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

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 19 17
Rank change year-on-year +10 -2 -3
Contract jobs citing Migration 339 182 213
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 14.09% 9.52% 9.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.44% 10.14% 9.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 243 120 148
10th Percentile £395 £366 £371
25th Percentile £460 £440 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 £553 £575
Median % change year-on-year +6.79% -3.91% -
75th Percentile £688 £666 £652
90th Percentile £775 £719 £725
London median daily rate £550 £538 £550
% change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -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 £28.40
% change year-on-year +126.64% -11.44% -66.49%

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 2,196 1,795 2,165
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 91.27% 93.93% 92.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,526 1,225 1,375
10th Percentile £361 £325 £363
25th Percentile £450 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -2.13%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £686
90th Percentile £775 £775 £775
London median daily rate £550 £540 £550
% change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 24 27
10th Percentile £15.92 £17.61 £19.70
25th Percentile £17.60 £21.54 £27.00
Median hourly rate £25.00 £27.04 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.53% -22.76% +27.27%
75th Percentile £43.00 £35.63 £70.00
90th Percentile £64.15 £61.65 £122.20
London median hourly rate £32.50 £30.25 £36.65
% change year-on-year +7.44% -17.46% -8.38%

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 14 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 14 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 14 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 +10 313 £590 +2.61% 139
West End of London -3 10 £600 -7.69% 5
City of Westminster -6 9 £525 -19.23% 19
Kensington and Chelsea - 3 £550 -
Southwark - 3 £600 -
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 (5.01%) SharePoint
2 12 (3.54%) Confluence
3 7 (2.06%) Apache Airflow
3 7 (2.06%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.47%) Apache
4 5 (1.47%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.47%) CMS
5 4 (1.18%) IIS
5 4 (1.18%) SharePoint 2013
6 2 (0.59%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.59%) HCL Notes
6 2 (0.59%) SAS
7 1 (0.29%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (1.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.18%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.18%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.29%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 9 (2.65%) Oracle Financials
1 9 (2.65%) Oracle Payables
1 9 (2.65%) Oracle Receivables
2 8 (2.36%) Oracle General Ledger
3 7 (2.06%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (1.47%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (1.47%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (1.18%) Oracle Assets
5 4 (1.18%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (1.18%) Oracle EBS R12
5 4 (1.18%) Oracle Internet Expenses
5 4 (1.18%) Oracle iProcurement
5 4 (1.18%) Remedy ITSM
6 3 (0.88%) iTrent
6 3 (0.88%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.88%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.88%) SAP HCM
7 2 (0.59%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.59%) SAP FI/CO
7 2 (0.59%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 73 (21.53%) Azure
2 48 (14.16%) AWS
3 25 (7.37%) Power Platform
4 23 (6.78%) Azure DevOps
5 21 (6.19%) GCP
6 19 (5.60%) Microsoft 365
7 15 (4.42%) SaaS
8 14 (4.13%) Entra ID
9 12 (3.54%) Serverless
10 10 (2.95%) Azure Data Factory
10 10 (2.95%) GitHub
10 10 (2.95%) OCI
11 9 (2.65%) Snowflake
12 7 (2.06%) dbt
12 7 (2.06%) GitHub Actions
13 6 (1.77%) Amazon S3
13 6 (1.77%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 6 (1.77%) Google Kubernetes Engine
13 6 (1.77%) IaaS
13 6 (1.77%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.83%) DNS
1 13 (3.83%) Firewall
2 9 (2.65%) Network Security
3 8 (2.36%) BGP
4 7 (2.06%) VPN
5 5 (1.47%) Internet
5 5 (1.47%) TCP/IP
6 4 (1.18%) DHCP
6 4 (1.18%) SSL
6 4 (1.18%) VLAN
7 3 (0.88%) Multicast
8 2 (0.59%) LAN
8 2 (0.59%) Reverse Proxy
8 2 (0.59%) WAN
9 1 (0.29%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (0.29%) PSTN
9 1 (0.29%) SMS
9 1 (0.29%) SMTP
9 1 (0.29%) VoIP
9 1 (0.29%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (6.78%) SQL Server
2 22 (6.49%) Power BI
3 14 (4.13%) Data Warehouse
4 13 (3.83%) Relational Database
5 12 (3.54%) Metadata
6 8 (2.36%) Oracle Database
6 8 (2.36%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (2.06%) Data Lake
7 7 (2.06%) Delta Lake
7 7 (2.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (1.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (1.18%) BusinessObjects
9 4 (1.18%) Data Mart
9 4 (1.18%) Oracle Reports
9 4 (1.18%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 3 (0.88%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (0.88%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (0.59%) Data Vault
11 2 (0.59%) Hadoop
11 2 (0.59%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 28 (8.26%) JIRA
2 9 (2.65%) Git
3 6 (1.77%) GitLab
3 6 (1.77%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.88%) Oracle Forms
5 2 (0.59%) Artifactory
5 2 (0.59%) Maven
5 2 (0.59%) Octopus Deploy
5 2 (0.59%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (0.59%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.29%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.29%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.29%) Gradle
6 1 (0.29%) MSBuild
6 1 (0.29%) NUnit
6 1 (0.29%) PowerBuilder
6 1 (0.29%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.29%) Zephyr
General
1 119 (35.10%) Finance
2 95 (28.02%) Social Skills
3 45 (13.27%) Banking
4 32 (9.44%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (6.78%) Public Sector
6 16 (4.72%) General Ledger
7 14 (4.13%) Documentation Skills
8 11 (3.24%) Front Office
8 11 (3.24%) Investment Banking
9 9 (2.65%) Back Office
10 8 (2.36%) Financial Institution
10 8 (2.36%) Law
11 7 (2.06%) Retail
12 5 (1.47%) Legal
12 5 (1.47%) Manufacturing
13 4 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (1.18%) Local Government
13 4 (1.18%) Marketing
13 4 (1.18%) Telecoms
14 3 (0.88%) Billing
Job Titles
1 59 (17.40%) Architect
2 41 (12.09%) Lead
3 36 (10.62%) Analyst
4 33 (9.73%) Consultant
5 26 (7.67%) Project Manager
6 25 (7.37%) Senior
6 25 (7.37%) Solutions Architect
7 24 (7.08%) Developer
8 22 (6.49%) Data Engineer
9 21 (6.19%) Business Analyst
10 16 (4.72%) Data Architect
11 14 (4.13%) Data Analyst
12 11 (3.24%) Administrator
13 10 (2.95%) Cloud Engineer
14 9 (2.65%) Applications Engineer
15 8 (2.36%) Migration Analyst
15 8 (2.36%) Migration Engineer
15 8 (2.36%) Oracle Consultant
16 7 (2.06%) SharePoint Administrator
16 7 (2.06%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (6.19%) Terraform
2 14 (4.13%) REST
3 13 (3.83%) .NET
3 13 (3.83%) Oracle Fusion
4 10 (2.95%) PySpark
5 8 (2.36%) Kafka
6 7 (2.06%) JSON
6 7 (2.06%) React
7 6 (1.77%) Middleware
7 6 (1.77%) Web Services
8 5 (1.47%) XML
9 4 (1.18%) .NET Core
9 4 (1.18%) AngularJS
9 4 (1.18%) Node.js
9 4 (1.18%) SAML
9 4 (1.18%) SOAP
10 3 (0.88%) OpenID
10 3 (0.88%) RESTful
10 3 (0.88%) Spring
10 3 (0.88%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 31 (9.14%) Cloud Native
2 23 (6.78%) Legacy Systems
3 16 (4.72%) Data Centre
4 15 (4.42%) Product Ownership
5 11 (3.24%) Enterprise Software
5 11 (3.24%) Mainframe
6 10 (2.95%) Data Structures
6 10 (2.95%) Onboarding
7 9 (2.65%) Distributed Systems
8 8 (2.36%) Derivative
9 7 (2.06%) Hybrid Cloud
9 7 (2.06%) Management Information System
9 7 (2.06%) Replication
10 6 (1.77%) Public Cloud
11 5 (1.47%) Reference Data
12 4 (1.18%) AI Agents
12 4 (1.18%) Clustering
12 4 (1.18%) Greenfield Project
12 4 (1.18%) Legacy Applications
12 4 (1.18%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 27 (7.96%) Windows
2 7 (2.06%) Linux
3 6 (1.77%) Unix
4 5 (1.47%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.88%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.59%) VMS
6 2 (0.59%) zOS
7 1 (0.29%) Android
7 1 (0.29%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.29%) MVS
7 1 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.29%) SUSE
7 1 (0.29%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (35.69%) Data Migration
2 97 (28.61%) Stakeholder Management
3 54 (15.93%) Validation
4 51 (15.04%) Agile
5 45 (13.27%) CI/CD
6 42 (12.39%) DevOps
7 39 (11.50%) Problem-Solving
8 38 (11.21%) ERP
9 37 (10.91%) Infrastructure as Code
9 37 (10.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 37 (10.91%) User Acceptance Testing
10 35 (10.32%) Analytics
10 35 (10.32%) Data Modelling
11 34 (10.03%) ETL
12 29 (8.55%) Data Governance
13 27 (7.96%) Project Delivery
13 27 (7.96%) Roadmaps
14 24 (7.08%) Decision-Making
15 23 (6.78%) Business Intelligence
15 23 (6.78%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 56 (16.52%) SQL
2 40 (11.80%) Python
3 17 (5.01%) PowerShell
4 13 (3.83%) C#
5 10 (2.95%) Java
6 8 (2.36%) TypeScript
7 6 (1.77%) JavaScript
8 4 (1.18%) Bicep
8 4 (1.18%) Korn
9 3 (0.88%) Bash
9 3 (0.88%) Perl
9 3 (0.88%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.59%) JCL
11 1 (0.29%) CodeQL
11 1 (0.29%) REXX
11 1 (0.29%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.29%) SOQL
11 1 (0.29%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 50 (14.75%) Security Cleared
2 42 (12.39%) SC Cleared
3 9 (2.65%) PMI Certification
3 9 (2.65%) PMP
4 8 (2.36%) DBS Check
4 8 (2.36%) Degree
5 7 (2.06%) DV Cleared
6 5 (1.47%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.59%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.59%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.59%) CAPM
8 2 (0.59%) CCNA
8 2 (0.59%) CCNP
8 2 (0.59%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.59%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.29%) CISA
9 1 (0.29%) CISM
9 1 (0.29%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (12.09%) Data Quality
2 14 (4.13%) QA
3 8 (2.36%) PMO
4 6 (1.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.77%) PCI DSS
5 5 (1.47%) GRC
6 4 (1.18%) GDPR
7 3 (0.88%) IFRS
8 2 (0.59%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 2 (0.59%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.59%) GAAP
8 2 (0.59%) GMP
8 2 (0.59%) GxP
8 2 (0.59%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 17025
8 2 (0.59%) SEPA
8 2 (0.59%) SLA
9 1 (0.29%) Basel III
9 1 (0.29%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.29%) TARGET2
System Software
1 17 (5.01%) Active Directory
2 12 (3.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.77%) Docker
4 3 (0.88%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.59%) vSphere
6 1 (0.29%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 18 (5.31%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.77%) Ansible
2 6 (1.77%) SCCM
3 5 (1.47%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.88%) Microsoft Clustering
4 3 (0.88%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.88%) SCOM
5 1 (0.29%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (0.29%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (0.29%) ITRS Geneos
5 1 (0.29%) PingFederate
5 1 (0.29%) PowerCLI
5 1 (0.29%) Tivoli
5 1 (0.29%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 71 (20.94%) Microsoft
2 48 (14.16%) Oracle
3 31 (9.14%) Databricks
4 27 (7.96%) SAP
5 16 (4.72%) Google
6 13 (3.83%) VMware
7 12 (3.54%) Cisco
8 10 (2.95%) ServiceNow
9 6 (1.77%) CyberArk
10 5 (1.47%) IBM
10 5 (1.47%) IFS
10 5 (1.47%) Remedy
10 5 (1.47%) Salesforce
11 4 (1.18%) Bloomberg
11 4 (1.18%) Citrix
11 4 (1.18%) Commvault
12 3 (0.88%) Informatica
12 3 (0.88%) Red Hat
12 3 (0.88%) Refinitiv
12 3 (0.88%) Workday