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

6 months to
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 110 90
Rank change year-on-year +35 -20 +64
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 614 319 451
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.51% 2.51% 2.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.95% 2.72% 2.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 437 212 336
10th Percentile £375 £400 £403
25th Percentile £463 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
75th Percentile £638 £632 £677
90th Percentile £705 £775 £749
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 4
10th Percentile - £37.66 -
25th Percentile £61.25 £42.22 £83.50
Median hourly rate £67.50 £49.83 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year +35.47% -41.38% +325.00%
75th Percentile £73.75 £57.42 £86.50
90th Percentile - £61.97 -
England median hourly rate £41.56 £63.75 £80.00
% change year-on-year -34.82% -20.31% +300.00%

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 15,550 11,711 15,802
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.85% 91.99% 88.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,406 7,955 11,321
10th Percentile £355 £350 £338
25th Percentile £430 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £685 £675
90th Percentile £756 £806 £800
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 259 168 333
10th Percentile £18.66 £16.48 £15.96
25th Percentile £25.15 £23.57 £19.92
Median hourly rate £35.50 £34.58 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.68% +15.25% -23.08%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.75 £47.75
90th Percentile £73.15 £63.75 £66.70
England median hourly rate £42.50 £31.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +37.10% -11.43% -6.67%

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 April 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 23 April 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 +18 76 £550 +10.00% 22
West London -18 9 £950 +52.00% 1
East London +1 5 £550 +17.02% 2
North London +2 3 £550 +0.92%
South London -16 1 - - 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 (3.42%) SharePoint
2 19 (3.09%) Confluence
3 3 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.33%) Appian
4 2 (0.33%) IIS
5 1 (0.16%) Apache
5 1 (0.16%) CMS
5 1 (0.16%) OpenROAD
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.16%) WebSphere
Applications
1 35 (5.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (2.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 17 (2.77%) Microsoft Project
3 11 (1.79%) Spreadsheet
4 9 (1.47%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 40 (6.51%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (3.09%) Dynamics CRM
3 17 (2.77%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 13 (2.12%) Loan IQ
5 10 (1.63%) Oracle EBS
6 9 (1.47%) Oracle ERP
6 9 (1.47%) Workday HCM
7 8 (1.30%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 7 (1.14%) SAP ERP
9 6 (0.98%) Finacle
9 6 (0.98%) NetSuite
9 6 (0.98%) Oracle General Ledger
10 4 (0.65%) Oracle Receivables
10 4 (0.65%) SAP CO
10 4 (0.65%) SAP Payroll
10 4 (0.65%) Temenos T24
11 3 (0.49%) Oracle Financials
11 3 (0.49%) SAP FI
11 3 (0.49%) SAP FI/CO
11 3 (0.49%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 97 (15.80%) Azure
2 95 (15.47%) Power Platform
3 68 (11.07%) Dynamics 365
4 55 (8.96%) AWS
5 36 (5.86%) Azure DevOps
6 35 (5.70%) OCI
7 24 (3.91%) Azure Data Factory
8 22 (3.58%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 22 (3.58%) SaaS
9 17 (2.77%) GitHub
10 15 (2.44%) Snowflake
11 14 (2.28%) Amazon S3
12 12 (1.95%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 12 (1.95%) SuccessFactors
13 11 (1.79%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 10 (1.63%) GCP
15 8 (1.30%) Microsoft 365
