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

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 18 14
Rank change year-on-year +6 -4 +2
Contract jobs citing Migration 318 189 223
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 12.80% 9.69% 9.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.39% 10.33% 10.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 234 118 153
10th Percentile £396 £337 £377
25th Percentile £450 £420 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £672 £650
90th Percentile £775 £738 £723
London median daily rate £550 £538 £550
% change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £30.20 - -
25th Percentile £32.00 £34.63 -
Median hourly rate £35.00 £34.65 -
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% - -
75th Percentile £37.50 £34.68 -
90th Percentile £39.00 - -
London median hourly rate £59.75 £25.15 £65.75
% change year-on-year +137.57% -61.75% -1.87%

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 2,210 1,830 2,092
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 88.97% 93.85% 91.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,528 1,219 1,388
10th Percentile £363 £315 £375
25th Percentile £456 £419 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
London median daily rate £550 £538 £550
% change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 33 22
10th Percentile £17.60 £19.05 £16.25
25th Percentile £18.75 £23.75 £20.88
Median hourly rate £25.07 £29.07 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.78% +7.67% -1.82%
75th Percentile £42.56 £50.75 £56.50
90th Percentile £63.88 £63.75 £133.00
London median hourly rate £35.50 £32.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +10.94% -8.57% -12.50%

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 4 September 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 4 September 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 +5 290 £588 +8.05% 92
City of Westminster -5 11 £500 -23.08% 25
West End of London -4 9 £573 -11.92% 17
Southwark - 3 £600 - 5
Kensington and Chelsea - 2 £350 -
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 19 (5.97%) SharePoint
2 11 (3.46%) Confluence
3 7 (2.20%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.89%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (1.57%) Apache
5 5 (1.57%) Apache Spark
5 5 (1.57%) SharePoint 2013
6 4 (1.26%) CMS
7 2 (0.63%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.63%) HCL Notes
7 2 (0.63%) SAS
8 1 (0.31%) Camunda
8 1 (0.31%) IIS
8 1 (0.31%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (1.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.94%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.94%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.31%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 8 (2.52%) Oracle Financials
1 8 (2.52%) Oracle Payables
1 8 (2.52%) Oracle Receivables
2 7 (2.20%) Oracle General Ledger
2 7 (2.20%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.57%) NetSuite
3 5 (1.57%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (1.26%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.94%) iTrent
5 3 (0.94%) Oracle Assets
5 3 (0.94%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.94%) Oracle EBS R12
5 3 (0.94%) Oracle Internet Expenses
5 3 (0.94%) Oracle iProcurement
5 3 (0.94%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.63%) SAP HCM
6 2 (0.63%) SAP Payroll
6 2 (0.63%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.31%) SAP FI-AR
Cloud Services
1 71 (22.33%) Azure
2 45 (14.15%) AWS
3 24 (7.55%) GCP
3 24 (7.55%) Power Platform
4 19 (5.97%) Azure DevOps
5 17 (5.35%) Microsoft 365
6 15 (4.72%) SaaS
7 14 (4.40%) Entra ID
8 10 (3.14%) Azure Data Factory
8 10 (3.14%) OCI
9 9 (2.83%) GitHub
9 9 (2.83%) Serverless
10 8 (2.52%) Snowflake
11 7 (2.20%) dbt
12 6 (1.89%) GitHub Actions
12 6 (1.89%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 6 (1.89%) IaaS
12 6 (1.89%) PaaS
13 5 (1.57%) Amazon S3
13 5 (1.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 14 (4.40%) Firewall
2 11 (3.46%) Network Security
3 10 (3.14%) DNS
4 7 (2.20%) BGP
4 7 (2.20%) VPN
5 5 (1.57%) Internet
5 5 (1.57%) VLAN
6 4 (1.26%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.94%) DHCP
8 2 (0.63%) LAN
8 2 (0.63%) Multicast
8 2 (0.63%) SSL
8 2 (0.63%) VSAN
8 2 (0.63%) WAN
9 1 (0.31%) Cisco Firepower
9 1 (0.31%) Cisco Nexus
9 1 (0.31%) Ethernet VPN
9 1 (0.31%) NX-OS
9 1 (0.31%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.31%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (6.92%) Power BI
2 16 (5.03%) SQL Server
3 15 (4.72%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (3.46%) Metadata
5 7 (2.20%) Delta Lake
5 7 (2.20%) Oracle Database
6 6 (1.89%) Relational Database
6 6 (1.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 5 (1.57%) Data Lake
7 5 (1.57%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (1.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (1.26%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (1.26%) BigQuery
8 4 (1.26%) BusinessObjects
8 4 (1.26%) Data Mart
8 4 (1.26%) Oracle Reports
8 4 (1.26%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 2 (0.63%) Data Vault
9 2 (0.63%) Hadoop
9 2 (0.63%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 27 (8.49%) JIRA
2 5 (1.57%) GitLab
3 4 (1.26%) Git
3 4 (1.26%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.94%) Oracle Forms
5 2 (0.63%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.31%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.31%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.31%) Gradle
6 1 (0.31%) JUnit
6 1 (0.31%) Liquibase
6 1 (0.31%) Mockito
6 1 (0.31%) PowerBuilder
6 1 (0.31%) Zephyr
General
1 105 (33.02%) Finance
2 79 (24.84%) Social Skills
3 35 (11.01%) Banking
4 30 (9.43%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (6.29%) Public Sector
6 15 (4.72%) General Ledger
7 11 (3.46%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (3.46%) Law
8 10 (3.14%) Financial Institution
9 9 (2.83%) Retail
10 8 (2.52%) Front Office
11 6 (1.89%) Legal
12 5 (1.57%) Investment Banking
12 5 (1.57%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.26%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (1.26%) Marketing
14 3 (0.94%) Back Office
14 3 (0.94%) Local Government
15 2 (0.63%) Manufacturing
15 2 (0.63%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 55 (17.30%) Architect
2 38 (11.95%) Lead
3 34 (10.69%) Consultant
4 31 (9.75%) Analyst
5 29 (9.12%) Project Manager
6 21 (6.60%) Senior
7 20 (6.29%) Developer
8 18 (5.66%) Data Architect
8 18 (5.66%) Data Engineer
9 17 (5.35%) Solutions Architect
10 14 (4.40%) Business Analyst
10 14 (4.40%) Data Analyst
11 13 (4.09%) Cloud Engineer
12 11 (3.46%) Administrator
12 11 (3.46%) Migration Analyst
13 10 (3.14%) Azure Architect
14 9 (2.83%) Data Migration Analyst
14 9 (2.83%) Data Migration Lead
14 9 (2.83%) Oracle Consultant
15 8 (2.52%) Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (6.60%) Terraform
2 15 (4.72%) Oracle Fusion
3 13 (4.09%) REST
4 11 (3.46%) .NET
5 10 (3.14%) Kafka
5 10 (3.14%) PySpark
6 7 (2.20%) JSON
7 5 (1.57%) React
7 5 (1.57%) XML
8 4 (1.26%) .NET Core
8 4 (1.26%) Middleware
8 4 (1.26%) SOAP
9 3 (0.94%) RESTful
9 3 (0.94%) Spring
9 3 (0.94%) Spring Boot
10 2 (0.63%) .NET Framework
10 2 (0.63%) PCRE
10 2 (0.63%) Redux
10 2 (0.63%) Regular Expression
10 2 (0.63%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 30 (9.43%) Cloud Native
2 19 (5.97%) Legacy Systems
3 16 (5.03%) Data Centre
4 14 (4.40%) Product Ownership
5 11 (3.46%) Mainframe
6 9 (2.83%) Data Structures
7 8 (2.52%) Public Cloud
7 8 (2.52%) Replication
8 7 (2.20%) Onboarding
9 6 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
10 5 (1.57%) Clustering
10 5 (1.57%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (1.57%) Management Information System
11 4 (1.26%) Derivative
11 4 (1.26%) Enterprise Software
12 3 (0.94%) AI Agents
12 3 (0.94%) Legacy Applications
12 3 (0.94%) Private Cloud
13 2 (0.63%) Greenfield Project
13 2 (0.63%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 25 (7.86%) Windows
2 8 (2.52%) Linux
3 5 (1.57%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.26%) Unix
5 3 (0.94%) VMS
6 2 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.63%) SUSE
6 2 (0.63%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.63%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (0.63%) zOS
7 1 (0.31%) AIX
7 1 (0.31%) Android
7 1 (0.31%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.31%) MVS
7 1 (0.31%) Solaris
7 1 (0.31%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (31.13%) Data Migration
2 76 (23.90%) Stakeholder Management
3 48 (15.09%) Agile
4 43 (13.52%) CI/CD
5 40 (12.58%) Validation
6 37 (11.64%) DevOps
7 36 (11.32%) Analytics
8 35 (11.01%) Infrastructure as Code
8 35 (11.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 33 (10.38%) Data Modelling
9 33 (10.38%) Project Delivery
10 31 (9.75%) ERP
11 30 (9.43%) Problem-Solving
12 28 (8.81%) ETL
12 28 (8.81%) User Acceptance Testing
13 27 (8.49%) Project Management
14 26 (8.18%) Business Intelligence
15 25 (7.86%) Data Governance
16 22 (6.92%) Roadmaps
17 21 (6.60%) Digital Transformation Programme
Programming Languages
1 44 (13.84%) SQL
2 33 (10.38%) Python
3 15 (4.72%) PowerShell
4 11 (3.46%) C#
5 6 (1.89%) Bicep
5 6 (1.89%) Java
5 6 (1.89%) TypeScript
6 5 (1.57%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.94%) Bash
7 3 (0.94%) Perl
8 2 (0.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (0.63%) JCL
8 2 (0.63%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.31%) Korn
9 1 (0.31%) REXX
9 1 (0.31%) SOQL
9 1 (0.31%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.31%) VBA
Qualifications
1 55 (17.30%) Security Cleared
2 43 (13.52%) SC Cleared
3 9 (2.83%) PMI Certification
3 9 (2.83%) PMP
4 8 (2.52%) DBS Check
5 7 (2.20%) DV Cleared
6 6 (1.89%) Azure Certification
6 6 (1.89%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (1.57%) Degree
8 4 (1.26%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.63%) CCNA
10 2 (0.63%) CCNP
11 1 (0.31%) BC Cleared
11 1 (0.31%) CCIE
11 1 (0.31%) CISA
11 1 (0.31%) CWNA
11 1 (0.31%) Network+ Certification
11 1 (0.31%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 1 (0.31%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (9.75%) Data Quality
2 12 (3.77%) QA
3 9 (2.83%) PMO
4 8 (2.52%) GDPR
5 7 (2.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.57%) GRC
7 4 (1.26%) NIST
7 4 (1.26%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.63%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 2 (0.63%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.63%) GMP
8 2 (0.63%) GxP
8 2 (0.63%) IFRS
8 2 (0.63%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 17025
8 2 (0.63%) NCSC
8 2 (0.63%) SEPA
9 1 (0.31%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.31%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.31%) TARGET2
System Software
1 17 (5.35%) Active Directory
2 11 (3.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.57%) Docker
4 3 (0.94%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.94%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.63%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.63%) vSphere
6 1 (0.31%) Firmware
6 1 (0.31%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 18 (5.66%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.89%) Ansible
3 5 (1.57%) SCCM
4 4 (1.26%) Microsoft Clustering
4 4 (1.26%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.94%) SCOM
5 3 (0.94%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.63%) Failover Clustering
6 2 (0.63%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.31%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.31%) ITRS Geneos
7 1 (0.31%) PingFederate
7 1 (0.31%) PowerCLI
7 1 (0.31%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.31%) VxRail
Vendors
1 63 (19.81%) Microsoft
2 42 (13.21%) Oracle
3 25 (7.86%) Databricks
3 25 (7.86%) SAP
4 16 (5.03%) Google
5 12 (3.77%) VMware
6 11 (3.46%) Cisco
7 8 (2.52%) Citrix
8 7 (2.20%) ServiceNow
9 6 (1.89%) CyberArk
10 5 (1.57%) IBM
10 5 (1.57%) Remedy
11 4 (1.26%) IFS
11 4 (1.26%) Salesforce
11 4 (1.26%) Workday
12 3 (0.94%) Bloomberg
12 3 (0.94%) BMC
12 3 (0.94%) Commvault
13 2 (0.63%) Informatica
13 2 (0.63%) Lotus