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

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 17 16
Rank change year-on-year +6 -1 +1
Contract jobs citing Migration 287 184 199
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 12.03% 9.81% 9.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.82% 10.44% 10.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 218 113 142
10th Percentile £404 £335 £364
25th Percentile £452 £425 £489
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £565
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -7.08% -6.80%
75th Percentile £675 £663 £650
90th Percentile £764 £773 £725
Central London median daily rate £575 £525 £565
% change year-on-year +9.52% -7.08% -5.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £29.00 £34.63 -
Median hourly rate £30.00 £34.65 -
Median % change year-on-year -13.42% - -
75th Percentile £31.00 £34.68 -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £35.00 £34.65 -
% change year-on-year +1.01% - -

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 2,076 1,763 1,890
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 87.01% 93.98% 91.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,402 1,149 1,284
10th Percentile £368 £331 £363
25th Percentile £456 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 22 17
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.57 £19.53
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.66 £20.50
Median hourly rate £19.50 £29.75 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.45% +10.19% -22.86%
75th Percentile £41.25 £54.75 £78.75
90th Percentile £60.78 £63.75 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £23.16 £31.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -25.29% +3.33% -14.29%

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 29 July 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 18 (6.27%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.09%) Confluence
3 5 (1.74%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (1.74%) SharePoint 2013
4 4 (1.39%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (1.05%) CMS
6 2 (0.70%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.70%) Apache
6 2 (0.70%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.70%) HCL Notes
7 1 (0.35%) Camunda
7 1 (0.35%) IIS
7 1 (0.35%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (2.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.05%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (2.09%) NetSuite
1 6 (2.09%) Oracle Financials
1 6 (2.09%) Oracle Payables
1 6 (2.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.74%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (1.74%) Oracle General Ledger
2 5 (1.74%) Oracle Receivables
2 5 (1.74%) Workday HCM
3 4 (1.39%) Aladdin
3 4 (1.39%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (1.05%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (1.05%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.70%) iTrent
5 2 (0.70%) SAP HCM
5 2 (0.70%) SAP Payroll
5 2 (0.70%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.35%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.35%) Oracle E-Business Tax
6 1 (0.35%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.35%) SAP R/3
Cloud Services
1 59 (20.56%) Azure
2 39 (13.59%) AWS
3 24 (8.36%) Power Platform
4 17 (5.92%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (5.23%) GCP
6 11 (3.83%) Entra ID
6 11 (3.83%) GitHub
7 9 (3.14%) Azure Data Factory
7 9 (3.14%) Microsoft 365
7 9 (3.14%) SaaS
7 9 (3.14%) Serverless
8 7 (2.44%) GitHub Actions
8 7 (2.44%) OCI
8 7 (2.44%) Snowflake
9 6 (2.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 6 (2.09%) dbt
10 5 (1.74%) Amazon S3
10 5 (1.74%) OpenShift
11 4 (1.39%) Amazon EKS
11 4 (1.39%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.14%) Firewall
2 7 (2.44%) DNS
3 6 (2.09%) Network Security
4 5 (1.74%) VPN
5 4 (1.39%) VLAN
6 3 (1.05%) TCP/IP
