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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 17 19
Rank change year-on-year +10 +2 -4
Contract jobs citing Migration 308 160 179
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 14.25% 9.31% 8.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.79% 9.86% 9.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 218 104 122
10th Percentile £392 £334 £363
25th Percentile £452 £424 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 £565 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.42% +2.73% -8.33%
75th Percentile £688 £678 £663
90th Percentile £775 £720 £725
Central London median daily rate £590 £550 £575
% change year-on-year +7.27% -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £11.90 - -
25th Percentile £14.75 - -
Median hourly rate £20.00 - -
75th Percentile £25.75 - -
90th Percentile £28.90 - -
Central London median hourly rate £32.50 - -

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 1,950 1,622 1,935
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 90.24% 94.41% 91.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,346 1,089 1,205
10th Percentile £364 £325 £365
25th Percentile £456 £424 £463
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 £763 £792
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -2.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 19 20
10th Percentile - £16.96 £15.80
25th Percentile £17.60 £21.09 £21.63
Median hourly rate £21.00 £27.50 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.64% -22.54% +13.60%
75th Percentile £31.00 £39.88 £97.38
90th Percentile £61.50 £63.75 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £25.00 £27.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -9.09% -21.43% +27.27%

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 6 October 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in the City of London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Migration in the City of London over the 6 months to 6 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Migration in the City of London

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 (5.19%) SharePoint
2 12 (3.90%) Confluence
3 7 (2.27%) Apache Airflow
3 7 (2.27%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.62%) Apache
4 5 (1.62%) Apache Spark
5 4 (1.30%) CMS
5 4 (1.30%) IIS
5 4 (1.30%) SharePoint 2013
6 2 (0.65%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.65%) HCL Notes
6 2 (0.65%) SAS
7 1 (0.32%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (1.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.30%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.30%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.32%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 9 (2.92%) Oracle Financials
1 9 (2.92%) Oracle Payables
1 9 (2.92%) Oracle Receivables
2 8 (2.60%) Oracle General Ledger
3 7 (2.27%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (1.62%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (1.30%) NetSuite
5 4 (1.30%) Oracle Assets
5 4 (1.30%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (1.30%) Oracle EBS R12
5 4 (1.30%) Oracle Internet Expenses
5 4 (1.30%) Oracle iProcurement
5 4 (1.30%) Remedy ITSM
6 3 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (0.97%) SAP HCM
7 2 (0.65%) iTrent
7 2 (0.65%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.65%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.65%) SAP FI/CO
7 2 (0.65%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 65 (21.10%) Azure
2 45 (14.61%) AWS
3 23 (7.47%) Power Platform
4 20 (6.49%) Azure DevOps
5 17 (5.52%) GCP
6 16 (5.19%) Microsoft 365
7 14 (4.55%) Entra ID
8 12 (3.90%) SaaS
9 9 (2.92%) Azure Data Factory
9 9 (2.92%) Serverless
9 9 (2.92%) Snowflake
10 8 (2.60%) GitHub
11 7 (2.27%) dbt
11 7 (2.27%) OCI
12 6 (1.95%) Amazon S3
12 6 (1.95%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 5 (1.62%) GitHub Actions
13 5 (1.62%) IaaS
13 5 (1.62%) OpenShift
13 5 (1.62%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.90%) DNS
