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

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 86 105
Rank change year-on-year -5 +19 +8
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,631 972 843
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.99% 2.93% 2.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.53% 3.24% 2.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,032 604 562
10th Percentile £366 £383 £394
25th Percentile £425 £445 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £537 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.23% -0.09% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £636
90th Percentile £733 £720 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 15 3
10th Percentile £16.53 £15.00 £40.40
25th Percentile £21.25 £27.38 £48.50
Median hourly rate £34.98 £32.50 £64.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.63% -49.22% -26.62%
75th Percentile £57.50 £69.38 £67.88
90th Percentile £73.93 £85.84 £69.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.90 £35.16 £66.50
% change year-on-year -23.48% -47.14% -4.62%

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 46,195 29,974 32,629
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.63% 90.49% 86.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,749 18,609 19,667
10th Percentile £325 £294 £308
25th Percentile £425 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £638 £623 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,350 1,884 1,294
10th Percentile £13.54 £14.35 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.00 £17.30 £20.03
Median hourly rate £37.50 £25.15 £40.16
Median % change year-on-year +49.11% -37.38% -8.38%
75th Percentile £65.00 £43.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £65.00 £73.93
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £22.27 £41.50
% change year-on-year +68.43% -46.35% -2.35%

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 October 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 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Migration in the UK

Data Migration
Top 17 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 October 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 -10 1,393 £525 -2.33% 968
UK excluding London -2 708 £500 - 619
London +10 692 £550 - 470
Work from Home +4 501 £525 -2.33% 478
Midlands +9 179 £473 -14.00% 92
North of England -17 178 £525 +10.53% 141
South East -31 149 £475 -17.39% 147
West Midlands +14 132 £450 -18.18% 67
North West +3 108 £538 +22.16% 70
South West +25 93 £523 +0.72% 38
Yorkshire -28 51 £500 - 42
East of England -15 47 £509 +3.09% 52
Scotland -10 45 £481 +1.32% 88
East Midlands -7 42 £550 -2.22% 25
North East -22 22 £475 +8.57% 29
Northern Ireland +15 14 £475 +18.75% 42
Wales -6 12 £575 +9.52% 21

