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 12 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 15 20
Rank change year-on-year -7 +5 +2
Contract jobs citing Migration 217 205 203
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 9.82% 10.12% 7.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.07% 11.03% 8.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 156 144 148
10th Percentile £433 £379 £391
25th Percentile £488 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £675 £638 £650
90th Percentile £775 £751 £788
London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Median hourly rate £58.92 £22.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +167.82% - -
London median hourly rate £22.21 £23.00 £85.00
% change year-on-year -3.43% -72.94% +161.54%

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 1,961 1,859 2,306
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 88.77% 91.80% 89.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,347 1,208 1,638
10th Percentile £356 £363 £350
25th Percentile £446 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -6.38%
75th Percentile £653 £675 £680
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 17 25
10th Percentile £18.75 £21.70 £17.77
25th Percentile £21.37 £24.66 £20.22
Median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year -25.40% +25.85% -20.54%
75th Percentile £42.65 £41.75 £40.00
90th Percentile £59.00 £74.05 £59.10
London median hourly rate £35.50 £35.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year - +18.33% -16.67%

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 12 March 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 12 March 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 -5 198 £575 +2.22% 88
West End of London -1 3 £550 - 1
City of Westminster -2 2 £625 +13.64%
Southwark 0 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 12 (5.53%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.76%) Confluence
3 3 (1.38%) Apache
4 2 (0.92%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.92%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.92%) CMS
4 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.92%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (0.46%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.46%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 9 (4.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (2.30%) MS Visio
3 3 (1.38%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.38%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (6.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.76%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.84%) Aladdin
3 4 (1.84%) Oracle General Ledger
4 3 (1.38%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (1.38%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (1.38%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 3 (1.38%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.92%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.92%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (0.92%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (0.92%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.92%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.46%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.46%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.46%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.46%) Oracle E-Business Tax
6 1 (0.46%) Oracle FAH
6 1 (0.46%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.46%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 59 (27.19%) Azure
2 43 (19.82%) AWS
3 17 (7.83%) GitHub
3 17 (7.83%) Power Platform
4 15 (6.91%) GCP
5 13 (5.99%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (4.15%) Dynamics 365
6 9 (4.15%) OCI
7 8 (3.69%) GitHub Actions
7 8 (3.69%) Snowflake
8 7 (3.23%) Entra ID
8 7 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
8 7 (3.23%) Serverless
9 6 (2.76%) Azure Data Factory
9 6 (2.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 6 (2.76%) SaaS
10 5 (2.30%) Azure AKS
10 5 (2.30%) dbt
11 4 (1.84%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 4 (1.84%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.23%) Firewall
2 6 (2.76%) Network Security
3 3 (1.38%) MPLS
3 3 (1.38%) VPN
4 2 (0.92%) BGP
4 2 (0.92%) DHCP
4 2 (0.92%) DNS
4 2 (0.92%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.92%) Unified Communications
4 2 (0.92%) VLAN
4 2 (0.92%) WAN
5 1 (0.46%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (0.46%) Cisco Wireless
5 1 (0.46%) HSRP
5 1 (0.46%) NAS
5 1 (0.46%) NGFW
5 1 (0.46%) OSPF
5 1 (0.46%) VSAN
5 1 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.46%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.91%) Power BI
2 14 (6.45%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (3.69%) Relational Database
4 6 (2.76%) SQL Server
5 5 (2.30%) Metadata
5 5 (2.30%) MySQL
5 5 (2.30%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (2.30%) Tableau
6 4 (1.84%) Amazon Redshift
6 4 (1.84%) Data Lake
6 4 (1.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (1.38%) Oracle Database
7 3 (1.38%) Snowflake Schema
8 2 (0.92%) Data Vault
8 2 (0.92%) DataStage
8 2 (0.92%) Delta Lake
8 2 (0.92%) Oracle Reports
8 2 (0.92%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.92%) Spotfire
8 2 (0.92%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 15 (6.91%) JIRA
2 6 (2.76%) Git
3 2 (0.92%) Cypress.io
3 2 (0.92%) GitLab
3 2 (0.92%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.92%) Selenium
3 2 (0.92%) Toad
4 1 (0.46%) ERwin
4 1 (0.46%) gulp
4 1 (0.46%) MSI
4 1 (0.46%) NUnit
4 1 (0.46%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.46%) PowerBuilder
4 1 (0.46%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.46%) SpecFlow
