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 1 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 17 17
Rank change year-on-year -6 0 +4
Contract jobs citing Migration 234 211 219
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 10.13% 10.71% 8.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.56% 11.59% 9.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 170 144 157
10th Percentile £428 £375 £388
25th Percentile £488 £457 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £558 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.36% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £673 £638 £650
90th Percentile £753 £759 £756
London median daily rate £530 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.64% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
Median hourly rate £58.92 £22.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +167.82% - -
London median hourly rate £25.08 £23.00 £85.00
% change year-on-year +9.02% -72.94% +178.69%

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 2,024 1,820 2,287
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 87.62% 92.34% 89.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,388 1,197 1,621
10th Percentile £357 £363 £350
25th Percentile £450 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -7.17%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £681
90th Percentile £775 £763 £800
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 17 25
10th Percentile £18.75 £21.70 £19.33
25th Percentile £21.91 £24.66 £22.50
Median hourly rate £26.11 £29.07 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year -10.18% +4.53% -20.54%
75th Percentile £42.65 £35.00 £40.00
90th Percentile £58.92 £46.27 £59.10
London median hourly rate £35.50 £35.00 £30.16
% change year-on-year +1.43% +16.05% -22.67%

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 1 April 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 1 April 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 -3 213 £575 +4.45% 81
City of Westminster -2 4 £513 -6.82%
West End of London -3 3 £550 - 1
Southwark -1 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 14 (5.98%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.56%) Confluence
3 3 (1.28%) Apache
3 3 (1.28%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.85%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.85%) CMS
4 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.85%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (0.43%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.43%) Camunda
5 1 (0.43%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (0.43%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 8 (3.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.14%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (1.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.71%) MS Visio
4 3 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (5.98%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (2.14%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.71%) Aladdin
3 4 (1.71%) Oracle General Ledger
3 4 (1.71%) Workday HCM
4 3 (1.28%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (1.28%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (1.28%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 2 (0.85%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.85%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (0.85%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (0.85%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.85%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.43%) Magento
6 1 (0.43%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.43%) Oracle E-Business Tax
6 1 (0.43%) Oracle FAH
6 1 (0.43%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.43%) Shopify
6 1 (0.43%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 66 (28.21%) Azure
2 47 (20.09%) AWS
3 22 (9.40%) GCP
4 18 (7.69%) Power Platform
5 16 (6.84%) GitHub
6 12 (5.13%) Azure DevOps
7 11 (4.70%) Snowflake
8 9 (3.85%) OCI
9 8 (3.42%) Dynamics 365
9 8 (3.42%) Microsoft 365
9 8 (3.42%) Serverless
10 7 (2.99%) Entra ID
