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

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 18 17
Rank change year-on-year +8 -1 +3
Contract jobs citing Migration 294 183 197
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 12.52% 9.78% 9.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.30% 10.37% 10.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 220 113 139
10th Percentile £406 £335 £373
25th Percentile £450 £425 £485
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £581 £550 £565
Median % change year-on-year +5.68% -2.65% -5.83%
75th Percentile £681 £688 £660
90th Percentile £768 £773 £725
Central London median daily rate £575 £550 £570
% change year-on-year +4.55% -3.51% -5.00%
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 £32.50 £34.65 -
% change year-on-year -6.20% - -

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 2,056 1,764 1,893
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 87.53% 94.28% 91.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,407 1,158 1,266
10th Percentile £381 £325 £379
25th Percentile £456 £425 £475
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 £773 £789
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 22 16
10th Percentile - £17.35 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.60 £23.98 £19.79
Median hourly rate £19.50 £28.33 £26.63
Median % change year-on-year -31.16% +6.38% -3.18%
75th Percentile £33.10 £53.50 £82.19
90th Percentile £60.00 £63.75 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £24.65 £29.07 £26.78
% change year-on-year -15.22% +8.55% -23.49%

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 August 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 (6.12%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.38%) Confluence
3 6 (2.04%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (1.70%) SharePoint 2013
5 4 (1.36%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (1.02%) Apache Spark
6 3 (1.02%) CMS
7 2 (0.68%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.68%) Apache
7 2 (0.68%) HCL Notes
8 1 (0.34%) Camunda
8 1 (0.34%) IIS
8 1 (0.34%) SAS
8 1 (0.34%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.02%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.34%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (2.38%) Oracle Financials
1 7 (2.38%) Oracle Payables
1 7 (2.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.04%) Oracle General Ledger
2 6 (2.04%) Oracle Receivables
3 5 (1.70%) NetSuite
3 5 (1.70%) Oracle ERP
3 5 (1.70%) Workday HCM
4 4 (1.36%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (1.36%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (1.02%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.68%) Aladdin
6 2 (0.68%) iTrent
6 2 (0.68%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.68%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.68%) SAP HCM
6 2 (0.68%) SAP Payroll
7 1 (0.34%) Oracle E-Business Tax
7 1 (0.34%) Oracle Internet Expenses
7 1 (0.34%) SAP FI-AR
Cloud Services
1 60 (20.41%) Azure
2 43 (14.63%) AWS
3 25 (8.50%) Power Platform
4 17 (5.78%) Azure DevOps
4 17 (5.78%) GCP
5 12 (4.08%) Entra ID
6 11 (3.74%) GitHub
6 11 (3.74%) SaaS
7 10 (3.40%) Azure Data Factory
7 10 (3.40%) Serverless
8 9 (3.06%) Microsoft 365
9 8 (2.72%) OCI
10 7 (2.38%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (2.04%) Amazon S3
11 6 (2.04%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 6 (2.04%) dbt
11 6 (2.04%) Snowflake
12 5 (1.70%) Dynamics 365
12 5 (1.70%) IaaS
12 5 (1.70%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.06%) Firewall
2 7 (2.38%) DNS
3 6 (2.04%) Network Security
4 5 (1.70%) VPN
5 4 (1.36%) VLAN
6 3 (1.02%) BGP
6 3 (1.02%) Internet
6 3 (1.02%) TCP/IP
6 3 (1.02%) VSAN
6 3 (1.02%) WAN
7 2 (0.68%) DHCP
7 2 (0.68%) EIGRP
7 2 (0.68%) LAN
7 2 (0.68%) OSPF
