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

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 20 19
Rank change year-on-year +4 -1 +1
Contract jobs citing Migration 267 160 180
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 11.04% 9.27% 8.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.88% 9.90% 9.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 203 96 133
10th Percentile £406 £370 £367
25th Percentile £450 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +6.82% - -13.21%
75th Percentile £678 £700 £638
90th Percentile £785 £769 £698
Central London median daily rate £575 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -12.00%
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 £44.46 £34.65 -
% change year-on-year +28.31% - -

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 2,073 1,616 1,962
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 85.70% 93.63% 90.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,385 1,029 1,367
10th Percentile £363 £354 £359
25th Percentile £450 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £565
Median % change year-on-year - -2.65% -5.83%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 16 13
10th Percentile £17.56 £19.25 £19.98
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.43 £20.22
Median hourly rate £24.47 £29.75 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year -17.76% +13.33% -25.00%
75th Percentile £42.91 £52.50 £40.00
90th Percentile £60.25 £76.25 £48.57
Central London median hourly rate £27.00 £29.07 £27.81
% change year-on-year -7.12% +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 17 June 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 13 (4.87%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.87%) Apache Airflow
2 5 (1.87%) Confluence
2 5 (1.87%) SharePoint 2013
3 3 (1.12%) Apache
4 2 (0.75%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.37%) Camunda
5 1 (0.37%) CMS
5 1 (0.37%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (2.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.12%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.75%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (2.62%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.25%) NetSuite
2 6 (2.25%) Oracle General Ledger
3 5 (1.87%) Aladdin
3 5 (1.87%) Oracle Financials
3 5 (1.87%) Oracle Payables
3 5 (1.87%) Workday HCM
4 4 (1.50%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (1.50%) Oracle Receivables
5 3 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (1.12%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 3 (1.12%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.75%) iTrent
6 2 (0.75%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (0.75%) SAP HCM
6 2 (0.75%) SAP Payroll
6 2 (0.75%) SAP SD
7 1 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.37%) SAP R/3
7 1 (0.37%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 62 (23.22%) Azure
2 48 (17.98%) AWS
3 22 (8.24%) Power Platform
4 15 (5.62%) GCP
5 13 (4.87%) Azure DevOps
5 13 (4.87%) GitHub
6 11 (4.12%) Serverless
7 9 (3.37%) OCI
8 8 (3.00%) Microsoft 365
9 7 (2.62%) Azure Data Factory
9 7 (2.62%) GitHub Actions
9 7 (2.62%) SaaS
9 7 (2.62%) Snowflake
10 6 (2.25%) dbt
11 5 (1.87%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 5 (1.87%) Entra ID
12 4 (1.50%) Amazon S3
12 4 (1.50%) AWS Lambda
12 4 (1.50%) Azure AKS
13 3 (1.12%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.25%) Firewall
1 6 (2.25%) Network Security
2 4 (1.50%) VLAN
3 3 (1.12%) DNS
3 3 (1.12%) VPN
3 3 (1.12%) VSAN
3 3 (1.12%) WAN
4 2 (0.75%) BGP
4 2 (0.75%) EIGRP
4 2 (0.75%) LAN
4 2 (0.75%) MPLS
4 2 (0.75%) OSPF
4 2 (0.75%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.75%) Unified Communications
