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 30 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 18 21
Rank change year-on-year 0 +3 +1
Contract jobs citing Migration 270 187 189
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 10.79% 9.84% 7.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.57% 10.52% 8.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 205 115 140
10th Percentile £406 £369 £363
25th Percentile £463 £446 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -12.00%
75th Percentile £688 £680 £638
90th Percentile £795 £758 £690
London median daily rate £531 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.41% - -6.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £58.92 £34.65 -
Median % change year-on-year +70.04% - -
London median hourly rate £37.50 £25.15 £56.87
% change year-on-year +49.11% -55.77% +28.51%

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 2,148 1,777 2,179
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 85.85% 93.48% 90.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,472 1,153 1,539
10th Percentile £355 £356 £350
25th Percentile £450 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £675 £679 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 24 21
10th Percentile £18.60 £19.04 £20.22
25th Percentile £18.88 £22.75 £23.00
Median hourly rate £26.56 £28.33 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +1.85% -20.54%
75th Percentile £52.41 £43.97 £29.38
90th Percentile £60.25 £50.75 £40.00
London median hourly rate £37.50 £32.00 £28.00
% change year-on-year +17.19% +14.29% -28.97%

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 30 May 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 30 May 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 +3 256 £582 +5.82% 44
City of Westminster -7 3 £500 -16.67% 3
West End of London -9 2 £638 +6.25% 2
Southwark +2 1 - -
Kensington and Chelsea - 1 £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 10 (3.70%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.22%) Confluence
3 5 (1.85%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (1.11%) Apache
4 3 (1.11%) SharePoint 2013
5 2 (0.74%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.37%) Camunda
6 1 (0.37%) CMS
Applications
1 6 (2.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.48%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.74%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 14 (5.19%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.22%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (2.22%) NetSuite
3 5 (1.85%) Aladdin
3 5 (1.85%) SAP ERP
3 5 (1.85%) Workday HCM
4 4 (1.48%) Oracle General Ledger
5 3 (1.11%) iTrent
5 3 (1.11%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (1.11%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 2 (0.74%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.74%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.74%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.74%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (0.74%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.74%) SAP HCM
6 2 (0.74%) SAP Payroll
7 1 (0.37%) SAP FI-AR
7 1 (0.37%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.37%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 65 (24.07%) Azure
2 47 (17.41%) AWS
3 21 (7.78%) Power Platform
4 19 (7.04%) GCP
5 14 (5.19%) Azure DevOps
6 13 (4.81%) GitHub
7 11 (4.07%) Snowflake
8 10 (3.70%) OCI
9 9 (3.33%) Serverless
10 8 (2.96%) Azure Data Factory
11 7 (2.59%) Dynamics 365
11 7 (2.59%) Microsoft 365
11 7 (2.59%) SaaS
12 6 (2.22%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 6 (2.22%) dbt
12 6 (2.22%) Entra ID
12 6 (2.22%) GitHub Actions
13 4 (1.48%) Azure AKS
13 4 (1.48%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 3 (1.11%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.85%) Firewall
1 5 (1.85%) Network Security
2 3 (1.11%) VLAN
2 3 (1.11%) VSAN
