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

6 months to
4 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 97 88
Rank change year-on-year +19 -9 +61
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 589 342 464
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.44% 2.70% 2.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.85% 2.95% 2.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 418 236 345
10th Percentile £400 £400 £413
25th Percentile £466 £464 £483
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
75th Percentile £632 £630 £675
90th Percentile £700 £766 £750
England median daily rate £525 £532 £550
% change year-on-year -1.22% -3.36% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 8
10th Percentile - £37.66 £83.20
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 £86.80
England median hourly rate £51.28 £60.00 £80.00
% change year-on-year -14.54% -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 15,294 11,605 15,921
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.42% 91.50% 88.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,270 7,873 11,381
10th Percentile £353 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £440 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £685 £675
90th Percentile £753 £806 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 237 169 333
10th Percentile £18.07 £18.12 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.00 £24.18 £19.92
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.00 £30.12
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% +16.20% -22.77%
75th Percentile £56.50 £50.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £71.00 £65.00 £67.80
England median hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £33.07
% change year-on-year +15.38% -1.71% -11.83%

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 4 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 4 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 +7 71 £550 +10.00% 28
West London -16 8 £950 +90.00% 11
East London -1 5 £550 +37.50% 3
North London - 3 £550 - 1
South London -15 2 - - 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 18 (3.06%) SharePoint
2 17 (2.89%) 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 35 (5.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (2.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 17 (2.89%) Microsoft Project
3 12 (2.04%) Spreadsheet
4 9 (1.53%) MS Visio
5 6 (1.02%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 36 (6.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (3.06%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (2.72%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 13 (2.21%) Loan IQ
5 9 (1.53%) Oracle ERP
6 8 (1.36%) Oracle EBS
6 8 (1.36%) SAP HR
6 8 (1.36%) Workday HCM
7 7 (1.19%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 7 (1.19%) SAP ERP
8 6 (1.02%) Finacle
9 5 (0.85%) Oracle General Ledger
10 4 (0.68%) SAP CO
10 4 (0.68%) SAP Payroll
10 4 (0.68%) Temenos T24
11 3 (0.51%) NetSuite
11 3 (0.51%) Oracle FAH
11 3 (0.51%) Oracle Payables
11 3 (0.51%) SAP FI
11 3 (0.51%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 93 (15.79%) Azure
1 93 (15.79%) Power Platform
2 67 (11.38%) Dynamics 365
3 56 (9.51%) AWS
4 37 (6.28%) OCI
5 32 (5.43%) Azure DevOps
6 22 (3.74%) SaaS
7 20 (3.40%) Azure Data Factory
8 18 (3.06%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 18 (3.06%) GitHub
9 14 (2.38%) Amazon S3
10 12 (2.04%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 12 (2.04%) Snowflake
10 12 (2.04%) SuccessFactors
11 11 (1.87%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 10 (1.70%) GCP
13 8 (1.36%) Azure Logic Apps
14 7 (1.19%) dbt
14 7 (1.19%) Power Automate
15 6 (1.02%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.87%) NAS
2 9 (1.53%) 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 (13.41%) Power BI
2 44 (7.47%) Data Warehouse
3 31 (5.26%) SQL Server
4 29 (4.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 17 (2.89%) Data Lake
6 16 (2.72%) Relational Database
7 14 (2.38%) Metadata
7 14 (2.38%) Oracle Database
8 13 (2.21%) PostgreSQL
9 12 (2.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 11 (1.87%) Amazon Redshift
10 11 (1.87%) Tableau
11 10 (1.70%) NoSQL
12 9 (1.53%) DB2
12 9 (1.53%) MySQL
12 9 (1.53%) Oracle Reports
13 8 (1.36%) Snowflake Schema
14 7 (1.19%) DataStage
15 6 (1.02%) Star Schema
16 5 (0.85%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 54 (9.17%) JIRA
2 8 (1.36%) Git
3 5 (0.85%) Jenkins
3 5 (0.85%) Selenium
4 4 (0.68%) Cucumber
4 4 (0.68%) JUnit
4 4 (0.68%) LSMW
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%) gulp
7 1 (0.17%) Postman
7 1 (0.17%) Terragrunt
7 1 (0.17%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.17%) webpack
General
1 229 (38.88%) Finance
2 195 (33.11%) Social Skills
3 84 (14.26%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (9.85%) Banking
5 43 (7.30%) Public Sector
6 42 (7.13%) Law
7 33 (5.60%) Retail
8 27 (4.58%) Documentation Skills
9 22 (3.74%) Presentation Skills
10 18 (3.06%) Legal
11 15 (2.55%) Organisational Skills
12 11 (1.87%) Billing
12 11 (1.87%) General Ledger
12 11 (1.87%) Manufacturing
13 10 (1.70%) Local Government
14 9 (1.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 9 (1.53%) Investment Banking
15 8 (1.36%) Back Office
15 8 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
15 8 (1.36%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 137 (23.26%) Lead
2 107 (18.17%) Analyst
3 101 (17.15%) Architect
4 67 (11.38%) Business Analyst
5 52 (8.83%) Data Engineer
6 48 (8.15%) Consultant
6 48 (8.15%) Senior
7 40 (6.79%) Project Manager
8 39 (6.62%) Migration Analyst
9 35 (5.94%) Data Analyst
10 33 (5.60%) Data Migration Lead
11 32 (5.43%) Lead Architect
12 31 (5.26%) Functional Architect
13 29 (4.92%) Developer
14 27 (4.58%) Migration Manager
15 26 (4.41%) Data Business Analyst
15 26 (4.41%) Data Migration Analyst
16 24 (4.07%) Technical Leader
17 23 (3.90%) Data Architect
17 23 (3.90%) Data Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (4.92%) Oracle Fusion
2 18 (3.06%) Middleware
2 18 (3.06%) REST
2 18 (3.06%) XML
3 14 (2.38%) SOAP
4 10 (1.70%) .NET
4 10 (1.70%) Lightning Web Components
5 6 (1.02%) JSON
5 6 (1.02%) Kafka
5 6 (1.02%) Spring
6 3 (0.51%) Playwright
6 3 (0.51%) PySpark
6 3 (0.51%) React
6 3 (0.51%) Web Services
6 3 (0.51%) XSLT
7 2 (0.34%) FHIR
7 2 (0.34%) OpenTelemetry
7 2 (0.34%) Visualforce
8 1 (0.17%) HTML5
8 1 (0.17%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 78 (13.24%) Legacy Systems
2 43 (7.30%) Data Structures
3 23 (3.90%) Management Information System
4 17 (2.89%) Cloud Native
5 15 (2.55%) Replication
6 12 (2.04%) Product Ownership
7 10 (1.70%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (1.70%) Onboarding
8 9 (1.53%) Data Protection Act
8 9 (1.53%) Reference Data
8 9 (1.53%) Tandem
9 8 (1.36%) Data Centre
9 8 (1.36%) Distributed Systems
9 8 (1.36%) Greenfield Project
9 8 (1.36%) Mainframe
10 7 (1.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 6 (1.02%) Derivative
11 6 (1.02%) Taxonomies
12 5 (0.85%) FMCG
12 5 (0.85%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.53%) Windows
2 7 (1.19%) zOS
3 6 (1.02%) Unix
4 5 (0.85%) Linux
5 2 (0.34%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.17%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 589 (100.00%) Migration
2 144 (24.45%) Stakeholder Management
3 132 (22.41%) User Acceptance Testing
4 129 (21.90%) Agile
5 121 (20.54%) ERP
6 114 (19.35%) Validation
7 105 (17.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 103 (17.49%) ETL
9 94 (15.96%) Data Modelling
10 91 (15.45%) Business Intelligence
11 87 (14.77%) Problem-Solving
12 72 (12.22%) Data Mapping
13 68 (11.54%) Continuous Improvement
14 64 (10.87%) Project Management
15 63 (10.70%) Analytics
16 59 (10.02%) Decision-Making
17 54 (9.17%) Data Transformation
17 54 (9.17%) Procure-to-Pay
18 53 (9.00%) DevOps
18 53 (9.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 136 (23.09%) SQL
2 47 (7.98%) Python
3 27 (4.58%) Java
4 14 (2.38%) JavaScript
5 11 (1.87%) PL/SQL
6 9 (1.53%) Apex Code
7 8 (1.36%) C#
8 7 (1.19%) 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 81 (13.75%) Security Cleared
2 67 (11.38%) SC Cleared
3 32 (5.43%) Degree
4 15 (2.55%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (2.21%) PMP
6 9 (1.53%) AWS Certification
6 9 (1.53%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (1.36%) 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%) CAPM
12 1 (0.17%) CBAP
12 1 (0.17%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (17.83%) Data Quality
2 43 (7.30%) QA
3 28 (4.75%) GDPR
4 9 (1.53%) IFRS
5 7 (1.19%) PMO
5 7 (1.19%) SLA
6 5 (0.85%) GAAP
6 5 (0.85%) IFRS 9
6 5 (0.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (0.68%) Accessibility
7 4 (0.68%) Basel III
7 4 (0.68%) IFRS 17
8 3 (0.51%) HL7
9 2 (0.34%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 2 (0.34%) GMP
9 2 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.17%) NCSC
10 1 (0.17%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.17%) Solvency II
System Software
1 10 (1.70%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (1.36%) 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 (2.72%) Kubernetes
2 11 (1.87%) 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
1 113 (19.19%) Microsoft
2 102 (17.32%) Oracle
3 84 (14.26%) SAP
4 33 (5.60%) Salesforce
5 28 (4.75%) Workday
6 23 (3.90%) Databricks
7 21 (3.57%) Informatica
8 17 (2.89%) Avaloq
9 14 (2.38%) ServiceNow
10 13 (2.21%) MuleSoft
11 12 (2.04%) VMware
12 11 (1.87%) Pure Storage
13 10 (1.70%) GoldenSource
14 9 (1.53%) Talend
14 9 (1.53%) Temenos
15 7 (1.19%) Google
16 6 (1.02%) Commvault
16 6 (1.02%) IBM
17 4 (0.68%) Ariba
18 3 (0.51%) HP