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

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 115 93
Rank change year-on-year +39 -22 +58
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 618 308 438
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.43% 2.49% 2.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.89% 2.69% 2.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 442 190 329
10th Percentile £375 £400 £399
25th Percentile £463 £463 £468
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
75th Percentile £638 £647 £675
90th Percentile £749 £776 £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 15,896 11,429 15,488
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.31% 92.26% 88.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,636 7,715 11,109
10th Percentile £358 £350 £343
25th Percentile £431 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -7.17%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £680
90th Percentile £760 £812 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 237 185 307
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.10 £15.77
25th Percentile £25.25 £22.90 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £34.00 £27.84
Median % change year-on-year +10.29% +22.13% -25.44%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £63.75 £66.85
England median hourly rate £46.11 £28.75 £36.50
% change year-on-year +60.37% -21.23% -1.75%

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 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 20 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% 29
West London -15 12 £800 +28.00% 6
East London -4 4 £613 +13.43%
North London 0 2 £523 -4.13%
South London -17 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 24 (3.88%) SharePoint
2 18 (2.91%) Confluence
3 3 (0.49%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.49%) 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 32 (5.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (2.75%) Microsoft Project
3 12 (1.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.46%) Spreadsheet
5 7 (1.13%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.32%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 44 (7.12%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (2.59%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (2.59%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 13 (2.10%) Loan IQ
4 11 (1.78%) SAP ERP
5 9 (1.46%) Oracle EBS
5 9 (1.46%) Oracle ERP
6 8 (1.29%) NetSuite
6 8 (1.29%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 6 (0.97%) Finacle
7 6 (0.97%) Oracle General Ledger
8 5 (0.81%) iTrent
8 5 (0.81%) Oracle Receivables
8 5 (0.81%) SAP Payroll
8 5 (0.81%) Workday HCM
9 4 (0.65%) SAP CO
9 4 (0.65%) SAP HCM
9 4 (0.65%) Temenos T24
10 3 (0.49%) Oracle FAH
10 3 (0.49%) SAP FI-AR
Cloud Services
1 97 (15.70%) Azure
2 87 (14.08%) Power Platform
3 63 (10.19%) Dynamics 365
4 57 (9.22%) AWS
5 35 (5.66%) Azure DevOps
6 27 (4.37%) OCI
7 21 (3.40%) Azure Data Factory
7 21 (3.40%) SaaS
8 18 (2.91%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 17 (2.75%) Snowflake
10 15 (2.43%) GitHub
11 13 (2.10%) Amazon S3
12 11 (1.78%) GCP
12 11 (1.78%) Microsoft 365
12 11 (1.78%) Power Automate
13 10 (1.62%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 10 (1.62%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 10 (1.62%) SuccessFactors
14 9 (1.46%) PowerApps
15 7 (1.13%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.62%) NAS
1 10 (1.62%) SAN
2 3 (0.49%) DNS
2 3 (0.49%) 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 (12.46%) Power BI
2 46 (7.44%) Data Warehouse
3 24 (3.88%) SQL Server
4 19 (3.07%) Data Lake
4 19 (3.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 14 (2.27%) Metadata
6 13 (2.10%) NoSQL
7 12 (1.94%) Oracle Reports
7 12 (1.94%) PostgreSQL
8 11 (1.78%) DB2
8 11 (1.78%) Oracle Database
8 11 (1.78%) Relational Database
9 9 (1.46%) Tableau
10 8 (1.29%) Amazon Redshift
11 7 (1.13%) MySQL
12 6 (0.97%) Azure SQL Database
12 6 (0.97%) Snowflake Schema
13 5 (0.81%) DataStage
13 5 (0.81%) Star Schema
14 4 (0.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 62 (10.03%) JIRA
2 9 (1.46%) Git
3 5 (0.81%) LSMW
3 5 (0.81%) Selenium
4 4 (0.65%) Cucumber
4 4 (0.65%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.65%) JUnit
4 4 (0.65%) Zephyr
5 3 (0.49%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.49%) ERwin
5 3 (0.49%) GitLab
6 2 (0.32%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.32%) Oracle Forms
6 2 (0.32%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.32%) Toad
7 1 (0.16%) Fiddler
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.16%) ScriptRunner
7 1 (0.16%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.16%) Terragrunt
General
1 235 (38.03%) Finance
2 195 (31.55%) Social Skills
3 81 (13.11%) Analytical Skills
4 59 (9.55%) Banking
5 39 (6.31%) Law
6 38 (6.15%) Public Sector
7 30 (4.85%) Retail
8 26 (4.21%) Documentation Skills
9 23 (3.72%) Presentation Skills
10 18 (2.91%) Legal
11 15 (2.43%) General Ledger
12 14 (2.27%) Marketing
12 14 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
13 13 (2.10%) Local Government
14 10 (1.62%) Billing
15 9 (1.46%) Manufacturing
16 8 (1.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 8 (1.29%) Influencing Skills
