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 7 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 85 97 100
Rank change year-on-year +12 +3 +36
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,062 892 1,074
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.93% 2.50% 2.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.29% 2.86% 2.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 675 595 713
10th Percentile £375 £400 £401
25th Percentile £425 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.46% -1.82% +3.77%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £700 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 3 12
10th Percentile £14.61 £40.40 £82.53
25th Percentile £16.25 £48.50 £83.31
Median hourly rate £60.00 £64.00 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -24.71% +31.78%
75th Percentile £81.00 £67.88 £86.75
90th Percentile £100.00 £69.00 £89.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.25 £66.50 £69.72
% change year-on-year -6.39% -4.62% +72.68%

All Process and 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 32,247 31,236 40,271
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 88.88% 87.47% 88.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,285 18,990 26,947
10th Percentile £300 £308 £310
25th Percentile £405 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.50% -3.09%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,090 1,084 1,559
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.25 £14.36
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.19 £18.94
Median hourly rate £25.13 £33.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.86% -22.35% +21.43%
75th Percentile £45.46 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.50 £74.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.63 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -30.37% -23.53% +30.77%

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 7 December 2025.

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 7 December 2025.

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 7 December 2025. 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 +6 877 £538 -2.27% 491
London +18 472 £550 - 102
UK excluding London -8 416 £500 -4.76% 479
Work from Home -15 322 £525 - 180
South East -22 120 £624 +13.45% 152
Midlands 0 104 £550 +4.76% 95
North of England -44 84 £451 -14.19% 94
West Midlands -13 60 £550 +4.76% 54
Scotland +27 45 £513 +7.89% 18
North West -18 43 £430 -9.47% 42
East Midlands +11 42 £550 +29.41% 37
Yorkshire -34 38 £513 -8.73% 47
South West -22 27 £524 +2.20% 50
East of England -16 19 £475 -9.52% 56
Northern Ireland 0 8 £400 -23.81% 8
Wales +7 7 £525 +2.44% 14
North East -8 4 £438 -30.00% 5
Channel Islands -5 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 37 (3.48%) Confluence
2 32 (3.01%) SharePoint
3 10 (0.94%) Apache Airflow
3 10 (0.94%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.56%) Apache
4 6 (0.56%) GeoServer
4 6 (0.56%) Smallworld
5 5 (0.47%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.47%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
5 5 (0.47%) Oracle Workflow
6 4 (0.38%) CMS
7 3 (0.28%) LiveLink
8 2 (0.19%) Documentum
8 2 (0.19%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.094%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.094%) Moodle
9 1 (0.094%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.094%) SAP Portal
9 1 (0.094%) SAS
Applications
1 53 (4.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (2.07%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (1.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 19 (1.79%) Microsoft Project
4 12 (1.13%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.75%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.47%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.094%) Trello
7 1 (0.094%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 111 (10.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 39 (3.67%) Oracle EBS
3 37 (3.48%) Dynamics CRM
4 24 (2.26%) Oracle Payables
5 22 (2.07%) SAP HR
6 17 (1.60%) Oracle General Ledger
7 14 (1.32%) NetSuite
8 13 (1.22%) Oracle EBS R12
8 13 (1.22%) Oracle Receivables
9 11 (1.04%) Salesforce CRM
10 10 (0.94%) Oracle ERP
10 10 (0.94%) SAP ERP
11 9 (0.85%) Oracle Assets
