Migration Analyst Contracts

Migration Analyst
UK

The median Migration Analyst daily rate in the UK is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 484 532 629
Rank change year-on-year +48 +97 +88
Contract jobs requiring a Migration Analyst 36 50 89
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.11% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.12% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 41 71
10th Percentile £351 £425 £375
25th Percentile £409 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £510
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +2.94% +7.37%
75th Percentile £606 £550 £575
90th Percentile £638 £600 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +6.95%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

Migration Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Migration Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Migration Analyst in the UK

Migration Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Migration Analyst in the UK

Migration Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Migration Analyst over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Migration Analyst in the UK

Migration Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Migration Analyst in the UK

Migration Analyst
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Migration Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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 +43 34 £500 -4.76% 11
London +20 18 £525 -4.55% 2
UK excluding London +68 17 £500 -2.44% 9
Work from Home +39 16 £563 +14.80% 4
South East +53 10 £463 +15.63% 5
North of England +18 5 £500 -1.23% 3
Yorkshire +8 3 £495 -1.00% 2
North West +17 2 £550 -8.33% 1
Midlands - 1 £625 - 1
Wales - 1 £500 -
West Midlands - 1 £625 - 1

Migration Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Migration Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Migration Analyst in the job title.

1 34 (94.44%) Migration
2 22 (61.11%) Data Migration
3 15 (41.67%) Social Skills
4 13 (36.11%) Finance
5 11 (30.56%) SQL
5 11 (30.56%) Azure
5 11 (30.56%) Data Quality
6 10 (27.78%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (27.78%) Banking
6 10 (27.78%) Microsoft
7 9 (25.00%) Agile
8 8 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
9 7 (19.44%) Requirements Gathering
9 7 (19.44%) Data Management
9 7 (19.44%) Data Mapping
9 7 (19.44%) Data Governance
9 7 (19.44%) Stakeholder Management
10 6 (16.67%) Validation
10 6 (16.67%) Oracle
10 6 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
10 6 (16.67%) ETL
11 5 (13.89%) Business Intelligence
11 5 (13.89%) User Acceptance Testing
11 5 (13.89%) Data Cleansing
11 5 (13.89%) Power Platform
11 5 (13.89%) Power BI
12 4 (11.11%) SEPA
12 4 (11.11%) Public Sector
12 4 (11.11%) Workshop Facilitation
12 4 (11.11%) JSON

Migration Analyst Skill Set
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 1 (2.78%) Confluence
1 1 (2.78%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (8.33%) MS Visio
3 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (8.33%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (5.56%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (5.56%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (2.78%) Aladdin
3 1 (2.78%) NetSuite
3 1 (2.78%) Orchard Housing
3 1 (2.78%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 11 (30.56%) Azure
2 5 (13.89%) Power Platform
3 3 (8.33%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (8.33%) OCI
4 2 (5.56%) Azure Data Factory
4 2 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.78%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (2.78%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.56%) Cisco ISE
1 2 (5.56%) DHCP
1 2 (5.56%) DNS
1 2 (5.56%) Firewall
1 2 (5.56%) IP Telephony
1 2 (5.56%) VLAN
1 2 (5.56%) VPN
1 2 (5.56%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (13.89%) Power BI
2 3 (8.33%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (8.33%) SQL Server
2 3 (8.33%) Tableau
3 2 (5.56%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (2.78%) Big Data
4 1 (2.78%) Cognos Query Studio
4 1 (2.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (2.78%) JIRA
1 1 (2.78%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 15 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 13 (36.11%) Finance
3 10 (27.78%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (27.78%) Banking
4 4 (11.11%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.78%) Back Office
5 1 (2.78%) Local Government
5 1 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (11.11%) JSON
2 2 (5.56%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.33%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 2 (5.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (5.56%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (5.56%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (2.78%) CMDB
3 1 (2.78%) Derivative
3 1 (2.78%) Housing Association
3 1 (2.78%) Online Banking
3 1 (2.78%) OTC Derivatives
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (94.44%) Migration
2 22 (61.11%) Data Migration
3 9 (25.00%) Agile
4 8 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (19.44%) Data Governance
5 7 (19.44%) Data Management
5 7 (19.44%) Data Mapping
5 7 (19.44%) Requirements Gathering
5 7 (19.44%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (16.67%) ETL
6 6 (16.67%) Validation
7 5 (13.89%) Business Intelligence
7 5 (13.89%) Data Cleansing
7 5 (13.89%) User Acceptance Testing
8 4 (11.11%) Business Analysis
8 4 (11.11%) Data Analysis
8 4 (11.11%) Data Modelling
8 4 (11.11%) Project Management
8 4 (11.11%) Waterfall
8 4 (11.11%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 11 (30.56%) SQL
2 2 (5.56%) Python
2 2 (5.56%) R
2 2 (5.56%) VBA
3 1 (2.78%) PL/SQL
3 1 (2.78%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (5.56%) CCNA
1 2 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (5.56%) Degree
1 2 (5.56%) HP APS
1 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (5.56%) SC Cleared
1 2 (5.56%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.78%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (30.56%) Data Quality
2 4 (11.11%) SEPA
3 2 (5.56%) ISO 20022
4 1 (2.78%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (5.56%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 2 (5.56%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 10 (27.78%) Microsoft
2 6 (16.67%) Oracle
3 3 (8.33%) SAP
4 2 (5.56%) Charles River
4 2 (5.56%) CheckPoint
4 2 (5.56%) Cisco
4 2 (5.56%) HP
4 2 (5.56%) Infoblox
4 2 (5.56%) Palo Alto
4 2 (5.56%) SolarWinds
5 1 (2.78%) Alteryx
5 1 (2.78%) Ariba
5 1 (2.78%) Cognos
5 1 (2.78%) Informatica
5 1 (2.78%) Orchard
5 1 (2.78%) Workday