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 30 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 84 98 104
Rank change year-on-year +14 +6 +33
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,060 892 1,069
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.96% 2.46% 2.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.32% 2.82% 2.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 668 593 709
10th Percentile £379 £400 £400
25th Percentile £435 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - +3.77%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £700 £728
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 3 12
10th Percentile £14.61 £40.40 £82.53
25th Percentile £15.94 £48.50 £83.31
Median hourly rate £62.25 £64.00 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% -24.71% +31.78%
75th Percentile £81.00 £67.88 £86.75
90th Percentile £100.00 £69.00 £89.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £64.50 £66.50 £69.72
% change year-on-year -3.01% -4.62% +72.68%

All Process and 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 31,961 31,602 40,569
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 89.17% 87.15% 88.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,061 19,103 27,192
10th Percentile £300 £310 £310
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.50% -3.09%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £744 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,078 1,129 1,558
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.22 £14.33
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.19 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £33.00 £43.63
Median % change year-on-year -23.79% -24.36% +24.64%
75th Percentile £45.46 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.50 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.74 £32.50 £44.25
% change year-on-year -30.05% -26.55% +38.28%

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 30 November 2025.

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 30 November 2025.

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 30 November 2025. 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 +8 878 £540 -1.82% 225
London +21 480 £550 - 102
UK excluding London -6 409 £500 -4.76% 201
Work from Home -14 319 £525 -1.50% 103
South East -19 119 £624 +13.45% 93
Midlands +3 101 £550 +4.76% 36
North of England -45 82 £451 -14.10% 33
West Midlands -13 58 £550 - 23
Scotland +33 44 £525 +5.53% 10
North West -20 43 £448 -10.50% 18
East Midlands +10 41 £563 +32.35% 11
Yorkshire -26 36 £500 -10.03% 15
South West -4 27 £524 +2.20% 19
East of England -12 19 £475 -11.63% 8
Northern Ireland +2 8 £400 -23.81% 3
Wales +5 7 £525 +2.44% 5
North East -13 4 £438 -27.08%
Channel Islands -5 1 - -