16 7 (1.14%) Azure Logic Apps
16 7 (1.14%) Power Automate
17 6 (0.98%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.95%) NAS
2 10 (1.63%) SAN
3 4 (0.65%) DNS
4 3 (0.49%) Firewall
5 2 (0.33%) HTTP
5 2 (0.33%) VPN
6 1 (0.16%) DKIM
6 1 (0.16%) DMARC
6 1 (0.16%) Fibre Channel
6 1 (0.16%) Network Security
6 1 (0.16%) SNMP
6 1 (0.16%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (13.19%) Power BI
2 47 (7.65%) Data Warehouse
3 32 (5.21%) SQL Server
4 25 (4.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 19 (3.09%) Data Lake
6 16 (2.61%) Relational Database
7 15 (2.44%) Oracle Database
8 13 (2.12%) Metadata
8 13 (2.12%) PostgreSQL
9 12 (1.95%) DB2
10 11 (1.79%) Amazon Redshift
10 11 (1.79%) NoSQL
10 11 (1.79%) Oracle Reports
10 11 (1.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 10 (1.63%) Tableau
12 8 (1.30%) MySQL
13 7 (1.14%) DataStage
13 7 (1.14%) Snowflake Schema
14 6 (0.98%) Azure SQL Database
14 6 (0.98%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 63 (10.26%) JIRA
2 9 (1.47%) Git
3 5 (0.81%) Jenkins
3 5 (0.81%) LSMW
3 5 (0.81%) Selenium
4 4 (0.65%) Cucumber
4 4 (0.65%) JUnit
4 4 (0.65%) Toad
5 3 (0.49%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.49%) ERwin
5 3 (0.49%) GitLab
5 3 (0.49%) Oracle Forms
5 3 (0.49%) Zephyr
6 2 (0.33%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.33%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.16%) Fiddler
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.16%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.16%) TeamCity
General
1 240 (39.09%) Finance
2 198 (32.25%) Social Skills
3 81 (13.19%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (9.45%) Banking
5 44 (7.17%) Public Sector
6 40 (6.51%) Law
7 33 (5.37%) Retail
8 27 (4.40%) Documentation Skills
9 23 (3.75%) Presentation Skills
10 16 (2.61%) Legal
11 15 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
12 13 (2.12%) Manufacturing
13 12 (1.95%) Local Government
14 11 (1.79%) General Ledger
15 10 (1.63%) Billing
15 10 (1.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 10 (1.63%) Marketing
16 8 (1.30%) Front Office
16 8 (1.30%) Influencing Skills
16 8 (1.30%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 148 (24.10%) Lead
2 110 (17.92%) Analyst
3 103 (16.78%) Architect
4 69 (11.24%) Business Analyst
5 57 (9.28%) Data Engineer
6 51 (8.31%) Consultant
7 48 (7.82%) Senior
8 40 (6.51%) Migration Analyst
9 39 (6.35%) Data Migration Lead
10 38 (6.19%) Project Manager
11 34 (5.54%) Data Analyst
12 32 (5.21%) Lead Architect
13 31 (5.05%) Functional Architect
14 30 (4.89%) Migration Manager
15 29 (4.72%) Developer
16 27 (4.40%) Data Business Analyst
16 27 (4.40%) Data Migration Analyst
17 26 (4.23%) Technical Leader
18 23 (3.75%) Data Architect
19 22 (3.58%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (5.05%) Oracle Fusion
2 19 (3.09%) XML
3 18 (2.93%) Middleware
4 17 (2.77%) REST
5 14 (2.28%) SOAP
6 12 (1.95%) .NET
7 9 (1.47%) Lightning Web Components
8 7 (1.14%) JSON
9 6 (0.98%) Kafka
9 6 (0.98%) Spring
10 3 (0.49%) PySpark
10 3 (0.49%) Web Services
10 3 (0.49%) XSLT
11 2 (0.33%) FHIR
11 2 (0.33%) OpenTelemetry
11 2 (0.33%) Playwright
11 2 (0.33%) React
11 2 (0.33%) Visualforce
12 1 (0.16%) pgvector
12 1 (0.16%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 80 (13.03%) Legacy Systems
2 45 (7.33%) Data Structures
3 25 (4.07%) Management Information System
4 19 (3.09%) Cloud Native
5 16 (2.61%) Replication
6 12 (1.95%) Enterprise Software
6 12 (1.95%) Product Ownership
7 11 (1.79%) Mainframe
8 10 (1.63%) Onboarding
9 9 (1.47%) Greenfield Project
9 9 (1.47%) Reference Data
9 9 (1.47%) Tandem
10 8 (1.30%) Data Centre
10 8 (1.30%) Data Protection Act
10 8 (1.30%) Distributed Systems
11 7 (1.14%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 6 (0.98%) Derivative
12 6 (0.98%) PACS
13 5 (0.81%) FMCG
