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 contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 97 96
Rank change year-on-year -2 -1 +32
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,008 808 981
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.67% 2.55% 2.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.04% 2.87% 2.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 632 539 661
10th Percentile £386 £400 £406
25th Percentile £450 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -1.82% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £663
90th Percentile £712 £700 £728
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 1 15
10th Percentile £14.61 - £40.00
25th Percentile £15.94 - £45.00
Median hourly rate £61.00 £35.00 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.29% -58.82% +21.43%
75th Percentile £81.00 - £86.50
90th Percentile £100.00 - £87.10
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.25 - £40.00
% change year-on-year - - +169.81%

All Process & 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 33,128 28,199 37,720
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 87.64% 88.95% 87.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,004 17,123 24,892
10th Percentile £305 £306 £300
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £645
90th Percentile £720 £743 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,016 901 1,818
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.62 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.69 £21.00 £17.08
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -13.33% +17.19%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.50 £62.50
90th Percentile £69.65 £75.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.00 £30.78 £40.00
% change year-on-year -22.03% -23.05% +53.85%

Data Migration
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Migration relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Data Migration job vacancy trend 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 22 January 2026.

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 22 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Migration in the UK

Data Migration
Top 17 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 22 January 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 0 848 £540 -1.82% 223
London +4 449 £550 - 81
UK excluding London -25 411 £525 - 189
Work from Home -21 296 £538 -0.46% 98
South East -38 113 £625 +13.64% 71
Midlands -22 96 £550 +6.02% 33
North of England -40 95 £475 -9.52% 33
North West -15 53 £450 -12.20% 17
West Midlands -41 51 £550 +4.76% 20
East Midlands +9 45 £550 +25.71% 13
Scotland +21 42 £568 +19.47% 8
Yorkshire -40 36 £513 -8.73% 13
South West -19 27 £519 -1.19% 20
East of England -22 21 £475 -13.64% 18
Wales +2 8 £531 +3.66% 6
Northern Ireland +1 8 £400 -23.81% 2
North East -12 7 £488 -25.00% 3

