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

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 94 107
Rank change year-on-year +10 +13 +21
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 684 394 387
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.38% 2.93% 2.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.80% 3.16% 2.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 465 230 251
10th Percentile £371 £400 £380
25th Percentile £450 £453 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £553 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.71% +5.24% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £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 17,987 12,459 14,514
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.90% 92.61% 89.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,749 8,238 9,752
10th Percentile £359 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 301 256 181
10th Percentile £16.70 £17.00 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.00 £23.80
Median hourly rate £35.00 £31.75 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.24% -9.29% -12.50%
75th Percentile £57.00 £48.94 £55.00
90th Percentile £86.25 £63.75 £71.88
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -

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 13 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 13 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 13 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 +22 103 £600 +2.78% 54
West London +6 34 £705 +12.80% 8
South London -11 4 £514 +12.30% 4
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 (5.70%) SharePoint
2 20 (2.92%) Confluence
3 12 (1.75%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (0.88%) Apache
4 6 (0.88%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.73%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.29%) CMS
6 2 (0.29%) HCL Notes
6 2 (0.29%) Palantir Foundry
6 2 (0.29%) SugarCRM
7 1 (0.15%) Documentum
7 1 (0.15%) IIS
7 1 (0.15%) SAS
Applications
1 24 (3.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.32%) MS Visio
3 7 (1.02%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (1.02%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.29%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.29%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 60 (8.77%) SAP S/4HANA
2 30 (4.39%) Dynamics CRM
3 21 (3.07%) Oracle Payables
4 19 (2.78%) Oracle ERP
5 17 (2.49%) Oracle Receivables
6 16 (2.34%) NetSuite
7 11 (1.61%) Oracle General Ledger
7 11 (1.61%) SAP ERP
8 10 (1.46%) Oracle Financials
9 8 (1.17%) iTrent
10 7 (1.02%) Oracle EBS
10 7 (1.02%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 7 (1.02%) Temenos T24
11 6 (0.88%) SAP MDG
11 6 (0.88%) Workday HCM
12 5 (0.73%) Dynamics NAV
12 5 (0.73%) Finacle
12 5 (0.73%) Oracle Assets
12 5 (0.73%) SAP GRC
12 5 (0.73%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 121 (17.69%) Azure
2 99 (14.47%) Power Platform
3 78 (11.40%) Dynamics 365
4 56 (8.19%) AWS
5 46 (6.73%) Azure DevOps
6 29 (4.24%) Microsoft 365
6 29 (4.24%) OCI
6 29 (4.24%) SaaS
7 27 (3.95%) Snowflake
8 24 (3.51%) Amazon S3
9 22 (3.22%) Power Automate
10 19 (2.78%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 18 (2.63%) Azure Data Factory
11 18 (2.63%) GCP
12 17 (2.49%) SuccessFactors
13 16 (2.34%) PowerApps
14 14 (2.05%) dbt
14 14 (2.05%) GitHub
15 10 (1.46%) GitHub Actions
