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

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 88 92 92
Rank change year-on-year +4 0 +46
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,323 795 1,046
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.89% 2.72% 2.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.39% 3.00% 2.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 836 519 707
10th Percentile £363 £385 £385
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 £713 £713 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 10 40
10th Percentile £14.61 £32.94 £25.00
25th Percentile £16.25 £57.50 £40.00
Median hourly rate £36.71 £75.00 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year -51.05% -6.25% +276.47%
75th Percentile £79.50 £87.39 -
90th Percentile £93.00 £87.50 £86.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.81 £60.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year -61.98% -20.00% +261.45%

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 39,019 26,482 37,961
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.25% 90.62% 86.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,692 17,180 24,590
10th Percentile £315 £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 £744 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £487 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -0.10% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,316 1,006 2,380
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.99 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.38 £19.05 £16.00
Median hourly rate £36.71 £31.04 £33.07
Median % change year-on-year +18.27% -6.12% -8.15%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.75 £57.58
90th Percentile £77.75 £75.38 £70.66
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.00 £29.12 £33.03
% change year-on-year +27.08% -11.86% -6.76%

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 11 April 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 11 April 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 11 April 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 +16 1,151 £525 -0.76% 296
London +20 591 £525 -4.55% 124
UK excluding London +2 557 £525 +2.44% 214
Work from Home -15 348 £500 -7.41% 136
South East -5 163 £624 +13.97% 79
North of England -6 154 £500 -4.76% 47
Midlands -24 106 £473 -7.35% 29
North West +14 90 £460 -14.34% 20
West Midlands -37 68 £473 -5.50% 20
Yorkshire -29 55 £529 +32.25% 22
East of England -10 47 £581 -10.58% 21
East Midlands -17 35 £450 -12.20% 9
Scotland +8 34 £559 +17.63% 14
South West -26 33 £600 +17.07% 18
Northern Ireland +10 14 £463 -11.90% 2
North East -10 9 £488 -20.41% 5
Wales -4 7 £550 +46.67% 7
Channel Islands -2 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 38 (2.87%) SharePoint
2 31 (2.34%) Confluence
3 9 (0.68%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
4 8 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (0.38%) Apache
5 5 (0.38%) Oracle Workflow
6 4 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.30%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 3 (0.23%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.15%) Appian
8 2 (0.15%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.15%) CMS
9 1 (0.076%) IIS
9 1 (0.076%) Moodle
9 1 (0.076%) OpenROAD
9 1 (0.076%) Oracle Service Bus
9 1 (0.076%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.076%) WebSphere
Applications
1 64 (4.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (1.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 21 (1.59%) Spreadsheet
4 19 (1.44%) Microsoft Project
5 16 (1.21%) MS Visio
6 12 (0.91%) Microsoft Office
7 1 (0.076%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.076%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 151 (11.41%) SAP S/4HANA
2 59 (4.46%) Oracle EBS
3 38 (2.87%) Dynamics CRM
4 22 (1.66%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 16 (1.21%) SAP ERP
6 14 (1.06%) Oracle ERP
7 13 (0.98%) Loan IQ
7 13 (0.98%) NetSuite
8 11 (0.83%) Oracle Payables
8 11 (0.83%) Workday HCM
9 10 (0.76%) Oracle EBS R12
9 10 (0.76%) Oracle General Ledger
9 10 (0.76%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
10 9 (0.68%) Oracle Receivables
11 8 (0.60%) SAP FI
11 8 (0.60%) SAP MDG
