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

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 95 100
Rank change year-on-year +18 +5 +48
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 717 406 405
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.58% 2.98% 2.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.03% 3.23% 2.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 500 242 276
10th Percentile £388 £400 £389
25th Percentile £463 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year - +1.85% -5.05%
75th Percentile £650 £647 £650
90th Percentile £751 £768 £738
England median daily rate £526 £525 £535
% change year-on-year +0.24% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 1
10th Percentile - £42.99 -
25th Percentile £52.50 £55.53 £62.00
Median hourly rate £56.75 £65.00 £64.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.69% +1.56% -32.63%
75th Percentile £65.50 £78.13 £66.00
90th Percentile £70.45 £97.25 -
England median hourly rate £40.78 £60.00 £80.00
% change year-on-year -32.04% -25.00% +158.06%

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 17,809 12,563 14,469
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.02% 92.23% 88.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,743 8,414 10,214
10th Percentile £363 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £541 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.62% -1.59% -4.35%
75th Percentile £660 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 294 248 196
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.97
25th Percentile £20.02 £24.62 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.86 £29.50 £35.25
Median % change year-on-year +21.54% -16.31% -14.59%
75th Percentile £57.50 £49.56 £55.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.25 £71.88
England median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +78.93% -40.82% -

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 4 August 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 4 August 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 +33 106 £598 +13.81% 24
West London +8 35 £705 +12.80% 3
East London 0 3 £675 - 5
South London -15 3 £543 +18.58% 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 41 (5.72%) SharePoint
2 19 (2.65%) Confluence
3 6 (0.84%) Apache
4 5 (0.70%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (0.70%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.56%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.28%) HCL Notes
6 2 (0.28%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.14%) CMS
7 1 (0.14%) IIS
7 1 (0.14%) OpenROAD
Applications
1 30 (4.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (1.53%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (0.98%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.28%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 56 (7.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 24 (3.35%) Dynamics CRM
3 18 (2.51%) Oracle ERP
4 16 (2.23%) Oracle Payables
5 15 (2.09%) NetSuite
6 13 (1.81%) Oracle Receivables
6 13 (1.81%) SAP ERP
7 11 (1.53%) Oracle EBS
8 9 (1.26%) iTrent
8 9 (1.26%) Oracle General Ledger
9 8 (1.12%) Oracle Financials
9 8 (1.12%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 8 (1.12%) Temenos T24
10 7 (0.98%) Workday HCM
11 6 (0.84%) Finacle
11 6 (0.84%) SAP Payroll
12 5 (0.70%) Loan IQ
12 5 (0.70%) SAP MDG
13 4 (0.56%) Maximo
13 4 (0.56%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 123 (17.15%) Azure
2 106 (14.78%) Power Platform
3 82 (11.44%) Dynamics 365
4 57 (7.95%) AWS
5 53 (7.39%) Azure DevOps
6 33 (4.60%) OCI
7 30 (4.18%) SaaS
8 28 (3.91%) Microsoft 365
9 26 (3.63%) Azure Data Factory
10 23 (3.21%) Amazon S3
10 23 (3.21%) Power Automate
10 23 (3.21%) Snowflake
11 19 (2.65%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 17 (2.37%) PowerApps
13 16 (2.23%) GitHub
14 14 (1.95%) GCP
15 12 (1.67%) dbt
15 12 (1.67%) SuccessFactors
16 9 (1.26%) OneDrive
17 8 (1.12%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.56%) NAS
1 4 (0.56%) SAN
2 3 (0.42%) Intranet
2 3 (0.42%) VPN
3 2 (0.28%) DNS
3 2 (0.28%) Firewall
3 2 (0.28%) HTTP
4 1 (0.14%) DKIM
4 1 (0.14%) DMARC
4 1 (0.14%) Fibre Channel
4 1 (0.14%) Network Security
4 1 (0.14%) SNMP
4 1 (0.14%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 93 (12.97%) Power BI
2 36 (5.02%) Data Warehouse
3 24 (3.35%) SQL Server
4 23 (3.21%) Data Lake
5 17 (2.37%) Metadata
6 14 (1.95%) NoSQL
6 14 (1.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 12 (1.67%) Relational Database
8 9 (1.26%) Azure SQL Database
8 9 (1.26%) BusinessObjects
8 9 (1.26%) Db2
8 9 (1.26%) Oracle Reports
8 9 (1.26%) PostgreSQL
9 7 (0.98%) DataStage
9 7 (0.98%) Snowflake Schema
10 6 (0.84%) Amazon Redshift
11 5 (0.70%) Star Schema
12 4 (0.56%) MongoDB
12 4 (0.56%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 4 (0.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 63 (8.79%) JIRA
2 15 (2.09%) Git
3 6 (0.84%) Zephyr
4 4 (0.56%) Cucumber
4 4 (0.56%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.56%) JUnit
4 4 (0.56%) LSMW
4 4 (0.56%) Selenium
5 3 (0.42%) Cypress.io
5 3 (0.42%) ER Studio
5 3 (0.42%) Gatling
5 3 (0.42%) Oracle Forms
6 2 (0.28%) GitLab
6 2 (0.28%) Postman
6 2 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.28%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.14%) Fiddler
7 1 (0.14%) JMeter
7 1 (0.14%) ScriptRunner
7 1 (0.14%) SpecFlow
General
1 297 (41.42%) Finance
2 209 (29.15%) Social Skills
3 93 (12.97%) Analytical Skills
4 71 (9.90%) Banking
5 51 (7.11%) Public Sector
6 42 (5.86%) Law
7 25 (3.49%) Documentation Skills
7 25 (3.49%) General Ledger
7 25 (3.49%) Retail
8 19 (2.65%) Manufacturing
9 16 (2.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 16 (2.23%) Organisational Skills
10 15 (2.09%) Influencing Skills
10 15 (2.09%) Local Government
11 14 (1.95%) Aviation
11 14 (1.95%) Legal
12 13 (1.81%) Marketing
12 13 (1.81%) Presentation Skills
13 11 (1.53%) Billing
13 11 (1.53%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 174 (24.27%) Lead
2 112 (15.62%) Analyst
3 110 (15.34%) Architect
4 74 (10.32%) Consultant
5 70 (9.76%) Business Analyst
6 63 (8.79%) Data Engineer
7 59 (8.23%) Data Migration Lead
8 56 (7.81%) Senior
9 44 (6.14%) Project Manager
10 40 (5.58%) Data Analyst
11 33 (4.60%) Lead Architect
12 31 (4.32%) Functional Architect
13 30 (4.18%) Migration Analyst
14 29 (4.04%) Developer
15 28 (3.91%) Data Architect
15 28 (3.91%) Solutions Architect
16 24 (3.35%) Technical Leader
17 23 (3.21%) Data Migration Analyst
17 23 (3.21%) Migration Manager
18 22 (3.07%) Data Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (7.53%) Oracle Fusion
2 22 (3.07%) REST
3 21 (2.93%) Middleware
4 14 (1.95%) SOAP
5 13 (1.81%) .NET
6 12 (1.67%) XML
7 9 (1.26%) JSON
7 9 (1.26%) Lightning Web Components
8 7 (0.98%) Kafka
9 6 (0.84%) PySpark
10 5 (0.70%) Spring
11 4 (0.56%) HTML5 Canvas
11 4 (0.56%) Keycloak
11 4 (0.56%) Playwright
11 4 (0.56%) Web Services
11 4 (0.56%) XSLT
12 3 (0.42%) HTML
13 2 (0.28%) EDI
13 2 (0.28%) React
13 2 (0.28%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 82 (11.44%) Legacy Systems
2 50 (6.97%) Data Structures
3 24 (3.35%) Management Information System
4 20 (2.79%) Cloud Native
4 20 (2.79%) Product Ownership
5 18 (2.51%) Enterprise Software
6 16 (2.23%) Onboarding
7 15 (2.09%) FMCG
8 11 (1.53%) Distributed Systems
9 10 (1.39%) Greenfield Project
10 9 (1.26%) Mainframe
11 8 (1.12%) Analytical Mindset
11 8 (1.12%) Data Centre
11 8 (1.12%) Replication
12 7 (0.98%) Reference Data
13 6 (0.84%) Credit Risk
13 6 (0.84%) Legacy Code
13 6 (0.84%) NHS
14 5 (0.70%) PACS
14 5 (0.70%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 17 (2.37%) Windows
2 5 (0.70%) Linux
2 5 (0.70%) zOS
3 1 (0.14%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 717 (100.00%) Migration
2 185 (25.80%) Validation
3 181 (25.24%) Stakeholder Management
4 180 (25.10%) User Acceptance Testing
5 170 (23.71%) ERP
6 130 (18.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 128 (17.85%) Agile
8 109 (15.20%) Data Modelling
9 101 (14.09%) Business Intelligence
10 91 (12.69%) ETL
11 82 (11.44%) Data Governance
12 80 (11.16%) DevOps
13 78 (10.88%) Problem-Solving
14 74 (10.32%) Data Mapping
15 73 (10.18%) Translating Business Requirements
16 70 (9.76%) Continuous Improvement
17 66 (9.21%) Requirements Gathering
18 64 (8.93%) Data Cleansing
19 63 (8.79%) Data Transformation
20 60 (8.37%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 125 (17.43%) SQL
2 48 (6.69%) Python
3 27 (3.77%) Java
4 16 (2.23%) JavaScript
5 12 (1.67%) C#
6 9 (1.26%) PL/SQL
7 7 (0.98%) Apex Code
7 7 (0.98%) T-SQL
8 5 (0.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 5 (0.70%) Kotlin
8 5 (0.70%) TypeScript
9 4 (0.56%) SOQL
10 3 (0.42%) VBA
11 2 (0.28%) PowerShell
11 2 (0.28%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.28%) X++
12 1 (0.14%) Bicep
12 1 (0.14%) C
12 1 (0.14%) Scala
12 1 (0.14%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 76 (10.60%) Security Cleared
2 63 (8.79%) SC Cleared
3 30 (4.18%) Degree
4 18 (2.51%) PMP
5 16 (2.23%) PMI Certification
6 9 (1.26%) BPSS Clearance
6 9 (1.26%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (0.98%) ACCA
7 7 (0.98%) CIMA
8 6 (0.84%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (0.70%) Azure Certification
9 5 (0.70%) DBS Check
10 4 (0.56%) AWS Certification
10 4 (0.56%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.56%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.28%) CFA
11 2 (0.28%) CTC Cleared
12 1 (0.14%) CAPM
12 1 (0.14%) CISA
12 1 (0.14%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 133 (18.55%) Data Quality
2 60 (8.37%) QA
3 29 (4.04%) GDPR
4 21 (2.93%) PMO
5 10 (1.39%) SLA
6 5 (0.70%) HL7
7 4 (0.56%) GMP
7 4 (0.56%) IFRS
8 3 (0.42%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.42%) DICOM
8 3 (0.42%) GRC
8 3 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.42%) SNOMED CT
9 2 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.28%) GAAP
9 2 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 2 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.28%) Solvency II
10 1 (0.14%) Basel III
10 1 (0.14%) EMIR
System Software
1 6 (0.84%) Docker
2 4 (0.56%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.28%) NFS
5 1 (0.14%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 15 (2.09%) Kubernetes
2 12 (1.67%) Terraform
3 4 (0.56%) HP ALM
4 3 (0.42%) Karpenter
5 2 (0.28%) Ansible
5 2 (0.28%) EMC VPLEX
5 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.28%) vMotion
6 1 (0.14%) Avamar
6 1 (0.14%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.14%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.14%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 148 (20.64%) Microsoft
2 124 (17.29%) Oracle
3 117 (16.32%) SAP
4 44 (6.14%) Databricks
5 28 (3.91%) Salesforce
6 22 (3.07%) ServiceNow
7 18 (2.51%) Informatica
8 17 (2.37%) Workday
9 11 (1.53%) IFS
10 10 (1.39%) IBM
10 10 (1.39%) MuleSoft
10 10 (1.39%) Talend
11 7 (0.98%) Google
12 6 (0.84%) Avaloq
12 6 (0.84%) Bloomberg
12 6 (0.84%) Temenos
12 6 (0.84%) VMware
13 5 (0.70%) Ariba
13 5 (0.70%) Atlassian
14 4 (0.56%) Sage