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

 6 months to
2 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 92 90
Rank change year-on-year +2 -2 +46
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,287 788 1,064
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.87% 2.71% 2.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.36% 3.00% 2.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 823 520 718
10th Percentile £367 £386 £392
25th Percentile £450 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £627 £650
90th Percentile £700 £700 £712
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 10 41
10th Percentile £14.48 £32.94 £25.00
25th Percentile £16.25 £57.50 £40.00
Median hourly rate £36.00 £75.00 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year -52.00% -6.25% +276.47%
75th Percentile £81.00 £87.39 -
90th Percentile £96.00 £87.50 £86.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £20.00 £60.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year -66.67% -20.00% +261.45%

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 38,313 26,307 38,195
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.58% 90.51% 86.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,289 17,086 24,815
10th Percentile £313 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £635 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £485 £485 £500
% change year-on-year - -3.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,251 967 2,341
10th Percentile £14.96 £15.00 £12.82
25th Percentile £18.87 £20.24 £16.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £32.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.94% -1.54% -11.33%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £77.50 £76.25 £70.66
UK excluding London median hourly rate £34.85 £31.08 £31.65
% change year-on-year +12.13% -1.80% -12.39%

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 2 April 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 2 April 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 2 April 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 1,117 £525 -1.22% 296
London +24 583 £531 -3.41% 124
UK excluding London -2 537 £525 +2.44% 214
Work from Home -21 339 £520 -3.48% 136
South East -16 148 £609 +15.95% 79
North of England -11 146 £500 -4.76% 47
Midlands -18 108 £470 -8.29% 29
North West +12 85 £460 -16.36% 20
West Midlands -36 67 £470 -8.07% 20
Yorkshire -35 52 £527 +31.75% 22
East of England -13 47 £581 -10.58% 21
East Midlands -7 38 £450 -7.93% 9
Scotland +14 36 £559 +17.63% 14
South West -23 30 £600 +17.07% 18
Northern Ireland +13 15 £450 -14.29% 2
North East -7 9 £488 -20.41% 5
Wales -5 8 £538 +43.33% 7
Channel Islands -2 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 37 (2.87%) SharePoint
2 31 (2.41%) Confluence
3 9 (0.70%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (0.70%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
4 5 (0.39%) Apache
5 4 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.23%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.23%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.16%) Appian
7 2 (0.16%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.16%) CMS
7 2 (0.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.078%) IIS
8 1 (0.078%) Moodle
8 1 (0.078%) OpenROAD
8 1 (0.078%) Oracle Service Bus
8 1 (0.078%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.078%) WebSphere
Applications
1 66 (5.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (1.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 22 (1.71%) Spreadsheet
4 19 (1.48%) Microsoft Project
5 16 (1.24%) MS Visio
6 12 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
7 1 (0.078%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.078%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 141 (10.96%) SAP S/4HANA
2 58 (4.51%) Oracle EBS
3 37 (2.87%) Dynamics CRM
4 22 (1.71%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 15 (1.17%) SAP ERP
6 14 (1.09%) Oracle ERP
6 14 (1.09%) Oracle Payables
7 13 (1.01%) Loan IQ
8 12 (0.93%) NetSuite
8 12 (0.93%) Oracle General Ledger
9 11 (0.85%) Oracle Receivables
10 10 (0.78%) Oracle EBS R12
10 10 (0.78%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
10 10 (0.78%) Workday HCM
11 9 (0.70%) SAP FI
11 9 (0.70%) SAP HR
12 8 (0.62%) SAP CO
13 7 (0.54%) Oracle Cash Management
13 7 (0.54%) SAP FI/CO
13 7 (0.54%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 197 (15.31%) Azure
2 134 (10.41%) Power Platform
3 124 (9.63%) AWS
4 105 (8.16%) Dynamics 365
5 92 (7.15%) OCI
6 55 (4.27%) Azure DevOps
7 45 (3.50%) SaaS
8 43 (3.34%) Azure Data Factory
9 36 (2.80%) GitHub
10 28 (2.18%) SuccessFactors
11 27 (2.10%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 27 (2.10%) Microsoft 365
12 26 (2.02%) Snowflake
13 24 (1.86%) Amazon S3
14 20 (1.55%) GCP
15 16 (1.24%) Entra ID
15 16 (1.24%) OpenShift
16 14 (1.09%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
17 13 (1.01%) Microsoft Purview
17 13 (1.01%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.09%) DNS
1 14 (1.09%) SAN
2 12 (0.93%) NAS
3 5 (0.39%) VPN
4 4 (0.31%) Fibre Channel
4 4 (0.31%) SSL
4 4 (0.31%) VSAN
5 3 (0.23%) FCoE
5 3 (0.23%) Firewall
5 3 (0.23%) iSCSI
6 2 (0.16%) HTTP
6 2 (0.16%) Network Security
6 2 (0.16%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.078%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.078%) Internet
7 1 (0.078%) Intranet
7 1 (0.078%) LAN
7 1 (0.078%) SNMP
7 1 (0.078%) VLAN
7 1 (0.078%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 113 (8.78%) Power BI
2 83 (6.45%) Data Warehouse
3 59 (4.58%) SQL Server
4 47 (3.65%) Oracle Reports
5 39 (3.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 32 (2.49%) Metadata
7 30 (2.33%) Data Lake
8 29 (2.25%) Relational Database
9 28 (2.18%) PostgreSQL
10 22 (1.71%) Oracle Database
11 19 (1.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 15 (1.17%) Amazon Redshift
12 15 (1.17%) SAP Data Services
13 14 (1.09%) NoSQL
14 13 (1.01%) Tableau
15 11 (0.85%) MySQL
15 11 (0.85%) Oracle BI Publisher
16 10 (0.78%) Amazon Athena
16 10 (0.78%) Azure SQL Database
16 10 (0.78%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 101 (7.85%) JIRA
2 28 (2.18%) Git
3 21 (1.63%) Postman
4 20 (1.55%) Zephyr
5 18 (1.40%) Jenkins
6 10 (0.78%) GitLab
7 8 (0.62%) Oracle Forms
8 7 (0.54%) LSMW
9 6 (0.47%) Hudson
9 6 (0.47%) JUnit
9 6 (0.47%) Selenium
10 5 (0.39%) Cucumber
11 4 (0.31%) Toad
12 3 (0.23%) Bitbucket
12 3 (0.23%) Cypress.io
12 3 (0.23%) ERwin
12 3 (0.23%) Oracle APEX
12 3 (0.23%) Rational DOORS
12 3 (0.23%) Team Foundation Server
12 3 (0.23%) Visual Studio
General
1 455 (35.35%) Social Skills
2 441 (34.27%) Finance
3 160 (12.43%) Analytical Skills
4 115 (8.94%) Public Sector
5 69 (5.36%) Banking
6 58 (4.51%) Manufacturing
7 54 (4.20%) Documentation Skills
8 48 (3.73%) Law
9 40 (3.11%) Retail
10 38 (2.95%) Presentation Skills
11 26 (2.02%) Legal
12 21 (1.63%) Organisational Skills
12 21 (1.63%) Pharmaceutical
13 20 (1.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 20 (1.55%) Marketing
14 19 (1.48%) Billing
15 18 (1.40%) General Ledger
16 17 (1.32%) Local Government
17 13 (1.01%) Influencing Skills
18 11 (0.85%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 257 (19.97%) Lead
2 188 (14.61%) Analyst
3 164 (12.74%) Architect
4 163 (12.67%) Consultant
5 107 (8.31%) Project Manager
6 103 (8.00%) Business Analyst
7 92 (7.15%) Senior
8 84 (6.53%) Data Engineer
9 73 (5.67%) Data Migration Lead
10 67 (5.21%) Data Analyst
11 62 (4.82%) Developer
12 60 (4.66%) Migration Analyst
13 48 (3.73%) SAP Consultant
14 44 (3.42%) Data Migration Analyst
15 43 (3.34%) Data Architect
15 43 (3.34%) Solutions Architect
16 39 (3.03%) Migration Manager
17 38 (2.95%) Data Consultant
17 38 (2.95%) Migration Consultant
18 34 (2.64%) Data Migration Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (6.22%) Oracle Fusion
2 40 (3.11%) REST
3 32 (2.49%) Middleware
4 28 (2.18%) XML
5 22 (1.71%) SOAP
6 21 (1.63%) JSON
7 16 (1.24%) .NET
8 15 (1.17%) Lightning Web Components
9 13 (1.01%) Kafka
9 13 (1.01%) Spring
10 12 (0.93%) OpenTelemetry
11 11 (0.85%) PySpark
12 8 (0.62%) React
13 7 (0.54%) Web Services
14 6 (0.47%) AngularJS
14 6 (0.47%) LDAP
14 6 (0.47%) RESTful
14 6 (0.47%) Visualforce
15 5 (0.39%) Apache Avro
15 5 (0.39%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 173 (13.44%) Legacy Systems
2 92 (7.15%) Data Structures
3 41 (3.19%) Management Information System
4 39 (3.03%) Cloud Native
5 35 (2.72%) Onboarding
6 26 (2.02%) Product Ownership
7 24 (1.86%) Greenfield Project
8 22 (1.71%) Data Protection Act
9 21 (1.63%) Replication