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 37 (3.49%) Confluence
2 28 (2.64%) SharePoint
3 10 (0.94%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.66%) Smallworld
6 6 (0.57%) Apache
6 6 (0.57%) GeoServer
7 5 (0.47%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.47%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
7 5 (0.47%) Oracle Workflow
8 4 (0.38%) CMS
9 3 (0.28%) LiveLink
10 2 (0.19%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.19%) Documentum
10 2 (0.19%) SharePoint Server
11 1 (0.094%) Moodle
11 1 (0.094%) NetWeaver
11 1 (0.094%) Oracle Spatial
11 1 (0.094%) SAP Portal
11 1 (0.094%) SAS
Applications
1 54 (5.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (2.08%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (1.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (1.70%) Microsoft Project
5 12 (1.13%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.47%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.094%) Trello
8 1 (0.094%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 107 (10.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 39 (3.68%) Oracle EBS
3 37 (3.49%) Dynamics CRM
4 23 (2.17%) Oracle Payables
5 22 (2.08%) SAP HR
6 16 (1.51%) Oracle General Ledger
7 14 (1.32%) NetSuite
8 13 (1.23%) Oracle EBS R12
9 12 (1.13%) Oracle Receivables
10 11 (1.04%) Salesforce CRM
10 11 (1.04%) SAP ERP
11 10 (0.94%) Oracle ERP
12 9 (0.85%) SAP MM
12 9 (0.85%) SAP Payroll
12 9 (0.85%) Workday HCM
13 8 (0.75%) Oracle Assets
13 8 (0.75%) Oracle Cash Management
13 8 (0.75%) SAP FI
13 8 (0.75%) SAP HCM
13 8 (0.75%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 144 (13.58%) Azure
2 92 (8.68%) AWS
3 77 (7.26%) Dynamics 365
3 77 (7.26%) Power Platform
4 63 (5.94%) OCI
5 48 (4.53%) SaaS
6 39 (3.68%) Azure DevOps
7 34 (3.21%) Amazon S3
8 27 (2.55%) Azure Data Factory
8 27 (2.55%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 26 (2.45%) Snowflake
10 25 (2.36%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 23 (2.17%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 22 (2.08%) Microsoft 365
12 22 (2.08%) Serverless
13 21 (1.98%) SuccessFactors
14 19 (1.79%) GCP
15 18 (1.70%) PowerApps
16 17 (1.60%) dbt
17 16 (1.51%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.66%) NAS
2 6 (0.57%) Firewall
2 6 (0.57%) VPN
3 4 (0.38%) SSL
3 4 (0.38%) WAN
4 3 (0.28%) DNS
4 3 (0.28%) Network Security
4 3 (0.28%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.19%) Internet
5 2 (0.19%) Intranet
5 2 (0.19%) IPv6
5 2 (0.19%) LAN
5 2 (0.19%) SAN
6 1 (0.094%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.094%) Fibre Channel
6 1 (0.094%) IPv4
6 1 (0.094%) iSCSI
6 1 (0.094%) VLAN
6 1 (0.094%) WebEx
6 1 (0.094%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (5.94%) SQL Server
2 56 (5.28%) Data Warehouse
3 54 (5.09%) Power BI
4 38 (3.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 35 (3.30%) Relational Database
6 23 (2.17%) Data Lake
6 23 (2.17%) Metadata
6 23 (2.17%) Oracle Database
7 22 (2.08%) Oracle Reports
7 22 (2.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 19 (1.79%) Tableau
9 18 (1.70%) Amazon Redshift
10 17 (1.60%) Azure SQL Database
10 17 (1.60%) DataStage
11 16 (1.51%) RDBMS
12 14 (1.32%) PostgreSQL
13 13 (1.23%) Amazon QuickSight
14 11 (1.04%) Big Data
14 11 (1.04%) SAP Data Services
14 11 (1.04%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 84 (7.92%) JIRA
2 6 (0.57%) Postman
3 5 (0.47%) Git
3 5 (0.47%) LSMW
4 4 (0.38%) GitLab
4 4 (0.38%) Oracle Forms
4 4 (0.38%) Selenium
4 4 (0.38%) Toad
4 4 (0.38%) Visual Studio
4 4 (0.38%) Zephyr
5 3 (0.28%) MLflow
5 3 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.19%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.19%) Oracle APEX
6 2 (0.19%) TestRail
7 1 (0.094%) gulp
7 1 (0.094%) Pylint
7 1 (0.094%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.094%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.094%) webpack
General
1 381 (35.94%) Social Skills
2 368 (34.72%) Finance
3 130 (12.26%) Analytical Skills
4 87 (8.21%) Public Sector
5 58 (5.47%) Banking
6 44 (4.15%) Documentation Skills
7 40 (3.77%) Manufacturing
8 38 (3.58%) Local Government
9 29 (2.74%) Marketing
10 27 (2.55%) Retail
11 26 (2.45%) Legal
12 25 (2.36%) Organisational Skills
13 22 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 20 (1.89%) Back Office
14 20 (1.89%) General Ledger
14 20 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
15 15 (1.42%) Billing
16 13 (1.23%) Law
17 10 (0.94%) Telecoms
18 8 (0.75%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 165 (15.57%) Analyst
2 160 (15.09%) Consultant
3 141 (13.30%) Lead
4 131 (12.36%) Architect
5 100 (9.43%) Project Manager
6 93 (8.77%) Business Analyst
7 76 (7.17%) Senior
8 55 (5.19%) Developer
9 54 (5.09%) Data Engineer
10 52 (4.91%) Data Migration Lead
11 49 (4.62%) SAP Consultant
12 46 (4.34%) Data Analyst
13 42 (3.96%) Solutions Architect
14 32 (3.02%) Data Consultant
