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

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 88 103
Rank change year-on-year -2 +15 +12
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,622 936 860
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.96% 2.84% 2.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.50% 3.14% 2.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,045 569 575
10th Percentile £364 £375 £400
25th Percentile £425 £447 £457
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £529 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.76% -3.82% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 14 7
10th Percentile £17.75 £15.00 £51.20
25th Percentile £21.25 £32.25 £62.63
Median hourly rate £40.00 £35.25 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.48% -55.94% -13.25%
75th Percentile £57.50 £70.31 -
90th Percentile £74.43 £83.38 -
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 46,340 29,830 33,021
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.48% 90.53% 85.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,136 18,534 20,247
10th Percentile £325 £300 £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 £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 3,159 1,812 1,459
10th Percentile £13.81 £14.23 £14.96
25th Percentile £17.25 £17.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% -1.91%
75th Percentile £67.50 £44.76 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.00 £22.50 £43.00
% change year-on-year +82.22% -47.67% +1.18%

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 19 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 19 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 19 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 1,391 £525 -2.33% 890
UK excluding London +2 721 £500 - 564
London +8 674 £540 -1.82% 421
Work from Home +6 482 £525 -2.28% 448
North of England -22 178 £525 +10.53% 118
Midlands +3 173 £475 -13.64% 101
South East -6 168 £545 -5.22% 165
West Midlands 0 122 £450 -14.29% 71
North West -4 108 £538 +19.44% 67
South West +22 90 £523 -0.48% 38
East of England +1 56 £525 +6.33% 55
Yorkshire -34 55 £505 +1.00% 34
East Midlands +3 47 £525 -4.55% 30
Scotland -16 38 £525 +11.11% 56
North East -35 18 £475 +8.57% 17
Northern Ireland +16 16 £450 -30.77% 26
Wales -8 8 £550 +10.00% 12
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 (3.95%) SharePoint
2 55 (3.39%) Confluence
3 16 (0.99%) Apache Airflow
4 13 (0.80%) Microsoft Exchange
5 12 (0.74%) Apache
6 10 (0.62%) Apache Spark
6 10 (0.62%) Oracle Workflow
7 5 (0.31%) ArcGIS
7 5 (0.31%) SAS
7 5 (0.31%) Tuxedo
8 4 (0.25%) SugarCRM
9 3 (0.18%) CMS
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 (0.062%) Documentum
11 1 (0.062%) IIS
11 1 (0.062%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 71 (4.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (1.23%) Spreadsheet
3 18 (1.11%) Microsoft Office
4 13 (0.80%) MS Visio
5 10 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 3 (0.18%) Windchill
8 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.062%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.062%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 173 (10.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 55 (3.39%) Dynamics CRM
3 32 (1.97%) Oracle Payables
4 27 (1.66%) Oracle Receivables
5 21 (1.29%) Oracle ERP
6 20 (1.23%) NetSuite
6 20 (1.23%) SAP ERP
7 17 (1.05%) Oracle EBS
8 16 (0.99%) Oracle Financials
9 15 (0.92%) Oracle General Ledger
10 14 (0.86%) Oracle Assets
10 14 (0.86%) SAP SD
11 13 (0.80%) SAP FI
11 13 (0.80%) Teamcenter
12 12 (0.74%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
12 12 (0.74%) SAP CO
12 12 (0.74%) SAP HCM
13 11 (0.68%) iTrent
13 11 (0.68%) SAP MDG
13 11 (0.68%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 264 (16.28%) Azure
2 157 (9.68%) AWS
3 147 (9.06%) Power Platform
4 135 (8.32%) Dynamics 365
5 84 (5.18%) OCI
