Migration Architect Contracts

Migration Architect
UK

The median Migration Architect daily rate in the UK is £700, 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 491 548 664
Rank change year-on-year +57 +116 +79
Contract jobs requiring a Migration Architect 29 34 54
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.099% 0.078% 0.090%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.084% 0.096%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 29 40
10th Percentile £444 £460 £450
25th Percentile £500 £575 £524
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £748 £565
Median % change year-on-year -6.42% +32.39% -13.08%
75th Percentile £788 £775 £709
90th Percentile £880 £875 £805
UK excluding London median daily rate £590 £623 £563
% change year-on-year -5.30% +10.76% -7.22%

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 Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Migration Architect in the UK

Migration Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Migration Architect in the UK

Migration Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Migration Architect in the UK

Migration Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Migration Architect in the UK

Migration Architect
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 Architect 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 +49 22 £700 -6.67% 14
London +35 17 £720 -4.00% 7
Work from Home +42 11 £525 -18.73% 5
UK excluding London +61 8 £590 -5.30% 8
Wales - 3 £446 - 2
South East +45 2 £700 +47.37% 3
Midlands +19 1 - - 2
West Midlands +14 1 - - 2
Scotland +12 1 - -
North East - 1 £825 -
North of England - 1 £825 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Migration Architect 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 Architect in the job title.

1 29 (100.00%) Migration
2 13 (44.83%) Azure
3 12 (41.38%) Social Skills
4 10 (34.48%) AWS
5 9 (31.03%) Data Migration
5 9 (31.03%) GCP
5 9 (31.03%) Finance
6 8 (27.59%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (27.59%) Google
7 7 (24.14%) Degree
7 7 (24.14%) Data Quality
8 6 (20.69%) IBM
8 6 (20.69%) Enterprise Architecture
8 6 (20.69%) Computer Science
8 6 (20.69%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (17.24%) Data Structures
9 5 (17.24%) Roadmaps
9 5 (17.24%) Database Migration
9 5 (17.24%) Data Architecture
9 5 (17.24%) Master Data Management
9 5 (17.24%) TOGAF
9 5 (17.24%) Agile
9 5 (17.24%) Microsoft
9 5 (17.24%) Oracle
10 4 (13.79%) DB2
10 4 (13.79%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (13.79%) ETL
10 4 (13.79%) Banking
10 4 (13.79%) Oracle Database
10 4 (13.79%) Data Governance

Migration Architect 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 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (6.90%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (3.45%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 13 (44.83%) Azure
2 10 (34.48%) AWS
3 9 (31.03%) GCP
4 4 (13.79%) SaaS
5 2 (6.90%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (6.90%) OneDrive
5 2 (6.90%) ShareGate
6 1 (3.45%) Amazon S3
6 1 (3.45%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (3.45%) Azure Storage
6 1 (3.45%) dbt
6 1 (3.45%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (3.45%) Entra ID
6 1 (3.45%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.45%) 2G
1 1 (3.45%) 3G
1 1 (3.45%) 4G
1 1 (3.45%) 5G
1 1 (3.45%) DNS
1 1 (3.45%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (3.45%) VoLTE
1 1 (3.45%) VoWiFi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (13.79%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (13.79%) DB2
1 4 (13.79%) Oracle Database
2 2 (6.90%) Oracle Exadata
2 2 (6.90%) SQL Server
3 1 (3.45%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (3.45%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 1 (3.45%) JIRA
General
1 12 (41.38%) Social Skills
2 9 (31.03%) Finance
3 8 (27.59%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (13.79%) Banking
5 2 (6.90%) Digital Health
5 2 (6.90%) Public Sector
6 1 (3.45%) Automotive
6 1 (3.45%) Multimedia
6 1 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.45%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.24%) Data Structures
2 4 (13.79%) Reference Data
3 3 (10.34%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (6.90%) AS400
4 2 (6.90%) Cloud Native
4 2 (6.90%) Data Centre
4 2 (6.90%) NHS
5 1 (3.45%) CMDB
5 1 (3.45%) Driving Licence
5 1 (3.45%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.90%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (100.00%) Migration
2 9 (31.03%) Data Migration
3 6 (20.69%) Computer Science
3 6 (20.69%) Enterprise Architecture
4 5 (17.24%) Agile
4 5 (17.24%) Data Architecture
4 5 (17.24%) Database Migration
4 5 (17.24%) Master Data Management
4 5 (17.24%) Roadmaps
4 5 (17.24%) TOGAF
5 4 (13.79%) Cloud Security
5 4 (13.79%) Data Governance
5 4 (13.79%) ETL
6 3 (10.34%) IT Strategy
6 3 (10.34%) ITIL
6 3 (10.34%) Risk Management
6 3 (10.34%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (10.34%) Technical Leadership
7 2 (6.90%) Data Ingestion
7 2 (6.90%) Data Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.90%) SQL
2 1 (3.45%) Python
2 1 (3.45%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (24.14%) Degree
2 6 (20.69%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (13.79%) AWS Certification
4 3 (10.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 3 (10.34%) Azure Certification
4 3 (10.34%) CITP
5 2 (6.90%) Master's Degree
6 1 (3.45%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (24.14%) Data Quality
2 2 (6.90%) GDPR
2 2 (6.90%) HIPAA
2 2 (6.90%) PCI DSS
3 1 (3.45%) QA
System Software
1 2 (6.90%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.45%) Hyper-V
2 1 (3.45%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (3.45%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (3.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (27.59%) Google
2 6 (20.69%) IBM
3 5 (17.24%) Microsoft
3 5 (17.24%) Oracle
4 2 (6.90%) SAP
4 2 (6.90%) VMware
4 2 (6.90%) Workday
5 1 (3.45%) Citrix
5 1 (3.45%) Genesys
5 1 (3.45%) Informatica