Migration Architect Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Migration Architect
Central London > City of London

The median Migration Architect daily rate in the City of London is £480, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 121 125 135
Rank change year-on-year +4 +10 +64
Contract jobs requiring a Migration Architect 3 4 5
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.17% 0.19% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.20% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 5
10th Percentile - £709 £592
25th Percentile - £722 £785
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £763 £790
Median % change year-on-year -37.05% -3.48% +58.79%
75th Percentile - £822 £800
90th Percentile - £846 £845
Central London median daily rate £480 £763 £790
% change year-on-year -37.05% -3.48% +58.79%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the City of London with a recognized job title 1,654 1,994 2,515
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.34% 93.13% 93.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,149 1,224 1,790
10th Percentile £329 £363 £352
25th Percentile £420 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £765 £779 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 16 14
10th Percentile £20.02 £17.25 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.75 £22.00 £19.51
Median hourly rate £34.00 £48.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.17% +95.92% -42.69%
75th Percentile £47.50 £112.00 £44.56
90th Percentile £64.48 £137.50 £66.25
Central London median hourly rate £27.75 £35.00 £24.99
% change year-on-year -20.71% +40.08% -40.86%

Migration Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Migration Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Migration Architect job vacancy trend in the City of London

Migration Architect
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Migration Architect job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Migration Architect job vacancies in the City of London

Migration Architect Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 1 December 2025, Migration Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the City of London region featuring Migration Architect in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Migration
2 2 (66.67%) Azure Certification
2 2 (66.67%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) Change Management
2 2 (66.67%) Cloud Operations
2 2 (66.67%) Cost Optimisation
2 2 (66.67%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (66.67%) IaaS
2 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Network Security
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Process Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (66.67%) Strategic Thinking
2 2 (66.67%) Terraform
2 2 (66.67%) Translating Business Requirements
2 2 (66.67%) VMware
2 2 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (33.33%) AWS
3 1 (33.33%) Collibra
3 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Data Quality
3 1 (33.33%) Informatica
3 1 (33.33%) SaaS

Migration Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) IaaS
3 1 (33.33%) AWS
3 1 (33.33%) Collibra
3 1 (33.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Network Security
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Influencing Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Migration
2 2 (66.67%) Change Management
2 2 (66.67%) Cloud Operations
2 2 (66.67%) Cost Optimisation
2 2 (66.67%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Process Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (66.67%) Strategic Thinking
2 2 (66.67%) Translating Business Requirements
3 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (33.33%) Data Quality
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) VMware
2 1 (33.33%) Informatica