Data Migration Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Data Migration
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring Data Migration skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 42 43
Rank change year-on-year +5 +1 +13
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 6 1 5
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 1.74% 0.29% 1.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.20% 0.34% 1.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 4
10th Percentile £369 - £476
25th Percentile £475 £513 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £525 £566
Median % change year-on-year +1.19% -7.28% +0.67%
75th Percentile £570 £538 £669
90th Percentile £588 - £725
Wales median daily rate £531 £513 £566
% change year-on-year +3.66% -9.49% +0.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 273 293 324
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 79.13% 86.43% 89.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 189 170 245
10th Percentile £205 £168 £164
25th Percentile £285 £213 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year -3.53% - -10.53%
75th Percentile £501 £550 £588
90th Percentile £603 £688 £650
Wales median daily rate £411 £425 £425
% change year-on-year -3.24% - -10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 38 23
10th Percentile £13.03 £18.64 £17.20
25th Percentile £15.22 £20.12 £21.34
Median hourly rate £19.19 £25.27 £27.17
Median % change year-on-year -24.06% -6.98% +35.83%
75th Percentile £28.22 £37.19 £53.13
90th Percentile £85.00 £43.50 £55.25
Wales median hourly rate £18.18 £25.27 £27.17
% change year-on-year -28.06% -6.98% +36.13%

Data Migration
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Migration relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Data Migration job vacancy trend in South Wales

Data Migration
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Data Migration.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Data Migration

Data Migration
Daily Rate Histogram in South Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Migration in South Wales over the 6 months to 26 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Migration in South Wales

Data Migration
Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Data Migration.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Data Migration

Data Migration
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

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 South Wales region over the 6 months to 26 December 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
Cardiff +3 6 £531 +1.19% 9
Data Migration
Wales

Data Migration
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Relational Database
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Business Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Data Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Data Migration Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Data Migration Lead
2 1 (16.67%) Lead
2 1 (16.67%) Migration Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Test Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Migration
2 2 (33.33%) ERP
2 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (16.67%) Agile
3 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (16.67%) Data Modelling
3 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
3 1 (16.67%) Defect Management
3 1 (16.67%) ETL
3 1 (16.67%) Process Improvement
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) Scenario Testing
3 1 (16.67%) SDLC
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Discovery
3 1 (16.67%) Test Planning
3 1 (16.67%) User Stories
3 1 (16.67%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) PL/SQL
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
1 1 (16.67%) T-SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle