Data Migration Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Data Migration
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Data Migration skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 84 100
Rank change year-on-year +12 +16 +47
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 49 45 60
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 2.78% 2.16% 1.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.95% 2.35% 2.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 29 44
10th Percentile £335 £292 £466
25th Percentile £434 £400 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £555 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +11.00% -9.09% -0.90%
75th Percentile £688 £650 £647
90th Percentile £703 £690 £725
Central London median daily rate £555 £520 £550
% change year-on-year +6.73% -5.45% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £34.63 - -
Median hourly rate £34.65 - -
75th Percentile £34.68 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £34.65 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

Data Migration falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,661 1,913 2,719
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 94.27% 92.02% 90.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,107 1,212 1,878
10th Percentile £325 £375 £363
25th Percentile £419 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £705
90th Percentile £763 £788 £813
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 17 16
10th Percentile £17.35 £15.20 £14.25
25th Percentile £23.98 £20.22 £16.02
Median hourly rate £28.33 £27.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.91% +8.00% -41.86%
75th Percentile £53.50 £78.75 £44.87
90th Percentile £63.75 £137.50 £60.88
Central London median hourly rate £31.25 £35.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -10.71% +34.62% -38.82%

Data Migration
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Data Migration as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Data Migration in the City of London

Data Migration
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Data Migration.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Data Migration

Data Migration
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Migration in the City of London over the 6 months to 17 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Migration in the City of London

Data Migration
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Data Migration.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Data Migration

Data Migration
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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 2 (4.08%) SAS
2 1 (2.04%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (8.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (6.12%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (4.08%) SAP CO
1 2 (4.08%) SAP FI
1 2 (4.08%) SAP FI/CO
1 2 (4.08%) SAP S/4HANA
1 2 (4.08%) Unit4 Business World
2 1 (2.04%) Aladdin
2 1 (2.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.04%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (2.04%) Oracle Payroll
2 1 (2.04%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 6 (12.24%) AWS
2 5 (10.20%) Power Platform
3 3 (6.12%) Amazon S3
3 3 (6.12%) Azure
3 3 (6.12%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (6.12%) SaaS
4 2 (4.08%) GCP
4 2 (4.08%) Snowflake
5 1 (2.04%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (2.04%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.04%) dbt
5 1 (2.04%) GitHub
5 1 (2.04%) Power Automate
5 1 (2.04%) PowerApps
5 1 (2.04%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (12.24%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (10.20%) Power BI
3 3 (6.12%) Amazon QuickSight
3 3 (6.12%) DataStage
3 3 (6.12%) Metadata
3 3 (6.12%) Relational Database
4 2 (4.08%) Amazon Redshift
4 2 (4.08%) Base SAS
4 2 (4.08%) Tableau
5 1 (2.04%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (2.04%) Hadoop
5 1 (2.04%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (2.04%) Pentaho
5 1 (2.04%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (2.04%) SAP Data Services
5 1 (2.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (4.08%) JIRA
2 1 (2.04%) Postman
General
1 28 (57.14%) Finance
2 13 (26.53%) Social Skills
3 8 (16.33%) Banking
4 7 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (14.29%) Public Sector
5 4 (8.16%) Back Office
5 4 (8.16%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (4.08%) Financial Institution
6 2 (4.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (4.08%) Legal
6 2 (4.08%) Marketing
6 2 (4.08%) Retail
7 1 (2.04%) Corporate Banking
7 1 (2.04%) Front Office
7 1 (2.04%) General Ledger
7 1 (2.04%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.04%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.04%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (2.04%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (34.69%) Analyst
2 7 (14.29%) Business Analyst
2 7 (14.29%) Data Analyst
3 6 (12.24%) Lead
4 5 (10.20%) Consultant
4 5 (10.20%) Data Engineer
5 3 (6.12%) Data Business Analyst
5 3 (6.12%) Data Manager
5 3 (6.12%) Data Migration Lead
5 3 (6.12%) Financial Analyst
5 3 (6.12%) Project Manager
5 3 (6.12%) Senior
5 3 (6.12%) Systems Analyst
6 2 (4.08%) ACBS Business Analyst
6 2 (4.08%) Architect
6 2 (4.08%) Data Migration Specialist
6 2 (4.08%) ERP Specialist
6 2 (4.08%) Finance Systems Analyst
6 2 (4.08%) Migration Specialist
6 2 (4.08%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (14.29%) XML
2 2 (4.08%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (4.08%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (2.04%) JSON
3 1 (2.04%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.16%) Data Structures
1 4 (8.16%) Management Information System
2 3 (6.12%) Virtual Team
3 2 (4.08%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (4.08%) Public Cloud
3 2 (4.08%) Reference Data
4 1 (2.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (2.04%) NHS
4 1 (2.04%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.04%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.04%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.08%) Linux
1 2 (4.08%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (100.00%) Migration
2 12 (24.49%) Data Cleansing
3 11 (22.45%) Validation
4 10 (20.41%) Data Analysis
4 10 (20.41%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (20.41%) User Acceptance Testing
5 9 (18.37%) Agile
5 9 (18.37%) ERP
5 9 (18.37%) ETL
6 8 (16.33%) Data Governance
6 8 (16.33%) Data Mapping
7 7 (14.29%) Data Validation
8 6 (12.24%) Analytics
8 6 (12.24%) Business Intelligence
8 6 (12.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 6 (12.24%) Workshop Facilitation
9 5 (10.20%) Computer Science
9 5 (10.20%) CRM
9 5 (10.20%) Stakeholder Management
10 4 (8.16%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 12 (24.49%) SQL
2 5 (10.20%) Java
3 4 (8.16%) Python
4 2 (4.08%) SAS Macro
5 1 (2.04%) PROC SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (16.33%) Degree
2 3 (6.12%) AWS Certification
2 3 (6.12%) CBAP
2 3 (6.12%) Security Cleared
3 2 (4.08%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (4.08%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.04%) Azure Certification
4 1 (2.04%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (20.41%) Data Quality
2 5 (10.20%) QA
3 2 (4.08%) GDPR
4 1 (2.04%) Accessibility
4 1 (2.04%) GAAP
Vendors
1 7 (14.29%) SAP
2 5 (10.20%) Microsoft
2 5 (10.20%) Oracle
3 2 (4.08%) Adobe
3 2 (4.08%) Alteryx
4 1 (2.04%) Aderant
4 1 (2.04%) Ariba
4 1 (2.04%) Bloomberg
4 1 (2.04%) Concur
4 1 (2.04%) Databricks
4 1 (2.04%) dotdigital
4 1 (2.04%) MEDITECH
4 1 (2.04%) Salesforce