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

6 months to
5 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 89 103
Rank change year-on-year +9 +14 +22
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,576 868 956
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.05% 2.73% 2.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.58% 3.01% 2.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 995 532 645
10th Percentile £363 £363 £363
25th Percentile £450 £436 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £629 £650
90th Percentile £733 £736 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 20 34
10th Percentile £17.75 £17.52 £25.00
25th Percentile £20.00 £32.25 £40.00
Median hourly rate £36.71 £60.00 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.82% -20.00% +127.27%
75th Percentile £52.29 £77.08 £80.00
90th Percentile £76.00 £87.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.96 £47.75 £75.00
% change year-on-year -37.26% -36.33% +180.37%

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 43,975 28,802 36,975
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.98% 90.72% 85.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,325 18,167 23,595
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £415 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.98% -3.81% -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £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 2,639 1,417 2,517
10th Percentile £14.82 £14.20 £12.75
25th Percentile £20.00 £17.50 £16.24
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.75
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -33.38% +0.67%
75th Percentile £68.00 £53.75 £61.30
90th Percentile £81.25 £70.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £24.66 £38.12
% change year-on-year +78.26% -35.31% +8.91%

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 5 July 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 5 July 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 5 July 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 +15 1,414 £528 -0.28% 313
UK excluding London +11 705 £525 +5.00% 213
London +29 704 £543 -1.36% 145
Work from Home +4 417 £525 - 156
South East +9 193 £550 +7.32% 71
North of England -17 187 £525 +10.53% 49
Midlands +3 146 £490 +3.16% 42
North West +10 121 £500 +3.90% 33
West Midlands -6 106 £473 -5.40% 23
South West +16 77 £523 +1.95% 18
East of England +1 57 £581 -7.37% 15
Yorkshire -52 54 £530 +16.10% 14
East Midlands +8 36 £525 +14.75% 19
Scotland -17 23 £500 +5.26% 16
Northern Ireland +21 21 £475 -51.28% 3
North East -23 15 £625 +8.70% 2
Wales -15 7 £400 -15.79% 2
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 54 (3.43%) SharePoint
2 43 (2.73%) Confluence
3 10 (0.63%) Oracle Workflow
4 9 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (0.32%) Tuxedo
6 4 (0.25%) Apache
6 4 (0.25%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.19%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
8 2 (0.13%) Appian
8 2 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.13%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.063%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.063%) CMS
9 1 (0.063%) IIS
9 1 (0.063%) Mendix
9 1 (0.063%) OpenROAD
Applications
1 78 (4.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (1.33%) Microsoft Project
3 20 (1.27%) Spreadsheet
4 18 (1.14%) MS Visio
5 15 (0.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 14 (0.89%) Microsoft Office
7 2 (0.13%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.063%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.063%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 170 (10.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 41 (2.60%) Oracle EBS
3 39 (2.47%) Dynamics CRM
4 23 (1.46%) Oracle ERP
5 20 (1.27%) NetSuite
5 20 (1.27%) Oracle Payables
5 20 (1.27%) SAP ERP
6 18 (1.14%) Oracle Receivables
7 16 (1.02%) Oracle General Ledger
7 16 (1.02%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 13 (0.82%) iTrent
8 13 (0.82%) Oracle Financials
9 11 (0.70%) Loan IQ
9 11 (0.70%) Oracle Assets
10 9 (0.57%) Oracle EBS R12
10 9 (0.57%) Teamcenter
11 8 (0.51%) SAP SD
12 7 (0.44%) SAP CO
12 7 (0.44%) SAP Payroll
