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

6 months to
26 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 91 90
Rank change year-on-year +4 -1 +50
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,282 789 1,057
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.92% 2.71% 2.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.40% 3.00% 2.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 814 531 711
10th Percentile £366 £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 £525 £511 £518
% change year-on-year +2.69% -1.21% +3.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 9 41
10th Percentile £14.54 £31.26 £25.00
25th Percentile £16.25 £56.25 £40.00
Median hourly rate £38.78 £65.00 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.34% -18.75% +276.47%
75th Percentile £80.63 £87.05 -
90th Percentile £95.50 £87.50 £86.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.41 £60.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year -64.33% -20.00% +294.74%

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 37,733 26,318 38,291
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.81% 90.56% 86.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,910 17,091 24,889
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 £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £746
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -0.89% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,221 949 2,344
10th Percentile £14.96 £15.19 £12.85
25th Percentile £18.50 £20.45 £16.00
Median hourly rate £34.50 £32.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.81% -1.54% -9.72%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.75 £58.69
90th Percentile £76.00 £76.25 £71.89
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £31.52 £31.80
% change year-on-year -4.82% -0.88% -12.28%

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 26 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 26 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 26 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 +11 1,108 £525 - 296
London +24 583 £540 -1.82% 124
UK excluding London -2 531 £525 +2.69% 214
Work from Home -25 342 £525 -1.91% 136
South East -11 153 £600 +14.29% 79
North of England -7 144 £500 -4.76% 47
Midlands -12 108 £500 -2.44% 29
North West +6 86 £460 -16.36% 20
West Midlands -38 65 £475 -7.09% 20
Yorkshire -32 49 £525 +31.25% 22
East Midlands -3 40 £500 +2.30% 9
Scotland +20 37 £559 +17.63% 14
East of England -19 37 £570 -12.31% 21
South West -27 30 £600 +29.73% 18
Northern Ireland +9 15 £450 -14.29% 2
Wales -3 10 £531 +18.06% 7
North East -6 9 £488 -27.78% 5

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 37 (2.89%) SharePoint
2 35 (2.73%) Confluence
3 10 (0.78%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (0.70%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
5 6 (0.47%) GeoServer
5 6 (0.47%) Smallworld
6 5 (0.39%) Apache
7 4 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.23%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.23%) CMS
9 2 (0.16%) Appian
9 2 (0.16%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.16%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (0.078%) Moodle
10 1 (0.078%) OpenROAD
10 1 (0.078%) Oracle Service Bus
10 1 (0.078%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.078%) SAS
10 1 (0.078%) WebSphere
Applications
1 67 (5.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (1.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 21 (1.64%) Microsoft Project
3 21 (1.64%) Spreadsheet
4 19 (1.48%) MS Visio
5 12 (0.94%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.078%) Oracle Smart View
6 1 (0.078%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 137 (10.69%) SAP S/4HANA
2 57 (4.45%) Oracle EBS
3 34 (2.65%) Dynamics CRM
4 21 (1.64%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 15 (1.17%) Oracle Payables
6 14 (1.09%) Oracle ERP
7 13 (1.01%) Loan IQ
7 13 (1.01%) Oracle General Ledger
8 12 (0.94%) NetSuite
8 12 (0.94%) Oracle Receivables
8 12 (0.94%) SAP ERP
9 11 (0.86%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 11 (0.86%) Workday HCM
10 10 (0.78%) Oracle EBS R12
10 10 (0.78%) SAP HR
11 9 (0.70%) SAP FI
11 9 (0.70%) SAP MDG
12 8 (0.62%) SAP CO
13 7 (0.55%) Oracle Cash Management
13 7 (0.55%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 203 (15.83%) Azure
2 130 (10.14%) Power Platform
3 120 (9.36%) AWS
4 101 (7.88%) Dynamics 365
5 94 (7.33%) OCI
6 57 (4.45%) Azure DevOps
7 42 (3.28%) SaaS
8 40 (3.12%) Azure Data Factory
9 36 (2.81%) GitHub
10 28 (2.18%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 27 (2.11%) Microsoft 365
11 27 (2.11%) Snowflake
12 26 (2.03%) SuccessFactors
13 24 (1.87%) Amazon S3
14 19 (1.48%) GCP
15 17 (1.33%) OpenShift
16 16 (1.25%) Entra ID
16 16 (1.25%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
17 15 (1.17%) Salesforce Service Cloud
18 13 (1.01%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.09%) SAN
2 13 (1.01%) DNS
3 12 (0.94%) NAS
4 4 (0.31%) Fibre Channel
4 4 (0.31%) SSL
4 4 (0.31%) VPN
4 4 (0.31%) VSAN
5 3 (0.23%) FCoE
5 3 (0.23%) Firewall
5 3 (0.23%) iSCSI
6 2 (0.16%) HTTP
6 2 (0.16%) Network Security
6 2 (0.16%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.078%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.078%) Internet
7 1 (0.078%) Intranet
7 1 (0.078%) LAN
7 1 (0.078%) VLAN
7 1 (0.078%) WAN
7 1 (0.078%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 108 (8.42%) Power BI
2 81 (6.32%) Data Warehouse
3 60 (4.68%) SQL Server
4 43 (3.35%) Oracle Reports
5 41 (3.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 35 (2.73%) Metadata
7 31 (2.42%) Relational Database
8 29 (2.26%) Data Lake
9 26 (2.03%) PostgreSQL
10 22 (1.72%) Oracle Database
11 21 (1.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 15 (1.17%) Amazon Redshift
12 15 (1.17%) SAP Data Services
13 14 (1.09%) NoSQL
13 14 (1.09%) Tableau
14 13 (1.01%) Oracle BI Publisher
15 12 (0.94%) MySQL
15 12 (0.94%) RDBMS
16 10 (0.78%) Azure SQL Database
16 10 (0.78%) GIS
Development Applications
1 103 (8.03%) JIRA
2 25 (1.95%) Git
3 18 (1.40%) Jenkins
3 18 (1.40%) Postman
4 16 (1.25%) Zephyr
5 10 (0.78%) GitLab
6 7 (0.55%) LSMW
6 7 (0.55%) Oracle Forms
7 6 (0.47%) JUnit
8 5 (0.39%) Cucumber
8 5 (0.39%) Hudson
8 5 (0.39%) Selenium
9 4 (0.31%) Toad
9 4 (0.31%) Visual Studio
10 3 (0.23%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.23%) Cypress.io
10 3 (0.23%) ERwin
10 3 (0.23%) Oracle APEX
10 3 (0.23%) Rational DOORS
10 3 (0.23%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 464 (36.19%) Social Skills
2 432 (33.70%) Finance
3 158 (12.32%) Analytical Skills
4 119 (9.28%) Public Sector
5 71 (5.54%) Banking
6 56 (4.37%) Manufacturing
7 54 (4.21%) Documentation Skills
8 40 (3.12%) Law
9 39 (3.04%) Retail
10 38 (2.96%) Presentation Skills
11 28 (2.18%) Legal
12 23 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
13 21 (1.64%) Pharmaceutical
14 20 (1.56%) Marketing
15 19 (1.48%) Billing
15 19 (1.48%) General Ledger
16 18 (1.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 18 (1.40%) Local Government
17 13 (1.01%) Influencing Skills
18 11 (0.86%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 244 (19.03%) Lead
2 191 (14.90%) Analyst
3 172 (13.42%) Consultant
4 161 (12.56%) Architect
5 113 (8.81%) Project Manager
6 106 (8.27%) Business Analyst
7 93 (7.25%) Senior
8 83 (6.47%) Data Engineer
9 66 (5.15%) Data Analyst
10 65 (5.07%) Data Migration Lead
11 63 (4.91%) Developer
12 59 (4.60%) Migration Analyst
13 50 (3.90%) SAP Consultant
14 44 (3.43%) Solutions Architect
15 43 (3.35%) Data Migration Analyst
16 42 (3.28%) Data Architect
16 42 (3.28%) Migration Manager
17 40 (3.12%) Data Consultant
17 40 (3.12%) Migration Consultant
18 36 (2.81%) Data Migration Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (6.47%) Oracle Fusion
2 42 (3.28%) REST
3 31 (2.42%) Middleware
4 28 (2.18%) XML
5 25 (1.95%) SOAP
6 21 (1.64%) JSON
7 16 (1.25%) Lightning Web Components
8 15 (1.17%) .NET
9 13 (1.01%) Spring
10 12 (0.94%) OpenTelemetry
10 12 (0.94%) PySpark
11 11 (0.86%) Web Services
12 10 (0.78%) Kafka
13 9 (0.70%) React
14 8 (0.62%) Visualforce
15 6 (0.47%) AngularJS
15 6 (0.47%) LDAP
15 6 (0.47%) RESTful
16 5 (0.39%) Apache Avro
16 5 (0.39%) BAPI
Miscellaneous
1 174 (13.57%) Legacy Systems
2 93 (7.25%) Data Structures
3 41 (3.20%) Management Information System
4 38 (2.96%) Cloud Native
5 35 (2.73%) Onboarding
6 28 (2.18%) Product Ownership
7 24 (1.87%) Replication
8 23 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
9 22 (1.72%) Greenfield Project
10 15 (1.17%) Hybrid Cloud
11 14 (1.09%) Data Centre
11 14 (1.09%) Public Cloud
12 13 (1.01%) FMCG
12 13 (1.01%) Reference Data
13 12 (0.94%) Enterprise Software
13 12 (0.94%) NHS
13 12 (0.94%) Self-Motivation
14 11 (0.86%) Distributed Systems
15 10 (0.78%) CMDB
16 9 (0.70%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 28 (2.18%) Windows
2 9 (0.70%) Linux
2 9 (0.70%) Windows Server
3 8 (0.62%) Windows 10
4 7 (0.55%) Apple iOS
4 7 (0.55%) zOS
5 6 (0.47%) Unix
6 2 (0.16%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.078%) AIX
7 1 (0.078%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,282 (100.00%) Migration
2 304 (23.71%) Stakeholder Management
3 299 (23.32%) Validation
4 273 (21.29%) Agile
5 261 (20.36%) ERP
6 237 (18.49%) User Acceptance Testing
7 219 (17.08%) Problem-Solving
8 207 (16.15%) ETL
9 195 (15.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 182 (14.20%) Data Modelling
11 140 (10.92%) Business Intelligence
11 140 (10.92%) Project Management
12 138 (10.76%) Data Cleansing
13 137 (10.69%) Analytics
14 134 (10.45%) Workshop Facilitation
15 123 (9.59%) Data Mapping
16 122 (9.52%) Continuous Improvement
17 117 (9.13%) Change Management
18 116 (9.05%) DevOps
19 112 (8.74%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 243 (18.95%) SQL
2 101 (7.88%) Python
3 42 (3.28%) Java
4 24 (1.87%) PL/SQL
5 20 (1.56%) JavaScript
6 17 (1.33%) Bash
7 15 (1.17%) Apex Code
8 14 (1.09%) C#
9 12 (0.94%) PowerShell
10 9 (0.70%) VBA
11 7 (0.55%) T-SQL
12 6 (0.47%) Kotlin
12 6 (0.47%) Shell Script
13 5 (0.39%) ABAP
13 5 (0.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 5 (0.39%) Korn
13 5 (0.39%) Perl
13 5 (0.39%) PHP
14 4 (0.31%) TypeScript
14 4 (0.31%) X++
Qualifications
1 192 (14.98%) Security Cleared
2 140 (10.92%) SC Cleared
3 71 (5.54%) Degree
4 31 (2.42%) PMP
5 27 (2.11%) Computer Science Degree
6 26 (2.03%) BPSS Clearance
7 24 (1.87%) PMI Certification
8 22 (1.72%) DV Cleared
9 16 (1.25%) AWS Certification
9 16 (1.25%) Master's Degree
10 12 (0.94%) ISTQB
10 12 (0.94%) SAP Certification
11 11 (0.86%) Azure Certification
12 5 (0.39%) CIMA
13 4 (0.31%) ACCA
13 4 (0.31%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (0.31%) OCP
13 4 (0.31%) Oracle Certification
13 4 (0.31%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 4 (0.31%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 217 (16.93%) Data Quality
2 114 (8.89%) QA
3 67 (5.23%) GDPR
4 20 (1.56%) PMO
5 17 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (1.01%) COBIT
7 12 (0.94%) NIST
8 10 (0.78%) Accessibility
9 9 (0.70%) IFRS
9 9 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 8 (0.62%) SLA
11 7 (0.55%) GAAP
12 6 (0.47%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 6 (0.47%) GMP
13 5 (0.39%) GxP
13 5 (0.39%) IFRS 9
14 4 (0.31%) Basel III
14 4 (0.31%) HL7
14 4 (0.31%) IFRS 17
15 3 (0.23%) HIPAA
System Software
1 22 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
2 20 (1.56%) Active Directory
3 15 (1.17%) Docker
4 13 (1.01%) VMware NSX
4 13 (1.01%) vSphere
5 8 (0.62%) NFS
6 5 (0.39%) SRDF
7 1 (0.078%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.078%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 39 (3.04%) Kubernetes
2 26 (2.03%) Terraform
3 18 (1.40%) Grafana
4 16 (1.25%) Ansible
5 13 (1.01%) Argo
5 13 (1.01%) Microsoft Intune
5 13 (1.01%) vCenter Server
6 8 (0.62%) SCCM
7 7 (0.55%) HP ALM
8 6 (0.47%) EMC VPLEX
8 6 (0.47%) vMotion
9 4 (0.31%) EMC TimeFinder
9 4 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.23%) Prometheus
11 2 (0.16%) Jamf Pro
12 1 (0.078%) Data Guard
12 1 (0.078%) EMC NetWorker
12 1 (0.078%) NetBackup
12 1 (0.078%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 238 (18.56%) SAP
2 235 (18.33%) Oracle
3 208 (16.22%) Microsoft
4 64 (4.99%) Salesforce
5 49 (3.82%) Databricks
6 42 (3.28%) Workday
7 27 (2.11%) Informatica
7 27 (2.11%) ServiceNow
8 26 (2.03%) VMware
9 25 (1.95%) Sage
10 24 (1.87%) Pure Storage
11 20 (1.56%) MuleSoft
12 18 (1.40%) Talend
13 17 (1.33%) Ariba
13 17 (1.33%) Avaloq
14 16 (1.25%) Red Hat
15 15 (1.17%) IFS
16 14 (1.09%) IBM
17 13 (1.01%) Google
17 13 (1.01%) Splunk