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 14 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 19 20
Rank change year-on-year +4 +1 +1
Contract jobs citing Migration 280 182 199
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 10.81% 9.52% 8.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.50% 10.18% 9.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 215 113 146
10th Percentile £406 £375 £363
25th Percentile £459 £445 £452
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -12.00%
75th Percentile £678 £675 £638
90th Percentile £775 £751 £688
London median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% -9.24%
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 £44.50 £25.15 £56.87
% change year-on-year +76.94% -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 2,240 1,788 2,180
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 86.49% 93.51% 90.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,507 1,160 1,527
10th Percentile £356 £355 £350
25th Percentile £450 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £669 £675 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £794
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 27 23
10th Percentile £17.60 £19.99 £20.22
25th Percentile £18.75 £23.25 £22.50
Median hourly rate £27.00 £29.07 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year -7.12% +4.53% -20.54%
75th Percentile £54.50 £49.75 £31.19
90th Percentile £64.25 £63.75 £41.47
London median hourly rate £37.00 £34.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year +8.82% +13.33% -23.90%

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 14 June 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 14 June 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 +5 264 £589 +7.09% 77
City of Westminster -9 4 £588 -2.08% 3
West End of London -8 3 £675 +12.50% 8
Southwark +1 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 14 (5.00%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.14%) Confluence
3 5 (1.79%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (1.79%) SharePoint 2013
4 3 (1.07%) Apache
5 2 (0.71%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.36%) Camunda
6 1 (0.36%) CMS
6 1 (0.36%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (2.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.43%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.71%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (2.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.14%) NetSuite
2 6 (2.14%) Oracle General Ledger
3 5 (1.79%) Aladdin
3 5 (1.79%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.79%) Oracle ERP
3 5 (1.79%) Oracle Financials
3 5 (1.79%) Oracle Payables
3 5 (1.79%) Workday HCM
4 4 (1.43%) Oracle Receivables
4 4 (1.43%) SAP ERP
5 3 (1.07%) iTrent
5 3 (1.07%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 2 (0.71%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.71%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (0.71%) SAP HCM
6 2 (0.71%) SAP Payroll
7 1 (0.36%) Maximo
7 1 (0.36%) SAP R/3
7 1 (0.36%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 64 (22.86%) Azure
2 49 (17.50%) AWS
3 22 (7.86%) Power Platform
4 19 (6.79%) GCP
5 14 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
6 12 (4.29%) GitHub
7 11 (3.93%) Serverless
8 10 (3.57%) OCI
8 10 (3.57%) Snowflake
9 9 (3.21%) Microsoft 365
10 7 (2.50%) Azure Data Factory
10 7 (2.50%) SaaS
11 6 (2.14%) dbt
11 6 (2.14%) Dynamics 365
11 6 (2.14%) GitHub Actions
12 5 (1.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 5 (1.79%) Entra ID
13 4 (1.43%) Amazon S3
13 4 (1.43%) AWS Lambda
13 4 (1.43%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.79%) Firewall
1 5 (1.79%) Network Security
2 4 (1.43%) VLAN
3 3 (1.07%) VSAN
4 2 (0.71%) BGP
4 2 (0.71%) DNS
4 2 (0.71%) EIGRP
4 2 (0.71%) MPLS
4 2 (0.71%) OSPF
4 2 (0.71%) Unified Communications
4 2 (0.71%) VPN
4 2 (0.71%) WAN
4 2 (0.71%) Wireless
5 1 (0.36%) 802.11
5 1 (0.36%) DHCP
5 1 (0.36%) DVB
5 1 (0.36%) SAN
5 1 (0.36%) TACACS
5 1 (0.36%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.36%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (7.14%) Power BI
2 14 (5.00%) Data Warehouse
3 10 (3.57%) SQL Server
4 7 (2.50%) Metadata
5 6 (2.14%) Oracle Reports
5 6 (2.14%) Relational Database
6 4 (1.43%) Amazon Redshift
6 4 (1.43%) BigQuery
6 4 (1.43%) BusinessObjects
6 4 (1.43%) Oracle Database
6 4 (1.43%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (1.07%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (1.07%) Data Mart
7 3 (1.07%) NoSQL
7 3 (1.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (1.07%) Tableau
8 2 (0.71%) Delta Lake
8 2 (0.71%) OLAP
8 2 (0.71%) Snowflake Schema
8 2 (0.71%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 18 (6.43%) JIRA
2 6 (2.14%) GitLab
3 5 (1.79%) Git
3 5 (1.79%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.71%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.36%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.36%) ER Studio
5 1 (0.36%) ERwin
5 1 (0.36%) Gradle
5 1 (0.36%) JUnit
5 1 (0.36%) Liquibase
5 1 (0.36%) Mockito
5 1 (0.36%) MSI
5 1 (0.36%) Zephyr
General
1 100 (35.71%) Finance
2 53 (18.93%) Social Skills
3 31 (11.07%) Banking
4 28 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (6.43%) Public Sector
6 13 (4.64%) Financial Institution
6 13 (4.64%) General Ledger
7 9 (3.21%) Law
8 8 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (2.86%) Retail
9 6 (2.14%) Legal
10 4 (1.43%) Front Office
10 4 (1.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.07%) Investment Banking
11 3 (1.07%) Local Government
11 3 (1.07%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.71%) Back Office
12 2 (0.71%) International Banking
12 2 (0.71%) Marketing
12 2 (0.71%) Military
Job Titles
1 50 (17.86%) Architect
2 37 (13.21%) Lead
3 35 (12.50%) Consultant
4 28 (10.00%) Analyst
4 28 (10.00%) Project Manager
5 23 (8.21%) Senior
6 16 (5.71%) Solutions Architect
7 15 (5.36%) Business Analyst
8 14 (5.00%) Data Analyst
8 14 (5.00%) Data Engineer
9 13 (4.64%) Data Architect
9 13 (4.64%) Migration Manager
9 13 (4.64%) Migration Project Manager
10 12 (4.29%) Cloud Architect
10 12 (4.29%) Data Migration Lead
10 12 (4.29%) Migration Analyst
11 11 (3.93%) Azure Architect
12 10 (3.57%) Data Migration Analyst
12 10 (3.57%) Developer
13 9 (3.21%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (6.07%) Oracle Fusion
2 9 (3.21%) Kafka
3 7 (2.50%) Middleware
4 6 (2.14%) PySpark
4 6 (2.14%) REST
5 4 (1.43%) .NET
5 4 (1.43%) React
5 4 (1.43%) RESTful
5 4 (1.43%) Spring
5 4 (1.43%) XML
6 3 (1.07%) ADO
6 3 (1.07%) FIX Protocol
6 3 (1.07%) JSON
7 2 (0.71%) .NET Core
7 2 (0.71%) EDI
7 2 (0.71%) Flash
7 2 (0.71%) Redux
7 2 (0.71%) Spring Boot
8 1 (0.36%) IDoc
8 1 (0.36%) Oracle GoldenGate
Miscellaneous
1 25 (8.93%) Cloud Native
1 25 (8.93%) Legacy Systems
2 8 (2.86%) Mainframe
2 8 (2.86%) Product Ownership
3 6 (2.14%) Data Centre
3 6 (2.14%) Data Structures
3 6 (2.14%) Distributed Systems
4 5 (1.79%) Derivative
4 5 (1.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 5 (1.79%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (1.79%) Onboarding
4 5 (1.79%) Public Cloud
5 4 (1.43%) Fixed Income
5 4 (1.43%) Reference Data
5 4 (1.43%) Replication
6 3 (1.07%) Equities
7 2 (0.71%) Clustering
7 2 (0.71%) Management Information System
7 2 (0.71%) NHS
7 2 (0.71%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 13 (4.64%) Windows
2 5 (1.79%) Linux
3 4 (1.43%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.71%) SUSE
4 2 (0.71%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.36%) AIX
5 1 (0.36%) Solaris
5 1 (0.36%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
5 1 (0.36%) VMS
5 1 (0.36%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (34.64%) Data Migration
2 60 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
3 47 (16.79%) Agile
4 40 (14.29%) Validation
5 35 (12.50%) Project Delivery
6 32 (11.43%) CI/CD
6 32 (11.43%) DevOps
7 31 (11.07%) Analytics
7 31 (11.07%) ERP
8 29 (10.36%) Project Management
9 27 (9.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 26 (9.29%) ETL
10 26 (9.29%) User Acceptance Testing
11 25 (8.93%) Infrastructure as Code
11 25 (8.93%) Problem-Solving
12 24 (8.57%) Business Intelligence
13 23 (8.21%) Data Modelling
14 19 (6.79%) Data Governance
14 19 (6.79%) Roadmaps
15 18 (6.43%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 40 (14.29%) SQL
2 25 (8.93%) Python
3 7 (2.50%) Java
4 6 (2.14%) PowerShell
5 4 (1.43%) Bash
5 4 (1.43%) Bicep
5 4 (1.43%) C#
5 4 (1.43%) JavaScript
5 4 (1.43%) TypeScript
6 2 (0.71%) ABAP
6 2 (0.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (0.71%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.36%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.36%) VBA
Qualifications
1 47 (16.79%) Security Cleared
2 39 (13.93%) SC Cleared
3 15 (5.36%) PMP
4 13 (4.64%) PMI Certification
5 8 (2.86%) DBS Check
5 8 (2.86%) Degree
6 4 (1.43%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.43%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.43%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.71%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.36%) BC Cleared
8 1 (0.36%) CCNA
8 1 (0.36%) CCNP
8 1 (0.36%) CISA
8 1 (0.36%) CWNA
8 1 (0.36%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.36%) MCSA
8 1 (0.36%) MCSE
8 1 (0.36%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (0.36%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (6.43%) Data Quality
1 18 (6.43%) GDPR
2 15 (5.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (3.93%) NIST
4 8 (2.86%) QA
5 6 (2.14%) PCI DSS
5 6 (2.14%) PMO
6 4 (1.43%) GAAP
6 4 (1.43%) IFRS
7 2 (0.71%) GRC
7 2 (0.71%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.71%) NCSC
7 2 (0.71%) PSD2
7 2 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.71%) SEPA
7 2 (0.71%) SLA
8 1 (0.36%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.36%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.36%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.36%) TARGET2
System Software
1 7 (2.50%) Docker
2 5 (1.79%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.71%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.71%) vSphere
5 1 (0.36%) Firmware
5 1 (0.36%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.36%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.36%) NFS
5 1 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.36%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 16 (5.71%) Terraform
2 15 (5.36%) Kubernetes
3 6 (2.14%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (1.43%) Ansible
5 2 (0.71%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.36%) EMC VPLEX
6 1 (0.36%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.36%) Grafana
6 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Clustering
6 1 (0.36%) PowerCLI
6 1 (0.36%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.36%) SCCM
6 1 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.36%) vMotion
6 1 (0.36%) VxRail
Vendors
1 52 (18.57%) Microsoft
2 38 (13.57%) Oracle
3 28 (10.00%) SAP
4 15 (5.36%) Databricks
5 10 (3.57%) CyberArk
5 10 (3.57%) Google
5 10 (3.57%) Workday
6 8 (2.86%) Citrix
7 6 (2.14%) Salesforce
8 5 (1.79%) Informatica
9 4 (1.43%) Pure Storage
9 4 (1.43%) VMware
10 3 (1.07%) Cisco
10 3 (1.07%) IBM
10 3 (1.07%) Palo Alto
11 2 (0.71%) IFS
11 2 (0.71%) MuleSoft
11 2 (0.71%) Murex
11 2 (0.71%) Remedy
12 1 (0.36%) PayPal