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 1 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 95 97
Rank change year-on-year +19 +2 +51
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 722 405 412
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.58% 2.97% 2.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.02% 3.22% 2.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 505 242 282
10th Percentile £381 £400 £388
25th Percentile £463 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year - +1.85% -6.09%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £650
90th Percentile £750 £767 £738
England median daily rate £525 £525 £535
% change year-on-year - -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 1
10th Percentile - £42.99 -
25th Percentile £52.50 £55.53 £62.00
Median hourly rate £56.75 £65.00 £64.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.69% +1.56% -32.63%
75th Percentile £65.50 £78.13 £66.00
90th Percentile £70.45 £97.25 -
England median hourly rate £40.00 £60.00 £80.00
% change year-on-year -33.33% -25.00% +158.06%

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 17,949 12,571 14,518
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.06% 92.19% 88.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,845 8,422 10,287
10th Percentile £363 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £544 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.12% -1.11% -4.35%
75th Percentile £656 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 299 246 207
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.24
25th Percentile £19.94 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.75 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.33% -12.50% -17.62%
75th Percentile £56.63 £49.31 £54.38
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.25 £71.50
England median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £42.03
% change year-on-year +78.93% -40.16% -1.11%

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 1 August 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 1 August 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 +33 105 £593 +10.23% 36
West London +11 35 £705 +12.80% 2
East London 0 3 £675 - 4
South London -15 3 £543 +18.58% 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 41 (5.68%) SharePoint
2 19 (2.63%) Confluence
3 6 (0.83%) Apache
4 5 (0.69%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.55%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.28%) HCL Notes
6 2 (0.28%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.14%) CMS
7 1 (0.14%) IIS
7 1 (0.14%) OpenROAD
Applications
1 30 (4.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (1.52%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (0.97%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.28%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 57 (7.89%) SAP S/4HANA
2 25 (3.46%) Dynamics CRM
3 18 (2.49%) Oracle ERP
4 16 (2.22%) NetSuite
5 15 (2.08%) Oracle Payables
6 13 (1.80%) Oracle Receivables
6 13 (1.80%) SAP ERP
7 11 (1.52%) Oracle EBS
8 9 (1.25%) iTrent
8 9 (1.25%) Oracle General Ledger
9 8 (1.11%) Oracle Financials
9 8 (1.11%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 8 (1.11%) Temenos T24
10 7 (0.97%) Workday HCM
11 6 (0.83%) Finacle
11 6 (0.83%) SAP Payroll
12 5 (0.69%) Loan IQ
12 5 (0.69%) SAP MDG
13 4 (0.55%) Maximo
13 4 (0.55%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 124 (17.17%) Azure
2 106 (14.68%) Power Platform
3 83 (11.50%) Dynamics 365
4 58 (8.03%) AWS
5 53 (7.34%) Azure DevOps
6 32 (4.43%) OCI
7 30 (4.16%) SaaS
8 28 (3.88%) Microsoft 365
9 26 (3.60%) Azure Data Factory
10 24 (3.32%) Amazon S3
11 23 (3.19%) Power Automate
