Data Migration Job Trends

Data Migration
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Data Migration skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 332 263 406
Rank change year-on-year -69 +143 -93
Permanent jobs citing Data Migration 608 561 509
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.58% 1.13% 0.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.79% 1.26% 0.75%
Number of salaries quoted 413 370 347
10th Percentile £41,500 £41,213 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £106,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% -8.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Data Migration falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 77,301 44,356 67,625
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.63% 89.43% 81.01%
Number of salaries quoted 53,282 25,229 44,135
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £48,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +13.40% -3.00% -9.09%

Data Migration
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Migration relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Data Migration job vacancy trend in the UK

Data Migration
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Data Migration.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Data Migration

Data Migration
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Migration over the 6 months to 7 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Migration in the UK

Data Migration
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Migration within the UK over the 6 months to 7 August 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -51 539 £60,000 -7.69% 379
UK excluding London -90 304 £57,500 -8.00% 242
London +22 237 £67,500 -12.20% 177
Work from Home +17 222 £60,000 -14.29% 204
North of England -1 130 £57,500 -8.00% 56
North West +19 83 £55,000 -13.73% 36
South East -52 59 £63,750 +6.25% 73
Midlands -63 47 £67,000 +7.20% 60
Yorkshire -17 34 £60,000 - 19
West Midlands -53 34 £67,000 +7.20% 38
East of England -28 31 £55,000 -8.33% 17
South West -73 19 £40,000 -36.00% 15
North East - 13 £58,000 - 3
East Midlands -33 12 £66,150 +5.84% 22
Scotland +12 10 £67,500 - 17
Wales -56 6 £52,500 -34.38% 3
Northern Ireland -77 2 - - 3

