Job Vacancy Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Skill Sets
Period
to 11 April 2021

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for Migration skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Migration over the 6 months to 11 April 2021 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Migration
Central London > City of London
6 months to
11 Apr 2021		 Same period 2020 Same period 2019
Rank 22 22 21
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 +9
Contract jobs citing Migration 171 272 512
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 7.07% 6.74% 7.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.80% 7.70% 8.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 145 209 381
10th Percentile £343 £273 £275
25th Percentile £409 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £518 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.38% +3.50% -
75th Percentile £600 £600 £588
90th Percentile £733 £673 £675
Central London median daily rate £500 £518 £500
% change year-on-year -3.38% +3.50% +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 3
Median hourly rate - £16.00 £18.70
Median % change year-on-year - -14.44% -
Central London median hourly rate - £18.70 £18.70

Migration is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,191 3,531 6,099
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 90.61% 87.44% 89.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,620 2,666 4,731
10th Percentile £340 £325 £325
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
75th Percentile £625 £613 £600
90th Percentile £700 £675 £675
Central London median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 51 53
10th Percentile £12.34 £12.42 £11.55
25th Percentile £15.69 £14.19 £16.00
Median hourly rate £25.75 £22.74 £20.65
Median % change year-on-year +13.26% +10.12% +3.23%
75th Percentile £27.81 £39.00 £33.00
90th Percentile £40.83 £53.00 £37.50
Central London median hourly rate £24.23 £22.74 £21.18
% change year-on-year +6.55% +7.34% +0.86%

Migration
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Migration as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Migration in the City of London

Migration
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Migration in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Migration in the City of London

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 11 April 2021.

Daily rate histogram for Migration in the City of London

Migration
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Migration in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Migration in the City of London

For the 6 months to 11 April 2021, IT contractor jobs citing Migration also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the City of London region with a requirement for Migration.

1 50 (29.24%) Finance
2 37 (21.64%) Azure
3 32 (18.71%) Data Migration
4 31 (18.13%) Java
4 31 (18.13%) Banking
5 30 (17.54%) Agile Software Development
6 29 (16.96%) AWS
7 27 (15.79%) Microsoft 365
8 26 (15.20%) Microsoft
9 24 (14.04%) SQL
10 23 (13.45%) Kubernetes
11 20 (11.70%) DevOps
12 19 (11.11%) SQL Server
13 18 (10.53%) Windows
13 18 (10.53%) Project Management
14 17 (9.94%) Active Directory
14 17 (9.94%) Oracle
15 16 (9.36%) Data Modelling
15 16 (9.36%) Disaster Recovery
15 16 (9.36%) Docker
15 16 (9.36%) Greenfield Project
16 15 (8.77%) Stakeholder Management
16 15 (8.77%) Data Warehouse
16 15 (8.77%) Microsoft Office
16 15 (8.77%) ITIL
17 14 (8.19%) PRINCE2
17 14 (8.19%) Python
17 14 (8.19%) VMware
17 14 (8.19%) Project Delivery
18 13 (7.60%) Replication

Migration
Co-occurring IT Skills in the City of London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 11 (6.43%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.92%) MS Exchange
3 4 (2.34%) Cloud Foundry
4 3 (1.75%) CMS
4 3 (1.75%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (1.17%) Apache Spark
5 2 (1.17%) Confluence
5 2 (1.17%) SAS
5 2 (1.17%) SharePoint 2010
6 1 (0.58%) Apache
6 1 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.58%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.58%) IBM Notes
6 1 (0.58%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.58%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 15 (8.77%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (6.43%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (3.51%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (1.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.17%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.58%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.58%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 2 (1.17%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.58%) FLEXCUBE
2 1 (0.58%) Maximo
2 1 (0.58%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.58%) OpenText VIM for SAP
2 1 (0.58%) Oracle 11i
2 1 (0.58%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.58%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (0.58%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.58%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.58%) SAP CRM
2 1 (0.58%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.58%) SAP FI
2 1 (0.58%) SAP MDG
2 1 (0.58%) SAP MM
2 1 (0.58%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (0.58%) SAP SRM
2 1 (0.58%) Unica
Cloud Services
1 37 (21.64%) Azure
2 29 (16.96%) AWS
3 27 (15.79%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (7.60%) GCP
5 9 (5.26%) IaaS
6 8 (4.68%) Azure Active Directory
7 7 (4.09%) Serverless
8 6 (3.51%) AWS Lambda
9 5 (2.92%) Amazon EC2
9 5 (2.92%) Amazon S3
9 5 (2.92%) Azure Data Factory
9 5 (2.92%) Power Platform
9 5 (2.92%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 4 (2.34%) OneDrive
10 4 (2.34%) PaaS
10 4 (2.34%) SaaS
11 3 (1.75%) Cloud Computing
12 2 (1.17%) Amazon Kinesis
13 1 (0.58%) AWS CloudFormation
13 1 (0.58%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 13 (7.60%) SAN
2 9 (5.26%) NAS
3 8 (4.68%) FTP
4 7 (4.09%) DHCP
4 7 (4.09%) DNS
5 5 (2.92%) Firewall
5 5 (2.92%) MPLS
6 4 (2.34%) WAN
7 3 (1.75%) Intranet
7 3 (1.75%) SD-WAN
7 3 (1.75%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (1.17%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (1.17%) Remote Desktop
9 1 (0.58%) Internet
9 1 (0.58%) IP Telephony
9 1 (0.58%) Network Security
9 1 (0.58%) PBX
9 1 (0.58%) SMTP
9 1 (0.58%) WebEx
9 1 (0.58%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (11.11%) SQL Server
2 15 (8.77%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (6.43%) MySQL
4 8 (4.68%) DB2
5 7 (4.09%) Oracle Database
6 6 (3.51%) Big Data
7 5 (2.92%) Amazon Aurora
7 5 (2.92%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (2.92%) MS Access
7 5 (2.92%) Power BI
7 5 (2.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (2.34%) Oracle Database 12c
8 4 (2.34%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (2.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (1.75%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 3 (1.75%) Tableau
10 2 (1.17%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (1.17%) Hadoop
10 2 (1.17%) Relational Database
10 2 (1.17%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 7 (4.09%) Jenkins
2 5 (2.92%) Cucumber
3 4 (2.34%) Cypress.io
3 4 (2.34%) JIRA
3 4 (2.34%) Selenium
4 2 (1.17%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.58%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.58%) LSMW
5 1 (0.58%) Maven
5 1 (0.58%) MSI
5 1 (0.58%) ProC
5 1 (0.58%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 50 (29.24%) Finance
2 31 (18.13%) Banking
3 7 (4.09%) Legal
3 7 (4.09%) Public Sector
4 6 (3.51%) Law
5 4 (2.34%) Investment Banking
5 4 (2.34%) Telecoms
6 2 (1.17%) Retail
7 1 (0.58%) Back Office
7 1 (0.58%) Billing
7 1 (0.58%) Financial Institution
7 1 (0.58%) General Ledger
7 1 (0.58%) International Banking
7 1 (0.58%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.58%) Marketing
7 1 (0.58%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 43 (25.15%) Developer
2 23 (13.45%) Java Developer
3 20 (11.70%) Project Manager
4 17 (9.94%) Architect
5 16 (9.36%) Analyst
6 10 (5.85%) Electronic Trading Developer
6 10 (5.85%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
7 7 (4.09%) Consultant
8 6 (3.51%) Administrator
8 6 (3.51%) DevOps Engineer
9 5 (2.92%) Azure Engineer
9 5 (2.92%) Data Analyst
9 5 (2.92%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
10 4 (2.34%) .NET Developer
10 4 (2.34%) ETL Tester
10 4 (2.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 4 (2.34%) Migration Manager
10 4 (2.34%) Oracle DBA
10 4 (2.34%) Senior Java Developer
10 4 (2.34%) SQL Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (7.02%) Spring Boot
2 11 (6.43%) .NET
2 11 (6.43%) Spring
3 8 (4.68%) Middleware
4 5 (2.92%) AngularJS
5 4 (2.34%) .NET Core
5 4 (2.34%) .NET Framework
5 4 (2.34%) Oracle GoldenGate
5 4 (2.34%) Web Services
6 3 (1.75%) J2EE
6 3 (1.75%) Kafka
7 2 (1.17%) CSS
7 2 (1.17%) CSS3
7 2 (1.17%) FIX Protocol
7 2 (1.17%) HTML
7 2 (1.17%) HTML5
7 2 (1.17%) LDAP
7 2 (1.17%) Node.js
8 1 (0.58%) SOAP
8 1 (0.58%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (9.36%) Greenfield Project
2 13 (7.60%) Replication
3 10 (5.85%) Fixed Income
4 8 (4.68%) AS400
4 8 (4.68%) iSeries
4 8 (4.68%) LPAR
5 7 (4.09%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (4.09%) Data Centre
6 5 (2.92%) Cloud Native
6 5 (2.92%) User Experience
7 4 (2.34%) Public Cloud
7 4 (2.34%) Reinsurance
8 3 (1.75%) Blackberry
8 3 (1.75%) Credit Risk
8 3 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.75%) Virtual Team
9 2 (1.17%) Client/Server
9 2 (1.17%) Equities
9 2 (1.17%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.17%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 18 (10.53%) Windows
2 13 (7.60%) Linux
3 9 (5.26%) Windows Server
4 8 (4.68%) Apple iOS
5 6 (3.51%) Windows 10
6 5 (2.92%) Unix
6 5 (2.92%) Windows 7
7 3 (1.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (1.75%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (1.75%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (1.17%) SUSE
8 2 (1.17%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.58%) CentOS
9 1 (0.58%) Solaris
9 1 (0.58%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (18.71%) Data Migration
2 30 (17.54%) Agile Software Development
3 20 (11.70%) DevOps
4 18 (10.53%) Project Management
5 16 (9.36%) Data Modelling
5 16 (9.36%) Disaster Recovery
6 15 (8.77%) ITIL
6 15 (8.77%) Stakeholder Management
7 14 (8.19%) PRINCE2
7 14 (8.19%) Project Delivery
8 12 (7.02%) Business Intelligence
8 12 (7.02%) Electronic Trading
9 11 (6.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 11 (6.43%) Low Latency
10 10 (5.85%) Business Continuity
10 10 (5.85%) ETL
10 10 (5.85%) Microservices
10 10 (5.85%) Service Delivery
10 10 (5.85%) TDD
11 9 (5.26%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 31 (18.13%) Java
2 24 (14.04%) SQL
3 14 (8.19%) Python
4 10 (5.85%) PowerShell
5 9 (5.26%) JavaScript
6 7 (4.09%) T-SQL
7 6 (3.51%) C#
8 5 (2.92%) VB
9 4 (2.34%) VBScript
10 3 (1.75%) PL/SQL
11 2 (1.17%) Bash Shell
11 2 (1.17%) ES6
11 2 (1.17%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.58%) ABAP
12 1 (0.58%) C++
12 1 (0.58%) Go
12 1 (0.58%) Natural
12 1 (0.58%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 7 (4.09%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (3.51%) MCSE
2 6 (3.51%) PMP
2 6 (3.51%) Security Cleared
3 4 (2.34%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (2.34%) Degree
3 4 (2.34%) SC Cleared
4 3 (1.75%) CISSP
5 2 (1.17%) CCNP
5 2 (1.17%) MCSA
6 1 (0.58%) CCDP
6 1 (0.58%) CCNA
6 1 (0.58%) CISM
6 1 (0.58%) MCT
6 1 (0.58%) MOS
6 1 (0.58%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.58%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (0.58%) SAP Certification
6 1 (0.58%) VCDX
6 1 (0.58%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (7.02%) QA
2 3 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.17%) ISO 20022
3 2 (1.17%) SLA
4 1 (0.58%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.58%) NIST
4 1 (0.58%) NIST 800
System Software
1 17 (9.94%) Active Directory
2 16 (9.36%) Docker
3 11 (6.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (4.68%) PowerHA
5 4 (2.34%) Hyper-V
5 4 (2.34%) Oracle RAC
5 4 (2.34%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (1.17%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (1.17%) XenApp
6 2 (1.17%) XenDesktop
7 1 (0.58%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 1 (0.58%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.58%) VMware Workstation
7 1 (0.58%) vSphere
7 1 (0.58%) Xen
Systems Management
1 23 (13.45%) Kubernetes
2 9 (5.26%) Terraform
3 8 (4.68%) Ansible
4 5 (2.92%) SCCM
5 4 (2.34%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
5 4 (2.34%) Foglight
5 4 (2.34%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (2.34%) SCOM
6 3 (1.75%) Puppet
7 2 (1.17%) Opscode Chef
8 1 (0.58%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 1 (0.58%) Red Hat Satellite
8 1 (0.58%) Salt
8 1 (0.58%) vRealize
Vendors
1 26 (15.20%) Microsoft
2 17 (9.94%) Oracle
3 14 (8.19%) VMware
4 9 (5.26%) IBM
4 9 (5.26%) MuleSoft
4 9 (5.26%) SAP
5 8 (4.68%) Citrix
6 7 (4.09%) Google
7 4 (2.34%) Cisco
8 3 (1.75%) NetApp
9 2 (1.17%) CheckPoint
9 2 (1.17%) Meraki
9 2 (1.17%) Red Hat
9 2 (1.17%) ServiceNow
9 2 (1.17%) Talend
9 2 (1.17%) Zscaler
10 1 (0.58%) DocuSign
10 1 (0.58%) iManage
10 1 (0.58%) Kenexa
10 1 (0.58%) Palo Alto