11 23 (3.19%) Snowflake
12 19 (2.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 17 (2.35%) GitHub
13 17 (2.35%) PowerApps
14 15 (2.08%) GCP
15 12 (1.66%) dbt
15 12 (1.66%) SuccessFactors
16 9 (1.25%) OneDrive
17 8 (1.11%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.55%) NAS
1 4 (0.55%) SAN
2 3 (0.42%) DNS
2 3 (0.42%) Intranet
2 3 (0.42%) VPN
3 2 (0.28%) Firewall
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%) Network Security
4 1 (0.14%) SNMP
4 1 (0.14%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 93 (12.88%) Power BI
2 36 (4.99%) Data Warehouse
3 24 (3.32%) SQL Server
4 23 (3.19%) Data Lake
5 18 (2.49%) Metadata
6 14 (1.94%) NoSQL
6 14 (1.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 13 (1.80%) Relational Database
8 12 (1.66%) PostgreSQL
9 10 (1.39%) Db2
10 9 (1.25%) Azure SQL Database
10 9 (1.25%) BusinessObjects
10 9 (1.25%) Oracle Reports
11 7 (0.97%) Amazon Redshift
11 7 (0.97%) DataStage
11 7 (0.97%) Snowflake Schema
12 6 (0.83%) Star Schema
13 4 (0.55%) BigQuery
13 4 (0.55%) MongoDB
13 4 (0.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 63 (8.73%) JIRA
2 15 (2.08%) Git
3 6 (0.83%) Zephyr
4 5 (0.69%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.55%) Cucumber
5 4 (0.55%) JUnit
5 4 (0.55%) LSMW
5 4 (0.55%) Selenium
6 3 (0.42%) Cypress.io
6 3 (0.42%) ER Studio
6 3 (0.42%) Gatling
6 3 (0.42%) GitLab
7 2 (0.28%) Oracle Forms
7 2 (0.28%) Postman
7 2 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.28%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.14%) Fiddler
8 1 (0.14%) JMeter
8 1 (0.14%) ScriptRunner
8 1 (0.14%) SpecFlow
General
1 299 (41.41%) Finance
2 212 (29.36%) Social Skills
3 93 (12.88%) Analytical Skills
4 70 (9.70%) Banking
5 53 (7.34%) Public Sector
6 42 (5.82%) Law
7 25 (3.46%) Documentation Skills
7 25 (3.46%) Retail
8 24 (3.32%) General Ledger
9 19 (2.63%) Manufacturing
10 16 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 16 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
11 15 (2.08%) Influencing Skills
11 15 (2.08%) Local Government
12 14 (1.94%) Aviation
12 14 (1.94%) Legal
13 13 (1.80%) Marketing
13 13 (1.80%) Presentation Skills
14 11 (1.52%) Billing
14 11 (1.52%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 175 (24.24%) Lead
2 111 (15.37%) Analyst
2 111 (15.37%) Architect
3 73 (10.11%) Consultant
4 69 (9.56%) Business Analyst
5 63 (8.73%) Data Engineer
6 60 (8.31%) Data Migration Lead
7 56 (7.76%) Senior
8 45 (6.23%) Project Manager
9 40 (5.54%) Data Analyst
10 33 (4.57%) Lead Architect
11 31 (4.29%) Functional Architect
11 31 (4.29%) Migration Analyst
12 30 (4.16%) Developer
13 28 (3.88%) Data Architect
13 28 (3.88%) Solutions Architect
14 24 (3.32%) Data Migration Analyst
14 24 (3.32%) Technical Leader
15 23 (3.19%) Migration Manager
16 22 (3.05%) Migration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (7.34%) Oracle Fusion
2 22 (3.05%) REST
3 21 (2.91%) Middleware
4 14 (1.94%) SOAP
5 13 (1.80%) .NET
6 12 (1.66%) XML
7 9 (1.25%) JSON
7 9 (1.25%) Lightning Web Components
8 8 (1.11%) Kafka
9 6 (0.83%) PySpark
9 6 (0.83%) Spring
10 5 (0.69%) Web Services
11 4 (0.55%) HTML5 Canvas
11 4 (0.55%) Keycloak
11 4 (0.55%) Playwright
11 4 (0.55%) React
11 4 (0.55%) XSLT
12 3 (0.42%) HTML
13 2 (0.28%) EDI
13 2 (0.28%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 81 (11.22%) Legacy Systems
2 50 (6.93%) Data Structures
3 24 (3.32%) Management Information System
4 22 (3.05%) Cloud Native
5 20 (2.77%) Product Ownership
6 18 (2.49%) Enterprise Software
7 16 (2.22%) Onboarding
8 15 (2.08%) FMCG
9 11 (1.52%) Distributed Systems
10 10 (1.39%) Greenfield Project
10 10 (1.39%) Mainframe
11 8 (1.11%) Analytical Mindset
11 8 (1.11%) Data Centre