Data Migration
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 32 (3.17%) Confluence
2 30 (2.98%) SharePoint
3 9 (0.89%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.69%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (0.60%) GeoServer
5 6 (0.60%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
5 6 (0.60%) Smallworld
6 4 (0.40%) Apache
7 3 (0.30%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.30%) CMS
7 3 (0.30%) LiveLink
8 2 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.20%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.099%) Appian
9 1 (0.099%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.099%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.099%) Oracle Service Bus
9 1 (0.099%) SAP Portal
9 1 (0.099%) SAS
9 1 (0.099%) WebSphere
Applications
1 53 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (1.98%) Microsoft Project
3 19 (1.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (1.49%) Microsoft Office
5 14 (1.39%) MS Visio
5 14 (1.39%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.30%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.099%) Trello
7 1 (0.099%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 109 (10.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 36 (3.57%) Oracle EBS
3 34 (3.37%) Dynamics CRM
4 18 (1.79%) Oracle Payables
4 18 (1.79%) SAP HR
5 17 (1.69%) Oracle General Ledger
6 15 (1.49%) Oracle Receivables
6 15 (1.49%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 14 (1.39%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 12 (1.19%) NetSuite
8 12 (1.19%) SAP FI
9 10 (0.99%) SAP ERP
10 9 (0.89%) SAP CO
10 9 (0.89%) SAP FI/CO
10 9 (0.89%) Workday HCM
11 8 (0.79%) Loan IQ
11 8 (0.79%) Oracle Cash Management
11 8 (0.79%) Oracle EBS R12
11 8 (0.79%) Oracle ERP
11 8 (0.79%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 145 (14.38%) Azure
2 92 (9.13%) AWS
3 80 (7.94%) Power Platform
4 71 (7.04%) OCI
5 70 (6.94%) Dynamics 365
6 37 (3.67%) SaaS
7 32 (3.17%) Azure DevOps
8 29 (2.88%) Azure Data Factory
9 27 (2.68%) Amazon S3
10 23 (2.28%) Microsoft 365
11 22 (2.18%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 22 (2.18%) Snowflake
12 19 (1.88%) SuccessFactors
13 16 (1.59%) Entra ID
14 15 (1.49%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 15 (1.49%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 15 (1.49%) Serverless
15 14 (1.39%) Azure Logic Apps
15 14 (1.39%) GCP
16 13 (1.29%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.60%) NAS
2 4 (0.40%) SSL
3 3 (0.30%) DNS
3 3 (0.30%) Internet
3 3 (0.30%) Intranet
3 3 (0.30%) Network Security
3 3 (0.30%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.20%) Firewall
4 2 (0.20%) IPv6
4 2 (0.20%) LAN
4 2 (0.20%) VPN
4 2 (0.20%) WAN
5 1 (0.099%) IPv4
5 1 (0.099%) SAN
5 1 (0.099%) VLAN
5 1 (0.099%) WebEx
5 1 (0.099%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.099%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (6.25%) Power BI
2 58 (5.75%) Data Warehouse
3 56 (5.56%) SQL Server
4 37 (3.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 32 (3.17%) Relational Database
6 28 (2.78%) Oracle Database
7 26 (2.58%) Metadata
8 24 (2.38%) Oracle Reports
9 23 (2.28%) Tableau
10 21 (2.08%) Data Lake
11 20 (1.98%) PostgreSQL
11 20 (1.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 15 (1.49%) RDBMS
13 14 (1.39%) Amazon Redshift
14 12 (1.19%) SAP Data Services
15 11 (1.09%) Azure SQL Database
15 11 (1.09%) MySQL
16 10 (0.99%) Big Data
17 9 (0.89%) Amazon QuickSight
17 9 (0.89%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 72 (7.14%) JIRA
2 6 (0.60%) Git
2 6 (0.60%) LSMW
3 5 (0.50%) Oracle Forms
3 5 (0.50%) Postman
4 4 (0.40%) GitLab
4 4 (0.40%) Toad
4 4 (0.40%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.30%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.30%) ERwin
5 3 (0.30%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.30%) MLflow
5 3 (0.30%) Oracle APEX
5 3 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.20%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.20%) Hudson
7 1 (0.099%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.099%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.099%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.099%) webpack
General
1 362 (35.91%) Social Skills
2 332 (32.94%) Finance
3 104 (10.32%) Analytical Skills
4 91 (9.03%) Public Sector
5 65 (6.45%) Banking
6 37 (3.67%) Manufacturing
6 37 (3.67%) Retail
7 36 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
8 30 (2.98%) Presentation Skills
9 24 (2.38%) Legal
10 22 (2.18%) General Ledger
10 22 (2.18%) Local Government
10 22 (2.18%) Organisational Skills
11 17 (1.69%) Marketing
12 15 (1.49%) Billing
12 15 (1.49%) Pharmaceutical
13 13 (1.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 12 (1.19%) Back Office
15 11 (1.09%) Investment Banking
15 11 (1.09%) Law
Job Titles
1 165 (16.37%) Lead
2 155 (15.38%) Consultant
3 147 (14.58%) Analyst
4 109 (10.81%) Architect
5 92 (9.13%) Project Manager
6 88 (8.73%) Business Analyst
7 80 (7.94%) Senior
8 56 (5.56%) Data Engineer
8 56 (5.56%) Data Migration Lead
9 47 (4.66%) Solutions Architect
10 46 (4.56%) Developer
