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

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 92 99
Rank change year-on-year +9 +7 +30
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,460 762 964
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.97% 2.64% 2.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.51% 2.90% 2.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 927 469 655
10th Percentile £362 £375 £350
25th Percentile £450 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £636 £627 £650
90th Percentile £733 £700 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £523 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.50% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 14 33
10th Percentile £15.77 £33.00 £25.00
25th Percentile £17.75 £41.44 £40.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £66.25 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.62% -11.67% +180.37%
75th Percentile £51.67 £87.05 £80.00
90th Percentile £76.00 £87.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.76 £60.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year -50.40% -20.00% +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 41,610 26,282 36,757
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.67% 91.03% 85.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,026 16,812 23,631
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £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 2,481 1,100 2,513
10th Percentile £14.68 £14.20 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.91 £17.87 £16.00
Median hourly rate £42.30 £27.97 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +51.26% -23.38% -1.35%
75th Percentile £67.84 £57.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £73.88 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £38.00
% change year-on-year +78.93% -33.82% +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 30 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 30 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 30 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 +26 1,313 £525 -0.76% 227
UK excluding London +14 661 £523 +4.50% 157
London +41 643 £538 -2.27% 116
Work from Home +2 384 £522 -0.57% 97
South East +4 184 £556 +8.54% 49
North of England -19 176 £500 +1.01% 36
Midlands +7 136 £489 +8.61% 34
North West +1 109 £475 -10.55% 24
West Midlands -14 93 £470 +4.44% 23
South West -1 65 £525 +5.00% 17
Yorkshire -48 59 £530 +21.14% 11
East of England -5 57 £575 -11.54% 9
East Midlands +5 39 £500 +9.29% 11
Scotland -10 23 £575 +21.46% 8
Northern Ireland - 17 £475 - 2
North East -18 8 £488 -15.22% 1
Wales -9 7 £513 +17.14% 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 51 (3.49%) SharePoint
2 45 (3.08%) Confluence
3 9 (0.62%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (0.62%) Oracle Workflow
4 4 (0.27%) Apache
4 4 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.27%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.27%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
4 4 (0.27%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 2 (0.14%) Appian
5 2 (0.14%) IIS
6 1 (0.068%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.068%) OpenROAD
6 1 (0.068%) Oracle Service Bus
6 1 (0.068%) WebSphere
Applications
1 75 (5.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (1.51%) Spreadsheet
3 18 (1.23%) Microsoft Project
4 15 (1.03%) MS Visio
5 14 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 11 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
7 2 (0.14%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.068%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 169 (11.58%) SAP S/4HANA
2 44 (3.01%) Oracle EBS
3 36 (2.47%) Dynamics CRM
4 22 (1.51%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 18 (1.23%) SAP ERP
6 16 (1.10%) NetSuite
7 14 (0.96%) Oracle ERP
8 12 (0.82%) Oracle General Ledger
9 11 (0.75%) Oracle Receivables
9 11 (0.75%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
10 10 (0.68%) Loan IQ
11 9 (0.62%) Oracle Assets
11 9 (0.62%) Oracle EBS R12
11 9 (0.62%) Oracle Payables
12 8 (0.55%) iTrent
12 8 (0.55%) NEC Housing
12 8 (0.55%) SAP CO
12 8 (0.55%) SAP FI
13 7 (0.48%) SAP FI/CO
13 7 (0.48%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 241 (16.51%) Azure
