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

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 111 96
Rank change year-on-year +37 -15 +46
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 650 311 431
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.52% 2.57% 2.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.97% 2.78% 2.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 463 182 314
10th Percentile £390 £400 £382
25th Percentile £463 £463 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £561 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.23% +2.05% -1.35%
75th Percentile £645 £638 £669
90th Percentile £750 £775 £745
England median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £37.66 -
25th Percentile £61.25 £42.22 -
Median hourly rate £67.50 £49.83 -
Median % change year-on-year +35.47% - -
75th Percentile £73.75 £57.42 -
90th Percentile - £61.97 -
England median hourly rate £40.00 £60.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year -33.33% -20.00% +233.33%

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 16,370 11,170 15,406
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.70% 92.31% 88.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,917 7,467 11,030
10th Percentile £358 £350 £340
25th Percentile £435 £429 £447
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £515 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 245 194 318
10th Percentile £18.34 £16.50 £15.50
25th Percentile £25.19 £24.66 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.00 £32.25 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.73% +15.18% -28.21%
75th Percentile £59.00 £49.69 £48.75
90th Percentile £79.50 £63.18 £68.23
England median hourly rate £47.50 £28.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year +66.67% -24.00% +1.35%

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 June 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 June 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 +30 91 £550 +13.93% 24
West London -7 18 £700 +12.00% 13
East London -3 3 £675 +25.00% 1
North London -2 2 £523 -4.13%
South London -14 1 £350 - 2
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 24 (3.69%) SharePoint
2 17 (2.62%) Confluence
3 4 (0.62%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.31%) Apache
5 2 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.31%) Appian
5 2 (0.31%) IIS
6 1 (0.15%) CMS
6 1 (0.15%) OpenROAD
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.15%) WebSphere
Applications
1 32 (4.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (2.15%) Microsoft Project
3 9 (1.38%) Spreadsheet
4 8 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.92%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.31%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 48 (7.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (2.62%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (2.62%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 14 (2.15%) SAP ERP
4 11 (1.69%) NetSuite
4 11 (1.69%) Oracle ERP
5 10 (1.54%) Loan IQ
5 10 (1.54%) Oracle EBS
6 8 (1.23%) iTrent
6 8 (1.23%) Oracle General Ledger
6 8 (1.23%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 7 (1.08%) Oracle Receivables
8 6 (0.92%) Finacle
8 6 (0.92%) Oracle Payables
8 6 (0.92%) Workday HCM
9 5 (0.77%) Oracle Financials
9 5 (0.77%) SAP Payroll
10 4 (0.62%) SAP CO
10 4 (0.62%) SAP HCM
10 4 (0.62%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 110 (16.92%) Azure
2 87 (13.38%) Power Platform
3 66 (10.15%) AWS
4 64 (9.85%) Dynamics 365
5 40 (6.15%) Azure DevOps
6 26 (4.00%) OCI
7 23 (3.54%) SaaS
8 20 (3.08%) Azure Data Factory
9 18 (2.77%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 18 (2.77%) Snowflake
10 17 (2.62%) Amazon S3
11 15 (2.31%) GitHub
12 13 (2.00%) Microsoft 365
12 13 (2.00%) Power Automate
13 11 (1.69%) GCP
13 11 (1.69%) SuccessFactors
14 10 (1.54%) dbt
14 10 (1.54%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 10 (1.54%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 9 (1.38%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.54%) NAS
1 10 (1.54%) SAN
2 3 (0.46%) DNS
2 3 (0.46%) Firewall
2 3 (0.46%) VPN
3 2 (0.31%) HTTP
4 1 (0.15%) DKIM
4 1 (0.15%) DMARC
4 1 (0.15%) Fibre Channel
4 1 (0.15%) Intranet
4 1 (0.15%) Network Security
4 1 (0.15%) SNMP
4 1 (0.15%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (11.69%) Power BI
2 42 (6.46%) Data Warehouse
3 25 (3.85%) SQL Server
4 20 (3.08%) Data Lake
5 17 (2.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 15 (2.31%) Metadata
7 14 (2.15%) NoSQL
8 12 (1.85%) PostgreSQL
9 11 (1.69%) Db2
10 10 (1.54%) Oracle Reports
11 9 (1.38%) Oracle Database
12 8 (1.23%) Amazon Redshift
12 8 (1.23%) Relational Database
12 8 (1.23%) Tableau
13 7 (1.08%) BusinessObjects
14 6 (0.92%) MySQL
14 6 (0.92%) Snowflake Schema
15 5 (0.77%) Azure SQL Database
15 5 (0.77%) Star Schema
16 4 (0.62%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 63 (9.69%) JIRA
2 11 (1.69%) Git
3 5 (0.77%) LSMW
3 5 (0.77%) Selenium
4 4 (0.62%) Cucumber
4 4 (0.62%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.62%) JUnit
4 4 (0.62%) Zephyr
5 3 (0.46%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.46%) ERwin
5 3 (0.46%) GitLab
6 2 (0.31%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.31%) Oracle Forms
6 2 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.15%) Gatling
7 1 (0.15%) Postman
7 1 (0.15%) ScriptRunner
7 1 (0.15%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.15%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.15%) Terragrunt
General
1 250 (38.46%) Finance
2 198 (30.46%) Social Skills
3 84 (12.92%) Analytical Skills
4 68 (10.46%) Banking
5 41 (6.31%) Law
6 40 (6.15%) Public Sector
7 30 (4.62%) Retail
8 29 (4.46%) Documentation Skills
9 21 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
10 19 (2.92%) General Ledger
11 17 (2.62%) Legal
11 17 (2.62%) Local Government
12 15 (2.31%) Organisational Skills
13 13 (2.00%) Marketing
14 11 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 11 (1.69%) Manufacturing
15 10 (1.54%) Aviation
15 10 (1.54%) Billing
16 9 (1.38%) Influencing Skills
16 9 (1.38%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 171 (26.31%) Lead
2 109 (16.77%) Architect
3 98 (15.08%) Analyst
4 56 (8.62%) Business Analyst
4 56 (8.62%) Consultant
5 55 (8.46%) Data Engineer
6 49 (7.54%) Data Migration Lead
7 48 (7.38%) Senior
8 40 (6.15%) Data Analyst
8 40 (6.15%) Project Manager
9 36 (5.54%) Migration Analyst
10 32 (4.92%) Lead Architect
11 31 (4.77%) Functional Architect
11 31 (4.77%) Migration Manager
12 30 (4.62%) Data Architect
13 28 (4.31%) Technical Leader
14 25 (3.85%) Data Migration Analyst
14 25 (3.85%) Test Manager
15 22 (3.38%) Data Business Analyst
15 22 (3.38%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (6.00%) Oracle Fusion
2 22 (3.38%) Middleware
3 16 (2.46%) REST
4 12 (1.85%) SOAP
4 12 (1.85%) XML
5 9 (1.38%) .NET
6 8 (1.23%) JSON
6 8 (1.23%) Lightning Web Components
7 7 (1.08%) Kafka
8 6 (0.92%) Spring
9 3 (0.46%) FHIR
9 3 (0.46%) Playwright
9 3 (0.46%) React
10 2 (0.31%) ADO
10 2 (0.31%) PySpark
10 2 (0.31%) Web Services
11 1 (0.15%) EDI
11 1 (0.15%) Flash
11 1 (0.15%) HTML
11 1 (0.15%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 81 (12.46%) Legacy Systems
2 49 (7.54%) Data Structures
3 20 (3.08%) Management Information System
4 19 (2.92%) Cloud Native
5 13 (2.00%) Product Ownership
6 12 (1.85%) Onboarding
6 12 (1.85%) Reference Data
7 11 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
7 11 (1.69%) Mainframe
7 11 (1.69%) Replication
8 9 (1.38%) Data Centre
8 9 (1.38%) Greenfield Project
9 8 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
9 8 (1.23%) Derivative
9 8 (1.23%) Distributed Systems
10 7 (1.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 6 (0.92%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (0.92%) FMCG
