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

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 89 99
Rank change year-on-year +8 +10 +20
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,677 923 903
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.13% 2.81% 2.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.68% 3.10% 2.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,082 556 609
10th Percentile £363 £361 £368
25th Percentile £428 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +0.47%
75th Percentile £638 £628 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £523 £495 £525
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.71% +0.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 16 22
10th Percentile £17.75 £16.40 £64.18
25th Percentile £23.00 £32.25 £72.50
Median hourly rate £40.00 £36.33 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.12% -54.59% +142.42%
75th Percentile £61.44 £68.44 -
90th Percentile £76.00 £80.63 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.71 £35.16 £80.00
% change year-on-year +4.42% -56.06% +199.07%

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 45,557 29,755 33,330
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.99% 90.46% 85.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,078 18,625 21,348
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £420 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.11%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £726 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,814 1,660 1,859
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.20 £14.00
25th Percentile £19.22 £17.32 £18.22
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -37.90% -4.71%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £64.25
90th Percentile £82.25 £68.00 £74.45
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £23.10 £41.25
% change year-on-year +90.30% -44.00% +7.56%

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 August 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 August 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 August 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 +12 1,486 £530 +0.95% 389
UK excluding London +20 770 £523 +5.56% 249
London +12 718 £550 - 185
Work from Home +4 459 £525 - 207
South East +16 206 £550 +7.32% 78
North of England -15 201 £527 +10.95% 57
Midlands +10 166 £460 -8.00% 58
North West +8 123 £538 +13.16% 38
West Midlands +6 120 £450 -10.00% 40
South West +14 91 £523 -0.48% 17
Yorkshire -33 64 £525 +10.53% 18
East of England +9 54 £575 -4.88% 18
East Midlands +11 42 £525 +16.67% 18
Scotland -12 29 £525 +20.41% 17
Northern Ireland +21 20 £450 -30.77% 3
North East -28 17 £575 - 3
Wales -11 7 £463 -2.63% 3
Channel Islands +3 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 66 (3.94%) SharePoint
2 51 (3.04%) Confluence
3 11 (0.66%) Apache
3 11 (0.66%) Oracle Workflow
4 10 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (0.48%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (0.48%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.30%) Tuxedo
7 3 (0.18%) SAS
8 2 (0.12%) CMS
8 2 (0.12%) HCL Notes
8 2 (0.12%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
8 2 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.060%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.060%) IIS
9 1 (0.060%) Mendix
9 1 (0.060%) OpenROAD
Applications
1 76 (4.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (0.89%) Microsoft Project
2 15 (0.89%) Spreadsheet
3 14 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (0.83%) MS Visio
4 11 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.060%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.060%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 179 (10.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 47 (2.80%) Dynamics CRM
3 37 (2.21%) Oracle EBS
4 25 (1.49%) Oracle ERP
4 25 (1.49%) Oracle Payables
5 22 (1.31%) Oracle Receivables
5 22 (1.31%) SAP ERP
6 19 (1.13%) NetSuite
7 14 (0.83%) Oracle Financials
7 14 (0.83%) Oracle General Ledger
8 13 (0.78%) iTrent
8 13 (0.78%) Oracle Assets
8 13 (0.78%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 11 (0.66%) Teamcenter
9 11 (0.66%) Workday HCM
10 9 (0.54%) Oracle Cash Management
10 9 (0.54%) SAP MDG
10 9 (0.54%) SAP SD
11 8 (0.48%) NEC Housing
11 8 (0.48%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 274 (16.34%) Azure
2 168 (10.02%) Power Platform
3 163 (9.72%) AWS
4 136 (8.11%) Dynamics 365
5 104 (6.20%) OCI
6 86 (5.13%) Azure DevOps
7 73 (4.35%) SaaS
8 56 (3.34%) Azure Data Factory
9 49 (2.92%) Snowflake
10 46 (2.74%) Microsoft 365
11 37 (2.21%) GitHub
11 37 (2.21%) Power Automate
12 35 (2.09%) SuccessFactors
13 34 (2.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 29 (1.73%) Amazon S3
15 27 (1.61%) PowerApps
16 24 (1.43%) GCP
17 18 (1.07%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
18 17 (1.01%) dbt
18 17 (1.01%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 12 (0.72%) SAN
2 10 (0.60%) DNS
3 8 (0.48%) NAS
3 8 (0.48%) VPN
4 6 (0.36%) VSAN
5 5 (0.30%) Firewall
6 4 (0.24%) Fibre Channel
7 3 (0.18%) FCoE
7 3 (0.18%) Intranet
7 3 (0.18%) iSCSI
8 2 (0.12%) HTTP
8 2 (0.12%) Network Security
9 1 (0.060%) Cisco Nexus
9 1 (0.060%) DKIM
9 1 (0.060%) DMARC
9 1 (0.060%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.060%) Internet
9 1 (0.060%) SNMP
9 1 (0.060%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.060%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 139 (8.29%) Power BI
2 120 (7.16%) Data Warehouse
3 72 (4.29%) Oracle Reports
4 69 (4.11%) SQL Server
5 49 (2.92%) Metadata
6 48 (2.86%) Data Lake
7 43 (2.56%) Relational Database
8 32 (1.91%) Oracle Database
9 26 (1.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 24 (1.43%) PostgreSQL
11 19 (1.13%) RDBMS
12 18 (1.07%) NoSQL
13 17 (1.01%) Azure SQL Database
14 15 (0.89%) Oracle BI Publisher
15 14 (0.83%) SAP Data Services
16 13 (0.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 12 (0.72%) Oracle Exadata
18 11 (0.66%) Amazon Redshift
18 11 (0.66%) BusinessObjects
18 11 (0.66%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 147 (8.77%) JIRA
2 63 (3.76%) Git
3 47 (2.80%) Zephyr
4 39 (2.33%) Postman
5 20 (1.19%) GitLab
5 20 (1.19%) Jenkins
6 13 (0.78%) Oracle Forms
7 12 (0.72%) Selenium
8 6 (0.36%) Cypress.io
8 6 (0.36%) Gatling
8 6 (0.36%) Hudson
8 6 (0.36%) JUnit
8 6 (0.36%) LSMW
8 6 (0.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 5 (0.30%) Cucumber
9 5 (0.30%) Team Foundation Server
10 4 (0.24%) Visual Studio
11 3 (0.18%) Claude Code
11 3 (0.18%) ER Studio
11 3 (0.18%) Rational DOORS
General
1 591 (35.24%) Finance
2 481 (28.68%) Social Skills
3 219 (13.06%) Analytical Skills
4 149 (8.88%) Public Sector
5 100 (5.96%) Banking
6 88 (5.25%) Manufacturing
7 58 (3.46%) Documentation Skills
8 53 (3.16%) Retail
9 52 (3.10%) Law
10 43 (2.56%) General Ledger
11 35 (2.09%) Organisational Skills
12 33 (1.97%) Local Government
13 31 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 28 (1.67%) Influencing Skills
14 28 (1.67%) Legal
15 27 (1.61%) Marketing
16 23 (1.37%) Automotive
16 23 (1.37%) Billing
16 23 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
17 22 (1.31%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 326 (19.44%) Lead
2 234 (13.95%) Analyst
3 219 (13.06%) Architect
4 182 (10.85%) Consultant
5 140 (8.35%) Senior
6 138 (8.23%) Data Engineer
7 113 (6.74%) Business Analyst
7 113 (6.74%) Data Migration Lead
8 112 (6.68%) Project Manager
9 88 (5.25%) Developer
10 81 (4.83%) Data Analyst
11 77 (4.59%) Data Architect
12 66 (3.94%) Migration Engineer
13 55 (3.28%) SAP Consultant
13 55 (3.28%) Solutions Architect
14 54 (3.22%) Data Migration Engineer
15 49 (2.92%) Migration Analyst
16 48 (2.86%) Data Consultant
16 48 (2.86%) Migration Manager
17 45 (2.68%) Oracle Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 102 (6.08%) Oracle Fusion
2 46 (2.74%) Middleware
3 45 (2.68%) REST
4 32 (1.91%) .NET
5 25 (1.49%) SOAP
5 25 (1.49%) XML
6 19 (1.13%) JSON
6 19 (1.13%) Kafka
7 16 (0.95%) PySpark
8 15 (0.89%) Spring
9 13 (0.78%) Lightning Web Components
9 13 (0.78%) Oracle GoldenGate
10 9 (0.54%) HTML
11 8 (0.48%) RESTful
11 8 (0.48%) Spring Boot
12 7 (0.42%) OpenTelemetry
12 7 (0.42%) Playwright
12 7 (0.42%) React
12 7 (0.42%) SAP Fiori
13 6 (0.36%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 189 (11.27%) Legacy Systems
2 115 (6.86%) Data Structures
3 50 (2.98%) Management Information System
4 49 (2.92%) Cloud Native
5 46 (2.74%) Onboarding
6 43 (2.56%) Product Ownership
7 41 (2.44%) Public Cloud
8 35 (2.09%) Enterprise Software
