Data Migration Contracts

Data Migration
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Data Migration skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Migration over the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 94 96 130
Rank change year-on-year +2 +34 +6
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 787 990 1,117
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.67% 2.33% 1.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.94% 2.70% 2.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 490 673 767
10th Percentile £375 £361 £384
25th Percentile £450 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £627 £650 £631
90th Percentile £700 £725 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +2.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 33 8
10th Percentile £35.00 £25.00 £17.50
25th Percentile £56.25 £40.00 £19.38
Median hourly rate £67.50 £75.00 £26.75
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +180.37% +33.75%
75th Percentile £87.05 £80.00 £38.75
90th Percentile £87.50 - £64.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £75.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -16.67% +233.33% +12.50%

All Process and 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 26,772 36,679 51,168
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.96% 86.19% 89.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,185 23,608 35,479
10th Percentile £305 £300 £325
25th Percentile £410 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% +3.77%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +4.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,093 2,436 1,692
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.75 £10.64
25th Percentile £18.13 £15.94 £16.10
Median hourly rate £28.00 £36.27 £35.65
Median % change year-on-year -22.81% +1.75% +38.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -32.93% +7.14% +75.00%

Data Migration
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Data Migration as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Data Migration in the UK

Data Migration
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Migration.

Daily rate trend for Data Migration in the UK

Data Migration
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Migration over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Migration in the UK

Data Migration
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Migration.

Hourly rate trend for Data Migration in the UK

Data Migration
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Migration over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Migration in the UK

Data Migration
Top 17 Contract 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 May 2025. 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 +5 662 £529 -3.82% 457
UK excluding London -3 335 £500 -4.76% 346
London -21 311 £550 - 165
Work from Home -10 290 £528 -4.09% 317
North of England +18 100 £494 -5.10% 77
South East +37 95 £545 -0.91% 120
North West +9 54 £544 +3.52% 49
Midlands +8 52 £475 -15.56% 65
Yorkshire +20 44 £400 -21.95% 26
West Midlands -2 36 £475 -18.28% 40
East of England +17 31 £650 +61.19% 29
South West +2 28 £500 -7.62% 43
Scotland -17 28 £475 -5.00% 14
East Midlands +10 13 £458 -13.68% 21
Wales -1 4 £438 +2.94% 3
North East -6 2 £575 -2.13% 4
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 4

