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 £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 October 2025.

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

6 months to
25 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 366 350 398
Rank change year-on-year -16 +48 +98
Contract jobs requiring a Data Migration Lead 20 14 23
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.12% 0.083% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.090% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 9 13
10th Percentile £531 £413 £428
25th Percentile £563 £425 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -9.09% +19.57%
75th Percentile £664 £630 £645
90th Percentile £667 £636 £662
UK median daily rate £650 £601 £625
% change year-on-year +8.24% -3.92% +8.70%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 14,592 15,620 19,896
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.53% 92.10% 94.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,993 8,918 13,254
10th Percentile £210 £220 £215
25th Percentile £363 £373 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,390 1,123 1,259
10th Percentile £13.60 £14.73 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.50 £19.50 £18.00
Median hourly rate £25.00 £40.00 £44.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.50% -9.09% +91.30%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.99 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -37.13% -10.11% +64.86%

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 25 October 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 25 October 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 +11 11 £660 +25.92% 4
South West - 4 £575 -
North of England -31 3 £519 -1.19%
North West -21 2 £519 -1.19%
Yorkshire - 1 - -
Wales - 1 £600 -
Scotland - 1 £537 -
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 25 October 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 20 (100.00%) Migration
2 18 (90.00%) Data Migration
3 14 (70.00%) Data Cleansing
4 13 (65.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 11 (55.00%) Data Modelling
5 11 (55.00%) Oracle
6 10 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
6 10 (50.00%) Data Analysis
6 10 (50.00%) GDPR
7 9 (45.00%) Data Quality
7 9 (45.00%) OCI
8 7 (35.00%) Validation
9 6 (30.00%) Data Governance
9 6 (30.00%) ETL
10 5 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
10 5 (25.00%) Data Protection
10 5 (25.00%) Oracle EBS
10 5 (25.00%) Oracle Reports
10 5 (25.00%) SAP
11 3 (15.00%) Data Mapping
11 3 (15.00%) Data Strategy
11 3 (15.00%) Data Validation
11 3 (15.00%) ERP
11 3 (15.00%) SQL
12 2 (10.00%) AWS
12 2 (10.00%) Azure
12 2 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
12 2 (10.00%) Confluence
12 2 (10.00%) Degree
12 2 (10.00%) DevOps

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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (10.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (25.00%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (10.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 9 (45.00%) OCI
2 2 (10.00%) AWS
2 2 (10.00%) Azure
2 2 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (5.00%) Snowflake
3 1 (5.00%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (25.00%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (5.00%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (5.00%) Relational Database
2 1 (5.00%) SAP Data Services
2 1 (5.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 15 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (10.00%) Finance
4 1 (5.00%) Banking
4 1 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 10 (50.00%) Data Structures
2 4 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (10.00%) Data Centre
4 1 (5.00%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (5.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (5.00%) NHS
4 1 (5.00%) Public Cloud
4 1 (5.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (100.00%) Migration
2 18 (90.00%) Data Migration
3 14 (70.00%) Data Cleansing
4 13 (65.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 11 (55.00%) Data Modelling
6 10 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
6 10 (50.00%) Data Analysis
7 7 (35.00%) Validation
8 6 (30.00%) Data Governance
8 6 (30.00%) ETL
9 5 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
9 5 (25.00%) Data Protection
10 3 (15.00%) Data Mapping
10 3 (15.00%) Data Strategy
10 3 (15.00%) Data Validation
10 3 (15.00%) ERP
11 2 (10.00%) DevOps
11 2 (10.00%) End-to-End Testing
11 2 (10.00%) Project Delivery
11 2 (10.00%) Server Migrations
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.00%) SQL
2 1 (5.00%) PL/SQL
2 1 (5.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (10.00%) Degree
2 1 (5.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (5.00%) Postgraduate
2 1 (5.00%) SAP Certification
2 1 (5.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (50.00%) GDPR
2 9 (45.00%) Data Quality
3 1 (5.00%) QA
Vendors
1 11 (55.00%) Oracle
2 5 (25.00%) SAP
3 1 (5.00%) Cerner
3 1 (5.00%) Databricks
3 1 (5.00%) EXASOL
3 1 (5.00%) Teradata
3 1 (5.00%) Workday