Data Migration Contracts

Data Migration
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Data Migration skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Data Migration over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 89 132 131
Rank change year-on-year +43 -1 -14
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,008 1,140 1,778
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.35% 1.96% 2.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.73% 2.18% 2.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 684 796 1,206
10th Percentile £363 £378 £363
25th Percentile £463 £450 £439
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £619
90th Percentile £725 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £494
% change year-on-year +5.00% +1.27% +3.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 8 10
10th Percentile £25.00 £17.50 £11.47
25th Percentile £40.00 £19.38 £16.75
Median hourly rate £75.00 £26.75 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +180.37% +33.75% +26.10%
75th Percentile £80.00 £38.75 £50.10
90th Percentile - £64.25 £62.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate £75.00 £22.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year +233.33% +12.50% +26.10%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Data Migration is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,956 52,182 79,685
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.29% 89.83% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,793 36,175 55,967
10th Percentile £300 £325 £341
25th Percentile £413 £438 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,422 1,727 1,890
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%

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 7 May 2024.

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 7 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Migration in the UK

Data Migration
Top 16 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 7 May 2024. 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 +43 869 £550 +4.76% 178
London +62 456 £550 - 76
UK excluding London +38 435 £525 +5.00% 101
Work from Home +41 419 £550 +8.06% 86
South East -14 104 £550 +4.76% 28
North of England +44 102 £520 +4.00% 18
South West +49 71 £520 +4.00% 14
North West +41 61 £525 +10.53% 7
Midlands +2 59 £575 +15.00% 17
Scotland +38 50 £500 +2.67% 6
West Midlands +2 43 £591 +10.00% 14
East of England +6 40 £307 -4.22% 12
Yorkshire +27 35 £513 - 4
East Midlands +20 15 £515 +22.62% 3
Wales +22 6 £425 - 1
North East +17 6 £544 +3.57% 7

