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

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 94 99
Rank change year-on-year +21 +5 +47
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 722 403 416
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.64% 2.96% 2.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.09% 3.22% 2.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 506 241 285
10th Percentile £375 £400 £389
25th Percentile £463 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year - +1.85% -5.05%
75th Percentile £645 £638 £650
90th Percentile £756 £769 £738
England median daily rate £525 £525 £539
% change year-on-year - -2.55% -2.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 1
10th Percentile - £42.99 -
25th Percentile £52.50 £55.53 £62.00
Median hourly rate £56.75 £65.00 £64.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.69% +1.56% -32.63%
75th Percentile £65.50 £78.13 £66.00
90th Percentile £70.45 £97.25 -
England median hourly rate £40.00 £60.00 £80.00
% change year-on-year -33.33% -25.00% +158.06%

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 17,663 12,532 14,574
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.96% 92.17% 88.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,664 8,387 10,335
10th Percentile £363 £325 £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 £656 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £512 £525
% change year-on-year +2.54% -2.48% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 289 242 212
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.25
25th Percentile £19.85 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.75 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.33% -12.50% -18.07%
75th Percentile £57.00 £49.31 £54.06
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.23 £71.25
England median hourly rate £46.62 £25.15 £41.50
% change year-on-year +85.35% -39.40% -2.35%

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 29 July 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 29 July 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 +29 104 £590 +9.77% 10
West London +10 34 £700 +12.00%
East London 0 3 £675 - 2
South London -19 3 £543 +18.58% 1
North London -6 1 £495 -10.00%
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 42 (5.82%) SharePoint
2 19 (2.63%) Confluence
3 5 (0.69%) Apache
3 5 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.55%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.28%) HCL Notes
5 2 (0.28%) Palantir Foundry
6 1 (0.14%) CMS
6 1 (0.14%) IIS
6 1 (0.14%) OpenROAD
Applications
1 31 (4.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (1.52%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (0.97%) MS Visio
3 7 (0.97%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.28%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 56 (7.76%) SAP S/4HANA
2 25 (3.46%) Dynamics CRM
3 18 (2.49%) Oracle ERP
4 16 (2.22%) NetSuite
5 15 (2.08%) Oracle Payables
6 13 (1.80%) Oracle Receivables
6 13 (1.80%) SAP ERP
7 11 (1.52%) Oracle EBS
8 9 (1.25%) iTrent
8 9 (1.25%) Oracle General Ledger
9 8 (1.11%) Oracle Financials
9 8 (1.11%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 7 (0.97%) Temenos T24
10 7 (0.97%) Workday HCM
11 6 (0.83%) SAP Payroll
12 5 (0.69%) Finacle
12 5 (0.69%) Loan IQ
12 5 (0.69%) SAP MDG
13 4 (0.55%) Maximo
13 4 (0.55%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 123 (17.04%) Azure
2 106 (14.68%) Power Platform
3 82 (11.36%) Dynamics 365
4 58 (8.03%) AWS
5 52 (7.20%) Azure DevOps
6 32 (4.43%) OCI
7 30 (4.16%) SaaS
8 29 (4.02%) Microsoft 365
9 26 (3.60%) Azure Data Factory
10 24 (3.32%) Amazon S3
11 23 (3.19%) Power Automate
12 22 (3.05%) Snowflake
13 19 (2.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 17 (2.35%) PowerApps
