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

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 96 99
Rank change year-on-year +11 +3 +55
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 523 345 423
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.32% 2.60% 2.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.68% 2.87% 2.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 364 242 317
10th Percentile £400 £389 £413
25th Percentile £463 £473 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £638 £630 £675
90th Percentile £709 £713 £738
England median daily rate £540 £543 £550
% change year-on-year -0.46% -1.36% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 9
10th Percentile - - £82.70
25th Percentile - - £83.50
Median hourly rate - £35.00 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year - -58.82% +9.68%
75th Percentile - - £86.50
90th Percentile - - £86.70
England median hourly rate £61.00 £57.50 £77.50
% change year-on-year +6.09% -25.81% +189.72%

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 14,221 12,041 16,243
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.23% 90.87% 88.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,548 7,833 11,601
10th Percentile £350 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -7.56%
75th Percentile £650 £676 £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 217 158 349
10th Percentile £18.04 £20.45 £16.00
25th Percentile £23.00 £24.68 £19.38
Median hourly rate £35.00 £35.25 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.71% +17.50% -16.67%
75th Percentile £56.50 £53.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £78.51 £72.10
England median hourly rate £28.91 £35.00 £34.21
% change year-on-year -17.40% +2.31% -3.42%

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 2 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 2 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 +3 61 £550 - 22
East London +2 5 £500 +25.00% 1
West London -19 5 £900 +80.00% 6
North London - 3 £550 -
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 21 (4.02%) Confluence
2 11 (2.10%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (0.57%) CMS
3 3 (0.57%) LiveLink
4 2 (0.38%) Appian
4 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.19%) Apache
5 1 (0.19%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.19%) IIS
5 1 (0.19%) NetWeaver
5 1 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.19%) SAP Portal
5 1 (0.19%) WebSphere
Applications
1 28 (5.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (3.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (2.10%) Microsoft Project
4 9 (1.72%) MS Visio
5 8 (1.53%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (1.15%) Microsoft Office
7 3 (0.57%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 30 (5.74%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (3.63%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (2.68%) SAP HR
4 12 (2.29%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 11 (2.10%) Loan IQ
6 10 (1.91%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 9 (1.72%) Oracle EBS
8 8 (1.53%) Oracle General Ledger
9 7 (1.34%) Oracle ERP
10 6 (1.15%) Oracle FAH
10 6 (1.15%) Workday HCM
11 5 (0.96%) Finacle
11 5 (0.96%) SAP CO
12 4 (0.76%) SAP ERP
12 4 (0.76%) SAP FI
12 4 (0.76%) SAP FI/CO
12 4 (0.76%) SAP MM
12 4 (0.76%) SAP Payroll
12 4 (0.76%) Temenos T24
13 3 (0.57%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 78 (14.91%) Azure
2 58 (11.09%) AWS
3 54 (10.33%) Power Platform
4 34 (6.50%) Dynamics 365
4 34 (6.50%) OCI
5 20 (3.82%) Azure DevOps
6 18 (3.44%) SaaS
7 17 (3.25%) Azure Data Factory
7 17 (3.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 17 (3.25%) Snowflake
8 14 (2.68%) GitHub
9 12 (2.29%) Amazon S3
10 11 (2.10%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 11 (2.10%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 9 (1.72%) GCP
11 9 (1.72%) SuccessFactors
12 8 (1.53%) Azure Logic Apps
13 7 (1.34%) Power Automate
13 7 (1.34%) PowerApps
14 6 (1.15%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.91%) NAS
2 8 (1.53%) SAN
3 3 (0.57%) DNS
4 2 (0.38%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (8.99%) Data Warehouse
2 41 (7.84%) Power BI
3 40 (7.65%) SQL Server
4 32 (6.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 24 (4.59%) Relational Database
6 19 (3.63%) Oracle Database
7 15 (2.87%) Data Lake
7 15 (2.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 14 (2.68%) PostgreSQL
9 13 (2.49%) Metadata
10 12 (2.29%) RDBMS
11 11 (2.10%) Amazon Redshift
11 11 (2.10%) Tableau
12 10 (1.91%) Big Data
12 10 (1.91%) MySQL
13 9 (1.72%) DB2
14 8 (1.53%) DataStage
14 8 (1.53%) Oracle Reports
15 6 (1.15%) NoSQL
15 6 (1.15%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 52 (9.94%) JIRA
2 5 (0.96%) Git
3 4 (0.76%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.76%) LSMW
3 4 (0.76%) Toad
4 3 (0.57%) Bitbucket
4 3 (0.57%) Cucumber
4 3 (0.57%) Cypress.io
4 3 (0.57%) ERwin
4 3 (0.57%) JUnit
5 2 (0.38%) Oracle Forms
5 2 (0.38%) Selenium
5 2 (0.38%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.19%) Fiddler
6 1 (0.19%) GitLab
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.19%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.19%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.19%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.19%) webpack
General
1 187 (35.76%) Finance
2 176 (33.65%) Social Skills
3 70 (13.38%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (11.09%) Banking
5 37 (7.07%) Public Sector
6 28 (5.35%) Retail
7 26 (4.97%) Documentation Skills
8 19 (3.63%) Legal
9 18 (3.44%) Presentation Skills
10 13 (2.49%) Organisational Skills
11 10 (1.91%) General Ledger
11 10 (1.91%) Local Government
11 10 (1.91%) Manufacturing
12 9 (1.72%) Investment Banking
12 9 (1.72%) Law
13 8 (1.53%) Influencing Skills
13 8 (1.53%) Telecoms
14 7 (1.34%) Front Office
14 7 (1.34%) Marketing
15 6 (1.15%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 97 (18.55%) Analyst
2 96 (18.36%) Lead
3 67 (12.81%) Business Analyst
4 60 (11.47%) Architect
5 57 (10.90%) Consultant
6 49 (9.37%) Data Engineer
7 44 (8.41%) Senior
8 42 (8.03%) Project Manager
9 32 (6.12%) Migration Analyst
10 31 (5.93%) Developer
11 27 (5.16%) Data Analyst
12 24 (4.59%) Data Migration Lead
12 24 (4.59%) Migration Manager
13 23 (4.40%) Data Business Analyst
14 22 (4.21%) Data Migration Analyst
15 20 (3.82%) Data Architect
16 19 (3.63%) Data Manager
17 18 (3.44%) Solutions Architect
18 17 (3.25%) Data Migration Manager
19 16 (3.06%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (4.40%) Oracle Fusion
2 19 (3.63%) REST
3 18 (3.44%) XML
4 15 (2.87%) Middleware
5 11 (2.10%) Lightning Web Components
5 11 (2.10%) SOAP
6 10 (1.91%) .NET
7 6 (1.15%) Kafka
8 5 (0.96%) JSON
8 5 (0.96%) PySpark
9 4 (0.76%) React
10 3 (0.57%) Playwright
10 3 (0.57%) SAP Fiori
10 3 (0.57%) Web Services
10 3 (0.57%) XSLT
11 2 (0.38%) ADO
11 2 (0.38%) FHIR
11 2 (0.38%) OpenTelemetry
11 2 (0.38%) Spring
11 2 (0.38%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 70 (13.38%) Legacy Systems
2 37 (7.07%) Data Structures
3 20 (3.82%) Management Information System
4 14 (2.68%) Onboarding
4 14 (2.68%) Replication
5 12 (2.29%) Cloud Native
5 12 (2.29%) Product Ownership
6 10 (1.91%) Data Protection Act
7 9 (1.72%) Greenfield Project
7 9 (1.72%) Reference Data
8 8 (1.53%) Tandem
9 7 (1.34%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 7 (1.34%) Mainframe
10 6 (1.15%) Data Centre
10 6 (1.15%) Derivative
10 6 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (1.15%) Taxonomies
11 4 (0.76%) Equities
11 4 (0.76%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (0.57%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.34%) Windows
2 6 (1.15%) Unix
2 6 (1.15%) zOS
3 5 (0.96%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (0.57%) Linux
5 2 (0.38%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.19%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 523 (100.00%) Migration
2 123 (23.52%) Agile
3 118 (22.56%) Stakeholder Management
4 111 (21.22%) ETL
5 91 (17.40%) Data Modelling
6 90 (17.21%) Problem-Solving
7 89 (17.02%) Validation
8 79 (15.11%) User Acceptance Testing
9 74 (14.15%) ERP
10 68 (13.00%) Analytics
11 67 (12.81%) Data Mapping
12 62 (11.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 61 (11.66%) Project Management
14 54 (10.33%) Business Intelligence
15 50 (9.56%) Data Governance
15 50 (9.56%) Decision-Making
16 49 (9.37%) Data Cleansing
17 46 (8.80%) Workshop Facilitation
18 43 (8.22%) Data Transformation
19 40 (7.65%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 145 (27.72%) SQL
2 47 (8.99%) Python
3 26 (4.97%) Java
4 14 (2.68%) JavaScript
5 10 (1.91%) C#
5 10 (1.91%) PL/SQL
6 9 (1.72%) Apex Code
7 6 (1.15%) T-SQL
8 5 (0.96%) PHP
8 5 (0.96%) Shell Script
9 4 (0.76%) Perl
9 4 (0.76%) VBA
10 3 (0.57%) Bash
10 3 (0.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (0.57%) Korn
11 2 (0.38%) Bicep
11 2 (0.38%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.38%) SOQL
11 2 (0.38%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.38%) X++
Qualifications
1 68 (13.00%) Security Cleared
2 56 (10.71%) SC Cleared
3 33 (6.31%) Degree
4 15 (2.87%) PMP
5 14 (2.68%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (2.10%) PMI Certification
7 9 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (1.72%) Master's Degree
8 8 (1.53%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.38%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.38%) CFA
9 2 (0.38%) CIPD
9 2 (0.38%) IIBA
9 2 (0.38%) SAP Certification
9 2 (0.38%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.19%) CAPM
10 1 (0.19%) CBAP
10 1 (0.19%) CCA
10 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.19%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (17.78%) Data Quality
2 34 (6.50%) QA
3 28 (5.35%) GDPR
4 9 (1.72%) IFRS
5 7 (1.34%) SLA
6 5 (0.96%) GAAP
6 5 (0.96%) IFRS 9
6 5 (0.96%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (0.76%) Basel III
7 4 (0.76%) IFRS 17
7 4 (0.76%) PMO
8 3 (0.57%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.57%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 2 (0.38%) GMP
9 2 (0.38%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.38%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.19%) HL7
10 1 (0.19%) ISO 8583
10 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.19%) WCAG
System Software
1 12 (2.29%) Docker
2 10 (1.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (1.53%) NFS
4 4 (0.76%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.38%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.38%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 19 (3.63%) Kubernetes
2 10 (1.91%) Terraform
3 6 (1.15%) EMC VPLEX
3 6 (1.15%) vMotion
4 4 (0.76%) Ansible
4 4 (0.76%) Grafana
5 2 (0.38%) Argo
5 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.38%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.19%) Control-M
6 1 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.19%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 96 (18.36%) Oracle
2 82 (15.68%) SAP
3 69 (13.19%) Microsoft
4 32 (6.12%) Salesforce
5 28 (5.35%) Workday
6 26 (4.97%) Databricks
7 19 (3.63%) Informatica
8 15 (2.87%) Avaloq
9 12 (2.29%) MuleSoft
9 12 (2.29%) ServiceNow
10 11 (2.10%) VMware
11 10 (1.91%) Pure Storage
12 9 (1.72%) GoldenSource
12 9 (1.72%) Talend
13 8 (1.53%) Kronos
13 8 (1.53%) Temenos
14 7 (1.34%) Google
15 6 (1.15%) Commvault
16 5 (0.96%) IBM
17 3 (0.57%) Murex