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

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 95 101
Rank change year-on-year +19 +6 +50
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 716 400 430
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.61% 2.93% 2.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.07% 3.18% 2.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 507 238 296
10th Percentile £375 £400 £388
25th Percentile £461 £451 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.45% - -
75th Percentile £638 £647 £660
90th Percentile £755 £771 £743
England median daily rate £525 £525 £536
% change year-on-year - -2.10% -0.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 1
10th Percentile £52.85 £40.20 -
25th Percentile £53.38 £48.56 £62.00
Median hourly rate £58.50 £65.00 £64.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +1.56% -32.63%
75th Percentile £68.25 £66.25 £66.00
90th Percentile £71.55 £67.00 -
England median hourly rate £40.00 £57.50 £75.00
% change year-on-year -30.43% -23.33% +141.94%

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 17,611 12,570 15,108
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.90% 92.12% 88.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,652 8,414 10,744
10th Percentile £363 £331 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 274 239 254
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.25
25th Percentile £21.63 £24.66 £20.99
Median hourly rate £36.00 £31.00 £33.53
Median % change year-on-year +16.13% -7.53% -22.03%
75th Percentile £57.50 £49.88 £51.50
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.35 £70.73
England median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £39.50
% change year-on-year +88.87% -36.33% -7.06%

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 20 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 20 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 +33 102 £593 +7.73% 10
West London +7 31 £475 -24.00% 4
East London -2 3 £675 - 1
South London -14 3 £543 +18.58% 1
North London -7 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 40 (5.59%) SharePoint
2 16 (2.23%) Confluence
3 6 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.70%) Apache
5 4 (0.56%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.56%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.28%) HCL Notes
6 2 (0.28%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.14%) Appian
7 1 (0.14%) CMS
7 1 (0.14%) IIS
7 1 (0.14%) OpenROAD
Applications
1 35 (4.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (2.09%) Microsoft Project
3 8 (1.12%) MS Visio
4 7 (0.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.98%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.28%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 56 (7.82%) SAP S/4HANA
2 23 (3.21%) Dynamics CRM
3 18 (2.51%) Oracle ERP
4 15 (2.09%) NetSuite
5 14 (1.96%) Oracle Payables
6 13 (1.82%) Oracle Receivables
6 13 (1.82%) SAP ERP
7 11 (1.54%) Oracle EBS
8 10 (1.40%) Loan IQ
9 9 (1.26%) iTrent
9 9 (1.26%) Oracle General Ledger
9 9 (1.26%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 8 (1.12%) Oracle Financials
11 7 (0.98%) Workday HCM
12 6 (0.84%) SAP Payroll
13 5 (0.70%) SAP MDG
14 4 (0.56%) Maximo
14 4 (0.56%) SAP HCM
14 4 (0.56%) SAP SD
14 4 (0.56%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 124 (17.32%) Azure
2 100 (13.97%) Power Platform
3 77 (10.75%) Dynamics 365
4 59 (8.24%) AWS
5 51 (7.12%) Azure DevOps
6 31 (4.33%) OCI
7 30 (4.19%) Microsoft 365
8 25 (3.49%) SaaS
9 24 (3.35%) Azure Data Factory
10 22 (3.07%) Snowflake
11 20 (2.79%) Amazon S3
11 20 (2.79%) Power Automate
12 18 (2.51%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 17 (2.37%) GitHub
14 16 (2.23%) PowerApps
15 15 (2.09%) GCP
16 14 (1.96%) SuccessFactors
17 11 (1.54%) dbt
18 10 (1.40%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
18 10 (1.40%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.40%) NAS
1 10 (1.40%) SAN
2 3 (0.42%) DNS
2 3 (0.42%) Firewall
2 3 (0.42%) Intranet
2 3 (0.42%) VPN
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 88 (12.29%) Power BI
2 38 (5.31%) Data Warehouse
3 25 (3.49%) SQL Server
4 22 (3.07%) Data Lake
5 19 (2.65%) Metadata
6 15 (2.09%) NoSQL
7 14 (1.96%) PostgreSQL
7 14 (1.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 12 (1.68%) Relational Database
9 11 (1.54%) Db2
10 10 (1.40%) Oracle Reports
11 9 (1.26%) Azure SQL Database
11 9 (1.26%) BusinessObjects
12 7 (0.98%) Amazon Redshift
12 7 (0.98%) DataStage
13 6 (0.84%) Snowflake Schema
13 6 (0.84%) Star Schema
14 4 (0.56%) MySQL
14 4 (0.56%) Oracle BI Publisher
14 4 (0.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 65 (9.08%) JIRA
2 14 (1.96%) Git
3 5 (0.70%) Jenkins
3 5 (0.70%) Zephyr
4 4 (0.56%) Cucumber
4 4 (0.56%) JUnit
4 4 (0.56%) LSMW
4 4 (0.56%) 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%) ERwin
7 1 (0.14%) Fiddler
7 1 (0.14%) JMeter
7 1 (0.14%) SpecFlow
General
1 285 (39.80%) Finance
2 210 (29.33%) Social Skills
3 97 (13.55%) Analytical Skills
4 63 (8.80%) Banking
5 58 (8.10%) Public Sector
6 42 (5.87%) Law
7 29 (4.05%) Documentation Skills
8 26 (3.63%) Retail
9 24 (3.35%) General Ledger
10 20 (2.79%) Organisational Skills
11 19 (2.65%) Presentation Skills
12 18 (2.51%) Manufacturing
13 15 (2.09%) Aviation
13 15 (2.09%) Legal
13 15 (2.09%) Local Government
14 14 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 14 (1.96%) Influencing Skills
15 13 (1.82%) Marketing
16 12 (1.68%) Billing
17 11 (1.54%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 173 (24.16%) Lead
2 115 (16.06%) Architect
3 113 (15.78%) Analyst
4 72 (10.06%) Consultant
5 68 (9.50%) Business Analyst
6 58 (8.10%) Data Engineer
7 56 (7.82%) Data Migration Lead
8 51 (7.12%) Senior
9 42 (5.87%) Data Analyst
9 42 (5.87%) Project Manager
10 37 (5.17%) Migration Analyst
11 33 (4.61%) Lead Architect
12 31 (4.33%) Functional Architect
13 30 (4.19%) Data Architect
14 28 (3.91%) Solutions Architect
15 27 (3.77%) Developer
16 26 (3.63%) Technical Leader
17 25 (3.49%) Data Migration Analyst
18 24 (3.35%) Migration Manager
19 23 (3.21%) Data Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (6.42%) Oracle Fusion
2 25 (3.49%) REST
3 23 (3.21%) Middleware
4 17 (2.37%) SOAP
5 13 (1.82%) XML
6 12 (1.68%) .NET
7 10 (1.40%) Lightning Web Components
8 9 (1.26%) JSON
9 8 (1.12%) Kafka
10 6 (0.84%) Spring
11 5 (0.70%) PySpark
12 4 (0.56%) HTML5 Canvas
12 4 (0.56%) Keycloak
12 4 (0.56%) Playwright
12 4 (0.56%) React
12 4 (0.56%) XSLT
13 3 (0.42%) HTML
13 3 (0.42%) Web Services
14 2 (0.28%) EDI
14 2 (0.28%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 86 (12.01%) Legacy Systems
2 54 (7.54%) Data Structures
3 27 (3.77%) Management Information System
4 20 (2.79%) Cloud Native
5 17 (2.37%) Enterprise Software
5 17 (2.37%) Onboarding
6 16 (2.23%) Product Ownership
7 14 (1.96%) FMCG
8 13 (1.82%) Replication
9 11 (1.54%) Distributed Systems
9 11 (1.54%) Mainframe
10 10 (1.40%) Greenfield Project
11 9 (1.26%) Data Centre
12 8 (1.12%) Analytical Mindset
13 6 (0.84%) Legacy Code
13 6 (0.84%) NHS
13 6 (0.84%) Reference Data
14 5 (0.70%) Data Protection Act
14 5 (0.70%) Tandem
14 5 (0.70%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 18 (2.51%) Windows
2 7 (0.98%) zOS
3 3 (0.42%) Linux
4 1 (0.14%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 716 (100.00%) Migration
2 185 (25.84%) Validation
3 182 (25.42%) Stakeholder Management
4 179 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
5 160 (22.35%) ERP
6 129 (18.02%) Agile
7 126 (17.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 109 (15.22%) Data Modelling
9 95 (13.27%) Business Intelligence
10 90 (12.57%) ETL
11 86 (12.01%) Problem-Solving
12 83 (11.59%) DevOps
13 80 (11.17%) Data Governance
13 80 (11.17%) Data Mapping
14 72 (10.06%) Continuous Improvement
15 70 (9.78%) Translating Business Requirements
16 66 (9.22%) Data Cleansing
17 63 (8.80%) Decision-Making
18 60 (8.38%) CI/CD
18 60 (8.38%) Data Transformation
Programming Languages
1 122 (17.04%) SQL
2 50 (6.98%) Python
3 24 (3.35%) Java
4 17 (2.37%) JavaScript
5 11 (1.54%) C#
6 8 (1.12%) Apex Code
7 7 (0.98%) T-SQL
8 6 (0.84%) PL/SQL
8 6 (0.84%) TypeScript
9 5 (0.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 5 (0.70%) 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%) Korn
12 1 (0.14%) Scala
Qualifications
1 84 (11.73%) Security Cleared
2 68 (9.50%) SC Cleared
3 30 (4.19%) Degree
4 17 (2.37%) PMP
5 15 (2.09%) PMI Certification
6 13 (1.82%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (1.12%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (0.84%) Azure Certification
8 6 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (0.70%) DBS Check
10 4 (0.56%) AWS Certification
10 4 (0.56%) ISTQB
11 3 (0.42%) ACCA
11 3 (0.42%) CIMA
12 2 (0.28%) CFA
12 2 (0.28%) CTC Cleared
12 2 (0.28%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.28%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.28%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 2 (0.28%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 131 (18.30%) Data Quality
2 60 (8.38%) QA
3 31 (4.33%) GDPR
4 21 (2.93%) PMO
5 10 (1.40%) SLA
6 5 (0.70%) HL7
7 4 (0.56%) GMP
8 3 (0.42%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.42%) DICOM
8 3 (0.42%) IFRS
8 3 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
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%) Solvency II
10 1 (0.14%) GxP
10 1 (0.14%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 10 (1.40%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (1.12%) Docker
2 8 (1.12%) NFS
3 6 (0.84%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.14%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.14%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.14%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (2.37%) Kubernetes
2 15 (2.09%) Terraform
3 6 (0.84%) EMC VPLEX
3 6 (0.84%) vMotion
4 4 (0.56%) HP ALM
5 3 (0.42%) Ansible
5 3 (0.42%) Grafana
5 3 (0.42%) Karpenter
5 3 (0.42%) 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%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.14%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 149 (20.81%) Microsoft
2 120 (16.76%) SAP
3 118 (16.48%) Oracle
4 40 (5.59%) Databricks
5 31 (4.33%) Salesforce
6 22 (3.07%) ServiceNow
7 18 (2.51%) Informatica
8 16 (2.23%) Workday
9 13 (1.82%) VMware
10 11 (1.54%) IFS
11 10 (1.40%) IBM
11 10 (1.40%) MuleSoft
11 10 (1.40%) Pure Storage
12 8 (1.12%) Talend
13 7 (0.98%) Google
14 6 (0.84%) Ariba
14 6 (0.84%) Bloomberg
14 6 (0.84%) Commvault
14 6 (0.84%) Temenos
15 5 (0.70%) Avaloq