10 7 (2.99%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (2.56%) Azure Data Factory
11 6 (2.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 6 (2.56%) dbt
11 6 (2.56%) SaaS
12 5 (2.14%) Azure AKS
13 4 (1.71%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 4 (1.71%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.85%) Firewall
2 8 (3.42%) Network Security
3 4 (1.71%) VPN
4 3 (1.28%) MPLS
4 3 (1.28%) VLAN
5 2 (0.85%) BGP
5 2 (0.85%) DHCP
5 2 (0.85%) DNS
5 2 (0.85%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.85%) Unified Communications
5 2 (0.85%) VSAN
5 2 (0.85%) WAN
6 1 (0.43%) 802.11
6 1 (0.43%) EIGRP
6 1 (0.43%) Internet
6 1 (0.43%) NAS
6 1 (0.43%) NGFW
6 1 (0.43%) SAN
6 1 (0.43%) TACACS
6 1 (0.43%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.41%) Power BI
2 14 (5.98%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (2.99%) SQL Server
4 6 (2.56%) Metadata
4 6 (2.56%) Relational Database
5 5 (2.14%) Tableau
6 4 (1.71%) BigQuery
6 4 (1.71%) Data Lake
6 4 (1.71%) MySQL
6 4 (1.71%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (1.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (1.28%) Amazon Redshift
7 3 (1.28%) Oracle Database
7 3 (1.28%) Snowflake Schema
8 2 (0.85%) Data Vault
8 2 (0.85%) Delta Lake
8 2 (0.85%) OLAP
8 2 (0.85%) Oracle Reports
8 2 (0.85%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.85%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 17 (7.26%) JIRA
2 5 (2.14%) Git
3 2 (0.85%) Cypress.io
3 2 (0.85%) GitLab
3 2 (0.85%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.85%) Selenium
3 2 (0.85%) Toad
4 1 (0.43%) ERwin
4 1 (0.43%) gulp
4 1 (0.43%) MSI
4 1 (0.43%) NUnit
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.43%) PowerBuilder
4 1 (0.43%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.43%) SpecFlow
4 1 (0.43%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.43%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.43%) webpack
General
1 86 (36.75%) Finance
2 47 (20.09%) Social Skills
3 28 (11.97%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (9.83%) Banking
5 13 (5.56%) Public Sector
6 10 (4.27%) Financial Institution
7 8 (3.42%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (3.42%) Legal
8 7 (2.99%) Law
9 6 (2.56%) Front Office
9 6 (2.56%) General Ledger
9 6 (2.56%) Retail
9 6 (2.56%) Telecoms
10 5 (2.14%) Investment Banking
11 4 (1.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.71%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.85%) International Banking
12 2 (0.85%) Marketing
12 2 (0.85%) Military
12 2 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 36 (15.38%) Architect
2 31 (13.25%) Senior
3 29 (12.39%) Lead
3 29 (12.39%) Project Manager
4 28 (11.97%) Analyst
5 24 (10.26%) Business Analyst
6 22 (9.40%) Consultant
7 18 (7.69%) Migration Manager
8 16 (6.84%) Migration Project Manager
9 14 (5.98%) Cloud Architect
10 11 (4.70%) Developer
11 9 (3.85%) Data Migration Lead
11 9 (3.85%) Technical Leader
12 8 (3.42%) Azure Architect
13 7 (2.99%) Azure Engineer
13 7 (2.99%) Delivery Manager
13 7 (2.99%) Senior Business Analyst
13 7 (2.99%) Senior Manager
14 6 (2.56%) Infrastructure Architect
14 6 (2.56%) Migration Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.99%) Middleware
2 6 (2.56%) Oracle Fusion
3 4 (1.71%) XML
4 3 (1.28%) FIX Protocol
4 3 (1.28%) Kafka
4 3 (1.28%) PySpark
4 3 (1.28%) REST
4 3 (1.28%) Spring
5 2 (0.85%) .NET
5 2 (0.85%) CSS
5 2 (0.85%) EDI
5 2 (0.85%) Flash
5 2 (0.85%) HTML
5 2 (0.85%) OpenID
5 2 (0.85%) Playwright
5 2 (0.85%) SAML
5 2 (0.85%) SPFx
6 1 (0.43%) ADO
6 1 (0.43%) J2EE
6 1 (0.43%) JMS
Miscellaneous
1 21 (8.97%) Legacy Systems
2 18 (7.69%) Cloud Native
3 12 (5.13%) Data Centre
4 7 (2.99%) Hybrid Cloud
4 7 (2.99%) Onboarding
5 6 (2.56%) Data Structures
6 4 (1.71%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 4 (1.71%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.28%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (1.28%) Fixed Income
7 3 (1.28%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (1.28%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.28%) Reference Data
7 3 (1.28%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (0.85%) BYOD
8 2 (0.85%) Enterprise Cloud
8 2 (0.85%) Legacy Applications
8 2 (0.85%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.85%) Reinsurance
8 2 (0.85%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 18 (7.69%) Windows
2 9 (3.85%) Windows Server
3 6 (2.56%) Linux
4 3 (1.28%) Unix
5 1 (0.43%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.43%) SUSE
5 1 (0.43%) VMS
5 1 (0.43%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (30.34%) Data Migration
2 58 (24.79%) Stakeholder Management
3 48 (20.51%) Agile
4 36 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 34 (14.53%) Validation
6 33 (14.10%) Analytics
7 30 (12.82%) DevOps
7 30 (12.82%) Project Management
8 29 (12.39%) Project Delivery
9 27 (11.54%) ETL
9 27 (11.54%) Problem-Solving
10 26 (11.11%) CI/CD
11 23 (9.83%) ERP
12 22 (9.40%) User Acceptance Testing
13 21 (8.97%) Infrastructure as Code
14 20 (8.55%) Business Intelligence
15 18 (7.69%) Data Modelling
16 17 (7.26%) Continuous Improvement
16 17 (7.26%) PRINCE2
17 16 (6.84%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 42 (17.95%) SQL
2 15 (6.41%) Python
3 7 (2.99%) Java
3 7 (2.99%) PowerShell
4 5 (2.14%) PL/SQL
5 3 (1.28%) Bash
5 3 (1.28%) C#
5 3 (1.28%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.85%) ABAP
6 2 (0.85%) IronPython
6 2 (0.85%) Perl
6 2 (0.85%) PHP
6 2 (0.85%) Scala
6 2 (0.85%) Shell Script
6 2 (0.85%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.43%) Bicep
7 1 (0.43%) C
7 1 (0.43%) Kotlin
7 1 (0.43%) ProC
7 1 (0.43%) VBA
Qualifications
1 40 (17.09%) Security Cleared
2 33 (14.10%) SC Cleared
3 15 (6.41%) PMP
4 13 (5.56%) PMI Certification
5 9 (3.85%) Azure Certification
5 9 (3.85%) Degree
6 5 (2.14%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.71%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (1.28%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.85%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.43%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.43%) CFA
10 1 (0.43%) MCSA
10 1 (0.43%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (8.97%) Data Quality
1 21 (8.97%) GDPR
2 17 (7.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (7.26%) QA
3 12 (5.13%) NIST
4 6 (2.56%) PCI DSS
5 5 (2.14%) PMO
6 3 (1.28%) GAAP
6 3 (1.28%) IFRS
6 3 (1.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.85%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.85%) NCSC
7 2 (0.85%) SEPA
7 2 (0.85%) SLA
8 1 (0.43%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.43%) Basel III
8 1 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.43%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.43%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.43%) PSD2
System Software
1 8 (3.42%) Active Directory
1 8 (3.42%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (2.99%) Docker
3 3 (1.28%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.43%) Firmware
4 1 (0.43%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.43%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.43%) NFS
4 1 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.43%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 23 (9.83%) Terraform
2 13 (5.56%) Kubernetes
3 8 (3.42%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (1.28%) Ansible
4 3 (1.28%) SCCM
5 1 (0.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.43%) CASB
5 1 (0.43%) EMC VPLEX
5 1 (0.43%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (0.43%) Grafana
5 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Clustering
5 1 (0.43%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.43%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.43%) vMotion
5 1 (0.43%) VxRail
Vendors
1 44 (18.80%) Microsoft
2 25 (10.68%) Oracle
3 24 (10.26%) SAP
4 12 (5.13%) CyberArk
5 11 (4.70%) Workday
6 8 (3.42%) Google
6 8 (3.42%) VMware
7 7 (2.99%) Databricks
8 6 (2.56%) Salesforce
9 5 (2.14%) Informatica
10 4 (1.71%) Pure Storage
11 3 (1.28%) Citrix
11 3 (1.28%) MuleSoft
11 3 (1.28%) Palo Alto
11 3 (1.28%) Talend
12 2 (0.85%) Ahrefs
12 2 (0.85%) IBM
12 2 (0.85%) Murex
12 2 (0.85%) Sitecore
13 1 (0.43%) Screaming Frog