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

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 90 100
Rank change year-on-year +9 +10 +20
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,675 920 894
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.14% 2.79% 2.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.70% 3.09% 2.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,091 551 610
10th Percentile £363 £360 £375
25th Percentile £425 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +0.47%
75th Percentile £625 £634 £650
90th Percentile £733 £738 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £509 £498 £528
% change year-on-year +2.31% -5.69% +1.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 16 19
10th Percentile £17.75 £16.40 £63.00
25th Percentile £23.00 £32.25 £72.50
Median hourly rate £40.00 £36.33 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.12% -54.59% +158.06%
75th Percentile £58.81 £68.44 -
90th Percentile £76.00 £80.63 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.36 £35.16 £80.00
% change year-on-year +9.10% -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 45,278 29,786 33,285
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.80% 90.49% 85.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,840 18,586 21,275
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £423 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,823 1,710 1,832
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.20 £14.05
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.31 £18.46
Median hourly rate £42.30 £25.15 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year +68.19% -39.40% -2.35%
75th Percentile £68.00 £48.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £68.00 £74.83
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £23.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year +91.13% -45.88% +13.33%

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 14 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 14 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 14 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 +16 1,481 £525 - 552
UK excluding London +12 761 £509 +2.31% 363
London +21 722 £550 - 286
Work from Home +3 468 £525 - 316
North of England -7 202 £525 +10.53% 84
South East +3 197 £550 +7.32% 96
Midlands +16 171 £450 -10.00% 63
North West +8 122 £525 +10.53% 60
West Midlands +3 122 £435 -13.00% 36
South West +9 88 £523 -1.42% 29
Yorkshire -30 66 £519 +8.69% 20
East of England +5 52 £575 -4.88% 26
East Midlands +2 44 £525 +16.67% 27
Scotland -8 29 £525 +14.50% 40
Northern Ireland +22 20 £450 -30.77% 24
North East -28 17 £575 - 5
Wales -13 7 £463 -2.63% 4
Channel Islands +3 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 67 (4.00%) SharePoint
2 53 (3.16%) Confluence
3 11 (0.66%) Apache
3 11 (0.66%) Oracle Workflow
4 10 (0.60%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (0.48%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.30%) Tuxedo
7 3 (0.18%) SAS
8 2 (0.12%) CMS
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 (0.060%) IIS
9 1 (0.060%) OpenROAD
9 1 (0.060%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
9 1 (0.060%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 73 (4.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (0.90%) Microsoft Project
2 15 (0.90%) Spreadsheet
3 14 (0.84%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (0.84%) MS Visio
4 11 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.060%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 173 (10.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 47 (2.81%) Dynamics CRM
3 35 (2.09%) Oracle EBS
4 26 (1.55%) Oracle Payables
5 24 (1.43%) Oracle ERP
6 22 (1.31%) Oracle Receivables
7 20 (1.19%) SAP ERP
8 19 (1.13%) NetSuite
9 14 (0.84%) Oracle Financials
9 14 (0.84%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 13 (0.78%) iTrent
10 13 (0.78%) Oracle General Ledger
11 12 (0.72%) Oracle Assets
11 12 (0.72%) Workday HCM
12 11 (0.66%) Teamcenter
13 10 (0.60%) SAP MDG
13 10 (0.60%) SAP SD
14 8 (0.48%) Oracle Cash Management
14 8 (0.48%) SAP CO
14 8 (0.48%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 278 (16.60%) Azure
