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 12 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 103 97
Rank change year-on-year +9 -6 +47
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 485 340 423
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.20% 2.50% 2.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.52% 2.76% 2.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 325 232 310
10th Percentile £400 £387 £412
25th Percentile £463 £474 £489
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £650 £626 £675
90th Percentile £700 £700 £738
England median daily rate £540 £538 £550
% change year-on-year +0.47% -2.27% +3.77%
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% +21.43%
75th Percentile - - £86.50
90th Percentile - - £86.70
England median hourly rate £61.00 £57.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +6.09% +43.75% -36.00%

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 13,766 12,313 16,184
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.73% 90.57% 88.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,152 7,857 11,594
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% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 212 153 339
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.05 £16.02
25th Percentile £25.11 £25.40 £19.49
Median hourly rate £34.75 £37.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.34% +25.00% -14.89%
75th Percentile £56.62 £55.25 £51.25
90th Percentile £69.94 £79.75 £72.50
England median hourly rate £25.77 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -26.37% - -

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 12 February 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 12 February 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 +9 61 £550 - 23
East London +2 5 £500 +25.00% 1
West London -14 4 £800 +60.00% 3
North London - 4 £600 -
South London - 3 - - 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 (4.33%) Confluence
2 10 (2.06%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.62%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (0.62%) CMS
3 3 (0.62%) LiveLink
4 2 (0.41%) Appian
5 1 (0.21%) Apache
5 1 (0.21%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.21%) IIS
5 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.21%) NetWeaver
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.21%) SAP Portal
5 1 (0.21%) WebSphere
Applications
1 29 (5.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (3.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (2.27%) Microsoft Project
4 9 (1.86%) MS Visio
5 8 (1.65%) Microsoft Office
5 8 (1.65%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.62%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.21%) Trello
Business Applications
1 34 (7.01%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (3.71%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (2.89%) SAP HR
4 12 (2.47%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 10 (2.06%) Loan IQ
5 10 (2.06%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 8 (1.65%) Oracle EBS
6 8 (1.65%) Oracle General Ledger
7 7 (1.44%) Oracle ERP
7 7 (1.44%) SAP CO
8 6 (1.24%) Oracle FAH
8 6 (1.24%) SAP FI
8 6 (1.24%) SAP FI/CO
9 5 (1.03%) Workday HCM
10 4 (0.82%) Finacle
10 4 (0.82%) SAP Payroll
11 3 (0.62%) Oracle Payables
11 3 (0.62%) SAP MM
11 3 (0.62%) Temenos T24
12 2 (0.41%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 66 (13.61%) Azure
2 54 (11.13%) AWS
3 51 (10.52%) Power Platform
4 33 (6.80%) OCI
5 29 (5.98%) Dynamics 365
6 20 (4.12%) SaaS
7 15 (3.09%) Azure Data Factory
7 15 (3.09%) Azure DevOps
7 15 (3.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 15 (3.09%) Snowflake
8 12 (2.47%) Amazon S3
8 12 (2.47%) GitHub
