Hybrid/Remote Data Migration Engineer Contract Job Trends

Data Migration Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Data Migration Engineer daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £463, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 355 312 309
Rank change year-on-year -43 -3 +105
Contract jobs requiring a Data Migration Engineer 16 5 17
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.12% 0.051% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.054% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 3 10
10th Percentile £367 £378 £469
25th Percentile £410 £405 £556
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £563
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -20.00% +2.27%
75th Percentile £550 £463 £619
90th Percentile - £470 -
UK median daily rate £495 £463 £556
% change year-on-year +7.03% -16.85% +3.49%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 12,533 9,249 11,833
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.86% 93.87% 93.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,842 6,100 7,593
10th Percentile £358 £325 £325
25th Percentile £430 £413 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -
75th Percentile £623 £625 £638
90th Percentile £713 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 684 293 295
10th Percentile £15.81 £13.36 £19.42
25th Percentile £26.78 £20.50 £31.25
Median hourly rate £60.00 £38.70 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +55.04% -14.00% -10.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £85.00 £68.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -2.01%

Data Migration Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Data Migration Engineer' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Data Migration Engineer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Data Migration Engineer
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Data Migration Engineer job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Data Migration Engineer job vacancies

Data Migration Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Data Migration Engineer over the 6 months to 16 September 2026.

Data Migration Engineer daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Data Migration Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 16 September 2026, Data Migration Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Data Migration Engineer in the job title.

1 16 (100.00%) Migration
2 14 (87.50%) Data Migration
3 8 (50.00%) Data Modelling
4 7 (43.75%) Azure
4 7 (43.75%) SQL
4 7 (43.75%) Validation
5 6 (37.50%) Data Engineering
5 6 (37.50%) Data Quality
6 5 (31.25%) DevOps
6 5 (31.25%) ETL
6 5 (31.25%) Security Cleared
7 4 (25.00%) Azure Data Factory
7 4 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (25.00%) Data Mapping
7 4 (25.00%) InterSystems
7 4 (25.00%) Python
7 4 (25.00%) SC Cleared
8 3 (18.75%) Analytics
8 3 (18.75%) Asset Management
8 3 (18.75%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (18.75%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 3 (18.75%) Business Intelligence
8 3 (18.75%) Data Integration
8 3 (18.75%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
8 3 (18.75%) Power BI
8 3 (18.75%) Power Platform
8 3 (18.75%) SQL Server
9 2 (12.50%) .NET
9 2 (12.50%) Agile

Data Migration Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (6.25%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 7 (43.75%) Azure
2 4 (25.00%) Azure Data Factory
2 4 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (18.75%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 3 (18.75%) Power Platform
4 1 (6.25%) Azure Storage
4 1 (6.25%) GitHub
4 1 (6.25%) OpenShift
4 1 (6.25%) PowerApps
4 1 (6.25%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (18.75%) Azure SQL Database
1 3 (18.75%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (18.75%) Power BI
1 3 (18.75%) SQL Server
2 2 (12.50%) Metadata
3 1 (6.25%) Data Lake
3 1 (6.25%) Delta Lake
3 1 (6.25%) Flink
3 1 (6.25%) MongoDB
3 1 (6.25%) Parquet
3 1 (6.25%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Git
1 2 (12.50%) JIRA
1 2 (12.50%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 3 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (18.75%) Finance
2 1 (6.25%) Banking
2 1 (6.25%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (6.25%) German Language
2 1 (6.25%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (12.50%) .NET
1 2 (12.50%) Terraform
2 1 (6.25%) HTML
2 1 (6.25%) JSON
2 1 (6.25%) Kafka
2 1 (6.25%) PySpark
2 1 (6.25%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.25%) Cloud Native
1 1 (6.25%) Data Fabric
1 1 (6.25%) Data Structures
1 1 (6.25%) Legacy Code
1 1 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (100.00%) Migration
2 14 (87.50%) Data Migration
3 8 (50.00%) Data Modelling
4 7 (43.75%) Validation
5 6 (37.50%) Data Engineering
6 5 (31.25%) DevOps
6 5 (31.25%) ETL
7 4 (25.00%) Data Mapping
8 3 (18.75%) Analytics
8 3 (18.75%) Asset Management
8 3 (18.75%) Business Intelligence
8 3 (18.75%) Data Integration
9 2 (12.50%) Agile
9 2 (12.50%) Data Cleansing
9 2 (12.50%) Data Governance
9 2 (12.50%) Data Validation
9 2 (12.50%) ERP
9 2 (12.50%) ETL Development
9 2 (12.50%) GAP Analysis
9 2 (12.50%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (43.75%) SQL
2 4 (25.00%) Python
3 1 (6.25%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (31.25%) Security Cleared
2 4 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (6.25%) Azure Certification
3 1 (6.25%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (6.25%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (37.50%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) Ansible
Vendors
1 4 (25.00%) InterSystems
2 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
3 2 (12.50%) Databricks
3 2 (12.50%) SAP
4 1 (6.25%) Charles River
4 1 (6.25%) Oracle