Database Migration Contracts in the UK excluding London

Database Migration
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Database Migration skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Database Migration over the 6 months leading up to 21 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 374 404 471
Rank change year-on-year +30 +67 -53
Contract jobs citing Database Migration 27 26 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.13% 0.11% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.13% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 21 20
10th Percentile £382 £400 £396
25th Percentile £413 £488 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £513 £498
Median % change year-on-year -14.63% +3.02% +10.56%
75th Percentile £484 £575 £589
90th Percentile £494 - £596
UK median daily rate £450 £538 £500
% change year-on-year -16.28% +7.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Median hourly rate £80.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £80.00 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Database 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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,630 20,207 27,140
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 82.67% 89.05% 89.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,358 13,864 18,970
10th Percentile £250 £260 £246
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £490
Median % change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £586
90th Percentile £688 £694 £663
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,185 1,244 1,334
10th Percentile £12.50 £10.90 £12.49
25th Percentile £15.48 £15.21 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.12 £34.90 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.23% +66.18% -
75th Percentile £61.30 £63.75 £47.96
90th Percentile £72.90 £75.00 £63.60
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
% change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%

Database Migration
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Database Migration as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Database Migration in the UK excluding London

Database Migration
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Database Migration in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Database Migration in the UK excluding London

Database Migration
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Database Migration in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 21 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Database Migration in the UK excluding London

Database Migration
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Database Migration in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Database Migration in the UK excluding London

Database Migration
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 Database Migration within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 21 June 2024. 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 +31 17 £425 +21.43%
North of England +14 5 £488 -7.14% 1
West Midlands - 5 £488 -
Midlands - 5 £488 -
North West +13 3 £488 -7.14% 1
Yorkshire +13 2 £320 -46.67%
East of England +5 2 - -
South West -10 1 - - 1
Database Migration
UK

Database Migration
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (7.41%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 3 (11.11%) GCP
2 2 (7.41%) Azure
3 1 (3.70%) Entra ID
3 1 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.70%) PaaS
3 1 (3.70%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 7 (25.93%) NAS
1 7 (25.93%) SAN
2 2 (7.41%) OpenLDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (25.93%) Oracle Database
2 4 (14.81%) MySQL
2 4 (14.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 4 (14.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 3 (11.11%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (11.11%) Relational Database
4 2 (7.41%) DB2
4 2 (7.41%) Informix
4 2 (7.41%) MariaDB
4 2 (7.41%) Oracle Database 11g
4 2 (7.41%) SQL Server
5 1 (3.70%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 1 (3.70%) Oracle Database 12c
5 1 (3.70%) RDBMS
5 1 (3.70%) SQL Server Analysis Services
General
1 5 (18.52%) Social Skills
2 4 (14.81%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (11.11%) Legal
4 2 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (7.41%) Military
Job Titles
1 7 (25.93%) DBA
1 7 (25.93%) Storage Engineer
2 5 (18.52%) Developer
3 4 (14.81%) Migration Engineer
3 4 (14.81%) Senior
4 3 (11.11%) Backup Engineer
4 3 (11.11%) Data Engineer
4 3 (11.11%) Data Migration Engineer
4 3 (11.11%) Oracle DBA
4 3 (11.11%) SQL Developer
4 3 (11.11%) Storage and Backup Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) Database Manager
5 2 (7.41%) Informix DBA
5 2 (7.41%) Migration Manager
5 2 (7.41%) Migration Project Manager
5 2 (7.41%) Oracle Architect
5 2 (7.41%) Oracle Project Manager
5 2 (7.41%) Senior Database Manager
5 2 (7.41%) Senior Project Manager
5 2 (7.41%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.41%) LAMP
1 2 (7.41%) Oracle GoldenGate
2 1 (3.70%) .NET
2 1 (3.70%) .NET Framework
2 1 (3.70%) AngularJS
2 1 (3.70%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.81%) Replication
2 2 (7.41%) Clustering
2 2 (7.41%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (7.41%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.70%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (14.81%) Linux
1 4 (14.81%) Solaris
2 2 (7.41%) HPUX
2 2 (7.41%) Oracle Linux
2 2 (7.41%) Unix
2 2 (7.41%) VMS
3 1 (3.70%) Windows
3 1 (3.70%) Windows Server
3 1 (3.70%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (3.70%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (3.70%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (88.89%) Migration
2 5 (18.52%) Database Security
2 5 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (14.81%) Data Migration
4 3 (11.11%) Analytics
4 3 (11.11%) Data Modelling
4 3 (11.11%) Data Protection
4 3 (11.11%) Data Reconciliation
4 3 (11.11%) Data Science
4 3 (11.11%) Project Management
4 3 (11.11%) RBAC
4 3 (11.11%) Re-Platforming
5 2 (7.41%) Computer Science
5 2 (7.41%) DevSecOps
5 2 (7.41%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (7.41%) Performance Testing
5 2 (7.41%) Statistics
5 2 (7.41%) Traceability Matrix
6 1 (3.70%) Performance Tuning
6 1 (3.70%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 11 (40.74%) SQL
2 3 (11.11%) Java
3 2 (7.41%) PHP
3 2 (7.41%) PowerShell
4 1 (3.70%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (11.11%) Degree
1 3 (11.11%) Security Cleared
2 2 (7.41%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (7.41%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.70%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.41%) QA
System Software
1 6 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (7.41%) KVM
3 1 (3.70%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (18.52%) Avamar
2 2 (7.41%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 10 (37.04%) VMware
2 7 (25.93%) Dell
2 7 (25.93%) Oracle
3 6 (22.22%) EMC
4 4 (14.81%) Microsoft
5 3 (11.11%) Micro Focus
6 2 (7.41%) Google
6 2 (7.41%) IBM
6 2 (7.41%) Sun
7 1 (3.70%) Facebook
7 1 (3.70%) Fujitsu
7 1 (3.70%) Instagram
7 1 (3.70%) ServiceNow