Data Migration Contract Job Trends in London

Data Migration
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Data Migration skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 105 105
Rank change year-on-year +36 0 +41
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 700 348 421
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.66% 2.74% 2.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.11% 2.97% 2.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 502 211 298
10th Percentile £382 £400 £379
25th Percentile £463 £463 £452
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.35%
75th Percentile £645 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £753 £750
England median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.85% -3.73% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £37.66 -
25th Percentile £61.25 £42.22 -
Median hourly rate £67.50 £49.83 -
Median % change year-on-year +35.47% - -
75th Percentile £73.75 £57.42 -
90th Percentile - £61.97 -
England median hourly rate £40.00 £57.50 £75.00
% change year-on-year -30.43% -23.33% +233.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,012 11,732 15,563
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.97% 92.40% 88.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,345 7,858 11,109
10th Percentile £360 £336 £340
25th Percentile £438 £425 £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £520 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 260 220 302
10th Percentile £17.96 £16.50 £15.54
25th Percentile £25.24 £24.66 £20.02
Median hourly rate £37.50 £32.25 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.28% +7.50% -25.00%
75th Percentile £59.72 £49.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.30 £67.90
England median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +88.87% -34.02% +8.48%

Data Migration
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Data Migration job vacancy trend in London

Data Migration
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Data Migration
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Migration in London over the 6 months to 26 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Migration in London

Data Migration
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

Data Migration
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Migration within the London region over the 6 months to 26 June 2026. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +28 99 £589 +14.93% 10
West London -1 26 £475 -24.00% 5
East London +2 3 £675 +25.00% 2
South London -7 3 £543 - 2
North London -4 2 £523 -5.00%
Data Migration
England

