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

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 91 99
Rank change year-on-year +10 +8 +12
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,643 911 900
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.06% 2.78% 2.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.62% 3.08% 2.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,057 552 615
10th Percentile £363 £363 £375
25th Percentile £425 £428 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £646
90th Percentile £733 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £509 £495 £538
% change year-on-year +2.83% -7.91% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 16 15
10th Percentile £17.75 £16.40 £66.95
25th Percentile £21.31 £32.25 £72.50
Median hourly rate £40.00 £36.33 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.12% -54.59% -13.25%
75th Percentile £57.50 £68.44 -
90th Percentile £75.33 £80.63 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.96 £35.16 £80.00
% change year-on-year -14.78% -56.06% -10.55%

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 45,367 29,590 33,147
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.58% 90.44% 85.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,794 18,422 20,982
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £425 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,879 1,766 1,695
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.20 £13.86
25th Percentile £17.97 £17.30 £18.13
Median hourly rate £41.06 £25.15 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year +63.26% -37.90% -4.71%
75th Percentile £67.89 £47.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £67.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £22.63 £42.50
% change year-on-year +94.26% -46.75% +6.25%

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 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 26 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 26 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 1,439 £525 - 244
UK excluding London +15 742 £509 +2.83% 150
London +18 699 £540 -1.82% 105
Work from Home +12 466 £525 - 116
North of England -10 201 £519 +9.26% 33
South East +1 185 £550 +2.96% 35
Midlands +6 162 £475 -5.00% 30
North West +13 125 £525 +10.53% 23
West Midlands -11 111 £450 -10.00% 21
South West +13 87 £523 -0.48% 26
Yorkshire -31 62 £500 +4.17% 6
East of England +8 57 £565 +7.62% 18
East Midlands +6 47 £525 +16.67% 9
Scotland -19 30 £525 +11.70% 9
Northern Ireland +18 20 £450 -30.77% 3
North East -28 17 £575 +31.43% 4
Wales -14 6 £400 -17.95% 2
Channel Islands 0 2 £450 - 1

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 70 (4.26%) SharePoint
2 48 (2.92%) Confluence
3 13 (0.79%) Apache Airflow
4 11 (0.67%) Apache
4 11 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (0.67%) Oracle Workflow
5 9 (0.55%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.30%) Tuxedo
7 4 (0.24%) SAS
8 3 (0.18%) CMS
9 2 (0.12%) HCL Notes
9 2 (0.12%) Mendix
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.061%) IIS
10 1 (0.061%) OpenROAD
10 1 (0.061%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 74 (4.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (1.10%) Spreadsheet
3 15 (0.91%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (0.91%) MS Visio
4 14 (0.85%) Microsoft Project
5 10 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.12%) Windchill
7 1 (0.061%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 173 (10.53%) SAP S/4HANA
2 49 (2.98%) Dynamics CRM
3 28 (1.70%) Oracle EBS
3 28 (1.70%) Oracle Payables
4 24 (1.46%) Oracle Receivables
5 23 (1.40%) Oracle ERP
6 20 (1.22%) SAP ERP
7 19 (1.16%) NetSuite
8 15 (0.91%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 15 (0.91%) Workday HCM
9 14 (0.85%) Oracle Financials
10 13 (0.79%) Oracle Assets
10 13 (0.79%) Oracle General Ledger
11 12 (0.73%) SAP MDG
11 12 (0.73%) Teamcenter
12 11 (0.67%) iTrent
12 11 (0.67%) SAP SD
13 9 (0.55%) SAP CO
13 9 (0.55%) SAP FI
14 8 (0.49%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 274 (16.68%) Azure
2 169 (10.29%) Power Platform
3 156 (9.49%) AWS
4 144 (8.76%) Dynamics 365
