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 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 88 104 125
Rank change year-on-year +16 +21 +40
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 452 385 412
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.25% 2.46% 2.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.52% 2.76% 2.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 279 262 271
10th Percentile £400 £388 £406
25th Percentile £455 £463 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £653 £650 £663
90th Percentile £725 £701 £738
England median daily rate £550 £538 £550
% change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 9
10th Percentile £66.25 £37.70 £82.70
25th Percentile £71.88 £41.75 £83.50
Median hourly rate £85.00 £49.50 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year +71.72% -41.76% +44.68%
75th Percentile £99.38 £58.25 £86.50
90th Percentile £105.75 £62.90 £86.70
England median hourly rate £64.63 £64.00 £85.00
% change year-on-year +0.98% -24.71% +34.92%

All Process and 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 12,857 13,965 18,257
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.44% 89.14% 89.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,458 8,984 13,161
10th Percentile £331 £350 £358
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -2.13%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 260 163 244
10th Percentile £17.93 £17.30 £18.52
25th Percentile £25.00 £24.75 £21.25
Median hourly rate £30.00 £37.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% - -
75th Percentile £46.81 £56.00 £62.25
90th Percentile £65.00 £80.60 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £37.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -32.03% -16.85% +27.14%

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 8 November 2025.

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 8 November 2025.

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 8 November 2025. 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 +6 61 £550 -0.18% 142
East London +9 9 £608 +51.88% 2
West London -8 7 £600 +20.00% 6
North London - 6 £550 -
South London -1 4 £458 +1.67% 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 21 (4.65%) Confluence
2 8 (1.77%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.33%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.66%) Apache
4 3 (0.66%) CMS
4 3 (0.66%) LiveLink
5 2 (0.44%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.22%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.22%) NetWeaver
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.22%) SAP Portal
Applications
1 17 (3.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.99%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.66%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.66%) Oracle Smart View
5 3 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.44%) Trello
Business Applications
1 46 (10.18%) SAP S/4HANA
2 22 (4.87%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (3.10%) SAP HR
4 9 (1.99%) Oracle EBS
5 8 (1.77%) Salesforce CRM
6 7 (1.55%) NetSuite
6 7 (1.55%) Oracle Payables
6 7 (1.55%) SAP Payroll
7 6 (1.33%) Endur
8 5 (1.11%) Oracle EBS R12
8 5 (1.11%) Oracle ERP
8 5 (1.11%) Oracle General Ledger
8 5 (1.11%) SAP ERP
8 5 (1.11%) SAP SD
8 5 (1.11%) Workday HCM
9 4 (0.88%) Oracle FAH
9 4 (0.88%) Oracle Receivables
9 4 (0.88%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 4 (0.88%) Unit4 Business World
10 3 (0.66%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 67 (14.82%) Azure
2 45 (9.96%) AWS
2 45 (9.96%) Power Platform
3 31 (6.86%) Dynamics 365
4 30 (6.64%) OCI
5 28 (6.19%) SaaS
6 21 (4.65%) Azure DevOps
7 17 (3.76%) Snowflake
8 12 (2.65%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 11 (2.43%) Amazon S3
9 11 (2.43%) Azure Data Factory
9 11 (2.43%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 10 (2.21%) GCP
11 9 (1.99%) Azure Logic Apps
11 9 (1.99%) dbt
11 9 (1.99%) GitHub
11 9 (1.99%) Power Automate
11 9 (1.99%) PowerApps
12 7 (1.55%) PaaS
12 7 (1.55%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.44%) NAS
1 2 (0.44%) WAN
2 1 (0.22%) Firewall
2 1 (0.22%) IPv4
2 1 (0.22%) Network Security
2 1 (0.22%) SAN
2 1 (0.22%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.22%) VLAN
2 1 (0.22%) VPN
2 1 (0.22%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (8.19%) Data Warehouse
1 37 (8.19%) SQL Server
2 32 (7.08%) Power BI
3 26 (5.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 19 (4.20%) Relational Database
5 14 (3.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 12 (2.65%) Amazon Redshift
7 11 (2.43%) Tableau
8 10 (2.21%) Oracle Database
9 9 (1.99%) Big Data
9 9 (1.99%) DataStage
9 9 (1.99%) Metadata
9 9 (1.99%) RDBMS
10 8 (1.77%) Oracle Reports
11 7 (1.55%) Amazon QuickSight
11 7 (1.55%) Data Lake
11 7 (1.55%) SAP HANA
12 6 (1.33%) Azure SQL Database
12 6 (1.33%) BigQuery
12 6 (1.33%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 41 (9.07%) JIRA
2 6 (1.33%) LSMW
3 4 (0.88%) Zephyr
4 3 (0.66%) Git
4 3 (0.66%) Selenium
5 2 (0.44%) TestRail
5 2 (0.44%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.44%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.22%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.22%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.22%) ERwin
6 1 (0.22%) GitLab
6 1 (0.22%) gulp
6 1 (0.22%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.22%) Postman
6 1 (0.22%) webpack
General
1 195 (43.14%) Finance
2 155 (34.29%) Social Skills
3 57 (12.61%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (7.30%) Banking
4 33 (7.30%) Public Sector
5 22 (4.87%) Local Government
6 20 (4.42%) Documentation Skills
7 19 (4.20%) Back Office
8 18 (3.98%) Retail
9 13 (2.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 13 (2.88%) Manufacturing
10 12 (2.65%) Marketing
11 11 (2.43%) Legal
12 10 (2.21%) Presentation Skills
13 9 (1.99%) General Ledger
14 8 (1.77%) Billing
14 8 (1.77%) Front Office
15 7 (1.55%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (1.55%) Investment Banking
16 6 (1.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 78 (17.26%) Analyst
2 67 (14.82%) Lead
3 62 (13.72%) Consultant
4 53 (11.73%) Business Analyst
5 50 (11.06%) Architect
6 44 (9.73%) Project Manager
7 37 (8.19%) Data Engineer
8 28 (6.19%) Senior
9 22 (4.87%) Data Analyst
9 22 (4.87%) Data Migration Lead
9 22 (4.87%) SAP Consultant
10 15 (3.32%) Solutions Architect
11 14 (3.10%) Functional Consultant
11 14 (3.10%) Migration Specialist
12 13 (2.88%) Data Migration Analyst
12 13 (2.88%) Data Migration Specialist
12 13 (2.88%) Developer
12 13 (2.88%) Migration Analyst
12 13 (2.88%) Migration Engineer
13 12 (2.65%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (4.87%) XML
2 19 (4.20%) REST
3 14 (3.10%) Lightning Web Components
4 13 (2.88%) Oracle Fusion
5 10 (2.21%) SOAP
6 9 (1.99%) Middleware
7 7 (1.55%) JSON
7 7 (1.55%) PySpark
7 7 (1.55%) SAP Fiori
7 7 (1.55%) Visualforce
8 6 (1.33%) BAPI
8 6 (1.33%) EDI
8 6 (1.33%) IDoc
9 5 (1.11%) .NET
9 5 (1.11%) React
9 5 (1.11%) SAP ALE
10 4 (0.88%) Swagger
11 3 (0.66%) Web Services
12 2 (0.44%) HTML
12 2 (0.44%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 58 (12.83%) Legacy Systems
2 29 (6.42%) Data Structures
3 21 (4.65%) Management Information System
4 10 (2.21%) Onboarding
5 9 (1.99%) Product Ownership
6 8 (1.77%) Virtual Team
7 7 (1.55%) Data Protection Act
7 7 (1.55%) Reference Data
8 6 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.33%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (1.11%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (1.11%) Credit Risk
9 5 (1.11%) Data Centre
10 4 (0.88%) Grid Computing
10 4 (0.88%) Public Cloud
11 3 (0.66%) Cloud Native
11 3 (0.66%) FMCG
11 3 (0.66%) Legacy Applications
11 3 (0.66%) Reinsurance
11 3 (0.66%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.11%) Windows Server 2016
2 4 (0.88%) Windows
3 1 (0.22%) AIX
3 1 (0.22%) Linux
3 1 (0.22%) Unix
3 1 (0.22%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 452 (100.00%) Migration
2 93 (20.58%) Agile
2 93 (20.58%) Problem-Solving
3 81 (17.92%) ERP
4 72 (15.93%) ETL
5 71 (15.71%) Stakeholder Management
6 70 (15.49%) User Acceptance Testing
7 66 (14.60%) Validation
8 65 (14.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 63 (13.94%) Data Modelling
10 56 (12.39%) Analytics
11 51 (11.28%) Project Management
12 48 (10.62%) CRM
13 47 (10.40%) Business Intelligence
14 43 (9.51%) Change Management
14 43 (9.51%) Data Governance
15 40 (8.85%) DevOps
16 39 (8.63%) Data Analysis
17 38 (8.41%) Data Cleansing
17 38 (8.41%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 109 (24.12%) SQL
2 40 (8.85%) Python
3 28 (6.19%) Java
4 13 (2.88%) Apex Code
5 12 (2.65%) C#
6 11 (2.43%) JavaScript
7 8 (1.77%) ABAP
8 5 (1.11%) Shell Script
8 5 (1.11%) T-SQL
9 4 (0.88%) SOQL
10 3 (0.66%) Bicep
10 3 (0.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (0.66%) SOSL
10 3 (0.66%) VB
11 2 (0.44%) Korn
11 2 (0.44%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.44%) R
11 2 (0.44%) Scala
11 2 (0.44%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.22%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 45 (9.96%) Degree
2 34 (7.52%) Security Cleared
3 30 (6.64%) SC Cleared
4 13 (2.88%) PMI Certification
4 13 (2.88%) PMP
5 12 (2.65%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (2.43%) AWS Certification
7 7 (1.55%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (1.55%) Master's Degree
8 5 (1.11%) CFA
9 4 (0.88%) CBAP
9 4 (0.88%) DBS Check
9 4 (0.88%) ISTQB
9 4 (0.88%) SAP Certification
10 3 (0.66%) Oracle Certification
11 2 (0.44%) CIMA
11 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.22%) ACCA
12 1 (0.22%) CCAB
12 1 (0.22%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (13.72%) Data Quality
2 31 (6.86%) QA
3 14 (3.10%) GDPR
4 8 (1.77%) SLA
5 5 (1.11%) IFRS
6 3 (0.66%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.66%) IFRS 17
6 3 (0.66%) IFRS 9
6 3 (0.66%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.44%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.44%) EMIR
7 2 (0.44%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.44%) MiFID
7 2 (0.44%) PMO
8 1 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.22%) GAAP
8 1 (0.22%) GRC
8 1 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.22%) WCAG
System Software
1 14 (3.10%) Docker
2 2 (0.44%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 16 (3.54%) Kubernetes
2 9 (1.99%) Terraform
3 4 (0.88%) Ansible
3 4 (0.88%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.22%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 90 (19.91%) SAP
2 73 (16.15%) Oracle
3 54 (11.95%) Microsoft
4 25 (5.53%) Salesforce
4 25 (5.53%) Workday
5 16 (3.54%) Databricks
6 9 (1.99%) Kronos
7 7 (1.55%) Informatica
8 6 (1.33%) Google
8 6 (1.33%) MuleSoft
9 5 (1.11%) Atlassian
9 5 (1.11%) HP
9 5 (1.11%) Liquidlogic
9 5 (1.11%) ServiceNow
9 5 (1.11%) Siebel
9 5 (1.11%) Talend
10 3 (0.66%) Alteryx
10 3 (0.66%) Ariba
10 3 (0.66%) Hitachi
10 3 (0.66%) OpenText