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

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 95 95 94
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 +45
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,058 813 1,028
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.69% 2.65% 2.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.09% 2.96% 2.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 667 535 692
10th Percentile £381 £381 £406
25th Percentile £450 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £650
90th Percentile £700 £700 £720
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 6 24
10th Percentile £14.61 £45.63 £25.00
25th Percentile £16.25 £62.81 -
Median hourly rate £36.00 £85.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -57.65% +112.50% -36.00%
75th Percentile £81.00 £87.39 £86.50
90th Percentile £97.56 £87.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.81 £72.28 £40.00
% change year-on-year -68.44% +80.69% +125.35%

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 34,251 27,445 39,124
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 87.02% 89.42% 87.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,718 16,700 25,680
10th Percentile £306 £306 £300
25th Percentile £406 £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 £716 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £478 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,071 843 2,128
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.62 £13.29
25th Percentile £17.69 £21.05 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £33.07
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -1.71% +1.74%
75th Percentile £60.00 £63.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £73.12
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £31.08 £35.00
% change year-on-year -19.08% -11.20% +10.55%

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 10 February 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 10 February 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 10 February 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 0 891 £540 +0.47% 227
London +8 481 £550 - 91
UK excluding London -22 422 £525 - 191
Work from Home -25 311 £550 +2.33% 122
South East -26 113 £633 +16.06% 88
Midlands -22 101 £530 +3.41% 26
North of England -32 100 £478 -9.05% 37
North West -2 59 £449 -5.42% 24
West Midlands -44 55 £525 - 20
East Midlands +2 45 £550 +18.28% 6
Scotland +29 44 £559 +17.63% 12
Yorkshire -47 35 £525 -6.50% 12
East of England -17 23 £475 -13.64% 12
South West -33 23 £525 +5.00% 15
Northern Ireland +6 10 £400 -23.81%
Wales +2 9 £531 +3.66% 3
North East -11 7 £488 -25.00% 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 31 (2.93%) Confluence
2 30 (2.84%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.04%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (0.76%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
5 6 (0.57%) GeoServer
5 6 (0.57%) Smallworld
6 5 (0.47%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.38%) Apache
8 3 (0.28%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.28%) CMS
8 3 (0.28%) LiveLink
9 2 (0.19%) Appian
9 2 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.19%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (0.095%) Moodle
10 1 (0.095%) NetWeaver
10 1 (0.095%) Oracle Service Bus
10 1 (0.095%) SAP Portal
10 1 (0.095%) SAS
10 1 (0.095%) WebSphere
Applications
1 52 (4.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (1.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 18 (1.70%) Microsoft Project
4 17 (1.61%) Spreadsheet
5 15 (1.42%) MS Visio
6 13 (1.23%) Microsoft Office
7 3 (0.28%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.095%) Trello
8 1 (0.095%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 109 (10.30%) SAP S/4HANA
2 43 (4.06%) Oracle EBS
3 34 (3.21%) Dynamics CRM
4 19 (1.80%) Oracle Payables
5 18 (1.70%) Oracle General Ledger
5 18 (1.70%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 16 (1.51%) Oracle Receivables
7 15 (1.42%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 15 (1.42%) SAP HR
8 13 (1.23%) SAP FI
9 11 (1.04%) NetSuite
9 11 (1.04%) SAP CO
10 10 (0.95%) Loan IQ
10 10 (0.95%) SAP FI/CO
