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

6 months to
5 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 102 107
Rank change year-on-year +29 +5 +39
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 704 371 422
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.63% 2.79% 2.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.08% 3.03% 2.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 501 224 297
10th Percentile £381 £400 £388
25th Percentile £463 £452 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.36% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £668
90th Percentile £750 £764 £742
England median daily rate £528 £529 £540
% change year-on-year -0.28% -2.04% +0.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 1
10th Percentile £54.95 £40.20 -
25th Percentile £56.00 £48.56 £62.00
Median hourly rate £63.00 £65.00 £64.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.08% +1.56% -32.63%
75th Percentile £71.00 £66.25 £66.00
90th Percentile £72.65 £67.00 -
England median hourly rate £40.00 £57.50 £75.00
% change year-on-year -30.43% -23.33% +141.94%

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 17,240 12,243 15,589
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.88% 92.20% 88.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,454 8,171 11,099
10th Percentile £360 £331 £340
25th Percentile £439 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - -5.98%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £680
90th Percentile £763 £799 £800
England median daily rate £523 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +1.55% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 270 229 295
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £15.97
25th Percentile £22.87 £24.66 £20.02
Median hourly rate £37.00 £32.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.85% +8.33% -25.93%
75th Percentile £59.00 £50.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £68.75
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% +1.65%

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 5 July 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 5 July 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 +28 101 £550 +2.33% 36
West London 0 27 £475 -24.00% 7
East London 0 3 £675 +25.00%
South London -4 3 £543 - 2
North London -4 2 £523 -5.00%
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 34 (4.83%) SharePoint
2 14 (1.99%) Confluence
3 4 (0.57%) Apache Spark
3 4 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.28%) Apache
5 2 (0.28%) Appian
5 2 (0.28%) Palantir Foundry
6 1 (0.14%) CMS
6 1 (0.14%) IIS
6 1 (0.14%) OpenROAD
Applications
1 36 (5.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (2.41%) Microsoft Project
3 10 (1.42%) MS Visio
4 8 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.14%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.28%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 52 (7.39%) SAP S/4HANA
2 20 (2.84%) Dynamics CRM
3 18 (2.56%) Oracle ERP
4 14 (1.99%) NetSuite
5 13 (1.85%) Oracle Payables
5 13 (1.85%) SAP ERP
6 12 (1.70%) Oracle Receivables
7 11 (1.56%) Loan IQ
7 11 (1.56%) Oracle EBS
8 10 (1.42%) Oracle General Ledger
8 10 (1.42%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 9 (1.28%) iTrent
10 8 (1.14%) Oracle Financials
11 6 (0.85%) SAP Payroll
11 6 (0.85%) Workday HCM
12 4 (0.57%) Finacle
12 4 (0.57%) Maximo
12 4 (0.57%) SAP HCM
12 4 (0.57%) SAP MDG
13 3 (0.43%) SAP FI-AR
Cloud Services
1 122 (17.33%) Azure
2 95 (13.49%) Power Platform
3 71 (10.09%) Dynamics 365
4 61 (8.66%) AWS
5 49 (6.96%) Azure DevOps
6 28 (3.98%) OCI
7 23 (3.27%) Microsoft 365
7 23 (3.27%) Snowflake
8 22 (3.13%) Azure Data Factory
8 22 (3.13%) SaaS
9 18 (2.56%) Amazon S3
9 18 (2.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 17 (2.41%) GitHub
