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 20 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 77 73
Rank change year-on-year +28 -4 +47
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 98 48 54
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 4.05% 2.55% 2.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.68% 2.72% 2.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 30 37
10th Percentile £356 £361 £338
25th Percentile £450 £435 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +9.77% -2.27% -
75th Percentile £638 £652 £650
90th Percentile £771 £719 £680
Central London median daily rate £593 £550 £525
% change year-on-year +7.73% +4.76% +5.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £34.65 -
Central London median hourly rate - £34.65 -

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 2,095 1,766 1,947
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 86.61% 93.99% 91.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,415 1,142 1,332
10th Percentile £368 £338 £363
25th Percentile £455 £435 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £679 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £565
% change year-on-year - -2.65% -5.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 21 19
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.08 £19.63
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.66 £20.36
Median hourly rate £20.25 £31.00 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.68% +14.81% -22.86%
75th Percentile £42.56 £56.75 £55.75
90th Percentile £60.25 £63.75 £101.50
Central London median hourly rate £23.16 £32.50 £27.81
% change year-on-year -28.74% +16.86% -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 20 July 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 3 (3.06%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.04%) HCL Notes
3 1 (1.02%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (3.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.02%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.02%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (6.12%) NetSuite
2 5 (5.10%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (5.10%) Oracle Financials
2 5 (5.10%) Oracle Payables
2 5 (5.10%) Oracle Receivables
2 5 (5.10%) Workday HCM
3 4 (4.08%) Oracle General Ledger
4 3 (3.06%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (3.06%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (2.04%) iTrent
5 2 (2.04%) SAP ERP
5 2 (2.04%) SAP HCM
5 2 (2.04%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (1.02%) Maximo
6 1 (1.02%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (1.02%) SAP FI-AR
6 1 (1.02%) SAP R/3
6 1 (1.02%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 11 (11.22%) Azure
2 8 (8.16%) Power Platform
3 5 (5.10%) OCI
4 4 (4.08%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (3.06%) AWS
5 3 (3.06%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (3.06%) GitHub
5 3 (3.06%) SaaS
6 2 (2.04%) Azure AKS
6 2 (2.04%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 2 (2.04%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (2.04%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 2 (2.04%) GCP
6 2 (2.04%) Snowflake
7 1 (1.02%) Boomi
7 1 (1.02%) Collibra
7 1 (1.02%) dbt
7 1 (1.02%) FinancialForce
7 1 (1.02%) Google Drive
7 1 (1.02%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.02%) NAS
1 1 (1.02%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (7.14%) Power BI
2 5 (5.10%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (3.06%) BusinessObjects
3 3 (3.06%) Metadata
3 3 (3.06%) NoSQL
3 3 (3.06%) SQL Server
4 2 (2.04%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (2.04%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (2.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (1.02%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (1.02%) DataStage
5 1 (1.02%) Db2
5 1 (1.02%) GIS
5 1 (1.02%) MongoDB
5 1 (1.02%) Oracle Database
5 1 (1.02%) RDBMS
5 1 (1.02%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.02%) SAP Data Services
5 1 (1.02%) Snowflake Schema
5 1 (1.02%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (7.14%) JIRA
2 2 (2.04%) Git
2 2 (2.04%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (1.02%) ER Studio