6 83 (5.12%) Azure DevOps
7 62 (3.82%) SaaS
8 48 (2.96%) Microsoft 365
9 46 (2.84%) Azure Data Factory
9 46 (2.84%) Snowflake
10 42 (2.59%) SuccessFactors
11 35 (2.16%) Amazon S3
11 35 (2.16%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 35 (2.16%) Power Automate
12 29 (1.79%) GitHub
13 27 (1.66%) GCP
13 27 (1.66%) PowerApps
14 21 (1.29%) dbt
15 20 (1.23%) Microsoft Purview
16 18 (1.11%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.31%) NAS
1 5 (0.31%) SAN
1 5 (0.31%) VPN
2 3 (0.18%) DMZ
2 3 (0.18%) Firewall
2 3 (0.18%) Intranet
3 2 (0.12%) DNS
3 2 (0.12%) HTTP
3 2 (0.12%) VSAN
4 1 (0.062%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (0.062%) DKIM
4 1 (0.062%) DMARC
4 1 (0.062%) Internet
4 1 (0.062%) SNMP
4 1 (0.062%) SSL
4 1 (0.062%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 115 (7.09%) Power BI
2 114 (7.03%) Data Warehouse
3 64 (3.95%) Metadata
3 64 (3.95%) SQL Server
4 53 (3.27%) Oracle Reports
5 50 (3.08%) Relational Database
6 49 (3.02%) Data Lake
7 40 (2.47%) Oracle Database
8 37 (2.28%) PostgreSQL
9 20 (1.23%) RDBMS
10 19 (1.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 17 (1.05%) Azure SQL Database
12 16 (0.99%) Amazon Redshift
13 15 (0.92%) MongoDB
13 15 (0.92%) Oracle BI Publisher
14 13 (0.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 12 (0.74%) DataStage
15 12 (0.74%) Delta Lake
15 12 (0.74%) GIS
15 12 (0.74%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 139 (8.57%) JIRA
2 51 (3.14%) Git
3 43 (2.65%) Zephyr
4 31 (1.91%) Postman
5 19 (1.17%) GitLab
6 13 (0.80%) Oracle Forms
7 12 (0.74%) Jenkins
8 8 (0.49%) 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%) Hudson
10 5 (0.31%) LSMW
10 5 (0.31%) Team Foundation Server
11 4 (0.25%) 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
1 564 (34.77%) Finance
2 459 (28.30%) Social Skills
3 215 (13.26%) Analytical Skills
4 148 (9.12%) Public Sector
5 96 (5.92%) Banking
6 90 (5.55%) Manufacturing
7 62 (3.82%) Retail
8 60 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
9 51 (3.14%) General Ledger
10 40 (2.47%) Organisational Skills
11 39 (2.40%) Law
12 35 (2.16%) Local Government
13 31 (1.91%) Automotive
14 26 (1.60%) Billing
14 26 (1.60%) Influencing Skills
14 26 (1.60%) Legal
15 24 (1.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 24 (1.48%) Marketing
16 18 (1.11%) Pharmaceutical
17 16 (0.99%) Military
Job Titles
1 278 (17.14%) Lead
2 235 (14.49%) Analyst
3 205 (12.64%) Architect
4 197 (12.15%) Consultant
5 135 (8.32%) Senior
6 134 (8.26%) Data Engineer
7 110 (6.78%) Data Migration Lead
8 102 (6.29%) Business Analyst
9 94 (5.80%) Project Manager
10 86 (5.30%) Developer
11 82 (5.06%) Data Analyst
12 76 (4.69%) Data Architect
13 64 (3.95%) Migration Engineer
14 62 (3.82%) SAP Consultant
15 58 (3.58%) Solutions Architect
16 52 (3.21%) Data Consultant
17 51 (3.14%) Data Migration Engineer
18 43 (2.65%) Migration Analyst
18 43 (2.65%) Migration Consultant
19 40 (2.47%) Oracle Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 109 (6.72%) Oracle Fusion
2 54 (3.33%) Middleware
3 47 (2.90%) REST
4 30 (1.85%) Terraform
5 29 (1.79%) .NET
6 28 (1.73%) SOAP
6 28 (1.73%) XML
7 23 (1.42%) PySpark
8 19 (1.17%) JSON
9 17 (1.05%) Kafka
10 13 (0.80%) Keycloak
10 13 (0.80%) Oracle GoldenGate
11 12 (0.74%) Lightning Web Components
12 10 (0.62%) Web Services
13 9 (0.55%) ADO
13 9 (0.55%) HTML
13 9 (0.55%) Spring
13 9 (0.55%) Spring Boot
14 8 (0.49%) SAP Fiori
15 7 (0.43%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 174 (10.73%) Legacy Systems
2 118 (7.27%) Data Structures
3 58 (3.58%) Onboarding
4 51 (3.14%) Management Information System
5 47 (2.90%) Enterprise Software
6 43 (2.65%) Public Cloud
7 38 (2.34%) Product Ownership
8 32 (1.97%) Cloud Native
9 31 (1.91%) Greenfield Project
10 21 (1.29%) Replication
11 20 (1.23%) NHS
11 20 (1.23%) Reference Data
12 17 (1.05%) FMCG
12 17 (1.05%) Legacy Applications
13 16 (0.99%) Data Protection Act
