Migration Manager Job Trends

Migration Manager
UK

The median Migration Manager salary in the UK is £95,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 637 699 683
Rank change year-on-year +62 -16 +313
Permanent jobs requiring a Migration Manager 6 7 21
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.010% 0.013% 0.040%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.011% 0.014% 0.042%
Number of salaries quoted 1 5 16
10th Percentile - £72,000 -
25th Percentile £92,500 £93,750 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £97,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% +39.29% +3.70%
75th Percentile £97,500 £130,000 £91,875
90th Percentile - £136,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary - £97,500 £85,000
% change year-on-year - +14.71% +25.93%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 53,599 50,905 49,610
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.53% 92.99% 95.24%
Number of salaries quoted 32,992 26,750 38,370
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,200 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +0.80% -0.79%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

Migration Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Migration Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Migration Manager job vacancy trend in the UK

Migration Manager
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Migration Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Migration Manager job vacancies in the UK

Migration Manager
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Migration Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 3 January 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 +67 5 £95,000 -2.56% 15
Work from Home +84 3 £95,000 -26.92% 9
London +70 3 £95,000 +20.63% 10
UK excluding London +65 2 - - 6
Midlands +21 2 - - 1
West Midlands +32 1 - - 1
East Midlands - 1 - -

Migration Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 3 January 2026, Migration Manager 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 permanent job ads featuring Migration Manager in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Migration
2 4 (66.67%) Data Migration
3 3 (50.00%) Data Quality
3 3 (50.00%) QA
4 2 (33.33%) Agile
4 2 (33.33%) Data Cleansing
4 2 (33.33%) Data Strategy
4 2 (33.33%) Mentoring
4 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
4 2 (33.33%) Validation
4 2 (33.33%) Waterfall
5 1 (16.67%) ABAP
5 1 (16.67%) AI
5 1 (16.67%) Asset Management
5 1 (16.67%) Azure
5 1 (16.67%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (16.67%) Business Development
5 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (16.67%) Coaching
5 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Culture
5 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (16.67%) Cutover Planning
5 1 (16.67%) Data Analysis
5 1 (16.67%) Data Governance
5 1 (16.67%) Data Management
5 1 (16.67%) Data Mapping
5 1 (16.67%) Data Validation
5 1 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (16.67%) Dynatrace
5 1 (16.67%) End-to-End Testing

Migration Manager Skill Set
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (16.67%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) Azure Monitor
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) LoadRunner
1 1 (16.67%) SoapUI
General
1 4 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
1 1 (16.67%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Migration
2 4 (66.67%) Data Migration
3 2 (33.33%) Agile
3 2 (33.33%) Data Cleansing
3 2 (33.33%) Data Strategy
3 2 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 2 (33.33%) Validation
3 2 (33.33%) Waterfall
4 1 (16.67%) AI
4 1 (16.67%) Asset Management
4 1 (16.67%) Business Development
4 1 (16.67%) Data Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) Data Management
4 1 (16.67%) Performance Testing
4 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
4 1 (16.67%) Scrum
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (16.67%) Strategic Planning
4 1 (16.67%) Test Management
4 1 (16.67%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) ABAP
1 1 (16.67%) PL/SQL
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle Certification
2 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) Data Quality
1 3 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Dynatrace
1 1 (16.67%) IFS
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle
1 1 (16.67%) SAP