Data Migration Lead Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Data Migration Lead
UK > UK excluding London

The median Data Migration Lead daily rate in the UK excluding London is £660, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 375 336 384
Rank change year-on-year -39 +48 +86
Contract jobs requiring a Data Migration Lead 24 12 23
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.13% 0.082% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.088% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 7 10
10th Percentile £598 £413 £525
25th Percentile £644 £419 £564
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £660 £500 £625
Median % change year-on-year +31.90% -20.00% +37.36%
75th Percentile £774 £525 £649
90th Percentile - £610 £662
UK median daily rate £660 £550 £640
% change year-on-year +19.91% -14.06% +16.36%

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 16,521 13,575 18,328
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.31% 92.37% 93.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,139 8,079 11,894
10th Percentile £213 £213 £213
25th Percentile £373 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £676 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,664 769 1,294
10th Percentile £13.95 £15.22 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.24 £18.34
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -29.16% +83.52%
75th Percentile £59.06 £64.10 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £71.25 £76.86
UK median hourly rate £25.47 £32.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -21.63% -27.78% +44.81%

Data Migration Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Data Migration Lead' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Data Migration Lead job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Data Migration Lead
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Migration Lead job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Migration Lead job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Data Migration Lead
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Migration Lead in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Migration Lead in the UK excluding London

Data Migration Lead
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Data Migration Lead job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Data Migration Lead job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Data Migration Lead
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 28 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
South East +3 21 £669 +57.41%
West Midlands -27 1 £550 +29.41%
Midlands -42 1 £550 +18.92%
South West - 1 £600 -
Wales - 1 £600 -
Data Migration Lead
UK

Data Migration Lead Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 28 December 2025, Data Migration Lead contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Data Migration Lead in the job title.

1 24 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 24 (100.00%) Migration
2 17 (70.83%) Data Cleansing
3 12 (50.00%) Data Analysis
3 12 (50.00%) Oracle
4 11 (45.83%) SAP
4 11 (45.83%) Security Cleared
5 10 (41.67%) Collaborative Working
5 10 (41.67%) Data Modelling
5 10 (41.67%) DV Cleared
5 10 (41.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 9 (37.50%) GDPR
6 9 (37.50%) OCI
7 7 (29.17%) Data Quality
8 5 (20.83%) Cybersecurity
8 5 (20.83%) Data Protection
8 5 (20.83%) Oracle EBS
8 5 (20.83%) Oracle Reports
8 5 (20.83%) SAP S/4HANA
9 4 (16.67%) ETL
10 3 (12.50%) Validation
11 2 (8.33%) Actionable Insight
11 2 (8.33%) Cutover Planning
11 2 (8.33%) Data Strategy
11 2 (8.33%) Data Validation
11 2 (8.33%) Oracle Fusion
11 2 (8.33%) Project Delivery
11 2 (8.33%) SAP Data Services
12 1 (4.17%) Azure
12 1 (4.17%) Azure Data Factory

Data Migration Lead Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (20.83%) Oracle EBS
1 5 (20.83%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (4.17%) Oracle CRM
Cloud Services
1 9 (37.50%) OCI
2 1 (4.17%) Azure
2 1 (4.17%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (4.17%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (20.83%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (8.33%) SAP Data Services
3 1 (4.17%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (4.17%) Power BI
3 1 (4.17%) Relational Database
3 1 (4.17%) SQL Server
3 1 (4.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 14 (58.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.33%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 10 (41.67%) Data Structures
2 5 (20.83%) Greenfield Project
3 3 (12.50%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (4.17%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 24 (100.00%) Migration
2 17 (70.83%) Data Cleansing
3 12 (50.00%) Data Analysis
4 10 (41.67%) Collaborative Working
4 10 (41.67%) Data Modelling
4 10 (41.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 5 (20.83%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (20.83%) Data Protection
6 4 (16.67%) ETL
7 3 (12.50%) Validation
8 2 (8.33%) Actionable Insight
8 2 (8.33%) Cutover Planning
8 2 (8.33%) Data Strategy
8 2 (8.33%) Data Validation
8 2 (8.33%) Project Delivery
9 1 (4.17%) Data Mapping
9 1 (4.17%) Stakeholder Management
9 1 (4.17%) Technology Transformation
9 1 (4.17%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.17%) PL/SQL
1 1 (4.17%) SQL
1 1 (4.17%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (45.83%) Security Cleared
2 10 (41.67%) DV Cleared
3 1 (4.17%) Degree
3 1 (4.17%) Postgraduate
3 1 (4.17%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (37.50%) GDPR
2 7 (29.17%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 12 (50.00%) Oracle
2 11 (45.83%) SAP
3 1 (4.17%) Cerner
3 1 (4.17%) Databricks
3 1 (4.17%) Workday