12 7 (0.53%) SAP CO
13 6 (0.45%) Finacle
13 6 (0.45%) SAP FI/CO
13 6 (0.45%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 198 (14.97%) Azure
2 136 (10.28%) Power Platform
3 121 (9.15%) AWS
4 102 (7.71%) Dynamics 365
5 93 (7.03%) OCI
6 58 (4.38%) Azure DevOps
7 47 (3.55%) SaaS
8 42 (3.17%) Azure Data Factory
9 38 (2.87%) GitHub
10 28 (2.12%) SuccessFactors
11 27 (2.04%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 27 (2.04%) Microsoft 365
11 27 (2.04%) Snowflake
12 23 (1.74%) Amazon S3
13 20 (1.51%) GCP
14 17 (1.28%) OpenShift
15 15 (1.13%) Entra ID
15 15 (1.13%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
16 14 (1.06%) Salesforce Service Cloud
17 13 (0.98%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.21%) SAN
2 14 (1.06%) DNS
2 14 (1.06%) NAS
3 5 (0.38%) VPN
3 5 (0.38%) VSAN
4 4 (0.30%) Fibre Channel
4 4 (0.30%) SSL
5 3 (0.23%) FCoE
5 3 (0.23%) Firewall
5 3 (0.23%) iSCSI
6 2 (0.15%) HTTP
6 2 (0.15%) Network Security
6 2 (0.15%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.076%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (0.076%) Intranet
7 1 (0.076%) LAN
7 1 (0.076%) SNMP
7 1 (0.076%) VLAN
7 1 (0.076%) WAN
7 1 (0.076%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 114 (8.62%) Power BI
2 80 (6.05%) Data Warehouse
3 58 (4.38%) SQL Server
4 48 (3.63%) Oracle Reports
5 38 (2.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 34 (2.57%) Metadata
7 29 (2.19%) Data Lake
8 28 (2.12%) PostgreSQL
8 28 (2.12%) Relational Database
9 22 (1.66%) Oracle Database
10 19 (1.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 16 (1.21%) SAP Data Services
12 15 (1.13%) Amazon Redshift
13 14 (1.06%) NoSQL
14 13 (0.98%) Oracle BI Publisher
15 12 (0.91%) Tableau
16 10 (0.76%) DB2
16 10 (0.76%) Electronic Patient Records
17 9 (0.68%) Amazon Athena
17 9 (0.68%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 101 (7.63%) JIRA
2 29 (2.19%) Git
3 20 (1.51%) Zephyr
4 19 (1.44%) Jenkins
4 19 (1.44%) Postman
5 10 (0.76%) GitLab
6 8 (0.60%) LSMW
6 8 (0.60%) Oracle Forms
7 6 (0.45%) Hudson
7 6 (0.45%) JUnit
7 6 (0.45%) Selenium
8 5 (0.38%) Cucumber
9 4 (0.30%) Toad
10 3 (0.23%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.23%) Cypress.io
10 3 (0.23%) ERwin
10 3 (0.23%) MLflow
10 3 (0.23%) Oracle APEX
10 3 (0.23%) Rational DOORS
10 3 (0.23%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 455 (34.39%) Social Skills
2 443 (33.48%) Finance
3 166 (12.55%) Analytical Skills
4 120 (9.07%) Public Sector
5 70 (5.29%) Banking
6 65 (4.91%) Manufacturing
7 54 (4.08%) Documentation Skills
8 47 (3.55%) Law
9 40 (3.02%) Presentation Skills
9 40 (3.02%) Retail
10 24 (1.81%) Organisational Skills
10 24 (1.81%) Pharmaceutical
11 23 (1.74%) Legal
12 20 (1.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 20 (1.51%) Local Government
12 20 (1.51%) Marketing
13 19 (1.44%) General Ledger
14 17 (1.28%) Billing
15 12 (0.91%) Influencing Skills
16 11 (0.83%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 278 (21.01%) Lead
2 180 (13.61%) Analyst
3 170 (12.85%) Architect
4 161 (12.17%) Consultant
5 107 (8.09%) Project Manager
6 101 (7.63%) Business Analyst
7 93 (7.03%) Senior
8 88 (6.65%) Data Engineer
9 86 (6.50%) Data Migration Lead
10 67 (5.06%) Developer
11 65 (4.91%) Data Analyst
12 57 (4.31%) Migration Analyst
13 49 (3.70%) SAP Consultant
14 45 (3.40%) Solutions Architect
15 44 (3.33%) Data Architect
16 42 (3.17%) Data Migration Analyst
16 42 (3.17%) Migration Manager
17 39 (2.95%) Data Consultant
18 38 (2.87%) Migration Consultant
19 35 (2.65%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (6.35%) Oracle Fusion
2 42 (3.17%) REST
3 33 (2.49%) Middleware
4 28 (2.12%) XML
5 22 (1.66%) SOAP
6 20 (1.51%) JSON
7 16 (1.21%) .NET
8 14 (1.06%) Kafka
8 14 (1.06%) Lightning Web Components
9 13 (0.98%) Spring
10 12 (0.91%) OpenTelemetry
10 12 (0.91%) PySpark
11 8 (0.60%) React
12 7 (0.53%) Web Services
13 6 (0.45%) AngularJS
13 6 (0.45%) LDAP
13 6 (0.45%) RESTful
14 5 (0.38%) Spring Boot
14 5 (0.38%) Visualforce
14 5 (0.38%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 180 (13.61%) Legacy Systems
2 97 (7.33%) Data Structures
3 44 (3.33%) Management Information System
4 41 (3.10%) Cloud Native
5 38 (2.87%) Onboarding
6 26 (1.97%) Product Ownership
7 25 (1.89%) Greenfield Project
