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 30 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 115 98
Rank change year-on-year +41 -17 +46
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 643 306 427
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.48% 2.51% 2.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.93% 2.73% 2.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 459 183 319
10th Percentile £380 £400 £386
25th Percentile £463 £457 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - -1.35%
75th Percentile £641 £638 £674
90th Percentile £750 £785 £748
England median daily rate £525 £529 £550
% change year-on-year -0.76% -3.82% +2.80%
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 £40.78 £60.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year -32.04% -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 16,373 11,226 15,458
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.63% 92.27% 88.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,935 7,534 11,094
10th Percentile £358 £350 £340
25th Percentile £434 £431 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £760 £800 £800
England median daily rate £514 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.10% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 245 192 316
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.50 £15.50
25th Percentile £25.25 £24.09 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £32.00 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +17.19% +14.29% -28.97%
75th Percentile £59.00 £49.56 £48.75
90th Percentile £78.13 £62.90 £66.88
England median hourly rate £47.00 £28.55 £37.18
% change year-on-year +64.62% -23.21% -0.85%

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 30 May 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 30 May 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 +20 89 £550 +12.13% 11
West London -17 14 £800 +28.00% 9
East London -4 4 £613 +13.43%
North London -2 2 £523 -4.13%
South London -14 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 23 (3.58%) SharePoint
2 17 (2.64%) Confluence
3 4 (0.62%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.31%) Apache
5 2 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.31%) Appian
5 2 (0.31%) IIS
6 1 (0.16%) OpenROAD
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.16%) WebSphere
Applications
1 32 (4.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (2.33%) Microsoft Project
3 10 (1.56%) Spreadsheet
4 8 (1.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.93%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.31%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 48 (7.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (2.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (2.64%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 12 (1.87%) SAP ERP
4 11 (1.71%) NetSuite
5 10 (1.56%) Loan IQ
5 10 (1.56%) Oracle EBS
6 9 (1.40%) Oracle ERP
7 8 (1.24%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 7 (1.09%) Oracle General Ledger
9 6 (0.93%) Finacle
9 6 (0.93%) iTrent
9 6 (0.93%) Oracle Receivables
10 5 (0.78%) SAP Payroll
10 5 (0.78%) Workday HCM
11 4 (0.62%) Oracle Payables
11 4 (0.62%) SAP CO
11 4 (0.62%) SAP HCM
11 4 (0.62%) SAP MDG
11 4 (0.62%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 109 (16.95%) Azure
2 89 (13.84%) Power Platform
3 65 (10.11%) AWS
4 64 (9.95%) Dynamics 365
5 39 (6.07%) Azure DevOps
6 26 (4.04%) OCI
7 21 (3.27%) SaaS
8 20 (3.11%) Azure Data Factory
9 18 (2.80%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 18 (2.80%) Snowflake
10 17 (2.64%) Amazon S3
11 15 (2.33%) GitHub
12 13 (2.02%) Power Automate
13 11 (1.71%) GCP
13 11 (1.71%) Microsoft 365
14 10 (1.56%) dbt
14 10 (1.56%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 10 (1.56%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 10 (1.56%) SuccessFactors
