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 15 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 96 90
Rank change year-on-year +10 -6 +49
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,330 784 1,023
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.90% 2.68% 2.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.41% 2.95% 2.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 840 509 690
10th Percentile £363 £385 £375
25th Percentile £450 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £650
90th Percentile £701 £713 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 10 38
10th Percentile £14.61 £32.94 £25.00
25th Percentile £17.00 £57.50 £40.00
Median hourly rate £41.56 £75.00 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.59% -6.25% +276.47%
75th Percentile £76.88 £87.39 -
90th Percentile £91.00 £87.50 £86.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.76 £60.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year -50.40% -20.00% +261.45%

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 39,015 26,568 37,622
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.08% 90.69% 86.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,668 17,198 24,355
10th Percentile £316 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £635 £638
90th Percentile £725 £743 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £488 £500
% change year-on-year - -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,323 1,023 2,389
10th Percentile £14.96 £14.92 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.45 £18.51 £15.85
Median hourly rate £37.00 £30.78 £33.07
Median % change year-on-year +20.21% -6.91% -8.79%
75th Percentile £65.00 £62.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £78.25 £75.00 £71.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.20 £29.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year +28.28% -12.12% -8.65%

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 15 April 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 15 April 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 15 April 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 +18 1,159 £525 -0.76% 293
London +28 592 £525 -4.55% 131
UK excluding London +5 564 £525 +2.44% 199
Work from Home -13 352 £500 -7.19% 139
South East -5 163 £624 +13.97% 71
North of England -7 155 £500 -4.76% 49
Midlands -19 112 £450 -10.89% 34
North West +2 91 £460 -14.34% 31
West Midlands -32 73 £450 -10.00% 22
Yorkshire -32 55 £527 +31.75% 14
East of England -7 48 £581 -10.58% 11
East Midlands -7 36 £475 -2.81% 12
Scotland +9 33 £559 +18.13% 11
South West -23 33 £600 +17.07% 19
Northern Ireland +11 14 £463 -11.90% 3
North East -13 9 £488 -20.41% 4
Wales -6 7 £550 +46.67% 1
Channel Islands -2 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 38 (2.86%) SharePoint
2 37 (2.78%) Confluence
3 9 (0.68%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
4 8 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (0.38%) Apache
5 5 (0.38%) Oracle Workflow
6 4 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.30%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 3 (0.23%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.15%) Appian
8 2 (0.15%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.075%) CMS
9 1 (0.075%) IIS
9 1 (0.075%) OpenROAD
9 1 (0.075%) Oracle Service Bus
9 1 (0.075%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.075%) WebSphere
Applications
1 65 (4.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (1.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 21 (1.58%) Spreadsheet
4 19 (1.43%) Microsoft Project
5 16 (1.20%) MS Visio
6 12 (0.90%) Microsoft Office
7 1 (0.075%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.075%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 149 (11.20%) SAP S/4HANA
2 58 (4.36%) Oracle EBS
3 37 (2.78%) Dynamics CRM
4 22 (1.65%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 16 (1.20%) SAP ERP
6 14 (1.05%) NetSuite
7 13 (0.98%) Loan IQ
7 13 (0.98%) Oracle ERP
8 11 (0.83%) Workday HCM
9 10 (0.75%) Oracle EBS R12
9 10 (0.75%) Oracle General Ledger
9 10 (0.75%) Oracle Payables
9 10 (0.75%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
10 9 (0.68%) Oracle Receivables
11 8 (0.60%) SAP FI
11 8 (0.60%) SAP MDG
12 7 (0.53%) SAP CO
