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

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 93 95
Rank change year-on-year +12 +2 +35
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,395 776 999
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.96% 2.68% 2.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.50% 2.94% 2.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 882 485 681
10th Percentile £360 £375 £363
25th Percentile £441 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £627 £650
90th Percentile £725 £700 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 13 33
10th Percentile £15.12 £35.00 £25.00
25th Percentile £17.75 £56.25 £40.00
Median hourly rate £38.36 £67.50 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -43.18% -10.00% +180.37%
75th Percentile £46.75 £87.05 £80.00
90th Percentile £77.75 £87.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.76 £62.50 £75.00
% change year-on-year -52.38% -16.67% +233.33%

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 39,805 26,361 36,876
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.33% 90.96% 86.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,996 16,941 23,723
10th Percentile £325 £305 £300
25th Percentile £413 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £516 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.13% -1.71% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £626 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £479 £500
% change year-on-year +2.71% -4.20% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,368 1,073 2,431
10th Percentile £14.82 £14.41 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.90 £18.38 £16.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £28.60 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +48.60% -21.64% +1.39%
75th Percentile £67.31 £60.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.78 £38.00
% change year-on-year +74.59% -32.17% +8.57%

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 May 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 May 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 May 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 +18 1,241 £525 -0.76% 267
UK excluding London +12 621 £525 +5.00% 186
London +36 612 £525 -4.55% 110
Work from Home -9 367 £500 -4.76% 108
South East +1 176 £600 +9.59% 55
North of England -16 167 £500 +0.81% 44
Midlands 0 128 £475 - 33
North West +10 104 £473 -14.00% 25
West Midlands -12 88 £446 -6.16% 14
Yorkshire -39 56 £525 +32.91% 17
South West -3 54 £525 +5.00% 22
East of England -10 54 £575 -11.54% 21
East Midlands -4 37 £513 +12.02% 19
Scotland 0 23 £575 +20.95% 7
Northern Ireland +17 15 £475 - 4
North East -14 7 £488 -15.22% 2
Wales -9 6 £550 +25.71% 5
Channel Islands - 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 52 (3.73%) SharePoint
2 48 (3.44%) Confluence
3 8 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.50%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
5 5 (0.36%) Oracle Workflow
6 4 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 3 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.14%) Apache
8 2 (0.14%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.14%) Appian
8 2 (0.14%) IIS
9 1 (0.072%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.072%) OpenROAD
9 1 (0.072%) Oracle Service Bus
9 1 (0.072%) WebSphere
Applications
1 72 (5.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (1.43%) Microsoft Project
3 19 (1.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (1.29%) Spreadsheet
5 16 (1.15%) MS Visio
6 13 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
7 1 (0.072%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.072%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 168 (12.04%) SAP S/4HANA
2 50 (3.58%) Oracle EBS
3 37 (2.65%) Dynamics CRM
4 22 (1.58%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 17 (1.22%) SAP ERP
6 15 (1.08%) Oracle ERP
7 14 (1.00%) Loan IQ
8 13 (0.93%) NetSuite
9 11 (0.79%) Oracle General Ledger
9 11 (0.79%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
10 10 (0.72%) Oracle Receivables
11 9 (0.65%) Oracle EBS R12
11 9 (0.65%) Oracle Payables
11 9 (0.65%) SAP FI
12 8 (0.57%) SAP CO
13 7 (0.50%) SAP FI/CO
13 7 (0.50%) Teamcenter
14 6 (0.43%) Finacle
