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 10 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 85 104
Rank change year-on-year -1 +19 +12
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,646 938 842
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.02% 2.84% 2.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.57% 3.14% 2.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,061 566 568
10th Percentile £363 £364 £400
25th Percentile £425 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £546
Median % change year-on-year - -3.89% -0.68%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £733 £738 £712
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 15 7
10th Percentile £17.75 £21.90 £62.75
25th Percentile £21.25 £32.25 £71.63
Median hourly rate £40.00 £38.00 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -52.50% -13.25%
75th Percentile £57.50 £69.38 -
90th Percentile £74.43 £82.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.96 £38.00 £80.00
% change year-on-year -21.16% -52.50% -10.55%

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 46,112 29,840 32,750
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.63% 90.46% 85.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,098 18,520 20,299
10th Percentile £325 £300 £312
25th Percentile £425 £403 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
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 3,038 1,780 1,507
10th Percentile £13.87 £14.23 £14.70
25th Percentile £17.38 £17.30 £20.12
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% +2.87%
75th Percentile £67.50 £45.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £67.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.03 £22.63 £43.00
% change year-on-year +76.89% -47.37% +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 10 September 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 10 September 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 10 September 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 +3 1,426 £525 - 399
UK excluding London +6 734 £500 - 261
London +15 695 £538 -2.27% 193
Work from Home +7 484 £525 - 189
North of England -18 185 £519 +9.26% 41
South East -7 173 £550 - 83
Midlands +3 170 £475 -7.77% 60
West Midlands +4 118 £450 -10.89% 47
North West -3 110 £538 +19.44% 19
South West +17 90 £523 -0.48% 24
East of England +4 63 £565 +14.43% 17
Yorkshire -38 62 £500 +0.50% 12
East Midlands +1 48 £525 -4.55% 13
Scotland -39 36 £525 +14.50% 25
Northern Ireland +19 18 £450 -30.77% 10
North East -33 16 £444 +1.43% 10
Wales -11 5 £400 -20.00% 6
Channel Islands -2 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 64 (3.89%) SharePoint
2 52 (3.16%) Confluence
3 16 (0.97%) Apache Airflow
4 12 (0.73%) Apache
4 12 (0.73%) Microsoft Exchange
5 11 (0.67%) Oracle Workflow
6 9 (0.55%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.30%) Tuxedo
8 4 (0.24%) SAS
9 3 (0.18%) CMS
9 3 (0.18%) SugarCRM
10 2 (0.12%) HCL Notes
10 2 (0.12%) Mendix
10 2 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.061%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.061%) IIS
11 1 (0.061%) OpenROAD
11 1 (0.061%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 73 (4.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (1.28%) Spreadsheet
3 18 (1.09%) Microsoft Office
4 15 (0.91%) MS Visio
5 11 (0.67%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 3 (0.18%) Windchill
8 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.061%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.061%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 172 (10.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 51 (3.10%) Dynamics CRM
3 32 (1.94%) Oracle Payables
4 27 (1.64%) Oracle Receivables
5 20 (1.22%) NetSuite
5 20 (1.22%) Oracle ERP
6 19 (1.15%) Oracle EBS
6 19 (1.15%) SAP ERP
7 16 (0.97%) Oracle Financials
7 16 (0.97%) Oracle General Ledger
8 14 (0.85%) Oracle Assets
9 13 (0.79%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 13 (0.79%) SAP SD
