Hybrid/Remote Migration Architect Contract Job Trends

Migration Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median Migration Architect daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025.

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

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 310 304 384
Rank change year-on-year -6 +80 +158
Contract jobs requiring a Migration Architect 8 12 7
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.079% 0.099% 0.039%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.084% 0.11% 0.042%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 7 7
10th Percentile £502 £390 £619
25th Percentile £505 £445 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £665
Median % change year-on-year - -21.05% +2.31%
75th Percentile £550 £622 -
90th Percentile - £688 £749
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £669
% change year-on-year +4.76% -21.52% +0.97%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 9,503 11,296 16,780
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.31% 93.10% 94.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,215 7,149 11,556
10th Percentile £325 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £638
90th Percentile £723 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 335 206 378
10th Percentile £15.18 £18.50 £17.60
25th Percentile £20.50 £24.26 £26.24
Median hourly rate £43.69 £38.25 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +14.22% -27.14% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £86.63
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £34.75 £44.00
% change year-on-year -27.63% -21.02% +40.98%

Migration Architect
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

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

Migration Architect job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Migration Architect
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

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

For the 6 months to 13 December 2025, Migration Architect 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 Migration Architect in the job title.

1 7 (87.50%) Migration
2 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 4 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (25.00%) Azure
5 2 (25.00%) Azure Certification
5 2 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (25.00%) Change Management
5 2 (25.00%) Cloud Operations
5 2 (25.00%) Cost Optimisation
5 2 (25.00%) Data Transformation
5 2 (25.00%) DevOps
5 2 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (25.00%) IaaS
5 2 (25.00%) Information Architecture
5 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
5 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Automation
5 2 (25.00%) Knowledge Transfer
5 2 (25.00%) Metadata
5 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (25.00%) Network Security
5 2 (25.00%) Process Improvement
5 2 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
5 2 (25.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (25.00%) SharePoint
5 2 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
5 2 (25.00%) Terraform
5 2 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
5 2 (25.00%) VMware

Migration Architect 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 2 (25.00%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Azure
1 2 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (25.00%) IaaS
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (12.50%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) Network Security
2 1 (12.50%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) Metadata
General
1 3 (37.50%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (12.50%) Data Structures
2 1 (12.50%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (12.50%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Migration
2 4 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (25.00%) Change Management
4 2 (25.00%) Cloud Operations
4 2 (25.00%) Cost Optimisation
4 2 (25.00%) Data Transformation
4 2 (25.00%) DevOps
4 2 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (25.00%) Information Architecture
4 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Automation
4 2 (25.00%) Knowledge Transfer
4 2 (25.00%) Process Improvement
4 2 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
4 2 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
4 2 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
4 2 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
5 1 (12.50%) ERP
5 1 (12.50%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Azure Certification
2 1 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) Terraform
2 1 (12.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (25.00%) VMware
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle