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

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 94 110
Rank change year-on-year +8 +16 +22
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 687 412 366
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.37% 3.07% 2.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.80% 3.32% 2.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 455 252 237
10th Percentile £371 £409 £375
25th Percentile £450 £456 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year - +1.85% -1.82%
75th Percentile £650 £652 £650
90th Percentile £758 £725 £715
England median daily rate £525 £538 £538
% change year-on-year -2.33% - -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 2
10th Percentile £46.25 £66.25 £37.70
25th Percentile £52.50 £71.88 £41.75
Median hourly rate £55.00 £85.00 £49.50
Median % change year-on-year -35.29% +71.72% -41.76%
75th Percentile £61.44 £99.38 £58.25
90th Percentile £68.25 £105.75 £62.90
England median hourly rate £36.71 £62.50 £66.50
% change year-on-year -41.26% -6.02% -21.76%

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 18,094 12,405 14,308
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.88% 92.57% 89.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,846 8,173 9,340
10th Percentile £359 £331 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £663 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 338 241 182
10th Percentile £16.01 £17.98 £17.28
25th Percentile £19.03 £25.01 £24.18
Median hourly rate £32.75 £30.00 £36.65
Median % change year-on-year +9.17% -18.14% -7.51%
75th Percentile £58.44 £47.50 £56.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £64.75 £78.72
England median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% -3.37%

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 7 October 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 7 October 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 7 October 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 +21 118 £600 +8.11% 63
West London +9 34 £700 +16.67% 5
South London -8 5 £514 +12.30% 3
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 36 (5.24%) SharePoint
2 30 (4.37%) Confluence
3 12 (1.75%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (0.87%) Apache
4 6 (0.87%) Apache Spark
4 6 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (0.73%) 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%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.15%) SAS
Applications
1 22 (3.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.75%) MS Visio
3 6 (0.87%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.29%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.29%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 59 (8.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 33 (4.80%) Dynamics CRM
3 21 (3.06%) Oracle Payables
4 18 (2.62%) Oracle ERP
5 17 (2.47%) Oracle Receivables
6 15 (2.18%) NetSuite
7 11 (1.60%) SAP HCM
8 10 (1.46%) Oracle General Ledger
9 9 (1.31%) Oracle Financials
10 8 (1.16%) iTrent
10 8 (1.16%) Oracle EBS
10 8 (1.16%) SAP ERP
11 7 (1.02%) Temenos T24
12 6 (0.87%) Dynamics NAV
12 6 (0.87%) SAP MDG
12 6 (0.87%) SAP Payroll
13 5 (0.73%) Oracle Assets
13 5 (0.73%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
13 5 (0.73%) SAP FI
13 5 (0.73%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 134 (19.51%) Azure
2 79 (11.50%) Power Platform
3 61 (8.88%) AWS
4 57 (8.30%) Dynamics 365
5 56 (8.15%) Azure DevOps
6 32 (4.66%) Microsoft 365
