Data Migration Contract Job Trends

Data Migration
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Data Migration skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 102 114
Rank change year-on-year +12 +12 +29
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 929 860 1,081
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.82% 2.23% 2.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.11% 2.61% 2.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 566 577 724
10th Percentile £375 £400 £394
25th Percentile £447 £450 £462
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £529 £543 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.49% -1.36% +1.85%
75th Percentile £642 £645 £650
90th Percentile £738 £700 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 6 2
10th Percentile £15.00 £62.63 £89.75
25th Percentile £32.25 £67.44 £90.21
Median hourly rate £34.65 £80.00 £92.22
Median % change year-on-year -56.69% -13.25% +47.55%
75th Percentile £69.38 - £95.49
90th Percentile £82.00 - £96.69
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.31 £80.00 £89.44
% change year-on-year -59.61% -10.55% +41.97%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Data Migration falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 29,826 33,000 43,850
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.52% 85.68% 89.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,546 20,284 29,794
10th Percentile £300 £308 £313
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,802 1,460 1,537
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.84 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.00 £18.70
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% - +48.28%
75th Percentile £44.78 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.56 £43.00 £41.90
% change year-on-year -47.53% +2.63% +80.76%

Data Migration
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Data Migration as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Data Migration in the UK

Data Migration
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Data Migration.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Data Migration

Data Migration
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Migration over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Migration in the UK

Data Migration
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Data Migration.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Data Migration

Data Migration
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Migration over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Migration in the UK

Data Migration
Top 18 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 within the UK over the 6 months to 18 September 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 +12 787 £537 -0.56% 327
London +9 392 £550 +4.76% 173
UK excluding London +4 391 £500 -9.09% 236
Work from Home -3 301 £537 +4.83% 163
North of England -8 104 £475 -9.52% 34
Midlands +18 97 £550 +10.00% 38
South East -8 90 £575 +4.55% 100
West Midlands +9 64 £525 +5.00% 21
Yorkshire +3 53 £500 -6.98% 12
North West -16 49 £450 -10.00% 20
Scotland -2 36 £473 -14.09% 22
East of England +16 29 £494 -14.13% 15
East Midlands +14 29 £550 +18.92% 16
South West +6 26 £525 -12.50% 19
Wales +9 5 £500 - 6
North East -9 3 £438 -25.53% 2
Northern Ireland - 3 £650 - 6
Channel Islands - 1 - -