15 9 (1.40%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.56%) NAS
1 10 (1.56%) SAN
2 3 (0.47%) DNS
2 3 (0.47%) Firewall
2 3 (0.47%) VPN
3 2 (0.31%) HTTP
4 1 (0.16%) DKIM
4 1 (0.16%) DMARC
4 1 (0.16%) Fibre Channel
4 1 (0.16%) Network Security
4 1 (0.16%) SNMP
4 1 (0.16%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (12.13%) Power BI
2 45 (7.00%) Data Warehouse
3 25 (3.89%) SQL Server
4 20 (3.11%) Data Lake
5 17 (2.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 15 (2.33%) Metadata
7 14 (2.18%) NoSQL
8 12 (1.87%) PostgreSQL
9 11 (1.71%) DB2
10 10 (1.56%) Oracle Reports
11 9 (1.40%) Oracle Database
11 9 (1.40%) Tableau
12 8 (1.24%) Amazon Redshift
12 8 (1.24%) Relational Database
13 6 (0.93%) MySQL
13 6 (0.93%) Snowflake Schema
14 5 (0.78%) Azure SQL Database
14 5 (0.78%) BusinessObjects
14 5 (0.78%) SAP Data Services
14 5 (0.78%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 62 (9.64%) JIRA
2 11 (1.71%) Git
3 6 (0.93%) LSMW
4 5 (0.78%) Selenium
5 4 (0.62%) Cucumber
5 4 (0.62%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.62%) JUnit
5 4 (0.62%) Zephyr
6 3 (0.47%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.47%) ERwin
6 3 (0.47%) GitLab
7 2 (0.31%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.31%) Oracle Forms
7 2 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.16%) Gatling
8 1 (0.16%) Postman
8 1 (0.16%) ScriptRunner
8 1 (0.16%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.16%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.16%) Terragrunt
General
1 249 (38.72%) Finance
2 195 (30.33%) Social Skills
3 85 (13.22%) Analytical Skills
4 68 (10.58%) Banking
5 41 (6.38%) Law
6 40 (6.22%) Public Sector
7 30 (4.67%) Retail
8 29 (4.51%) Documentation Skills
9 21 (3.27%) Presentation Skills
10 18 (2.80%) General Ledger
11 17 (2.64%) Legal
12 15 (2.33%) Local Government
13 14 (2.18%) Organisational Skills
14 13 (2.02%) Marketing
15 11 (1.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 11 (1.71%) Manufacturing
16 10 (1.56%) Billing
17 9 (1.40%) Aviation
17 9 (1.40%) Pharmaceutical
18 8 (1.24%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 171 (26.59%) Lead
2 110 (17.11%) Architect
3 100 (15.55%) Analyst
4 59 (9.18%) Business Analyst
5 54 (8.40%) Consultant
6 53 (8.24%) Data Engineer
7 49 (7.62%) Data Migration Lead
8 46 (7.15%) Senior
9 40 (6.22%) Data Analyst
10 39 (6.07%) Project Manager
11 37 (5.75%) Migration Analyst
12 32 (4.98%) Lead Architect
13 31 (4.82%) Data Architect
13 31 (4.82%) Functional Architect
13 31 (4.82%) Migration Manager
14 28 (4.35%) Technical Leader
15 26 (4.04%) Data Migration Analyst
16 25 (3.89%) Test Manager
17 23 (3.58%) Data Business Analyst
18 22 (3.42%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (5.44%) Oracle Fusion
2 22 (3.42%) Middleware
3 15 (2.33%) REST
4 12 (1.87%) SOAP
5 11 (1.71%) XML
6 8 (1.24%) .NET
7 7 (1.09%) JSON
7 7 (1.09%) Kafka
7 7 (1.09%) Lightning Web Components
8 6 (0.93%) Spring
9 3 (0.47%) FHIR
9 3 (0.47%) Playwright
9 3 (0.47%) React
10 2 (0.31%) ADO
10 2 (0.31%) PySpark
10 2 (0.31%) Web Services
11 1 (0.16%) BAPI
11 1 (0.16%) Flash
11 1 (0.16%) HTML
11 1 (0.16%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 79 (12.29%) Legacy Systems
2 49 (7.62%) Data Structures
3 20 (3.11%) Management Information System
4 19 (2.95%) Cloud Native
5 12 (1.87%) Product Ownership
5 12 (1.87%) Reference Data
6 11 (1.71%) Enterprise Software
6 11 (1.71%) Mainframe
6 11 (1.71%) Onboarding
6 11 (1.71%) Replication
7 9 (1.40%) Data Centre
7 9 (1.40%) Greenfield Project
8 8 (1.24%) Data Protection Act
8 8 (1.24%) Derivative
8 8 (1.24%) Distributed Systems
9 7 (1.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 6 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (0.93%) Legacy Code
10 6 (0.93%) PACS
10 6 (0.93%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 13 (2.02%) Windows
