Data Migration Contracts

Data Migration
UK

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

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 93 135 134
Rank change year-on-year +42 -1 -19
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 1,020 1,164 1,788
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.35% 1.97% 2.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.72% 2.19% 2.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 696 813 1,211
10th Percentile £363 £381 £363
25th Percentile £463 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £619
90th Percentile £726 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £491
% change year-on-year +5.00% +1.78% +3.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 8 10
10th Percentile £25.00 £17.50 £11.47
25th Percentile £40.00 £19.38 £16.75
Median hourly rate £75.00 £26.75 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +180.37% +33.75% +26.10%
75th Percentile £80.00 £38.75 £50.10
90th Percentile - £64.25 £62.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate £75.00 £22.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year +233.33% +12.50% +26.10%

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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,480 53,073 80,381
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.37% 89.85% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,166 36,804 56,457
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,447 1,751 1,910
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.96 £36.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.11% +44.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Data Migration in the UK

Data Migration
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Migration over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Migration in the UK

Data Migration
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Migration in the UK

Data Migration
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Migration over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Migration in the UK

Data Migration
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Migration within the UK over the 6 months to 6 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +46 879 £550 +4.76% 180
London +60 457 £550 - 77
UK excluding London +38 442 £525 +5.00% 102
Work from Home +34 423 £550 +7.06% 88
South East -10 113 £550 +4.76% 29
North of England +45 104 £520 +4.00% 18
South West +55 71 £520 +1.96% 13
North West +45 63 £525 +10.53% 7
Midlands -1 56 £581 +16.25% 17
Scotland +30 49 £500 +2.67% 6
East of England +11 40 £307 -4.22% 13
West Midlands -3 40 £595 +10.70% 14
Yorkshire +21 36 £506 -1.22% 4
East Midlands +18 15 £515 +22.62% 3
Wales +19 6 £425 - 1
North East +18 5 £500 -4.76% 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 62 (6.08%) SharePoint
2 25 (2.45%) Confluence
3 19 (1.86%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (1.18%) Apache
5 10 (0.98%) Apache Spark
6 7 (0.69%) CMS
6 7 (0.69%) Oracle Workflow
7 6 (0.59%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.29%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.20%) GemFire
9 2 (0.20%) GeoServer
10 1 (0.098%) PowerExchange
Applications
1 31 (3.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (2.06%) MS Visio
3 18 (1.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
5 12 (1.18%) Microsoft Project
6 10 (0.98%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.098%) Trello
Business Applications
1 65 (6.37%) SAP S/4HANA
2 54 (5.29%) Dynamics CRM
3 20 (1.96%) Oracle EBS
4 14 (1.37%) Loan IQ
4 14 (1.37%) SAP MDG
5 10 (0.98%) SAP FI
6 9 (0.88%) NetSuite
6 9 (0.88%) SAP CO
7 8 (0.78%) Dynamics AX
7 8 (0.78%) NEC Housing
7 8 (0.78%) SAP FI/CO
8 7 (0.69%) Oracle General Ledger
8 7 (0.69%) SAP Retail
8 7 (0.69%) Workday HCM
9 6 (0.59%) Salesforce CRM
10 5 (0.49%) Oracle Assets
10 5 (0.49%) Oracle EBS R12
10 5 (0.49%) Oracle Payables
10 5 (0.49%) Oracle Receivables
11 4 (0.39%) Infor SunSystems
Cloud Services
1 196 (19.22%) Azure
2 100 (9.80%) Dynamics 365
3 89 (8.73%) Power Platform
4 87 (8.53%) AWS
5 38 (3.73%) Microsoft 365
6 29 (2.84%) SaaS
7 28 (2.75%) Azure DevOps
8 27 (2.65%) OCI
9 26 (2.55%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 26 (2.55%) Serverless
10 25 (2.45%) Azure Data Factory
10 25 (2.45%) Snowflake
11 22 (2.16%) GCP
12 17 (1.67%) Entra ID
13 15 (1.47%) Amazon S3
13 15 (1.47%) GitHub
14 14 (1.37%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 14 (1.37%) Azure Service Bus
14 14 (1.37%) PaaS
15 13 (1.27%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 17 (1.67%) Firewall
2 11 (1.08%) DNS
3 10 (0.98%) SAN
4 9 (0.88%) MPLS
5 8 (0.78%) DHCP
5 8 (0.78%) LAN
5 8 (0.78%) WAN
5 8 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
6 7 (0.69%) VPN
7 6 (0.59%) VSAN
8 4 (0.39%) IPsec
9 3 (0.29%) PuTTY
10 2 (0.20%) NAS
11 1 (0.098%) Ethernet
11 1 (0.098%) Internet
11 1 (0.098%) Intranet
11 1 (0.098%) OpenLDAP
11 1 (0.098%) SSL
11 1 (0.098%) Unified Communications
11 1 (0.098%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 97 (9.51%) Data Warehouse
2 74 (7.25%) SQL Server
3 63 (6.18%) Power BI
4 52 (5.10%) PostgreSQL
5 35 (3.43%) Data Lake
5 35 (3.43%) Oracle Database
6 24 (2.35%) NoSQL
7 23 (2.25%) Tableau
8 22 (2.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 21 (2.06%) Azure SQL Database
9 21 (2.06%) Big Data
10 18 (1.76%) Metadata
10 18 (1.76%) Oracle Database 11g
10 18 (1.76%) Relational Database
11 17 (1.67%) SAP Data Services
12 14 (1.37%) MySQL
13 11 (1.08%) Electronic Patient Records
14 10 (0.98%) SAP HANA
15 9 (0.88%) DB2
15 9 (0.88%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 42 (4.12%) JIRA
2 16 (1.57%) GitLab
3 13 (1.27%) Git
4 9 (0.88%) ERwin
4 9 (0.88%) LSMW
5 8 (0.78%) Visual Studio
6 7 (0.69%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 6 (0.59%) Visual Studio Team System
8 5 (0.49%) Eclipse
8 5 (0.49%) Jenkins
8 5 (0.49%) Selenium
9 4 (0.39%) Deequ
9 4 (0.39%) Postman
10 3 (0.29%) Cypress.io
10 3 (0.29%) SoapUI
10 3 (0.29%) SpecFlow
10 3 (0.29%) Toad
11 2 (0.20%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.20%) Oracle APEX
12 1 (0.098%) Oracle Forms
General
1 279 (27.35%) Social Skills
2 277 (27.16%) Finance
3 96 (9.41%) Public Sector
4 75 (7.35%) Analytical Skills
5 49 (4.80%) Banking
6 45 (4.41%) Retail
7 28 (2.75%) Manufacturing
8 25 (2.45%) Presentation Skills
9 21 (2.06%) Financial Institution
10 18 (1.76%) Aerospace
10 18 (1.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 17 (1.67%) Legal
11 17 (1.67%) Local Government
11 17 (1.67%) Marketing
12 16 (1.57%) Documentation Skills
13 14 (1.37%) Billing
14 10 (0.98%) Influencing Skills
14 10 (0.98%) Investment Banking
14 10 (0.98%) Social Housing
15 8 (0.78%) Law
Job Titles
1 169 (16.57%) Consultant
2 156 (15.29%) Analyst
3 143 (14.02%) Architect
4 104 (10.20%) Lead
5 98 (9.61%) Project Manager
6 89 (8.73%) Data Engineer
7 77 (7.55%) Developer
8 75 (7.35%) Business Analyst
9 57 (5.59%) Migration Engineer
10 56 (5.49%) Data Migration Lead
11 53 (5.20%) Data Architect
12 51 (5.00%) Data Analyst
13 50 (4.90%) Senior
14 49 (4.80%) Data Consultant
15 43 (4.22%) Data Migration Engineer
16 41 (4.02%) Migration Analyst
17 39 (3.82%) Data Manager
17 39 (3.82%) Data Migration Analyst
17 39 (3.82%) Migration Consultant
17 39 (3.82%) Migration Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (3.04%) .NET
2 29 (2.84%) Web Services
3 22 (2.16%) JSON
4 19 (1.86%) Oracle Fusion
4 19 (1.86%) REST
5 11 (1.08%) Web Dynpro
5 11 (1.08%) XML
6 10 (0.98%) ARM Templates
7 9 (0.88%) PySpark
8 8 (0.78%) .NET Framework
8 8 (0.78%) Apache Avro
8 8 (0.78%) Spring Boot
9 7 (0.69%) Apache Camel
9 7 (0.69%) BAPI
9 7 (0.69%) Entity Framework
9 7 (0.69%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
9 7 (0.69%) Middleware
9 7 (0.69%) WCF
10 6 (0.59%) JSON Schema
10 6 (0.59%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 66 (6.47%) Legacy Systems
2 44 (4.31%) Data Centre
3 39 (3.82%) Data Structures
4 25 (2.45%) Management Information System
5 21 (2.06%) Cloud Native
6 18 (1.76%) Linux Command Line
7 17 (1.67%) Product Ownership