Data Migration
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 39 (4.96%) Confluence
2 37 (4.70%) SharePoint
3 6 (0.76%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (0.76%) CMS
3 6 (0.76%) SAS
4 5 (0.64%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.38%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.38%) Smallworld
6 2 (0.25%) IBM Notes
6 2 (0.25%) IIS
6 2 (0.25%) Oracle Spatial
6 2 (0.25%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.25%) PowerExchange
7 1 (0.13%) Apache
7 1 (0.13%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.13%) JBoss
7 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.13%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.13%) WebSphere
Applications
1 29 (3.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.52%) MS Visio
3 5 (0.64%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.25%) Trello
7 1 (0.13%) Adobe Captivate
7 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.13%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 76 (9.66%) SAP S/4HANA
2 36 (4.57%) Oracle EBS
3 21 (2.67%) Dynamics CRM
4 9 (1.14%) SAP CO
5 8 (1.02%) Dynamics AX
5 8 (1.02%) SAP FI
5 8 (1.02%) SAP FI/CO
5 8 (1.02%) SAP HR
5 8 (1.02%) SAP MDG
5 8 (1.02%) SAP PP
5 8 (1.02%) Workday HCM
6 7 (0.89%) Oracle EBS R12
6 7 (0.89%) Oracle ERP
7 5 (0.64%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 5 (0.64%) SAP CAR
7 5 (0.64%) SAP PM
7 5 (0.64%) SAP Retail
7 5 (0.64%) SAP SD
8 4 (0.51%) Oracle Financials
8 4 (0.51%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 129 (16.39%) AWS
2 126 (16.01%) Azure
3 60 (7.62%) Power Platform
4 59 (7.50%) Dynamics 365
5 41 (5.21%) GCP
6 31 (3.94%) Amazon S3
7 29 (3.68%) OCI
8 28 (3.56%) Azure DevOps
9 26 (3.30%) Serverless
10 22 (2.80%) Azure Data Factory
11 21 (2.67%) Snowflake
12 20 (2.54%) AWS Lambda
12 20 (2.54%) SaaS
13 18 (2.29%) Microsoft 365
14 16 (2.03%) PowerApps
15 15 (1.91%) Amazon ELB
15 15 (1.91%) AWS CloudFormation
16 14 (1.78%) Power Automate
16 14 (1.78%) SuccessFactors
17 10 (1.27%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.89%) Firewall
2 6 (0.76%) VPN
3 3 (0.38%) Intranet
4 2 (0.25%) Network Security
5 1 (0.13%) LAN
5 1 (0.13%) OpenLDAP
5 1 (0.13%) SAN
5 1 (0.13%) VSAN
5 1 (0.13%) WAN
5 1 (0.13%) X.25
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (8.77%) Data Warehouse
2 58 (7.37%) SQL Server
3 52 (6.61%) Oracle Database
4 44 (5.59%) Power BI
5 36 (4.57%) PostgreSQL
6 34 (4.32%) Oracle Reports
7 24 (3.05%) Data Lake
8 23 (2.92%) Amazon RDS
8 23 (2.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 19 (2.41%) SAP Data Services
10 15 (1.91%) Azure SQL Database
10 15 (1.91%) Metadata
11 14 (1.78%) Big Data
12 13 (1.65%) MySQL
12 13 (1.65%) Relational Database
13 11 (1.40%) Amazon Redshift
13 11 (1.40%) Tableau
14 10 (1.27%) Amazon Athena
14 10 (1.27%) GIS
15 8 (1.02%) Oracle Database 11g
Development Applications
1 44 (5.59%) JIRA
2 24 (3.05%) GitLab
3 9 (1.14%) Git
4 7 (0.89%) ERwin
5 5 (0.64%) DBeaver
5 5 (0.64%) REST Assured
6 4 (0.51%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.51%) LSMW
6 4 (0.51%) Postman
6 4 (0.51%) PowerDesigner
6 4 (0.51%) Selenium
7 3 (0.38%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (0.38%) Subversion
7 3 (0.38%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.25%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.25%) JMeter
8 2 (0.25%) QARun
8 2 (0.25%) SoapUI
8 2 (0.25%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.25%) WinRunner
General
1 275 (34.94%) Social Skills
2 236 (29.99%) Finance
3 137 (17.41%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (5.84%) Public Sector
5 37 (4.70%) Manufacturing
6 36 (4.57%) Banking
7 31 (3.94%) Retail
8 26 (3.30%) Marketing
9 22 (2.80%) Presentation Skills
10 21 (2.67%) Pharmaceutical
11 17 (2.16%) Local Government
12 16 (2.03%) Legal
13 15 (1.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 13 (1.65%) Documentation Skills
15 10 (1.27%) General Ledger
16 8 (1.02%) French Language
16 8 (1.02%) Organisational Skills
17 7 (0.89%) Influencing Skills
18 6 (0.76%) Law
19 5 (0.64%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 150 (19.06%) Consultant
2 123 (15.63%) Analyst
3 109 (13.85%) Architect
4 86 (10.93%) Lead
5 64 (8.13%) Data Engineer
6 62 (7.88%) Project Manager
7 59 (7.50%) Data Analyst
8 49 (6.23%) SAP Consultant
9 43 (5.46%) Business Analyst
10 42 (5.34%) Senior
11 41 (5.21%) Developer
12 40 (5.08%) Data Consultant
13 34 (4.32%) Solutions Architect
14 32 (4.07%) Migration Consultant
14 32 (4.07%) Migration Engineer
15 30 (3.81%) Data Migration Consultant
16 27 (3.43%) Oracle Consultant
17 26 (3.30%) Data Architect
17 26 (3.30%) Migration Analyst
18 25 (3.18%) Data Migration Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (2.67%) REST
2 15 (1.91%) Oracle Fusion
2 15 (1.91%) XML
3 13 (1.65%) Middleware
4 11 (1.40%) Kafka
4 11 (1.40%) Lightning Web Components
