% +5.41% -50.57%
75th Percentile £24.66 £58.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £48.14 £66.00 £67.88
UK median hourly rate £28.18 £37.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -24.85% -16.67% +83.67%

Data Migration Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Migration Lead in Scotland

Data Migration Lead
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Data Migration Lead in Scotland

Data Migration Lead
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Migration Lead within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 7 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
Glasgow - 1 £537 -
Data Migration Lead
UK

Data Migration Lead Skill Set
Top 25 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 7 June 2025, Data Migration Lead 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 Scotland region featuring Data Migration Lead in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Teradata
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Cleansing
1 1 (100.00%) Data Mapping
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Data Reconciliation
1 1 (100.00%) Data Privacy
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) Data Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Snowflake
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems

Data Migration Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Snowflake
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Data Cleansing
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Mapping
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Privacy
1 1 (100.00%) Data Reconciliation
1 1 (100.00%) Data Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Banking
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Teradata