9 10 (2.06%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 10 (2.06%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 9 (1.86%) SuccessFactors
11 8 (1.65%) Azure Logic Apps
12 7 (1.44%) GCP
12 7 (1.44%) Power Automate
12 7 (1.44%) PowerApps
13 6 (1.24%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.06%) NAS
2 8 (1.65%) SAN
3 2 (0.41%) DNS
4 1 (0.21%) Firewall
4 1 (0.21%) IPv4
4 1 (0.21%) Network Security
4 1 (0.21%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.21%) VLAN
4 1 (0.21%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (9.07%) Data Warehouse
2 42 (8.66%) SQL Server
3 39 (8.04%) Power BI
4 28 (5.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 24 (4.95%) Relational Database
6 20 (4.12%) Oracle Database
7 16 (3.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 14 (2.89%) Metadata
8 14 (2.89%) PostgreSQL
8 14 (2.89%) Tableau
9 12 (2.47%) RDBMS
10 11 (2.27%) Amazon Redshift
10 11 (2.27%) Data Lake
11 10 (2.06%) Big Data
11 10 (2.06%) MySQL
12 8 (1.65%) DataStage
12 8 (1.65%) Oracle Reports
13 6 (1.24%) Amazon Athena
13 6 (1.24%) DB2
13 6 (1.24%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 46 (9.48%) JIRA
2 4 (0.82%) Git
2 4 (0.82%) Jenkins
2 4 (0.82%) Toad
3 3 (0.62%) Bitbucket
3 3 (0.62%) ERwin
3 3 (0.62%) LSMW
4 2 (0.41%) Cypress.io
4 2 (0.41%) Oracle Forms
4 2 (0.41%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.21%) GitLab
5 1 (0.21%) gulp
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.21%) Selenium
5 1 (0.21%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.21%) Terragrunt
5 1 (0.21%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.21%) webpack
General
1 177 (36.49%) Finance
2 157 (32.37%) Social Skills
3 59 (12.16%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (9.90%) Banking
5 39 (8.04%) Public Sector
6 28 (5.77%) Retail
7 25 (5.15%) Documentation Skills
8 14 (2.89%) Legal
8 14 (2.89%) Local Government
8 14 (2.89%) Presentation Skills
9 12 (2.47%) Investment Banking
9 12 (2.47%) Organisational Skills
10 10 (2.06%) Back Office
10 10 (2.06%) General Ledger
10 10 (2.06%) Manufacturing
11 8 (1.65%) Front Office
12 7 (1.44%) Law
12 7 (1.44%) Telecoms
13 6 (1.24%) Billing
13 6 (1.24%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 89 (18.35%) Lead
2 87 (17.94%) Analyst
3 58 (11.96%) Consultant
4 57 (11.75%) Business Analyst
5 48 (9.90%) Architect
6 44 (9.07%) Data Engineer
7 38 (7.84%) Senior
8 36 (7.42%) Project Manager
9 32 (6.60%) Developer
10 27 (5.57%) Migration Analyst
11 25 (5.15%) Data Analyst
12 21 (4.33%) Data Migration Lead
13 18 (3.71%) Data Migration Analyst
14 17 (3.51%) Data Architect
14 17 (3.51%) Migration Manager
15 16 (3.30%) Data Manager
16 15 (3.09%) Solutions Architect
17 14 (2.89%) Functional Consultant
17 14 (2.89%) SAP Consultant
17 14 (2.89%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (4.33%) Oracle Fusion
2 19 (3.92%) REST
2 19 (3.92%) XML
3 14 (2.89%) Middleware
4 11 (2.27%) SOAP
5 10 (2.06%) .NET
6 8 (1.65%) Lightning Web Components
7 7 (1.44%) PySpark
8 5 (1.03%) JSON
9 4 (0.82%) React
9 4 (0.82%) Web Services
10 3 (0.62%) Kafka
10 3 (0.62%) SAP Fiori
10 3 (0.62%) Visualforce
10 3 (0.62%) XSLT
11 2 (0.41%) ADO
11 2 (0.41%) FHIR
11 2 (0.41%) OpenTelemetry
11 2 (0.41%) Playwright
12 1 (0.21%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 69 (14.23%) Legacy Systems
2 38 (7.84%) Data Structures
3 19 (3.92%) Management Information System
4 14 (2.89%) Onboarding
5 13 (2.68%) Replication
6 10 (2.06%) Data Protection Act
7 7 (1.44%) Cloud Native
7 7 (1.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 7 (1.44%) Product Ownership
7 7 (1.44%) Reference Data
7 7 (1.44%) Tandem
8 6 (1.24%) Derivative
8 6 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.24%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (1.03%) Credit Risk
10 4 (0.82%) Equities
10 4 (0.82%) FMCG
