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

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 93 107 99
Rank change year-on-year +14 -8 +42
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 444 334 428
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.10% 2.38% 2.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.39% 2.64% 2.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 289 232 310
10th Percentile £398 £400 £413
25th Percentile £463 £475 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £566
Median % change year-on-year - -2.87% +2.95%
75th Percentile £650 £632 £675
90th Percentile £700 £700 £750
England median daily rate £538 £550 £555
% change year-on-year -2.27% -0.90% +5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 9
10th Percentile - - £82.70
25th Percentile £100.00 - £83.50
Median hourly rate £105.00 £35.00 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year +200.00% -58.82% +21.43%
75th Percentile £110.00 - £86.50
90th Percentile - - £86.70
England median hourly rate £64.57 £35.00 £85.00
% change year-on-year +84.47% -58.82% +21.00%

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 13,093 12,664 16,176
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.28% 90.41% 88.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,651 8,072 11,558
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% -6.25%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 219 156 277
10th Percentile £18.25 £19.97 £16.48
25th Percentile £24.69 £24.42 £19.99
Median hourly rate £32.50 £35.00 £32.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +9.38% -14.35%
75th Percentile £54.38 £53.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £69.49 £80.38 £73.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% -12.50% +14.29%

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 January 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 18 January 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 +8 59 £565 +2.59% 12
East London 0 6 £520 +30.00% 2
West London -15 3 £600 +20.00% 1
North London - 3 £650 - 1
South London - 3 - -
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 (4.73%) Confluence
2 9 (2.03%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.13%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.68%) CMS
4 3 (0.68%) LiveLink
5 1 (0.23%) Apache
5 1 (0.23%) Appian
5 1 (0.23%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.23%) IIS
5 1 (0.23%) NetWeaver
5 1 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.23%) SAP Portal
5 1 (0.23%) WebSphere
Applications
1 22 (4.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (2.93%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (2.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (1.80%) MS Visio
4 6 (1.35%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (1.35%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.68%) Oracle Smart View
6 1 (0.23%) Trello
Business Applications
1 35 (7.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (3.60%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (3.15%) SAP HR
4 10 (2.25%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 9 (2.03%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 8 (1.80%) Oracle EBS
6 8 (1.80%) Oracle General Ledger
7 6 (1.35%) Oracle FAH
7 6 (1.35%) SAP CO
7 6 (1.35%) SAP FI
7 6 (1.35%) SAP FI/CO
8 5 (1.13%) Loan IQ
8 5 (1.13%) Oracle ERP
8 5 (1.13%) Workday HCM
9 4 (0.90%) NetSuite
9 4 (0.90%) Oracle EBS R12
9 4 (0.90%) SAP Payroll
10 3 (0.68%) Finacle
10 3 (0.68%) SAP ERP
10 3 (0.68%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 60 (13.51%) Azure
2 48 (10.81%) Power Platform
3 46 (10.36%) AWS
4 32 (7.21%) OCI
5 24 (5.41%) Dynamics 365
6 23 (5.18%) SaaS
7 17 (3.83%) Snowflake
8 15 (3.38%) Azure DevOps
9 14 (3.15%) Azure Data Factory
