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 11 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 90 97
Rank change year-on-year +10 +7 +33
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,506 785 966
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.02% 2.67% 2.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.56% 2.94% 2.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 952 482 655
10th Percentile £363 £363 £354
25th Percentile £450 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £527 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.38% -4.18% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £629 £650
90th Percentile £733 £702 £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 38 15 33
10th Percentile £17.23 £32.27 £25.00
25th Percentile £20.00 £35.56 £40.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £65.00 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.46% -13.33% +180.37%
75th Percentile £56.58 £87.05 £80.00
90th Percentile £76.00 £87.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.71 £60.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year -38.82% -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 42,291 26,731 37,187
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.76% 91.01% 85.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,385 16,984 23,772
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.99% -3.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £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 2,541 1,182 2,587
10th Percentile £14.68 £14.20 £12.75
25th Percentile £20.00 £17.87 £16.00
Median hourly rate £43.96 £27.28 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +61.14% -25.26% +1.39%
75th Percentile £68.00 £56.00 £61.16
90th Percentile £81.25 £73.75 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +78.93% -34.02% +8.91%

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 11 June 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 11 June 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 11 June 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 1,354 £525 -0.94% 288
UK excluding London +17 682 £523 +4.50% 212
London +29 667 £550 -0.90% 134
Work from Home +7 398 £522 -3.06% 173
South East +5 186 £550 +10.00% 73
North of England -23 179 £500 +4.17% 56
Midlands 0 143 £488 +3.72% 33
North West +1 112 £475 -9.52% 35
West Midlands +2 103 £473 -0.42% 17
South West +13 71 £525 +5.00% 18
East of England +4 57 £575 -11.54% 16
Yorkshire -40 56 £530 +17.54% 12
East Midlands -4 36 £500 +9.29% 16
Scotland -16 22 £599 +26.11% 11
Northern Ireland - 21 £475 - 5
North East -19 11 £488 -15.22% 9
Wales -10 7 £475 - 6
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 48 (3.19%) SharePoint
2 44 (2.92%) Confluence
3 9 (0.60%) Oracle Workflow
4 8 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (0.33%) Tuxedo
6 4 (0.27%) Apache
6 4 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.27%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.27%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
6 4 (0.27%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.13%) Appian
8 1 (0.066%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.066%) CMS
8 1 (0.066%) IIS
8 1 (0.066%) OpenROAD
8 1 (0.066%) Oracle Service Bus
8 1 (0.066%) WebSphere
Applications
1 78 (5.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (1.46%) Spreadsheet
3 19 (1.26%) Microsoft Project
4 15 (1.00%) MS Visio
5 14 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 11 (0.73%) Microsoft Office
7 2 (0.13%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.066%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 170 (11.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 44 (2.92%) Oracle EBS
3 37 (2.46%) Dynamics CRM
4 22 (1.46%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 21 (1.39%) SAP ERP
6 20 (1.33%) Oracle ERP
7 17 (1.13%) NetSuite
8 14 (0.93%) Oracle General Ledger
8 14 (0.93%) Oracle Payables
9 13 (0.86%) Oracle Receivables
10 11 (0.73%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
11 10 (0.66%) iTrent
11 10 (0.66%) Loan IQ
11 10 (0.66%) Oracle Assets
12 9 (0.60%) Oracle EBS R12
12 9 (0.60%) Oracle Financials
13 8 (0.53%) NEC Housing
13 8 (0.53%) SAP CO
13 8 (0.53%) SAP SD
