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

6 months to
29 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 92 102
Rank change year-on-year +15 +10 +24
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,568 822 957
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.07% 2.69% 2.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.61% 2.96% 2.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 995 506 648
10th Percentile £363 £363 £363
25th Percentile £450 £447 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £529 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.76% -3.82% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £630 £650
90th Percentile £733 £731 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £523 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.50% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 18 33
10th Percentile £17.75 £27.92 £25.00
25th Percentile £20.00 £32.27 £40.00
Median hourly rate £36.36 £60.00 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.41% -20.00% +141.94%
75th Percentile £41.83 £83.73 £80.00
90th Percentile £76.00 £87.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.96 £57.50 £75.00
% change year-on-year -47.90% -23.33% +233.33%

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 43,435 27,782 37,042
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.96% 90.94% 85.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,037 17,554 23,597
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £414 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £504 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.23% -4.05% -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 2,605 1,350 2,559
10th Percentile £14.74 £14.20 £12.75
25th Percentile £20.00 £17.44 £16.06
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% +2.63%
75th Percentile £68.00 £53.95 £61.30
90th Percentile £81.25 £70.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £25.00 £38.12
% change year-on-year +75.84% -34.42% +8.91%

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 29 June 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 29 June 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 29 June 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 +21 1,407 £525 -0.85% 214
London +29 702 £550 - 90
UK excluding London +12 701 £523 +4.50% 178
Work from Home +2 415 £525 -0.94% 105
South East +4 188 £550 +2.96% 62
North of England -7 185 £519 +9.26% 43
Midlands +11 148 £490 +3.16% 30
North West +13 120 £500 +2.09% 25
West Midlands +4 108 £474 -5.20% 14
South West +6 77 £523 +1.95% 18
East of England +4 57 £581 -10.58% 10
Yorkshire -42 54 £530 +16.10% 12
East Midlands +11 36 £513 +12.02% 16
Scotland -12 23 £500 +5.26% 8
Northern Ireland +21 22 £475 -51.28% 5
North East -25 13 £625 +8.70% 6
Wales -15 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 54 (3.44%) SharePoint
2 43 (2.74%) Confluence
3 9 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (0.57%) Oracle Workflow
4 5 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (0.32%) Tuxedo
5 4 (0.26%) Apache
5 4 (0.26%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.19%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
7 2 (0.13%) Appian
7 2 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.064%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.064%) CMS
8 1 (0.064%) IIS
8 1 (0.064%) Mendix
8 1 (0.064%) OpenROAD
8 1 (0.064%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 79 (5.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (1.34%) Microsoft Project
3 20 (1.28%) Spreadsheet
4 18 (1.15%) MS Visio
5 15 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 14 (0.89%) Microsoft Office
7 2 (0.13%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.064%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.064%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 172 (10.97%) SAP S/4HANA
2 41 (2.61%) Oracle EBS
3 39 (2.49%) Dynamics CRM
4 22 (1.40%) Oracle ERP
4 22 (1.40%) SAP ERP
5 19 (1.21%) NetSuite
6 18 (1.15%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 17 (1.08%) Oracle Payables
8 15 (0.96%) Oracle General Ledger
8 15 (0.96%) Oracle Receivables
9 11 (0.70%) iTrent
9 11 (0.70%) Oracle Financials
10 10 (0.64%) Loan IQ
10 10 (0.64%) Oracle Assets
