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 14 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 82 93 95
Rank change year-on-year +11 +2 +35
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,405 776 999
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.95% 2.68% 2.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.50% 2.94% 2.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 889 485 681
10th Percentile £360 £375 £363
25th Percentile £443 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £627 £650
90th Percentile £726 £700 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 13 33
10th Percentile £15.12 £35.00 £25.00
25th Percentile £17.75 £56.25 £40.00
Median hourly rate £38.36 £67.50 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -43.18% -10.00% +180.37%
75th Percentile £46.75 £87.05 £80.00
90th Percentile £77.75 £87.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.76 £62.50 £75.00
% change year-on-year -52.38% -16.67% +233.33%

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 40,111 26,361 36,876
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.33% 90.96% 86.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,183 16,941 23,723
10th Percentile £325 £305 £300
25th Percentile £413 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £516 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.13% -1.71% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £626 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £479 £500
% change year-on-year +2.71% -4.20% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,380 1,073 2,431
10th Percentile £14.89 £14.41 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.91 £18.38 £16.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £28.60 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +48.60% -21.64% +1.39%
75th Percentile £67.25 £60.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.78 £38.00
% change year-on-year +74.59% -32.17% +8.57%

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 14 May 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 14 May 2026.

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 14 May 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 +21 1,250 £525 -0.76% 252
UK excluding London +11 625 £525 +5.00% 169
London +33 617 £525 -4.55% 109
Work from Home -5 369 £500 -4.76% 94
South East -1 177 £609 +11.19% 52
North of England -12 167 £500 +0.81% 41
Midlands -5 130 £488 +2.63% 29
North West +6 104 £473 -14.00% 24
West Midlands -8 89 £450 -5.26% 12
Yorkshire -41 56 £525 +32.91% 15
South West -3 55 £525 +5.00% 19
East of England -14 54 £575 -11.54% 20
East Midlands -5 38 £500 +9.29% 17
Scotland +1 23 £575 +20.95% 4
Northern Ireland +15 15 £475 - 4
North East -12 7 £488 -15.22% 2
Wales -9 6 £550 +25.71% 5
Channel Islands - 2 £450 -

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 53 (3.77%) SharePoint
2 48 (3.42%) Confluence
3 8 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.50%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
5 6 (0.43%) Oracle Workflow
6 4 (0.28%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 3 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.14%) Apache
8 2 (0.14%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.14%) Appian
8 2 (0.14%) IIS
9 1 (0.071%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.071%) OpenROAD
9 1 (0.071%) Oracle Service Bus
9 1 (0.071%) WebSphere
Applications
1 74 (5.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (1.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 20 (1.42%) Microsoft Project
3 18 (1.28%) Spreadsheet
4 17 (1.21%) MS Visio
5 14 (1.00%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.071%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.071%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 168 (11.96%) SAP S/4HANA
2 50 (3.56%) Oracle EBS
3 37 (2.63%) Dynamics CRM
4 22 (1.57%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 19 (1.35%) SAP ERP
6 15 (1.07%) Oracle ERP
7 14 (1.00%) Loan IQ
8 13 (0.93%) NetSuite
9 11 (0.78%) Oracle General Ledger
9 11 (0.78%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
10 10 (0.71%) Oracle Receivables
11 9 (0.64%) Oracle EBS R12
11 9 (0.64%) Oracle Payables
11 9 (0.64%) SAP FI
12 8 (0.57%) SAP CO
13 7 (0.50%) SAP FI/CO