General
1 43 (43.88%) Finance
2 29 (29.59%) Social Skills
3 16 (16.33%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (13.27%) General Ledger
5 7 (7.14%) Banking
6 5 (5.10%) Public Sector
7 4 (4.08%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (3.06%) Law
9 2 (2.04%) Back Office
9 2 (2.04%) Financial Institution
9 2 (2.04%) Marketing
10 1 (1.02%) Billing
10 1 (1.02%) Front Office
10 1 (1.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.02%) Legal
10 1 (1.02%) Local Government
10 1 (1.02%) Military
Job Titles
1 19 (19.39%) Analyst
1 19 (19.39%) Lead
2 16 (16.33%) Consultant
3 14 (14.29%) Data Migration Lead
4 12 (12.24%) Data Analyst
5 11 (11.22%) Migration Analyst
6 10 (10.20%) Architect
7 9 (9.18%) Business Analyst
7 9 (9.18%) Data Migration Analyst
8 8 (8.16%) Oracle Consultant
9 6 (6.12%) Data Consultant
10 5 (5.10%) Data Engineer
10 5 (5.10%) Data Migration Consultant
10 5 (5.10%) Migration Consultant
10 5 (5.10%) NetSuite Analyst
10 5 (5.10%) Oracle Data Migration Consultant
10 5 (5.10%) Technical Leader
11 4 (4.08%) Migration Engineer
11 4 (4.08%) Oracle Financials Consultant
11 4 (4.08%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (11.22%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (4.08%) Middleware
3 3 (3.06%) JSON
3 3 (3.06%) XML
4 2 (2.04%) Kafka
4 2 (2.04%) React
4 2 (2.04%) REST
4 2 (2.04%) SOAP
4 2 (2.04%) Spring
5 1 (1.02%) ADO
5 1 (1.02%) EDI
5 1 (1.02%) Oracle GoldenGate
5 1 (1.02%) Snowpark
5 1 (1.02%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 10 (10.20%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (4.08%) Data Structures
2 4 (4.08%) Distributed Systems
3 3 (3.06%) Cloud Native
3 3 (3.06%) Product Ownership
3 3 (3.06%) Replication
4 2 (2.04%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.02%) AI Agents
5 1 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.02%) Derivative
5 1 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.02%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (1.02%) Equities
5 1 (1.02%) Fixed Income
5 1 (1.02%) Legacy Code
5 1 (1.02%) LIMS
5 1 (1.02%) Mainframe
5 1 (1.02%) Marketing Technology
5 1 (1.02%) Reference Data
5 1 (1.02%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.04%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (100.00%) Migration
2 27 (27.55%) ERP
2 27 (27.55%) Stakeholder Management
3 21 (21.43%) User Acceptance Testing
4 18 (18.37%) Validation
5 15 (15.31%) Agile
6 13 (13.27%) Project Delivery
7 12 (12.24%) Data Transformation
7 12 (12.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 11 (11.22%) Accounts Receivable
8 11 (11.22%) Data Governance
9 10 (10.20%) Accounts Payable
9 10 (10.20%) Problem-Solving
10 9 (9.18%) Data Modelling
10 9 (9.18%) ETL
11 8 (8.16%) AI
11 8 (8.16%) Analytics
11 8 (8.16%) Business Intelligence
11 8 (8.16%) Continuous Improvement
11 8 (8.16%) Data Mapping
Programming Languages
1 14 (14.29%) SQL
2 4 (4.08%) Python
3 2 (2.04%) Java
3 2 (2.04%) JavaScript
3 2 (2.04%) TypeScript
4 1 (1.02%) PL/SQL
4 1 (1.02%) VBA
Qualifications
1 11 (11.22%) Security Cleared
2 10 (10.20%) SC Cleared
3 3 (3.06%) Degree
3 3 (3.06%) PMI Certification
3 3 (3.06%) PMP
4 2 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (2.04%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.02%) CISA
5 1 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (13.27%) Data Quality
2 4 (4.08%) GDPR
3 3 (3.06%) QA
4 1 (1.02%) GAAP
4 1 (1.02%) GRC
4 1 (1.02%) IFRS
4 1 (1.02%) ISO 20022
4 1 (1.02%) PMO
4 1 (1.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (1.02%) SEPA
4 1 (1.02%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (2.04%) Docker
2 1 (1.02%) NFS
2 1 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (4.08%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.02%) EMC VPLEX
2 1 (1.02%) vMotion
Vendors
1 22 (22.45%) Oracle
2 21 (21.43%) Microsoft
3 17 (17.35%) SAP
4 6 (6.12%) Workday
5 4 (4.08%) IFS
5 4 (4.08%) Salesforce
6 3 (3.06%) Databricks
7 2 (2.04%) IBM
7 2 (2.04%) Lotus
8 1 (1.02%) Alteryx
8 1 (1.02%) Citrix
8 1 (1.02%) Commvault
8 1 (1.02%) Google
8 1 (1.02%) HubSpot
8 1 (1.02%) Informatica
8 1 (1.02%) MuleSoft
8 1 (1.02%) OpenText
8 1 (1.02%) Palantir
8 1 (1.02%) Talend
8 1 (1.02%) VMware