11 9 (0.57%) Oracle EBS R12
12 8 (0.51%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
12 8 (0.51%) SAP SD
12 8 (0.51%) Teamcenter
13 7 (0.45%) NEC Housing
13 7 (0.45%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 255 (16.26%) Azure
2 154 (9.82%) AWS
3 147 (9.38%) Power Platform
4 111 (7.08%) Dynamics 365
5 85 (5.42%) Azure DevOps
6 77 (4.91%) OCI
7 62 (3.95%) SaaS
8 49 (3.13%) Azure Data Factory
9 46 (2.93%) Snowflake
10 44 (2.81%) GitHub
11 37 (2.36%) Microsoft 365
12 33 (2.10%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 27 (1.72%) SuccessFactors
14 24 (1.53%) Amazon S3
14 24 (1.53%) Power Automate
15 23 (1.47%) GCP
16 21 (1.34%) PowerApps
17 17 (1.08%) OpenShift
18 16 (1.02%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
18 16 (1.02%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 19 (1.21%) SAN
2 15 (0.96%) NAS
3 14 (0.89%) DNS
4 7 (0.45%) VPN
5 6 (0.38%) Firewall
5 6 (0.38%) VSAN
6 4 (0.26%) 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 (0.064%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.064%) LAN
9 1 (0.064%) SNMP
9 1 (0.064%) SSL
9 1 (0.064%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.064%) VLAN
9 1 (0.064%) WAN
9 1 (0.064%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 123 (7.84%) Power BI
2 109 (6.95%) Data Warehouse
3 67 (4.27%) Oracle Reports
4 65 (4.15%) SQL Server
5 44 (2.81%) Metadata
6 38 (2.42%) Data Lake
7 34 (2.17%) PostgreSQL
7 34 (2.17%) Relational Database
8 31 (1.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 27 (1.72%) Oracle Database
10 20 (1.28%) NoSQL
11 16 (1.02%) RDBMS
12 14 (0.89%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 14 (0.89%) SAP Data Services
12 14 (0.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 13 (0.83%) Amazon Redshift
13 13 (0.83%) Azure SQL Database
14 12 (0.77%) Db2
15 10 (0.64%) GIS
15 10 (0.64%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 136 (8.67%) JIRA
2 52 (3.32%) Git
3 40 (2.55%) Zephyr
4 35 (2.23%) Postman
5 24 (1.53%) Jenkins
6 16 (1.02%) GitLab
7 12 (0.77%) Oracle Forms
7 12 (0.77%) Selenium
8 8 (0.51%) Team Foundation Server
9 7 (0.45%) Hudson
10 6 (0.38%) Cypress.io
10 6 (0.38%) Gatling
10 6 (0.38%) JUnit
10 6 (0.38%) LSMW
11 5 (0.32%) Cucumber
11 5 (0.32%) 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
1 544 (34.69%) Finance
2 461 (29.40%) Social Skills
3 196 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 132 (8.42%) Public Sector
5 92 (5.87%) Banking
6 85 (5.42%) Manufacturing
7 58 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
8 49 (3.13%) Retail
9 47 (3.00%) Law
10 38 (2.42%) General Ledger
11 31 (1.98%) Organisational Skills
12 30 (1.91%) Local Government
13 28 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
14 26 (1.66%) Legal
15 24 (1.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 23 (1.47%) Marketing
17 21 (1.34%) Billing
17 21 (1.34%) Pharmaceutical
18 20 (1.28%) Automotive
19 17 (1.08%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 323 (20.60%) Lead
2 218 (13.90%) Analyst
3 205 (13.07%) Architect
4 177 (11.29%) Consultant
5 116 (7.40%) Data Migration Lead
6 114 (7.27%) Data Engineer
7 112 (7.14%) Project Manager
8 109 (6.95%) Senior
9 97 (6.19%) Business Analyst
10 82 (5.23%) Data Analyst
11 75 (4.78%) Developer
12 74 (4.72%) Data Architect
13 67 (4.27%) Migration Engineer
14 59 (3.76%) SAP Consultant
15 57 (3.64%) Migration Analyst
16 55 (3.51%) Data Migration Engineer
17 54 (3.44%) Migration Manager
18 48 (3.06%) Solutions Architect
19 46 (2.93%) Data Consultant
20 45 (2.87%) Data Migration Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (5.80%) Oracle Fusion
2 45 (2.87%) Middleware
3 44 (2.81%) REST
4 25 (1.59%) SOAP
5 24 (1.53%) .NET
6 22 (1.40%) XML
7 20 (1.28%) Spring
8 19 (1.21%) Kafka
9 18 (1.15%) JSON
10 14 (0.89%) PySpark
11 13 (0.83%) Lightning Web Components
12 12 (0.77%) Spring Boot
13 11 (0.70%) OpenTelemetry
13 11 (0.70%) React
14 9 (0.57%) ADO
15 7 (0.45%) COM
15 7 (0.45%) FHIR
15 7 (0.45%) ODBC
15 7 (0.45%) Oracle GoldenGate
15 7 (0.45%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 197 (12.56%) Legacy Systems
2 114 (7.27%) Data Structures
3 49 (3.13%) Cloud Native
4 46 (2.93%) Management Information System
5 38 (2.42%) Onboarding
6 32 (2.04%) Product Ownership
7 31 (1.98%) Public Cloud
