Data Migration
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Data Migration skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Migration over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 351 359 405
Rank change year-on-year +8 +46 -64
Permanent jobs citing Data Migration 808 922 1,456
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.82% 0.91% 0.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.96% 0.95% 0.97%
Number of salaries quoted 494 568 805
10th Percentile £36,975 £40,875 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £94,900
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £56,300
% change year-on-year -16.67% +6.57% +12.60%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Data Migration is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,403 97,101 150,579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.70% 95.61% 95.65%
Number of salaries quoted 59,565 57,006 82,680
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,515
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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 7 May 2024.

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 May 2024. 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 +13 648 £57,500 -11.54% 177
UK excluding London +44 493 £50,000 -16.67% 100
Work from Home +56 403 £57,500 -8.00% 87
London +39 234 £75,000 +7.14% 76
North of England +62 132 £45,000 -22.08% 18
South East +20 100 £50,000 -4.76% 27
Midlands -1 91 £50,000 -23.08% 17
North West +47 89 £45,000 -28.00% 7
West Midlands +17 62 £50,000 -23.08% 14
Scotland -30 52 £45,000 -37.93% 7
East of England +36 41 £50,000 -16.67% 12
South West -57 38 £47,500 -20.83% 13
Yorkshire +61 35 £45,000 -10.00% 4
East Midlands -18 25 £37,500 -44.44% 3
Northern Ireland - 23 £54,408 - 9
Wales +26 17 £67,500 +26.17% 1
North East - 8 £61,250 - 7

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 46 (5.69%) WebLogic
2 41 (5.07%) SharePoint
3 22 (2.72%) Confluence
4 12 (1.49%) Oracle Workflow
5 6 (0.74%) Appian
6 5 (0.62%) nginx
7 4 (0.50%) Drupal
8 3 (0.37%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.37%) IIS
8 3 (0.37%) MQSeries
8 3 (0.37%) Oracle HTTP Server
8 3 (0.37%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.25%) Alfresco
9 2 (0.25%) Documentum
9 2 (0.25%) FileNet
9 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.25%) NServiceBus
9 2 (0.25%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (0.12%) CMS
10 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
Applications
1 28 (3.47%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (1.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.74%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.12%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 46 (5.69%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 33 (4.08%) SAP S/4HANA
3 32 (3.96%) Dynamics CRM
4 19 (2.35%) NetSuite
5 13 (1.61%) Oracle General Ledger
5 13 (1.61%) Oracle Payables
5 13 (1.61%) Oracle Receivables
6 12 (1.49%) Oracle Cash Management
7 9 (1.11%) NEC Housing
7 9 (1.11%) SAP CX
7 9 (1.11%) Teamcenter
8 4 (0.50%) Dynamics AX
8 4 (0.50%) Dynamics NAV
8 4 (0.50%) Oracle Applications
8 4 (0.50%) Oracle Payroll
8 4 (0.50%) ResourceLink
8 4 (0.50%) SAP ERP
9 3 (0.37%) Maximo
9 3 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
9 3 (0.37%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 226 (27.97%) AWS
2 154 (19.06%) Azure
3 119 (14.73%) Power Platform
4 49 (6.06%) Amazon EKS
5 46 (5.69%) Amazon SQS
6 45 (5.57%) Microsoft 365
7 42 (5.20%) Dynamics 365
8 41 (5.07%) SaaS
9 33 (4.08%) OCI
10 31 (3.84%) Azure Data Factory
11 24 (2.97%) GCP
12 21 (2.60%) Amazon S3
12 21 (2.60%) PowerApps
13 17 (2.10%) Power Automate
14 16 (1.98%) Amazon EC2