7 30 (4.37%) SaaS
8 27 (3.93%) OCI
8 27 (3.93%) Snowflake
9 23 (3.35%) Amazon S3
10 21 (3.06%) Power Automate
10 21 (3.06%) SuccessFactors
11 20 (2.91%) Azure Data Factory
11 20 (2.91%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 20 (2.91%) GCP
12 17 (2.47%) GitHub
13 16 (2.33%) PowerApps
14 14 (2.04%) dbt
15 12 (1.75%) Microsoft Purview
16 11 (1.60%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.44%) Intranet
2 1 (0.15%) DKIM
2 1 (0.15%) DMARC
2 1 (0.15%) DNS
2 1 (0.15%) NAS
2 1 (0.15%) SAN
2 1 (0.15%) SSL
2 1 (0.15%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (9.32%) Power BI
2 47 (6.84%) Data Warehouse
3 34 (4.95%) Metadata
4 32 (4.66%) SQL Server
5 22 (3.20%) Data Lake
6 20 (2.91%) PostgreSQL
6 20 (2.91%) Relational Database
7 13 (1.89%) Oracle Database
8 12 (1.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 11 (1.60%) Azure SQL Database
9 11 (1.60%) NoSQL
10 9 (1.31%) BusinessObjects
10 9 (1.31%) MongoDB
10 9 (1.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 8 (1.16%) Amazon Redshift
11 8 (1.16%) BigQuery
11 8 (1.16%) Snowflake Schema
12 7 (1.02%) Delta Lake
12 7 (1.02%) Oracle Reports
13 6 (0.87%) DataStage
Development Applications
1 57 (8.30%) JIRA
2 13 (1.89%) Git
3 4 (0.58%) Oracle Forms
4 3 (0.44%) ER Studio
4 3 (0.44%) Gatling
4 3 (0.44%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.44%) LSMW
4 3 (0.44%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 3 (0.44%) Zephyr
5 2 (0.29%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.29%) Postman
5 2 (0.29%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.15%) GitLab
6 1 (0.15%) JMeter
6 1 (0.15%) ScriptRunner
General
1 269 (39.16%) Finance
2 203 (29.55%) Social Skills
3 92 (13.39%) Analytical Skills
4 66 (9.61%) Banking
5 64 (9.32%) Public Sector
6 31 (4.51%) Documentation Skills
6 31 (4.51%) Retail
7 28 (4.08%) Manufacturing
8 27 (3.93%) General Ledger
9 19 (2.77%) Local Government
10 17 (2.47%) Legal
11 14 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
12 13 (1.89%) Marketing
13 12 (1.75%) Aviation
14 11 (1.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 11 (1.60%) Influencing Skills
14 11 (1.60%) Pharmaceutical
15 10 (1.46%) Law
16 9 (1.31%) Billing
16 9 (1.31%) Military
Job Titles
1 130 (18.92%) Analyst
2 121 (17.61%) Lead
3 87 (12.66%) Architect
4 84 (12.23%) Consultant
5 71 (10.33%) Business Analyst
6 62 (9.02%) Senior
7 53 (7.71%) Data Analyst
7 53 (7.71%) Data Engineer
8 45 (6.55%) Data Migration Lead
9 34 (4.95%) Project Manager
10 33 (4.80%) Data Architect
11 30 (4.37%) Solutions Architect
12 28 (4.08%) Developer
13 25 (3.64%) Migration Analyst
14 24 (3.49%) Migration Engineer
15 21 (3.06%) Data Migration Analyst
16 20 (2.91%) Data Migration Engineer
16 20 (2.91%) Oracle Consultant
17 19 (2.77%) Functional Consultant
17 19 (2.77%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (8.01%) Oracle Fusion
2 28 (4.08%) Middleware
3 16 (2.33%) .NET
3 16 (2.33%) REST
4 13 (1.89%) PySpark
4 13 (1.89%) XML
5 11 (1.60%) JSON
6 9 (1.31%) Keycloak
6 9 (1.31%) SOAP
6 9 (1.31%) Terraform
7 8 (1.16%) ADO
8 7 (1.02%) Kafka
8 7 (1.02%) Web Services
9 6 (0.87%) Lightning Web Components
10 5 (0.73%) HTML
11 4 (0.58%) HTML5 Canvas
11 4 (0.58%) SAP Fiori
11 4 (0.58%) XSLT
12 3 (0.44%) Playwright
13 2 (0.29%) React
Miscellaneous
1 85 (12.37%) Legacy Systems
2 60 (8.73%) Data Structures
3 30 (4.37%) Management Information System
4 26 (3.78%) Enterprise Software
5 23 (3.35%) Onboarding
5 23 (3.35%) Product Ownership
6 18 (2.62%) Reference Data
7 16 (2.33%) Cloud Native
