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 2 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 87 100 112
Rank change year-on-year +13 +12 +27
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,004 866 1,039
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.93% 2.37% 2.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.25% 2.75% 2.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 619 577 677
10th Percentile £387 £400 £400
25th Percentile £447 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.47% -2.27% +3.77%
75th Percentile £638 £634 £650
90th Percentile £725 £700 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £525 £548
% change year-on-year - -4.14% +9.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 3 11
10th Percentile £15.00 £40.40 £82.50
25th Percentile £32.25 £48.50 £83.13
Median hourly rate £62.25 £64.00 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% -24.71% +31.78%
75th Percentile £81.00 £67.88 £88.47
90th Percentile £100.00 £69.00 £96.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £60.00 £66.50 £69.72
% change year-on-year -9.77% -4.62% +10.67%

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 30,862 31,468 41,662
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.18% 86.10% 88.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,265 18,925 28,165
10th Percentile £298 £310 £312
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £536
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.05% -2.55%
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 1,997 1,117 1,592
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.33 £20.00 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.50 £43.95
Median % change year-on-year -29.15% -19.23% +25.57%
75th Percentile £43.20 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.00 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.58 £35.00 £43.83
% change year-on-year -35.50% -20.14% +51.54%

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 2 November 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 2 November 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 2 November 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 +14 845 £550 +2.33% 425
London +14 442 £550 - 223
UK excluding London +1 411 £525 - 290
Work from Home -4 313 £547 +4.19% 187
South East -8 113 £600 +9.09% 169
Midlands +18 107 £550 +10.00% 40
North of England -41 80 £469 -8.54% 36
West Midlands -7 65 £550 +7.32% 25
North West -32 40 £427 -10.11% 22
East Midlands +18 39 £600 +41.18% 15
Scotland +10 39 £488 -2.50% 9
Yorkshire -22 38 £550 +4.76% 9
South West 0 30 £525 +5.00% 17
East of England +2 28 £488 -11.36% 15
Wales +9 6 £525 +5.00% 3
Northern Ireland - 6 £400 - 3
North East -16 3 £438 -25.53% 5
Channel Islands -4 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 34 (3.39%) Confluence
2 24 (2.39%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.20%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (1.00%) Smallworld
5 9 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (0.60%) GeoServer
7 5 (0.50%) Oracle Workflow
8 4 (0.40%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.30%) Apache
9 3 (0.30%) CMS
9 3 (0.30%) LiveLink
9 3 (0.30%) Oracle Spatial
10 2 (0.20%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.20%) Documentum
10 2 (0.20%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
10 2 (0.20%) SharePoint Server
11 1 (0.100%) Moodle
11 1 (0.100%) NetWeaver
11 1 (0.100%) SAP Portal
11 1 (0.100%) SAS
Applications
1 46 (4.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (1.69%) Microsoft Project
4 11 (1.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.90%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.50%) Oracle Smart View
6 5 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.20%) Trello
Business Applications
1 112 (11.16%) SAP S/4HANA
2 35 (3.49%) Oracle EBS
3 34 (3.39%) Dynamics CRM
4 24 (2.39%) Oracle Payables
5 22 (2.19%) SAP HR
6 16 (1.59%) Oracle General Ledger
7 14 (1.39%) Oracle Receivables
8 12 (1.20%) NetSuite
8 12 (1.20%) Oracle EBS R12
9 10 (1.00%) Salesforce CRM
9 10 (1.00%) SAP PM
10 9 (0.90%) Workday HCM
11 8 (0.80%) Dynamics AX
11 8 (0.80%) Oracle Assets
11 8 (0.80%) Oracle Cash Management
11 8 (0.80%) Oracle ERP