13 7 (0.50%) Teamcenter
14 6 (0.43%) Finacle
14 6 (0.43%) SAP Business One
14 6 (0.43%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 211 (15.02%) Azure
2 135 (9.61%) Power Platform
3 120 (8.54%) AWS
4 106 (7.54%) Dynamics 365
5 82 (5.84%) OCI
6 67 (4.77%) Azure DevOps
7 51 (3.63%) SaaS
8 50 (3.56%) Azure Data Factory
9 34 (2.42%) GitHub
9 34 (2.42%) Snowflake
10 33 (2.35%) Microsoft 365
11 32 (2.28%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 22 (1.57%) SuccessFactors
13 21 (1.49%) GCP
14 16 (1.14%) Amazon S3
14 16 (1.14%) OpenShift
15 15 (1.07%) Entra ID
16 14 (1.00%) Power Automate
17 13 (0.93%) Microsoft Purview
18 12 (0.85%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 17 (1.21%) SAN
2 14 (1.00%) DNS
2 14 (1.00%) NAS
3 6 (0.43%) Firewall
4 5 (0.36%) VPN
4 5 (0.36%) VSAN
5 4 (0.28%) Fibre Channel
6 3 (0.21%) FCoE
6 3 (0.21%) iSCSI
7 2 (0.14%) HTTP
7 2 (0.14%) Network Security
7 2 (0.14%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.071%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.071%) Internet
8 1 (0.071%) Intranet
8 1 (0.071%) LAN
8 1 (0.071%) SNMP
8 1 (0.071%) SSL
8 1 (0.071%) VLAN
8 1 (0.071%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 114 (8.11%) Power BI
2 91 (6.48%) Data Warehouse
3 60 (4.27%) Oracle Reports
4 55 (3.91%) SQL Server
5 37 (2.63%) Metadata
6 34 (2.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 32 (2.28%) Data Lake
8 24 (1.71%) Relational Database
9 23 (1.64%) PostgreSQL
10 22 (1.57%) Oracle Database
11 15 (1.07%) NoSQL
11 15 (1.07%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 14 (1.00%) SAP Data Services
13 13 (0.93%) DB2
14 12 (0.85%) Amazon Redshift
15 10 (0.71%) Electronic Patient Records
15 10 (0.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 10 (0.71%) Tableau
16 9 (0.64%) Azure SQL Database
17 8 (0.57%) GIS
Development Applications
1 129 (9.18%) JIRA
2 34 (2.42%) Git
3 32 (2.28%) Zephyr
4 27 (1.92%) Postman
5 19 (1.35%) Jenkins
6 13 (0.93%) Selenium
7 9 (0.64%) GitLab
8 7 (0.50%) Hudson
8 7 (0.50%) LSMW
8 7 (0.50%) Oracle Forms
9 6 (0.43%) JUnit
10 5 (0.36%) Cucumber
10 5 (0.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 4 (0.28%) Toad
12 3 (0.21%) Bitbucket
12 3 (0.21%) ERwin
12 3 (0.21%) Rational DOORS
12 3 (0.21%) Team Foundation Server
13 2 (0.14%) Artifactory
13 2 (0.14%) Cypress.io
General
1 456 (32.46%) Finance
2 434 (30.89%) Social Skills
3 175 (12.46%) Analytical Skills
4 118 (8.40%) Public Sector
5 78 (5.55%) Manufacturing
6 76 (5.41%) Banking
7 58 (4.13%) Documentation Skills
8 45 (3.20%) Law
9 43 (3.06%) Retail
10 39 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
11 26 (1.85%) Legal
12 25 (1.78%) Local Government
12 25 (1.78%) Organisational Skills
13 24 (1.71%) General Ledger
13 24 (1.71%) Pharmaceutical
14 22 (1.57%) Marketing
15 18 (1.28%) Billing
15 18 (1.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 15 (1.07%) Aerospace
17 13 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 310 (22.06%) Lead
2 215 (15.30%) Analyst
3 166 (11.81%) Consultant
4 161 (11.46%) Architect
5 113 (8.04%) Data Migration Lead
6 106 (7.54%) Project Manager
7 102 (7.26%) Business Analyst
8 100 (7.12%) Data Engineer
9 94 (6.69%) Senior
10 72 (5.12%) Developer
11 71 (5.05%) Data Analyst
12 58 (4.13%) Migration Analyst
13 56 (3.99%) SAP Consultant
14 55 (3.91%) Migration Engineer
15 51 (3.63%) Data Architect
16 49 (3.49%) Migration Manager
17 47 (3.35%) Data Migration Engineer
18 44 (3.13%) Data Migration Analyst
19 40 (2.85%) Migration Consultant
20 39 (2.78%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (6.19%) Oracle Fusion
2 39 (2.78%) REST
3 34 (2.42%) Middleware
4 20 (1.42%) SOAP
4 20 (1.42%) XML
5 18 (1.28%) .NET
6 17 (1.21%) Spring
7 15 (1.07%) Kafka
8 13 (0.93%) JSON
9 11 (0.78%) Lightning Web Components
9 11 (0.78%) OpenTelemetry
10 10 (0.71%) PySpark
11 9 (0.64%) Spring Boot
12 8 (0.57%) React
13 7 (0.50%) FHIR
13 7 (0.50%) Web Services
14 6 (0.43%) AngularJS
15 5 (0.36%) SAP Fiori
16 4 (0.28%) Elastic Stack
16 4 (0.28%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 180 (12.81%) Legacy Systems
2 108 (7.69%) Data Structures
3 44 (3.13%) Cloud Native
4 41 (2.92%) Management Information System
5 35 (2.49%) Onboarding
6 29 (2.06%) Greenfield Project
7 25 (1.78%) Public Cloud
