Migration Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Migration
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Migration skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 18 19
Rank change year-on-year +10 +1 -3
Contract jobs citing Migration 315 163 187
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 14.12% 9.35% 8.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.81% 9.92% 9.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 227 106 126
10th Percentile £387 £336 £363
25th Percentile £425 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £575 £565
Median % change year-on-year +2.17% +1.77% -5.83%
75th Percentile £688 £687 £668
90th Percentile £777 £729 £731
Central London median daily rate £575 £553 £575
% change year-on-year +4.07% -3.91% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £11.90 - -
25th Percentile £14.75 - -
Median hourly rate £20.00 - -
75th Percentile £25.75 - -
90th Percentile £28.90 - -
Central London median hourly rate £32.50 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,993 1,643 1,947
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 89.33% 94.21% 91.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,373 1,101 1,216
10th Percentile £368 £325 £371
25th Percentile £456 £423 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £690
90th Percentile £775 £773 £792
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -3.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 19 19
10th Percentile £16.98 £16.96 £15.60
25th Percentile £17.60 £22.88 £21.25
Median hourly rate £21.00 £28.15 £38.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.40% -26.88% +40.00%
75th Percentile £32.05 £50.25 £102.25
90th Percentile £50.59 £68.75 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £25.57 £28.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -10.30% -18.57% +30.84%

Migration
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Migration job vacancy trend in the City of London

Migration
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Migration.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Migration

Migration
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Migration in the City of London over the 6 months to 26 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Migration in the City of London

Migration
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Migration.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Migration

Migration
Hourly Rate Histogram in the City of London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Migration in the City of London over the 6 months to 26 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Migration in the City of London

Migration
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:

Application Platforms
1 16 (5.08%) SharePoint
2 12 (3.81%) Confluence
3 7 (2.22%) Apache Airflow
3 7 (2.22%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.59%) Apache
4 5 (1.59%) Apache Spark
5 4 (1.27%) CMS
5 4 (1.27%) SharePoint 2013
6 2 (0.63%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.63%) HCL Notes
6 2 (0.63%) SAS
7 1 (0.32%) IIS
7 1 (0.32%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (1.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.27%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.32%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 8 (2.54%) Oracle Financials
1 8 (2.54%) Oracle Payables
1 8 (2.54%) Oracle Receivables
2 7 (2.22%) Oracle General Ledger
2 7 (2.22%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.59%) NetSuite
3 5 (1.59%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (1.27%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.95%) Oracle Assets
5 3 (0.95%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.95%) Oracle EBS R12
5 3 (0.95%) Oracle Internet Expenses
5 3 (0.95%) Oracle iProcurement
5 3 (0.95%) SAP HCM
6 2 (0.63%) Aladdin
6 2 (0.63%) iTrent
6 2 (0.63%) Maximo
6 2 (0.63%) SAP Payroll
6 2 (0.63%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 66 (20.95%) Azure
2 46 (14.60%) AWS
3 24 (7.62%) Power Platform
4 20 (6.35%) Azure DevOps
5 19 (6.03%) GCP
6 16 (5.08%) Microsoft 365
7 13 (4.13%) SaaS
8 12 (3.81%) Entra ID
9 9 (2.86%) Azure Data Factory
9 9 (2.86%) Snowflake
10 8 (2.54%) dbt
10 8 (2.54%) GitHub
10 8 (2.54%) Serverless
11 7 (2.22%) OCI
12 6 (1.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 6 (1.90%) GitHub Actions
12 6 (1.90%) IaaS
12 6 (1.90%) PaaS
13 5 (1.59%) Amazon S3
13 5 (1.59%) Azure Databricks
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.49%) Firewall
2 10 (3.17%) DNS
3 7 (2.22%) Network Security
4 6 (1.90%) BGP
4 6 (1.90%) VPN
5 5 (1.59%) TCP/IP
6 4 (1.27%) Internet
7 3 (0.95%) DHCP
7 3 (0.95%) Multicast
8 2 (0.63%) LAN
8 2 (0.63%) SSL
8 2 (0.63%) VLAN
8 2 (0.63%) WAN
9 1 (0.32%) Cisco ASA
9 1 (0.32%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (0.32%) Cisco Nexus
9 1 (0.32%) PSTN
9 1 (0.32%) SMS
9 1 (0.32%) SMTP
9 1 (0.32%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (6.98%) Power BI
2 16 (5.08%) SQL Server
3 15 (4.76%) Data Warehouse
4 13 (4.13%) Metadata
5 9 (2.86%) Relational Database
6 7 (2.22%) Data Lake
6 7 (2.22%) Delta Lake
7 6 (1.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (1.59%) Oracle Database
8 5 (1.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (1.27%) Data Mart
9 4 (1.27%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (1.27%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 3 (0.95%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (0.95%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (0.95%) BusinessObjects
10 3 (0.95%) Oracle Reports
11 2 (0.63%) Data Vault
11 2 (0.63%) Hadoop
11 2 (0.63%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 27 (8.57%) JIRA
2 5 (1.59%) Git
2 5 (1.59%) GitLab
3 4 (1.27%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.63%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.32%) ER Studio
5 1 (0.32%) Gradle
5 1 (0.32%) JUnit
5 1 (0.32%) Liquibase
5 1 (0.32%) Mockito
5 1 (0.32%) PowerBuilder
5 1 (0.32%) Zephyr
General
1 109 (34.60%) Finance
2 81 (25.71%) Social Skills
3 41 (13.02%) Banking
4 34 (10.79%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (5.08%) Public Sector
6 14 (4.44%) General Ledger
7 12 (3.81%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (3.17%) Front Office
9 9 (2.86%) Law
10 8 (2.54%) Financial Institution
11 7 (2.22%) Investment Banking
12 6 (1.90%) Back Office
13 5 (1.59%) Manufacturing
13 5 (1.59%) Retail
14 4 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (1.27%) Legal
14 4 (1.27%) Telecoms
15 3 (0.95%) Billing
15 3 (0.95%) Marketing
15 3 (0.95%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 55 (17.46%) Architect
2 41 (13.02%) Lead
3 35 (11.11%) Analyst
4 33 (10.48%) Consultant
5 22 (6.98%) Project Manager
6 21 (6.67%) Data Engineer
6 21 (6.67%) Senior
7 20 (6.35%) Business Analyst
7 20 (6.35%) Solutions Architect
8 19 (6.03%) Developer
9 17 (5.40%) Data Architect
10 15 (4.76%) Data Analyst
11 11 (3.49%) Administrator
11 11 (3.49%) Cloud Engineer
12 9 (2.86%) Migration Analyst
12 9 (2.86%) Oracle Consultant
13 8 (2.54%) Data Migration Lead
13 8 (2.54%) Migration Engineer
14 7 (2.22%) AWS Consultant
14 7 (2.22%) Citrix Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (5.40%) Oracle Fusion
1 17 (5.40%) Terraform
2 10 (3.17%) PySpark
2 10 (3.17%) REST
3 9 (2.86%) Kafka
4 8 (2.54%) .NET
5 7 (2.22%) JSON
5 7 (2.22%) React
6 6 (1.90%) Middleware
7 5 (1.59%) Web Services
7 5 (1.59%) XML
8 4 (1.27%) .NET Core
9 3 (0.95%) ADO
9 3 (0.95%) Node.js
9 3 (0.95%) RESTful
10 2 (0.63%) AngularJS
10 2 (0.63%) Regular Expression
10 2 (0.63%) SAML
10 2 (0.63%) SOAP
10 2 (0.63%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 29 (9.21%) Cloud Native
2 20 (6.35%) Legacy Systems
3 16 (5.08%) Product Ownership
4 13 (4.13%) Data Centre
5 11 (3.49%) Mainframe
6 9 (2.86%) Data Structures
6 9 (2.86%) Onboarding
7 8 (2.54%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.90%) Derivative
8 6 (1.90%) Distributed Systems
9 5 (1.59%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (1.59%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.27%) Clustering
10 4 (1.27%) Legacy Applications
10 4 (1.27%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.27%) Private Cloud
10 4 (1.27%) Reinsurance
10 4 (1.27%) Replication
11 3 (0.95%) AI Agents
11 3 (0.95%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 20 (6.35%) Windows
2 5 (1.59%) Linux
3 4 (1.27%) Unix
3 4 (1.27%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.95%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.63%) VMS
5 2 (0.63%) zOS
6 1 (0.32%) AIX
6 1 (0.32%) Android
6 1 (0.32%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.32%) MVS
6 1 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.32%) Solaris
6 1 (0.32%) SUSE
6 1 (0.32%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
6 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (33.97%) Data Migration
2 85 (26.98%) Stakeholder Management
3 48 (15.24%) Agile
4 47 (14.92%) Validation
5 40 (12.70%) CI/CD
6 38 (12.06%) DevOps
7 35 (11.11%) Analytics
8 33 (10.48%) Data Modelling
8 33 (10.48%) ERP
8 33 (10.48%) Infrastructure as Code
9 32 (10.16%) User Acceptance Testing
10 31 (9.84%) Data Governance
10 31 (9.84%) ETL
11 30 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
11 30 (9.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 27 (8.57%) Project Delivery
13 25 (7.94%) Roadmaps
14 24 (7.62%) Decision-Making
15 23 (7.30%) Business Intelligence
16 21 (6.67%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 47 (14.92%) SQL
2 34 (10.79%) Python
3 12 (3.81%) PowerShell
4 8 (2.54%) C#
4 8 (2.54%) TypeScript
5 7 (2.22%) Java
6 6 (1.90%) Bicep
7 5 (1.59%) JavaScript
8 4 (1.27%) Korn
9 3 (0.95%) Perl
9 3 (0.95%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.63%) JCL
11 1 (0.32%) Bash
11 1 (0.32%) REXX
11 1 (0.32%) SOQL
11 1 (0.32%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 43 (13.65%) Security Cleared
2 36 (11.43%) SC Cleared
3 8 (2.54%) PMI Certification
3 8 (2.54%) PMP
4 7 (2.22%) DBS Check
4 7 (2.22%) Degree
5 5 (1.59%) DV Cleared
6 4 (1.27%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.63%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.63%) CAPM
8 2 (0.63%) CCNA
8 2 (0.63%) CCNP
8 2 (0.63%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.32%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 1 (0.32%) CCIE Routing and Switching
9 1 (0.32%) CCIE Security
9 1 (0.32%) CSPO
9 1 (0.32%) SAFe Agilist
9 1 (0.32%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (11.75%) Data Quality
2 11 (3.49%) QA
3 8 (2.54%) PMO
4 5 (1.59%) GDPR
4 5 (1.59%) GRC
5 4 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.27%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.63%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.63%) IFRS
6 2 (0.63%) ISO 20022
6 2 (0.63%) NCSC
6 2 (0.63%) NIST
6 2 (0.63%) SEPA
7 1 (0.32%) Basel III
7 1 (0.32%) GAAP
7 1 (0.32%) IFRS 9
7 1 (0.32%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.32%) PSD2
7 1 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.32%) TARGET2
System Software
1 14 (4.44%) Active Directory
2 12 (3.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.27%) Docker
4 3 (0.95%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.63%) vSphere
6 1 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 14 (4.44%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.90%) Ansible
3 5 (1.59%) SCCM
4 3 (0.95%) Microsoft Clustering
4 3 (0.95%) SCOM
4 3 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.32%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (0.32%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.32%) ITRS Geneos
6 1 (0.32%) PingFederate
6 1 (0.32%) PowerCLI
6 1 (0.32%) Tivoli
6 1 (0.32%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 61 (19.37%) Microsoft
2 44 (13.97%) Oracle
3 29 (9.21%) Databricks
4 27 (8.57%) SAP
5 14 (4.44%) Google
6 12 (3.81%) VMware
7 10 (3.17%) Cisco
8 8 (2.54%) Citrix
8 8 (2.54%) ServiceNow
9 5 (1.59%) CyberArk
9 5 (1.59%) IBM
9 5 (1.59%) Remedy
9 5 (1.59%) Salesforce
10 4 (1.27%) Bloomberg
10 4 (1.27%) IFS
10 4 (1.27%) Informatica
10 4 (1.27%) Workday
11 3 (0.95%) BMC
11 3 (0.95%) Red Hat
11 3 (0.95%) Refinitiv