13 5 (0.81%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 10 (1.63%) Windows
2 7 (1.14%) zOS
3 6 (0.98%) Linux
3 6 (0.98%) Unix
4 2 (0.33%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.16%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 614 (100.00%) Migration
2 149 (24.27%) Stakeholder Management
3 142 (23.13%) User Acceptance Testing
4 133 (21.66%) Agile
5 130 (21.17%) Validation
6 123 (20.03%) ERP
7 104 (16.94%) Data Modelling
8 103 (16.78%) ETL
8 103 (16.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 94 (15.31%) Business Intelligence
10 79 (12.87%) Data Mapping
10 79 (12.87%) Problem-Solving
11 66 (10.75%) Continuous Improvement
11 66 (10.75%) Project Management
12 62 (10.10%) Decision-Making
13 60 (9.77%) Data Cleansing
14 58 (9.45%) Analytics
15 56 (9.12%) DevOps
15 56 (9.12%) Procure-to-Pay
16 55 (8.96%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 138 (22.48%) SQL
2 48 (7.82%) Python
3 29 (4.72%) Java
4 13 (2.12%) JavaScript
5 12 (1.95%) PL/SQL
6 8 (1.30%) Apex Code
6 8 (1.30%) C#
7 7 (1.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 7 (1.14%) T-SQL
8 6 (0.98%) VBA
9 5 (0.81%) PHP
9 5 (0.81%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.65%) Perl
11 3 (0.49%) Bash
11 3 (0.49%) Korn
11 3 (0.49%) Kotlin
11 3 (0.49%) SOQL
12 2 (0.33%) Bicep
12 2 (0.33%) R
12 2 (0.33%) X++
Qualifications
1 84 (13.68%) Security Cleared
2 68 (11.07%) SC Cleared
3 31 (5.05%) Degree
4 15 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (1.95%) PMP
6 11 (1.79%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (1.47%) AWS Certification
7 9 (1.47%) PMI Certification
8 5 (0.81%) Azure Certification
8 5 (0.81%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.49%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.33%) CFA
10 2 (0.33%) CIPD
10 2 (0.33%) IIBA
10 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.33%) SAP Certification
10 2 (0.33%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.16%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.16%) ISEB
11 1 (0.16%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 110 (17.92%) Data Quality
2 44 (7.17%) QA
3 27 (4.40%) GDPR
4 9 (1.47%) SLA
5 8 (1.30%) IFRS
6 7 (1.14%) PMO
7 5 (0.81%) GAAP
7 5 (0.81%) HL7
7 5 (0.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (0.65%) Basel III
8 4 (0.65%) IFRS 9
9 3 (0.49%) DICOM
9 3 (0.49%) IFRS 17
10 2 (0.33%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 2 (0.33%) GMP
10 2 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 2 (0.33%) SNOMED CT
11 1 (0.16%) GRC
11 1 (0.16%) SOC 2
System Software
1 11 (1.79%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (1.30%) NFS
3 5 (0.81%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.65%) Docker
5 2 (0.33%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.33%) vSphere
6 1 (0.16%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 16 (2.61%) Kubernetes
2 12 (1.95%) Terraform
3 6 (0.98%) EMC VPLEX
3 6 (0.98%) vMotion
4 5 (0.81%) Ansible
5 4 (0.65%) Grafana
6 3 (0.49%) HP ALM
6 3 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.33%) Argo
7 2 (0.33%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.16%) Avamar
8 1 (0.16%) Control-M
8 1 (0.16%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (0.16%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.16%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.16%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 119 (19.38%) Microsoft
2 106 (17.26%) Oracle
3 90 (14.66%) SAP
4 34 (5.54%) Salesforce
5 27 (4.40%) Workday
6 26 (4.23%) Databricks
7 18 (2.93%) Informatica
8 17 (2.77%) Avaloq
9 14 (2.28%) ServiceNow
10 13 (2.12%) VMware
11 11 (1.79%) MuleSoft
11 11 (1.79%) Pure Storage
12 10 (1.63%) GoldenSource
13 9 (1.47%) IBM
13 9 (1.47%) Temenos
14 8 (1.30%) Google
15 6 (0.98%) Commvault
15 6 (0.98%) Talend
16 4 (0.65%) Ariba
16 4 (0.65%) Refinitiv