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 20 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 91 101
Rank change year-on-year +6 +10 +14
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,647 913 891
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.08% 2.78% 2.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.63% 3.07% 2.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,064 557 611
10th Percentile £363 £362 £375
25th Percentile £425 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -2.33% -1.38%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £648
90th Percentile £736 £738 £701
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £495 £538
% change year-on-year +1.01% -7.91% +3.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 16 17
10th Percentile £17.75 £16.40 £68.80
25th Percentile £22.16 £32.25 £72.50
Median hourly rate £40.00 £36.33 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.12% -54.59% +199.07%
75th Percentile £57.50 £68.44 -
90th Percentile £75.55 £80.63 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £33.34 £35.16 £80.00
% change year-on-year -5.18% -56.06% +255.56%

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 45,331 29,700 33,127
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.72% 90.46% 85.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,838 18,524 21,130
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £425 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.58%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £730 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,836 1,729 1,767
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.20 £14.00
25th Percentile £18.31 £17.33 £18.14
Median hourly rate £41.63 £25.15 £40.94
Median % change year-on-year +65.54% -38.57% -0.24%
75th Percentile £67.99 £49.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £24.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year +83.17% -43.53% +17.65%

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 20 August 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 20 August 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 20 August 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 +11 1,449 £525 - 340
UK excluding London +13 755 £500 +1.01% 216
London +20 696 £550 - 156
Work from Home +3 465 £525 - 144
North of England -3 200 £510 +7.37% 42
South East +6 189 £550 +4.76% 81
Midlands +12 174 £453 -9.40% 39
North West +15 124 £525 +10.53% 33
West Midlands +4 122 £435 -13.00% 22
South West +16 86 £523 -0.48% 28
Yorkshire -34 62 £500 +4.71% 7
East of England +9 55 £570 -5.63% 18
East Midlands +2 47 £525 +16.67% 17
Scotland -14 30 £525 +14.50% 7
Northern Ireland +23 20 £450 -30.77% 5
North East -23 17 £575 - 2
Wales -13 7 £463 -2.63% 1
Channel Islands 0 2 £450 - 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 69 (4.19%) SharePoint
2 52 (3.16%) Confluence
3 11 (0.67%) Apache
3 11 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (0.67%) Oracle Workflow
4 10 (0.61%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (0.49%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.30%) Tuxedo
7 3 (0.18%) CMS
7 3 (0.18%) SAS
8 2 (0.12%) HCL Notes
8 2 (0.12%) Mendix
8 2 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.061%) IIS
9 1 (0.061%) OpenROAD
9 1 (0.061%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 75 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (1.03%) Spreadsheet
3 15 (0.91%) Microsoft Project
4 14 (0.85%) Microsoft Office
4 14 (0.85%) MS Visio
5 11 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.061%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 172 (10.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 48 (2.91%) Dynamics CRM
3 34 (2.06%) Oracle EBS
4 27 (1.64%) Oracle Payables
5 24 (1.46%) Oracle ERP
6 23 (1.40%) Oracle Receivables
7 20 (1.21%) SAP ERP
8 19 (1.15%) NetSuite
9 15 (0.91%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 14 (0.85%) Oracle Financials
10 14 (0.85%) Workday HCM
11 13 (0.79%) Oracle General Ledger
12 12 (0.73%) Oracle Assets
13 11 (0.67%) iTrent
13 11 (0.67%) SAP MDG
13 11 (0.67%) SAP SD
13 11 (0.67%) Teamcenter
14 9 (0.55%) SAP CO
14 9 (0.55%) SAP FI
15 8 (0.49%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 271 (16.45%) Azure