Data Migration
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 44 (4.74%) Confluence
2 29 (3.12%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.40%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (0.54%) Oracle Workflow
5 4 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.43%) Smallworld
6 3 (0.32%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.32%) Oracle Spatial
6 3 (0.32%) SAS
7 2 (0.22%) Apache
7 2 (0.22%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.22%) CMS
7 2 (0.22%) Documentum
7 2 (0.22%) HCL Notes
7 2 (0.22%) LiveLink
8 1 (0.11%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.11%) SAP Portal
Applications
1 36 (3.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (1.83%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (1.51%) Microsoft Project
4 8 (0.86%) MS Visio
5 7 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.54%) Oracle Smart View
7 2 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.22%) Trello
Business Applications
1 110 (11.84%) SAP S/4HANA
2 31 (3.34%) Dynamics CRM
3 25 (2.69%) Oracle EBS
4 16 (1.72%) Oracle EBS R12
5 15 (1.61%) Oracle Payables
5 15 (1.61%) SAP HR
6 12 (1.29%) Oracle General Ledger
6 12 (1.29%) SAP PM
6 12 (1.29%) SAP SD
7 10 (1.08%) SAP FI
7 10 (1.08%) SAP PP
8 9 (0.97%) NetSuite
8 9 (0.97%) Salesforce CRM
8 9 (0.97%) SAP CO
8 9 (0.97%) SAP FI/CO
9 8 (0.86%) Oracle ERP
9 8 (0.86%) SAP HCM
9 8 (0.86%) SAP MDG
10 7 (0.75%) Dynamics NAV
10 7 (0.75%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 116 (12.49%) Azure
2 78 (8.40%) AWS
3 63 (6.78%) Dynamics 365
4 58 (6.24%) Power Platform
5 41 (4.41%) SaaS
6 40 (4.31%) OCI
7 34 (3.66%) Azure DevOps
8 29 (3.12%) Amazon S3
9 28 (3.01%) Serverless
10 26 (2.80%) Snowflake
11 24 (2.58%) GCP
12 22 (2.37%) Azure Data Factory
12 22 (2.37%) Microsoft 365
13 20 (2.15%) PowerApps
14 19 (2.05%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 19 (2.05%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 18 (1.94%) Power Automate
16 17 (1.83%) dbt
16 17 (1.83%) Salesforce Service Cloud
17 15 (1.61%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.40%) Firewall
2 10 (1.08%) VPN
3 5 (0.54%) NAS
3 5 (0.54%) Network Security
3 5 (0.54%) TCP/IP
4 4 (0.43%) WAN
5 2 (0.22%) DNS
5 2 (0.22%) Internet
5 2 (0.22%) Intranet
5 2 (0.22%) IPv6
5 2 (0.22%) LAN
5 2 (0.22%) SAN
6 1 (0.11%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.11%) Fibre Channel
6 1 (0.11%) IPv4
6 1 (0.11%) iSCSI
6 1 (0.11%) VLAN
6 1 (0.11%) Wireless
6 1 (0.11%) X.25
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (5.92%) SQL Server
2 50 (5.38%) Data Warehouse
3 37 (3.98%) Power BI
4 32 (3.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 31 (3.34%) Oracle Reports
6 28 (3.01%) Oracle Database
7 23 (2.48%) SAP Data Services
8 22 (2.37%) Data Lake
9 16 (1.72%) Amazon Redshift
9 16 (1.72%) Relational Database
9 16 (1.72%) SAP HANA
10 15 (1.61%) Azure SQL Database
10 15 (1.61%) Metadata
10 15 (1.61%) Tableau
11 12 (1.29%) PostgreSQL
12 10 (1.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 9 (0.97%) BigQuery
13 9 (0.97%) DataStage
13 9 (0.97%) GIS
14 7 (0.75%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 77 (8.29%) JIRA
2 9 (0.97%) Git
2 9 (0.97%) LSMW
3 7 (0.75%) GitLab
3 7 (0.75%) Selenium
4 6 (0.65%) REST Assured
5 5 (0.54%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.54%) Postman
5 5 (0.54%) Zephyr
6 4 (0.43%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (0.32%) SoapUI
8 2 (0.22%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.22%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.22%) Hudson
8 2 (0.22%) JMeter
8 2 (0.22%) QARun
8 2 (0.22%) TestRail
8 2 (0.22%) WinRunner
9 1 (0.11%) ER Studio
9 1 (0.11%) Poetry
General
1 342 (36.81%) Finance
2 330 (35.52%) Social Skills
3 122 (13.13%) Analytical Skills
4 70 (7.53%) Public Sector
5 48 (5.17%) Banking
6 39 (4.20%) Local Government
7 38 (4.09%) Manufacturing
8 36 (3.88%) Marketing
9 27 (2.91%) Documentation Skills
9 27 (2.91%) Legal
10 24 (2.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 22 (2.37%) Retail
12 21 (2.26%) General Ledger
13 17 (1.83%) Organisational Skills
13 17 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
14 16 (1.72%) Back Office
15 15 (1.61%) Pharmaceutical
16 11 (1.18%) French Language
17 9 (0.97%) Billing
18 8 (0.86%) Law
Job Titles
1 149 (16.04%) Consultant
2 137 (14.75%) Analyst
3 115 (12.38%) Architect
4 113 (12.16%) Lead
5 90 (9.69%) Project Manager
6 72 (7.75%) Business Analyst
7 66 (7.10%) SAP Consultant
8 53 (5.71%) Senior
9 48 (5.17%) Data Analyst
10 44 (4.74%) Developer
11 42 (4.52%) Data Engineer
12 39 (4.20%) Migration Specialist
13 38 (4.09%) Data Migration Lead
14 35 (3.77%) Data Migration Specialist
14 35 (3.77%) Solutions Architect
15 34 (3.66%) Data Consultant
16 27 (2.91%) Migration Consultant
17 24 (2.58%) Data Architect
18 22 (2.37%) Migration Manager
18 22 (2.37%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (3.55%) Lightning Web Components
2 30 (3.23%) Oracle Fusion
3 25 (2.69%) REST
3 25 (2.69%) XML
4 23 (2.48%) Visualforce
5 19 (2.05%) SOAP
6 18 (1.94%) Middleware
7 15 (1.61%) SAP Fiori
8 12 (1.29%) EDI
9 10 (1.08%) SAP PI
10 9 (0.97%) JSON
10 9 (0.97%) Kafka
11 8 (0.86%) .NET
12 7 (0.75%) BAPI
12 7 (0.75%) Gherkin
12 7 (0.75%) IDoc
12 7 (0.75%) PySpark
12 7 (0.75%) Web Services
13 6 (0.65%) WebdriverIO
14 5 (0.54%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 113 (12.16%) Legacy Systems
2 49 (5.27%) Data Structures
3 37 (3.98%) Management Information System
4 36 (3.88%) Product Ownership
5 21 (2.26%) Onboarding
6 18 (1.94%) Data Protection Act
7 16 (1.72%) Data Centre
8 14 (1.51%) Reference Data
9 13 (1.40%) Virtual Team
10 11 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
10 11 (1.18%) Hybrid Cloud
10 11 (1.18%) Public Cloud
11 9 (0.97%) Greenfield Project
12 8 (0.86%) FMCG
13 7 (0.75%) Analytical Mindset
14 6 (0.65%) Life Science
14 6 (0.65%) SCADA
15 5 (0.54%) Cloud Native
15 5 (0.54%) NHS
15 5 (0.54%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 22 (2.37%) Windows
2 7 (0.75%) Linux
3 6 (0.65%) Unix
4 5 (0.54%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.43%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.22%) AIX
6 2 (0.22%) Solaris
6 2 (0.22%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.11%) MVS
7 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.11%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.11%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 929 (100.00%) Migration
2 193 (20.78%) Problem-Solving
3 167 (17.98%) Agile
4 161 (17.33%) Validation
5 154 (16.58%) ERP
6 149 (16.04%) Stakeholder Management
7 135 (14.53%) ETL
8 124 (13.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 118 (12.70%) User Acceptance Testing
10 115 (12.38%) Data Modelling
11 105 (11.30%) Data Governance
12 99 (10.66%) Change Management
13 89 (9.58%) Project Management
14 81 (8.72%) DevOps
15 79 (8.50%) CRM
16 76 (8.18%) Analytics
17 72 (7.75%) Data Cleansing
17 72 (7.75%) Data Management
17 72 (7.75%) Project Delivery
18 61 (6.57%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 171 (18.41%) SQL
2 71 (7.64%) Python
3 33 (3.55%) Apex Code
4 29 (3.12%) Java
5 19 (2.05%) C#
6 14 (1.51%) ABAP
6 14 (1.51%) JavaScript
6 14 (1.51%) T-SQL
7 11 (1.18%) PL/SQL
8 10 (1.08%) PowerShell
9 9 (0.97%) Bicep
9 9 (0.97%) VB
10 5 (0.54%) Bash
10 5 (0.54%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.43%) SOQL
12 3 (0.32%) C++
12 3 (0.32%) Magik
12 3 (0.32%) R
12 3 (0.32%) SOSL
12 3 (0.32%) X++
Qualifications
1 81 (8.72%) Degree
2 79 (8.50%) Security Cleared
3 65 (7.00%) SC Cleared
4 27 (2.91%) Computer Science Degree
5 24 (2.58%) BPSS Clearance
5 24 (2.58%) PMI Certification
5 24 (2.58%) PMP
6 11 (1.18%) AWS Certification
6 11 (1.18%) Master's Degree
6 11 (1.18%) SAP Certification
7 6 (0.65%) Azure Certification
8 5 (0.54%) CBAP
8 5 (0.54%) DBS Check
9 4 (0.43%) ISTQB
9 4 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (0.43%) Oracle Certification
10 3 (0.32%) ACCA
10 3 (0.32%) CFA
10 3 (0.32%) CIMA
11 2 (0.22%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 144 (15.50%) Data Quality
2 58 (6.24%) QA
3 47 (5.06%) GDPR
4 11 (1.18%) SLA
5 9 (0.97%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 7 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.75%) PMO
7 5 (0.54%) GRC
8 4 (0.43%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.32%) GMP
9 3 (0.32%) GxP
10 2 (0.22%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 2 (0.22%) COBIT
10 2 (0.22%) Disclosure Scotland
10 2 (0.22%) EMIR
10 2 (0.22%) GAAP
10 2 (0.22%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.22%) MiFID
10 2 (0.22%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 17 (1.83%) Docker
2 9 (0.97%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.11%) NFS
4 1 (0.11%) Time Sharing Option
4 1 (0.11%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 26 (2.80%) Terraform
2 20 (2.15%) Kubernetes
3 12 (1.29%) Ansible
4 9 (0.97%) Oracle RMAN
5 7 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (0.65%) SCCM
7 5 (0.54%) HP ALM
7 5 (0.54%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.32%) HP Quality Center
8 3 (0.32%) Puppet
9 2 (0.22%) Grafana
10 1 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.11%) CA Endevor
10 1 (0.11%) Cisco CUCM
10 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Clustering
10 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.11%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.11%) SCSM
Vendors
1 216 (23.25%) SAP
2 154 (16.58%) Oracle
3 142 (15.29%) Microsoft
4 67 (7.21%) Salesforce
5 38 (4.09%) Databricks
6 24 (2.58%) Workday
7 20 (2.15%) Google
8 18 (1.94%) Ariba
9 11 (1.18%) IFS
10 10 (1.08%) Commvault
10 10 (1.08%) Informatica
11 9 (0.97%) HP
12 8 (0.86%) IBM
12 8 (0.86%) StreamSets
13 7 (0.75%) ServiceNow
14 6 (0.65%) Sage
15 5 (0.54%) Siebel
15 5 (0.54%) VMware
16 4 (0.43%) ESRI
16 4 (0.43%) OpenText