14 12 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
14 12 (0.74%) Low-Code
14 12 (0.74%) Reinsurance
14 12 (0.74%) Virtual Team
15 11 (0.68%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 33 (2.03%) Windows
2 31 (1.91%) Linux
3 12 (0.74%) AIX
4 11 (0.68%) Unix
5 6 (0.37%) Data ONTAP
6 4 (0.25%) VMS
7 2 (0.12%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.12%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,622 (100.00%) Migration
2 478 (29.47%) Validation
3 446 (27.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 369 (22.75%) User Acceptance Testing
5 365 (22.50%) ERP
6 275 (16.95%) Agile
7 257 (15.84%) ETL
8 256 (15.78%) Data Modelling
9 236 (14.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 203 (12.52%) Data Governance
11 201 (12.39%) Problem-Solving
12 155 (9.56%) Data Cleansing
13 152 (9.37%) DevOps
14 147 (9.06%) Analytics
15 146 (9.00%) Business Intelligence
16 140 (8.63%) Data Mapping
17 131 (8.08%) Requirements Gathering
18 129 (7.95%) Continuous Improvement
19 126 (7.77%) System Integration Testing
20 124 (7.64%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 338 (20.84%) SQL
2 96 (5.92%) Python
3 32 (1.97%) PL/SQL
4 31 (1.91%) JavaScript
5 30 (1.85%) Java
6 25 (1.54%) C#
7 14 (0.86%) PowerShell
8 11 (0.68%) Apex Code
8 11 (0.68%) TypeScript
9 10 (0.62%) Bash
10 9 (0.55%) T-SQL
11 8 (0.49%) Kotlin
12 6 (0.37%) ABAP
12 6 (0.37%) MUMPS
12 6 (0.37%) Shell Script
12 6 (0.37%) X++
13 5 (0.31%) C
13 5 (0.31%) VB
13 5 (0.31%) VB6
14 4 (0.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 288 (17.76%) Security Cleared
2 236 (14.55%) SC Cleared
3 55 (3.39%) Degree
4 36 (2.22%) DV Cleared
5 34 (2.10%) ACCA
5 34 (2.10%) CIMA
6 31 (1.91%) ISTQB
6 31 (1.91%) PMP
7 30 (1.85%) PMI Certification
8 29 (1.79%) BPSS Clearance
9 12 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
10 10 (0.62%) Azure Certification
10 10 (0.62%) Computer Science Degree
11 8 (0.49%) DBS Check
11 8 (0.49%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 6 (0.37%) AWS Certification
12 6 (0.37%) ITIL Certification
13 5 (0.31%) SAP Certification
14 4 (0.25%) ISEB
15 3 (0.18%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 342 (21.09%) Data Quality
2 128 (7.89%) QA
3 68 (4.19%) GDPR
4 34 (2.10%) PMO
5 15 (0.92%) GRC
6 11 (0.68%) IFRS
7 10 (0.62%) HL7
8 9 (0.55%) Accessibility
9 8 (0.49%) SLA
10 7 (0.43%) Actionable Recommendations
11 6 (0.37%) 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 (0.18%) NCSC
14 3 (0.18%) SEPA
15 2 (0.12%) GAAP
15 2 (0.12%) PERC
System Software
1 20 (1.23%) Docker
2 14 (0.86%) Oracle RAC
3 12 (0.74%) Active Directory
4 8 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.25%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.18%) EMC RecoverPoint
6 3 (0.18%) NFS
6 3 (0.18%) SRDF
6 3 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.18%) vSphere
7 1 (0.062%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 21 (1.29%) Kubernetes
2 20 (1.23%) Ansible
3 12 (0.74%) Data Guard
3 12 (0.74%) Karpenter
3 12 (0.74%) Oracle RMAN
4 6 (0.37%) HP ALM
5 5 (0.31%) SnapMirror
6 4 (0.25%) EMC VPLEX
7 3 (0.18%) EMC NetWorker
7 3 (0.18%) NetBackup
7 3 (0.18%) SnapVault
7 3 (0.18%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.12%) Argo
8 2 (0.12%) Failover Clustering
8 2 (0.12%) Grafana
8 2 (0.12%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.062%) Autotask
9 1 (0.062%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.062%) SCCM
9 1 (0.062%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 330 (20.35%) Oracle
2 313 (19.30%) SAP
3 275 (16.95%) Microsoft
4 91 (5.61%) Databricks
5 73 (4.50%) Salesforce
6 33 (2.03%) Informatica
7 31 (1.91%) Workday
8 29 (1.79%) ServiceNow
9 24 (1.48%) Ariba
10 23 (1.42%) Talend
11 22 (1.36%) Google
12 21 (1.29%) IBM
13 19 (1.17%) IFS
14 15 (0.92%) Sage
15 14 (0.86%) InterSystems
16 13 (0.80%) Infor
17 12 (0.74%) MuleSoft
18 10 (0.62%) Siebel
19 9 (0.55%) Atlassian
19 9 (0.55%) VMware