11 6 (0.92%) PACS
11 6 (0.92%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 14 (2.15%) Windows
2 7 (1.08%) zOS
3 6 (0.92%) Linux
4 2 (0.31%) Unix
4 2 (0.31%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.15%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 650 (100.00%) Migration
2 155 (23.85%) Stakeholder Management
3 152 (23.38%) User Acceptance Testing
3 152 (23.38%) Validation
4 127 (19.54%) Agile
4 127 (19.54%) ERP
5 112 (17.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 107 (16.46%) Data Modelling
7 89 (13.69%) ETL
8 85 (13.08%) Business Intelligence
9 78 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
10 77 (11.85%) Data Mapping
11 70 (10.77%) Data Governance
12 69 (10.62%) Continuous Improvement
13 63 (9.69%) Data Transformation
14 62 (9.54%) Translating Business Requirements
15 60 (9.23%) DevOps
15 60 (9.23%) Procure-to-Pay
16 57 (8.77%) Decision-Making
16 57 (8.77%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 121 (18.62%) SQL
2 53 (8.15%) Python
3 24 (3.69%) Java
4 12 (1.85%) JavaScript
5 9 (1.38%) PL/SQL
6 6 (0.92%) Apex Code
6 6 (0.92%) T-SQL
7 5 (0.77%) C#
7 5 (0.77%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 4 (0.62%) VBA
9 3 (0.46%) Kotlin
9 3 (0.46%) Shell Script
9 3 (0.46%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.31%) Bash
10 2 (0.31%) PowerShell
10 2 (0.31%) R
10 2 (0.31%) Scala
10 2 (0.31%) SOQL
11 1 (0.15%) Korn
11 1 (0.15%) X++
Qualifications
1 86 (13.23%) Security Cleared
2 71 (10.92%) SC Cleared
3 29 (4.46%) Degree
4 16 (2.46%) PMP
5 13 (2.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (2.00%) PMI Certification
6 7 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (0.77%) Azure Certification
8 4 (0.62%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.46%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.46%) ISTQB
9 3 (0.46%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.31%) IIBA
10 2 (0.31%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.15%) CAPM
11 1 (0.15%) CBAP
11 1 (0.15%) CFA
11 1 (0.15%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 1 (0.15%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 126 (19.38%) Data Quality
2 50 (7.69%) QA
3 27 (4.15%) GDPR
4 12 (1.85%) SLA
5 11 (1.69%) PMO
6 7 (1.08%) IFRS
7 6 (0.92%) GAAP
7 6 (0.92%) HL7
8 5 (0.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (0.62%) Basel III
10 3 (0.46%) Accessibility
10 3 (0.46%) DICOM
10 3 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 3 (0.46%) SNOMED CT
11 2 (0.31%) GMP
11 2 (0.31%) GRC
11 2 (0.31%) IFRS 9
11 2 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.15%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 1 (0.15%) SOC 2
System Software
1 10 (1.54%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (1.23%) NFS
3 5 (0.77%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.62%) Docker
5 1 (0.15%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.15%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.15%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (2.15%) Terraform
2 13 (2.00%) Kubernetes
3 6 (0.92%) EMC VPLEX
3 6 (0.92%) vMotion
4 4 (0.62%) Ansible
5 3 (0.46%) Grafana
5 3 (0.46%) HP ALM
5 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.15%) Argo
6 1 (0.15%) Avamar
6 1 (0.15%) Control-M
6 1 (0.15%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.15%) NetBackup
6 1 (0.15%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.15%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 119 (18.31%) Microsoft
2 109 (16.77%) Oracle
3 105 (16.15%) SAP
4 35 (5.38%) Databricks
5 28 (4.31%) Salesforce
6 20 (3.08%) Workday
7 17 (2.62%) Informatica
8 14 (2.15%) ServiceNow
9 13 (2.00%) Avaloq
9 13 (2.00%) VMware
10 10 (1.54%) Pure Storage
11 9 (1.38%) Temenos
12 8 (1.23%) GoldenSource
12 8 (1.23%) Google
12 8 (1.23%) MuleSoft
13 7 (1.08%) IBM
13 7 (1.08%) Talend
14 6 (0.92%) Commvault
15 5 (0.77%) Ariba
16 4 (0.62%) Bloomberg