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 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 103 105
Rank change year-on-year +13 +2 +55
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 461 368 442
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.21% 2.45% 2.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.51% 2.72% 2.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 291 251 309
10th Percentile £388 £400 £413
25th Percentile £453 £475 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £650 £634 £675
90th Percentile £725 £700 £740
England median daily rate £535 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.73% - +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 9
10th Percentile £66.25 £37.70 £82.70
25th Percentile £71.88 £41.75 £83.50
Median hourly rate £85.00 £49.50 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year +71.72% -41.76% +21.43%
75th Percentile £99.38 £58.25 £86.50
90th Percentile £105.75 £62.90 £86.70
England median hourly rate £64.63 £64.00 £85.00
% change year-on-year +0.98% -24.71% +21.00%

All Process and 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 13,143 13,541 16,856
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.39% 90.10% 89.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,651 8,710 12,087
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £526 £550 £565
Median % change year-on-year -4.45% -2.65% -4.24%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £760 £800 £790
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 238 164 235
10th Percentile £18.17 £18.03 £18.50
25th Percentile £24.65 £23.80 £21.38
Median hourly rate £31.00 £36.00 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.90% +5.88% -11.39%
75th Percentile £50.88 £54.06 £60.00
90th Percentile £66.80 £80.75 £74.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +23.61%

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 20 December 2025.

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 20 December 2025.

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 20 December 2025. 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 +11 64 £550 -0.18% 6
East London +10 11 £540 +35.00% 3
West London -14 5 £600 +20.00% 4
South London -2 4 £458 +1.67%
North London - 2 £675 -
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 25 (5.42%) Confluence
2 15 (3.25%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.30%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.65%) Apache
4 3 (0.65%) CMS
4 3 (0.65%) LiveLink
5 2 (0.43%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.22%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.22%) IIS
6 1 (0.22%) NetWeaver
6 1 (0.22%) SAP Portal
Applications
1 24 (5.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (2.82%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (2.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.30%) MS Visio
5 5 (1.08%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (1.08%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.65%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.22%) Trello
Business Applications
1 42 (9.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 21 (4.56%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (3.04%) SAP HR
4 9 (1.95%) Oracle EBS
5 7 (1.52%) Endur
5 7 (1.52%) NetSuite
5 7 (1.52%) SAP Payroll
6 6 (1.30%) Oracle ERP
7 5 (1.08%) Oracle General Ledger
7 5 (1.08%) Salesforce CRM
7 5 (1.08%) Workday HCM
8 4 (0.87%) Loan IQ
8 4 (0.87%) Oracle EBS R12
8 4 (0.87%) Oracle FAH
8 4 (0.87%) Oracle Payables
8 4 (0.87%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 4 (0.87%) SAP CO
8 4 (0.87%) SAP ERP
8 4 (0.87%) SAP FI
8 4 (0.87%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 66 (14.32%) Azure
2 52 (11.28%) Power Platform