12 7 (0.44%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 254 (16.12%) Azure
2 154 (9.77%) AWS
3 146 (9.26%) Power Platform
4 114 (7.23%) Dynamics 365
5 86 (5.46%) Azure DevOps
6 82 (5.20%) OCI
7 62 (3.93%) SaaS
8 46 (2.92%) Azure Data Factory
8 46 (2.92%) Snowflake
9 43 (2.73%) GitHub
10 38 (2.41%) Microsoft 365
11 32 (2.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 29 (1.84%) SuccessFactors
13 25 (1.59%) Power Automate
14 23 (1.46%) Amazon S3
14 23 (1.46%) GCP
15 22 (1.40%) PowerApps
16 17 (1.08%) OpenShift
17 16 (1.02%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
17 16 (1.02%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 19 (1.21%) SAN
2 15 (0.95%) NAS
3 14 (0.89%) DNS
4 7 (0.44%) VPN
5 6 (0.38%) Firewall
5 6 (0.38%) VSAN
6 4 (0.25%) Fibre Channel
7 3 (0.19%) FCoE
7 3 (0.19%) iSCSI
8 2 (0.13%) HTTP
8 2 (0.13%) Internet
8 2 (0.13%) Network Security
9 1 (0.063%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.063%) Intranet
9 1 (0.063%) LAN
9 1 (0.063%) SNMP
9 1 (0.063%) SSL
9 1 (0.063%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.063%) WAN
9 1 (0.063%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 123 (7.80%) Power BI
2 109 (6.92%) Data Warehouse
3 67 (4.25%) Oracle Reports
4 66 (4.19%) SQL Server
5 45 (2.86%) Metadata
6 39 (2.47%) Data Lake
7 38 (2.41%) Relational Database
8 34 (2.16%) PostgreSQL
9 28 (1.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 27 (1.71%) Oracle Database
11 20 (1.27%) NoSQL
12 19 (1.21%) RDBMS
13 14 (0.89%) Azure SQL Database
13 14 (0.89%) SAP Data Services
13 14 (0.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 13 (0.82%) Amazon Redshift
14 13 (0.82%) Oracle BI Publisher
15 12 (0.76%) Db2
16 10 (0.63%) BusinessObjects
16 10 (0.63%) GIS
Development Applications
1 138 (8.76%) JIRA
2 54 (3.43%) Git
3 40 (2.54%) Zephyr
4 35 (2.22%) Postman
5 24 (1.52%) Jenkins
6 19 (1.21%) GitLab
7 12 (0.76%) Oracle Forms
7 12 (0.76%) Selenium
8 8 (0.51%) Team Foundation Server
9 7 (0.44%) Hudson
10 6 (0.38%) Cypress.io
10 6 (0.38%) Gatling
10 6 (0.38%) JUnit
10 6 (0.38%) LSMW
11 5 (0.32%) Cucumber
11 5 (0.32%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 3 (0.19%) Claude Code
12 3 (0.19%) ER Studio
12 3 (0.19%) Rational DOORS
12 3 (0.19%) Visual Studio
General
1 542 (34.39%) Finance
2 462 (29.31%) Social Skills
3 199 (12.63%) Analytical Skills
4 133 (8.44%) Public Sector
5 88 (5.58%) Banking
6 85 (5.39%) Manufacturing
7 57 (3.62%) Documentation Skills
8 49 (3.11%) Retail
9 48 (3.05%) Law
10 38 (2.41%) General Ledger
11 31 (1.97%) Local Government
11 31 (1.97%) Organisational Skills
12 27 (1.71%) Legal
12 27 (1.71%) Presentation Skills
13 26 (1.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 24 (1.52%) Marketing
15 22 (1.40%) Billing
16 21 (1.33%) Pharmaceutical
17 20 (1.27%) Automotive
18 18 (1.14%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 319 (20.24%) Lead
2 221 (14.02%) Analyst
3 206 (13.07%) Architect
4 181 (11.48%) Consultant
5 115 (7.30%) Data Engineer
5 115 (7.30%) Project Manager
6 113 (7.17%) Data Migration Lead
7 112 (7.11%) Senior
8 102 (6.47%) Business Analyst
9 83 (5.27%) Data Analyst
10 75 (4.76%) Developer
11 74 (4.70%) Data Architect
12 67 (4.25%) Migration Engineer
13 58 (3.68%) Migration Analyst
13 58 (3.68%) SAP Consultant
14 56 (3.55%) Migration Manager
15 55 (3.49%) Data Migration Engineer
16 49 (3.11%) Solutions Architect
17 47 (2.98%) Data Consultant
18 45 (2.86%) Migration Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 90 (5.71%) Oracle Fusion
2 45 (2.86%) REST
3 44 (2.79%) Middleware
4 27 (1.71%) SOAP
5 25 (1.59%) .NET
6 22 (1.40%) XML
7 20 (1.27%) Spring
8 19 (1.21%) JSON
8 19 (1.21%) Kafka
9 13 (0.82%) Lightning Web Components
9 13 (0.82%) PySpark
10 12 (0.76%) Spring Boot
11 11 (0.70%) OpenTelemetry
11 11 (0.70%) React
12 10 (0.63%) Oracle GoldenGate
13 9 (0.57%) ADO
14 7 (0.44%) COM
14 7 (0.44%) ODBC
14 7 (0.44%) Playwright
14 7 (0.44%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 193 (12.25%) Legacy Systems
2 115 (7.30%) Data Structures
3 50 (3.17%) Cloud Native
4 48 (3.05%) Management Information System
5 43 (2.73%) Onboarding
6 35 (2.22%) Public Cloud
7 33 (2.09%) Product Ownership
