Migration Specialist Contracts in the UK excluding London

Migration Specialist
UK > UK excluding London

The median Migration Specialist daily rate in the UK excluding London is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 May 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 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 325 371 445
Rank change year-on-year +46 +74 +61
Contract jobs requiring a Migration Specialist 9 23 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.070% 0.11% 0.042%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.076% 0.12% 0.044%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 16 8
10th Percentile £413 - £359
25th Percentile £431 £475 £374
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £511 £463
Median % change year-on-year -2.20% +10.54% +2.78%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £541
90th Percentile £643 £650 £561
UK median daily rate £463 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -15.91% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61.25 - -
Median hourly rate £62.50 - -
75th Percentile £63.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £62.50 - -

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 11,771 19,161 22,551
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.14% 92.57% 94.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,545 11,699 15,818
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £598 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 836 2,248 1,160
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.79 £15.75 £18.08
Median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.22% -6.94% +117.95%
75th Percentile £64.50 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £28.88 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.71% -19.07% +94.45%

Migration Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Migration Specialist in the UK excluding London

Migration Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Migration Specialist in the UK excluding London

Migration Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Migration Specialist in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Migration Specialist in the UK excluding London

Migration Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Migration Specialist in the UK excluding London

Migration Specialist
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 Migration Specialist within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 May 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 +28 4 £469 -6.25% 4
North of England +9 2 £613 +19.80% 2
South West +29 1 - - 2
Yorkshire +8 1 £550 +5.77%
North West +8 1 £675 +34.33% 2
Wales - 1 £400 -
Scotland - 1 - -
Migration Specialist
UK

Migration Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 3 May 2025, Migration Specialist 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 Migration Specialist in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Migration
2 6 (66.67%) Data Migration
3 4 (44.44%) SQL
3 4 (44.44%) ETL
4 3 (33.33%) Azure
4 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
5 2 (22.22%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (22.22%) Data Centre
5 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (22.22%) Technical Leadership
5 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
5 2 (22.22%) Finance
5 2 (22.22%) Validation
5 2 (22.22%) Learning Management System
6 1 (11.11%) Legal
6 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
6 1 (11.11%) Information Architecture
6 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (11.11%) Sage 200
6 1 (11.11%) Data Quality
6 1 (11.11%) NetScaler
6 1 (11.11%) Data Validation
6 1 (11.11%) Data Extraction
6 1 (11.11%) Data Mapping
6 1 (11.11%) PowerShell
6 1 (11.11%) XenApp
6 1 (11.11%) XenDesktop
6 1 (11.11%) Adobe
6 1 (11.11%) Citrix

Migration Specialist 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 (11.11%) Adobe Captivate
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (11.11%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
3 1 (11.11%) Legal
3 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
3 1 (11.11%) Military
3 1 (11.11%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Data Centre
1 2 (22.22%) Learning Management System
1 2 (22.22%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (11.11%) Clustering
2 1 (11.11%) Data Structures
2 1 (11.11%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
1 1 (11.11%) Windows Server
1 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Migration
2 6 (66.67%) Data Migration
3 4 (44.44%) ETL
4 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (22.22%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (22.22%) Validation
5 1 (11.11%) Business Analysis
5 1 (11.11%) Business Case
5 1 (11.11%) Data Design
5 1 (11.11%) Data Extraction
5 1 (11.11%) Data Mapping
5 1 (11.11%) Data Validation
5 1 (11.11%) Database Migration
5 1 (11.11%) Information Architecture
5 1 (11.11%) Roadmaps
5 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (11.11%) Technical Architecture
5 1 (11.11%) Technical Debt
5 1 (11.11%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) SQL
2 1 (11.11%) PowerShell
2 1 (11.11%) Python
2 1 (11.11%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Azure Certification
1 1 (11.11%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (11.11%) XenApp
1 1 (11.11%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Adobe
1 1 (11.11%) Citrix
1 1 (11.11%) Sage
1 1 (11.11%) SAP
1 1 (11.11%) Workday