8 23 (1.64%) Product Ownership
9 22 (1.57%) Replication
10 20 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
11 16 (1.14%) Mainframe
11 16 (1.14%) Reference Data
12 15 (1.07%) Self-Motivation
13 14 (1.00%) Data Centre
13 14 (1.00%) Hybrid Cloud
14 13 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
15 11 (0.78%) Distributed Systems
15 11 (0.78%) FMCG
15 11 (0.78%) Marketing Technology
15 11 (0.78%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 28 (1.99%) Windows
2 10 (0.71%) Linux
3 8 (0.57%) Windows 10
4 7 (0.50%) Apple iOS
4 7 (0.50%) zOS
5 6 (0.43%) Unix
6 5 (0.36%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.21%) Data ONTAP
8 2 (0.14%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.14%) VMS
9 1 (0.071%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,405 (100.00%) Migration
2 364 (25.91%) Validation
3 313 (22.28%) Stakeholder Management
4 296 (21.07%) ERP
5 295 (21.00%) User Acceptance Testing
6 264 (18.79%) Agile
7 232 (16.51%) ETL
8 211 (15.02%) Problem-Solving
9 202 (14.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 196 (13.95%) Data Modelling
11 154 (10.96%) Data Cleansing
12 146 (10.39%) Business Intelligence
13 135 (9.61%) Project Management
14 133 (9.47%) Data Mapping
15 128 (9.11%) Analytics
16 124 (8.83%) Continuous Improvement
17 119 (8.47%) Data Governance
18 117 (8.33%) DevOps
19 112 (7.97%) Workshop Facilitation
20 109 (7.76%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 257 (18.29%) SQL
2 109 (7.76%) Python
3 43 (3.06%) Java
4 32 (2.28%) PL/SQL
5 21 (1.49%) Bash
6 18 (1.28%) JavaScript
7 12 (0.85%) PowerShell
8 10 (0.71%) Apex Code
9 9 (0.64%) VBA
10 8 (0.57%) C#
10 8 (0.57%) T-SQL
11 6 (0.43%) Kotlin
11 6 (0.43%) Shell Script
12 5 (0.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 5 (0.36%) PHP
13 4 (0.28%) ABAP
13 4 (0.28%) C
13 4 (0.28%) Perl
13 4 (0.28%) SOQL
14 3 (0.21%) VB
Qualifications
1 223 (15.87%) Security Cleared
2 165 (11.74%) SC Cleared
3 61 (4.34%) Degree
4 33 (2.35%) DV Cleared
5 28 (1.99%) PMP
6 24 (1.71%) BPSS Clearance
7 23 (1.64%) ISTQB
7 23 (1.64%) PMI Certification
8 21 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
9 13 (0.93%) Azure Certification
9 13 (0.93%) CIMA
10 12 (0.85%) ACCA
11 9 (0.64%) AWS Certification
12 7 (0.50%) SAP Certification
13 6 (0.43%) Master's Degree
14 5 (0.36%) Oracle Certification
15 4 (0.28%) DBS Check
15 4 (0.28%) ISEB
15 4 (0.28%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 4 (0.28%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 240 (17.08%) Data Quality
2 119 (8.47%) QA
3 60 (4.27%) GDPR
4 24 (1.71%) PMO
5 14 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (0.85%) SLA
7 11 (0.78%) COBIT
7 11 (0.78%) HL7
8 10 (0.71%) NIST
9 8 (0.57%) GMP
9 8 (0.57%) GxP
9 8 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 8 (0.57%) SNOMED CT
10 7 (0.50%) IFRS
11 6 (0.43%) Accessibility
11 6 (0.43%) DICOM
12 5 (0.36%) GAAP
13 4 (0.28%) Basel III
13 4 (0.28%) PERC
14 3 (0.21%) GRC
System Software
1 24 (1.71%) VMware Infrastructure
2 20 (1.42%) Active Directory
3 14 (1.00%) vSphere
4 12 (0.85%) VMware NSX
5 11 (0.78%) Docker
6 9 (0.64%) NFS
7 6 (0.43%) SRDF
8 4 (0.28%) Hyper-V
9 3 (0.21%) Oracle RAC
10 2 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.071%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 31 (2.21%) Kubernetes
2 30 (2.14%) Terraform
3 19 (1.35%) Ansible
4 18 (1.28%) Grafana
5 14 (1.00%) vCenter Server
6 13 (0.93%) Argo
6 13 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
7 9 (0.64%) HP ALM
8 8 (0.57%) EMC VPLEX
8 8 (0.57%) SCCM
9 6 (0.43%) vMotion
10 4 (0.28%) EMC TimeFinder
10 4 (0.28%) Prometheus
10 4 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.21%) EMC NetWorker
11 3 (0.21%) NetBackup
12 2 (0.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.14%) Jamf Pro
12 2 (0.14%) SnapMirror
12 2 (0.14%) SnapVault
Vendors
1 279 (19.86%) SAP
2 260 (18.51%) Oracle
3 226 (16.09%) Microsoft
4 65 (4.63%) Salesforce
5 60 (4.27%) Databricks
6 28 (1.99%) VMware
7 27 (1.92%) Workday
8 24 (1.71%) Pure Storage
8 24 (1.71%) Sage
8 24 (1.71%) ServiceNow
9 22 (1.57%) Informatica
10 20 (1.42%) Talend
11 19 (1.35%) Google
11 19 (1.35%) IFS
12 18 (1.28%) Ariba
13 17 (1.21%) Infor
14 16 (1.14%) MuleSoft
15 15 (1.07%) Avaloq
15 15 (1.07%) Red Hat
16 14 (1.00%) IBM