5 96 (5.84%) OCI
6 90 (5.48%) Azure DevOps
7 67 (4.08%) SaaS
8 52 (3.16%) Azure Data Factory
9 49 (2.98%) Snowflake
10 47 (2.86%) Microsoft 365
11 39 (2.37%) Power Automate
12 38 (2.31%) SuccessFactors
13 37 (2.25%) GitHub
14 34 (2.07%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 31 (1.89%) Amazon S3
16 30 (1.83%) PowerApps
17 26 (1.58%) GCP
18 19 (1.16%) Microsoft Purview
19 17 (1.03%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
20 16 (0.97%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 9 (0.55%) VPN
2 7 (0.43%) DNS
2 7 (0.43%) NAS
2 7 (0.43%) SAN
3 4 (0.24%) Firewall
4 3 (0.18%) Intranet
5 2 (0.12%) HTTP
5 2 (0.12%) VSAN
6 1 (0.061%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.061%) DKIM
6 1 (0.061%) DMARC
6 1 (0.061%) Fibre Channel
6 1 (0.061%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.061%) Internet
6 1 (0.061%) LAN
6 1 (0.061%) Network Security
6 1 (0.061%) SNMP
6 1 (0.061%) SSL
6 1 (0.061%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.061%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 138 (8.40%) Power BI
2 117 (7.12%) Data Warehouse
3 69 (4.20%) SQL Server
4 59 (3.59%) Metadata
5 54 (3.29%) Oracle Reports
6 47 (2.86%) Relational Database
7 45 (2.74%) Data Lake
8 36 (2.19%) Oracle Database
9 32 (1.95%) PostgreSQL
10 20 (1.22%) RDBMS
10 20 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 19 (1.16%) Azure SQL Database
12 16 (0.97%) NoSQL
13 15 (0.91%) Oracle BI Publisher
14 13 (0.79%) Oracle Exadata
15 12 (0.73%) Amazon Redshift
15 12 (0.73%) DataStage
15 12 (0.73%) SAP Data Services
16 11 (0.67%) MongoDB
16 11 (0.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 133 (8.09%) JIRA
2 57 (3.47%) Git
3 39 (2.37%) Zephyr
4 29 (1.77%) Postman
5 21 (1.28%) GitLab
6 18 (1.10%) Jenkins
7 13 (0.79%) Oracle Forms
8 11 (0.67%) Selenium
9 6 (0.37%) Gatling
9 6 (0.37%) Hudson
9 6 (0.37%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 5 (0.30%) Cypress.io
10 5 (0.30%) LSMW
10 5 (0.30%) Team Foundation Server
11 4 (0.24%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.18%) Claude Code
12 3 (0.18%) ER Studio
12 3 (0.18%) Rational DOORS
13 2 (0.12%) Cucumber
13 2 (0.12%) Yeoman
General
1 583 (35.48%) Finance
2 467 (28.42%) Social Skills
3 214 (13.02%) Analytical Skills
4 156 (9.49%) Public Sector
5 92 (5.60%) Banking
6 91 (5.54%) Manufacturing
7 61 (3.71%) Documentation Skills
8 58 (3.53%) Retail
9 53 (3.23%) Law
10 45 (2.74%) General Ledger
11 36 (2.19%) Organisational Skills
12 34 (2.07%) Local Government
13 28 (1.70%) Automotive
14 27 (1.64%) Billing
15 26 (1.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 26 (1.58%) Legal
16 25 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
17 24 (1.46%) Marketing
18 20 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
19 19 (1.16%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 307 (18.69%) Lead
2 233 (14.18%) Analyst
3 217 (13.21%) Architect
4 183 (11.14%) Consultant
5 136 (8.28%) Senior
6 133 (8.09%) Data Engineer
7 107 (6.51%) Data Migration Lead
8 103 (6.27%) Business Analyst
9 99 (6.03%) Project Manager
10 87 (5.30%) Developer
11 82 (4.99%) Data Analyst
12 74 (4.50%) Data Architect
13 62 (3.77%) Migration Engineer
14 56 (3.41%) Solutions Architect
15 54 (3.29%) SAP Consultant
16 53 (3.23%) Data Consultant
17 50 (3.04%) Data Migration Engineer
18 47 (2.86%) Migration Consultant
19 46 (2.80%) Migration Analyst
20 43 (2.62%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 98 (5.96%) Oracle Fusion
2 54 (3.29%) Middleware
3 42 (2.56%) REST
4 38 (2.31%) Terraform
5 31 (1.89%) .NET
6 25 (1.52%) SOAP
6 25 (1.52%) XML
7 20 (1.22%) PySpark
8 19 (1.16%) JSON
9 17 (1.03%) Kafka
10 14 (0.85%) Oracle GoldenGate
10 14 (0.85%) Spring
11 10 (0.61%) Lightning Web Components
12 9 (0.55%) Keycloak
12 9 (0.55%) SAP Fiori
13 8 (0.49%) Spring Boot
14 7 (0.43%) HTML
14 7 (0.43%) RESTful
15 6 (0.37%) ADO
15 6 (0.37%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 184 (11.20%) Legacy Systems
2 112 (6.82%) Data Structures
3 52 (3.16%) Management Information System
4 49 (2.98%) Onboarding
5 47 (2.86%) Cloud Native
6 45 (2.74%) Public Cloud
7 42 (2.56%) Product Ownership
8 41 (2.50%) Enterprise Software
