Migration Specialist Job Trends

Migration Specialist
UK

The median Migration Specialist salary in the UK is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 December 2025.

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

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 624 701 702
Rank change year-on-year +77 +1 +333
Permanent jobs requiring a Migration Specialist 23 13 11
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.039% 0.024% 0.021%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.043% 0.025% 0.022%
Number of salaries quoted 22 10 10
10th Percentile - £26,250 £49,750
25th Percentile £55,000 - £52,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% +4.35% -32.35%
75th Percentile £92,500 £77,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £120,000 £78,875 £81,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £27,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +154.55% -45.00% -31.03%

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 53,639 51,608 49,016
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.46% 93.39% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 33,031 27,303 37,879
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,173 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £44,671 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,715
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 Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Migration Specialist job vacancy trend in the UK

Migration Specialist
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for Migration Specialist job vacancies in the UK

Migration Specialist
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Migration Specialist over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Migration Specialist in the UK

Migration Specialist
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 Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 30 December 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 +84 23 £70,000 -5.08% 60
London +65 12 £80,000 - 10
UK excluding London +64 11 £70,000 +154.55% 53
Midlands - 9 £70,000 - 12
Work from Home +78 8 £70,000 -9.68% 11
West Midlands - 5 £70,000 - 7
South West - 2 £70,000 - 4

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

For the 6 months to 30 December 2025, Migration Specialist 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 Specialist in the job title.

1 23 (100.00%) Migration
2 17 (73.91%) Data Migration
3 11 (47.83%) SQL
4 9 (39.13%) Business Intelligence
5 8 (34.78%) Data Governance
5 8 (34.78%) MySQL
5 8 (34.78%) PL/SQL
5 8 (34.78%) Task Automation
6 6 (26.09%) Google
6 6 (26.09%) Google Workspace
6 6 (26.09%) Jamf Pro
6 6 (26.09%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (26.09%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (13.04%) ETL
8 2 (8.70%) C#
8 2 (8.70%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (8.70%) PowerShell
8 2 (8.70%) Programme Delivery
9 1 (4.35%) Actionable Insight
9 1 (4.35%) Azure
9 1 (4.35%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (4.35%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (4.35%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (4.35%) CI/CD
9 1 (4.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (4.35%) Data Lake
9 1 (4.35%) Data Modelling
9 1 (4.35%) Data Validation
9 1 (4.35%) Data Visualisation
9 1 (4.35%) Data Warehouse

Migration Specialist 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (26.09%) Google Workspace
1 6 (26.09%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.35%) Azure
2 1 (4.35%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (4.35%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 1 (4.35%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (34.78%) MySQL
2 1 (4.35%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (4.35%) Data Lake
2 1 (4.35%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (4.35%) Power BI
General
1 8 (34.78%) Health Technology
2 2 (8.70%) Social Skills
3 1 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 6 (26.09%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (100.00%) Migration
2 17 (73.91%) Data Migration
3 9 (39.13%) Business Intelligence
4 8 (34.78%) Data Governance
4 8 (34.78%) Task Automation
5 3 (13.04%) ETL
6 2 (8.70%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (8.70%) Programme Delivery
7 1 (4.35%) Actionable Insight
7 1 (4.35%) CI/CD
7 1 (4.35%) Data Modelling
7 1 (4.35%) Data Validation
7 1 (4.35%) Data Visualisation
7 1 (4.35%) DevOps
7 1 (4.35%) Use Case
7 1 (4.35%) Validation
7 1 (4.35%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 11 (47.83%) SQL
2 8 (34.78%) PL/SQL
3 2 (8.70%) C#
3 2 (8.70%) PowerShell
4 1 (4.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
Systems Management
1 6 (26.09%) Jamf Pro
1 6 (26.09%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (26.09%) Google
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft