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

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 90 104
Rank change year-on-year +6 +14 +12
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,623 928 853
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.99% 2.82% 2.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.53% 3.11% 2.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,044 564 575
10th Percentile £363 £363 £400
25th Percentile £425 £437 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £648
90th Percentile £733 £738 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £509 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +1.80% -9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 14 7
10th Percentile £17.75 £20.18 £62.75
25th Percentile £21.25 £32.25 £71.63
Median hourly rate £40.00 £36.33 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.12% -54.59% -13.25%
75th Percentile £57.50 £70.31 -
90th Percentile £74.43 £83.38 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.96 £35.16 £80.00
% change year-on-year -14.78% -56.06% -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 45,937 29,792 32,994
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.50% 90.51% 85.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,939 18,514 20,418
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £425 £403 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,060 1,790 1,498
10th Percentile £13.85 £14.23 £14.84
25th Percentile £17.44 £17.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% +1.18%
75th Percentile £67.50 £43.94 £65.00
90th Percentile £79.10 £67.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.13 £22.50 £43.00
% change year-on-year +78.36% -47.67% +7.50%

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 13 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 13 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 13 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 +3 1,403 £525 -0.76% 563
UK excluding London +4 720 £509 +1.80% 346
London +10 684 £538 -2.71% 284
Work from Home +4 474 £525 -2.23% 253
North of England -15 178 £522 +9.89% 71
Midlands +7 171 £475 -7.77% 72
South East -8 169 £550 -4.35% 104
West Midlands +1 119 £450 -10.89% 51
North West -3 107 £538 +19.44% 41
South West +16 89 £523 -0.48% 23
East of England +9 61 £565 +14.43% 24
Yorkshire -34 59 £500 - 19
East Midlands +2 48 £525 -4.55% 21
Scotland -22 36 £525 +14.50% 40
Northern Ireland +16 16 £450 -30.77% 8
North East -29 15 £525 +20.00% 11
Wales -13 6 £463 -7.50% 10
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 (3.94%) SharePoint
2 52 (3.20%) Confluence
3 16 (0.99%) Apache Airflow
4 12 (0.74%) Apache
4 12 (0.74%) Microsoft Exchange
5 11 (0.68%) Oracle Workflow
6 9 (0.55%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.31%) SAS
7 5 (0.31%) Tuxedo
8 4 (0.25%) SugarCRM
9 3 (0.18%) CMS
10 2 (0.12%) ArcGIS
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 69 (4.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (1.23%) Spreadsheet
3 16 (0.99%) Microsoft Office
4 13 (0.80%) MS Visio
5 10 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 3 (0.18%) Windchill
8 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.062%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.062%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 172 (10.60%) SAP S/4HANA
2 52 (3.20%) Dynamics CRM
3 32 (1.97%) Oracle Payables
4 27 (1.66%) Oracle Receivables
5 20 (1.23%) NetSuite
5 20 (1.23%) Oracle ERP
5 20 (1.23%) SAP ERP
6 18 (1.11%) Oracle EBS
7 16 (0.99%) Oracle Financials
7 16 (0.99%) Oracle General Ledger
8 14 (0.86%) Oracle Assets
8 14 (0.86%) SAP FI
8 14 (0.86%) SAP SD
9 13 (0.80%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 13 (0.80%) SAP CO
9 13 (0.80%) Teamcenter
10 12 (0.74%) Workday HCM
11 11 (0.68%) iTrent
11 11 (0.68%) SAP MDG
12 10 (0.62%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 259 (15.96%) Azure
2 155 (9.55%) AWS
2 155 (9.55%) Power Platform
3 142 (8.75%) Dynamics 365
4 85 (5.24%) OCI
5 79 (4.87%) Azure DevOps
6 64 (3.94%) SaaS
7 48 (2.96%) Microsoft 365
8 47 (2.90%) Snowflake
9 46 (2.83%) Azure Data Factory
