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

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 83 98 123
Rank change year-on-year +15 +25 +38
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 460 386 427
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.29% 2.49% 2.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.57% 2.79% 2.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 288 262 285
10th Percentile £400 £400 £403
25th Percentile £456 £468 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £656 £650 £675
90th Percentile £725 £711 £734
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +2.09%
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 12,903 13,835 18,054
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.34% 89.23% 89.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,481 8,908 12,964
10th Percentile £333 £350 £356
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £570
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% -3.51% -3.39%
75th Percentile £656 £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 263 165 248
10th Percentile £18.03 £17.35 £18.55
25th Percentile £24.77 £23.80 £21.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £37.50 £36.33
Median % change year-on-year -22.67% +3.21% -3.11%
75th Percentile £47.25 £55.75 £62.25
90th Percentile £67.00 £80.45 £76.63
England median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -32.93% -16.67% +28.57%

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 18 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 18 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 18 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 +1 61 £550 -0.18% 80
East London +11 10 £540 +35.00% 2
North London - 6 £550 -
West London -14 5 £600 +20.00% 6
South London -4 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 22 (4.78%) Confluence
2 8 (1.74%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.30%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.87%) CMS
5 3 (0.65%) Apache
5 3 (0.65%) LiveLink
6 2 (0.43%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.22%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.22%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.22%) SAP Portal
Applications
1 18 (3.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.87%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.65%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.65%) Oracle Smart View
5 3 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.22%) Trello
Business Applications
1 44 (9.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 24 (5.22%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (3.04%) SAP HR
4 9 (1.96%) Oracle EBS
4 9 (1.96%) Salesforce CRM
5 8 (1.74%) Oracle Payables
6 7 (1.52%) NetSuite
6 7 (1.52%) SAP Payroll
7 6 (1.30%) Endur
8 5 (1.09%) Oracle EBS R12
8 5 (1.09%) Oracle ERP
8 5 (1.09%) Oracle General Ledger
8 5 (1.09%) SAP ERP
8 5 (1.09%) SAP SD
8 5 (1.09%) Workday HCM
9 4 (0.87%) Oracle FAH
9 4 (0.87%) Oracle Receivables
9 4 (0.87%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 4 (0.87%) Unit4 Business World
10 3 (0.65%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 69 (15.00%) Azure
2 47 (10.22%) Power Platform
3 46 (10.00%) AWS
4 31 (6.74%) OCI
5 30 (6.52%) Dynamics 365
5 30 (6.52%) SaaS
6 21 (4.57%) Azure DevOps
7 17 (3.70%) Snowflake
8 13 (2.83%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 11 (2.39%) Amazon S3
9 11 (2.39%) Azure Data Factory
9 11 (2.39%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 11 (2.39%) GCP
10 10 (2.17%) GitHub
11 9 (1.96%) Azure Logic Apps
11 9 (1.96%) PowerApps
12 8 (1.74%) dbt
12 8 (1.74%) Power Automate
13 7 (1.52%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 7 (1.52%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.43%) NAS
1 2 (0.43%) WAN
2 1 (0.22%) DNS
2 1 (0.22%) Firewall
2 1 (0.22%) IPv4
2 1 (0.22%) Network Security
2 1 (0.22%) SAN
2 1 (0.22%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.22%) VLAN
2 1 (0.22%) VPN
2 1 (0.22%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (8.26%) SQL Server
2 36 (7.83%) Data Warehouse
3 33 (7.17%) Power BI
4 27 (5.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 20 (4.35%) Relational Database
6 16 (3.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 12 (2.61%) Amazon Redshift
8 11 (2.39%) Tableau
9 10 (2.17%) Metadata
9 10 (2.17%) Oracle Database
10 9 (1.96%) Big Data
10 9 (1.96%) DataStage
10 9 (1.96%) RDBMS
11 7 (1.52%) Amazon QuickSight
11 7 (1.52%) Data Lake
11 7 (1.52%) MySQL
11 7 (1.52%) Oracle Reports
11 7 (1.52%) SAP HANA
12 6 (1.30%) BigQuery
12 6 (1.30%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 42 (9.13%) JIRA
2 5 (1.09%) LSMW
3 4 (0.87%) Git
3 4 (0.87%) Zephyr
4 3 (0.65%) Selenium
5 2 (0.43%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.43%) Oracle Forms
5 2 (0.43%) TestRail
5 2 (0.43%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.22%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.22%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.22%) ERwin
6 1 (0.22%) GitLab
6 1 (0.22%) gulp
6 1 (0.22%) Postman
6 1 (0.22%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.22%) webpack
General
1 195 (42.39%) Finance
2 153 (33.26%) Social Skills
3 56 (12.17%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (7.61%) Public Sector
5 34 (7.39%) Banking
6 22 (4.78%) Local Government
7 20 (4.35%) Back Office
7 20 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
8 16 (3.48%) Retail
