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 21 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 95 93
Rank change year-on-year +19 -2 +53
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 577 339 446
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.47% 2.66% 2.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.86% 2.91% 2.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 408 242 334
10th Percentile £400 £400 £413
25th Percentile £463 £463 £489
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £638 £629 £675
90th Percentile £713 £749 £738
England median daily rate £525 £528 £550
% change year-on-year -0.47% -4.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 9
10th Percentile - - £82.70
25th Percentile - £34.63 £83.50
Median hourly rate - £34.65 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year - -59.24% +325.00%
75th Percentile - £34.68 £86.50
90th Percentile - - £86.70
England median hourly rate £60.50 £57.50 £80.00
% change year-on-year +5.22% -28.13% +300.00%

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 14,942 11,630 15,993
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.82% 91.27% 88.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,020 7,810 11,431
10th Percentile £353 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £445 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 232 164 342
10th Percentile £18.09 £20.14 £16.00
25th Percentile £21.87 £24.66 £19.93
Median hourly rate £35.50 £36.20 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.92% +18.67% -19.47%
75th Percentile £56.97 £53.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.25 £71.18 £69.95
England median hourly rate £32.50 £34.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -4.41% +4.62% -10.48%

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 21 March 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 21 March 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 +12 73 £550 +3.19% 27
West London -13 7 £900 +80.00% 8
East London -6 3 £495 +23.75% 3
North London - 3 £550 - 1
South London - 2 - - 1
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 20 (3.47%) Confluence
2 16 (2.77%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.52%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (0.52%) CMS
4 2 (0.35%) Appian
4 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.17%) Apache
5 1 (0.17%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.17%) IIS
5 1 (0.17%) OpenROAD
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.17%) WebSphere
Applications
1 36 (6.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (3.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 15 (2.60%) Microsoft Project
4 11 (1.91%) MS Visio
5 10 (1.73%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (1.04%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 31 (5.37%) SAP S/4HANA
2 20 (3.47%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (2.60%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 13 (2.25%) Loan IQ
5 10 (1.73%) SAP HR
6 8 (1.39%) Oracle EBS
6 8 (1.39%) Oracle ERP
6 8 (1.39%) Workday HCM
7 7 (1.21%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 6 (1.04%) Finacle
9 5 (0.87%) Oracle General Ledger
10 4 (0.69%) SAP CO
10 4 (0.69%) SAP ERP
10 4 (0.69%) SAP Payroll
10 4 (0.69%) Temenos T24
11 3 (0.52%) Oracle FAH
11 3 (0.52%) Oracle Payables
11 3 (0.52%) SAP FI
11 3 (0.52%) SAP FI/CO
11 3 (0.52%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 92 (15.94%) Azure
2 78 (13.52%) Power Platform
3 65 (11.27%) AWS
4 55 (9.53%) Dynamics 365
5 36 (6.24%) OCI
6 31 (5.37%) Azure DevOps
7 20 (3.47%) Azure Data Factory
7 20 (3.47%) SaaS
8 19 (3.29%) GitHub
9 18 (3.12%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 18 (3.12%) Snowflake
10 14 (2.43%) Amazon S3
11 12 (2.08%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 11 (1.91%) GCP
12 11 (1.91%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 9 (1.56%) Power Automate
13 9 (1.56%) SuccessFactors
14 8 (1.39%) Azure Logic Apps
14 8 (1.39%) PowerApps
15 6 (1.04%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.91%) NAS
2 9 (1.56%) SAN
3 3 (0.52%) DNS
3 3 (0.52%) Firewall
4 2 (0.35%) HTTP
5 1 (0.17%) Fibre Channel
5 1 (0.17%) Network Security
5 1 (0.17%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (10.75%) Power BI
2 51 (8.84%) Data Warehouse
3 40 (6.93%) SQL Server
4 30 (5.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 26 (4.51%) Relational Database
6 16 (2.77%) Data Lake
7 15 (2.60%) Oracle Database
8 14 (2.43%) Metadata
8 14 (2.43%) PostgreSQL
9 12 (2.08%) Amazon Redshift
9 12 (2.08%) RDBMS
9 12 (2.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 12 (2.08%) Tableau
10 11 (1.91%) MySQL
11 10 (1.73%) Big Data
11 10 (1.73%) NoSQL
12 9 (1.56%) DB2
12 9 (1.56%) Oracle Reports
13 8 (1.39%) DataStage
14 7 (1.21%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 59 (10.23%) JIRA
2 9 (1.56%) Git
3 5 (0.87%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.69%) Cucumber
4 4 (0.69%) JUnit
4 4 (0.69%) LSMW
4 4 (0.69%) Selenium
4 4 (0.69%) Toad
5 3 (0.52%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.52%) Cypress.io
5 3 (0.52%) ERwin
5 3 (0.52%) GitLab
5 3 (0.52%) Oracle Forms
6 2 (0.35%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.35%) Zephyr
7 1 (0.17%) Fiddler
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.17%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.17%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.17%) webpack
General
1 213 (36.92%) Finance
2 196 (33.97%) Social Skills
3 81 (14.04%) Analytical Skills
4 59 (10.23%) Banking
5 43 (7.45%) Public Sector
6 31 (5.37%) Retail
7 28 (4.85%) Documentation Skills
8 27 (4.68%) Law
9 20 (3.47%) Legal
9 20 (3.47%) Presentation Skills
10 16 (2.77%) Organisational Skills
11 11 (1.91%) Local Government
12 10 (1.73%) General Ledger
12 10 (1.73%) Manufacturing
13 9 (1.56%) Billing
13 9 (1.56%) Investment Banking
14 8 (1.39%) Back Office
14 8 (1.39%) Influencing Skills
14 8 (1.39%) Marketing
14 8 (1.39%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 121 (20.97%) Lead
2 108 (18.72%) Analyst
3 85 (14.73%) Architect
4 70 (12.13%) Business Analyst
5 53 (9.19%) Consultant
6 51 (8.84%) Data Engineer
7 46 (7.97%) Senior
8 45 (7.80%) Project Manager
9 36 (6.24%) Migration Analyst
10 31 (5.37%) Data Analyst
11 30 (5.20%) Developer
12 29 (5.03%) Data Migration Lead
13 28 (4.85%) Migration Manager
14 26 (4.51%) Data Business Analyst
15 23 (3.99%) Data Migration Analyst
16 22 (3.81%) Data Manager
16 22 (3.81%) Technical Leader
17 21 (3.64%) Data Architect
17 21 (3.64%) Solutions Architect
18 19 (3.29%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (4.85%) Oracle Fusion
2 19 (3.29%) REST
2 19 (3.29%) XML
3 17 (2.95%) Middleware
4 15 (2.60%) SOAP
5 10 (1.73%) .NET
5 10 (1.73%) Lightning Web Components
6 7 (1.21%) JSON
7 6 (1.04%) Kafka
7 6 (1.04%) Spring
8 4 (0.69%) PySpark
8 4 (0.69%) React
8 4 (0.69%) Web Services
9 3 (0.52%) Playwright
9 3 (0.52%) XSLT
10 2 (0.35%) ADO
10 2 (0.35%) FHIR
10 2 (0.35%) OpenTelemetry
10 2 (0.35%) Visualforce
11 1 (0.17%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 79 (13.69%) Legacy Systems
2 42 (7.28%) Data Structures
3 23 (3.99%) Management Information System
4 17 (2.95%) Cloud Native
5 15 (2.60%) Replication
6 13 (2.25%) Onboarding
6 13 (2.25%) Product Ownership
7 10 (1.73%) Data Protection Act
8 9 (1.56%) Reference Data
8 9 (1.56%) Tandem
9 8 (1.39%) Data Centre
9 8 (1.39%) Distributed Systems
9 8 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (1.39%) Mainframe
10 7 (1.21%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 7 (1.21%) Greenfield Project
11 6 (1.04%) Derivative
