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

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 16 22
Rank change year-on-year -1 +6 -1
Contract jobs citing Migration 259 197 184
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 10.45% 10.12% 7.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.25% 10.85% 8.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 195 124 137
10th Percentile £406 £354 £363
25th Percentile £463 £449 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -12.00%
75th Percentile £684 £638 £638
90th Percentile £800 £751 £693
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
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 £51.50 £25.15 £67.50
% change year-on-year +104.77% -62.74% +52.54%

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 2,114 1,816 2,188
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 85.31% 93.27% 90.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,442 1,167 1,559
10th Percentile £356 £350 £350
25th Percentile £450 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +2.27% -8.33%
75th Percentile £675 £679 £685
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -7.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 25 22
10th Percentile £18.45 £22.00 £20.22
25th Percentile £18.75 £22.75 £22.63
Median hourly rate £26.11 £29.07 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year -10.18% +4.53% -20.54%
75th Percentile £52.16 £43.75 £28.98
90th Percentile £59.72 £50.75 £40.00
London median hourly rate £37.25 £34.00 £27.92
% change year-on-year +9.56% +21.78% -25.23%

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 21 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 21 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 +2 243 £575 +4.55% 58
City of Westminster -4 3 £500 -9.09% 3
West End of London -11 2 £638 +10.87% 1
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 8 (3.09%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.32%) Confluence
3 4 (1.54%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.77%) Apache
4 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.39%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.39%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.39%) Camunda
5 1 (0.39%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 7 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.54%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.16%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 15 (5.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (2.32%) NetSuite
3 5 (1.93%) Aladdin
3 5 (1.93%) SAP ERP
3 5 (1.93%) Workday HCM
4 4 (1.54%) Oracle General Ledger
5 3 (1.16%) iTrent
5 3 (1.16%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (1.16%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 2 (0.77%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.77%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.77%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.77%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (0.77%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.77%) SAP HCM
6 2 (0.77%) SAP Payroll
7 1 (0.39%) SAP FI-AR
7 1 (0.39%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.39%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 64 (24.71%) Azure
2 47 (18.15%) AWS
3 21 (8.11%) Power Platform
4 19 (7.34%) GCP
5 14 (5.41%) GitHub
6 11 (4.25%) Azure DevOps
7 10 (3.86%) OCI
7 10 (3.86%) Snowflake
8 9 (3.47%) Serverless
9 7 (2.70%) Azure Data Factory
9 7 (2.70%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (2.32%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 6 (2.32%) dbt
10 6 (2.32%) GitHub Actions
10 6 (2.32%) Microsoft 365
10 6 (2.32%) SaaS
11 5 (1.93%) Azure AKS
11 5 (1.93%) Entra ID
12 4 (1.54%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 3 (1.16%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.32%) Firewall
2 4 (1.54%) Network Security
3 3 (1.16%) VLAN
4 2 (0.77%) BGP
4 2 (0.77%) EIGRP
4 2 (0.77%) MPLS
4 2 (0.77%) OSPF
4 2 (0.77%) Unified Communications
4 2 (0.77%) VPN
4 2 (0.77%) VSAN
4 2 (0.77%) WAN
4 2 (0.77%) Wireless
5 1 (0.39%) Cisco Wireless
5 1 (0.39%) DHCP
5 1 (0.39%) DNS
5 1 (0.39%) DVB
5 1 (0.39%) LAN
5 1 (0.39%) NGFW
5 1 (0.39%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.39%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (7.34%) Power BI
2 17 (6.56%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (3.09%) SQL Server
4 6 (2.32%) Metadata
4 6 (2.32%) Relational Database
5 5 (1.93%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (1.54%) BigQuery
6 4 (1.54%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (1.54%) Tableau
7 3 (1.16%) Amazon Redshift
7 3 (1.16%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (1.16%) BusinessObjects
7 3 (1.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.77%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.77%) OLAP
8 2 (0.77%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.39%) Oracle Exadata
9 1 (0.39%) Oracle OLAP
9 1 (0.39%) SAP Data Services
9 1 (0.39%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 17 (6.56%) JIRA
2 5 (1.93%) GitLab
3 4 (1.54%) Git
4 3 (1.16%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.77%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.39%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.39%) ERwin
6 1 (0.39%) Gradle
6 1 (0.39%) JUnit
6 1 (0.39%) Liquibase
6 1 (0.39%) Mockito
6 1 (0.39%) MSI
6 1 (0.39%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.39%) PowerBuilder
6 1 (0.39%) Selenium
6 1 (0.39%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.39%) Toad
6 1 (0.39%) Zephyr
General
1 88 (33.98%) Finance
2 40 (15.44%) Social Skills
3 26 (10.04%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (8.49%) Banking
5 18 (6.95%) Public Sector
6 12 (4.63%) Financial Institution
7 10 (3.86%) General Ledger
8 8 (3.09%) Legal
9 7 (2.70%) Law
10 6 (2.32%) Retail
11 5 (1.93%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (1.54%) Telecoms
13 3 (1.16%) Local Government
13 3 (1.16%) Marketing
14 2 (0.77%) Front Office
14 2 (0.77%) International Banking
14 2 (0.77%) Investment Banking
14 2 (0.77%) Military
14 2 (0.77%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 48 (18.53%) Architect
2 33 (12.74%) Lead
3 29 (11.20%) Consultant
3 29 (11.20%) Project Manager
4 28 (10.81%) Analyst
5 26 (10.04%) Senior
6 17 (6.56%) Business Analyst
7 14 (5.41%) Migration Manager
7 14 (5.41%) Migration Project Manager
7 14 (5.41%) Solutions Architect
8 13 (5.02%) Data Analyst
8 13 (5.02%) Data Architect
9 12 (4.63%) Cloud Architect
10 11 (4.25%) Migration Analyst
11 10 (3.86%) Azure Architect
11 10 (3.86%) Data Migration Analyst
11 10 (3.86%) Data Migration Lead
11 10 (3.86%) Developer
12 9 (3.47%) Cloud Engineer
12 9 (3.47%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (5.02%) Oracle Fusion
2 9 (3.47%) Kafka
3 7 (2.70%) Middleware
4 4 (1.54%) PySpark
4 4 (1.54%) React
4 4 (1.54%) REST
4 4 (1.54%) RESTful
4 4 (1.54%) Spring
5 3 (1.16%) .NET
5 3 (1.16%) FIX Protocol
6 2 (0.77%) .NET Core
6 2 (0.77%) ADO
6 2 (0.77%) Flash
6 2 (0.77%) Redux
6 2 (0.77%) Spring Boot
6 2 (0.77%) XML
7 1 (0.39%) 802.1X
7 1 (0.39%) IDoc
7 1 (0.39%) SAP Fiori
7 1 (0.39%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 24 (9.27%) Legacy Systems
2 20 (7.72%) Cloud Native
3 7 (2.70%) Onboarding
4 6 (2.32%) Distributed Systems
4 6 (2.32%) Mainframe
5 5 (1.93%) Data Centre
5 5 (1.93%) Product Ownership
5 5 (1.93%) Public Cloud
6 4 (1.54%) Data Structures
6 4 (1.54%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 4 (1.54%) Reference Data
7 3 (1.16%) Fixed Income
7 3 (1.16%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.16%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (1.16%) Replication
8 2 (0.77%) BYOD
8 2 (0.77%) Enterprise Cloud
8 2 (0.77%) Equities
8 2 (0.77%) Legacy Applications
8 2 (0.77%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.25%) Windows
2 4 (1.54%) Linux
3 3 (1.16%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.39%) AIX
4 1 (0.39%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.39%) Solaris
4 1 (0.39%) SUSE
4 1 (0.39%) Unix
4 1 (0.39%) VMS
4 1 (0.39%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (33.59%) Data Migration
2 50 (19.31%) Stakeholder Management
3 44 (16.99%) Agile
4 36 (13.90%) Validation
5 32 (12.36%) Project Delivery
6 30 (11.58%) Analytics
6 30 (11.58%) DevOps
6 30 (11.58%) Project Management
7 28 (10.81%) ERP
8 27 (10.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 25 (9.65%) CI/CD
10 24 (9.27%) Business Intelligence
11 23 (8.88%) Infrastructure as Code
11 23 (8.88%) Problem-Solving
12 22 (8.49%) User Acceptance Testing
13 20 (7.72%) ETL
13 20 (7.72%) PRINCE2
14 18 (6.95%) Data Governance
15 17 (6.56%) Data Modelling
16 16 (6.18%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 39 (15.06%) SQL
2 18 (6.95%) Python
3 8 (3.09%) Java
4 5 (1.93%) PowerShell
5 4 (1.54%) JavaScript
5 4 (1.54%) PL/SQL
5 4 (1.54%) TypeScript
6 3 (1.16%) Bash
6 3 (1.16%) Bicep
6 3 (1.16%) C#
7 2 (0.77%) ABAP
7 2 (0.77%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.39%) C
8 1 (0.39%) Perl
8 1 (0.39%) PHP
8 1 (0.39%) ProC
8 1 (0.39%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.39%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.39%) VB
8 1 (0.39%) VBA
Qualifications
1 46 (17.76%) Security Cleared
2 39 (15.06%) SC Cleared
3 17 (6.56%) PMP
4 15 (5.79%) PMI Certification
5 9 (3.47%) Degree
6 6 (2.32%) DBS Check
7 4 (1.54%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.54%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.39%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.39%) CCNP
8 1 (0.39%) CISA
8 1 (0.39%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.39%) CWNA
8 1 (0.39%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.39%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.39%) MCSA
8 1 (0.39%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (7.34%) GDPR
2 18 (6.95%) Data Quality
3 15 (5.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (4.63%) NIST
5 10 (3.86%) QA
6 5 (1.93%) PMO
7 4 (1.54%) PCI DSS
8 3 (1.16%) GAAP
8 3 (1.16%) IFRS
8 3 (1.16%) NCSC
9 2 (0.77%) ISO 20022
9 2 (0.77%) SEPA
9 2 (0.77%) SLA
10 1 (0.39%) Basel III
10 1 (0.39%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.39%) HL7
10 1 (0.39%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.39%) ISO 8583
10 1 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (3.09%) Docker
2 4 (1.54%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.77%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.39%) Firmware
5 1 (0.39%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.39%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.39%) NFS
5 1 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.39%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (6.18%) Terraform
2 14 (5.41%) Kubernetes
3 7 (2.70%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (1.16%) Ansible
5 1 (0.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.39%) EMC VPLEX
5 1 (0.39%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (0.39%) Grafana
5 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Clustering
5 1 (0.39%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.39%) SCCM
5 1 (0.39%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.39%) vMotion
5 1 (0.39%) VxRail
Vendors
1 46 (17.76%) Microsoft
2 33 (12.74%) SAP
3 31 (11.97%) Oracle
4 11 (4.25%) CyberArk
4 11 (4.25%) Workday
5 9 (3.47%) Citrix
5 9 (3.47%) Databricks
6 8 (3.09%) Google
7 6 (2.32%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.54%) Informatica
8 4 (1.54%) Pure Storage
9 3 (1.16%) Palo Alto
9 3 (1.16%) VMware
10 2 (0.77%) Ahrefs
10 2 (0.77%) Cisco
10 2 (0.77%) IBM
10 2 (0.77%) MuleSoft
10 2 (0.77%) Murex
10 2 (0.77%) Remedy
11 1 (0.39%) iManage