2 144 (9.86%) AWS
3 139 (9.52%) Power Platform
4 108 (7.40%) Dynamics 365
5 75 (5.14%) OCI
6 74 (5.07%) Azure DevOps
7 57 (3.90%) SaaS
8 46 (3.15%) Azure Data Factory
9 40 (2.74%) Snowflake
10 35 (2.40%) GitHub
11 34 (2.33%) Microsoft 365
12 30 (2.05%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 22 (1.51%) Amazon S3
13 22 (1.51%) GCP
13 22 (1.51%) SuccessFactors
14 19 (1.30%) Power Automate
15 18 (1.23%) OpenShift
16 15 (1.03%) PowerApps
17 14 (0.96%) dbt
17 14 (0.96%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 19 (1.30%) SAN
2 15 (1.03%) NAS
3 14 (0.96%) DNS
4 6 (0.41%) Firewall
4 6 (0.41%) VPN
4 6 (0.41%) VSAN
5 4 (0.27%) Fibre Channel
6 3 (0.21%) FCoE
6 3 (0.21%) iSCSI
7 2 (0.14%) HTTP
7 2 (0.14%) Network Security
7 2 (0.14%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.068%) Cisco Nexus
8 1 (0.068%) DKIM
8 1 (0.068%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.068%) Internet
8 1 (0.068%) Intranet
8 1 (0.068%) SNMP
8 1 (0.068%) SSL
8 1 (0.068%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 113 (7.74%) Power BI
2 104 (7.12%) Data Warehouse
3 63 (4.32%) Oracle Reports
4 59 (4.04%) SQL Server
5 39 (2.67%) Metadata
6 35 (2.40%) Data Lake
7 33 (2.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 23 (1.58%) PostgreSQL
9 22 (1.51%) Oracle Database
10 20 (1.37%) Relational Database
11 18 (1.23%) NoSQL
12 17 (1.16%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 14 (0.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 13 (0.89%) DB2
14 13 (0.89%) SAP Data Services
15 12 (0.82%) Amazon Redshift
15 12 (0.82%) Tableau
16 10 (0.68%) Electronic Patient Records
17 9 (0.62%) Azure SQL Database
18 8 (0.55%) GIS
Development Applications
1 133 (9.11%) JIRA
2 39 (2.67%) Git
3 37 (2.53%) Zephyr
4 30 (2.05%) Postman
5 24 (1.64%) Jenkins
6 13 (0.89%) GitLab
6 13 (0.89%) Selenium
7 7 (0.48%) Hudson
7 7 (0.48%) LSMW
8 6 (0.41%) JUnit
8 6 (0.41%) Oracle Forms
9 5 (0.34%) Cucumber
9 5 (0.34%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 3 (0.21%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.21%) Claude Code
10 3 (0.21%) ERwin
10 3 (0.21%) Rational DOORS
10 3 (0.21%) Team Foundation Server
11 2 (0.14%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.14%) Visual Studio
General
1 499 (34.18%) Finance
2 442 (30.27%) Social Skills
3 175 (11.99%) Analytical Skills
4 120 (8.22%) Public Sector
5 92 (6.30%) Banking
6 76 (5.21%) Manufacturing
7 58 (3.97%) Documentation Skills
8 47 (3.22%) Law
9 43 (2.95%) Retail
10 35 (2.40%) Presentation Skills
11 31 (2.12%) General Ledger
12 30 (2.05%) Local Government
13 27 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
14 25 (1.71%) Legal
15 24 (1.64%) Pharmaceutical
16 23 (1.58%) Marketing
17 21 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 17 (1.16%) Billing
19 16 (1.10%) Aerospace
20 14 (0.96%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 315 (21.58%) Lead
2 209 (14.32%) Analyst
3 184 (12.60%) Architect
4 171 (11.71%) Consultant
5 110 (7.53%) Data Migration Lead
5 110 (7.53%) Project Manager
6 102 (6.99%) Data Engineer
7 101 (6.92%) Business Analyst
8 96 (6.58%) Senior
9 74 (5.07%) Data Analyst
10 68 (4.66%) Developer
11 63 (4.32%) Data Architect
12 59 (4.04%) Migration Engineer
13 58 (3.97%) SAP Consultant
14 55 (3.77%) Migration Analyst
15 52 (3.56%) Migration Manager
16 49 (3.36%) Data Migration Engineer
17 43 (2.95%) Data Migration Analyst
18 42 (2.88%) Test Manager
19 39 (2.67%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (5.82%) Oracle Fusion
2 42 (2.88%) REST
3 36 (2.47%) Middleware
4 22 (1.51%) SOAP
5 21 (1.44%) .NET
5 21 (1.44%) XML
6 19 (1.30%) Spring
7 17 (1.16%) Kafka
8 16 (1.10%) JSON
9 11 (0.75%) OpenTelemetry
9 11 (0.75%) Spring Boot
10 10 (0.68%) React
11 9 (0.62%) PySpark
12 8 (0.55%) Lightning Web Components
13 7 (0.48%) FHIR
13 7 (0.48%) SAP Fiori
14 6 (0.41%) AngularJS
14 6 (0.41%) RESTful
14 6 (0.41%) Web Services
15 5 (0.34%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 183 (12.53%) Legacy Systems
2 105 (7.19%) Data Structures
3 47 (3.22%) Cloud Native
4 38 (2.60%) Management Information System
5 37 (2.53%) Onboarding
6 28 (1.92%) Greenfield Project
6 28 (1.92%) Public Cloud
7 24 (1.64%) Product Ownership
8 21 (1.44%) Replication
9 20 (1.37%) Data Protection Act
