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

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 84 97 105
Rank change year-on-year +13 +8 +31
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,032 881 1,050
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.92% 2.41% 2.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.25% 2.79% 2.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 643 591 691
10th Percentile £375 £400 £400
25th Percentile £432 £457 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.46% -1.82% +2.09%
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 22 3 12
10th Percentile £14.65 £40.40 £82.53
25th Percentile £24.94 £48.50 £83.31
Median hourly rate £62.25 £64.00 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% -24.71% +34.92%
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 31,719 31,545 41,752
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 89.82% 86.25% 88.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,853 18,987 28,148
10th Percentile £295 £310 £308
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.41% -3.18%
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 2,095 1,115 1,613
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.10 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.12 £19.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £43.33
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -19.22% +23.80%
75th Percentile £44.75 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.00 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.63 £33.93 £43.83
% change year-on-year -33.30% -22.58% +48.56%

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 16 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 16 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 16 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 +3 855 £538 -1.83% 506
London +13 461 £550 - 250
UK excluding London +2 406 £500 -4.76% 288
Work from Home -12 309 £535 +1.90% 267
South East -11 109 £600 +9.09% 101
Midlands +5 104 £550 +2.33% 55
North of England -39 82 £457 -13.05% 71
West Midlands -11 61 £550 -1.03% 35
Scotland +22 46 £525 +5.00% 18
North West -26 42 £429 -9.68% 35
East Midlands +19 41 £563 +32.35% 18
Yorkshire -32 37 £525 -4.55% 28
South West -4 29 £525 - 27
East of England -10 20 £475 -13.64% 12
Northern Ireland 0 8 £400 -23.81% 3
Wales +10 6 £525 +2.44% 4
North East -16 4 £438 -27.08% 8
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 35 (3.39%) Confluence
2 22 (2.13%) SharePoint
3 10 (0.97%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (0.78%) Smallworld
6 6 (0.58%) GeoServer
7 5 (0.48%) Apache
7 5 (0.48%) Oracle Workflow
8 4 (0.39%) Apache Spark
8 4 (0.39%) CMS
9 3 (0.29%) LiveLink
10 2 (0.19%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.19%) Documentum
10 2 (0.19%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
10 2 (0.19%) SharePoint Server
11 1 (0.097%) Moodle
11 1 (0.097%) NetWeaver
11 1 (0.097%) Oracle Spatial
11 1 (0.097%) SAP Portal
11 1 (0.097%) SAS
Applications
1 47 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (1.74%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (1.65%) Microsoft Project
4 13 (1.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.87%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.68%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.48%) Oracle Smart View
8 2 (0.19%) Trello
9 1 (0.097%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 110 (10.66%) SAP S/4HANA
2 38 (3.68%) Dynamics CRM
3 34 (3.29%) Oracle EBS
4 24 (2.33%) Oracle Payables
5 22 (2.13%) SAP HR
6 16 (1.55%) Oracle General Ledger
7 14 (1.36%) Oracle Receivables
8 13 (1.26%) NetSuite
8 13 (1.26%) Oracle EBS R12
9 10 (0.97%) Salesforce CRM
9 10 (0.97%) Workday HCM
10 9 (0.87%) SAP Payroll
11 8 (0.78%) Oracle Assets
11 8 (0.78%) Oracle Cash Management
11 8 (0.78%) Oracle ERP
11 8 (0.78%) SAP ERP
11 8 (0.78%) SAP FI
11 8 (0.78%) SAP MDG
11 8 (0.78%) SAP MM
11 8 (0.78%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 145 (14.05%) Azure
2 93 (9.01%) AWS
3 79 (7.66%) Power Platform
4 76 (7.36%) Dynamics 365
5 57 (5.52%) OCI
