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 20 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 18 19
Rank change year-on-year +3 +1 +2
Contract jobs citing Migration 286 188 206
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 10.95% 9.80% 8.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.67% 10.48% 9.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 222 116 150
10th Percentile £405 £375 £363
25th Percentile £452 £440 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -12.35%
75th Percentile £675 £678 £638
90th Percentile £774 £751 £700
London median daily rate £533 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -3.05% +1.85% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £31.99 - -
25th Percentile £36.48 £34.63 -
Median hourly rate £44.46 £34.65 -
Median % change year-on-year +28.31% - -
75th Percentile £51.94 £34.68 -
90th Percentile £56.13 - -
London median hourly rate £51.50 £25.15 £56.87
% change year-on-year +104.77% -55.77% +28.51%

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 2,257 1,794 2,195
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 86.41% 93.49% 90.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,523 1,158 1,541
10th Percentile £356 £350 £356
25th Percentile £450 £446 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £670 £675 £683
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
London median daily rate £530 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.64% - -6.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 26 24
10th Percentile £17.60 £21.63 £20.22
25th Percentile £18.75 £23.98 £22.75
Median hourly rate £27.50 £29.07 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year -5.40% +4.53% -20.54%
75th Percentile £54.50 £50.25 £30.28
90th Percentile £64.25 £63.75 £41.29
London median hourly rate £37.50 £33.45 £28.25
% change year-on-year +12.12% +18.39% -29.38%

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 20 June 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 20 June 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 20 June 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 +3 269 £588 +6.82% 35
City of Westminster -9 4 £588 -2.08% 3
West End of London -9 3 £675 +12.50% 1
Southwark +2 2 £600 +33.33%
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 17 (5.94%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.10%) Confluence
3 5 (1.75%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (1.75%) SharePoint 2013
4 3 (1.05%) Apache
4 3 (1.05%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.70%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.70%) CMS
6 1 (0.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.35%) Camunda
6 1 (0.35%) IIS
6 1 (0.35%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (2.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.40%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.70%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (2.80%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.10%) NetSuite
2 6 (2.10%) Oracle General Ledger
3 5 (1.75%) Aladdin
3 5 (1.75%) Oracle ERP
3 5 (1.75%) Oracle Financials
3 5 (1.75%) Oracle Payables
3 5 (1.75%) Workday HCM
4 4 (1.40%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (1.40%) Oracle Receivables
4 4 (1.40%) SAP ERP
5 3 (1.05%) iTrent
5 3 (1.05%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 2 (0.70%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.70%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (0.70%) SAP HCM
6 2 (0.70%) SAP Payroll
6 2 (0.70%) SAP SD
7 1 (0.35%) Maximo
7 1 (0.35%) SAP R/3
Cloud Services
1 64 (22.38%) Azure
2 48 (16.78%) AWS
3 22 (7.69%) Power Platform
4 19 (6.64%) GCP
5 14 (4.90%) Azure DevOps
6 13 (4.55%) GitHub
7 11 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
7 11 (3.85%) Serverless
8 10 (3.50%) OCI
8 10 (3.50%) Snowflake
9 7 (2.45%) Azure Data Factory
9 7 (2.45%) GitHub Actions
9 7 (2.45%) SaaS
10 6 (2.10%) dbt
10 6 (2.10%) Entra ID
11 5 (1.75%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 5 (1.75%) Dynamics 365
12 4 (1.40%) Amazon S3
12 4 (1.40%) AWS Lambda
12 4 (1.40%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.10%) Firewall
1 6 (2.10%) Network Security
2 4 (1.40%) VLAN
3 3 (1.05%) DNS
3 3 (1.05%) VPN
3 3 (1.05%) VSAN
3 3 (1.05%) WAN
4 2 (0.70%) BGP
4 2 (0.70%) EIGRP
4 2 (0.70%) LAN
4 2 (0.70%) MPLS
4 2 (0.70%) OSPF
4 2 (0.70%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.70%) Unified Communications
4 2 (0.70%) Wireless
5 1 (0.35%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (0.35%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (0.35%) HSRP
5 1 (0.35%) Multicast
5 1 (0.35%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (6.99%) Power BI
2 14 (4.90%) Data Warehouse
3 10 (3.50%) SQL Server
4 7 (2.45%) Metadata
5 6 (2.10%) Oracle Reports
5 6 (2.10%) Relational Database
6 4 (1.40%) Amazon Redshift
6 4 (1.40%) BigQuery
6 4 (1.40%) BusinessObjects
6 4 (1.40%) Oracle Database
6 4 (1.40%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (1.05%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (1.05%) Data Mart
7 3 (1.05%) NoSQL
7 3 (1.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (1.05%) Tableau
8 2 (0.70%) Delta Lake
8 2 (0.70%) OLAP
8 2 (0.70%) Snowflake Schema
8 2 (0.70%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 19 (6.64%) JIRA
2 6 (2.10%) GitLab
3 5 (1.75%) Git
3 5 (1.75%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.70%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.35%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.35%) ER Studio
5 1 (0.35%) ERwin
5 1 (0.35%) Gradle
5 1 (0.35%) JUnit
5 1 (0.35%) Liquibase
5 1 (0.35%) Mockito
5 1 (0.35%) MSI
5 1 (0.35%) Zephyr
General
1 102 (35.66%) Finance
2 59 (20.63%) Social Skills
3 31 (10.84%) Banking
4 27 (9.44%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (5.94%) Public Sector
6 14 (4.90%) General Ledger
7 13 (4.55%) Financial Institution
8 9 (3.15%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (3.15%) Law
9 8 (2.80%) Retail
10 6 (2.10%) Legal
11 4 (1.40%) Front Office
11 4 (1.40%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.05%) Investment Banking
12 3 (1.05%) Local Government
13 2 (0.70%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.70%) International Banking
13 2 (0.70%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.70%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 51 (17.83%) Architect
2 38 (13.29%) Lead
3 37 (12.94%) Consultant
4 29 (10.14%) Analyst
4 29 (10.14%) Project Manager
5 23 (8.04%) Senior
6 16 (5.59%) Solutions Architect
7 15 (5.24%) Business Analyst
8 14 (4.90%) Data Analyst
8 14 (4.90%) Data Engineer
8 14 (4.90%) Data Migration Lead
9 13 (4.55%) Data Architect
9 13 (4.55%) Migration Manager
9 13 (4.55%) Migration Project Manager
10 12 (4.20%) Cloud Architect
10 12 (4.20%) Migration Analyst
11 11 (3.85%) Azure Architect
12 10 (3.50%) Data Migration Analyst
12 10 (3.50%) Developer
13 9 (3.15%) Migration Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (5.94%) Oracle Fusion
2 9 (3.15%) Kafka
3 7 (2.45%) Middleware
4 6 (2.10%) PySpark
4 6 (2.10%) REST
5 4 (1.40%) .NET
5 4 (1.40%) React
5 4 (1.40%) RESTful
5 4 (1.40%) Spring
5 4 (1.40%) XML
6 3 (1.05%) ADO
6 3 (1.05%) FIX Protocol
6 3 (1.05%) JSON
7 2 (0.70%) .NET Core
7 2 (0.70%) EDI
7 2 (0.70%) Flash
7 2 (0.70%) Redux
7 2 (0.70%) Spring Boot
8 1 (0.35%) IDoc
8 1 (0.35%) Oracle GoldenGate
Miscellaneous
1 25 (8.74%) Cloud Native
1 25 (8.74%) Legacy Systems
2 8 (2.80%) Mainframe
2 8 (2.80%) Product Ownership
3 7 (2.45%) Data Centre
4 6 (2.10%) Data Structures
4 6 (2.10%) Distributed Systems
5 5 (1.75%) Derivative
5 5 (1.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 5 (1.75%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (1.75%) Onboarding
5 5 (1.75%) Public Cloud
6 4 (1.40%) Fixed Income
6 4 (1.40%) Replication
7 3 (1.05%) Equities
7 3 (1.05%) Reference Data
8 2 (0.70%) Clustering
8 2 (0.70%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.70%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.70%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 13 (4.55%) Windows
2 4 (1.40%) Linux
2 4 (1.40%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (0.70%) SUSE
3 2 (0.70%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (0.35%) AIX
4 1 (0.35%) Solaris
4 1 (0.35%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
4 1 (0.35%) VMS
4 1 (0.35%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (34.27%) Data Migration
2 63 (22.03%) Stakeholder Management
3 46 (16.08%) Agile
4 41 (14.34%) Validation
5 36 (12.59%) Project Delivery
6 34 (11.89%) ERP
7 33 (11.54%) CI/CD
7 33 (11.54%) DevOps
8 31 (10.84%) Analytics
9 28 (9.79%) Project Management
10 26 (9.09%) ETL
10 26 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 26 (9.09%) User Acceptance Testing
11 25 (8.74%) Infrastructure as Code
12 24 (8.39%) Business Intelligence
13 23 (8.04%) Data Modelling
13 23 (8.04%) Problem-Solving
14 20 (6.99%) Roadmaps
15 18 (6.29%) Data Governance
16 17 (5.94%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 40 (13.99%) SQL
2 25 (8.74%) Python
3 7 (2.45%) Java
3 7 (2.45%) PowerShell
4 4 (1.40%) Bicep
4 4 (1.40%) C#
4 4 (1.40%) JavaScript
4 4 (1.40%) TypeScript
5 3 (1.05%) Bash
6 2 (0.70%) ABAP
6 2 (0.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (0.70%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.35%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.35%) VBA
Qualifications
1 46 (16.08%) Security Cleared
2 38 (13.29%) SC Cleared
3 16 (5.59%) PMP
4 14 (4.90%) PMI Certification
5 8 (2.80%) DBS Check
5 8 (2.80%) Degree
6 4 (1.40%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.40%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.05%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.70%) CCNA
8 2 (0.70%) CCNP
9 1 (0.35%) BC Cleared
9 1 (0.35%) CISA
9 1 (0.35%) CWNA
9 1 (0.35%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.35%) MCSA
9 1 (0.35%) MCSE
9 1 (0.35%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.35%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (6.29%) GDPR
2 17 (5.94%) Data Quality
3 15 (5.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (3.85%) NIST
5 8 (2.80%) QA
6 6 (2.10%) PCI DSS
6 6 (2.10%) PMO
7 4 (1.40%) GAAP
7 4 (1.40%) IFRS
8 2 (0.70%) GRC
8 2 (0.70%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.70%) NCSC
8 2 (0.70%) PSD2
8 2 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.70%) SEPA
8 2 (0.70%) SLA
9 1 (0.35%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.35%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.35%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.35%) TARGET2
System Software
1 7 (2.45%) Docker
2 5 (1.75%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.70%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.70%) VMware NSX
3 2 (0.70%) vSphere
4 1 (0.35%) Firmware
4 1 (0.35%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.35%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.35%) NFS
4 1 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 17 (5.94%) Terraform
2 15 (5.24%) Kubernetes
3 6 (2.10%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (1.05%) Ansible
5 2 (0.70%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.35%) EMC VPLEX
6 1 (0.35%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.35%) Grafana
6 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Clustering
6 1 (0.35%) PowerCLI
6 1 (0.35%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.35%) SCCM
6 1 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.35%) vMotion
6 1 (0.35%) VxRail
Vendors
1 55 (19.23%) Microsoft
2 38 (13.29%) Oracle
3 28 (9.79%) SAP
4 15 (5.24%) Databricks
5 10 (3.50%) CyberArk
5 10 (3.50%) Workday
6 9 (3.15%) Google
7 8 (2.80%) Citrix
8 6 (2.10%) Salesforce
9 5 (1.75%) Cisco
9 5 (1.75%) Informatica
9 5 (1.75%) VMware
10 4 (1.40%) IFS
10 4 (1.40%) Pure Storage
11 3 (1.05%) IBM
11 3 (1.05%) Palo Alto
12 2 (0.70%) MuleSoft
12 2 (0.70%) Murex
12 2 (0.70%) Remedy
13 1 (0.35%) PayPal