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

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 94 94
Rank change year-on-year +10 0 +42
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,375 783 1,014
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.97% 2.66% 2.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.50% 2.93% 2.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 868 506 685
10th Percentile £360 £375 £375
25th Percentile £450 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £629 £650
90th Percentile £713 £708 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 11 38
10th Percentile £14.61 £34.63 £25.00
25th Percentile £17.38 £58.75 £40.00
Median hourly rate £39.13 £72.50 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year -46.02% -9.38% +276.47%
75th Percentile £73.88 £87.28 -
90th Percentile £83.00 £87.50 £86.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.76 £62.50 £75.00
% change year-on-year -52.38% -16.67% +261.45%

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 39,258 26,720 37,503
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.83% 90.74% 86.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,768 17,301 24,236
10th Percentile £318 £306 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £521 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.03% -0.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £630 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £485 £484 £500
% change year-on-year +0.31% -3.30% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,351 1,041 2,413
10th Percentile £14.96 £14.84 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.80 £18.51 £16.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £30.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -14.29% -6.67%
75th Percentile £65.60 £62.50 £58.69
90th Percentile £77.50 £75.00 £71.89
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £29.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +37.93% -17.14% -6.67%

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 21 April 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 21 April 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 21 April 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 +17 1,205 £525 -0.76% 331
London +28 601 £525 -4.55% 132
UK excluding London +8 598 £525 +2.44% 245
Work from Home -9 362 £500 -6.98% 149
South East 0 174 £618 +12.27% 81
North of England -11 163 £500 -4.76% 52
Midlands -16 121 £450 -11.76% 40
North West -1 98 £467 -15.14% 31
West Midlands -27 80 £425 -15.84% 23
Yorkshire -48 56 £527 +33.42% 17
East of England -4 50 £575 -11.54% 19
East Midlands -9 38 £500 +2.30% 17
South West -20 38 £550 +7.32% 29
Scotland +5 33 £559 +18.13% 11
Northern Ireland +15 15 £475 -9.52% 10
North East -8 9 £488 -20.41% 4
Wales -5 6 £550 +46.67% 3
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 44 (3.20%) SharePoint
2 40 (2.91%) Confluence
3 11 (0.80%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (0.65%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
5 5 (0.36%) Apache
5 5 (0.36%) Oracle Workflow
6 4 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 3 (0.22%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.15%) Appian
9 1 (0.073%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.073%) CMS
9 1 (0.073%) IIS
9 1 (0.073%) OpenROAD
9 1 (0.073%) Oracle Service Bus
9 1 (0.073%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.073%) WebSphere
Applications
1 69 (5.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (1.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 21 (1.53%) Spreadsheet
4 19 (1.38%) Microsoft Project
5 16 (1.16%) MS Visio
6 15 (1.09%) Microsoft Office
7 1 (0.073%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.073%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 157 (11.42%) SAP S/4HANA
2 59 (4.29%) Oracle EBS
3 36 (2.62%) Dynamics CRM
4 23 (1.67%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 16 (1.16%) SAP ERP
6 14 (1.02%) NetSuite
6 14 (1.02%) Oracle ERP
7 13 (0.95%) Loan IQ
8 11 (0.80%) Oracle General Ledger
8 11 (0.80%) Oracle Payables
8 11 (0.80%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 11 (0.80%) Workday HCM
9 10 (0.73%) Oracle EBS R12
9 10 (0.73%) Oracle Receivables
10 9 (0.65%) SAP FI
11 8 (0.58%) SAP CO
11 8 (0.58%) SAP MDG
12 7 (0.51%) SAP FI/CO
13 6 (0.44%) Finacle
13 6 (0.44%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 205 (14.91%) Azure
2 138 (10.04%) Power Platform
3 124 (9.02%) AWS
4 103 (7.49%) Dynamics 365
5 92 (6.69%) OCI
6 61 (4.44%) Azure DevOps
7 51 (3.71%) SaaS
8 49 (3.56%) Azure Data Factory
9 36 (2.62%) GitHub
10 32 (2.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 32 (2.33%) Microsoft 365
11 29 (2.11%) Snowflake
11 29 (2.11%) SuccessFactors
12 23 (1.67%) Amazon S3
13 20 (1.45%) GCP
14 17 (1.24%) OpenShift
15 16 (1.16%) Entra ID
16 15 (1.09%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
17 14 (1.02%) Microsoft Purview
17 14 (1.02%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.16%) SAN
2 15 (1.09%) DNS
3 14 (1.02%) NAS
4 5 (0.36%) VPN
4 5 (0.36%) VSAN
5 4 (0.29%) Fibre Channel
5 4 (0.29%) Firewall
6 3 (0.22%) FCoE
6 3 (0.22%) iSCSI
7 2 (0.15%) HTTP
7 2 (0.15%) Network Security
7 2 (0.15%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.073%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.073%) Internet
8 1 (0.073%) Intranet
8 1 (0.073%) LAN
8 1 (0.073%) SNMP
8 1 (0.073%) SSL
8 1 (0.073%) VLAN
8 1 (0.073%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 116 (8.44%) Power BI
2 94 (6.84%) Data Warehouse
3 60 (4.36%) SQL Server
4 57 (4.15%) Oracle Reports
5 38 (2.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 35 (2.55%) Metadata
7 33 (2.40%) Data Lake
8 28 (2.04%) PostgreSQL
8 28 (2.04%) Relational Database
9 22 (1.60%) Oracle Database
10 17 (1.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 15 (1.09%) Amazon Redshift
11 15 (1.09%) NoSQL
11 15 (1.09%) SAP Data Services
12 14 (1.02%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 12 (0.87%) Tableau
14 11 (0.80%) DB2
15 10 (0.73%) Electronic Patient Records
15 10 (0.73%) MySQL
16 9 (0.65%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 118 (8.58%) JIRA
2 33 (2.40%) Git
3 30 (2.18%) Zephyr
4 29 (2.11%) Postman
5 19 (1.38%) Jenkins
6 13 (0.95%) Selenium
7 10 (0.73%) GitLab
8 8 (0.58%) LSMW
8 8 (0.58%) Oracle Forms
9 6 (0.44%) Hudson
9 6 (0.44%) JUnit
10 5 (0.36%) Cucumber
11 4 (0.29%) Toad
12 3 (0.22%) Bitbucket
12 3 (0.22%) ERwin
12 3 (0.22%) MLflow
12 3 (0.22%) Rational DOORS
12 3 (0.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 3 (0.22%) Team Foundation Server
13 2 (0.15%) REST Assured
General
1 459 (33.38%) Finance
2 454 (33.02%) Social Skills
3 170 (12.36%) Analytical Skills
4 121 (8.80%) Public Sector
5 75 (5.45%) Manufacturing
6 72 (5.24%) Banking
7 56 (4.07%) Documentation Skills
8 47 (3.42%) Law
9 43 (3.13%) Retail
10 40 (2.91%) Presentation Skills
11 24 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
11 24 (1.75%) Pharmaceutical
12 23 (1.67%) Legal
13 22 (1.60%) Marketing
14 21 (1.53%) General Ledger
15 20 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 20 (1.45%) Local Government
16 16 (1.16%) Billing
17 13 (0.95%) Aerospace
18 12 (0.87%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 296 (21.53%) Lead
2 203 (14.76%) Analyst
3 168 (12.22%) Architect
4 166 (12.07%) Consultant
5 107 (7.78%) Project Manager
6 106 (7.71%) Business Analyst
7 97 (7.05%) Senior
8 94 (6.84%) Data Engineer
8 94 (6.84%) Data Migration Lead
9 67 (4.87%) Data Analyst
10 65 (4.73%) Developer
11 60 (4.36%) Migration Analyst
12 49 (3.56%) SAP Consultant
13 46 (3.35%) Data Architect
13 46 (3.35%) Data Migration Analyst
14 45 (3.27%) Migration Manager
15 42 (3.05%) Solutions Architect
16 41 (2.98%) Data Consultant
17 40 (2.91%) Migration Consultant
18 39 (2.84%) Migration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 86 (6.25%) Oracle Fusion
2 40 (2.91%) REST
3 32 (2.33%) Middleware
4 28 (2.04%) XML
5 21 (1.53%) SOAP
6 20 (1.45%) JSON
7 17 (1.24%) .NET
8 14 (1.02%) Kafka
9 13 (0.95%) Lightning Web Components
9 13 (0.95%) PySpark
9 13 (0.95%) Spring
10 12 (0.87%) OpenTelemetry
11 7 (0.51%) React
11 7 (0.51%) Web Services
12 6 (0.44%) AngularJS
13 5 (0.36%) FHIR
13 5 (0.36%) RESTful
13 5 (0.36%) Spring Boot
13 5 (0.36%) Visualforce
13 5 (0.36%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 185 (13.45%) Legacy Systems
2 101 (7.35%) Data Structures
3 43 (3.13%) Management Information System
4 41 (2.98%) Onboarding
5 40 (2.91%) Cloud Native
6 28 (2.04%) Greenfield Project
7 26 (1.89%) Product Ownership
8 24 (1.75%) Replication
9 21 (1.53%) Data Protection Act
