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 1 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 18 20
Rank change year-on-year +1 +2 -1
Contract jobs citing Migration 245 170 174
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 10.64% 9.68% 7.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.48% 10.39% 8.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 181 103 122
10th Percentile £406 £363 £383
25th Percentile £463 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.73% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £681 £700 £650
90th Percentile £800 £775 £737
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £22.00 -
Central London median hourly rate £58.92 £22.00 -
% change year-on-year +167.82% - -

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 1,963 1,636 1,988
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 85.27% 93.17% 90.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,336 1,032 1,406
10th Percentile £363 £363 £363
25th Percentile £450 £463 £451
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £565
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +1.77% -5.83%
75th Percentile £675 £680 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £806
Central London median daily rate £550 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 12 11
10th Percentile £18.14 £22.00 £19.92
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.00 £20.22
Median hourly rate £27.50 £29.58 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.02% +18.30% -28.57%
75th Percentile £47.41 £45.00 £40.00
90th Percentile £59.72 £62.25 £41.84
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £29.07 £27.81
% change year-on-year -10.18% +4.53% -20.54%

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 1 May 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
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 12 (4.90%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.63%) Confluence
3 3 (1.22%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.82%) Apache
4 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.41%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.41%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.41%) Camunda
5 1 (0.41%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (0.41%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 8 (3.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (1.63%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (1.63%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 15 (6.12%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (2.04%) Aladdin
2 5 (2.04%) NetSuite
2 5 (2.04%) Workday HCM
3 4 (1.63%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.63%) Oracle General Ledger
4 3 (1.22%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 3 (1.22%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.82%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (0.82%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.82%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.41%) Maximo
6 1 (0.41%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.41%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.41%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.41%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.41%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.41%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.41%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.41%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 64 (26.12%) Azure
2 52 (21.22%) AWS
3 18 (7.35%) GCP
3 18 (7.35%) GitHub
4 17 (6.94%) Power Platform
5 12 (4.90%) Azure DevOps
6 10 (4.08%) GitHub Actions
7 9 (3.67%) OCI
8 8 (3.27%) Serverless
9 7 (2.86%) Azure AKS
9 7 (2.86%) Microsoft 365
9 7 (2.86%) SaaS
9 7 (2.86%) Snowflake
10 6 (2.45%) Azure Data Factory
10 6 (2.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 5 (2.04%) dbt
11 5 (2.04%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (2.04%) Entra ID
12 4 (1.63%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 3 (1.22%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.67%) Firewall
2 7 (2.86%) Network Security
3 3 (1.22%) VLAN
3 3 (1.22%) VPN
4 2 (0.82%) BGP
4 2 (0.82%) DHCP
4 2 (0.82%) DNS
4 2 (0.82%) EIGRP
4 2 (0.82%) MPLS
4 2 (0.82%) OSPF
4 2 (0.82%) Unified Communications
4 2 (0.82%) VSAN
4 2 (0.82%) WAN
4 2 (0.82%) Wireless
5 1 (0.41%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (0.41%) Cisco Wireless
5 1 (0.41%) HSRP
5 1 (0.41%) Multicast
5 1 (0.41%) NGFW
5 1 (0.41%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.12%) Data Warehouse
1 15 (6.12%) Power BI
2 7 (2.86%) Relational Database
3 6 (2.45%) Metadata
3 6 (2.45%) SQL Server
4 5 (2.04%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (1.63%) Tableau
6 3 (1.22%) Amazon Redshift
6 3 (1.22%) Oracle Database
6 3 (1.22%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.82%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.82%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.82%) MySQL
7 2 (0.82%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.82%) OLAP
7 2 (0.82%) RDBMS
7 2 (0.82%) SQLPlus
8 1 (0.41%) Data Vault
8 1 (0.41%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 15 (6.12%) JIRA
2 4 (1.63%) Git
2 4 (1.63%) GitLab
3 3 (1.22%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.82%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 2 (0.82%) Toad
5 1 (0.41%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.41%) ERwin
5 1 (0.41%) Gradle
5 1 (0.41%) JUnit
5 1 (0.41%) Liquibase
5 1 (0.41%) Mockito
5 1 (0.41%) MSI
5 1 (0.41%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.41%) PowerBuilder
5 1 (0.41%) Selenium
5 1 (0.41%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.41%) Zephyr
General
1 79 (32.24%) Finance
2 37 (15.10%) Social Skills
3 28 (11.43%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (7.35%) Banking
5 14 (5.71%) Public Sector
6 10 (4.08%) Financial Institution
7 8 (3.27%) Legal
8 7 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (2.86%) General Ledger
8 7 (2.86%) Law
9 4 (1.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.22%) Front Office
10 3 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.22%) Retail
10 3 (1.22%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.82%) International Banking
11 2 (0.82%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.82%) Marketing
11 2 (0.82%) Military
11 2 (0.82%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 43 (17.55%) Architect
2 34 (13.88%) Senior
3 32 (13.06%) Lead
4 29 (11.84%) Analyst
5 26 (10.61%) Consultant
6 24 (9.80%) Project Manager
7 19 (7.76%) Business Analyst
8 15 (6.12%) Migration Manager
9 14 (5.71%) Migration Project Manager
10 11 (4.49%) Data Analyst
10 11 (4.49%) Developer
11 10 (4.08%) Azure Architect
11 10 (4.08%) Migration Analyst
11 10 (4.08%) Solutions Architect
12 9 (3.67%) Cloud Architect
12 9 (3.67%) Data Migration Lead
12 9 (3.67%) Technical Leader
13 8 (3.27%) Data Migration Analyst
14 7 (2.86%) Programme Manager
14 7 (2.86%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.67%) Oracle Fusion
2 7 (2.86%) Middleware
3 6 (2.45%) Kafka
4 4 (1.63%) PySpark
4 4 (1.63%) RESTful
4 4 (1.63%) Spring
5 3 (1.22%) .NET
5 3 (1.22%) FIX Protocol
5 3 (1.22%) React
5 3 (1.22%) REST
5 3 (1.22%) XML
6 2 (0.82%) .NET Core
6 2 (0.82%) EDI
6 2 (0.82%) Flash
6 2 (0.82%) OpenID
6 2 (0.82%) Redux
6 2 (0.82%) SAML
6 2 (0.82%) Spring Boot
7 1 (0.41%) IDoc
7 1 (0.41%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 22 (8.98%) Cloud Native
2 21 (8.57%) Legacy Systems
3 12 (4.90%) Data Centre
4 7 (2.86%) Hybrid Cloud
5 6 (2.45%) Onboarding
5 6 (2.45%) Product Ownership
6 5 (2.04%) Data Structures
6 5 (2.04%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (1.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 4 (1.63%) Mainframe
8 3 (1.22%) Fixed Income
8 3 (1.22%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.22%) Reference Data
8 3 (1.22%) Replication
9 2 (0.82%) BYOD
9 2 (0.82%) Derivative
9 2 (0.82%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.82%) Legacy Applications
9 2 (0.82%) PKI
9 2 (0.82%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 18 (7.35%) Windows
2 10 (4.08%) Windows Server
3 6 (2.45%) Linux
4 3 (1.22%) Unix
5 1 (0.41%) AIX
5 1 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.41%) Solaris
5 1 (0.41%) SUSE
5 1 (0.41%) VMS
5 1 (0.41%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (29.80%) Data Migration
2 50 (20.41%) Stakeholder Management
3 42 (17.14%) Agile
4 36 (14.69%) Validation
5 29 (11.84%) DevOps
5 29 (11.84%) Project Delivery
6 28 (11.43%) CI/CD
6 28 (11.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 25 (10.20%) Project Management
8 24 (9.80%) Analytics
9 23 (9.39%) Infrastructure as Code
10 20 (8.16%) ETL
11 19 (7.76%) ERP
11 19 (7.76%) Problem-Solving
12 18 (7.35%) User Acceptance Testing
13 17 (6.94%) Business Intelligence
14 16 (6.53%) Asset Management
14 16 (6.53%) Data Modelling
15 15 (6.12%) Continuous Improvement
15 15 (6.12%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 39 (15.92%) SQL
2 17 (6.94%) Python
3 8 (3.27%) Java
4 6 (2.45%) PowerShell
5 5 (2.04%) PL/SQL
6 3 (1.22%) Bash
6 3 (1.22%) Bicep
6 3 (1.22%) C#
6 3 (1.22%) JavaScript
6 3 (1.22%) TypeScript
7 2 (0.82%) ABAP
7 2 (0.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (0.82%) Perl
7 2 (0.82%) PHP
7 2 (0.82%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.41%) C
8 1 (0.41%) ProC
8 1 (0.41%) Scala
8 1 (0.41%) VB
8 1 (0.41%) VBA
Qualifications
1 40 (16.33%) Security Cleared
2 34 (13.88%) SC Cleared
3 14 (5.71%) PMP
4 13 (5.31%) PMI Certification
5 7 (2.86%) Degree
6 6 (2.45%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.63%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.63%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.82%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.41%) CCNP
9 1 (0.41%) CISA
9 1 (0.41%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.41%) CWNA
9 1 (0.41%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.41%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.41%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.41%) MCSA
9 1 (0.41%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (8.16%) GDPR
2 17 (6.94%) Data Quality
3 16 (6.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (6.12%) QA
5 12 (4.90%) NIST
6 5 (2.04%) PCI DSS
7 4 (1.63%) PMO
8 3 (1.22%) GAAP
8 3 (1.22%) IFRS
9 2 (0.82%) ISO 20022
9 2 (0.82%) NCSC
9 2 (0.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.82%) SEPA
9 2 (0.82%) SLA
10 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.41%) GRC
10 1 (0.41%) IFRS 9
10 1 (0.41%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.41%) PSD2
10 1 (0.41%) TARGET2
System Software
1 8 (3.27%) Docker
2 7 (2.86%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.22%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.41%) Firmware
5 1 (0.41%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.41%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.41%) NFS
5 1 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.41%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 22 (8.98%) Terraform
2 14 (5.71%) Kubernetes
3 7 (2.86%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (1.63%) Ansible
5 3 (1.22%) SCCM
6 1 (0.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.41%) EMC VPLEX
6 1 (0.41%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.41%) Grafana
6 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Clustering
6 1 (0.41%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.41%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.41%) vMotion
6 1 (0.41%) VxRail
Vendors
1 42 (17.14%) Microsoft
2 29 (11.84%) SAP
3 27 (11.02%) Oracle
4 12 (4.90%) CyberArk
5 9 (3.67%) Workday
6 7 (2.86%) Citrix
6 7 (2.86%) Google
7 6 (2.45%) Salesforce
7 6 (2.45%) VMware
8 4 (1.63%) Informatica
8 4 (1.63%) Pure Storage
9 3 (1.22%) IBM
9 3 (1.22%) Palo Alto
10 2 (0.82%) Ahrefs
10 2 (0.82%) Cisco
10 2 (0.82%) Databricks
10 2 (0.82%) MuleSoft
10 2 (0.82%) Murex
11 1 (0.41%) Datto
11 1 (0.41%) FIS