8 29 (1.85%) Greenfield Project
9 24 (1.53%) Enterprise Software
9 24 (1.53%) Replication
10 21 (1.34%) Data Protection Act
11 17 (1.08%) Data Centre
12 16 (1.02%) Distributed Systems
12 16 (1.02%) FMCG
12 16 (1.02%) Mainframe
13 15 (0.96%) NHS
14 14 (0.89%) Hybrid Cloud
14 14 (0.89%) Reference Data
15 13 (0.83%) Self-Motivation
16 12 (0.77%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 25 (1.59%) Windows
2 17 (1.08%) Linux
3 7 (0.45%) zOS
4 6 (0.38%) AIX
4 6 (0.38%) Data ONTAP
5 4 (0.26%) VMS
5 4 (0.26%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.19%) Unix
7 2 (0.13%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.13%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.064%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,568 (100.00%) Migration
2 415 (26.47%) Validation
3 341 (21.75%) ERP
3 341 (21.75%) User Acceptance Testing
4 339 (21.62%) Stakeholder Management
5 284 (18.11%) Agile
6 258 (16.45%) ETL
7 230 (14.67%) Data Modelling
8 225 (14.35%) Problem-Solving
8 225 (14.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 160 (10.20%) DevOps
10 155 (9.89%) Business Intelligence
11 151 (9.63%) Data Cleansing
12 147 (9.38%) Data Governance
13 136 (8.67%) Data Mapping
14 133 (8.48%) Continuous Improvement
14 133 (8.48%) Project Management
15 129 (8.23%) Analytics
16 125 (7.97%) CI/CD
17 117 (7.46%) Data Validation
Programming Languages
1 317 (20.22%) SQL
2 122 (7.78%) Python
3 49 (3.13%) Java
4 30 (1.91%) PL/SQL
5 28 (1.79%) JavaScript
6 23 (1.47%) Bash
7 16 (1.02%) C#
8 15 (0.96%) PowerShell
9 12 (0.77%) Kotlin
10 11 (0.70%) Apex Code
10 11 (0.70%) T-SQL
10 11 (0.70%) TypeScript
11 8 (0.51%) VB
12 7 (0.45%) C
12 7 (0.45%) VB6
12 7 (0.45%) VBA
13 5 (0.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 4 (0.26%) Shell Script
15 3 (0.19%) Korn
15 3 (0.19%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 257 (16.39%) Security Cleared
2 204 (13.01%) SC Cleared
3 61 (3.89%) Degree
4 34 (2.17%) ISTQB
5 30 (1.91%) DV Cleared
5 30 (1.91%) PMP
6 26 (1.66%) BPSS Clearance
7 25 (1.59%) PMI Certification
8 20 (1.28%) CIMA
9 19 (1.21%) ACCA
10 18 (1.15%) Computer Science Degree
11 16 (1.02%) Azure Certification
12 8 (0.51%) AWS Certification
12 8 (0.51%) SAP Certification
13 7 (0.45%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 6 (0.38%) DBS Check
14 6 (0.38%) Oracle Certification
15 5 (0.32%) ISEB
16 4 (0.26%) Microsoft Certification
16 4 (0.26%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 280 (17.86%) Data Quality
2 144 (9.18%) QA
3 74 (4.72%) GDPR
4 29 (1.85%) PMO
5 16 (1.02%) SLA
6 11 (0.70%) HL7
7 10 (0.64%) IFRS
8 9 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 8 (0.51%) SNOMED CT
10 7 (0.45%) Accessibility
10 7 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 6 (0.38%) COBIT
11 6 (0.38%) DICOM
11 6 (0.38%) GMP
12 5 (0.32%) NIST
13 4 (0.26%) GAAP
13 4 (0.26%) GxP
13 4 (0.26%) PERC
13 4 (0.26%) Solvency II
14 2 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 27 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
2 19 (1.21%) Docker
3 15 (0.96%) Active Directory
3 15 (0.96%) vSphere
4 12 (0.77%) VMware NSX
5 11 (0.70%) NFS
6 8 (0.51%) Oracle RAC
7 7 (0.45%) SRDF
8 5 (0.32%) Hyper-V
9 3 (0.19%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 3 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 41 (2.61%) Terraform
2 39 (2.49%) Kubernetes
3 26 (1.66%) Ansible
4 18 (1.15%) Grafana
5 15 (0.96%) vCenter Server
6 14 (0.89%) Argo
7 10 (0.64%) EMC VPLEX
7 10 (0.64%) HP ALM
8 7 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
9 6 (0.38%) Data Guard
9 6 (0.38%) Oracle RMAN
9 6 (0.38%) vMotion
10 5 (0.32%) Prometheus
10 5 (0.32%) SnapMirror
11 4 (0.26%) EMC NetWorker
11 4 (0.26%) EMC TimeFinder
11 4 (0.26%) Karpenter
11 4 (0.26%) NetBackup
12 3 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
12 3 (0.19%) SnapVault
Vendors
1 302 (19.26%) Oracle
2 290 (18.49%) SAP
3 251 (16.01%) Microsoft
4 76 (4.85%) Databricks
5 74 (4.72%) Salesforce
6 34 (2.17%) ServiceNow
7 32 (2.04%) VMware
8 26 (1.66%) Workday
9 25 (1.59%) Pure Storage
10 24 (1.53%) IFS
10 24 (1.53%) Sage
11 23 (1.47%) Informatica
12 21 (1.34%) Talend
13 20 (1.28%) Ariba
14 19 (1.21%) Google
15 17 (1.08%) MuleSoft
15 17 (1.08%) Red Hat
16 16 (1.02%) Infor
17 13 (0.83%) IBM
18 12 (0.77%) Siebel