Data Migration Analyst Contract Job Trends

Data Migration Analyst
UK

The median Data Migration Analyst daily rate in the UK is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025.

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

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 557 533 564
Rank change year-on-year -24 +31 +164
Contract jobs requiring a Data Migration Analyst 30 19 41
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.082% 0.055% 0.093%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.090% 0.060% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 16 33
10th Percentile - £406 £480
25th Percentile £400 £425 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -11.36% +15.79%
75th Percentile £519 £558 -
90th Percentile £588 £563 £620
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £438 £500
% change year-on-year -8.57% -12.50% +17.65%

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 33,474 31,919 40,968
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.98% 92.77% 93.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,192 19,646 27,547
10th Percentile £290 £300 £288
25th Percentile £404 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £644
90th Percentile £720 £738 £740
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,966 1,020 1,459
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.48 £15.16
25th Percentile £18.00 £21.00 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £33.52 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.97% -25.51% +50.00%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.59 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.00 £72.53 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% -27.78% +80.00%

Data Migration Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Data Migration Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Data Migration Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK

Data Migration Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Migration Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Migration Analyst job vacancies in the UK

Data Migration Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Migration Analyst over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Migration Analyst in the UK

Data Migration Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Data Migration Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Data Migration Analyst job vacancies in the UK

Data Migration Analyst
Top 12 Contract Job 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 17 December 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 -32 23 £475 -5.00% 2
London 0 16 £513 -6.82%
UK excluding London -52 12 £400 -8.57% 2
Work from Home -5 6 £550 +2.33%
Northern Ireland - 5 £400 -
South West - 3 £475 -
Scotland +6 1 - -
South East -15 1 £223 -58.51% 1
Midlands -30 1 £400 -8.57%
West Midlands -33 1 £400 -8.57%
Yorkshire -43 1 £495 -1.00%
North of England -51 1 £495 +20.00%

Data Migration Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 17 December 2025, Data Migration Analyst 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 featuring Data Migration Analyst in the job title.

1 30 (100.00%) Migration
2 27 (90.00%) Data Migration
3 13 (43.33%) SQL
4 11 (36.67%) Validation
5 10 (33.33%) ETL
6 9 (30.00%) AWS
6 9 (30.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 8 (26.67%) Data Analysis
7 8 (26.67%) End-to-End Testing
8 7 (23.33%) Data Cleansing
8 7 (23.33%) Data Modelling
8 7 (23.33%) Oracle
8 7 (23.33%) SAP
9 6 (20.00%) Business Analysis
9 6 (20.00%) OCI
9 6 (20.00%) SAP HR
9 6 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
9 6 (20.00%) Workday
10 5 (16.67%) Agile
10 5 (16.67%) Amazon QuickSight
10 5 (16.67%) Amazon S3
10 5 (16.67%) Apache Avro
10 5 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
10 5 (16.67%) Data Mapping
10 5 (16.67%) Data Quality
10 5 (16.67%) Data Transformation
10 5 (16.67%) Data Validation
10 5 (16.67%) JSON
10 5 (16.67%) Parquet
10 5 (16.67%) PostgreSQL

Data Migration Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 (6.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (20.00%) SAP HR
2 1 (3.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 9 (30.00%) AWS
2 6 (20.00%) OCI
3 5 (16.67%) Amazon S3
3 5 (16.67%) Power Platform
4 3 (10.00%) Azure
5 1 (3.33%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.67%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (16.67%) Amazon QuickSight
1 5 (16.67%) Parquet
1 5 (16.67%) PostgreSQL
1 5 (16.67%) Power BI
2 2 (6.67%) BusinessObjects XI
2 2 (6.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (6.67%) Tableau
3 1 (3.33%) KDB
3 1 (3.33%) MySQL
3 1 (3.33%) SQL Server
3 1 (3.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 5 (16.67%) Postman
2 2 (6.67%) JIRA
General
1 12 (40.00%) Finance
2 4 (13.33%) Social Skills
3 3 (10.00%) Banking
3 3 (10.00%) Public Sector
4 2 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.33%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (16.67%) Apache Avro
1 5 (16.67%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.67%) Data Centre
1 5 (16.67%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (10.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.33%) Data Structures
3 1 (3.33%) Equities
3 1 (3.33%) Fixed Income
3 1 (3.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (3.33%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (3.33%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (100.00%) Migration
2 27 (90.00%) Data Migration
3 11 (36.67%) Validation
4 10 (33.33%) ETL
5 9 (30.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 8 (26.67%) Data Analysis
6 8 (26.67%) End-to-End Testing
7 7 (23.33%) Data Cleansing
7 7 (23.33%) Data Modelling
8 6 (20.00%) Business Analysis
8 6 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (16.67%) Agile
9 5 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
9 5 (16.67%) Data Mapping
9 5 (16.67%) Data Transformation
9 5 (16.67%) Data Validation
9 5 (16.67%) Test Automation
9 5 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
9 5 (16.67%) Workshop Facilitation
10 3 (10.00%) API Testing
Programming Languages
1 13 (43.33%) SQL
2 5 (16.67%) PowerShell
3 2 (6.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 5 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.33%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (16.67%) Data Quality
2 2 (6.67%) QA
3 1 (3.33%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 7 (23.33%) Oracle
1 7 (23.33%) SAP
2 6 (20.00%) Workday
3 3 (10.00%) Databricks
4 2 (6.67%) Informatica
4 2 (6.67%) Microsoft
5 1 (3.33%) Alteryx
5 1 (3.33%) Avaloq
5 1 (3.33%) CheckPoint
5 1 (3.33%) Talend