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 4 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 85 102
Rank change year-on-year -6 +17 +10
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,622 972 844
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.97% 2.93% 2.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.52% 3.23% 2.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,029 601 561
10th Percentile £363 £380 £388
25th Percentile £425 £447 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £537 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.23% -2.36% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £701
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £531
% change year-on-year - -5.88% -3.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 14 5
10th Percentile £16.88 £15.00 £45.80
25th Percentile £21.25 £32.25 £62.00
Median hourly rate £33.34 £35.25 £66.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.43% -46.99% -25.65%
75th Percentile £41.83 £70.31 £80.00
90th Percentile £73.38 £87.85 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.90 £35.16 £80.00
% change year-on-year -23.48% -56.06% +14.74%

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 46,144 30,062 32,646
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.46% 90.58% 85.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,776 18,666 19,743
10th Percentile £325 £300 £308
25th Percentile £425 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £634 £625 £638
90th Percentile £736 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,300 1,877 1,341
10th Percentile £13.65 £14.33 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.12 £17.30 £20.12
Median hourly rate £38.62 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +53.57% -40.82% -
75th Percentile £65.06 £43.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £65.18 £74.44
UK excluding London median hourly rate £39.00 £22.32 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.77% -48.10% +1.18%

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 4 October 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 4 October 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 4 October 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 -8 1,387 £525 -2.33% 975
UK excluding London -1 704 £500 - 655
London +5 684 £550 - 456
Work from Home -2 493 £525 -2.55% 501
North of England -20 174 £525 +10.53% 134
Midlands +6 170 £475 -13.64% 109
South East -16 165 £505 -12.17% 179
West Midlands 0 122 £450 -14.29% 75
North West +6 107 £538 +19.44% 57
South West +26 96 £523 -0.48% 48
Yorkshire -42 50 £510 +2.00% 46
East Midlands 0 44 £538 -6.52% 34
East of England -5 44 £510 +3.29% 56
Scotland -19 40 £500 +5.26% 77
North East -21 20 £475 +8.57% 31
Northern Ireland +14 15 £463 +15.63% 27
Wales -10 9 £550 +6.02% 28

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 68 (4.19%) Confluence
2 61 (3.76%) SharePoint
3 16 (0.99%) Apache Airflow
4 13 (0.80%) Microsoft Exchange
5 12 (0.74%) Apache
6 10 (0.62%) Apache Spark
7 8 (0.49%) Oracle Workflow
8 6 (0.37%) CICS
8 6 (0.37%) CMS
8 6 (0.37%) SAS
9 5 (0.31%) ArcGIS
9 5 (0.31%) Tuxedo
10 4 (0.25%) SugarCRM
11 3 (0.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 2 (0.12%) HCL Notes
12 2 (0.12%) Mendix
12 2 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
13 1 (0.062%) Documentum
13 1 (0.062%) IIS
13 1 (0.062%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 69 (4.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (1.17%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (1.17%) Spreadsheet
3 15 (0.92%) MS Visio
4 11 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.25%) Windchill
6 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.062%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.062%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 159 (9.80%) SAP S/4HANA
2 54 (3.33%) Dynamics CRM
3 33 (2.03%) Oracle Payables
4 28 (1.73%) Oracle Receivables
5 21 (1.29%) Oracle ERP
6 20 (1.23%) NetSuite
6 20 (1.23%) SAP HCM
7 17 (1.05%) SAP ERP
7 17 (1.05%) SAP FI
8 16 (0.99%) Oracle Financials
8 16 (0.99%) Oracle General Ledger
9 14 (0.86%) Oracle Assets