2 169 (10.09%) Power Platform
3 163 (9.73%) AWS
4 136 (8.12%) Dynamics 365
5 103 (6.15%) OCI
6 86 (5.13%) Azure DevOps
7 69 (4.12%) SaaS
8 57 (3.40%) Azure Data Factory
9 49 (2.93%) Snowflake
10 46 (2.75%) Microsoft 365
11 39 (2.33%) GitHub
12 37 (2.21%) SuccessFactors
13 36 (2.15%) Power Automate
14 35 (2.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 31 (1.85%) Amazon S3
16 27 (1.61%) PowerApps
17 25 (1.49%) GCP
18 18 (1.07%) Microsoft Purview
18 18 (1.07%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
19 17 (1.01%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 9 (0.54%) DNS
1 9 (0.54%) VPN
2 8 (0.48%) SAN
3 7 (0.42%) NAS
4 5 (0.30%) Firewall
5 3 (0.18%) Intranet
5 3 (0.18%) VSAN
6 2 (0.12%) Fibre Channel
6 2 (0.12%) HTTP
7 1 (0.060%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (0.060%) DKIM
7 1 (0.060%) DMARC
7 1 (0.060%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.060%) Internet
7 1 (0.060%) iSCSI
7 1 (0.060%) Network Security
7 1 (0.060%) SNMP
7 1 (0.060%) SSL
7 1 (0.060%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.060%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 139 (8.30%) Power BI
2 126 (7.52%) Data Warehouse
3 71 (4.24%) Oracle Reports
3 71 (4.24%) SQL Server
4 52 (3.10%) Metadata
5 48 (2.87%) Relational Database
6 47 (2.81%) Data Lake
7 33 (1.97%) Oracle Database
8 30 (1.79%) PostgreSQL
9 26 (1.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 19 (1.13%) RDBMS
11 18 (1.07%) Azure SQL Database
11 18 (1.07%) NoSQL
12 15 (0.90%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 13 (0.78%) SAP Data Services
13 13 (0.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 12 (0.72%) Oracle Exadata
15 11 (0.66%) DataStage
15 11 (0.66%) MongoDB
16 10 (0.60%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 149 (8.90%) JIRA
2 64 (3.82%) Git
3 49 (2.93%) Zephyr
4 41 (2.45%) Postman
5 20 (1.19%) GitLab
6 19 (1.13%) Jenkins
7 13 (0.78%) Oracle Forms
8 12 (0.72%) 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%) Cucumber
10 5 (0.30%) JUnit
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
General
1 591 (35.28%) Finance
2 486 (29.01%) Social Skills
3 220 (13.13%) Analytical Skills
4 155 (9.25%) Public Sector
5 103 (6.15%) Banking
6 90 (5.37%) Manufacturing
7 60 (3.58%) Documentation Skills
8 56 (3.34%) Retail
9 53 (3.16%) Law
10 43 (2.57%) General Ledger
11 36 (2.15%) Organisational Skills
12 33 (1.97%) Local Government
13 29 (1.73%) Marketing
14 27 (1.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 27 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
14 27 (1.61%) Legal
15 24 (1.43%) Automotive
15 24 (1.43%) Billing
16 23 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
17 22 (1.31%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 312 (18.63%) Lead
2 235 (14.03%) Analyst
3 215 (12.84%) Architect
4 185 (11.04%) Consultant
5 141 (8.42%) Senior
6 139 (8.30%) Data Engineer
7 114 (6.81%) Business Analyst
8 110 (6.57%) Project Manager
9 108 (6.45%) Data Migration Lead
10 88 (5.25%) Developer
11 80 (4.78%) Data Analyst
12 73 (4.36%) Data Architect
13 66 (3.94%) Migration Engineer
14 57 (3.40%) SAP Consultant
14 57 (3.40%) Solutions Architect
15 54 (3.22%) Data Migration Engineer
16 50 (2.99%) Data Consultant
17 48 (2.87%) Migration Analyst
18 47 (2.81%) Migration Manager
19 46 (2.75%) Migration Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 103 (6.15%) Oracle Fusion
2 52 (3.10%) Middleware
3 44 (2.63%) REST
4 32 (1.91%) .NET
5 26 (1.55%) SOAP
6 25 (1.49%) XML
7 20 (1.19%) PySpark
8 19 (1.13%) JSON
8 19 (1.13%) Kafka
9 14 (0.84%) Spring
10 13 (0.78%) Lightning Web Components
10 13 (0.78%) Oracle GoldenGate
11 9 (0.54%) Keycloak
12 8 (0.48%) RESTful
12 8 (0.48%) Spring Boot
13 7 (0.42%) HTML
13 7 (0.42%) Playwright
13 7 (0.42%) React
13 7 (0.42%) SAP Fiori
14 6 (0.36%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 191 (11.40%) Legacy Systems
2 113 (6.75%) Data Structures
3 50 (2.99%) Management Information System
4 49 (2.93%) Cloud Native
4 49 (2.93%) Onboarding
5 41 (2.45%) Product Ownership
5 41 (2.45%) Public Cloud
6 36 (2.15%) Enterprise Software
7 30 (1.79%) Greenfield Project
8 19 (1.13%) FMCG
8 19 (1.13%) NHS
