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

6 months to
23 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 97 91
Rank change year-on-year +12 -6 +56
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 516 349 419
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.32% 2.60% 2.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.68% 2.87% 2.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 357 242 310
10th Percentile £388 £385 £413
25th Percentile £463 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £638 £625 £675
90th Percentile £700 £711 £738
England median daily rate £540 £540 £550
% change year-on-year - -1.82% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 9
10th Percentile - - £82.70
25th Percentile - - £83.50
Median hourly rate - £35.00 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year - -58.82% +9.68%
75th Percentile - - £86.50
90th Percentile - - £86.70
England median hourly rate £61.00 £57.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +6.09% -11.54% +60.49%

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 14,026 12,165 16,262
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.28% 90.72% 88.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,387 7,830 11,626
10th Percentile £350 £350 £339
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -7.56%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 217 156 348
10th Percentile £17.80 £20.88 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.21 £25.94 £19.45
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.25 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.04% +24.17% -15.49%
75th Percentile £56.50 £55.25 £49.91
90th Percentile £70.00 £78.58 £72.00
England median hourly rate £27.21 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -22.26% - -

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 23 February 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 23 February 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 +1 61 £550 - 14
East London +4 5 £500 +25.00% 3
West London -17 3 £800 +60.00% 5
North London - 3 £550 -
South London - 3 - - 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 20 (3.88%) Confluence
2 10 (1.94%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (0.58%) CMS
3 3 (0.58%) LiveLink
4 2 (0.39%) Appian
4 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.19%) Apache
5 1 (0.19%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.19%) IIS
5 1 (0.19%) NetWeaver
5 1 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.19%) SAP Portal
5 1 (0.19%) WebSphere
Applications
1 30 (5.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (3.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (2.13%) Microsoft Project
4 9 (1.74%) MS Visio
5 8 (1.55%) Microsoft Office
5 8 (1.55%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.58%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 30 (5.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (3.68%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (2.71%) SAP HR
4 12 (2.33%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 11 (2.13%) Loan IQ
6 10 (1.94%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 8 (1.55%) Oracle EBS
7 8 (1.55%) Oracle General Ledger
8 7 (1.36%) Oracle ERP
8 7 (1.36%) SAP CO
9 6 (1.16%) Oracle FAH
9 6 (1.16%) SAP FI
9 6 (1.16%) SAP FI/CO
10 5 (0.97%) Workday HCM
11 4 (0.78%) Finacle
11 4 (0.78%) SAP MM
11 4 (0.78%) SAP Payroll
11 4 (0.78%) Temenos T24
12 3 (0.58%) Oracle Payables
12 3 (0.58%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 74 (14.34%) Azure
2 56 (10.85%) AWS
3 51 (9.88%) Power Platform
4 33 (6.40%) OCI
5 32 (6.20%) Dynamics 365
6 18 (3.49%) Azure Data Factory
6 18 (3.49%) SaaS
7 17 (3.29%) Azure DevOps
7 17 (3.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 16 (3.10%) Snowflake
9 14 (2.71%) GitHub
10 12 (2.33%) Amazon S3