2 10 (3.25%) Firewall
3 7 (2.27%) Network Security
4 6 (1.95%) BGP
4 6 (1.95%) VPN
5 5 (1.62%) TCP/IP
6 4 (1.30%) Internet
6 4 (1.30%) SSL
7 3 (0.97%) DHCP
7 3 (0.97%) Multicast
8 2 (0.65%) LAN
8 2 (0.65%) Reverse Proxy
8 2 (0.65%) VLAN
8 2 (0.65%) WAN
9 1 (0.32%) Extranet
9 1 (0.32%) PSTN
9 1 (0.32%) SMS
9 1 (0.32%) SMTP
9 1 (0.32%) VoIP
9 1 (0.32%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (7.14%) Power BI
2 20 (6.49%) SQL Server
3 14 (4.55%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (3.90%) Metadata
4 12 (3.90%) Relational Database
5 7 (2.27%) Data Lake
5 7 (2.27%) Delta Lake
6 6 (1.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 5 (1.62%) Oracle Database
7 5 (1.62%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (1.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (1.30%) Data Mart
8 4 (1.30%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 3 (0.97%) Amazon Redshift
9 3 (0.97%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (0.97%) BusinessObjects
9 3 (0.97%) Oracle Reports
10 2 (0.65%) Data Vault
10 2 (0.65%) Hadoop
10 2 (0.65%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 27 (8.77%) JIRA
2 8 (2.60%) Git
3 5 (1.62%) GitLab
4 4 (1.30%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.65%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.32%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.32%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.32%) Gradle
6 1 (0.32%) Maven
6 1 (0.32%) MSBuild
6 1 (0.32%) NUnit
6 1 (0.32%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.32%) PowerBuilder
6 1 (0.32%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.32%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.32%) Zephyr
General
1 112 (36.36%) Finance
2 79 (25.65%) Social Skills
3 44 (14.29%) Banking
4 33 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (5.52%) Public Sector
6 14 (4.55%) General Ledger
7 13 (4.22%) Documentation Skills
8 11 (3.57%) Front Office
9 10 (3.25%) Investment Banking
10 8 (2.60%) Back Office
10 8 (2.60%) Financial Institution
11 7 (2.27%) Law
12 5 (1.62%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.62%) Retail
13 4 (1.30%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (1.30%) Legal
13 4 (1.30%) Telecoms
14 3 (0.97%) Billing
14 3 (0.97%) Marketing
15 2 (0.65%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 53 (17.21%) Architect
2 36 (11.69%) Lead
3 35 (11.36%) Analyst
4 31 (10.06%) Consultant
5 21 (6.82%) Business Analyst
5 21 (6.82%) Data Engineer
5 21 (6.82%) Project Manager
5 21 (6.82%) Solutions Architect
6 20 (6.49%) Developer
6 20 (6.49%) Senior
7 15 (4.87%) Data Architect
8 14 (4.55%) Data Analyst
9 11 (3.57%) Administrator
10 10 (3.25%) Cloud Engineer
11 9 (2.92%) Oracle Consultant
12 8 (2.60%) Applications Engineer
12 8 (2.60%) Migration Analyst
12 8 (2.60%) Migration Engineer
13 7 (2.27%) SharePoint Administrator
14 6 (1.95%) Data Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (5.84%) Terraform
2 15 (4.87%) Oracle Fusion
3 12 (3.90%) REST
4 10 (3.25%) PySpark
5 9 (2.92%) .NET
6 8 (2.60%) Kafka
7 7 (2.27%) JSON
8 6 (1.95%) Middleware
8 6 (1.95%) React
8 6 (1.95%) Web Services
9 5 (1.62%) XML
10 4 (1.30%) .NET Core
10 4 (1.30%) SAML
11 3 (0.97%) ADO
11 3 (0.97%) AngularJS
11 3 (0.97%) Node.js
11 3 (0.97%) OAuth
11 3 (0.97%) OpenID
11 3 (0.97%) RESTful
12 2 (0.65%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 28 (9.09%) Cloud Native
2 20 (6.49%) Legacy Systems
3 15 (4.87%) Product Ownership
4 13 (4.22%) Data Centre
5 11 (3.57%) Mainframe
6 10 (3.25%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (2.92%) Data Structures
7 9 (2.92%) Onboarding
8 8 (2.60%) Distributed Systems
9 7 (2.27%) Derivative
10 6 (1.95%) Hybrid Cloud
11 5 (1.62%) Public Cloud
11 5 (1.62%) Reference Data
12 4 (1.30%) AI Agents
12 4 (1.30%) Clustering
12 4 (1.30%) Legacy Applications
12 4 (1.30%) Management Information System
12 4 (1.30%) Private Cloud
12 4 (1.30%) Reinsurance
12 4 (1.30%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 22 (7.14%) Windows
2 6 (1.95%) Linux
3 5 (1.62%) Unix