4 1 (0.46%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.46%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.46%) webpack
General
1 82 (37.79%) Finance
2 42 (19.35%) Social Skills
3 25 (11.52%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (10.14%) Banking
5 11 (5.07%) Public Sector
6 9 (4.15%) Documentation Skills
6 9 (4.15%) Front Office
7 7 (3.23%) Financial Institution
7 7 (3.23%) Legal
7 7 (3.23%) Telecoms
8 6 (2.76%) Investment Banking
9 5 (2.30%) General Ledger
9 5 (2.30%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (2.30%) Law
10 4 (1.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.38%) Retail
12 2 (0.92%) Back Office
12 2 (0.92%) International Banking
12 2 (0.92%) Military
13 1 (0.46%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 32 (14.75%) Analyst
2 30 (13.82%) Architect
3 29 (13.36%) Senior
4 27 (12.44%) Business Analyst
4 27 (12.44%) Project Manager
5 26 (11.98%) Lead
6 19 (8.76%) Consultant
7 15 (6.91%) Migration Manager
8 13 (5.99%) Migration Project Manager
9 11 (5.07%) Developer
10 10 (4.61%) Cloud Architect
11 8 (3.69%) Data Migration Lead
11 8 (3.69%) Technical Leader
12 7 (3.23%) Azure Architect
12 7 (3.23%) Business IT Analyst
12 7 (3.23%) IT Analyst
12 7 (3.23%) IT Business Analyst
12 7 (3.23%) Senior Business Analyst
12 7 (3.23%) Senior Manager
13 6 (2.76%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.23%) Middleware
2 6 (2.76%) Oracle Fusion
3 5 (2.30%) XML
4 3 (1.38%) FIX Protocol
4 3 (1.38%) PySpark
5 2 (0.92%) .NET
5 2 (0.92%) ADO
5 2 (0.92%) CSS
5 2 (0.92%) EDI
5 2 (0.92%) Flash
5 2 (0.92%) HTML
5 2 (0.92%) Kafka
5 2 (0.92%) Node.js
5 2 (0.92%) OpenID
5 2 (0.92%) Playwright
5 2 (0.92%) REST
5 2 (0.92%) SAML
5 2 (0.92%) SPFx
5 2 (0.92%) Spring
6 1 (0.46%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 20 (9.22%) Legacy Systems
2 16 (7.37%) Cloud Native
3 11 (5.07%) Data Centre
4 8 (3.69%) Onboarding
5 7 (3.23%) Hybrid Cloud
6 6 (2.76%) Data Structures
7 5 (2.30%) Renewable Energy
8 4 (1.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 4 (1.84%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.38%) Derivative
9 3 (1.38%) Fixed Income
9 3 (1.38%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.38%) Reference Data
10 2 (0.92%) BYOD
10 2 (0.92%) Equities
10 2 (0.92%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (0.92%) Legacy Applications
10 2 (0.92%) NHS
10 2 (0.92%) Reinsurance
10 2 (0.92%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 15 (6.91%) Windows
2 8 (3.69%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.84%) Linux
4 3 (1.38%) Unix
5 1 (0.46%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.46%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (33.18%) Data Migration
2 58 (26.73%) Stakeholder Management
3 49 (22.58%) Agile
4 32 (14.75%) DevOps
4 32 (14.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 29 (13.36%) Problem-Solving
5 29 (13.36%) Validation
6 27 (12.44%) Analytics
7 26 (11.98%) ETL
7 26 (11.98%) Project Management
8 25 (11.52%) CI/CD
9 24 (11.06%) Project Delivery
9 24 (11.06%) User Acceptance Testing
10 22 (10.14%) ERP
11 20 (9.22%) Infrastructure as Code
12 18 (8.29%) Data Mapping
12 18 (8.29%) Data Modelling
13 17 (7.83%) Business Intelligence
14 15 (6.91%) Continuous Improvement
14 15 (6.91%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 42 (19.35%) SQL
2 15 (6.91%) Python
3 9 (4.15%) Java
4 5 (2.30%) PL/SQL
4 5 (2.30%) PowerShell
5 4 (1.84%) C#
6 3 (1.38%) Bash
6 3 (1.38%) JavaScript
6 3 (1.38%) TypeScript
7 2 (0.92%) ABAP
7 2 (0.92%) IronPython
7 2 (0.92%) Kotlin
7 2 (0.92%) Perl
7 2 (0.92%) PHP
7 2 (0.92%) Scala
7 2 (0.92%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.46%) C++
8 1 (0.46%) ProC
8 1 (0.46%) VB
8 1 (0.46%) VBA
Qualifications
1 34 (15.67%) Security Cleared
2 31 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 14 (6.45%) PMP
4 12 (5.53%) PMI Certification
5 10 (4.61%) Degree
6 7 (3.23%) Azure Certification
7 5 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.84%) AWS Certification
9 3 (1.38%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.92%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.46%) CFA
11 1 (0.46%) MCSA
11 1 (0.46%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (10.14%) Data Quality
2 20 (9.22%) GDPR
3 17 (7.83%) QA
4 15 (6.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (4.61%) NIST
6 6 (2.76%) PCI DSS
7 3 (1.38%) GAAP
7 3 (1.38%) IFRS
7 3 (1.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.92%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.92%) SEPA
8 2 (0.92%) SLA
9 1 (0.46%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.46%) Basel III
9 1 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.46%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.46%) IFRS 9
9 1 (0.46%) NCSC
9 1 (0.46%) PMO
9 1 (0.46%) PSD2
System Software
1 8 (3.69%) Docker
2 7 (3.23%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.46%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.46%) NFS
Systems Management
1 22 (10.14%) Terraform
2 13 (5.99%) Kubernetes
3 7 (3.23%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (1.38%) Ansible
4 3 (1.38%) SCCM
5 1 (0.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.46%) CASB
5 1 (0.46%) EMC VPLEX
5 1 (0.46%) Grafana
5 1 (0.46%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.46%) vMotion
Vendors
1 41 (18.89%) Microsoft
2 26 (11.98%) Oracle
3 25 (11.52%) SAP
4 10 (4.61%) CyberArk
4 10 (4.61%) Workday
5 7 (3.23%) VMware
6 6 (2.76%) Google
7 5 (2.30%) Databricks
7 5 (2.30%) Informatica
7 5 (2.30%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.84%) Pure Storage
9 3 (1.38%) Murex
9 3 (1.38%) Palo Alto
9 3 (1.38%) Talend
10 2 (0.92%) Ahrefs
10 2 (0.92%) Citrix
10 2 (0.92%) MuleSoft
10 2 (0.92%) Sitecore
11 1 (0.46%) Atlassian
11 1 (0.46%) Dynatrace