11 8 (0.80%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
11 8 (0.80%) SAP FI
11 8 (0.80%) SAP HCM
11 8 (0.80%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 147 (14.64%) Azure
2 94 (9.36%) AWS
3 74 (7.37%) Dynamics 365
4 72 (7.17%) Power Platform
5 58 (5.78%) OCI
6 46 (4.58%) SaaS
7 40 (3.98%) Azure DevOps
8 30 (2.99%) Amazon S3
8 30 (2.99%) Snowflake
9 27 (2.69%) Azure Data Factory
10 25 (2.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 25 (2.49%) Microsoft 365
11 24 (2.39%) Serverless
12 23 (2.29%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 22 (2.19%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 21 (2.09%) PowerApps
15 19 (1.89%) dbt
15 19 (1.89%) GCP
16 17 (1.69%) SuccessFactors
17 16 (1.59%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.00%) Firewall
2 8 (0.80%) VPN
3 6 (0.60%) NAS
4 5 (0.50%) Network Security
4 5 (0.50%) TCP/IP
5 4 (0.40%) SSL
5 4 (0.40%) WAN
6 2 (0.20%) DNS
6 2 (0.20%) Internet
6 2 (0.20%) Intranet
6 2 (0.20%) IPv6
6 2 (0.20%) LAN
6 2 (0.20%) SAN
7 1 (0.100%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (0.100%) Fibre Channel
7 1 (0.100%) IPv4
7 1 (0.100%) iSCSI
7 1 (0.100%) VLAN
7 1 (0.100%) WebEx
7 1 (0.100%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (6.18%) SQL Server
2 58 (5.78%) Data Warehouse
3 47 (4.68%) Power BI
4 41 (4.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 30 (2.99%) Relational Database
6 26 (2.59%) Oracle Reports
7 23 (2.29%) Data Lake
8 22 (2.19%) Oracle Database
9 20 (1.99%) Tableau
10 19 (1.89%) Azure SQL Database
10 19 (1.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 18 (1.79%) Amazon Redshift
12 17 (1.69%) Metadata
12 17 (1.69%) SAP HANA
13 16 (1.59%) GIS
13 16 (1.59%) SAP Data Services
14 14 (1.39%) RDBMS
15 13 (1.29%) DataStage
16 11 (1.10%) Amazon QuickSight
17 10 (1.00%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 79 (7.87%) JIRA
2 7 (0.70%) LSMW
3 6 (0.60%) Git
3 6 (0.60%) Postman
4 5 (0.50%) Visual Studio
5 4 (0.40%) Selenium
5 4 (0.40%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 4 (0.40%) Zephyr
6 3 (0.30%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.30%) REST Assured
7 2 (0.20%) Oracle Forms
7 2 (0.20%) TestRail
7 2 (0.20%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.100%) ER Studio
8 1 (0.100%) ERwin
8 1 (0.100%) GitLab
8 1 (0.100%) gulp
8 1 (0.100%) Poetry
8 1 (0.100%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.100%) webpack
General
1 373 (37.15%) Social Skills
2 368 (36.65%) Finance
3 125 (12.45%) Analytical Skills
4 79 (7.87%) Public Sector
5 57 (5.68%) Banking
6 40 (3.98%) Documentation Skills
7 39 (3.88%) Local Government
8 29 (2.89%) Manufacturing
9 28 (2.79%) Marketing
10 26 (2.59%) Legal
11 25 (2.49%) Retail
12 24 (2.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 23 (2.29%) General Ledger
13 23 (2.29%) Organisational Skills
14 19 (1.89%) Back Office
14 19 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
15 15 (1.49%) Billing
16 12 (1.20%) Law
17 10 (1.00%) Telecoms
18 8 (0.80%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 156 (15.54%) Consultant
2 144 (14.34%) Analyst
3 142 (14.14%) Lead
4 124 (12.35%) Architect
5 96 (9.56%) Project Manager
6 79 (7.87%) Business Analyst
7 62 (6.18%) Senior
8 57 (5.68%) SAP Consultant
9 54 (5.38%) Data Engineer
10 49 (4.88%) Data Migration Lead
11 46 (4.58%) Data Analyst
12 44 (4.38%) Developer
13 38 (3.78%) Solutions Architect
14 36 (3.59%) Migration Specialist
15 32 (3.19%) Data Migration Specialist
16 30 (2.99%) Data Consultant
16 30 (2.99%) Migration Consultant
17 29 (2.89%) Oracle Consultant
18 28 (2.79%) Functional Consultant
18 28 (2.79%) Migration Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (4.48%) Oracle Fusion
2 35 (3.49%) Lightning Web Components
3 34 (3.39%) REST
4 28 (2.79%) XML
5 25 (2.49%) SOAP
6 24 (2.39%) Middleware
6 24 (2.39%) Visualforce
7 15 (1.49%) SAP Fiori
8 13 (1.29%) EDI
8 13 (1.29%) JSON
9 11 (1.10%) Web Services
10 10 (1.00%) .NET
10 10 (1.00%) PySpark
10 10 (1.00%) SAP PI
11 9 (0.90%) IDoc
12 8 (0.80%) BAPI
13 6 (0.60%) WebdriverIO
14 5 (0.50%) GraphQL
14 5 (0.50%) React
14 5 (0.50%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 130 (12.95%) Legacy Systems
2 58 (5.78%) Data Structures
