Data Migration Lead Contracts in the South East

Data Migration Lead
England > South East

The median Data Migration Lead daily rate in the South East is £660, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 August 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
17 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 161 171 198
Rank change year-on-year +10 +27 +63
Contract jobs requiring a Data Migration Lead 4 13 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.11% 0.27% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.29% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 7
10th Percentile £611 £390 £458
25th Percentile £627 £413 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £660 £425 £525
Median % change year-on-year +55.18% -19.05% -10.64%
75th Percentile £667 £630 £556
90th Percentile £668 £632 £568
England median daily rate £600 £600 £600
% change year-on-year - - +4.35%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 3,225 4,466 5,308
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.51% 92.29% 95.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,086 2,745 3,639
10th Percentile £206 £250 £213
25th Percentile £375 £400 £374
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £635 £612
90th Percentile £663 £688 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 269 371 234
10th Percentile £13.75 £16.00 £16.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £27.00 £19.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £57.35 £49.37
Median % change year-on-year -56.15% +16.18% +119.40%
75th Percentile £57.50 £73.04 £64.41
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £25.23 £45.00 £41.50
% change year-on-year -43.94% +8.43% +61.60%

Data Migration Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Migration Lead in the South East

Data Migration Lead
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Migration Lead in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Data Migration Lead in the South East

Data Migration Lead
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 17 August 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
Berkshire +12 3 £664 +6.71% 2
Thames Valley +7 3 £664 +6.07% 2
Hampshire +13 1 £669 -
Surrey +11 1 £600 +41.18%
Data Migration Lead
England

Data Migration Lead Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 17 August 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 South East region featuring Data Migration Lead in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 4 (100.00%) Migration
1 4 (100.00%) Data Migration
2 3 (75.00%) OCI
2 3 (75.00%) Collaborative Working
2 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (75.00%) GDPR
2 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (75.00%) Data Structures
2 3 (75.00%) Data Cleansing
2 3 (75.00%) Data Analysis
2 3 (75.00%) Oracle
3 2 (50.00%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (50.00%) Data Protection
3 2 (50.00%) Data Quality
3 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (50.00%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (25.00%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (25.00%) Analytics
4 1 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
4 1 (25.00%) Data Governance
4 1 (25.00%) Public Cloud
4 1 (25.00%) Defect Management
4 1 (25.00%) Data Extraction
4 1 (25.00%) Visualisation
4 1 (25.00%) Degree
4 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (25.00%) Finance

Data Migration Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (25.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle Reports
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Data Structures
2 1 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (25.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 4 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 4 (100.00%) Migration
2 3 (75.00%) Collaborative Working
2 3 (75.00%) Data Analysis
2 3 (75.00%) Data Cleansing
2 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (50.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (25.00%) Analytics
4 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (25.00%) Data Extraction
4 1 (25.00%) Data Governance
4 1 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
4 1 (25.00%) Defect Management
4 1 (25.00%) ETL
4 1 (25.00%) Validation
4 1 (25.00%) Visualisation
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) GDPR
2 2 (50.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle
2 1 (25.00%) SAP