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 22 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
22 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 347 359 410
Rank change year-on-year +12 +51 -88
Permanent jobs citing Data Migration 799 893 1,489
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.80% 0.90% 0.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.94% 0.95% 0.95%
Number of salaries quoted 498 561 796
10th Percentile £36,600 £40,000 £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 £82,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £55,320
% change year-on-year -16.67% +8.46% +10.64%

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 85,138 94,311 156,544
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.08% 95.58% 95.82%
Number of salaries quoted 59,815 55,545 82,618
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

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 22 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 22 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 -3 642 £57,500 -11.54% 186
UK excluding London +50 486 £50,000 -16.67% 124
Work from Home +54 396 £57,500 -7.26% 81
London +35 233 £75,000 +7.14% 71
North of England +83 131 £45,000 -20.00% 28
South East +2 100 £51,000 -2.86% 30
Midlands -21 91 £50,000 -23.08% 25
North West +41 89 £45,000 -28.00% 13
West Midlands -1 60 £50,000 -23.08% 17
Scotland -32 50 £45,000 -35.71% 10
East of England +28 39 £50,000 -18.37% 6
South West -32 37 £50,000 -25.93% 12
Yorkshire +60 34 £45,000 -10.00% 11
East Midlands -17 27 £37,500 -44.44% 8
Northern Ireland - 23 £35,000 - 10
Wales +27 16 £67,500 +24.70% 4
North East - 8 £61,250 - 4

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 (5.76%) WebLogic
2 37 (4.63%) SharePoint
3 24 (3.00%) Confluence
4 12 (1.50%) Oracle Workflow
5 6 (0.75%) Appian
6 4 (0.50%) Drupal
6 4 (0.50%) nginx
7 3 (0.38%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.38%) IIS
7 3 (0.38%) MQSeries
7 3 (0.38%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 3 (0.38%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.25%) NServiceBus
8 2 (0.25%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.13%) Alfresco
9 1 (0.13%) Apache
9 1 (0.13%) CMS
9 1 (0.13%) Documentum
9 1 (0.13%) FileNet
Applications
1 29 (3.63%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (1.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.88%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.13%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.13%) Sketch
6 1 (0.13%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 46 (5.76%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 34 (4.26%) SAP S/4HANA
3 32 (4.01%) Dynamics CRM
4 17 (2.13%) NetSuite
5 13 (1.63%) Oracle General Ledger
5 13 (1.63%) Oracle Payables
5 13 (1.63%) Oracle Receivables
6 12 (1.50%) Oracle Cash Management
7 9 (1.13%) NEC Housing
7 9 (1.13%) SAP CX
7 9 (1.13%) Teamcenter
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 (0.38%) Dynamics AX
9 3 (0.38%) Maximo
9 3 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
9 3 (0.38%) SAP MM
9 3 (0.38%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 222 (27.78%) AWS
2 157 (19.65%) Azure
3 118 (14.77%) Power Platform
4 49 (6.13%) Amazon EKS
5 46 (5.76%) Amazon SQS
6 42 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
7 40 (5.01%) Dynamics 365
7 40 (5.01%) SaaS
8 34 (4.26%) OCI
9 33 (4.13%) Azure Data Factory
10 31 (3.88%) GCP
11 20 (2.50%) Amazon S3
12 19 (2.38%) PowerApps
13 18 (2.25%) GitHub
14 16 (2.00%) Power Automate
15 15 (1.88%) AWS CloudFormation
15 15 (1.88%) PaaS
15 15 (1.88%) Route 53
15 15 (1.88%) Serverless
15 15 (1.88%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 56 (7.01%) DNS
