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

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 99 87
Rank change year-on-year +20 -12 +56
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 591 335 461
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.42% 2.65% 2.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.83% 2.89% 2.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 419 230 343
10th Percentile £388 £400 £413
25th Percentile £464 £463 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
75th Percentile £635 £630 £675
90th Percentile £700 £769 £750
England median daily rate £525 £529 £550
% change year-on-year -0.76% -3.82% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 7
10th Percentile - £37.66 £83.10
25th Percentile - £42.22 £83.50
Median hourly rate - £49.83 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year - -41.38% +325.00%
75th Percentile - £57.42 £86.50
90th Percentile - £61.97 £86.90
England median hourly rate £41.56 £60.00 £80.00
% change year-on-year -30.74% -25.00% +300.00%

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 15,419 11,590 15,847
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.17% 91.69% 88.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,329 7,865 11,333
10th Percentile £353 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £445 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £758 £800 £790
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 249 165 335
10th Percentile £18.25 £18.11 £15.97
25th Percentile £22.41 £24.18 £19.74
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% +16.67% -23.08%
75th Percentile £56.00 £50.75 £49.94
90th Percentile £72.50 £64.50 £66.90
England median hourly rate £40.52 £32.05 £33.78
% change year-on-year +26.43% -5.11% -9.93%

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 11 April 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 11 April 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 +8 71 £550 +10.00% 28
West London -13 9 £950 +52.00% 11
East London -1 5 £550 +37.50% 3
North London +3 3 £550 +25.00% 1
South London -16 1 - - 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 19 (3.21%) SharePoint
2 17 (2.88%) Confluence
3 3 (0.51%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.34%) Appian
4 2 (0.34%) CMS
4 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.17%) Apache
5 1 (0.17%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.17%) IIS
5 1 (0.17%) OpenROAD
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.17%) WebSphere
Applications
1 33 (5.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (2.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 17 (2.88%) Microsoft Project
3 11 (1.86%) Spreadsheet
4 9 (1.52%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.85%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 38 (6.43%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (3.05%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (2.71%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 13 (2.20%) Loan IQ
5 9 (1.52%) Oracle ERP
5 9 (1.52%) Workday HCM
6 8 (1.35%) Oracle EBS
7 7 (1.18%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 7 (1.18%) SAP ERP
8 6 (1.02%) Finacle
9 5 (0.85%) Oracle General Ledger
9 5 (0.85%) SAP HR
10 4 (0.68%) NetSuite
10 4 (0.68%) SAP CO
10 4 (0.68%) SAP Payroll
10 4 (0.68%) Temenos T24
11 3 (0.51%) Oracle FAH
11 3 (0.51%) Oracle Receivables
11 3 (0.51%) SAP FI
11 3 (0.51%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 93 (15.74%) Power Platform
2 90 (15.23%) Azure
3 67 (11.34%) Dynamics 365
4 54 (9.14%) AWS
5 35 (5.92%) OCI
6 34 (5.75%) Azure DevOps
7 22 (3.72%) SaaS
8 19 (3.21%) GitHub
9 18 (3.05%) Azure Data Factory
10 17 (2.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 14 (2.37%) Amazon S3
12 13 (2.20%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 12 (2.03%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 12 (2.03%) Snowflake
13 12 (2.03%) SuccessFactors
14 10 (1.69%) GCP
15 7 (1.18%) Azure Logic Apps
15 7 (1.18%) dbt
15 7 (1.18%) Power Automate
15 7 (1.18%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.86%) NAS
2 9 (1.52%) SAN
3 3 (0.51%) DNS
3 3 (0.51%) Firewall
4 2 (0.34%) HTTP
4 2 (0.34%) VPN
5 1 (0.17%) Fibre Channel
5 1 (0.17%) Network Security
5 1 (0.17%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (13.37%) Power BI
2 43 (7.28%) Data Warehouse
3 30 (5.08%) SQL Server
4 26 (4.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 16 (2.71%) Data Lake
5 16 (2.71%) Relational Database
6 15 (2.54%) Oracle Database
7 14 (2.37%) Metadata
8 13 (2.20%) PostgreSQL
8 13 (2.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 11 (1.86%) Amazon Redshift
10 10 (1.69%) DB2
10 10 (1.69%) NoSQL
10 10 (1.69%) Tableau
11 9 (1.52%) Oracle Reports
12 7 (1.18%) DataStage
12 7 (1.18%) MySQL
12 7 (1.18%) Snowflake Schema
13 5 (0.85%) Azure SQL Database
13 5 (0.85%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 56 (9.48%) JIRA
2 9 (1.52%) Git
3 5 (0.85%) Jenkins
3 5 (0.85%) LSMW
3 5 (0.85%) Selenium
4 4 (0.68%) Cucumber
4 4 (0.68%) JUnit
4 4 (0.68%) Toad
5 3 (0.51%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.51%) Cypress.io
5 3 (0.51%) ERwin
5 3 (0.51%) GitLab
5 3 (0.51%) Zephyr
6 2 (0.34%) Oracle Forms
6 2 (0.34%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.17%) Fiddler
7 1 (0.17%) gulp
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.17%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.17%) webpack
General
1 228 (38.58%) Finance
2 197 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 81 (13.71%) Analytical Skills
4 56 (9.48%) Banking
5 43 (7.28%) Public Sector
6 40 (6.77%) Law
7 33 (5.58%) Retail
8 27 (4.57%) Documentation Skills
9 23 (3.89%) Presentation Skills
10 16 (2.71%) Legal
11 15 (2.54%) Organisational Skills
12 12 (2.03%) Local Government
13 11 (1.86%) General Ledger
13 11 (1.86%) Manufacturing
14 10 (1.69%) Billing
14 10 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 9 (1.52%) Marketing
16 8 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
16 8 (1.35%) Investment Banking
17 7 (1.18%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 142 (24.03%) Lead
2 102 (17.26%) Analyst
2 102 (17.26%) Architect
3 67 (11.34%) Business Analyst
4 53 (8.97%) Data Engineer
5 50 (8.46%) Consultant
6 48 (8.12%) Senior
7 37 (6.26%) Migration Analyst
7 37 (6.26%) Project Manager
8 36 (6.09%) Data Migration Lead
9 32 (5.41%) Data Analyst
9 32 (5.41%) Lead Architect
10 31 (5.25%) Functional Architect
11 29 (4.91%) Developer
12 28 (4.74%) Migration Manager
13 26 (4.40%) Data Business Analyst
13 26 (4.40%) Technical Leader
14 24 (4.06%) Data Migration Analyst
15 23 (3.89%) Data Architect
15 23 (3.89%) Data Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (5.25%) Oracle Fusion
2 19 (3.21%) REST
3 18 (3.05%) Middleware
3 18 (3.05%) XML
4 15 (2.54%) SOAP
5 10 (1.69%) .NET
5 10 (1.69%) Lightning Web Components
6 7 (1.18%) JSON
7 6 (1.02%) Kafka
7 6 (1.02%) Spring
8 3 (0.51%) Playwright
8 3 (0.51%) PySpark
8 3 (0.51%) React
8 3 (0.51%) Web Services
8 3 (0.51%) XSLT
9 2 (0.34%) FHIR
9 2 (0.34%) OpenTelemetry
9 2 (0.34%) Visualforce
10 1 (0.17%) Apache Beam
10 1 (0.17%) Seaborn
Miscellaneous
1 79 (13.37%) Legacy Systems
2 44 (7.45%) Data Structures
3 23 (3.89%) Management Information System
4 18 (3.05%) Cloud Native
5 15 (2.54%) Replication
6 12 (2.03%) Product Ownership
7 11 (1.86%) Enterprise Software
8 10 (1.69%) Onboarding
9 9 (1.52%) Mainframe
9 9 (1.52%) Reference Data
9 9 (1.52%) Tandem
10 8 (1.35%) Data Centre
10 8 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
10 8 (1.35%) Distributed Systems
10 8 (1.35%) Greenfield Project
11 7 (1.18%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 6 (1.02%) Derivative
13 5 (0.85%) FMCG
13 5 (0.85%) PACS
13 5 (0.85%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 10 (1.69%) Windows
2 7 (1.18%) zOS
3 6 (1.02%) Linux
3 6 (1.02%) Unix
4 2 (0.34%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.17%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 591 (100.00%) Migration
2 144 (24.37%) Stakeholder Management
3 137 (23.18%) User Acceptance Testing
4 128 (21.66%) Agile
5 122 (20.64%) ERP
6 120 (20.30%) Validation
7 102 (17.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 101 (17.09%) ETL
9 98 (16.58%) Data Modelling
10 92 (15.57%) Business Intelligence
11 82 (13.87%) Problem-Solving
12 77 (13.03%) Data Mapping
13 66 (11.17%) Continuous Improvement
14 63 (10.66%) Project Management
15 60 (10.15%) Decision-Making
16 59 (9.98%) Analytics
17 54 (9.14%) DevOps
17 54 (9.14%) Procure-to-Pay
18 53 (8.97%) Data Transformation
18 53 (8.97%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 134 (22.67%) SQL
2 47 (7.95%) Python
3 28 (4.74%) Java
4 14 (2.37%) JavaScript
5 11 (1.86%) PL/SQL
6 9 (1.52%) Apex Code
7 8 (1.35%) C#
8 7 (1.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 6 (1.02%) T-SQL
9 6 (1.02%) VBA
10 5 (0.85%) PHP
10 5 (0.85%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.68%) Perl
12 3 (0.51%) Bash
12 3 (0.51%) Korn
12 3 (0.51%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.51%) SOQL
13 2 (0.34%) Bicep
13 2 (0.34%) R
13 2 (0.34%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 82 (13.87%) Security Cleared
2 67 (11.34%) SC Cleared
3 32 (5.41%) Degree
4 15 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (2.20%) PMP
6 10 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (1.52%) AWS Certification
7 9 (1.52%) PMI Certification
8 6 (1.02%) Master's Degree
9 5 (0.85%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.51%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.34%) CFA
11 2 (0.34%) CIPD
11 2 (0.34%) IIBA
11 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.34%) SAP Certification
11 2 (0.34%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (0.17%) CCA
12 1 (0.17%) ISEB
12 1 (0.17%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (17.77%) Data Quality
2 42 (7.11%) QA
3 27 (4.57%) GDPR
4 9 (1.52%) IFRS
5 7 (1.18%) PMO
5 7 (1.18%) SLA
6 5 (0.85%) GAAP
6 5 (0.85%) IFRS 9
6 5 (0.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (0.68%) Basel III
7 4 (0.68%) HL7
7 4 (0.68%) IFRS 17
8 3 (0.51%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.34%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 2 (0.34%) DICOM
9 2 (0.34%) GMP
9 2 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.17%) GxP
10 1 (0.17%) ISO 8583
10 1 (0.17%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 10 (1.69%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (1.35%) NFS
3 4 (0.68%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.68%) Docker
4 2 (0.34%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.34%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (2.71%) Kubernetes
2 11 (1.86%) Terraform
3 6 (1.02%) EMC VPLEX
3 6 (1.02%) vMotion
4 4 (0.68%) Ansible
4 4 (0.68%) Grafana
5 3 (0.51%) HP ALM
5 3 (0.51%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.34%) Argo
6 2 (0.34%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.17%) Avamar
7 1 (0.17%) Control-M
7 1 (0.17%) EMC NetWorker
7 1 (0.17%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.17%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.17%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 114 (19.29%) Microsoft
2 101 (17.09%) Oracle
3 85 (14.38%) SAP
4 34 (5.75%) Salesforce
5 26 (4.40%) Workday
6 22 (3.72%) Databricks
7 18 (3.05%) Informatica
8 17 (2.88%) Avaloq
9 13 (2.20%) ServiceNow
10 12 (2.03%) MuleSoft
10 12 (2.03%) VMware
11 11 (1.86%) Pure Storage
12 10 (1.69%) GoldenSource
13 9 (1.52%) Temenos
14 7 (1.18%) Google
14 7 (1.18%) IBM
15 6 (1.02%) Commvault
15 6 (1.02%) Talend
16 4 (0.68%) Ariba
17 3 (0.51%) HP