14 7 (0.46%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 242 (16.07%) Azure
2 150 (9.96%) AWS
3 137 (9.10%) Power Platform
4 107 (7.10%) Dynamics 365
5 79 (5.25%) OCI
6 77 (5.11%) Azure DevOps
7 63 (4.18%) SaaS
8 43 (2.86%) Azure Data Factory
9 42 (2.79%) Snowflake
10 39 (2.59%) GitHub
11 32 (2.12%) Microsoft 365
12 28 (1.86%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 22 (1.46%) GCP
13 22 (1.46%) SuccessFactors
14 21 (1.39%) Amazon S3
15 19 (1.26%) Power Automate
16 17 (1.13%) OpenShift
17 15 (1.00%) PowerApps
17 15 (1.00%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
17 15 (1.00%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 19 (1.26%) SAN
2 15 (1.00%) NAS
3 14 (0.93%) DNS
4 6 (0.40%) Firewall
4 6 (0.40%) VPN
4 6 (0.40%) VSAN
5 4 (0.27%) Fibre Channel
6 3 (0.20%) FCoE
6 3 (0.20%) iSCSI
7 2 (0.13%) HTTP
7 2 (0.13%) Network Security
8 1 (0.066%) Cisco Nexus
8 1 (0.066%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.066%) Internet
8 1 (0.066%) Intranet
8 1 (0.066%) SNMP
8 1 (0.066%) SSL
8 1 (0.066%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.066%) VLAN
8 1 (0.066%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (7.37%) Power BI
2 104 (6.91%) Data Warehouse
3 68 (4.52%) Oracle Reports
4 64 (4.25%) SQL Server
5 40 (2.66%) Metadata
6 35 (2.32%) Data Lake
7 29 (1.93%) Relational Database
7 29 (1.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 28 (1.86%) PostgreSQL
9 23 (1.53%) Oracle Database
10 21 (1.39%) NoSQL
11 17 (1.13%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 13 (0.86%) Db2
12 13 (0.86%) SAP Data Services
12 13 (0.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 12 (0.80%) Amazon Redshift
13 12 (0.80%) RDBMS
14 10 (0.66%) Electronic Patient Records
14 10 (0.66%) Tableau
15 9 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 134 (8.90%) JIRA
2 48 (3.19%) Git
3 40 (2.66%) Zephyr
4 34 (2.26%) Postman
5 23 (1.53%) Jenkins
6 13 (0.86%) GitLab
7 12 (0.80%) Selenium
8 11 (0.73%) Oracle Forms
9 8 (0.53%) Team Foundation Server
10 6 (0.40%) Cypress.io
10 6 (0.40%) Gatling
10 6 (0.40%) Hudson
10 6 (0.40%) JUnit
10 6 (0.40%) LSMW
11 5 (0.33%) Cucumber
11 5 (0.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 3 (0.20%) Bitbucket
12 3 (0.20%) Claude Code
12 3 (0.20%) ERwin
12 3 (0.20%) Rational DOORS
General
1 520 (34.53%) Finance
2 459 (30.48%) Social Skills
3 182 (12.08%) Analytical Skills
4 125 (8.30%) Public Sector
5 97 (6.44%) Banking
6 78 (5.18%) Manufacturing
7 59 (3.92%) Documentation Skills
8 47 (3.12%) Law
9 45 (2.99%) Retail
10 35 (2.32%) General Ledger
11 34 (2.26%) Presentation Skills
12 31 (2.06%) Local Government
13 28 (1.86%) Organisational Skills
14 26 (1.73%) Legal
15 25 (1.66%) Pharmaceutical
16 23 (1.53%) Marketing
17 21 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 19 (1.26%) Billing
19 17 (1.13%) Aerospace
19 17 (1.13%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 318 (21.12%) Lead
2 210 (13.94%) Analyst
3 193 (12.82%) Architect
4 169 (11.22%) Consultant
5 111 (7.37%) Data Migration Lead
5 111 (7.37%) Project Manager
6 106 (7.04%) Data Engineer
7 104 (6.91%) Senior
8 93 (6.18%) Business Analyst
9 77 (5.11%) Data Analyst
10 69 (4.58%) Developer
11 68 (4.52%) Data Architect
12 60 (3.98%) Migration Engineer
13 57 (3.78%) SAP Consultant
14 55 (3.65%) Migration Analyst
15 54 (3.59%) Migration Manager
16 51 (3.39%) Data Migration Engineer
17 43 (2.86%) Data Consultant
17 43 (2.86%) Data Migration Analyst
18 42 (2.79%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 95 (6.31%) Oracle Fusion
2 45 (2.99%) REST
3 42 (2.79%) Middleware
4 25 (1.66%) SOAP
5 22 (1.46%) XML
6 21 (1.39%) .NET
7 20 (1.33%) Spring
8 18 (1.20%) Kafka
9 17 (1.13%) JSON
10 12 (0.80%) Spring Boot
11 11 (0.73%) Lightning Web Components
11 11 (0.73%) OpenTelemetry
12 10 (0.66%) PySpark
12 10 (0.66%) React
13 9 (0.60%) ADO
14 7 (0.46%) FHIR
14 7 (0.46%) ODBC
14 7 (0.46%) Playwright
14 7 (0.46%) RESTful
14 7 (0.46%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 190 (12.62%) Legacy Systems
2 111 (7.37%) Data Structures
3 47 (3.12%) Cloud Native
4 42 (2.79%) Management Information System
5 38 (2.52%) Onboarding
6 29 (1.93%) Public Cloud
7 28 (1.86%) Greenfield Project
8 25 (1.66%) Product Ownership
9 24 (1.59%) Replication
