Data Migration Jobs

Data Migration
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Data Migration skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Migration over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 267 340 371
Rank change year-on-year +73 +31 +15
Permanent jobs citing Data Migration 572 816 929
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.10% 0.83% 0.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.18% 0.96% 0.93%
Number of salaries quoted 356 503 567
10th Percentile £38,750 £36,900 £41,250
25th Percentile £47,313 £42,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -11.54% +8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £111,250 £97,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -16.67% +4.35%

All Process and 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 48,568 84,685 99,386
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.32% 85.99% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 26,511 59,837 58,366
10th Percentile £30,500 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%
75th Percentile £76,009 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Data Migration
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Data Migration as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Data Migration in the UK

Data Migration
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Migration.

Salary trend for Data Migration in the UK

Data Migration
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Migration over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Migration in the UK

Data Migration
Top 16 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 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +71 488 £62,500 +8.70% 395
UK excluding London +67 307 £60,000 +20.00% 260
London +73 194 £67,500 -10.00% 161
Work from Home +36 182 £65,000 +13.04% 221
North of England +47 92 £57,500 +27.78% 70
Midlands +79 91 £60,000 +20.00% 42
North West +21 80 £50,000 +11.11% 39
West Midlands +64 79 £55,000 +10.00% 24
South East +79 72 £60,000 +20.00% 97
Scotland +104 24 £62,500 +38.89% 6
East of England +29 14 £56,250 +12.50% 20
Yorkshire +53 12 £57,500 +27.78% 30
East Midlands +37 11 £60,000 +60.00% 16
South West +77 8 £62,500 +31.58% 29
Wales +32 3 £75,000 +11.11% 4
Northern Ireland +15 3 - - 1

