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 23 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 80 104 117
Rank change year-on-year +24 +13 +49
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 474 388 433
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.37% 2.44% 2.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.65% 2.73% 2.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 299 262 290
10th Percentile £400 £400 £409
25th Percentile £456 £470 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £650 £650 £669
90th Percentile £725 £701 £739
England median daily rate £540 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -1.82% - +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 9
10th Percentile £66.25 £37.70 £82.70
25th Percentile £71.88 £41.75 £83.50
Median hourly rate £85.00 £49.50 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year +71.72% -41.76% +44.68%
75th Percentile £99.38 £58.25 £86.50
90th Percentile £105.75 £62.90 £86.70
England median hourly rate £65.00 £64.00 £85.00
% change year-on-year +1.56% -24.71% +34.92%

All Process and 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 12,972 14,232 17,965
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.22% 89.44% 89.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,522 9,196 12,900
10th Percentile £335 £350 £355
25th Percentile £425 £450 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £570
Median % change year-on-year -3.09% -3.42% -3.47%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 256 174 243
10th Percentile £17.98 £17.25 £18.61
25th Percentile £24.50 £23.80 £21.50
Median hourly rate £28.31 £37.50 £36.28
Median % change year-on-year -24.50% +3.36% -6.68%
75th Percentile £47.13 £56.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £68.43 £80.75 £74.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.75 £44.50
% change year-on-year -29.65% -19.66% +25.35%

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 23 November 2025.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Migration in London over the 6 months to 23 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Migration in London

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 23 November 2025. 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 +16 65 £560 -1.54% 16
East London +11 10 £540 +35.00%
North London - 6 £550 -
West London -10 5 £600 +20.00% 4
South London -2 4 £458 +1.67%
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 25 (5.27%) Confluence
2 13 (2.74%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.27%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.84%) CMS
5 3 (0.63%) Apache
5 3 (0.63%) LiveLink
6 2 (0.42%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.21%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.21%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.21%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.21%) SAP Portal
Applications
1 26 (5.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (2.74%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (2.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.27%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (1.05%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.63%) Oracle Smart View
6 3 (0.63%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.21%) Trello
Business Applications
1 40 (8.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 21 (4.43%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (2.95%) SAP HR
4 10 (2.11%) Oracle EBS
5 9 (1.90%) Salesforce CRM
6 7 (1.48%) NetSuite
6 7 (1.48%) SAP Payroll
7 6 (1.27%) Endur
7 6 (1.27%) Oracle ERP
7 6 (1.27%) Oracle Payables
8 5 (1.05%) Oracle EBS R12
8 5 (1.05%) Oracle General Ledger
8 5 (1.05%) SAP ERP
8 5 (1.05%) Workday HCM
9 4 (0.84%) Loan IQ
9 4 (0.84%) Oracle FAH
9 4 (0.84%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 4 (0.84%) Unit4 Business World