9 14 (3.15%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 11 (2.48%) GitHub
11 10 (2.25%) Amazon S3
12 8 (1.80%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 7 (1.58%) Azure Logic Apps
13 7 (1.58%) SuccessFactors
14 6 (1.35%) dbt
14 6 (1.35%) Power Automate
14 6 (1.35%) PowerApps
14 6 (1.35%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 5 (1.13%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.68%) NAS
2 1 (0.23%) DNS
2 1 (0.23%) IPv4
2 1 (0.23%) Network Security
2 1 (0.23%) SAN
2 1 (0.23%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.23%) VLAN
2 1 (0.23%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (9.23%) Data Warehouse
2 39 (8.78%) SQL Server
3 38 (8.56%) Power BI
4 26 (5.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 23 (5.18%) Relational Database
6 19 (4.28%) Oracle Database
7 15 (3.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 14 (3.15%) Tableau
9 13 (2.93%) RDBMS
10 12 (2.70%) Metadata
11 10 (2.25%) Big Data
11 10 (2.25%) Data Lake
11 10 (2.25%) PostgreSQL
12 9 (2.03%) Amazon Redshift
12 9 (2.03%) MySQL
13 8 (1.80%) DataStage
13 8 (1.80%) Oracle Reports
14 6 (1.35%) Snowflake Schema
15 5 (1.13%) Azure SQL Database
15 5 (1.13%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 40 (9.01%) JIRA
2 4 (0.90%) Git
2 4 (0.90%) Toad
3 3 (0.68%) Bitbucket
3 3 (0.68%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.68%) LSMW
4 2 (0.45%) Cypress.io
4 2 (0.45%) ERwin
4 2 (0.45%) Oracle Forms
4 2 (0.45%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.23%) gulp
5 1 (0.23%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.23%) Selenium
5 1 (0.23%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.23%) Terragrunt
5 1 (0.23%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.23%) webpack
General
1 173 (38.96%) Finance
2 137 (30.86%) Social Skills
3 55 (12.39%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (10.59%) Banking
5 30 (6.76%) Public Sector
6 26 (5.86%) Retail
7 19 (4.28%) Documentation Skills
8 16 (3.60%) Back Office
8 16 (3.60%) Local Government
9 13 (2.93%) Legal
10 11 (2.48%) Manufacturing
11 10 (2.25%) Investment Banking
12 9 (2.03%) General Ledger
12 9 (2.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 8 (1.80%) Front Office
13 8 (1.80%) Presentation Skills
14 7 (1.58%) Influencing Skills
14 7 (1.58%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (1.35%) Law
15 6 (1.35%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 83 (18.69%) Analyst
2 79 (17.79%) Lead
3 60 (13.51%) Business Analyst
4 54 (12.16%) Consultant
5 43 (9.68%) Architect
6 36 (8.11%) Data Engineer
7 35 (7.88%) Senior
8 33 (7.43%) Project Manager
9 27 (6.08%) Developer
10 24 (5.41%) Data Analyst
10 24 (5.41%) Data Migration Lead
11 21 (4.73%) Migration Analyst
12 17 (3.83%) Data Migration Analyst
12 17 (3.83%) Solutions Architect
13 16 (3.60%) Migration Manager
13 16 (3.60%) SAP Consultant
14 15 (3.38%) Data Architect
15 13 (2.93%) Data Manager
15 13 (2.93%) Functional Consultant
16 12 (2.70%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (5.41%) XML
2 21 (4.73%) Oracle Fusion
3 16 (3.60%) REST
4 9 (2.03%) .NET
4 9 (2.03%) Middleware
5 8 (1.80%) Lightning Web Components
5 8 (1.80%) SOAP
6 7 (1.58%) PySpark
7 5 (1.13%) JSON
8 4 (0.90%) Visualforce
9 3 (0.68%) SAP Fiori
9 3 (0.68%) Web Services
9 3 (0.68%) XSLT
10 2 (0.45%) FHIR
10 2 (0.45%) Kafka
10 2 (0.45%) Playwright
10 2 (0.45%) React
11 1 (0.23%) Gherkin
11 1 (0.23%) PostGIS
11 1 (0.23%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 63 (14.19%) Legacy Systems
2 32 (7.21%) Data Structures
3 14 (3.15%) Management Information System
4 13 (2.93%) Onboarding
5 8 (1.80%) Data Protection Act
6 7 (1.58%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (1.58%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 7 (1.58%) Reference Data