9 33 (1.97%) Greenfield Project
10 23 (1.37%) Replication
11 20 (1.19%) FMCG
12 19 (1.13%) NHS
13 18 (1.07%) Data Centre
14 17 (1.01%) Data Protection Act
15 16 (0.95%) Distributed Systems
16 14 (0.83%) Mainframe
17 13 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
17 13 (0.78%) Reference Data
18 11 (0.66%) Self-Motivation
19 10 (0.60%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 34 (2.03%) Windows
2 31 (1.85%) Linux
3 12 (0.72%) AIX
4 8 (0.48%) Unix
5 6 (0.36%) Data ONTAP
6 5 (0.30%) zOS
7 4 (0.24%) VMS
8 3 (0.18%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.18%) Windows Server
9 2 (0.12%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,677 (100.00%) Migration
2 457 (27.25%) Validation
3 395 (23.55%) Stakeholder Management
4 374 (22.30%) ERP
5 372 (22.18%) User Acceptance Testing
6 294 (17.53%) Agile
7 278 (16.58%) ETL
8 265 (15.80%) Data Modelling
9 255 (15.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 210 (12.52%) Problem-Solving
11 192 (11.45%) Data Governance
12 172 (10.26%) Business Intelligence
13 166 (9.90%) Data Cleansing
14 155 (9.24%) Analytics
14 155 (9.24%) DevOps
15 145 (8.65%) Continuous Improvement
16 139 (8.29%) Data Mapping
17 133 (7.93%) CI/CD
18 126 (7.51%) Project Management
19 124 (7.39%) Data Validation
Programming Languages
1 339 (20.21%) SQL
2 116 (6.92%) Python
3 47 (2.80%) Java
4 33 (1.97%) JavaScript
5 32 (1.91%) PL/SQL
6 26 (1.55%) C#
7 19 (1.13%) Bash
8 15 (0.89%) PowerShell
9 12 (0.72%) Kotlin
9 12 (0.72%) T-SQL
10 11 (0.66%) Apex Code
11 9 (0.54%) TypeScript
12 7 (0.42%) VBA
13 6 (0.36%) C
13 6 (0.36%) Shell Script
14 5 (0.30%) ABAP
14 5 (0.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 5 (0.30%) VB
14 5 (0.30%) VB6
15 4 (0.24%) MUMPS
Qualifications
1 281 (16.76%) Security Cleared
2 222 (13.24%) SC Cleared
3 61 (3.64%) Degree
4 41 (2.44%) DV Cleared
5 37 (2.21%) ISTQB
6 35 (2.09%) PMP
7 33 (1.97%) PMI Certification
8 29 (1.73%) BPSS Clearance
8 29 (1.73%) CIMA
9 28 (1.67%) ACCA
10 16 (0.95%) Azure Certification
11 11 (0.66%) Computer Science Degree
11 11 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
12 8 (0.48%) AWS Certification
12 8 (0.48%) DBS Check
12 8 (0.48%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 8 (0.48%) SAP Certification
13 7 (0.42%) Oracle Certification
14 5 (0.30%) ISEB
14 5 (0.30%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 331 (19.74%) Data Quality
2 153 (9.12%) QA
3 78 (4.65%) GDPR
4 33 (1.97%) PMO
5 13 (0.78%) SLA
6 12 (0.72%) IFRS
7 11 (0.66%) HL7
8 10 (0.60%) Accessibility
9 8 (0.48%) GRC
9 8 (0.48%) SNOMED CT
10 7 (0.42%) DICOM
10 7 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 6 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
11 6 (0.36%) GMP
12 5 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 4 (0.24%) GxP
13 4 (0.24%) PERC
13 4 (0.24%) Solvency II
14 3 (0.18%) GAAP
15 2 (0.12%) COBIT
System Software
1 17 (1.01%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (0.95%) Active Directory
3 15 (0.89%) Docker
4 14 (0.83%) Oracle RAC
5 10 (0.60%) vSphere
6 7 (0.42%) SRDF
6 7 (0.42%) VMware NSX
7 5 (0.30%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.24%) NFS
9 3 (0.18%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 3 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 42 (2.50%) Terraform
2 31 (1.85%) Kubernetes
3 28 (1.67%) Ansible
4 12 (0.72%) Data Guard
4 12 (0.72%) Oracle RMAN
5 11 (0.66%) HP ALM
6 10 (0.60%) Grafana
6 10 (0.60%) vCenter Server
7 9 (0.54%) Argo
8 5 (0.30%) EMC VPLEX
8 5 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
8 5 (0.30%) SnapMirror
9 4 (0.24%) EMC NetWorker
9 4 (0.24%) EMC TimeFinder
9 4 (0.24%) Karpenter
9 4 (0.24%) NetBackup
10 3 (0.18%) SnapVault
11 2 (0.12%) Failover Clustering
11 2 (0.12%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.12%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 335 (19.98%) Oracle
2 310 (18.49%) SAP
3 279 (16.64%) Microsoft
4 83 (4.95%) Databricks
5 75 (4.47%) Salesforce
6 35 (2.09%) ServiceNow
7 30 (1.79%) Workday
8 28 (1.67%) Informatica
9 24 (1.43%) Talend
10 22 (1.31%) IFS
11 21 (1.25%) Google
11 21 (1.25%) IBM
12 20 (1.19%) Ariba
12 20 (1.19%) VMware
13 19 (1.13%) Sage
14 16 (0.95%) MuleSoft
15 14 (0.83%) Infor
16 13 (0.78%) InterSystems
16 13 (0.78%) Pure Storage
16 13 (0.78%) Red Hat