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

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 93 97
Rank change year-on-year +2 +4 +44
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,128 831 1,008
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.76% 2.69% 2.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.18% 3.00% 2.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 714 540 676
10th Percentile £381 £399 £406
25th Percentile £450 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £660
90th Percentile £705 £700 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £530 £525 £535
% change year-on-year +0.95% -1.87% +7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 6 29
10th Percentile £14.35 £45.63 £25.00
25th Percentile £15.94 £62.81 £40.00
Median hourly rate £36.00 £85.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -57.65% +70.00% -
75th Percentile £80.25 £87.39 £86.50
90th Percentile £96.34 £87.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.41 £72.28 £40.00
% change year-on-year -70.38% +80.69% +125.35%

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 35,472 27,688 38,644
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.86% 89.76% 87.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,461 17,051 25,269
10th Percentile £313 £306 £300
25th Percentile £410 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £720 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -1.84% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,140 862 2,156
10th Percentile £14.61 £15.62 £13.29
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.64 £32.50 £34.77
Median % change year-on-year -21.12% -6.52% -0.67%
75th Percentile £60.25 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £72.00 £75.00 £72.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £30.45 £35.00
% change year-on-year -17.41% -13.00% -

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 20 February 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 20 February 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Migration in the UK

Data Migration
Top 17 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 20 February 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 -1 957 £540 +0.47% 303
London +6 516 £550 - 113
UK excluding London -15 456 £530 +0.95% 234
Work from Home -25 325 £550 +1.85% 135
South East -22 125 £625 +14.59% 101
North of England -25 112 £500 -4.76% 52
Midlands -22 100 £550 +7.32% 37
North West +2 64 £456 -8.25% 40
West Midlands -45 56 £550 +4.76% 32
Scotland +26 46 £559 +17.63% 12
East Midlands +5 43 £550 +18.28% 4
Yorkshire -49 42 £529 -5.79% 10
South West -25 29 £525 +5.00% 18
East of England -23 26 £475 -13.64% 14
Northern Ireland +7 10 £400 -23.81% 1
Wales +6 9 £531 +3.66%
North East -15 7 £488 -25.00% 2