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 74 (4.54%) Confluence
2 60 (3.68%) SharePoint
3 16 (0.98%) Apache Airflow
4 15 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
5 12 (0.74%) Apache
6 10 (0.61%) Apache Spark
7 9 (0.55%) SAS
8 7 (0.43%) Oracle Workflow
9 6 (0.37%) CICS
9 6 (0.37%) CMS
10 5 (0.31%) ArcGIS
10 5 (0.31%) Tuxedo
11 4 (0.25%) SugarCRM
12 2 (0.12%) Documentum
12 2 (0.12%) HCL Notes
12 2 (0.12%) Mendix
12 2 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
13 1 (0.061%) IIS
13 1 (0.061%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 1 (0.061%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 68 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (1.23%) Spreadsheet
3 18 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
4 16 (0.98%) MS Visio
5 10 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.25%) Windchill
7 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.061%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.061%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 163 (9.99%) SAP S/4HANA
2 55 (3.37%) Dynamics CRM
3 33 (2.02%) Oracle Payables
4 27 (1.66%) Oracle Receivables
5 21 (1.29%) Oracle ERP
6 20 (1.23%) SAP FI
6 20 (1.23%) SAP HCM
7 19 (1.16%) NetSuite
8 17 (1.04%) SAP CO
9 16 (0.98%) Oracle Financials
9 16 (0.98%) Oracle General Ledger
9 16 (0.98%) SAP ERP
10 14 (0.86%) Oracle Assets
10 14 (0.86%) Oracle EBS
10 14 (0.86%) SAP SD
11 12 (0.74%) SAP MM
11 12 (0.74%) SAP Payroll
11 12 (0.74%) Teamcenter
11 12 (0.74%) Workday HCM
12 11 (0.67%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 275 (16.86%) Azure
2 165 (10.12%) AWS
3 140 (8.58%) Power Platform
4 126 (7.73%) Dynamics 365
5 92 (5.64%) Azure DevOps
6 82 (5.03%) OCI
7 64 (3.92%) SaaS
8 54 (3.31%) Microsoft 365
9 45 (2.76%) Azure Data Factory
9 45 (2.76%) SuccessFactors
10 42 (2.58%) Snowflake
11 39 (2.39%) Power Automate
12 35 (2.15%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 34 (2.08%) Amazon S3
14 32 (1.96%) GitHub
15 31 (1.90%) GCP
16 30 (1.84%) PowerApps
17 23 (1.41%) Microsoft Purview
18 21 (1.29%) dbt
18 21 (1.29%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.31%) VPN
2 4 (0.25%) Firewall
3 3 (0.18%) DMZ
3 3 (0.18%) Intranet
3 3 (0.18%) NAS
3 3 (0.18%) SAN
4 2 (0.12%) DNS
5 1 (0.061%) DKIM
5 1 (0.061%) DMARC
5 1 (0.061%) Internet
5 1 (0.061%) SSL
5 1 (0.061%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.061%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 125 (7.66%) Data Warehouse
2 104 (6.38%) Power BI
3 70 (4.29%) Metadata
4 64 (3.92%) SQL Server
5 57 (3.49%) Relational Database
6 52 (3.19%) Data Lake
7 50 (3.07%) Oracle Reports
8 49 (3.00%) Oracle Database
9 37 (2.27%) PostgreSQL
10 22 (1.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 21 (1.29%) RDBMS
12 20 (1.23%) Azure SQL Database
13 19 (1.16%) MongoDB
14 17 (1.04%) Oracle BI Publisher
15 16 (0.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 15 (0.92%) Amazon Redshift
17 13 (0.80%) BigQuery
17 13 (0.80%) Db2
18 12 (0.74%) GIS
18 12 (0.74%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 157 (9.63%) JIRA
2 60 (3.68%) Git
3 44 (2.70%) Zephyr
4 32 (1.96%) Postman
5 21 (1.29%) GitLab
6 13 (0.80%) Jenkins
7 11 (0.67%) Oracle Forms
8 9 (0.55%) Selenium
9 8 (0.49%) Gatling
10 5 (0.31%) Cypress.io
10 5 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 5 (0.31%) Team Foundation Server
11 4 (0.25%) Hudson
11 4 (0.25%) LSMW
11 4 (0.25%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.18%) Bitbucket
12 3 (0.18%) Claude Code
12 3 (0.18%) ER Studio
13 2 (0.12%) SonarQube
13 2 (0.12%) Yeoman
General
1 574 (35.19%) Finance
2 470 (28.82%) Social Skills
3 215 (13.18%) Analytical Skills
4 164 (10.06%) Public Sector
5 105 (6.44%) Banking
6 83 (5.09%) Manufacturing
7 64 (3.92%) Retail
8 59 (3.62%) General Ledger
9 57 (3.49%) Documentation Skills
10 38 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
11 37 (2.27%) Local Government
12 34 (2.08%) Legal
13 29 (1.78%) Billing
14 28 (1.72%) Automotive
15 27 (1.66%) Influencing Skills
16 21 (1.29%) Law
16 21 (1.29%) Marketing
17 20 (1.23%) Military
18 19 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 18 (1.10%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 254 (15.57%) Analyst
2 238 (14.59%) Lead
3 206 (12.63%) Consultant
4 196 (12.02%) Architect
5 145 (8.89%) Senior
6 142 (8.71%) Data Engineer
7 112 (6.87%) Business Analyst
8 95 (5.82%) Project Manager
9 88 (5.40%) Data Analyst
10 87 (5.33%) Data Migration Lead
11 81 (4.97%) Data Architect
12 78 (4.78%) Developer
13 66 (4.05%) SAP Consultant
14 65 (3.99%) Migration Engineer
15 59 (3.62%) Solutions Architect
16 55 (3.37%) Data Consultant
17 53 (3.25%) Data Migration Engineer
18 45 (2.76%) Migration Consultant
19 41 (2.51%) Data Migration Consultant
19 41 (2.51%) Migration Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 114 (6.99%) Oracle Fusion
2 56 (3.43%) Middleware
3 45 (2.76%) REST
4 35 (2.15%) .NET
5 33 (2.02%) Terraform
