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

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 93 94
Rank change year-on-year +17 +1 +57
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 727 406 428
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.64% 2.97% 2.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.08% 3.22% 2.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 510 242 295
10th Percentile £375 £389 £389
25th Percentile £463 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.35%
75th Percentile £643 £638 £654
90th Percentile £763 £774 £738
England median daily rate £525 £525 £540
% change year-on-year - -2.78% -1.82%
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 17,802 12,600 14,757
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.04% 92.23% 88.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,756 8,430 10,474
10th Percentile £363 £326 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.45% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £651 £675 £688
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 283 240 222
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.24
25th Percentile £20.94 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.71 £30.00 £34.63
Median % change year-on-year +19.03% -13.36% -20.27%
75th Percentile £57.25 £49.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.30 £71.25
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £40.33
% change year-on-year +86.88% -37.63% -5.12%

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 26 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 26 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 +24 104 £589 +9.58% 11
West London +9 33 £588 -6.00% 2
East London +1 3 £675 - 1
South London -17 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 41 (5.64%) SharePoint
2 20 (2.75%) 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%) Appian
6 1 (0.14%) CMS
6 1 (0.14%) IIS
6 1 (0.14%) OpenROAD
Applications
1 33 (4.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (1.79%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (0.96%) MS Visio
3 7 (0.96%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.28%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 57 (7.84%) SAP S/4HANA
2 24 (3.30%) Dynamics CRM
3 19 (2.61%) Oracle ERP
4 16 (2.20%) NetSuite
5 15 (2.06%) Oracle Payables
6 13 (1.79%) Oracle Receivables
6 13 (1.79%) SAP ERP
7 11 (1.51%) Oracle EBS
8 9 (1.24%) iTrent
8 9 (1.24%) Oracle General Ledger
8 9 (1.24%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 8 (1.10%) Oracle Financials
10 7 (0.96%) Loan IQ
10 7 (0.96%) Temenos T24
10 7 (0.96%) Workday HCM
11 6 (0.83%) SAP Payroll
12 5 (0.69%) Finacle
12 5 (0.69%) SAP MDG
13 4 (0.55%) Maximo
13 4 (0.55%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 123 (16.92%) Azure
2 103 (14.17%) Power Platform
3 81 (11.14%) Dynamics 365
4 59 (8.12%) AWS
5 52 (7.15%) Azure DevOps
6 33 (4.54%) OCI
7 30 (4.13%) SaaS
8 29 (3.99%) Microsoft 365
9 26 (3.58%) Azure Data Factory
10 23 (3.16%) Amazon S3
11 22 (3.03%) Power Automate
11 22 (3.03%) Snowflake
12 19 (2.61%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 17 (2.34%) GitHub
13 17 (2.34%) PowerApps
14 14 (1.93%) GCP
15 13 (1.79%) SuccessFactors
16 11 (1.51%) dbt
17 9 (1.24%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
17 9 (1.24%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.24%) NAS
1 9 (1.24%) SAN
2 3 (0.41%) DNS
2 3 (0.41%) Intranet
2 3 (0.41%) 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 90 (12.38%) Power BI
2 36 (4.95%) Data Warehouse
3 24 (3.30%) SQL Server
4 23 (3.16%) Data Lake
5 18 (2.48%) Metadata
6 15 (2.06%) NoSQL
7 14 (1.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 13 (1.79%) PostgreSQL
8 13 (1.79%) Relational Database
9 11 (1.51%) Db2
10 9 (1.24%) Azure SQL Database
10 9 (1.24%) BusinessObjects
10 9 (1.24%) Oracle Reports
11 7 (0.96%) Amazon Redshift
11 7 (0.96%) DataStage
12 6 (0.83%) Snowflake Schema
12 6 (0.83%) Star Schema
13 4 (0.55%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 4 (0.55%) SAP Data Services
13 4 (0.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 66 (9.08%) JIRA
2 14 (1.93%) Git
3 6 (0.83%) Zephyr
4 5 (0.69%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.55%) Cucumber
5 4 (0.55%) JUnit
5 4 (0.55%) LSMW
5 4 (0.55%) Selenium
6 3 (0.41%) Cypress.io
6 3 (0.41%) ER Studio
6 3 (0.41%) Gatling
6 3 (0.41%) GitLab
7 2 (0.28%) Oracle Forms
7 2 (0.28%) Postman
7 2 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.28%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.14%) Fiddler
8 1 (0.14%) JMeter
8 1 (0.14%) ScriptRunner
8 1 (0.14%) SpecFlow
General
1 296 (40.72%) Finance
2 214 (29.44%) Social Skills
3 96 (13.20%) Analytical Skills
4 68 (9.35%) Banking
5 58 (7.98%) Public Sector
6 43 (5.91%) Law
7 27 (3.71%) Documentation Skills
8 25 (3.44%) Retail
9 24 (3.30%) General Ledger
10 18 (2.48%) Manufacturing
11 17 (2.34%) Organisational Skills
12 16 (2.20%) Presentation Skills
13 15 (2.06%) Aviation
13 15 (2.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 15 (2.06%) Local Government
14 14 (1.93%) Influencing Skills
14 14 (1.93%) Legal
15 13 (1.79%) Marketing
16 11 (1.51%) Billing
16 11 (1.51%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 177 (24.35%) Lead
2 114 (15.68%) Analyst
2 114 (15.68%) Architect
3 71 (9.77%) Business Analyst
4 69 (9.49%) Consultant
5 61 (8.39%) Data Engineer
6 59 (8.12%) Data Migration Lead
7 53 (7.29%) Senior
8 43 (5.91%) Project Manager
9 42 (5.78%) Data Analyst
10 34 (4.68%) Migration Analyst
11 33 (4.54%) Lead Architect
12 31 (4.26%) Functional Architect
13 30 (4.13%) Data Architect
14 29 (3.99%) Developer
15 28 (3.85%) Solutions Architect
16 26 (3.58%) Technical Leader
17 25 (3.44%) Data Migration Analyst
18 23 (3.16%) Data Business Analyst
18 23 (3.16%) Migration Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (6.88%) Oracle Fusion
2 24 (3.30%) REST
3 23 (3.16%) Middleware
4 16 (2.20%) SOAP
5 13 (1.79%) XML
6 12 (1.65%) .NET
7 10 (1.38%) Lightning Web Components
8 9 (1.24%) JSON
9 8 (1.10%) Kafka
10 6 (0.83%) PySpark
10 6 (0.83%) Spring
11 5 (0.69%) Web Services
12 4 (0.55%) HTML5 Canvas
12 4 (0.55%) Keycloak
12 4 (0.55%) Playwright
12 4 (0.55%) React
12 4 (0.55%) XSLT
13 3 (0.41%) HTML
14 2 (0.28%) EDI
14 2 (0.28%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 84 (11.55%) Legacy Systems
2 53 (7.29%) Data Structures
3 26 (3.58%) Management Information System
4 21 (2.89%) Cloud Native
5 19 (2.61%) Product Ownership
6 17 (2.34%) Enterprise Software
6 17 (2.34%) Onboarding
7 14 (1.93%) FMCG
8 12 (1.65%) Replication
9 11 (1.51%) Distributed Systems
9 11 (1.51%) Mainframe
10 10 (1.38%) Greenfield Project
11 8 (1.10%) Analytical Mindset
11 8 (1.10%) Data Centre
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%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 19 (2.61%) Windows
2 7 (0.96%) zOS
3 4 (0.55%) Linux
4 1 (0.14%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 727 (100.00%) Migration
2 187 (25.72%) Validation
3 186 (25.58%) Stakeholder Management
4 181 (24.90%) User Acceptance Testing
5 170 (23.38%) ERP
6 131 (18.02%) Agile
6 131 (18.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 109 (14.99%) Data Modelling
8 97 (13.34%) Business Intelligence
9 94 (12.93%) ETL
10 83 (11.42%) Problem-Solving
11 82 (11.28%) DevOps
12 79 (10.87%) Data Governance
12 79 (10.87%) Data Mapping
13 74 (10.18%) Continuous Improvement
14 72 (9.90%) Translating Business Requirements
15 65 (8.94%) Data Cleansing
16 63 (8.67%) Requirements Gathering
17 62 (8.53%) Data Transformation
18 61 (8.39%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 126 (17.33%) SQL
2 49 (6.74%) Python
3 29 (3.99%) Java
4 17 (2.34%) JavaScript
5 11 (1.51%) C#
6 8 (1.10%) Apex Code
6 8 (1.10%) PL/SQL
7 7 (0.96%) T-SQL
8 6 (0.83%) TypeScript
9 5 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 5 (0.69%) Kotlin
10 3 (0.41%) 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 87 (11.97%) Security Cleared
2 71 (9.77%) SC Cleared
3 32 (4.40%) Degree
4 19 (2.61%) PMP
5 17 (2.34%) PMI Certification
6 10 (1.38%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (1.24%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (1.10%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (0.69%) ACCA
9 5 (0.69%) Azure Certification
9 5 (0.69%) CIMA
9 5 (0.69%) DBS Check
10 4 (0.55%) AWS Certification
10 4 (0.55%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.55%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.28%) CFA
11 2 (0.28%) CTC Cleared
11 2 (0.28%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.28%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 1 (0.14%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 132 (18.16%) Data Quality
2 60 (8.25%) QA
3 29 (3.99%) GDPR
4 21 (2.89%) PMO
5 10 (1.38%) SLA
6 5 (0.69%) HL7
7 4 (0.55%) GMP
8 3 (0.41%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.41%) DICOM
8 3 (0.41%) IFRS
8 3 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.41%) 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 9 (1.24%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (1.10%) Docker
3 7 (0.96%) NFS
4 4 (0.55%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.14%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.14%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.14%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (2.34%) Kubernetes
2 15 (2.06%) Terraform
3 5 (0.69%) EMC VPLEX
3 5 (0.69%) vMotion
4 4 (0.55%) HP ALM
5 3 (0.41%) Ansible
5 3 (0.41%) Grafana
5 3 (0.41%) Karpenter
6 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.14%) Argo
7 1 (0.14%) Avamar
7 1 (0.14%) EMC NetWorker
7 1 (0.14%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.14%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.14%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.14%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 149 (20.50%) Microsoft
2 122 (16.78%) Oracle
3 120 (16.51%) SAP
4 42 (5.78%) Databricks
5 30 (4.13%) Salesforce
6 22 (3.03%) ServiceNow
7 18 (2.48%) Informatica
8 16 (2.20%) Workday
9 12 (1.65%) VMware
10 11 (1.51%) IBM
10 11 (1.51%) IFS
11 10 (1.38%) MuleSoft
12 9 (1.24%) Pure Storage
12 9 (1.24%) Talend
13 6 (0.83%) Ariba
13 6 (0.83%) Bloomberg
13 6 (0.83%) Google
13 6 (0.83%) Temenos
14 5 (0.69%) Atlassian
14 5 (0.69%) Avaloq