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 30 (2.66%) Confluence
2 29 (2.57%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.06%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (0.80%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
5 6 (0.53%) GeoServer
5 6 (0.53%) Smallworld
6 5 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.35%) Apache
8 3 (0.27%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.27%) CMS
8 3 (0.27%) LiveLink
9 2 (0.18%) Appian
9 2 (0.18%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.18%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (0.089%) Moodle
10 1 (0.089%) Oracle Service Bus
10 1 (0.089%) SAP Portal
10 1 (0.089%) SAS
10 1 (0.089%) WebSphere
Applications
1 56 (4.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (1.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 18 (1.60%) Spreadsheet
4 16 (1.42%) Microsoft Project
5 15 (1.33%) MS Visio
6 13 (1.15%) Microsoft Office
7 4 (0.35%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.089%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 121 (10.73%) SAP S/4HANA
2 43 (3.81%) Oracle EBS
3 35 (3.10%) Dynamics CRM
4 20 (1.77%) Oracle Payables
5 19 (1.68%) Oracle General Ledger
5 19 (1.68%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 17 (1.51%) Oracle Receivables
7 16 (1.42%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 15 (1.33%) SAP HR
9 13 (1.15%) SAP FI
10 11 (0.98%) NetSuite
10 11 (0.98%) SAP CO
10 11 (0.98%) SAP ERP
11 10 (0.89%) Loan IQ
11 10 (0.89%) Oracle Cash Management
11 10 (0.89%) SAP FI/CO
12 9 (0.80%) Oracle ERP
12 9 (0.80%) SAP MM
13 7 (0.62%) Oracle EBS R12
13 7 (0.62%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 164 (14.54%) Azure
2 106 (9.40%) AWS
3 84 (7.45%) Power Platform
4 76 (6.74%) OCI
5 73 (6.47%) Dynamics 365
6 40 (3.55%) SaaS
7 36 (3.19%) Azure Data Factory
8 34 (3.01%) Azure DevOps
9 29 (2.57%) Microsoft 365
10 28 (2.48%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 26 (2.30%) Amazon S3
12 24 (2.13%) SuccessFactors
13 23 (2.04%) Snowflake
14 22 (1.95%) GitHub
15 20 (1.77%) Entra ID
16 16 (1.42%) GCP
16 16 (1.42%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
16 16 (1.42%) Salesforce Service Cloud
17 15 (1.33%) OpenShift
18 12 (1.06%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.06%) NAS
1 12 (1.06%) SAN
2 10 (0.89%) DNS
3 4 (0.35%) Firewall
3 4 (0.35%) Network Security
3 4 (0.35%) SSL
4 3 (0.27%) Internet
4 3 (0.27%) Intranet
4 3 (0.27%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.27%) VSAN
5 2 (0.18%) FCoE
5 2 (0.18%) Fibre Channel
5 2 (0.18%) IPv6
5 2 (0.18%) iSCSI
5 2 (0.18%) LAN
5 2 (0.18%) VPN
5 2 (0.18%) WAN
5 2 (0.18%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.089%) IPv4
6 1 (0.089%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (5.59%) Power BI
2 62 (5.50%) Data Warehouse
3 57 (5.05%) SQL Server
4 40 (3.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 38 (3.37%) Relational Database
6 29 (2.57%) Oracle Database
7 28 (2.48%) Data Lake
7 28 (2.48%) Metadata
8 25 (2.22%) Oracle Reports
9 24 (2.13%) PostgreSQL
10 23 (2.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 16 (1.42%) Amazon Redshift
11 16 (1.42%) RDBMS
12 15 (1.33%) Tableau
13 12 (1.06%) MySQL
14 11 (0.98%) SAP Data Services
15 10 (0.89%) Amazon Athena
15 10 (0.89%) Big Data
15 10 (0.89%) Oracle BI Publisher
16 9 (0.80%) Amazon QuickSight
Development Applications
1 76 (6.74%) JIRA
2 11 (0.98%) Jenkins
3 10 (0.89%) Git
4 6 (0.53%) GitLab
4 6 (0.53%) Oracle Forms
4 6 (0.53%) Postman
5 5 (0.44%) LSMW
6 4 (0.35%) Hudson
6 4 (0.35%) JUnit
6 4 (0.35%) Toad
6 4 (0.35%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.27%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.27%) Cucumber
7 3 (0.27%) ERwin
7 3 (0.27%) MLflow
7 3 (0.27%) Oracle APEX
7 3 (0.27%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.18%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.18%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.18%) Zephyr
General
1 420 (37.23%) Social Skills
2 374 (33.16%) Finance
3 119 (10.55%) Analytical Skills
4 107 (9.49%) Public Sector
5 74 (6.56%) Banking
6 45 (3.99%) Documentation Skills
7 40 (3.55%) Manufacturing
8 36 (3.19%) Retail
9 34 (3.01%) Presentation Skills
10 25 (2.22%) Legal
11 22 (1.95%) General Ledger
11 22 (1.95%) Organisational Skills
12 20 (1.77%) Local Government
13 18 (1.60%) Pharmaceutical
14 15 (1.33%) Billing
14 15 (1.33%) Law
14 15 (1.33%) Marketing
15 14 (1.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 11 (0.98%) Influencing Skills
16 11 (0.98%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 184 (16.31%) Lead
2 173 (15.34%) Analyst
3 166 (14.72%) Consultant
4 123 (10.90%) Architect
5 103 (9.13%) Project Manager
6 102 (9.04%) Business Analyst
7 87 (7.71%) Senior
8 75 (6.65%) Data Engineer
9 57 (5.05%) Data Analyst
10 54 (4.79%) Data Migration Lead
11 52 (4.61%) SAP Consultant
12 51 (4.52%) Developer
13 48 (4.26%) Migration Analyst
14 44 (3.90%) Solutions Architect
15 41 (3.63%) Migration Manager
16 37 (3.28%) Data Migration Analyst
17 36 (3.19%) Functional Consultant
18 35 (3.10%) Data Architect
19 31 (2.75%) Oracle Consultant
20 30 (2.66%) Data Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (6.56%) Oracle Fusion
2 40 (3.55%) REST
3 31 (2.75%) XML
4 28 (2.48%) Middleware
5 23 (2.04%) SOAP
6 18 (1.60%) Lightning Web Components
7 17 (1.51%) JSON
8 15 (1.33%) PySpark
9 14 (1.24%) Web Services
10 10 (0.89%) .NET
10 10 (0.89%) Visualforce
11 8 (0.71%) Kafka
12 7 (0.62%) OpenTelemetry
13 6 (0.53%) React
13 6 (0.53%) SAP Fiori
13 6 (0.53%) Spring
13 6 (0.53%) XSLT
14 5 (0.44%) Apache Avro
14 5 (0.44%) LDAP
15 4 (0.35%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 154 (13.65%) Legacy Systems
2 79 (7.00%) Data Structures
3 40 (3.55%) Onboarding
4 34 (3.01%) Management Information System
5 23 (2.04%) Data Protection Act
5 23 (2.04%) Replication
6 19 (1.68%) Cloud Native
6 19 (1.68%) Greenfield Project
6 19 (1.68%) Product Ownership
7 13 (1.15%) Data Centre
8 12 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
8 12 (1.06%) Reference Data
9 11 (0.98%) Public Cloud
10 9 (0.80%) CMDB
10 9 (0.80%) Hybrid Cloud
11 8 (0.71%) FMCG
11 8 (0.71%) NHS
12 7 (0.62%) Derivative
12 7 (0.62%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 7 (0.62%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 27 (2.39%) Windows
2 10 (0.89%) Windows 10
3 8 (0.71%) Windows Server
4 7 (0.62%) Apple iOS
5 6 (0.53%) Unix
6 5 (0.44%) Linux
6 5 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.35%) zOS
8 3 (0.27%) Solaris
9 2 (0.18%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.089%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,128 (100.00%) Migration
2 270 (23.94%) Stakeholder Management
3 240 (21.28%) Agile
4 227 (20.12%) Validation
5 210 (18.62%) Problem-Solving
6 201 (17.82%) ERP
7 171 (15.16%) ETL
8 165 (14.63%) User Acceptance Testing
9 157 (13.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 147 (13.03%) Data Modelling
11 124 (10.99%) Project Management
12 121 (10.73%) Workshop Facilitation
13 117 (10.37%) Analytics
14 114 (10.11%) Data Cleansing
15 105 (9.31%) Data Mapping
16 103 (9.13%) Change Management
17 92 (8.16%) Business Intelligence
18 88 (7.80%) Continuous Improvement
19 84 (7.45%) DevOps
20 82 (7.27%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 216 (19.15%) SQL
2 84 (7.45%) Python
3 31 (2.75%) Java
4 19 (1.68%) JavaScript
5 18 (1.60%) PL/SQL
6 17 (1.51%) Apex Code
7 16 (1.42%) PowerShell
8 11 (0.98%) C#
9 10 (0.89%) Bash
10 8 (0.71%) T-SQL
11 6 (0.53%) VBA
12 5 (0.44%) Perl
12 5 (0.44%) PHP
12 5 (0.44%) Shell Script
13 4 (0.35%) ABAP
13 4 (0.35%) Korn
13 4 (0.35%) SOQL
13 4 (0.35%) TypeScript
13 4 (0.35%) VB
13 4 (0.35%) X++
Qualifications
1 154 (13.65%) Security Cleared
2 111 (9.84%) SC Cleared
3 73 (6.47%) Degree
4 33 (2.93%) PMP
5 27 (2.39%) PMI Certification
6 26 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
7 18 (1.60%) BPSS Clearance
7 18 (1.60%) Master's Degree
8 16 (1.42%) DV Cleared
9 13 (1.15%) AWS Certification
10 12 (1.06%) SAP Certification
11 7 (0.62%) Azure Certification
12 6 (0.53%) CIMA
13 5 (0.44%) ACCA
13 5 (0.44%) TOGAF Certification
14 4 (0.35%) OCP
14 4 (0.35%) Oracle Certification
14 4 (0.35%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 3 (0.27%) Microsoft Certification
15 3 (0.27%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 171 (15.16%) Data Quality
2 80 (7.09%) QA
3 59 (5.23%) GDPR
4 16 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 15 (1.33%) PMO
6 13 (1.15%) COBIT
7 12 (1.06%) NIST
8 8 (0.71%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 8 (0.71%) GMP
8 8 (0.71%) IFRS
9 7 (0.62%) Accessibility
9 7 (0.62%) GxP
9 7 (0.62%) SLA
10 6 (0.53%) GAAP
10 6 (0.53%) GRC
11 5 (0.44%) IFRS 9
11 5 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (0.35%) Basel III
12 4 (0.35%) ISO 20022
12 4 (0.35%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 19 (1.68%) Active Directory
2 16 (1.42%) Docker
2 16 (1.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (0.98%) NFS
4 8 (0.71%) VMware NSX
4 8 (0.71%) vSphere
5 4 (0.35%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 28 (2.48%) Kubernetes
2 18 (1.60%) Terraform
3 13 (1.15%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (1.06%) Grafana
5 10 (0.89%) SCCM
6 9 (0.80%) Ansible
7 8 (0.71%) Argo
7 8 (0.71%) vCenter Server
8 6 (0.53%) EMC VPLEX
8 6 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (0.53%) vMotion
9 4 (0.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.27%) EMC TimeFinder
10 3 (0.27%) HP ALM
10 3 (0.27%) Prometheus
11 2 (0.18%) Jamf Pro
12 1 (0.089%) Control-M
Vendors
1 217 (19.24%) SAP
2 205 (18.17%) Oracle
3 164 (14.54%) Microsoft
4 55 (4.88%) Salesforce
5 46 (4.08%) Databricks
6 38 (3.37%) Workday
7 25 (2.22%) Informatica
8 23 (2.04%) ServiceNow
9 20 (1.77%) Sage
10 18 (1.60%) MuleSoft
10 18 (1.60%) VMware
11 17 (1.51%) Pure Storage
12 15 (1.33%) Talend
13 14 (1.24%) Avaloq
14 13 (1.15%) IFS
15 12 (1.06%) Ariba
16 11 (0.98%) Google
17 10 (0.89%) IBM
17 10 (0.89%) Red Hat
18 8 (0.71%) Dell