11 9 (0.85%) Oracle Cash Management
11 9 (0.85%) SAP FI
11 9 (0.85%) SAP Payroll
11 9 (0.85%) SAP PM
11 9 (0.85%) Workday HCM
12 8 (0.75%) SAP MDG
12 8 (0.75%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 146 (13.75%) Azure
2 92 (8.66%) AWS
3 79 (7.44%) Power Platform
4 77 (7.25%) Dynamics 365
5 63 (5.93%) OCI
6 48 (4.52%) SaaS
7 37 (3.48%) Azure DevOps
8 35 (3.30%) Amazon S3
9 29 (2.73%) Azure Data Factory
10 27 (2.54%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 26 (2.45%) Microsoft 365
11 26 (2.45%) Snowflake
12 23 (2.17%) Serverless
13 22 (2.07%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 22 (2.07%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 19 (1.79%) Entra ID
14 19 (1.79%) PowerApps
14 19 (1.79%) SuccessFactors
15 18 (1.69%) GCP
16 17 (1.60%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.66%) NAS
2 6 (0.56%) Firewall
2 6 (0.56%) VPN
3 4 (0.38%) SSL
3 4 (0.38%) WAN
4 3 (0.28%) DNS
4 3 (0.28%) Intranet
4 3 (0.28%) Network Security
4 3 (0.28%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.19%) Internet
5 2 (0.19%) IPv6
5 2 (0.19%) LAN
5 2 (0.19%) SAN
6 1 (0.094%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.094%) Fibre Channel
6 1 (0.094%) IPv4
6 1 (0.094%) VLAN
6 1 (0.094%) WebEx
6 1 (0.094%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.094%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (5.84%) SQL Server
2 59 (5.56%) Data Warehouse
3 57 (5.37%) Power BI
4 40 (3.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 35 (3.30%) Relational Database
6 25 (2.35%) Metadata
7 23 (2.17%) Oracle Database
8 22 (2.07%) Data Lake
8 22 (2.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 21 (1.98%) Oracle Reports
10 20 (1.88%) Tableau
11 18 (1.69%) Amazon Redshift
12 17 (1.60%) Azure SQL Database
12 17 (1.60%) DataStage
13 16 (1.51%) RDBMS
14 15 (1.41%) PostgreSQL
15 13 (1.22%) Amazon QuickSight
16 12 (1.13%) SAP Data Services
17 11 (1.04%) MySQL
18 10 (0.94%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 85 (8.00%) JIRA
2 6 (0.56%) Postman
3 5 (0.47%) LSMW
4 4 (0.38%) Git
4 4 (0.38%) GitLab
4 4 (0.38%) Oracle Forms
4 4 (0.38%) Selenium
4 4 (0.38%) Toad
4 4 (0.38%) Visual Studio
4 4 (0.38%) Zephyr
5 3 (0.28%) MLflow
5 3 (0.28%) Oracle APEX
5 3 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.19%) Hudson
6 2 (0.19%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.19%) TestRail
7 1 (0.094%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.094%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.094%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.094%) WebDriver
General
1 385 (36.25%) Social Skills
2 367 (34.56%) Finance
3 129 (12.15%) Analytical Skills
4 91 (8.57%) Public Sector
5 56 (5.27%) Banking
6 42 (3.95%) Documentation Skills
7 40 (3.77%) Manufacturing
8 37 (3.48%) Local Government
9 28 (2.64%) Retail
10 26 (2.45%) Legal
11 25 (2.35%) Marketing
11 25 (2.35%) Organisational Skills
12 21 (1.98%) General Ledger
12 21 (1.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 20 (1.88%) Back Office
13 20 (1.88%) Presentation Skills
14 15 (1.41%) Billing
15 13 (1.22%) Law
16 10 (0.94%) Telecoms
17 8 (0.75%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 166 (15.63%) Analyst
2 164 (15.44%) Consultant
3 145 (13.65%) Lead
4 126 (11.86%) Architect
5 99 (9.32%) Project Manager
6 94 (8.85%) Business Analyst
7 73 (6.87%) Senior
8 56 (5.27%) Developer
9 55 (5.18%) Data Engineer
10 53 (4.99%) Data Migration Lead
11 49 (4.61%) SAP Consultant
12 46 (4.33%) Data Analyst
13 41 (3.86%) Solutions Architect
14 35 (3.30%) Functional Consultant
15 32 (3.01%) Data Consultant
15 32 (3.01%) Migration Analyst
15 32 (3.01%) Migration Specialist
16 31 (2.92%) Migration Consultant
17 30 (2.82%) Data Migration Specialist
18 29 (2.73%) Oracle Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (4.99%) Oracle Fusion
2 37 (3.48%) XML
3 36 (3.39%) REST
4 35 (3.30%) Lightning Web Components
5 27 (2.54%) SOAP
6 26 (2.45%) Visualforce
7 21 (1.98%) Middleware
8 19 (1.79%) JSON
9 13 (1.22%) .NET
10 12 (1.13%) PySpark
11 11 (1.04%) SAP Fiori
11 11 (1.04%) Web Services
12 10 (0.94%) EDI
13 8 (0.75%) SAP PI
14 7 (0.66%) XSLT
15 6 (0.56%) SAP Basis
16 5 (0.47%) Apache Avro
16 5 (0.47%) BAPI
16 5 (0.47%) GraphQL
16 5 (0.47%) React
Miscellaneous
1 133 (12.52%) Legacy Systems
