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

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 113 101
Rank change year-on-year +34 -12 +49
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 632 305 429
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.45% 2.52% 2.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.91% 2.74% 2.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 450 183 321
10th Percentile £375 £400 £388
25th Percentile £463 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.55% - -1.12%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £675
90th Percentile £750 £785 £750
England median daily rate £525 £529 £550
% change year-on-year -0.76% -3.82% +2.33%
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 16,181 11,140 15,429
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.43% 92.20% 88.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,808 7,503 11,081
10th Percentile £358 £350 £338
25th Percentile £435 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £762 £800 £800
England median daily rate £514 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.10% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 240 182 312
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.50 £15.95
25th Percentile £25.25 £23.76 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.25 £30.90 £27.92
Median % change year-on-year +20.54% +10.68% -29.54%
75th Percentile £57.50 £49.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £76.68 £63.23 £66.98
England median hourly rate £45.00 £28.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year +60.71% -23.29% -2.67%

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 27 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 27 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 +23 88 £550 +12.13% 24
West London -21 13 £800 +28.00% 7
East London -2 4 £613 +13.43%
North London -2 2 £523 -4.13%
South London -15 1 £350 - 2
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 (3.48%) SharePoint
2 17 (2.69%) Confluence
3 4 (0.63%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.32%) Apache
5 2 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.32%) Appian
5 2 (0.32%) IIS
6 1 (0.16%) OpenROAD
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.16%) WebSphere
Applications
1 30 (4.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (2.37%) Microsoft Project
3 10 (1.58%) Spreadsheet
4 8 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.95%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.32%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 47 (7.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (2.69%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 16 (2.53%) Dynamics CRM
4 12 (1.90%) SAP ERP
5 11 (1.74%) NetSuite
6 10 (1.58%) Loan IQ
6 10 (1.58%) Oracle EBS
6 10 (1.58%) Oracle ERP
7 8 (1.27%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 7 (1.11%) Oracle General Ledger
9 6 (0.95%) Finacle
9 6 (0.95%) iTrent
9 6 (0.95%) Oracle Receivables
10 5 (0.79%) SAP Payroll
10 5 (0.79%) Workday HCM
11 4 (0.63%) Oracle Payables
11 4 (0.63%) SAP CO
11 4 (0.63%) SAP HCM
11 4 (0.63%) SAP MDG
11 4 (0.63%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 103 (16.30%) Azure
2 87 (13.77%) Power Platform
3 63 (9.97%) AWS
4 62 (9.81%) Dynamics 365
5 37 (5.85%) Azure DevOps
6 27 (4.27%) OCI
7 21 (3.32%) Azure Data Factory
7 21 (3.32%) SaaS
8 18 (2.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 17 (2.69%) Amazon S3
9 17 (2.69%) Snowflake
10 15 (2.37%) GitHub
11 11 (1.74%) GCP
11 11 (1.74%) Microsoft 365
11 11 (1.74%) Power Automate
12 10 (1.58%) dbt
12 10 (1.58%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 10 (1.58%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 10 (1.58%) SuccessFactors