10 3 (0.63%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 3 (0.63%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 69 (14.56%) Azure
2 48 (10.13%) Power Platform
3 47 (9.92%) AWS
4 31 (6.54%) OCI
4 31 (6.54%) SaaS
5 28 (5.91%) Dynamics 365
6 20 (4.22%) Azure DevOps
7 17 (3.59%) Snowflake
8 13 (2.74%) Azure Data Factory
8 13 (2.74%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 13 (2.74%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 11 (2.32%) Amazon S3
9 11 (2.32%) GCP
10 10 (2.11%) GitHub
11 8 (1.69%) Azure Logic Apps
11 8 (1.69%) dbt
11 8 (1.69%) PowerApps
12 7 (1.48%) Power Automate
12 7 (1.48%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 7 (1.48%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.63%) NAS
2 2 (0.42%) WAN
3 1 (0.21%) DNS
3 1 (0.21%) Firewall
3 1 (0.21%) IPv4
3 1 (0.21%) Network Security
3 1 (0.21%) SAN
3 1 (0.21%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.21%) VLAN
3 1 (0.21%) VPN
3 1 (0.21%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (8.44%) SQL Server
2 37 (7.81%) Data Warehouse
3 36 (7.59%) Power BI
4 27 (5.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 25 (5.27%) Relational Database
6 16 (3.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 14 (2.95%) Oracle Database
8 13 (2.74%) RDBMS
9 12 (2.53%) Amazon Redshift
10 11 (2.32%) Tableau
11 10 (2.11%) Metadata
12 9 (1.90%) Big Data
12 9 (1.90%) Data Lake
12 9 (1.90%) DataStage
13 8 (1.69%) MongoDB
13 8 (1.69%) MySQL
14 7 (1.48%) Amazon QuickSight
14 7 (1.48%) Oracle Reports
15 6 (1.27%) BigQuery
15 6 (1.27%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 46 (9.70%) JIRA
2 4 (0.84%) Git
2 4 (0.84%) Toad
2 4 (0.84%) Zephyr
3 3 (0.63%) Selenium
4 2 (0.42%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.42%) LSMW
4 2 (0.42%) Oracle Forms
4 2 (0.42%) TestRail
4 2 (0.42%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.21%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.21%) ER Studio
5 1 (0.21%) ERwin
5 1 (0.21%) GitLab
5 1 (0.21%) gulp
5 1 (0.21%) Postman
5 1 (0.21%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.21%) webpack
General
1 194 (40.93%) Finance
2 155 (32.70%) Social Skills
3 58 (12.24%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (7.59%) Public Sector
5 35 (7.38%) Banking
6 22 (4.64%) Local Government
7 21 (4.43%) Documentation Skills
8 20 (4.22%) Back Office
9 17 (3.59%) Retail
10 12 (2.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 12 (2.53%) Manufacturing
11 11 (2.32%) Legal
11 11 (2.32%) Marketing
12 9 (1.90%) Billing
13 8 (1.69%) Front Office
13 8 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
14 7 (1.48%) General Ledger
14 7 (1.48%) Investment Banking
15 6 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 88 (18.57%) Analyst
2 67 (14.14%) Lead
3 62 (13.08%) Consultant
4 58 (12.24%) Business Analyst
5 57 (12.03%) Architect
6 42 (8.86%) Project Manager
7 38 (8.02%) Data Engineer
8 33 (6.96%) Senior
9 24 (5.06%) Data Migration Lead
10 22 (4.64%) Data Analyst
11 20 (4.22%) Developer
11 20 (4.22%) SAP Consultant
12 18 (3.80%) Migration Analyst
13 17 (3.59%) Solutions Architect
14 15 (3.16%) Data Migration Analyst
14 15 (3.16%) Functional Consultant
15 14 (2.95%) Data Architect
15 14 (2.95%) Data Migration Specialist
15 14 (2.95%) Migration Engineer
15 14 (2.95%) Migration Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (4.64%) XML
2 20 (4.22%) REST
3 16 (3.38%) Oracle Fusion
4 15 (3.16%) Lightning Web Components
5 12 (2.53%) SOAP
6 8 (1.69%) Middleware
6 8 (1.69%) Visualforce
7 7 (1.48%) .NET
7 7 (1.48%) JSON
7 7 (1.48%) PySpark
8 5 (1.05%) React
9 4 (0.84%) SAP Fiori
9 4 (0.84%) Swagger
9 4 (0.84%) Web Services
10 3 (0.63%) BAPI
10 3 (0.63%) EDI
10 3 (0.63%) IDoc
11 2 (0.42%) Great Expectations
11 2 (0.42%) SAP Basis
11 2 (0.42%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 59 (12.45%) Legacy Systems
2 28 (5.91%) Data Structures
3 18 (3.80%) Management Information System
