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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 14 15
Rank change year-on-year -4 +1 +7
Contract jobs citing Migration 184 224 297
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 9.43% 9.66% 9.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.05% 10.48% 10.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 153 206
10th Percentile £338 £363 £425
25th Percentile £430 £463 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £675 £663 £688
90th Percentile £724 £725 £795
London median daily rate £538 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -2.27% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £34.63 - -
Median hourly rate £34.65 - -
75th Percentile £34.68 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £67.00
% change year-on-year -62.74% +0.75% +21.82%

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 1,831 2,137 2,888
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 93.85% 92.11% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,229 1,382 2,004
10th Percentile £319 £375 £357
25th Percentile £419 £470 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £773 £787 £813
London median daily rate £540 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -0.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 27 17
10th Percentile £18.96 £17.50 £14.25
25th Percentile £23.50 £22.56 £16.61
Median hourly rate £31.25 £35.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +34.62% -38.82%
75th Percentile £50.75 £42.00 £42.32
90th Percentile £63.75 £110.50 £59.30
London median hourly rate £31.75 £35.00 £39.42
% change year-on-year -9.29% -11.21% +8.00%

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
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 18 September 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 18 September 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 -2 165 £553 -2.21% 91
City of Westminster +3 8 £650 +13.04% 4
West End of London 0 5 £650 +91.97% 7
Camden +4 2 £449 -26.11% 5
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 16 (8.70%) SharePoint
2 9 (4.89%) Confluence
3 5 (2.72%) CMS
4 3 (1.63%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (1.09%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.54%) Apache
6 1 (0.54%) CICS
6 1 (0.54%) SAS
Applications
1 9 (4.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.72%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.54%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (2.17%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.63%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.09%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (1.09%) SAP CO
3 2 (1.09%) SAP FI
3 2 (1.09%) SAP FI/CO
3 2 (1.09%) Unit4 Business World
4 1 (0.54%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.54%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.54%) Oracle Payroll
4 1 (0.54%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.54%) Sage X3
4 1 (0.54%) SAP HR
4 1 (0.54%) Sonata
Cloud Services
1 43 (23.37%) Azure
2 28 (15.22%) AWS
3 19 (10.33%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (9.24%) GCP
5 15 (8.15%) Power Platform
6 11 (5.98%) SaaS
7 8 (4.35%) Entra ID
7 8 (4.35%) Power Automate
8 7 (3.80%) PowerApps
9 6 (3.26%) Amazon S3
9 6 (3.26%) IaaS
9 6 (3.26%) OCI
10 5 (2.72%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (2.72%) Snowflake
11 4 (2.17%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 4 (2.17%) GitHub
11 4 (2.17%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 4 (2.17%) PaaS
11 4 (2.17%) ShareGate
11 4 (2.17%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 11 (5.98%) DNS
1 11 (5.98%) Firewall
2 6 (3.26%) VPN
3 5 (2.72%) DHCP
4 4 (2.17%) NGFW
5 3 (1.63%) VLAN
6 2 (1.09%) Network Security
7 1 (0.54%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (0.54%) Kerberos
7 1 (0.54%) NAS
7 1 (0.54%) NetScaler
7 1 (0.54%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.52%) Data Warehouse
1 12 (6.52%) Power BI
2 4 (2.17%) Metadata
2 4 (2.17%) Relational Database
2 4 (2.17%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.63%) Amazon QuickSight
3 3 (1.63%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (1.63%) Amazon Redshift
3 3 (1.63%) Big Data
3 3 (1.63%) Data Lake
3 3 (1.63%) DataStage
3 3 (1.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (1.09%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (1.09%) NoSQL
4 2 (1.09%) Oracle Database
4 2 (1.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (1.09%) Tableau
5 1 (0.54%) Apache Hive
5 1 (0.54%) Oracle Exadata
5 1 (0.54%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 14 (7.61%) JIRA
2 5 (2.72%) GitLab
3 4 (2.17%) Gradle
3 4 (2.17%) Maven
3 4 (2.17%) Selenium
3 4 (2.17%) SonarQube
4 3 (1.63%) ScriptRunner
5 1 (0.54%) ER Studio
5 1 (0.54%) ERwin
5 1 (0.54%) Postman
5 1 (0.54%) Zephyr
General
1 75 (40.76%) Finance
2 46 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 24 (13.04%) Banking
4 20 (10.87%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (4.35%) Public Sector
6 7 (3.80%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (3.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (3.26%) Back Office
7 6 (3.26%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (3.26%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (2.72%) Legal
9 4 (2.17%) Front Office
9 4 (2.17%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.63%) Japanese Language
11 2 (1.09%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.09%) French Language
11 2 (1.09%) International Banking
11 2 (1.09%) Law
11 2 (1.09%) Marketing
11 2 (1.09%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 38 (20.65%) Analyst
2 24 (13.04%) Architect
3 18 (9.78%) Project Manager
4 17 (9.24%) Business Analyst
5 12 (6.52%) Consultant
5 12 (6.52%) Developer
5 12 (6.52%) Lead
6 10 (5.43%) Data Analyst
6 10 (5.43%) Solutions Architect
7 7 (3.80%) Data Architect
7 7 (3.80%) Senior
8 6 (3.26%) Azure Engineer
8 6 (3.26%) Data Engineer
8 6 (3.26%) Test Analyst
9 5 (2.72%) Network Engineer
9 5 (2.72%) Security Architect
9 5 (2.72%) Support Engineer
10 4 (2.17%) Data Manager
10 4 (2.17%) Network Support
10 4 (2.17%) Network Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (4.89%) XML
2 4 (2.17%) ADO
2 4 (2.17%) Microsoft Graph
3 3 (1.63%) Oracle Fusion
3 3 (1.63%) Spring Boot
4 2 (1.09%) CSS
4 2 (1.09%) HTML
4 2 (1.09%) HTML5 Canvas
4 2 (1.09%) REST
4 2 (1.09%) SAP Fiori
4 2 (1.09%) Spring
5 1 (0.54%) FpML
5 1 (0.54%) Kafka
5 1 (0.54%) Murex MxML
5 1 (0.54%) Node.js
5 1 (0.54%) Oracle GoldenGate
5 1 (0.54%) React
5 1 (0.54%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.54%) SAP Basis
5 1 (0.54%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 12 (6.52%) Cloud Native
2 8 (4.35%) Data Centre
3 6 (3.26%) Greenfield Project
3 6 (3.26%) Legacy Systems
3 6 (3.26%) Management Information System
4 4 (2.17%) Anti-Spyware
4 4 (2.17%) Data Structures
4 4 (2.17%) Onboarding
4 4 (2.17%) Virtual Team
5 3 (1.63%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (1.63%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 3 (1.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (1.63%) Reinsurance
5 3 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.09%) Legacy Applications
6 2 (1.09%) NHS
6 2 (1.09%) PKI
6 2 (1.09%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.09%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.09%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 22 (11.96%) Windows
2 11 (5.98%) Linux
3 5 (2.72%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.17%) Windows 10
5 3 (1.63%) Unix
6 2 (1.09%) AIX
6 2 (1.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.54%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (0.54%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (27.72%) Data Migration
2 37 (20.11%) Problem-Solving
3 35 (19.02%) Agile
4 34 (18.48%) Stakeholder Management
5 18 (9.78%) Data Cleansing
6 15 (8.15%) CI/CD
6 15 (8.15%) Data Governance
6 15 (8.15%) Validation
7 14 (7.61%) Roadmaps
7 14 (7.61%) User Acceptance Testing
8 13 (7.07%) Business Intelligence
8 13 (7.07%) DevOps
8 13 (7.07%) ETL
8 13 (7.07%) Project Management
9 12 (6.52%) Data Analysis
9 12 (6.52%) ERP
9 12 (6.52%) Project Delivery
9 12 (6.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 11 (5.98%) Infrastructure as Code
10 11 (5.98%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 25 (13.59%) SQL
2 17 (9.24%) Python
3 16 (8.70%) PowerShell
4 14 (7.61%) Java
5 5 (2.72%) Bash
6 4 (2.17%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.63%) Groovy
7 3 (1.63%) VBScript
8 2 (1.09%) C#
8 2 (1.09%) PL/SQL
8 2 (1.09%) VBA
9 1 (0.54%) C++
9 1 (0.54%) COBOL
9 1 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.54%) Perl
9 1 (0.54%) SAS Macro
9 1 (0.54%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.54%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.54%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.54%) VC++
Qualifications
1 13 (7.07%) Security Cleared
2 12 (6.52%) Degree
3 11 (5.98%) SC Cleared
4 6 (3.26%) AWS Certification
5 5 (2.72%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.63%) CBAP
7 3 (1.63%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.09%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (1.09%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.09%) CASP
8 2 (1.09%) CCSP
8 2 (1.09%) CISSP
8 2 (1.09%) CREST Certified
8 2 (1.09%) CSSLP
8 2 (1.09%) GIAC
8 2 (1.09%) PMP
9 1 (0.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.54%) CCNA
9 1 (0.54%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (8.15%) Data Quality
2 6 (3.26%) GDPR
2 6 (3.26%) QA
3 5 (2.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.63%) HIPAA
4 3 (1.63%) NCSC
4 3 (1.63%) NIST
5 2 (1.09%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 2 (1.09%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.54%) EMIR
6 1 (0.54%) GAAP
6 1 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 16 (8.70%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.72%) Docker
3 2 (1.09%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.54%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.54%) Firmware
4 1 (0.54%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 11 (5.98%) Terraform
2 6 (3.26%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (2.72%) Kubernetes
4 4 (2.17%) Argo
4 4 (2.17%) SCCM
5 2 (1.09%) Ansible
5 2 (1.09%) SELinux
6 1 (0.54%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.54%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.54%) Opsgenie
6 1 (0.54%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 1 (0.54%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.54%) Puppet
Vendors
1 36 (19.57%) Microsoft
2 17 (9.24%) Oracle
3 12 (6.52%) Google
3 12 (6.52%) SAP
4 7 (3.80%) Palo Alto
5 6 (3.26%) VMware
6 4 (2.17%) Adobe
6 4 (2.17%) CheckPoint
6 4 (2.17%) Cisco
6 4 (2.17%) Infoblox
7 3 (1.63%) Atlassian
7 3 (1.63%) Citrix
7 3 (1.63%) Databricks
7 3 (1.63%) Guidewire
7 3 (1.63%) Murex
7 3 (1.63%) Splunk
8 2 (1.09%) IBM
8 2 (1.09%) Informatica
8 2 (1.09%) Red Hat
8 2 (1.09%) Salesforce