Data Migration
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 18 (2.96%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.15%) CMS
2 7 (1.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.66%) Confluence
4 1 (0.16%) Apache
4 1 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.16%) nginx
4 1 (0.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.16%) WordPress
Applications
1 39 (6.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 34 (5.59%) Microsoft Project
3 13 (2.14%) MS Visio
4 6 (0.99%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (0.82%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 2 (0.33%) PTC Creo
7 2 (0.33%) Windchill
8 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 82 (13.49%) SAP S/4HANA
2 64 (10.53%) Dynamics CRM
3 20 (3.29%) NetSuite
4 17 (2.80%) iTrent
5 16 (2.63%) Oracle ERP
6 15 (2.47%) SAP ERP
7 14 (2.30%) SAP MDG
8 11 (1.81%) Oracle EBS
9 10 (1.64%) Oracle Payables
10 8 (1.32%) Oracle Receivables
10 8 (1.32%) Workday HCM
11 7 (1.15%) Elite 3E
11 7 (1.15%) SAP CO
11 7 (1.15%) SAP FI
11 7 (1.15%) SAP FI/CO
12 6 (0.99%) Oracle Retail
13 5 (0.82%) SAP SD
13 5 (0.82%) Unit4 Business World
14 4 (0.66%) Oracle Applications
14 4 (0.66%) Oracle General Ledger
Cloud Services
1 105 (17.27%) Azure
2 85 (13.98%) Dynamics 365
3 68 (11.18%) Power Platform
4 31 (5.10%) AWS
5 24 (3.95%) OCI
6 22 (3.62%) Microsoft 365
6 22 (3.62%) SaaS
7 21 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
7 21 (3.45%) Power Automate
7 21 (3.45%) SuccessFactors
8 18 (2.96%) GCP
9 15 (2.47%) PowerApps
10 13 (2.14%) Azure Logic Apps
11 11 (1.81%) Microsoft Copilot
12 10 (1.64%) Azure Data Factory
12 10 (1.64%) Snowflake
13 8 (1.32%) Entra ID
14 7 (1.15%) Azure Service Bus
14 7 (1.15%) GitHub
14 7 (1.15%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.64%) DNS
2 6 (0.99%) DHCP
2 6 (0.99%) RFID
3 4 (0.66%) Firewall
3 4 (0.66%) TCP/IP
3 4 (0.66%) VPN
4 3 (0.49%) WAN
4 3 (0.49%) Wireless
5 2 (0.33%) LAN
5 2 (0.33%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.16%) FTP
6 1 (0.16%) HTTP
6 1 (0.16%) Intranet
6 1 (0.16%) Network Security
6 1 (0.16%) SSL
6 1 (0.16%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (8.39%) Power BI
2 31 (5.10%) Metadata
3 25 (4.11%) SQL Server
4 17 (2.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 15 (2.47%) Data Warehouse
6 14 (2.30%) MySQL
7 13 (2.14%) Data Lake
7 13 (2.14%) Electronic Patient Records
7 13 (2.14%) Relational Database
8 9 (1.48%) Power Query
9 8 (1.32%) RDBMS
10 6 (0.99%) SAP BW
11 5 (0.82%) PostgreSQL
12 4 (0.66%) Oracle Discoverer
12 4 (0.66%) SAP Data Services
12 4 (0.66%) Tableau
13 3 (0.49%) GIS
13 3 (0.49%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 3 (0.49%) Oracle Database
14 2 (0.33%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 36 (5.92%) JIRA
2 9 (1.48%) Git
3 8 (1.32%) Hudson
4 6 (0.99%) ERwin
5 5 (0.82%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.82%) Postman
5 5 (0.82%) Rational Rhapsody
5 5 (0.82%) Selenium
6 4 (0.66%) JMeter
6 4 (0.66%) PHPUnit
6 4 (0.66%) Visual Studio Code
7 3 (0.49%) LSMW
8 2 (0.33%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.33%) Oracle APEX
8 2 (0.33%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.16%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.16%) Gatling
9 1 (0.16%) Katalon Studio
9 1 (0.16%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.16%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 271 (44.57%) Finance
2 188 (30.92%) Social Skills
3 121 (19.90%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (10.03%) Manufacturing
5 34 (5.59%) Retail
6 27 (4.44%) Presentation Skills
7 23 (3.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 22 (3.62%) General Ledger
9 21 (3.45%) Banking
9 21 (3.45%) Financial Institution
10 19 (3.13%) Legal
10 19 (3.13%) Public Sector
11 18 (2.96%) Documentation Skills
11 18 (2.96%) Law
11 18 (2.96%) Marketing
12 17 (2.80%) Billing
13 15 (2.47%) Influencing Skills
14 13 (2.14%) Health Technology
14 13 (2.14%) Organisational Skills
15 12 (1.97%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 115 (18.91%) Consultant
2 101 (16.61%) Analyst
3 74 (12.17%) Architect
4 72 (11.84%) Project Manager
4 72 (11.84%) Senior
5 61 (10.03%) Lead
6 38 (6.25%) Business Analyst
6 38 (6.25%) Solutions Architect
7 31 (5.10%) Data Engineer
8 29 (4.77%) Data Analyst
8 29 (4.77%) SAP Manager
9 28 (4.61%) IT Manager
10 27 (4.44%) IT Project Manager
10 27 (4.44%) Systems Analyst
11 24 (3.95%) Developer
11 24 (3.95%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
