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

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 85 101
Rank change year-on-year +5 +16 +23
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,624 902 966
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.08% 2.77% 2.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.62% 3.07% 2.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,030 546 647
10th Percentile £363 £363 £363
25th Percentile £448 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £715
UK excluding London median daily rate £523 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.50% -4.76% +2.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 20 34
10th Percentile £17.75 £17.52 £25.00
25th Percentile £20.67 £32.25 £40.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £60.00 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% -20.00% +127.27%
75th Percentile £52.29 £77.08 £80.00
90th Percentile £76.00 £87.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.96 £47.75 £75.00
% change year-on-year -37.26% -36.33% +180.37%

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 44,805 29,397 36,049
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.08% 90.38% 85.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,846 18,489 23,062
10th Percentile £325 £300 £303
25th Percentile £419 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,636 1,550 2,325
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.20 £13.00
25th Percentile £20.09 £17.34 £16.30
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -34.02% -5.88%
75th Percentile £68.50 £51.65 £61.60
90th Percentile £82.75 £70.00 £73.40
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £24.33 £38.12
% change year-on-year +84.96% -36.18% -4.70%

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 17 July 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 17 July 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 17 July 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 +14 1,438 £525 - 211
UK excluding London +16 729 £523 +4.50% 162
London +18 713 £550 - 80
Work from Home +4 432 £525 - 119
South East +9 197 £563 +12.50% 59
North of England -13 193 £519 +9.26% 34
Midlands +4 148 £475 -5.00% 41
North West +7 118 £500 +3.90% 24
West Midlands -4 107 £450 -10.00% 30
South West +6 83 £523 -0.48% 15
Yorkshire -34 62 £525 +12.00% 10
East of England +4 55 £581 -7.37% 9
East Midlands +1 37 £525 +16.67% 11
Scotland -4 30 £525 +11.70% 5
Northern Ireland +21 22 £475 -51.28%
North East -23 16 £625 +8.70%
Wales -10 7 £400 -15.79% 2
Channel Islands +3 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 58 (3.57%) SharePoint
2 43 (2.65%) Confluence
3 11 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (0.68%) Oracle Workflow
4 9 (0.55%) Apache
5 7 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (0.37%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.31%) Tuxedo
8 3 (0.18%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
8 3 (0.18%) SAS
9 2 (0.12%) CMS
9 2 (0.12%) HCL Notes
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.062%) Appian
10 1 (0.062%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.062%) IIS
10 1 (0.062%) Mendix
10 1 (0.062%) OpenROAD
Applications
1 75 (4.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (1.23%) Microsoft Project
3 17 (1.05%) Spreadsheet
4 16 (0.99%) MS Visio
5 14 (0.86%) Microsoft Office
5 14 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.062%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.062%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 175 (10.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 46 (2.83%) Dynamics CRM
3 43 (2.65%) Oracle EBS
4 23 (1.42%) Oracle ERP
4 23 (1.42%) Oracle Payables
5 21 (1.29%) NetSuite
5 21 (1.29%) Oracle Receivables
5 21 (1.29%) SAP ERP
6 15 (0.92%) Oracle General Ledger
6 15 (0.92%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 14 (0.86%) Oracle Financials
8 13 (0.80%) iTrent
8 13 (0.80%) Oracle Assets
9 11 (0.68%) Teamcenter
10 10 (0.62%) Loan IQ
11 9 (0.55%) Oracle EBS R12
11 9 (0.55%) SAP MDG
11 9 (0.55%) SAP SD
12 8 (0.49%) NEC Housing
12 8 (0.49%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 268 (16.50%) Azure