6 29 (1.78%) SOAP
6 29 (1.78%) XML
7 24 (1.47%) PySpark
8 21 (1.29%) JSON
9 14 (0.86%) ADO
9 14 (0.86%) Kafka
9 14 (0.86%) Keycloak
9 14 (0.86%) Oracle GoldenGate
10 13 (0.80%) SAP Fiori
11 11 (0.67%) HTML
11 11 (0.67%) Web Services
12 10 (0.61%) Lightning Web Components
12 10 (0.61%) Spring
12 10 (0.61%) Spring Boot
13 9 (0.55%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 164 (10.06%) Legacy Systems
2 119 (7.30%) Data Structures
3 58 (3.56%) Management Information System
4 53 (3.25%) Enterprise Software
4 53 (3.25%) Onboarding
5 43 (2.64%) Product Ownership
6 36 (2.21%) Public Cloud
7 33 (2.02%) Cloud Native
8 25 (1.53%) Greenfield Project
9 23 (1.41%) Reference Data
10 22 (1.35%) Replication
11 19 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
11 19 (1.16%) Legacy Applications
12 18 (1.10%) NHS
13 17 (1.04%) FMCG
14 15 (0.92%) Reinsurance
15 13 (0.80%) Life Science
15 13 (0.80%) Low-Code
15 13 (0.80%) Mainframe
16 12 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 36 (2.21%) Linux
1 36 (2.21%) Windows
2 16 (0.98%) Unix
3 12 (0.74%) AIX
4 7 (0.43%) zOS
5 4 (0.25%) VMS
6 3 (0.18%) Data ONTAP
6 3 (0.18%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.12%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.061%) SUSE
8 1 (0.061%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,631 (100.00%) Migration
2 503 (30.84%) Validation
3 482 (29.55%) Stakeholder Management
4 364 (22.32%) User Acceptance Testing
5 341 (20.91%) ERP
6 284 (17.41%) Agile
7 259 (15.88%) ETL
8 255 (15.63%) Data Modelling
9 220 (13.49%) Data Governance
9 220 (13.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 212 (13.00%) Problem-Solving
11 164 (10.06%) DevOps
12 160 (9.81%) Data Cleansing
13 154 (9.44%) Analytics
14 143 (8.77%) Requirements Gathering
15 141 (8.65%) Business Intelligence
16 137 (8.40%) System Integration Testing
17 132 (8.09%) CI/CD
17 132 (8.09%) Data Mapping
18 128 (7.85%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 353 (21.64%) SQL
2 98 (6.01%) Python
3 35 (2.15%) JavaScript
4 32 (1.96%) PL/SQL
5 30 (1.84%) C#
6 29 (1.78%) Java
7 15 (0.92%) PowerShell
8 14 (0.86%) Bash
9 12 (0.74%) T-SQL
9 12 (0.74%) TypeScript
10 9 (0.55%) ABAP
10 9 (0.55%) Apex Code
10 9 (0.55%) Shell Script
11 7 (0.43%) JCL
11 7 (0.43%) Kotlin
12 6 (0.37%) MUMPS
12 6 (0.37%) X++
13 5 (0.31%) VB
13 5 (0.31%) VB6
14 4 (0.25%) Korn
Qualifications
1 298 (18.27%) Security Cleared
2 251 (15.39%) SC Cleared
3 62 (3.80%) Degree
4 38 (2.33%) ACCA
4 38 (2.33%) CIMA
5 33 (2.02%) BPSS Clearance
6 31 (1.90%) ISTQB
6 31 (1.90%) PMI Certification
6 31 (1.90%) PMP
7 27 (1.66%) DV Cleared
8 16 (0.98%) Computer Science Degree
9 12 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
10 9 (0.55%) Azure Certification
11 8 (0.49%) DBS Check
12 7 (0.43%) CBAP
13 6 (0.37%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 6 (0.37%) ITIL Certification
13 6 (0.37%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 6 (0.37%) SAP Certification
14 5 (0.31%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 353 (21.64%) Data Quality
2 127 (7.79%) QA
3 67 (4.11%) GDPR
4 31 (1.90%) PMO
5 15 (0.92%) GRC
6 12 (0.74%) IFRS
7 11 (0.67%) Accessibility
8 9 (0.55%) Actionable Recommendations
9 7 (0.43%) SLA
10 6 (0.37%) HL7
11 5 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 5 (0.31%) SNOMED CT
12 4 (0.25%) GxP
12 4 (0.25%) ISO 20022
12 4 (0.25%) NCSC
13 3 (0.18%) DICOM
13 3 (0.18%) GMP
13 3 (0.18%) SEPA
13 3 (0.18%) Solvency II
14 2 (0.12%) GAAP
System Software
1 24 (1.47%) Docker
2 15 (0.92%) Active Directory
3 12 (0.74%) Oracle RAC
4 6 (0.37%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.12%) EMC RecoverPoint
5 2 (0.12%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.12%) NFS
5 2 (0.12%) SRDF
6 1 (0.061%) HDFS
6 1 (0.061%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.061%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.061%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 24 (1.47%) Kubernetes
2 22 (1.35%) Ansible
3 13 (0.80%) Karpenter
4 12 (0.74%) Data Guard
4 12 (0.74%) Oracle RMAN
5 9 (0.55%) Control-M
6 5 (0.31%) HP ALM
7 4 (0.25%) Grafana
8 3 (0.18%) SnapMirror
9 2 (0.12%) Argo
9 2 (0.12%) EMC VPLEX
9 2 (0.12%) Failover Clustering
9 2 (0.12%) logstash
9 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.12%) SCCM
9 2 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.061%) Autotask
10 1 (0.061%) Cilium
10 1 (0.061%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.061%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 338 (20.72%) Oracle
2 308 (18.88%) SAP
3 286 (17.54%) Microsoft
4 94 (5.76%) Databricks
5 70 (4.29%) Salesforce
6 43 (2.64%) ServiceNow
7 36 (2.21%) Informatica
8 35 (2.15%) Workday
9 29 (1.78%) Google
10 25 (1.53%) Talend
11 24 (1.47%) Ariba
12 23 (1.41%) IBM
13 18 (1.10%) IFS
14 17 (1.04%) Sage
15 14 (0.86%) InterSystems
16 13 (0.80%) Infor
17 10 (0.61%) Atlassian
17 10 (0.61%) MuleSoft
18 9 (0.55%) Alteryx
19 7 (0.43%) HubSpot