Desktop Migration Engineer Contracts in the UK excluding London

Desktop Migration Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Desktop Migration Engineer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £163, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 June 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 344 - 441
Rank change year-on-year - - +60
Contract jobs requiring a Desktop Migration Engineer 3 0 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.023% - 0.017%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.025% - 0.019%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile £159 - £136
25th Percentile £160 - £145
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £163 - £160
Median % change year-on-year - - +23.08%
75th Percentile £208 - -
90th Percentile £233 - -
UK median daily rate £162 - £160
% change year-on-year - - +23.08%

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 11,856 19,265 21,603
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.67% 92.41% 94.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,519 11,619 15,030
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £594 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £504 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.10% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 863 2,432 1,082
10th Percentile £13.57 £12.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.95 £15.75 £18.01
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% -5.88% +112.50%
75th Percentile £60.06 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.00 £75.50
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £37.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -25.33% -16.67% +80.00%

Desktop Migration Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Desktop Migration Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Migration Engineer in the UK excluding London

Desktop Migration Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Desktop Migration Engineer in the UK excluding London

Desktop Migration Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Desktop Migration Engineer in the UK excluding London

Desktop Migration Engineer
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 Desktop Migration Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 June 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
Midlands - 1 £163 -
North West - 1 £250 -
West Midlands - 1 £163 -
Northern Ireland - 1 £162 -
North of England - 1 £250 -
Desktop Migration Engineer
UK

Desktop Migration Engineer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 3 June 2025, Desktop Migration Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Desktop Migration Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Migration
2 2 (66.67%) Windows 10
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (33.33%) Azure
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Driving Licence
3 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (33.33%) Workflow Management
3 1 (33.33%) QA
3 1 (33.33%) Time Management
3 1 (33.33%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) Workflow
3 1 (33.33%) Finance

Desktop Migration Engineer Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Driving Licence
1 1 (33.33%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Migration
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
3 1 (33.33%) Time Management
3 1 (33.33%) Workflow
3 1 (33.33%) Workflow Management
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft