Migration Contract Job Trends in Central London

Migration
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Migration skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 13 16
Rank change year-on-year -7 +3 +12
Contract jobs citing Migration 199 225 238
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 9.88% 10.18% 9.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.95% 11.03% 10.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 136 153 176
10th Percentile £406 £379 £425
25th Percentile £463 £463 £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £551 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.18% +0.18% -4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £638 £675
90th Percentile £756 £725 £791
London median daily rate £538 £550 £565
% change year-on-year -2.27% -2.65% -0.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £22.00 -
London median hourly rate £25.15 £23.00 £85.00
% change year-on-year +9.35% -72.94% +134.48%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,818 2,040 2,342
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 90.27% 92.27% 88.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,266 1,273 1,683
10th Percentile £350 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% - -
75th Percentile £667 £675 £688
90th Percentile £750 £775 £800
London median daily rate £525 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% -4.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 26 18
10th Percentile £20.18 £19.67 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.47 £26.86 £19.82
Median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £27.66
Median % change year-on-year -25.40% +26.56% -20.99%
75th Percentile £41.75 £43.38 £44.56
90th Percentile £42.65 £112.00 £67.63
London median hourly rate £32.45 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -7.29% +7.69% -13.33%

Migration
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Migration relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Migration job vacancy trend in Central London

Migration
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Migration.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Migration

Migration
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Migration in Central London over the 6 months to 5 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Migration in Central London

Migration
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Migration.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Migration

Migration
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Migration within the Central London region over the 6 months to 5 January 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
City of London -4 180 £575 +4.45% 79
City of Westminster +2 3 £525 -8.70%
West End of London -2 2 £663 +23.14% 1
Migration
London

Migration
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central 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 (9.05%) SharePoint
2 8 (4.02%) Confluence
3 4 (2.01%) CMS
3 4 (2.01%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.51%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (1.51%) Apache
5 2 (1.01%) Apache Spark
5 2 (1.01%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.50%) CICS
6 1 (0.50%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 7 (3.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.02%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.51%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (6.03%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (2.01%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.01%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (1.01%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (1.01%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (1.01%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (1.01%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (1.01%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 2 (1.01%) SAP CO
3 2 (1.01%) SAP FI
3 2 (1.01%) SAP FI/CO
3 2 (1.01%) Unit4 Business World
4 1 (0.50%) Maximo
4 1 (0.50%) Oracle FAH
4 1 (0.50%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.50%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.50%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.50%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.50%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.50%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 54 (27.14%) Azure
2 29 (14.57%) AWS
3 17 (8.54%) Power Platform
4 16 (8.04%) GCP
5 15 (7.54%) GitHub
6 14 (7.04%) Microsoft 365
7 10 (5.03%) Azure DevOps
8 9 (4.52%) Entra ID
9 8 (4.02%) GitHub Actions
10 6 (3.02%) Amazon S3
10 6 (3.02%) OCI
10 6 (3.02%) Power Automate
10 6 (3.02%) SaaS
11 5 (2.51%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 5 (2.51%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (2.51%) IaaS
11 5 (2.51%) PowerApps
12 4 (2.01%) AWS CloudFormation
12 4 (2.01%) Azure Data Factory
12 4 (2.01%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.02%) Firewall
2 5 (2.51%) Network Security
3 4 (2.01%) DNS
4 3 (1.51%) VPN
5 2 (1.01%) DHCP
5 2 (1.01%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.50%) BGP
6 1 (0.50%) Internet
6 1 (0.50%) Kerberos
6 1 (0.50%) MPLS
6 1 (0.50%) NAS
6 1 (0.50%) NGFW
6 1 (0.50%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.50%) VLAN
6 1 (0.50%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (7.54%) Power BI
2 13 (6.53%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (4.02%) Relational Database
4 6 (3.02%) SQL Server
5 4 (2.01%) Data Lake
5 4 (2.01%) DataStage
5 4 (2.01%) MySQL
5 4 (2.01%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (1.51%) Amazon QuickSight
6 3 (1.51%) Amazon Redshift
6 3 (1.51%) Delta Lake
6 3 (1.51%) Oracle Database
6 3 (1.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (1.01%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (1.01%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (1.01%) MongoDB
7 2 (1.01%) Oracle Exadata
7 2 (1.01%) Spotfire
7 2 (1.01%) SQLPlus
7 2 (1.01%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 17 (8.54%) JIRA
2 5 (2.51%) Selenium
3 4 (2.01%) Git
3 4 (2.01%) SonarQube
4 3 (1.51%) GitLab
4 3 (1.51%) Gradle
4 3 (1.51%) Maven
5 2 (1.01%) Cypress.io
5 2 (1.01%) Toad
6 1 (0.50%) ERwin
6 1 (0.50%) gulp
6 1 (0.50%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.50%) NUnit
6 1 (0.50%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.50%) PowerBuilder
6 1 (0.50%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.50%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.50%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.50%) webpack
General
1 72 (36.18%) Finance
2 38 (19.10%) Social Skills
3 27 (13.57%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (10.55%) Banking
5 13 (6.53%) Public Sector
6 11 (5.53%) Influencing Skills
7 10 (5.03%) Front Office
8 8 (4.02%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (3.52%) Telecoms
10 6 (3.02%) Back Office
11 5 (2.51%) Legal
12 4 (2.01%) Investment Banking
12 4 (2.01%) Law
13 3 (1.51%) Financial Institution
13 3 (1.51%) General Ledger
13 3 (1.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (1.01%) International Banking
14 2 (1.01%) Marketing
14 2 (1.01%) Military
14 2 (1.01%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 32 (16.08%) Analyst
2 27 (13.57%) Business Analyst
3 23 (11.56%) Project Manager
4 22 (11.06%) Senior
5 21 (10.55%) Architect
5 21 (10.55%) Lead
6 15 (7.54%) Consultant
7 12 (6.03%) Developer
8 10 (5.03%) Migration Manager
9 8 (4.02%) Business IT Analyst
9 8 (4.02%) IT Analyst
9 8 (4.02%) IT Business Analyst
10 7 (3.52%) Migration Project Manager
10 7 (3.52%) Migration Specialist
11 6 (3.02%) Azure Engineer
11 6 (3.02%) Data Engineer
11 6 (3.02%) Senior Analyst
11 6 (3.02%) Senior Manager
11 6 (3.02%) Technical Analyst
11 6 (3.02%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.03%) XML
2 5 (2.51%) Oracle Fusion
3 4 (2.01%) Microsoft Graph
4 3 (1.51%) Middleware
4 3 (1.51%) PySpark
5 2 (1.01%) ADO
5 2 (1.01%) CSS
5 2 (1.01%) HTML
5 2 (1.01%) Node.js
5 2 (1.01%) OpenID
5 2 (1.01%) Playwright
5 2 (1.01%) REST
5 2 (1.01%) SAML
5 2 (1.01%) SAP Fiori
5 2 (1.01%) SPFx
5 2 (1.01%) XSLT
6 1 (0.50%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.50%) Lightning Web Components
6 1 (0.50%) Oracle GoldenGate
6 1 (0.50%) React
Miscellaneous
1 14 (7.04%) Cloud Native
2 12 (6.03%) Data Centre
3 11 (5.53%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (3.52%) Data Structures
5 6 (3.02%) Greenfield Project
5 6 (3.02%) Onboarding
6 5 (2.51%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (2.01%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 4 (2.01%) Management Information System
7 4 (2.01%) Product Ownership
7 4 (2.01%) Renewable Energy
8 3 (1.51%) Reference Data
8 3 (1.51%) Reinsurance
8 3 (1.51%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.01%) e-Learning
9 2 (1.01%) Fixed Income
9 2 (1.01%) Hedge funds
9 2 (1.01%) NHS
10 1 (0.50%) Equities
10 1 (0.50%) SCORM
Operating Systems
1 15 (7.54%) Windows
2 9 (4.52%) Windows Server
3 6 (3.02%) Linux
4 5 (2.51%) Unix
5 2 (1.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.50%) AIX
6 1 (0.50%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.50%) Solaris
6 1 (0.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (31.16%) Data Migration
2 48 (24.12%) Stakeholder Management
3 44 (22.11%) Agile
4 33 (16.58%) Problem-Solving
5 29 (14.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 27 (13.57%) DevOps
7 25 (12.56%) Analytics
7 25 (12.56%) ETL
8 22 (11.06%) Project Management
9 21 (10.55%) CI/CD
10 19 (9.55%) User Acceptance Testing
11 18 (9.05%) Validation
12 17 (8.54%) Business Intelligence
12 17 (8.54%) Infrastructure as Code
12 17 (8.54%) Project Delivery
13 16 (8.04%) ERP
14 15 (7.54%) Data Governance
14 15 (7.54%) Data Mapping
15 12 (6.03%) Data Modelling
15 12 (6.03%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 35 (17.59%) SQL
2 13 (6.53%) Python
3 11 (5.53%) Java
4 8 (4.02%) PowerShell
5 6 (3.02%) PL/SQL
6 5 (2.51%) C#
7 3 (1.51%) Bash
7 3 (1.51%) Perl
7 3 (1.51%) TypeScript
8 2 (1.01%) C++
8 2 (1.01%) IronPython
8 2 (1.01%) JavaScript
8 2 (1.01%) Kotlin
8 2 (1.01%) PHP
8 2 (1.01%) Scala
8 2 (1.01%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.50%) C
9 1 (0.50%) COBOL
9 1 (0.50%) ProC
9 1 (0.50%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 26 (13.07%) Security Cleared
2 24 (12.06%) SC Cleared
3 10 (5.03%) Degree
4 6 (3.02%) PMP
5 5 (2.51%) AWS Certification
5 5 (2.51%) Azure Certification
5 5 (2.51%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (2.51%) PMI Certification
6 4 (2.01%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.01%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.50%) CFA
8 1 (0.50%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.50%) MCSA
8 1 (0.50%) MCSE
8 1 (0.50%) OCP
8 1 (0.50%) Oracle Certification
8 1 (0.50%) RHCE
8 1 (0.50%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (9.05%) Data Quality
2 17 (8.54%) QA
3 13 (6.53%) GDPR
4 9 (4.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (2.01%) NIST
6 3 (1.51%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (1.01%) EMIR
7 2 (1.01%) GAAP
7 2 (1.01%) NCSC
8 1 (0.50%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.50%) Basel III
8 1 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.50%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.50%) IFRS
8 1 (0.50%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.50%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.50%) PMO
8 1 (0.50%) SEPA
System Software
1 11 (5.53%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.52%) Docker
3 5 (2.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.01%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.50%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 20 (10.05%) Terraform
2 10 (5.03%) Kubernetes
2 10 (5.03%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (1.51%) Ansible
3 3 (1.51%) Argo
4 2 (1.01%) SCCM
5 1 (0.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.50%) AirWatch
5 1 (0.50%) CASB
5 1 (0.50%) Data Guard
5 1 (0.50%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 1 (0.50%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 41 (20.60%) Microsoft
2 23 (11.56%) Oracle
3 18 (9.05%) SAP
4 12 (6.03%) Google
5 7 (3.52%) Databricks
6 6 (3.02%) VMware
6 6 (3.02%) Workday
7 5 (2.51%) CyberArk
8 4 (2.01%) Adobe
8 4 (2.01%) Palo Alto
9 3 (1.51%) Ahrefs
9 3 (1.51%) Informatica
9 3 (1.51%) Murex
9 3 (1.51%) Salesforce
10 2 (1.01%) Cisco
10 2 (1.01%) Red Hat
10 2 (1.01%) Screaming Frog
10 2 (1.01%) Sitecore
10 2 (1.01%) Talend
11 1 (0.50%) OutSystems