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

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 109 104
Rank change year-on-year +39 -5 +47
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 685 330 425
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.62% 2.67% 2.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.08% 2.89% 2.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 491 196 309
10th Percentile £375 £400 £379
25th Percentile £463 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £558 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% +1.36% -4.35%
75th Percentile £645 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £750
England median daily rate £525 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% +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 £60.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year -33.33% -20.00% +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 16,795 11,414 15,551
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.80% 92.28% 88.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,181 7,654 11,105
10th Percentile £360 £343 £343
25th Percentile £435 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.09% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £518 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -0.48% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 260 205 313
10th Percentile £18.07 £16.50 £15.50
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.66 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.25 £34.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.56% +13.33% -24.84%
75th Percentile £59.00 £50.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £67.80
England median hourly rate £47.00 £27.45 £37.75
% change year-on-year +71.22% -27.28% +7.09%

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 17 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 17 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 98 £589 +17.80% 14
West London +2 26 £475 -24.00% 9
East London 0 3 £675 +25.00% 2
North London -3 2 £523 -5.00%
South London -11 1 £350 - 2
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 29 (4.23%) SharePoint
2 15 (2.19%) Confluence
3 4 (0.58%) Apache Spark
3 4 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.29%) Apache
5 2 (0.29%) Appian
6 1 (0.15%) CMS
6 1 (0.15%) IIS
6 1 (0.15%) OpenROAD
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.15%) WebSphere
Applications
1 35 (5.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (2.34%) Microsoft Project
3 9 (1.31%) Spreadsheet
4 8 (1.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (1.02%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.29%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 53 (7.74%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (2.48%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 16 (2.34%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (2.34%) Oracle ERP
4 14 (2.04%) SAP ERP
5 11 (1.61%) NetSuite
5 11 (1.61%) Oracle EBS
6 10 (1.46%) Loan IQ
7 9 (1.31%) Oracle General Ledger
7 9 (1.31%) Oracle Payables
8 8 (1.17%) iTrent
8 8 (1.17%) Oracle Receivables
8 8 (1.17%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 6 (0.88%) Finacle
9 6 (0.88%) Oracle Financials
9 6 (0.88%) Temenos T24
9 6 (0.88%) Workday HCM
10 5 (0.73%) SAP Payroll
11 4 (0.58%) Maximo
11 4 (0.58%) SAP CO
Cloud Services
1 115 (16.79%) Azure
2 89 (12.99%) Power Platform
3 66 (9.64%) AWS
4 63 (9.20%) Dynamics 365
5 42 (6.13%) Azure DevOps
6 30 (4.38%) OCI
7 23 (3.36%) SaaS
7 23 (3.36%) Snowflake
8 19 (2.77%) Microsoft 365
9 18 (2.63%) Azure Data Factory
10 17 (2.48%) Amazon S3
10 17 (2.48%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 14 (2.04%) GitHub
12 13 (1.90%) GCP
13 12 (1.75%) Power Automate
