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

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 90 103
Rank change year-on-year +7 +13 +25
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,593 875 955
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.05% 2.74% 2.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.59% 3.02% 2.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,008 535 643
10th Percentile £363 £363 £363
25th Percentile £450 £436 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £629 £650
90th Percentile £733 £738 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £498 £525
% change year-on-year +5.53% -5.24% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 20 34
10th Percentile £17.75 £17.52 £25.00
25th Percentile £20.00 £32.25 £40.00
Median hourly rate £36.71 £60.00 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.82% -20.00% +127.27%
75th Percentile £52.29 £77.08 £80.00
90th Percentile £76.00 £87.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.96 £47.75 £75.00
% change year-on-year -37.26% -36.33% +180.37%

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 44,398 28,953 36,844
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.10% 90.63% 85.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,615 18,257 23,517
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £415 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.28% -3.81% -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,640 1,439 2,494
10th Percentile £14.80 £14.20 £12.74
25th Percentile £20.00 £17.70 £16.06
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% -6.25%
75th Percentile £68.00 £53.75 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.25 £70.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £44.50 £24.66 £38.12
% change year-on-year +80.45% -35.31% +1.65%

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 8 July 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 8 July 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 8 July 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 +19 1,426 £525 -0.76% 291
UK excluding London +14 716 £525 +5.53% 194
London +23 707 £543 -1.36% 136
Work from Home +2 421 £525 - 191
South East +2 195 £556 +11.25% 61
North of England -17 192 £519 +9.26% 42
Midlands +6 148 £490 +3.16% 37
North West +9 121 £500 +3.90% 24
West Midlands -3 107 £473 -5.40% 22
South West +7 78 £524 +2.20% 18
Yorkshire -34 58 £525 +13.51% 15
East of England +4 56 £581 -7.37% 15
East Midlands +11 37 £525 +14.75% 15
Scotland -16 24 £513 +7.89% 11
Northern Ireland +24 22 £475 -51.28% 8
North East -23 16 £625 +8.70% 3
Wales -14 7 £400 -15.79% 5
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 55 (3.45%) SharePoint
2 43 (2.70%) Confluence
3 10 (0.63%) Oracle Workflow
4 9 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (0.31%) Tuxedo
6 4 (0.25%) Apache
6 4 (0.25%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.19%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
8 2 (0.13%) Appian
8 2 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.13%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.063%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.063%) CMS
9 1 (0.063%) IIS
9 1 (0.063%) Mendix
9 1 (0.063%) OpenROAD
9 1 (0.063%) SAS
Applications
1 77 (4.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (1.32%) Microsoft Project
3 19 (1.19%) Spreadsheet
4 18 (1.13%) MS Visio
5 15 (0.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 14 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
7 2 (0.13%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.063%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.063%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 173 (10.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 41 (2.57%) Oracle EBS
3 40 (2.51%) Dynamics CRM
4 23 (1.44%) Oracle ERP
5 21 (1.32%) NetSuite
5 21 (1.32%) Oracle Payables
6 20 (1.26%) SAP ERP
7 19 (1.19%) Oracle Receivables
8 17 (1.07%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 15 (0.94%) Oracle General Ledger
10 13 (0.82%) iTrent
10 13 (0.82%) Oracle Financials
11 11 (0.69%) Loan IQ
11 11 (0.69%) Oracle Assets
12 10 (0.63%) Teamcenter
13 9 (0.56%) Oracle EBS R12
14 8 (0.50%) SAP SD
14 8 (0.50%) Workday HCM
15 7 (0.44%) NEC Housing