14 32 (3.02%) Migration Specialist
15 31 (2.92%) Functional Consultant
15 31 (2.92%) Migration Analyst
15 31 (2.92%) Migration Consultant
16 30 (2.83%) Data Migration Specialist
17 29 (2.74%) Oracle Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (4.81%) Oracle Fusion
2 39 (3.68%) Lightning Web Components
3 38 (3.58%) REST
4 37 (3.49%) XML
5 30 (2.83%) SOAP
6 27 (2.55%) Visualforce
7 22 (2.08%) Middleware
8 20 (1.89%) JSON
9 13 (1.23%) .NET
10 12 (1.13%) PySpark
10 12 (1.13%) SAP Fiori
11 11 (1.04%) EDI
11 11 (1.04%) Web Services
12 8 (0.75%) SAP PI
13 7 (0.66%) XSLT
14 6 (0.57%) BAPI
14 6 (0.57%) SAP Basis
15 5 (0.47%) Apache Avro
15 5 (0.47%) IDoc
15 5 (0.47%) React
Miscellaneous
1 132 (12.45%) Legacy Systems
2 63 (5.94%) Data Structures
3 38 (3.58%) Onboarding
4 37 (3.49%) Management Information System
5 34 (3.21%) Product Ownership
6 20 (1.89%) Data Protection Act
7 15 (1.42%) Greenfield Project
8 14 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
9 12 (1.13%) Data Centre
9 12 (1.13%) Replication
10 11 (1.04%) Reference Data
11 10 (0.94%) Virtual Team
12 8 (0.75%) Cloud Native
12 8 (0.75%) CMDB
13 7 (0.66%) FMCG
13 7 (0.66%) Hybrid Cloud
13 7 (0.66%) Legacy Applications
13 7 (0.66%) Public Cloud
14 6 (0.57%) Analytical Mindset
14 6 (0.57%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 25 (2.36%) Windows
2 8 (0.75%) Windows Server
3 6 (0.57%) Unix
4 5 (0.47%) Windows 10
4 5 (0.47%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (0.38%) Linux
6 3 (0.28%) Solaris
7 2 (0.19%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (0.094%) AIX
8 1 (0.094%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.094%) MVS
8 1 (0.094%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.094%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,060 (100.00%) Migration
2 234 (22.08%) Agile
3 208 (19.62%) Problem-Solving
4 200 (18.87%) Stakeholder Management
5 183 (17.26%) ERP
6 173 (16.32%) Validation
7 159 (15.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 153 (14.43%) ETL
9 152 (14.34%) User Acceptance Testing
10 142 (13.40%) Data Modelling
11 110 (10.38%) Project Management
12 102 (9.62%) Data Governance
13 101 (9.53%) Analytics
14 97 (9.15%) Change Management
15 96 (9.06%) Workshop Facilitation
16 94 (8.87%) CRM
17 92 (8.68%) Data Cleansing
18 86 (8.11%) DevOps
19 81 (7.64%) Project Delivery
20 77 (7.26%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 208 (19.62%) SQL
2 69 (6.51%) Python
3 39 (3.68%) Apex Code
4 38 (3.58%) Java
5 22 (2.08%) C#
6 19 (1.79%) JavaScript
7 15 (1.42%) PowerShell
8 13 (1.23%) PL/SQL
9 12 (1.13%) T-SQL
10 10 (0.94%) ABAP
11 9 (0.85%) Bicep
12 7 (0.66%) Shell Script
13 6 (0.57%) PHP
13 6 (0.57%) SOQL
13 6 (0.57%) VB
13 6 (0.57%) X++
14 5 (0.47%) Perl
15 4 (0.38%) SOSL
16 3 (0.28%) R
16 3 (0.28%) Scala
Qualifications
1 108 (10.19%) Security Cleared
2 89 (8.40%) Degree
3 77 (7.26%) SC Cleared
4 33 (3.11%) PMP
5 32 (3.02%) PMI Certification
6 30 (2.83%) Computer Science Degree
7 23 (2.17%) BPSS Clearance
7 23 (2.17%) Master's Degree
8 18 (1.70%) AWS Certification
9 16 (1.51%) SAP Certification
10 12 (1.13%) DV Cleared
11 7 (0.66%) CIMA
12 6 (0.57%) ACCA
12 6 (0.57%) Oracle Certification
13 5 (0.47%) CFA
13 5 (0.47%) DBS Check
14 4 (0.38%) Azure Certification
14 4 (0.38%) CBAP
14 4 (0.38%) ISTQB
14 4 (0.38%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 149 (14.06%) Data Quality
2 76 (7.17%) QA
3 59 (5.57%) GDPR
4 15 (1.42%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 12 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (0.85%) Accessibility
6 9 (0.85%) PMO
7 8 (0.75%) SLA
8 7 (0.66%) GRC
9 6 (0.57%) COBIT
9 6 (0.57%) NIST
10 5 (0.47%) GxP
10 5 (0.47%) IFRS
11 4 (0.38%) ISO 20022
12 3 (0.28%) GMP
12 3 (0.28%) HIPAA
12 3 (0.28%) IFRS 17
12 3 (0.28%) IFRS 9
12 3 (0.28%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 18 (1.70%) Docker
2 12 (1.13%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.28%) NFS
5 1 (0.094%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.094%) Time Sharing Option
5 1 (0.094%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.094%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 23 (2.17%) Terraform
2 22 (2.08%) Kubernetes
3 6 (0.57%) SCCM
4 5 (0.47%) Ansible
4 5 (0.47%) HP ALM
5 3 (0.28%) HP Quality Center
5 3 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.094%) Argo
7 1 (0.094%) CA Endevor
7 1 (0.094%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.094%) Grafana
7 1 (0.094%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 215 (20.28%) SAP
2 177 (16.70%) Oracle
3 162 (15.28%) Microsoft
4 73 (6.89%) Salesforce
5 38 (3.58%) Databricks
5 38 (3.58%) Workday
6 16 (1.51%) Ariba
7 14 (1.32%) IBM
8 13 (1.23%) Google
8 13 (1.23%) Informatica
8 13 (1.23%) ServiceNow
9 12 (1.13%) MuleSoft
10 10 (0.94%) IFS
11 9 (0.85%) HP
11 9 (0.85%) Kronos
11 9 (0.85%) OpenText
11 9 (0.85%) Sage
11 9 (0.85%) Talend
12 8 (0.75%) Atlassian
13 7 (0.66%) ESRI