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

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 93 101
Rank change year-on-year +16 +8 +28
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,535 801 947
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.05% 2.70% 2.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.60% 2.97% 2.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 974 497 644
10th Percentile £363 £371 £363
25th Percentile £450 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £537 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.23% -2.36% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £630 £650
90th Percentile £734 £712 £729
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 16 33
10th Percentile £17.23 £32.25 £25.00
25th Percentile £20.00 £34.05 £40.00
Median hourly rate £38.36 £63.75 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.84% -15.00% +180.37%
75th Percentile £41.83 £87.05 £80.00
90th Percentile £76.00 £87.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £33.34 £60.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year -44.44% -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 42,679 27,009 37,072
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.81% 91.00% 85.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,607 17,137 23,609
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 2,567 1,242 2,598
10th Percentile £14.82 £14.20 £12.75
25th Percentile £20.09 £17.87 £16.03
Median hourly rate £43.96 £26.27 £37.34
Median % change year-on-year +67.37% -29.66% +6.69%
75th Percentile £68.00 £55.25 £61.30
90th Percentile £81.25 £73.75 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £44.50 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +76.94% -34.02% +17.29%

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 17 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 17 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 17 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 +19 1,379 £525 -2.78% 441
UK excluding London +19 690 £523 +4.50% 414
London +39 685 £548 -1.79% 144
Work from Home +9 409 £525 -2.78% 346
South East +2 185 £550 +4.76% 112
North of England -11 182 £500 +1.63% 91
Midlands +9 144 £490 +0.51% 66
North West +10 115 £500 -8.00% 48
West Midlands +2 103 £473 -5.40% 38
South West +15 76 £525 +5.00% 32
East of England +3 56 £575 -11.54% 42
Yorkshire -46 56 £530 +15.99% 26
East Midlands +3 37 £500 +9.29% 28
Scotland -14 23 £575 +20.95% 34
Northern Ireland - 21 £475 - 23
North East -22 12 £488 -15.22% 17
Wales -9 7 £475 - 22
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 53 (3.45%) SharePoint
2 42 (2.74%) Confluence
3 9 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (0.59%) Oracle Workflow
4 5 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (0.33%) Tuxedo
5 4 (0.26%) Apache
5 4 (0.26%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.26%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
6 3 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.13%) Appian
8 1 (0.065%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.065%) CMS
8 1 (0.065%) IIS
8 1 (0.065%) Mendix
8 1 (0.065%) OpenROAD
8 1 (0.065%) WebSphere
Applications
1 80 (5.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (1.43%) Spreadsheet
3 19 (1.24%) Microsoft Project
4 16 (1.04%) MS Visio
5 15 (0.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 13 (0.85%) Microsoft Office
7 2 (0.13%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.065%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.065%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 173 (11.27%) SAP S/4HANA
2 44 (2.87%) Oracle EBS
3 37 (2.41%) Dynamics CRM
4 22 (1.43%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 21 (1.37%) Oracle ERP
5 21 (1.37%) SAP ERP
6 17 (1.11%) NetSuite
7 15 (0.98%) Oracle Payables
8 14 (0.91%) Oracle General Ledger
9 13 (0.85%) Oracle Receivables
10 11 (0.72%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
11 10 (0.65%) iTrent
11 10 (0.65%) Loan IQ
11 10 (0.65%) Oracle Assets
12 9 (0.59%) Oracle EBS R12
12 9 (0.59%) Oracle Financials
12 9 (0.59%) SAP CO
13 8 (0.52%) SAP FI
13 8 (0.52%) SAP FI/CO
13 8 (0.52%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 251 (16.35%) Azure
2 156 (10.16%) AWS
3 142 (9.25%) Power Platform
4 108 (7.04%) Dynamics 365
5 81 (5.28%) OCI
6 79 (5.15%) Azure DevOps
7 63 (4.10%) SaaS
8 46 (3.00%) Snowflake
9 44 (2.87%) Azure Data Factory
10 40 (2.61%) GitHub
11 36 (2.35%) Microsoft 365
12 29 (1.89%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 25 (1.63%) SuccessFactors
14 23 (1.50%) GCP
15 21 (1.37%) Amazon S3
16 20 (1.30%) Power Automate
17 17 (1.11%) OpenShift
17 17 (1.11%) PowerApps
18 15 (0.98%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
18 15 (0.98%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 19 (1.24%) SAN
2 15 (0.98%) NAS
3 14 (0.91%) DNS
4 6 (0.39%) Firewall
4 6 (0.39%) VPN
4 6 (0.39%) VSAN
5 4 (0.26%) 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 (0.065%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.065%) Internet
8 1 (0.065%) Intranet
8 1 (0.065%) LAN
8 1 (0.065%) SNMP
8 1 (0.065%) SSL
8 1 (0.065%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.065%) VLAN
8 1 (0.065%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 116 (7.56%) Power BI
2 108 (7.04%) Data Warehouse
3 69 (4.50%) Oracle Reports
4 65 (4.23%) SQL Server
5 42 (2.74%) Metadata
6 36 (2.35%) Data Lake
7 32 (2.08%) Relational Database
8 30 (1.95%) PostgreSQL
8 30 (1.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 25 (1.63%) Oracle Database
10 21 (1.37%) NoSQL
11 17 (1.11%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 14 (0.91%) RDBMS
13 13 (0.85%) Amazon Redshift
13 13 (0.85%) SAP Data Services
13 13 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 12 (0.78%) Db2
15 10 (0.65%) Azure SQL Database
15 10 (0.65%) GIS
15 10 (0.65%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 133 (8.66%) JIRA
2 50 (3.26%) Git
3 40 (2.61%) Zephyr
4 35 (2.28%) Postman
5 24 (1.56%) Jenkins
6 14 (0.91%) GitLab
7 12 (0.78%) Oracle Forms
7 12 (0.78%) Selenium
8 8 (0.52%) Team Foundation Server
9 6 (0.39%) Cypress.io
9 6 (0.39%) Gatling
9 6 (0.39%) Hudson
9 6 (0.39%) JUnit
10 5 (0.33%) Cucumber
10 5 (0.33%) LSMW
10 5 (0.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 3 (0.20%) Claude Code
11 3 (0.20%) ER Studio
11 3 (0.20%) ERwin
11 3 (0.20%) Rational DOORS
General
1 531 (34.59%) Finance
2 462 (30.10%) Social Skills
3 189 (12.31%) Analytical Skills
4 129 (8.40%) Public Sector
5 96 (6.25%) Banking
6 76 (4.95%) Manufacturing
7 59 (3.84%) Documentation Skills
8 47 (3.06%) Law
9 46 (3.00%) Retail
10 37 (2.41%) General Ledger
11 33 (2.15%) Presentation Skills
12 31 (2.02%) Local Government
13 29 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
14 27 (1.76%) Legal
15 23 (1.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 23 (1.50%) Marketing
16 21 (1.37%) Pharmaceutical
17 20 (1.30%) Billing
18 17 (1.11%) Aerospace
18 17 (1.11%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 326 (21.24%) Lead
2 216 (14.07%) Analyst
3 206 (13.42%) Architect
4 172 (11.21%) Consultant
5 116 (7.56%) Data Migration Lead
6 113 (7.36%) Project Manager
7 106 (6.91%) Data Engineer
8 104 (6.78%) Senior
9 97 (6.32%) Business Analyst
10 80 (5.21%) Data Analyst
11 77 (5.02%) Data Architect
12 71 (4.63%) Developer
13 61 (3.97%) Migration Engineer
14 58 (3.78%) SAP Consultant
15 57 (3.71%) Migration Analyst
16 54 (3.52%) Migration Manager
17 52 (3.39%) Data Migration Engineer
18 47 (3.06%) Solutions Architect
19 45 (2.93%) Data Migration Analyst
20 44 (2.87%) Data Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (6.25%) Oracle Fusion
2 45 (2.93%) REST
3 43 (2.80%) Middleware
4 25 (1.63%) SOAP
5 21 (1.37%) .NET
5 21 (1.37%) XML
6 20 (1.30%) Spring
7 18 (1.17%) Kafka
8 16 (1.04%) JSON
9 12 (0.78%) Lightning Web Components
9 12 (0.78%) Spring Boot
10 11 (0.72%) OpenTelemetry
10 11 (0.72%) PySpark
11 10 (0.65%) React
12 9 (0.59%) ADO
13 7 (0.46%) COM
13 7 (0.46%) FHIR
13 7 (0.46%) ODBC
13 7 (0.46%) RESTful
13 7 (0.46%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 198 (12.90%) Legacy Systems
2 112 (7.30%) Data Structures
3 47 (3.06%) Cloud Native
4 45 (2.93%) Management Information System
5 37 (2.41%) Onboarding
6 30 (1.95%) Product Ownership
7 29 (1.89%) Greenfield Project
7 29 (1.89%) Public Cloud
8 25 (1.63%) Replication