11 9 (0.85%) Oracle Cash Management
11 9 (0.85%) SAP ERP
11 9 (0.85%) Workday HCM
12 8 (0.76%) Oracle EBS R12
12 8 (0.76%) SAP MM
13 7 (0.66%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 152 (14.37%) Azure
2 98 (9.26%) AWS
3 82 (7.75%) Power Platform
4 77 (7.28%) OCI
5 72 (6.81%) Dynamics 365
6 35 (3.31%) SaaS
7 34 (3.21%) Azure DevOps
8 32 (3.02%) Azure Data Factory
9 27 (2.55%) Amazon S3
10 26 (2.46%) Microsoft 365
11 25 (2.36%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 22 (2.08%) SuccessFactors
13 19 (1.80%) GitHub
13 19 (1.80%) Snowflake
14 18 (1.70%) Entra ID
15 16 (1.51%) GCP
15 16 (1.51%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 16 (1.51%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 13 (1.23%) Serverless
17 12 (1.13%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.13%) NAS
2 8 (0.76%) SAN
3 7 (0.66%) DNS
4 4 (0.38%) SSL
5 3 (0.28%) Firewall
5 3 (0.28%) Internet
5 3 (0.28%) Intranet
5 3 (0.28%) Network Security
5 3 (0.28%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.19%) IPv6
6 2 (0.19%) LAN
6 2 (0.19%) VPN
6 2 (0.19%) WAN
6 2 (0.19%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.095%) IPv4
7 1 (0.095%) VLAN
7 1 (0.095%) WebEx
7 1 (0.095%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (5.95%) Power BI
2 60 (5.67%) Data Warehouse
3 58 (5.48%) SQL Server
4 39 (3.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 34 (3.21%) Relational Database
6 29 (2.74%) Oracle Database
7 27 (2.55%) Metadata
8 25 (2.36%) Data Lake
8 25 (2.36%) Oracle Reports
9 24 (2.27%) PostgreSQL
10 23 (2.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 19 (1.80%) Tableau
12 16 (1.51%) RDBMS
13 15 (1.42%) Amazon Redshift
14 12 (1.13%) MySQL
15 11 (1.04%) SAP Data Services
16 10 (0.95%) Amazon Athena
16 10 (0.95%) Big Data
17 9 (0.85%) Amazon QuickSight
17 9 (0.85%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 72 (6.81%) JIRA
2 9 (0.85%) Jenkins
3 8 (0.76%) Git
4 6 (0.57%) GitLab
4 6 (0.57%) LSMW
4 6 (0.57%) Oracle Forms
5 5 (0.47%) Postman
6 4 (0.38%) Hudson
6 4 (0.38%) Toad
6 4 (0.38%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.28%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.28%) ERwin
7 3 (0.28%) MLflow
7 3 (0.28%) Oracle APEX
7 3 (0.28%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.19%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.19%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.095%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.095%) Zephyr
General
1 396 (37.43%) Social Skills
2 346 (32.70%) Finance
3 111 (10.49%) Analytical Skills
4 102 (9.64%) Public Sector
5 66 (6.24%) Banking
6 45 (4.25%) Documentation Skills
7 43 (4.06%) Manufacturing
8 37 (3.50%) Retail
9 33 (3.12%) Presentation Skills
10 24 (2.27%) Legal
11 23 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
12 22 (2.08%) General Ledger
13 19 (1.80%) Local Government
14 17 (1.61%) Pharmaceutical
15 14 (1.32%) Billing
15 14 (1.32%) Marketing
16 13 (1.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 13 (1.23%) Law
17 12 (1.13%) Investment Banking
18 10 (0.95%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 176 (16.64%) Lead
2 162 (15.31%) Consultant
3 155 (14.65%) Analyst
4 111 (10.49%) Architect
5 97 (9.17%) Project Manager
6 90 (8.51%) Business Analyst
7 80 (7.56%) Senior
8 64 (6.05%) Data Engineer
9 54 (5.10%) Data Migration Lead
10 51 (4.82%) Developer
11 48 (4.54%) SAP Consultant
12 46 (4.35%) Data Analyst
13 43 (4.06%) Solutions Architect
14 42 (3.97%) Migration Analyst
15 35 (3.31%) Functional Consultant
15 35 (3.31%) Migration Manager
16 31 (2.93%) Data Migration Analyst
16 31 (2.93%) Oracle Consultant
17 29 (2.74%) Data Consultant
18 28 (2.65%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (6.81%) Oracle Fusion
2 38 (3.59%) REST
3 32 (3.02%) XML
4 27 (2.55%) Middleware
5 23 (2.17%) SOAP
6 18 (1.70%) JSON
7 16 (1.51%) Lightning Web Components
8 15 (1.42%) PySpark
9 13 (1.23%) Web Services
10 11 (1.04%) Visualforce
11 10 (0.95%) .NET
12 7 (0.66%) SAP Fiori
12 7 (0.66%) XSLT
13 6 (0.57%) React
14 5 (0.47%) Apache Avro
14 5 (0.47%) EDI
14 5 (0.47%) Kafka
14 5 (0.47%) LDAP
14 5 (0.47%) OpenTelemetry
14 5 (0.47%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 145 (13.71%) Legacy Systems
2 75 (7.09%) Data Structures
