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

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 354 362 408
Rank change year-on-year +8 +46 -81
Permanent jobs citing Data Migration 800 909 1,466
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.80% 0.92% 0.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.94% 0.96% 0.95%
Number of salaries quoted 499 565 785
10th Percentile £36,750 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £52,500 £46,250
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 £83,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £55,140
% change year-on-year -16.67% +8.81% +10.28%

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 85,135 94,784 153,905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.22% 95.58% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 59,872 55,911 82,488
10th Percentile £29,089 £34,000 £33,635
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +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% +9.38%

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 18 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 18 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 +6 643 £57,500 -11.54% 211
UK excluding London +23 483 £50,000 -16.67% 140
Work from Home +45 397 £57,500 -8.00% 95
London +37 236 £75,000 +7.14% 91
North of England +70 129 £45,000 -21.74% 32
South East -1 99 £50,500 -3.81% 45
Midlands -16 93 £50,000 -23.08% 24
North West +36 87 £45,000 -28.00% 14
West Midlands +4 62 £50,000 -23.08% 20
Scotland -31 50 £45,000 -37.93% 8
East of England +20 39 £50,000 -18.37% 6
South West -48 36 £47,500 -25.49% 12
Yorkshire +65 34 £45,000 -10.00% 13
East Midlands -10 27 £37,500 -44.44% 4
Northern Ireland - 22 £44,704 - 10
Wales +21 16 £67,500 +24.70% 4
North East - 8 £61,250 - 5