8 13 (1.89%) FMCG
9 11 (1.60%) Replication
10 10 (1.46%) Reinsurance
11 8 (1.16%) Credit Risk
12 7 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
12 7 (1.02%) Legacy Applications
12 7 (1.02%) NHS
13 6 (0.87%) Data Protection Act
13 6 (0.87%) Distributed Systems
13 6 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
13 6 (0.87%) Legacy Code
13 6 (0.87%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 14 (2.04%) Windows
2 7 (1.02%) Linux
3 4 (0.58%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 687 (100.00%) Migration
2 224 (32.61%) Stakeholder Management
3 216 (31.44%) Validation
4 160 (23.29%) User Acceptance Testing
5 151 (21.98%) ERP
6 122 (17.76%) Agile
6 122 (17.76%) Data Modelling
7 106 (15.43%) Data Governance
8 104 (15.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 91 (13.25%) ETL
10 88 (12.81%) DevOps
10 88 (12.81%) Problem-Solving
11 87 (12.66%) Requirements Gathering
12 75 (10.92%) Business Intelligence
13 70 (10.19%) Data Cleansing
14 68 (9.90%) Data Validation
15 67 (9.75%) Data Mapping
16 65 (9.46%) Data Transformation
17 64 (9.32%) Workshop Facilitation
18 61 (8.88%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 140 (20.38%) SQL
2 41 (5.97%) Python
3 17 (2.47%) JavaScript
4 14 (2.04%) C#
5 13 (1.89%) Java
6 10 (1.46%) PL/SQL
7 8 (1.16%) TypeScript
8 7 (1.02%) T-SQL
9 6 (0.87%) PowerShell
10 5 (0.73%) Apex Code
11 4 (0.58%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.44%) Bash
12 3 (0.44%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.29%) ABAP
13 2 (0.29%) Bicep
13 2 (0.29%) Korn
13 2 (0.29%) R
13 2 (0.29%) Scala
13 2 (0.29%) SOQL
13 2 (0.29%) X++
Qualifications
1 88 (12.81%) Security Cleared
2 76 (11.06%) SC Cleared
3 36 (5.24%) Degree
4 19 (2.77%) PMI Certification
4 19 (2.77%) PMP
5 14 (2.04%) BPSS Clearance
6 10 (1.46%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (1.46%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (1.16%) ACCA
7 8 (1.16%) CIMA
8 6 (0.87%) CBAP
9 5 (0.73%) DBS Check
10 4 (0.58%) Azure Certification
10 4 (0.58%) DV Cleared
11 3 (0.44%) TOGAF Certification
12 2 (0.29%) CAPM
12 2 (0.29%) CFA
12 2 (0.29%) CTC Cleared
12 2 (0.29%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.29%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 161 (23.44%) Data Quality
2 45 (6.55%) QA
3 23 (3.35%) GDPR
4 20 (2.91%) PMO
5 8 (1.16%) GRC
6 5 (0.73%) Actionable Recommendations
6 5 (0.73%) SLA
7 4 (0.58%) HL7
8 3 (0.44%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.44%) IFRS
9 2 (0.29%) DICOM
9 2 (0.29%) GMP
9 2 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.29%) SNOMED CT
10 1 (0.15%) Basel III
10 1 (0.15%) GAAP
10 1 (0.15%) GxP
10 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.15%) MiFID
System Software
1 11 (1.60%) Docker
2 3 (0.44%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.15%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (1.60%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.16%) Karpenter
3 4 (0.58%) Control-M
4 2 (0.29%) Grafana
5 1 (0.15%) Ansible
5 1 (0.15%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 137 (19.94%) Microsoft
2 135 (19.65%) Oracle
3 126 (18.34%) SAP
4 57 (8.30%) Databricks
5 32 (4.66%) Salesforce
6 22 (3.20%) ServiceNow
7 19 (2.77%) Informatica
8 14 (2.04%) Workday
9 13 (1.89%) Google
10 11 (1.60%) IBM
10 11 (1.60%) IFS
10 11 (1.60%) Talend
11 10 (1.46%) Ariba
12 8 (1.16%) Sage
13 7 (1.02%) Atlassian
14 6 (0.87%) Alteryx
15 5 (0.73%) MuleSoft
15 5 (0.73%) Murex
16 4 (0.58%) Bloomberg
16 4 (0.58%) Temenos