Data Migration Business Analyst Contract Job Trends

Business Analyst - Data Migration (Data Migration BA)
UK

The median Business Analyst - Data Migration (Data Migration BA) daily rate in the UK is £428, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 March 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 596 515 582
Rank change year-on-year -81 +67 +124
Contract jobs requiring a Data Migration Business Analyst 16 3 20
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.038% 0.010% 0.045%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.041% 0.011% 0.048%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 3 19
10th Percentile £400 £416 £543
25th Percentile £402 £422 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £428 £438 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.29% -20.45% +10.00%
75th Percentile £588 £541 -
90th Percentile £734 £599 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £438 £495
% change year-on-year +2.86% -11.62% +32.89%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 39,016 27,486 41,551
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.96% 92.97% 92.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,419 17,729 27,243
10th Percentile £310 £293 £270
25th Percentile £410 £406 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.46%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £723 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +1.16% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,405 862 2,505
10th Percentile £14.91 £15.64 £13.00
25th Percentile £19.00 £21.24 £16.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £33.20 £32.69
Median % change year-on-year +5.42% +1.56% -22.84%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.10 £71.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £33.75 £32.50 £32.70
% change year-on-year +3.85% -0.60% -18.26%

Data Migration Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Data Migration Business Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK

Data Migration Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Data Migration Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Migration Business Analyst over the 6 months to 10 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Migration Business Analyst in the UK

Data Migration Business Analyst
Top 5 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 Business Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 10 March 2026. 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 -74 16 £428 -18.57% 4
London - 15 £405 - 3
Work from Home -26 1 £402 -5.41%
South East -42 1 £450 -14.29% 1
UK excluding London -88 1 £450 +2.86% 2

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

For the 6 months to 10 March 2026, Data Migration Business 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 Business Analyst in the job title.

1 16 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 16 (100.00%) Migration
2 9 (56.25%) BPMN
3 7 (43.75%) Impact Assessments
4 6 (37.50%) Data Mapping
4 6 (37.50%) Requirements Gathering
4 6 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (31.25%) JIRA
5 5 (31.25%) Workshop Facilitation
6 4 (25.00%) Agile
6 4 (25.00%) Azure
6 4 (25.00%) Business Analysis
6 4 (25.00%) Data Analysis
6 4 (25.00%) Data Management
6 4 (25.00%) Microsoft
6 4 (25.00%) Security Cleared
6 4 (25.00%) SQL
7 3 (18.75%) Business Process Modelling
7 3 (18.75%) SC Cleared
7 3 (18.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 3 (18.75%) Waterfall
8 2 (12.50%) Acceptance Criteria
8 2 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (12.50%) Confluence
8 2 (12.50%) Data Modelling
8 2 (12.50%) Data Transformation
8 2 (12.50%) Decision-Making
8 2 (12.50%) DevOps
8 2 (12.50%) Logical Data Model
8 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel

Data Migration Business 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 (12.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (25.00%) Azure
2 2 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (6.25%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 5 (31.25%) JIRA
General
1 9 (56.25%) Social Skills
2 8 (50.00%) Banking
2 8 (50.00%) Finance
3 4 (25.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (12.50%) Data Centre
2 2 (12.50%) Management Information System
3 1 (6.25%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 16 (100.00%) Migration
2 9 (56.25%) BPMN
3 7 (43.75%) Impact Assessments
4 6 (37.50%) Data Mapping
4 6 (37.50%) Requirements Gathering
4 6 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (31.25%) Workshop Facilitation
6 4 (25.00%) Agile
6 4 (25.00%) Business Analysis
6 4 (25.00%) Data Analysis
6 4 (25.00%) Data Management
7 3 (18.75%) Business Process Modelling
7 3 (18.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 3 (18.75%) Waterfall
8 2 (12.50%) Data Transformation
8 2 (12.50%) DevOps
8 2 (12.50%) Logical Data Model
8 2 (12.50%) User Stories
8 2 (12.50%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 4 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (18.75%) SC Cleared
3 1 (6.25%) Degree
3 1 (6.25%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) Data Quality
1 1 (6.25%) GDPR
Vendors
1 4 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.25%) Avaloq