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 61 (6.05%) SharePoint
2 25 (2.48%) Confluence
3 20 (1.98%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (1.19%) Apache
5 10 (0.99%) Apache Spark
6 7 (0.69%) CMS
6 7 (0.69%) Oracle Workflow
7 6 (0.60%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.30%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.20%) GemFire
9 2 (0.20%) GeoServer
10 1 (0.099%) PowerExchange
10 1 (0.099%) SAS
Applications
1 30 (2.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (1.98%) MS Visio
3 16 (1.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (1.39%) Microsoft Office
5 12 (1.19%) Microsoft Project
6 10 (0.99%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.099%) Trello
Business Applications
1 63 (6.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 54 (5.36%) Dynamics CRM
3 20 (1.98%) Oracle EBS
4 14 (1.39%) Loan IQ
4 14 (1.39%) SAP MDG
5 10 (0.99%) SAP FI
6 9 (0.89%) NetSuite
6 9 (0.89%) SAP CO
7 8 (0.79%) Dynamics AX
7 8 (0.79%) NEC Housing
7 8 (0.79%) SAP FI/CO
8 7 (0.69%) Oracle General Ledger
8 7 (0.69%) SAP Retail
8 7 (0.69%) Workday HCM
9 6 (0.60%) Salesforce CRM
10 5 (0.50%) Oracle Assets
10 5 (0.50%) Oracle EBS R12
10 5 (0.50%) Oracle Payables
10 5 (0.50%) Oracle Receivables
11 4 (0.40%) Infor SunSystems
Cloud Services
1 196 (19.44%) Azure
2 102 (10.12%) Dynamics 365
3 88 (8.73%) Power Platform
4 85 (8.43%) AWS
5 38 (3.77%) Microsoft 365
6 28 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
6 28 (2.78%) SaaS
7 27 (2.68%) OCI
8 26 (2.58%) Serverless
9 25 (2.48%) Azure Data Factory
10 24 (2.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 24 (2.38%) Snowflake
11 23 (2.28%) GCP
12 17 (1.69%) Entra ID
13 15 (1.49%) Amazon S3
13 15 (1.49%) GitHub
14 14 (1.39%) PaaS
15 13 (1.29%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 13 (1.29%) Azure Service Bus
15 13 (1.29%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 17 (1.69%) Firewall
2 11 (1.09%) DNS
3 10 (0.99%) SAN
4 9 (0.89%) MPLS
5 8 (0.79%) DHCP
5 8 (0.79%) LAN
5 8 (0.79%) WAN
5 8 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
6 7 (0.69%) VPN
7 6 (0.60%) VSAN
8 4 (0.40%) IPsec
9 3 (0.30%) PuTTY
10 2 (0.20%) NAS
11 1 (0.099%) Ethernet
11 1 (0.099%) Internet
11 1 (0.099%) Intranet
11 1 (0.099%) OpenLDAP
11 1 (0.099%) SSL
11 1 (0.099%) Unified Communications
11 1 (0.099%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 96 (9.52%) Data Warehouse
2 71 (7.04%) SQL Server
3 62 (6.15%) Power BI
4 49 (4.86%) PostgreSQL
5 35 (3.47%) Data Lake
6 33 (3.27%) Oracle Database
7 27 (2.68%) NoSQL
8 22 (2.18%) Azure SQL Database
8 22 (2.18%) Tableau
9 21 (2.08%) Big Data
9 21 (2.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 18 (1.79%) Metadata
11 17 (1.69%) Relational Database
11 17 (1.69%) SAP Data Services
12 16 (1.59%) Oracle Database 11g
13 14 (1.39%) MySQL
14 11 (1.09%) Electronic Patient Records
14 11 (1.09%) SAP HANA
15 9 (0.89%) DB2
15 9 (0.89%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 42 (4.17%) JIRA
2 16 (1.59%) GitLab
3 13 (1.29%) Git
4 9 (0.89%) ERwin
4 9 (0.89%) LSMW
5 7 (0.69%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 7 (0.69%) Visual Studio
6 6 (0.60%) Visual Studio Team System
7 5 (0.50%) Eclipse
7 5 (0.50%) Jenkins
8 4 (0.40%) Deequ
8 4 (0.40%) Postman
8 4 (0.40%) Selenium
9 3 (0.30%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.30%) SoapUI
9 3 (0.30%) Toad
10 2 (0.20%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.20%) Oracle APEX
10 2 (0.20%) SpecFlow
11 1 (0.099%) Oracle Forms
General
1 273 (27.08%) Finance
1 273 (27.08%) Social Skills
2 97 (9.62%) Public Sector
3 76 (7.54%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (4.86%) Banking
5 44 (4.37%) Retail
6 29 (2.88%) Manufacturing
7 24 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
8 21 (2.08%) Financial Institution
9 18 (1.79%) Aerospace
9 18 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 18 (1.79%) Local Government
10 17 (1.69%) Marketing
11 16 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
11 16 (1.59%) Legal
12 14 (1.39%) Billing
13 10 (0.99%) Investment Banking
13 10 (0.99%) Social Housing
14 9 (0.89%) Influencing Skills
15 8 (0.79%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 166 (16.47%) Consultant
2 158 (15.67%) Analyst
3 142 (14.09%) Architect
4 104 (10.32%) Lead
5 99 (9.82%) Project Manager
6 87 (8.63%) Data Engineer
7 75 (7.44%) Business Analyst
8 72 (7.14%) Developer
9 56 (5.56%) Data Migration Lead
9 56 (5.56%) Migration Engineer
10 53 (5.26%) Data Architect
11 51 (5.06%) Data Analyst
12 50 (4.96%) Data Consultant
12 50 (4.96%) Senior
13 43 (4.27%) Data Migration Engineer
14 41 (4.07%) Migration Analyst
15 40 (3.97%) Data Manager
15 40 (3.97%) Migration Consultant
16 39 (3.87%) Data Migration Analyst
16 39 (3.87%) Migration Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (2.98%) .NET
1 30 (2.98%) Web Services
2 22 (2.18%) JSON
3 19 (1.88%) REST
