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

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 82 96 112
Rank change year-on-year +14 +16 +19
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 686 404 365
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.37% 3.00% 2.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.80% 3.24% 2.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 461 240 234
10th Percentile £368 £408 £375
25th Percentile £447 £456 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year - +2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £650 £656 £650
90th Percentile £763 £735 £732
England median daily rate £525 £538 £538
% change year-on-year -2.33% - -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 2
10th Percentile £46.25 £66.25 £37.70
25th Percentile £52.50 £71.88 £41.75
Median hourly rate £55.00 £85.00 £49.50
Median % change year-on-year -35.29% +71.72% -47.89%
75th Percentile £61.44 £99.38 £58.25
90th Percentile £68.25 £105.75 £62.90
England median hourly rate £38.36 £60.00 £66.50
% change year-on-year -36.08% -9.77% -25.65%

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 18,072 12,468 14,370
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.85% 92.58% 89.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,839 8,220 9,409
10th Percentile £358 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £669 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £512 £525
% change year-on-year +2.64% -2.57% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 329 243 178
10th Percentile £16.04 £17.98 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.03 £25.01 £24.16
Median hourly rate £32.63 £30.00 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.75% -16.67% -4.00%
75th Percentile £57.50 £47.25 £56.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £75.38
England median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +63.02% -41.51% -3.37%

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 1 October 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Migration in London over the 6 months to 1 October 2026.

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 1 October 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 +22 118 £600 -2.04% 62
West London +6 36 £700 +16.67% 9
South London -6 4 £514 +12.30% 4
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 37 (5.39%) SharePoint
2 30 (4.37%) Confluence
3 12 (1.75%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (0.87%) Apache
4 6 (0.87%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.73%) CMS
5 5 (0.73%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.29%) HCL Notes
6 2 (0.29%) Palantir Foundry
6 2 (0.29%) SugarCRM
7 1 (0.15%) Documentum
7 1 (0.15%) IIS
7 1 (0.15%) SAS
Applications
1 23 (3.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.75%) MS Visio
3 7 (1.02%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.29%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.29%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 56 (8.16%) SAP S/4HANA
2 33 (4.81%) Dynamics CRM
3 21 (3.06%) Oracle Payables
4 18 (2.62%) Oracle ERP
5 17 (2.48%) Oracle Receivables
6 16 (2.33%) NetSuite
7 10 (1.46%) Oracle General Ledger
8 9 (1.31%) Oracle Financials
8 9 (1.31%) SAP ERP
8 9 (1.31%) SAP HCM
9 8 (1.17%) iTrent
9 8 (1.17%) Oracle EBS
10 7 (1.02%) Temenos T24
11 6 (0.87%) Dynamics NAV
11 6 (0.87%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 6 (0.87%) SAP MDG
11 6 (0.87%) Workday HCM
12 5 (0.73%) Oracle Assets
12 5 (0.73%) SAP GRC
12 5 (0.73%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 133 (19.39%) Azure
2 80 (11.66%) Power Platform
