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

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 18 17
Rank change year-on-year +4 -1 +3
Contract jobs citing Migration 274 183 199
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 11.33% 9.74% 9.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.08% 10.36% 10.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 207 112 140
10th Percentile £403 £363 £363
25th Percentile £450 £437 £492
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £559
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -1.57% -9.29%
75th Percentile £675 £691 £650
90th Percentile £755 £774 £725
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £563
% change year-on-year - -2.22% -6.25%
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 2,095 1,766 1,947
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 86.61% 93.99% 91.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,415 1,142 1,332
10th Percentile £368 £338 £363
25th Percentile £455 £435 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £679 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £565
% change year-on-year - -2.65% -5.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 21 19
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.08 £19.63
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.66 £20.36
Median hourly rate £20.25 £31.00 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.68% +14.81% -22.86%
75th Percentile £42.56 £56.75 £55.75
90th Percentile £60.25 £63.75 £101.50
Central London median hourly rate £23.16 £32.50 £27.81
% change year-on-year -28.74% +16.86% -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 20 July 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 (6.57%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.82%) Apache Airflow
2 5 (1.82%) SharePoint 2013
3 4 (1.46%) Confluence
4 3 (1.09%) CMS
4 3 (1.09%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.73%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.73%) Apache
5 2 (0.73%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.73%) HCL Notes
6 1 (0.36%) Camunda
6 1 (0.36%) IIS
6 1 (0.36%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (2.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.09%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.36%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (2.19%) NetSuite
1 6 (2.19%) Oracle Financials
1 6 (2.19%) Oracle Payables
1 6 (2.19%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.82%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (1.82%) Oracle General Ledger
2 5 (1.82%) Oracle Receivables
2 5 (1.82%) Workday HCM
3 4 (1.46%) Aladdin
3 4 (1.46%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (1.09%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.73%) iTrent
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 EBS
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle E-Business Tax
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.36%) SAP R/3
Cloud Services
1 55 (20.07%) Azure
2 40 (14.60%) AWS
3 22 (8.03%) Power Platform
4 16 (5.84%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (5.47%) GCP
6 11 (4.01%) GitHub
7 9 (3.28%) Entra ID
7 9 (3.28%) Serverless
8 8 (2.92%) Microsoft 365
9 7 (2.55%) Azure Data Factory
9 7 (2.55%) GitHub Actions
9 7 (2.55%) OCI
9 7 (2.55%) SaaS
9 7 (2.55%) Snowflake
10 6 (2.19%) dbt
11 5 (1.82%) Amazon S3
11 5 (1.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 5 (1.82%) OpenShift
12 4 (1.46%) Amazon EKS
12 4 (1.46%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.92%) Firewall
2 5 (1.82%) DNS
2 5 (1.82%) Network Security
3 4 (1.46%) VLAN
3 4 (1.46%) VPN
4 3 (1.09%) VSAN
4 3 (1.09%) WAN
5 2 (0.73%) BGP
5 2 (0.73%) EIGRP
5 2 (0.73%) LAN
5 2 (0.73%) MPLS
5 2 (0.73%) OSPF
5 2 (0.73%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.73%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.73%) Wireless
6 1 (0.36%) DVB
6 1 (0.36%) Internet
6 1 (0.36%) IP Telephony
6 1 (0.36%) SAN
6 1 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (7.30%) Power BI
2 11 (4.01%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (3.28%) SQL Server
4 5 (1.82%) Metadata
4 5 (1.82%) Oracle Database
5 4 (1.46%) Amazon Redshift
5 4 (1.46%) Data Mart
5 4 (1.46%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.09%) BusinessObjects
6 3 (1.09%) NoSQL
6 3 (1.09%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (1.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.73%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.73%) Delta Lake
7 2 (0.73%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.73%) Snowflake Schema
7 2 (0.73%) Spark SQL
7 2 (0.73%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (0.73%) Tableau
8 1 (0.36%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 17 (6.20%) 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%) 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 91 (33.21%) Finance
2 55 (20.07%) Social Skills
3 32 (11.68%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (11.31%) Banking
5 14 (5.11%) General Ledger
6 13 (4.74%) Public Sector
7 11 (4.01%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (4.01%) Financial Institution
7 11 (4.01%) Law
8 5 (1.82%) Legal
8 5 (1.82%) Retail
9 4 (1.46%) Front Office
9 4 (1.46%) Investment Banking
10 3 (1.09%) Back Office
10 3 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.09%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.73%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.73%) International Banking