4 2 (0.75%) Wireless
5 1 (0.37%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (0.37%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (0.37%) HSRP
5 1 (0.37%) Multicast
5 1 (0.37%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (7.49%) Power BI
2 14 (5.24%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (3.00%) SQL Server
4 7 (2.62%) Metadata
5 6 (2.25%) Relational Database
6 5 (1.87%) Oracle Reports
7 4 (1.50%) Amazon Redshift
7 4 (1.50%) Oracle Database
7 4 (1.50%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (1.12%) BusinessObjects
8 3 (1.12%) Data Mart
8 3 (1.12%) NoSQL
8 3 (1.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (1.12%) Tableau
9 2 (0.75%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.75%) Delta Lake
9 2 (0.75%) OLAP
9 2 (0.75%) Snowflake Schema
9 2 (0.75%) Spark SQL
10 1 (0.37%) OLAP Cube
Development Applications
1 15 (5.62%) JIRA
2 6 (2.25%) GitLab
3 5 (1.87%) Git
3 5 (1.87%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.75%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.37%) ER Studio
5 1 (0.37%) ERwin
5 1 (0.37%) Gradle
5 1 (0.37%) JUnit
5 1 (0.37%) Liquibase
5 1 (0.37%) Mockito
5 1 (0.37%) MSI
5 1 (0.37%) Zephyr
General
1 92 (34.46%) Finance
2 50 (18.73%) Social Skills
3 31 (11.61%) Banking
4 29 (10.86%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (5.62%) Public Sector
6 13 (4.87%) Financial Institution
6 13 (4.87%) General Ledger
7 9 (3.37%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (3.37%) Law
8 6 (2.25%) Legal
9 5 (1.87%) Retail
10 4 (1.50%) Front Office
10 4 (1.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.12%) Investment Banking
11 3 (1.12%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.75%) Back Office
12 2 (0.75%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.75%) International Banking
12 2 (0.75%) Marketing
12 2 (0.75%) Military
Job Titles
1 48 (17.98%) Architect
2 37 (13.86%) Lead
3 36 (13.48%) Consultant
4 26 (9.74%) Analyst
5 23 (8.61%) Senior
6 22 (8.24%) Project Manager
7 16 (5.99%) Solutions Architect
8 14 (5.24%) Business Analyst
8 14 (5.24%) Data Engineer
9 13 (4.87%) Data Analyst
10 12 (4.49%) Data Migration Lead
10 12 (4.49%) Migration Manager
10 12 (4.49%) Migration Project Manager
11 11 (4.12%) Azure Architect
11 11 (4.12%) Migration Analyst
12 10 (3.75%) Cloud Architect
12 10 (3.75%) Data Architect
12 10 (3.75%) Developer
13 9 (3.37%) Migration Consultant
13 9 (3.37%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (5.99%) Oracle Fusion
2 9 (3.37%) Kafka
3 7 (2.62%) Middleware
4 6 (2.25%) PySpark
4 6 (2.25%) REST
5 4 (1.50%) React
5 4 (1.50%) RESTful
5 4 (1.50%) Spring
5 4 (1.50%) XML
6 3 (1.12%) .NET
6 3 (1.12%) FIX Protocol
6 3 (1.12%) JSON
7 2 (0.75%) .NET Core
7 2 (0.75%) ADO
7 2 (0.75%) EDI
7 2 (0.75%) Flash
7 2 (0.75%) Redux
7 2 (0.75%) Spring Boot
8 1 (0.37%) IDoc
8 1 (0.37%) Oracle GoldenGate
Miscellaneous
1 25 (9.36%) Cloud Native
2 24 (8.99%) Legacy Systems
3 8 (3.00%) Mainframe
3 8 (3.00%) Product Ownership
4 6 (2.25%) Data Centre
4 6 (2.25%) Data Structures
4 6 (2.25%) Distributed Systems
5 5 (1.87%) Derivative
5 5 (1.87%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 5 (1.87%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (1.50%) Fixed Income
6 4 (1.50%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.50%) Public Cloud
6 4 (1.50%) Replication
7 3 (1.12%) Equities
7 3 (1.12%) Reference Data
8 2 (0.75%) Clustering
8 2 (0.75%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.75%) NHS
8 2 (0.75%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.12%) Windows
2 5 (1.87%) Linux
3 4 (1.50%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.75%) SUSE
4 2 (0.75%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.37%) AIX
5 1 (0.37%) Solaris