11 15 (2.13%) Power Automate
12 13 (1.85%) GCP
13 12 (1.70%) PowerApps
13 12 (1.70%) SuccessFactors
14 10 (1.42%) dbt
14 10 (1.42%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 10 (1.42%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.42%) NAS
1 10 (1.42%) SAN
2 3 (0.43%) DNS
2 3 (0.43%) Firewall
2 3 (0.43%) VPN
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%) Intranet
4 1 (0.14%) Network Security
4 1 (0.14%) SNMP
4 1 (0.14%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 86 (12.22%) Power BI
2 41 (5.82%) Data Warehouse
3 25 (3.55%) SQL Server
4 21 (2.98%) Metadata
5 20 (2.84%) Data Lake
6 17 (2.41%) PostgreSQL
7 16 (2.27%) NoSQL
8 14 (1.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 13 (1.85%) Relational Database
10 11 (1.56%) Oracle Reports
11 10 (1.42%) Db2
12 9 (1.28%) Amazon Redshift
13 8 (1.14%) Azure SQL Database
13 8 (1.14%) BusinessObjects
14 7 (0.99%) Oracle Database
14 7 (0.99%) Snowflake Schema
15 6 (0.85%) MySQL
15 6 (0.85%) Star Schema
16 5 (0.71%) DataStage
16 5 (0.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 63 (8.95%) JIRA
2 12 (1.70%) Git
3 4 (0.57%) Cucumber
3 4 (0.57%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.57%) JUnit
3 4 (0.57%) LSMW
3 4 (0.57%) Selenium
3 4 (0.57%) Zephyr
4 3 (0.43%) Cypress.io
4 3 (0.43%) ER Studio
4 3 (0.43%) ERwin
4 3 (0.43%) Gatling
4 3 (0.43%) GitLab
5 2 (0.28%) Oracle Forms
5 2 (0.28%) Postman
5 2 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.14%) ScriptRunner
6 1 (0.14%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.14%) Terragrunt
6 1 (0.14%) Visual Studio
General
1 272 (38.64%) Finance
2 211 (29.97%) Social Skills
3 98 (13.92%) Analytical Skills
4 63 (8.95%) Banking
5 51 (7.24%) Public Sector
6 42 (5.97%) Law
7 30 (4.26%) Retail
8 27 (3.84%) Documentation Skills
9 23 (3.27%) General Ledger
10 20 (2.84%) Presentation Skills
11 19 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
12 17 (2.41%) Legal
13 16 (2.27%) Local Government
14 15 (2.13%) Manufacturing
15 14 (1.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 13 (1.85%) Aviation
17 12 (1.70%) Billing
17 12 (1.70%) Marketing
18 11 (1.56%) Influencing Skills
19 10 (1.42%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 173 (24.57%) Lead
2 116 (16.48%) Architect
3 108 (15.34%) Analyst
4 70 (9.94%) Consultant
5 64 (9.09%) Business Analyst
6 60 (8.52%) Data Engineer
7 55 (7.81%) Data Migration Lead
8 53 (7.53%) Senior
9 43 (6.11%) Data Analyst
10 42 (5.97%) Project Manager
11 38 (5.40%) Migration Analyst
12 33 (4.69%) Lead Architect
13 31 (4.40%) Data Architect
13 31 (4.40%) Functional Architect
14 30 (4.26%) Migration Manager
15 29 (4.12%) Solutions Architect
16 26 (3.69%) Data Migration Analyst
17 25 (3.55%) Data Business Analyst
17 25 (3.55%) Technical Leader
18 22 (3.13%) Migration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (6.68%) Oracle Fusion
2 24 (3.41%) Middleware
2 24 (3.41%) REST
3 17 (2.41%) SOAP
4 13 (1.85%) XML
5 12 (1.70%) .NET
6 10 (1.42%) JSON
6 10 (1.42%) Lightning Web Components
7 8 (1.14%) Kafka
8 6 (0.85%) Spring
9 4 (0.57%) HTML5 Canvas
9 4 (0.57%) Keycloak
9 4 (0.57%) Playwright
9 4 (0.57%) PySpark
9 4 (0.57%) React
10 3 (0.43%) FHIR
10 3 (0.43%) Web Services
11 2 (0.28%) ADO
11 2 (0.28%) Snowpark
11 2 (0.28%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 85 (12.07%) Legacy Systems
2 58 (8.24%) Data Structures
3 25 (3.55%) Management Information System
4 20 (2.84%) Cloud Native
5 18 (2.56%) Onboarding
6 15 (2.13%) Enterprise Software
6 15 (2.13%) Product Ownership
7 13 (1.85%) Replication
8 11 (1.56%) Distributed Systems
8 11 (1.56%) Mainframe
9 10 (1.42%) FMCG
10 9 (1.28%) Data Centre
10 9 (1.28%) Greenfield Project
11 8 (1.14%) NHS
11 8 (1.14%) Reference Data
12 7 (0.99%) Analytical Mindset
13 6 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
13 6 (0.85%) Legacy Code
