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

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 20 17
Rank change year-on-year +7 -3 +4
Contract jobs citing Migration 274 166 183
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 11.28% 9.49% 8.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.15% 10.12% 9.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 100 133
10th Percentile £406 £361 £367
25th Percentile £450 £434 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +6.95% - -14.73%
75th Percentile £676 £700 £650
90th Percentile £775 £775 £710
Central London median daily rate £575 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -12.35%
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 2,084 1,640 1,950
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 85.80% 93.77% 90.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,407 1,047 1,355
10th Percentile £367 £350 £363
25th Percentile £450 £453 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
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 31 18 14
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.90 £20.01
25th Percentile £18.18 £23.98 £20.29
Median hourly rate £19.50 £29.75 £26.63
Median % change year-on-year -34.45% +11.74% -23.93%
75th Percentile £42.83 £54.75 £40.00
90th Percentile £59.72 £71.25 £47.73
Central London median hourly rate £26.39 £30.04 £27.41
% change year-on-year -12.15% +9.60% -21.70%

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 27 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 16 (5.84%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.82%) Apache Airflow
2 5 (1.82%) Confluence
2 5 (1.82%) SharePoint 2013
3 3 (1.09%) Apache
4 2 (0.73%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (0.73%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.73%) CMS
4 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.36%) Camunda
5 1 (0.36%) IIS
5 1 (0.36%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (2.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.09%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.73%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (2.55%) Oracle General Ledger
1 7 (2.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.19%) NetSuite
2 6 (2.19%) Oracle Financials
2 6 (2.19%) Oracle Payables
3 5 (1.82%) Aladdin
3 5 (1.82%) Oracle ERP
3 5 (1.82%) Oracle Receivables
3 5 (1.82%) Workday HCM
4 3 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (1.09%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.73%) iTrent
5 2 (0.73%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 2 (0.73%) SAP HCM
5 2 (0.73%) SAP Payroll
5 2 (0.73%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle E-Business Tax
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.36%) SAP FI-AR
Cloud Services
1 57 (20.80%) Azure
2 48 (17.52%) AWS
3 22 (8.03%) Power Platform
4 14 (5.11%) GCP
5 13 (4.74%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (4.01%) GitHub
6 11 (4.01%) Serverless
7 9 (3.28%) OCI
8 8 (2.92%) Microsoft 365
9 7 (2.55%) Azure Data Factory
9 7 (2.55%) GitHub Actions
9 7 (2.55%) SaaS
9 7 (2.55%) Snowflake
10 6 (2.19%) dbt
10 6 (2.19%) Entra ID
11 5 (1.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 5 (1.82%) OpenShift
12 4 (1.46%) Amazon EKS
12 4 (1.46%) AWS Lambda
12 4 (1.46%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.19%) Firewall
1 6 (2.19%) Network Security
2 4 (1.46%) VLAN
3 3 (1.09%) DNS
3 3 (1.09%) VPN
3 3 (1.09%) VSAN
3 3 (1.09%) WAN
4 2 (0.73%) BGP
4 2 (0.73%) EIGRP
4 2 (0.73%) LAN
4 2 (0.73%) MPLS
4 2 (0.73%) OSPF
4 2 (0.73%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.73%) Wireless
5 1 (0.36%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (0.36%) HSRP
5 1 (0.36%) IP Telephony
5 1 (0.36%) NAS
5 1 (0.36%) NGFW
5 1 (0.36%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (7.30%) Power BI
2 14 (5.11%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (2.92%) SQL Server
4 7 (2.55%) Metadata
5 6 (2.19%) Relational Database
6 5 (1.82%) Oracle Database
6 5 (1.82%) Oracle Reports
7 4 (1.46%) Amazon Redshift
7 4 (1.46%) Data Mart
7 4 (1.46%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (1.09%) BusinessObjects
8 3 (1.09%) NoSQL
8 3 (1.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (1.09%) Tableau
9 2 (0.73%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.73%) Delta Lake
9 2 (0.73%) OLAP
9 2 (0.73%) Snowflake Schema
9 2 (0.73%) Spark SQL
10 1 (0.36%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 16 (5.84%) JIRA
2 6 (2.19%) GitLab
3 5 (1.82%) Git
3 5 (1.82%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.73%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.36%) ER Studio
5 1 (0.36%) ERwin
5 1 (0.36%) Gradle
5 1 (0.36%) JUnit
5 1 (0.36%) Liquibase
5 1 (0.36%) Mockito
5 1 (0.36%) MSI
5 1 (0.36%) Zephyr
General
1 96 (35.04%) Finance
2 52 (18.98%) Social Skills
3 31 (11.31%) Banking
4 30 (10.95%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (5.11%) General Ledger
6 13 (4.74%) Financial Institution
6 13 (4.74%) Public Sector
7 11 (4.01%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (2.92%) Law
9 6 (2.19%) Legal
9 6 (2.19%) Retail
10 4 (1.46%) Front Office
11 3 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.09%) Investment Banking
11 3 (1.09%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.73%) Back Office
12 2 (0.73%) International Banking
12 2 (0.73%) Marketing
12 2 (0.73%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.36%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 50 (18.25%) Architect
2 38 (13.87%) Lead