12 7 (0.97%) Replication
13 6 (0.83%) Credit Risk
13 6 (0.83%) Legacy Code
13 6 (0.83%) NHS
13 6 (0.83%) Reference Data
14 5 (0.69%) PACS
14 5 (0.69%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 18 (2.49%) Windows
2 6 (0.83%) zOS
3 5 (0.69%) Linux
4 1 (0.14%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 722 (100.00%) Migration
2 185 (25.62%) Validation
3 184 (25.48%) Stakeholder Management
4 181 (25.07%) User Acceptance Testing
5 171 (23.68%) ERP
6 129 (17.87%) Agile
6 129 (17.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 107 (14.82%) Data Modelling
8 100 (13.85%) Business Intelligence
9 93 (12.88%) ETL
10 82 (11.36%) Data Governance
10 82 (11.36%) DevOps
11 80 (11.08%) Problem-Solving
12 74 (10.25%) Data Mapping
13 73 (10.11%) Translating Business Requirements
14 72 (9.97%) Continuous Improvement
15 65 (9.00%) Requirements Gathering
16 64 (8.86%) Data Cleansing
17 62 (8.59%) CI/CD
17 62 (8.59%) Data Transformation
Programming Languages
1 126 (17.45%) SQL
2 49 (6.79%) Python
3 29 (4.02%) Java
4 17 (2.35%) JavaScript
5 12 (1.66%) C#
6 9 (1.25%) PL/SQL
7 7 (0.97%) Apex Code
7 7 (0.97%) T-SQL
8 6 (0.83%) TypeScript
9 5 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 5 (0.69%) Kotlin
10 3 (0.42%) SOQL
11 2 (0.28%) PowerShell
11 2 (0.28%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.28%) VBA
11 2 (0.28%) X++
12 1 (0.14%) C
12 1 (0.14%) COBOL
12 1 (0.14%) Scala
12 1 (0.14%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 77 (10.66%) Security Cleared
2 63 (8.73%) SC Cleared
3 31 (4.29%) Degree
4 19 (2.63%) PMP
5 17 (2.35%) PMI Certification
6 9 (1.25%) BPSS Clearance
6 9 (1.25%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (0.97%) ACCA
7 7 (0.97%) CIMA
7 7 (0.97%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (0.69%) Azure Certification
8 5 (0.69%) DBS Check
9 4 (0.55%) AWS Certification
9 4 (0.55%) DV Cleared
9 4 (0.55%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.28%) CFA
10 2 (0.28%) CTC Cleared
10 2 (0.28%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 1 (0.14%) CCA
11 1 (0.14%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 132 (18.28%) Data Quality
2 61 (8.45%) QA
3 28 (3.88%) GDPR
4 21 (2.91%) PMO
5 10 (1.39%) SLA
6 5 (0.69%) HL7
7 4 (0.55%) GMP
7 4 (0.55%) IFRS
8 3 (0.42%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.42%) DICOM
8 3 (0.42%) GRC
8 3 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.42%) SNOMED CT
9 2 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.28%) GAAP
9 2 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 2 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.28%) Solvency II
10 1 (0.14%) AIFMD
10 1 (0.14%) Basel III
System Software
1 7 (0.97%) Docker
2 4 (0.55%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.28%) NFS
4 1 (0.14%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.14%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.14%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (2.35%) Kubernetes
2 14 (1.94%) Terraform
3 4 (0.55%) HP ALM
4 3 (0.42%) Ansible
4 3 (0.42%) Grafana
4 3 (0.42%) Karpenter
5 2 (0.28%) EMC VPLEX
5 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.28%) vMotion
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%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 149 (20.64%) Microsoft
2 124 (17.17%) Oracle
3 119 (16.48%) SAP
4 44 (6.09%) Databricks
5 28 (3.88%) Salesforce
6 23 (3.19%) ServiceNow
7 18 (2.49%) Informatica
8 16 (2.22%) Workday
9 11 (1.52%) IBM
9 11 (1.52%) IFS
10 10 (1.39%) MuleSoft
10 10 (1.39%) Talend
11 7 (0.97%) Google
11 7 (0.97%) VMware
12 6 (0.83%) Avaloq
12 6 (0.83%) Bloomberg
12 6 (0.83%) Temenos
13 5 (0.69%) Ariba
13 5 (0.69%) Atlassian
14 4 (0.55%) HP