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 25 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 73 67
Rank change year-on-year +3 -6 +60
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 54 42 65
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 2.73% 2.30% 2.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.06% 2.51% 3.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 25 47
10th Percentile £400 £360 £412
25th Percentile £453 £425 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +11.39%
75th Percentile £636 £600 £575
90th Percentile £736 £703 £675
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%

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 1,763 1,672 2,098
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 89.00% 91.62% 89.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,217 1,028 1,495
10th Percentile £356 £363 £350
25th Percentile £426 £463 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £570
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% +0.88% -5.00%
75th Percentile £664 £688 £688
90th Percentile £771 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £551
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.36% -6.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 10 13
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.00 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.18 £26.25 £18.93
Median hourly rate £28.00 £35.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.13% +42.00% -28.57%
75th Percentile £45.08 £47.50 £41.84
90th Percentile £54.94 £112.00 £49.55
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £27.81
% change year-on-year -25.40% +25.85% -20.54%

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 25 February 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 (9.26%) SharePoint
2 4 (7.41%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (7.41%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (7.41%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (7.41%) MS Visio
2 3 (5.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (7.41%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (5.56%) Oracle General Ledger
2 3 (5.56%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 2 (3.70%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (3.70%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (1.85%) Aladdin
4 1 (1.85%) Maximo
4 1 (1.85%) NetSuite
4 1 (1.85%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (1.85%) Oracle FAH
4 1 (1.85%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (1.85%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (1.85%) SAP CO
4 1 (1.85%) SAP FI
4 1 (1.85%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (1.85%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 8 (14.81%) AWS
1 8 (14.81%) Azure
2 5 (9.26%) Power Platform
3 4 (7.41%) GitHub
3 4 (7.41%) OCI
4 3 (5.56%) GCP
4 3 (5.56%) SaaS
5 2 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (3.70%) Boomi
5 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (1.85%) Azure AKS
6 1 (1.85%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 1 (1.85%) dbt
6 1 (1.85%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.85%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (1.85%) npm
6 1 (1.85%) Slack
6 1 (1.85%) Snowflake
6 1 (1.85%) SuccessFactors
6 1 (1.85%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.85%) NAS
1 1 (1.85%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (12.96%) Data Warehouse
1 7 (12.96%) Relational Database
2 5 (9.26%) MySQL
3 4 (7.41%) Power BI
3 4 (7.41%) SQL Server
3 4 (7.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (5.56%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (5.56%) Tableau
5 2 (3.70%) Amazon Redshift
5 2 (3.70%) DataStage
5 2 (3.70%) Metadata
5 2 (3.70%) MongoDB
5 2 (3.70%) Oracle Database
5 2 (3.70%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (3.70%) RDBMS
5 2 (3.70%) SQLPlus
6 1 (1.85%) Amazon QuickSight
6 1 (1.85%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (1.85%) Informix
6 1 (1.85%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 4 (7.41%) Git
1 4 (7.41%) JIRA
2 2 (3.70%) Cypress.io
2 2 (3.70%) Toad
3 1 (1.85%) ERwin
3 1 (1.85%) gulp
3 1 (1.85%) Selenium
3 1 (1.85%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (1.85%) webpack
General
1 27 (50.00%) Finance
2 18 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 13 (24.07%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (20.37%) Banking