14 11 (1.61%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 11 (1.61%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 11 (1.61%) SuccessFactors
15 10 (1.46%) dbt
16 9 (1.31%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.46%) NAS
1 10 (1.46%) SAN
2 3 (0.44%) DNS
2 3 (0.44%) Firewall
2 3 (0.44%) VPN
3 2 (0.29%) HTTP
4 1 (0.15%) DKIM
4 1 (0.15%) DMARC
4 1 (0.15%) Fibre Channel
4 1 (0.15%) Intranet
4 1 (0.15%) Network Security
4 1 (0.15%) SNMP
4 1 (0.15%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (11.68%) Power BI
2 44 (6.42%) Data Warehouse
3 25 (3.65%) SQL Server
4 20 (2.92%) Data Lake
5 19 (2.77%) Metadata
6 16 (2.34%) NoSQL
7 15 (2.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 14 (2.04%) PostgreSQL
9 12 (1.75%) Relational Database
10 11 (1.61%) Oracle Reports
11 10 (1.46%) Db2
12 9 (1.31%) Amazon Redshift
12 9 (1.31%) Oracle Database
13 8 (1.17%) BusinessObjects
13 8 (1.17%) Snowflake Schema
14 7 (1.02%) Tableau
15 6 (0.88%) MySQL
16 5 (0.73%) Azure SQL Database
16 5 (0.73%) DataStage
16 5 (0.73%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 61 (8.91%) JIRA
2 12 (1.75%) Git
3 4 (0.58%) Cucumber
3 4 (0.58%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.58%) JUnit
3 4 (0.58%) LSMW
3 4 (0.58%) Selenium
3 4 (0.58%) Zephyr
4 3 (0.44%) Bitbucket
4 3 (0.44%) Cypress.io
4 3 (0.44%) ER Studio
4 3 (0.44%) ERwin
4 3 (0.44%) Gatling
4 3 (0.44%) GitLab
5 2 (0.29%) Oracle Forms
5 2 (0.29%) Postman
5 2 (0.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.15%) ScriptRunner
6 1 (0.15%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.15%) Terragrunt
General
1 263 (38.39%) Finance
2 207 (30.22%) Social Skills
3 94 (13.72%) Analytical Skills
4 71 (10.36%) Banking
5 44 (6.42%) Public Sector
6 41 (5.99%) Law
7 32 (4.67%) Retail
8 29 (4.23%) Documentation Skills
9 22 (3.21%) General Ledger
9 22 (3.21%) Presentation Skills
10 18 (2.63%) Legal
11 17 (2.48%) Organisational Skills
12 16 (2.34%) Local Government
13 13 (1.90%) Influencing Skills
13 13 (1.90%) Marketing
14 12 (1.75%) Aviation
14 12 (1.75%) Manufacturing
15 11 (1.61%) Billing
15 11 (1.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 9 (1.31%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 180 (26.28%) Lead
2 115 (16.79%) Architect
3 103 (15.04%) Analyst
4 61 (8.91%) Consultant
5 58 (8.47%) Business Analyst
6 56 (8.18%) Data Engineer
6 56 (8.18%) Data Migration Lead
7 48 (7.01%) Senior
8 43 (6.28%) Data Analyst
9 41 (5.99%) Project Manager
10 37 (5.40%) Migration Analyst
11 34 (4.96%) Data Architect
12 33 (4.82%) Lead Architect
13 32 (4.67%) Migration Manager
14 31 (4.53%) Functional Architect
15 29 (4.23%) Technical Leader
16 26 (3.80%) Data Migration Analyst
17 25 (3.65%) Solutions Architect
17 25 (3.65%) Test Manager
18 23 (3.36%) Data Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (6.86%) Oracle Fusion
2 24 (3.50%) Middleware
3 19 (2.77%) REST
4 15 (2.19%) SOAP
5 13 (1.90%) XML
6 10 (1.46%) Lightning Web Components
7 8 (1.17%) .NET
7 8 (1.17%) JSON
8 7 (1.02%) Kafka
9 6 (0.88%) Spring
10 4 (0.58%) Playwright
11 3 (0.44%) FHIR
11 3 (0.44%) PySpark
11 3 (0.44%) React
12 2 (0.29%) ADO
12 2 (0.29%) EDI
12 2 (0.29%) Snowpark
12 2 (0.29%) Visualforce
12 2 (0.29%) Web Services
12 2 (0.29%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 85 (12.41%) Legacy Systems
2 56 (8.18%) Data Structures
3 24 (3.50%) Management Information System
4 18 (2.63%) Cloud Native
5 15 (2.19%) Enterprise Software
5 15 (2.19%) Product Ownership
6 14 (2.04%) Replication
7 12 (1.75%) Onboarding
8 11 (1.61%) Mainframe
8 11 (1.61%) Reference Data
9 10 (1.46%) Distributed Systems
10 9 (1.31%) Data Centre
10 9 (1.31%) Greenfield Project
11 8 (1.17%) Data Protection Act
11 8 (1.17%) Derivative
11 8 (1.17%) FMCG
12 7 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
12 7 (1.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 6 (0.88%) PACS
13 6 (0.88%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 14 (2.04%) Windows
2 7 (1.02%) zOS
3 6 (0.88%) Linux
4 2 (0.29%) Unix
5 1 (0.15%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 685 (100.00%) Migration
2 167 (24.38%) Stakeholder Management
3 163 (23.80%) User Acceptance Testing
3 163 (23.80%) Validation
4 140 (20.44%) ERP
5 130 (18.98%) Agile
6 117 (17.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 111 (16.20%) Data Modelling
8 94 (13.72%) ETL
9 89 (12.99%) Business Intelligence
10 86 (12.55%) Problem-Solving
11 81 (11.82%) Data Mapping
12 75 (10.95%) Data Governance
13 69 (10.07%) Continuous Improvement
14 65 (9.49%) DevOps
14 65 (9.49%) Translating Business Requirements
15 62 (9.05%) Data Transformation
16 61 (8.91%) Decision-Making
17 60 (8.76%) Procure-to-Pay
18 58 (8.47%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 127 (18.54%) SQL
2 54 (7.88%) Python
3 25 (3.65%) Java
4 12 (1.75%) JavaScript
5 9 (1.31%) PL/SQL
6 8 (1.17%) Apex Code
7 5 (0.73%) C#
7 5 (0.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 5 (0.73%) Kotlin
7 5 (0.73%) T-SQL
7 5 (0.73%) TypeScript
8 4 (0.58%) VBA
9 3 (0.44%) Shell Script
9 3 (0.44%) SOQL
10 2 (0.29%) Bash
10 2 (0.29%) PowerShell
10 2 (0.29%) R
10 2 (0.29%) Scala
11 1 (0.15%) Korn
11 1 (0.15%) X++
Qualifications
1 88 (12.85%) Security Cleared
2 73 (10.66%) SC Cleared
3 31 (4.53%) Degree
4 16 (2.34%) PMP
5 13 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (1.75%) PMI Certification
7 7 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (0.88%) Azure Certification
9 4 (0.58%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.44%) DBS Check
10 3 (0.44%) ISTQB
10 3 (0.44%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.29%) CFA
11 2 (0.29%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 2 (0.29%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (0.15%) CCA
12 1 (0.15%) CISA
12 1 (0.15%) IIBA
12 1 (0.15%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 132 (19.27%) Data Quality
2 51 (7.45%) QA
3 30 (4.38%) GDPR
4 12 (1.75%) PMO
4 12 (1.75%) SLA
5 7 (1.02%) IFRS
5 7 (1.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 6 (0.88%) GAAP
6 6 (0.88%) HL7
7 4 (0.58%) Basel III
8 3 (0.44%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.44%) DICOM
8 3 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.44%) SNOMED CT
9 2 (0.29%) GMP
9 2 (0.29%) GRC
9 2 (0.29%) IFRS 9
9 2 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 2 (0.29%) Solvency II
10 1 (0.15%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 10 (1.46%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (1.17%) NFS
3 6 (0.88%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.58%) Docker
5 1 (0.15%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.15%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.15%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (2.04%) Terraform
2 13 (1.90%) Kubernetes
3 6 (0.88%) EMC VPLEX
3 6 (0.88%) vMotion
4 4 (0.58%) Ansible
5 3 (0.44%) Grafana
5 3 (0.44%) HP ALM
5 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.15%) Argo
6 1 (0.15%) Avamar
6 1 (0.15%) Control-M
6 1 (0.15%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.15%) NetBackup
6 1 (0.15%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.15%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 125 (18.25%) Microsoft
1 125 (18.25%) Oracle
2 114 (16.64%) SAP
3 40 (5.84%) Databricks
4 31 (4.53%) Salesforce
5 20 (2.92%) Informatica
6 19 (2.77%) Workday
7 17 (2.48%) ServiceNow
8 13 (1.90%) Avaloq
8 13 (1.90%) VMware
9 12 (1.75%) Temenos
10 10 (1.46%) MuleSoft
10 10 (1.46%) Pure Storage
11 9 (1.31%) IFS
12 8 (1.17%) Google
12 8 (1.17%) IBM
12 8 (1.17%) Talend
13 7 (1.02%) GoldenSource
14 6 (0.88%) Commvault
15 5 (0.73%) Ariba