5 10 (1.27%) .NET
5 10 (1.27%) Web Services
6 9 (1.14%) JSON
6 9 (1.14%) SOAP
6 9 (1.14%) Visualforce
7 7 (0.89%) PySpark
8 6 (0.76%) AWS CDK
8 6 (0.76%) Gherkin
8 6 (0.76%) PostGIS
9 5 (0.64%) OAuth
9 5 (0.64%) RESTful
9 5 (0.64%) Spring
9 5 (0.64%) Spring Boot
10 4 (0.51%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 90 (11.44%) Legacy Systems
2 43 (5.46%) Data Structures
3 25 (3.18%) Management Information System
4 24 (3.05%) Onboarding
5 20 (2.54%) Data Centre
5 20 (2.54%) Product Ownership
6 13 (1.65%) Public Cloud
7 11 (1.40%) Life Science
7 11 (1.40%) Reference Data
8 9 (1.14%) Hybrid Cloud
8 9 (1.14%) NHS
9 7 (0.89%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (0.76%) Cloud Native
10 6 (0.76%) FMCG
10 6 (0.76%) Replication
10 6 (0.76%) Virtual Team
11 5 (0.64%) IoT
11 5 (0.64%) Mainframe
11 5 (0.64%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (0.64%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 21 (2.67%) Unix
2 13 (1.65%) Linux
3 9 (1.14%) Windows
4 4 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (0.51%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.13%) Amazon Linux
5 1 (0.13%) CentOS
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 787 (100.00%) Migration
2 173 (21.98%) Problem-Solving
3 153 (19.44%) ETL
4 121 (15.37%) Validation
5 116 (14.74%) Agile
6 105 (13.34%) ERP
7 101 (12.83%) Stakeholder Management
8 98 (12.45%) Data Modelling
9 91 (11.56%) Data Integration
10 90 (11.44%) Data Governance
10 90 (11.44%) Data Management
11 88 (11.18%) DevOps
12 84 (10.67%) Analytics
13 75 (9.53%) User Acceptance Testing
14 73 (9.28%) Change Management
15 71 (9.02%) Project Management
16 68 (8.64%) Business Intelligence
17 61 (7.75%) Data Cleansing
18 58 (7.37%) Data Mapping
19 51 (6.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 221 (28.08%) SQL
2 99 (12.58%) Python
3 38 (4.83%) PL/SQL
4 19 (2.41%) Java
5 18 (2.29%) T-SQL
6 15 (1.91%) C#
7 13 (1.65%) Bash
8 10 (1.27%) Apex Code
8 10 (1.27%) JavaScript
9 9 (1.14%) PowerShell
9 9 (1.14%) VBA
10 6 (0.76%) Bicep
10 6 (0.76%) R
11 5 (0.64%) ABAP
12 4 (0.51%) C
12 4 (0.51%) VB
13 3 (0.38%) C++
13 3 (0.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.38%) Kusto Query Language
13 3 (0.38%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 89 (11.31%) Security Cleared
2 77 (9.78%) SC Cleared
3 60 (7.62%) Degree
4 27 (3.43%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (1.91%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (1.52%) PMI Certification
7 11 (1.40%) PMP
8 10 (1.27%) AWS Certification
8 10 (1.27%) SAP Certification
9 8 (1.02%) Azure Certification
10 7 (0.89%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 7 (0.89%) CBAP
10 7 (0.89%) Master's Degree
11 4 (0.51%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (0.38%) ACCA
13 2 (0.25%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 2 (0.25%) CIMA
13 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Certification
14 1 (0.13%) MBA
14 1 (0.13%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 118 (14.99%) Data Quality
2 41 (5.21%) QA
3 31 (3.94%) GDPR
4 8 (1.02%) Accessibility
4 8 (1.02%) PMO
5 7 (0.89%) HIPAA
6 4 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.51%) SEPA
7 2 (0.25%) COBIT
7 2 (0.25%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (0.25%) GAAP
7 2 (0.25%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.25%) NIST
7 2 (0.25%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.13%) DICOM
8 1 (0.13%) GRC
8 1 (0.13%) HL7
8 1 (0.13%) IFRS
8 1 (0.13%) SLA
System Software
1 23 (2.92%) Docker
2 7 (0.89%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.13%) Apache Flume
4 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.13%) SRDF
4 1 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 18 (2.29%) Kubernetes
2 16 (2.03%) Terraform
3 14 (1.78%) Oracle RMAN
4 11 (1.40%) Ansible
5 7 (0.89%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (0.76%) Grafana
6 6 (0.76%) Progress Chef
7 4 (0.51%) CEMLI
7 4 (0.51%) Puppet
8 2 (0.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.25%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.13%) Control-M
9 1 (0.13%) EMC TimeFinder
9 1 (0.13%) HAProxy
9 1 (0.13%) Istio
9 1 (0.13%) OMEGAMON
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle Identity Manager
9 1 (0.13%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.13%) SCSM
9 1 (0.13%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 159 (20.20%) SAP
2 153 (19.44%) Oracle
3 116 (14.74%) Microsoft
4 32 (4.07%) Salesforce
5 30 (3.81%) Google
6 23 (2.92%) Databricks
7 21 (2.67%) Ariba
8 20 (2.54%) Workday
9 16 (2.03%) Informatica
10 12 (1.52%) Commvault
10 12 (1.52%) IBM
11 10 (1.27%) Alteryx
12 6 (0.76%) Guidewire
13 5 (0.64%) Atlassian
13 5 (0.64%) Cognos
13 5 (0.64%) Infor
13 5 (0.64%) MuleSoft
13 5 (0.64%) Red Hat
13 5 (0.64%) ServiceNow
13 5 (0.64%) VMware