10 15 (1.17%) Hybrid Cloud
10 15 (1.17%) Public Cloud
11 14 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
12 13 (1.01%) NHS
12 13 (1.01%) Reference Data
12 13 (1.01%) Self-Motivation
13 12 (0.93%) FMCG
14 11 (0.85%) Data Centre
14 11 (0.85%) Distributed Systems
14 11 (0.85%) Marketing Technology
15 10 (0.78%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 29 (2.25%) Windows
2 10 (0.78%) Linux
2 10 (0.78%) Windows Server
3 8 (0.62%) Windows 10
4 7 (0.54%) Apple iOS
4 7 (0.54%) zOS
5 6 (0.47%) Unix
6 2 (0.16%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.078%) AIX
7 1 (0.078%) Data ONTAP
7 1 (0.078%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,287 (100.00%) Migration
2 308 (23.93%) Stakeholder Management
3 300 (23.31%) Validation
4 275 (21.37%) ERP
5 259 (20.12%) Agile
6 240 (18.65%) User Acceptance Testing
7 216 (16.78%) Problem-Solving
8 211 (16.39%) ETL
9 196 (15.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 181 (14.06%) Data Modelling
11 144 (11.19%) Business Intelligence
12 136 (10.57%) Data Cleansing
12 136 (10.57%) Project Management
13 130 (10.10%) Analytics
14 129 (10.02%) Continuous Improvement
15 127 (9.87%) Workshop Facilitation
16 121 (9.40%) Data Mapping
17 116 (9.01%) Change Management
18 106 (8.24%) DevOps
19 103 (8.00%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 249 (19.35%) SQL
2 101 (7.85%) Python
3 43 (3.34%) Java
4 26 (2.02%) PL/SQL
5 20 (1.55%) JavaScript
6 17 (1.32%) Bash
6 17 (1.32%) PowerShell
7 14 (1.09%) Apex Code
8 13 (1.01%) C#
9 10 (0.78%) VBA
10 7 (0.54%) Kotlin
10 7 (0.54%) T-SQL
11 6 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 6 (0.47%) Shell Script
12 5 (0.39%) ABAP
12 5 (0.39%) Korn
12 5 (0.39%) Perl
12 5 (0.39%) PHP
13 4 (0.31%) SOQL
13 4 (0.31%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 196 (15.23%) Security Cleared
2 146 (11.34%) SC Cleared
3 62 (4.82%) Degree
4 31 (2.41%) PMP
5 26 (2.02%) BPSS Clearance
5 26 (2.02%) DV Cleared
6 24 (1.86%) PMI Certification
7 22 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
8 18 (1.40%) ISTQB
9 17 (1.32%) AWS Certification
10 11 (0.85%) Azure Certification
10 11 (0.85%) SAP Certification
11 10 (0.78%) Master's Degree
12 5 (0.39%) CIMA
13 4 (0.31%) ACCA
13 4 (0.31%) ISEB
13 4 (0.31%) OCP
13 4 (0.31%) Oracle Certification
13 4 (0.31%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 4 (0.31%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 213 (16.55%) Data Quality
2 113 (8.78%) QA
3 61 (4.74%) GDPR
4 22 (1.71%) PMO
5 16 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (1.01%) COBIT
7 12 (0.93%) NIST
8 9 (0.70%) IFRS
8 9 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 9 (0.70%) SLA
9 8 (0.62%) Accessibility
10 7 (0.54%) GAAP
11 6 (0.47%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 6 (0.47%) GMP
11 6 (0.47%) HL7
12 5 (0.39%) GxP
12 5 (0.39%) IFRS 9
13 4 (0.31%) Basel III
13 4 (0.31%) DICOM
13 4 (0.31%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 23 (1.79%) VMware Infrastructure
2 20 (1.55%) Active Directory
3 13 (1.01%) VMware NSX
3 13 (1.01%) vSphere
4 12 (0.93%) Docker
5 8 (0.62%) NFS
6 5 (0.39%) SRDF
7 2 (0.16%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.078%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 35 (2.72%) Kubernetes
2 25 (1.94%) Terraform
3 18 (1.40%) Grafana
4 15 (1.17%) Ansible
5 13 (1.01%) Argo
5 13 (1.01%) Microsoft Intune
5 13 (1.01%) vCenter Server
6 8 (0.62%) HP ALM
6 8 (0.62%) SCCM
7 6 (0.47%) EMC VPLEX
7 6 (0.47%) vMotion
8 4 (0.31%) EMC TimeFinder
8 4 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.23%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.16%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.078%) Data Guard
11 1 (0.078%) EMC NetWorker
11 1 (0.078%) NetBackup
11 1 (0.078%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 243 (18.88%) SAP
2 240 (18.65%) Oracle
3 212 (16.47%) Microsoft
4 65 (5.05%) Salesforce
5 52 (4.04%) Databricks
6 39 (3.03%) Workday
7 27 (2.10%) ServiceNow
7 27 (2.10%) VMware
8 26 (2.02%) Informatica
9 25 (1.94%) Sage
10 24 (1.86%) Pure Storage
11 20 (1.55%) Ariba
12 18 (1.40%) MuleSoft
12 18 (1.40%) Talend
13 17 (1.32%) Avaloq
14 16 (1.24%) IFS
14 16 (1.24%) Red Hat
15 14 (1.09%) Google
15 14 (1.09%) IBM
16 13 (1.01%) Splunk
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