3 2 (0.74%) BGP
3 2 (0.74%) EIGRP
3 2 (0.74%) MPLS
3 2 (0.74%) OSPF
3 2 (0.74%) Unified Communications
3 2 (0.74%) VPN
3 2 (0.74%) WAN
3 2 (0.74%) Wireless
4 1 (0.37%) DHCP
4 1 (0.37%) DNS
4 1 (0.37%) DVB
4 1 (0.37%) LAN
4 1 (0.37%) TACACS
4 1 (0.37%) VRRP
4 1 (0.37%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.37%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (7.04%) Power BI
2 17 (6.30%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (3.33%) SQL Server
4 6 (2.22%) Metadata
5 5 (1.85%) Oracle Reports
5 5 (1.85%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (1.85%) Relational Database
6 4 (1.48%) BigQuery
6 4 (1.48%) Tableau
7 3 (1.11%) Amazon Redshift
7 3 (1.11%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (1.11%) BusinessObjects
7 3 (1.11%) Oracle Database
7 3 (1.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.74%) Data Mart
8 2 (0.74%) Delta Lake
8 2 (0.74%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.74%) OLAP
8 2 (0.74%) Spark SQL
9 1 (0.37%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 18 (6.67%) JIRA
2 6 (2.22%) GitLab
3 5 (1.85%) Git
4 4 (1.48%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.74%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.37%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.37%) ERwin
6 1 (0.37%) Gradle
6 1 (0.37%) JUnit
6 1 (0.37%) Liquibase
6 1 (0.37%) Mockito
6 1 (0.37%) MSI
6 1 (0.37%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.37%) PowerBuilder
6 1 (0.37%) Selenium
6 1 (0.37%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.37%) Zephyr
General
1 96 (35.56%) Finance
2 47 (17.41%) Social Skills
3 26 (9.63%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (9.63%) Banking
4 18 (6.67%) Public Sector
5 13 (4.81%) Financial Institution
6 12 (4.44%) General Ledger
7 9 (3.33%) Law
8 7 (2.59%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (2.59%) Legal
8 7 (2.59%) Retail
9 4 (1.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.11%) Front Office
10 3 (1.11%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.11%) Local Government
10 3 (1.11%) Marketing
11 2 (0.74%) International Banking
11 2 (0.74%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.74%) Military
11 2 (0.74%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 51 (18.89%) Architect
2 35 (12.96%) Lead
3 32 (11.85%) Consultant
4 30 (11.11%) Project Manager
5 25 (9.26%) Analyst
6 23 (8.52%) Senior
7 16 (5.93%) Solutions Architect
8 15 (5.56%) Business Analyst
9 13 (4.81%) Data Analyst
9 13 (4.81%) Data Architect
9 13 (4.81%) Migration Manager
9 13 (4.81%) Migration Project Manager
10 12 (4.44%) Cloud Architect
10 12 (4.44%) Migration Analyst
11 11 (4.07%) Azure Architect
11 11 (4.07%) Data Engineer
12 10 (3.70%) Data Migration Analyst
12 10 (3.70%) Data Migration Lead
13 9 (3.33%) Developer
13 9 (3.33%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.81%) Oracle Fusion
2 10 (3.70%) Kafka
3 7 (2.59%) Middleware
4 5 (1.85%) PySpark
4 5 (1.85%) REST
5 4 (1.48%) React
5 4 (1.48%) RESTful
5 4 (1.48%) Spring
6 3 (1.11%) .NET
6 3 (1.11%) ADO
6 3 (1.11%) FIX Protocol
7 2 (0.74%) .NET Core
7 2 (0.74%) Flash
7 2 (0.74%) Redux
7 2 (0.74%) Spring Boot
7 2 (0.74%) XML
8 1 (0.37%) 802.1X
8 1 (0.37%) IDoc
8 1 (0.37%) SAP Fiori
8 1 (0.37%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 26 (9.63%) Legacy Systems
2 23 (8.52%) Cloud Native
3 8 (2.96%) Mainframe
4 7 (2.59%) Onboarding
4 7 (2.59%) Product Ownership
5 6 (2.22%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (1.85%) Data Centre
6 5 (1.85%) Public Cloud
7 4 (1.48%) Data Structures
7 4 (1.48%) Derivative
7 4 (1.48%) Fixed Income
7 4 (1.48%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 4 (1.48%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (1.48%) Reference Data
8 3 (1.11%) Equities
8 3 (1.11%) Replication
9 2 (0.74%) Clustering
9 2 (0.74%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.74%) NHS
9 2 (0.74%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.07%) Windows
2 5 (1.85%) Linux
3 3 (1.11%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.74%) SUSE
5 1 (0.37%) AIX
5 1 (0.37%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.37%) Solaris
5 1 (0.37%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
5 1 (0.37%) VMS
5 1 (0.37%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (32.96%) Data Migration
2 54 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 44 (16.30%) Agile
4 37 (13.70%) Validation
5 34 (12.59%) Project Delivery
6 33 (12.22%) Analytics
6 33 (12.22%) DevOps
7 30 (11.11%) Project Management
8 29 (10.74%) CI/CD
8 29 (10.74%) ERP
9 28 (10.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 26 (9.63%) Infrastructure as Code
11 24 (8.89%) Business Intelligence
11 24 (8.89%) User Acceptance Testing
12 22 (8.15%) ETL
12 22 (8.15%) Problem-Solving
13 19 (7.04%) Data Modelling
13 19 (7.04%) PRINCE2
14 18 (6.67%) Data Governance
14 18 (6.67%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 41 (15.19%) SQL
2 23 (8.52%) Python
3 8 (2.96%) Java
4 6 (2.22%) PowerShell
5 4 (1.48%) Bash
5 4 (1.48%) Bicep
5 4 (1.48%) JavaScript
5 4 (1.48%) TypeScript
6 3 (1.11%) C#
6 3 (1.11%) PL/SQL
7 2 (0.74%) ABAP
7 2 (0.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.37%) C
8 1 (0.37%) ProC
8 1 (0.37%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.37%) VB
8 1 (0.37%) VBA
Qualifications
1 49 (18.15%) Security Cleared
2 42 (15.56%) SC Cleared
3 16 (5.93%) PMP
4 14 (5.19%) PMI Certification
5 9 (3.33%) Degree
6 7 (2.59%) DBS Check
7 4 (1.48%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.48%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.48%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.37%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.37%) CCNP
8 1 (0.37%) CISA
8 1 (0.37%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.37%) CWNA
8 1 (0.37%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.37%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.37%) MCSA
8 1 (0.37%) MCSE
8 1 (0.37%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (6.67%) Data Quality
1 18 (6.67%) GDPR
2 14 (5.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (4.07%) NIST
4 10 (3.70%) QA
5 6 (2.22%) PMO
6 4 (1.48%) GAAP
6 4 (1.48%) IFRS
6 4 (1.48%) PCI DSS
7 3 (1.11%) NCSC
8 2 (0.74%) GRC
8 2 (0.74%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.74%) SEPA
8 2 (0.74%) SLA
9 1 (0.37%) Basel III
9 1 (0.37%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.37%) HL7
9 1 (0.37%) ISO 8583
9 1 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (2.96%) Docker
2 4 (1.48%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.74%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.74%) vSphere
4 1 (0.37%) Firmware
4 1 (0.37%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.37%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.37%) NFS
4 1 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.37%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 17 (6.30%) Terraform
2 15 (5.56%) Kubernetes
3 7 (2.59%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (1.48%) Ansible
5 2 (0.74%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.37%) EMC VPLEX
6 1 (0.37%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.37%) Grafana
6 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Clustering
6 1 (0.37%) PowerCLI
6 1 (0.37%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.37%) SCCM
6 1 (0.37%) vMotion
6 1 (0.37%) VxRail
Vendors
1 49 (18.15%) Microsoft
2 33 (12.22%) Oracle
3 32 (11.85%) SAP
4 13 (4.81%) Databricks
5 11 (4.07%) Workday
6 10 (3.70%) CyberArk
7 9 (3.33%) Citrix
8 8 (2.96%) Google
9 6 (2.22%) Salesforce
10 4 (1.48%) Informatica
10 4 (1.48%) Pure Storage
10 4 (1.48%) VMware
11 3 (1.11%) Palo Alto
12 2 (0.74%) Cisco
12 2 (0.74%) IBM
12 2 (0.74%) MuleSoft
12 2 (0.74%) Murex
12 2 (0.74%) Remedy
13 1 (0.37%) Charles River
13 1 (0.37%) Dell