17 7 (1.13%) Aviation
17 7 (1.13%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 163 (26.38%) Lead
2 105 (16.99%) Analyst
3 103 (16.67%) Architect
4 60 (9.71%) Business Analyst
5 52 (8.41%) Data Engineer
6 48 (7.77%) Consultant
6 48 (7.77%) Data Migration Lead
7 43 (6.96%) Senior
8 40 (6.47%) Data Analyst
8 40 (6.47%) Project Manager
9 39 (6.31%) Migration Analyst
10 32 (5.18%) Lead Architect
11 31 (5.02%) Functional Architect
11 31 (5.02%) Migration Manager
12 29 (4.69%) Data Architect
13 27 (4.37%) Technical Leader
14 26 (4.21%) Data Migration Analyst
15 25 (4.05%) Developer
16 23 (3.72%) Data Business Analyst
16 23 (3.72%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (5.66%) Oracle Fusion
2 21 (3.40%) Middleware
3 16 (2.59%) REST
4 13 (2.10%) SOAP
4 13 (2.10%) XML
5 8 (1.29%) .NET
5 8 (1.29%) Kafka
5 8 (1.29%) Lightning Web Components
6 7 (1.13%) JSON
7 6 (0.97%) Spring
8 3 (0.49%) FHIR
8 3 (0.49%) React
9 2 (0.32%) ADO
9 2 (0.32%) Playwright
9 2 (0.32%) PySpark
9 2 (0.32%) Web Services
9 2 (0.32%) XSLT
10 1 (0.16%) Flash
10 1 (0.16%) HTML
10 1 (0.16%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 76 (12.30%) Legacy Systems
2 48 (7.77%) Data Structures
3 22 (3.56%) Management Information System
4 18 (2.91%) Cloud Native
5 12 (1.94%) Replication
6 11 (1.78%) Mainframe
6 11 (1.78%) Reference Data
7 10 (1.62%) Product Ownership
8 9 (1.46%) Data Protection Act
8 9 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (1.46%) Greenfield Project
8 9 (1.46%) Tandem
9 8 (1.29%) Data Centre
9 8 (1.29%) Distributed Systems
9 8 (1.29%) Onboarding
10 7 (1.13%) Derivative
10 7 (1.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 6 (0.97%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (0.97%) PACS
12 5 (0.81%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.94%) Windows
2 7 (1.13%) zOS
3 6 (0.97%) Linux
4 4 (0.65%) Unix
5 2 (0.32%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.16%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 618 (100.00%) Migration
2 151 (24.43%) Stakeholder Management
3 150 (24.27%) User Acceptance Testing
4 139 (22.49%) Validation
5 126 (20.39%) Agile
6 118 (19.09%) ERP
7 102 (16.50%) Data Modelling
8 99 (16.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 91 (14.72%) ETL
10 87 (14.08%) Business Intelligence
11 79 (12.78%) Problem-Solving
12 76 (12.30%) Data Mapping
13 68 (11.00%) Continuous Improvement
14 67 (10.84%) Data Governance
15 62 (10.03%) Translating Business Requirements
16 61 (9.87%) Project Management
17 58 (9.39%) Data Cleansing
18 57 (9.22%) Decision-Making
19 55 (8.90%) DevOps
20 54 (8.74%) Data Transformation
Programming Languages
1 122 (19.74%) SQL
2 52 (8.41%) Python
3 24 (3.88%) Java
4 12 (1.94%) JavaScript
5 10 (1.62%) PL/SQL
6 7 (1.13%) Apex Code
7 6 (0.97%) T-SQL
8 5 (0.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 5 (0.81%) Shell Script
8 5 (0.81%) VBA
9 4 (0.65%) C#
10 3 (0.49%) PHP
11 2 (0.32%) Bash
11 2 (0.32%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.32%) Perl
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
Qualifications
1 85 (13.75%) Security Cleared
2 68 (11.00%) SC Cleared
3 31 (5.02%) Degree
4 15 (2.43%) Computer Science Degree
4 15 (2.43%) PMP
5 12 (1.94%) PMI Certification
6 9 (1.46%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (0.81%) AWS Certification
7 5 (0.81%) Azure Certification
8 3 (0.49%) ISTQB
8 3 (0.49%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.32%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.32%) IIBA
9 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.32%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.16%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 1 (0.16%) CISA
10 1 (0.16%) ISEB
10 1 (0.16%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (0.16%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 116 (18.77%) Data Quality
2 44 (7.12%) QA
3 27 (4.37%) GDPR
4 10 (1.62%) SLA
5 9 (1.46%) PMO
6 7 (1.13%) IFRS
7 6 (0.97%) HL7
8 5 (0.81%) GAAP
8 5 (0.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (0.65%) Basel III
10 3 (0.49%) Accessibility
10 3 (0.49%) DICOM
10 3 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 3 (0.49%) SNOMED CT
11 2 (0.32%) California Consumer Privacy Act
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%) Solvency II
System Software
1 10 (1.62%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (1.29%) NFS
3 5 (0.81%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.65%) Docker
5 1 (0.16%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.16%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.16%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (2.10%) Kubernetes
2 12 (1.94%) Terraform
3 6 (0.97%) EMC VPLEX
3 6 (0.97%) vMotion
4 4 (0.65%) Ansible
5 3 (0.49%) Grafana
5 3 (0.49%) HP ALM
5 3 (0.49%) 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
1 118 (19.09%) Microsoft
2 106 (17.15%) Oracle
3 99 (16.02%) SAP
4 31 (5.02%) Databricks
5 29 (4.69%) Salesforce
6 19 (3.07%) Workday
7 17 (2.75%) Informatica
8 15 (2.43%) Avaloq
9 12 (1.94%) ServiceNow
9 12 (1.94%) VMware
10 10 (1.62%) MuleSoft
10 10 (1.62%) Pure Storage
11 9 (1.46%) GoldenSource
11 9 (1.46%) Temenos
12 8 (1.29%) Google
12 8 (1.29%) IBM
12 8 (1.29%) Talend
13 6 (0.97%) Commvault
14 5 (0.81%) Ariba
15 4 (0.65%) Bloomberg