6 50 (4.84%) SaaS
7 42 (4.07%) Azure DevOps
8 33 (3.20%) Amazon S3
9 28 (2.71%) Snowflake
10 25 (2.42%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 25 (2.42%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 24 (2.33%) Azure Data Factory
11 24 (2.33%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 24 (2.33%) Serverless
12 21 (2.03%) Microsoft 365
12 21 (2.03%) PowerApps
12 21 (2.03%) SuccessFactors
13 18 (1.74%) GCP
14 16 (1.55%) dbt
14 16 (1.55%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 8 (0.78%) Firewall
2 6 (0.58%) NAS
2 6 (0.58%) VPN
3 5 (0.48%) TCP/IP
4 4 (0.39%) SSL
4 4 (0.39%) WAN
5 3 (0.29%) DNS
5 3 (0.29%) Network Security
6 2 (0.19%) Internet
6 2 (0.19%) Intranet
6 2 (0.19%) IPv6
6 2 (0.19%) LAN
6 2 (0.19%) SAN
7 1 (0.097%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (0.097%) Fibre Channel
7 1 (0.097%) IPv4
7 1 (0.097%) iSCSI
7 1 (0.097%) VLAN
7 1 (0.097%) WebEx
7 1 (0.097%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (6.01%) SQL Server
2 57 (5.52%) Data Warehouse
3 52 (5.04%) Power BI
4 40 (3.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 29 (2.81%) Relational Database
6 25 (2.42%) Oracle Reports
7 23 (2.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 22 (2.13%) Data Lake
9 20 (1.94%) Metadata
9 20 (1.94%) Tableau
10 19 (1.84%) Oracle Database
11 17 (1.65%) Amazon Redshift
12 16 (1.55%) Azure SQL Database
13 15 (1.45%) DataStage
14 14 (1.36%) PostgreSQL
14 14 (1.36%) SAP HANA
15 13 (1.26%) Amazon QuickSight
16 12 (1.16%) RDBMS
17 11 (1.07%) GIS
17 11 (1.07%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 83 (8.04%) JIRA
2 8 (0.78%) Postman
3 7 (0.68%) Git
3 7 (0.68%) LSMW
4 4 (0.39%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.39%) Oracle Forms
4 4 (0.39%) Selenium
4 4 (0.39%) Visual Studio
4 4 (0.39%) Zephyr
5 3 (0.29%) GitLab
5 3 (0.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.19%) MLflow
6 2 (0.19%) Oracle APEX
6 2 (0.19%) REST Assured
6 2 (0.19%) TestRail
6 2 (0.19%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.097%) ER Studio
7 1 (0.097%) ERwin
7 1 (0.097%) Poetry
7 1 (0.097%) SonarQube
General
1 383 (37.11%) Social Skills
2 374 (36.24%) Finance
3 124 (12.02%) Analytical Skills
4 84 (8.14%) Public Sector
5 57 (5.52%) Banking
6 44 (4.26%) Documentation Skills
7 38 (3.68%) Local Government
8 37 (3.59%) Manufacturing
9 31 (3.00%) Marketing
10 27 (2.62%) Retail
11 26 (2.52%) Legal
12 23 (2.23%) Organisational Skills
13 22 (2.13%) General Ledger
14 20 (1.94%) Back Office
14 20 (1.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 19 (1.84%) Presentation Skills
16 15 (1.45%) Billing
16 15 (1.45%) Law
17 10 (0.97%) Telecoms
18 8 (0.78%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 160 (15.50%) Consultant
2 154 (14.92%) Analyst
3 137 (13.28%) Lead
4 130 (12.60%) Architect
5 101 (9.79%) Project Manager
6 87 (8.43%) Business Analyst
7 71 (6.88%) Senior
8 55 (5.33%) Data Engineer
9 51 (4.94%) SAP Consultant
10 48 (4.65%) Data Migration Lead
10 48 (4.65%) Developer
11 46 (4.46%) Data Analyst
12 41 (3.97%) Solutions Architect
13 31 (3.00%) Data Consultant
13 31 (3.00%) Migration Specialist
14 30 (2.91%) Functional Consultant
15 29 (2.81%) Data Migration Specialist
15 29 (2.81%) Oracle Consultant
16 28 (2.71%) Migration Analyst
16 28 (2.71%) Migration Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (4.36%) Oracle Fusion
2 37 (3.59%) Lightning Web Components
2 37 (3.59%) REST
3 34 (3.29%) XML
4 29 (2.81%) SOAP
5 26 (2.52%) Visualforce
6 23 (2.23%) Middleware
7 20 (1.94%) JSON
8 15 (1.45%) EDI
8 15 (1.45%) SAP Fiori
9 12 (1.16%) .NET
9 12 (1.16%) PySpark
9 12 (1.16%) Web Services
10 9 (0.87%) BAPI
10 9 (0.87%) IDoc
11 8 (0.78%) SAP PI
12 6 (0.58%) SAP Basis
12 6 (0.58%) WebdriverIO
13 5 (0.48%) GraphQL
13 5 (0.48%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 130 (12.60%) Legacy Systems
2 58 (5.62%) Data Structures
3 35 (3.39%) Management Information System
4 34 (3.29%) Onboarding
5 33 (3.20%) Product Ownership
6 19 (1.84%) Data Protection Act
7 14 (1.36%) Enterprise Software
8 13 (1.26%) Greenfield Project
9 12 (1.16%) Data Centre