9 13 (0.79%) Teamcenter
10 12 (0.73%) SAP FI
10 12 (0.73%) SAP MDG
10 12 (0.73%) Workday HCM
11 11 (0.67%) iTrent
11 11 (0.67%) SAP CO
12 9 (0.55%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 267 (16.22%) Azure
2 164 (9.96%) Power Platform
3 156 (9.48%) AWS
4 146 (8.87%) Dynamics 365
5 85 (5.16%) OCI
6 83 (5.04%) Azure DevOps
7 66 (4.01%) SaaS
8 48 (2.92%) Microsoft 365
8 48 (2.92%) Snowflake
9 46 (2.79%) Azure Data Factory
10 40 (2.43%) SuccessFactors
11 37 (2.25%) GitHub
12 36 (2.19%) Power Automate
13 35 (2.13%) Amazon S3
14 34 (2.07%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 28 (1.70%) PowerApps
16 23 (1.40%) GCP
17 20 (1.22%) dbt
18 18 (1.09%) Microsoft Purview
18 18 (1.09%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.43%) DNS
2 6 (0.36%) NAS
2 6 (0.36%) SAN
3 5 (0.30%) VPN
4 4 (0.24%) Firewall
5 3 (0.18%) DMZ
5 3 (0.18%) Intranet
6 2 (0.12%) HTTP
6 2 (0.12%) VSAN
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%) LAN
7 1 (0.061%) SNMP
7 1 (0.061%) SSL
7 1 (0.061%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.061%) VLAN
7 1 (0.061%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 131 (7.96%) Power BI
2 117 (7.11%) Data Warehouse
3 71 (4.31%) SQL Server
4 63 (3.83%) Metadata
5 52 (3.16%) Oracle Reports
6 49 (2.98%) Relational Database
7 44 (2.67%) Data Lake
8 39 (2.37%) Oracle Database
9 38 (2.31%) PostgreSQL
10 20 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 19 (1.15%) RDBMS
12 18 (1.09%) Azure SQL Database
13 15 (0.91%) MongoDB
14 14 (0.85%) Amazon Redshift
14 14 (0.85%) Oracle BI Publisher
14 14 (0.85%) SAP Data Services
15 13 (0.79%) DataStage
15 13 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 12 (0.73%) NoSQL
16 12 (0.73%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 140 (8.51%) JIRA
2 52 (3.16%) Git
3 43 (2.61%) Zephyr
4 30 (1.82%) Postman
5 20 (1.22%) GitLab
6 17 (1.03%) Jenkins
7 13 (0.79%) Oracle Forms
8 9 (0.55%) Selenium
9 6 (0.36%) Gatling
10 5 (0.30%) Cypress.io
10 5 (0.30%) Hudson
10 5 (0.30%) LSMW
10 5 (0.30%) 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
13 2 (0.12%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 2 (0.12%) Bitbucket
13 2 (0.12%) Yeoman
General
1 579 (35.18%) Finance
2 464 (28.19%) Social Skills
3 215 (13.06%) Analytical Skills
4 156 (9.48%) Public Sector
5 96 (5.83%) Banking
6 87 (5.29%) Manufacturing
7 61 (3.71%) Documentation Skills
8 60 (3.65%) Retail
9 52 (3.16%) General Ledger
10 49 (2.98%) Law
11 39 (2.37%) Organisational Skills
12 35 (2.13%) Local Government
13 30 (1.82%) Automotive
14 28 (1.70%) Billing
15 26 (1.58%) Legal
16 25 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 25 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
16 25 (1.52%) Marketing
17 20 (1.22%) Pharmaceutical
18 18 (1.09%) Military
Job Titles
1 302 (18.35%) Lead
2 237 (14.40%) Analyst
3 213 (12.94%) Architect
4 191 (11.60%) Consultant
5 137 (8.32%) Data Engineer
6 133 (8.08%) Senior
7 108 (6.56%) Data Migration Lead
8 104 (6.32%) Business Analyst
9 99 (6.01%) Project Manager
10 87 (5.29%) Developer
11 83 (5.04%) Data Analyst
12 73 (4.43%) Data Architect
13 63 (3.83%) Migration Engineer
14 58 (3.52%) SAP Consultant
15 57 (3.46%) Solutions Architect
16 54 (3.28%) Data Consultant
17 52 (3.16%) Data Migration Engineer
18 47 (2.86%) Migration Consultant
19 45 (2.73%) Migration Analyst
20 43 (2.61%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 101 (6.14%) Oracle Fusion
2 54 (3.28%) Middleware
3 47 (2.86%) REST
4 35 (2.13%) Terraform
5 33 (2.00%) .NET
6 30 (1.82%) XML
7 27 (1.64%) SOAP
8 23 (1.40%) PySpark
9 21 (1.28%) JSON
10 17 (1.03%) Kafka
11 13 (0.79%) Keycloak
11 13 (0.79%) Oracle GoldenGate
12 11 (0.67%) Lightning Web Components
12 11 (0.67%) Spring
13 9 (0.55%) HTML
13 9 (0.55%) Spring Boot
14 8 (0.49%) Web Services
15 7 (0.43%) FHIR
15 7 (0.43%) SAP Fiori
16 6 (0.36%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 178 (10.81%) Legacy Systems
2 121 (7.35%) Data Structures
3 55 (3.34%) Management Information System
