Migration Contracts in Central London

Migration
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London requiring Migration skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Migration over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 21 19
Rank change year-on-year +4 -2 +2
Contract jobs citing Migration 205 188 307
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 10.27% 7.69% 7.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.05% 8.49% 8.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 133 132 218
10th Percentile £367 £383 £393
25th Percentile £450 £463 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +11.11%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £706
90th Percentile £751 £737 £791
London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £22.00 - -
75th Percentile £28.34 - -
90th Percentile £32.14 - -
London median hourly rate £23.00 £67.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -65.93% +87.50% +26.32%

All Process and 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 1,856 2,215 3,533
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 92.94% 90.56% 91.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,197 1,573 2,397
10th Percentile £363 £350 £325
25th Percentile £456 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.73% -8.33% +5.26%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £725
90th Percentile £774 £800 £825
London median daily rate £550 £550 £590
% change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 25 28
10th Percentile £22.00 £20.04 £15.43
25th Percentile £22.75 £22.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £29.07 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.53% -20.54% -14.63%
75th Percentile £43.97 £33.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £50.75 £46.89 £88.30
London median hourly rate £31.67 £29.50 £38.13
% change year-on-year +7.36% -22.62% +5.90%

Migration
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing Migration as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Migration in Central London

Migration
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Migration in Central London.

Daily rate trend for Migration in Central London

Migration
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Migration in Central London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Migration in Central London

Migration
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Migration in Central London.

Hourly rate trend for Migration in Central London

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 1 May 2025. 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 +2 170 £550 - 44
West End of London +5 14 £494 +95.89% 4
Camden +8 10 £450 -47.06% 2
City of Westminster +6 6 £550 +6.28% 3
Southwark - 1 £450 -
Migration
London

Migration
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 17 (8.29%) SharePoint
2 7 (3.41%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (2.93%) Confluence
4 5 (2.44%) CMS
5 3 (1.46%) SAS
5 3 (1.46%) Skype for Business
6 2 (0.98%) IIS
7 1 (0.49%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.49%) Apache
7 1 (0.49%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.49%) Documentum
7 1 (0.49%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.49%) nginx
7 1 (0.49%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.49%) Umbraco
Applications
1 13 (6.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (5.37%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.98%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (3.41%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (2.44%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.46%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.98%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.98%) Sage X3
4 2 (0.98%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.49%) Magento
5 1 (0.49%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.49%) Oracle BPM
5 1 (0.49%) Oracle E-Business Tax
5 1 (0.49%) Oracle Payroll
5 1 (0.49%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.49%) Orchestrade
5 1 (0.49%) PeopleSoft Financials
5 1 (0.49%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.49%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.49%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.49%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.49%) SAP HR
5 1 (0.49%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 56 (27.32%) Azure
2 26 (12.68%) AWS
3 20 (9.76%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (6.34%) Entra ID
5 9 (4.39%) Power Platform
5 9 (4.39%) SaaS
6 8 (3.90%) GCP
6 8 (3.90%) IaaS
7 7 (3.41%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 6 (2.93%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (2.93%) PaaS
9 5 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (2.44%) Cloud Computing
9 5 (2.44%) OCI
9 5 (2.44%) OneDrive
9 5 (2.44%) Serverless
10 4 (1.95%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 4 (1.95%) Snowflake
11 3 (1.46%) Azure Data Factory
11 3 (1.46%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 19 (9.27%) Firewall
2 15 (7.32%) VPN
3 11 (5.37%) DNS
4 7 (3.41%) NGFW
5 6 (2.93%) S/MIME
5 6 (2.93%) SSL
6 5 (2.44%) Network Security
7 4 (1.95%) BGP
8 3 (1.46%) IPv6
8 3 (1.46%) OSPF
8 3 (1.46%) Skype
8 3 (1.46%) VLAN
9 2 (0.98%) Broadband
9 2 (0.98%) Cisco Firepower
9 2 (0.98%) Cisco Nexus
9 2 (0.98%) DHCP
9 2 (0.98%) LAN
9 2 (0.98%) MPLS
9 2 (0.98%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.49%) Ethernet VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.88%) SQL Server
2 9 (4.39%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (2.44%) Power BI
4 4 (1.95%) Tableau
5 3 (1.46%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (1.46%) Base SAS
5 3 (1.46%) Metadata
6 2 (0.98%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.98%) BigQuery
6 2 (0.98%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.98%) Snowflake Schema
6 2 (0.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (0.98%) Tableau Server
7 1 (0.49%) Big Data
7 1 (0.49%) DTS
7 1 (0.49%) MS Access
7 1 (0.49%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.49%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.49%) SAP BW
7 1 (0.49%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 7 (3.41%) GitLab
1 7 (3.41%) JIRA
2 4 (1.95%) Git
2 4 (1.95%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.46%) ScriptRunner
4 1 (0.49%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (0.49%) JIRA Agile
4 1 (0.49%) LoadRunner
4 1 (0.49%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.49%) Travis CI
4 1 (0.49%) Zephyr
General
1 82 (40.00%) Finance
2 48 (23.41%) Social Skills
3 20 (9.76%) Banking
4 19 (9.27%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (4.39%) Public Sector
6 6 (2.93%) Legal
6 6 (2.93%) Marketing
6 6 (2.93%) Retail
7 4 (1.95%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (1.95%) Front Office
7 4 (1.95%) General Ledger
7 4 (1.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (1.95%) Investment Banking
8 3 (1.46%) Back Office
8 3 (1.46%) French Language
8 3 (1.46%) Law
8 3 (1.46%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.46%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (0.98%) International Banking
9 2 (0.98%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 34 (16.59%) Architect
2 23 (11.22%) Analyst
3 22 (10.73%) Project Manager
4 19 (9.27%) Developer
5 16 (7.80%) Lead
6 15 (7.32%) Senior
7 14 (6.83%) Solutions Architect
8 12 (5.85%) Consultant
8 12 (5.85%) Network Engineer
9 11 (5.37%) Azure Engineer
10 9 (4.39%) Business Analyst
10 9 (4.39%) Data Analyst
10 9 (4.39%) Migration Engineer
11 8 (3.90%) Azure Architect
11 8 (3.90%) Data Engineer
11 8 (3.90%) Support Engineer
12 7 (3.41%) Network Support
12 7 (3.41%) Network Support Engineer
12 7 (3.41%) Windows Engineer
13 6 (2.93%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.41%) .NET
1 7 (3.41%) ADO
2 4 (1.95%) REST
3 3 (1.46%) Lightning Web Components
3 3 (1.46%) SOAP
3 3 (1.46%) Visualforce
3 3 (1.46%) XML
4 2 (0.98%) .NET Framework
4 2 (0.98%) ARM Templates
4 2 (0.98%) Azure Blueprints
4 2 (0.98%) JSON
4 2 (0.98%) Middleware
4 2 (0.98%) Node.js
4 2 (0.98%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (0.98%) Ruby on Rails
4 2 (0.98%) SailPoint
4 2 (0.98%) SAP Fiori
5 1 (0.49%) HTML5 Canvas
5 1 (0.49%) Kafka
5 1 (0.49%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 13 (6.34%) Data Centre
2 7 (3.41%) Anti-Spyware
2 7 (3.41%) Cloud Native
3 6 (2.93%) Algorithms
3 6 (2.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 6 (2.93%) PKI
4 5 (2.44%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (1.95%) Blackberry
5 4 (1.95%) Mainframe
5 4 (1.95%) Onboarding
5 4 (1.95%) Private Cloud
5 4 (1.95%) Public Cloud
6 3 (1.46%) BYOD
6 3 (1.46%) Data Structures
6 3 (1.46%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (1.46%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.46%) Reinsurance
7 2 (0.98%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (0.98%) Operational Technology
7 2 (0.98%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 29 (14.15%) Windows
2 12 (5.85%) Linux
3 8 (3.90%) Windows 10
3 8 (3.90%) Windows Server
4 7 (3.41%) Unix
5 3 (1.46%) AIX
5 3 (1.46%) Oracle Linux
6 2 (0.98%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.49%) Android
7 1 (0.49%) CentOS
7 1 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.49%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.49%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (22.44%) Data Migration
2 45 (21.95%) Problem-Solving
3 33 (16.10%) Agile
4 22 (10.73%) DevOps
4 22 (10.73%) Project Management
5 17 (8.29%) Stakeholder Management
6 15 (7.32%) Infrastructure as Code
7 14 (6.83%) ERP
8 13 (6.34%) CI/CD
8 13 (6.34%) Data Cleansing
9 12 (5.85%) Data Modelling
9 12 (5.85%) User Acceptance Testing
10 11 (5.37%) Change Management
10 11 (5.37%) Validation
11 10 (4.88%) Kalman Filter
11 10 (4.88%) Test Automation
12 9 (4.39%) Data Governance
13 8 (3.90%) Computer Science
13 8 (3.90%) Data Management
13 8 (3.90%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 28 (13.66%) SQL
2 26 (12.68%) Python
3 14 (6.83%) PowerShell
4 9 (4.39%) C#
4 9 (4.39%) Java
5 7 (3.41%) JavaScript
6 4 (1.95%) Bicep
7 3 (1.46%) Apex Code
7 3 (1.46%) C
7 3 (1.46%) Groovy
7 3 (1.46%) PL/SQL
7 3 (1.46%) Ruby
7 3 (1.46%) VBA
8 2 (0.98%) Bash
8 2 (0.98%) C++
8 2 (0.98%) PROC SQL
8 2 (0.98%) SAS Macro
9 1 (0.49%) SOQL
9 1 (0.49%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.49%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 18 (8.78%) Degree
2 16 (7.80%) Security Cleared
3 15 (7.32%) SC Cleared
4 8 (3.90%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (2.93%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (1.46%) CCNP
6 3 (1.46%) CISM
6 3 (1.46%) CISSP
7 2 (0.98%) AWS Certification
7 2 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.98%) CCIE
7 2 (0.98%) CISA
7 2 (0.98%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (0.49%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.49%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.49%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.49%) PMP
8 1 (0.49%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.39%) Data Quality
2 6 (2.93%) QA
3 5 (2.44%) GDPR
4 3 (1.46%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.46%) SEPA
4 3 (1.46%) SLA
5 2 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 2 (0.98%) NIST
5 2 (0.98%) NIST 800
5 2 (0.98%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.49%) GAAP
6 1 (0.49%) GRC
6 1 (0.49%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.49%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.49%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.49%) PMO
6 1 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 17 (8.29%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.44%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.95%) Docker
3 4 (1.95%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.98%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.98%) XenDesktop
5 1 (0.49%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.49%) Firmware
5 1 (0.49%) IAG
Systems Management
1 17 (8.29%) Terraform
2 13 (6.34%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (4.39%) SCCM
4 5 (2.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 5 (2.44%) Ansible
5 4 (1.95%) Kubernetes
6 3 (1.46%) Forefront Identity Manager
6 3 (1.46%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.98%) Nagios
7 2 (0.98%) PingFederate
7 2 (0.98%) Puppet
8 1 (0.49%) CA Spectrum
8 1 (0.49%) CEMLI
8 1 (0.49%) Cisco LMS
8 1 (0.49%) Cisco Prime
8 1 (0.49%) Istio
8 1 (0.49%) Netcool
8 1 (0.49%) Opsgenie
8 1 (0.49%) Podman
8 1 (0.49%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 50 (24.39%) Microsoft
2 20 (9.76%) Oracle
3 13 (6.34%) SAP
4 10 (4.88%) Palo Alto
5 8 (3.90%) CheckPoint
6 7 (3.41%) Infoblox
7 6 (2.93%) Cisco
7 6 (2.93%) Google
8 5 (2.44%) Salesforce
8 5 (2.44%) ServiceNow
9 4 (1.95%) Murex
9 4 (1.95%) TOWER Software
10 3 (1.46%) Adobe
10 3 (1.46%) Atlassian
10 3 (1.46%) Bloomberg
10 3 (1.46%) Citrix
10 3 (1.46%) Okta
10 3 (1.46%) Tradeweb
10 3 (1.46%) VMware
10 3 (1.46%) Workday