Migration Manager Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Migration Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Migration Manager daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £540, 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 279 311 407
Rank change year-on-year +32 +96 +79
Contract jobs requiring a Migration Manager 25 34 70
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.25% 0.22% 0.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.24% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 23 52
10th Percentile £413 £340 £450
25th Percentile £463 £504 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £589 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.24% +12.10% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £591
90th Percentile £725 £698 £698
UK median daily rate £545 £575 £569
% change year-on-year -5.22% +1.10% +8.33%

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 WFH or hybrid 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 9,288 14,354 24,650
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.54% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,350 9,595 17,415
10th Percentile £337 £325 £360
25th Percentile £414 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.69% +2.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 579 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.19 £23.39 £26.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £44.74 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -18.65% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Migration Manager
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Migration Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Migration Manager trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Migration Manager
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Migration Manager.

Migration Manager daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Migration Manager
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Migration Manager over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Migration Manager daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Migration Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Migration 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Migration Manager in the job title.

1 25 (100.00%) Migration
2 12 (48.00%) Azure
2 12 (48.00%) Finance
3 10 (40.00%) Social Skills
4 8 (32.00%) Project Management
5 6 (24.00%) Data Migration
5 6 (24.00%) DevOps
6 5 (20.00%) Data Centre
6 5 (20.00%) Agile
6 5 (20.00%) Banking
7 4 (16.00%) Microsoft
7 4 (16.00%) PRINCE2
7 4 (16.00%) Test Strategy
7 4 (16.00%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (12.00%) Waterfall
8 3 (12.00%) Financial Institution
8 3 (12.00%) SAP
8 3 (12.00%) ERP
8 3 (12.00%) PMP
8 3 (12.00%) PMI Certification
8 3 (12.00%) Risk Management
9 2 (8.00%) Asset Management
9 2 (8.00%) Kanban
9 2 (8.00%) Operations Management
9 2 (8.00%) Degree
9 2 (8.00%) NetSuite
9 2 (8.00%) Fujitsu
9 2 (8.00%) QA
9 2 (8.00%) Unit4 Business World

Migration Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 1 (4.00%) Drupal
1 1 (4.00%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (8.00%) NetSuite
1 2 (8.00%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 12 (48.00%) Azure
2 4 (16.00%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (8.00%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (4.00%) AWS
4 1 (4.00%) Entra ID
4 1 (4.00%) OneDrive
4 1 (4.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.00%) Firewall
1 2 (8.00%) SD-WAN
2 1 (4.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (4.00%) ThoughtSpot
Development Applications
1 1 (4.00%) MSI
General
1 12 (48.00%) Finance
2 10 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 5 (20.00%) Banking
4 3 (12.00%) Financial Institution
5 1 (4.00%) Back Office
5 1 (4.00%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (4.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (4.00%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (4.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (4.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 1 (4.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.00%) Windows
1 2 (8.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (100.00%) Migration
2 8 (32.00%) Project Management
3 6 (24.00%) Data Migration
3 6 (24.00%) DevOps
4 5 (20.00%) Agile
5 4 (16.00%) PRINCE2
5 4 (16.00%) Test Strategy
6 3 (12.00%) ERP
6 3 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (12.00%) Risk Management
6 3 (12.00%) Waterfall
7 2 (8.00%) Asset Management
7 2 (8.00%) Change Management
7 2 (8.00%) Decision-Making
7 2 (8.00%) Kanban
7 2 (8.00%) Operations Management
7 2 (8.00%) SDLC
7 2 (8.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 2 (8.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (8.00%) Test Planning
Qualifications
1 3 (12.00%) PMI Certification
1 3 (12.00%) PMP
2 2 (8.00%) Degree
3 1 (4.00%) AWS Certification
3 1 (4.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 1 (4.00%) Azure Certification
3 1 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.00%) QA
2 1 (4.00%) ISO 20022
2 1 (4.00%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (8.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.00%) BitLocker
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (4.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (16.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (12.00%) SAP
3 2 (8.00%) Fujitsu
3 2 (8.00%) Workday
4 1 (4.00%) AlgoSec
4 1 (4.00%) IFS
4 1 (4.00%) Oracle