16 9 (1.32%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.44%) Intranet
2 2 (0.29%) HTTP
2 2 (0.29%) VPN
3 1 (0.15%) DKIM
3 1 (0.15%) DMARC
3 1 (0.15%) DNS
3 1 (0.15%) Firewall
3 1 (0.15%) NAS
3 1 (0.15%) SAN
3 1 (0.15%) SNMP
3 1 (0.15%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 86 (12.57%) Power BI
2 40 (5.85%) Data Warehouse
3 29 (4.24%) SQL Server
4 28 (4.09%) Metadata
5 21 (3.07%) Data Lake
6 18 (2.63%) PostgreSQL
7 17 (2.49%) Relational Database
8 10 (1.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 9 (1.32%) Azure SQL Database
9 9 (1.32%) BusinessObjects
9 9 (1.32%) NoSQL
10 8 (1.17%) Amazon Redshift
10 8 (1.17%) MongoDB
10 8 (1.17%) Oracle Reports
11 7 (1.02%) DataStage
11 7 (1.02%) Delta Lake
11 7 (1.02%) Snowflake Schema
12 6 (0.88%) BigQuery
12 6 (0.88%) Oracle Database
13 5 (0.73%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 55 (8.04%) JIRA
2 12 (1.75%) Git
3 4 (0.58%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.58%) Oracle Forms
3 4 (0.58%) Zephyr
4 3 (0.44%) ER Studio
4 3 (0.44%) Gatling
4 3 (0.44%) LSMW
5 2 (0.29%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.29%) GitLab
5 2 (0.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (0.29%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.15%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.15%) JMeter
6 1 (0.15%) JUnit
6 1 (0.15%) Postman
6 1 (0.15%) ScriptRunner
6 1 (0.15%) Selenium
General
1 287 (41.96%) Finance
2 206 (30.12%) Social Skills
3 88 (12.87%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (9.06%) Banking
5 53 (7.75%) Public Sector
6 34 (4.97%) Law
7 31 (4.53%) Retail
8 30 (4.39%) General Ledger
9 26 (3.80%) Documentation Skills
10 24 (3.51%) Manufacturing
11 18 (2.63%) Local Government
12 15 (2.19%) Organisational Skills
13 14 (2.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 13 (1.90%) Aviation
14 13 (1.90%) Billing
14 13 (1.90%) Marketing
15 11 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
15 11 (1.61%) Legal
15 11 (1.61%) Pharmaceutical
16 8 (1.17%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 151 (22.08%) Lead
2 111 (16.23%) Analyst
3 103 (15.06%) Architect
4 78 (11.40%) Consultant
5 61 (8.92%) Business Analyst
6 52 (7.60%) Senior
7 50 (7.31%) Data Migration Lead
8 49 (7.16%) Data Engineer
9 46 (6.73%) Data Analyst
10 36 (5.26%) Project Manager
11 32 (4.68%) Data Architect
12 28 (4.09%) Developer
13 27 (3.95%) Functional Architect
13 27 (3.95%) Migration Analyst
13 27 (3.95%) Solutions Architect
14 26 (3.80%) Lead Architect
15 22 (3.22%) Data Migration Analyst
16 21 (3.07%) Oracle Consultant
17 19 (2.78%) Functional Consultant
18 18 (2.63%) Migration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (7.89%) Oracle Fusion
2 29 (4.24%) Middleware
3 20 (2.92%) REST
4 16 (2.34%) .NET
5 14 (2.05%) XML
6 13 (1.90%) PySpark
7 12 (1.75%) SOAP
8 10 (1.46%) JSON
9 9 (1.32%) Terraform
10 8 (1.17%) Keycloak
11 7 (1.02%) Lightning Web Components
12 6 (0.88%) Kafka
12 6 (0.88%) Web Services
13 5 (0.73%) HTML
14 4 (0.58%) HTML5 Canvas
14 4 (0.58%) XSLT
15 3 (0.44%) Playwright
16 2 (0.29%) ASP.NET Web API
16 2 (0.29%) Entity Framework
16 2 (0.29%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 78 (11.40%) Legacy Systems
2 57 (8.33%) Data Structures
3 28 (4.09%) Enterprise Software
4 25 (3.65%) Management Information System
5 22 (3.22%) Onboarding
5 22 (3.22%) Product Ownership
6 15 (2.19%) FMCG
7 14 (2.05%) Cloud Native
8 13 (1.90%) Reference Data
9 9 (1.32%) Reinsurance
9 9 (1.32%) Replication
10 8 (1.17%) Analytical Mindset
11 7 (1.02%) Greenfield Project
11 7 (1.02%) NHS
12 6 (0.88%) Distributed Systems
12 6 (0.88%) Legacy Applications
12 6 (0.88%) Legacy Code
12 6 (0.88%) Public Cloud
13 5 (0.73%) Data Centre
13 5 (0.73%) PACS
Operating Systems
1 14 (2.05%) Windows
2 4 (0.58%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 684 (100.00%) Migration
2 200 (29.24%) Stakeholder Management
3 197 (28.80%) Validation
4 183 (26.75%) User Acceptance Testing
5 173 (25.29%) ERP
6 131 (19.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 126 (18.42%) Agile
8 121 (17.69%) Data Modelling
9 95 (13.89%) Data Governance
10 93 (13.60%) Business Intelligence
11 82 (11.99%) ETL
12 80 (11.70%) Problem-Solving
13 79 (11.55%) DevOps
14 72 (10.53%) Requirements Gathering
15 70 (10.23%) Data Mapping
16 69 (10.09%) Translating Business Requirements
17 65 (9.50%) Data Cleansing
18 63 (9.21%) Data Validation
19 62 (9.06%) Continuous Improvement
20 59 (8.63%) Data Transformation
Programming Languages
1 124 (18.13%) SQL
2 41 (5.99%) Python
3 16 (2.34%) JavaScript
4 15 (2.19%) Java
5 14 (2.05%) C#
6 7 (1.02%) TypeScript
7 6 (0.88%) Apex Code
7 6 (0.88%) PL/SQL
8 4 (0.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 4 (0.58%) Kotlin
8 4 (0.58%) T-SQL
9 3 (0.44%) PowerShell
9 3 (0.44%) SOQL
10 2 (0.29%) ABAP
10 2 (0.29%) R
10 2 (0.29%) Scala
10 2 (0.29%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.29%) VBA
10 2 (0.29%) X++
11 1 (0.15%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 76 (11.11%) Security Cleared
2 65 (9.50%) SC Cleared
3 30 (4.39%) Degree
4 19 (2.78%) PMP
5 18 (2.63%) PMI Certification
6 10 (1.46%) BPSS Clearance
6 10 (1.46%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (1.17%) ACCA
7 8 (1.17%) CIMA
8 5 (0.73%) DBS Check
9 4 (0.58%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (0.58%) DV Cleared
10 3 (0.44%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.44%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.29%) CAPM
11 2 (0.29%) CBAP
11 2 (0.29%) CFA
11 2 (0.29%) CTC Cleared
11 2 (0.29%) ISTQB
12 1 (0.15%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 149 (21.78%) Data Quality
2 50 (7.31%) QA
3 23 (3.36%) GDPR
4 21 (3.07%) PMO
5 8 (1.17%) GRC
6 6 (0.88%) HL7
6 6 (0.88%) SLA
7 3 (0.44%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.44%) DICOM
7 3 (0.44%) IFRS
7 3 (0.44%) SNOMED CT
8 2 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.29%) GMP
8 2 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 2 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.29%) Solvency II
9 1 (0.15%) GAAP
9 1 (0.15%) GxP
9 1 (0.15%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 9 (1.32%) Docker
2 3 (0.44%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.15%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (1.46%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.02%) Karpenter
3 2 (0.29%) Ansible
3 2 (0.29%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 146 (21.35%) Microsoft
2 127 (18.57%) Oracle
3 123 (17.98%) SAP
4 52 (7.60%) Databricks
5 26 (3.80%) Salesforce
6 20 (2.92%) ServiceNow
7 18 (2.63%) Informatica
8 14 (2.05%) Workday
9 11 (1.61%) IBM
10 10 (1.46%) IFS
10 10 (1.46%) Talend
11 8 (1.17%) Ariba
11 8 (1.17%) Google
12 7 (1.02%) Atlassian
13 6 (0.88%) MuleSoft
14 5 (0.73%) Alteryx
14 5 (0.73%) Sage
14 5 (0.73%) Temenos
15 4 (0.58%) Bloomberg
15 4 (0.58%) Teradata