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 27 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 14 14
Rank change year-on-year -7 0 +12
Contract jobs citing Migration 202 232 249
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 9.95% 10.03% 9.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.00% 10.88% 10.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 137 157 184
10th Percentile £406 £375 £425
25th Percentile £463 £463 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.65%
75th Percentile £675 £638 £675
90th Percentile £738 £725 £795
London median daily rate £538 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -2.27% -2.22% -1.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £22.00 -
London median hourly rate £25.15 £23.00 £85.00
% change year-on-year +9.35% -72.94% +104.82%

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 1,836 2,133 2,400
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 90.40% 92.22% 89.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,280 1,337 1,720
10th Percentile £343 £363 £359
25th Percentile £425 £463 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -
75th Percentile £669 £675 £688
90th Percentile £750 £777 £800
London median daily rate £525 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% -4.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 27 17
10th Percentile £20.18 £18.34 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.47 £28.32 £18.93
Median hourly rate £26.50 £35.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -24.29% +27.27% -34.13%
75th Percentile £38.88 £52.50 £46.75
90th Percentile £46.53 £112.00 £68.50
London median hourly rate £31.49 £36.65 £32.69
% change year-on-year -14.08% +12.11% -14.80%

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 27 December 2025.

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 27 December 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 -5 182 £575 +4.55% 75
City of Westminster +3 4 £525 -8.70%
West End of London -2 2 £663 +23.14% 2
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 20 (9.90%) SharePoint
2 7 (3.47%) Confluence
3 4 (1.98%) CMS
3 4 (1.98%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.49%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.99%) Apache
5 2 (0.99%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.99%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.50%) CICS
6 1 (0.50%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 7 (3.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.97%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.49%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (5.94%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.98%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.99%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.99%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.99%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.99%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.99%) SAP CO
3 2 (0.99%) SAP FI
3 2 (0.99%) SAP FI/CO
3 2 (0.99%) Unit4 Business World
4 1 (0.50%) Maximo
4 1 (0.50%) Oracle FAH
4 1 (0.50%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.50%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.50%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 1 (0.50%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.50%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.50%) SAP PS
4 1 (0.50%) Sonata
4 1 (0.50%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 57 (28.22%) Azure
2 30 (14.85%) AWS
3 19 (9.41%) Power Platform
4 18 (8.91%) GCP
5 16 (7.92%) Microsoft 365
6 15 (7.43%) GitHub
7 10 (4.95%) Azure DevOps
7 10 (4.95%) Entra ID
8 8 (3.96%) GitHub Actions
9 7 (3.47%) Power Automate
10 6 (2.97%) Amazon S3
10 6 (2.97%) PowerApps
10 6 (2.97%) SaaS
11 5 (2.48%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 5 (2.48%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (2.48%) IaaS
11 5 (2.48%) OCI
11 5 (2.48%) Snowflake
12 4 (1.98%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 4 (1.98%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.47%) Firewall
2 5 (2.48%) Network Security
3 4 (1.98%) DNS
4 3 (1.49%) VPN
5 2 (0.99%) DHCP
6 1 (0.50%) BGP
6 1 (0.50%) Internet
6 1 (0.50%) Kerberos
6 1 (0.50%) MPLS
6 1 (0.50%) NAS
6 1 (0.50%) NGFW
6 1 (0.50%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.50%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.50%) VLAN
6 1 (0.50%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (8.42%) Power BI
2 13 (6.44%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (3.96%) Relational Database
4 6 (2.97%) SQL Server
5 5 (2.48%) Data Lake
6 4 (1.98%) DataStage
6 4 (1.98%) MySQL
6 4 (1.98%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (1.49%) Amazon QuickSight
7 3 (1.49%) Amazon Redshift
7 3 (1.49%) Delta Lake
7 3 (1.49%) Metadata
7 3 (1.49%) Oracle Database
7 3 (1.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.99%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.99%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.99%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.99%) Oracle Exadata
8 2 (0.99%) Spotfire
8 2 (0.99%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 16 (7.92%) JIRA
2 5 (2.48%) Selenium
3 4 (1.98%) Git
3 4 (1.98%) SonarQube
4 3 (1.49%) GitLab
4 3 (1.49%) Gradle
4 3 (1.49%) Maven
5 2 (0.99%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.99%) Toad
6 1 (0.50%) ERwin
6 1 (0.50%) gulp
6 1 (0.50%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.50%) NUnit
6 1 (0.50%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.50%) Postman
6 1 (0.50%) PowerBuilder
6 1 (0.50%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.50%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.50%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.50%) webpack
General
1 70 (34.65%) Finance
2 39 (19.31%) Social Skills
3 29 (14.36%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (9.90%) Banking
5 13 (6.44%) Public Sector
6 11 (5.45%) Influencing Skills
7 9 (4.46%) Front Office
8 7 (3.47%) Back Office
8 7 (3.47%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (3.47%) Telecoms
9 5 (2.48%) Law
10 4 (1.98%) Investment Banking
10 4 (1.98%) Legal
11 3 (1.49%) Financial Institution
11 3 (1.49%) General Ledger
11 3 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.99%) Marketing
12 2 (0.99%) Military
12 2 (0.99%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.50%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 33 (16.34%) Analyst
2 27 (13.37%) Business Analyst
3 23 (11.39%) Architect
4 22 (10.89%) Project Manager
5 21 (10.40%) Lead
5 21 (10.40%) Senior
6 14 (6.93%) Consultant
6 14 (6.93%) Developer
7 9 (4.46%) Migration Manager
8 8 (3.96%) Business IT Analyst
8 8 (3.96%) IT Analyst
8 8 (3.96%) IT Business Analyst
9 7 (3.47%) Azure Engineer
9 7 (3.47%) Migration Specialist
10 6 (2.97%) Data Engineer
10 6 (2.97%) Migration Project Manager
10 6 (2.97%) Senior Analyst
10 6 (2.97%) Senior Business Analyst
10 6 (2.97%) Senior Manager
10 6 (2.97%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.95%) XML
2 5 (2.48%) Microsoft Graph
3 4 (1.98%) Oracle Fusion
4 3 (1.49%) PySpark
4 3 (1.49%) SPFx
5 2 (0.99%) ADO
5 2 (0.99%) CSS
5 2 (0.99%) HTML
5 2 (0.99%) JSON
5 2 (0.99%) Middleware
5 2 (0.99%) Node.js
5 2 (0.99%) OpenID
5 2 (0.99%) Playwright
5 2 (0.99%) React
5 2 (0.99%) REST
5 2 (0.99%) SAML
5 2 (0.99%) SAP Fiori
5 2 (0.99%) XSLT
6 1 (0.50%) FIX Protocol
6 1 (0.50%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (6.93%) Cloud Native
2 12 (5.94%) Data Centre
2 12 (5.94%) Legacy Systems
3 7 (3.47%) Data Structures
3 7 (3.47%) Greenfield Project
4 6 (2.97%) Onboarding
5 5 (2.48%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (1.98%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.98%) Reinsurance
6 4 (1.98%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (1.49%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (1.49%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.49%) Reference Data
7 3 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.99%) e-Learning
8 2 (0.99%) Hedge funds
8 2 (0.99%) NHS
8 2 (0.99%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.50%) Equities
9 1 (0.50%) SCORM
Operating Systems
1 16 (7.92%) Windows
2 10 (4.95%) Windows Server
3 6 (2.97%) Linux
4 5 (2.48%) Unix
5 2 (0.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.50%) AIX
6 1 (0.50%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.50%) Solaris
6 1 (0.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (30.69%) Data Migration
2 46 (22.77%) Stakeholder Management
3 43 (21.29%) Agile
4 32 (15.84%) Problem-Solving
5 29 (14.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 27 (13.37%) DevOps
7 26 (12.87%) Analytics
8 24 (11.88%) ETL
9 23 (11.39%) CI/CD
10 21 (10.40%) Project Management
11 19 (9.41%) Business Intelligence
12 18 (8.91%) User Acceptance Testing
13 17 (8.42%) Infrastructure as Code
14 16 (7.92%) Data Governance
14 16 (7.92%) Project Delivery
14 16 (7.92%) Validation
15 15 (7.43%) ERP
16 14 (6.93%) Data Mapping
16 14 (6.93%) Roadmaps
17 13 (6.44%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 34 (16.83%) SQL
2 14 (6.93%) Python
3 12 (5.94%) Java
4 10 (4.95%) PowerShell
5 6 (2.97%) PL/SQL
6 5 (2.48%) C#
7 3 (1.49%) Bash
7 3 (1.49%) Perl
7 3 (1.49%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.99%) C++
8 2 (0.99%) IronPython
8 2 (0.99%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.99%) Kotlin
8 2 (0.99%) PHP
8 2 (0.99%) Scala
8 2 (0.99%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.50%) C
9 1 (0.50%) COBOL
9 1 (0.50%) ProC
9 1 (0.50%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 26 (12.87%) Security Cleared
2 24 (11.88%) SC Cleared
3 10 (4.95%) Degree
4 6 (2.97%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (2.48%) AWS Certification
5 5 (2.48%) Azure Certification
5 5 (2.48%) PMP
6 4 (1.98%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.98%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.99%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.50%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.50%) CFA
8 1 (0.50%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.50%) MCSA
8 1 (0.50%) MCSE
8 1 (0.50%) OCP
8 1 (0.50%) Oracle Certification
8 1 (0.50%) RHCE
8 1 (0.50%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (8.91%) Data Quality
2 17 (8.42%) QA
3 12 (5.94%) GDPR
4 8 (3.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.49%) NIST
5 3 (1.49%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.99%) EMIR
6 2 (0.99%) NCSC
7 1 (0.50%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.50%) Basel III
7 1 (0.50%) GAAP
7 1 (0.50%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.50%) IFRS
7 1 (0.50%) IFRS 9
7 1 (0.50%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.50%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.50%) SEPA
7 1 (0.50%) WCAG
System Software
1 13 (6.44%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.47%) Docker
3 5 (2.48%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.99%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.50%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 20 (9.90%) Terraform
2 10 (4.95%) Kubernetes
3 8 (3.96%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (1.49%) Ansible
4 3 (1.49%) Argo
5 2 (0.99%) SCCM
6 1 (0.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.50%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.50%) CASB
6 1 (0.50%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.50%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 1 (0.50%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 43 (21.29%) Microsoft
2 22 (10.89%) Oracle
3 17 (8.42%) SAP
4 13 (6.44%) Google
5 8 (3.96%) Databricks
6 6 (2.97%) VMware
7 5 (2.48%) Workday
8 4 (1.98%) Adobe
8 4 (1.98%) CyberArk
8 4 (1.98%) Palo Alto
9 3 (1.49%) Ahrefs
9 3 (1.49%) Informatica
9 3 (1.49%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.99%) Cisco
10 2 (0.99%) Guidewire
10 2 (0.99%) Murex
10 2 (0.99%) Red Hat
10 2 (0.99%) Screaming Frog
10 2 (0.99%) Sitecore
10 2 (0.99%) Talend