10 40 (2.46%) SuccessFactors
11 36 (2.22%) Power Automate
12 33 (2.03%) Amazon S3
12 33 (2.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 32 (1.97%) GitHub
14 27 (1.66%) PowerApps
15 24 (1.48%) GCP
16 20 (1.23%) dbt
17 18 (1.11%) Microsoft Purview
18 17 (1.05%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.37%) DNS
1 6 (0.37%) NAS
1 6 (0.37%) SAN
2 5 (0.31%) VPN
3 4 (0.25%) Firewall
4 3 (0.18%) DMZ
4 3 (0.18%) Intranet
5 2 (0.12%) HTTP
5 2 (0.12%) VSAN
6 1 (0.062%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.062%) DKIM
6 1 (0.062%) DMARC
6 1 (0.062%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.062%) Internet
6 1 (0.062%) LAN
6 1 (0.062%) SNMP
6 1 (0.062%) SSL
6 1 (0.062%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.062%) VLAN
6 1 (0.062%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 123 (7.58%) Power BI
2 112 (6.90%) Data Warehouse
3 67 (4.13%) SQL Server
4 61 (3.76%) Metadata
5 52 (3.20%) Oracle Reports
6 48 (2.96%) Relational Database
7 44 (2.71%) Data Lake
8 39 (2.40%) Oracle Database
9 38 (2.34%) PostgreSQL
10 19 (1.17%) RDBMS
10 19 (1.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 17 (1.05%) Azure SQL Database
12 15 (0.92%) MongoDB
12 15 (0.92%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 13 (0.80%) Amazon Redshift
13 13 (0.80%) SAP Data Services
13 13 (0.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 12 (0.74%) DataStage
14 12 (0.74%) Delta Lake
14 12 (0.74%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 138 (8.50%) JIRA
2 52 (3.20%) Git
3 42 (2.59%) Zephyr
4 30 (1.85%) Postman
5 19 (1.17%) GitLab
6 16 (0.99%) Jenkins
7 13 (0.80%) Oracle Forms
8 8 (0.49%) Selenium
9 6 (0.37%) Gatling
10 5 (0.31%) Cypress.io
10 5 (0.31%) Hudson
10 5 (0.31%) LSMW
10 5 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 5 (0.31%) Team Foundation Server
11 4 (0.25%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.18%) Claude Code
12 3 (0.18%) ER Studio
13 2 (0.12%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 2 (0.12%) Bitbucket
13 2 (0.12%) Yeoman
General
1 575 (35.43%) Finance
2 458 (28.22%) Social Skills
3 210 (12.94%) Analytical Skills
4 151 (9.30%) Public Sector
5 97 (5.98%) Banking
6 87 (5.36%) Manufacturing
7 61 (3.76%) Retail
8 59 (3.64%) Documentation Skills
9 53 (3.27%) General Ledger
10 46 (2.83%) Law
11 39 (2.40%) Organisational Skills
12 35 (2.16%) Local Government
13 31 (1.91%) Automotive
14 27 (1.66%) Legal
15 26 (1.60%) Billing
16 25 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
17 24 (1.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 24 (1.48%) Marketing
18 19 (1.17%) Pharmaceutical
19 18 (1.11%) Military
Job Titles
1 295 (18.18%) Lead
2 232 (14.29%) Analyst
3 207 (12.75%) Architect
4 194 (11.95%) Consultant
5 133 (8.19%) Data Engineer
5 133 (8.19%) Senior
6 111 (6.84%) Data Migration Lead
7 100 (6.16%) Business Analyst
8 96 (5.91%) Project Manager
9 85 (5.24%) Developer
10 80 (4.93%) Data Analyst
11 74 (4.56%) Data Architect
12 61 (3.76%) Migration Engineer
12 61 (3.76%) SAP Consultant
13 56 (3.45%) Solutions Architect
14 55 (3.39%) Data Consultant
15 49 (3.02%) Data Migration Engineer
16 47 (2.90%) Migration Consultant
17 44 (2.71%) Migration Analyst
18 43 (2.65%) Data Migration Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 104 (6.41%) Oracle Fusion
2 54 (3.33%) Middleware
3 48 (2.96%) REST
4 34 (2.09%) Terraform
5 32 (1.97%) .NET
6 28 (1.73%) SOAP
6 28 (1.73%) XML
7 23 (1.42%) PySpark
8 20 (1.23%) JSON
9 17 (1.05%) Kafka
10 13 (0.80%) Keycloak
10 13 (0.80%) Oracle GoldenGate
11 11 (0.68%) Lightning Web Components
12 9 (0.55%) HTML
12 9 (0.55%) Spring
12 9 (0.55%) Spring Boot
12 9 (0.55%) Web Services
13 7 (0.43%) SAP Fiori
14 6 (0.37%) ADO
14 6 (0.37%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 171 (10.54%) Legacy Systems
2 119 (7.33%) Data Structures
3 55 (3.39%) Onboarding
4 54 (3.33%) Management Information System
5 48 (2.96%) Enterprise Software
6 43 (2.65%) Public Cloud
7 40 (2.46%) Product Ownership
8 37 (2.28%) Cloud Native
9 31 (1.91%) Greenfield Project
10 20 (1.23%) Reference Data
10 20 (1.23%) Replication
11 18 (1.11%) FMCG
11 18 (1.11%) NHS
