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

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 111 101
Rank change year-on-year +37 -10 +51
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 624 310 432
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.45% 2.53% 2.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.90% 2.75% 2.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 448 188 326
10th Percentile £375 £400 £389
25th Percentile £463 £461 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £779 £750
England median daily rate £525 £529 £550
% change year-on-year -0.76% -3.82% +4.76%
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 £40.00 £62.50 £75.00
% change year-on-year -36.00% -16.67% +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 15,989 11,284 15,445
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.37% 92.22% 88.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,696 7,602 11,075
10th Percentile £356 £350 £346
25th Percentile £431 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -7.56%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £680
90th Percentile £758 £800 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 236 184 305
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.50 £15.68
25th Percentile £25.25 £23.80 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.25 £34.25 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year +8.76% +23.16% -25.52%
75th Percentile £57.86 £50.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £63.75 £66.90
England median hourly rate £46.11 £29.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year +58.98% -20.55% -0.73%

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 22 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 22 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 +27 87 £550 +12.13% 16
West London -17 13 £800 +28.00% 3
East London -2 4 £613 +13.43%
North London -1 2 £523 -4.13%
South London -20 1 £350 -
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 (3.53%) SharePoint
2 18 (2.88%) Confluence
3 3 (0.48%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.32%) Appian
4 2 (0.32%) IIS
5 1 (0.16%) Apache
5 1 (0.16%) OpenROAD
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.16%) WebSphere
Applications
1 29 (4.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (2.40%) Microsoft Project
3 9 (1.44%) Spreadsheet
4 8 (1.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (1.12%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.32%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 45 (7.21%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (2.72%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 16 (2.56%) Dynamics CRM
4 12 (1.92%) SAP ERP
5 10 (1.60%) Loan IQ
5 10 (1.60%) NetSuite
5 10 (1.60%) Oracle EBS
5 10 (1.60%) Oracle ERP
6 8 (1.28%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 7 (1.12%) Oracle General Ledger
8 6 (0.96%) Finacle
8 6 (0.96%) iTrent
8 6 (0.96%) Oracle Receivables
9 5 (0.80%) SAP Payroll
9 5 (0.80%) Workday HCM
10 4 (0.64%) Oracle Payables
10 4 (0.64%) SAP CO
10 4 (0.64%) SAP HCM
10 4 (0.64%) Temenos T24
11 3 (0.48%) Oracle FAH
Cloud Services
1 98 (15.71%) Azure
2 87 (13.94%) Power Platform
3 63 (10.10%) Dynamics 365
4 59 (9.46%) AWS
5 35 (5.61%) Azure DevOps
6 27 (4.33%) OCI
7 21 (3.37%) Azure Data Factory
8 20 (3.21%) SaaS
9 18 (2.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 17 (2.72%) Snowflake
11 16 (2.56%) Amazon S3
12 15 (2.40%) GitHub
13 11 (1.76%) GCP
13 11 (1.76%) Microsoft 365
13 11 (1.76%) Power Automate
14 10 (1.60%) dbt
14 10 (1.60%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 10 (1.60%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 10 (1.60%) SuccessFactors
15 9 (1.44%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.60%) NAS
1 10 (1.60%) SAN