13 6 (0.85%) PACS
13 6 (0.85%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 13 (1.85%) Windows
2 7 (0.99%) zOS
3 5 (0.71%) Linux
4 2 (0.28%) Unix
5 1 (0.14%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 704 (100.00%) Migration
2 173 (24.57%) Validation
3 172 (24.43%) Stakeholder Management
4 171 (24.29%) User Acceptance Testing
5 153 (21.73%) ERP
6 126 (17.90%) Agile
7 123 (17.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 111 (15.77%) Data Modelling
9 94 (13.35%) Business Intelligence
10 92 (13.07%) ETL
11 91 (12.93%) Problem-Solving
12 86 (12.22%) Data Mapping
13 82 (11.65%) DevOps
14 77 (10.94%) Data Governance
15 72 (10.23%) Continuous Improvement
16 71 (10.09%) Translating Business Requirements
17 62 (8.81%) Decision-Making
18 60 (8.52%) Data Cleansing
18 60 (8.52%) Data Transformation
19 59 (8.38%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 125 (17.76%) SQL
2 54 (7.67%) Python
3 25 (3.55%) Java
4 17 (2.41%) JavaScript
5 9 (1.28%) C#
6 8 (1.14%) Apex Code
7 7 (0.99%) PL/SQL
7 7 (0.99%) T-SQL
8 6 (0.85%) TypeScript
9 5 (0.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 5 (0.71%) Kotlin
10 3 (0.43%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.43%) SOQL
10 3 (0.43%) VBA
11 2 (0.28%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.14%) Bash
12 1 (0.14%) COBOL
12 1 (0.14%) Korn
12 1 (0.14%) Scala
12 1 (0.14%) X++
Qualifications
1 83 (11.79%) Security Cleared
2 68 (9.66%) SC Cleared
3 30 (4.26%) Degree
4 15 (2.13%) PMP
5 12 (1.70%) BPSS Clearance
6 11 (1.56%) PMI Certification
7 10 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (0.85%) Azure Certification
9 5 (0.71%) DBS Check
10 4 (0.57%) AWS Certification
10 4 (0.57%) ISTQB
11 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.28%) CFA
12 2 (0.28%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.28%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 2 (0.28%) TOGAF Certification
13 1 (0.14%) CAPM
13 1 (0.14%) CTC Cleared
13 1 (0.14%) IIBA
13 1 (0.14%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 133 (18.89%) Data Quality
2 54 (7.67%) QA
3 31 (4.40%) GDPR
4 14 (1.99%) PMO
5 12 (1.70%) SLA
6 6 (0.85%) HL7
7 5 (0.71%) IFRS
8 3 (0.43%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.43%) DICOM
8 3 (0.43%) GAAP
8 3 (0.43%) GMP
8 3 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.43%) SNOMED CT
9 2 (0.28%) GRC
9 2 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 2 (0.28%) Solvency II
10 1 (0.14%) AIFMD
10 1 (0.14%) EMIR
10 1 (0.14%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 10 (1.42%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (1.14%) Docker
2 8 (1.14%) NFS
3 6 (0.85%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.14%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.14%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.14%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (2.41%) Kubernetes
2 16 (2.27%) Terraform
3 6 (0.85%) EMC VPLEX
3 6 (0.85%) vMotion
4 4 (0.57%) HP ALM
5 3 (0.43%) Ansible
5 3 (0.43%) Grafana
5 3 (0.43%) Karpenter
5 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.14%) Argo
6 1 (0.14%) Avamar
6 1 (0.14%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.14%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.14%) NetBackup
6 1 (0.14%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.14%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 144 (20.45%) Microsoft
2 121 (17.19%) Oracle
3 113 (16.05%) SAP
4 41 (5.82%) Databricks
5 30 (4.26%) Salesforce
6 22 (3.13%) ServiceNow
7 16 (2.27%) Informatica
8 15 (2.13%) Workday
9 13 (1.85%) VMware
10 11 (1.56%) IFS
11 10 (1.42%) MuleSoft
11 10 (1.42%) Pure Storage
12 9 (1.28%) Avaloq
13 8 (1.14%) Talend
14 7 (0.99%) Google
14 7 (0.99%) IBM
14 7 (0.99%) Temenos
15 6 (0.85%) Ariba
15 6 (0.85%) Commvault
16 5 (0.71%) Bloomberg