Hybrid/Remote Data Migration Job Trends

Data Migration
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Data Migration skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 228 211 266
Rank change year-on-year -17 +55 +132
Permanent jobs citing Data Migration 152 269 221
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.00% 1.57% 1.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.13% 1.69% 1.15%
Number of salaries quoted 98 112 170
10th Percentile £40,700 £40,000 £38,462
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £48,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £58,400
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +7.02% -6.56%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £97,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,452 15,895 19,293
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 88.53% 93.01% 94.08%
Number of salaries quoted 8,546 9,528 15,508
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Data Migration
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Migration and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Data Migration job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Data Migration
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Data Migration.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Data Migration

Data Migration
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Data Migration over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Data Migration salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Data Migration
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 6 (3.95%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (3.95%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.63%) Apache
2 4 (2.63%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.66%) Confluence
Applications
1 11 (7.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (3.29%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 16 (10.53%) Oracle ERP
2 14 (9.21%) Oracle Assets
2 14 (9.21%) Oracle Financials
2 14 (9.21%) Oracle General Ledger
2 14 (9.21%) Oracle Payables
2 14 (9.21%) Oracle Receivables
3 12 (7.89%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (3.29%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (1.97%) NetSuite
6 2 (1.32%) iTrent
6 2 (1.32%) SAP CO
6 2 (1.32%) SAP ERP
6 2 (1.32%) SAP FI
6 2 (1.32%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.66%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.66%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.66%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.66%) SAP Payroll
7 1 (0.66%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 29 (19.08%) Azure
2 28 (18.42%) Power Platform
3 27 (17.76%) Dynamics 365
4 17 (11.18%) Power Automate
5 16 (10.53%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (4.61%) AWS
8 5 (3.29%) PowerApps
9 4 (2.63%) Amazon S3
9 4 (2.63%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (2.63%) OCI
9 4 (2.63%) Serverless
10 3 (1.97%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 3 (1.97%) Entra ID
10 3 (1.97%) GCP
10 3 (1.97%) SaaS
10 3 (1.97%) SuccessFactors
11 2 (1.32%) dbt
11 2 (1.32%) Fivetran
11 2 (1.32%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.32%) DHCP
1 2 (1.32%) DNS
1 2 (1.32%) LAN
1 2 (1.32%) VPN
1 2 (1.32%) WAN
1 2 (1.32%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (0.66%) RFID
2 1 (0.66%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (9.21%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 13 (8.55%) Power BI
3 9 (5.92%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (3.29%) Data Lake
4 5 (3.29%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (2.63%) Amazon Redshift
5 4 (2.63%) MySQL
5 4 (2.63%) SQL Server
6 3 (1.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (1.32%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (1.32%) BigQuery
7 2 (1.32%) Looker
7 2 (1.32%) Power Query
7 2 (1.32%) SAP Data Services
8 1 (0.66%) Amazon Aurora
8 1 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.66%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.66%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.66%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 14 (9.21%) Oracle Forms
2 2 (1.32%) Git
2 2 (1.32%) JIRA
2 2 (1.32%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.66%) LoadRunner
3 1 (0.66%) SoapUI
General
1 54 (35.53%) Finance
2 42 (27.63%) Social Skills
3 15 (9.87%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (9.87%) Marketing
4 14 (9.21%) Fire and Rescue
4 14 (9.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 14 (9.21%) Influencing Skills
4 14 (9.21%) Legal
