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 5 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 14 14
Rank change year-on-year -4 0 +11
Contract jobs citing Migration 186 228 299
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 9.81% 9.77% 10.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.46% 10.64% 11.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 157 212
10th Percentile £367 £386 £450
25th Percentile £439 £463 £499
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £555 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -3.48% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £663 £663 £688
90th Percentile £724 £725 £800
London median daily rate £540 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% +4.55%

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 1,778 2,143 2,660
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 93.78% 91.82% 89.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,226 1,340 1,864
10th Percentile £331 £363 £358
25th Percentile £425 £464 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £691
90th Percentile £750 £775 £807
London median daily rate £538 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -2.11% -4.35% -2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 26 18
10th Percentile £17.79 £19.50 £16.18
25th Percentile £20.18 £28.06 £17.48
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £32.75
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +6.87% -24.05%
75th Percentile £36.00 £74.38 £52.88
90th Percentile £60.95 £124.75 £70.25
London median hourly rate £30.25 £38.50 £38.00
% change year-on-year -21.43% +1.32% +1.33%

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 5 November 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 5 November 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 -3 166 £575 +4.55% 347
City of Westminster +1 7 £650 +13.04% 4
West End of London 0 3 £650 +19.93% 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 15 (8.06%) SharePoint
2 9 (4.84%) Confluence
3 4 (2.15%) CMS
4 2 (1.08%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (1.08%) Apache
4 2 (1.08%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.08%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (0.54%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.54%) CICS
Applications
1 6 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.15%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.08%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (2.15%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.61%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (1.08%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.08%) Unit4 Business World
4 1 (0.54%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.54%) Maximo
4 1 (0.54%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.54%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.54%) Oracle Payroll
4 1 (0.54%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.54%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.54%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.54%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.54%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.54%) SAP PS
4 1 (0.54%) Sonata
Cloud Services
1 48 (25.81%) Azure
2 26 (13.98%) AWS
3 20 (10.75%) Power Platform
4 19 (10.22%) GCP
5 18 (9.68%) Microsoft 365
6 13 (6.99%) SaaS
7 9 (4.84%) Power Automate
8 8 (4.30%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (4.30%) PowerApps
9 7 (3.76%) Entra ID
10 6 (3.23%) Amazon S3
10 6 (3.23%) GitHub
10 6 (3.23%) IaaS
11 4 (2.15%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (2.15%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 4 (2.15%) OCI
11 4 (2.15%) PaaS
11 4 (2.15%) ShareGate
11 4 (2.15%) Slack
12 3 (1.61%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.23%) Firewall
2 5 (2.69%) DNS
3 3 (1.61%) DHCP
3 3 (1.61%) Network Security
4 2 (1.08%) VLAN
4 2 (1.08%) VPN
5 1 (0.54%) BGP
5 1 (0.54%) Internet
5 1 (0.54%) Kerberos
5 1 (0.54%) MPLS
5 1 (0.54%) NAS
5 1 (0.54%) NetScaler
5 1 (0.54%) NGFW
5 1 (0.54%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.54%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (8.60%) Power BI
2 11 (5.91%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (2.69%) Relational Database
3 5 (2.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (2.15%) Data Lake
4 4 (2.15%) DataStage
4 4 (2.15%) Metadata
4 4 (2.15%) SQL Server
5 3 (1.61%) Amazon QuickSight
5 3 (1.61%) Amazon Redshift
5 3 (1.61%) Big Data
5 3 (1.61%) MySQL
6 2 (1.08%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (1.08%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (1.08%) NoSQL
6 2 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.08%) Snowflake Schema
6 2 (1.08%) Spotfire
6 2 (1.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (1.08%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 15 (8.06%) JIRA
2 5 (2.69%) GitLab
2 5 (2.69%) Selenium
3 4 (2.15%) Gradle
3 4 (2.15%) Maven
3 4 (2.15%) SonarQube
4 3 (1.61%) Git
5 1 (0.54%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.54%) ER Studio
5 1 (0.54%) ERwin
5 1 (0.54%) gulp
5 1 (0.54%) NUnit
5 1 (0.54%) Postman
5 1 (0.54%) ScriptRunner
5 1 (0.54%) SpecFlow
5 1 (0.54%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.54%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.54%) webpack
5 1 (0.54%) Zephyr
General
1 75 (40.32%) Finance
2 44 (23.66%) Social Skills
3 26 (13.98%) Banking
4 24 (12.90%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (5.38%) Public Sector
6 9 (4.84%) Front Office
6 9 (4.84%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (4.30%) Back Office
7 8 (4.30%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (2.69%) Investment Banking
10 3 (1.61%) Japanese Language
10 3 (1.61%) Law
10 3 (1.61%) Legal
10 3 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.61%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.08%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.54%) Automotive
12 1 (0.54%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.54%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 42 (22.58%) Analyst
2 24 (12.90%) Architect
3 22 (11.83%) Business Analyst
4 18 (9.68%) Project Manager
5 16 (8.60%) Lead
6 14 (7.53%) Consultant
7 12 (6.45%) Developer
8 10 (5.38%) Senior
9 8 (4.30%) Data Architect
10 7 (3.76%) Data Engineer
11 6 (3.23%) Business IT Analyst
11 6 (3.23%) Data Analyst
11 6 (3.23%) IT Analyst
11 6 (3.23%) IT Business Analyst
11 6 (3.23%) Solutions Architect
12 5 (2.69%) Data Manager
12 5 (2.69%) Security Architect
12 5 (2.69%) Senior Analyst
12 5 (2.69%) Technical Analyst
12 5 (2.69%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (5.91%) XML
2 5 (2.69%) Microsoft Graph
3 4 (2.15%) CSS
3 4 (2.15%) HTML
3 4 (2.15%) Oracle Fusion
3 4 (2.15%) REST
4 3 (1.61%) SPFx
4 3 (1.61%) Spring Boot
5 2 (1.08%) ADO
5 2 (1.08%) HTML5 Canvas
5 2 (1.08%) JSON
5 2 (1.08%) Node.js
5 2 (1.08%) PySpark
5 2 (1.08%) React
5 2 (1.08%) Spring
5 2 (1.08%) XSLT
6 1 (0.54%) .NET
6 1 (0.54%) EDI
6 1 (0.54%) FpML
6 1 (0.54%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 13 (6.99%) Cloud Native
2 8 (4.30%) Data Centre
2 8 (4.30%) Greenfield Project
2 8 (4.30%) Legacy Systems
2 8 (4.30%) Management Information System
3 6 (3.23%) Data Structures
4 4 (2.15%) Onboarding
4 4 (2.15%) Virtual Team
5 3 (1.61%) Reinsurance
6 2 (1.08%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (1.08%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 2 (1.08%) e-Learning
6 2 (1.08%) Hedge funds
6 2 (1.08%) Legacy Applications
6 2 (1.08%) PKI
6 2 (1.08%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.08%) Reference Data
6 2 (1.08%) Renewable Energy
6 2 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.08%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 14 (7.53%) Windows
2 7 (3.76%) Linux
3 5 (2.69%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (1.08%) Unix
4 2 (1.08%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.54%) AIX
5 1 (0.54%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (32.80%) Data Migration
2 39 (20.97%) Agile
3 37 (19.89%) Stakeholder Management
4 35 (18.82%) Problem-Solving
5 22 (11.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 20 (10.75%) DevOps
6 20 (10.75%) User Acceptance Testing
7 19 (10.22%) Analytics
8 18 (9.68%) CI/CD
8 18 (9.68%) ETL
9 17 (9.14%) Business Intelligence
9 17 (9.14%) Data Modelling
9 17 (9.14%) Project Management
10 16 (8.60%) Data Cleansing
11 15 (8.06%) Data Governance
11 15 (8.06%) Validation
12 14 (7.53%) Data Mapping
12 14 (7.53%) Roadmaps
13 13 (6.99%) Workshop Facilitation
14 12 (6.45%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 28 (15.05%) SQL
2 18 (9.68%) Python
3 15 (8.06%) Java
4 12 (6.45%) PowerShell
5 6 (3.23%) JavaScript
6 5 (2.69%) C#
7 4 (2.15%) Bash
8 3 (1.61%) TypeScript
9 2 (1.08%) C++
9 2 (1.08%) IronPython
9 2 (1.08%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.54%) COBOL
10 1 (0.54%) Groovy
10 1 (0.54%) Perl
10 1 (0.54%) Scala
10 1 (0.54%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.54%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.54%) VBA
10 1 (0.54%) VBScript
10 1 (0.54%) VC++
Qualifications
1 18 (9.68%) Security Cleared
2 15 (8.06%) SC Cleared
3 14 (7.53%) Degree
4 5 (2.69%) Azure Certification
4 5 (2.69%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (2.15%) AWS Certification
5 4 (2.15%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.61%) CBAP
7 2 (1.08%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 2 (1.08%) CASP
7 2 (1.08%) CCSP
7 2 (1.08%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.08%) CISSP
7 2 (1.08%) CREST Certified
7 2 (1.08%) CSSLP
7 2 (1.08%) GIAC
7 2 (1.08%) PMP
8 1 (0.54%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.54%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.54%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (8.60%) Data Quality
2 10 (5.38%) QA
3 8 (4.30%) GDPR
4 6 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (2.15%) NIST
6 3 (1.61%) NCSC
7 2 (1.08%) EMIR
7 2 (1.08%) HIPAA
7 2 (1.08%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 2 (1.08%) ISO 9001
7 2 (1.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.54%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.54%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.54%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.54%) SEPA
8 1 (0.54%) WCAG
System Software
1 15 (8.06%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.23%) Docker
3 3 (1.61%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.08%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.54%) Firmware
5 1 (0.54%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 9 (4.84%) Terraform
2 7 (3.76%) Kubernetes
3 4 (2.15%) Argo
3 4 (2.15%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (1.08%) SELinux
5 1 (0.54%) AirWatch
5 1 (0.54%) Ansible
5 1 (0.54%) CASB
5 1 (0.54%) Data Guard
5 1 (0.54%) Opsgenie
5 1 (0.54%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 1 (0.54%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (0.54%) Puppet
5 1 (0.54%) SCCM
Vendors
1 36 (19.35%) Microsoft
2 17 (9.14%) Oracle
3 12 (6.45%) Google
4 6 (3.23%) SAP
4 6 (3.23%) VMware
5 5 (2.69%) Databricks
6 4 (2.15%) Informatica
6 4 (2.15%) Palo Alto
7 3 (1.61%) Adobe
7 3 (1.61%) Cisco
7 3 (1.61%) Guidewire
7 3 (1.61%) IBM
7 3 (1.61%) Murex
7 3 (1.61%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.61%) Workday
8 2 (1.08%) Atlassian
8 2 (1.08%) CyberArk
8 2 (1.08%) Sitecore
8 2 (1.08%) Splunk
8 2 (1.08%) Talend