11 10 (1.94%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 10 (1.94%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 9 (1.74%) SuccessFactors
13 7 (1.36%) Azure Logic Apps
13 7 (1.36%) GCP
13 7 (1.36%) Power Automate
13 7 (1.36%) PowerApps
14 6 (1.16%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.13%) NAS
2 9 (1.74%) SAN
3 3 (0.58%) DNS
4 2 (0.39%) Firewall
5 1 (0.19%) IPv4
5 1 (0.19%) Network Security
5 1 (0.19%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.19%) VLAN
5 1 (0.19%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (8.72%) Data Warehouse
2 40 (7.75%) SQL Server
3 37 (7.17%) Power BI
4 30 (5.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 24 (4.65%) Relational Database
6 20 (3.88%) Oracle Database
7 14 (2.71%) Metadata
7 14 (2.71%) PostgreSQL
7 14 (2.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 13 (2.52%) Data Lake
9 12 (2.33%) RDBMS
10 11 (2.13%) Amazon Redshift
10 11 (2.13%) Tableau
11 10 (1.94%) Big Data
11 10 (1.94%) MySQL
12 8 (1.55%) DataStage
12 8 (1.55%) Oracle Reports
13 7 (1.36%) DB2
14 6 (1.16%) Amazon Athena
14 6 (1.16%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 50 (9.69%) JIRA
2 5 (0.97%) Git
3 4 (0.78%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.78%) Toad
4 3 (0.58%) Bitbucket
4 3 (0.58%) Cucumber
4 3 (0.58%) Cypress.io
4 3 (0.58%) ERwin
4 3 (0.58%) JUnit
4 3 (0.58%) LSMW
5 2 (0.39%) Oracle Forms
5 2 (0.39%) Selenium
5 2 (0.39%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.19%) Fiddler
6 1 (0.19%) GitLab
6 1 (0.19%) gulp
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.19%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.19%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.19%) webpack
General
1 186 (36.05%) Finance
2 172 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 66 (12.79%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (11.05%) Banking
5 37 (7.17%) Public Sector
6 27 (5.23%) Retail
7 26 (5.04%) Documentation Skills
8 17 (3.29%) Presentation Skills
9 16 (3.10%) Legal
10 13 (2.52%) Organisational Skills
11 10 (1.94%) General Ledger
11 10 (1.94%) Local Government
12 9 (1.74%) Investment Banking
12 9 (1.74%) Manufacturing
13 8 (1.55%) Law
13 8 (1.55%) Telecoms
14 7 (1.36%) Back Office
14 7 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (0.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 5 (0.97%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 99 (19.19%) Analyst
2 94 (18.22%) Lead
3 66 (12.79%) Business Analyst
4 58 (11.24%) Consultant
5 53 (10.27%) Architect
6 49 (9.50%) Data Engineer
7 42 (8.14%) Project Manager
7 42 (8.14%) Senior
8 31 (6.01%) Developer
8 31 (6.01%) Migration Analyst
9 29 (5.62%) Data Analyst
10 23 (4.46%) Migration Manager
11 22 (4.26%) Data Migration Lead
12 21 (4.07%) Data Business Analyst
12 21 (4.07%) Data Migration Analyst
13 19 (3.68%) Data Manager
14 18 (3.49%) Data Architect
15 16 (3.10%) Data Migration Manager
16 15 (2.91%) Solutions Architect
16 15 (2.91%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (4.07%) Oracle Fusion
2 20 (3.88%) REST
3 19 (3.68%) XML
4 15 (2.91%) Middleware
5 12 (2.33%) SOAP
6 11 (2.13%) Lightning Web Components
7 10 (1.94%) .NET
8 7 (1.36%) PySpark
9 6 (1.16%) Kafka
10 5 (0.97%) JSON
11 4 (0.78%) React
11 4 (0.78%) Web Services
12 3 (0.58%) Playwright
12 3 (0.58%) SAP Fiori
12 3 (0.58%) XSLT
13 2 (0.39%) ADO
13 2 (0.39%) FHIR
13 2 (0.39%) OpenTelemetry
13 2 (0.39%) Spring
13 2 (0.39%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 70 (13.57%) Legacy Systems
2 38 (7.36%) Data Structures
3 20 (3.88%) Management Information System
4 15 (2.91%) Onboarding
5 14 (2.71%) Replication
6 10 (1.94%) Data Protection Act
7 8 (1.55%) Cloud Native
7 8 (1.55%) Product Ownership
7 8 (1.55%) Reference Data
7 8 (1.55%) Tandem
8 7 (1.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 7 (1.36%) Greenfield Project
9 6 (1.16%) Data Centre
9 6 (1.16%) Derivative
9 6 (1.16%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (0.97%) Taxonomies