3 5 (1.62%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.97%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.65%) VMS
5 2 (0.65%) zOS
6 1 (0.32%) AIX
6 1 (0.32%) Android
6 1 (0.32%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.32%) MVS
6 1 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.32%) Solaris
6 1 (0.32%) SUSE
6 1 (0.32%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
6 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (34.42%) Data Migration
2 86 (27.92%) Stakeholder Management
3 49 (15.91%) Validation
4 46 (14.94%) Agile
5 40 (12.99%) CI/CD
6 37 (12.01%) DevOps
7 34 (11.04%) Infrastructure as Code
8 33 (10.71%) Analytics
9 32 (10.39%) Data Modelling
9 32 (10.39%) ERP
9 32 (10.39%) User Acceptance Testing
10 31 (10.06%) ETL
10 31 (10.06%) Problem-Solving
10 31 (10.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 30 (9.74%) Data Governance
12 26 (8.44%) Roadmaps
13 25 (8.12%) Project Delivery
14 23 (7.47%) Business Intelligence
15 22 (7.14%) Decision-Making
16 21 (6.82%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 49 (15.91%) SQL
2 34 (11.04%) Python
3 15 (4.87%) PowerShell
4 9 (2.92%) C#
5 8 (2.60%) Java
6 7 (2.27%) TypeScript
7 6 (1.95%) JavaScript
8 4 (1.30%) Bicep
8 4 (1.30%) Korn
9 3 (0.97%) Perl
9 3 (0.97%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.65%) Bash
10 2 (0.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.65%) JCL
11 1 (0.32%) CodeQL
11 1 (0.32%) REXX
11 1 (0.32%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.32%) SOQL
11 1 (0.32%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 41 (13.31%) Security Cleared
2 34 (11.04%) SC Cleared
3 7 (2.27%) DBS Check
3 7 (2.27%) Degree
3 7 (2.27%) PMI Certification
3 7 (2.27%) PMP
4 5 (1.62%) DV Cleared
5 4 (1.30%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (0.97%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.65%) CAPM
7 2 (0.65%) CCNA
7 2 (0.65%) CCNP
7 2 (0.65%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.32%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 1 (0.32%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.32%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.32%) CESG Certified Professional
8 1 (0.32%) CSPO
8 1 (0.32%) SAFe Agilist
8 1 (0.32%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (12.34%) Data Quality
2 11 (3.57%) QA
3 6 (1.95%) PMO
4 5 (1.62%) GRC
4 5 (1.62%) PCI DSS
5 4 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.97%) GDPR
7 2 (0.65%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.65%) IFRS
7 2 (0.65%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.65%) SEPA
8 1 (0.32%) Basel III
8 1 (0.32%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.32%) NCSC
8 1 (0.32%) NIST
8 1 (0.32%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.32%) PSD2
8 1 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.32%) SLA
8 1 (0.32%) TARGET2
System Software
1 16 (5.19%) Active Directory
2 12 (3.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.62%) Docker
4 3 (0.97%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.65%) vSphere
6 1 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 13 (4.22%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.95%) Ansible
3 5 (1.62%) SCCM
3 5 (1.62%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.97%) Microsoft Clustering
4 3 (0.97%) SCOM
5 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.32%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (0.32%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.32%) ITRS Geneos
6 1 (0.32%) PingFederate
6 1 (0.32%) PowerCLI
6 1 (0.32%) Tivoli
6 1 (0.32%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 63 (20.45%) Microsoft
2 42 (13.64%) Oracle
3 29 (9.42%) Databricks
4 27 (8.77%) SAP
5 13 (4.22%) Google
6 12 (3.90%) VMware
7 10 (3.25%) Cisco
8 9 (2.92%) ServiceNow
9 6 (1.95%) CyberArk
10 5 (1.62%) Citrix
10 5 (1.62%) IBM
10 5 (1.62%) Remedy
10 5 (1.62%) Salesforce
11 4 (1.30%) Bloomberg
11 4 (1.30%) Commvault
11 4 (1.30%) IFS
12 3 (0.97%) Informatica
12 3 (0.97%) Red Hat
12 3 (0.97%) Refinitiv
12 3 (0.97%) Workday