3 36 (3.59%) Management Information System
4 35 (3.49%) Product Ownership
5 34 (3.39%) Onboarding
6 18 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
7 14 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
7 14 (1.39%) Reference Data
8 13 (1.29%) Greenfield Project
9 12 (1.20%) Data Centre
9 12 (1.20%) Virtual Team
10 8 (0.80%) CMDB
10 8 (0.80%) NHS
11 7 (0.70%) Analytical Mindset
11 7 (0.70%) Cloud Native
11 7 (0.70%) FMCG
11 7 (0.70%) Replication
12 6 (0.60%) Hybrid Cloud
12 6 (0.60%) Public Cloud
12 6 (0.60%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 26 (2.59%) Windows
2 8 (0.80%) Windows Server
3 5 (0.50%) Linux
3 5 (0.50%) Windows 10
3 5 (0.50%) Windows Server 2016
4 4 (0.40%) Solaris
5 3 (0.30%) Unix
6 2 (0.20%) AIX
6 2 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.20%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (0.100%) MVS
7 1 (0.100%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.100%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,004 (100.00%) Migration
2 213 (21.22%) Agile
3 197 (19.62%) Problem-Solving
4 177 (17.63%) ERP
5 176 (17.53%) Stakeholder Management
6 175 (17.43%) Validation
7 156 (15.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 140 (13.94%) ETL
9 138 (13.75%) Data Modelling
10 136 (13.55%) User Acceptance Testing
11 107 (10.66%) Data Governance
12 104 (10.36%) Project Management
13 102 (10.16%) Analytics
14 93 (9.26%) Change Management
15 90 (8.96%) DevOps
16 84 (8.37%) CRM
17 82 (8.17%) Data Cleansing
18 76 (7.57%) Project Delivery
19 75 (7.47%) Workshop Facilitation
20 71 (7.07%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 198 (19.72%) SQL
2 74 (7.37%) Python
3 36 (3.59%) Java
4 35 (3.49%) Apex Code
5 21 (2.09%) C#
6 18 (1.79%) JavaScript
7 14 (1.39%) PowerShell
7 14 (1.39%) T-SQL
8 11 (1.10%) ABAP
9 9 (0.90%) Bicep
10 8 (0.80%) PL/SQL
11 7 (0.70%) VB
12 6 (0.60%) X++
13 5 (0.50%) Shell Script
14 4 (0.40%) SOQL
15 3 (0.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 3 (0.30%) Magik
15 3 (0.30%) R
15 3 (0.30%) Scala
15 3 (0.30%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 92 (9.16%) Degree
1 92 (9.16%) Security Cleared
2 71 (7.07%) SC Cleared
3 34 (3.39%) PMP
4 30 (2.99%) Computer Science Degree
4 30 (2.99%) PMI Certification
5 21 (2.09%) Master's Degree
6 18 (1.79%) BPSS Clearance
7 17 (1.69%) SAP Certification
8 14 (1.39%) AWS Certification
9 7 (0.70%) DV Cleared
10 6 (0.60%) ACCA
10 6 (0.60%) CIMA
10 6 (0.60%) Oracle Certification
11 5 (0.50%) CFA
11 5 (0.50%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.40%) CBAP
12 4 (0.40%) ISTQB
12 4 (0.40%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (0.40%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 149 (14.84%) Data Quality
2 66 (6.57%) QA
3 56 (5.58%) GDPR
4 12 (1.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 11 (1.10%) SLA
6 10 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (0.90%) Accessibility
8 7 (0.70%) GRC
8 7 (0.70%) PMO
9 4 (0.40%) COBIT
9 4 (0.40%) IFRS
9 4 (0.40%) ISO 20022
9 4 (0.40%) NIST
10 3 (0.30%) GAAP
10 3 (0.30%) GMP
10 3 (0.30%) GxP
10 3 (0.30%) HIPAA
10 3 (0.30%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.20%) 21 CFR Part 11
System Software
1 19 (1.89%) Docker
2 12 (1.20%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.30%) NFS
6 1 (0.100%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.100%) Time Sharing Option
6 1 (0.100%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 22 (2.19%) Kubernetes
1 22 (2.19%) Terraform
2 6 (0.60%) Ansible
2 6 (0.60%) SCCM
3 5 (0.50%) HP ALM
4 3 (0.30%) HP Quality Center
4 3 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.20%) Puppet
6 1 (0.100%) CA Endevor
6 1 (0.100%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (0.100%) Microsoft Clustering
6 1 (0.100%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 217 (21.61%) SAP
2 176 (17.53%) Oracle
3 157 (15.64%) Microsoft
4 63 (6.27%) Salesforce
5 37 (3.69%) Workday
6 36 (3.59%) Databricks
7 15 (1.49%) Ariba
7 15 (1.49%) Google
8 12 (1.20%) Informatica
8 12 (1.20%) ServiceNow
9 11 (1.10%) MuleSoft
10 10 (1.00%) ESRI
10 10 (1.00%) IFS
10 10 (1.00%) Kronos
11 9 (0.90%) HP
11 9 (0.90%) IBM
12 8 (0.80%) OpenText
12 8 (0.80%) Sage
13 7 (0.70%) Atlassian
13 7 (0.70%) Talend