11 4 (0.78%) Equities
11 4 (0.78%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (0.78%) Mainframe
12 3 (0.58%) LIMS
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.55%) Windows
2 6 (1.16%) Unix
3 5 (0.97%) Windows Server 2016
4 4 (0.78%) zOS
5 3 (0.58%) Linux
6 2 (0.39%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.19%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 516 (100.00%) Migration
2 123 (23.84%) Agile
3 115 (22.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 110 (21.32%) ETL
5 90 (17.44%) Problem-Solving
6 87 (16.86%) Validation
7 83 (16.09%) Data Modelling
8 76 (14.73%) User Acceptance Testing
9 71 (13.76%) ERP
10 66 (12.79%) Analytics
11 64 (12.40%) Data Mapping
11 64 (12.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 61 (11.82%) Project Management
13 49 (9.50%) Business Intelligence
14 48 (9.30%) Data Cleansing
15 46 (8.91%) Data Governance
15 46 (8.91%) Decision-Making
16 44 (8.53%) Workshop Facilitation
17 41 (7.95%) Data Analysis
18 38 (7.36%) Data Transformation
Programming Languages
1 144 (27.91%) SQL
2 47 (9.11%) Python
3 24 (4.65%) Java
4 14 (2.71%) JavaScript
5 10 (1.94%) C#
5 10 (1.94%) PL/SQL
6 9 (1.74%) Apex Code
7 5 (0.97%) PHP
7 5 (0.97%) Shell Script
7 5 (0.97%) T-SQL
8 4 (0.78%) Perl
8 4 (0.78%) VBA
9 3 (0.58%) Bash
9 3 (0.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (0.58%) Korn
10 2 (0.39%) ABAP
10 2 (0.39%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.39%) R
10 2 (0.39%) SOQL
10 2 (0.39%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 68 (13.18%) Security Cleared
2 56 (10.85%) SC Cleared
3 34 (6.59%) Degree
4 16 (3.10%) PMP
5 14 (2.71%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (2.33%) PMI Certification
7 9 (1.74%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (1.74%) Master's Degree
8 8 (1.55%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.58%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (0.39%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.39%) CFA
10 2 (0.39%) CIPD
10 2 (0.39%) IIBA
10 2 (0.39%) SAP Certification
11 1 (0.19%) CBAP
11 1 (0.19%) CCA
11 1 (0.19%) ISEB
11 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.19%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (18.41%) Data Quality
2 33 (6.40%) QA
3 26 (5.04%) GDPR
4 8 (1.55%) IFRS
5 6 (1.16%) SLA
6 5 (0.97%) IFRS 9
7 4 (0.78%) Basel III
7 4 (0.78%) GAAP
7 4 (0.78%) IFRS 17
7 4 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.58%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.58%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 3 (0.58%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.58%) PMO
9 2 (0.39%) GMP
9 2 (0.39%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.19%) GRC
10 1 (0.19%) ISO 8583
10 1 (0.19%) NCSC
System Software
1 12 (2.33%) Docker
2 10 (1.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (1.55%) NFS
4 4 (0.78%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.39%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.39%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 19 (3.68%) Kubernetes
2 10 (1.94%) Terraform
3 6 (1.16%) EMC VPLEX
3 6 (1.16%) vMotion
4 4 (0.78%) Ansible
4 4 (0.78%) Grafana
5 2 (0.39%) Argo
5 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.39%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.19%) Control-M
6 1 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.19%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 95 (18.41%) Oracle
2 83 (16.09%) SAP
3 66 (12.79%) Microsoft
4 30 (5.81%) Salesforce
5 26 (5.04%) Databricks
6 25 (4.84%) Workday
7 20 (3.88%) Informatica
8 14 (2.71%) Avaloq
9 12 (2.33%) MuleSoft
9 12 (2.33%) ServiceNow
10 11 (2.13%) VMware
11 10 (1.94%) Pure Storage
12 9 (1.74%) Talend
13 8 (1.55%) GoldenSource
13 8 (1.55%) Kronos
14 7 (1.36%) Temenos
15 6 (1.16%) Commvault
15 6 (1.16%) Google
16 5 (0.97%) IBM
17 4 (0.78%) Alteryx