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 (5.75%) WebLogic
2 37 (4.63%) SharePoint
3 22 (2.75%) 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 (5.75%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 33 (4.13%) SAP S/4HANA
3 31 (3.88%) Dynamics CRM
4 18 (2.25%) 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%) Dynamics AX
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 NAV
9 3 (0.38%) Maximo
9 3 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
9 3 (0.38%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 222 (27.75%) AWS
2 155 (19.38%) Azure
3 117 (14.63%) Power Platform
4 49 (6.13%) Amazon EKS
5 46 (5.75%) Amazon SQS
6 42 (5.25%) Microsoft 365
7 41 (5.13%) SaaS
8 40 (5.00%) Dynamics 365
9 34 (4.25%) OCI
10 32 (4.00%) Azure Data Factory
11 30 (3.75%) GCP
12 20 (2.50%) Amazon S3
12 20 (2.50%) PowerApps
13 16 (2.00%) GitHub
13 16 (2.00%) Power Automate
14 15 (1.88%) Amazon EC2
14 15 (1.88%) AWS CloudFormation
14 15 (1.88%) Route 53
14 15 (1.88%) Serverless
14 15 (1.88%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 55 (6.88%) DNS
2 46 (5.75%) BGP
2 46 (5.75%) SSL
2 46 (5.75%) 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 (18.63%) Oracle Database
2 100 (12.50%) Power BI
3 97 (12.13%) PostgreSQL
4 92 (11.50%) Oracle Database 11g
5 75 (9.38%) Relational Database
6 72 (9.00%) Data Warehouse
7 61 (7.63%) SQL Server
8 60 (7.50%) Amazon RDS
9 50 (6.25%) RDBMS
10 40 (5.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 34 (4.25%) MySQL
12 30 (3.75%) Data Lake
13 29 (3.63%) Metadata
14 16 (2.00%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
15 13 (1.63%) Oracle Reports
16 12 (1.50%) Azure SQL Database
17 11 (1.38%) Big Data
17 11 (1.38%) MS Access
17 11 (1.38%) SAP HANA
18 9 (1.13%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 75 (9.38%) JIRA
2 23 (2.88%) Jenkins
3 18 (2.25%) Git
4 15 (1.88%) Bitbucket
5 14 (1.75%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 11 (1.38%) Sonatype Nexus
6 11 (1.38%) Subversion
7 7 (0.88%) GitLab
7 7 (0.88%) Postman
8 6 (0.75%) Oracle APEX
8 6 (0.75%) Toad
9 5 (0.63%) Eclipse
9 5 (0.63%) Selenium
10 4 (0.50%) Ant
11 3 (0.38%) PHPUnit
12 2 (0.25%) Fiddler
12 2 (0.25%) LSMW
13 1 (0.13%) ClearQuest
13 1 (0.13%) TestNG
13 1 (0.13%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 258 (32.25%) Social Skills
2 215 (26.88%) Finance
3 92 (11.50%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (5.75%) Manufacturing
5 42 (5.25%) Banking
6 38 (4.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 37 (4.63%) 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 20 (2.50%) 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
1 178 (22.25%) Developer
2 174 (21.75%) Senior
3 145 (18.13%) Analyst
4 117 (14.63%) Architect
5 105 (13.13%) Consultant
6 101 (12.63%) Senior Developer
7 94 (11.75%) Lead
8 93 (11.63%) Database Developer
9 91 (11.38%) PostgreSQL Developer
10 80 (10.00%) Senior Database Developer
11 62 (7.75%) Business Analyst
12 61 (7.63%) Solutions Architect
13 49 (6.13%) Lead Architect
14 46 (5.75%) Lead Solutions Architect
15 43 (5.38%) Data Architect
16 33 (4.13%) Administrator
17 29 (3.63%) Data Engineer
18 27 (3.38%) Functional Consultant
18 27 (3.38%) Senior Consultant
19 26 (3.25%) Data Migration Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (5.75%) RabbitMQ
1 46 (5.75%) Spring Boot
2 27 (3.38%) HTML
3 21 (2.63%) REST
3 21 (2.63%) SOAP
4 19 (2.38%) Web Services
5 18 (2.25%) XML
6 16 (2.00%) .NET
7 13 (1.63%) Visualforce
8 12 (1.50%) CSS
8 12 (1.50%) JSON
9 11 (1.38%) Oracle Fusion
10 9 (1.13%) Itk
10 9 (1.13%) Kafka
10 9 (1.13%) XHTML
11 8 (1.00%) Middleware
12 7 (0.88%) Lightning Web Components
13 6 (0.75%) Ajax
13 6 (0.75%) LAMP
14 5 (0.63%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 70 (8.75%) Enterprise Software
2 62 (7.75%) Management Information System
3 54 (6.75%) Public Cloud
4 39 (4.88%) Legacy Systems
5 31 (3.88%) Self-Motivation
6 21 (2.63%) Data Structures
7 14 (1.75%) Onboarding
8 13 (1.63%) Renewable Energy
9 10 (1.25%) 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
11 7 (0.88%) Low-Code
12 6 (0.75%) Driving Licence
12 6 (0.75%) Mobile Payment
13 5 (0.63%) Data Protection Act
13 5 (0.63%) Replication
14 4 (0.50%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 63 (7.88%) Linux
2 46 (5.75%) 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
1 800 (100.00%) Migration
2 192 (24.00%) Problem-Solving
3 183 (22.88%) Actionable Insight
4 179 (22.38%) Agile
5 146 (18.25%) ERP
6 123 (15.38%) Project Management
7 119 (14.88%) Business Intelligence
8 105 (13.13%) Stakeholder Management
9 103 (12.88%) Collaborative Working
10 98 (12.25%) Artificial Intelligence
10 98 (12.25%) Data Management
10 98 (12.25%) Performance Tuning
11 96 (12.00%) Requirements Gathering
12 92 (11.50%) ETL
12 92 (11.50%) Secure Coding
12 92 (11.50%) Unit Testing
13 90 (11.25%) Computer Science
14 88 (11.00%) Data Modelling
15 86 (10.75%) Roadmaps
16 70 (8.75%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 283 (35.38%) SQL
2 120 (15.00%) PL/SQL
3 56 (7.00%) Python
4 50 (6.25%) Java
5 31 (3.88%) JavaScript
6 24 (3.00%) T-SQL
7 16 (2.00%) PowerShell
8 15 (1.88%) Apex Code
8 15 (1.88%) PHP
9 11 (1.38%) Bash
10 10 (1.25%) C#
10 10 (1.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 9 (1.13%) C++
12 6 (0.75%) SOQL
13 5 (0.63%) C
13 5 (0.63%) Shell Script
14 4 (0.50%) Go
14 4 (0.50%) RPG
15 3 (0.38%) VBA
16 2 (0.25%) R
Qualifications
1 130 (16.25%) Degree
2 129 (16.13%) Security Cleared
3 107 (13.38%) SC Cleared
4 68 (8.50%) AWS Certification
5 65 (8.13%) Azure Certification
6 51 (6.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 50 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
8 21 (2.63%) Master's Degree
8 21 (2.63%) Microsoft Certification
9 15 (1.88%) DBS Check
10 13 (1.63%) BPSS Clearance
11 12 (1.50%) PMP
12 11 (1.38%) PMI Certification
13 9 (1.13%) CISM
13 9 (1.13%) CISSP
14 8 (1.00%) Oracle Certification
15 5 (0.63%) MCAD
16 4 (0.50%) OCP
17 3 (0.38%) TOGAF Certification
18 1 (0.13%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (8.00%) Data Quality
2 26 (3.25%) GDPR
3 19 (2.38%) QA
4 6 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
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
9 1 (0.13%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.13%) Good Clinical Practice
9 1 (0.13%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 30 (3.75%) 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 24 (3.00%) Kubernetes
2 23 (2.88%) Terraform
3 11 (1.38%) 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
1 240 (30.00%) Oracle
2 171 (21.38%) Microsoft
3 80 (10.00%) SAP
4 46 (5.75%) Sparx
5 36 (4.50%) Salesforce
6 19 (2.38%) Atlassian
6 19 (2.38%) IFS
7 12 (1.50%) Databricks
8 10 (1.25%) IBM
8 10 (1.25%) Sage
8 10 (1.25%) ServiceNow
9 9 (1.13%) MuleSoft
9 9 (1.13%) NEC
10 7 (0.88%) Google
10 7 (0.88%) VMware
11 6 (0.75%) Civica
11 6 (0.75%) Splunk
11 6 (0.75%) Sybase
11 6 (0.75%) Zuora
12 4 (0.50%) Anaplan