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

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 87 98
Rank change year-on-year -4 +11 +13
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,670 977 852
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.02% 2.94% 2.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.57% 3.25% 2.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,059 607 567
10th Percentile £368 £378 £391
25th Percentile £425 £437 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £537 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.23% -0.09% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £632
90th Percentile £733 £713 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 15 3
10th Percentile £17.23 £15.00 £40.40
25th Percentile £21.25 £27.38 £48.50
Median hourly rate £40.00 £32.50 £64.00
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% -49.22% -24.71%
75th Percentile £64.56 £69.38 £67.88
90th Percentile £74.00 £85.84 £69.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.96 £35.16 £66.50
% change year-on-year -14.78% -47.14% -4.62%

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 46,826 30,024 32,246
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.73% 90.50% 86.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,144 18,679 19,408
10th Percentile £325 £294 £308
25th Percentile £425 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.42%
75th Percentile £638 £623 £638
90th Percentile £737 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,407 1,886 1,245
10th Percentile £13.64 £14.38 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.00 £17.30 £20.12
Median hourly rate £37.50 £25.15 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +49.11% -37.13% -10.11%
75th Percentile £65.00 £42.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.72 £65.07 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £22.27 £40.33
% change year-on-year +68.43% -44.79% -8.14%

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 14 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 14 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 14 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 -5 1,416 £525 -2.33% 714
UK excluding London +2 738 £500 - 435
London +3 696 £550 - 360
Work from Home -1 505 £525 -2.33% 365
Midlands +8 190 £470 -14.55% 71
North of England -9 182 £525 +10.53% 97
South East -25 153 £485 -15.65% 103
West Midlands +17 143 £450 -18.18% 49
North West +6 110 £538 +25.00% 46
South West +20 93 £523 +0.72% 23
Scotland -4 55 £500 +5.26% 72
Yorkshire -31 53 £505 +1.00% 35
East of England -11 46 £509 +4.41% 37
East Midlands -14 42 £550 - 22
North East -21 22 £475 +8.57% 16
Northern Ireland +14 14 £475 +18.75% 17
Wales -6 14 £575 +9.52% 18

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 80 (4.79%) Confluence
2 61 (3.65%) SharePoint
3 27 (1.62%) SAS
4 16 (0.96%) Apache Airflow
5 15 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
6 12 (0.72%) Apache
7 10 (0.60%) Apache Spark
8 8 (0.48%) Oracle Workflow
9 6 (0.36%) CICS
9 6 (0.36%) CMS
10 5 (0.30%) ArcGIS
10 5 (0.30%) Tuxedo
11 4 (0.24%) SugarCRM
12 2 (0.12%) Documentum
12 2 (0.12%) HCL Notes
12 2 (0.12%) Mendix
12 2 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
13 1 (0.060%) IIS
13 1 (0.060%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 1 (0.060%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 69 (4.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (1.20%) Spreadsheet
3 18 (1.08%) Microsoft Office
4 16 (0.96%) MS Visio
5 11 (0.66%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.24%) Windchill
7 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.060%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.060%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 166 (9.94%) SAP S/4HANA
2 55 (3.29%) Dynamics CRM
3 33 (1.98%) Oracle Payables
4 27 (1.62%) Oracle Receivables
5 22 (1.32%) SAP FI
6 21 (1.26%) Oracle ERP
7 20 (1.20%) SAP HCM
8 18 (1.08%) NetSuite
9 17 (1.02%) SAP CO
10 16 (0.96%) Oracle Financials
10 16 (0.96%) Oracle General Ledger
10 16 (0.96%) SAP ERP
11 15 (0.90%) SAP SD
12 14 (0.84%) Oracle Assets
12 14 (0.84%) Oracle EBS
13 13 (0.78%) SAP MM
13 13 (0.78%) Teamcenter
14 12 (0.72%) SAP Payroll
14 12 (0.72%) Workday HCM
15 11 (0.66%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 277 (16.59%) Azure
2 181 (10.84%) AWS
3 145 (8.68%) Power Platform
4 128 (7.66%) Dynamics 365
5 94 (5.63%) Azure DevOps
6 82 (4.91%) OCI
7 66 (3.95%) SaaS
8 55 (3.29%) Microsoft 365
9 46 (2.75%) SuccessFactors
10 45 (2.69%) Azure Data Factory
11 43 (2.57%) Snowflake
12 39 (2.34%) Power Automate
13 35 (2.10%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 34 (2.04%) Amazon S3
15 32 (1.92%) GitHub
16 31 (1.86%) GCP
16 31 (1.86%) PowerApps
17 24 (1.44%) Microsoft Purview
18 21 (1.26%) dbt
18 21 (1.26%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.30%) VPN
2 4 (0.24%) Firewall
3 3 (0.18%) DMZ
3 3 (0.18%) Intranet
3 3 (0.18%) NAS
3 3 (0.18%) SAN
4 2 (0.12%) DNS
5 1 (0.060%) DKIM
5 1 (0.060%) DMARC
5 1 (0.060%) Internet
5 1 (0.060%) SSL
5 1 (0.060%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.060%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 131 (7.84%) Data Warehouse
2 109 (6.53%) Power BI
3 70 (4.19%) Metadata
4 65 (3.89%) SQL Server
5 58 (3.47%) Relational Database
6 52 (3.11%) Data Lake
7 49 (2.93%) Oracle Database
7 49 (2.93%) Oracle Reports
8 37 (2.22%) PostgreSQL
9 22 (1.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 21 (1.26%) RDBMS
11 20 (1.20%) Azure SQL Database
12 19 (1.14%) MongoDB
13 17 (1.02%) Oracle BI Publisher
14 16 (0.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 15 (0.90%) Amazon Redshift
16 13 (0.78%) BigQuery
16 13 (0.78%) Db2
17 12 (0.72%) GIS
17 12 (0.72%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 164 (9.82%) JIRA
2 69 (4.13%) Git
3 43 (2.57%) Zephyr
4 31 (1.86%) Postman
5 21 (1.26%) GitLab
5 21 (1.26%) Jenkins
6 11 (0.66%) Oracle Forms
7 8 (0.48%) Gatling
7 8 (0.48%) Selenium
8 6 (0.36%) LSMW
9 5 (0.30%) Cypress.io
9 5 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 5 (0.30%) Team Foundation Server
10 4 (0.24%) Bitbucket
10 4 (0.24%) Hudson
10 4 (0.24%) Visual Studio
11 3 (0.18%) Claude Code
11 3 (0.18%) ER Studio
12 2 (0.12%) JUnit
12 2 (0.12%) Yeoman
General
1 585 (35.03%) Finance
2 481 (28.80%) Social Skills
3 224 (13.41%) Analytical Skills
4 167 (10.00%) Public Sector
5 104 (6.23%) Banking
6 84 (5.03%) Manufacturing
7 64 (3.83%) Retail
8 62 (3.71%) General Ledger
9 57 (3.41%) Documentation Skills
10 40 (2.40%) Organisational Skills
11 37 (2.22%) Local Government
12 34 (2.04%) Legal
13 29 (1.74%) Automotive
13 29 (1.74%) Billing
14 28 (1.68%) Influencing Skills
15 21 (1.26%) Law
15 21 (1.26%) Marketing
16 20 (1.20%) Military
17 19 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 18 (1.08%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 261 (15.63%) Analyst
2 239 (14.31%) Lead
3 208 (12.46%) Consultant
4 202 (12.10%) Architect
5 149 (8.92%) Data Engineer
6 146 (8.74%) Senior
7 111 (6.65%) Business Analyst
8 99 (5.93%) Project Manager
9 95 (5.69%) Data Analyst
10 87 (5.21%) Data Migration Lead
11 84 (5.03%) Data Architect
12 79 (4.73%) Developer
13 67 (4.01%) SAP Consultant
14 66 (3.95%) Migration Engineer
15 62 (3.71%) Solutions Architect
16 55 (3.29%) Data Consultant
17 54 (3.23%) Data Migration Engineer
18 46 (2.75%) Migration Consultant
19 41 (2.46%) Data Migration Consultant
20 40 (2.40%) Migration Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 113 (6.77%) Oracle Fusion
2 60 (3.59%) Middleware
3 45 (2.69%) REST
4 36 (2.16%) .NET
5 33 (1.98%) Terraform
6 29 (1.74%) SOAP
6 29 (1.74%) XML
7 24 (1.44%) PySpark
8 21 (1.26%) JSON
9 14 (0.84%) ADO
9 14 (0.84%) Kafka
9 14 (0.84%) Keycloak
9 14 (0.84%) Oracle GoldenGate
10 13 (0.78%) SAP Fiori
11 11 (0.66%) HTML
11 11 (0.66%) Web Services
12 10 (0.60%) Lightning Web Components
12 10 (0.60%) Spring
12 10 (0.60%) Spring Boot
13 9 (0.54%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 166 (9.94%) Legacy Systems
2 120 (7.19%) Data Structures
3 60 (3.59%) Management Information System
4 55 (3.29%) Enterprise Software
5 54 (3.23%) Onboarding
6 43 (2.57%) Product Ownership
7 40 (2.40%) Cloud Native
8 36 (2.16%) Public Cloud
9 25 (1.50%) Greenfield Project
10 23 (1.38%) Reference Data
11 22 (1.32%) Replication
