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

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 93 94
Rank change year-on-year -1 +1 +40
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,197 842 1,028
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.80% 2.75% 2.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.25% 3.05% 2.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 753 554 695
10th Percentile £375 £386 £400
25th Percentile £450 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £628 £650
90th Percentile £713 £703 £712
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 7 35
10th Percentile £14.35 £28.12 £25.00
25th Percentile £15.94 £45.63 £40.00
Median hourly rate £36.00 £85.00 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year -57.65% +6.25% +158.06%
75th Percentile £80.25 £87.28 £86.38
90th Percentile £96.34 £87.50 £86.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.41 £57.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -62.77% +43.75% +110.53%

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 36,884 27,639 38,956
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.36% 90.19% 86.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,378 17,377 25,379
10th Percentile £313 £306 £300
25th Percentile £413 £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 £725 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £494 £500
% change year-on-year -2.58% -1.20% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,184 915 2,310
10th Percentile £14.72 £15.62 £13.16
25th Percentile £18.32 £21.03 £16.06
Median hourly rate £28.00 £32.81 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.66% +0.95% -7.14%
75th Percentile £63.75 £64.50 £58.64
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.95 £71.87
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.38 £32.25 £32.50
% change year-on-year -21.30% -0.77% -7.14%

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 7 March 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 7 March 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 7 March 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 1,022 £540 -0.46% 283
London +15 545 £550 - 108
UK excluding London -14 485 £525 - 210
Work from Home -24 341 £539 -2.05% 118
South East -18 139 £609 +15.95% 85
North of England -31 120 £500 -9.09% 47
Midlands -22 109 £500 -4.76% 33
North West -4 73 £460 -12.38% 22
West Midlands -39 67 £500 -4.76% 24
Scotland +27 40 £550 +15.79% 7
East Midlands -3 40 £500 +2.30% 8
Yorkshire -49 40 £529 -5.79% 21
South West -29 32 £525 +6.06% 19
East of England -27 23 £465 -28.54% 16
Northern Ireland +8 13 £475 -9.52%
Wales +7 10 £531 +3.66% 4
North East -11 7 £494 -26.85% 4

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 35 (2.92%) Confluence
1 35 (2.92%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (0.75%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
4 6 (0.50%) GeoServer
4 6 (0.50%) Smallworld
5 4 (0.33%) Apache
5 4 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.25%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.25%) CMS
6 3 (0.25%) LiveLink
7 2 (0.17%) Appian
7 2 (0.17%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.17%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.084%) Moodle
8 1 (0.084%) Oracle Service Bus
8 1 (0.084%) SAP Portal
8 1 (0.084%) SAS
8 1 (0.084%) WebSphere
Applications
1 62 (5.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (1.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 20 (1.67%) Spreadsheet
4 18 (1.50%) Microsoft Project
5 15 (1.25%) MS Visio
6 9 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
7 3 (0.25%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.084%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 116 (9.69%) SAP S/4HANA
2 54 (4.51%) Oracle EBS
3 37 (3.09%) Dynamics CRM
4 21 (1.75%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 18 (1.50%) Oracle Payables
6 16 (1.34%) Oracle General Ledger
7 15 (1.25%) SAP HR
8 14 (1.17%) Oracle Receivables
8 14 (1.17%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 13 (1.09%) Loan IQ
9 13 (1.09%) Oracle ERP
10 11 (0.92%) NetSuite
10 11 (0.92%) SAP ERP
10 11 (0.92%) SAP FI
11 10 (0.84%) Oracle EBS R12
11 10 (0.84%) Workday HCM
