Migration Specialist Contracts

Migration Specialist
UK

The median Migration Specialist daily rate in the UK is £450, 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 492 536 691
Rank change year-on-year +44 +155 +132
Contract jobs requiring a Migration Specialist 28 46 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.096% 0.11% 0.045%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.11% 0.048%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 36 23
10th Percentile £385 £438 £365
25th Percentile £431 £475 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £500 £638 £610
90th Percentile £580 £650 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £469 £511 £450
% change year-on-year -8.31% +13.61% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61.25 - -
Median hourly rate £62.50 - -
75th Percentile £63.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 - -

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 Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Migration Specialist in the UK

Migration Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Migration Specialist in the UK

Migration Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Migration Specialist in the UK

Migration Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Migration Specialist in the UK

Migration Specialist
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Migration Specialist 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 +40 23 £463 -15.91% 12
London +37 15 £450 -23.08% 3
Work from Home +33 13 £475 -9.09% 7
UK excluding London +49 8 £469 -8.31% 10
South East +38 4 £469 -6.25% 2
South West +45 1 - - 2
North of England +16 1 £675 +32.03% 2
North West +15 1 £675 +34.33% 2
Wales - 1 £400 -
Scotland - 1 - -

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

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

1 28 (100.00%) Migration
2 11 (39.29%) Data Migration
2 11 (39.29%) Azure
3 9 (32.14%) Social Skills
4 7 (25.00%) Finance
5 6 (21.43%) SQL
5 6 (21.43%) Microsoft
5 6 (21.43%) ETL
6 5 (17.86%) Validation
6 5 (17.86%) Windows
6 5 (17.86%) Project Management
6 5 (17.86%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (14.29%) Public Sector
7 4 (14.29%) Disk Encryption
7 4 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (14.29%) SCCM
8 3 (10.71%) Law
8 3 (10.71%) Change Management
8 3 (10.71%) vSphere
8 3 (10.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 3 (10.71%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (7.14%) RBAC
9 2 (7.14%) Roadmaps
9 2 (7.14%) Database Migration
9 2 (7.14%) Collaborative Working
9 2 (7.14%) Multi-Factor Authentication
9 2 (7.14%) Requirements Gathering
9 2 (7.14%) Technical Leadership

Migration Specialist 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 (7.14%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Adobe Captivate
Business Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 11 (39.29%) Azure
2 1 (3.57%) AWS
2 1 (3.57%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (3.57%) Entra ID
2 1 (3.57%) GCP
2 1 (3.57%) Google Compute Engine
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.57%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.57%) NetScaler
1 1 (3.57%) VoIP
1 1 (3.57%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.14%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.57%) BigQuery
2 1 (3.57%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (3.57%) RStudio
General
1 9 (32.14%) Social Skills
2 7 (25.00%) Finance
3 4 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (14.29%) Public Sector
4 3 (10.71%) Law
5 2 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (3.57%) Legal
6 1 (3.57%) Local Government
6 1 (3.57%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.57%) Marketing
6 1 (3.57%) Military
6 1 (3.57%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.71%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (7.14%) Data Centre
2 2 (7.14%) Data Structures
2 2 (7.14%) Learning Management System
3 1 (3.57%) Clustering
3 1 (3.57%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (3.57%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (3.57%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 5 (17.86%) Windows
2 1 (3.57%) Windows Server
2 1 (3.57%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (100.00%) Migration
2 11 (39.29%) Data Migration
3 6 (21.43%) ETL
4 5 (17.86%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (17.86%) Project Management
4 5 (17.86%) Validation
5 4 (14.29%) Disk Encryption
6 3 (10.71%) Change Management
6 3 (10.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 2 (7.14%) Collaborative Working
7 2 (7.14%) Data Mapping
7 2 (7.14%) Database Migration
7 2 (7.14%) ERP
7 2 (7.14%) Identity Access Management
7 2 (7.14%) Multi-Factor Authentication
7 2 (7.14%) RBAC
7 2 (7.14%) Requirements Gathering
7 2 (7.14%) Roadmaps
7 2 (7.14%) Technical Leadership
8 1 (3.57%) Data Design
Programming Languages
1 6 (21.43%) SQL
2 2 (7.14%) Python
3 1 (3.57%) PowerShell
3 1 (3.57%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (3.57%) Azure Certification
1 1 (3.57%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (3.57%) CCNA
1 1 (3.57%) CCNP
1 1 (3.57%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (3.57%) CISM
1 1 (3.57%) CISSP
1 1 (3.57%) Degree
1 1 (3.57%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.14%) Data Quality
System Software
1 3 (10.71%) vSphere
2 1 (3.57%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.57%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (3.57%) XenApp
2 1 (3.57%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 4 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (14.29%) SCCM
2 1 (3.57%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (3.57%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (21.43%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.14%) Salesforce
2 2 (7.14%) SAP
3 1 (3.57%) Adobe
3 1 (3.57%) Cisco
3 1 (3.57%) Citrix
3 1 (3.57%) Google
3 1 (3.57%) HubSpot
3 1 (3.57%) Okta
3 1 (3.57%) Sage
3 1 (3.57%) Workday