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

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 88 103
Rank change year-on-year -3 +15 +13
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,602 935 840
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.94% 2.88% 2.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.48% 3.18% 2.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,031 565 563
10th Percentile £363 £375 £400
25th Percentile £425 £447 £457
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £529 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.76% -3.82% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £639
90th Percentile £733 £738 £712
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 14 6
10th Percentile £17.75 £15.00 £48.50
25th Percentile £21.25 £32.25 £62.31
Median hourly rate £40.00 £35.25 £73.25
Median % change year-on-year +13.48% -51.88% -20.57%
75th Percentile £49.67 £70.31 £80.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £83.38 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.96 £32.31 £80.00
% change year-on-year -7.27% -59.61% -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 46,027 29,389 32,594
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.35% 90.49% 85.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,906 18,237 19,938
10th Percentile £325 £300 £308
25th Percentile £425 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £626 £625 £638
90th Percentile £731 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,152 1,808 1,420
10th Percentile £13.81 £14.24 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.25 £17.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £42.69
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -41.09% -1.10%
75th Percentile £67.25 £43.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £65.25 £74.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.08 £22.32 £43.00
% change year-on-year +79.61% -48.10% +1.18%

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 22 September 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 22 September 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 22 September 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 -5 1,373 £525 -2.23% 849
UK excluding London -3 711 £500 - 543
London +4 665 £549 -0.23% 393
Work from Home +6 479 £525 -2.33% 408
North of England -17 176 £525 +10.53% 111
Midlands +5 171 £475 -13.64% 105
South East -4 164 £540 -6.09% 153
West Midlands 0 122 £450 -14.29% 76
North West -2 106 £531 +18.06% 59
South West +22 90 £523 -0.48% 35
East of England -6 55 £525 +6.33% 52
Yorkshire -42 55 £510 +2.00% 31
East Midlands -1 46 £525 -4.55% 28
Scotland -24 37 £525 +11.11% 60
North East -20 18 £475 +8.57% 21
Northern Ireland +17 15 £463 -28.85% 22
Wales -5 9 £550 +10.00% 12
Channel Islands -4 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 64 (4.00%) SharePoint
2 56 (3.50%) Confluence
3 16 (1.00%) Apache Airflow
4 13 (0.81%) Microsoft Exchange
5 12 (0.75%) Apache
6 10 (0.62%) Apache Spark
6 10 (0.62%) Oracle Workflow
7 5 (0.31%) ArcGIS
7 5 (0.31%) SAS
7 5 (0.31%) Tuxedo
8 4 (0.25%) SugarCRM
9 3 (0.19%) CMS
10 2 (0.12%) HCL Notes
10 2 (0.12%) Mendix
10 2 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.062%) Documentum
11 1 (0.062%) IIS
11 1 (0.062%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 70 (4.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (1.25%) Spreadsheet
3 18 (1.12%) Microsoft Office
4 14 (0.87%) MS Visio
5 10 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 3 (0.19%) Windchill
8 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.062%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.062%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 165 (10.30%) SAP S/4HANA
2 54 (3.37%) Dynamics CRM
3 32 (2.00%) Oracle Payables
4 27 (1.69%) Oracle Receivables
5 21 (1.31%) Oracle ERP
6 20 (1.25%) NetSuite
7 19 (1.19%) SAP ERP
8 16 (1.00%) Oracle EBS
8 16 (1.00%) Oracle Financials
9 15 (0.94%) Oracle General Ledger
10 14 (0.87%) Oracle Assets
10 14 (0.87%) SAP SD
11 13 (0.81%) SAP FI
11 13 (0.81%) Teamcenter
12 12 (0.75%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
12 12 (0.75%) SAP CO
12 12 (0.75%) SAP HCM
13 11 (0.69%) iTrent
13 11 (0.69%) SAP MDG
13 11 (0.69%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 267 (16.67%) Azure
2 151 (9.43%) AWS
3 142 (8.86%) Power Platform
4 129 (8.05%) Dynamics 365
5 85 (5.31%) Azure DevOps
6 82 (5.12%) OCI
7 61 (3.81%) SaaS
8 47 (2.93%) Azure Data Factory
8 47 (2.93%) Microsoft 365
9 45 (2.81%) Snowflake
10 42 (2.62%) SuccessFactors
11 35 (2.18%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 35 (2.18%) Power Automate
12 34 (2.12%) Amazon S3
13 27 (1.69%) GitHub
13 27 (1.69%) PowerApps
14 26 (1.62%) GCP
15 21 (1.31%) dbt
15 21 (1.31%) Microsoft Purview
16 17 (1.06%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.31%) NAS
1 5 (0.31%) SAN
1 5 (0.31%) VPN
2 3 (0.19%) DMZ
2 3 (0.19%) Firewall
2 3 (0.19%) Intranet
3 2 (0.12%) DNS
3 2 (0.12%) VSAN
4 1 (0.062%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (0.062%) DKIM
4 1 (0.062%) DMARC
4 1 (0.062%) Internet
4 1 (0.062%) SNMP
4 1 (0.062%) SSL
4 1 (0.062%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 114 (7.12%) Data Warehouse
2 111 (6.93%) Power BI
3 65 (4.06%) Metadata
4 62 (3.87%) SQL Server
5 53 (3.31%) Oracle Reports
6 49 (3.06%) Data Lake
6 49 (3.06%) Relational Database
7 40 (2.50%) Oracle Database
8 35 (2.18%) PostgreSQL
9 20 (1.25%) RDBMS
10 19 (1.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 17 (1.06%) Azure SQL Database
12 15 (0.94%) Amazon Redshift
12 15 (0.94%) MongoDB
12 15 (0.94%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 13 (0.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 12 (0.75%) Delta Lake
14 12 (0.75%) GIS
14 12 (0.75%) Oracle Exadata
15 11 (0.69%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 141 (8.80%) JIRA
2 51 (3.18%) Git
3 43 (2.68%) Zephyr
4 31 (1.94%) Postman
5 18 (1.12%) GitLab
6 13 (0.81%) Oracle Forms
7 11 (0.69%) Jenkins
8 8 (0.50%) Selenium
9 6 (0.37%) Gatling
9 6 (0.37%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 5 (0.31%) Cypress.io
10 5 (0.31%) Hudson
10 5 (0.31%) Team Foundation Server
11 4 (0.25%) LSMW
11 4 (0.25%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.19%) Claude Code
12 3 (0.19%) ER Studio
13 2 (0.12%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 2 (0.12%) Bitbucket
13 2 (0.12%) Yeoman
General
1 550 (34.33%) Finance
2 453 (28.28%) Social Skills
3 210 (13.11%) Analytical Skills
4 146 (9.11%) Public Sector
5 96 (5.99%) Banking
6 89 (5.56%) Manufacturing
7 62 (3.87%) Retail
8 57 (3.56%) Documentation Skills
9 50 (3.12%) General Ledger
10 41 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
11 35 (2.18%) Local Government
12 33 (2.06%) Law
13 29 (1.81%) Automotive
14 26 (1.62%) Influencing Skills
15 25 (1.56%) Billing
15 25 (1.56%) Legal
16 24 (1.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 24 (1.50%) Marketing
17 18 (1.12%) Pharmaceutical
18 16 (1.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 268 (16.73%) Lead
2 233 (14.54%) Analyst
3 199 (12.42%) Architect
4 194 (12.11%) Consultant
5 136 (8.49%) Senior
6 134 (8.36%) Data Engineer
7 107 (6.68%) Data Migration Lead
8 101 (6.30%) Business Analyst
9 94 (5.87%) Project Manager
10 83 (5.18%) Developer
11 82 (5.12%) Data Analyst
12 76 (4.74%) Data Architect
13 64 (4.00%) Migration Engineer
14 60 (3.75%) SAP Consultant
15 58 (3.62%) Solutions Architect
16 51 (3.18%) Data Consultant
16 51 (3.18%) Data Migration Engineer
17 42 (2.62%) Migration Consultant
18 41 (2.56%) Migration Analyst
19 39 (2.43%) Migration Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 109 (6.80%) Oracle Fusion
2 53 (3.31%) Middleware
3 43 (2.68%) REST
4 30 (1.87%) Terraform
5 29 (1.81%) .NET
6 27 (1.69%) SOAP
6 27 (1.69%) XML
7 23 (1.44%) PySpark
8 19 (1.19%) JSON
9 14 (0.87%) Kafka
10 13 (0.81%) Keycloak
10 13 (0.81%) Oracle GoldenGate
11 11 (0.69%) Lightning Web Components
12 10 (0.62%) ADO
12 10 (0.62%) Web Services
13 9 (0.56%) HTML
13 9 (0.56%) Spring
13 9 (0.56%) Spring Boot
14 8 (0.50%) SAP Fiori
15 7 (0.44%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 170 (10.61%) Legacy Systems
2 115 (7.18%) Data Structures
3 58 (3.62%) Onboarding
4 51 (3.18%) Management Information System
5 47 (2.93%) Enterprise Software
6 40 (2.50%) Public Cloud
7 37 (2.31%) Product Ownership
8 32 (2.00%) Cloud Native
9 30 (1.87%) Greenfield Project
10 21 (1.31%) Replication
11 20 (1.25%) NHS
11 20 (1.25%) Reference Data
12 17 (1.06%) FMCG
12 17 (1.06%) Legacy Applications
13 16 (1.00%) Data Protection Act
14 12 (0.75%) Analytical Mindset
14 12 (0.75%) Low-Code
14 12 (0.75%) Reinsurance
15 11 (0.69%) Data Centre
15 11 (0.69%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 33 (2.06%) Windows
2 31 (1.94%) Linux
3 12 (0.75%) AIX
4 11 (0.69%) Unix
5 6 (0.37%) Data ONTAP
6 4 (0.25%) VMS
7 2 (0.12%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.12%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,602 (100.00%) Migration
2 474 (29.59%) Validation
3 441 (27.53%) Stakeholder Management
4 362 (22.60%) User Acceptance Testing
5 356 (22.22%) ERP
6 272 (16.98%) Agile
7 256 (15.98%) ETL
8 254 (15.86%) Data Modelling
9 231 (14.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 204 (12.73%) Data Governance
11 200 (12.48%) Problem-Solving
12 153 (9.55%) Data Cleansing
12 153 (9.55%) DevOps
13 148 (9.24%) Analytics
14 143 (8.93%) Business Intelligence
15 139 (8.68%) Data Mapping
16 128 (7.99%) Requirements Gathering
17 124 (7.74%) Continuous Improvement
17 124 (7.74%) System Integration Testing
18 121 (7.55%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 336 (20.97%) SQL
2 94 (5.87%) Python
3 32 (2.00%) PL/SQL
4 30 (1.87%) JavaScript
5 27 (1.69%) Java
6 25 (1.56%) C#
7 14 (0.87%) PowerShell
8 11 (0.69%) TypeScript
9 10 (0.62%) Apex Code
9 10 (0.62%) Bash
10 9 (0.56%) T-SQL
11 8 (0.50%) Kotlin
12 6 (0.37%) ABAP
12 6 (0.37%) MUMPS
12 6 (0.37%) Shell Script
12 6 (0.37%) X++
13 5 (0.31%) C
13 5 (0.31%) VB
13 5 (0.31%) VB6
14 4 (0.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 285 (17.79%) Security Cleared
2 233 (14.54%) SC Cleared
3 55 (3.43%) Degree
4 34 (2.12%) ACCA
4 34 (2.12%) CIMA
4 34 (2.12%) DV Cleared
5 31 (1.94%) ISTQB
5 31 (1.94%) PMP
6 30 (1.87%) PMI Certification
7 29 (1.81%) BPSS Clearance
8 12 (0.75%) Microsoft Certification
9 10 (0.62%) Azure Certification
9 10 (0.62%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (0.50%) DBS Check
10 8 (0.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 6 (0.37%) ITIL Certification
12 5 (0.31%) AWS Certification
12 5 (0.31%) SAP Certification
13 4 (0.25%) ISEB
14 3 (0.19%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 338 (21.10%) Data Quality
2 127 (7.93%) QA
3 66 (4.12%) GDPR
4 34 (2.12%) PMO
5 15 (0.94%) GRC
6 11 (0.69%) IFRS
7 10 (0.62%) HL7
8 9 (0.56%) Accessibility
9 8 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
9 8 (0.50%) SLA
10 6 (0.37%) DICOM
10 6 (0.37%) SNOMED CT
11 4 (0.25%) GMP
11 4 (0.25%) GxP
11 4 (0.25%) ISO 20022
12 3 (0.19%) NCSC
12 3 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.19%) SEPA
13 2 (0.12%) PERC
13 2 (0.12%) Solvency II
System Software
1 19 (1.19%) Docker
2 14 (0.87%) Oracle RAC
3 13 (0.81%) Active Directory
4 8 (0.50%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.25%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.19%) EMC RecoverPoint
6 3 (0.19%) NFS
6 3 (0.19%) SRDF
6 3 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.19%) vSphere
7 1 (0.062%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 20 (1.25%) Ansible
2 19 (1.19%) Kubernetes
3 12 (0.75%) Data Guard
3 12 (0.75%) Karpenter
3 12 (0.75%) Oracle RMAN
4 6 (0.37%) HP ALM
5 5 (0.31%) SnapMirror
6 4 (0.25%) EMC VPLEX
7 3 (0.19%) EMC NetWorker
7 3 (0.19%) NetBackup
7 3 (0.19%) SnapVault
7 3 (0.19%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.12%) Argo
8 2 (0.12%) Failover Clustering
8 2 (0.12%) Grafana
8 2 (0.12%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.062%) Autotask
9 1 (0.062%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.062%) SCCM
Vendors
1 326 (20.35%) Oracle
2 304 (18.98%) SAP
3 269 (16.79%) Microsoft
4 91 (5.68%) Databricks
5 70 (4.37%) Salesforce
6 32 (2.00%) Informatica
7 31 (1.94%) Workday
8 29 (1.81%) ServiceNow
9 23 (1.44%) Talend
10 22 (1.37%) Ariba
10 22 (1.37%) Google
11 21 (1.31%) IBM
12 19 (1.19%) IFS
13 15 (0.94%) Sage
14 14 (0.87%) InterSystems
15 13 (0.81%) Infor
16 11 (0.69%) MuleSoft
17 9 (0.56%) Alteryx
17 9 (0.56%) Atlassian
17 9 (0.56%) VMware