Service Migration Contract Job Trends in Central London

Service Migration
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Service Migration skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 124 128 159
Rank change year-on-year +4 +31 +44
Contract jobs citing Service Migration 4 2 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.21% 0.086% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.094% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 2
10th Percentile £448 £519 £505
25th Percentile £449 £538 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £583 £525
Median % change year-on-year -22.86% +11.12% -8.70%
75th Percentile £495 £644 £538
90th Percentile £522 £672 £545
London median daily rate £570 £463 £650
% change year-on-year +23.24% -28.85% +13.04%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

Service 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 1,820 2,138 2,901
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 93.72% 91.96% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,220 1,377 2,014
10th Percentile £316 £363 £357
25th Percentile £418 £463 £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 £775 £787 £813
London median daily rate £540 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -0.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 26 17
10th Percentile £18.87 £17.25 £14.25
25th Percentile £23.25 £23.69 £16.61
Median hourly rate £28.50 £35.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.57% +34.62% -38.82%
75th Percentile £50.75 £42.13 £42.32
90th Percentile £63.75 £115.00 £59.30
London median hourly rate £31.75 £35.00 £37.75
% change year-on-year -9.29% -7.28% +4.86%

Service Migration
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing Service Migration as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Service Migration in Central London

Service Migration
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Service Migration.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Service Migration

Service Migration
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Service Migration.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Service Migration

Service 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 Service Migration within the Central London region over the 6 months to 19 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 +11 2 £540 -7.43% 1
West End of London - 2 £449 -
Camden - 2 £449 -
Service Migration
London

Service 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) IaaS
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (25.00%) PaaS
1 1 (25.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) BGP
1 1 (25.00%) DNS
1 1 (25.00%) MPLS
General
1 2 (50.00%) French Language
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Legal
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365 Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Solutions Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (25.00%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Migration
2 2 (50.00%) ITIL
2 2 (50.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Change Control
3 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (25.00%) Network Design
3 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CCIE
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (25.00%) JNCIE
1 1 (25.00%) JNCIP
1 1 (25.00%) JNCIS
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco
2 1 (25.00%) Juniper