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

6 months to
17 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 92 91 93
Rank change year-on-year -1 +2 +44
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,094 808 1,027
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.72% 2.65% 2.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.13% 2.96% 2.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 690 531 689
10th Percentile £381 £385 £405
25th Percentile £450 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £650
90th Percentile £708 £700 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £527 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +0.38% - +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 6 28
10th Percentile £14.35 £45.63 £25.00
25th Percentile £15.94 £62.81 £40.00
Median hourly rate £36.00 £85.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -57.65% +88.89% -29.41%
75th Percentile £80.25 £87.39 £86.50
90th Percentile £96.34 £87.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.41 £72.28 £40.00
% change year-on-year -70.38% +80.69% +125.35%

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 34,951 27,281 38,890
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.91% 89.56% 87.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,148 16,723 25,428
10th Percentile £310 £306 £300
25th Percentile £410 £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 £720 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -2.59% -1.45% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,114 833 2,148
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.62 £13.25
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.05 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -4.41% -2.86%
75th Percentile £60.00 £63.75 £60.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £73.12
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £30.78 £35.00
% change year-on-year -18.29% -12.06% +7.63%

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 17 February 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 17 February 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 17 February 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 0 924 £540 +0.47% 264
London +11 494 £550 - 88
UK excluding London -18 444 £527 +0.38% 222
Work from Home -31 316 £550 +1.85% 129
South East -27 119 £625 +14.16% 95
North of England -27 105 £488 -7.14% 45
Midlands -21 103 £540 +5.37% 31
North West -2 61 £452 -4.85% 27
West Midlands -44 57 £530 +0.95% 26
Scotland +26 46 £559 +17.63% 11
East Midlands +10 45 £550 +18.28% 4
Yorkshire -40 38 £527 -6.14% 15
East of England -21 27 £475 -13.64% 20
South West -34 26 £525 +5.00% 18
Northern Ireland +6 10 £400 -23.81% 1
Wales +3 9 £531 +3.66% 5
North East -12 7 £488 -25.00% 3

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 30 (2.74%) Confluence
2 29 (2.65%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (0.73%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
5 6 (0.55%) GeoServer
5 6 (0.55%) Smallworld
6 5 (0.46%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.37%) Apache
8 3 (0.27%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.27%) CMS
8 3 (0.27%) LiveLink
9 2 (0.18%) Appian
9 2 (0.18%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.18%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (0.091%) IIS
10 1 (0.091%) NetWeaver
10 1 (0.091%) Oracle Service Bus
10 1 (0.091%) SAS
10 1 (0.091%) WebSphere
Applications
1 56 (5.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (1.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 18 (1.65%) Spreadsheet
4 17 (1.55%) Microsoft Project
5 15 (1.37%) MS Visio
6 13 (1.19%) Microsoft Office
7 4 (0.37%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.091%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 116 (10.60%) SAP S/4HANA
2 42 (3.84%) Oracle EBS
3 34 (3.11%) Dynamics CRM
4 20 (1.83%) Oracle Payables
5 19 (1.74%) Oracle General Ledger
5 19 (1.74%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 17 (1.55%) Oracle Receivables
7 16 (1.46%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 15 (1.37%) SAP HR
9 13 (1.19%) SAP FI
10 11 (1.01%) NetSuite
10 11 (1.01%) SAP CO
11 10 (0.91%) Loan IQ
11 10 (0.91%) Oracle Cash Management
11 10 (0.91%) SAP ERP
11 10 (0.91%) SAP FI/CO
12 9 (0.82%) Oracle ERP
13 8 (0.73%) SAP MM
13 8 (0.73%) Workday HCM
14 7 (0.64%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 156 (14.26%) Azure
2 103 (9.41%) AWS
3 83 (7.59%) Power Platform
4 75 (6.86%) Dynamics 365
4 75 (6.86%) OCI
5 40 (3.66%) SaaS
6 35 (3.20%) Azure DevOps
7 34 (3.11%) Azure Data Factory
8 27 (2.47%) Microsoft 365
9 26 (2.38%) Amazon S3
10 25 (2.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 23 (2.10%) SuccessFactors
12 22 (2.01%) GitHub
13 20 (1.83%) Snowflake
14 19 (1.74%) Entra ID
15 17 (1.55%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 17 (1.55%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 16 (1.46%) GCP
17 15 (1.37%) OpenShift
18 14 (1.28%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.10%) NAS
1 12 (1.10%) SAN
2 9 (0.82%) DNS
3 4 (0.37%) Network Security
3 4 (0.37%) SSL
4 3 (0.27%) Firewall
4 3 (0.27%) Internet
4 3 (0.27%) Intranet
4 3 (0.27%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.27%) VSAN
5 2 (0.18%) FCoE
5 2 (0.18%) Fibre Channel
5 2 (0.18%) IPv6
5 2 (0.18%) iSCSI
5 2 (0.18%) LAN
5 2 (0.18%) VPN
5 2 (0.18%) WAN
5 2 (0.18%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.091%) IPv4
6 1 (0.091%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (5.85%) Power BI
2 60 (5.48%) Data Warehouse
3 56 (5.12%) SQL Server
4 39 (3.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 34 (3.11%) Relational Database
6 29 (2.65%) Oracle Database
7 28 (2.56%) Metadata
8 25 (2.29%) Data Lake
9 24 (2.19%) PostgreSQL
10 23 (2.10%) Oracle Reports
10 23 (2.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 18 (1.65%) Tableau
12 16 (1.46%) Amazon Redshift
12 16 (1.46%) RDBMS
13 12 (1.10%) MySQL
14 11 (1.01%) SAP Data Services
15 10 (0.91%) Amazon Athena
15 10 (0.91%) Big Data
15 10 (0.91%) Oracle BI Publisher
16 9 (0.82%) Amazon QuickSight
Development Applications
1 73 (6.67%) JIRA
2 11 (1.01%) Jenkins
3 10 (0.91%) Git
4 6 (0.55%) GitLab
4 6 (0.55%) Oracle Forms
4 6 (0.55%) Postman
5 5 (0.46%) LSMW
6 4 (0.37%) Hudson
6 4 (0.37%) Toad
6 4 (0.37%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.27%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.27%) ERwin
7 3 (0.27%) MLflow
7 3 (0.27%) Oracle APEX
7 3 (0.27%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.18%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.18%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.18%) Zephyr
9 1 (0.091%) Terragrunt
General
1 408 (37.29%) Social Skills
2 358 (32.72%) Finance
3 118 (10.79%) Analytical Skills
4 107 (9.78%) Public Sector
5 69 (6.31%) Banking
6 44 (4.02%) Documentation Skills
7 42 (3.84%) Manufacturing
8 36 (3.29%) Retail
9 33 (3.02%) Presentation Skills
10 25 (2.29%) Legal
11 24 (2.19%) Organisational Skills
12 22 (2.01%) General Ledger
13 21 (1.92%) Local Government
14 16 (1.46%) Pharmaceutical
15 15 (1.37%) Billing
16 14 (1.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 14 (1.28%) Law
16 14 (1.28%) Marketing
17 12 (1.10%) Investment Banking
18 11 (1.01%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 181 (16.54%) Lead
2 162 (14.81%) Consultant
3 161 (14.72%) Analyst
4 120 (10.97%) Architect
5 98 (8.96%) Project Manager
6 95 (8.68%) Business Analyst
7 84 (7.68%) Senior
8 70 (6.40%) Data Engineer
9 54 (4.94%) Data Migration Lead
10 51 (4.66%) Data Analyst
10 51 (4.66%) Developer
11 50 (4.57%) SAP Consultant
12 46 (4.20%) Migration Analyst
13 43 (3.93%) Solutions Architect
14 36 (3.29%) Migration Manager
15 35 (3.20%) Data Migration Analyst
15 35 (3.20%) Functional Consultant
16 33 (3.02%) Data Architect
17 31 (2.83%) Oracle Consultant
18 30 (2.74%) Data Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (6.67%) Oracle Fusion
2 42 (3.84%) REST
3 32 (2.93%) XML
4 28 (2.56%) Middleware
5 25 (2.29%) SOAP
6 18 (1.65%) JSON
6 18 (1.65%) Lightning Web Components
7 15 (1.37%) PySpark
8 14 (1.28%) Web Services
9 11 (1.01%) Visualforce
10 10 (0.91%) .NET
11 7 (0.64%) OpenTelemetry
11 7 (0.64%) SAP Fiori
11 7 (0.64%) XSLT
12 6 (0.55%) React
12 6 (0.55%) Spring
13 5 (0.46%) Apache Avro
13 5 (0.46%) EDI
13 5 (0.46%) Kafka
13 5 (0.46%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 149 (13.62%) Legacy Systems
2 74 (6.76%) Data Structures
3 39 (3.56%) Onboarding
4 34 (3.11%) Management Information System