10 46 (4.56%) SAP Consultant
11 44 (4.37%) Data Analyst
12 39 (3.87%) Migration Analyst
13 34 (3.37%) Migration Manager
14 32 (3.17%) Functional Consultant
15 30 (2.98%) Data Migration Analyst
16 29 (2.88%) Data Consultant
17 28 (2.78%) Migration Consultant
18 27 (2.68%) Migration Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (6.75%) Oracle Fusion
2 36 (3.57%) REST
3 33 (3.27%) XML
4 22 (2.18%) Middleware
5 21 (2.08%) SOAP
6 19 (1.88%) JSON
7 18 (1.79%) Lightning Web Components
8 15 (1.49%) Visualforce
9 14 (1.39%) PySpark
10 12 (1.19%) .NET
11 11 (1.09%) Web Services
12 10 (0.99%) SAP Fiori
13 8 (0.79%) XSLT
14 6 (0.60%) EDI
15 5 (0.50%) Apache Avro
15 5 (0.50%) LDAP
16 4 (0.40%) BAPI
16 4 (0.40%) Kafka
16 4 (0.40%) SAP Basis
16 4 (0.40%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 141 (13.99%) Legacy Systems
2 71 (7.04%) Data Structures
3 39 (3.87%) Onboarding
4 29 (2.88%) Management Information System
5 23 (2.28%) Data Protection Act
6 22 (2.18%) Product Ownership
7 14 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
8 12 (1.19%) Greenfield Project
8 12 (1.19%) Reference Data
8 12 (1.19%) Replication
9 10 (0.99%) Cloud Native
9 10 (0.99%) Public Cloud
10 9 (0.89%) CMDB
11 8 (0.79%) Data Centre
11 8 (0.79%) NHS
12 7 (0.69%) Derivative
12 7 (0.69%) FMCG
12 7 (0.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 7 (0.69%) Life Science
12 7 (0.69%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 22 (2.18%) Windows
2 8 (0.79%) Windows 10
2 8 (0.79%) Windows Server
3 7 (0.69%) Apple iOS
4 6 (0.60%) Linux
4 6 (0.60%) Unix
5 5 (0.50%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.30%) Solaris
7 1 (0.099%) AIX
7 1 (0.099%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.099%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,008 (100.00%) Migration
2 238 (23.61%) Agile
3 226 (22.42%) Stakeholder Management
4 184 (18.25%) Validation
5 181 (17.96%) ERP
5 181 (17.96%) Problem-Solving
6 151 (14.98%) ETL
7 149 (14.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 142 (14.09%) User Acceptance Testing
9 140 (13.89%) Data Modelling
10 109 (10.81%) Project Management
11 108 (10.71%) Analytics
11 108 (10.71%) Workshop Facilitation
12 100 (9.92%) Data Cleansing
13 96 (9.52%) Change Management
14 84 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
15 82 (8.13%) Data Mapping
16 81 (8.04%) Data Governance
17 77 (7.64%) Data Analysis
18 76 (7.54%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 199 (19.74%) SQL
2 76 (7.54%) Python
3 28 (2.78%) Java
4 17 (1.69%) Apex Code
5 16 (1.59%) PL/SQL
6 14 (1.39%) JavaScript
6 14 (1.39%) PowerShell
7 11 (1.09%) C#
8 10 (0.99%) Shell Script
9 9 (0.89%) T-SQL
10 5 (0.50%) Bicep
10 5 (0.50%) Perl
10 5 (0.50%) PHP
11 4 (0.40%) ABAP
11 4 (0.40%) SOQL
11 4 (0.40%) VBA
11 4 (0.40%) X++
12 3 (0.30%) Bash
12 3 (0.30%) Scala
12 3 (0.30%) VB
Qualifications
1 116 (11.51%) Security Cleared
2 83 (8.23%) SC Cleared
3 73 (7.24%) Degree
4 36 (3.57%) PMP
5 31 (3.08%) PMI Certification
6 24 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
7 17 (1.69%) Master's Degree
8 16 (1.59%) BPSS Clearance
9 13 (1.29%) AWS Certification
9 13 (1.29%) DV Cleared
9 13 (1.29%) SAP Certification
10 6 (0.60%) CIMA
11 5 (0.50%) ACCA
11 5 (0.50%) CFA
12 4 (0.40%) Azure Certification
12 4 (0.40%) Oracle Certification
13 3 (0.30%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (0.30%) OCP
13 3 (0.30%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 3 (0.30%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 144 (14.29%) Data Quality
2 64 (6.35%) QA
3 58 (5.75%) GDPR
4 11 (1.09%) PMO
5 10 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (0.89%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 9 (0.89%) IFRS
7 8 (0.79%) Accessibility
7 8 (0.79%) GxP
8 7 (0.69%) COBIT
8 7 (0.69%) GAAP
8 7 (0.69%) NIST
8 7 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 6 (0.60%) GMP
9 6 (0.60%) GRC
9 6 (0.60%) SLA
10 5 (0.50%) IFRS 9
11 4 (0.40%) Basel III
11 4 (0.40%) IFRS 17
11 4 (0.40%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 14 (1.39%) Active Directory
2 12 (1.19%) Docker
3 3 (0.30%) NFS
4 2 (0.20%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.099%) SRDF
5 1 (0.099%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.099%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (1.49%) Kubernetes
2 12 (1.19%) Terraform
3 9 (0.89%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (0.89%) SCCM
4 4 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (0.30%) Ansible
5 3 (0.30%) Grafana
6 1 (0.099%) Argo
6 1 (0.099%) Control-M
6 1 (0.099%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.099%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.099%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 200 (19.84%) SAP
2 183 (18.15%) Oracle
3 152 (15.08%) Microsoft
4 45 (4.46%) Salesforce
5 41 (4.07%) Databricks
5 41 (4.07%) Workday
6 17 (1.69%) Informatica
7 15 (1.49%) ServiceNow
8 13 (1.29%) Avaloq
8 13 (1.29%) Sage
9 12 (1.19%) Ariba
9 12 (1.19%) MuleSoft
10 10 (0.99%) Google
10 10 (0.99%) IBM
11 9 (0.89%) OpenText
11 9 (0.89%) Talend
12 8 (0.79%) Kronos
13 7 (0.69%) GoldenSource
13 7 (0.69%) IFS
13 7 (0.69%) Temenos