6 7 (1.58%) Replication
7 6 (1.35%) Product Ownership
8 5 (1.13%) Cloud Native
8 5 (1.13%) Credit Risk
8 5 (1.13%) Derivative
9 4 (0.90%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (0.90%) Public Cloud
9 4 (0.90%) Tandem
10 3 (0.68%) Data Centre
10 3 (0.68%) Educational Technology
10 3 (0.68%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (0.68%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.35%) Unix
2 5 (1.13%) Windows Server 2016
3 4 (0.90%) Linux
4 3 (0.68%) Windows
5 2 (0.45%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.23%) AIX
6 1 (0.23%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 444 (100.00%) Migration
2 112 (25.23%) Agile
3 92 (20.72%) ETL
4 85 (19.14%) Stakeholder Management
5 83 (18.69%) Problem-Solving
6 73 (16.44%) Data Modelling
7 65 (14.64%) ERP
8 64 (14.41%) User Acceptance Testing
8 64 (14.41%) Validation
9 57 (12.84%) Analytics
10 56 (12.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 49 (11.04%) Business Intelligence
12 46 (10.36%) Project Management
13 45 (10.14%) Data Mapping
13 45 (10.14%) Workshop Facilitation
14 41 (9.23%) Data Analysis
14 41 (9.23%) Data Governance
15 39 (8.78%) Data Cleansing
16 38 (8.56%) Decision-Making
17 31 (6.98%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 131 (29.50%) SQL
2 42 (9.46%) Python
3 20 (4.50%) Java
4 10 (2.25%) Shell Script
5 9 (2.03%) JavaScript
5 9 (2.03%) PL/SQL
6 8 (1.80%) C#
7 7 (1.58%) Apex Code
8 5 (1.13%) PHP
9 4 (0.90%) Perl
9 4 (0.90%) T-SQL
9 4 (0.90%) VBA
10 3 (0.68%) ABAP
10 3 (0.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (0.68%) SOQL
11 2 (0.45%) Bash
11 2 (0.45%) Bicep
11 2 (0.45%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.45%) Scala
11 2 (0.45%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 49 (11.04%) Security Cleared
2 43 (9.68%) SC Cleared
3 37 (8.33%) Degree
4 15 (3.38%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (2.70%) PMP
6 11 (2.48%) PMI Certification
7 8 (1.80%) AWS Certification
8 7 (1.58%) Master's Degree
9 6 (1.35%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (1.13%) CFA
11 2 (0.45%) CIPD
11 2 (0.45%) IIBA
11 2 (0.45%) SAP Certification
12 1 (0.23%) CBAP
12 1 (0.23%) CCAB
12 1 (0.23%) CIMA
12 1 (0.23%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.23%) ISEB
12 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.23%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (16.89%) Data Quality
2 28 (6.31%) QA
3 19 (4.28%) GDPR
4 8 (1.80%) IFRS
5 5 (1.13%) GAAP
5 5 (1.13%) IFRS 9
5 5 (1.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 5 (1.13%) SLA
6 4 (0.90%) Basel III
6 4 (0.90%) IFRS 17
7 3 (0.68%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.45%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.45%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (0.45%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.45%) PMO
9 1 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.23%) GRC
9 1 (0.23%) HL7
9 1 (0.23%) WCAG
System Software
1 10 (2.25%) Docker
2 1 (0.23%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.23%) VMware NSX
2 1 (0.23%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (2.93%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.35%) Terraform
3 3 (0.68%) Ansible
4 1 (0.23%) Argo
4 1 (0.23%) Control-M
4 1 (0.23%) Grafana
4 1 (0.23%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 87 (19.59%) Oracle
2 81 (18.24%) SAP
3 49 (11.04%) Microsoft
4 27 (6.08%) Workday
5 23 (5.18%) Databricks
6 22 (4.95%) Salesforce
7 14 (3.15%) Informatica
8 11 (2.48%) Avaloq
9 8 (1.80%) Kronos
9 8 (1.80%) MuleSoft
10 6 (1.35%) GoldenSource
10 6 (1.35%) Talend
10 6 (1.35%) Temenos
11 5 (1.13%) IBM
11 5 (1.13%) ServiceNow
12 4 (0.90%) Alteryx
12 4 (0.90%) Google
13 3 (0.68%) Atlassian
13 3 (0.68%) Murex
13 3 (0.68%) Yardi