3 48 (10.41%) AWS
4 30 (6.51%) Dynamics 365
5 29 (6.29%) OCI
6 23 (4.99%) SaaS
7 19 (4.12%) Azure DevOps
8 17 (3.69%) Snowflake
9 16 (3.47%) Azure Data Factory
10 15 (3.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 11 (2.39%) Amazon S3
11 11 (2.39%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 10 (2.17%) GitHub
13 9 (1.95%) dbt
13 9 (1.95%) Power Automate
13 9 (1.95%) PowerApps
14 8 (1.74%) GCP
15 7 (1.52%) Azure Logic Apps
15 7 (1.52%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 7 (1.52%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.65%) NAS
2 1 (0.22%) DNS
2 1 (0.22%) Firewall
2 1 (0.22%) IPv4
2 1 (0.22%) Network Security
2 1 (0.22%) SAN
2 1 (0.22%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.22%) VLAN
2 1 (0.22%) VPN
2 1 (0.22%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (8.89%) SQL Server
2 38 (8.24%) Power BI
3 37 (8.03%) Data Warehouse
4 25 (5.42%) Relational Database
4 25 (5.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 14 (3.04%) Oracle Database
5 14 (3.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 13 (2.82%) Data Lake
6 13 (2.82%) RDBMS
7 12 (2.60%) Tableau
8 11 (2.39%) Amazon Redshift
8 11 (2.39%) DataStage
9 10 (2.17%) Big Data
9 10 (2.17%) Metadata
10 8 (1.74%) MongoDB
10 8 (1.74%) MySQL
11 7 (1.52%) Amazon QuickSight
11 7 (1.52%) Azure SQL Database
11 7 (1.52%) PostgreSQL
12 6 (1.30%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 45 (9.76%) JIRA
2 4 (0.87%) Toad
3 3 (0.65%) Git
3 3 (0.65%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.65%) LSMW
4 2 (0.43%) Cypress.io
4 2 (0.43%) Oracle Forms
4 2 (0.43%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.22%) gulp
5 1 (0.22%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.22%) Postman
5 1 (0.22%) Selenium
5 1 (0.22%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.22%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.22%) webpack
General
1 183 (39.70%) Finance
2 149 (32.32%) Social Skills
3 59 (12.80%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (7.81%) Banking
5 35 (7.59%) Public Sector
6 20 (4.34%) Back Office
6 20 (4.34%) Documentation Skills
7 18 (3.90%) Local Government
8 16 (3.47%) Retail
9 13 (2.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 13 (2.82%) Legal
10 12 (2.60%) Manufacturing
11 9 (1.95%) Marketing
12 8 (1.74%) Front Office
12 8 (1.74%) Investment Banking
13 7 (1.52%) General Ledger
13 7 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (1.30%) Billing
14 6 (1.30%) Law
Job Titles
1 87 (18.87%) Analyst
2 70 (15.18%) Lead
3 63 (13.67%) Business Analyst
4 55 (11.93%) Consultant
5 52 (11.28%) Architect
6 40 (8.68%) Project Manager
7 35 (7.59%) Data Engineer
8 32 (6.94%) Senior
9 25 (5.42%) Data Migration Lead
10 24 (5.21%) Developer
11 22 (4.77%) Data Analyst
12 19 (4.12%) Migration Analyst
13 18 (3.90%) SAP Consultant
14 17 (3.69%) Solutions Architect
15 16 (3.47%) Data Migration Analyst
16 15 (3.25%) Data Architect
17 14 (3.04%) Functional Consultant
17 14 (3.04%) Migration Engineer
17 14 (3.04%) Migration Specialist
18 13 (2.82%) Data Migration Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (5.21%) XML
2 17 (3.69%) REST
3 13 (2.82%) Oracle Fusion
4 10 (2.17%) Lightning Web Components
5 9 (1.95%) SOAP
6 8 (1.74%) .NET
6 8 (1.74%) JSON
6 8 (1.74%) Middleware
7 7 (1.52%) PySpark
8 5 (1.08%) React
8 5 (1.08%) Visualforce
9 4 (0.87%) Swagger
10 3 (0.65%) SAP Fiori
10 3 (0.65%) Web Services
10 3 (0.65%) XSLT
11 2 (0.43%) Great Expectations
11 2 (0.43%) Kafka
11 2 (0.43%) Playwright
11 2 (0.43%) SAP Basis
11 2 (0.43%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 60 (13.02%) Legacy Systems
2 28 (6.07%) Data Structures
3 12 (2.60%) Management Information System
3 12 (2.60%) Product Ownership
4 11 (2.39%) Onboarding
5 8 (1.74%) Virtual Team
6 7 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
6 7 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (1.52%) Replication
7 6 (1.30%) Data Centre
7 6 (1.30%) Greenfield Project
7 6 (1.30%) Reference Data
8 5 (1.08%) Cloud Native
8 5 (1.08%) Credit Risk
9 4 (0.87%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (0.87%) Grid Computing
9 4 (0.87%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (0.87%) Public Cloud
10 3 (0.65%) FMCG
10 3 (0.65%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.08%) Windows Server 2016
2 4 (0.87%) Unix
2 4 (0.87%) Windows
3 1 (0.22%) AIX
3 1 (0.22%) Linux
3 1 (0.22%) VMS
3 1 (0.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 461 (100.00%) Migration
2 111 (24.08%) Agile
3 99 (21.48%) Problem-Solving
4 88 (19.09%) ETL
5 85 (18.44%) Stakeholder Management
6 69 (14.97%) Data Modelling
6 69 (14.97%) User Acceptance Testing
7 63 (13.67%) ERP
8 62 (13.45%) Validation
9 60 (13.02%) Analytics
10 57 (12.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 53 (11.50%) Project Management
12 52 (11.28%) Business Intelligence
13 49 (10.63%) Data Governance
14 46 (9.98%) Workshop Facilitation
15 43 (9.33%) Data Cleansing
16 42 (9.11%) Data Analysis
17 40 (8.68%) CRM
18 37 (8.03%) Data Mapping
18 37 (8.03%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 125 (27.11%) SQL
2 41 (8.89%) Python
3 28 (6.07%) Java
4 13 (2.82%) C#
5 9 (1.95%) Apex Code
5 9 (1.95%) JavaScript
6 7 (1.52%) Shell Script
7 6 (1.30%) PL/SQL
8 5 (1.08%) PHP
9 4 (0.87%) ABAP
9 4 (0.87%) Perl
9 4 (0.87%) T-SQL
10 3 (0.65%) Bicep
10 3 (0.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (0.65%) SOQL
10 3 (0.65%) VB
10 3 (0.65%) VBA
11 2 (0.43%) Korn
11 2 (0.43%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.43%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 40 (8.68%) Security Cleared
2 36 (7.81%) Degree
3 32 (6.94%) SC Cleared
4 13 (2.82%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (2.39%) AWS Certification
5 11 (2.39%) PMI Certification
5 11 (2.39%) PMP
6 9 (1.95%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (1.52%) Master's Degree
8 5 (1.08%) CFA
9 4 (0.87%) DBS Check
9 4 (0.87%) SAP Certification
10 3 (0.65%) Oracle Certification
11 2 (0.43%) CIMA
11 2 (0.43%) CIPD
12 1 (0.22%) APMG
12 1 (0.22%) CBAP
12 1 (0.22%) CCAB
12 1 (0.22%) IIBA
12 1 (0.22%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (15.84%) Data Quality
2 35 (7.59%) QA
3 19 (4.12%) GDPR
4 6 (1.30%) IFRS
5 3 (0.65%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.65%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 3 (0.65%) IFRS 17
5 3 (0.65%) IFRS 9
5 3 (0.65%) PCI DSS
5 3 (0.65%) SLA
6 2 (0.43%) EMIR
6 2 (0.43%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.43%) MiFID
6 2 (0.43%) PMO
7 1 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.22%) GAAP
7 1 (0.22%) GRC
7 1 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.22%) WCAG
System Software
1 15 (3.25%) Docker
2 2 (0.43%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.22%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.22%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (3.90%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.17%) Terraform
3 6 (1.30%) Ansible
4 1 (0.22%) Argo
4 1 (0.22%) Grafana
4 1 (0.22%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 88 (19.09%) SAP
2 75 (16.27%) Oracle
3 59 (12.80%) Microsoft
4 27 (5.86%) Salesforce
5 25 (5.42%) Workday
6 22 (4.77%) Databricks
7 11 (2.39%) Informatica
8 8 (1.74%) Kronos
8 8 (1.74%) MuleSoft
9 6 (1.30%) Atlassian
9 6 (1.30%) Talend
10 5 (1.08%) Avaloq
10 5 (1.08%) Google
11 4 (0.87%) Alteryx
11 4 (0.87%) IBM
11 4 (0.87%) ServiceNow
12 3 (0.65%) GoldenSource
12 3 (0.65%) Liquidlogic
12 3 (0.65%) OpenText
12 3 (0.65%) Yardi