2 7 (1.09%) zOS
3 6 (0.93%) Linux
4 2 (0.31%) Unix
4 2 (0.31%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.16%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 643 (100.00%) Migration
2 152 (23.64%) Stakeholder Management
3 149 (23.17%) User Acceptance Testing
4 146 (22.71%) Validation
5 129 (20.06%) Agile
6 123 (19.13%) ERP
7 110 (17.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 106 (16.49%) Data Modelling
9 91 (14.15%) ETL
10 88 (13.69%) Business Intelligence
11 79 (12.29%) Problem-Solving
12 78 (12.13%) Data Mapping
13 72 (11.20%) Data Governance
14 70 (10.89%) Continuous Improvement
15 62 (9.64%) Data Transformation
15 62 (9.64%) Translating Business Requirements
16 60 (9.33%) Data Cleansing
17 59 (9.18%) DevOps
17 59 (9.18%) Procure-to-Pay
18 58 (9.02%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 121 (18.82%) SQL
2 54 (8.40%) Python
3 24 (3.73%) Java
4 12 (1.87%) JavaScript
5 9 (1.40%) PL/SQL
6 6 (0.93%) Apex Code
6 6 (0.93%) T-SQL
7 5 (0.78%) C#
7 5 (0.78%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 5 (0.78%) VBA
8 3 (0.47%) Kotlin
8 3 (0.47%) Shell Script
8 3 (0.47%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.31%) Bash
9 2 (0.31%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.31%) R
9 2 (0.31%) Scala
9 2 (0.31%) SOQL
10 1 (0.16%) Bicep
10 1 (0.16%) Korn
Qualifications
1 87 (13.53%) Security Cleared
2 72 (11.20%) SC Cleared
3 29 (4.51%) Degree
4 16 (2.49%) PMP
5 13 (2.02%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (2.02%) PMI Certification
6 7 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (0.78%) Azure Certification
8 4 (0.62%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.47%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.47%) ISTQB
9 3 (0.47%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.31%) IIBA
10 2 (0.31%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.16%) CAPM
11 1 (0.16%) CBAP
11 1 (0.16%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 1 (0.16%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 1 (0.16%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 124 (19.28%) Data Quality
2 51 (7.93%) QA
3 26 (4.04%) GDPR
4 11 (1.71%) SLA
5 10 (1.56%) PMO
6 8 (1.24%) IFRS
7 6 (0.93%) GAAP
7 6 (0.93%) HL7
8 5 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (0.62%) Basel III
10 3 (0.47%) Accessibility
10 3 (0.47%) DICOM
10 3 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 3 (0.47%) SNOMED CT
11 2 (0.31%) GMP
11 2 (0.31%) GRC
11 2 (0.31%) IFRS 9
11 2 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.16%) SOC 1
12 1 (0.16%) SOC 2
System Software
1 10 (1.56%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (1.24%) NFS
3 5 (0.78%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.62%) Docker
5 1 (0.16%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.16%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.16%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (2.18%) Terraform
2 13 (2.02%) Kubernetes
3 6 (0.93%) EMC VPLEX
3 6 (0.93%) vMotion
4 4 (0.62%) Ansible
5 3 (0.47%) Grafana
5 3 (0.47%) HP ALM
5 3 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.16%) Argo
6 1 (0.16%) Avamar
6 1 (0.16%) Control-M
6 1 (0.16%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.16%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.16%) NetBackup
6 1 (0.16%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.16%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 120 (18.66%) Microsoft
2 104 (16.17%) SAP
3 103 (16.02%) Oracle
4 35 (5.44%) Databricks
5 26 (4.04%) Salesforce
6 19 (2.95%) Workday
7 18 (2.80%) Informatica
8 14 (2.18%) Avaloq
9 13 (2.02%) ServiceNow
9 13 (2.02%) VMware
10 10 (1.56%) Pure Storage
11 9 (1.40%) GoldenSource
11 9 (1.40%) Temenos
12 8 (1.24%) Google
12 8 (1.24%) MuleSoft
13 7 (1.09%) Talend
14 6 (0.93%) Commvault
14 6 (0.93%) IBM
15 5 (0.78%) Ariba
16 4 (0.62%) Bloomberg