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 29 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 100 105
Rank change year-on-year +29 +5 +43
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 702 351 422
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.65% 2.74% 2.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.11% 2.97% 2.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 504 212 297
10th Percentile £383 £400 £385
25th Percentile £463 £455 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.35%
75th Percentile £645 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £767 £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% +180.37%

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 17,088 11,834 15,584
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.92% 92.37% 88.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,379 7,912 11,103
10th Percentile £360 £335 £340
25th Percentile £438 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% - -5.98%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £680
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 263 221 302
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £15.54
25th Percentile £25.17 £24.66 £20.01
Median hourly rate £37.50 £34.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.29% +13.33% -25.93%
75th Percentile £59.36 £50.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.25 £68.68
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.50 £38.12
% change year-on-year +84.31% -33.11% +1.65%

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 29 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 29 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 +31 101 £589 +14.93% 9
West London +3 26 £475 -24.00% 6
East London +1 3 £675 +25.00% 1
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 (4.70%) SharePoint
2 14 (1.99%) Confluence
3 4 (0.57%) Apache Spark
3 4 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.28%) Apache
5 2 (0.28%) Appian
6 1 (0.14%) CMS
6 1 (0.14%) IIS
6 1 (0.14%) OpenROAD
6 1 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 36 (5.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (2.42%) Microsoft Project
3 9 (1.28%) MS Visio
4 8 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.14%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.28%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 53 (7.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (2.71%) Dynamics CRM
3 17 (2.42%) Oracle ERP
4 14 (1.99%) SAP ERP
5 13 (1.85%) NetSuite
5 13 (1.85%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 11 (1.57%) Oracle EBS
6 11 (1.57%) Oracle Payables
7 10 (1.42%) Loan IQ
7 10 (1.42%) Oracle General Ledger
7 10 (1.42%) Oracle Receivables
8 8 (1.14%) iTrent
9 7 (1.00%) Oracle Financials
10 6 (0.85%) Workday HCM
11 5 (0.71%) Finacle
11 5 (0.71%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
11 5 (0.71%) SAP Payroll
11 5 (0.71%) Temenos T24
12 4 (0.57%) Maximo
12 4 (0.57%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 121 (17.24%) Azure
2 93 (13.25%) Power Platform
3 68 (9.69%) Dynamics 365
4 63 (8.97%) AWS
5 48 (6.84%) Azure DevOps
6 27 (3.85%) OCI
7 23 (3.28%) Snowflake
8 22 (3.13%) Azure Data Factory
8 22 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
9 21 (2.99%) SaaS
10 19 (2.71%) Amazon S3
10 19 (2.71%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 17 (2.42%) GitHub
12 14 (1.99%) Power Automate
13 13 (1.85%) GCP
14 11 (1.57%) PowerApps
14 11 (1.57%) SuccessFactors
15 10 (1.42%) dbt
15 10 (1.42%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 10 (1.42%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.42%) NAS
1 10 (1.42%) SAN
2 3 (0.43%) DNS
2 3 (0.43%) Firewall
2 3 (0.43%) VPN
3 2 (0.28%) 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 (11.97%) Power BI
2 43 (6.13%) Data Warehouse
3 25 (3.56%) SQL Server
4 20 (2.85%) Data Lake
4 20 (2.85%) Metadata
5 17 (2.42%) PostgreSQL
6 16 (2.28%) NoSQL
7 15 (2.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 12 (1.71%) Relational Database
9 11 (1.57%) Oracle Reports
10 10 (1.42%) Db2
11 9 (1.28%) Amazon Redshift
11 9 (1.28%) Oracle Database
12 8 (1.14%) BusinessObjects
12 8 (1.14%) Snowflake Schema
13 7 (1.00%) Azure SQL Database
14 6 (0.85%) MySQL
14 6 (0.85%) Star Schema
14 6 (0.85%) Tableau
15 5 (0.71%) DataStage
Development Applications
1 62 (8.83%) JIRA
2 13 (1.85%) 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 (0.28%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.28%) Oracle Forms
5 2 (0.28%) Postman
5 2 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.14%) JMeter
6 1 (0.14%) Terragrunt
6 1 (0.14%) Visual Studio
General
1 272 (38.75%) Finance
2 210 (29.91%) Social Skills
3 98 (13.96%) Analytical Skills
4 67 (9.54%) Banking
5 48 (6.84%) Public Sector
6 41 (5.84%) Law
7 32 (4.56%) Retail
8 28 (3.99%) Documentation Skills
9 23 (3.28%) General Ledger
10 20 (2.85%) Presentation Skills
11 19 (2.71%) Organisational Skills
12 17 (2.42%) Legal
13 16 (2.28%) Manufacturing
14 15 (2.14%) Local Government
15 12 (1.71%) Aviation
15 12 (1.71%) Billing
15 12 (1.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 12 (1.71%) Marketing
16 11 (1.57%) Influencing Skills
17 10 (1.42%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 180 (25.64%) Lead
2 114 (16.24%) Architect
3 103 (14.67%) Analyst
4 66 (9.40%) Consultant
5 60 (8.55%) Data Engineer
6 58 (8.26%) Business Analyst
7 57 (8.12%) Data Migration Lead
8 53 (7.55%) Senior
9 42 (5.98%) Data Analyst
10 40 (5.70%) Project Manager
11 36 (5.13%) Migration Analyst
12 33 (4.70%) Lead Architect
13 31 (4.42%) Data Architect
13 31 (4.42%) Functional Architect
13 31 (4.42%) Migration Manager
14 27 (3.85%) Solutions Architect
14 27 (3.85%) Technical Leader
15 25 (3.56%) Data Migration Analyst
16 23 (3.28%) Developer
16 23 (3.28%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (6.55%) Oracle Fusion
2 24 (3.42%) Middleware
3 21 (2.99%) REST
4 15 (2.14%) SOAP
5 13 (1.85%) XML
6 11 (1.57%) .NET
7 10 (1.42%) Lightning Web Components
8 9 (1.28%) JSON
9 8 (1.14%) Kafka
10 6 (0.85%) Spring
11 4 (0.57%) Keycloak
11 4 (0.57%) Playwright
11 4 (0.57%) PySpark
11 4 (0.57%) React
12 3 (0.43%) FHIR
12 3 (0.43%) HTML5 Canvas
12 3 (0.43%) Web Services
13 2 (0.28%) EDI
13 2 (0.28%) Visualforce
13 2 (0.28%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 86 (12.25%) Legacy Systems
2 57 (8.12%) Data Structures
3 25 (3.56%) Management Information System
4 20 (2.85%) Cloud Native
5 15 (2.14%) Enterprise Software
5 15 (2.14%) Product Ownership
6 13 (1.85%) Onboarding
6 13 (1.85%) Replication
7 11 (1.57%) Distributed Systems
7 11 (1.57%) FMCG
7 11 (1.57%) Mainframe
8 10 (1.42%) Reference Data
9 9 (1.28%) Data Centre
9 9 (1.28%) Greenfield Project
10 7 (1.00%) Analytical Mindset
10 7 (1.00%) NHS
11 6 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (0.85%) Derivative
11 6 (0.85%) PACS
11 6 (0.85%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 13 (1.85%) Windows
2 7 (1.00%) zOS
3 5 (0.71%) Linux
4 2 (0.28%) Unix
5 1 (0.14%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 702 (100.00%) Migration
2 171 (24.36%) Stakeholder Management
3 167 (23.79%) User Acceptance Testing
3 167 (23.79%) Validation
4 152 (21.65%) ERP
5 128 (18.23%) Agile
6 118 (16.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 112 (15.95%) Data Modelling
8 96 (13.68%) ETL
9 92 (13.11%) Business Intelligence
10 89 (12.68%) Problem-Solving
11 83 (11.82%) Data Mapping
12 79 (11.25%) DevOps
13 76 (10.83%) Data Governance
14 72 (10.26%) Continuous Improvement
15 70 (9.97%) Translating Business Requirements
16 62 (8.83%) Data Transformation
16 62 (8.83%) Decision-Making
17 60 (8.55%) Procure-to-Pay
18 59 (8.40%) Data Cleansing
Programming Languages
1 128 (18.23%) SQL
2 55 (7.83%) Python
3 25 (3.56%) Java
4 16 (2.28%) JavaScript
5 8 (1.14%) Apex Code
5 8 (1.14%) C#
6 7 (1.00%) PL/SQL
6 7 (1.00%) T-SQL
7 6 (0.85%) TypeScript
8 5 (0.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 5 (0.71%) Kotlin
9 3 (0.43%) Shell Script
9 3 (0.43%) SOQL
9 3 (0.43%) VBA
10 2 (0.28%) PowerShell
10 2 (0.28%) Scala
11 1 (0.14%) Bash
11 1 (0.14%) Bicep
11 1 (0.14%) R
11 1 (0.14%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 88 (12.54%) Security Cleared
2 73 (10.40%) SC Cleared
3 30 (4.27%) Degree
4 15 (2.14%) PMP
5 12 (1.71%) BPSS Clearance
6 11 (1.57%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (1.57%) PMI Certification
7 6 (0.85%) Azure Certification
8 4 (0.57%) AWS Certification
8 4 (0.57%) ISTQB
9 3 (0.43%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.28%) CFA
10 2 (0.28%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.28%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 2 (0.28%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.14%) ACCA
11 1 (0.14%) CAPM
11 1 (0.14%) CIMA
11 1 (0.14%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 135 (19.23%) Data Quality
2 53 (7.55%) QA
3 32 (4.56%) GDPR
4 12 (1.71%) PMO
4 12 (1.71%) SLA
5 6 (0.85%) HL7
6 5 (0.71%) IFRS
7 4 (0.57%) GAAP
7 4 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.43%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.43%) DICOM
8 3 (0.43%) GMP
8 3 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.43%) SNOMED CT
9 2 (0.28%) GRC
9 2 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 2 (0.28%) Solvency II
10 1 (0.14%) Basel III
10 1 (0.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.14%) NCSC
System Software
1 10 (1.42%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (1.14%) Docker
2 8 (1.14%) NFS
3 6 (0.85%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.14%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.14%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.14%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (2.42%) Kubernetes
2 15 (2.14%) Terraform
3 6 (0.85%) EMC VPLEX
3 6 (0.85%) 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%) 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
1 138 (19.66%) Microsoft
2 122 (17.38%) Oracle
3 113 (16.10%) SAP
4 40 (5.70%) Databricks
5 30 (4.27%) Salesforce
6 21 (2.99%) ServiceNow
7 17 (2.42%) Informatica
8 16 (2.28%) Workday
9 13 (1.85%) VMware
10 11 (1.57%) Avaloq
10 11 (1.57%) IFS
11 10 (1.42%) MuleSoft
11 10 (1.42%) Pure Storage
11 10 (1.42%) Temenos
12 8 (1.14%) Talend
13 7 (1.00%) Google
13 7 (1.00%) IBM
14 6 (0.85%) Ariba
14 6 (0.85%) Commvault
14 6 (0.85%) GoldenSource