11 2 (0.73%) Marketing
11 2 (0.73%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 49 (17.88%) Architect
2 37 (13.50%) Lead
3 36 (13.14%) Consultant
4 30 (10.95%) Analyst
5 22 (8.03%) Senior
6 19 (6.93%) Project Manager
7 17 (6.20%) Solutions Architect
8 16 (5.84%) Business Analyst
9 15 (5.47%) Data Engineer
10 14 (5.11%) Data Migration Lead
11 13 (4.74%) Data Analyst
12 12 (4.38%) Migration Analyst
13 11 (4.01%) Azure Architect
13 11 (4.01%) Developer
14 10 (3.65%) Data Architect
15 9 (3.28%) Cloud Engineer
15 9 (3.28%) Data Migration Analyst
15 9 (3.28%) Oracle Consultant
16 8 (2.92%) Administrator
16 8 (2.92%) Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (5.47%) Oracle Fusion
2 10 (3.65%) Kafka
3 9 (3.28%) REST
4 6 (2.19%) PySpark
5 5 (1.82%) .NET
5 5 (1.82%) Middleware
5 5 (1.82%) React
6 4 (1.46%) JSON
6 4 (1.46%) RESTful
6 4 (1.46%) Spring
7 3 (1.09%) XML
8 2 (0.73%) .NET Core
8 2 (0.73%) ADO
8 2 (0.73%) EDI
8 2 (0.73%) FIX Protocol
8 2 (0.73%) Flash
8 2 (0.73%) Redux
8 2 (0.73%) SOAP
8 2 (0.73%) Spring Boot
9 1 (0.36%) IDoc
Miscellaneous
1 26 (9.49%) Legacy Systems
2 24 (8.76%) Cloud Native
3 9 (3.28%) Data Centre
4 8 (2.92%) Mainframe
4 8 (2.92%) Product Ownership
5 7 (2.55%) Data Structures
5 7 (2.55%) Distributed Systems
5 7 (2.55%) Public Cloud
6 5 (1.82%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.46%) Replication
8 3 (1.09%) AI Agents
8 3 (1.09%) Derivative
9 2 (0.73%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.73%) Clustering
9 2 (0.73%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.73%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (0.73%) Market Risk
9 2 (0.73%) Reference Data
9 2 (0.73%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 14 (5.11%) 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%) Android
5 1 (0.36%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.36%) Solaris
5 1 (0.36%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
5 1 (0.36%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (35.77%) Data Migration
2 58 (21.17%) Stakeholder Management
3 40 (14.60%) Agile
4 38 (13.87%) Validation
5 34 (12.41%) CI/CD
5 34 (12.41%) Project Delivery
6 32 (11.68%) DevOps
7 31 (11.31%) ERP
8 29 (10.58%) Analytics
8 29 (10.58%) User Acceptance Testing
9 24 (8.76%) Data Modelling
9 24 (8.76%) ETL
9 24 (8.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 23 (8.39%) Infrastructure as Code
10 23 (8.39%) Problem-Solving
11 21 (7.66%) Business Intelligence
12 20 (7.30%) Project Management
12 20 (7.30%) Roadmaps
13 18 (6.57%) Data Governance
14 16 (5.84%) Data Transformation
Programming Languages
1 34 (12.41%) SQL
2 27 (9.85%) Python
3 9 (3.28%) PowerShell
4 6 (2.19%) Java
5 5 (1.82%) JavaScript
5 5 (1.82%) TypeScript
6 4 (1.46%) Bicep
6 4 (1.46%) C#
7 3 (1.09%) Bash
8 2 (0.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.36%) ABAP
9 1 (0.36%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.36%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.36%) VBA
Qualifications
1 43 (15.69%) Security Cleared
2 36 (13.14%) SC Cleared
3 9 (3.28%) PMI Certification
3 9 (3.28%) PMP
4 7 (2.55%) DBS Check
5 6 (2.19%) Degree
6 5 (1.82%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (1.46%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.09%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.09%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.09%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.73%) CCNA
9 2 (0.73%) CCNP
10 1 (0.36%) CESG Certified Professional
10 1 (0.36%) CISA
10 1 (0.36%) CWNA
10 1 (0.36%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.36%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (0.36%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (0.36%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (6.57%) Data Quality
2 12 (4.38%) GDPR
3 9 (3.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (3.28%) QA
4 6 (2.19%) NIST
4 6 (2.19%) PCI DSS
5 5 (1.82%) PMO
6 3 (1.09%) GRC
7 2 (0.73%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.73%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.73%) NCSC
7 2 (0.73%) PSD2
7 2 (0.73%) SEPA
7 2 (0.73%) SLA
8 1 (0.36%) GAAP
8 1 (0.36%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.36%) ISO 8583
8 1 (0.36%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.36%) TARGET2
System Software
1 7 (2.55%) Active Directory
1 7 (2.55%) Docker
2 5 (1.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.73%) Virtual Machines
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
Systems Management
1 17 (6.20%) Terraform
2 15 (5.47%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.09%) Ansible
3 3 (1.09%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.73%) SCCM
4 2 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.73%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.36%) EMC VPLEX
5 1 (0.36%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (0.36%) Grafana
5 1 (0.36%) ITRS Geneos
5 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Clustering
5 1 (0.36%) PingFederate
5 1 (0.36%) PowerCLI
5 1 (0.36%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.36%) vMotion
5 1 (0.36%) VxRail
Vendors
1 51 (18.61%) Microsoft
2 34 (12.41%) Oracle
3 23 (8.39%) SAP
4 13 (4.74%) Databricks
5 12 (4.38%) Google
6 9 (3.28%) Citrix
7 6 (2.19%) CyberArk
7 6 (2.19%) Workday
8 5 (1.82%) Cisco
8 5 (1.82%) Salesforce
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%) Palo Alto
10 3 (1.09%) ServiceNow
11 2 (0.73%) Adobe
11 2 (0.73%) Lotus
11 2 (0.73%) Murex