5 6 (11.11%) Legal
6 4 (7.41%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (7.41%) Front Office
6 4 (7.41%) General Ledger
7 3 (5.56%) Back Office
8 2 (3.70%) Investment Banking
8 2 (3.70%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.85%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.85%) Retail
Job Titles
1 13 (24.07%) Analyst
2 12 (22.22%) Business Analyst
3 10 (18.52%) Lead
4 8 (14.81%) Senior
5 6 (11.11%) Developer
5 6 (11.11%) Project Manager
6 4 (7.41%) Data Engineer
6 4 (7.41%) Senior Business Analyst
7 3 (5.56%) Architect
7 3 (5.56%) Consultant
7 3 (5.56%) Data Migration Analyst
7 3 (5.56%) Migration Analyst
7 3 (5.56%) Senior Analyst
8 2 (3.70%) Banking Analyst
8 2 (3.70%) Data Analyst
8 2 (3.70%) Front Office Developer
8 2 (3.70%) Migration Engineer
8 2 (3.70%) Oracle Developer
8 2 (3.70%) SAP Consultant
8 2 (3.70%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (11.11%) XML
2 4 (7.41%) Middleware
2 4 (7.41%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (3.70%) Playwright
4 1 (1.85%) CSS
4 1 (1.85%) EDI
4 1 (1.85%) FHIR
4 1 (1.85%) HTML
4 1 (1.85%) HTML5
4 1 (1.85%) Jest
4 1 (1.85%) JSON
4 1 (1.85%) Node.js
4 1 (1.85%) React
4 1 (1.85%) REST
4 1 (1.85%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (1.85%) Sass
4 1 (1.85%) SPFx
4 1 (1.85%) Spring
4 1 (1.85%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.11%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (7.41%) Data Structures
3 3 (5.56%) Fixed Income
3 3 (5.56%) Greenfield Project
3 3 (5.56%) Reference Data
4 2 (3.70%) Derivative
4 2 (3.70%) Equities
4 2 (3.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (3.70%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.85%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.85%) Educational Technology
5 1 (1.85%) e-Learning
5 1 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.85%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (1.85%) Life Science
5 1 (1.85%) LIMS
5 1 (1.85%) NHS
5 1 (1.85%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.85%) Reinsurance
5 1 (1.85%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.70%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (100.00%) Migration
2 16 (29.63%) Agile
2 16 (29.63%) Stakeholder Management
3 14 (25.93%) ETL
4 13 (24.07%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (18.52%) Data Governance
5 10 (18.52%) Data Mapping
5 10 (18.52%) ERP
5 10 (18.52%) Validation
6 9 (16.67%) Analytics
6 9 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 9 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
7 8 (14.81%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (12.96%) Decision-Making
8 7 (12.96%) Project Management
8 7 (12.96%) Requirements Gathering
9 6 (11.11%) Test Strategy
10 5 (9.26%) Data Cleansing
10 5 (9.26%) Data Transformation
10 5 (9.26%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 21 (38.89%) SQL
2 4 (7.41%) Java
2 4 (7.41%) Python
3 3 (5.56%) PL/SQL
4 2 (3.70%) Kotlin
4 2 (3.70%) Perl
4 2 (3.70%) PHP
4 2 (3.70%) Shell Script
5 1 (1.85%) Bash
5 1 (1.85%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.85%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 6 (11.11%) Security Cleared
2 5 (9.26%) Degree
2 5 (9.26%) SC Cleared
3 3 (5.56%) PMP
4 2 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (3.70%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.85%) AWS Certification
5 1 (1.85%) CFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (22.22%) Data Quality
2 5 (9.26%) QA
3 4 (7.41%) GDPR
4 3 (5.56%) GAAP
4 3 (5.56%) IFRS
5 1 (1.85%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.85%) Basel III
5 1 (1.85%) HL7
5 1 (1.85%) IFRS 9
5 1 (1.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (1.85%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (3.70%) Docker
2 1 (1.85%) NFS
2 1 (1.85%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (5.56%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.85%) Ansible
2 1 (1.85%) EMC VPLEX
2 1 (1.85%) vMotion
Vendors
1 15 (27.78%) Oracle
2 11 (20.37%) Microsoft
3 10 (18.52%) SAP
4 7 (12.96%) Workday
5 4 (7.41%) Informatica
6 3 (5.56%) Talend
7 2 (3.70%) Databricks
7 2 (3.70%) Google
7 2 (3.70%) MuleSoft
8 1 (1.85%) Alteryx
8 1 (1.85%) Atlassian
8 1 (1.85%) Cerner
8 1 (1.85%) Charles River
8 1 (1.85%) Commvault
8 1 (1.85%) IBM
8 1 (1.85%) Murex
8 1 (1.85%) Palantir
8 1 (1.85%) Pure Storage
8 1 (1.85%) SimCorp
8 1 (1.85%) VMware