11 6 (1.04%) Taxonomies
12 5 (0.87%) CMDB
12 5 (0.87%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.39%) Windows
2 7 (1.21%) zOS
3 6 (1.04%) Unix
4 4 (0.69%) Linux
5 2 (0.35%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.17%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 577 (100.00%) Migration
2 136 (23.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 135 (23.40%) Agile
4 115 (19.93%) ETL
5 113 (19.58%) User Acceptance Testing
6 107 (18.54%) Validation
7 102 (17.68%) Data Modelling
8 101 (17.50%) ERP
9 89 (15.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 88 (15.25%) Problem-Solving
11 75 (13.00%) Business Intelligence
11 75 (13.00%) Data Mapping
12 69 (11.96%) Analytics
13 67 (11.61%) Project Management
14 61 (10.57%) Data Governance
15 58 (10.05%) Decision-Making
16 53 (9.19%) Continuous Improvement
16 53 (9.19%) DevOps
17 51 (8.84%) Data Cleansing
18 50 (8.67%) Data Transformation
Programming Languages
1 148 (25.65%) SQL
2 53 (9.19%) Python
3 29 (5.03%) Java
4 14 (2.43%) JavaScript
5 11 (1.91%) PL/SQL
6 9 (1.56%) Apex Code
6 9 (1.56%) C#
7 6 (1.04%) T-SQL
8 5 (0.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 5 (0.87%) PHP
8 5 (0.87%) Shell Script
8 5 (0.87%) VBA
9 4 (0.69%) Perl
10 3 (0.52%) Bash
10 3 (0.52%) Korn
10 3 (0.52%) Kotlin
10 3 (0.52%) SOQL
11 2 (0.35%) Bicep
11 2 (0.35%) R
11 2 (0.35%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 78 (13.52%) Security Cleared
2 64 (11.09%) SC Cleared
3 36 (6.24%) Degree
4 16 (2.77%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (2.25%) PMP
6 10 (1.73%) AWS Certification
7 9 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (1.39%) PMI Certification
9 7 (1.21%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.69%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.35%) CFA
11 2 (0.35%) CIPD
11 2 (0.35%) IIBA
11 2 (0.35%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.35%) SAP Certification
11 2 (0.35%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (0.17%) CAPM
12 1 (0.17%) CBAP
12 1 (0.17%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 110 (19.06%) Data Quality
2 42 (7.28%) QA
3 30 (5.20%) GDPR
4 9 (1.56%) IFRS
5 6 (1.04%) SLA
6 5 (0.87%) GAAP
6 5 (0.87%) IFRS 9
6 5 (0.87%) PMO
6 5 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (0.69%) Basel III
7 4 (0.69%) IFRS 17
8 3 (0.52%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.35%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 2 (0.35%) GMP
9 2 (0.35%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.17%) COBIT
10 1 (0.17%) HL7
10 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.17%) WCAG
System Software
1 13 (2.25%) Docker
2 10 (1.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (1.39%) NFS
4 4 (0.69%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.35%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 25 (4.33%) Kubernetes
2 11 (1.91%) Terraform
3 6 (1.04%) EMC VPLEX
3 6 (1.04%) vMotion
4 5 (0.87%) Ansible
5 4 (0.69%) Grafana
6 3 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.35%) Argo
7 2 (0.35%) HP ALM
7 2 (0.35%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.17%) Avamar
8 1 (0.17%) Control-M
8 1 (0.17%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (0.17%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.17%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.17%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 100 (17.33%) Oracle
2 99 (17.16%) Microsoft
3 78 (13.52%) SAP
4 34 (5.89%) Salesforce
5 29 (5.03%) Workday
6 25 (4.33%) Databricks
7 23 (3.99%) Informatica
8 17 (2.95%) Avaloq
9 14 (2.43%) MuleSoft
9 14 (2.43%) ServiceNow
10 12 (2.08%) VMware
11 11 (1.91%) Pure Storage
12 10 (1.73%) GoldenSource
12 10 (1.73%) Talend
13 9 (1.56%) Temenos
14 7 (1.21%) Google
15 6 (1.04%) Commvault
15 6 (1.04%) IBM
16 4 (0.69%) Kronos
17 3 (0.52%) jBASE