12 17 (1.05%) Legacy Applications
13 16 (0.99%) Data Protection Act
14 13 (0.80%) Data Centre
15 12 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
15 12 (0.74%) Life Science
15 12 (0.74%) Reinsurance
15 12 (0.74%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 34 (2.09%) Windows
2 30 (1.85%) Linux
3 12 (0.74%) AIX
4 10 (0.62%) Unix
5 6 (0.37%) Data ONTAP
6 4 (0.25%) VMS
7 3 (0.18%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.12%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,623 (100.00%) Migration
2 477 (29.39%) Validation
3 425 (26.19%) Stakeholder Management
4 370 (22.80%) User Acceptance Testing
5 367 (22.61%) ERP
6 279 (17.19%) Agile
7 260 (16.02%) Data Modelling
8 257 (15.83%) ETL
9 245 (15.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 199 (12.26%) Problem-Solving
11 195 (12.01%) Data Governance
12 159 (9.80%) Data Cleansing
13 153 (9.43%) Business Intelligence
14 152 (9.37%) DevOps
15 144 (8.87%) Analytics
16 141 (8.69%) Data Mapping
17 136 (8.38%) Continuous Improvement
18 128 (7.89%) CI/CD
19 127 (7.83%) Requirements Gathering
20 122 (7.52%) Data Validation
Programming Languages
1 335 (20.64%) SQL
2 99 (6.10%) Python
3 32 (1.97%) PL/SQL
4 31 (1.91%) JavaScript
5 30 (1.85%) Java
6 26 (1.60%) C#
7 14 (0.86%) Bash
7 14 (0.86%) PowerShell
8 11 (0.68%) TypeScript
9 10 (0.62%) Apex Code
10 9 (0.55%) T-SQL
11 8 (0.49%) Kotlin
12 6 (0.37%) ABAP
12 6 (0.37%) MUMPS
12 6 (0.37%) Shell Script
13 5 (0.31%) C
13 5 (0.31%) VB
13 5 (0.31%) VB6
13 5 (0.31%) X++
14 4 (0.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 286 (17.62%) Security Cleared
2 232 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 53 (3.27%) Degree
4 37 (2.28%) DV Cleared
5 33 (2.03%) ACCA
5 33 (2.03%) CIMA
6 31 (1.91%) BPSS Clearance
6 31 (1.91%) PMI Certification
6 31 (1.91%) PMP
7 29 (1.79%) ISTQB
8 12 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
9 10 (0.62%) Azure Certification
10 9 (0.55%) Computer Science Degree
11 8 (0.49%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 6 (0.37%) AWS Certification
12 6 (0.37%) DBS Check
12 6 (0.37%) ITIL Certification
12 6 (0.37%) Oracle Certification
13 5 (0.31%) SAP Certification
14 4 (0.25%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 341 (21.01%) Data Quality
2 132 (8.13%) QA
3 69 (4.25%) GDPR
4 34 (2.09%) PMO
5 15 (0.92%) GRC
6 11 (0.68%) IFRS
7 10 (0.62%) HL7
8 9 (0.55%) Accessibility
9 8 (0.49%) SLA
10 7 (0.43%) DICOM
11 6 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
11 6 (0.37%) SNOMED CT
12 5 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 4 (0.25%) GMP
13 4 (0.25%) GxP
13 4 (0.25%) ISO 20022
14 3 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
14 3 (0.18%) NCSC
14 3 (0.18%) SEPA
14 3 (0.18%) Solvency II
System Software
1 20 (1.23%) Docker
2 14 (0.86%) Oracle RAC
3 13 (0.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.74%) Active Directory
5 7 (0.43%) vSphere
6 5 (0.31%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.25%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.18%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 3 (0.18%) NFS
8 3 (0.18%) SRDF
8 3 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 25 (1.54%) Ansible
1 25 (1.54%) Kubernetes
2 12 (0.74%) Data Guard
2 12 (0.74%) Karpenter
2 12 (0.74%) Oracle RMAN
3 7 (0.43%) vCenter Server
4 6 (0.37%) Argo
4 6 (0.37%) Grafana
4 6 (0.37%) HP ALM
5 5 (0.31%) SnapMirror
6 4 (0.25%) EMC VPLEX
7 3 (0.18%) EMC NetWorker
7 3 (0.18%) NetBackup
7 3 (0.18%) SnapVault
8 2 (0.12%) Failover Clustering
8 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.12%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.062%) Autotask
9 1 (0.062%) SCCM
9 1 (0.062%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 325 (20.02%) Oracle
2 314 (19.35%) SAP
3 282 (17.38%) Microsoft
4 90 (5.55%) Databricks
5 68 (4.19%) Salesforce
6 33 (2.03%) ServiceNow
7 31 (1.91%) Workday
8 30 (1.85%) Informatica
9 23 (1.42%) Ariba
9 23 (1.42%) Talend
10 22 (1.36%) IBM
11 19 (1.17%) Google
12 17 (1.05%) IFS
13 15 (0.92%) InterSystems
14 14 (0.86%) Sage
14 14 (0.86%) VMware
15 11 (0.68%) MuleSoft
16 10 (0.62%) Infor
16 10 (0.62%) Siebel
17 9 (0.55%) Atlassian