3 37 (13.50%) Consultant
4 31 (11.31%) Analyst
5 21 (7.66%) Project Manager
5 21 (7.66%) Senior
6 18 (6.57%) Business Analyst
7 17 (6.20%) Solutions Architect
8 15 (5.47%) Data Engineer
9 13 (4.74%) Data Analyst
9 13 (4.74%) Data Migration Lead
10 11 (4.01%) Azure Architect
10 11 (4.01%) Migration Analyst
10 11 (4.01%) Migration Manager
10 11 (4.01%) Migration Project Manager
11 10 (3.65%) Cloud Architect
11 10 (3.65%) Data Architect
11 10 (3.65%) Developer
12 9 (3.28%) Migration Consultant
12 9 (3.28%) Oracle Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (5.84%) Oracle Fusion
2 10 (3.65%) Kafka
3 8 (2.92%) REST
4 7 (2.55%) Middleware
5 6 (2.19%) PySpark
6 5 (1.82%) React
7 4 (1.46%) RESTful
7 4 (1.46%) Spring
7 4 (1.46%) XML
8 3 (1.09%) .NET
8 3 (1.09%) JSON
9 2 (0.73%) .NET Core
9 2 (0.73%) ADO
9 2 (0.73%) EDI
9 2 (0.73%) FIX Protocol
9 2 (0.73%) Flash
9 2 (0.73%) Redux
9 2 (0.73%) Spring Boot
10 1 (0.36%) Apache Avro
10 1 (0.36%) Oracle GoldenGate
Miscellaneous
1 26 (9.49%) Cloud Native
1 26 (9.49%) Legacy Systems
2 8 (2.92%) Mainframe
2 8 (2.92%) Product Ownership
3 7 (2.55%) Data Structures
3 7 (2.55%) Distributed Systems
3 7 (2.55%) Public Cloud
4 6 (2.19%) Data Centre
5 5 (1.82%) Derivative
5 5 (1.82%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (1.82%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.46%) Fixed Income
6 4 (1.46%) Replication
7 3 (1.09%) Equities
7 3 (1.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (1.09%) Reference Data
8 2 (0.73%) Clustering
8 2 (0.73%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.73%) NHS
8 2 (0.73%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 10 (3.65%) Windows
2 5 (1.82%) Linux
3 3 (1.09%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.73%) SUSE
4 2 (0.73%) VMS
4 2 (0.73%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.36%) AIX
5 1 (0.36%) Solaris
5 1 (0.36%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
5 1 (0.36%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (35.40%) Data Migration
2 58 (21.17%) Stakeholder Management
3 41 (14.96%) Agile
3 41 (14.96%) Validation
4 35 (12.77%) Project Delivery
5 33 (12.04%) CI/CD
6 31 (11.31%) ERP
7 30 (10.95%) Analytics
7 30 (10.95%) DevOps
8 28 (10.22%) User Acceptance Testing
9 27 (9.85%) ETL
10 24 (8.76%) Data Modelling
11 22 (8.03%) Infrastructure as Code
11 22 (8.03%) Project Management
11 22 (8.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 21 (7.66%) Business Intelligence
12 21 (7.66%) Problem-Solving
13 18 (6.57%) Data Governance
13 18 (6.57%) Roadmaps
14 15 (5.47%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 38 (13.87%) SQL
2 26 (9.49%) Python
3 6 (2.19%) Java
3 6 (2.19%) PowerShell
4 5 (1.82%) JavaScript
4 5 (1.82%) TypeScript
5 4 (1.46%) Bicep
6 3 (1.09%) Bash
6 3 (1.09%) C#
7 2 (0.73%) ABAP
7 2 (0.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.36%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.36%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.36%) VBA
Qualifications
1 40 (14.60%) Security Cleared
2 34 (12.41%) SC Cleared
3 12 (4.38%) PMI Certification
3 12 (4.38%) PMP
4 7 (2.55%) DBS Check
5 6 (2.19%) Degree
6 4 (1.46%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.46%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.09%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.73%) CCNA
8 2 (0.73%) CCNP
9 1 (0.36%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.36%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 1 (0.36%) CESG Certified Professional
9 1 (0.36%) CISA
9 1 (0.36%) CWNA
9 1 (0.36%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.36%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.36%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (6.57%) Data Quality
2 16 (5.84%) GDPR
3 13 (4.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (3.65%) NIST
5 8 (2.92%) QA
6 6 (2.19%) PCI DSS
7 5 (1.82%) PMO
8 3 (1.09%) GAAP
8 3 (1.09%) GRC
8 3 (1.09%) IFRS
9 2 (0.73%) ISO 20022
9 2 (0.73%) NCSC
9 2 (0.73%) PSD2
9 2 (0.73%) SEPA
9 2 (0.73%) SLA
10 1 (0.36%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.36%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.36%) HL7
10 1 (0.36%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.36%) TARGET2
System Software
1 8 (2.92%) Docker
2 5 (1.82%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.73%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.73%) VMware NSX
3 2 (0.73%) vSphere
4 1 (0.36%) Firmware
4 1 (0.36%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.36%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.36%) NFS
4 1 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 15 (5.47%) Kubernetes
2 14 (5.11%) Terraform
3 4 (1.46%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (1.09%) Ansible
5 2 (0.73%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.36%) EMC VPLEX
6 1 (0.36%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.36%) Grafana
6 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Clustering
6 1 (0.36%) PowerCLI
6 1 (0.36%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.36%) SCCM
6 1 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.36%) vMotion
6 1 (0.36%) VxRail
Vendors
1 51 (18.61%) Microsoft
2 38 (13.87%) Oracle
3 25 (9.12%) SAP
4 13 (4.74%) Databricks
5 10 (3.65%) CyberArk
6 8 (2.92%) Citrix
6 8 (2.92%) Google
6 8 (2.92%) Workday
7 6 (2.19%) Salesforce
8 5 (1.82%) Cisco
8 5 (1.82%) VMware
9 4 (1.46%) IFS
9 4 (1.46%) Informatica
9 4 (1.46%) Pure Storage
10 3 (1.09%) IBM
10 3 (1.09%) Murex
10 3 (1.09%) Palo Alto
11 2 (0.73%) Adobe
11 2 (0.73%) MuleSoft
11 2 (0.73%) Remedy