8 23 (1.74%) Replication
9 21 (1.59%) Data Protection Act
10 18 (1.36%) Public Cloud
11 15 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
11 15 (1.13%) Hybrid Cloud
12 13 (0.98%) Data Centre
12 13 (0.98%) NHS
12 13 (0.98%) Reference Data
12 13 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
13 12 (0.91%) FMCG
13 12 (0.91%) Mainframe
14 11 (0.83%) Distributed Systems
14 11 (0.83%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 31 (2.34%) Windows
2 11 (0.83%) Linux
3 10 (0.76%) Windows Server
4 8 (0.60%) Windows 10
5 7 (0.53%) Apple iOS
5 7 (0.53%) zOS
6 6 (0.45%) Unix
7 3 (0.23%) Data ONTAP
8 2 (0.15%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.076%) AIX
9 1 (0.076%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,323 (100.00%) Migration
2 322 (24.34%) Validation
3 312 (23.58%) Stakeholder Management
4 284 (21.47%) ERP
5 262 (19.80%) Agile
6 256 (19.35%) User Acceptance Testing
7 216 (16.33%) Problem-Solving
8 210 (15.87%) ETL
9 197 (14.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 188 (14.21%) Data Modelling
11 146 (11.04%) Business Intelligence
12 142 (10.73%) Data Cleansing
13 136 (10.28%) Project Management
14 131 (9.90%) Data Mapping
15 129 (9.75%) Analytics
16 128 (9.67%) Continuous Improvement
17 124 (9.37%) Workshop Facilitation
18 112 (8.47%) Change Management
18 112 (8.47%) DevOps
19 106 (8.01%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 251 (18.97%) SQL
2 105 (7.94%) Python
3 46 (3.48%) Java
4 27 (2.04%) PL/SQL
5 21 (1.59%) JavaScript
6 18 (1.36%) Bash
7 16 (1.21%) PowerShell
8 13 (0.98%) Apex Code
8 13 (0.98%) C#
9 10 (0.76%) VBA
10 7 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 7 (0.53%) Kotlin
10 7 (0.53%) T-SQL
11 6 (0.45%) Shell Script
12 5 (0.38%) ABAP
12 5 (0.38%) Korn
12 5 (0.38%) Perl
12 5 (0.38%) PHP
13 4 (0.30%) SOQL
13 4 (0.30%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 208 (15.72%) Security Cleared
2 153 (11.56%) SC Cleared
3 63 (4.76%) Degree
4 30 (2.27%) DV Cleared
4 30 (2.27%) PMP
5 28 (2.12%) BPSS Clearance
6 24 (1.81%) PMI Certification
7 23 (1.74%) Computer Science Degree
8 18 (1.36%) ISTQB
9 16 (1.21%) AWS Certification
10 13 (0.98%) Azure Certification
11 11 (0.83%) SAP Certification
12 10 (0.76%) Master's Degree
13 6 (0.45%) CIMA
14 5 (0.38%) ACCA
15 4 (0.30%) ISEB
15 4 (0.30%) Microsoft Certification
15 4 (0.30%) OCP
15 4 (0.30%) Oracle Certification
15 4 (0.30%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 221 (16.70%) Data Quality
2 114 (8.62%) QA
3 62 (4.69%) GDPR
4 25 (1.89%) PMO
5 15 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (0.98%) COBIT
7 12 (0.91%) NIST
8 9 (0.68%) IFRS
8 9 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 9 (0.68%) SLA
9 8 (0.60%) GMP
9 8 (0.60%) GxP
9 8 (0.60%) HL7
10 7 (0.53%) Accessibility
11 6 (0.45%) GAAP
12 5 (0.38%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 5 (0.38%) DICOM
12 5 (0.38%) IFRS 9
13 4 (0.30%) Basel III
13 4 (0.30%) PERC
System Software
1 25 (1.89%) VMware Infrastructure
2 19 (1.44%) Active Directory
3 15 (1.13%) vSphere
4 13 (0.98%) VMware NSX
5 11 (0.83%) Docker
6 9 (0.68%) NFS
7 6 (0.45%) SRDF
8 3 (0.23%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.23%) Oracle RAC
9 2 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.076%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 35 (2.65%) Kubernetes
2 27 (2.04%) Terraform
3 19 (1.44%) Grafana
4 16 (1.21%) Ansible
5 15 (1.13%) vCenter Server
6 14 (1.06%) Argo
7 13 (0.98%) Microsoft Intune
8 8 (0.60%) EMC VPLEX
8 8 (0.60%) HP ALM
8 8 (0.60%) SCCM
9 6 (0.45%) vMotion
10 4 (0.30%) EMC TimeFinder
10 4 (0.30%) Prometheus
10 4 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.23%) EMC NetWorker
11 3 (0.23%) NetBackup
12 2 (0.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
12 2 (0.15%) SnapMirror
12 2 (0.15%) SnapVault
Vendors
1 253 (19.12%) SAP
2 244 (18.44%) Oracle
3 215 (16.25%) Microsoft
4 65 (4.91%) Salesforce
5 51 (3.85%) Databricks
6 37 (2.80%) Workday
7 29 (2.19%) VMware
8 27 (2.04%) ServiceNow
9 25 (1.89%) Pure Storage
10 24 (1.81%) Informatica
10 24 (1.81%) Sage
11 20 (1.51%) Ariba
12 17 (1.28%) Avaloq
12 17 (1.28%) MuleSoft
12 17 (1.28%) Red Hat
13 16 (1.21%) IFS
14 15 (1.13%) IBM
14 15 (1.13%) Talend
15 14 (1.06%) Google
16 13 (0.98%) Splunk