13 9 (1.42%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.58%) NAS
1 10 (1.58%) SAN
2 3 (0.47%) DNS
2 3 (0.47%) Firewall
2 3 (0.47%) VPN
3 2 (0.32%) HTTP
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 (12.18%) Power BI
2 45 (7.12%) Data Warehouse
3 25 (3.96%) SQL Server
4 20 (3.16%) Data Lake
5 18 (2.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 16 (2.53%) Metadata
7 14 (2.22%) NoSQL
8 12 (1.90%) PostgreSQL
9 11 (1.74%) DB2
10 10 (1.58%) Oracle Reports
11 9 (1.42%) Oracle Database
11 9 (1.42%) Tableau
12 8 (1.27%) Amazon Redshift
12 8 (1.27%) Relational Database
13 6 (0.95%) MySQL
13 6 (0.95%) Snowflake Schema
14 5 (0.79%) Azure SQL Database
14 5 (0.79%) BusinessObjects
14 5 (0.79%) SAP Data Services
14 5 (0.79%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 61 (9.65%) JIRA
2 11 (1.74%) Git
3 6 (0.95%) LSMW
4 5 (0.79%) Selenium
5 4 (0.63%) Cucumber
5 4 (0.63%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.63%) JUnit
5 4 (0.63%) Zephyr
6 3 (0.47%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.47%) ERwin
6 3 (0.47%) GitLab
7 2 (0.32%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.32%) Oracle Forms
7 2 (0.32%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.16%) Gatling
8 1 (0.16%) Postman
8 1 (0.16%) ScriptRunner
8 1 (0.16%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.16%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.16%) Terragrunt
General
1 246 (38.92%) Finance
2 193 (30.54%) Social Skills
3 84 (13.29%) Analytical Skills
4 66 (10.44%) Banking
5 40 (6.33%) Law
6 38 (6.01%) Public Sector
7 30 (4.75%) Retail
8 24 (3.80%) Documentation Skills
9 21 (3.32%) Presentation Skills
10 18 (2.85%) General Ledger
11 17 (2.69%) Legal
12 15 (2.37%) Local Government
13 14 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
14 13 (2.06%) Marketing
15 11 (1.74%) Manufacturing
16 10 (1.58%) Billing
16 10 (1.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 8 (1.27%) Aviation
17 8 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
17 8 (1.27%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 168 (26.58%) Lead
2 107 (16.93%) Architect
3 99 (15.66%) Analyst
4 58 (9.18%) Business Analyst
5 53 (8.39%) Data Engineer
6 51 (8.07%) Consultant
7 49 (7.75%) Data Migration Lead
8 44 (6.96%) Senior
9 40 (6.33%) Data Analyst
10 39 (6.17%) Project Manager
11 36 (5.70%) Migration Analyst
12 32 (5.06%) Data Architect
12 32 (5.06%) Lead Architect
12 32 (5.06%) Migration Manager
13 31 (4.91%) Functional Architect
14 28 (4.43%) Technical Leader
15 26 (4.11%) Data Migration Analyst
16 24 (3.80%) Test Manager
17 23 (3.64%) Data Business Analyst
18 21 (3.32%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (5.70%) Oracle Fusion
2 21 (3.32%) Middleware
3 15 (2.37%) REST
4 12 (1.90%) SOAP
5 11 (1.74%) XML
6 7 (1.11%) .NET
6 7 (1.11%) JSON
6 7 (1.11%) Kafka
6 7 (1.11%) Lightning Web Components
7 6 (0.95%) Spring
8 3 (0.47%) FHIR
8 3 (0.47%) Playwright
8 3 (0.47%) React
9 2 (0.32%) ADO
9 2 (0.32%) PySpark
9 2 (0.32%) Web Services
10 1 (0.16%) BAPI
10 1 (0.16%) Flash
10 1 (0.16%) HTML
10 1 (0.16%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 78 (12.34%) Legacy Systems
2 49 (7.75%) Data Structures
3 20 (3.16%) Management Information System
4 19 (3.01%) Cloud Native
5 12 (1.90%) Reference Data
6 11 (1.74%) Mainframe
6 11 (1.74%) Product Ownership
6 11 (1.74%) Replication
7 10 (1.58%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (1.42%) Data Centre
8 9 (1.42%) Greenfield Project
8 9 (1.42%) Onboarding
9 8 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
9 8 (1.27%) Derivative
9 8 (1.27%) Distributed Systems
10 7 (1.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 6 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (0.95%) Legacy Code
11 6 (0.95%) PACS
11 6 (0.95%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 13 (2.06%) Windows
