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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 89 90 102
Rank change year-on-year +1 +12 +15
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,607 928 852
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.96% 2.82% 2.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.51% 3.11% 2.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,035 566 575
10th Percentile £363 £370 £400
25th Percentile £425 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £527 £540
Median % change year-on-year -0.38% -2.41% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £645
90th Percentile £736 £738 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £503 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +0.60% -9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 15 6
10th Percentile £17.75 £15.00 £62.63
25th Percentile £21.25 £32.25 £67.44
Median hourly rate £40.00 £34.65 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.44% -56.69% -13.25%
75th Percentile £57.50 £69.38 -
90th Percentile £74.65 £82.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.96 £32.31 £80.00
% change year-on-year -7.27% -59.61% -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 45,839 29,816 32,769
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.46% 90.52% 85.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,855 18,531 20,147
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
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 £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £730 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,070 1,799 1,460
10th Percentile £13.84 £14.25 £14.84
25th Percentile £17.36 £17.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% +1.18%
75th Percentile £67.50 £44.68 £65.00
90th Percentile £79.00 £67.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.56 £22.63 £43.00
% change year-on-year +83.63% -47.37% +5.81%

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 16 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 16 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 16 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 +2 1,385 £525 -0.76% 1,007
UK excluding London +4 716 £503 +0.60% 654
London +6 672 £538 -2.71% 483
Work from Home +7 475 £525 -2.23% 549
North of England -18 177 £525 +10.53% 154
Midlands +8 172 £475 -9.52% 108
South East -5 168 £550 -4.35% 162
West Midlands -3 120 £450 -14.29% 73
North West +6 107 £538 +19.44% 94
South West +15 89 £523 -0.48% 38
Yorkshire -39 58 £500 - 41
East of England +4 57 £550 +11.39% 56
East Midlands +8 48 £525 -4.55% 35
Scotland -19 38 £525 +11.70% 88
Northern Ireland +17 16 £450 -30.77% 40
North East -27 15 £525 +20.00% 19
Wales -10 6 £463 -7.50% 15
Channel Islands -4 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 64 (3.98%) SharePoint
2 54 (3.36%) Confluence
3 16 (1.00%) Apache Airflow
4 13 (0.81%) Microsoft Exchange
5 12 (0.75%) Apache
6 11 (0.68%) Oracle Workflow
7 9 (0.56%) Apache Spark
8 5 (0.31%) SAS
8 5 (0.31%) Tuxedo
9 4 (0.25%) SugarCRM
10 3 (0.19%) CMS
11 2 (0.12%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.12%) HCL Notes
11 2 (0.12%) Mendix
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 2 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
12 1 (0.062%) Documentum
12 1 (0.062%) IIS
12 1 (0.062%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 69 (4.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (1.24%) Spreadsheet
3 17 (1.06%) Microsoft Office
4 14 (0.87%) MS Visio
5 9 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 3 (0.19%) Windchill
8 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.062%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.062%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 172 (10.70%) SAP S/4HANA
2 53 (3.30%) Dynamics CRM
3 32 (1.99%) Oracle Payables
4 27 (1.68%) Oracle Receivables
5 21 (1.31%) NetSuite
6 20 (1.24%) Oracle ERP
6 20 (1.24%) SAP ERP
7 18 (1.12%) Oracle EBS
8 15 (0.93%) Oracle Financials
8 15 (0.93%) Oracle General Ledger
9 14 (0.87%) Oracle Assets
9 14 (0.87%) SAP SD
10 13 (0.81%) SAP FI
10 13 (0.81%) Teamcenter
11 12 (0.75%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 12 (0.75%) SAP CO
11 12 (0.75%) Workday HCM
12 11 (0.68%) iTrent