8 29 (1.84%) Greenfield Project
9 26 (1.65%) Enterprise Software
10 24 (1.52%) Replication
11 21 (1.33%) Data Protection Act
12 18 (1.14%) NHS
13 17 (1.08%) Data Centre
14 16 (1.02%) Distributed Systems
14 16 (1.02%) Mainframe
15 14 (0.89%) FMCG
15 14 (0.89%) Hybrid Cloud
16 12 (0.76%) Reference Data
16 12 (0.76%) Self-Motivation
16 12 (0.76%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 26 (1.65%) Windows
2 21 (1.33%) Linux
3 9 (0.57%) AIX
4 7 (0.44%) zOS
5 6 (0.38%) Data ONTAP
6 4 (0.25%) Unix
6 4 (0.25%) VMS
7 3 (0.19%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.13%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.13%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,576 (100.00%) Migration
2 423 (26.84%) Validation
3 348 (22.08%) User Acceptance Testing
4 340 (21.57%) ERP
5 338 (21.45%) Stakeholder Management
6 284 (18.02%) Agile
7 253 (16.05%) ETL
8 232 (14.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 230 (14.59%) Data Modelling
10 228 (14.47%) Problem-Solving
11 164 (10.41%) DevOps
12 155 (9.84%) Business Intelligence
13 154 (9.77%) Data Governance
14 153 (9.71%) Data Cleansing
15 138 (8.76%) Data Mapping
16 135 (8.57%) Continuous Improvement
17 134 (8.50%) Analytics
17 134 (8.50%) Project Management
18 128 (8.12%) CI/CD
19 119 (7.55%) Data Validation
Programming Languages
1 314 (19.92%) SQL
2 119 (7.55%) Python
3 49 (3.11%) Java
4 29 (1.84%) JavaScript
4 29 (1.84%) PL/SQL
5 23 (1.46%) Bash
6 17 (1.08%) C#
7 16 (1.02%) PowerShell
8 12 (0.76%) Kotlin
9 11 (0.70%) Apex Code
9 11 (0.70%) T-SQL
10 10 (0.63%) TypeScript
11 7 (0.44%) C
11 7 (0.44%) VB
11 7 (0.44%) VB6
11 7 (0.44%) VBA
12 5 (0.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 4 (0.25%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.19%) Korn
14 3 (0.19%) X++
Qualifications
1 255 (16.18%) Security Cleared
2 200 (12.69%) SC Cleared
3 61 (3.87%) Degree
4 34 (2.16%) ISTQB
5 32 (2.03%) DV Cleared
6 31 (1.97%) PMP
7 26 (1.65%) BPSS Clearance
7 26 (1.65%) PMI Certification
8 20 (1.27%) CIMA
9 19 (1.21%) ACCA
10 17 (1.08%) Azure Certification
10 17 (1.08%) Computer Science Degree
11 8 (0.51%) AWS Certification
11 8 (0.51%) DBS Check
11 8 (0.51%) SAP Certification
12 7 (0.44%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 6 (0.38%) Oracle Certification
14 5 (0.32%) ISEB
15 4 (0.25%) Microsoft Certification
15 4 (0.25%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 280 (17.77%) Data Quality
2 145 (9.20%) QA
3 73 (4.63%) GDPR
4 30 (1.90%) PMO
5 16 (1.02%) SLA
6 11 (0.70%) HL7
6 11 (0.70%) IFRS
7 9 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 8 (0.51%) Accessibility
8 8 (0.51%) SNOMED CT
9 6 (0.38%) COBIT
9 6 (0.38%) DICOM
9 6 (0.38%) GMP
9 6 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 5 (0.32%) NIST
11 4 (0.25%) GxP
11 4 (0.25%) PERC
11 4 (0.25%) Solvency II
12 3 (0.19%) GAAP
12 3 (0.19%) GRC
System Software
1 27 (1.71%) VMware Infrastructure
2 19 (1.21%) Docker
3 15 (0.95%) Active Directory
3 15 (0.95%) vSphere
4 12 (0.76%) VMware NSX
5 11 (0.70%) NFS
5 11 (0.70%) Oracle RAC
6 7 (0.44%) SRDF
7 5 (0.32%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.19%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 3 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 45 (2.86%) Terraform
2 39 (2.47%) Kubernetes
3 29 (1.84%) Ansible
4 18 (1.14%) Grafana
5 15 (0.95%) vCenter Server
6 14 (0.89%) Argo
7 10 (0.63%) EMC VPLEX
7 10 (0.63%) HP ALM
8 9 (0.57%) Data Guard
8 9 (0.57%) Oracle RMAN
9 6 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
9 6 (0.38%) vMotion
10 5 (0.32%) Prometheus
10 5 (0.32%) SnapMirror
11 4 (0.25%) EMC NetWorker
11 4 (0.25%) EMC TimeFinder
11 4 (0.25%) Karpenter
11 4 (0.25%) NetBackup
12 3 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
12 3 (0.19%) SnapVault
Vendors
1 306 (19.42%) Oracle
2 293 (18.59%) SAP
3 255 (16.18%) Microsoft
4 75 (4.76%) Salesforce
5 74 (4.70%) Databricks
6 33 (2.09%) ServiceNow
7 32 (2.03%) VMware
8 26 (1.65%) Workday
9 25 (1.59%) Pure Storage
10 23 (1.46%) IFS
10 23 (1.46%) Sage
11 22 (1.40%) Informatica
12 21 (1.33%) Talend
13 20 (1.27%) Ariba
13 20 (1.27%) Google
14 17 (1.08%) MuleSoft
14 17 (1.08%) Red Hat
15 16 (1.02%) Infor
16 13 (0.82%) IBM
17 12 (0.76%) Siebel