13 6 (0.45%) Finacle
13 6 (0.45%) SAP FI/CO
14 5 (0.38%) Adobe Campaign
Cloud Services
1 201 (15.11%) Azure
2 136 (10.23%) Power Platform
3 121 (9.10%) AWS
4 102 (7.67%) Dynamics 365
5 92 (6.92%) OCI
6 59 (4.44%) Azure DevOps
7 47 (3.53%) SaaS
8 45 (3.38%) Azure Data Factory
9 36 (2.71%) GitHub
10 29 (2.18%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 29 (2.18%) Snowflake
11 28 (2.11%) Microsoft 365
11 28 (2.11%) SuccessFactors
12 23 (1.73%) Amazon S3
13 20 (1.50%) GCP
14 17 (1.28%) OpenShift
15 15 (1.13%) Entra ID
16 14 (1.05%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
17 13 (0.98%) Microsoft Purview
17 13 (0.98%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.20%) SAN
2 14 (1.05%) DNS
2 14 (1.05%) NAS
3 5 (0.38%) VPN
3 5 (0.38%) VSAN
4 4 (0.30%) Fibre Channel
5 3 (0.23%) FCoE
5 3 (0.23%) Firewall
5 3 (0.23%) iSCSI
6 2 (0.15%) HTTP
6 2 (0.15%) Network Security
6 2 (0.15%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.075%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (0.075%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.075%) Internet
7 1 (0.075%) Intranet
7 1 (0.075%) SNMP
7 1 (0.075%) SSL
7 1 (0.075%) VLAN
7 1 (0.075%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 114 (8.57%) Power BI
2 88 (6.62%) Data Warehouse
3 59 (4.44%) SQL Server
4 53 (3.98%) Oracle Reports
5 38 (2.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 35 (2.63%) Metadata
7 31 (2.33%) Data Lake
8 28 (2.11%) PostgreSQL
8 28 (2.11%) Relational Database
9 22 (1.65%) Oracle Database
10 18 (1.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 16 (1.20%) SAP Data Services
12 15 (1.13%) Amazon Redshift
12 15 (1.13%) NoSQL
13 13 (0.98%) Oracle BI Publisher
14 12 (0.90%) Tableau
15 10 (0.75%) DB2
15 10 (0.75%) Electronic Patient Records
16 9 (0.68%) Amazon Athena
16 9 (0.68%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 109 (8.20%) JIRA
2 28 (2.11%) Git
3 26 (1.95%) Zephyr
4 25 (1.88%) Postman
5 19 (1.43%) Jenkins
6 12 (0.90%) Selenium
7 10 (0.75%) GitLab
8 8 (0.60%) LSMW
8 8 (0.60%) Oracle Forms
9 6 (0.45%) Hudson
9 6 (0.45%) JUnit
10 5 (0.38%) Cucumber
11 4 (0.30%) Toad
12 3 (0.23%) Bitbucket
12 3 (0.23%) ERwin
12 3 (0.23%) MLflow
12 3 (0.23%) Oracle APEX
12 3 (0.23%) Rational DOORS
12 3 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 3 (0.23%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 454 (34.14%) Social Skills
2 446 (33.53%) Finance
3 169 (12.71%) Analytical Skills
4 118 (8.87%) Public Sector
5 71 (5.34%) Banking
6 68 (5.11%) Manufacturing
7 55 (4.14%) Documentation Skills
8 47 (3.53%) Law
9 42 (3.16%) Retail
10 40 (3.01%) Presentation Skills
11 24 (1.80%) Organisational Skills
11 24 (1.80%) Pharmaceutical
12 23 (1.73%) Legal
13 20 (1.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 20 (1.50%) Local Government
13 20 (1.50%) Marketing
14 18 (1.35%) Billing
14 18 (1.35%) General Ledger
15 12 (0.90%) Aerospace
15 12 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 282 (21.20%) Lead
2 188 (14.14%) Analyst
3 168 (12.63%) Architect
4 157 (11.80%) Consultant
5 108 (8.12%) Project Manager
6 103 (7.74%) Business Analyst
7 95 (7.14%) Senior
8 90 (6.77%) Data Engineer
9 87 (6.54%) Data Migration Lead
10 69 (5.19%) Developer
11 65 (4.89%) Data Analyst
12 57 (4.29%) Migration Analyst
13 49 (3.68%) SAP Consultant
14 44 (3.31%) Data Architect
14 44 (3.31%) Migration Manager
15 43 (3.23%) Solutions Architect
16 42 (3.16%) Data Migration Analyst
17 39 (2.93%) Data Consultant
18 37 (2.78%) Migration Consultant
19 36 (2.71%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (6.39%) Oracle Fusion
2 40 (3.01%) REST
3 32 (2.41%) Middleware
4 28 (2.11%) XML
5 21 (1.58%) SOAP
6 20 (1.50%) JSON
7 16 (1.20%) .NET
8 14 (1.05%) Kafka
9 13 (0.98%) Lightning Web Components
9 13 (0.98%) PySpark
9 13 (0.98%) Spring
10 12 (0.90%) OpenTelemetry
11 7 (0.53%) React
11 7 (0.53%) Web Services
12 6 (0.45%) AngularJS
12 6 (0.45%) RESTful
13 5 (0.38%) FHIR
13 5 (0.38%) Spring Boot
13 5 (0.38%) Visualforce
13 5 (0.38%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 182 (13.68%) Legacy Systems
2 97 (7.29%) Data Structures
3 43 (3.23%) Management Information System
4 42 (3.16%) Cloud Native
5 38 (2.86%) Onboarding
6 26 (1.95%) Greenfield Project
6 26 (1.95%) Product Ownership
7 23 (1.73%) Replication