15 7 (0.44%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 259 (16.26%) Azure
2 156 (9.79%) AWS
3 149 (9.35%) Power Platform
4 117 (7.34%) Dynamics 365
5 86 (5.40%) Azure DevOps
6 83 (5.21%) OCI
7 63 (3.95%) SaaS
8 46 (2.89%) Azure Data Factory
8 46 (2.89%) Snowflake
9 43 (2.70%) GitHub
10 40 (2.51%) Microsoft 365
11 32 (2.01%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 31 (1.95%) SuccessFactors
13 25 (1.57%) Power Automate
14 24 (1.51%) GCP
15 23 (1.44%) Amazon S3
16 22 (1.38%) PowerApps
17 17 (1.07%) OpenShift
18 16 (1.00%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
18 16 (1.00%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 19 (1.19%) SAN
2 15 (0.94%) NAS
3 14 (0.88%) DNS
4 7 (0.44%) VPN
5 6 (0.38%) Firewall
5 6 (0.38%) VSAN
6 4 (0.25%) Fibre Channel
7 3 (0.19%) FCoE
7 3 (0.19%) iSCSI
8 2 (0.13%) HTTP
8 2 (0.13%) Internet
8 2 (0.13%) Network Security
9 1 (0.063%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.063%) LAN
9 1 (0.063%) SNMP
9 1 (0.063%) SSL
9 1 (0.063%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.063%) VLAN
9 1 (0.063%) WAN
9 1 (0.063%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 126 (7.91%) Power BI
2 109 (6.84%) Data Warehouse
3 67 (4.21%) Oracle Reports
3 67 (4.21%) SQL Server
4 47 (2.95%) Metadata
5 40 (2.51%) Data Lake
6 39 (2.45%) Relational Database
7 33 (2.07%) PostgreSQL
8 28 (1.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 26 (1.63%) Oracle Database
10 20 (1.26%) NoSQL
10 20 (1.26%) RDBMS
11 14 (0.88%) Azure SQL Database
11 14 (0.88%) SAP Data Services
11 14 (0.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 13 (0.82%) Amazon Redshift
12 13 (0.82%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 12 (0.75%) Db2
14 10 (0.63%) GIS
14 10 (0.63%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 139 (8.73%) JIRA
2 55 (3.45%) Git
3 40 (2.51%) Zephyr
4 35 (2.20%) Postman
5 24 (1.51%) Jenkins
6 20 (1.26%) GitLab
7 12 (0.75%) Oracle Forms
7 12 (0.75%) Selenium
8 8 (0.50%) Team Foundation Server
9 7 (0.44%) Hudson
10 6 (0.38%) Cypress.io
10 6 (0.38%) Gatling
10 6 (0.38%) JUnit
10 6 (0.38%) LSMW
11 5 (0.31%) Cucumber
11 5 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 3 (0.19%) Claude Code
12 3 (0.19%) ER Studio
12 3 (0.19%) ERwin
12 3 (0.19%) Rational DOORS
General
1 551 (34.59%) Finance
2 466 (29.25%) Social Skills
3 203 (12.74%) Analytical Skills
4 138 (8.66%) Public Sector
5 89 (5.59%) Banking
6 87 (5.46%) Manufacturing
7 57 (3.58%) Documentation Skills
8 50 (3.14%) Retail
9 48 (3.01%) Law
10 39 (2.45%) General Ledger
11 31 (1.95%) Local Government
11 31 (1.95%) Organisational Skills
12 27 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
13 26 (1.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 26 (1.63%) Legal
14 25 (1.57%) Marketing
15 23 (1.44%) Billing
16 20 (1.26%) Automotive
16 20 (1.26%) Pharmaceutical
17 18 (1.13%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 319 (20.03%) Lead
2 225 (14.12%) Analyst
3 206 (12.93%) Architect
4 185 (11.61%) Consultant
5 120 (7.53%) Data Engineer
6 117 (7.34%) Project Manager
7 116 (7.28%) Senior
8 113 (7.09%) Data Migration Lead
9 105 (6.59%) Business Analyst
10 83 (5.21%) Data Analyst
11 76 (4.77%) Developer
12 73 (4.58%) Data Architect
13 68 (4.27%) Migration Engineer
14 59 (3.70%) SAP Consultant
15 58 (3.64%) Migration Analyst
16 56 (3.52%) Data Migration Engineer
17 53 (3.33%) Migration Manager
18 49 (3.08%) Solutions Architect
19 48 (3.01%) Data Consultant
20 46 (2.89%) Migration Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 86 (5.40%) Oracle Fusion
2 45 (2.82%) REST
3 43 (2.70%) Middleware
4 27 (1.69%) SOAP
5 25 (1.57%) .NET
6 21 (1.32%) XML
7 20 (1.26%) Spring
8 19 (1.19%) JSON
8 19 (1.19%) Kafka
9 13 (0.82%) Lightning Web Components
9 13 (0.82%) PySpark
10 12 (0.75%) Spring Boot
11 11 (0.69%) OpenTelemetry
11 11 (0.69%) Oracle GoldenGate
11 11 (0.69%) React
12 9 (0.56%) ADO
13 8 (0.50%) HTML
14 7 (0.44%) COM
14 7 (0.44%) ODBC
14 7 (0.44%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 200 (12.55%) Legacy Systems
2 115 (7.22%) Data Structures
3 53 (3.33%) Cloud Native
4 49 (3.08%) Management Information System
5 44 (2.76%) Onboarding
6 36 (2.26%) Public Cloud
7 34 (2.13%) Product Ownership
8 29 (1.82%) Greenfield Project
9 26 (1.63%) Enterprise Software
10 24 (1.51%) Replication
11 21 (1.32%) Data Protection Act
12 19 (1.19%) NHS
13 17 (1.07%) Data Centre
14 16 (1.00%) Distributed Systems
14 16 (1.00%) FMCG
14 16 (1.00%) Mainframe
15 14 (0.88%) Hybrid Cloud
16 13 (0.82%) Virtual Team
17 12 (0.75%) Reference Data
17 12 (0.75%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 27 (1.69%) Windows
2 23 (1.44%) Linux
3 10 (0.63%) AIX
4 7 (0.44%) zOS
5 6 (0.38%) Data ONTAP
6 5 (0.31%) Unix
7 4 (0.25%) VMS
8 3 (0.19%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.13%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.13%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,593 (100.00%) Migration
2 432 (27.12%) Validation
3 357 (22.41%) User Acceptance Testing
4 346 (21.72%) ERP
5 344 (21.59%) Stakeholder Management
6 288 (18.08%) Agile
7 259 (16.26%) ETL
8 236 (14.81%) Data Modelling
8 236 (14.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 229 (14.38%) Problem-Solving
10 164 (10.30%) DevOps
11 158 (9.92%) Business Intelligence
11 158 (9.92%) Data Governance
12 156 (9.79%) Data Cleansing
13 139 (8.73%) Data Mapping
14 138 (8.66%) Analytics
15 136 (8.54%) Continuous Improvement
15 136 (8.54%) Project Management
16 132 (8.29%) CI/CD
17 121 (7.60%) Data Validation
Programming Languages
1 317 (19.90%) SQL
2 121 (7.60%) Python
3 49 (3.08%) Java
4 30 (1.88%) JavaScript
5 29 (1.82%) PL/SQL
6 23 (1.44%) Bash
7 17 (1.07%) C#
8 16 (1.00%) PowerShell
9 12 (0.75%) Kotlin
9 12 (0.75%) T-SQL
10 11 (0.69%) Apex Code
11 10 (0.63%) TypeScript
12 7 (0.44%) C
12 7 (0.44%) VB
12 7 (0.44%) VB6
12 7 (0.44%) VBA
13 5 (0.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 5 (0.31%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.19%) Korn
14 3 (0.19%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 256 (16.07%) Security Cleared
2 200 (12.55%) SC Cleared
3 62 (3.89%) Degree
4 34 (2.13%) ISTQB
5 33 (2.07%) DV Cleared
6 31 (1.95%) PMP
7 27 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
8 26 (1.63%) PMI Certification
9 20 (1.26%) CIMA
10 19 (1.19%) ACCA
11 17 (1.07%) Azure Certification
11 17 (1.07%) Computer Science Degree
12 8 (0.50%) AWS Certification
12 8 (0.50%) DBS Check
12 8 (0.50%) SAP Certification
13 7 (0.44%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 6 (0.38%) Oracle Certification
15 5 (0.31%) ISEB
15 5 (0.31%) ITIL Certification
16 4 (0.25%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 285 (17.89%) Data Quality
2 145 (9.10%) QA
3 74 (4.65%) GDPR
4 33 (2.07%) PMO
5 16 (1.00%) SLA
6 11 (0.69%) HL7
6 11 (0.69%) IFRS
7 9 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 8 (0.50%) Accessibility
8 8 (0.50%) SNOMED CT
9 7 (0.44%) GMP
10 6 (0.38%) COBIT
10 6 (0.38%) DICOM
10 6 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 5 (0.31%) NIST
12 4 (0.25%) GxP
12 4 (0.25%) PERC
12 4 (0.25%) Solvency II
13 3 (0.19%) GRC
14 2 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 27 (1.69%) VMware Infrastructure
2 19 (1.19%) Docker
3 15 (0.94%) Active Directory
3 15 (0.94%) vSphere
4 12 (0.75%) Oracle RAC
4 12 (0.75%) VMware NSX
5 11 (0.69%) NFS
6 7 (0.44%) SRDF
7 5 (0.31%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.19%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 3 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 46 (2.89%) Terraform
2 39 (2.45%) Kubernetes
3 30 (1.88%) Ansible
4 18 (1.13%) Grafana
5 15 (0.94%) vCenter Server
6 14 (0.88%) Argo
7 11 (0.69%) HP ALM
8 10 (0.63%) Data Guard
8 10 (0.63%) EMC VPLEX
8 10 (0.63%) Oracle RMAN
9 6 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
9 6 (0.38%) vMotion
10 5 (0.31%) Prometheus
10 5 (0.31%) SnapMirror
11 4 (0.25%) EMC NetWorker
11 4 (0.25%) EMC TimeFinder
11 4 (0.25%) Karpenter
11 4 (0.25%) NetBackup
12 3 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
12 3 (0.19%) SnapVault
Vendors
1 306 (19.21%) Oracle
2 298 (18.71%) SAP
3 259 (16.26%) Microsoft
4 77 (4.83%) Databricks
5 76 (4.77%) Salesforce
6 35 (2.20%) ServiceNow
7 32 (2.01%) VMware
8 27 (1.69%) Workday
9 25 (1.57%) Pure Storage
10 23 (1.44%) IFS
10 23 (1.44%) Informatica
10 23 (1.44%) Sage
11 21 (1.32%) Talend
12 20 (1.26%) Ariba
12 20 (1.26%) Google
13 17 (1.07%) MuleSoft
13 17 (1.07%) Red Hat
14 16 (1.00%) Infor
15 13 (0.82%) IBM
16 12 (0.75%) HP