4 54 (3.28%) Onboarding
5 47 (2.86%) Enterprise Software
6 43 (2.61%) Public Cloud
7 41 (2.49%) Cloud Native
8 39 (2.37%) Product Ownership
9 31 (1.88%) Greenfield Project
10 20 (1.22%) Replication
11 19 (1.15%) FMCG
11 19 (1.15%) NHS
11 19 (1.15%) Reference Data
12 16 (0.97%) Data Protection Act
12 16 (0.97%) Legacy Applications
13 13 (0.79%) Data Centre
13 13 (0.79%) Reinsurance
14 12 (0.73%) Analytical Mindset
14 12 (0.73%) Low-Code
14 12 (0.73%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 34 (2.07%) Windows
2 31 (1.88%) Linux
3 12 (0.73%) AIX
4 10 (0.61%) Unix
5 6 (0.36%) Data ONTAP
6 4 (0.24%) VMS
7 3 (0.18%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.12%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,646 (100.00%) Migration
2 479 (29.10%) Validation
3 424 (25.76%) Stakeholder Management
4 378 (22.96%) User Acceptance Testing
5 375 (22.78%) ERP
6 281 (17.07%) Agile
7 267 (16.22%) Data Modelling
8 259 (15.74%) ETL
9 253 (15.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 204 (12.39%) Data Governance
10 204 (12.39%) Problem-Solving
11 159 (9.66%) Business Intelligence
11 159 (9.66%) Data Cleansing
12 158 (9.60%) DevOps
13 145 (8.81%) Analytics
14 142 (8.63%) Data Mapping
15 141 (8.57%) Continuous Improvement
16 131 (7.96%) CI/CD
17 127 (7.72%) Requirements Gathering
18 123 (7.47%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 341 (20.72%) SQL
2 108 (6.56%) Python
3 34 (2.07%) Java
4 31 (1.88%) JavaScript
4 31 (1.88%) PL/SQL
5 26 (1.58%) C#
6 17 (1.03%) Bash
7 14 (0.85%) PowerShell
8 11 (0.67%) TypeScript
9 10 (0.61%) Apex Code
10 9 (0.55%) T-SQL
11 8 (0.49%) Kotlin
12 6 (0.36%) MUMPS
12 6 (0.36%) Shell Script
13 5 (0.30%) ABAP
13 5 (0.30%) C
13 5 (0.30%) VB
13 5 (0.30%) VB6
13 5 (0.30%) VBA
13 5 (0.30%) X++
Qualifications
1 288 (17.50%) Security Cleared
2 232 (14.09%) SC Cleared
3 54 (3.28%) Degree
4 38 (2.31%) DV Cleared
5 33 (2.00%) ACCA
5 33 (2.00%) CIMA
6 32 (1.94%) PMI Certification
6 32 (1.94%) PMP
7 30 (1.82%) BPSS Clearance
7 30 (1.82%) ISTQB
8 13 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
9 10 (0.61%) Azure Certification
10 9 (0.55%) Computer Science Degree
11 8 (0.49%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 7 (0.43%) AWS Certification
12 7 (0.43%) DBS Check
13 6 (0.36%) ITIL Certification
13 6 (0.36%) Oracle Certification
14 5 (0.30%) SAP Certification
15 4 (0.24%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 347 (21.08%) Data Quality
2 138 (8.38%) QA
3 72 (4.37%) GDPR
4 35 (2.13%) PMO
5 15 (0.91%) GRC
6 12 (0.73%) HL7
7 11 (0.67%) IFRS
8 9 (0.55%) Accessibility
8 9 (0.55%) SLA
9 7 (0.43%) DICOM
9 7 (0.43%) SNOMED CT
10 6 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (0.24%) GMP
12 4 (0.24%) GxP
12 4 (0.24%) ISO 20022
12 4 (0.24%) Solvency II
13 3 (0.18%) NCSC
13 3 (0.18%) PERC
13 3 (0.18%) SEPA
System Software
1 20 (1.22%) 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 3 (0.18%) EMC RecoverPoint
6 3 (0.18%) NFS
6 3 (0.18%) SRDF
6 3 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 28 (1.70%) Kubernetes
2 26 (1.58%) Ansible
3 12 (0.73%) Data Guard
3 12 (0.73%) Karpenter
3 12 (0.73%) Oracle RMAN
4 8 (0.49%) vCenter Server
5 7 (0.43%) Argo
5 7 (0.43%) Grafana
5 7 (0.43%) HP ALM
6 5 (0.30%) SnapMirror
7 4 (0.24%) EMC VPLEX
8 3 (0.18%) EMC NetWorker
8 3 (0.18%) NetBackup
8 3 (0.18%) SnapVault
9 2 (0.12%) Failover Clustering
9 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.12%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.061%) Autotask
10 1 (0.061%) SCCM
10 1 (0.061%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 324 (19.68%) Oracle
2 312 (18.96%) SAP
3 291 (17.68%) Microsoft
4 92 (5.59%) Databricks
5 72 (4.37%) Salesforce
6 34 (2.07%) ServiceNow
7 32 (1.94%) Informatica
8 30 (1.82%) Workday
9 24 (1.46%) Talend
10 23 (1.40%) Ariba
10 23 (1.40%) IBM
11 19 (1.15%) Google
12 17 (1.03%) IFS
13 15 (0.91%) InterSystems
13 15 (0.91%) VMware
14 13 (0.79%) Sage
15 12 (0.73%) MuleSoft
16 11 (0.67%) Infor
17 10 (0.61%) Atlassian
17 10 (0.61%) Siebel