Data Migration
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 14 (2.45%) Apache Spark
2 8 (1.40%) Apache
2 8 (1.40%) CMS
3 6 (1.05%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 5 (0.87%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.52%) OpenEdge
5 3 (0.52%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.35%) Confluence
6 2 (0.35%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.35%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.17%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.17%) WordPress
Applications
1 17 (2.97%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (2.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.05%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.35%) Oracle Smart View
6 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 103 (18.01%) NetSuite
2 26 (4.55%) Dynamics CRM
3 24 (4.20%) Oracle EBS
4 22 (3.85%) SAP S/4HANA
5 21 (3.67%) Shopify
6 16 (2.80%) NEC Housing
7 14 (2.45%) Oracle ERP
8 10 (1.75%) Oracle Payroll
9 4 (0.70%) Dynamics AX
9 4 (0.70%) SAP MDG
10 3 (0.52%) Dynamics NAV
11 2 (0.35%) Oracle Assets
11 2 (0.35%) Oracle Cash Management
11 2 (0.35%) Oracle Financials
11 2 (0.35%) Oracle General Ledger
11 2 (0.35%) Oracle Payables
11 2 (0.35%) Oracle Receivables
12 1 (0.17%) Oracle Applications
12 1 (0.17%) SAP APO
12 1 (0.17%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 134 (23.43%) Azure
2 88 (15.38%) AWS
3 67 (11.71%) Power Platform
4 58 (10.14%) GCP
5 56 (9.79%) Dynamics 365
6 28 (4.90%) Snowflake
7 22 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
7 22 (3.85%) OCI
8 21 (3.67%) PowerApps
9 19 (3.32%) Microsoft 365
10 15 (2.62%) SaaS
11 14 (2.45%) Azure Data Factory
11 14 (2.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 13 (2.27%) Power Automate
13 11 (1.92%) PaaS
14 8 (1.40%) Amazon S3
14 8 (1.40%) Cloud Composer
14 8 (1.40%) GitHub
14 8 (1.40%) Serverless
15 7 (1.22%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.70%) Firewall
2 3 (0.52%) SD-WAN
2 3 (0.52%) WAN
3 2 (0.35%) LAN
3 2 (0.35%) VoIP
3 2 (0.35%) WebEx
3 2 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.17%) DHCP
4 1 (0.17%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (9.97%) SQL Server
2 43 (7.52%) Power BI
3 41 (7.17%) Data Lake
4 36 (6.29%) Tableau
5 33 (5.77%) Metadata
6 25 (4.37%) Data Warehouse
7 24 (4.20%) Oracle ODI
8 20 (3.50%) PostgreSQL
9 19 (3.32%) Oracle Database
10 18 (3.15%) BigQuery
10 18 (3.15%) MySQL
11 17 (2.97%) Amazon Redshift
12 13 (2.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 12 (2.10%) Relational Database
13 12 (2.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 10 (1.75%) Big Data
15 9 (1.57%) Electronic Patient Records
15 9 (1.57%) Hadoop
15 9 (1.57%) NoSQL
16 7 (1.22%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 10 (1.75%) JIRA
2 8 (1.40%) Git
3 6 (1.05%) Visual Studio
3 6 (1.05%) Visual Studio Code
4 4 (0.70%) LSMW
4 4 (0.70%) Rational Rhapsody
5 2 (0.35%) ERwin
6 1 (0.17%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.17%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.17%) GitLab
6 1 (0.17%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle Forms
General
1 257 (44.93%) Social Skills
2 250 (43.71%) Finance
3 189 (33.04%) Analytical Skills
4 72 (12.59%) Organisational Skills
5 41 (7.17%) Law
6 37 (6.47%) Banking
7 34 (5.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 33 (5.77%) Public Sector
9 25 (4.37%) Local Government
10 23 (4.02%) Financial Institution
10 23 (4.02%) Marketing
10 23 (4.02%) Retail Banking
11 19 (3.32%) Influencing Skills
12 16 (2.80%) Health Technology
12 16 (2.80%) Police
13 15 (2.62%) Retail
14 12 (2.10%) Presentation Skills
15 9 (1.57%) Legal
16 6 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
16 6 (1.05%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 160 (27.97%) Consultant
2 78 (13.64%) Architect
2 78 (13.64%) NetSuite Consultant
3 74 (12.94%) Functional Consultant
4 66 (11.54%) Analyst
5 61 (10.66%) Technical Consultant
6 47 (8.22%) Data Architect
7 45 (7.87%) Lead
8 43 (7.52%) Senior
9 40 (6.99%) Developer
10 34 (5.94%) Data Analyst
11 29 (5.07%) Administrator
12 26 (4.55%) Data Engineer
12 26 (4.55%) Project Manager
13 22 (3.85%) Data Consultant
13 22 (3.85%) ERP Manager
14 21 (3.67%) Oracle Consultant
14 21 (3.67%) Senior Manager
14 21 (3.67%) Solutions Architect