Data Migration
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 33 (4.71%) SharePoint
2 14 (2.00%) Confluence
3 4 (0.57%) Apache Spark
3 4 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.29%) Apache
5 2 (0.29%) Appian
6 1 (0.14%) CMS
6 1 (0.14%) IIS
6 1 (0.14%) OpenROAD
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
6 1 (0.14%) WebSphere
Applications
1 35 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (2.43%) Microsoft Project
3 9 (1.29%) MS Visio
4 8 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.14%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.29%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 53 (7.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (2.71%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (2.29%) Oracle ERP
4 14 (2.00%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 14 (2.00%) SAP ERP
5 13 (1.86%) NetSuite
6 11 (1.57%) Oracle EBS
7 10 (1.43%) Loan IQ
7 10 (1.43%) Oracle General Ledger
7 10 (1.43%) Oracle Payables
8 9 (1.29%) Oracle Receivables
9 8 (1.14%) iTrent
10 6 (0.86%) Oracle Financials
10 6 (0.86%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
10 6 (0.86%) Workday HCM
11 5 (0.71%) Finacle
11 5 (0.71%) SAP Payroll
11 5 (0.71%) Temenos T24
12 4 (0.57%) Maximo
12 4 (0.57%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 122 (17.43%) Azure
2 93 (13.29%) Power Platform
3 68 (9.71%) Dynamics 365
4 63 (9.00%) AWS
5 48 (6.86%) Azure DevOps
6 28 (4.00%) OCI
7 23 (3.29%) Snowflake
8 22 (3.14%) Azure Data Factory
8 22 (3.14%) Microsoft 365
8 22 (3.14%) SaaS
9 19 (2.71%) Amazon S3
9 19 (2.71%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 17 (2.43%) GitHub
11 14 (2.00%) Power Automate
12 13 (1.86%) GCP
13 11 (1.57%) PowerApps
13 11 (1.57%) SuccessFactors
14 10 (1.43%) dbt
14 10 (1.43%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 10 (1.43%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.43%) NAS
1 10 (1.43%) SAN
2 3 (0.43%) DNS
2 3 (0.43%) Firewall
2 3 (0.43%) VPN
3 2 (0.29%) HTTP
4 1 (0.14%) DKIM
4 1 (0.14%) DMARC
4 1 (0.14%) Fibre Channel
4 1 (0.14%) Intranet
4 1 (0.14%) Network Security
4 1 (0.14%) SNMP
4 1 (0.14%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (12.00%) Power BI
2 43 (6.14%) Data Warehouse
3 26 (3.71%) SQL Server
4 20 (2.86%) Data Lake
4 20 (2.86%) Metadata
5 17 (2.43%) PostgreSQL
6 16 (2.29%) NoSQL
7 15 (2.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 12 (1.71%) Relational Database
9 11 (1.57%) Oracle Reports
10 10 (1.43%) Db2
11 9 (1.29%) Amazon Redshift
11 9 (1.29%) Oracle Database
12 8 (1.14%) BusinessObjects
12 8 (1.14%) Snowflake Schema
13 7 (1.00%) Azure SQL Database
14 6 (0.86%) MySQL
14 6 (0.86%) Star Schema
14 6 (0.86%) Tableau
15 5 (0.71%) DataStage
Development Applications
1 63 (9.00%) JIRA
2 13 (1.86%) Git
3 4 (0.57%) Cucumber
3 4 (0.57%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.57%) JUnit
3 4 (0.57%) LSMW
3 4 (0.57%) Selenium
3 4 (0.57%) Zephyr
4 3 (0.43%) Cypress.io
4 3 (0.43%) ER Studio
4 3 (0.43%) ERwin
4 3 (0.43%) Gatling
4 3 (0.43%) GitLab
5 2 (0.29%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.29%) Oracle Forms
5 2 (0.29%) Postman
5 2 (0.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.14%) JMeter
6 1 (0.14%) ScriptRunner
6 1 (0.14%) Terragrunt
General
1 270 (38.57%) Finance
2 211 (30.14%) Social Skills
3 97 (13.86%) Analytical Skills
4 68 (9.71%) Banking
5 48 (6.86%) Public Sector
6 41 (5.86%) Law
7 32 (4.57%) Retail
8 28 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
9 24 (3.43%) General Ledger
10 21 (3.00%) Presentation Skills
11 19 (2.71%) Organisational Skills
12 18 (2.57%) Legal
13 16 (2.29%) Manufacturing
14 15 (2.14%) Local Government
15 12 (1.71%) Aviation
15 12 (1.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 12 (1.71%) Marketing
16 11 (1.57%) Billing
16 11 (1.57%) Influencing Skills
17 10 (1.43%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 181 (25.86%) Lead
2 114 (16.29%) Architect
3 103 (14.71%) Analyst
4 65 (9.29%) Consultant
5 60 (8.57%) Data Engineer
6 58 (8.29%) Business Analyst
7 57 (8.14%) Data Migration Lead
8 53 (7.57%) Senior
9 42 (6.00%) Data Analyst
10 40 (5.71%) Project Manager
11 36 (5.14%) Migration Analyst
12 33 (4.71%) Lead Architect
13 31 (4.43%) Data Architect
13 31 (4.43%) Functional Architect
13 31 (4.43%) Migration Manager
14 27 (3.86%) Solutions Architect
14 27 (3.86%) Technical Leader
15 25 (3.57%) Data Migration Analyst
16 23 (3.29%) Test Manager
17 22 (3.14%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (6.57%) Oracle Fusion
2 25 (3.57%) Middleware
3 21 (3.00%) REST
4 15 (2.14%) SOAP
5 14 (2.00%) XML
6 11 (1.57%) .NET
7 10 (1.43%) Lightning Web Components