14 16 (1.98%) GitHub
14 16 (1.98%) PaaS
14 16 (1.98%) Route 53
14 16 (1.98%) Serverless
14 16 (1.98%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 55 (6.81%) DNS
2 46 (5.69%) BGP
2 46 (5.69%) SSL
2 46 (5.69%) TCP/IP
3 8 (0.99%) Firewall
4 7 (0.87%) Intranet
5 5 (0.62%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (0.37%) HTTP
6 3 (0.37%) Internet
6 3 (0.37%) Wireless
7 2 (0.25%) DHCP
7 2 (0.25%) LAN
7 2 (0.25%) WAN
8 1 (0.12%) NAS
8 1 (0.12%) SAN
8 1 (0.12%) VPN
8 1 (0.12%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 163 (20.17%) Oracle Database
2 113 (13.99%) PostgreSQL
3 106 (13.12%) Oracle Database 11g
4 99 (12.25%) Power BI
5 75 (9.28%) Relational Database
6 71 (8.79%) Data Warehouse
7 62 (7.67%) SQL Server
8 61 (7.55%) Amazon RDS
9 50 (6.19%) RDBMS
10 40 (4.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 30 (3.71%) MySQL
12 29 (3.59%) Metadata
13 28 (3.47%) Data Lake
14 16 (1.98%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
15 13 (1.61%) Oracle Reports
16 12 (1.49%) Big Data
17 11 (1.36%) Azure SQL Database
17 11 (1.36%) MS Access
17 11 (1.36%) SAP HANA
18 9 (1.11%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 75 (9.28%) JIRA
2 23 (2.85%) Jenkins
3 17 (2.10%) Bitbucket
4 16 (1.98%) Git
5 14 (1.73%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 13 (1.61%) Sonatype Nexus
6 13 (1.61%) Subversion
7 7 (0.87%) Postman
8 6 (0.74%) Oracle APEX
8 6 (0.74%) Toad
9 5 (0.62%) Eclipse
9 5 (0.62%) GitLab
10 4 (0.50%) Ant
11 3 (0.37%) Artifactory
11 3 (0.37%) ClearCase
11 3 (0.37%) ClearQuest
11 3 (0.37%) Redmine
11 3 (0.37%) SonarQube
12 2 (0.25%) Fiddler
12 2 (0.25%) Selenium
General
1 257 (31.81%) Social Skills
2 213 (26.36%) Finance
3 91 (11.26%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (5.94%) Manufacturing
5 40 (4.95%) Banking
6 37 (4.58%) Public Sector
7 35 (4.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 32 (3.96%) Marketing
9 30 (3.71%) Retail
10 26 (3.22%) Presentation Skills
11 22 (2.72%) Law
11 22 (2.72%) Retail Banking
12 20 (2.48%) Influencing Skills
13 13 (1.61%) Financial Institution
13 13 (1.61%) Legal
14 12 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
14 12 (1.49%) Pharmaceutical
15 10 (1.24%) Games
16 9 (1.11%) Back Office
17 6 (0.74%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 196 (24.26%) Developer
2 182 (22.52%) Senior
3 147 (18.19%) Analyst
4 119 (14.73%) Architect
5 115 (14.23%) Senior Developer
6 107 (13.24%) Database Developer
7 105 (13.00%) PostgreSQL Developer
8 104 (12.87%) Consultant
9 94 (11.63%) Senior Database Developer
10 93 (11.51%) Lead
11 63 (7.80%) Business Analyst
12 62 (7.67%) Solutions Architect
13 49 (6.06%) Lead Architect
14 46 (5.69%) Lead Solutions Architect
15 45 (5.57%) Data Architect
16 34 (4.21%) Administrator
17 28 (3.47%) Functional Consultant
18 27 (3.34%) Senior Consultant
19 26 (3.22%) Data Migration Lead
20 25 (3.09%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (5.69%) RabbitMQ
1 46 (5.69%) Spring Boot
2 24 (2.97%) HTML
3 21 (2.60%) REST
3 21 (2.60%) SOAP
4 19 (2.35%) Web Services
4 19 (2.35%) XML
5 16 (1.98%) .NET
6 13 (1.61%) Visualforce
7 12 (1.49%) JSON
8 11 (1.36%) Oracle Fusion
9 9 (1.11%) CSS
9 9 (1.11%) Itk
9 9 (1.11%) Kafka
10 8 (0.99%) Middleware
11 7 (0.87%) Lightning Web Components
11 7 (0.87%) XHTML
12 6 (0.74%) Ajax
13 5 (0.62%) MDX
13 5 (0.62%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 70 (8.66%) Enterprise Software
2 62 (7.67%) Management Information System
3 54 (6.68%) Public Cloud
4 38 (4.70%) Legacy Systems
5 30 (3.71%) Self-Motivation
6 19 (2.35%) Data Structures
7 14 (1.73%) Onboarding
8 11 (1.36%) Renewable Energy
9 10 (1.24%) Distributed Systems
9 10 (1.24%) NHS
10 8 (0.99%) Cloud Native
10 8 (0.99%) Legacy Applications