4 14 (9.21%) Local Government
5 13 (8.55%) Retail
6 12 (7.89%) Presentation Skills
7 9 (5.92%) Banking
8 8 (5.26%) General Ledger
8 8 (5.26%) Public Sector
9 6 (3.95%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (3.29%) Tech for Good
11 4 (2.63%) Investment Banking
12 3 (1.97%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.97%) Telecoms
13 2 (1.32%) Billing
Job Titles
1 45 (29.61%) Analyst
2 31 (20.39%) Senior
3 26 (17.11%) Consultant
4 24 (15.79%) Lead
5 14 (9.21%) Business Change Analyst
5 14 (9.21%) Change Analyst
5 14 (9.21%) Oracle Analyst
5 14 (9.21%) Senior Analyst
5 14 (9.21%) Senior Oracle Analyst
6 12 (7.89%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
6 12 (7.89%) Functional Consultant
7 11 (7.24%) Data Migration Lead
8 10 (6.58%) Business Analyst
8 10 (6.58%) ERP Analyst
9 8 (5.26%) Data Migration Specialist
9 8 (5.26%) Migration Specialist
9 8 (5.26%) SAP Consultant
10 7 (4.61%) Data Consultant
10 7 (4.61%) Data Engineer
10 7 (4.61%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.97%) .NET
1 3 (1.97%) Middleware
2 2 (1.32%) Kafka
2 2 (1.32%) OAuth
2 2 (1.32%) RESTful
3 1 (0.66%) CSS
3 1 (0.66%) HTML
3 1 (0.66%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (0.66%) OAuth2
3 1 (0.66%) PySpark
3 1 (0.66%) React
3 1 (0.66%) REST
3 1 (0.66%) SOAP
3 1 (0.66%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 19 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 17 (11.18%) Legacy Systems
3 16 (10.53%) Data Structures
4 14 (9.21%) NHS
5 3 (1.97%) Driving Licence
6 2 (1.32%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.32%) Augmented Reality
6 2 (1.32%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.32%) FMCG
6 2 (1.32%) Life Science
6 2 (1.32%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.32%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 1 (0.66%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (0.66%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.66%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.66%) Taxonomies
7 1 (0.66%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.66%) Linux
1 1 (0.66%) Windows
1 1 (0.66%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 152 (100.00%) Migration
2 45 (29.61%) Agile
3 40 (26.32%) ERP
4 33 (21.71%) Mentoring
5 32 (21.05%) Business Intelligence
6 30 (19.74%) Problem-Solving
7 29 (19.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 27 (17.76%) ETL
9 26 (17.11%) Stakeholder Management
10 25 (16.45%) Analytics
11 24 (15.79%) Data Management
11 24 (15.79%) Project Management
12 23 (15.13%) CRM
13 22 (14.47%) User Acceptance Testing
14 20 (13.16%) Roadmaps
14 20 (13.16%) Translating Business Requirements
15 19 (12.50%) DevOps
15 19 (12.50%) Workshop Facilitation
16 18 (11.84%) Change Management
17 17 (11.18%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 43 (28.29%) SQL
2 10 (6.58%) Python
3 7 (4.61%) C#
4 4 (2.63%) PL/SQL
5 3 (1.97%) PowerShell
6 2 (1.32%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.32%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.66%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 23 (15.13%) Degree
2 13 (8.55%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (4.61%) Security Cleared
4 5 (3.29%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (1.97%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (1.97%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.32%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.32%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (0.66%) ACCA
7 1 (0.66%) CIMA
7 1 (0.66%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.66%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.66%) PMP
7 1 (0.66%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (0.66%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (9.87%) QA
2 12 (7.89%) Data Quality
3 5 (3.29%) GDPR
4 3 (1.97%) GAAP
5 2 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (1.32%) GMP
5 2 (1.32%) IFRS
5 2 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.32%) PMO
6 1 (0.66%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (0.66%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.66%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (0.66%) Forefront Identity Manager
Vendors
1 31 (20.39%) Microsoft
2 21 (13.82%) Oracle
3 14 (9.21%) SAP
4 9 (5.92%) Salesforce
5 3 (1.97%) Databricks
6 2 (1.32%) Cisco
6 2 (1.32%) Google
6 2 (1.32%) Meraki
6 2 (1.32%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.66%) Alteryx
7 1 (0.66%) Autodesk
7 1 (0.66%) Dynatrace
7 1 (0.66%) IBM
7 1 (0.66%) Informatica
7 1 (0.66%) Proofpoint
7 1 (0.66%) Sage
7 1 (0.66%) Talend
7 1 (0.66%) Workday