2 46 (5.76%) BGP
2 46 (5.76%) SSL
2 46 (5.76%) TCP/IP
3 8 (1.00%) Firewall
4 5 (0.63%) Intranet
4 5 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (0.38%) HTTP
5 3 (0.38%) Internet
5 3 (0.38%) Wireless
6 2 (0.25%) DHCP
6 2 (0.25%) LAN
6 2 (0.25%) WAN
7 1 (0.13%) NAS
7 1 (0.13%) SAN
7 1 (0.13%) VPN
7 1 (0.13%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 149 (18.65%) Oracle Database
2 100 (12.52%) Power BI
3 97 (12.14%) PostgreSQL
4 92 (11.51%) Oracle Database 11g
5 75 (9.39%) Relational Database
6 71 (8.89%) Data Warehouse
7 61 (7.63%) SQL Server
8 60 (7.51%) Amazon RDS
9 50 (6.26%) RDBMS
10 40 (5.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 33 (4.13%) MySQL
12 30 (3.75%) Data Lake
13 28 (3.50%) Metadata
14 16 (2.00%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
15 13 (1.63%) Azure SQL Database
15 13 (1.63%) Oracle Reports
16 11 (1.38%) Big Data
16 11 (1.38%) MS Access
16 11 (1.38%) SAP HANA
17 9 (1.13%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 77 (9.64%) JIRA
2 23 (2.88%) Jenkins
3 19 (2.38%) Git
4 17 (2.13%) Bitbucket
5 14 (1.75%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 11 (1.38%) Sonatype Nexus
6 11 (1.38%) Subversion
7 9 (1.13%) GitLab
8 7 (0.88%) Postman
9 6 (0.75%) Oracle APEX
9 6 (0.75%) Toad
10 5 (0.63%) Eclipse
10 5 (0.63%) Selenium
11 4 (0.50%) Ant
12 3 (0.38%) LSMW
12 3 (0.38%) PHPUnit
13 2 (0.25%) Fiddler
14 1 (0.13%) JUnit
14 1 (0.13%) TestNG
14 1 (0.13%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 258 (32.29%) Social Skills
2 215 (26.91%) Finance
3 92 (11.51%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (5.63%) Manufacturing
5 42 (5.26%) Banking
6 38 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 36 (4.51%) Public Sector
8 33 (4.13%) Marketing
9 27 (3.38%) Retail
10 26 (3.25%) Presentation Skills
11 24 (3.00%) Retail Banking
12 22 (2.75%) Law
13 19 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
14 15 (1.88%) Financial Institution
15 13 (1.63%) Organisational Skills
16 12 (1.50%) Legal
16 12 (1.50%) Pharmaceutical
17 10 (1.25%) Games
18 9 (1.13%) Back Office
19 7 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 177 (22.15%) Developer
2 171 (21.40%) Senior
3 145 (18.15%) Analyst
4 116 (14.52%) Architect
5 103 (12.89%) Consultant
6 100 (12.52%) Senior Developer
7 94 (11.76%) Lead
8 93 (11.64%) Database Developer
9 91 (11.39%) PostgreSQL Developer
10 80 (10.01%) Senior Database Developer
11 62 (7.76%) Business Analyst
12 60 (7.51%) Solutions Architect
13 49 (6.13%) Lead Architect
14 46 (5.76%) Lead Solutions Architect
15 42 (5.26%) Data Architect
16 33 (4.13%) Administrator
17 30 (3.75%) Data Engineer
18 26 (3.25%) Data Migration Lead
18 26 (3.25%) Functional Consultant
19 25 (3.13%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (5.76%) RabbitMQ
1 46 (5.76%) Spring Boot
2 25 (3.13%) HTML
3 21 (2.63%) REST
3 21 (2.63%) SOAP
4 18 (2.25%) Web Services
5 17 (2.13%) XML
6 16 (2.00%) .NET
7 13 (1.63%) Visualforce
8 11 (1.38%) CSS
8 11 (1.38%) JSON
8 11 (1.38%) Oracle Fusion
9 9 (1.13%) Itk
9 9 (1.13%) Kafka
9 9 (1.13%) XHTML
10 8 (1.00%) Middleware
11 7 (0.88%) Lightning Web Components
12 6 (0.75%) Ajax
12 6 (0.75%) LAMP
12 6 (0.75%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 72 (9.01%) Enterprise Software
2 62 (7.76%) Management Information System
3 54 (6.76%) Public Cloud
4 38 (4.76%) Legacy Systems
5 30 (3.75%) Self-Motivation
6 21 (2.63%) Data Structures
7 13 (1.63%) Onboarding
7 13 (1.63%) Renewable Energy
8 12 (1.50%) Distributed Systems
9 10 (1.25%) NHS
10 8 (1.00%) Cloud Native
10 8 (1.00%) Greenfield Project
10 8 (1.00%) Legacy Applications
11 7 (0.88%) Clustering
12 6 (0.75%) Driving Licence
12 6 (0.75%) Mobile Payment
13 5 (0.63%) Data Protection Act