11 7 (0.87%) Clustering
11 7 (0.87%) Low-Code
12 6 (0.74%) Driving Licence
12 6 (0.74%) Mobile Payment
13 5 (0.62%) Data Centre
13 5 (0.62%) Data Protection Act
13 5 (0.62%) Greenfield Project
13 5 (0.62%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 63 (7.80%) Linux
2 46 (5.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 19 (2.35%) Windows
4 11 (1.36%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.50%) AIX
6 3 (0.37%) Unix
7 1 (0.12%) Android
7 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 808 (100.00%) Migration
2 197 (24.38%) Actionable Insight
3 192 (23.76%) Problem-Solving
4 169 (20.92%) Agile
5 148 (18.32%) ERP
6 121 (14.98%) Project Management
7 118 (14.60%) Business Intelligence
8 114 (14.11%) Artificial Intelligence
9 112 (13.86%) Performance Tuning
10 106 (13.12%) Secure Coding
10 106 (13.12%) Unit Testing
11 103 (12.75%) Collaborative Working
11 103 (12.75%) Stakeholder Management
12 95 (11.76%) Requirements Gathering
13 92 (11.39%) ETL
14 89 (11.01%) Data Management
15 88 (10.89%) Data Modelling
16 87 (10.77%) Computer Science
17 86 (10.64%) Roadmaps
18 69 (8.54%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 292 (36.14%) SQL
2 134 (16.58%) PL/SQL
3 52 (6.44%) Python
4 49 (6.06%) Java
5 31 (3.84%) JavaScript
6 24 (2.97%) T-SQL
7 18 (2.23%) PowerShell
8 15 (1.86%) Apex Code
9 11 (1.36%) Bash
9 11 (1.36%) C#
9 11 (1.36%) PHP
10 10 (1.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 9 (1.11%) C++
12 6 (0.74%) SOQL
13 5 (0.62%) C
13 5 (0.62%) Shell Script
14 4 (0.50%) RPG
15 3 (0.37%) Go
15 3 (0.37%) VBA
16 2 (0.25%) R
Qualifications
1 127 (15.72%) Security Cleared
2 125 (15.47%) Degree
3 106 (13.12%) SC Cleared
4 63 (7.80%) AWS Certification
4 63 (7.80%) Azure Certification
5 50 (6.19%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 45 (5.57%) Computer Science Degree
7 22 (2.72%) Microsoft Certification
8 21 (2.60%) Master's Degree
9 13 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
9 13 (1.61%) DBS Check
10 12 (1.49%) PMP
11 9 (1.11%) CISM
11 9 (1.11%) CISSP
11 9 (1.11%) PMI Certification
12 8 (0.99%) Oracle Certification
13 5 (0.62%) MCAD
14 4 (0.50%) OCP
15 3 (0.37%) ITIL Certification
15 3 (0.37%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (7.55%) Data Quality
2 24 (2.97%) GDPR
3 18 (2.23%) QA
4 6 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (0.50%) SLA
7 3 (0.37%) GMP
7 3 (0.37%) HIPAA
7 3 (0.37%) PMO
8 1 (0.12%) Good Clinical Practice
System Software
1 25 (3.09%) Docker
2 8 (0.99%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.87%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.37%) HDFS
5 2 (0.25%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.25%) iptables
5 2 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.25%) vSphere
6 1 (0.12%) NFS
6 1 (0.12%) Shibboleth
6 1 (0.12%) Varnish
6 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 22 (2.72%) Kubernetes
2 21 (2.60%) Terraform
3 11 (1.36%) Ansible
3 11 (1.36%) Puppet
4 10 (1.24%) Packer
5 7 (0.87%) Progress Chef
5 7 (0.87%) Salt
6 6 (0.74%) CloudHub
7 5 (0.62%) Grafana
7 5 (0.62%) Kibana
8 4 (0.50%) Oracle RMAN
8 4 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.37%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.12%) SCCM
10 1 (0.12%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.12%) VxRail
Vendors
1 254 (31.44%) Oracle
2 174 (21.53%) Microsoft
3 80 (9.90%) SAP
4 46 (5.69%) Sparx
5 37 (4.58%) Salesforce
6 21 (2.60%) Atlassian
7 19 (2.35%) IFS
8 12 (1.49%) IBM
9 11 (1.36%) Sage
9 11 (1.36%) ServiceNow
10 9 (1.11%) Databricks
10 9 (1.11%) MuleSoft
10 9 (1.11%) NEC
11 7 (0.87%) VMware
12 6 (0.74%) Civica
12 6 (0.74%) Splunk
12 6 (0.74%) Sybase
12 6 (0.74%) Zuora
13 5 (0.62%) Google
13 5 (0.62%) Informatica