12 9 (0.75%) Oracle Cash Management
12 9 (0.75%) SAP CO
13 8 (0.67%) SAP FI/CO
13 8 (0.67%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 189 (15.79%) Azure
2 126 (10.53%) AWS
3 103 (8.60%) Power Platform
4 92 (7.69%) OCI
5 82 (6.85%) Dynamics 365
6 45 (3.76%) Azure DevOps
7 40 (3.34%) Azure Data Factory
8 37 (3.09%) SaaS
9 29 (2.42%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 28 (2.34%) Snowflake
11 26 (2.17%) Amazon S3
11 26 (2.17%) Microsoft 365
12 24 (2.01%) GitHub
12 24 (2.01%) SuccessFactors
13 18 (1.50%) GCP
14 17 (1.42%) Entra ID
15 16 (1.34%) OpenShift
15 16 (1.34%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 16 (1.34%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 14 (1.17%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.09%) SAN
2 12 (1.00%) NAS
3 8 (0.67%) DNS
4 4 (0.33%) Fibre Channel
4 4 (0.33%) SSL
4 4 (0.33%) VPN
4 4 (0.33%) VSAN
5 3 (0.25%) FCoE
5 3 (0.25%) iSCSI
6 2 (0.17%) Firewall
6 2 (0.17%) Network Security
6 2 (0.17%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.084%) Internet
7 1 (0.084%) Intranet
7 1 (0.084%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (6.77%) Data Warehouse
2 80 (6.68%) Power BI
3 53 (4.43%) SQL Server
4 44 (3.68%) Oracle Reports
4 44 (3.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 38 (3.17%) Relational Database
6 31 (2.59%) Metadata
7 30 (2.51%) Data Lake
8 29 (2.42%) Oracle Database
9 25 (2.09%) PostgreSQL
10 23 (1.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 17 (1.42%) RDBMS
12 16 (1.34%) Amazon Redshift
13 15 (1.25%) Tableau
14 13 (1.09%) Oracle BI Publisher
15 12 (1.00%) MySQL
16 11 (0.92%) SAP Data Services
17 10 (0.84%) Amazon Athena
17 10 (0.84%) Big Data
17 10 (0.84%) GIS
Development Applications
1 97 (8.10%) JIRA
2 20 (1.67%) Git
3 19 (1.59%) Postman
4 15 (1.25%) Zephyr
5 12 (1.00%) Jenkins
6 8 (0.67%) GitLab
7 7 (0.58%) Oracle Forms
8 6 (0.50%) LSMW
9 5 (0.42%) JUnit
10 4 (0.33%) Cucumber
10 4 (0.33%) Selenium
10 4 (0.33%) Toad
10 4 (0.33%) Visual Studio
11 3 (0.25%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.25%) Cypress.io
11 3 (0.25%) ERwin
11 3 (0.25%) Hudson
11 3 (0.25%) MLflow
11 3 (0.25%) Oracle APEX
11 3 (0.25%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 449 (37.51%) Social Skills
2 392 (32.75%) Finance
3 133 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 113 (9.44%) Public Sector
5 75 (6.27%) Banking
6 50 (4.18%) Manufacturing
7 47 (3.93%) Documentation Skills
8 39 (3.26%) Presentation Skills
9 36 (3.01%) Retail
10 26 (2.17%) Legal
11 23 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
12 18 (1.50%) Law
12 18 (1.50%) Marketing
12 18 (1.50%) Pharmaceutical
13 17 (1.42%) General Ledger
14 16 (1.34%) Billing
15 15 (1.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 15 (1.25%) Local Government
16 13 (1.09%) Influencing Skills
17 11 (0.92%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 197 (16.46%) Lead
2 176 (14.70%) Analyst
3 174 (14.54%) Consultant
4 141 (11.78%) Architect
5 107 (8.94%) Project Manager
6 99 (8.27%) Business Analyst
7 94 (7.85%) Senior
8 75 (6.27%) Data Engineer
9 60 (5.01%) Data Analyst
9 60 (5.01%) Data Migration Lead
10 55 (4.59%) Migration Analyst
11 54 (4.51%) Developer
12 49 (4.09%) SAP Consultant
13 47 (3.93%) Solutions Architect
14 42 (3.51%) Data Architect
15 41 (3.43%) Data Migration Analyst
15 41 (3.43%) Migration Manager
16 36 (3.01%) Data Consultant
16 36 (3.01%) Migration Consultant
17 35 (2.92%) Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (6.93%) Oracle Fusion
2 41 (3.43%) REST
3 29 (2.42%) Middleware
4 27 (2.26%) XML
5 23 (1.92%) SOAP
6 18 (1.50%) JSON
6 18 (1.50%) Lightning Web Components
7 12 (1.00%) .NET
7 12 (1.00%) PySpark
7 12 (1.00%) Web Services
8 9 (0.75%) Visualforce
9 8 (0.67%) React
9 8 (0.67%) Spring
10 7 (0.58%) Kafka
10 7 (0.58%) OpenTelemetry
11 6 (0.50%) SAP Fiori
12 5 (0.42%) AngularJS
12 5 (0.42%) Apache Avro
12 5 (0.42%) RESTful
12 5 (0.42%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 157 (13.12%) Legacy Systems
2 76 (6.35%) Data Structures
3 42 (3.51%) Onboarding
4 38 (3.17%) Management Information System
5 27 (2.26%) Cloud Native
6 26 (2.17%) Product Ownership
7 25 (2.09%) Replication
8 20 (1.67%) Greenfield Project