10 21 (1.39%) Data Protection Act
11 20 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
12 17 (1.13%) Reference Data
13 16 (1.06%) Data Centre
13 16 (1.06%) Mainframe
14 15 (1.00%) Distributed Systems
15 14 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
15 14 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
16 13 (0.86%) FMCG
17 12 (0.80%) NHS
18 11 (0.73%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 27 (1.79%) Windows
2 14 (0.93%) Linux
3 7 (0.46%) zOS
4 6 (0.40%) Data ONTAP
4 6 (0.40%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.27%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.27%) VMS
6 3 (0.20%) AIX
6 3 (0.20%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.13%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.13%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,506 (100.00%) Migration
2 404 (26.83%) Validation
3 325 (21.58%) User Acceptance Testing
4 322 (21.38%) ERP
5 320 (21.25%) Stakeholder Management
6 279 (18.53%) Agile
7 241 (16.00%) ETL
8 220 (14.61%) Problem-Solving
8 220 (14.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 219 (14.54%) Data Modelling
10 147 (9.76%) Data Cleansing
11 146 (9.69%) Business Intelligence
12 138 (9.16%) DevOps
13 136 (9.03%) Data Governance
14 134 (8.90%) Data Mapping
15 130 (8.63%) Project Management
16 127 (8.43%) Continuous Improvement
17 120 (7.97%) Analytics
18 111 (7.37%) CI/CD
19 110 (7.30%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 299 (19.85%) SQL
2 121 (8.03%) Python
3 47 (3.12%) Java
4 30 (1.99%) PL/SQL
5 24 (1.59%) Bash
6 23 (1.53%) JavaScript
7 14 (0.93%) PowerShell
8 12 (0.80%) C#
8 12 (0.80%) Kotlin
9 11 (0.73%) TypeScript
10 9 (0.60%) Apex Code
10 9 (0.60%) T-SQL
11 8 (0.53%) VB
11 8 (0.53%) VBA
12 7 (0.46%) C
12 7 (0.46%) VB6
13 5 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 4 (0.27%) Shell Script
15 3 (0.20%) ABAP
15 3 (0.20%) C++
Qualifications
1 249 (16.53%) Security Cleared
2 196 (13.01%) SC Cleared
3 63 (4.18%) Degree
4 33 (2.19%) ISTQB
5 29 (1.93%) DV Cleared
6 28 (1.86%) PMP
7 24 (1.59%) PMI Certification
8 20 (1.33%) BPSS Clearance
8 20 (1.33%) Computer Science Degree
9 19 (1.26%) CIMA
10 18 (1.20%) ACCA
11 15 (1.00%) Azure Certification
12 8 (0.53%) AWS Certification
13 7 (0.46%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 6 (0.40%) DBS Check
14 6 (0.40%) ISEB
14 6 (0.40%) SAP Certification
15 5 (0.33%) Master's Degree
15 5 (0.33%) Oracle Certification
15 5 (0.33%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 266 (17.66%) Data Quality
2 140 (9.30%) QA
3 68 (4.52%) GDPR
4 29 (1.93%) PMO
5 16 (1.06%) SLA
6 12 (0.80%) IFRS
7 11 (0.73%) HL7
8 10 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 9 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 8 (0.53%) GMP
10 8 (0.53%) SNOMED CT
11 7 (0.46%) COBIT
11 7 (0.46%) GxP
12 6 (0.40%) Accessibility
12 6 (0.40%) DICOM
12 6 (0.40%) GAAP
12 6 (0.40%) NIST
13 4 (0.27%) Basel III
13 4 (0.27%) PERC
14 3 (0.20%) Solvency II
System Software
1 26 (1.73%) VMware Infrastructure
2 18 (1.20%) Active Directory
3 15 (1.00%) vSphere
4 14 (0.93%) Docker
5 12 (0.80%) VMware NSX
6 11 (0.73%) NFS
7 8 (0.53%) SRDF
8 5 (0.33%) Hyper-V
8 5 (0.33%) Oracle RAC
9 3 (0.20%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 3 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 36 (2.39%) Terraform
2 34 (2.26%) Kubernetes
3 24 (1.59%) Ansible
4 18 (1.20%) Grafana
5 15 (1.00%) vCenter Server
6 14 (0.93%) Argo
7 10 (0.66%) EMC VPLEX
7 10 (0.66%) Microsoft Intune
8 9 (0.60%) HP ALM
9 6 (0.40%) vMotion
10 5 (0.33%) Prometheus
10 5 (0.33%) SCCM
10 5 (0.33%) SnapMirror
11 4 (0.27%) EMC NetWorker
11 4 (0.27%) EMC TimeFinder
11 4 (0.27%) NetBackup
11 4 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
12 3 (0.20%) Data Guard
12 3 (0.20%) Oracle RMAN
12 3 (0.20%) SnapVault
Vendors
1 295 (19.59%) Oracle
2 280 (18.59%) SAP
3 236 (15.67%) Microsoft
4 74 (4.91%) Databricks
5 64 (4.25%) Salesforce
6 31 (2.06%) VMware
7 28 (1.86%) ServiceNow
7 28 (1.86%) Workday
8 27 (1.79%) Sage
9 25 (1.66%) Informatica
9 25 (1.66%) Pure Storage
10 21 (1.39%) Google
11 20 (1.33%) IFS
12 19 (1.26%) Talend
13 17 (1.13%) Ariba
13 17 (1.13%) Infor
13 17 (1.13%) Red Hat
14 15 (1.00%) MuleSoft
15 13 (0.86%) Avaloq
15 13 (0.86%) IBM