15 19 (3.32%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (6.64%) SOAP
2 33 (5.77%) HTML
2 33 (5.77%) XML
3 30 (5.24%) .NET
4 22 (3.85%) Oracle Fusion
4 22 (3.85%) Restlet
5 16 (2.80%) JSON
6 14 (2.45%) React
7 13 (2.27%) CSS
8 11 (1.92%) REST
9 10 (1.75%) Lightning Web Components
10 9 (1.57%) .NET Framework
10 9 (1.57%) RESTful
11 8 (1.40%) ADO
11 8 (1.40%) Middleware
12 7 (1.22%) ASP.NET
13 6 (1.05%) PySpark
13 6 (1.05%) Visualforce
14 5 (0.87%) ASP.NET Web API
15 4 (0.70%) Dask
Miscellaneous
1 70 (12.24%) Legacy Systems
2 35 (6.12%) Data Structures
3 23 (4.02%) Management Information System
4 15 (2.62%) Onboarding
4 15 (2.62%) Product Ownership
5 11 (1.92%) Analytical Mindset
5 11 (1.92%) NHS
6 8 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (1.22%) Cloud Native
8 6 (1.05%) Distributed Architecture
8 6 (1.05%) Greenfield Project
8 6 (1.05%) Virtual Team
9 4 (0.70%) PropTech
9 4 (0.70%) Replication
9 4 (0.70%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.35%) CMDB
10 2 (0.35%) Data Centre
10 2 (0.35%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.35%) Reference Data
10 2 (0.35%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 20 (3.50%) Linux
2 4 (0.70%) Windows
3 2 (0.35%) Android
3 2 (0.35%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.35%) Mac OS
3 2 (0.35%) Windows 10
3 2 (0.35%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.17%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 572 (100.00%) Migration
2 224 (39.16%) Problem-Solving
3 176 (30.77%) ERP
4 131 (22.90%) CRM
5 124 (21.68%) Agile
6 117 (20.45%) Project Management
7 113 (19.76%) Data Modelling
8 98 (17.13%) Requirements Gathering
9 97 (16.96%) Data Management
10 91 (15.91%) Analytics
11 80 (13.99%) ETL
12 79 (13.81%) Stakeholder Management
13 77 (13.46%) Data Cleansing
14 72 (12.59%) Collaborative Working
15 69 (12.06%) Business Intelligence
16 59 (10.31%) Data Governance
17 54 (9.44%) Data Integration
18 52 (9.09%) Data Architecture
19 50 (8.74%) Data Strategy
19 50 (8.74%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 185 (32.34%) SQL
2 59 (10.31%) JavaScript
3 55 (9.62%) PL/SQL
4 43 (7.52%) C#
5 35 (6.12%) Python
6 11 (1.92%) Java
7 10 (1.75%) Apex Code
8 8 (1.40%) T-SQL
8 8 (1.40%) X++
9 7 (1.22%) TypeScript
10 4 (0.70%) PowerShell
11 3 (0.52%) Progress 4GL
12 2 (0.35%) Bicep
12 2 (0.35%) Go
12 2 (0.35%) Groovy
12 2 (0.35%) PHP
12 2 (0.35%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.35%) SPARQL
13 1 (0.17%) Bash
13 1 (0.17%) R
Qualifications
1 73 (12.76%) Degree
2 39 (6.82%) Security Cleared
3 28 (4.90%) Azure Certification
4 26 (4.55%) AWS Certification
4 26 (4.55%) DBS Check
5 25 (4.37%) SC Cleared
6 23 (4.02%) Computer Science Degree
7 20 (3.50%) Microsoft Certification
8 16 (2.80%) PMI Certification
8 16 (2.80%) PMP
9 11 (1.92%) Master's Degree
9 11 (1.92%) SAP Certification
10 6 (1.05%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (0.52%) ACCA
11 3 (0.52%) MCP
12 2 (0.35%) CTC Cleared
12 2 (0.35%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (0.35%) SnowPro
13 1 (0.17%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (15.56%) Data Quality
2 29 (5.07%) Accessibility
2 29 (5.07%) QA
3 15 (2.62%) ISO 9001
4 6 (1.05%) GDPR
5 2 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.35%) Dublin Core
5 2 (0.35%) GRC
5 2 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.35%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.17%) COBIT
6 1 (0.17%) DICOM
6 1 (0.17%) GMP
6 1 (0.17%) NIST
6 1 (0.17%) PMO
System Software
1 5 (0.87%) Docker
2 4 (0.70%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.70%) HDFS
3 1 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (1.57%) Kubernetes
2 5 (0.87%) Terraform
3 2 (0.35%) SCCM
4 1 (0.17%) Ansible
4 1 (0.17%) Backup Exec
4 1 (0.17%) Oracle RMAN
4 1 (0.17%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.17%) Puppet
Vendors
1 143 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 92 (16.08%) Oracle
3 45 (7.87%) Salesforce
4 42 (7.34%) SAP
5 28 (4.90%) Databricks
5 28 (4.90%) Google
6 16 (2.80%) NEC
7 9 (1.57%) Teradata
8 8 (1.40%) Informatica
9 7 (1.22%) MuleSoft
10 6 (1.05%) IFS
11 5 (0.87%) PeopleSoft
12 4 (0.70%) Blue Prism
12 4 (0.70%) Dell
12 4 (0.70%) Epicor
13 3 (0.52%) Alteryx
13 3 (0.52%) Intel
13 3 (0.52%) Progress
13 3 (0.52%) ServiceNow
13 3 (0.52%) Talend