9 14 (0.86%) Oracle EBS
9 14 (0.86%) SAP CO
9 14 (0.86%) SAP SD
9 14 (0.86%) Teamcenter
10 13 (0.80%) Workday HCM
11 12 (0.74%) SAP MM
11 12 (0.74%) SAP Payroll
12 11 (0.68%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 269 (16.58%) Azure
2 150 (9.25%) AWS
3 136 (8.38%) Power Platform
4 124 (7.64%) Dynamics 365
5 90 (5.55%) Azure DevOps
6 81 (4.99%) OCI
7 62 (3.82%) SaaS
8 53 (3.27%) Microsoft 365
9 47 (2.90%) SuccessFactors
10 45 (2.77%) Azure Data Factory
11 43 (2.65%) Snowflake
12 38 (2.34%) Power Automate
13 37 (2.28%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 35 (2.16%) Amazon S3
15 30 (1.85%) PowerApps
16 29 (1.79%) GCP
16 29 (1.79%) GitHub
17 23 (1.42%) Microsoft Purview
18 22 (1.36%) dbt
19 19 (1.17%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.31%) NAS
1 5 (0.31%) SAN
2 4 (0.25%) VPN
3 3 (0.18%) DMZ
3 3 (0.18%) Firewall
3 3 (0.18%) Intranet
4 2 (0.12%) VSAN
5 1 (0.062%) DKIM
5 1 (0.062%) DMARC
5 1 (0.062%) DNS
5 1 (0.062%) Internet
5 1 (0.062%) SSL
5 1 (0.062%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 118 (7.27%) Data Warehouse
2 101 (6.23%) Power BI
3 68 (4.19%) Metadata
4 64 (3.95%) SQL Server
5 51 (3.14%) Oracle Reports
5 51 (3.14%) Relational Database
6 49 (3.02%) Data Lake
7 43 (2.65%) Oracle Database
8 34 (2.10%) PostgreSQL
9 21 (1.29%) RDBMS
9 21 (1.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 19 (1.17%) Azure SQL Database
11 17 (1.05%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 15 (0.92%) Amazon Redshift
12 15 (0.92%) MongoDB
12 15 (0.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 14 (0.86%) Db2
14 13 (0.80%) BigQuery
15 12 (0.74%) Delta Lake
15 12 (0.74%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 150 (9.25%) JIRA
2 53 (3.27%) Git
3 43 (2.65%) Zephyr
4 30 (1.85%) Postman
5 18 (1.11%) GitLab
6 11 (0.68%) Jenkins
6 11 (0.68%) Oracle Forms
7 7 (0.43%) Selenium
8 6 (0.37%) Gatling
8 6 (0.37%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 5 (0.31%) Cypress.io
9 5 (0.31%) LSMW
9 5 (0.31%) Team Foundation Server
10 4 (0.25%) Hudson
10 4 (0.25%) Visual Studio
11 3 (0.18%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.18%) Claude Code
11 3 (0.18%) ER Studio
12 2 (0.12%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 2 (0.12%) Yeoman
General
1 557 (34.34%) Finance
2 459 (28.30%) Social Skills
3 215 (13.26%) Analytical Skills
4 162 (9.99%) Public Sector
5 102 (6.29%) Banking
6 88 (5.43%) Manufacturing
7 62 (3.82%) Retail
8 58 (3.58%) Documentation Skills
9 56 (3.45%) General Ledger
10 41 (2.53%) Organisational Skills
11 37 (2.28%) Local Government
12 31 (1.91%) Legal
13 28 (1.73%) Automotive
13 28 (1.73%) Billing
14 26 (1.60%) Influencing Skills
15 22 (1.36%) Law
15 22 (1.36%) Marketing
16 21 (1.29%) Military
17 20 (1.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 19 (1.17%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 249 (15.35%) Analyst
2 246 (15.17%) Lead
3 203 (12.52%) Consultant
4 193 (11.90%) Architect
5 141 (8.69%) Data Engineer
5 141 (8.69%) Senior
6 112 (6.91%) Business Analyst
7 95 (5.86%) Data Migration Lead
8 93 (5.73%) Project Manager
9 86 (5.30%) Data Analyst
10 82 (5.06%) Developer
11 79 (4.87%) Data Architect
12 69 (4.25%) Migration Engineer
13 62 (3.82%) SAP Consultant
14 57 (3.51%) Data Migration Engineer
14 57 (3.51%) Solutions Architect
15 54 (3.33%) Data Consultant
16 44 (2.71%) Migration Consultant
17 42 (2.59%) Migration Analyst
18 40 (2.47%) Data Migration Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 113 (6.97%) Oracle Fusion
2 56 (3.45%) Middleware
3 44 (2.71%) REST
4 32 (1.97%) .NET
4 32 (1.97%) Terraform
5 30 (1.85%) SOAP
6 29 (1.79%) XML
7 23 (1.42%) PySpark
8 17 (1.05%) JSON
9 14 (0.86%) Keycloak
10 13 (0.80%) ADO
10 13 (0.80%) Oracle GoldenGate
11 12 (0.74%) Kafka
12 11 (0.68%) HTML
12 11 (0.68%) SAP Fiori
12 11 (0.68%) Web Services
13 10 (0.62%) Lightning Web Components
14 9 (0.55%) Spring
14 9 (0.55%) Spring Boot
15 7 (0.43%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 164 (10.11%) Legacy Systems
2 119 (7.34%) Data Structures
3 57 (3.51%) Onboarding
4 52 (3.21%) Enterprise Software
5 50 (3.08%) Management Information System
6 41 (2.53%) Product Ownership
7 38 (2.34%) Public Cloud
8 33 (2.03%) Cloud Native
9 25 (1.54%) Greenfield Project
10 22 (1.36%) Reference Data
11 21 (1.29%) Replication
12 18 (1.11%) Data Protection Act
12 18 (1.11%) NHS
13 17 (1.05%) Legacy Applications
14 16 (0.99%) FMCG
15 14 (0.86%) Reinsurance
16 13 (0.80%) Low-Code
17 12 (0.74%) Life Science
17 12 (0.74%) Mainframe
18 11 (0.68%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 36 (2.22%) Windows
2 33 (2.03%) Linux
3 15 (0.92%) Unix
4 12 (0.74%) AIX
5 6 (0.37%) zOS
6 5 (0.31%) Data ONTAP
7 4 (0.25%) VMS
8 2 (0.12%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.062%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,622 (100.00%) Migration
2 503 (31.01%) Validation
3 465 (28.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 368 (22.69%) User Acceptance Testing
5 339 (20.90%) ERP
6 277 (17.08%) Agile
7 256 (15.78%) Data Modelling
8 252 (15.54%) ETL
9 221 (13.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 210 (12.95%) Data Governance
11 209 (12.89%) Problem-Solving
12 164 (10.11%) DevOps
13 160 (9.86%) Data Cleansing
14 149 (9.19%) Analytics
15 142 (8.75%) Requirements Gathering
16 140 (8.63%) Data Mapping
17 137 (8.45%) Business Intelligence
18 136 (8.38%) System Integration Testing
19 125 (7.71%) CI/CD
20 123 (7.58%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 343 (21.15%) SQL
2 92 (5.67%) Python
3 32 (1.97%) JavaScript
4 30 (1.85%) PL/SQL
5 29 (1.79%) C#
6 25 (1.54%) Java
7 15 (0.92%) PowerShell
8 13 (0.80%) Bash
9 12 (0.74%) T-SQL
10 11 (0.68%) TypeScript
11 9 (0.55%) Apex Code
12 8 (0.49%) ABAP
13 7 (0.43%) Kotlin
13 7 (0.43%) Shell Script
14 6 (0.37%) JCL
14 6 (0.37%) MUMPS
14 6 (0.37%) X++
15 5 (0.31%) C
15 5 (0.31%) VB
15 5 (0.31%) VB6
Qualifications
1 297 (18.31%) Security Cleared
2 244 (15.04%) SC Cleared
3 61 (3.76%) Degree
4 37 (2.28%) ACCA
4 37 (2.28%) CIMA
5 35 (2.16%) BPSS Clearance
6 32 (1.97%) PMI Certification
6 32 (1.97%) PMP
7 28 (1.73%) DV Cleared
8 27 (1.66%) ISTQB
9 14 (0.86%) Computer Science Degree
10 12 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
11 9 (0.55%) Azure Certification
12 8 (0.49%) DBS Check
13 7 (0.43%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 6 (0.37%) CBAP
14 6 (0.37%) ITIL Certification
14 6 (0.37%) SAP Certification
15 4 (0.25%) Master's Degree
16 3 (0.18%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 348 (21.45%) Data Quality
2 127 (7.83%) QA
3 68 (4.19%) GDPR
4 32 (1.97%) PMO
5 15 (0.92%) GRC
6 11 (0.68%) IFRS
7 9 (0.55%) Actionable Recommendations
8 8 (0.49%) Accessibility
8 8 (0.49%) HL7
9 7 (0.43%) SLA
10 6 (0.37%) SNOMED CT
11 5 (0.31%) GxP
12 4 (0.25%) DICOM
12 4 (0.25%) GMP
12 4 (0.25%) ISO 20022
12 4 (0.25%) NCSC
13 3 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.18%) SEPA
14 2 (0.12%) GAAP
14 2 (0.12%) Solvency II
System Software
1 19 (1.17%) Docker
2 14 (0.86%) Oracle RAC
3 11 (0.68%) Active Directory
4 7 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.18%) EMC RecoverPoint
5 3 (0.18%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.18%) NFS
5 3 (0.18%) SRDF
5 3 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (0.18%) vSphere
6 1 (0.062%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 20 (1.23%) Ansible
1 20 (1.23%) Kubernetes
2 13 (0.80%) Karpenter
3 12 (0.74%) Data Guard
3 12 (0.74%) Oracle RMAN
4 8 (0.49%) Control-M
5 5 (0.31%) HP ALM
5 5 (0.31%) SnapMirror
6 4 (0.25%) EMC VPLEX
7 3 (0.18%) EMC NetWorker
7 3 (0.18%) NetBackup
7 3 (0.18%) SnapVault
7 3 (0.18%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.12%) Argo
8 2 (0.12%) Failover Clustering
8 2 (0.12%) Grafana
8 2 (0.12%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.062%) Autotask
9 1 (0.062%) SCCM
Vendors
1 333 (20.53%) Oracle
2 301 (18.56%) SAP
3 277 (17.08%) Microsoft
4 94 (5.80%) Databricks
5 69 (4.25%) Salesforce
6 42 (2.59%) ServiceNow
7 34 (2.10%) Informatica
7 34 (2.10%) Workday
8 27 (1.66%) Google
9 23 (1.42%) Ariba
9 23 (1.42%) Talend
10 22 (1.36%) IBM
11 18 (1.11%) IFS
12 17 (1.05%) Sage
13 14 (0.86%) InterSystems
14 13 (0.80%) Infor
15 10 (0.62%) MuleSoft
16 9 (0.55%) Alteryx
16 9 (0.55%) Atlassian
17 8 (0.49%) VMware