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 2 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 93 105 92
Rank change year-on-year +12 -13 +46
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 464 326 433
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.16% 2.38% 2.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.48% 2.63% 2.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 309 221 316
10th Percentile £400 £380 £413
25th Percentile £463 £475 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £650 £638 £675
90th Percentile £700 £700 £744
England median daily rate £539 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -0.23% -1.82% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 9
10th Percentile - - £82.70
25th Percentile - - £83.50
Median hourly rate - £35.00 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year - -58.82% +21.43%
75th Percentile - - £86.50
90th Percentile - - £86.70
England median hourly rate £62.75 £35.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +79.29% -12.50% -42.86%

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 13,329 12,378 16,531
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.91% 90.52% 88.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,842 7,830 11,851
10th Percentile £350 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 204 153 348
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.05 £16.00
25th Percentile £25.11 £25.23 £19.34
Median hourly rate £34.38 £35.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.15% +18.33% -19.70%
75th Percentile £56.00 £53.75 £51.94
90th Percentile £71.75 £79.75 £72.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £35.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -1.41% +1.43%

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 2 February 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 2 February 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 +9 59 £565 +2.73% 28
East London -1 6 £520 +30.00%
West London -20 4 £800 +60.00% 3
North London - 4 £600 - 2
South London - 3 - -
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 22 (4.74%) Confluence
2 10 (2.16%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.65%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (0.65%) CMS
3 3 (0.65%) LiveLink
4 2 (0.43%) Appian
5 1 (0.22%) Apache
5 1 (0.22%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.22%) IIS
5 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.22%) NetWeaver
5 1 (0.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.22%) SAP Portal
5 1 (0.22%) WebSphere
Applications
1 29 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (3.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (2.37%) Microsoft Project
4 9 (1.94%) MS Visio
5 8 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
5 8 (1.72%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.65%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.22%) Trello
Business Applications
1 35 (7.54%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (3.66%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (3.02%) SAP HR
4 11 (2.37%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 10 (2.16%) Loan IQ
5 10 (2.16%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 8 (1.72%) Oracle General Ledger
7 6 (1.29%) Oracle EBS
7 6 (1.29%) Oracle FAH
7 6 (1.29%) SAP CO
7 6 (1.29%) SAP FI
7 6 (1.29%) SAP FI/CO
8 5 (1.08%) Oracle ERP
8 5 (1.08%) Workday HCM
9 4 (0.86%) Finacle
10 3 (0.65%) Oracle Payables
10 3 (0.65%) SAP ERP
10 3 (0.65%) SAP MM
10 3 (0.65%) SAP Payroll
10 3 (0.65%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 67 (14.44%) Azure
2 51 (10.99%) Power Platform
3 47 (10.13%) AWS
4 34 (7.33%) OCI
5 25 (5.39%) Dynamics 365
6 23 (4.96%) SaaS
7 16 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
8 15 (3.23%) Snowflake
9 14 (3.02%) Azure Data Factory
9 14 (3.02%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 11 (2.37%) GitHub
11 9 (1.94%) Amazon S3
11 9 (1.94%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 9 (1.94%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 9 (1.94%) SuccessFactors
12 8 (1.72%) Azure Logic Apps
13 7 (1.51%) Power Automate
13 7 (1.51%) PowerApps
14 6 (1.29%) GCP
15 5 (1.08%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.94%) NAS
2 7 (1.51%) SAN
3 1 (0.22%) DNS
3 1 (0.22%) Firewall
3 1 (0.22%) IPv4
3 1 (0.22%) Network Security
3 1 (0.22%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.22%) VLAN
3 1 (0.22%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (9.27%) Data Warehouse
2 42 (9.05%) SQL Server
3 39 (8.41%) Power BI
4 27 (5.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 24 (5.17%) Relational Database
6 20 (4.31%) Oracle Database
7 15 (3.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 15 (3.23%) Tableau
8 13 (2.80%) Metadata
9 12 (2.59%) RDBMS
10 11 (2.37%) PostgreSQL
11 10 (2.16%) Big Data
11 10 (2.16%) Data Lake
11 10 (2.16%) MySQL
12 8 (1.72%) DataStage
12 8 (1.72%) Oracle Reports
13 7 (1.51%) Amazon Redshift
14 6 (1.29%) Snowflake Schema
15 5 (1.08%) Azure SQL Database
15 5 (1.08%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 48 (10.34%) JIRA
2 4 (0.86%) Git
2 4 (0.86%) Toad
3 3 (0.65%) Bitbucket
3 3 (0.65%) ERwin
3 3 (0.65%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.65%) LSMW
4 2 (0.43%) Cypress.io
4 2 (0.43%) Oracle Forms
4 2 (0.43%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.22%) gulp
5 1 (0.22%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.22%) Selenium
5 1 (0.22%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.22%) Terragrunt
5 1 (0.22%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.22%) webpack
General
1 174 (37.50%) Finance
2 153 (32.97%) Social Skills
3 59 (12.72%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (10.13%) Banking
5 36 (7.76%) Public Sector
6 28 (6.03%) Retail
7 24 (5.17%) Documentation Skills
8 15 (3.23%) Local Government
9 14 (3.02%) Legal
9 14 (3.02%) Presentation Skills
10 12 (2.59%) Organisational Skills
11 11 (2.37%) Back Office
11 11 (2.37%) Investment Banking
12 10 (2.16%) General Ledger
12 10 (2.16%) Manufacturing
13 8 (1.72%) Front Office
14 7 (1.51%) Law
14 7 (1.51%) Telecoms
15 6 (1.29%) Billing
15 6 (1.29%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 85 (18.32%) Analyst
1 85 (18.32%) Lead
2 57 (12.28%) Business Analyst
3 56 (12.07%) Consultant
4 45 (9.70%) Architect
5 36 (7.76%) Senior
6 35 (7.54%) Project Manager
7 34 (7.33%) Data Engineer
8 30 (6.47%) Developer
9 26 (5.60%) Migration Analyst
10 25 (5.39%) Data Analyst
11 23 (4.96%) Data Migration Lead
12 17 (3.66%) Data Migration Analyst
12 17 (3.66%) Migration Manager
12 17 (3.66%) Solutions Architect
13 16 (3.45%) Data Architect
13 16 (3.45%) Data Manager
14 14 (3.02%) Data Business Analyst
14 14 (3.02%) Functional Consultant
14 14 (3.02%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (4.74%) Oracle Fusion
2 19 (4.09%) XML
3 18 (3.88%) REST
4 13 (2.80%) Middleware
5 10 (2.16%) .NET
5 10 (2.16%) SOAP
6 7 (1.51%) Lightning Web Components
6 7 (1.51%) PySpark
7 5 (1.08%) JSON
8 3 (0.65%) SAP Fiori
8 3 (0.65%) Visualforce
8 3 (0.65%) Web Services
8 3 (0.65%) XSLT
9 2 (0.43%) ADO
9 2 (0.43%) FHIR
9 2 (0.43%) Kafka
9 2 (0.43%) Playwright
9 2 (0.43%) React
10 1 (0.22%) ASP.NET
10 1 (0.22%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 68 (14.66%) Legacy Systems
2 38 (8.19%) Data Structures
3 19 (4.09%) Management Information System
4 14 (3.02%) Onboarding
5 12 (2.59%) Replication
6 10 (2.16%) Data Protection Act
7 8 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (1.72%) Reference Data
8 7 (1.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 7 (1.51%) Product Ownership
8 7 (1.51%) Tandem
9 6 (1.29%) Derivative
10 5 (1.08%) Cloud Native
10 5 (1.08%) Credit Risk
11 4 (0.86%) Data Centre
11 4 (0.86%) Equities
11 4 (0.86%) Greenfield Project
11 4 (0.86%) Public Cloud
12 3 (0.65%) FMCG
12 3 (0.65%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.29%) Unix
2 5 (1.08%) Windows
2 5 (1.08%) Windows Server 2016
3 3 (0.65%) Linux
4 2 (0.43%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.22%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 464 (100.00%) Migration
2 119 (25.65%) Agile
3 104 (22.41%) Stakeholder Management
4 97 (20.91%) ETL
5 88 (18.97%) Problem-Solving
6 79 (17.03%) Data Modelling
7 77 (16.59%) User Acceptance Testing
8 71 (15.30%) Validation
9 67 (14.44%) ERP
10 64 (13.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 60 (12.93%) Analytics
12 54 (11.64%) Project Management
13 51 (10.99%) Data Mapping
14 50 (10.78%) Business Intelligence
15 47 (10.13%) Workshop Facilitation
16 45 (9.70%) Data Governance
17 44 (9.48%) Data Analysis
18 43 (9.27%) Data Cleansing
19 40 (8.62%) Decision-Making
20 35 (7.54%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 136 (29.31%) SQL
2 41 (8.84%) Python
3 19 (4.09%) Java
4 10 (2.16%) JavaScript
5 9 (1.94%) C#
5 9 (1.94%) PL/SQL
6 7 (1.51%) Shell Script
7 6 (1.29%) Apex Code
8 5 (1.08%) PHP
9 4 (0.86%) Perl
9 4 (0.86%) T-SQL
9 4 (0.86%) VBA
10 3 (0.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (0.65%) Korn
11 2 (0.43%) ABAP
11 2 (0.43%) Bash
11 2 (0.43%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.43%) R
11 2 (0.43%) Scala
11 2 (0.43%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 60 (12.93%) Security Cleared
2 52 (11.21%) SC Cleared
3 34 (7.33%) Degree
4 14 (3.02%) PMP
5 12 (2.59%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (2.59%) PMI Certification
6 9 (1.94%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (1.72%) AWS Certification
7 8 (1.72%) Master's Degree
8 5 (1.08%) CFA
9 2 (0.43%) CIPD
9 2 (0.43%) IIBA
9 2 (0.43%) SAP Certification
9 2 (0.43%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.22%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 1 (0.22%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.22%) CBAP
10 1 (0.22%) ISEB
10 1 (0.22%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (17.67%) Data Quality
2 30 (6.47%) QA
3 22 (4.74%) GDPR
4 9 (1.94%) IFRS
5 5 (1.08%) GAAP
5 5 (1.08%) IFRS 9
5 5 (1.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 5 (1.08%) SLA
6 4 (0.86%) Basel III
6 4 (0.86%) IFRS 17
7 3 (0.65%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 3 (0.65%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.43%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.43%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.43%) PMO
9 1 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.22%) GRC
9 1 (0.22%) HL7
9 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.22%) NCSC
System Software
1 11 (2.37%) Docker
2 7 (1.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.29%) NFS
4 3 (0.65%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.22%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.22%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (2.80%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.51%) Terraform
3 4 (0.86%) EMC VPLEX
3 4 (0.86%) vMotion
4 3 (0.65%) Ansible
5 1 (0.22%) Argo
5 1 (0.22%) Control-M
5 1 (0.22%) Grafana
5 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.22%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 89 (19.18%) Oracle
2 80 (17.24%) SAP
3 59 (12.72%) Microsoft
4 27 (5.82%) Workday
5 23 (4.96%) Databricks
6 22 (4.74%) Salesforce
7 16 (3.45%) Informatica
8 13 (2.80%) Avaloq
9 9 (1.94%) ServiceNow
10 8 (1.72%) Kronos
10 8 (1.72%) MuleSoft
11 7 (1.51%) GoldenSource
11 7 (1.51%) Pure Storage
11 7 (1.51%) Temenos
11 7 (1.51%) VMware
12 6 (1.29%) Talend
13 5 (1.08%) Google
14 4 (0.86%) Alteryx
14 4 (0.86%) Ariba
14 4 (0.86%) IBM