9 12 (2.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (2.61%) Marketing
10 11 (2.39%) Manufacturing
11 9 (1.96%) Billing
11 9 (1.96%) General Ledger
11 9 (1.96%) Legal
12 8 (1.74%) Front Office
13 7 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (1.52%) Investment Banking
13 7 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 79 (17.17%) Analyst
2 67 (14.57%) Consultant
3 65 (14.13%) Lead
4 55 (11.96%) Architect
5 54 (11.74%) Business Analyst
6 43 (9.35%) Project Manager
7 38 (8.26%) Data Engineer
8 30 (6.52%) Senior
9 23 (5.00%) SAP Consultant
10 22 (4.78%) Data Analyst
10 22 (4.78%) Data Migration Lead
11 17 (3.70%) Solutions Architect
12 15 (3.26%) Developer
12 15 (3.26%) Functional Consultant
13 14 (3.04%) Data Migration Analyst
13 14 (3.04%) Migration Analyst
13 14 (3.04%) Migration Engineer
13 14 (3.04%) Oracle Consultant
14 13 (2.83%) Data Migration Specialist
14 13 (2.83%) Migration Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (4.78%) XML
2 19 (4.13%) REST
3 15 (3.26%) Lightning Web Components
3 15 (3.26%) Oracle Fusion
4 11 (2.39%) SOAP
5 9 (1.96%) Middleware
6 8 (1.74%) Visualforce
7 7 (1.52%) JSON
7 7 (1.52%) PySpark
7 7 (1.52%) SAP Fiori
8 6 (1.30%) .NET
8 6 (1.30%) BAPI
8 6 (1.30%) EDI
8 6 (1.30%) IDoc
9 5 (1.09%) React
9 5 (1.09%) SAP ALE
10 4 (0.87%) Swagger
10 4 (0.87%) Web Services
11 2 (0.43%) HTML
11 2 (0.43%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 58 (12.61%) Legacy Systems
2 29 (6.30%) Data Structures
3 18 (3.91%) Management Information System
4 12 (2.61%) Product Ownership
5 11 (2.39%) Onboarding
6 8 (1.74%) Virtual Team
7 7 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
7 7 (1.52%) Reference Data
8 6 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.30%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (1.09%) Credit Risk
9 5 (1.09%) Data Centre
10 4 (0.87%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (0.87%) Cloud Native
10 4 (0.87%) Grid Computing
10 4 (0.87%) Public Cloud
11 3 (0.65%) FMCG
11 3 (0.65%) Legacy Applications
11 3 (0.65%) Reinsurance
11 3 (0.65%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.09%) Windows Server 2016
2 4 (0.87%) Windows
3 1 (0.22%) AIX
3 1 (0.22%) Linux
3 1 (0.22%) Unix
3 1 (0.22%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 460 (100.00%) Migration
2 96 (20.87%) Agile
3 92 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 77 (16.74%) ERP
5 75 (16.30%) ETL
6 74 (16.09%) User Acceptance Testing
7 73 (15.87%) Stakeholder Management
8 67 (14.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 65 (14.13%) Validation
10 62 (13.48%) Data Modelling
11 57 (12.39%) Analytics
12 51 (11.09%) CRM
13 48 (10.43%) Business Intelligence
13 48 (10.43%) Project Management
14 42 (9.13%) Data Governance
15 41 (8.91%) Change Management
15 41 (8.91%) Data Cleansing
15 41 (8.91%) DevOps
15 41 (8.91%) Workshop Facilitation
16 38 (8.26%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 115 (25.00%) SQL
2 40 (8.70%) Python
3 29 (6.30%) Java
4 14 (3.04%) Apex Code
5 13 (2.83%) C#
6 12 (2.61%) JavaScript
7 8 (1.74%) ABAP
8 5 (1.09%) Shell Script
8 5 (1.09%) SOQL
9 4 (0.87%) SOSL
9 4 (0.87%) T-SQL
10 3 (0.65%) Bicep
10 3 (0.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (0.65%) VB
11 2 (0.43%) Korn
11 2 (0.43%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.43%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.43%) R
11 2 (0.43%) Scala
11 2 (0.43%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 42 (9.13%) Degree
2 35 (7.61%) Security Cleared
3 30 (6.52%) SC Cleared
4 12 (2.61%) PMI Certification
4 12 (2.61%) PMP
5 11 (2.39%) AWS Certification
5 11 (2.39%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (1.52%) BPSS Clearance
6 7 (1.52%) Master's Degree
7 5 (1.09%) CFA
8 4 (0.87%) CBAP
8 4 (0.87%) DBS Check
8 4 (0.87%) ISTQB
8 4 (0.87%) SAP Certification
9 3 (0.65%) Oracle Certification
10 2 (0.43%) CIMA
10 2 (0.43%) CIPD
11 1 (0.22%) ACCA
11 1 (0.22%) CCAB
11 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (13.04%) Data Quality
2 32 (6.96%) QA
3 14 (3.04%) GDPR
4 8 (1.74%) SLA
5 5 (1.09%) IFRS
6 3 (0.65%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.65%) IFRS 17
6 3 (0.65%) IFRS 9
6 3 (0.65%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.43%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.43%) EMIR
7 2 (0.43%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.43%) MiFID
7 2 (0.43%) PMO
8 1 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.22%) GAAP
8 1 (0.22%) GRC
8 1 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.22%) WCAG
System Software
1 15 (3.26%) Docker
2 2 (0.43%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.22%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.22%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (3.91%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.17%) Terraform
3 5 (1.09%) Ansible
4 4 (0.87%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.22%) Argo
5 1 (0.22%) Grafana
5 1 (0.22%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (0.22%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 89 (19.35%) SAP
2 75 (16.30%) Oracle
3 55 (11.96%) Microsoft
4 29 (6.30%) Salesforce
5 25 (5.43%) Workday
6 18 (3.91%) Databricks
7 9 (1.96%) Informatica
8 8 (1.74%) Kronos
9 6 (1.30%) Google
9 6 (1.30%) MuleSoft
9 6 (1.30%) ServiceNow
10 5 (1.09%) Atlassian
10 5 (1.09%) HP
10 5 (1.09%) Liquidlogic
10 5 (1.09%) Siebel
10 5 (1.09%) Talend
11 4 (0.87%) Concur
12 3 (0.65%) Ariba
12 3 (0.65%) Hitachi
12 3 (0.65%) IFS