9 21 (1.53%) Public Cloud
10 15 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
10 15 (1.09%) Hybrid Cloud
11 14 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
12 13 (0.95%) Data Centre
12 13 (0.95%) Mainframe
12 13 (0.95%) NHS
12 13 (0.95%) Reference Data
13 12 (0.87%) FMCG
14 11 (0.80%) Distributed Systems
14 11 (0.80%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 28 (2.04%) Windows
2 11 (0.80%) Linux
3 8 (0.58%) Windows 10
4 7 (0.51%) Apple iOS
4 7 (0.51%) Windows Server
4 7 (0.51%) zOS
5 6 (0.44%) Unix
6 3 (0.22%) Data ONTAP
7 2 (0.15%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.073%) AIX
8 1 (0.073%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,375 (100.00%) Migration
2 335 (24.36%) Validation
3 318 (23.13%) Stakeholder Management
4 295 (21.45%) ERP
5 276 (20.07%) User Acceptance Testing
6 270 (19.64%) Agile
7 227 (16.51%) ETL
8 212 (15.42%) Problem-Solving
9 202 (14.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 193 (14.04%) Data Modelling
11 152 (11.05%) Data Cleansing
12 149 (10.84%) Business Intelligence
13 139 (10.11%) Project Management
14 129 (9.38%) Data Mapping
15 127 (9.24%) Analytics
16 126 (9.16%) Continuous Improvement
17 121 (8.80%) Workshop Facilitation
18 114 (8.29%) DevOps
19 113 (8.22%) Change Management
20 111 (8.07%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 255 (18.55%) SQL
2 111 (8.07%) Python
3 47 (3.42%) Java
4 30 (2.18%) PL/SQL
5 20 (1.45%) Bash
6 18 (1.31%) JavaScript
7 16 (1.16%) PowerShell
8 12 (0.87%) Apex Code
9 11 (0.80%) C#
10 10 (0.73%) VBA
11 9 (0.65%) T-SQL
12 7 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 7 (0.51%) Kotlin
13 6 (0.44%) Shell Script
14 5 (0.36%) ABAP
14 5 (0.36%) Korn
14 5 (0.36%) Perl
14 5 (0.36%) PHP
15 4 (0.29%) C
15 4 (0.29%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 223 (16.22%) Security Cleared
2 167 (12.15%) SC Cleared
3 62 (4.51%) Degree
4 33 (2.40%) DV Cleared
5 29 (2.11%) BPSS Clearance
6 27 (1.96%) PMP
7 23 (1.67%) Computer Science Degree
7 23 (1.67%) PMI Certification
8 22 (1.60%) ISTQB
9 16 (1.16%) AWS Certification
10 13 (0.95%) Azure Certification
11 11 (0.80%) CIMA
12 10 (0.73%) ACCA
13 9 (0.65%) SAP Certification
14 8 (0.58%) Master's Degree
15 4 (0.29%) Microsoft Certification
15 4 (0.29%) OCP
15 4 (0.29%) Oracle Certification
15 4 (0.29%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 4 (0.29%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 230 (16.73%) Data Quality
2 121 (8.80%) QA
3 60 (4.36%) GDPR
4 25 (1.82%) PMO
5 15 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (0.95%) COBIT
7 12 (0.87%) NIST
8 10 (0.73%) SLA
9 8 (0.58%) GMP
9 8 (0.58%) GxP
9 8 (0.58%) HL7
9 8 (0.58%) IFRS
9 8 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 6 (0.44%) Accessibility
10 6 (0.44%) GAAP
11 5 (0.36%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 5 (0.36%) DICOM
12 4 (0.29%) Basel III
12 4 (0.29%) IFRS 9
12 4 (0.29%) PERC
System Software
1 25 (1.82%) VMware Infrastructure
2 21 (1.53%) Active Directory
3 15 (1.09%) vSphere
4 13 (0.95%) VMware NSX
5 11 (0.80%) Docker
6 9 (0.65%) NFS
7 6 (0.44%) SRDF
8 3 (0.22%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.22%) Oracle RAC
9 2 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.073%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 35 (2.55%) Kubernetes
2 28 (2.04%) Terraform
3 19 (1.38%) Grafana
4 17 (1.24%) Ansible
5 15 (1.09%) vCenter Server
6 14 (1.02%) Argo
7 13 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
8 9 (0.65%) HP ALM
9 8 (0.58%) EMC VPLEX
9 8 (0.58%) SCCM
10 6 (0.44%) vMotion
11 4 (0.29%) EMC TimeFinder
11 4 (0.29%) Prometheus
11 4 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
12 3 (0.22%) EMC NetWorker
12 3 (0.22%) NetBackup
13 2 (0.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 2 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
13 2 (0.15%) SnapMirror
13 2 (0.15%) SnapVault
Vendors
1 264 (19.20%) SAP
2 260 (18.91%) Oracle
3 220 (16.00%) Microsoft
4 68 (4.95%) Salesforce
5 55 (4.00%) Databricks
6 39 (2.84%) Workday
7 29 (2.11%) VMware
8 28 (2.04%) ServiceNow
9 25 (1.82%) Pure Storage
9 25 (1.82%) Sage
10 24 (1.75%) Informatica
11 20 (1.45%) Talend
12 19 (1.38%) Ariba
12 19 (1.38%) Google
13 17 (1.24%) Avaloq
13 17 (1.24%) MuleSoft
13 17 (1.24%) Red Hat
14 16 (1.16%) IBM
14 16 (1.16%) IFS
15 15 (1.09%) Infor