10 19 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
11 17 (1.16%) Reference Data
12 16 (1.10%) Data Centre
12 16 (1.10%) Mainframe
13 14 (0.96%) Self-Motivation
14 13 (0.89%) Hybrid Cloud
15 11 (0.75%) Distributed Systems
15 11 (0.75%) Enterprise Storage
15 11 (0.75%) FMCG
15 11 (0.75%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 29 (1.99%) Windows
2 13 (0.89%) Linux
3 8 (0.55%) Windows 10
4 7 (0.48%) zOS
5 6 (0.41%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.34%) Data ONTAP
7 4 (0.27%) VMS
7 4 (0.27%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.14%) AIX
8 2 (0.14%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.14%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,460 (100.00%) Migration
2 380 (26.03%) Validation
3 308 (21.10%) Stakeholder Management
4 302 (20.68%) User Acceptance Testing
5 301 (20.62%) ERP
6 271 (18.56%) Agile
7 233 (15.96%) ETL
8 217 (14.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 216 (14.79%) Problem-Solving
10 210 (14.38%) Data Modelling
11 150 (10.27%) Data Cleansing
12 148 (10.14%) Business Intelligence
13 133 (9.11%) Data Governance
14 132 (9.04%) DevOps
15 131 (8.97%) Project Management
16 129 (8.84%) Data Mapping
17 126 (8.63%) Analytics
17 126 (8.63%) Continuous Improvement
18 110 (7.53%) Translating Business Requirements
19 107 (7.33%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 280 (19.18%) SQL
2 121 (8.29%) Python
3 46 (3.15%) Java
4 31 (2.12%) PL/SQL
5 24 (1.64%) Bash
6 23 (1.58%) JavaScript
7 15 (1.03%) PowerShell
8 12 (0.82%) C#
9 10 (0.68%) T-SQL
10 9 (0.62%) VBA
11 7 (0.48%) Apex Code
11 7 (0.48%) Kotlin
12 6 (0.41%) TypeScript
13 5 (0.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 4 (0.27%) C
14 4 (0.27%) Shell Script
15 3 (0.21%) ABAP
15 3 (0.21%) C++
15 3 (0.21%) COBOL
15 3 (0.21%) VB
Qualifications
1 236 (16.16%) Security Cleared
2 185 (12.67%) SC Cleared
3 60 (4.11%) Degree
4 30 (2.05%) PMP
5 29 (1.99%) DV Cleared
5 29 (1.99%) ISTQB
6 25 (1.71%) PMI Certification
7 20 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
8 19 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
9 17 (1.16%) CIMA
10 16 (1.10%) ACCA
11 15 (1.03%) Azure Certification
12 8 (0.55%) AWS Certification
13 7 (0.48%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 6 (0.41%) DBS Check
14 6 (0.41%) SAP Certification
15 5 (0.34%) ISEB
15 5 (0.34%) Master's Degree
15 5 (0.34%) Oracle Certification
16 4 (0.27%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 252 (17.26%) Data Quality
2 131 (8.97%) QA
3 65 (4.45%) GDPR
4 24 (1.64%) PMO
5 15 (1.03%) SLA
6 13 (0.89%) IFRS
7 11 (0.75%) HL7
8 10 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 8 (0.55%) GMP
9 8 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 8 (0.55%) SNOMED CT
10 7 (0.48%) Accessibility
10 7 (0.48%) COBIT
10 7 (0.48%) GxP
11 6 (0.41%) DICOM
11 6 (0.41%) GAAP
11 6 (0.41%) NIST
12 4 (0.27%) Basel III
12 4 (0.27%) PERC
13 3 (0.21%) Solvency II
System Software
1 26 (1.78%) VMware Infrastructure
2 19 (1.30%) Active Directory
3 15 (1.03%) Docker
3 15 (1.03%) vSphere
4 12 (0.82%) VMware NSX
5 10 (0.68%) NFS
6 8 (0.55%) SRDF
7 5 (0.34%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.27%) Oracle RAC
9 3 (0.21%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 3 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 35 (2.40%) Terraform
2 34 (2.33%) Kubernetes
3 23 (1.58%) Ansible
4 19 (1.30%) Grafana
5 15 (1.03%) vCenter Server
6 14 (0.96%) Argo
7 12 (0.82%) Microsoft Intune
8 10 (0.68%) EMC VPLEX
9 9 (0.62%) HP ALM
10 7 (0.48%) SCCM
11 6 (0.41%) vMotion
12 5 (0.34%) Prometheus
13 4 (0.27%) EMC NetWorker
13 4 (0.27%) EMC TimeFinder
13 4 (0.27%) NetBackup
13 4 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
13 4 (0.27%) SnapMirror
14 3 (0.21%) SnapVault
15 2 (0.14%) Failover Clustering
15 2 (0.14%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 273 (18.70%) SAP
2 268 (18.36%) Oracle
3 239 (16.37%) Microsoft
4 72 (4.93%) Databricks
5 58 (3.97%) Salesforce
6 31 (2.12%) VMware
7 27 (1.85%) ServiceNow
7 27 (1.85%) Workday
8 25 (1.71%) Pure Storage
9 24 (1.64%) Sage
10 23 (1.58%) Informatica
11 21 (1.44%) Google
12 20 (1.37%) IFS
13 19 (1.30%) Talend
14 17 (1.16%) Ariba
14 17 (1.16%) Infor
14 17 (1.16%) Red Hat
15 14 (0.96%) Avaloq
16 13 (0.89%) MuleSoft
17 12 (0.82%) Splunk