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

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 20 18
Rank change year-on-year +12 -2 -2
Contract jobs citing Migration 316 159 180
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 14.34% 9.14% 8.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.97% 9.68% 9.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 226 104 122
10th Percentile £386 £334 £363
25th Percentile £430 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £589 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.39% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £688 £686 £672
90th Percentile £775 £720 £736
Central London median daily rate £588 £550 £575
% change year-on-year +6.82% -4.35% -
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 1,979 1,642 1,941
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 89.83% 94.37% 91.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,365 1,104 1,207
10th Percentile £364 £325 £372
25th Percentile £455 £420 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £689
90th Percentile £775 £770 £795
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 £36.13 £50.25 £102.25
90th Percentile £59.70 £68.75 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £25.00 £28.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -12.28% -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 1 October 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 1 October 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 (5.06%) SharePoint
2 12 (3.80%) Confluence
3 7 (2.22%) Apache Airflow
3 7 (2.22%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.58%) Apache
4 5 (1.58%) Apache Spark
5 4 (1.27%) CMS
5 4 (1.27%) SharePoint 2013
6 3 (0.95%) IIS
7 2 (0.63%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.63%) HCL Notes
7 2 (0.63%) SAS
8 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%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.32%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 9 (2.85%) Oracle Financials
1 9 (2.85%) Oracle Payables
1 9 (2.85%) Oracle Receivables
2 8 (2.53%) Oracle General Ledger
2 8 (2.53%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.58%) NetSuite
3 5 (1.58%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (1.27%) Oracle Assets
4 4 (1.27%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (1.27%) Oracle EBS R12
4 4 (1.27%) Oracle Internet Expenses
4 4 (1.27%) Oracle iProcurement
4 4 (1.27%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.95%) SAP HCM
6 2 (0.63%) Maximo
6 2 (0.63%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.63%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.63%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.63%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 65 (20.57%) Azure
2 45 (14.24%) AWS
3 24 (7.59%) Power Platform
4 20 (6.33%) Azure DevOps
5 18 (5.70%) GCP
6 16 (5.06%) Microsoft 365
7 14 (4.43%) Entra ID
8 13 (4.11%) SaaS
9 9 (2.85%) Azure Data Factory
9 9 (2.85%) Serverless
9 9 (2.85%) Snowflake
10 8 (2.53%) dbt
10 8 (2.53%) GitHub
10 8 (2.53%) OCI
11 6 (1.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 6 (1.90%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (1.90%) IaaS
11 6 (1.90%) PaaS
12 5 (1.58%) Azure Databricks
12 5 (1.58%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.80%) DNS
2 11 (3.48%) Firewall
3 7 (2.22%) Network Security
4 6 (1.90%) BGP
4 6 (1.90%) VPN
5 5 (1.58%) TCP/IP
6 4 (1.27%) Internet
6 4 (1.27%) SSL
7 3 (0.95%) DHCP
7 3 (0.95%) Multicast
8 2 (0.63%) LAN
8 2 (0.63%) Reverse Proxy
8 2 (0.63%) VLAN
8 2 (0.63%) WAN
9 1 (0.32%) Extranet
9 1 (0.32%) PSTN
9 1 (0.32%) SMS
9 1 (0.32%) SMTP
9 1 (0.32%) VoIP
9 1 (0.32%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (6.96%) Power BI
2 18 (5.70%) SQL Server
3 15 (4.75%) Data Warehouse
4 13 (4.11%) Metadata
5 11 (3.48%) Relational Database
6 7 (2.22%) Data Lake
6 7 (2.22%) Delta Lake
7 6 (1.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (1.58%) Oracle Database
8 5 (1.58%) 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 26 (8.23%) JIRA
2 5 (1.58%) Git
2 5 (1.58%) 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 (34.49%) Finance
2 80 (25.32%) Social Skills
3 41 (12.97%) Banking
4 32 (10.13%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (5.38%) Public Sector
6 14 (4.43%) General Ledger
7 12 (3.80%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (3.16%) Front Office
9 8 (2.53%) Financial Institution
9 8 (2.53%) Investment Banking
9 8 (2.53%) Law
10 6 (1.90%) Back Office
11 5 (1.58%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.58%) Retail
12 4 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.27%) Legal
12 4 (1.27%) Telecoms
13 3 (0.95%) Billing
13 3 (0.95%) Marketing
14 2 (0.63%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 56 (17.72%) Architect
2 39 (12.34%) Lead
3 36 (11.39%) Analyst
4 32 (10.13%) Consultant
5 21 (6.65%) Business Analyst
5 21 (6.65%) Data Engineer
5 21 (6.65%) Project Manager
6 20 (6.33%) Developer
6 20 (6.33%) Senior
6 20 (6.33%) Solutions Architect
7 17 (5.38%) Data Architect
8 15 (4.75%) Data Analyst
9 11 (3.48%) Administrator
9 11 (3.48%) Cloud Engineer
10 9 (2.85%) Migration Analyst
10 9 (2.85%) Oracle Consultant
11 8 (2.53%) Applications Engineer
11 8 (2.53%) Migration Engineer
12 7 (2.22%) Data Migration Analyst
12 7 (2.22%) Data Migration Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (5.38%) Oracle Fusion
1 17 (5.38%) Terraform
2 11 (3.48%) REST
3 10 (3.16%) PySpark
4 9 (2.85%) Kafka
5 8 (2.53%) .NET
6 7 (2.22%) JSON
6 7 (2.22%) React
7 6 (1.90%) Middleware
8 5 (1.58%) Web Services
8 5 (1.58%) XML
9 4 (1.27%) .NET Core
9 4 (1.27%) SAML
10 3 (0.95%) ADO
10 3 (0.95%) Node.js
10 3 (0.95%) OAuth
10 3 (0.95%) OpenID
10 3 (0.95%) RESTful
11 2 (0.63%) SOAP
11 2 (0.63%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 30 (9.49%) Cloud Native
2 21 (6.65%) Legacy Systems
3 16 (5.06%) Product Ownership
4 13 (4.11%) Data Centre
5 11 (3.48%) Mainframe
6 10 (3.16%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (2.85%) Data Structures
7 9 (2.85%) Onboarding
8 6 (1.90%) Derivative
8 6 (1.90%) Distributed Systems
8 6 (1.90%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (1.58%) 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 21 (6.65%) Windows
2 5 (1.58%) Linux
2 5 (1.58%) 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 (33.86%) Data Migration
2 86 (27.22%) Stakeholder Management
3 48 (15.19%) Validation
4 47 (14.87%) Agile
5 40 (12.66%) CI/CD
6 39 (12.34%) DevOps
7 34 (10.76%) Analytics
7 34 (10.76%) Infrastructure as Code
8 33 (10.44%) Data Modelling
8 33 (10.44%) ERP
9 32 (10.13%) User Acceptance Testing
10 31 (9.81%) Data Governance
10 31 (9.81%) ETL
11 30 (9.49%) Problem-Solving
11 30 (9.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 26 (8.23%) Roadmaps
13 25 (7.91%) Project Delivery
14 23 (7.28%) Business Intelligence
15 22 (6.96%) Decision-Making
16 21 (6.65%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 49 (15.51%) SQL
2 35 (11.08%) Python
3 13 (4.11%) PowerShell
4 8 (2.53%) C#
4 8 (2.53%) TypeScript
5 7 (2.22%) Java
6 6 (1.90%) Bicep
7 5 (1.58%) 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 (13.61%) Security Cleared
2 36 (11.39%) SC Cleared
3 7 (2.22%) DBS Check
3 7 (2.22%) Degree
3 7 (2.22%) PMI Certification
3 7 (2.22%) PMP
4 5 (1.58%) DV Cleared
5 4 (1.27%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.63%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.63%) CAPM
7 2 (0.63%) CCNA
7 2 (0.63%) CCNP
7 2 (0.63%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.32%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.32%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 1 (0.32%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.32%) CSPO
8 1 (0.32%) SAFe Agilist
8 1 (0.32%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (11.71%) Data Quality
2 11 (3.48%) QA
3 6 (1.90%) PMO
4 5 (1.58%) GRC
4 5 (1.58%) PCI DSS
5 4 (1.27%) GDPR
5 4 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
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%) SEPA
7 1 (0.32%) Basel III
7 1 (0.32%) GAAP
7 1 (0.32%) IFRS 9
7 1 (0.32%) NIST
7 1 (0.32%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.32%) SLA
7 1 (0.32%) TARGET2
System Software
1 16 (5.06%) Active Directory
2 12 (3.80%) 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 (4.43%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.90%) Ansible
3 5 (1.58%) SCCM
3 5 (1.58%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.95%) Microsoft Clustering
4 3 (0.95%) SCOM
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 63 (19.94%) Microsoft
2 45 (14.24%) Oracle
3 29 (9.18%) Databricks
4 28 (8.86%) SAP
5 14 (4.43%) Google
6 12 (3.80%) VMware
7 10 (3.16%) Cisco
8 8 (2.53%) ServiceNow
9 7 (2.22%) Citrix
10 5 (1.58%) CyberArk
10 5 (1.58%) IBM
10 5 (1.58%) Remedy
10 5 (1.58%) Salesforce
11 4 (1.27%) Bloomberg
11 4 (1.27%) IFS
11 4 (1.27%) Informatica
12 3 (0.95%) BMC
12 3 (0.95%) Commvault
12 3 (0.95%) Red Hat
12 3 (0.95%) Workday