9 23 (1.50%) Enterprise Software
10 22 (1.43%) Data Protection Act
11 17 (1.11%) Data Centre
12 16 (1.04%) Mainframe
13 15 (0.98%) Distributed Systems
13 15 (0.98%) Reference Data
14 14 (0.91%) FMCG
14 14 (0.91%) Hybrid Cloud
14 14 (0.91%) Self-Motivation
15 12 (0.78%) NHS
16 11 (0.72%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 27 (1.76%) Windows
2 16 (1.04%) Linux
3 7 (0.46%) zOS
4 6 (0.39%) Data ONTAP
5 5 (0.33%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.26%) AIX
6 4 (0.26%) VMS
7 3 (0.20%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.20%) Unix
7 3 (0.20%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.13%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,535 (100.00%) Migration
2 409 (26.64%) Validation
3 333 (21.69%) Stakeholder Management
3 333 (21.69%) User Acceptance Testing
4 327 (21.30%) ERP
5 279 (18.18%) Agile
6 249 (16.22%) ETL
7 225 (14.66%) Data Modelling
8 223 (14.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 219 (14.27%) Problem-Solving
10 151 (9.84%) Business Intelligence
11 149 (9.71%) Data Cleansing
12 143 (9.32%) DevOps
13 141 (9.19%) Data Governance
14 135 (8.79%) Data Mapping
15 130 (8.47%) Project Management
16 129 (8.40%) Continuous Improvement
17 124 (8.08%) Analytics
18 114 (7.43%) CI/CD
19 113 (7.36%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 308 (20.07%) SQL
2 120 (7.82%) Python
3 49 (3.19%) Java
4 31 (2.02%) PL/SQL
5 24 (1.56%) Bash
5 24 (1.56%) JavaScript
6 15 (0.98%) PowerShell
7 13 (0.85%) C#
8 12 (0.78%) Kotlin
9 11 (0.72%) TypeScript
10 10 (0.65%) Apex Code
11 9 (0.59%) T-SQL
12 8 (0.52%) VB
12 8 (0.52%) VBA
13 7 (0.46%) C
13 7 (0.46%) VB6
14 5 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 4 (0.26%) Shell Script
16 3 (0.20%) Korn
16 3 (0.20%) X++
Qualifications
1 255 (16.61%) Security Cleared
2 201 (13.09%) SC Cleared
3 64 (4.17%) Degree
4 33 (2.15%) ISTQB
5 30 (1.95%) PMP
6 29 (1.89%) DV Cleared
7 25 (1.63%) PMI Certification
8 21 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
8 21 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
9 19 (1.24%) CIMA
10 18 (1.17%) ACCA
11 16 (1.04%) Azure Certification
12 8 (0.52%) AWS Certification
13 7 (0.46%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 7 (0.46%) SAP Certification
14 6 (0.39%) DBS Check
14 6 (0.39%) Oracle Certification
15 5 (0.33%) ISEB
15 5 (0.33%) Master's Degree
15 5 (0.33%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 271 (17.65%) Data Quality
2 143 (9.32%) QA
3 71 (4.63%) GDPR
4 28 (1.82%) PMO
5 16 (1.04%) SLA
6 12 (0.78%) IFRS
7 11 (0.72%) HL7
8 10 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 10 (0.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 8 (0.52%) SNOMED CT
10 7 (0.46%) Accessibility
10 7 (0.46%) COBIT
11 6 (0.39%) DICOM
11 6 (0.39%) GAAP
11 6 (0.39%) NIST
12 5 (0.33%) GMP
13 4 (0.26%) Basel III
13 4 (0.26%) GxP
13 4 (0.26%) PERC
13 4 (0.26%) Solvency II
System Software
1 26 (1.69%) VMware Infrastructure
2 17 (1.11%) Active Directory
3 15 (0.98%) vSphere
4 14 (0.91%) Docker
5 12 (0.78%) VMware NSX
6 11 (0.72%) NFS
7 7 (0.46%) SRDF
8 6 (0.39%) Oracle RAC
9 5 (0.33%) Hyper-V
10 3 (0.20%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 3 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 37 (2.41%) Terraform
2 34 (2.21%) Kubernetes
3 25 (1.63%) Ansible
4 18 (1.17%) Grafana
5 15 (0.98%) vCenter Server
6 14 (0.91%) Argo
7 10 (0.65%) EMC VPLEX
8 9 (0.59%) HP ALM
8 9 (0.59%) Microsoft Intune
9 6 (0.39%) vMotion
10 5 (0.33%) Prometheus
10 5 (0.33%) SnapMirror
11 4 (0.26%) Data Guard
11 4 (0.26%) EMC NetWorker
11 4 (0.26%) EMC TimeFinder
11 4 (0.26%) NetBackup
11 4 (0.26%) Oracle RMAN
11 4 (0.26%) SCCM
12 3 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
12 3 (0.20%) SnapVault
Vendors
1 304 (19.80%) Oracle
2 286 (18.63%) SAP
3 243 (15.83%) Microsoft
4 76 (4.95%) Databricks
5 67 (4.36%) Salesforce
6 31 (2.02%) ServiceNow
6 31 (2.02%) VMware
7 28 (1.82%) Workday
8 27 (1.76%) Sage
9 26 (1.69%) Informatica
10 25 (1.63%) Pure Storage
11 23 (1.50%) IFS
12 20 (1.30%) Google
12 20 (1.30%) Talend
13 18 (1.17%) Ariba
14 17 (1.11%) Infor
14 17 (1.11%) Red Hat
15 16 (1.04%) MuleSoft
16 14 (0.91%) IBM
17 13 (0.85%) Avaloq