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 20 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
20 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 88 88 93
Rank change year-on-year 0 +5 +42
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,260 802 1,041
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.90% 2.74% 2.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.37% 3.03% 2.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 795 531 702
10th Percentile £364 £375 £400
25th Percentile £450 £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 £700 £703 £712
UK excluding London median daily rate £520 £511 £501
% change year-on-year +1.71% +2.00% +0.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 8 40
10th Percentile £14.41 £29.58 £25.00
25th Percentile £16.09 £50.84 £40.00
Median hourly rate £29.50 £73.75 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year -60.00% -7.81% +276.47%
75th Percentile £79.88 £87.16 £81.56
90th Percentile £95.72 £87.50 £86.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £20.00 £60.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year -66.67% -4.00% +228.95%

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 37,403 26,465 38,354
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 90.45% 86.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,742 17,048 24,949
10th Percentile £313 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £611 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £743 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -1.54% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,201 924 2,323
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.25 £12.99
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.00 £16.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - -7.14%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.41 £70.66
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £31.64 £31.13
% change year-on-year -11.50% +1.65% -11.14%

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 20 March 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 20 March 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 20 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 +12 1,086 £525 - 289
London +21 571 £550 - 122
UK excluding London +2 522 £520 +1.71% 213
Work from Home -23 347 £525 -3.67% 133
South East -13 151 £599 +14.10% 80
North of England -14 141 £500 -4.76% 43
Midlands -15 106 £460 -10.24% 25
North West +8 85 £460 -16.36% 19
West Midlands -38 65 £473 -7.35% 18
Yorkshire -39 47 £525 +31.25% 18
East Midlands -9 38 £450 -7.93% 7
Scotland +17 37 £559 +17.63% 20
East of England -15 33 £583 -10.38% 22
South West -29 31 £563 +15.38% 17
Northern Ireland +9 15 £400 -23.81% 1
Wales -1 10 £531 +18.06% 9
North East -9 9 £488 -27.78% 6

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 35 (2.78%) Confluence
1 35 (2.78%) SharePoint
2 10 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (0.71%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
4 6 (0.48%) GeoServer
4 6 (0.48%) Smallworld
5 5 (0.40%) Apache
6 4 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.24%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.24%) CMS
8 2 (0.16%) Appian
8 2 (0.16%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.16%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.079%) Moodle
9 1 (0.079%) OpenROAD
9 1 (0.079%) Oracle Service Bus
9 1 (0.079%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.079%) SAS
9 1 (0.079%) WebSphere
Applications
1 66 (5.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (1.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 19 (1.51%) Microsoft Project
3 19 (1.51%) MS Visio
3 19 (1.51%) Spreadsheet
4 11 (0.87%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.079%) Oracle Smart View
5 1 (0.079%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 128 (10.16%) SAP S/4HANA
2 56 (4.44%) Oracle EBS
3 35 (2.78%) Dynamics CRM
4 21 (1.67%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 15 (1.19%) Oracle Payables
6 13 (1.03%) Loan IQ
6 13 (1.03%) Oracle ERP
6 13 (1.03%) Oracle General Ledger
7 12 (0.95%) NetSuite
7 12 (0.95%) Oracle Receivables
7 12 (0.95%) SAP ERP
8 11 (0.87%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 11 (0.87%) SAP HR
8 11 (0.87%) Workday HCM
9 10 (0.79%) Oracle EBS R12
10 9 (0.71%) SAP FI
10 9 (0.71%) SAP MDG
11 8 (0.63%) SAP CO
12 7 (0.56%) Oracle Cash Management
12 7 (0.56%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 202 (16.03%) Azure
2 130 (10.32%) AWS
3 120 (9.52%) Power Platform
4 94 (7.46%) Dynamics 365
5 93 (7.38%) OCI
6 55 (4.37%) Azure DevOps
7 41 (3.25%) SaaS
8 40 (3.17%) Azure Data Factory
9 35 (2.78%) GitHub
10 29 (2.30%) Snowflake
11 28 (2.22%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 25 (1.98%) Amazon S3
12 25 (1.98%) Microsoft 365
12 25 (1.98%) SuccessFactors
13 20 (1.59%) GCP
13 20 (1.59%) OpenShift
14 17 (1.35%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 16 (1.27%) Entra ID
15 16 (1.27%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 13 (1.03%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.11%) SAN
2 13 (1.03%) DNS
3 12 (0.95%) NAS
4 4 (0.32%) Fibre Channel
4 4 (0.32%) SSL
4 4 (0.32%) VPN
4 4 (0.32%) VSAN
5 3 (0.24%) FCoE
5 3 (0.24%) Firewall
5 3 (0.24%) iSCSI
6 2 (0.16%) Network Security
6 2 (0.16%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.079%) HTTP
7 1 (0.079%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.079%) Internet
7 1 (0.079%) Intranet
7 1 (0.079%) LAN
7 1 (0.079%) VLAN
7 1 (0.079%) WAN
7 1 (0.079%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 97 (7.70%) Power BI
2 84 (6.67%) Data Warehouse
3 62 (4.92%) SQL Server
4 44 (3.49%) Oracle Reports
5 41 (3.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 38 (3.02%) Relational Database
7 34 (2.70%) Metadata
8 29 (2.30%) Data Lake
9 27 (2.14%) PostgreSQL
10 24 (1.90%) Oracle Database
11 21 (1.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 16 (1.27%) RDBMS
12 16 (1.27%) Tableau
13 15 (1.19%) Amazon Redshift
13 15 (1.19%) SAP Data Services
14 14 (1.11%) NoSQL
15 13 (1.03%) MySQL
15 13 (1.03%) Oracle BI Publisher
16 10 (0.79%) Amazon Athena
16 10 (0.79%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 104 (8.25%) JIRA
2 26 (2.06%) Git
3 19 (1.51%) Postman
4 17 (1.35%) Jenkins
5 16 (1.27%) Zephyr
6 9 (0.71%) GitLab
7 7 (0.56%) LSMW
7 7 (0.56%) Oracle Forms
8 5 (0.40%) Hudson
8 5 (0.40%) JUnit
8 5 (0.40%) Selenium
9 4 (0.32%) Cucumber
9 4 (0.32%) Toad
9 4 (0.32%) Visual Studio
10 3 (0.24%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.24%) Cypress.io
10 3 (0.24%) ERwin
10 3 (0.24%) Oracle APEX
10 3 (0.24%) Rational DOORS
10 3 (0.24%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 466 (36.98%) Social Skills
2 421 (33.41%) Finance
3 151 (11.98%) Analytical Skills
4 118 (9.37%) Public Sector
5 71 (5.63%) Banking
6 53 (4.21%) Manufacturing
7 51 (4.05%) Documentation Skills
8 39 (3.10%) Presentation Skills
9 37 (2.94%) Retail
10 31 (2.46%) Law
11 29 (2.30%) Legal
12 22 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
13 21 (1.67%) Pharmaceutical
14 20 (1.59%) Marketing
15 19 (1.51%) Billing
15 19 (1.51%) General Ledger
16 17 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 16 (1.27%) Local Government
18 13 (1.03%) Influencing Skills
19 11 (0.87%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 230 (18.25%) Lead
2 185 (14.68%) Analyst
3 172 (13.65%) Consultant
4 154 (12.22%) Architect
5 113 (8.97%) Project Manager
6 103 (8.17%) Business Analyst
7 93 (7.38%) Senior
8 81 (6.43%) Data Engineer
9 64 (5.08%) Data Analyst
10 63 (5.00%) Data Migration Lead
11 57 (4.52%) Developer
11 57 (4.52%) Migration Analyst
12 50 (3.97%) SAP Consultant
13 45 (3.57%) Solutions Architect
14 44 (3.49%) Migration Manager
15 42 (3.33%) Data Architect
15 42 (3.33%) Data Migration Analyst
16 38 (3.02%) Data Consultant
17 37 (2.94%) Migration Consultant
18 34 (2.70%) Data Migration Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (6.35%) Oracle Fusion
2 40 (3.17%) REST
3 31 (2.46%) Middleware
4 28 (2.22%) XML
5 26 (2.06%) SOAP
6 21 (1.67%) JSON
7 17 (1.35%) Lightning Web Components
8 15 (1.19%) .NET
9 13 (1.03%) Spring
10 12 (0.95%) OpenTelemetry
10 12 (0.95%) PySpark
11 11 (0.87%) Web Services
12 9 (0.71%) React
12 9 (0.71%) Visualforce
13 7 (0.56%) Kafka
14 6 (0.48%) AngularJS
14 6 (0.48%) LDAP
14 6 (0.48%) RESTful
15 5 (0.40%) Apache Avro
15 5 (0.40%) BAPI
Miscellaneous
1 173 (13.73%) Legacy Systems
2 90 (7.14%) Data Structures
3 41 (3.25%) Management Information System
4 38 (3.02%) Cloud Native
5 36 (2.86%) Onboarding
6 29 (2.30%) Product Ownership
7 24 (1.90%) Replication
8 23 (1.83%) Data Protection Act
9 19 (1.51%) Greenfield Project
10 15 (1.19%) Hybrid Cloud
11 14 (1.11%) Data Centre
12 13 (1.03%) Public Cloud
13 12 (0.95%) Enterprise Software
13 12 (0.95%) FMCG
13 12 (0.95%) NHS
13 12 (0.95%) Reference Data
14 11 (0.87%) Self-Motivation
15 10 (0.79%) CMDB
15 10 (0.79%) Distributed Systems
16 9 (0.71%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 28 (2.22%) Windows
2 9 (0.71%) Linux
2 9 (0.71%) Windows Server
3 8 (0.63%) Windows 10
4 7 (0.56%) Apple iOS
4 7 (0.56%) zOS
5 6 (0.48%) Unix
6 2 (0.16%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.16%) Solaris
7 1 (0.079%) AIX
7 1 (0.079%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,260 (100.00%) Migration
2 297 (23.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 286 (22.70%) Validation
4 273 (21.67%) Agile
5 243 (19.29%) ERP
6 222 (17.62%) User Acceptance Testing
7 216 (17.14%) Problem-Solving
8 206 (16.35%) ETL
9 188 (14.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 184 (14.60%) Data Modelling
11 141 (11.19%) Project Management
12 135 (10.71%) Analytics
13 134 (10.63%) Data Cleansing
14 133 (10.56%) Workshop Facilitation
15 129 (10.24%) Business Intelligence
16 122 (9.68%) Data Mapping
17 116 (9.21%) Continuous Improvement
17 116 (9.21%) DevOps
18 114 (9.05%) Change Management
19 113 (8.97%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 244 (19.37%) SQL
2 105 (8.33%) Python
3 42 (3.33%) Java
4 22 (1.75%) PL/SQL
5 19 (1.51%) JavaScript
6 17 (1.35%) Bash
7 16 (1.27%) Apex Code
8 15 (1.19%) PowerShell
9 14 (1.11%) C#
10 8 (0.63%) VBA
11 7 (0.56%) Kotlin
11 7 (0.56%) T-SQL
12 6 (0.48%) Shell Script
13 5 (0.40%) ABAP
13 5 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 5 (0.40%) Korn
13 5 (0.40%) Perl
13 5 (0.40%) PHP
14 4 (0.32%) SOQL
14 4 (0.32%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 186 (14.76%) Security Cleared
2 135 (10.71%) SC Cleared
3 72 (5.71%) Degree
4 34 (2.70%) PMP
5 28 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
6 27 (2.14%) PMI Certification
7 26 (2.06%) BPSS Clearance
8 18 (1.43%) DV Cleared
9 17 (1.35%) Master's Degree
10 16 (1.27%) AWS Certification
11 12 (0.95%) ISTQB
11 12 (0.95%) SAP Certification
12 11 (0.87%) Azure Certification
13 7 (0.56%) OCP
13 7 (0.56%) Oracle Certification
14 6 (0.48%) CIMA
15 5 (0.40%) ACCA
16 4 (0.32%) Microsoft Certification
16 4 (0.32%) PRINCE2 Certification
16 4 (0.32%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 211 (16.75%) Data Quality
2 112 (8.89%) QA
3 67 (5.32%) GDPR
4 20 (1.59%) PMO
5 16 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (1.03%) COBIT
7 12 (0.95%) NIST
8 9 (0.71%) Accessibility
8 9 (0.71%) IFRS
8 9 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 8 (0.63%) SLA
10 7 (0.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 7 (0.56%) GAAP
11 6 (0.48%) GMP
12 5 (0.40%) GxP
12 5 (0.40%) IFRS 9
13 4 (0.32%) Basel III
13 4 (0.32%) HL7
13 4 (0.32%) IFRS 17
14 3 (0.24%) HIPAA
System Software
1 22 (1.75%) VMware Infrastructure
2 19 (1.51%) Active Directory
2 19 (1.51%) Docker
3 13 (1.03%) VMware NSX
3 13 (1.03%) vSphere
4 10 (0.79%) NFS
5 5 (0.40%) SRDF
6 1 (0.079%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.079%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 42 (3.33%) Kubernetes
2 26 (2.06%) Terraform
3 18 (1.43%) Grafana
4 16 (1.27%) Ansible
5 13 (1.03%) Argo
5 13 (1.03%) Microsoft Intune
5 13 (1.03%) vCenter Server
6 8 (0.63%) SCCM
7 7 (0.56%) HP ALM
8 6 (0.48%) EMC VPLEX
8 6 (0.48%) vMotion
9 4 (0.32%) EMC TimeFinder
9 4 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.24%) Prometheus
11 2 (0.16%) Jamf Pro
12 1 (0.079%) Avamar
12 1 (0.079%) Data Guard
12 1 (0.079%) NetBackup
12 1 (0.079%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 234 (18.57%) Oracle
2 228 (18.10%) SAP
3 200 (15.87%) Microsoft
4 63 (5.00%) Salesforce
5 50 (3.97%) Databricks
6 42 (3.33%) Workday
7 27 (2.14%) Informatica
7 27 (2.14%) ServiceNow
8 26 (2.06%) VMware
9 25 (1.98%) Sage
10 24 (1.90%) Pure Storage
11 20 (1.59%) MuleSoft
12 18 (1.43%) Talend
13 17 (1.35%) Avaloq
14 16 (1.27%) Ariba
14 16 (1.27%) Red Hat
15 15 (1.19%) IFS
16 14 (1.11%) Google
16 14 (1.11%) IBM
17 13 (1.03%) Splunk
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