3 59 (8.60%) AWS
4 57 (8.31%) Dynamics 365
5 55 (8.02%) Azure DevOps
6 32 (4.66%) Microsoft 365
7 27 (3.94%) Snowflake
8 26 (3.79%) OCI
8 26 (3.79%) SaaS
9 23 (3.35%) Amazon S3
10 21 (3.06%) Azure Data Factory
10 21 (3.06%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 21 (3.06%) Power Automate
11 20 (2.92%) SuccessFactors
12 19 (2.77%) GCP
13 16 (2.33%) PowerApps
14 15 (2.19%) dbt
15 14 (2.04%) GitHub
16 12 (1.75%) Microsoft Purview
17 11 (1.60%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.44%) Intranet
2 2 (0.29%) VPN
3 1 (0.15%) DKIM
3 1 (0.15%) DMARC
3 1 (0.15%) DNS
3 1 (0.15%) NAS
3 1 (0.15%) SAN
3 1 (0.15%) SNMP
3 1 (0.15%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (9.62%) Power BI
2 45 (6.56%) Data Warehouse
3 33 (4.81%) Metadata
4 30 (4.37%) SQL Server
5 23 (3.35%) Data Lake
6 18 (2.62%) Relational Database
7 17 (2.48%) PostgreSQL
8 11 (1.60%) NoSQL
9 10 (1.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 9 (1.31%) Azure SQL Database
10 9 (1.31%) BusinessObjects
10 9 (1.31%) Oracle Database
11 8 (1.17%) Amazon Redshift
11 8 (1.17%) MongoDB
11 8 (1.17%) Oracle Reports
11 8 (1.17%) Snowflake Schema
12 7 (1.02%) BigQuery
12 7 (1.02%) Delta Lake
12 7 (1.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 6 (0.87%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 57 (8.31%) JIRA
2 13 (1.90%) Git
3 4 (0.58%) Oracle Forms
3 4 (0.58%) Zephyr
4 3 (0.44%) ER Studio
4 3 (0.44%) Gatling
4 3 (0.44%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.44%) LSMW
4 3 (0.44%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (0.29%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.29%) Postman
5 2 (0.29%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.15%) GitLab
6 1 (0.15%) JMeter
6 1 (0.15%) ScriptRunner
6 1 (0.15%) Selenium
General
1 265 (38.63%) Finance
2 205 (29.88%) Social Skills
3 92 (13.41%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (9.33%) Banking
5 58 (8.45%) Public Sector
6 32 (4.66%) Documentation Skills
7 31 (4.52%) Retail
8 28 (4.08%) Manufacturing
9 27 (3.94%) General Ledger
10 18 (2.62%) Local Government
11 16 (2.33%) Legal
12 14 (2.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 14 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
13 13 (1.90%) Aviation
13 13 (1.90%) Marketing
14 11 (1.60%) Influencing Skills
14 11 (1.60%) Law
14 11 (1.60%) Pharmaceutical
15 10 (1.46%) Billing
16 8 (1.17%) Military
Job Titles
1 129 (18.80%) Analyst
2 123 (17.93%) Lead
3 83 (12.10%) Architect
3 83 (12.10%) Consultant
4 72 (10.50%) Business Analyst
5 57 (8.31%) Senior
6 55 (8.02%) Data Analyst
7 54 (7.87%) Data Engineer
8 48 (7.00%) Data Migration Lead
9 35 (5.10%) Project Manager
10 33 (4.81%) Data Architect
11 27 (3.94%) Developer
11 27 (3.94%) Solutions Architect
12 26 (3.79%) Migration Analyst
13 24 (3.50%) Migration Engineer
14 22 (3.21%) Data Migration Analyst
15 20 (2.92%) Data Business Analyst
15 20 (2.92%) Data Migration Engineer
15 20 (2.92%) Oracle Consultant
16 19 (2.77%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (8.02%) Oracle Fusion
2 27 (3.94%) Middleware
3 15 (2.19%) .NET
4 14 (2.04%) REST
5 13 (1.90%) PySpark
5 13 (1.90%) XML
6 10 (1.46%) JSON
7 9 (1.31%) SOAP
8 8 (1.17%) ADO
8 8 (1.17%) Keycloak
8 8 (1.17%) Terraform
9 7 (1.02%) Web Services
10 6 (0.87%) Kafka
10 6 (0.87%) Lightning Web Components
11 5 (0.73%) HTML
12 4 (0.58%) HTML5 Canvas
12 4 (0.58%) XSLT
13 3 (0.44%) Playwright
13 3 (0.44%) SAP Fiori
14 2 (0.29%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 83 (12.10%) Legacy Systems
2 59 (8.60%) Data Structures
3 28 (4.08%) Enterprise Software
4 27 (3.94%) Management Information System
5 23 (3.35%) Onboarding
6 22 (3.21%) Product Ownership
7 17 (2.48%) Reference Data
8 13 (1.90%) Cloud Native
8 13 (1.90%) FMCG
9 10 (1.46%) Reinsurance
9 10 (1.46%) Replication
10 8 (1.17%) Analytical Mindset
10 8 (1.17%) Credit Risk
11 7 (1.02%) Greenfield Project
11 7 (1.02%) NHS
12 6 (0.87%) Data Protection Act
12 6 (0.87%) Legacy Applications
12 6 (0.87%) Legacy Code
12 6 (0.87%) Public Cloud
13 5 (0.73%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 14 (2.04%) Windows
2 7 (1.02%) Linux
3 3 (0.44%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 686 (100.00%) Migration
2 217 (31.63%) Stakeholder Management
3 212 (30.90%) Validation
4 161 (23.47%) User Acceptance Testing
5 153 (22.30%) ERP
6 120 (17.49%) Agile
7 118 (17.20%) Data Modelling
8 105 (15.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 103 (15.01%) Data Governance
10 91 (13.27%) ETL
11 87 (12.68%) DevOps
12 84 (12.24%) Problem-Solving
12 84 (12.24%) Requirements Gathering
13 76 (11.08%) Business Intelligence
14 68 (9.91%) Data Mapping
15 67 (9.77%) Data Cleansing
16 66 (9.62%) Data Validation
17 64 (9.33%) Data Transformation
17 64 (9.33%) Workshop Facilitation
18 58 (8.45%) Cutover Planning
Programming Languages
1 137 (19.97%) SQL
2 42 (6.12%) Python
3 16 (2.33%) JavaScript
4 14 (2.04%) C#
5 13 (1.90%) Java
6 7 (1.02%) PL/SQL
6 7 (1.02%) TypeScript
7 6 (0.87%) PowerShell
7 6 (0.87%) T-SQL
8 5 (0.73%) Apex Code
9 4 (0.58%) Kotlin
10 3 (0.44%) Bash
10 3 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.29%) ABAP
11 2 (0.29%) Korn
11 2 (0.29%) R
11 2 (0.29%) Scala
11 2 (0.29%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.29%) VBA
11 2 (0.29%) X++
Qualifications
1 86 (12.54%) Security Cleared
2 74 (10.79%) SC Cleared
3 35 (5.10%) Degree
4 18 (2.62%) PMI Certification
4 18 (2.62%) PMP
5 13 (1.90%) BPSS Clearance
6 10 (1.46%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (1.31%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (1.17%) ACCA
8 8 (1.17%) CIMA
9 5 (0.73%) CBAP
9 5 (0.73%) DBS Check
10 4 (0.58%) DV Cleared
11 3 (0.44%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.44%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.29%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.29%) CAPM
12 2 (0.29%) CFA
12 2 (0.29%) CTC Cleared
13 1 (0.15%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 156 (22.74%) Data Quality
2 46 (6.71%) QA
3 23 (3.35%) GDPR
4 21 (3.06%) PMO
5 8 (1.17%) GRC
6 6 (0.87%) HL7
6 6 (0.87%) SLA
7 5 (0.73%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.44%) DICOM
8 3 (0.44%) IFRS
8 3 (0.44%) SNOMED CT
9 2 (0.29%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.29%) GMP
9 2 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.15%) AIFMD
10 1 (0.15%) EMIR
10 1 (0.15%) IFRS 9
10 1 (0.15%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.15%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.15%) SEPA
System Software
1 9 (1.31%) Docker
2 3 (0.44%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.15%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (1.31%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.02%) Karpenter
3 3 (0.44%) Control-M
4 2 (0.29%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.15%) Ansible
5 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 134 (19.53%) Oracle
2 132 (19.24%) Microsoft
3 124 (18.08%) SAP
4 56 (8.16%) Databricks
5 31 (4.52%) Salesforce
6 22 (3.21%) ServiceNow
7 18 (2.62%) Informatica
8 15 (2.19%) Workday
9 13 (1.90%) Google
10 12 (1.75%) IBM
11 11 (1.60%) IFS
12 10 (1.46%) Talend
13 7 (1.02%) Ariba
13 7 (1.02%) Atlassian
14 6 (0.87%) Alteryx
14 6 (0.87%) Sage
15 5 (0.73%) MuleSoft
15 5 (0.73%) Murex
16 4 (0.58%) Bloomberg
16 4 (0.58%) Temenos