4 18 (1.79%) Oracle Fusion
5 11 (1.09%) XML
6 10 (0.99%) ARM Templates
7 9 (0.89%) PySpark
8 8 (0.79%) .NET Framework
8 8 (0.79%) Apache Avro
8 8 (0.79%) Spring Boot
9 7 (0.69%) Apache Camel
9 7 (0.69%) BAPI
9 7 (0.69%) Entity Framework
9 7 (0.69%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
9 7 (0.69%) Middleware
9 7 (0.69%) WCF
10 6 (0.60%) JSON Schema
10 6 (0.60%) Spring
11 5 (0.50%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 67 (6.65%) Legacy Systems
2 44 (4.37%) Data Centre
3 39 (3.87%) Data Structures
4 24 (2.38%) Management Information System
5 21 (2.08%) Cloud Native
6 19 (1.88%) Product Ownership
7 18 (1.79%) Linux Command Line
8 16 (1.59%) Clustering
8 16 (1.59%) Greenfield Project
9 12 (1.19%) Onboarding
9 12 (1.19%) Replication
10 11 (1.09%) FMCG
11 9 (0.89%) NHS
12 8 (0.79%) Client/Server
12 8 (0.79%) Virtual Team
13 7 (0.69%) Enterprise Software
13 7 (0.69%) Reinsurance
14 6 (0.60%) Fixed Income
14 6 (0.60%) SWIFT Messaging Network
14 6 (0.60%) VxBlock/Vblock
Operating Systems
1 44 (4.37%) Windows
2 32 (3.17%) Linux
3 22 (2.18%) Unix
4 12 (1.19%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.40%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.20%) VMS
6 2 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,008 (100.00%) Migration
2 152 (15.08%) Agile
3 137 (13.59%) Problem-Solving
4 135 (13.39%) Data Modelling
5 121 (12.00%) ETL
6 109 (10.81%) ERP
7 105 (10.42%) Project Management
8 103 (10.22%) Data Management
9 97 (9.62%) Stakeholder Management
10 91 (9.03%) CRM
11 89 (8.83%) Analytics
11 89 (8.83%) User Acceptance Testing
12 84 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
13 81 (8.04%) DevOps
14 80 (7.94%) Data Governance
15 79 (7.84%) Validation
16 65 (6.45%) Data Analysis
17 57 (5.65%) Requirements Gathering
18 56 (5.56%) Change Management
19 55 (5.46%) Data Cleansing
Programming Languages
1 202 (20.04%) SQL
2 63 (6.25%) Python
3 38 (3.77%) Java
4 34 (3.37%) C#
4 34 (3.37%) PowerShell
5 27 (2.68%) JavaScript
5 27 (2.68%) PL/SQL
6 15 (1.49%) ABAP
6 15 (1.49%) Bash
7 12 (1.19%) T-SQL
8 9 (0.89%) Scala
9 5 (0.50%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.40%) Bicep
10 4 (0.40%) Go
11 2 (0.20%) PHP
11 2 (0.20%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.099%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.099%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.099%) Groovy
12 1 (0.099%) VBA
Qualifications
1 136 (13.49%) Security Cleared
2 113 (11.21%) SC Cleared
3 71 (7.04%) Degree
4 23 (2.28%) DV Cleared
5 18 (1.79%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (1.19%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (1.09%) Azure Certification
8 8 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (0.69%) SAP Certification
10 6 (0.60%) PMP
10 6 (0.60%) TOGAF Certification
11 5 (0.50%) ACCA
11 5 (0.50%) CIMA
11 5 (0.50%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 4 (0.40%) APMP
12 4 (0.40%) Numerate Degree
12 4 (0.40%) PMI Certification
13 3 (0.30%) Master's Degree
14 2 (0.20%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 1 (0.099%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 118 (11.71%) Data Quality
2 56 (5.56%) QA
3 35 (3.47%) GDPR
4 29 (2.88%) PMO
5 10 (0.99%) Accessibility
6 9 (0.89%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.50%) ISO 20022
8 4 (0.40%) SLA
9 3 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.30%) Disclosure Scotland
9 3 (0.30%) NIST
10 2 (0.20%) GxP
11 1 (0.099%) Government Security Classifications
11 1 (0.099%) HL7
11 1 (0.099%) IASME
11 1 (0.099%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 43 (4.27%) Active Directory
2 30 (2.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (2.18%) vSphere
4 13 (1.29%) Docker
5 11 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
6 10 (0.99%) VMware NSX
7 8 (0.79%) Virtual Servers
7 8 (0.79%) VMware Workstation
8 4 (0.40%) Oracle RAC
9 3 (0.30%) Hyper-V
10 1 (0.099%) HDFS
10 1 (0.099%) OpenIDM
Systems Management
1 28 (2.78%) Terraform
2 13 (1.29%) Ansible
3 12 (1.19%) Kubernetes
4 8 (0.79%) Microsoft Clustering
4 8 (0.79%) Nagios
4 8 (0.79%) NetBackup
4 8 (0.79%) SCCM
5 7 (0.69%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 7 (0.69%) VxRail
6 6 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (0.60%) vCenter Server
7 4 (0.40%) Data Guard
7 4 (0.40%) Oracle RMAN
8 2 (0.20%) Grafana
8 2 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.099%) Istio
9 1 (0.099%) Packer
9 1 (0.099%) vRealize
Vendors
1 172 (17.06%) Microsoft
2 163 (16.17%) SAP
3 141 (13.99%) Oracle
4 37 (3.67%) Micro Focus
5 36 (3.57%) Databricks
6 34 (3.37%) Salesforce
6 34 (3.37%) VMware
7 29 (2.88%) NetApp
8 22 (2.18%) Dell
9 21 (2.08%) Informatica
10 19 (1.88%) Workday
11 18 (1.79%) Atlassian
12 13 (1.29%) Cisco
13 12 (1.19%) Google
13 12 (1.19%) IBM
14 11 (1.09%) SolarWinds
15 10 (0.99%) Ariba
15 10 (0.99%) Red Hat
16 8 (0.79%) Hitachi
16 8 (0.79%) NEC