3 40 (3.78%) Onboarding
4 34 (3.21%) Management Information System
5 23 (2.17%) Data Protection Act
6 19 (1.80%) Replication
7 18 (1.70%) Product Ownership
8 15 (1.42%) Cloud Native
9 14 (1.32%) Greenfield Project
10 12 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
11 11 (1.04%) Public Cloud
11 11 (1.04%) Reference Data
12 10 (0.95%) Data Centre
13 9 (0.85%) CMDB
13 9 (0.85%) NHS
14 8 (0.76%) FMCG
14 8 (0.76%) Life Science
15 7 (0.66%) Derivative
15 7 (0.66%) Hybrid Cloud
15 7 (0.66%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 25 (2.36%) Windows
2 9 (0.85%) Windows 10
3 8 (0.76%) Windows Server
4 7 (0.66%) Apple iOS
5 6 (0.57%) Unix
6 5 (0.47%) Linux
6 5 (0.47%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.28%) Solaris
7 3 (0.28%) zOS
8 1 (0.095%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,058 (100.00%) Migration
2 250 (23.63%) Stakeholder Management
3 239 (22.59%) Agile
4 205 (19.38%) Validation
5 200 (18.90%) Problem-Solving
6 190 (17.96%) ERP
7 165 (15.60%) User Acceptance Testing
8 159 (15.03%) ETL
9 156 (14.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 140 (13.23%) Data Modelling
11 117 (11.06%) Analytics
12 115 (10.87%) Workshop Facilitation
13 114 (10.78%) Project Management
14 104 (9.83%) Data Cleansing
15 103 (9.74%) Change Management
16 90 (8.51%) Data Mapping
17 86 (8.13%) Business Intelligence
18 84 (7.94%) Continuous Improvement
19 78 (7.37%) Data Analysis
19 78 (7.37%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 211 (19.94%) SQL
2 78 (7.37%) Python
3 29 (2.74%) Java
4 18 (1.70%) JavaScript
4 18 (1.70%) PL/SQL
5 15 (1.42%) Apex Code
5 15 (1.42%) PowerShell
6 11 (1.04%) C#
7 8 (0.76%) T-SQL
8 7 (0.66%) Bash
9 5 (0.47%) Perl
9 5 (0.47%) PHP
9 5 (0.47%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.38%) ABAP
10 4 (0.38%) Korn
10 4 (0.38%) TypeScript
10 4 (0.38%) VB
10 4 (0.38%) VBA
10 4 (0.38%) X++
11 3 (0.28%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 135 (12.76%) Security Cleared
2 96 (9.07%) SC Cleared
3 73 (6.90%) Degree
4 37 (3.50%) PMP
5 32 (3.02%) PMI Certification
6 26 (2.46%) Computer Science Degree
7 18 (1.70%) BPSS Clearance
7 18 (1.70%) Master's Degree
8 13 (1.23%) AWS Certification
8 13 (1.23%) DV Cleared
9 12 (1.13%) SAP Certification
10 6 (0.57%) Azure Certification
10 6 (0.57%) CIMA
11 5 (0.47%) ACCA
11 5 (0.47%) CFA
12 4 (0.38%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 4 (0.38%) TOGAF Certification
13 3 (0.28%) IIBA
13 3 (0.28%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (0.28%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 150 (14.18%) Data Quality
2 75 (7.09%) QA
3 58 (5.48%) GDPR
4 15 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (1.42%) PMO
5 12 (1.13%) COBIT
6 11 (1.04%) NIST
7 9 (0.85%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 9 (0.85%) IFRS
8 8 (0.76%) GxP
9 7 (0.66%) Accessibility
9 7 (0.66%) GAAP
9 7 (0.66%) GMP
10 6 (0.57%) GRC
10 6 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 6 (0.57%) SLA
11 5 (0.47%) IFRS 9
12 4 (0.38%) Basel III
12 4 (0.38%) ISO 20022
12 4 (0.38%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 16 (1.51%) Active Directory
1 16 (1.51%) Docker
2 13 (1.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (0.95%) NFS
4 6 (0.57%) VMware NSX
4 6 (0.57%) vSphere
5 1 (0.095%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 22 (2.08%) Kubernetes
2 18 (1.70%) Terraform
3 10 (0.95%) Grafana
3 10 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (0.95%) SCCM
4 7 (0.66%) Ansible
5 6 (0.57%) Argo
5 6 (0.57%) vCenter Server
6 5 (0.47%) EMC VPLEX
6 5 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (0.47%) vMotion
7 3 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.28%) HP ALM
7 3 (0.28%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.095%) Control-M
Vendors
1 198 (18.71%) Oracle
1 198 (18.71%) SAP
2 156 (14.74%) Microsoft
3 46 (4.35%) Salesforce
4 41 (3.88%) Databricks
4 41 (3.88%) Workday
5 21 (1.98%) Informatica
5 21 (1.98%) ServiceNow
6 17 (1.61%) Sage
7 15 (1.42%) VMware
8 13 (1.23%) Avaloq
8 13 (1.23%) Pure Storage
9 12 (1.13%) Ariba
9 12 (1.13%) MuleSoft
10 11 (1.04%) Talend
11 10 (0.95%) Google
11 10 (0.95%) IBM
12 9 (0.85%) IFS
13 8 (0.76%) Kronos
13 8 (0.76%) OpenText