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

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 88 85 106
Rank change year-on-year -3 +21 +10
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,623 957 835
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.98% 2.92% 2.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.54% 3.22% 2.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,039 583 554
10th Percentile £363 £380 £389
25th Percentile £425 £448 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £537 £541
Median % change year-on-year -2.23% -0.79% -1.59%
75th Percentile £625 £641 £638
90th Percentile £733 £725 £711
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £538
% change year-on-year - -6.98% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 14 6
10th Percentile £17.05 £15.00 £48.50
25th Percentile £21.25 £32.25 £62.31
Median hourly rate £36.71 £35.25 £73.25
Median % change year-on-year +4.14% -51.88% -18.10%
75th Percentile £49.67 £70.31 £80.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £83.38 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.43 £35.16 £80.00
% change year-on-year -19.13% -56.06% +14.74%

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 45,850 29,737 32,777
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.30% 90.62% 85.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,722 18,491 19,844
10th Percentile £325 £294 £308
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 £630 £625 £638
90th Percentile £730 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,198 1,854 1,372
10th Percentile £13.69 £14.25 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.23 £17.30 £20.12
Median hourly rate £39.00 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +55.07% -40.82% -1.16%
75th Percentile £65.60 £43.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.72 £65.00 £74.49
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £22.32 £43.00
% change year-on-year +79.25% -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 28 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 28 September 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 28 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 -2 1,392 £525 -2.33% 802
UK excluding London -5 708 £500 - 500
London +13 680 £550 - 362
Work from Home +1 490 £525 -2.55% 372
North of England -12 177 £525 +10.53% 120
Midlands +3 171 £475 -13.64% 101
South East -15 163 £505 -14.04% 128
West Midlands +2 123 £450 -14.29% 67
North West -5 106 £538 +19.44% 63
South West +22 96 £523 -0.48% 29
Yorkshire -38 55 £515 +2.90% 34
East of England -3 47 £510 +3.29% 38
East Midlands -3 45 £525 -4.55% 34
Scotland -23 39 £513 +7.89% 50
North East -22 19 £475 +8.57% 23
Northern Ireland +14 15 £463 +15.63% 27
Wales -10 9 £550 +10.00% 12

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 63 (3.88%) Confluence
2 62 (3.82%) SharePoint
3 16 (0.99%) Apache Airflow
4 13 (0.80%) Microsoft Exchange
5 12 (0.74%) Apache
6 10 (0.62%) Apache Spark
6 10 (0.62%) Oracle Workflow
7 6 (0.37%) CMS
8 5 (0.31%) ArcGIS
8 5 (0.31%) SAS
8 5 (0.31%) Tuxedo
9 4 (0.25%) CICS
9 4 (0.25%) SugarCRM
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 72 (4.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (1.23%) Spreadsheet
3 19 (1.17%) Microsoft Office
4 15 (0.92%) MS Visio
5 10 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 4 (0.25%) Windchill
8 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.062%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.062%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 159 (9.80%) 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
6 19 (1.17%) SAP ERP
7 18 (1.11%) SAP HCM
8 16 (0.99%) Oracle EBS
8 16 (0.99%) Oracle Financials
9 15 (0.92%) Oracle General Ledger
10 14 (0.86%) Oracle Assets
10 14 (0.86%) SAP FI
10 14 (0.86%) SAP SD
11 13 (0.80%) Teamcenter