2 7 (1.11%) zOS
3 6 (0.95%) Linux
4 2 (0.32%) Unix
4 2 (0.32%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.16%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 632 (100.00%) Migration
2 151 (23.89%) Stakeholder Management
3 149 (23.58%) User Acceptance Testing
4 143 (22.63%) Validation
5 126 (19.94%) Agile
6 124 (19.62%) ERP
7 106 (16.77%) Data Modelling
7 106 (16.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 91 (14.40%) ETL
9 87 (13.77%) Business Intelligence
10 78 (12.34%) Data Mapping
11 77 (12.18%) Problem-Solving
12 71 (11.23%) Data Governance
13 69 (10.92%) Continuous Improvement
14 62 (9.81%) Data Cleansing
14 62 (9.81%) Translating Business Requirements
15 60 (9.49%) Data Transformation
16 58 (9.18%) Procure-to-Pay
16 58 (9.18%) Project Management
17 57 (9.02%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 121 (19.15%) SQL
2 54 (8.54%) Python
3 24 (3.80%) Java
4 12 (1.90%) JavaScript
5 9 (1.42%) PL/SQL
6 6 (0.95%) Apex Code
6 6 (0.95%) T-SQL
7 5 (0.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 5 (0.79%) VBA
8 4 (0.63%) C#
9 3 (0.47%) Kotlin
9 3 (0.47%) Shell Script
9 3 (0.47%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.32%) Bash
10 2 (0.32%) PowerShell
10 2 (0.32%) R
10 2 (0.32%) Scala
10 2 (0.32%) SOQL
11 1 (0.16%) Korn
11 1 (0.16%) X++
Qualifications
1 85 (13.45%) Security Cleared
2 69 (10.92%) SC Cleared
3 29 (4.59%) Degree
4 15 (2.37%) PMP
5 13 (2.06%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (1.90%) PMI Certification
7 7 (1.11%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (0.79%) Azure Certification
9 4 (0.63%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.47%) DBS Check
10 3 (0.47%) ISTQB
10 3 (0.47%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.32%) IIBA
11 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.32%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (0.16%) CCA
12 1 (0.16%) CISA
12 1 (0.16%) ISEB
12 1 (0.16%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 1 (0.16%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 120 (18.99%) Data Quality
2 49 (7.75%) QA
3 27 (4.27%) GDPR
4 11 (1.74%) SLA
5 9 (1.42%) PMO
6 8 (1.27%) IFRS
7 6 (0.95%) GAAP
7 6 (0.95%) HL7
8 5 (0.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (0.63%) Basel III
10 3 (0.47%) Accessibility
10 3 (0.47%) DICOM
10 3 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 3 (0.47%) 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%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 1 (0.16%) SOC 2
System Software
1 10 (1.58%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (1.27%) NFS
3 5 (0.79%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.63%) Docker
5 1 (0.16%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.16%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.16%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (2.22%) Terraform
2 13 (2.06%) Kubernetes
3 6 (0.95%) EMC VPLEX
3 6 (0.95%) vMotion
4 4 (0.63%) Ansible
5 3 (0.47%) Grafana
5 3 (0.47%) HP ALM
5 3 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.16%) Argo
6 1 (0.16%) Avamar
6 1 (0.16%) Control-M
6 1 (0.16%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.16%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.16%) NetBackup
6 1 (0.16%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.16%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 119 (18.83%) Microsoft
2 104 (16.46%) Oracle
3 103 (16.30%) SAP
4 34 (5.38%) Databricks
5 27 (4.27%) Salesforce
6 19 (3.01%) Informatica
6 19 (3.01%) Workday
7 14 (2.22%) Avaloq
8 13 (2.06%) ServiceNow
8 13 (2.06%) VMware
9 10 (1.58%) Pure Storage
10 9 (1.42%) GoldenSource
10 9 (1.42%) Temenos
11 8 (1.27%) Google
11 8 (1.27%) MuleSoft
11 8 (1.27%) Talend
12 6 (0.95%) Commvault
12 6 (0.95%) IBM
13 5 (0.79%) Ariba
14 4 (0.63%) Bloomberg