Data Migration Analyst Contracts

Data Migration Analyst
UK

The median Data Migration Analyst daily rate in the UK is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 496 541 660
Rank change year-on-year +45 +119 +102
Contract jobs requiring a Data Migration Analyst 24 41 58
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.082% 0.094% 0.097%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.089% 0.10% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 33 41
10th Percentile £375 £450 £358
25th Percentile £468 £468 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +2.25%
75th Percentile £600 - £538
90th Percentile £626 - £680
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £513 £500
% change year-on-year +2.44% +2.50% +5.26%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

Data Migration Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Data Migration Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Data Migration Analyst in the UK

Data Migration Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Migration Analyst.

Daily rate trend for Data Migration Analyst in the UK

Data Migration Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Migration Analyst over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Migration Analyst in the UK

Data Migration Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Migration Analyst.

Hourly rate trend for Data Migration Analyst in the UK

Data Migration Analyst
Top 9 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Migration Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
England +40 22 £550 - 11
UK excluding London +64 12 £525 +2.44% 9
London +21 11 £550 - 2
Work from Home +31 8 £550 +12.24% 4
South East +50 7 £550 +37.50% 5
North of England +18 4 £525 +3.70% 3
North West +18 2 £550 -8.33% 1
Yorkshire +7 2 £488 -2.50% 2
Wales - 1 £500 -

Data Migration Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Data Migration Analyst 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 featuring Data Migration Analyst in the job title.

1 24 (100.00%) Migration
2 21 (87.50%) Data Migration
3 12 (50.00%) Social Skills
4 11 (45.83%) Data Quality
4 11 (45.83%) SQL
5 8 (33.33%) Finance
5 8 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (29.17%) Banking
6 7 (29.17%) Data Management
7 6 (25.00%) Azure
7 6 (25.00%) ETL
7 6 (25.00%) Data Governance
8 5 (20.83%) Power BI
8 5 (20.83%) Power Platform
8 5 (20.83%) Business Intelligence
8 5 (20.83%) Oracle
8 5 (20.83%) Microsoft Excel
8 5 (20.83%) Validation
8 5 (20.83%) Data Cleansing
8 5 (20.83%) Agile
9 4 (16.67%) JSON
9 4 (16.67%) Data Mapping
9 4 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
9 4 (16.67%) Microsoft
9 4 (16.67%) SEPA
10 3 (12.50%) Tableau
10 3 (12.50%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 3 (12.50%) Data Transformation
10 3 (12.50%) Public Sector

Data Migration Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 1 (4.17%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (20.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (12.50%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (8.33%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (4.17%) Orchard Housing
3 1 (4.17%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (25.00%) Azure
2 5 (20.83%) Power Platform
3 3 (12.50%) OCI
4 2 (8.33%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (4.17%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (4.17%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (20.83%) Power BI
2 3 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (12.50%) SQL Server
2 3 (12.50%) Tableau
3 2 (8.33%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (4.17%) Big Data
4 1 (4.17%) Cognos Query Studio
4 1 (4.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (4.17%) JIRA
1 1 (4.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 12 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (33.33%) Finance
3 7 (29.17%) Banking
4 3 (12.50%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.17%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (16.67%) JSON
2 2 (8.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.50%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 2 (8.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (8.33%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (4.17%) Housing Association
3 1 (4.17%) Online Banking
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (100.00%) Migration
2 21 (87.50%) Data Migration
3 8 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (29.17%) Data Management
5 6 (25.00%) Data Governance
5 6 (25.00%) ETL
6 5 (20.83%) Agile
6 5 (20.83%) Business Intelligence
6 5 (20.83%) Data Cleansing
6 5 (20.83%) Validation
7 4 (16.67%) Data Mapping
7 4 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (12.50%) Data Modelling
8 3 (12.50%) Data Transformation
8 3 (12.50%) Requirements Gathering
8 3 (12.50%) Use Case
9 2 (8.33%) DevOps
9 2 (8.33%) Epics
9 2 (8.33%) Master Data Management
9 2 (8.33%) Work Breakdown Structure
Programming Languages
1 11 (45.83%) SQL
2 2 (8.33%) Python
2 2 (8.33%) VBA
3 1 (4.17%) PL/SQL
3 1 (4.17%) R
Qualifications
1 1 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (4.17%) Degree
1 1 (4.17%) SC Cleared
1 1 (4.17%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (45.83%) Data Quality
2 4 (16.67%) SEPA
3 2 (8.33%) ISO 20022
4 1 (4.17%) GDPR
Vendors
1 5 (20.83%) Oracle
2 4 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.17%) Alteryx
3 1 (4.17%) Ariba
3 1 (4.17%) Cognos
3 1 (4.17%) Informatica
3 1 (4.17%) Orchard
3 1 (4.17%) SAP