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

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 20 21
Rank change year-on-year +5 +1 -2
Contract jobs citing Migration 264 155 176
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 11.10% 9.10% 8.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.98% 9.70% 8.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 198 92 131
10th Percentile £406 £366 £363
25th Percentile £456 £434 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -12.00%
75th Percentile £679 £700 £638
90th Percentile £791 £774 £700
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -12.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £34.65 -
Central London median hourly rate £58.92 £34.65 -
% change year-on-year +70.04% - -

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 2,034 1,598 1,972
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 85.53% 93.78% 90.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,371 1,016 1,378
10th Percentile £358 £355 £350
25th Percentile £450 £450 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £551 £565
Median % change year-on-year -0.18% -2.48% -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 27 15 13
10th Percentile £17.45 £18.70 £19.98
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.21 £20.22
Median hourly rate £25.77 £28.50 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year -9.58% +8.57% -25.00%
75th Percentile £47.58 £46.25 £40.00
90th Percentile £61.83 £78.75 £48.57
Central London median hourly rate £26.56 £28.50 £27.81
% change year-on-year -6.82% +2.48% -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 10 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 12 (4.55%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.89%) Apache Airflow
2 5 (1.89%) Confluence
2 5 (1.89%) SharePoint 2013
3 3 (1.14%) Apache
4 2 (0.76%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.38%) Camunda
5 1 (0.38%) CMS
Applications
1 7 (2.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.14%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.76%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 12 (4.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.27%) NetSuite
2 6 (2.27%) Oracle General Ledger
3 5 (1.89%) Aladdin
3 5 (1.89%) Oracle Financials
3 5 (1.89%) Oracle Payables
3 5 (1.89%) Workday HCM
4 4 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (1.52%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (1.52%) Oracle Receivables
4 4 (1.52%) SAP ERP
5 3 (1.14%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 2 (0.76%) iTrent
6 2 (0.76%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (0.76%) SAP HCM
6 2 (0.76%) SAP Payroll
7 1 (0.38%) Maximo
7 1 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.38%) SAP SD
7 1 (0.38%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 63 (23.86%) Azure
2 47 (17.80%) AWS
3 21 (7.95%) Power Platform
4 15 (5.68%) GCP
5 13 (4.92%) Azure DevOps
6 12 (4.55%) GitHub
7 11 (4.17%) Serverless
8 9 (3.41%) OCI
9 8 (3.03%) Azure Data Factory
10 7 (2.65%) Microsoft 365
10 7 (2.65%) SaaS
11 6 (2.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 6 (2.27%) dbt
11 6 (2.27%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (2.27%) Snowflake
12 5 (1.89%) Entra ID
13 4 (1.52%) AWS Lambda
13 4 (1.52%) Azure AKS
13 4 (1.52%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 4 (1.52%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.89%) Firewall
1 5 (1.89%) Network Security
2 4 (1.52%) VLAN
3 3 (1.14%) VSAN
4 2 (0.76%) BGP
4 2 (0.76%) EIGRP
4 2 (0.76%) MPLS
4 2 (0.76%) OSPF
4 2 (0.76%) Unified Communications
4 2 (0.76%) VPN
4 2 (0.76%) WAN
4 2 (0.76%) Wireless
5 1 (0.38%) DHCP
5 1 (0.38%) DNS
5 1 (0.38%) IP Telephony
5 1 (0.38%) LAN
5 1 (0.38%) PSTN
5 1 (0.38%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.38%) VoIP
5 1 (0.38%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (7.20%) Power BI
2 15 (5.68%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (3.03%) SQL Server
4 7 (2.65%) Metadata
5 5 (1.89%) Relational Database
6 4 (1.52%) Amazon Redshift
6 4 (1.52%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (1.52%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (1.14%) Oracle Database
7 3 (1.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (1.14%) Tableau
8 2 (0.76%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.76%) BusinessObjects
8 2 (0.76%) Data Mart
8 2 (0.76%) Delta Lake
8 2 (0.76%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.76%) OLAP
8 2 (0.76%) Spark SQL
9 1 (0.38%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.38%) OLAP Cube
Development Applications
1 16 (6.06%) JIRA
2 6 (2.27%) GitLab
3 5 (1.89%) Git
3 5 (1.89%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.76%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.38%) ERwin
5 1 (0.38%) Gradle
5 1 (0.38%) JUnit
5 1 (0.38%) Liquibase
5 1 (0.38%) Mockito
5 1 (0.38%) MSI
5 1 (0.38%) Zephyr
General
1 91 (34.47%) Finance
2 46 (17.42%) Social Skills
3 29 (10.98%) Banking
4 28 (10.61%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (5.68%) Public Sector
6 13 (4.92%) Financial Institution
7 12 (4.55%) General Ledger
8 9 (3.41%) Law
9 8 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (2.27%) Legal
11 5 (1.89%) Retail
12 4 (1.52%) Front Office
12 4 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (1.14%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (1.14%) Investment Banking
14 2 (0.76%) Back Office
14 2 (0.76%) International Banking
14 2 (0.76%) Military
14 2 (0.76%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (0.76%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 46 (17.42%) Architect
2 36 (13.64%) Consultant
3 33 (12.50%) Lead
4 26 (9.85%) Analyst
5 24 (9.09%) Project Manager
6 23 (8.71%) Senior
7 16 (6.06%) Solutions Architect
8 15 (5.68%) Business Analyst
9 13 (4.92%) Data Analyst
9 13 (4.92%) Data Engineer
10 12 (4.55%) Migration Manager
10 12 (4.55%) Migration Project Manager
11 11 (4.17%) Azure Architect
11 11 (4.17%) Migration Analyst
12 10 (3.79%) Cloud Architect
12 10 (3.79%) Developer
13 9 (3.41%) Data Architect
13 9 (3.41%) Data Migration Analyst
13 9 (3.41%) Migration Consultant
13 9 (3.41%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (6.06%) Oracle Fusion
2 9 (3.41%) Kafka
3 7 (2.65%) Middleware
4 6 (2.27%) PySpark
4 6 (2.27%) REST
5 4 (1.52%) React
5 4 (1.52%) RESTful
5 4 (1.52%) Spring
5 4 (1.52%) XML
6 3 (1.14%) .NET
6 3 (1.14%) FIX Protocol
6 3 (1.14%) JSON
7 2 (0.76%) .NET Core
7 2 (0.76%) ADO
7 2 (0.76%) EDI
7 2 (0.76%) Flash
7 2 (0.76%) Redux
7 2 (0.76%) Spring Boot
8 1 (0.38%) 802.1X
8 1 (0.38%) IDoc
Miscellaneous
1 26 (9.85%) Legacy Systems
2 24 (9.09%) Cloud Native
3 8 (3.03%) Mainframe
3 8 (3.03%) Product Ownership
4 6 (2.27%) Data Structures
4 6 (2.27%) Distributed Systems
5 5 (1.89%) Data Centre
5 5 (1.89%) Derivative
5 5 (1.89%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 5 (1.89%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.52%) Fixed Income
6 4 (1.52%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (1.52%) Public Cloud
6 4 (1.52%) Reference Data
7 3 (1.14%) Equities
7 3 (1.14%) Replication
8 2 (0.76%) Clustering
8 2 (0.76%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.76%) NHS
8 2 (0.76%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 10 (3.79%) Windows
2 5 (1.89%) Linux
3 3 (1.14%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.76%) SUSE
5 1 (0.38%) AIX
5 1 (0.38%) Solaris
5 1 (0.38%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
5 1 (0.38%) VMS
5 1 (0.38%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (33.71%) Data Migration
2 53 (20.08%) Stakeholder Management
3 42 (15.91%) Agile
4 40 (15.15%) Validation
5 33 (12.50%) Project Delivery
6 31 (11.74%) DevOps
7 30 (11.36%) CI/CD
8 27 (10.23%) Analytics
8 27 (10.23%) ERP
8 27 (10.23%) User Acceptance Testing
9 25 (9.47%) Infrastructure as Code
9 25 (9.47%) Project Management
9 25 (9.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 24 (9.09%) ETL
11 21 (7.95%) Data Modelling
11 21 (7.95%) Problem-Solving
12 20 (7.58%) Business Intelligence
13 18 (6.82%) Data Governance
13 18 (6.82%) Roadmaps
14 17 (6.44%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 39 (14.77%) SQL
2 23 (8.71%) Python
3 7 (2.65%) Java
4 6 (2.27%) PowerShell
5 4 (1.52%) Bash
5 4 (1.52%) Bicep
5 4 (1.52%) JavaScript
5 4 (1.52%) TypeScript
6 3 (1.14%) C#
7 2 (0.76%) ABAP
7 2 (0.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (0.76%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.38%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.38%) VBA
Qualifications
1 44 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 39 (14.77%) SC Cleared
3 14 (5.30%) PMP
4 13 (4.92%) PMI Certification
5 8 (3.03%) Degree
6 7 (2.65%) DBS Check
7 4 (1.52%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.76%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.38%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 1 (0.38%) CCNA
9 1 (0.38%) CCNP
9 1 (0.38%) CISA
9 1 (0.38%) CWNA
9 1 (0.38%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.38%) MCSA
9 1 (0.38%) MCSE
9 1 (0.38%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.38%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (7.95%) Data Quality
2 16 (6.06%) GDPR
3 14 (5.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (4.17%) NIST
5 8 (3.03%) QA
6 6 (2.27%) PCI DSS
6 6 (2.27%) PMO
7 4 (1.52%) GAAP
7 4 (1.52%) IFRS
8 2 (0.76%) GRC
8 2 (0.76%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.76%) NCSC
8 2 (0.76%) PSD2
8 2 (0.76%) SEPA
8 2 (0.76%) SLA
9 1 (0.38%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.38%) IFRS 9
9 1 (0.38%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.38%) TARGET2
System Software
1 7 (2.65%) Docker
2 4 (1.52%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.76%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.76%) vSphere
4 1 (0.38%) Firmware
4 1 (0.38%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.38%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.38%) NFS
4 1 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.38%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 15 (5.68%) Terraform
2 14 (5.30%) Kubernetes
3 6 (2.27%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (1.52%) Ansible
5 2 (0.76%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.38%) EMC VPLEX
6 1 (0.38%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.38%) Grafana
6 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Clustering
6 1 (0.38%) PowerCLI
6 1 (0.38%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.38%) SCCM
6 1 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.38%) vMotion
6 1 (0.38%) VxRail
Vendors
1 48 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 33 (12.50%) Oracle
3 29 (10.98%) SAP
4 10 (3.79%) CyberArk
4 10 (3.79%) Databricks
5 9 (3.41%) Workday
6 8 (3.03%) Citrix
6 8 (3.03%) Google
7 5 (1.89%) Informatica
7 5 (1.89%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.52%) Pure Storage
8 4 (1.52%) VMware
9 3 (1.14%) Cisco
9 3 (1.14%) IBM
9 3 (1.14%) Palo Alto
10 2 (0.76%) MuleSoft
10 2 (0.76%) Murex
10 2 (0.76%) Remedy
11 1 (0.38%) Klarna
11 1 (0.38%) PayPal