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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 88 94 102
Rank change year-on-year +6 +8 +31
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 672 393 386
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.33% 2.93% 2.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.75% 3.16% 2.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 456 230 250
10th Percentile £368 £400 £375
25th Percentile £450 £453 £452
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £553 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.71% +5.24% -6.67%
75th Percentile £645 £656 £650
90th Percentile £750 £738 £732
England median daily rate £525 £529 £540
% change year-on-year -0.76% -2.04% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 1
10th Percentile £46.25 £42.99 -
25th Percentile £52.50 £55.53 £62.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £64.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +1.56% -32.63%
75th Percentile £61.44 £78.13 £66.00
90th Percentile £68.25 £97.25 -
England median hourly rate £40.00 £51.50 £80.00
% change year-on-year -22.33% -35.63% -13.25%

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 17,943 12,436 14,413
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.88% 92.58% 89.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,720 8,226 9,619
10th Percentile £360 £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 £675 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 298 251 180
10th Percentile £16.70 £17.00 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.00 £23.80
Median hourly rate £33.92 £31.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.67% -10.00% -12.31%
75th Percentile £56.81 £48.13 £55.00
90th Percentile £82.38 £63.75 £72.19
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -1.91%

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 16 September 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 16 September 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 16 September 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 +19 105 £600 +8.11% 65
West London +5 34 £705 +12.80% 11
South London -8 4 £514 +12.30% 3
East London -1 3 £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 39 (5.80%) SharePoint
2 21 (3.13%) Confluence
3 12 (1.79%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (0.89%) Apache
4 6 (0.89%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.74%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.30%) CMS
6 2 (0.30%) HCL Notes
6 2 (0.30%) Palantir Foundry
6 2 (0.30%) SugarCRM
7 1 (0.15%) Documentum
7 1 (0.15%) IIS
7 1 (0.15%) SAS
Applications
1 23 (3.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.49%) MS Visio
3 7 (1.04%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (0.89%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.45%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.30%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.30%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 59 (8.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 31 (4.61%) Dynamics CRM
3 21 (3.13%) Oracle Payables
4 19 (2.83%) Oracle ERP
5 17 (2.53%) NetSuite
5 17 (2.53%) Oracle Receivables
6 11 (1.64%) SAP ERP
7 10 (1.49%) Oracle General Ledger
8 9 (1.34%) Oracle Financials
9 8 (1.19%) iTrent
10 7 (1.04%) Oracle EBS
10 7 (1.04%) Temenos T24
11 6 (0.89%) Dynamics NAV
11 6 (0.89%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 6 (0.89%) SAP MDG
11 6 (0.89%) Workday HCM
12 5 (0.74%) Oracle Assets
12 5 (0.74%) SAP GRC
12 5 (0.74%) SAP Payroll
13 4 (0.60%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 121 (18.01%) Azure
2 94 (13.99%) Power Platform
3 72 (10.71%) Dynamics 365
4 57 (8.48%) AWS
5 45 (6.70%) Azure DevOps
6 29 (4.32%) Microsoft 365
7 28 (4.17%) OCI
8 27 (4.02%) SaaS
8 27 (4.02%) Snowflake
9 24 (3.57%) Amazon S3
10 22 (3.27%) Power Automate
11 20 (2.98%) GCP
12 19 (2.83%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 18 (2.68%) Azure Data Factory
14 17 (2.53%) SuccessFactors
15 16 (2.38%) PowerApps
16 15 (2.23%) GitHub
17 14 (2.08%) dbt
18 10 (1.49%) GitHub Actions
19 9 (1.34%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.45%) Intranet
2 2 (0.30%) HTTP
2 2 (0.30%) 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 81 (12.05%) Power BI
2 42 (6.25%) Data Warehouse
3 30 (4.46%) SQL Server
4 29 (4.32%) Metadata
5 22 (3.27%) Data Lake
6 18 (2.68%) Relational Database
7 17 (2.53%) PostgreSQL
8 10 (1.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 9 (1.34%) Amazon Redshift
9 9 (1.34%) Azure SQL Database
9 9 (1.34%) BusinessObjects
9 9 (1.34%) NoSQL
10 8 (1.19%) MongoDB
10 8 (1.19%) Oracle Reports
11 7 (1.04%) BigQuery
11 7 (1.04%) DataStage
11 7 (1.04%) Delta Lake
11 7 (1.04%) Oracle Database
11 7 (1.04%) Snowflake Schema
12 6 (0.89%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 54 (8.04%) JIRA
2 12 (1.79%) Git
3 4 (0.60%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.60%) Oracle Forms
3 4 (0.60%) Zephyr
4 3 (0.45%) ER Studio
4 3 (0.45%) Gatling
4 3 (0.45%) LSMW
4 3 (0.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (0.30%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.30%) GitLab
5 2 (0.30%) Postman
5 2 (0.30%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.15%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.15%) JMeter
6 1 (0.15%) JUnit
6 1 (0.15%) ScriptRunner
6 1 (0.15%) Selenium
General
1 275 (40.92%) Finance
2 202 (30.06%) Social Skills
3 87 (12.95%) Analytical Skills
4 60 (8.93%) Banking
5 52 (7.74%) Public Sector
6 30 (4.46%) Retail
7 29 (4.32%) General Ledger
8 28 (4.17%) Law
9 27 (4.02%) Documentation Skills
10 25 (3.72%) Manufacturing
11 17 (2.53%) Local Government
12 15 (2.23%) Organisational Skills
13 14 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 13 (1.93%) Aviation
14 13 (1.93%) Billing
14 13 (1.93%) Marketing
15 11 (1.64%) Influencing Skills
15 11 (1.64%) Pharmaceutical
16 10 (1.49%) Legal
17 7 (1.04%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 141 (20.98%) Lead
2 111 (16.52%) Analyst
3 98 (14.58%) Architect
4 78 (11.61%) Consultant
5 60 (8.93%) Business Analyst
6 51 (7.59%) Senior
7 50 (7.44%) Data Engineer
8 49 (7.29%) Data Migration Lead
9 47 (6.99%) Data Analyst
10 36 (5.36%) Project Manager
11 32 (4.76%) Data Architect
12 27 (4.02%) Migration Analyst
12 27 (4.02%) Solutions Architect
13 26 (3.87%) Developer
14 22 (3.27%) Data Migration Analyst
15 21 (3.13%) Functional Architect
15 21 (3.13%) Oracle Consultant
16 20 (2.98%) Lead Architect
16 20 (2.98%) Migration Engineer
17 19 (2.83%) Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (7.89%) Oracle Fusion
2 28 (4.17%) Middleware
3 18 (2.68%) REST
4 15 (2.23%) .NET
5 14 (2.08%) XML
6 13 (1.93%) PySpark
7 11 (1.64%) JSON
8 10 (1.49%) SOAP
9 8 (1.19%) Keycloak
9 8 (1.19%) Terraform
10 7 (1.04%) Lightning Web Components
11 6 (0.89%) Kafka
11 6 (0.89%) Web Services
12 5 (0.74%) HTML
13 4 (0.60%) HTML5 Canvas
13 4 (0.60%) XSLT
14 3 (0.45%) Playwright
15 2 (0.30%) ASP.NET Web API
15 2 (0.30%) Entity Framework
15 2 (0.30%) React
Miscellaneous
1 81 (12.05%) Legacy Systems
2 56 (8.33%) Data Structures
3 29 (4.32%) Enterprise Software
4 25 (3.72%) Management Information System
5 22 (3.27%) Onboarding
5 22 (3.27%) Product Ownership
6 14 (2.08%) Cloud Native
6 14 (2.08%) FMCG
7 12 (1.79%) Reference Data
8 10 (1.49%) Replication
9 9 (1.34%) Reinsurance
10 8 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
10 8 (1.19%) NHS
11 7 (1.04%) Greenfield Project
12 6 (0.89%) Distributed Systems
12 6 (0.89%) Legacy Applications
12 6 (0.89%) Legacy Code
12 6 (0.89%) Public Cloud
13 5 (0.74%) Data Centre
13 5 (0.74%) PACS
Operating Systems
1 14 (2.08%) Windows
2 4 (0.60%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 672 (100.00%) Migration
2 198 (29.46%) Stakeholder Management
3 196 (29.17%) Validation
4 173 (25.74%) User Acceptance Testing
5 167 (24.85%) ERP
6 123 (18.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 120 (17.86%) Agile
8 117 (17.41%) Data Modelling
9 98 (14.58%) Data Governance
10 88 (13.10%) Business Intelligence
11 82 (12.20%) ETL
12 78 (11.61%) DevOps
12 78 (11.61%) Problem-Solving
13 71 (10.57%) Requirements Gathering
14 67 (9.97%) Data Mapping
15 66 (9.82%) Data Cleansing
16 63 (9.38%) Data Validation
16 63 (9.38%) Translating Business Requirements
17 58 (8.63%) Data Transformation
18 57 (8.48%) Cutover Planning
Programming Languages
1 125 (18.60%) SQL
2 42 (6.25%) Python
3 16 (2.38%) JavaScript
4 15 (2.23%) Java
5 14 (2.08%) C#
6 7 (1.04%) TypeScript
7 6 (0.89%) Apex Code
7 6 (0.89%) PL/SQL
8 4 (0.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 4 (0.60%) Kotlin
8 4 (0.60%) T-SQL
9 3 (0.45%) PowerShell
9 3 (0.45%) SOQL
10 2 (0.30%) ABAP
10 2 (0.30%) R
10 2 (0.30%) Scala
10 2 (0.30%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.30%) VBA
10 2 (0.30%) X++
11 1 (0.15%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 75 (11.16%) Security Cleared
2 65 (9.67%) SC Cleared
3 30 (4.46%) Degree
4 18 (2.68%) PMP
5 17 (2.53%) PMI Certification
6 11 (1.64%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (1.19%) ACCA
8 8 (1.19%) CIMA
9 5 (0.74%) DBS Check
10 4 (0.60%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (0.60%) DV Cleared
11 3 (0.45%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.45%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.30%) CAPM
12 2 (0.30%) CBAP
12 2 (0.30%) CFA
12 2 (0.30%) CTC Cleared
12 2 (0.30%) ISTQB
13 1 (0.15%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 147 (21.88%) Data Quality
2 48 (7.14%) QA
3 22 (3.27%) GDPR
4 21 (3.13%) PMO
5 8 (1.19%) GRC
6 6 (0.89%) HL7
6 6 (0.89%) SLA
7 3 (0.45%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.45%) DICOM
7 3 (0.45%) IFRS
7 3 (0.45%) SNOMED CT
8 2 (0.30%) GMP
8 2 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 2 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.15%) GAAP
9 1 (0.15%) GxP
9 1 (0.15%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.15%) MiFID
System Software
1 9 (1.34%) Docker
2 3 (0.45%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.15%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (1.49%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.04%) Karpenter
3 2 (0.30%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.15%) Ansible
4 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 141 (20.98%) Microsoft
2 127 (18.90%) Oracle
3 122 (18.15%) SAP
4 51 (7.59%) Databricks
5 26 (3.87%) Salesforce
6 18 (2.68%) Informatica
6 18 (2.68%) ServiceNow
7 14 (2.08%) Workday
8 11 (1.64%) IBM
9 10 (1.49%) IFS
9 10 (1.49%) Talend
10 9 (1.34%) Google
11 8 (1.19%) Ariba
12 7 (1.04%) Atlassian
13 6 (0.89%) MuleSoft
14 5 (0.74%) Alteryx
14 5 (0.74%) Sage
15 4 (0.60%) Bloomberg
15 4 (0.60%) Temenos
15 4 (0.60%) Teradata