9 29 (1.77%) Greenfield Project
10 21 (1.28%) FMCG
10 21 (1.28%) NHS
11 19 (1.16%) Replication
12 17 (1.03%) Data Protection Act
13 16 (0.97%) Reference Data
14 14 (0.85%) Data Centre
14 14 (0.85%) Distributed Systems
15 12 (0.73%) Legacy Applications
15 12 (0.73%) Low-Code
16 11 (0.67%) Analytical Mindset
16 11 (0.67%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 33 (2.01%) Linux
2 32 (1.95%) Windows
3 13 (0.79%) AIX
4 9 (0.55%) Unix
5 6 (0.37%) Data ONTAP
6 4 (0.24%) VMS
7 3 (0.18%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.12%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.12%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,643 (100.00%) Migration
2 467 (28.42%) Validation
3 407 (24.77%) Stakeholder Management
4 383 (23.31%) User Acceptance Testing
5 382 (23.25%) ERP
6 278 (16.92%) Agile
7 266 (16.19%) Data Modelling
7 266 (16.19%) ETL
8 263 (16.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 206 (12.54%) Data Governance
10 199 (12.11%) Problem-Solving
11 166 (10.10%) Business Intelligence
12 160 (9.74%) DevOps
13 158 (9.62%) Data Cleansing
14 146 (8.89%) Analytics
15 144 (8.76%) Continuous Improvement
16 135 (8.22%) Data Mapping
17 134 (8.16%) CI/CD
18 124 (7.55%) Requirements Gathering
18 124 (7.55%) System Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 337 (20.51%) SQL
2 112 (6.82%) Python
3 42 (2.56%) Java
4 30 (1.83%) JavaScript
4 30 (1.83%) PL/SQL
5 24 (1.46%) C#
6 17 (1.03%) Bash
7 15 (0.91%) PowerShell
8 13 (0.79%) Kotlin
9 11 (0.67%) T-SQL
10 9 (0.55%) Apex Code
10 9 (0.55%) TypeScript
11 6 (0.37%) C
11 6 (0.37%) Shell Script
12 5 (0.30%) ABAP
12 5 (0.30%) MUMPS
12 5 (0.30%) VB
12 5 (0.30%) VB6
12 5 (0.30%) VBA
12 5 (0.30%) X++
Qualifications
1 273 (16.62%) Security Cleared
2 218 (13.27%) SC Cleared
3 57 (3.47%) Degree
4 38 (2.31%) DV Cleared
5 32 (1.95%) ACCA
5 32 (1.95%) CIMA
6 31 (1.89%) ISTQB
6 31 (1.89%) PMP
7 30 (1.83%) PMI Certification
8 29 (1.77%) BPSS Clearance
9 16 (0.97%) Azure Certification
10 13 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
11 12 (0.73%) Computer Science Degree
12 9 (0.55%) AWS Certification
13 8 (0.49%) DBS Check
14 7 (0.43%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 6 (0.37%) Oracle Certification
15 6 (0.37%) SAP Certification
16 5 (0.30%) ISEB
16 5 (0.30%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 332 (20.21%) Data Quality
2 139 (8.46%) QA
3 75 (4.56%) GDPR
4 35 (2.13%) PMO
5 13 (0.79%) GRC
6 11 (0.67%) HL7
6 11 (0.67%) IFRS
7 10 (0.61%) Accessibility
7 10 (0.61%) SLA
8 8 (0.49%) SNOMED CT
9 7 (0.43%) DICOM
10 6 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
10 6 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (0.24%) GMP
11 4 (0.24%) GxP
11 4 (0.24%) PERC
11 4 (0.24%) Solvency II
12 3 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 3 (0.18%) NCSC
13 2 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 18 (1.10%) Docker
2 15 (0.91%) Oracle RAC
3 14 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (0.79%) Active Directory
5 8 (0.49%) vSphere
6 5 (0.30%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.30%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.18%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 3 (0.18%) NFS
7 3 (0.18%) SRDF
7 3 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 30 (1.83%) Kubernetes
2 27 (1.64%) Ansible
3 13 (0.79%) Data Guard
3 13 (0.79%) Oracle RMAN
4 11 (0.67%) HP ALM
5 8 (0.49%) Grafana
5 8 (0.49%) Karpenter
5 8 (0.49%) vCenter Server
6 7 (0.43%) Argo
7 5 (0.30%) SnapMirror
8 4 (0.24%) EMC NetWorker
8 4 (0.24%) EMC VPLEX
8 4 (0.24%) NetBackup
9 3 (0.18%) SnapVault
10 2 (0.12%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (0.12%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.061%) Autotask
11 1 (0.061%) Avamar
Vendors
1 324 (19.72%) Oracle
2 309 (18.81%) SAP
3 288 (17.53%) Microsoft
4 90 (5.48%) Databricks
5 66 (4.02%) Salesforce
6 35 (2.13%) ServiceNow
7 33 (2.01%) Workday
8 28 (1.70%) Informatica
9 25 (1.52%) IBM
10 24 (1.46%) Ariba
11 21 (1.28%) Google
12 19 (1.16%) Talend
13 18 (1.10%) IFS
14 16 (0.97%) VMware
15 14 (0.85%) Infor
15 14 (0.85%) InterSystems
16 13 (0.79%) Sage
17 11 (0.67%) HP
17 11 (0.67%) MuleSoft
18 10 (0.61%) Siebel