9 19 (1.59%) Data Protection Act
10 14 (1.17%) Data Centre
11 13 (1.09%) Reference Data
12 11 (0.92%) Public Cloud
13 10 (0.84%) CMDB
13 10 (0.84%) Enterprise Software
13 10 (0.84%) Hybrid Cloud
13 10 (0.84%) NHS
14 9 (0.75%) FMCG
14 9 (0.75%) Tandem
15 8 (0.67%) Taxonomies
16 7 (0.58%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 28 (2.34%) Windows
2 9 (0.75%) Windows 10
3 8 (0.67%) Linux
3 8 (0.67%) Windows Server
4 7 (0.58%) Apple iOS
5 6 (0.50%) Unix
5 6 (0.50%) zOS
6 5 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.25%) Solaris
8 2 (0.17%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.084%) AIX
9 1 (0.084%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,197 (100.00%) Migration
2 286 (23.89%) Stakeholder Management
3 264 (22.06%) Agile
4 247 (20.63%) Validation
5 220 (18.38%) ERP
6 211 (17.63%) Problem-Solving
7 198 (16.54%) ETL
8 192 (16.04%) User Acceptance Testing
9 167 (13.95%) Data Modelling
10 166 (13.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 134 (11.19%) Project Management
12 133 (11.11%) Analytics
13 127 (10.61%) Workshop Facilitation
14 120 (10.03%) Data Cleansing
15 114 (9.52%) Business Intelligence
15 114 (9.52%) Data Mapping
16 111 (9.27%) Change Management
17 100 (8.35%) DevOps
18 96 (8.02%) Continuous Improvement
19 94 (7.85%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 234 (19.55%) SQL
2 90 (7.52%) Python
3 39 (3.26%) Java
4 21 (1.75%) PL/SQL
5 19 (1.59%) JavaScript
6 17 (1.42%) PowerShell
7 16 (1.34%) Apex Code
8 14 (1.17%) C#
9 10 (0.84%) Bash
10 9 (0.75%) T-SQL
11 7 (0.58%) Kotlin
12 6 (0.50%) ABAP
12 6 (0.50%) VBA
13 5 (0.42%) Perl
13 5 (0.42%) PHP
13 5 (0.42%) Shell Script
13 5 (0.42%) X++
14 4 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 4 (0.33%) Korn
14 4 (0.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 181 (15.12%) Security Cleared
2 134 (11.19%) SC Cleared
3 72 (6.02%) Degree
4 35 (2.92%) PMP
5 27 (2.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 27 (2.26%) PMI Certification
6 22 (1.84%) BPSS Clearance
7 18 (1.50%) Master's Degree
8 16 (1.34%) AWS Certification
8 16 (1.34%) DV Cleared
9 13 (1.09%) SAP Certification
10 12 (1.00%) Azure Certification
11 11 (0.92%) ISTQB
12 6 (0.50%) CIMA
13 5 (0.42%) ACCA
14 4 (0.33%) OCP
14 4 (0.33%) Oracle Certification
14 4 (0.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 4 (0.33%) TOGAF Certification
15 3 (0.25%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 185 (15.46%) Data Quality
2 96 (8.02%) QA
3 62 (5.18%) GDPR
4 19 (1.59%) PMO
5 16 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (1.09%) COBIT
7 12 (1.00%) NIST
8 9 (0.75%) IFRS
8 9 (0.75%) SLA
9 8 (0.67%) Accessibility
9 8 (0.67%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 7 (0.58%) GAAP
11 6 (0.50%) GMP
11 6 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 5 (0.42%) GRC
12 5 (0.42%) GxP
12 5 (0.42%) IFRS 9
13 4 (0.33%) Basel III
13 4 (0.33%) IFRS 17
14 3 (0.25%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 19 (1.59%) Active Directory
2 18 (1.50%) Docker
3 16 (1.34%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.92%) NFS
5 8 (0.67%) VMware NSX
5 8 (0.67%) vSphere
6 5 (0.42%) SRDF
7 1 (0.084%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 31 (2.59%) Kubernetes
2 21 (1.75%) Terraform
3 13 (1.09%) Grafana
3 13 (1.09%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (0.84%) Ansible
5 9 (0.75%) SCCM
6 8 (0.67%) Argo
6 8 (0.67%) vCenter Server
7 7 (0.58%) HP ALM
8 6 (0.50%) EMC VPLEX
8 6 (0.50%) vMotion
9 4 (0.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.33%) EMC TimeFinder
9 4 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.25%) Prometheus
11 2 (0.17%) Jamf Pro
12 1 (0.084%) Data Guard
12 1 (0.084%) EMC NetWorker
12 1 (0.084%) NetBackup
12 1 (0.084%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 237 (19.80%) Oracle
2 216 (18.05%) SAP
3 179 (14.95%) Microsoft
4 57 (4.76%) Salesforce
5 46 (3.84%) Databricks
6 43 (3.59%) Workday
7 26 (2.17%) Sage
8 25 (2.09%) ServiceNow
9 24 (2.01%) Informatica
10 20 (1.67%) VMware
11 19 (1.59%) Pure Storage
12 18 (1.50%) MuleSoft
12 18 (1.50%) Talend
13 15 (1.25%) Avaloq
14 13 (1.09%) Google
14 13 (1.09%) IFS
15 12 (1.00%) IBM
16 11 (0.92%) Ariba
16 11 (0.92%) Red Hat
17 9 (0.75%) ESRI