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 8 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 19 16
Rank change year-on-year +10 -3 -2
Contract jobs citing Migration 331 180 208
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 13.90% 9.43% 8.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.28% 10.04% 9.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 235 117 144
10th Percentile £396 £354 £366
25th Percentile £450 £425 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year +7.27% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £688 £675 £666
90th Percentile £775 £720 £725
London median daily rate £550 £539 £550
% change year-on-year +2.09% -2.05% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £15.70 - -
25th Percentile £24.25 - -
Median hourly rate £32.50 - -
75th Percentile £36.25 - -
90th Percentile £38.50 - -
London median hourly rate £57.00 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +126.64% -28.14% -53.80%

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 2,166 1,792 2,151
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 90.97% 93.92% 92.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,503 1,211 1,372
10th Percentile £357 £325 £363
25th Percentile £450 £424 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -3.20%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £773 £788
London median daily rate £550 £540 £550
% change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 25 29
10th Percentile £15.92 £17.79 £18.00
25th Percentile £17.60 £22.00 £25.40
Median hourly rate £25.00 £27.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -21.43% +27.27%
75th Percentile £43.00 £36.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £64.15 £60.95 £117.10
London median hourly rate £33.60 £30.25 £36.50
% change year-on-year +11.07% -17.12% -8.36%

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 8 October 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Central London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Migration in Central London over the 6 months to 8 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Migration in Central London

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 8 October 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 +11 305 £590 +4.42% 159
West End of London -3 10 £600 -7.69% 4
City of Westminster -6 9 £525 -19.23% 17
Kensington and Chelsea - 3 £550 -
Southwark - 3 £600 - 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 17 (5.14%) SharePoint
2 12 (3.63%) Confluence
3 7 (2.11%) Apache Airflow
3 7 (2.11%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.51%) Apache
4 5 (1.51%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.51%) CMS
5 4 (1.21%) IIS
5 4 (1.21%) SharePoint 2013
6 2 (0.60%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.60%) HCL Notes
6 2 (0.60%) SAS
7 1 (0.30%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (1.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.21%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.21%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.30%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 9 (2.72%) Oracle Financials
1 9 (2.72%) Oracle Payables
1 9 (2.72%) Oracle Receivables
2 8 (2.42%) Oracle General Ledger
3 7 (2.11%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (1.51%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (1.51%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (1.21%) NetSuite
5 4 (1.21%) Oracle Assets
5 4 (1.21%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (1.21%) Oracle EBS R12
5 4 (1.21%) Oracle Internet Expenses
5 4 (1.21%) Oracle iProcurement
5 4 (1.21%) Remedy ITSM
6 3 (0.91%) iTrent
6 3 (0.91%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.91%) SAP HCM
7 2 (0.60%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.60%) SAP FI/CO
7 2 (0.60%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 72 (21.75%) Azure
2 48 (14.50%) AWS
3 25 (7.55%) Power Platform
4 22 (6.65%) Azure DevOps
5 21 (6.34%) GCP
6 19 (5.74%) Microsoft 365
7 14 (4.23%) Entra ID
7 14 (4.23%) SaaS
8 11 (3.32%) Serverless
9 10 (3.02%) Azure Data Factory
9 10 (3.02%) OCI
10 9 (2.72%) GitHub
10 9 (2.72%) Snowflake
11 7 (2.11%) dbt
12 6 (1.81%) Amazon S3
12 6 (1.81%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 6 (1.81%) GitHub Actions
12 6 (1.81%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 6 (1.81%) IaaS
12 6 (1.81%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.93%) DNS
1 13 (3.93%) Firewall
2 9 (2.72%) Network Security
3 8 (2.42%) BGP
4 7 (2.11%) VPN
5 5 (1.51%) Internet
5 5 (1.51%) TCP/IP
6 4 (1.21%) DHCP
6 4 (1.21%) SSL
6 4 (1.21%) VLAN
7 3 (0.91%) Multicast
8 2 (0.60%) LAN
8 2 (0.60%) Reverse Proxy
8 2 (0.60%) WAN
9 1 (0.30%) PSTN
9 1 (0.30%) SAN
9 1 (0.30%) SMS
9 1 (0.30%) SMTP
9 1 (0.30%) VoIP
9 1 (0.30%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (6.65%) Power BI
1 22 (6.65%) SQL Server
2 14 (4.23%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (3.63%) Metadata
3 12 (3.63%) Relational Database
4 8 (2.42%) Oracle Database
4 8 (2.42%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (2.11%) Data Lake
5 7 (2.11%) Delta Lake
5 7 (2.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (1.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (1.21%) BusinessObjects
7 4 (1.21%) Data Mart
7 4 (1.21%) Oracle Reports
7 4 (1.21%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 3 (0.91%) Amazon Redshift
8 3 (0.91%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.60%) Data Vault
9 2 (0.60%) Hadoop
9 2 (0.60%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 28 (8.46%) JIRA
2 8 (2.42%) Git
3 6 (1.81%) GitLab
4 5 (1.51%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.91%) Oracle Forms
6 2 (0.60%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.30%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.30%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.30%) ER Studio
7 1 (0.30%) Gradle
7 1 (0.30%) Maven
7 1 (0.30%) MSBuild
7 1 (0.30%) NUnit
7 1 (0.30%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.30%) PowerBuilder
7 1 (0.30%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.30%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.30%) Zephyr
General
1 115 (34.74%) Finance
2 89 (26.89%) Social Skills
3 44 (13.29%) Banking
4 31 (9.37%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (6.95%) Public Sector
6 14 (4.23%) Documentation Skills
6 14 (4.23%) General Ledger
7 11 (3.32%) Front Office
8 10 (3.02%) Investment Banking
9 8 (2.42%) Back Office
9 8 (2.42%) Financial Institution
9 8 (2.42%) Law
10 6 (1.81%) Retail
11 5 (1.51%) Legal
11 5 (1.51%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.21%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.21%) Local Government
12 4 (1.21%) Marketing
12 4 (1.21%) Telecoms
13 3 (0.91%) Billing
Job Titles
1 57 (17.22%) Architect
2 37 (11.18%) Analyst
3 36 (10.88%) Lead
4 34 (10.27%) Consultant
5 25 (7.55%) Project Manager
6 24 (7.25%) Senior
6 24 (7.25%) Solutions Architect
7 23 (6.95%) Developer
8 21 (6.34%) Business Analyst
8 21 (6.34%) Data Engineer
9 16 (4.83%) Data Architect
10 15 (4.53%) Data Analyst
11 11 (3.32%) Administrator
11 11 (3.32%) Cloud Engineer
12 9 (2.72%) Applications Engineer
12 9 (2.72%) Migration Analyst
12 9 (2.72%) Oracle Consultant
13 8 (2.42%) Migration Engineer
14 7 (2.11%) Data Migration Analyst
14 7 (2.11%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (6.34%) Terraform
2 14 (4.23%) Oracle Fusion
2 14 (4.23%) REST
3 12 (3.63%) .NET
4 10 (3.02%) PySpark
5 8 (2.42%) Kafka
6 7 (2.11%) JSON
7 6 (1.81%) Middleware
7 6 (1.81%) React
7 6 (1.81%) Web Services
8 5 (1.51%) XML
9 4 (1.21%) .NET Core
9 4 (1.21%) SAML
9 4 (1.21%) SOAP
10 3 (0.91%) .NET Framework
10 3 (0.91%) ADO
10 3 (0.91%) AngularJS
10 3 (0.91%) Node.js
10 3 (0.91%) Spring
10 3 (0.91%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 30 (9.06%) Cloud Native
2 21 (6.34%) Legacy Systems
3 16 (4.83%) Data Centre
4 15 (4.53%) Product Ownership
5 11 (3.32%) Mainframe
6 10 (3.02%) Data Structures
6 10 (3.02%) Enterprise Software
6 10 (3.02%) Onboarding
7 9 (2.72%) Distributed Systems
8 7 (2.11%) Derivative
8 7 (2.11%) Hybrid Cloud
8 7 (2.11%) Management Information System
8 7 (2.11%) Replication
9 6 (1.81%) Public Cloud
10 5 (1.51%) Reference Data
11 4 (1.21%) AI Agents
11 4 (1.21%) Clustering
11 4 (1.21%) Legacy Applications
11 4 (1.21%) Reinsurance
12 3 (0.91%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 26 (7.85%) Windows
2 7 (2.11%) Linux
3 5 (1.51%) Unix
3 5 (1.51%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.91%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.60%) VMS
5 2 (0.60%) zOS
6 1 (0.30%) Android
6 1 (0.30%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.30%) MVS
6 1 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.30%) SUSE
6 1 (0.30%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
6 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (35.65%) Data Migration
2 92 (27.79%) Stakeholder Management
3 51 (15.41%) Validation
4 50 (15.11%) Agile
5 44 (13.29%) CI/CD
6 40 (12.08%) DevOps
7 37 (11.18%) Problem-Solving
7 37 (11.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 36 (10.88%) Infrastructure as Code
9 35 (10.57%) Data Modelling
10 34 (10.27%) ERP
10 34 (10.27%) User Acceptance Testing
11 33 (9.97%) Analytics
11 33 (9.97%) ETL
12 29 (8.76%) Data Governance
13 26 (7.85%) Project Delivery
13 26 (7.85%) Roadmaps
14 23 (6.95%) Business Intelligence
14 23 (6.95%) Decision-Making
15 22 (6.65%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 52 (15.71%) SQL
2 37 (11.18%) Python
3 16 (4.83%) PowerShell
4 12 (3.63%) C#
5 9 (2.72%) Java
6 7 (2.11%) TypeScript
7 6 (1.81%) JavaScript
8 4 (1.21%) Bicep
8 4 (1.21%) Korn
9 3 (0.91%) Bash
9 3 (0.91%) Perl
9 3 (0.91%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.60%) JCL
11 1 (0.30%) CodeQL
11 1 (0.30%) REXX
11 1 (0.30%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.30%) SOQL
11 1 (0.30%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 50 (15.11%) Security Cleared
2 42 (12.69%) SC Cleared
3 9 (2.72%) PMI Certification
3 9 (2.72%) PMP
4 8 (2.42%) DBS Check
4 8 (2.42%) Degree
5 7 (2.11%) DV Cleared
6 5 (1.51%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (0.91%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.60%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.60%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.60%) CAPM
8 2 (0.60%) CCNA
8 2 (0.60%) CCNP
8 2 (0.60%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.30%) CISA
9 1 (0.30%) CISM
9 1 (0.30%) CISSP
9 1 (0.30%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (12.39%) Data Quality
2 13 (3.93%) QA
3 7 (2.11%) PMO
4 5 (1.51%) GRC
4 5 (1.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.51%) PCI DSS
5 4 (1.21%) GDPR
6 2 (0.60%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 2 (0.60%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.60%) GMP
6 2 (0.60%) GxP
6 2 (0.60%) IFRS
6 2 (0.60%) ISO 20022
6 2 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 17025
6 2 (0.60%) SEPA
6 2 (0.60%) SLA
7 1 (0.30%) NCSC
7 1 (0.30%) NIST
7 1 (0.30%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.30%) PSD2
System Software
1 17 (5.14%) Active Directory
2 12 (3.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.81%) Docker
4 3 (0.91%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.60%) vSphere
6 1 (0.30%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 18 (5.44%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.81%) Ansible
2 6 (1.81%) SCCM
3 5 (1.51%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.91%) Microsoft Clustering
4 3 (0.91%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.91%) SCOM
5 1 (0.30%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (0.30%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (0.30%) ITRS Geneos
5 1 (0.30%) PingFederate
5 1 (0.30%) PowerCLI
5 1 (0.30%) Tivoli
5 1 (0.30%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 70 (21.15%) Microsoft
2 47 (14.20%) Oracle
3 29 (8.76%) Databricks
4 28 (8.46%) SAP
5 16 (4.83%) Google
6 13 (3.93%) VMware
7 12 (3.63%) Cisco
8 9 (2.72%) ServiceNow
9 6 (1.81%) CyberArk
10 5 (1.51%) Citrix
10 5 (1.51%) IBM
10 5 (1.51%) Remedy
10 5 (1.51%) Salesforce
11 4 (1.21%) Bloomberg
11 4 (1.21%) Commvault
11 4 (1.21%) IFS
12 3 (0.91%) BMC
12 3 (0.91%) Informatica
12 3 (0.91%) Red Hat
12 3 (0.91%) Refinitiv