11 13 (0.80%) Workday HCM
12 12 (0.74%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
12 12 (0.74%) SAP CO
13 11 (0.68%) SAP MM
13 11 (0.68%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 271 (16.70%) Azure
2 152 (9.37%) AWS
3 139 (8.56%) Power Platform
4 123 (7.58%) Dynamics 365
5 87 (5.36%) Azure DevOps
6 81 (4.99%) OCI
7 62 (3.82%) SaaS
8 51 (3.14%) Microsoft 365
9 47 (2.90%) Azure Data Factory
10 46 (2.83%) SuccessFactors
11 44 (2.71%) Snowflake
12 38 (2.34%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 37 (2.28%) Power Automate
14 34 (2.09%) Amazon S3
15 29 (1.79%) PowerApps
16 28 (1.73%) GCP
16 28 (1.73%) GitHub
17 22 (1.36%) dbt
17 22 (1.36%) Microsoft Purview
18 18 (1.11%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.31%) NAS
1 5 (0.31%) SAN
1 5 (0.31%) VPN
2 3 (0.18%) DMZ
2 3 (0.18%) Firewall
2 3 (0.18%) 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
1 116 (7.15%) Data Warehouse
2 105 (6.47%) Power BI
3 68 (4.19%) Metadata
4 63 (3.88%) SQL Server
5 55 (3.39%) Oracle Reports
6 51 (3.14%) Relational Database
7 50 (3.08%) Data Lake
8 42 (2.59%) Oracle Database
9 33 (2.03%) PostgreSQL
10 21 (1.29%) RDBMS
10 21 (1.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 19 (1.17%) Azure SQL Database
12 17 (1.05%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 15 (0.92%) Amazon Redshift
13 15 (0.92%) MongoDB
13 15 (0.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 12 (0.74%) BigQuery
14 12 (0.74%) GIS
14 12 (0.74%) NoSQL
14 12 (0.74%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 147 (9.06%) JIRA
2 53 (3.27%) Git
3 44 (2.71%) Zephyr
4 31 (1.91%) Postman
5 18 (1.11%) GitLab
6 13 (0.80%) Oracle Forms
7 11 (0.68%) Jenkins
8 8 (0.49%) 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 (0.18%) 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
1 554 (34.13%) Finance
2 463 (28.53%) Social Skills
3 213 (13.12%) Analytical Skills
4 155 (9.55%) Public Sector
5 97 (5.98%) Banking
6 86 (5.30%) Manufacturing
7 60 (3.70%) Retail
8 59 (3.64%) Documentation Skills
9 53 (3.27%) General Ledger
10 41 (2.53%) Organisational Skills
11 36 (2.22%) Local Government
12 30 (1.85%) Legal
13 27 (1.66%) Automotive
13 27 (1.66%) Law
14 26 (1.60%) Billing
14 26 (1.60%) Influencing Skills
15 23 (1.42%) Marketing
16 22 (1.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 19 (1.17%) Military
17 19 (1.17%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 251 (15.47%) Lead
2 243 (14.97%) Analyst
3 201 (12.38%) Architect
4 198 (12.20%) Consultant
5 142 (8.75%) Data Engineer
5 142 (8.75%) Senior
6 111 (6.84%) Business Analyst
7 100 (6.16%) Data Migration Lead
8 95 (5.85%) Project Manager
9 85 (5.24%) Data Analyst
10 81 (4.99%) Data Architect
10 81 (4.99%) Developer
11 69 (4.25%) Migration Engineer
12 60 (3.70%) SAP Consultant
13 58 (3.57%) Solutions Architect
14 57 (3.51%) Data Migration Engineer
15 52 (3.20%) Data Consultant
16 42 (2.59%) Migration Consultant
17 40 (2.46%) Migration Analyst
18 39 (2.40%) Migration Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 110 (6.78%) Oracle Fusion
2 55 (3.39%) Middleware
3 43 (2.65%) REST
4 32 (1.97%) .NET
4 32 (1.97%) Terraform
5 29 (1.79%) SOAP
5 29 (1.79%) XML
6 23 (1.42%) PySpark
7 17 (1.05%) JSON
8 13 (0.80%) Keycloak
8 13 (0.80%) Oracle GoldenGate
9 12 (0.74%) ADO
10 11 (0.68%) HTML
10 11 (0.68%) Kafka
10 11 (0.68%) Lightning Web Components
10 11 (0.68%) Web Services
11 9 (0.55%) Spring
11 9 (0.55%) Spring Boot
12 8 (0.49%) SAP Fiori
13 7 (0.43%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 166 (10.23%) Legacy Systems
2 116 (7.15%) Data Structures
3 57 (3.51%) Onboarding
4 51 (3.14%) Enterprise Software
5 50 (3.08%) Management Information System
6 39 (2.40%) Product Ownership
6 39 (2.40%) Public Cloud
7 31 (1.91%) Cloud Native
8 26 (1.60%) Greenfield Project
9 22 (1.36%) Reference Data
10 21 (1.29%) Replication
