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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 94 104 133
Rank change year-on-year +10 +29 +46
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 391 383 436
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 2.93% 2.39% 1.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.17% 2.68% 2.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 229 248 296
10th Percentile £400 £379 £409
25th Percentile £453 £455 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £656 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £732 £725
England median daily rate £529 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.04% -1.82% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 1
10th Percentile £42.99 - -
25th Percentile £55.53 £62.00 £92.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £64.00 £95.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% -32.63% +72.73%
75th Percentile £78.13 £66.00 £97.50
90th Percentile £97.25 - -
England median hourly rate £51.50 £80.00 £92.22
% change year-on-year -35.63% -13.25% +47.55%

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 12,340 14,309 20,036
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.56% 89.21% 90.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,163 9,544 14,525
10th Percentile £325 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% -4.35% -0.86%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £695
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 253 180 230
10th Percentile £17.02 £17.25 £18.15
25th Percentile £25.00 £23.80 £21.81
Median hourly rate £32.00 £35.00 £39.63
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% -11.67% +7.09%
75th Percentile £48.75 £55.00 £63.94
90th Percentile £63.75 £72.19 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.54
% change year-on-year -41.51% -1.24% +50.14%

Data Migration
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Data Migration as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Data Migration 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 16 September 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 16 September 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 16 September 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 0 51 £555 +6.73% 49
North London - 8 £550 -
West London -4 7 £625 +8.70% 5
East London +11 6 £675 +25.00% 3
South London -4 5 £458 -3.68% 4
Data Migration
England

Data Migration
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 17 (4.35%) Confluence
2 9 (2.30%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.28%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.77%) SAS
5 2 (0.51%) Apache
5 2 (0.51%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.51%) CMS
6 1 (0.26%) NetWeaver
6 1 (0.26%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.26%) SAP Portal
Applications
1 13 (3.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.05%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.77%) Oracle Smart View
4 2 (0.51%) Trello
5 1 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.26%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 50 (12.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (4.35%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (2.30%) Oracle EBS
4 7 (1.79%) NetSuite
4 7 (1.79%) Salesforce CRM
5 6 (1.53%) Oracle EBS R12
5 6 (1.53%) Oracle Payables
6 5 (1.28%) Endur
6 5 (1.28%) Oracle General Ledger
6 5 (1.28%) SAP CO
6 5 (1.28%) SAP ERP
6 5 (1.28%) SAP FI
6 5 (1.28%) SAP FI/CO
6 5 (1.28%) SAP HCM
6 5 (1.28%) SAP MDG
6 5 (1.28%) SAP SD
7 4 (1.02%) Oracle FAH
7 4 (1.02%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 4 (1.02%) SAP Payroll
7 4 (1.02%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 59 (15.09%) Azure
2 31 (7.93%) Power Platform
3 30 (7.67%) Dynamics 365
4 29 (7.42%) AWS
5 23 (5.88%) SaaS
6 22 (5.63%) OCI
7 18 (4.60%) Azure DevOps
8 15 (3.84%) GCP
9 12 (3.07%) Snowflake
10 10 (2.56%) Amazon S3
10 10 (2.56%) Power Automate
10 10 (2.56%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 9 (2.30%) PowerApps
11 9 (2.30%) Serverless
12 8 (2.05%) Azure Data Factory
12 8 (2.05%) Microsoft 365
12 8 (2.05%) PaaS
13 7 (1.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 7 (1.79%) dbt
14 5 (1.28%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.77%) Firewall
1 3 (0.77%) VPN
2 2 (0.51%) WAN
3 1 (0.26%) IPv4
3 1 (0.26%) NAS
3 1 (0.26%) Network Security
3 1 (0.26%) SAN
3 1 (0.26%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.26%) VLAN
3 1 (0.26%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (7.93%) Data Warehouse
2 22 (5.63%) Power BI
3 21 (5.37%) SQL Server
4 14 (3.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 11 (2.81%) SAP HANA
6 10 (2.56%) Metadata
7 9 (2.30%) Amazon Redshift
7 9 (2.30%) Oracle Reports
7 9 (2.30%) Tableau
8 8 (2.05%) Data Lake
9 7 (1.79%) BigQuery
9 7 (1.79%) Relational Database
9 7 (1.79%) SAP Data Services
9 7 (1.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 6 (1.53%) SAP BW
11 5 (1.28%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (1.28%) NoSQL
11 5 (1.28%) Oracle Database
12 4 (1.02%) Amazon QuickSight
12 4 (1.02%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 33 (8.44%) JIRA
2 7 (1.79%) LSMW
3 4 (1.02%) Zephyr
4 3 (0.77%) GitLab
4 3 (0.77%) Selenium
5 2 (0.51%) TestRail
6 1 (0.26%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.26%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.26%) ERwin
6 1 (0.26%) Git
6 1 (0.26%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.26%) Postman
6 1 (0.26%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.26%) Subversion
6 1 (0.26%) Toad
6 1 (0.26%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 172 (43.99%) Finance
2 138 (35.29%) Social Skills
3 47 (12.02%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (5.88%) Banking
4 23 (5.88%) Public Sector
5 22 (5.63%) Marketing
6 19 (4.86%) Local Government
7 17 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 16 (4.09%) Back Office
9 13 (3.32%) Retail
10 11 (2.81%) Documentation Skills
11 10 (2.56%) Manufacturing
11 10 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
12 9 (2.30%) General Ledger
13 7 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (1.79%) Legal
14 6 (1.53%) Billing
14 6 (1.53%) Front Office
15 5 (1.28%) Telecoms
16 4 (1.02%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 61 (15.60%) Analyst
2 57 (14.58%) Consultant
3 52 (13.30%) Lead
4 48 (12.28%) Architect
5 40 (10.23%) Project Manager
6 39 (9.97%) Business Analyst
7 27 (6.91%) Senior
8 26 (6.65%) Data Engineer
8 26 (6.65%) SAP Consultant
9 22 (5.63%) Data Migration Lead
10 17 (4.35%) Data Analyst
11 15 (3.84%) Developer
12 14 (3.58%) Data Architect
12 14 (3.58%) Solutions Architect
13 12 (3.07%) Functional Consultant
13 12 (3.07%) Migration Engineer
13 12 (3.07%) Migration Specialist
14 11 (2.81%) Data Migration Specialist
15 10 (2.56%) Oracle Consultant
15 10 (2.56%) SAP Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.84%) Lightning Web Components
2 14 (3.58%) XML
3 10 (2.56%) Oracle Fusion
3 10 (2.56%) REST
3 10 (2.56%) Visualforce
4 8 (2.05%) SAP Fiori
4 8 (2.05%) SOAP
5 7 (1.79%) BAPI
5 7 (1.79%) Middleware
6 6 (1.53%) IDoc
6 6 (1.53%) JSON
7 5 (1.28%) EDI
7 5 (1.28%) SAP ALE
8 4 (1.02%) PySpark
9 3 (0.77%) Kafka
9 3 (0.77%) React
9 3 (0.77%) Swagger
9 3 (0.77%) Web Services
10 2 (0.51%) SAP Basis
10 2 (0.51%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 44 (11.25%) Legacy Systems
2 24 (6.14%) Data Structures
3 17 (4.35%) Management Information System
4 10 (2.56%) Product Ownership
5 9 (2.30%) Virtual Team
6 7 (1.79%) Reference Data
7 6 (1.53%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (1.28%) Greenfield Project
8 5 (1.28%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.02%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.02%) Onboarding
10 3 (0.77%) Cloud Native
10 3 (0.77%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (0.77%) FMCG
10 3 (0.77%) Grid Computing
10 3 (0.77%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (0.77%) Legacy Applications
10 3 (0.77%) Reinsurance
11 2 (0.51%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.53%) Linux
2 5 (1.28%) Unix
3 4 (1.02%) Windows
4 1 (0.26%) AIX
4 1 (0.26%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 391 (100.00%) Migration
2 93 (23.79%) Problem-Solving
3 73 (18.67%) ERP
4 72 (18.41%) Agile
5 65 (16.62%) Stakeholder Management
6 64 (16.37%) User Acceptance Testing
7 61 (15.60%) Validation
8 54 (13.81%) ETL
9 51 (13.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 45 (11.51%) Change Management
10 45 (11.51%) CRM
11 43 (11.00%) Data Modelling
12 39 (9.97%) Project Management
13 38 (9.72%) Data Governance
14 37 (9.46%) Data Analysis
15 36 (9.21%) DevOps
15 36 (9.21%) Risk Management
16 34 (8.70%) Business Intelligence
17 33 (8.44%) Analytics
17 33 (8.44%) Data Cleansing
Programming Languages
1 70 (17.90%) SQL
2 33 (8.44%) Python
3 16 (4.09%) Java
4 15 (3.84%) Apex Code
5 10 (2.56%) ABAP
6 8 (2.05%) C#
6 8 (2.05%) JavaScript
7 5 (1.28%) Shell Script
8 4 (1.02%) SOQL
8 4 (1.02%) T-SQL
9 3 (0.77%) Bicep
9 3 (0.77%) SOSL
9 3 (0.77%) VB
10 2 (0.51%) C++
10 2 (0.51%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.51%) R
10 2 (0.51%) SAS Macro
11 1 (0.26%) LookML
11 1 (0.26%) PROC SQL
11 1 (0.26%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 39 (9.97%) Degree
2 27 (6.91%) Security Cleared
3 25 (6.39%) SC Cleared
4 15 (3.84%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (3.58%) PMI Certification
6 12 (3.07%) PMP
7 8 (2.05%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (1.53%) AWS Certification
8 6 (1.53%) CBAP
9 5 (1.28%) SAP Certification
10 4 (1.02%) DBS Check
10 4 (1.02%) ISTQB
10 4 (1.02%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.77%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.77%) CFA
11 3 (0.77%) CIMA
11 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.77%) Oracle Certification
12 2 (0.51%) ACCA
12 2 (0.51%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (13.55%) Data Quality
2 25 (6.39%) QA
3 8 (2.05%) GDPR
3 8 (2.05%) SLA
4 4 (1.02%) PMO
5 2 (0.51%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.51%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 2 (0.51%) EMIR
5 2 (0.51%) GAAP
5 2 (0.51%) IFRS
5 2 (0.51%) MiFID
5 2 (0.51%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.26%) GRC
6 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (2.05%) Docker
2 1 (0.26%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (2.81%) Terraform
2 8 (2.05%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.02%) Ansible
3 4 (1.02%) HP ALM
4 2 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.26%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (0.26%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.26%) Puppet
Vendors
1 88 (22.51%) SAP
2 60 (15.35%) Oracle
3 53 (13.55%) Microsoft
4 29 (7.42%) Salesforce
5 14 (3.58%) Workday
6 13 (3.32%) Databricks
7 11 (2.81%) Google
8 6 (1.53%) Ariba
9 5 (1.28%) HP
9 5 (1.28%) Siebel
10 4 (1.02%) Informatica
11 3 (0.77%) Alteryx
11 3 (0.77%) Atlassian
11 3 (0.77%) Concur
11 3 (0.77%) Hitachi
11 3 (0.77%) Hyperion
11 3 (0.77%) IFS
11 3 (0.77%) Liquidlogic
11 3 (0.77%) ServiceNow
12 2 (0.51%) MuleSoft