8 19 (1.13%) Replication
9 18 (1.07%) Data Protection Act
10 16 (0.96%) Data Centre
11 15 (0.90%) Reference Data
12 14 (0.84%) Distributed Systems
13 13 (0.78%) Mainframe
14 12 (0.72%) Analytical Mindset
15 11 (0.66%) Legacy Applications
15 11 (0.66%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 35 (2.09%) Windows
2 32 (1.91%) Linux
3 12 (0.72%) AIX
4 9 (0.54%) Unix
5 6 (0.36%) Data ONTAP
6 4 (0.24%) VMS
6 4 (0.24%) zOS
7 3 (0.18%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.18%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.060%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,675 (100.00%) Migration
2 460 (27.46%) Validation
3 400 (23.88%) Stakeholder Management
4 378 (22.57%) User Acceptance Testing
5 375 (22.39%) ERP
6 298 (17.79%) Agile
7 285 (17.01%) ETL
8 272 (16.24%) Data Modelling
9 258 (15.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 206 (12.30%) Problem-Solving
11 198 (11.82%) Data Governance
12 173 (10.33%) Business Intelligence
13 158 (9.43%) Data Cleansing
14 157 (9.37%) DevOps
15 153 (9.13%) Analytics
16 145 (8.66%) Continuous Improvement
17 144 (8.60%) Data Mapping
18 135 (8.06%) CI/CD
19 126 (7.52%) Data Transformation
20 122 (7.28%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 345 (20.60%) SQL
2 113 (6.75%) Python
3 47 (2.81%) Java
4 32 (1.91%) PL/SQL
5 30 (1.79%) JavaScript
6 26 (1.55%) C#
7 17 (1.01%) Bash
8 14 (0.84%) PowerShell
9 13 (0.78%) Kotlin
10 12 (0.72%) T-SQL
11 11 (0.66%) Apex Code
12 9 (0.54%) TypeScript
13 6 (0.36%) C
13 6 (0.36%) Shell Script
14 5 (0.30%) ABAP
14 5 (0.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 5 (0.30%) MUMPS
14 5 (0.30%) VB
14 5 (0.30%) VB6
14 5 (0.30%) VBA
Qualifications
1 284 (16.96%) Security Cleared
2 224 (13.37%) SC Cleared
3 59 (3.52%) Degree
4 39 (2.33%) ISTQB
5 38 (2.27%) DV Cleared
6 34 (2.03%) PMP
7 32 (1.91%) PMI Certification
8 30 (1.79%) BPSS Clearance
9 29 (1.73%) ACCA
9 29 (1.73%) CIMA
10 16 (0.96%) Azure Certification
11 11 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
12 10 (0.60%) Computer Science Degree
13 9 (0.54%) AWS Certification
14 8 (0.48%) DBS Check
14 8 (0.48%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 8 (0.48%) SAP Certification
15 7 (0.42%) Oracle Certification
16 5 (0.30%) ISEB
16 5 (0.30%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 332 (19.82%) Data Quality
2 154 (9.19%) QA
3 79 (4.72%) GDPR
4 34 (2.03%) PMO
5 12 (0.72%) IFRS
5 12 (0.72%) SLA
6 11 (0.66%) HL7
7 10 (0.60%) Accessibility
7 10 (0.60%) GRC
8 8 (0.48%) SNOMED CT
9 7 (0.42%) DICOM
9 7 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 6 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
10 6 (0.36%) GMP
11 4 (0.24%) GxP
11 4 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 4 (0.24%) PERC
11 4 (0.24%) Solvency II
12 3 (0.18%) GAAP
13 2 (0.12%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 18 (1.07%) Docker
2 15 (0.90%) Active Directory
2 15 (0.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (0.84%) Oracle RAC
4 9 (0.54%) vSphere
5 6 (0.36%) VMware NSX
6 5 (0.30%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.24%) SRDF
8 3 (0.18%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 3 (0.18%) NFS
8 3 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 38 (2.27%) Terraform
2 33 (1.97%) Kubernetes
3 27 (1.61%) Ansible
4 12 (0.72%) Data Guard
4 12 (0.72%) Oracle RMAN
5 11 (0.66%) HP ALM
6 9 (0.54%) Grafana
6 9 (0.54%) vCenter Server
7 8 (0.48%) Argo
7 8 (0.48%) Karpenter
8 5 (0.30%) SnapMirror
9 4 (0.24%) EMC NetWorker
9 4 (0.24%) EMC VPLEX
9 4 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (0.24%) NetBackup
10 3 (0.18%) SnapVault
11 2 (0.12%) Failover Clustering
11 2 (0.12%) Prometheus
11 2 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.060%) Avamar
Vendors
1 343 (20.48%) Oracle
2 308 (18.39%) SAP
3 281 (16.78%) Microsoft
4 88 (5.25%) Databricks
5 74 (4.42%) Salesforce
6 34 (2.03%) ServiceNow
7 32 (1.91%) Workday
8 29 (1.73%) Informatica
9 24 (1.43%) Talend
10 23 (1.37%) IBM
11 21 (1.25%) Google
11 21 (1.25%) IFS
12 20 (1.19%) Ariba
13 18 (1.07%) Sage
13 18 (1.07%) VMware
14 15 (0.90%) MuleSoft
15 14 (0.84%) Infor
15 14 (0.84%) InterSystems
16 11 (0.66%) HP
17 10 (0.60%) Siebel