2 3 (0.48%) DNS
2 3 (0.48%) Firewall
3 2 (0.32%) HTTP
3 2 (0.32%) VPN
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 77 (12.34%) Power BI
2 46 (7.37%) Data Warehouse
3 25 (4.01%) SQL Server
4 19 (3.04%) Data Lake
4 19 (3.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 15 (2.40%) Metadata
6 13 (2.08%) NoSQL
7 12 (1.92%) PostgreSQL
8 11 (1.76%) DB2
8 11 (1.76%) Oracle Reports
9 9 (1.44%) Oracle Database
9 9 (1.44%) Tableau
10 8 (1.28%) Amazon Redshift
10 8 (1.28%) Relational Database
11 6 (0.96%) Azure SQL Database
11 6 (0.96%) MySQL
11 6 (0.96%) Snowflake Schema
12 5 (0.80%) BusinessObjects
12 5 (0.80%) DataStage
12 5 (0.80%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 62 (9.94%) JIRA
2 11 (1.76%) Git
3 5 (0.80%) LSMW
3 5 (0.80%) Selenium
4 4 (0.64%) Cucumber
4 4 (0.64%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.64%) JUnit
4 4 (0.64%) Zephyr
5 3 (0.48%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.48%) ERwin
5 3 (0.48%) GitLab
6 2 (0.32%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.32%) Oracle Forms
6 2 (0.32%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.16%) Fiddler
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.16%) ScriptRunner
7 1 (0.16%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.16%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.16%) Terragrunt
General
1 239 (38.30%) Finance
2 191 (30.61%) Social Skills
3 82 (13.14%) Analytical Skills
4 63 (10.10%) Banking
5 40 (6.41%) Law
6 38 (6.09%) Public Sector
7 30 (4.81%) Retail
8 25 (4.01%) Documentation Skills
9 21 (3.37%) Presentation Skills
10 17 (2.72%) Legal
11 16 (2.56%) General Ledger
12 14 (2.24%) Local Government
12 14 (2.24%) Marketing
13 12 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
14 11 (1.76%) Manufacturing
15 10 (1.60%) Billing
16 8 (1.28%) Aviation
16 8 (1.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 8 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
17 7 (1.12%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 165 (26.44%) Lead
2 104 (16.67%) Architect
3 101 (16.19%) Analyst
4 59 (9.46%) Business Analyst
5 53 (8.49%) Data Engineer
6 49 (7.85%) Consultant
7 48 (7.69%) Data Migration Lead
8 45 (7.21%) Senior
9 40 (6.41%) Data Analyst
10 39 (6.25%) Project Manager
11 36 (5.77%) Migration Analyst
12 32 (5.13%) Lead Architect
12 32 (5.13%) Migration Manager
13 31 (4.97%) Functional Architect
14 30 (4.81%) Data Architect
15 28 (4.49%) Technical Leader
16 26 (4.17%) Data Migration Analyst
17 24 (3.85%) Developer
17 24 (3.85%) Test Manager
18 23 (3.69%) Data Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (5.77%) Oracle Fusion
2 21 (3.37%) Middleware
3 15 (2.40%) REST
4 13 (2.08%) XML
5 12 (1.92%) SOAP
6 8 (1.28%) Kafka
6 8 (1.28%) Lightning Web Components
7 7 (1.12%) .NET
7 7 (1.12%) JSON
8 6 (0.96%) Spring
9 3 (0.48%) FHIR
9 3 (0.48%) React
10 2 (0.32%) ADO
10 2 (0.32%) Playwright
10 2 (0.32%) PySpark
10 2 (0.32%) Web Services
10 2 (0.32%) XSLT
11 1 (0.16%) CAML
11 1 (0.16%) Flash
11 1 (0.16%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 77 (12.34%) Legacy Systems
2 50 (8.01%) Data Structures
3 21 (3.37%) Management Information System
4 18 (2.88%) Cloud Native
5 11 (1.76%) Mainframe
5 11 (1.76%) Product Ownership
5 11 (1.76%) Reference Data
5 11 (1.76%) Replication
6 10 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
7 9 (1.44%) Greenfield Project
8 8 (1.28%) Data Centre
8 8 (1.28%) Distributed Systems
8 8 (1.28%) Onboarding
9 7 (1.12%) Derivative
9 7 (1.12%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 6 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (0.96%) PACS
10 6 (0.96%) Tandem
11 5 (0.80%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.92%) Windows
2 7 (1.12%) zOS
3 6 (0.96%) Linux
4 2 (0.32%) Unix
4 2 (0.32%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.16%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 624 (100.00%) Migration