4 12 (2.53%) Onboarding
4 12 (2.53%) Product Ownership
5 8 (1.69%) Virtual Team
6 7 (1.48%) Data Protection Act
6 7 (1.48%) Reference Data
7 6 (1.27%) Data Centre
7 6 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
7 6 (1.27%) Replication
8 5 (1.05%) Credit Risk
9 4 (0.84%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (0.84%) Cloud Native
9 4 (0.84%) Grid Computing
9 4 (0.84%) Public Cloud
10 3 (0.63%) Educational Technology
10 3 (0.63%) FMCG
10 3 (0.63%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.05%) Unix
1 5 (1.05%) Windows Server 2016
2 4 (0.84%) Windows
3 1 (0.21%) AIX
3 1 (0.21%) Linux
3 1 (0.21%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 474 (100.00%) Migration
2 103 (21.73%) Agile
3 96 (20.25%) Problem-Solving
4 83 (17.51%) ETL
5 78 (16.46%) ERP
6 77 (16.24%) Stakeholder Management
6 77 (16.24%) User Acceptance Testing
7 67 (14.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 66 (13.92%) Validation
9 64 (13.50%) Data Modelling
10 55 (11.60%) Analytics
11 51 (10.76%) Business Intelligence
11 51 (10.76%) Project Management
12 48 (10.13%) CRM
13 45 (9.49%) Data Cleansing
13 45 (9.49%) Workshop Facilitation
14 43 (9.07%) Change Management
14 43 (9.07%) Data Governance
15 40 (8.44%) DevOps
16 39 (8.23%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 123 (25.95%) SQL
2 40 (8.44%) Python
3 30 (6.33%) Java
4 14 (2.95%) Apex Code
5 13 (2.74%) C#
6 11 (2.32%) JavaScript
7 7 (1.48%) Shell Script
8 6 (1.27%) PL/SQL
9 5 (1.05%) ABAP
9 5 (1.05%) PHP
9 5 (1.05%) SOQL
10 4 (0.84%) Perl
10 4 (0.84%) SOSL
10 4 (0.84%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.63%) Bicep
11 3 (0.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.63%) VB
12 2 (0.42%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.42%) Scala
12 2 (0.42%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 41 (8.65%) Degree
2 37 (7.81%) Security Cleared
3 32 (6.75%) SC Cleared
4 12 (2.53%) AWS Certification
4 12 (2.53%) PMI Certification
4 12 (2.53%) PMP
5 11 (2.32%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (1.48%) BPSS Clearance
6 7 (1.48%) Master's Degree
7 5 (1.05%) CFA
8 4 (0.84%) CBAP
8 4 (0.84%) DBS Check
8 4 (0.84%) ISTQB
8 4 (0.84%) SAP Certification
9 3 (0.63%) Oracle Certification
10 2 (0.42%) CIMA
10 2 (0.42%) CIPD
11 1 (0.21%) APMG
11 1 (0.21%) CCAB
11 1 (0.21%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (13.71%) Data Quality
2 33 (6.96%) QA
3 16 (3.38%) GDPR
4 5 (1.05%) IFRS
4 5 (1.05%) SLA
5 3 (0.63%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.63%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 3 (0.63%) IFRS 17
5 3 (0.63%) IFRS 9
5 3 (0.63%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.42%) EMIR
6 2 (0.42%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.42%) MiFID
6 2 (0.42%) PMO
7 1 (0.21%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.21%) GAAP
7 1 (0.21%) GRC
7 1 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.21%) WCAG
System Software
1 15 (3.16%) Docker
2 2 (0.42%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.21%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.21%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (3.80%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.11%) Terraform
3 5 (1.05%) Ansible
4 4 (0.84%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.21%) Argo
5 1 (0.21%) Grafana
5 1 (0.21%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (0.21%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 88 (18.57%) SAP
2 79 (16.67%) Oracle
3 59 (12.45%) Microsoft
4 30 (6.33%) Salesforce
5 25 (5.27%) Workday
6 20 (4.22%) Databricks
7 9 (1.90%) Informatica
8 8 (1.69%) Kronos
9 6 (1.27%) Atlassian
9 6 (1.27%) Google
9 6 (1.27%) MuleSoft
10 5 (1.05%) HP
10 5 (1.05%) Liquidlogic
10 5 (1.05%) ServiceNow
10 5 (1.05%) Siebel
10 5 (1.05%) Talend
11 4 (0.84%) Concur
12 3 (0.63%) Alteryx
12 3 (0.63%) Ariba
12 3 (0.63%) IFS