13 5 (0.63%) Low-Code
13 5 (0.63%) Replication
14 4 (0.50%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 63 (7.88%) Linux
2 46 (5.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 19 (2.38%) Windows
4 11 (1.38%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.50%) AIX
6 3 (0.38%) Unix
7 1 (0.13%) Android
7 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 799 (100.00%) Migration
2 193 (24.16%) Problem-Solving
3 183 (22.90%) Actionable Insight
4 178 (22.28%) Agile
5 146 (18.27%) ERP
6 123 (15.39%) Project Management
7 119 (14.89%) Business Intelligence
8 102 (12.77%) Collaborative Working
8 102 (12.77%) Stakeholder Management
9 98 (12.27%) Artificial Intelligence
9 98 (12.27%) Performance Tuning
10 97 (12.14%) Data Management
11 95 (11.89%) Requirements Gathering
12 92 (11.51%) ETL
12 92 (11.51%) Secure Coding
12 92 (11.51%) Unit Testing
13 91 (11.39%) Computer Science
14 87 (10.89%) Roadmaps
15 85 (10.64%) Data Modelling
16 69 (8.64%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 283 (35.42%) SQL
2 120 (15.02%) PL/SQL
3 59 (7.38%) Python
4 49 (6.13%) Java
5 31 (3.88%) JavaScript
6 24 (3.00%) T-SQL
7 18 (2.25%) PowerShell
8 15 (1.88%) Apex Code
9 14 (1.75%) PHP
10 11 (1.38%) Bash
10 11 (1.38%) C#
11 10 (1.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 9 (1.13%) C++
13 6 (0.75%) Go
13 6 (0.75%) SOQL
14 5 (0.63%) C
14 5 (0.63%) Shell Script
15 4 (0.50%) RPG
16 3 (0.38%) VBA
17 2 (0.25%) Scala
Qualifications
1 131 (16.40%) Degree
2 128 (16.02%) Security Cleared
3 106 (13.27%) SC Cleared
4 68 (8.51%) AWS Certification
5 66 (8.26%) Azure Certification
6 51 (6.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 51 (6.38%) Computer Science Degree
7 21 (2.63%) Master's Degree
8 20 (2.50%) Microsoft Certification
9 15 (1.88%) DBS Check
10 12 (1.50%) BPSS Clearance
10 12 (1.50%) PMP
11 11 (1.38%) PMI Certification
12 9 (1.13%) CISM
12 9 (1.13%) CISSP
13 8 (1.00%) Oracle Certification
14 5 (0.63%) MCAD
15 4 (0.50%) OCP
16 3 (0.38%) TOGAF Certification
17 1 (0.13%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (7.88%) Data Quality
2 26 (3.25%) GDPR
3 19 (2.38%) QA
4 7 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.50%) PMO
6 4 (0.50%) SLA
7 3 (0.38%) GMP
7 3 (0.38%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.25%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (0.25%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.13%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.13%) Good Clinical Practice
9 1 (0.13%) NIST
9 1 (0.13%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 31 (3.88%) Docker
2 8 (1.00%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.38%) HDFS
5 2 (0.25%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.25%) vSphere
6 1 (0.13%) iptables
6 1 (0.13%) NFS
6 1 (0.13%) Shibboleth
6 1 (0.13%) Varnish
6 1 (0.13%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 25 (3.13%) Kubernetes
1 25 (3.13%) Terraform
2 12 (1.50%) Ansible
3 11 (1.38%) Puppet
4 10 (1.25%) Packer
5 7 (0.88%) Progress Chef
6 6 (0.75%) CloudHub
6 6 (0.75%) Salt
7 5 (0.63%) Grafana
7 5 (0.63%) Kibana
8 4 (0.50%) Oracle RMAN
8 4 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.38%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.13%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.13%) VxRail
Vendors
1 239 (29.91%) Oracle
2 171 (21.40%) Microsoft
3 79 (9.89%) SAP
4 46 (5.76%) Sparx
5 35 (4.38%) Salesforce
6 21 (2.63%) Atlassian
7 19 (2.38%) IFS
8 12 (1.50%) Databricks
9 10 (1.25%) Sage
9 10 (1.25%) ServiceNow
10 9 (1.13%) IBM
10 9 (1.13%) MuleSoft
10 9 (1.13%) NEC
11 7 (0.88%) VMware
12 6 (0.75%) Civica
12 6 (0.75%) Google
12 6 (0.75%) Splunk
12 6 (0.75%) Sybase
12 6 (0.75%) Zuora
13 4 (0.50%) Cloudera