2 65 (6.12%) Data Structures
3 38 (3.58%) Onboarding
4 35 (3.30%) Management Information System
5 34 (3.20%) Product Ownership
6 20 (1.88%) Data Protection Act
7 16 (1.51%) Enterprise Software
8 15 (1.41%) Greenfield Project
9 12 (1.13%) Data Centre
9 12 (1.13%) Replication
10 10 (0.94%) Reference Data
10 10 (0.94%) Virtual Team
11 8 (0.75%) Cloud Native
11 8 (0.75%) CMDB
12 7 (0.66%) Hybrid Cloud
12 7 (0.66%) Legacy Applications
12 7 (0.66%) Public Cloud
13 6 (0.56%) Analytical Mindset
13 6 (0.56%) Low-Code
13 6 (0.56%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 25 (2.35%) Windows
2 8 (0.75%) Windows Server
3 6 (0.56%) Windows 10
4 5 (0.47%) Unix
4 5 (0.47%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (0.38%) Linux
6 3 (0.28%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.28%) Solaris
7 2 (0.19%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (0.094%) AIX
8 1 (0.094%) MVS
8 1 (0.094%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.094%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,062 (100.00%) Migration
2 240 (22.60%) Agile
3 207 (19.49%) Problem-Solving
4 202 (19.02%) Stakeholder Management
5 182 (17.14%) ERP
6 178 (16.76%) Validation
7 161 (15.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 157 (14.78%) ETL
9 151 (14.22%) User Acceptance Testing
10 144 (13.56%) Data Modelling
11 113 (10.64%) Project Management
12 104 (9.79%) Analytics
12 104 (9.79%) Data Governance
13 97 (9.13%) Workshop Facilitation
14 96 (9.04%) Data Cleansing
15 95 (8.95%) Change Management
16 91 (8.57%) CRM
17 84 (7.91%) DevOps
18 81 (7.63%) Business Intelligence
18 81 (7.63%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 209 (19.68%) SQL
2 70 (6.59%) Python
3 37 (3.48%) Java
4 35 (3.30%) Apex Code
5 22 (2.07%) C#
6 17 (1.60%) JavaScript
7 14 (1.32%) PL/SQL
7 14 (1.32%) PowerShell
8 12 (1.13%) T-SQL
9 9 (0.85%) ABAP
9 9 (0.85%) Bicep
10 7 (0.66%) Shell Script
11 6 (0.56%) PHP
11 6 (0.56%) SOQL
11 6 (0.56%) X++
12 5 (0.47%) Perl
12 5 (0.47%) VB
13 4 (0.38%) SOSL
14 3 (0.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (0.28%) R
Qualifications
1 113 (10.64%) Security Cleared
2 88 (8.29%) Degree
3 81 (7.63%) SC Cleared
4 32 (3.01%) PMP
5 31 (2.92%) PMI Certification
6 30 (2.82%) Computer Science Degree
7 23 (2.17%) BPSS Clearance
7 23 (2.17%) Master's Degree
8 18 (1.69%) AWS Certification
9 16 (1.51%) SAP Certification
10 12 (1.13%) DV Cleared
11 7 (0.66%) CIMA
12 6 (0.56%) ACCA
12 6 (0.56%) Oracle Certification
13 5 (0.47%) CFA
13 5 (0.47%) DBS Check
14 4 (0.38%) Azure Certification
14 4 (0.38%) CBAP
14 4 (0.38%) ISTQB
14 4 (0.38%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 150 (14.12%) Data Quality
2 77 (7.25%) QA
3 59 (5.56%) GDPR
4 15 (1.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 12 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (0.94%) Accessibility
6 10 (0.94%) PMO
7 7 (0.66%) GRC
7 7 (0.66%) SLA
8 6 (0.56%) COBIT
8 6 (0.56%) IFRS
8 6 (0.56%) NIST
9 5 (0.47%) GxP
10 4 (0.38%) ISO 20022
11 3 (0.28%) Disclosure Scotland
11 3 (0.28%) GAAP
11 3 (0.28%) GMP
11 3 (0.28%) IFRS 17
11 3 (0.28%) IFRS 9
11 3 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 19 (1.79%) Docker
2 13 (1.22%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.28%) NFS
5 1 (0.094%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.094%) Time Sharing Option
5 1 (0.094%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.094%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 23 (2.17%) Kubernetes
1 23 (2.17%) Terraform
2 7 (0.66%) SCCM
3 5 (0.47%) Ansible
3 5 (0.47%) HP ALM
4 4 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.19%) Grafana
7 1 (0.094%) Argo
7 1 (0.094%) CA Endevor
7 1 (0.094%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.094%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (0.094%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 215 (20.24%) SAP
2 177 (16.67%) Oracle
3 164 (15.44%) Microsoft
4 70 (6.59%) Salesforce
5 39 (3.67%) Databricks
6 38 (3.58%) Workday
7 15 (1.41%) Ariba
8 14 (1.32%) IBM
8 14 (1.32%) Informatica
9 13 (1.22%) ServiceNow
10 12 (1.13%) Google
10 12 (1.13%) IFS
10 12 (1.13%) MuleSoft
11 9 (0.85%) Kronos
11 9 (0.85%) OpenText
11 9 (0.85%) Sage
11 9 (0.85%) Talend
12 7 (0.66%) Atlassian
12 7 (0.66%) HP
13 6 (0.56%) ESRI