11 18 (1.11%) Data Protection Act
11 18 (1.11%) NHS
12 17 (1.05%) Legacy Applications
13 16 (0.99%) FMCG
14 14 (0.86%) Reinsurance
15 13 (0.80%) Low-Code
16 12 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
16 12 (0.74%) Life Science
16 12 (0.74%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 36 (2.22%) Windows
2 33 (2.03%) Linux
3 13 (0.80%) Unix
4 12 (0.74%) AIX
5 6 (0.37%) Data ONTAP
6 4 (0.25%) VMS
6 4 (0.25%) zOS
7 2 (0.12%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.12%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,623 (100.00%) Migration
2 491 (30.25%) Validation
3 454 (27.97%) Stakeholder Management
4 361 (22.24%) User Acceptance Testing
5 341 (21.01%) ERP
6 274 (16.88%) Agile
7 256 (15.77%) Data Modelling
8 252 (15.53%) ETL
9 225 (13.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 211 (13.00%) Data Governance
11 204 (12.57%) Problem-Solving
12 160 (9.86%) DevOps
13 152 (9.37%) Data Cleansing
14 149 (9.18%) Analytics
15 141 (8.69%) Business Intelligence
16 138 (8.50%) Data Mapping
17 135 (8.32%) Requirements Gathering
18 128 (7.89%) System Integration Testing
19 125 (7.70%) CI/CD
20 121 (7.46%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 347 (21.38%) SQL
2 97 (5.98%) Python
3 32 (1.97%) JavaScript
4 31 (1.91%) PL/SQL
5 28 (1.73%) C#
6 27 (1.66%) Java
7 16 (0.99%) PowerShell
8 12 (0.74%) Bash
9 11 (0.68%) T-SQL
9 11 (0.68%) TypeScript
10 10 (0.62%) Apex Code
11 8 (0.49%) Kotlin
12 7 (0.43%) ABAP
13 6 (0.37%) MUMPS
13 6 (0.37%) Shell Script
13 6 (0.37%) X++
14 5 (0.31%) C
14 5 (0.31%) VB
14 5 (0.31%) VB6
15 4 (0.25%) JCL
Qualifications
1 293 (18.05%) Security Cleared
2 242 (14.91%) SC Cleared
3 58 (3.57%) Degree
4 36 (2.22%) ACCA
4 36 (2.22%) CIMA
5 32 (1.97%) BPSS Clearance
6 31 (1.91%) PMI Certification
6 31 (1.91%) PMP
7 30 (1.85%) DV Cleared
8 29 (1.79%) ISTQB
9 12 (0.74%) Computer Science Degree
9 12 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
10 10 (0.62%) Azure Certification
11 8 (0.49%) DBS Check
12 7 (0.43%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 6 (0.37%) ITIL Certification
14 5 (0.31%) AWS Certification
14 5 (0.31%) SAP Certification
15 4 (0.25%) CBAP
16 3 (0.18%) NCDA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 341 (21.01%) Data Quality
2 128 (7.89%) QA
3 66 (4.07%) GDPR
4 33 (2.03%) PMO
5 15 (0.92%) GRC
6 11 (0.68%) IFRS
7 10 (0.62%) HL7
8 8 (0.49%) Accessibility
8 8 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
8 8 (0.49%) SLA
9 6 (0.37%) DICOM
9 6 (0.37%) SNOMED CT
10 5 (0.31%) GxP
11 4 (0.25%) GMP
11 4 (0.25%) ISO 20022
12 3 (0.18%) NCSC
12 3 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.18%) SEPA
13 2 (0.12%) GAAP
13 2 (0.12%) Solvency II
System Software
1 19 (1.17%) Docker
2 14 (0.86%) Oracle RAC
3 12 (0.74%) Active Directory
4 8 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.25%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.18%) EMC RecoverPoint
6 3 (0.18%) NFS
6 3 (0.18%) SRDF
6 3 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.18%) vSphere
7 1 (0.062%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 20 (1.23%) Ansible
2 19 (1.17%) Kubernetes
3 12 (0.74%) Data Guard
3 12 (0.74%) Karpenter
3 12 (0.74%) Oracle RMAN
4 6 (0.37%) HP ALM
5 5 (0.31%) Control-M
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
7 3 (0.18%) 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%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.062%) SCCM
Vendors
1 331 (20.39%) Oracle
2 300 (18.48%) SAP
3 274 (16.88%) Microsoft
4 95 (5.85%) Databricks
5 70 (4.31%) Salesforce
6 35 (2.16%) ServiceNow
7 33 (2.03%) Workday
8 32 (1.97%) Informatica
9 28 (1.73%) Google
10 22 (1.36%) Talend
11 21 (1.29%) Ariba
11 21 (1.29%) IBM
12 19 (1.17%) IFS
13 15 (0.92%) Sage
14 14 (0.86%) InterSystems
15 13 (0.80%) Infor
16 10 (0.62%) MuleSoft
17 9 (0.55%) Alteryx
17 9 (0.55%) Atlassian
17 9 (0.55%) VMware