Migration Project Manager Contracts

Migration Project Manager
UK

The median Migration Project Manager daily rate in the UK is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 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
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 467 504 627
Rank change year-on-year +37 +123 +17
Contract jobs requiring a Migration Project Manager 41 74 89
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.17% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.18% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 56 66
10th Percentile £414 £450 £413
25th Percentile £463 £496 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £544
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +5.75% +3.57%
75th Percentile £665 £659 £619
90th Percentile £740 £700 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £563 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +7.14% - +6.06%

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 27,103 40,251 55,892
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.50% 92.75% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,687 26,220 39,044
10th Percentile £300 £280 £313
25th Percentile £406 £409 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,052 2,676 1,569
10th Percentile £14.13 £12.86 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.55% -18.89% +88.21%
75th Percentile £62.50 £61.30 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £42.16
% change year-on-year -30.00% -5.11% +115.96%

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 7 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 7 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 +44 34 £525 -8.70% 3
London +35 22 £500 -23.08% 1
UK excluding London +39 15 £563 +7.14% 3
Work from Home +30 15 £538 -5.58% 2
Midlands +24 5 £613 +6.52%
North of England +16 4 £645 -7.86%
South East +33 3 £500 -16.67% 2
West Midlands +19 3 £525 -8.70%
Scotland - 3 £475 - 1
North West +16 2 £683 -2.50%
Yorkshire +14 2 £575 -
East Midlands +11 1 £700 -

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

For the 6 months to 7 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 41 (100.00%) Migration
2 20 (48.78%) Finance
3 18 (43.90%) Project Management
4 15 (36.59%) Social Skills
5 12 (29.27%) Stakeholder Management
6 11 (26.83%) PRINCE2
7 9 (21.95%) Data Migration
7 9 (21.95%) Agile
8 8 (19.51%) Azure
9 7 (17.07%) Data Centre
9 7 (17.07%) Microsoft
10 6 (14.63%) PMP
11 5 (12.20%) Risk Management
11 5 (12.20%) Problem-Solving
12 4 (9.76%) Banking
12 4 (9.76%) Scrum
12 4 (9.76%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 4 (9.76%) PMI Certification
12 4 (9.76%) ETL
12 4 (9.76%) AWS
12 4 (9.76%) Degree
12 4 (9.76%) Waterfall
12 4 (9.76%) Microsoft 365
13 3 (7.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 3 (7.32%) QA
13 3 (7.32%) Supplier Management
13 3 (7.32%) Continuous Improvement
13 3 (7.32%) SC Cleared
13 3 (7.32%) Security Cleared
13 3 (7.32%) VMware Infrastructure

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 (4.88%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.44%) CMS
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (4.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 8 (19.51%) Azure
2 4 (9.76%) AWS
2 4 (9.76%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (4.88%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.44%) OneDrive
4 1 (2.44%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.88%) Firewall
1 2 (4.88%) SD-WAN
2 1 (2.44%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.44%) Data Lake
1 1 (2.44%) Power BI
1 1 (2.44%) SQL Server
1 1 (2.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (2.44%) ThoughtSpot
Development Applications
1 1 (2.44%) JIRA
1 1 (2.44%) MSI
General
1 20 (48.78%) Finance
2 15 (36.59%) Social Skills
3 4 (9.76%) Banking
4 2 (4.88%) Front Office
5 1 (2.44%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.44%) Back Office
5 1 (2.44%) Financial Institution
5 1 (2.44%) German Language
5 1 (2.44%) Law
5 1 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (2.44%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.44%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 7 (17.07%) Data Centre
2 3 (7.32%) Virtual Team
3 1 (2.44%) Derivative
3 1 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.44%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.44%) Mainframe
3 1 (2.44%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.44%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.32%) Windows
2 2 (4.88%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (100.00%) Migration
2 18 (43.90%) Project Management
3 12 (29.27%) Stakeholder Management
4 11 (26.83%) PRINCE2
5 9 (21.95%) Agile
5 9 (21.95%) Data Migration
6 5 (12.20%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (12.20%) Risk Management
7 4 (9.76%) ETL
7 4 (9.76%) Scrum
7 4 (9.76%) Waterfall
8 3 (7.32%) Change Management
8 3 (7.32%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (7.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 3 (7.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 3 (7.32%) Supplier Management
9 2 (4.88%) Business Intelligence
9 2 (4.88%) ITIL
9 2 (4.88%) Project Delivery
9 2 (4.88%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.88%) SQL
2 1 (2.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 6 (14.63%) PMP
2 4 (9.76%) Degree
2 4 (9.76%) PMI Certification
2 4 (9.76%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 3 (7.32%) SC Cleared
3 3 (7.32%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.44%) AWS Certification
4 1 (2.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 1 (2.44%) Azure Certification
4 1 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.44%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.32%) QA
2 1 (2.44%) PMO
2 1 (2.44%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (7.32%) Active Directory
1 3 (7.32%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.44%) BitLocker
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (4.88%) SCCM
2 1 (2.44%) SCSM
Vendors
1 7 (17.07%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.32%) VMware
3 1 (2.44%) Cognos
3 1 (2.44%) Facebook
3 1 (2.44%) Guidewire
3 1 (2.44%) IFS
3 1 (2.44%) ION Trading
3 1 (2.44%) Oracle
3 1 (2.44%) Remedy
3 1 (2.44%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.44%) SAP
3 1 (2.44%) ServiceNow
3 1 (2.44%) SolarWinds