10 4 (0.82%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (0.82%) Public Cloud
10 4 (0.82%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.24%) Unix
1 6 (1.24%) Windows
2 5 (1.03%) Windows Server 2016
3 3 (0.62%) Linux
3 3 (0.62%) zOS
4 2 (0.41%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 485 (100.00%) Migration
2 120 (24.74%) Agile
3 104 (21.44%) Stakeholder Management
4 103 (21.24%) ETL
5 88 (18.14%) Problem-Solving
6 82 (16.91%) Data Modelling
7 80 (16.49%) User Acceptance Testing
8 76 (15.67%) Validation
9 70 (14.43%) ERP
10 66 (13.61%) Analytics
11 63 (12.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 55 (11.34%) Project Management
13 53 (10.93%) Data Mapping
14 51 (10.52%) Business Intelligence
15 46 (9.48%) Workshop Facilitation
16 45 (9.28%) Data Cleansing
17 44 (9.07%) Data Governance
18 43 (8.87%) Data Analysis
18 43 (8.87%) Decision-Making
19 36 (7.42%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 143 (29.48%) SQL
2 44 (9.07%) Python
3 20 (4.12%) Java
4 13 (2.68%) JavaScript
5 10 (2.06%) PL/SQL
6 9 (1.86%) C#
7 7 (1.44%) Apex Code
8 5 (1.03%) PHP
8 5 (1.03%) Shell Script
8 5 (1.03%) T-SQL
9 4 (0.82%) Perl
9 4 (0.82%) VBA
10 3 (0.62%) Bash
10 3 (0.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (0.62%) Korn
11 2 (0.41%) Bicep
11 2 (0.41%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.41%) R
11 2 (0.41%) SOQL
11 2 (0.41%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 63 (12.99%) Security Cleared
2 54 (11.13%) SC Cleared
3 36 (7.42%) Degree
4 16 (3.30%) PMP
5 13 (2.68%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (2.68%) PMI Certification
6 9 (1.86%) BPSS Clearance
6 9 (1.86%) Master's Degree
7 8 (1.65%) AWS Certification
8 5 (1.03%) CFA
9 2 (0.41%) CIPD
9 2 (0.41%) IIBA
9 2 (0.41%) SAP Certification
9 2 (0.41%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.21%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 1 (0.21%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.21%) CCA
10 1 (0.21%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.21%) Numerate Degree
10 1 (0.21%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (17.73%) Data Quality
2 32 (6.60%) QA
3 22 (4.54%) GDPR
4 9 (1.86%) IFRS
5 5 (1.03%) GAAP
5 5 (1.03%) IFRS 9
5 5 (1.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 5 (1.03%) SLA
6 4 (0.82%) Basel III
6 4 (0.82%) IFRS 17
7 3 (0.62%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.62%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 3 (0.62%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.62%) PMO
8 2 (0.41%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.21%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.21%) COBIT
9 1 (0.21%) HL7
9 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.21%) WCAG
System Software
1 12 (2.47%) Docker
2 9 (1.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (1.44%) NFS
4 3 (0.62%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.41%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.41%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (3.09%) Kubernetes
2 11 (2.27%) Terraform
3 5 (1.03%) EMC VPLEX
3 5 (1.03%) vMotion
4 4 (0.82%) Ansible
4 4 (0.82%) Grafana
5 2 (0.41%) Argo
5 2 (0.41%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.21%) Control-M
6 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.21%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 91 (18.76%) Oracle
2 81 (16.70%) SAP
3 61 (12.58%) Microsoft
4 25 (5.15%) Salesforce
4 25 (5.15%) Workday
5 23 (4.74%) Databricks
6 17 (3.51%) Informatica
7 13 (2.68%) Avaloq
8 11 (2.27%) ServiceNow
9 9 (1.86%) Pure Storage
9 9 (1.86%) VMware
10 8 (1.65%) GoldenSource
10 8 (1.65%) Kronos
11 7 (1.44%) MuleSoft
11 7 (1.44%) Temenos
12 6 (1.24%) Talend
13 5 (1.03%) Commvault
13 5 (1.03%) Google
13 5 (1.03%) IBM
14 4 (0.82%) Alteryx