2 149 (23.88%) Stakeholder Management
3 148 (23.72%) User Acceptance Testing
4 141 (22.60%) Validation
5 127 (20.35%) Agile
6 121 (19.39%) ERP
7 107 (17.15%) Data Modelling
8 105 (16.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 91 (14.58%) ETL
10 87 (13.94%) Business Intelligence
11 78 (12.50%) Data Mapping
12 75 (12.02%) Problem-Solving
13 69 (11.06%) Continuous Improvement
14 68 (10.90%) Data Governance
15 62 (9.94%) Translating Business Requirements
16 59 (9.46%) Data Cleansing
16 59 (9.46%) Data Transformation
16 59 (9.46%) Project Management
17 56 (8.97%) Decision-Making
18 55 (8.81%) Procure-to-Pay
Programming Languages
1 121 (19.39%) SQL
2 53 (8.49%) Python
3 23 (3.69%) Java
4 12 (1.92%) JavaScript
5 9 (1.44%) PL/SQL
6 7 (1.12%) Apex Code
7 6 (0.96%) T-SQL
8 5 (0.80%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 5 (0.80%) VBA
9 4 (0.64%) C#
10 3 (0.48%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.32%) Bash
11 2 (0.32%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.32%) PowerShell
11 2 (0.32%) R
11 2 (0.32%) Scala
11 2 (0.32%) SOQL
11 2 (0.32%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.16%) Bicep
12 1 (0.16%) Korn
Qualifications
1 84 (13.46%) Security Cleared
2 67 (10.74%) SC Cleared
3 31 (4.97%) Degree
4 15 (2.40%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (2.24%) PMP
6 11 (1.76%) PMI Certification
7 9 (1.44%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (0.80%) Azure Certification
9 4 (0.64%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.48%) ISTQB
10 3 (0.48%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.32%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.32%) IIBA
11 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.32%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (0.16%) CAPM
12 1 (0.16%) CBAP
12 1 (0.16%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 1 (0.16%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 1 (0.16%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 117 (18.75%) Data Quality
2 46 (7.37%) QA
3 26 (4.17%) GDPR
4 10 (1.60%) SLA
5 9 (1.44%) PMO
6 7 (1.12%) IFRS
7 6 (0.96%) HL7
8 5 (0.80%) GAAP
8 5 (0.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (0.64%) Basel III
10 3 (0.48%) Accessibility
10 3 (0.48%) DICOM
10 3 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 3 (0.48%) SNOMED CT
11 2 (0.32%) GMP
11 2 (0.32%) GRC
11 2 (0.32%) IFRS 9
11 2 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.16%) ISO 20022
12 1 (0.16%) Solvency II
System Software
1 10 (1.60%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (1.28%) NFS
3 5 (0.80%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.64%) Docker
5 1 (0.16%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.16%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.16%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (2.08%) Kubernetes
1 13 (2.08%) Terraform
2 6 (0.96%) EMC VPLEX
2 6 (0.96%) vMotion
3 4 (0.64%) Ansible
4 3 (0.48%) Grafana
4 3 (0.48%) HP ALM
4 3 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.16%) Argo
5 1 (0.16%) Avamar
5 1 (0.16%) Control-M
5 1 (0.16%) EMC NetWorker
5 1 (0.16%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.16%) NetBackup
5 1 (0.16%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.16%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 114 (18.27%) Microsoft
2 104 (16.67%) Oracle
3 101 (16.19%) SAP
4 32 (5.13%) Databricks
5 29 (4.65%) Salesforce
6 19 (3.04%) Workday
7 18 (2.88%) Informatica
8 15 (2.40%) Avaloq
9 12 (1.92%) ServiceNow
9 12 (1.92%) VMware
10 10 (1.60%) MuleSoft
10 10 (1.60%) Pure Storage
11 9 (1.44%) GoldenSource
11 9 (1.44%) Temenos
12 8 (1.28%) Google
12 8 (1.28%) IBM
12 8 (1.28%) Talend
13 6 (0.96%) Commvault
14 5 (0.80%) Ariba
15 4 (0.64%) Bloomberg