5 24 (2.19%) Data Protection Act
6 23 (2.10%) Replication
7 21 (1.92%) Product Ownership
8 19 (1.74%) Cloud Native
9 18 (1.65%) Greenfield Project
10 12 (1.10%) Data Centre
10 12 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
11 11 (1.01%) Public Cloud
11 11 (1.01%) Reference Data
12 9 (0.82%) CMDB
12 9 (0.82%) Hybrid Cloud
13 8 (0.73%) FMCG
13 8 (0.73%) Life Science
13 8 (0.73%) NHS
14 7 (0.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 7 (0.64%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 25 (2.29%) Windows
2 9 (0.82%) Windows 10
3 8 (0.73%) Windows Server
4 7 (0.64%) Apple iOS
5 6 (0.55%) Unix
6 5 (0.46%) Linux
6 5 (0.46%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.37%) zOS
8 3 (0.27%) Solaris
9 1 (0.091%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.091%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,094 (100.00%) Migration
2 260 (23.77%) Stakeholder Management
3 240 (21.94%) Agile
4 214 (19.56%) Validation
5 208 (19.01%) Problem-Solving
6 195 (17.82%) ERP
7 170 (15.54%) User Acceptance Testing
8 163 (14.90%) ETL
9 157 (14.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 144 (13.16%) Data Modelling
11 119 (10.88%) Analytics
11 119 (10.88%) Project Management
12 117 (10.69%) Workshop Facilitation
13 107 (9.78%) Data Cleansing
14 105 (9.60%) Change Management
15 95 (8.68%) Data Mapping
16 88 (8.04%) Business Intelligence
17 87 (7.95%) Continuous Improvement
18 83 (7.59%) DevOps
19 79 (7.22%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 215 (19.65%) SQL
2 84 (7.68%) Python
3 29 (2.65%) Java
4 20 (1.83%) JavaScript
5 18 (1.65%) PL/SQL
6 17 (1.55%) Apex Code
7 16 (1.46%) PowerShell
8 11 (1.01%) C#
9 10 (0.91%) Bash
10 8 (0.73%) T-SQL
11 6 (0.55%) VBA
12 5 (0.46%) Perl
12 5 (0.46%) PHP
12 5 (0.46%) Shell Script
13 4 (0.37%) ABAP
13 4 (0.37%) Korn
13 4 (0.37%) SOQL
13 4 (0.37%) TypeScript
13 4 (0.37%) VB
13 4 (0.37%) X++
Qualifications
1 150 (13.71%) Security Cleared
2 109 (9.96%) SC Cleared
3 78 (7.13%) Degree
4 35 (3.20%) PMP
5 29 (2.65%) PMI Certification
6 27 (2.47%) Computer Science Degree
7 19 (1.74%) Master's Degree
8 18 (1.65%) BPSS Clearance
9 16 (1.46%) DV Cleared
10 13 (1.19%) AWS Certification
11 11 (1.01%) SAP Certification
12 7 (0.64%) CIMA
13 6 (0.55%) Azure Certification
14 5 (0.46%) ACCA
14 5 (0.46%) CFA
15 4 (0.37%) OCP
15 4 (0.37%) Oracle Certification
15 4 (0.37%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 4 (0.37%) TOGAF Certification
16 3 (0.27%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 161 (14.72%) Data Quality
2 74 (6.76%) QA
3 56 (5.12%) GDPR
4 15 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (1.37%) PMO
5 12 (1.10%) COBIT
6 11 (1.01%) NIST
7 9 (0.82%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 8 (0.73%) GxP
8 8 (0.73%) IFRS
9 7 (0.64%) Accessibility
9 7 (0.64%) GMP
9 7 (0.64%) SLA
10 6 (0.55%) GAAP
10 6 (0.55%) GRC
11 5 (0.46%) IFRS 9
11 5 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (0.37%) Basel III
12 4 (0.37%) IFRS 17
12 4 (0.37%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 17 (1.55%) Active Directory
2 16 (1.46%) Docker
2 16 (1.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (1.01%) NFS
4 8 (0.73%) VMware NSX
4 8 (0.73%) vSphere
5 4 (0.37%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 25 (2.29%) Kubernetes
2 20 (1.83%) Terraform
3 12 (1.10%) Grafana
4 11 (1.01%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (0.91%) SCCM
6 9 (0.82%) Ansible
7 8 (0.73%) Argo
7 8 (0.73%) vCenter Server
8 6 (0.55%) EMC VPLEX
8 6 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (0.55%) vMotion
9 4 (0.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.27%) EMC TimeFinder
10 3 (0.27%) HP ALM
10 3 (0.27%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.091%) Control-M
11 1 (0.091%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 207 (18.92%) SAP
2 196 (17.92%) Oracle
3 160 (14.63%) Microsoft
4 51 (4.66%) Salesforce
5 43 (3.93%) Databricks
6 40 (3.66%) Workday
7 23 (2.10%) ServiceNow
8 21 (1.92%) Informatica
9 18 (1.65%) Sage
9 18 (1.65%) VMware
10 17 (1.55%) Pure Storage
11 13 (1.19%) Avaloq
11 13 (1.19%) MuleSoft
12 12 (1.10%) Ariba
12 12 (1.10%) IFS
13 11 (1.01%) Talend
14 10 (0.91%) Google
14 10 (0.91%) IBM
14 10 (0.91%) Red Hat
15 8 (0.73%) Kronos