8 21 (1.58%) Data Protection Act
9 18 (1.35%) Public Cloud
10 15 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
10 15 (1.13%) Hybrid Cloud
11 13 (0.98%) Data Centre
11 13 (0.98%) NHS
11 13 (0.98%) Reference Data
11 13 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
12 12 (0.90%) FMCG
12 12 (0.90%) Mainframe
13 11 (0.83%) Distributed Systems
13 11 (0.83%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 28 (2.11%) Windows
2 11 (0.83%) Linux
3 8 (0.60%) Windows 10
4 7 (0.53%) Apple iOS
4 7 (0.53%) Windows Server
4 7 (0.53%) zOS
5 6 (0.45%) Unix
6 3 (0.23%) Data ONTAP
7 2 (0.15%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.075%) AIX
8 1 (0.075%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,330 (100.00%) Migration
2 323 (24.29%) Validation
3 313 (23.53%) Stakeholder Management
4 285 (21.43%) ERP
5 266 (20.00%) Agile
6 257 (19.32%) User Acceptance Testing
7 217 (16.32%) ETL
7 217 (16.32%) Problem-Solving
8 197 (14.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 189 (14.21%) Data Modelling
10 148 (11.13%) Business Intelligence
11 145 (10.90%) Data Cleansing
12 139 (10.45%) Project Management
13 131 (9.85%) Data Mapping
14 130 (9.77%) Analytics
15 125 (9.40%) Continuous Improvement
16 120 (9.02%) Workshop Facilitation
17 113 (8.50%) DevOps
18 110 (8.27%) Change Management
19 109 (8.20%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 250 (18.80%) SQL
2 107 (8.05%) Python
3 47 (3.53%) Java
4 28 (2.11%) PL/SQL
5 20 (1.50%) JavaScript
6 18 (1.35%) Bash
7 16 (1.20%) PowerShell
8 13 (0.98%) C#
9 12 (0.90%) Apex Code
10 10 (0.75%) VBA
11 7 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 7 (0.53%) Kotlin
11 7 (0.53%) T-SQL
12 6 (0.45%) Shell Script
13 5 (0.38%) ABAP
13 5 (0.38%) Korn
13 5 (0.38%) Perl
13 5 (0.38%) PHP
14 4 (0.30%) C
14 4 (0.30%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 209 (15.71%) Security Cleared
2 154 (11.58%) SC Cleared
3 64 (4.81%) Degree
4 30 (2.26%) DV Cleared
5 29 (2.18%) BPSS Clearance
5 29 (2.18%) PMP
6 23 (1.73%) Computer Science Degree
6 23 (1.73%) PMI Certification
7 19 (1.43%) ISTQB
8 16 (1.20%) AWS Certification
9 13 (0.98%) Azure Certification
10 10 (0.75%) Master's Degree
11 9 (0.68%) SAP Certification
12 6 (0.45%) CIMA
13 5 (0.38%) ACCA
14 4 (0.30%) ISEB
14 4 (0.30%) Microsoft Certification
14 4 (0.30%) OCP
14 4 (0.30%) Oracle Certification
14 4 (0.30%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 227 (17.07%) Data Quality
2 114 (8.57%) QA
3 62 (4.66%) GDPR
4 25 (1.88%) PMO
5 15 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (0.98%) COBIT
7 12 (0.90%) NIST
8 9 (0.68%) IFRS
8 9 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 9 (0.68%) SLA
9 8 (0.60%) GMP
9 8 (0.60%) GxP
9 8 (0.60%) HL7
10 6 (0.45%) Accessibility
10 6 (0.45%) GAAP
11 5 (0.38%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 5 (0.38%) DICOM
11 5 (0.38%) IFRS 9
12 4 (0.30%) Basel III
12 4 (0.30%) PERC
System Software
1 25 (1.88%) VMware Infrastructure
2 19 (1.43%) Active Directory
3 15 (1.13%) vSphere
4 13 (0.98%) VMware NSX
5 11 (0.83%) Docker
6 9 (0.68%) NFS
7 6 (0.45%) SRDF
8 3 (0.23%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.23%) Oracle RAC
9 2 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.075%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 35 (2.63%) Kubernetes
2 27 (2.03%) Terraform
3 19 (1.43%) Grafana
4 16 (1.20%) Ansible
5 15 (1.13%) vCenter Server
6 14 (1.05%) Argo
7 13 (0.98%) Microsoft Intune
8 9 (0.68%) HP ALM
9 8 (0.60%) EMC VPLEX
9 8 (0.60%) SCCM
10 6 (0.45%) vMotion
11 4 (0.30%) EMC TimeFinder
11 4 (0.30%) Prometheus
11 4 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
12 3 (0.23%) EMC NetWorker
12 3 (0.23%) NetBackup
13 2 (0.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 2 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
13 2 (0.15%) SnapMirror
13 2 (0.15%) SnapVault
Vendors
1 255 (19.17%) SAP
2 252 (18.95%) Oracle
3 215 (16.17%) Microsoft
4 64 (4.81%) Salesforce
5 53 (3.98%) Databricks
6 37 (2.78%) Workday
7 29 (2.18%) VMware
8 27 (2.03%) ServiceNow
9 25 (1.88%) Pure Storage
10 24 (1.80%) Informatica
10 24 (1.80%) Sage
11 21 (1.58%) Ariba
12 19 (1.43%) Talend
13 17 (1.28%) Avaloq
13 17 (1.28%) Red Hat
14 16 (1.20%) IFS
14 16 (1.20%) MuleSoft
15 15 (1.13%) IBM
16 14 (1.05%) Google
17 13 (0.98%) Splunk