6 3 (1.05%) VSAN
6 3 (1.05%) WAN
7 2 (0.70%) BGP
7 2 (0.70%) DHCP
7 2 (0.70%) EIGRP
7 2 (0.70%) LAN
7 2 (0.70%) OSPF
7 2 (0.70%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.70%) Wireless
8 1 (0.35%) 802.11
8 1 (0.35%) IP Telephony
8 1 (0.35%) TACACS
8 1 (0.35%) VRRP
8 1 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (7.67%) Power BI
2 11 (3.83%) Data Warehouse
3 10 (3.48%) SQL Server
4 6 (2.09%) Relational Database
5 5 (1.74%) Metadata
5 5 (1.74%) Oracle Database
5 5 (1.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (1.39%) Amazon Redshift
6 4 (1.39%) Data Mart
6 4 (1.39%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 3 (1.05%) BusinessObjects
7 3 (1.05%) NoSQL
7 3 (1.05%) Oracle Reports
7 3 (1.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.70%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.70%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.70%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.70%) Snowflake Schema
8 2 (0.70%) Spark SQL
8 2 (0.70%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 21 (7.32%) JIRA
2 6 (2.09%) GitLab
3 5 (1.74%) Git
3 5 (1.74%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.70%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.35%) ER Studio
5 1 (0.35%) Gradle
5 1 (0.35%) JUnit
5 1 (0.35%) Liquibase
5 1 (0.35%) Mockito
5 1 (0.35%) MSI
5 1 (0.35%) PowerBuilder
5 1 (0.35%) Zephyr
General
1 96 (33.45%) Finance
2 60 (20.91%) Social Skills
3 32 (11.15%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (10.45%) Banking
5 14 (4.88%) General Ledger
5 14 (4.88%) Public Sector
6 12 (4.18%) Law
7 11 (3.83%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (3.83%) Financial Institution
8 6 (2.09%) Retail
9 5 (1.74%) Front Office
9 5 (1.74%) Telecoms
10 4 (1.39%) Legal
11 3 (1.05%) Back Office
11 3 (1.05%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.70%) International Banking
12 2 (0.70%) Marketing
12 2 (0.70%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.70%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 51 (17.77%) Architect
2 39 (13.59%) Lead
3 35 (12.20%) Consultant
4 30 (10.45%) Analyst
5 23 (8.01%) Senior
6 20 (6.97%) Project Manager
7 18 (6.27%) Solutions Architect
8 16 (5.57%) Business Analyst
8 16 (5.57%) Data Engineer
9 14 (4.88%) Data Migration Lead
10 13 (4.53%) Data Analyst
10 13 (4.53%) Developer
11 12 (4.18%) Migration Analyst
12 11 (3.83%) Azure Architect
12 11 (3.83%) Data Architect
13 10 (3.48%) Cloud Engineer
14 9 (3.14%) Administrator
14 9 (3.14%) Data Migration Analyst
14 9 (3.14%) Oracle Consultant
15 8 (2.79%) Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (5.23%) Oracle Fusion
2 10 (3.48%) Kafka
3 9 (3.14%) REST
4 7 (2.44%) PySpark
5 6 (2.09%) .NET
5 6 (2.09%) Middleware
6 5 (1.74%) React
7 4 (1.39%) JSON
7 4 (1.39%) RESTful
7 4 (1.39%) Spring
8 3 (1.05%) XML
9 2 (0.70%) .NET Core
9 2 (0.70%) ADO
9 2 (0.70%) EDI
9 2 (0.70%) FIX Protocol
9 2 (0.70%) Flash
9 2 (0.70%) Redux
9 2 (0.70%) SOAP
9 2 (0.70%) Spring Boot
9 2 (0.70%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 26 (9.06%) Cloud Native
2 24 (8.36%) Legacy Systems
3 12 (4.18%) Data Centre
4 9 (3.14%) Mainframe
4 9 (3.14%) Product Ownership
5 8 (2.79%) Data Structures
6 7 (2.44%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (2.44%) Onboarding
6 7 (2.44%) Public Cloud
7 4 (1.39%) Clustering
7 4 (1.39%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.05%) AI Agents
8 3 (1.05%) Derivative
8 3 (1.05%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.05%) Replication
9 2 (0.70%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.70%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.70%) Market Risk
9 2 (0.70%) Private Cloud
9 2 (0.70%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 18 (6.27%) Windows
2 6 (2.09%) Linux
3 3 (1.05%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.70%) SUSE
4 2 (0.70%) VMS
4 2 (0.70%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.35%) AIX
5 1 (0.35%) Android
5 1 (0.35%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.35%) Solaris
5 1 (0.35%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
5 1 (0.35%) Unix
5 1 (0.35%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (34.84%) Data Migration
2 62 (21.60%) Stakeholder Management
3 42 (14.63%) Agile
4 39 (13.59%) Validation
5 37 (12.89%) CI/CD
6 35 (12.20%) Project Delivery
7 33 (11.50%) DevOps
8 31 (10.80%) Analytics
9 30 (10.45%) ERP
10 29 (10.10%) User Acceptance Testing
11 28 (9.76%) Data Modelling
11 28 (9.76%) ETL
12 26 (9.06%) Infrastructure as Code
13 24 (8.36%) Problem-Solving
13 24 (8.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 22 (7.67%) Business Intelligence
15 20 (6.97%) Data Governance
15 20 (6.97%) Roadmaps
16 19 (6.62%) Project Management
17 16 (5.57%) Data Transformation
Programming Languages
1 40 (13.94%) SQL
2 28 (9.76%) Python
3 13 (4.53%) PowerShell
4 8 (2.79%) Java
5 5 (1.74%) C#
5 5 (1.74%) JavaScript
5 5 (1.74%) TypeScript
6 4 (1.39%) Bicep
7 3 (1.05%) Bash
7 3 (1.05%) PL/SQL
8 2 (0.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.35%) ABAP
9 1 (0.35%) Korn
9 1 (0.35%) Perl
9 1 (0.35%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.35%) VBA
Qualifications
1 43 (14.98%) Security Cleared
2 36 (12.54%) SC Cleared
3 8 (2.79%) PMI Certification
3 8 (2.79%) PMP
4 7 (2.44%) DBS Check
5 6 (2.09%) Degree
6 5 (1.74%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (1.39%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.05%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.05%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.05%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.70%) CCNA
9 2 (0.70%) CCNP
10 1 (0.35%) CESG Certified Professional
10 1 (0.35%) CISA
10 1 (0.35%) CWNA
10 1 (0.35%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.35%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (0.35%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (0.35%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (7.32%) Data Quality
2 11 (3.83%) GDPR
2 11 (3.83%) QA
3 9 (3.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.09%) NIST
4 6 (2.09%) PCI DSS
4 6 (2.09%) PMO
5 4 (1.39%) GRC
6 2 (0.70%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.70%) ISO 20022
6 2 (0.70%) NCSC
6 2 (0.70%) PSD2
6 2 (0.70%) SEPA
6 2 (0.70%) SLA
7 1 (0.35%) GAAP
7 1 (0.35%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.35%) ISO 8583
7 1 (0.35%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.35%) TARGET2
System Software
1 12 (4.18%) Active Directory
2 9 (3.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (2.44%) Docker
4 2 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.70%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.70%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.70%) vSphere
5 1 (0.35%) Firmware
5 1 (0.35%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.35%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 18 (6.27%) Terraform
2 15 (5.23%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.39%) Ansible
4 3 (1.05%) Microsoft Clustering
4 3 (1.05%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (1.05%) SCCM
5 2 (0.70%) SCOM
5 2 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.70%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.35%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.35%) Grafana
6 1 (0.35%) ITRS Geneos
6 1 (0.35%) PingFederate
6 1 (0.35%) PowerCLI
6 1 (0.35%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.35%) VxRail
Vendors
1 52 (18.12%) Microsoft
2 35 (12.20%) Oracle
3 22 (7.67%) SAP
4 14 (4.88%) Databricks
5 12 (4.18%) Google
6 9 (3.14%) Citrix
6 9 (3.14%) VMware
7 8 (2.79%) CyberArk
8 6 (2.09%) Workday
9 5 (1.74%) Cisco
9 5 (1.74%) Salesforce
10 4 (1.39%) IFS
10 4 (1.39%) Informatica
10 4 (1.39%) Remedy
10 4 (1.39%) ServiceNow
11 3 (1.05%) IBM
11 3 (1.05%) Palo Alto
11 3 (1.05%) Pure Storage
12 2 (0.70%) Adobe
12 2 (0.70%) Murex