8 9 (1.29%) JSON
9 7 (1.00%) Kafka
10 6 (0.86%) Spring
11 4 (0.57%) Keycloak
11 4 (0.57%) Playwright
11 4 (0.57%) PySpark
12 3 (0.43%) FHIR
12 3 (0.43%) HTML5 Canvas
12 3 (0.43%) React
12 3 (0.43%) Web Services
13 2 (0.29%) ADO
13 2 (0.29%) Snowpark
13 2 (0.29%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 85 (12.14%) Legacy Systems
2 57 (8.14%) Data Structures
3 25 (3.57%) Management Information System
4 20 (2.86%) Cloud Native
5 15 (2.14%) Enterprise Software
6 14 (2.00%) Product Ownership
7 13 (1.86%) Onboarding
7 13 (1.86%) Replication
8 11 (1.57%) FMCG
8 11 (1.57%) Mainframe
9 10 (1.43%) Distributed Systems
9 10 (1.43%) Reference Data
10 9 (1.29%) Data Centre
10 9 (1.29%) Greenfield Project
11 7 (1.00%) Analytical Mindset
11 7 (1.00%) Data Protection Act
11 7 (1.00%) Derivative
11 7 (1.00%) NHS
12 6 (0.86%) PACS
12 6 (0.86%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 14 (2.00%) Windows
2 7 (1.00%) zOS
3 6 (0.86%) Linux
4 2 (0.29%) Unix
5 1 (0.14%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 700 (100.00%) Migration
2 172 (24.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 168 (24.00%) Validation
4 167 (23.86%) User Acceptance Testing
5 151 (21.57%) ERP
6 128 (18.29%) Agile
7 118 (16.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 112 (16.00%) Data Modelling
9 96 (13.71%) ETL
10 93 (13.29%) Business Intelligence
11 88 (12.57%) Problem-Solving
12 83 (11.86%) Data Mapping
13 79 (11.29%) DevOps
14 76 (10.86%) Data Governance
15 72 (10.29%) Continuous Improvement
16 70 (10.00%) Translating Business Requirements
17 63 (9.00%) Decision-Making
18 62 (8.86%) Data Transformation
19 60 (8.57%) Procure-to-Pay
20 59 (8.43%) Data Cleansing
Programming Languages
1 128 (18.29%) SQL
2 54 (7.71%) Python
3 25 (3.57%) Java
4 15 (2.14%) JavaScript
5 8 (1.14%) Apex Code
5 8 (1.14%) C#
5 8 (1.14%) PL/SQL
6 7 (1.00%) T-SQL
7 5 (0.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 5 (0.71%) Kotlin
7 5 (0.71%) TypeScript
8 3 (0.43%) Shell Script
8 3 (0.43%) SOQL
8 3 (0.43%) VBA
9 2 (0.29%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.29%) Scala
10 1 (0.14%) Bash
10 1 (0.14%) Korn
10 1 (0.14%) R
10 1 (0.14%) X++
Qualifications
1 88 (12.57%) Security Cleared
2 73 (10.43%) SC Cleared
3 30 (4.29%) Degree
4 16 (2.29%) PMP
5 12 (1.71%) BPSS Clearance
5 12 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (1.71%) PMI Certification
6 6 (0.86%) Azure Certification
7 4 (0.57%) AWS Certification
7 4 (0.57%) ISTQB
8 3 (0.43%) DBS Check
8 3 (0.43%) Master's Degree
8 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.29%) CFA
9 2 (0.29%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 2 (0.29%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.14%) CAPM
10 1 (0.14%) CCA
10 1 (0.14%) CISA
10 1 (0.14%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 135 (19.29%) Data Quality
2 53 (7.57%) QA
3 32 (4.57%) GDPR
4 12 (1.71%) PMO
4 12 (1.71%) SLA
5 6 (0.86%) HL7
5 6 (0.86%) IFRS
6 5 (0.71%) GAAP
6 5 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (0.43%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.43%) DICOM
7 3 (0.43%) GMP
7 3 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.43%) SNOMED CT
8 2 (0.29%) Basel III
8 2 (0.29%) GRC
8 2 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 2 (0.29%) Solvency II
9 1 (0.14%) IFRS 17
9 1 (0.14%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 10 (1.43%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (1.14%) NFS
3 7 (1.00%) Docker
4 6 (0.86%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.14%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.14%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.14%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (2.29%) Kubernetes
2 15 (2.14%) Terraform
3 6 (0.86%) EMC VPLEX
3 6 (0.86%) vMotion
4 4 (0.57%) HP ALM
5 3 (0.43%) Ansible
5 3 (0.43%) Grafana
5 3 (0.43%) Karpenter
5 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.14%) Argo
6 1 (0.14%) Avamar
6 1 (0.14%) Control-M
6 1 (0.14%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.14%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.14%) NetBackup
6 1 (0.14%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.14%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 137 (19.57%) Microsoft
2 122 (17.43%) Oracle
3 114 (16.29%) SAP
4 40 (5.71%) Databricks
5 30 (4.29%) Salesforce
6 21 (3.00%) ServiceNow
7 18 (2.57%) Informatica
8 17 (2.43%) Workday
9 13 (1.86%) VMware
10 11 (1.57%) Avaloq
10 11 (1.57%) IFS
11 10 (1.43%) MuleSoft
11 10 (1.43%) Pure Storage
11 10 (1.43%) Temenos
12 8 (1.14%) IBM
12 8 (1.14%) Talend
13 7 (1.00%) Google
14 6 (0.86%) Ariba
14 6 (0.86%) Commvault
14 6 (0.86%) GoldenSource