2 161 (9.91%) AWS
3 156 (9.61%) Power Platform
4 129 (7.94%) Dynamics 365
5 91 (5.60%) OCI
6 88 (5.42%) Azure DevOps
7 69 (4.25%) SaaS
8 48 (2.96%) Azure Data Factory
8 48 (2.96%) Snowflake
9 43 (2.65%) GitHub
9 43 (2.65%) Microsoft 365
10 36 (2.22%) SuccessFactors
11 32 (1.97%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 30 (1.85%) Power Automate
13 27 (1.66%) Amazon S3
14 26 (1.60%) GCP
15 25 (1.54%) PowerApps
16 17 (1.05%) dbt
16 17 (1.05%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
16 17 (1.05%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 19 (1.17%) SAN
2 15 (0.92%) NAS
3 14 (0.86%) DNS
4 7 (0.43%) VPN
5 6 (0.37%) Firewall
5 6 (0.37%) VSAN
6 4 (0.25%) Fibre Channel
7 3 (0.18%) FCoE
7 3 (0.18%) Intranet
7 3 (0.18%) iSCSI
8 2 (0.12%) HTTP
8 2 (0.12%) Internet
8 2 (0.12%) Network Security
9 1 (0.062%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.062%) LAN
9 1 (0.062%) SNMP
9 1 (0.062%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.062%) VLAN
9 1 (0.062%) WAN
9 1 (0.062%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 126 (7.76%) Power BI
2 113 (6.96%) Data Warehouse
3 71 (4.37%) Oracle Reports
4 69 (4.25%) SQL Server
5 47 (2.89%) Metadata
6 46 (2.83%) Data Lake
7 40 (2.46%) Relational Database
8 31 (1.91%) PostgreSQL
9 28 (1.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 26 (1.60%) Oracle Database
11 21 (1.29%) RDBMS
12 19 (1.17%) NoSQL
13 15 (0.92%) Azure SQL Database
14 14 (0.86%) Oracle BI Publisher
14 14 (0.86%) SAP Data Services
15 13 (0.80%) Db2
15 13 (0.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 12 (0.74%) Star Schema
17 11 (0.68%) Amazon Redshift
17 11 (0.68%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 143 (8.81%) JIRA
2 58 (3.57%) Git
3 40 (2.46%) Zephyr
4 35 (2.16%) Postman
5 25 (1.54%) Jenkins
6 21 (1.29%) GitLab
7 13 (0.80%) Oracle Forms
8 12 (0.74%) Selenium
9 8 (0.49%) Team Foundation Server
10 7 (0.43%) Hudson
11 6 (0.37%) Cypress.io
11 6 (0.37%) Gatling
11 6 (0.37%) JUnit
11 6 (0.37%) LSMW
12 5 (0.31%) Cucumber
12 5 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 4 (0.25%) Visual Studio
14 3 (0.18%) Claude Code
14 3 (0.18%) ER Studio
14 3 (0.18%) Rational DOORS
General
1 565 (34.79%) Finance
2 464 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 210 (12.93%) Analytical Skills
4 142 (8.74%) Public Sector
5 92 (5.67%) Manufacturing
6 88 (5.42%) Banking
7 60 (3.69%) Documentation Skills
8 49 (3.02%) Retail
9 48 (2.96%) Law
10 38 (2.34%) General Ledger
11 31 (1.91%) Organisational Skills
12 29 (1.79%) Local Government
13 27 (1.66%) Legal
13 27 (1.66%) Presentation Skills
14 26 (1.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 25 (1.54%) Marketing
16 23 (1.42%) Billing
16 23 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
17 20 (1.23%) Automotive
17 20 (1.23%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 318 (19.58%) Lead
2 233 (14.35%) Analyst
3 209 (12.87%) Architect
4 179 (11.02%) Consultant
5 125 (7.70%) Data Engineer
6 120 (7.39%) Senior
7 117 (7.20%) Project Manager
8 113 (6.96%) Business Analyst
9 112 (6.90%) Data Migration Lead
10 83 (5.11%) Developer
11 82 (5.05%) Data Analyst
12 75 (4.62%) Data Architect
13 66 (4.06%) Migration Engineer
14 57 (3.51%) Migration Analyst
15 56 (3.45%) SAP Consultant
16 54 (3.33%) Data Migration Engineer
17 50 (3.08%) Migration Manager
18 47 (2.89%) Data Consultant
18 47 (2.89%) Solutions Architect
19 45 (2.77%) Oracle Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (5.36%) Oracle Fusion
2 47 (2.89%) REST
3 45 (2.77%) Middleware
4 28 (1.72%) SOAP
5 26 (1.60%) .NET
6 24 (1.48%) XML
7 19 (1.17%) JSON
7 19 (1.17%) Kafka
7 19 (1.17%) Spring
8 15 (0.92%) PySpark
9 13 (0.80%) Lightning Web Components
10 12 (0.74%) Oracle GoldenGate
11 11 (0.68%) OpenTelemetry
11 11 (0.68%) React
11 11 (0.68%) Spring Boot
12 9 (0.55%) ADO
12 9 (0.55%) HTML
13 8 (0.49%) RESTful
14 7 (0.43%) COM
14 7 (0.43%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 197 (12.13%) Legacy Systems
2 120 (7.39%) Data Structures
3 55 (3.39%) Cloud Native
4 49 (3.02%) Management Information System
5 46 (2.83%) Onboarding
6 37 (2.28%) Product Ownership
7 36 (2.22%) Public Cloud
8 33 (2.03%) Greenfield Project
9 30 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
10 24 (1.48%) Replication
11 19 (1.17%) Data Protection Act
12 18 (1.11%) Data Centre
12 18 (1.11%) FMCG
12 18 (1.11%) NHS
13 16 (0.99%) Distributed Systems
13 16 (0.99%) Mainframe
14 14 (0.86%) Hybrid Cloud
15 13 (0.80%) Virtual Team
16 12 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
17 11 (0.68%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 31 (1.91%) Windows
2 25 (1.54%) Linux
3 11 (0.68%) AIX
4 7 (0.43%) zOS
5 6 (0.37%) Data ONTAP
5 6 (0.37%) Unix
6 4 (0.25%) VMS
7 3 (0.18%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.12%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.12%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,624 (100.00%) Migration
2 450 (27.71%) Validation
3 374 (23.03%) User Acceptance Testing
4 365 (22.48%) Stakeholder Management
5 357 (21.98%) ERP
6 296 (18.23%) Agile
7 265 (16.32%) ETL
8 246 (15.15%) Data Modelling
9 241 (14.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 227 (13.98%) Problem-Solving
11 170 (10.47%) Data Governance
12 166 (10.22%) DevOps
13 158 (9.73%) Business Intelligence
13 158 (9.73%) Data Cleansing
14 149 (9.17%) Analytics
15 138 (8.50%) Continuous Improvement
16 137 (8.44%) Data Mapping
17 136 (8.37%) CI/CD
18 135 (8.31%) Project Management
19 128 (7.88%) Data Validation
Programming Languages
1 322 (19.83%) SQL
2 119 (7.33%) Python
3 47 (2.89%) Java
4 32 (1.97%) JavaScript
5 30 (1.85%) PL/SQL
6 23 (1.42%) Bash
7 20 (1.23%) C#
8 16 (0.99%) PowerShell
9 12 (0.74%) Kotlin
10 11 (0.68%) Apex Code
10 11 (0.68%) T-SQL
11 10 (0.62%) TypeScript
12 7 (0.43%) C
12 7 (0.43%) VB
12 7 (0.43%) VB6
13 6 (0.37%) VBA
14 5 (0.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 4 (0.25%) Shell Script
15 4 (0.25%) X++
16 3 (0.18%) Korn
Qualifications
1 272 (16.75%) Security Cleared
2 211 (12.99%) SC Cleared
3 62 (3.82%) Degree
4 38 (2.34%) DV Cleared
5 34 (2.09%) ISTQB
6 32 (1.97%) PMP
7 29 (1.79%) BPSS Clearance
7 29 (1.79%) PMI Certification
8 22 (1.35%) CIMA
9 21 (1.29%) ACCA
10 17 (1.05%) Azure Certification
11 15 (0.92%) Computer Science Degree
12 8 (0.49%) AWS Certification
12 8 (0.49%) DBS Check
12 8 (0.49%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 8 (0.49%) SAP Certification
13 7 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
14 6 (0.37%) ITIL Certification
14 6 (0.37%) Oracle Certification
15 5 (0.31%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 295 (18.17%) Data Quality
2 149 (9.17%) QA
3 78 (4.80%) GDPR
4 37 (2.28%) PMO
5 14 (0.86%) SLA
6 11 (0.68%) Accessibility
7 10 (0.62%) HL7
7 10 (0.62%) IFRS
8 9 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 8 (0.49%) SNOMED CT
10 7 (0.43%) GMP
11 6 (0.37%) COBIT
11 6 (0.37%) DICOM
11 6 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 5 (0.31%) GRC
12 5 (0.31%) NIST
13 4 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
13 4 (0.25%) GxP
13 4 (0.25%) PERC
13 4 (0.25%) Solvency II
System Software
1 27 (1.66%) VMware Infrastructure
2 19 (1.17%) Docker
3 15 (0.92%) Active Directory
3 15 (0.92%) vSphere
4 13 (0.80%) Oracle RAC
5 12 (0.74%) VMware NSX
6 11 (0.68%) NFS
7 7 (0.43%) SRDF
8 5 (0.31%) Hyper-V
9 3 (0.18%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 3 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 47 (2.89%) Terraform
2 39 (2.40%) Kubernetes
3 31 (1.91%) Ansible
4 18 (1.11%) Grafana
5 15 (0.92%) vCenter Server
6 14 (0.86%) Argo
7 13 (0.80%) HP ALM
8 11 (0.68%) Data Guard
8 11 (0.68%) Oracle RMAN
9 10 (0.62%) EMC VPLEX
10 6 (0.37%) Microsoft Intune
10 6 (0.37%) vMotion
11 5 (0.31%) Prometheus
11 5 (0.31%) SnapMirror
12 4 (0.25%) EMC NetWorker
12 4 (0.25%) EMC TimeFinder
12 4 (0.25%) Karpenter
12 4 (0.25%) NetBackup
13 3 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
13 3 (0.18%) SnapVault
Vendors
1 318 (19.58%) Oracle
2 310 (19.09%) SAP
3 266 (16.38%) Microsoft
4 77 (4.74%) Salesforce
5 73 (4.50%) Databricks
6 35 (2.16%) ServiceNow
7 32 (1.97%) VMware
8 30 (1.85%) Informatica
9 29 (1.79%) Workday
10 25 (1.54%) Pure Storage
11 23 (1.42%) IFS
12 21 (1.29%) Ariba
12 21 (1.29%) Sage
12 21 (1.29%) Talend
13 20 (1.23%) Google
14 17 (1.05%) MuleSoft
14 17 (1.05%) Red Hat
15 16 (0.99%) Infor
16 15 (0.92%) IBM
17 14 (0.86%) HP