2 169 (10.26%) Power Platform
3 163 (9.90%) AWS
4 137 (8.32%) Dynamics 365
5 102 (6.19%) OCI
6 87 (5.28%) Azure DevOps
7 66 (4.01%) SaaS
8 53 (3.22%) Azure Data Factory
9 48 (2.91%) Snowflake
10 46 (2.79%) Microsoft 365
11 39 (2.37%) Power Automate
12 38 (2.31%) GitHub
13 37 (2.25%) SuccessFactors
14 33 (2.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 31 (1.88%) Amazon S3
16 30 (1.82%) PowerApps
17 25 (1.52%) GCP
18 20 (1.21%) Microsoft Purview
19 18 (1.09%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
20 17 (1.03%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 9 (0.55%) VPN
2 8 (0.49%) SAN
3 7 (0.43%) DNS
3 7 (0.43%) NAS
4 4 (0.24%) Firewall
5 3 (0.18%) Intranet
5 3 (0.18%) VSAN
6 2 (0.12%) Fibre Channel
6 2 (0.12%) HTTP
7 1 (0.061%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (0.061%) DKIM
7 1 (0.061%) DMARC
7 1 (0.061%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.061%) Internet
7 1 (0.061%) iSCSI
7 1 (0.061%) Network Security
7 1 (0.061%) SNMP
7 1 (0.061%) SSL
7 1 (0.061%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.061%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 141 (8.56%) Power BI
2 127 (7.71%) Data Warehouse
3 69 (4.19%) Oracle Reports
3 69 (4.19%) SQL Server
4 55 (3.34%) Metadata
5 45 (2.73%) Data Lake
5 45 (2.73%) Relational Database
6 34 (2.06%) Oracle Database
7 30 (1.82%) PostgreSQL
8 22 (1.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 19 (1.15%) Azure SQL Database
9 19 (1.15%) RDBMS
10 18 (1.09%) NoSQL
11 15 (0.91%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 13 (0.79%) SAP Data Services
12 13 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 12 (0.73%) DataStage
13 12 (0.73%) Oracle Exadata
14 11 (0.67%) MongoDB
15 10 (0.61%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 145 (8.80%) JIRA
2 64 (3.89%) Git
3 49 (2.98%) Zephyr
4 41 (2.49%) Postman
5 20 (1.21%) GitLab
6 18 (1.09%) Jenkins
7 13 (0.79%) Oracle Forms
8 12 (0.73%) Selenium
9 6 (0.36%) Cypress.io
9 6 (0.36%) Gatling
9 6 (0.36%) Hudson
9 6 (0.36%) LSMW
9 6 (0.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 5 (0.30%) Team Foundation Server
11 4 (0.24%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.18%) Claude Code
12 3 (0.18%) ER Studio
12 3 (0.18%) Rational DOORS
13 2 (0.12%) Bitbucket
13 2 (0.12%) Yeoman
General
1 580 (35.22%) Finance
2 472 (28.66%) Social Skills
3 215 (13.05%) Analytical Skills
4 153 (9.29%) Public Sector
5 94 (5.71%) Banking
6 92 (5.59%) Manufacturing
7 61 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
8 59 (3.58%) Retail
9 53 (3.22%) Law
10 44 (2.67%) General Ledger
11 36 (2.19%) Organisational Skills
12 33 (2.00%) Local Government
13 27 (1.64%) Legal
14 26 (1.58%) Billing
14 26 (1.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 25 (1.52%) Automotive
15 25 (1.52%) Marketing
16 23 (1.40%) Influencing Skills
16 23 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
17 19 (1.15%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 310 (18.82%) Lead
2 232 (14.09%) Analyst
3 214 (12.99%) Architect
4 184 (11.17%) Consultant
5 135 (8.20%) Senior
6 132 (8.01%) Data Engineer
7 108 (6.56%) Data Migration Lead
8 104 (6.31%) Business Analyst
9 103 (6.25%) Project Manager
10 88 (5.34%) Developer
11 77 (4.68%) Data Analyst
12 72 (4.37%) Data Architect
13 62 (3.76%) Migration Engineer
14 56 (3.40%) SAP Consultant
15 55 (3.34%) Solutions Architect
16 52 (3.16%) Data Consultant
17 50 (3.04%) Data Migration Engineer
18 47 (2.85%) Migration Consultant
19 46 (2.79%) Migration Analyst
20 45 (2.73%) Oracle Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 102 (6.19%) Oracle Fusion
2 52 (3.16%) Middleware
3 43 (2.61%) REST
4 37 (2.25%) Terraform
5 32 (1.94%) .NET
6 25 (1.52%) SOAP
6 25 (1.52%) XML
7 20 (1.21%) PySpark
8 19 (1.15%) JSON
9 16 (0.97%) Kafka
10 14 (0.85%) Spring
11 13 (0.79%) Oracle GoldenGate
12 11 (0.67%) Lightning Web Components
13 9 (0.55%) Keycloak
13 9 (0.55%) SAP Fiori
14 8 (0.49%) RESTful
14 8 (0.49%) Spring Boot
15 7 (0.43%) HTML
15 7 (0.43%) Playwright
15 7 (0.43%) React
Miscellaneous
1 182 (11.05%) Legacy Systems
2 109 (6.62%) Data Structures
3 50 (3.04%) Management Information System
4 49 (2.98%) Onboarding
5 48 (2.91%) Cloud Native
6 44 (2.67%) Public Cloud
7 41 (2.49%) Product Ownership
8 39 (2.37%) Enterprise Software
9 31 (1.88%) Greenfield Project
10 21 (1.28%) NHS
11 20 (1.21%) FMCG
12 19 (1.15%) Replication
13 18 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
14 15 (0.91%) Data Centre
15 14 (0.85%) Distributed Systems
15 14 (0.85%) Reference Data
16 12 (0.73%) Legacy Applications
16 12 (0.73%) Mainframe
17 11 (0.67%) Low-Code
17 11 (0.67%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 33 (2.00%) Windows
2 32 (1.94%) Linux
3 12 (0.73%) AIX
4 9 (0.55%) Unix
5 6 (0.36%) Data ONTAP
6 4 (0.24%) VMS
7 3 (0.18%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.18%) zOS
8 2 (0.12%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,647 (100.00%) Migration
2 455 (27.63%) Validation
3 397 (24.10%) Stakeholder Management
4 379 (23.01%) User Acceptance Testing
5 373 (22.65%) ERP
6 296 (17.97%) Agile
7 281 (17.06%) ETL
8 268 (16.27%) Data Modelling
9 260 (15.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 200 (12.14%) Data Governance
11 198 (12.02%) Problem-Solving
12 171 (10.38%) Business Intelligence
13 155 (9.41%) DevOps
14 154 (9.35%) Analytics
15 153 (9.29%) Data Cleansing
16 145 (8.80%) Continuous Improvement
17 134 (8.14%) Data Mapping
18 132 (8.01%) CI/CD
19 124 (7.53%) Translating Business Requirements
20 121 (7.35%) Data Transformation
Programming Languages
1 344 (20.89%) SQL
2 113 (6.86%) Python
3 44 (2.67%) Java
4 32 (1.94%) PL/SQL
5 30 (1.82%) JavaScript
6 26 (1.58%) C#
7 16 (0.97%) Bash
8 14 (0.85%) PowerShell
9 13 (0.79%) Kotlin
10 12 (0.73%) T-SQL
11 9 (0.55%) Apex Code
11 9 (0.55%) TypeScript
12 6 (0.36%) ABAP
12 6 (0.36%) C
12 6 (0.36%) Shell Script
13 5 (0.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 5 (0.30%) MUMPS
13 5 (0.30%) VB
13 5 (0.30%) VB6
13 5 (0.30%) VBA
Qualifications
1 281 (17.06%) Security Cleared
2 225 (13.66%) SC Cleared
3 57 (3.46%) Degree
4 39 (2.37%) ISTQB
5 38 (2.31%) DV Cleared
6 35 (2.13%) PMP
7 33 (2.00%) PMI Certification
8 31 (1.88%) ACCA
8 31 (1.88%) CIMA
9 29 (1.76%) BPSS Clearance
10 15 (0.91%) Azure Certification
11 12 (0.73%) Microsoft Certification
12 11 (0.67%) Computer Science Degree
13 9 (0.55%) AWS Certification
14 8 (0.49%) DBS Check
14 8 (0.49%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 7 (0.43%) SAP Certification
16 6 (0.36%) Oracle Certification
17 5 (0.30%) ISEB
17 5 (0.30%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 322 (19.55%) Data Quality
2 144 (8.74%) QA
3 76 (4.61%) GDPR
4 36 (2.19%) PMO
5 12 (0.73%) IFRS
5 12 (0.73%) SLA
6 11 (0.67%) HL7
7 10 (0.61%) Accessibility
7 10 (0.61%) GRC
8 8 (0.49%) SNOMED CT
9 7 (0.43%) DICOM
9 7 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 6 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
11 4 (0.24%) GMP
11 4 (0.24%) GxP
11 4 (0.24%) PERC
11 4 (0.24%) Solvency II
12 3 (0.18%) GAAP
12 3 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 2 (0.12%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 18 (1.09%) Docker
2 14 (0.85%) Oracle RAC
2 14 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (0.79%) Active Directory
4 8 (0.49%) vSphere
5 5 (0.30%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.30%) VMware NSX
6 4 (0.24%) SRDF
7 3 (0.18%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 3 (0.18%) NFS
7 3 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 29 (1.76%) Kubernetes
2 26 (1.58%) Ansible
3 12 (0.73%) Data Guard
3 12 (0.73%) Oracle RMAN
4 11 (0.67%) HP ALM
5 8 (0.49%) Grafana
5 8 (0.49%) Karpenter
5 8 (0.49%) vCenter Server
6 7 (0.43%) Argo
7 5 (0.30%) SnapMirror
8 4 (0.24%) EMC NetWorker
8 4 (0.24%) EMC VPLEX
8 4 (0.24%) NetBackup
9 3 (0.18%) SnapVault
10 2 (0.12%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (0.12%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.061%) EMC TimeFinder
11 1 (0.061%) SCCM
Vendors
1 339 (20.58%) Oracle
2 306 (18.58%) SAP
3 282 (17.12%) Microsoft
4 85 (5.16%) Databricks
5 68 (4.13%) Salesforce
6 36 (2.19%) ServiceNow
7 34 (2.06%) Workday
8 25 (1.52%) IBM
8 25 (1.52%) Informatica
9 22 (1.34%) Ariba
10 20 (1.21%) Google
10 20 (1.21%) Talend
11 18 (1.09%) IFS
12 17 (1.03%) Sage
12 17 (1.03%) VMware
13 14 (0.85%) Infor
13 14 (0.85%) InterSystems
14 11 (0.67%) HP
15 10 (0.61%) Atlassian
15 10 (0.61%) Siebel