8 16 (1.57%) Clustering
8 16 (1.57%) Greenfield Project
9 13 (1.27%) Replication
10 12 (1.18%) Onboarding
11 11 (1.08%) FMCG
12 9 (0.88%) NHS
13 8 (0.78%) Client/Server
13 8 (0.78%) Virtual Team
14 7 (0.69%) Enterprise Software
14 7 (0.69%) Reinsurance
15 6 (0.59%) Derivative
15 6 (0.59%) Fixed Income
15 6 (0.59%) VxBlock/Vblock
Operating Systems
1 44 (4.31%) Windows
2 32 (3.14%) Linux
3 22 (2.16%) Unix
4 12 (1.18%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.39%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.29%) VMS
7 2 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,020 (100.00%) Migration
2 157 (15.39%) Agile
3 145 (14.22%) Problem-Solving
4 134 (13.14%) Data Modelling
5 121 (11.86%) ETL
6 109 (10.69%) ERP
7 104 (10.20%) Data Management
7 104 (10.20%) Project Management
8 100 (9.80%) Stakeholder Management
9 92 (9.02%) User Acceptance Testing
10 90 (8.82%) CRM
11 89 (8.73%) Analytics
12 87 (8.53%) Business Intelligence
13 84 (8.24%) DevOps
14 80 (7.84%) Data Governance
15 78 (7.65%) Validation
16 66 (6.47%) Data Analysis
17 60 (5.88%) Requirements Gathering
18 58 (5.69%) Change Management
19 56 (5.49%) Data Cleansing
Programming Languages
1 204 (20.00%) SQL
2 62 (6.08%) Python
3 39 (3.82%) Java
4 35 (3.43%) C#
5 34 (3.33%) PowerShell
6 28 (2.75%) PL/SQL
7 27 (2.65%) JavaScript
8 21 (2.06%) ABAP
9 15 (1.47%) Bash
10 13 (1.27%) T-SQL
11 9 (0.88%) Scala
12 5 (0.49%) Shell Script
13 4 (0.39%) Bicep
13 4 (0.39%) Go
14 2 (0.20%) PHP
14 2 (0.20%) TypeScript
15 1 (0.098%) Apex Code
15 1 (0.098%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 1 (0.098%) Groovy
15 1 (0.098%) VBA
Qualifications
1 142 (13.92%) Security Cleared
2 119 (11.67%) SC Cleared
3 74 (7.25%) Degree
4 23 (2.25%) DV Cleared
5 21 (2.06%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (1.18%) Azure Certification
6 12 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (0.69%) SAP Certification
9 6 (0.59%) PMP
9 6 (0.59%) TOGAF Certification
10 5 (0.49%) ACCA
10 5 (0.49%) CIMA
10 5 (0.49%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 4 (0.39%) APMP
11 4 (0.39%) Numerate Degree
11 4 (0.39%) PMI Certification
12 3 (0.29%) Master's Degree
13 2 (0.20%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 1 (0.098%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 121 (11.86%) Data Quality
2 59 (5.78%) QA
3 34 (3.33%) GDPR
4 30 (2.94%) PMO
5 10 (0.98%) Accessibility
6 7 (0.69%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.39%) SLA
8 3 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.29%) Disclosure Scotland
8 3 (0.29%) ISO 20022
8 3 (0.29%) NIST
9 2 (0.20%) GxP
10 1 (0.098%) Government Security Classifications
10 1 (0.098%) HL7
10 1 (0.098%) IASME
10 1 (0.098%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 43 (4.22%) Active Directory
2 30 (2.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (2.16%) vSphere
4 13 (1.27%) Docker
5 12 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
6 10 (0.98%) VMware NSX
7 8 (0.78%) Virtual Servers
7 8 (0.78%) VMware Workstation
8 4 (0.39%) Oracle RAC
9 3 (0.29%) Hyper-V
10 1 (0.098%) HDFS
10 1 (0.098%) OpenIDM
Systems Management
1 28 (2.75%) Terraform
2 13 (1.27%) Ansible
3 12 (1.18%) Kubernetes
4 8 (0.78%) Microsoft Clustering
4 8 (0.78%) Nagios
4 8 (0.78%) NetBackup
4 8 (0.78%) SCCM
5 7 (0.69%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 7 (0.69%) VxRail
6 6 (0.59%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (0.59%) vCenter Server
7 4 (0.39%) Data Guard
7 4 (0.39%) Oracle RMAN
8 2 (0.20%) Grafana
8 2 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.098%) Istio
9 1 (0.098%) Packer
9 1 (0.098%) vRealize
Vendors
1 172 (16.86%) Microsoft
2 170 (16.67%) SAP
3 146 (14.31%) Oracle
4 37 (3.63%) Micro Focus
5 36 (3.53%) Databricks
6 35 (3.43%) Salesforce
7 34 (3.33%) VMware
8 29 (2.84%) NetApp
9 22 (2.16%) Dell
10 21 (2.06%) Informatica
11 19 (1.86%) Workday
12 18 (1.76%) Atlassian
13 13 (1.27%) Adobe
13 13 (1.27%) Cisco
13 13 (1.27%) IBM
14 11 (1.08%) Ariba
14 11 (1.08%) Google
14 11 (1.08%) SolarWinds
15 10 (0.98%) Red Hat
16 8 (0.78%) Hitachi