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 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 19 14
Rank change year-on-year +1 -5 +16
Contract jobs citing Migration 162 181 280
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 9.45% 8.53% 9.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.99% 9.28% 10.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 106 123 196
10th Percentile £364 £363 £469
25th Percentile £435 £463 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.73% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £675 £663 £700
90th Percentile £720 £725 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +4.55%

All Process and 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 1,621 1,951 2,580
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 94.52% 91.98% 89.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,108 1,209 1,788
10th Percentile £328 £363 £371
25th Percentile £422 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £773 £788 £813
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £591
% change year-on-year -4.35% -2.75% +2.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 17 16
10th Percentile £16.90 £16.70 £14.25
25th Percentile £20.63 £23.13 £16.31
Median hourly rate £27.04 £42.50 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year -36.39% +36.00% -27.73%
75th Percentile £35.88 £112.00 £48.19
90th Percentile £63.75 £137.50 £60.88
Central London median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -21.43% +27.27% -36.05%

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 October 2025.

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 (8.02%) SharePoint
2 10 (6.17%) Confluence
3 2 (1.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 2 (1.23%) CMS
4 1 (0.62%) Apache
4 1 (0.62%) CICS
4 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (4.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.47%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.23%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (1.85%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (1.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.23%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (1.23%) SAP CO
2 2 (1.23%) SAP FI
2 2 (1.23%) SAP FI/CO
2 2 (1.23%) Unit4 Business World
3 1 (0.62%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.62%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.62%) Oracle Payroll
3 1 (0.62%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.62%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.62%) Sonata
Cloud Services
1 37 (22.84%) Azure
2 22 (13.58%) AWS
3 16 (9.88%) GCP
3 16 (9.88%) Power Platform
4 14 (8.64%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (7.41%) SaaS
6 9 (5.56%) Power Automate
7 8 (4.94%) PowerApps
8 6 (3.70%) Entra ID
8 6 (3.70%) GitHub
8 6 (3.70%) IaaS
9 5 (3.09%) Amazon S3
10 4 (2.47%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (2.47%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (2.47%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 4 (2.47%) PaaS
10 4 (2.47%) ShareGate
10 4 (2.47%) Slack
11 3 (1.85%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (1.85%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.70%) DNS
2 4 (2.47%) Firewall
3 3 (1.85%) DHCP
3 3 (1.85%) VLAN
4 2 (1.23%) VPN
5 1 (0.62%) BGP
5 1 (0.62%) Internet
5 1 (0.62%) Kerberos
5 1 (0.62%) MPLS
5 1 (0.62%) NAS
5 1 (0.62%) NetScaler
5 1 (0.62%) Network Security
5 1 (0.62%) NGFW
5 1 (0.62%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.62%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.62%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (7.41%) Power BI
2 10 (6.17%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (3.09%) Relational Database
3 5 (3.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (2.47%) SQL Server
5 3 (1.85%) Amazon QuickSight
5 3 (1.85%) Data Lake
5 3 (1.85%) DataStage
5 3 (1.85%) Metadata
5 3 (1.85%) MySQL
6 2 (1.23%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (1.23%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (1.23%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (1.23%) Big Data
6 2 (1.23%) NoSQL
6 2 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.62%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.62%) Oracle Exadata
7 1 (0.62%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 15 (9.26%) JIRA
2 5 (3.09%) GitLab
3 4 (2.47%) Gradle
3 4 (2.47%) Maven
3 4 (2.47%) Selenium
3 4 (2.47%) SonarQube
4 3 (1.85%) ScriptRunner
5 2 (1.23%) Git
6 1 (0.62%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.62%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.62%) ERwin
6 1 (0.62%) gulp
6 1 (0.62%) Postman
6 1 (0.62%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.62%) webpack
6 1 (0.62%) Zephyr
General
1 73 (45.06%) Finance
2 39 (24.07%) Social Skills
3 21 (12.96%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (12.96%) Banking
4 8 (4.94%) Documentation Skills
4 8 (4.94%) Public Sector
5 7 (4.32%) Back Office
5 7 (4.32%) Front Office
5 7 (4.32%) Influencing Skills
6 6 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (2.47%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.85%) Investment Banking
8 3 (1.85%) Law
8 3 (1.85%) Legal
9 2 (1.23%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.23%) General Ledger
9 2 (1.23%) Retail
10 1 (0.62%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (0.62%) Marketing
10 1 (0.62%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 38 (23.46%) Analyst
2 21 (12.96%) Architect
3 18 (11.11%) Project Manager
4 17 (10.49%) Business Analyst
5 12 (7.41%) Consultant
5 12 (7.41%) Lead
6 10 (6.17%) Developer
7 8 (4.94%) Data Architect
7 8 (4.94%) Solutions Architect
8 7 (4.32%) Data Analyst
9 6 (3.70%) Test Analyst
10 5 (3.09%) Data Engineer
10 5 (3.09%) Senior
11 4 (2.47%) Data Manager
11 4 (2.47%) GCP Architect
11 4 (2.47%) GCP Data Architect
11 4 (2.47%) GCP Engineer
11 4 (2.47%) IT Analyst
11 4 (2.47%) Migration Specialist
11 4 (2.47%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (6.17%) XML
2 5 (3.09%) Microsoft Graph
3 4 (2.47%) REST
4 3 (1.85%) CSS
4 3 (1.85%) HTML
4 3 (1.85%) Oracle Fusion
4 3 (1.85%) SPFx
4 3 (1.85%) Spring Boot
5 2 (1.23%) HTML5 Canvas
5 2 (1.23%) Node.js
5 2 (1.23%) React
5 2 (1.23%) SAP Fiori
5 2 (1.23%) Spring
6 1 (0.62%) GraphQL
6 1 (0.62%) Jest
6 1 (0.62%) Kafka
6 1 (0.62%) Oracle GoldenGate
6 1 (0.62%) PySpark
6 1 (0.62%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.62%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 12 (7.41%) Cloud Native
2 8 (4.94%) Data Centre
3 7 (4.32%) Management Information System
4 6 (3.70%) Greenfield Project
5 5 (3.09%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (3.09%) Onboarding
6 4 (2.47%) Data Structures
6 4 (2.47%) Virtual Team
7 3 (1.85%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (1.85%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 3 (1.85%) Reinsurance
8 2 (1.23%) Derivative
8 2 (1.23%) e-Learning
8 2 (1.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (1.23%) NHS
8 2 (1.23%) PKI
8 2 (1.23%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.23%) Public Cloud
8 2 (1.23%) Reference Data
8 2 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 13 (8.02%) Windows
2 6 (3.70%) Linux
3 3 (1.85%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (1.23%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.62%) AIX
5 1 (0.62%) Solaris
5 1 (0.62%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (32.72%) Data Migration
2 34 (20.99%) Agile
3 32 (19.75%) Problem-Solving
4 29 (17.90%) Stakeholder Management
5 17 (10.49%) User Acceptance Testing
5 17 (10.49%) Validation
6 15 (9.26%) Data Cleansing
6 15 (9.26%) Data Governance
7 14 (8.64%) Analytics
7 14 (8.64%) CI/CD
7 14 (8.64%) DevOps
7 14 (8.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 13 (8.02%) Business Intelligence
8 13 (8.02%) Project Management
8 13 (8.02%) Roadmaps
8 13 (8.02%) Workshop Facilitation
9 12 (7.41%) ETL
9 12 (7.41%) Project Delivery
9 12 (7.41%) Risk Management
10 11 (6.79%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 22 (13.58%) SQL
2 15 (9.26%) Java
2 15 (9.26%) Python
3 13 (8.02%) PowerShell
4 5 (3.09%) Bash
4 5 (3.09%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.85%) C#
5 3 (1.85%) Groovy
6 2 (1.23%) C++
6 2 (1.23%) TypeScript
6 2 (1.23%) VBScript
7 1 (0.62%) COBOL
7 1 (0.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.62%) Kotlin
7 1 (0.62%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.62%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.62%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.62%) VBA
7 1 (0.62%) VC++
Qualifications
1 14 (8.64%) Security Cleared
2 12 (7.41%) Degree
2 12 (7.41%) SC Cleared
3 5 (3.09%) AWS Certification
3 5 (3.09%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (2.47%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.85%) CBAP
6 2 (1.23%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.23%) PMP
7 1 (0.62%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.62%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.62%) OCP
7 1 (0.62%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (0.62%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.62%) RHCE
7 1 (0.62%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (8.64%) Data Quality
2 8 (4.94%) QA
3 7 (4.32%) GDPR
4 4 (2.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.85%) HIPAA
6 2 (1.23%) EMIR
6 2 (1.23%) ISO 9001
6 2 (1.23%) NIST
7 1 (0.62%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.62%) GAAP
7 1 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.62%) NCSC
7 1 (0.62%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.62%) WCAG
System Software
1 9 (5.56%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.70%) Docker
3 2 (1.23%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.62%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.62%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (3.70%) Kubernetes
1 6 (3.70%) Terraform
2 4 (2.47%) Argo
2 4 (2.47%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.23%) SCCM
4 1 (0.62%) AirWatch
4 1 (0.62%) Ansible
4 1 (0.62%) CASB
4 1 (0.62%) Data Guard
4 1 (0.62%) Opsgenie
4 1 (0.62%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 1 (0.62%) Oracle RMAN
4 1 (0.62%) Puppet
Vendors
1 30 (18.52%) Microsoft
2 15 (9.26%) Oracle
3 11 (6.79%) Google
4 9 (5.56%) SAP
5 5 (3.09%) VMware
6 4 (2.47%) Adobe
6 4 (2.47%) Atlassian
6 4 (2.47%) Databricks
6 4 (2.47%) Informatica
6 4 (2.47%) Palo Alto
7 3 (1.85%) Cisco
7 3 (1.85%) Guidewire
7 3 (1.85%) Murex
7 3 (1.85%) Splunk
8 2 (1.23%) Alteryx
8 2 (1.23%) Bloomberg
8 2 (1.23%) IBM
8 2 (1.23%) Red Hat
8 2 (1.23%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.23%) Talend