15 16 (2.22%) GitHub
16 14 (1.94%) GCP
17 12 (1.66%) SuccessFactors
18 11 (1.52%) dbt
19 9 (1.25%) OneDrive
20 8 (1.11%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.69%) NAS
1 5 (0.69%) SAN
2 3 (0.42%) DNS
2 3 (0.42%) Intranet
2 3 (0.42%) VPN
3 2 (0.28%) Firewall
3 2 (0.28%) HTTP
4 1 (0.14%) DKIM
4 1 (0.14%) DMARC
4 1 (0.14%) Fibre Channel
4 1 (0.14%) Network Security
4 1 (0.14%) SNMP
4 1 (0.14%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 93 (12.88%) Power BI
2 36 (4.99%) Data Warehouse
3 23 (3.19%) Data Lake
3 23 (3.19%) SQL Server
4 17 (2.35%) Metadata
5 14 (1.94%) NoSQL
5 14 (1.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 13 (1.80%) Relational Database
7 12 (1.66%) PostgreSQL
8 11 (1.52%) Db2
9 9 (1.25%) Azure SQL Database
9 9 (1.25%) BusinessObjects
9 9 (1.25%) Oracle Reports
10 7 (0.97%) Amazon Redshift
10 7 (0.97%) DataStage
11 6 (0.83%) Snowflake Schema
11 6 (0.83%) Star Schema
12 4 (0.55%) MongoDB
12 4 (0.55%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 4 (0.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 63 (8.73%) JIRA
2 14 (1.94%) Git
3 6 (0.83%) Zephyr
4 4 (0.55%) Cucumber
4 4 (0.55%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.55%) JUnit
4 4 (0.55%) LSMW
4 4 (0.55%) Selenium
5 3 (0.42%) Cypress.io
5 3 (0.42%) ER Studio
5 3 (0.42%) Gatling
5 3 (0.42%) GitLab
6 2 (0.28%) Oracle Forms
6 2 (0.28%) Postman
6 2 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.28%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.14%) Fiddler
7 1 (0.14%) JMeter
7 1 (0.14%) ScriptRunner
7 1 (0.14%) SpecFlow
General
1 298 (41.27%) Finance
2 210 (29.09%) Social Skills
3 92 (12.74%) Analytical Skills
4 68 (9.42%) Banking
5 54 (7.48%) Public Sector
6 42 (5.82%) Law
7 25 (3.46%) Documentation Skills
7 25 (3.46%) Retail
8 24 (3.32%) General Ledger
9 19 (2.63%) Manufacturing
10 17 (2.35%) Organisational Skills
11 16 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 15 (2.08%) Local Government
13 14 (1.94%) Aviation
13 14 (1.94%) Influencing Skills
13 14 (1.94%) Legal
14 13 (1.80%) Marketing
14 13 (1.80%) Presentation Skills
15 11 (1.52%) Billing
15 11 (1.52%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 174 (24.10%) Lead
2 112 (15.51%) Architect
3 111 (15.37%) Analyst
4 72 (9.97%) Consultant
5 69 (9.56%) Business Analyst
6 62 (8.59%) Data Engineer
7 60 (8.31%) Data Migration Lead
8 56 (7.76%) Senior
9 45 (6.23%) Project Manager
10 41 (5.68%) Data Analyst
11 33 (4.57%) Lead Architect
12 31 (4.29%) Functional Architect
12 31 (4.29%) Migration Analyst
13 30 (4.16%) Developer
14 29 (4.02%) Data Architect
15 28 (3.88%) Solutions Architect
16 24 (3.32%) Data Migration Analyst
16 24 (3.32%) Technical Leader
17 23 (3.19%) Migration Manager
18 22 (3.05%) Data Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (7.20%) Oracle Fusion
2 23 (3.19%) REST
3 22 (3.05%) Middleware
4 15 (2.08%) SOAP
5 13 (1.80%) .NET
6 12 (1.66%) XML
7 9 (1.25%) JSON
7 9 (1.25%) Lightning Web Components
8 8 (1.11%) Kafka
9 6 (0.83%) PySpark
9 6 (0.83%) Spring
10 5 (0.69%) Web Services
11 4 (0.55%) HTML5 Canvas
11 4 (0.55%) Keycloak
11 4 (0.55%) Playwright
11 4 (0.55%) React
11 4 (0.55%) XSLT
12 3 (0.42%) HTML
13 2 (0.28%) EDI
13 2 (0.28%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 82 (11.36%) Legacy Systems
2 51 (7.06%) Data Structures
3 24 (3.32%) Management Information System
4 21 (2.91%) Cloud Native
5 19 (2.63%) Product Ownership
6 18 (2.49%) Enterprise Software
7 17 (2.35%) Onboarding
8 15 (2.08%) FMCG
9 11 (1.52%) Distributed Systems
9 11 (1.52%) Mainframe
10 10 (1.39%) Greenfield Project
11 8 (1.11%) Analytical Mindset
11 8 (1.11%) Data Centre
11 8 (1.11%) Replication
12 6 (0.83%) Legacy Code
12 6 (0.83%) NHS
12 6 (0.83%) Reference Data
13 5 (0.69%) Credit Risk
13 5 (0.69%) PACS
13 5 (0.69%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 19 (2.63%) Windows
2 7 (0.97%) zOS
3 4 (0.55%) Linux
4 1 (0.14%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 722 (100.00%) Migration
2 186 (25.76%) Validation
3 181 (25.07%) Stakeholder Management
4 180 (24.93%) User Acceptance Testing
5 170 (23.55%) ERP
6 129 (17.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 128 (17.73%) Agile
8 106 (14.68%) Data Modelling
9 100 (13.85%) Business Intelligence
10 92 (12.74%) ETL
11 81 (11.22%) DevOps
12 80 (11.08%) Data Governance
12 80 (11.08%) Problem-Solving
13 76 (10.53%) Data Mapping
14 72 (9.97%) Translating Business Requirements
15 70 (9.70%) Continuous Improvement
16 65 (9.00%) Data Cleansing
17 62 (8.59%) Data Transformation
17 62 (8.59%) Requirements Gathering
18 61 (8.45%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 125 (17.31%) SQL
2 48 (6.65%) Python
3 29 (4.02%) Java
4 18 (2.49%) JavaScript
5 12 (1.66%) C#
6 9 (1.25%) PL/SQL
7 7 (0.97%) Apex Code
7 7 (0.97%) T-SQL
8 6 (0.83%) TypeScript
9 5 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 5 (0.69%) Kotlin
10 3 (0.42%) SOQL
11 2 (0.28%) PowerShell
11 2 (0.28%) VBA
11 2 (0.28%) X++
12 1 (0.14%) Bash
12 1 (0.14%) C
12 1 (0.14%) COBOL
12 1 (0.14%) Scala
12 1 (0.14%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 80 (11.08%) Security Cleared
2 66 (9.14%) SC Cleared
3 31 (4.29%) Degree
4 19 (2.63%) PMP
5 17 (2.35%) PMI Certification
6 9 (1.25%) BPSS Clearance
6 9 (1.25%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (0.97%) ACCA
7 7 (0.97%) CIMA
7 7 (0.97%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (0.69%) Azure Certification
8 5 (0.69%) DBS Check
9 4 (0.55%) AWS Certification
9 4 (0.55%) DV Cleared
9 4 (0.55%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.28%) CFA
10 2 (0.28%) CTC Cleared
10 2 (0.28%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 1 (0.14%) CCA
11 1 (0.14%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 130 (18.01%) Data Quality
2 59 (8.17%) QA
3 28 (3.88%) GDPR
4 21 (2.91%) PMO
5 10 (1.39%) SLA
6 5 (0.69%) HL7
7 4 (0.55%) GMP
8 3 (0.42%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.42%) DICOM
8 3 (0.42%) IFRS
8 3 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.42%) SNOMED CT
9 2 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.28%) GAAP
9 2 (0.28%) GRC
9 2 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 2 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.28%) Solvency II
10 1 (0.14%) GxP
10 1 (0.14%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 7 (0.97%) Docker
2 5 (0.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.55%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.42%) NFS
5 1 (0.14%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.14%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.14%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (2.35%) Kubernetes
2 14 (1.94%) Terraform
3 4 (0.55%) HP ALM
4 3 (0.42%) Ansible
4 3 (0.42%) EMC VPLEX
4 3 (0.42%) Grafana
4 3 (0.42%) Karpenter
4 3 (0.42%) vMotion
5 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.14%) Argo
6 1 (0.14%) Avamar
6 1 (0.14%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.14%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.14%) NetBackup
6 1 (0.14%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.14%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 149 (20.64%) Microsoft
2 122 (16.90%) Oracle
3 118 (16.34%) SAP
4 44 (6.09%) Databricks
5 28 (3.88%) Salesforce
6 25 (3.46%) ServiceNow
7 17 (2.35%) Informatica
8 16 (2.22%) Workday
9 11 (1.52%) IBM
9 11 (1.52%) IFS
10 10 (1.39%) MuleSoft
11 9 (1.25%) Talend
12 8 (1.11%) VMware
13 6 (0.83%) Avaloq
13 6 (0.83%) Bloomberg
13 6 (0.83%) Google
13 6 (0.83%) Temenos
14 5 (0.69%) Ariba
14 5 (0.69%) Atlassian
14 5 (0.69%) Pure Storage