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 contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 69 84
Rank change year-on-year +21 +15 +14
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 108 51 44
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 5.06% 2.98% 2.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.58% 3.16% 2.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 32 30
10th Percentile £369 £342 £296
25th Percentile £438 £418 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £578 £510
Median % change year-on-year +3.90% +13.24% -7.27%
75th Percentile £688 £669 £638
90th Percentile £792 £699 £689
Central London median daily rate £600 £555 £529
% change year-on-year +8.11% +4.91% -3.82%

All Process & 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 1,937 1,613 1,963
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 90.73% 94.33% 92.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,344 1,097 1,218
10th Percentile £368 £325 £373
25th Percentile £456 £421 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £768 £788
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -3.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 18 19
10th Percentile £17.39 £16.90 £15.60
25th Percentile £17.60 £20.63 £21.81
Median hourly rate £20.25 £27.04 £38.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.10% -29.78% +23.20%
75th Percentile £27.35 £35.88 £102.25
90th Percentile £44.85 £63.75 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £25.00 £27.04 £35.00
% change year-on-year -7.53% -22.76% +27.27%

Data Migration
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Migration relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Data Migration job vacancy trend 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 12 October 2026.

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 & Capabilities in the City of London 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 5 (4.63%) Confluence
2 2 (1.85%) HCL Notes
2 2 (1.85%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.93%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (3.70%) MS Visio
2 3 (2.78%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.85%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.93%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.93%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 5 (4.63%) Oracle ERP
1 5 (4.63%) Oracle Financials
1 5 (4.63%) Oracle Payables
1 5 (4.63%) Oracle Receivables
2 4 (3.70%) Oracle General Ledger
2 4 (3.70%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (2.78%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (2.78%) NetSuite
3 3 (2.78%) SAP HCM
4 2 (1.85%) iTrent
4 2 (1.85%) SAP ERP
4 2 (1.85%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.93%) FIS Private Capital Suite
5 1 (0.93%) Maximo
5 1 (0.93%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.93%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.93%) SAP FI-AR
5 1 (0.93%) SAP FI-FM
5 1 (0.93%) SAP R/3
5 1 (0.93%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 22 (20.37%) Azure
2 10 (9.26%) Azure DevOps
3 9 (8.33%) Power Platform
4 5 (4.63%) Azure Data Factory
5 3 (2.78%) AWS
5 3 (2.78%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 3 (2.78%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (2.78%) GCP
5 3 (2.78%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (2.78%) SaaS
6 2 (1.85%) Google Workspace
6 2 (1.85%) PowerApps
6 2 (1.85%) SuccessFactors
7 1 (0.93%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (0.93%) dbt
7 1 (0.93%) Google Docs
7 1 (0.93%) Google Sheets
7 1 (0.93%) Matillion
7 1 (0.93%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.93%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (7.41%) Power BI
2 7 (6.48%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (5.56%) Metadata
4 5 (4.63%) Relational Database
5 4 (3.70%) SQL Server
6 3 (2.78%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (2.78%) BusinessObjects
6 3 (2.78%) Data Lake
7 2 (1.85%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.93%) DataStage
8 1 (0.93%) Db2
8 1 (0.93%) GIS
8 1 (0.93%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.93%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.93%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.93%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.93%) SAP Data Services
8 1 (0.93%) Snowflake Schema
8 1 (0.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 11 (10.19%) JIRA
2 2 (1.85%) Git
2 2 (1.85%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.93%) ER Studio
General
1 42 (38.89%) Finance
2 34 (31.48%) Social Skills
3 12 (11.11%) General Ledger
4 11 (10.19%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (7.41%) Public Sector
6 7 (6.48%) Banking
7 5 (4.63%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (2.78%) Law
8 3 (2.78%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.85%) Back Office
9 2 (1.85%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.85%) Front Office
9 2 (1.85%) Local Government
9 2 (1.85%) Marketing
9 2 (1.85%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (1.85%) Retail
10 1 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.93%) Military
10 1 (0.93%) Police
10 1 (0.93%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 22 (20.37%) Analyst
2 16 (14.81%) Lead
3 15 (13.89%) Consultant
4 13 (12.04%) Business Analyst
5 12 (11.11%) Data Analyst
6 11 (10.19%) Architect
6 11 (10.19%) Data Engineer
7 7 (6.48%) Migration Analyst
7 7 (6.48%) Migration Engineer
7 7 (6.48%) Oracle Consultant
8 6 (5.56%) Data Consultant
8 6 (5.56%) Data Migration Engineer
8 6 (5.56%) Developer
8 6 (5.56%) Migration Consultant
8 6 (5.56%) Senior
9 5 (4.63%) Data Migration Analyst
9 5 (4.63%) Data Migration Consultant
9 5 (4.63%) Data Migration Lead
9 5 (4.63%) Oracle Data Migration Consultant
9 5 (4.63%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (11.11%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (4.63%) Middleware
3 4 (3.70%) JSON
3 4 (3.70%) XML
4 3 (2.78%) Web Services
5 2 (1.85%) ADO
5 2 (1.85%) Kafka
5 2 (1.85%) PySpark
5 2 (1.85%) React
5 2 (1.85%) REST
5 2 (1.85%) SOAP
6 1 (0.93%) .NET
6 1 (0.93%) ASP.NET Web API
6 1 (0.93%) CSS
6 1 (0.93%) Entity Framework
6 1 (0.93%) HTML
6 1 (0.93%) JDBC
6 1 (0.93%) Oracle GoldenGate
6 1 (0.93%) Snowpark
6 1 (0.93%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 8 (7.41%) Legacy Systems
2 7 (6.48%) Product Ownership
3 5 (4.63%) Data Structures
4 3 (2.78%) Reference Data
5 2 (1.85%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.85%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.85%) Life Science
5 2 (1.85%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.85%) Public Cloud
5 2 (1.85%) Reinsurance
5 2 (1.85%) Replication
6 1 (0.93%) AI Agents
6 1 (0.93%) Derivative
6 1 (0.93%) Equities
6 1 (0.93%) Fixed Income
6 1 (0.93%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (0.93%) Legacy Code
6 1 (0.93%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.85%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (100.00%) Migration
2 42 (38.89%) Stakeholder Management
3 34 (31.48%) Validation
4 30 (27.78%) ERP
5 28 (25.93%) User Acceptance Testing
6 21 (19.44%) Agile
7 15 (13.89%) Data Modelling
8 14 (12.96%) Data Governance
8 14 (12.96%) ETL
9 13 (12.04%) Data Validation
10 12 (11.11%) Requirements Gathering
10 12 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 11 (10.19%) Analytics
11 11 (10.19%) Data Analysis
11 11 (10.19%) DevOps
11 11 (10.19%) Project Delivery
12 10 (9.26%) Accounts Receivable
13 9 (8.33%) Accounts Payable
13 9 (8.33%) Defect Management
13 9 (8.33%) GAP Analysis
Programming Languages
1 21 (19.44%) SQL
2 8 (7.41%) Python
3 3 (2.78%) Java
3 3 (2.78%) JavaScript
3 3 (2.78%) PL/SQL
3 3 (2.78%) TypeScript
4 2 (1.85%) Korn
4 2 (1.85%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.93%) C#
5 1 (0.93%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 10 (9.26%) Security Cleared
2 8 (7.41%) SC Cleared
3 5 (4.63%) Degree
3 5 (4.63%) PMI Certification
3 5 (4.63%) PMP
4 2 (1.85%) CAPM
4 2 (1.85%) DBS Check
4 2 (1.85%) ISTQB
5 1 (0.93%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (0.93%) CCSP
5 1 (0.93%) CISA
5 1 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (0.93%) CISM
5 1 (0.93%) CISSP
5 1 (0.93%) CSPO
5 1 (0.93%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.93%) SAFe Agilist
5 1 (0.93%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (25.00%) Data Quality
2 5 (4.63%) QA
3 2 (1.85%) GDPR
3 2 (1.85%) GRC
3 2 (1.85%) IFRS
3 2 (1.85%) PMO
4 1 (0.93%) Basel III
4 1 (0.93%) GAAP
4 1 (0.93%) IFRS 9
4 1 (0.93%) ISO 20022
4 1 (0.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.93%) SEPA
System Software
1 2 (1.85%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.85%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 25 (23.15%) Microsoft
2 24 (22.22%) Oracle
3 19 (17.59%) SAP
4 7 (6.48%) Databricks
5 4 (3.70%) IFS
5 4 (3.70%) Salesforce
6 3 (2.78%) Google
6 3 (2.78%) Workday
7 2 (1.85%) IBM
7 2 (1.85%) JD Edwards
7 2 (1.85%) Lotus
8 1 (0.93%) Alteryx
8 1 (0.93%) Citrix
8 1 (0.93%) eFront
8 1 (0.93%) Guidewire
8 1 (0.93%) iManage
8 1 (0.93%) Jitterbit
8 1 (0.93%) Palantir
8 1 (0.93%) PTC