5 1 (0.37%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
5 1 (0.37%) VMS
5 1 (0.37%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (35.21%) Data Migration
2 58 (21.72%) Stakeholder Management
3 44 (16.48%) Agile
4 41 (15.36%) Validation
5 33 (12.36%) Project Delivery
6 32 (11.99%) CI/CD
6 32 (11.99%) DevOps
7 28 (10.49%) Analytics
8 27 (10.11%) ERP
9 26 (9.74%) ETL
9 26 (9.74%) User Acceptance Testing
10 24 (8.99%) Infrastructure as Code
10 24 (8.99%) Project Management
11 23 (8.61%) Data Modelling
11 23 (8.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 22 (8.24%) Problem-Solving
13 21 (7.87%) Business Intelligence
14 19 (7.12%) Roadmaps
15 18 (6.74%) Data Governance
16 16 (5.99%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 38 (14.23%) SQL
2 25 (9.36%) Python
3 7 (2.62%) Java
3 7 (2.62%) PowerShell
4 4 (1.50%) Bash
4 4 (1.50%) Bicep
4 4 (1.50%) JavaScript
4 4 (1.50%) TypeScript
5 3 (1.12%) C#
6 2 (0.75%) ABAP
6 2 (0.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (0.75%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.37%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.37%) VBA
Qualifications
1 43 (16.10%) Security Cleared
2 38 (14.23%) SC Cleared
3 14 (5.24%) PMP
4 13 (4.87%) PMI Certification
5 7 (2.62%) DBS Check
5 7 (2.62%) Degree
6 4 (1.50%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.50%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.50%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.12%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.75%) CCNA
8 2 (0.75%) CCNP
9 1 (0.37%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 1 (0.37%) CISA
9 1 (0.37%) CWNA
9 1 (0.37%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.37%) MCSA
9 1 (0.37%) MCSE
9 1 (0.37%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.37%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (6.37%) Data Quality
1 17 (6.37%) GDPR
2 14 (5.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (4.12%) NIST
4 7 (2.62%) QA
5 6 (2.25%) PCI DSS
6 5 (1.87%) PMO
7 4 (1.50%) GAAP
7 4 (1.50%) IFRS
8 2 (0.75%) GRC
8 2 (0.75%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.75%) NCSC
8 2 (0.75%) PSD2
8 2 (0.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.75%) SEPA
8 2 (0.75%) SLA
9 1 (0.37%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.37%) IFRS 9
9 1 (0.37%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.37%) TARGET2
System Software
1 7 (2.62%) Docker
2 5 (1.87%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.75%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.75%) VMware NSX
3 2 (0.75%) vSphere
4 1 (0.37%) Firmware
4 1 (0.37%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.37%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.37%) NFS
4 1 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 16 (5.99%) Terraform
2 14 (5.24%) Kubernetes
3 6 (2.25%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (1.50%) Ansible
5 2 (0.75%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.37%) EMC VPLEX
6 1 (0.37%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.37%) Grafana
6 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Clustering
6 1 (0.37%) PowerCLI
6 1 (0.37%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.37%) SCCM
6 1 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.37%) vMotion
6 1 (0.37%) VxRail
Vendors
1 49 (18.35%) Microsoft
2 36 (13.48%) Oracle
3 26 (9.74%) SAP
4 12 (4.49%) Databricks
5 10 (3.75%) CyberArk
6 9 (3.37%) Workday
7 8 (3.00%) Citrix
7 8 (3.00%) Google
8 6 (2.25%) Salesforce
9 5 (1.87%) Cisco
9 5 (1.87%) Informatica
9 5 (1.87%) VMware
10 4 (1.50%) Pure Storage
11 3 (1.12%) IBM
11 3 (1.12%) IFS
11 3 (1.12%) Palo Alto
12 2 (0.75%) MuleSoft
12 2 (0.75%) Murex
12 2 (0.75%) Remedy
13 1 (0.37%) PayPal