Data Migration Contract Job Trends in the South West

Data Migration
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Data Migration skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 105 93 99
Rank change year-on-year -12 +6 +23
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 25 33 49
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 1.07% 1.56% 1.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.28% 1.80% 1.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 25 27
10th Percentile £413 £403 £395
25th Percentile £463 £450 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £563
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -6.67% +18.42%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £716
90th Percentile £675 £688 £729
England median daily rate £535 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.73% - +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £60.00 - -
England median hourly rate £64.63 £64.00 £85.00
% change year-on-year +0.98% -24.71% +21.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,951 1,837 2,570
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 83.63% 87.06% 87.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,141 1,127 1,707
10th Percentile £263 £276 £300
25th Percentile £413 £420 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £734 £715
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 297 121 270
10th Percentile £15.25 £19.83 £20.48
25th Percentile £19.64 £48.00 £45.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £65.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £67.25 £75.00 £83.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +23.61%

Data Migration
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Data Migration job vacancy trend in the South West

Data Migration
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

Data Migration
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Migration in the South West over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Migration in the South West

Data Migration
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

Data Migration
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 20 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
Bristol -8 8 £550 +10.00% 3
Wiltshire -14 6 £513 +13.89% 1
Somerset -1 4 £475 -4.04% 1
Gloucestershire -15 2 £538 -13.24%
Devon - 2 - -
Dorset - 1 £650 - 1
Data Migration
England

Data Migration
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (16.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.00%) Oracle Service Bus
2 1 (4.00%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (12.00%) iTrent
2 1 (4.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (4.00%) SAP PP
2 1 (4.00%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 4 (16.00%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (16.00%) OneDrive
2 3 (12.00%) ShareGate
3 2 (8.00%) Azure
3 2 (8.00%) Entra ID
3 2 (8.00%) Power Platform
4 1 (4.00%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (4.00%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (4.00%) OCI
4 1 (4.00%) PaaS
4 1 (4.00%) PowerApps
4 1 (4.00%) SaaS
4 1 (4.00%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
4 1 (4.00%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (4.00%) Electronic Patient Records
1 1 (4.00%) Power BI
1 1 (4.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (4.00%) JIRA
General
1 8 (32.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (12.00%) Finance
2 3 (12.00%) Local Government
2 3 (12.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.00%) Banking
4 1 (4.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (24.00%) Consultant
2 4 (16.00%) Data Manager
2 4 (16.00%) Project Manager
3 3 (12.00%) Analyst
3 3 (12.00%) Architect
3 3 (12.00%) Business Analyst
3 3 (12.00%) Data Consultant
3 3 (12.00%) Migration Consultant
4 2 (8.00%) Data Architect
4 2 (8.00%) Developer
4 2 (8.00%) Implementation Specialist
4 2 (8.00%) Lead
4 2 (8.00%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
4 2 (8.00%) Migration Manager
4 2 (8.00%) Salesforce Developer
5 1 (4.00%) Data Migration Lead
5 1 (4.00%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
5 1 (4.00%) Microsoft 365 Manager
5 1 (4.00%) Migration Analyst
5 1 (4.00%) Server Migration Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.00%) Lightning Web Components
1 2 (8.00%) Visualforce
2 1 (4.00%) JSON
2 1 (4.00%) OAuth
2 1 (4.00%) OAuth2
2 1 (4.00%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (4.00%) REST
2 1 (4.00%) SOAP
2 1 (4.00%) XML
2 1 (4.00%) XSD
2 1 (4.00%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.00%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.00%) Windows
1 1 (4.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (100.00%) Migration
2 8 (32.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 7 (28.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (20.00%) Validation
5 4 (16.00%) Analytics
5 4 (16.00%) Business Analysis
5 4 (16.00%) Change Management
5 4 (16.00%) ERP
5 4 (16.00%) ETL
5 4 (16.00%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (16.00%) Project Management
6 3 (12.00%) Agile
6 3 (12.00%) Data Modelling
6 3 (12.00%) Data Strategy
6 3 (12.00%) Data Transformation
6 3 (12.00%) Roadmaps
6 3 (12.00%) User Experience
7 2 (8.00%) DevOps
7 2 (8.00%) Project Delivery
7 2 (8.00%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.00%) Apex Code
1 2 (8.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.00%) SOQL
2 1 (4.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (12.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.00%) Degree
2 1 (4.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (4.00%) Postgraduate
2 1 (4.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.00%) Data Quality
1 3 (12.00%) GDPR
1 3 (12.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (12.00%) SLA
2 1 (4.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (4.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (8.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (8.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (4.00%) HP ALM
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (4.00%) SCCM
2 1 (4.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 8 (32.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.00%) MuleSoft
2 2 (8.00%) Salesforce
2 2 (8.00%) SAP
3 1 (4.00%) Cerner
3 1 (4.00%) HP
3 1 (4.00%) Informatica
3 1 (4.00%) Oracle
3 1 (4.00%) Talend