12 23 (3.78%) Data Architect
13 22 (3.62%) Data Consultant
13 22 (3.62%) Migration Analyst
14 21 (3.45%) Data Migration Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (3.62%) Oracle Fusion
2 21 (3.45%) REST
3 17 (2.80%) Middleware
4 15 (2.47%) SOAP
5 9 (1.48%) .NET
5 9 (1.48%) JSON
6 8 (1.32%) CSS
6 8 (1.32%) HTML
6 8 (1.32%) Web Services
6 8 (1.32%) XML
7 7 (1.15%) SAP Fiori
8 6 (0.99%) AngularJS
8 6 (0.99%) FIX Protocol
8 6 (0.99%) FpML
8 6 (0.99%) LAMP
8 6 (0.99%) Lightning Web Components
8 6 (0.99%) XML Schema
9 5 (0.82%) EDI
9 5 (0.82%) ODBC
10 4 (0.66%) XHTML
Miscellaneous
1 56 (9.21%) Onboarding
2 47 (7.73%) Legacy Systems
3 44 (7.24%) Enterprise Software
4 39 (6.41%) Driving Licence
5 28 (4.61%) Data Structures
6 21 (3.45%) Greenfield Project
7 20 (3.29%) Cloud Native
7 20 (3.29%) Management Information System
8 18 (2.96%) Analytical Mindset
8 18 (2.96%) NHS
9 16 (2.63%) Virtual Team
10 12 (1.97%) e-Learning
11 11 (1.81%) Product Ownership
12 9 (1.48%) SystemC
13 7 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
14 6 (0.99%) Contactless
14 6 (0.99%) Life Science
14 6 (0.99%) LIMS
15 4 (0.66%) CMDB
16 3 (0.49%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 21 (3.45%) Windows
2 10 (1.64%) Windows Server
3 4 (0.66%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.16%) AIX
4 1 (0.16%) Kali Linux
4 1 (0.16%) Linux
4 1 (0.16%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 608 (100.00%) Migration
2 192 (31.58%) Stakeholder Management
3 183 (30.10%) ERP
4 163 (26.81%) Validation
5 150 (24.67%) Agile
6 148 (24.34%) Problem-Solving
7 116 (19.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 112 (18.42%) User Acceptance Testing
9 98 (16.12%) Project Management
10 96 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
11 92 (15.13%) CRM
12 84 (13.82%) Workshop Facilitation
13 80 (13.16%) Project Delivery
14 79 (12.99%) Analytics
15 76 (12.50%) DevOps
16 72 (11.84%) Data Governance
17 71 (11.68%) Business Intelligence
18 70 (11.51%) Data Cleansing
19 69 (11.35%) Decision-Making
20 68 (11.18%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 95 (15.63%) SQL
2 33 (5.43%) Python
3 15 (2.47%) C#
4 14 (2.30%) Java
5 13 (2.14%) JavaScript
6 11 (1.81%) PowerShell
7 7 (1.15%) PHP
7 7 (1.15%) PL/SQL
8 6 (0.99%) VBA
9 5 (0.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 4 (0.66%) ABAP
11 3 (0.49%) Bash
11 3 (0.49%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.33%) R
13 1 (0.16%) Go
13 1 (0.16%) JCL
13 1 (0.16%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.16%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 53 (8.72%) Security Cleared
2 38 (6.25%) Degree
3 37 (6.09%) ACCA
3 37 (6.09%) CIMA
4 32 (5.26%) SC Cleared
5 17 (2.80%) PMI Certification
5 17 (2.80%) PMP
6 12 (1.97%) SAP Certification
7 10 (1.64%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (1.32%) Azure Certification
8 8 (1.32%) HNC
8 8 (1.32%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 7 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (0.99%) AWS Certification
10 6 (0.99%) CCAB
11 5 (0.82%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (0.82%) DV Cleared
12 4 (0.66%) CCA
12 4 (0.66%) Master's Degree
12 4 (0.66%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 110 (18.09%) Data Quality
2 38 (6.25%) QA
3 20 (3.29%) GDPR
4 13 (2.14%) GAAP
5 10 (1.64%) IFRS
6 9 (1.48%) PMO
7 7 (1.15%) Accessibility
7 7 (1.15%) SLA
8 6 (0.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (0.66%) SNOMED CT
10 2 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 2 (0.33%) PERC
11 1 (0.16%) COSHH
11 1 (0.16%) DICOM
11 1 (0.16%) HL7
System Software
1 9 (1.48%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.15%) Docker
3 3 (0.49%) VMware NSX
3 3 (0.49%) vSphere
4 2 (0.33%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (1.15%) Kubernetes
1 7 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
1 7 (1.15%) Terraform
2 3 (0.49%) Ansible
2 3 (0.49%) Grafana
2 3 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.33%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.16%) HP Fortify
4 1 (0.16%) SCCM
Vendors
1 140 (23.03%) SAP
2 115 (18.91%) Microsoft
3 104 (17.11%) Oracle
4 31 (5.10%) ServiceNow
5 28 (4.61%) Salesforce
6 18 (2.96%) Workday
7 15 (2.47%) Databricks
8 9 (1.48%) Sage
9 8 (1.32%) Ariba
9 8 (1.32%) Google
10 7 (1.15%) Aderant
11 6 (0.99%) Cisco
11 6 (0.99%) iManage
11 6 (0.99%) Intapp
11 6 (0.99%) Sparx
11 6 (0.99%) TOWER Software
12 5 (0.82%) Blue Prism
12 5 (0.82%) Concur
13 4 (0.66%) MuleSoft
13 4 (0.66%) VMware