9 12 (1.16%) Reference Data
10 10 (0.97%) Virtual Team
11 9 (0.87%) Replication
12 8 (0.78%) Cloud Native
12 8 (0.78%) CMDB
13 7 (0.68%) FMCG
13 7 (0.68%) NHS
13 7 (0.68%) Public Cloud
14 6 (0.58%) Analytical Mindset
14 6 (0.58%) Legacy Applications
14 6 (0.58%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 26 (2.52%) Windows
2 8 (0.78%) Windows Server
3 5 (0.48%) Linux
3 5 (0.48%) Windows 10
3 5 (0.48%) Windows Server 2016
4 4 (0.39%) Solaris
5 3 (0.29%) Unix
6 2 (0.19%) AIX
6 2 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.19%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (0.097%) MVS
7 1 (0.097%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.097%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,032 (100.00%) Migration
2 223 (21.61%) Agile
3 202 (19.57%) Problem-Solving
4 184 (17.83%) ERP
5 182 (17.64%) Stakeholder Management
6 169 (16.38%) Validation
7 159 (15.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 149 (14.44%) ETL
9 142 (13.76%) User Acceptance Testing
10 138 (13.37%) Data Modelling
11 107 (10.37%) Project Management
12 102 (9.88%) Data Governance
13 99 (9.59%) Analytics
14 96 (9.30%) Change Management
15 90 (8.72%) CRM
15 90 (8.72%) DevOps
16 86 (8.33%) Workshop Facilitation
17 81 (7.85%) Data Cleansing
18 78 (7.56%) Project Delivery
19 76 (7.36%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 205 (19.86%) SQL
2 71 (6.88%) Python
3 38 (3.68%) Java
4 37 (3.59%) Apex Code
5 23 (2.23%) C#
6 20 (1.94%) JavaScript
7 15 (1.45%) PowerShell
8 13 (1.26%) T-SQL
9 12 (1.16%) ABAP
10 9 (0.87%) Bicep
10 9 (0.87%) PL/SQL
11 7 (0.68%) VB
12 6 (0.58%) X++
13 5 (0.48%) Shell Script
14 4 (0.39%) SOQL
15 3 (0.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 3 (0.29%) Korn
15 3 (0.29%) R
15 3 (0.29%) Scala
15 3 (0.29%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 97 (9.40%) Security Cleared
2 91 (8.82%) Degree
3 76 (7.36%) SC Cleared
4 34 (3.29%) PMP
5 32 (3.10%) PMI Certification
6 29 (2.81%) Computer Science Degree
7 22 (2.13%) Master's Degree
8 19 (1.84%) BPSS Clearance
9 17 (1.65%) AWS Certification
10 15 (1.45%) SAP Certification
11 7 (0.68%) CIMA
12 6 (0.58%) ACCA
12 6 (0.58%) DV Cleared
12 6 (0.58%) Oracle Certification
13 5 (0.48%) CFA
13 5 (0.48%) DBS Check
14 4 (0.39%) CBAP
14 4 (0.39%) ISTQB
14 4 (0.39%) Microsoft Certification
14 4 (0.39%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 144 (13.95%) Data Quality
2 69 (6.69%) QA
3 58 (5.62%) GDPR
4 14 (1.36%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 11 (1.07%) SLA
6 10 (0.97%) PMO
7 9 (0.87%) Accessibility
8 8 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 7 (0.68%) GRC
10 5 (0.48%) IFRS
11 4 (0.39%) GxP
11 4 (0.39%) ISO 20022
12 3 (0.29%) GAAP
12 3 (0.29%) GMP
12 3 (0.29%) HIPAA
12 3 (0.29%) IFRS 17
12 3 (0.29%) IFRS 9
12 3 (0.29%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.19%) NIST
System Software
1 18 (1.74%) Docker
2 12 (1.16%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.29%) NFS
6 1 (0.097%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.097%) Time Sharing Option
6 1 (0.097%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 1 (0.097%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.097%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 23 (2.23%) Terraform
2 22 (2.13%) Kubernetes
3 7 (0.68%) Ansible
4 6 (0.58%) SCCM
5 5 (0.48%) HP ALM
6 3 (0.29%) HP Quality Center
6 3 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.19%) Puppet
8 1 (0.097%) Argo
8 1 (0.097%) CA Endevor
8 1 (0.097%) Cisco CUCM
8 1 (0.097%) Grafana
8 1 (0.097%) Microsoft Clustering
8 1 (0.097%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.097%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 212 (20.54%) SAP
2 168 (16.28%) Oracle
3 160 (15.50%) Microsoft
4 67 (6.49%) Salesforce
5 39 (3.78%) Workday
6 36 (3.49%) Databricks
7 17 (1.65%) Ariba
8 15 (1.45%) ServiceNow
9 13 (1.26%) Google
10 11 (1.07%) IBM
10 11 (1.07%) Informatica
10 11 (1.07%) MuleSoft
11 10 (0.97%) IFS
12 9 (0.87%) HP
12 9 (0.87%) Kronos
12 9 (0.87%) Sage
13 8 (0.78%) ESRI
13 8 (0.78%) OpenText
14 7 (0.68%) Atlassian
14 7 (0.68%) Talend