14 6 (0.43%) SAP Business One
14 6 (0.43%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 210 (15.05%) Azure
2 133 (9.53%) Power Platform
3 120 (8.60%) AWS
4 106 (7.60%) Dynamics 365
5 80 (5.73%) OCI
6 67 (4.80%) Azure DevOps
7 51 (3.66%) SaaS
8 50 (3.58%) Azure Data Factory
9 34 (2.44%) GitHub
9 34 (2.44%) Snowflake
10 33 (2.37%) Microsoft 365
11 32 (2.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 22 (1.58%) SuccessFactors
13 21 (1.51%) GCP
14 16 (1.15%) Amazon S3
14 16 (1.15%) OpenShift
15 15 (1.08%) Entra ID
16 14 (1.00%) Power Automate
17 13 (0.93%) Microsoft Purview
18 12 (0.86%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 17 (1.22%) SAN
2 14 (1.00%) DNS
2 14 (1.00%) NAS
3 6 (0.43%) Firewall
4 5 (0.36%) VPN
4 5 (0.36%) VSAN
5 4 (0.29%) Fibre Channel
6 3 (0.22%) FCoE
6 3 (0.22%) iSCSI
7 2 (0.14%) HTTP
7 2 (0.14%) Network Security
7 2 (0.14%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.072%) Cisco Nexus
8 1 (0.072%) DKIM
8 1 (0.072%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.072%) Internet
8 1 (0.072%) Intranet
8 1 (0.072%) SNMP
8 1 (0.072%) SSL
8 1 (0.072%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (8.03%) Power BI
2 91 (6.52%) Data Warehouse
3 59 (4.23%) Oracle Reports
4 55 (3.94%) SQL Server
5 36 (2.58%) Metadata
6 34 (2.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 31 (2.22%) Data Lake
8 24 (1.72%) Relational Database
9 23 (1.65%) PostgreSQL
10 21 (1.51%) Oracle Database
11 15 (1.08%) NoSQL
11 15 (1.08%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 14 (1.00%) SAP Data Services
13 13 (0.93%) DB2
14 12 (0.86%) Amazon Redshift
15 10 (0.72%) Electronic Patient Records
15 10 (0.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 10 (0.72%) Tableau
16 9 (0.65%) Azure SQL Database
17 8 (0.57%) GIS
Development Applications
1 129 (9.25%) JIRA
2 34 (2.44%) Git
3 32 (2.29%) Zephyr
4 27 (1.94%) Postman
5 19 (1.36%) Jenkins
6 13 (0.93%) Selenium
7 9 (0.65%) GitLab
8 7 (0.50%) Hudson
8 7 (0.50%) LSMW
8 7 (0.50%) Oracle Forms
9 6 (0.43%) JUnit
10 5 (0.36%) Cucumber
10 5 (0.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 4 (0.29%) Toad
12 3 (0.22%) Bitbucket
12 3 (0.22%) ERwin
12 3 (0.22%) Rational DOORS
12 3 (0.22%) Team Foundation Server
13 2 (0.14%) Artifactory
13 2 (0.14%) Claude Code
General
1 453 (32.47%) Finance
2 431 (30.90%) Social Skills
3 173 (12.40%) Analytical Skills
4 117 (8.39%) Public Sector
5 78 (5.59%) Manufacturing
6 75 (5.38%) Banking
7 58 (4.16%) Documentation Skills
8 45 (3.23%) Law
9 43 (3.08%) Retail
10 39 (2.80%) Presentation Skills
11 26 (1.86%) Legal
12 25 (1.79%) Local Government
12 25 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
13 24 (1.72%) Pharmaceutical
14 23 (1.65%) General Ledger
15 22 (1.58%) Marketing
16 18 (1.29%) Billing
16 18 (1.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 15 (1.08%) Aerospace
18 13 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 309 (22.15%) Lead
2 210 (15.05%) Analyst
3 166 (11.90%) Consultant
4 159 (11.40%) Architect
5 112 (8.03%) Data Migration Lead
6 106 (7.60%) Project Manager
7 101 (7.24%) Business Analyst
8 100 (7.17%) Data Engineer
9 93 (6.67%) Senior
10 70 (5.02%) Developer
11 68 (4.87%) Data Analyst
12 56 (4.01%) Migration Analyst
12 56 (4.01%) SAP Consultant
13 55 (3.94%) Migration Engineer
14 50 (3.58%) Data Architect
15 49 (3.51%) Migration Manager
16 47 (3.37%) Data Migration Engineer
17 42 (3.01%) Data Migration Analyst
18 40 (2.87%) Migration Consultant
19 39 (2.80%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (6.24%) Oracle Fusion
2 39 (2.80%) REST
3 33 (2.37%) Middleware
4 20 (1.43%) SOAP
4 20 (1.43%) XML
5 18 (1.29%) .NET
6 17 (1.22%) Spring
7 15 (1.08%) Kafka
8 13 (0.93%) JSON
9 11 (0.79%) Lightning Web Components
9 11 (0.79%) OpenTelemetry
10 10 (0.72%) PySpark
11 9 (0.65%) Spring Boot
12 8 (0.57%) React
13 7 (0.50%) FHIR
13 7 (0.50%) Web Services
14 6 (0.43%) AngularJS
15 5 (0.36%) SAP Fiori
16 4 (0.29%) Elastic Stack
16 4 (0.29%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 180 (12.90%) Legacy Systems
2 107 (7.67%) Data Structures
3 44 (3.15%) Cloud Native
4 41 (2.94%) Management Information System
5 35 (2.51%) Onboarding
6 29 (2.08%) Greenfield Project
7 23 (1.65%) Product Ownership
8 22 (1.58%) Public Cloud
8 22 (1.58%) Replication
9 20 (1.43%) Data Protection Act
10 16 (1.15%) Mainframe
11 15 (1.08%) Reference Data
11 15 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
12 14 (1.00%) Data Centre
12 14 (1.00%) Hybrid Cloud
13 12 (0.86%) Enterprise Software
14 11 (0.79%) Distributed Systems
14 11 (0.79%) FMCG
14 11 (0.79%) Marketing Technology
14 11 (0.79%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 28 (2.01%) Windows
2 10 (0.72%) Linux
3 8 (0.57%) Windows 10
4 7 (0.50%) Apple iOS
4 7 (0.50%) zOS
5 6 (0.43%) Unix
6 5 (0.36%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.22%) Data ONTAP
8 2 (0.14%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.14%) VMS
9 1 (0.072%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,395 (100.00%) Migration
2 362 (25.95%) Validation
3 312 (22.37%) Stakeholder Management
4 293 (21.00%) User Acceptance Testing
5 290 (20.79%) ERP
6 264 (18.92%) Agile
7 231 (16.56%) ETL
8 211 (15.13%) Problem-Solving
9 198 (14.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 194 (13.91%) Data Modelling
11 152 (10.90%) Data Cleansing
12 144 (10.32%) Business Intelligence
13 135 (9.68%) Project Management
14 132 (9.46%) Data Mapping
15 125 (8.96%) Analytics
16 124 (8.89%) Continuous Improvement
17 117 (8.39%) Data Governance
17 117 (8.39%) DevOps
18 111 (7.96%) Workshop Facilitation
19 105 (7.53%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 254 (18.21%) SQL
2 109 (7.81%) Python
3 43 (3.08%) Java
4 32 (2.29%) PL/SQL
5 21 (1.51%) Bash
6 18 (1.29%) JavaScript
7 12 (0.86%) PowerShell
8 10 (0.72%) Apex Code
9 9 (0.65%) VBA
10 8 (0.57%) C#
10 8 (0.57%) T-SQL
11 6 (0.43%) Kotlin
11 6 (0.43%) Shell Script
12 5 (0.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 5 (0.36%) PHP
13 4 (0.29%) ABAP
13 4 (0.29%) C
13 4 (0.29%) Perl
13 4 (0.29%) SOQL
14 3 (0.22%) C++
Qualifications
1 219 (15.70%) Security Cleared
2 161 (11.54%) SC Cleared
3 59 (4.23%) Degree
4 33 (2.37%) DV Cleared
5 28 (2.01%) PMP
6 24 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
7 23 (1.65%) ISTQB
7 23 (1.65%) PMI Certification
8 21 (1.51%) Computer Science Degree
9 13 (0.93%) Azure Certification
9 13 (0.93%) CIMA
10 12 (0.86%) ACCA
11 9 (0.65%) AWS Certification
12 7 (0.50%) SAP Certification
13 6 (0.43%) Master's Degree
14 4 (0.29%) Microsoft Certification
14 4 (0.29%) OCP
14 4 (0.29%) Oracle Certification
14 4 (0.29%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 4 (0.29%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 238 (17.06%) Data Quality
2 118 (8.46%) QA
3 60 (4.30%) GDPR
4 24 (1.72%) PMO
5 13 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (0.86%) SLA
7 11 (0.79%) COBIT
7 11 (0.79%) HL7
8 10 (0.72%) NIST
9 8 (0.57%) GMP
9 8 (0.57%) GxP
9 8 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 8 (0.57%) SNOMED CT
10 7 (0.50%) IFRS
11 6 (0.43%) Accessibility
11 6 (0.43%) DICOM
12 5 (0.36%) GAAP
13 4 (0.29%) Basel III
13 4 (0.29%) PERC
14 3 (0.22%) GRC
System Software
1 24 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
2 20 (1.43%) Active Directory
3 14 (1.00%) vSphere
4 12 (0.86%) VMware NSX
5 11 (0.79%) Docker
6 9 (0.65%) NFS
7 6 (0.43%) SRDF
8 4 (0.29%) Hyper-V
9 3 (0.22%) Oracle RAC
10 2 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.072%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 31 (2.22%) Kubernetes
2 30 (2.15%) Terraform
3 19 (1.36%) Ansible
4 18 (1.29%) Grafana
5 14 (1.00%) vCenter Server
6 13 (0.93%) Argo
6 13 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
7 9 (0.65%) HP ALM
8 8 (0.57%) EMC VPLEX
8 8 (0.57%) SCCM
9 6 (0.43%) vMotion
10 4 (0.29%) EMC TimeFinder
10 4 (0.29%) Prometheus
10 4 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.22%) EMC NetWorker
11 3 (0.22%) NetBackup
12 2 (0.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.14%) Jamf Pro
12 2 (0.14%) SnapMirror
12 2 (0.14%) SnapVault
Vendors
1 277 (19.86%) SAP
2 255 (18.28%) Oracle
3 222 (15.91%) Microsoft
4 65 (4.66%) Salesforce
5 59 (4.23%) Databricks
6 28 (2.01%) VMware
7 26 (1.86%) Workday
8 24 (1.72%) Pure Storage
8 24 (1.72%) Sage
8 24 (1.72%) ServiceNow
9 22 (1.58%) Informatica
10 20 (1.43%) Talend
11 19 (1.36%) Google
12 18 (1.29%) Ariba
12 18 (1.29%) IFS
13 17 (1.22%) Infor
14 16 (1.15%) MuleSoft
15 15 (1.08%) Avaloq
15 15 (1.08%) Red Hat
16 14 (1.00%) IBM