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 15 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 86 97 124
Rank change year-on-year +11 +27 +38
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 465 390 419
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.31% 2.48% 2.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.59% 2.78% 2.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 287 265 276
10th Percentile £400 £388 £403
25th Percentile £456 £465 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £656 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £708 £738
England median daily rate £538 £545 £550
% change year-on-year -1.38% -0.91% +2.33%
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% +44.68%
75th Percentile £99.38 £58.25 £86.50
90th Percentile £105.75 £62.90 £86.70
England median hourly rate £64.82 £64.00 £85.00
% change year-on-year +1.27% -24.71% +34.92%

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 12,961 14,023 18,134
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.39% 89.17% 89.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,517 9,049 13,046
10th Percentile £331 £350 £355
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% -4.35% -2.54%
75th Percentile £656 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £507 £525 £546
% change year-on-year -3.43% -3.85% -0.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 261 166 250
10th Percentile £17.98 £17.38 £18.56
25th Percentile £24.77 £23.98 £21.50
Median hourly rate £29.50 £37.79 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.93% +0.76% -
75th Percentile £47.00 £55.94 £61.75
90th Percentile £67.50 £80.38 £76.38
England median hourly rate £25.15 £37.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -32.03% -16.85% +27.14%

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 15 November 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 15 November 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 15 November 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 +12 62 £550 -0.18% 79
East London +9 10 £540 +35.00% 1
West London -10 7 £600 +20.00% 6
North London - 6 £550 -
South London -1 4 £458 +1.67% 1
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 22 (4.73%) Confluence
2 8 (1.72%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.29%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.86%) CMS
5 3 (0.65%) Apache
5 3 (0.65%) LiveLink
6 2 (0.43%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.22%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.22%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.22%) SAP Portal
Applications
1 18 (3.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.94%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.86%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.65%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.65%) Oracle Smart View
5 3 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.43%) Trello
Business Applications
1 46 (9.89%) SAP S/4HANA
2 24 (5.16%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (3.01%) SAP HR
4 9 (1.94%) Oracle EBS
5 8 (1.72%) Salesforce CRM
6 7 (1.51%) NetSuite
6 7 (1.51%) Oracle Payables
6 7 (1.51%) SAP Payroll
7 6 (1.29%) Endur
7 6 (1.29%) Workday HCM
8 5 (1.08%) Oracle EBS R12
8 5 (1.08%) Oracle ERP
8 5 (1.08%) Oracle General Ledger
8 5 (1.08%) SAP ERP
8 5 (1.08%) SAP SD
9 4 (0.86%) Oracle FAH
9 4 (0.86%) Oracle Receivables
9 4 (0.86%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 4 (0.86%) Unit4 Business World
10 3 (0.65%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 69 (14.84%) Azure
2 48 (10.32%) Power Platform
3 46 (9.89%) AWS
4 32 (6.88%) OCI
5 31 (6.67%) Dynamics 365
6 30 (6.45%) SaaS
7 21 (4.52%) Azure DevOps
8 17 (3.66%) Snowflake
9 12 (2.58%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 11 (2.37%) Amazon S3
10 11 (2.37%) Azure Data Factory
10 11 (2.37%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 11 (2.37%) GCP
11 10 (2.15%) GitHub
12 9 (1.94%) Azure Logic Apps
12 9 (1.94%) Power Automate
12 9 (1.94%) PowerApps
13 8 (1.72%) dbt
14 7 (1.51%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 7 (1.51%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.43%) NAS
1 2 (0.43%) WAN
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 39 (8.39%) SQL Server
2 37 (7.96%) Data Warehouse
3 34 (7.31%) Power BI
4 28 (6.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 20 (4.30%) Relational Database
6 16 (3.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 12 (2.58%) Amazon Redshift
8 11 (2.37%) Tableau
9 10 (2.15%) Oracle Database
10 9 (1.94%) Big Data
10 9 (1.94%) DataStage
10 9 (1.94%) Metadata
10 9 (1.94%) Oracle Reports
10 9 (1.94%) RDBMS
11 7 (1.51%) Amazon QuickSight
11 7 (1.51%) Data Lake
11 7 (1.51%) MySQL
11 7 (1.51%) SAP HANA
12 6 (1.29%) Azure SQL Database
12 6 (1.29%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 43 (9.25%) JIRA
2 5 (1.08%) LSMW
3 4 (0.86%) Git
3 4 (0.86%) Zephyr
4 3 (0.65%) Selenium
5 2 (0.43%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.43%) Oracle Forms
5 2 (0.43%) TestRail
5 2 (0.43%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.43%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.22%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.22%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.22%) ERwin
6 1 (0.22%) GitLab
6 1 (0.22%) gulp
6 1 (0.22%) Postman
6 1 (0.22%) webpack
General
1 197 (42.37%) Finance
2 160 (34.41%) Social Skills
3 57 (12.26%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (7.53%) Public Sector
5 34 (7.31%) Banking
6 22 (4.73%) Local Government
7 20 (4.30%) Back Office
7 20 (4.30%) Documentation Skills
8 18 (3.87%) Retail
9 13 (2.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 12 (2.58%) Manufacturing
10 12 (2.58%) Marketing
11 11 (2.37%) Legal
12 10 (2.15%) Presentation Skills
13 9 (1.94%) Front Office
13 9 (1.94%) General Ledger
14 8 (1.72%) Billing
15 7 (1.51%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (1.51%) Investment Banking
15 7 (1.51%) Law
Job Titles
1 79 (16.99%) Analyst
2 66 (14.19%) Consultant
3 65 (13.98%) Lead
4 54 (11.61%) Architect
4 54 (11.61%) Business Analyst
5 44 (9.46%) Project Manager
6 38 (8.17%) Data Engineer
7 31 (6.67%) Senior
8 22 (4.73%) Data Analyst
8 22 (4.73%) Data Migration Lead
8 22 (4.73%) SAP Consultant
9 17 (3.66%) Solutions Architect
10 16 (3.44%) Developer
11 15 (3.23%) Functional Consultant
12 14 (3.01%) Data Migration Analyst
12 14 (3.01%) Migration Analyst
12 14 (3.01%) Migration Engineer
13 13 (2.80%) Data Migration Specialist
13 13 (2.80%) Migration Specialist
13 13 (2.80%) Oracle Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (4.73%) XML
2 19 (4.09%) REST
3 15 (3.23%) Oracle Fusion
4 14 (3.01%) Lightning Web Components
5 11 (2.37%) SOAP
6 9 (1.94%) Middleware
7 7 (1.51%) JSON
7 7 (1.51%) PySpark
7 7 (1.51%) SAP Fiori
7 7 (1.51%) Visualforce
8 6 (1.29%) .NET
8 6 (1.29%) BAPI
8 6 (1.29%) EDI
8 6 (1.29%) IDoc
9 5 (1.08%) React
9 5 (1.08%) SAP ALE
10 4 (0.86%) Swagger
10 4 (0.86%) Web Services
11 2 (0.43%) Great Expectations
11 2 (0.43%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 59 (12.69%) Legacy Systems
2 29 (6.24%) Data Structures
3 21 (4.52%) Management Information System
4 11 (2.37%) Onboarding
4 11 (2.37%) Product Ownership
5 8 (1.72%) Virtual Team
6 7 (1.51%) Data Protection Act
6 7 (1.51%) Reference Data
7 6 (1.29%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (1.29%) Greenfield Project
8 5 (1.08%) Credit Risk
8 5 (1.08%) Data Centre
9 4 (0.86%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (0.86%) Cloud Native
9 4 (0.86%) Grid Computing
9 4 (0.86%) Public Cloud
10 3 (0.65%) FMCG
10 3 (0.65%) Legacy Applications
10 3 (0.65%) Reinsurance
10 3 (0.65%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.08%) Windows Server 2016
2 4 (0.86%) Windows
3 1 (0.22%) AIX
3 1 (0.22%) Linux
3 1 (0.22%) Unix
3 1 (0.22%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 465 (100.00%) Migration
2 98 (21.08%) Agile
3 94 (20.22%) Problem-Solving
4 81 (17.42%) ERP
5 75 (16.13%) ETL
6 74 (15.91%) User Acceptance Testing
7 73 (15.70%) Stakeholder Management
8 68 (14.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 67 (14.41%) Validation
10 62 (13.33%) Data Modelling
11 57 (12.26%) Analytics
12 50 (10.75%) CRM
12 50 (10.75%) Project Management
13 49 (10.54%) Business Intelligence
14 43 (9.25%) Data Governance
15 42 (9.03%) Change Management
15 42 (9.03%) DevOps
16 40 (8.60%) Data Cleansing
16 40 (8.60%) Workshop Facilitation
17 39 (8.39%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 115 (24.73%) SQL
2 40 (8.60%) Python
3 29 (6.24%) Java
4 13 (2.80%) Apex Code
4 13 (2.80%) C#
5 12 (2.58%) JavaScript
6 8 (1.72%) ABAP
7 5 (1.08%) Shell Script
7 5 (1.08%) T-SQL
8 4 (0.86%) SOQL
9 3 (0.65%) Bicep
9 3 (0.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (0.65%) SOSL
9 3 (0.65%) VB
10 2 (0.43%) Korn
10 2 (0.43%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.43%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.43%) R
10 2 (0.43%) Scala
10 2 (0.43%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 46 (9.89%) Degree
2 36 (7.74%) Security Cleared
3 31 (6.67%) SC Cleared
4 13 (2.80%) PMI Certification
4 13 (2.80%) PMP
5 12 (2.58%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (2.37%) AWS Certification
7 7 (1.51%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (1.51%) Master's Degree
8 5 (1.08%) CFA
9 4 (0.86%) CBAP
9 4 (0.86%) DBS Check
9 4 (0.86%) ISTQB
9 4 (0.86%) SAP Certification
10 3 (0.65%) Oracle Certification
11 2 (0.43%) CIMA
11 2 (0.43%) CIPD
11 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.22%) APMG
12 1 (0.22%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (13.12%) Data Quality
2 32 (6.88%) QA
3 14 (3.01%) GDPR
4 8 (1.72%) SLA
5 5 (1.08%) IFRS
6 3 (0.65%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.65%) IFRS 17
6 3 (0.65%) IFRS 9
6 3 (0.65%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.43%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.43%) EMIR
7 2 (0.43%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.43%) MiFID
7 2 (0.43%) PMO
8 1 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.22%) GAAP
8 1 (0.22%) GRC
8 1 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.22%) WCAG
System Software
1 15 (3.23%) 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 (3.87%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.15%) Terraform
3 5 (1.08%) Ansible
4 4 (0.86%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.22%) Argo
5 1 (0.22%) Grafana
5 1 (0.22%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (0.22%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 91 (19.57%) SAP
2 76 (16.34%) Oracle
3 56 (12.04%) Microsoft
4 27 (5.81%) Salesforce
5 26 (5.59%) Workday
6 18 (3.87%) Databricks
7 9 (1.94%) Informatica
8 8 (1.72%) Kronos
9 6 (1.29%) Google
9 6 (1.29%) MuleSoft
9 6 (1.29%) ServiceNow
10 5 (1.08%) Atlassian
10 5 (1.08%) HP
10 5 (1.08%) Liquidlogic
10 5 (1.08%) Siebel
10 5 (1.08%) Talend
11 3 (0.65%) Alteryx
11 3 (0.65%) Ariba
11 3 (0.65%) Hitachi
11 3 (0.65%) OpenText