7 2 (0.68%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.68%) SSL
7 2 (0.68%) TACACS
7 2 (0.68%) Wireless
8 1 (0.34%) Ethernet VPN
8 1 (0.34%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (7.82%) Power BI
2 13 (4.42%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (3.74%) SQL Server
4 8 (2.72%) Metadata
5 6 (2.04%) Relational Database
5 6 (2.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (1.70%) Delta Lake
6 5 (1.70%) Oracle Database
6 5 (1.70%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 4 (1.36%) Data Mart
7 4 (1.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (1.02%) Amazon Redshift
8 3 (1.02%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (1.02%) BusinessObjects
8 3 (1.02%) Data Lake
8 3 (1.02%) Oracle Reports
9 2 (0.68%) Data Vault
9 2 (0.68%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.68%) Spark SQL
9 2 (0.68%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 22 (7.48%) JIRA
2 7 (2.38%) GitLab
3 5 (1.70%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.36%) Git
5 2 (0.68%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.34%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.34%) Gradle
6 1 (0.34%) JUnit
6 1 (0.34%) Liquibase
6 1 (0.34%) Mockito
6 1 (0.34%) MSI
6 1 (0.34%) PowerBuilder
6 1 (0.34%) Zephyr
General
1 94 (31.97%) Finance
2 63 (21.43%) Social Skills
3 31 (10.54%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (9.86%) Banking
5 16 (5.44%) Public Sector
6 15 (5.10%) General Ledger
7 12 (4.08%) Financial Institution
8 11 (3.74%) Law
9 9 (3.06%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (2.38%) Front Office
11 6 (2.04%) Retail
12 5 (1.70%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.36%) Investment Banking
13 4 (1.36%) Legal
14 3 (1.02%) Back Office
14 3 (1.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
15 2 (0.68%) International Banking
15 2 (0.68%) Organisational Skills
15 2 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 50 (17.01%) Architect
2 41 (13.95%) Lead
3 36 (12.24%) Consultant
4 28 (9.52%) Analyst
5 23 (7.82%) Senior
6 22 (7.48%) Project Manager
7 17 (5.78%) Data Engineer
7 17 (5.78%) Developer
8 16 (5.44%) Solutions Architect
9 14 (4.76%) Business Analyst
9 14 (4.76%) Data Migration Lead
10 12 (4.08%) Cloud Engineer
10 12 (4.08%) Data Analyst
11 11 (3.74%) Data Architect
12 10 (3.40%) Administrator
12 10 (3.40%) Azure Architect
12 10 (3.40%) Migration Analyst
13 9 (3.06%) Cloud Architect
13 9 (3.06%) Oracle Consultant
14 8 (2.72%) Migration Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (5.10%) Oracle Fusion
2 11 (3.74%) REST
3 10 (3.40%) Kafka
4 9 (3.06%) PySpark
5 7 (2.38%) .NET
6 6 (2.04%) JSON
7 5 (1.70%) Middleware
7 5 (1.70%) React
8 4 (1.36%) .NET Core
8 4 (1.36%) RESTful
8 4 (1.36%) XML
9 3 (1.02%) Spring
10 2 (0.68%) ADO
10 2 (0.68%) FIX Protocol
10 2 (0.68%) PCRE
10 2 (0.68%) Regular Expression
10 2 (0.68%) SOAP
10 2 (0.68%) Spring Boot
10 2 (0.68%) Web Services
10 2 (0.68%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 28 (9.52%) Cloud Native
2 23 (7.82%) Legacy Systems
3 14 (4.76%) Data Centre
4 11 (3.74%) Product Ownership
5 9 (3.06%) Data Structures
5 9 (3.06%) Mainframe
6 8 (2.72%) Onboarding
7 7 (2.38%) Public Cloud
8 6 (2.04%) Distributed Systems
9 5 (1.70%) Clustering
9 5 (1.70%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (1.36%) Derivative
10 4 (1.36%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (1.02%) AI Agents
11 3 (1.02%) Private Cloud
11 3 (1.02%) Replication
12 2 (0.68%) Analytical Mindset
12 2 (0.68%) Fixed Income
12 2 (0.68%) Greenfield Project
12 2 (0.68%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 21 (7.14%) Windows
2 7 (2.38%) Linux
3 4 (1.36%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.02%) Unix
4 3 (1.02%) VMS
5 2 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.68%) SUSE
5 2 (0.68%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.34%) AIX
6 1 (0.34%) Android
6 1 (0.34%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.34%) Solaris
6 1 (0.34%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
6 1 (0.34%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (33.33%) Data Migration
2 67 (22.79%) Stakeholder Management
3 43 (14.63%) Agile
4 42 (14.29%) CI/CD
5 40 (13.61%) Validation
6 35 (11.90%) Project Delivery
7 34 (11.56%) Analytics
7 34 (11.56%) DevOps
8 32 (10.88%) Data Modelling
8 32 (10.88%) Infrastructure as Code
9 31 (10.54%) ERP
10 29 (9.86%) User Acceptance Testing
11 27 (9.18%) ETL
11 27 (9.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 26 (8.84%) Problem-Solving
13 23 (7.82%) Business Intelligence
13 23 (7.82%) Roadmaps
14 21 (7.14%) Data Governance
14 21 (7.14%) Project Management
15 19 (6.46%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 41 (13.95%) SQL
2 30 (10.20%) Python
3 15 (5.10%) PowerShell
4 7 (2.38%) C#
5 6 (2.04%) Bicep
5 6 (2.04%) Java
6 5 (1.70%) TypeScript
7 4 (1.36%) JavaScript
8 3 (1.02%) Bash
8 3 (1.02%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (0.68%) Perl
10 1 (0.34%) Korn
10 1 (0.34%) SOQL
10 1 (0.34%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.34%) VBA
Qualifications
1 46 (15.65%) Security Cleared
2 40 (13.61%) SC Cleared
3 8 (2.72%) PMI Certification
3 8 (2.72%) PMP
4 7 (2.38%) DBS Check
5 6 (2.04%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (1.70%) Azure Certification
6 5 (1.70%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.36%) Degree
8 3 (1.02%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.68%) CCNA
9 2 (0.68%) CCNP
10 1 (0.34%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.34%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 1 (0.34%) CESG Certified Professional
10 1 (0.34%) CISA
10 1 (0.34%) CWNA
10 1 (0.34%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (0.34%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (0.34%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (7.82%) Data Quality
2 12 (4.08%) QA
3 10 (3.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (3.06%) GDPR
5 7 (2.38%) PCI DSS
6 6 (2.04%) NIST
6 6 (2.04%) PMO
7 5 (1.70%) GRC
8 2 (0.68%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.68%) IFRS
8 2 (0.68%) NCSC
8 2 (0.68%) SLA
9 1 (0.34%) Basel III
9 1 (0.34%) GAAP
9 1 (0.34%) IFRS 9
9 1 (0.34%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.34%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.34%) PSD2
9 1 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.34%) SEPA
System Software
1 13 (4.42%) Active Directory
2 12 (4.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (2.72%) Docker
4 3 (1.02%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.68%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.68%) vSphere
6 1 (0.34%) Firmware
6 1 (0.34%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.34%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 21 (7.14%) Terraform
2 16 (5.44%) Kubernetes
3 5 (1.70%) Ansible
4 4 (1.36%) Microsoft Clustering
5 3 (1.02%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (1.02%) SCCM
5 3 (1.02%) SCOM
6 2 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.68%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.34%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.34%) Grafana
7 1 (0.34%) ITRS Geneos
7 1 (0.34%) PingFederate
7 1 (0.34%) PowerCLI
7 1 (0.34%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.34%) VxRail
Vendors
1 53 (18.03%) Microsoft
2 38 (12.93%) Oracle
3 25 (8.50%) SAP
4 18 (6.12%) Databricks
5 14 (4.76%) Google
6 12 (4.08%) VMware
7 9 (3.06%) Citrix
8 8 (2.72%) CyberArk
9 6 (2.04%) Cisco
9 6 (2.04%) Salesforce
9 6 (2.04%) Workday
10 5 (1.70%) Remedy
10 5 (1.70%) ServiceNow
11 4 (1.36%) IFS
12 3 (1.02%) BMC
12 3 (1.02%) Commvault
12 3 (1.02%) IBM
12 3 (1.02%) Informatica
12 3 (1.02%) Palo Alto
12 3 (1.02%) Splunk