12 20 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
13 19 (1.14%) Legacy Applications
14 18 (1.08%) NHS
15 17 (1.02%) FMCG
16 15 (0.90%) Reinsurance
17 14 (0.84%) Low-Code
18 13 (0.78%) Life Science
18 13 (0.78%) Mainframe
19 12 (0.72%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 36 (2.16%) Linux
1 36 (2.16%) Windows
2 16 (0.96%) Unix
3 13 (0.78%) AIX
4 7 (0.42%) zOS
5 4 (0.24%) VMS
6 3 (0.18%) Data ONTAP
6 3 (0.18%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.12%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.060%) SUSE
8 1 (0.060%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,670 (100.00%) Migration
2 526 (31.50%) Validation
3 493 (29.52%) Stakeholder Management
4 384 (22.99%) User Acceptance Testing
5 355 (21.26%) ERP
6 305 (18.26%) Agile
7 274 (16.41%) ETL
8 266 (15.93%) Data Modelling
9 232 (13.89%) Data Governance
10 224 (13.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 217 (12.99%) Problem-Solving
12 174 (10.42%) DevOps
13 164 (9.82%) Data Cleansing
14 159 (9.52%) Analytics
15 148 (8.86%) CI/CD
16 146 (8.74%) Business Intelligence
17 145 (8.68%) Requirements Gathering
18 143 (8.56%) Data Integration
19 140 (8.38%) System Integration Testing
20 136 (8.14%) Data Mapping
Programming Languages
1 370 (22.16%) SQL
2 112 (6.71%) Python
3 35 (2.10%) JavaScript
4 32 (1.92%) PL/SQL
5 31 (1.86%) C#
6 30 (1.80%) Java
7 15 (0.90%) PowerShell
8 14 (0.84%) Bash
9 12 (0.72%) T-SQL
9 12 (0.72%) TypeScript
10 9 (0.54%) ABAP
10 9 (0.54%) Apex Code
10 9 (0.54%) Shell Script
11 7 (0.42%) JCL
11 7 (0.42%) Kotlin
12 6 (0.36%) MUMPS
12 6 (0.36%) X++
13 5 (0.30%) VB
13 5 (0.30%) VB6
14 4 (0.24%) Korn
Qualifications
1 317 (18.98%) Security Cleared
2 269 (16.11%) SC Cleared
3 62 (3.71%) Degree
4 39 (2.34%) ACCA
4 39 (2.34%) CIMA
5 38 (2.28%) ISTQB
6 34 (2.04%) BPSS Clearance
7 32 (1.92%) PMI Certification
7 32 (1.92%) PMP
8 27 (1.62%) DV Cleared
9 16 (0.96%) Computer Science Degree
10 12 (0.72%) AWS Certification
10 12 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
11 11 (0.66%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 9 (0.54%) Azure Certification
13 8 (0.48%) DBS Check
14 7 (0.42%) CBAP
15 6 (0.36%) ITIL Certification
15 6 (0.36%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 6 (0.36%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 370 (22.16%) Data Quality
2 128 (7.66%) QA
3 79 (4.73%) GDPR
4 32 (1.92%) PMO
5 15 (0.90%) GRC
6 13 (0.78%) IFRS
7 11 (0.66%) Accessibility
8 9 (0.54%) Actionable Recommendations
9 7 (0.42%) SLA
10 6 (0.36%) HL7
11 5 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 5 (0.30%) SNOMED CT
12 4 (0.24%) GxP
12 4 (0.24%) ISO 20022
12 4 (0.24%) NCSC
13 3 (0.18%) DICOM
13 3 (0.18%) GAAP
13 3 (0.18%) GMP
13 3 (0.18%) SEPA
13 3 (0.18%) Solvency II
System Software
1 32 (1.92%) Docker
2 15 (0.90%) Active Directory
3 12 (0.72%) Oracle RAC
4 6 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.12%) EMC RecoverPoint
5 2 (0.12%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.12%) NFS
5 2 (0.12%) SRDF
6 1 (0.060%) HDFS
6 1 (0.060%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.060%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.060%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 32 (1.92%) Kubernetes
2 22 (1.32%) Ansible
3 13 (0.78%) Karpenter
4 12 (0.72%) Data Guard
4 12 (0.72%) Oracle RMAN
5 9 (0.54%) Control-M
6 5 (0.30%) HP ALM
7 4 (0.24%) Grafana
8 3 (0.18%) SnapMirror
9 2 (0.12%) Argo
9 2 (0.12%) EMC VPLEX
9 2 (0.12%) Failover Clustering
9 2 (0.12%) logstash
9 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.12%) SCCM
9 2 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.060%) EMC NetWorker
10 1 (0.060%) NetBackup
10 1 (0.060%) OMEGAMON
10 1 (0.060%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 341 (20.42%) Oracle
2 316 (18.92%) SAP
3 295 (17.66%) Microsoft
4 94 (5.63%) Databricks
5 70 (4.19%) Salesforce
6 43 (2.57%) ServiceNow
7 37 (2.22%) Informatica
8 35 (2.10%) Workday
9 32 (1.92%) Talend
10 29 (1.74%) Google
11 25 (1.50%) Ariba
12 23 (1.38%) IBM
13 22 (1.32%) IFS
14 17 (1.02%) Sage
15 14 (0.84%) InterSystems
16 13 (0.78%) Denodo
16 13 (0.78%) Infor
17 10 (0.60%) Atlassian
17 10 (0.60%) MuleSoft
18 9 (0.54%) Alteryx