Migration Project Manager Contracts

Migration Project Manager
UK

The median Migration Project Manager daily rate in the UK is £550, 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 481 505 627
Rank change year-on-year +24 +122 +12
Contract jobs requiring a Migration Project Manager 39 77 91
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.18% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.19% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 58 69
10th Percentile £413 £450 £423
25th Percentile £481 £501 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £683 £650 £625
90th Percentile £745 £700 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £613 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +16.67% - +5.00%

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 Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Migration Project Manager in the UK

Migration Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Migration Project Manager in the UK

Migration Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Migration Project Manager in the UK

Migration Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Migration Project Manager in the UK

Migration Project Manager
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Migration Project Manager 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 +30 34 £538 -8.67% 3
London +16 22 £500 -23.08% 3
Work from Home +29 15 £538 -9.55% 2
UK excluding London +47 13 £613 +16.67% 1
North of England +19 5 £645 -7.86%
Midlands +23 4 £700 +21.74%
South East +46 3 £500 -16.67% 1
North West +18 3 £683 -2.50%
West Midlands +14 2 - -
Yorkshire +7 2 £575 -
Scotland +13 1 - -
East Midlands +10 1 £700 -

Migration Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

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

1 39 (100.00%) Migration
2 19 (48.72%) Finance
3 16 (41.03%) Project Management
4 13 (33.33%) Social Skills
5 9 (23.08%) Data Migration
5 9 (23.08%) PRINCE2
5 9 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (20.51%) Agile
6 8 (20.51%) Azure
7 7 (17.95%) Data Centre
8 4 (10.26%) Scrum
8 4 (10.26%) Risk Management
8 4 (10.26%) Microsoft
8 4 (10.26%) ETL
8 4 (10.26%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 4 (10.26%) PMP
8 4 (10.26%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (10.26%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (10.26%) AWS
9 3 (7.69%) Security Cleared
9 3 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
9 3 (7.69%) SC Cleared
9 3 (7.69%) QA
9 3 (7.69%) Supplier Management
9 3 (7.69%) Waterfall
9 3 (7.69%) PMI Certification
9 3 (7.69%) Windows
9 3 (7.69%) Active Directory
9 3 (7.69%) Change Management
9 3 (7.69%) Banking

Migration Project Manager 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 (5.13%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.56%) CMS
2 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (5.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (2.56%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 8 (20.51%) Azure
2 4 (10.26%) AWS
2 4 (10.26%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (5.13%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.56%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.13%) Firewall
1 2 (5.13%) SD-WAN
2 1 (2.56%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.56%) Data Lake
1 1 (2.56%) SQL Server
1 1 (2.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (2.56%) ThoughtSpot
Development Applications
1 1 (2.56%) JIRA
1 1 (2.56%) MSI
General
1 19 (48.72%) Finance
2 13 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 3 (7.69%) Banking
4 2 (5.13%) Front Office
4 2 (5.13%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.56%) Back Office
5 1 (2.56%) Financial Institution
5 1 (2.56%) German Language
5 1 (2.56%) Law
5 1 (2.56%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 7 (17.95%) Data Centre
2 1 (2.56%) Derivative
2 1 (2.56%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (2.56%) Mainframe
2 1 (2.56%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.56%) Tandem
2 1 (2.56%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.69%) Windows
2 2 (5.13%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (100.00%) Migration
2 16 (41.03%) Project Management
3 9 (23.08%) Data Migration
3 9 (23.08%) PRINCE2
3 9 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (20.51%) Agile
5 4 (10.26%) ETL
5 4 (10.26%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (10.26%) Risk Management
5 4 (10.26%) Scrum
6 3 (7.69%) Change Management
6 3 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 3 (7.69%) Supplier Management
6 3 (7.69%) Waterfall
7 2 (5.13%) Data Cleansing
7 2 (5.13%) Data Governance
7 2 (5.13%) Data Validation
7 2 (5.13%) ITIL
7 2 (5.13%) Kanban
7 2 (5.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.13%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (10.26%) PMP
1 4 (10.26%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 3 (7.69%) Degree
2 3 (7.69%) PMI Certification
2 3 (7.69%) SC Cleared
2 3 (7.69%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.56%) AWS Certification
3 1 (2.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 1 (2.56%) Azure Certification
3 1 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.56%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.69%) QA
2 1 (2.56%) PMO
2 1 (2.56%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (7.69%) Active Directory
1 3 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.56%) BitLocker
2 1 (2.56%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (5.13%) SCCM
2 1 (2.56%) SCSM
Vendors
1 4 (10.26%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.69%) VMware
3 1 (2.56%) Facebook
3 1 (2.56%) Guidewire
3 1 (2.56%) IFS
3 1 (2.56%) ION Trading
3 1 (2.56%) Oracle
3 1 (2.56%) Remedy
3 1 (2.56%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.56%) SAP
3 1 (2.56%) ServiceNow
3 1 (2.56%) SolarWinds