12 11 (0.68%) SAP MDG
13 10 (0.62%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 258 (16.05%) Azure
2 158 (9.83%) AWS
3 148 (9.21%) Power Platform
4 136 (8.46%) Dynamics 365
5 85 (5.29%) OCI
6 79 (4.92%) Azure DevOps
7 61 (3.80%) SaaS
8 49 (3.05%) Microsoft 365
9 47 (2.92%) Snowflake
10 45 (2.80%) Azure Data Factory
11 39 (2.43%) SuccessFactors
12 36 (2.24%) Power Automate
13 34 (2.12%) Amazon S3
13 34 (2.12%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 33 (2.05%) GitHub
15 27 (1.68%) PowerApps
16 26 (1.62%) GCP
17 21 (1.31%) dbt
18 19 (1.18%) Microsoft Purview
19 18 (1.12%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.37%) DNS
1 6 (0.37%) NAS
1 6 (0.37%) SAN
2 5 (0.31%) VPN
3 3 (0.19%) DMZ
3 3 (0.19%) Firewall
3 3 (0.19%) Intranet
4 2 (0.12%) HTTP
4 2 (0.12%) VSAN
5 1 (0.062%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (0.062%) DKIM
5 1 (0.062%) DMARC
5 1 (0.062%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.062%) Internet
5 1 (0.062%) LAN
5 1 (0.062%) SNMP
5 1 (0.062%) SSL
5 1 (0.062%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.062%) VLAN
5 1 (0.062%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 116 (7.22%) Power BI
2 113 (7.03%) Data Warehouse
3 65 (4.04%) SQL Server
4 62 (3.86%) Metadata
5 53 (3.30%) Oracle Reports
6 49 (3.05%) Relational Database
7 47 (2.92%) Data Lake
8 40 (2.49%) Oracle Database
9 37 (2.30%) PostgreSQL
10 19 (1.18%) RDBMS
10 19 (1.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 18 (1.12%) Azure SQL Database
12 15 (0.93%) Amazon Redshift
12 15 (0.93%) MongoDB
12 15 (0.93%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 13 (0.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 12 (0.75%) DataStage
14 12 (0.75%) Delta Lake
14 12 (0.75%) Oracle Exadata
15 11 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 138 (8.59%) JIRA
2 51 (3.17%) Git
3 42 (2.61%) Zephyr
4 31 (1.93%) Postman
5 19 (1.18%) GitLab
6 16 (1.00%) Jenkins
7 13 (0.81%) Oracle Forms
8 8 (0.50%) Selenium
9 6 (0.37%) Gatling
9 6 (0.37%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 5 (0.31%) Cypress.io
10 5 (0.31%) LSMW
10 5 (0.31%) Team Foundation Server
11 4 (0.25%) Hudson
11 4 (0.25%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.19%) Claude Code
12 3 (0.19%) ER Studio
13 2 (0.12%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 2 (0.12%) Bitbucket
13 2 (0.12%) Yeoman
General
1 562 (34.97%) Finance
2 455 (28.31%) Social Skills
3 209 (13.01%) Analytical Skills
4 149 (9.27%) Public Sector
5 95 (5.91%) Banking
6 87 (5.41%) Manufacturing
7 60 (3.73%) Retail
8 59 (3.67%) Documentation Skills
9 52 (3.24%) General Ledger
10 41 (2.55%) Law
11 39 (2.43%) Organisational Skills
12 34 (2.12%) Local Government
13 31 (1.93%) Automotive
14 27 (1.68%) Billing
15 26 (1.62%) Legal
16 25 (1.56%) Influencing Skills
17 24 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 23 (1.43%) Marketing
19 19 (1.18%) Pharmaceutical
20 17 (1.06%) Military
Job Titles
1 282 (17.55%) Lead
2 232 (14.44%) Analyst
3 203 (12.63%) Architect
4 191 (11.89%) Consultant
5 135 (8.40%) Data Engineer
6 131 (8.15%) Senior
7 110 (6.85%) Data Migration Lead
8 99 (6.16%) Business Analyst
9 97 (6.04%) Project Manager
10 84 (5.23%) Developer
11 81 (5.04%) Data Analyst
12 75 (4.67%) Data Architect
13 64 (3.98%) Migration Engineer
14 59 (3.67%) SAP Consultant
15 56 (3.48%) Solutions Architect
16 52 (3.24%) Data Consultant
17 51 (3.17%) Data Migration Engineer
18 44 (2.74%) Migration Analyst
18 44 (2.74%) Migration Consultant
19 40 (2.49%) Data Migration Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 104 (6.47%) Oracle Fusion
2 53 (3.30%) Middleware
3 46 (2.86%) REST
4 33 (2.05%) Terraform
5 30 (1.87%) .NET
6 28 (1.74%) XML
7 27 (1.68%) SOAP
8 23 (1.43%) PySpark
9 21 (1.31%) JSON
10 17 (1.06%) Kafka
11 13 (0.81%) Keycloak
11 13 (0.81%) Oracle GoldenGate
12 11 (0.68%) Lightning Web Components
13 9 (0.56%) HTML
13 9 (0.56%) Spring
13 9 (0.56%) Spring Boot
13 9 (0.56%) Web Services
14 7 (0.44%) SAP Fiori
15 6 (0.37%) EDI
15 6 (0.37%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 174 (10.83%) Legacy Systems
2 119 (7.41%) Data Structures
3 55 (3.42%) Onboarding
4 53 (3.30%) Management Information System
5 49 (3.05%) Enterprise Software
6 43 (2.68%) Public Cloud
7 37 (2.30%) Cloud Native
7 37 (2.30%) Product Ownership
8 31 (1.93%) Greenfield Project
9 21 (1.31%) Replication
10 19 (1.18%) NHS
10 19 (1.18%) Reference Data
11 17 (1.06%) FMCG
11 17 (1.06%) Legacy Applications
12 16 (1.00%) Data Protection Act
13 13 (0.81%) Data Centre
14 12 (0.75%) Analytical Mindset
14 12 (0.75%) Low-Code
14 12 (0.75%) Reinsurance
14 12 (0.75%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 34 (2.12%) Windows
2 30 (1.87%) Linux
3 12 (0.75%) AIX
4 10 (0.62%) Unix
5 6 (0.37%) Data ONTAP
6 4 (0.25%) VMS
7 3 (0.19%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.12%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,607 (100.00%) Migration
2 473 (29.43%) Validation
3 426 (26.51%) Stakeholder Management
4 362 (22.53%) User Acceptance Testing
5 360 (22.40%) ERP
6 272 (16.93%) Agile
7 255 (15.87%) Data Modelling
7 255 (15.87%) ETL
8 234 (14.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 200 (12.45%) Data Governance
10 199 (12.38%) Problem-Solving
11 156 (9.71%) Data Cleansing
12 151 (9.40%) DevOps
13 145 (9.02%) Analytics
13 145 (9.02%) Business Intelligence
14 138 (8.59%) Data Mapping
15 130 (8.09%) Continuous Improvement
16 128 (7.97%) CI/CD
17 126 (7.84%) Requirements Gathering
18 122 (7.59%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 337 (20.97%) SQL
2 101 (6.29%) Python
3 31 (1.93%) JavaScript
3 31 (1.93%) PL/SQL
4 30 (1.87%) Java
5 25 (1.56%) C#
6 14 (0.87%) Bash
6 14 (0.87%) PowerShell
7 11 (0.68%) TypeScript
8 10 (0.62%) Apex Code
9 9 (0.56%) T-SQL
10 8 (0.50%) Kotlin
11 6 (0.37%) ABAP
11 6 (0.37%) MUMPS
11 6 (0.37%) Shell Script
12 5 (0.31%) C
12 5 (0.31%) VB
12 5 (0.31%) VB6
12 5 (0.31%) X++
13 4 (0.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 285 (17.73%) Security Cleared
2 233 (14.50%) SC Cleared
3 53 (3.30%) Degree
4 37 (2.30%) DV Cleared
5 33 (2.05%) ACCA
5 33 (2.05%) CIMA
6 30 (1.87%) BPSS Clearance
6 30 (1.87%) PMI Certification
6 30 (1.87%) PMP
7 29 (1.80%) ISTQB
8 12 (0.75%) Microsoft Certification
9 10 (0.62%) Azure Certification
9 10 (0.62%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (0.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 7 (0.44%) DBS Check
12 6 (0.37%) AWS Certification
12 6 (0.37%) ITIL Certification
12 6 (0.37%) Oracle Certification
13 5 (0.31%) SAP Certification
14 4 (0.25%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 336 (20.91%) Data Quality
2 127 (7.90%) QA
3 67 (4.17%) GDPR
4 34 (2.12%) PMO
5 15 (0.93%) GRC
6 11 (0.68%) IFRS
7 10 (0.62%) HL7
8 9 (0.56%) Accessibility
9 8 (0.50%) SLA
10 7 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
10 7 (0.44%) DICOM
11 6 (0.37%) SNOMED CT
12 5 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 4 (0.25%) GMP
13 4 (0.25%) GxP
13 4 (0.25%) ISO 20022
14 3 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
14 3 (0.19%) NCSC
14 3 (0.19%) SEPA
15 2 (0.12%) PERC
System Software
1 20 (1.24%) Docker
2 14 (0.87%) Oracle RAC
3 13 (0.81%) Active Directory
3 13 (0.81%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.44%) vSphere
5 5 (0.31%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.25%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.19%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 3 (0.19%) NFS
7 3 (0.19%) SRDF
7 3 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 25 (1.56%) Kubernetes
2 24 (1.49%) Ansible
3 12 (0.75%) Data Guard
3 12 (0.75%) Karpenter
3 12 (0.75%) Oracle RMAN
4 7 (0.44%) vCenter Server
5 6 (0.37%) Argo
5 6 (0.37%) Grafana
5 6 (0.37%) HP ALM
6 5 (0.31%) SnapMirror
7 4 (0.25%) EMC VPLEX
8 3 (0.19%) EMC NetWorker
8 3 (0.19%) NetBackup
8 3 (0.19%) SnapVault
9 2 (0.12%) Failover Clustering
9 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.12%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.062%) Autotask
10 1 (0.062%) SCCM
10 1 (0.062%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 326 (20.29%) Oracle
2 310 (19.29%) SAP
3 276 (17.17%) Microsoft
4 90 (5.60%) Databricks
5 68 (4.23%) Salesforce
6 31 (1.93%) Informatica
6 31 (1.93%) Workday
7 30 (1.87%) ServiceNow
8 23 (1.43%) Ariba
8 23 (1.43%) Talend
9 21 (1.31%) IBM
10 20 (1.24%) Google
11 16 (1.00%) IFS
12 14 (0.87%) InterSystems
12 14 (0.87%) Sage
12 14 (0.87%) VMware
13 11 (0.68%) MuleSoft
14 10 (0.62%) Infor
14 10 (0.62%) Siebel
15 9 (0.56%) Atlassian