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

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 18 19
Rank change year-on-year +6 +1 +1
Contract jobs citing Migration 278 176 193
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 11.32% 9.48% 9.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.13% 10.10% 9.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 214 105 135
10th Percentile £405 £364 £368
25th Percentile £450 £438 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £553
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -0.45% -11.95%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £650
90th Percentile £775 £770 £720
Central London median daily rate £563 £550 £558
% change year-on-year +2.27% -1.35% -10.80%
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 2,118 1,742 1,959
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 86.27% 93.86% 91.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,434 1,121 1,349
10th Percentile £363 £350 £363
25th Percentile £450 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £557 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.32% -3.07% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £560
% change year-on-year - -1.79% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 21 16
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.08 £19.21
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.66 £20.22
Median hourly rate £21.00 £31.00 £26.63
Median % change year-on-year -32.26% +16.43% -23.93%
75th Percentile £42.13 £56.75 £40.46
90th Percentile £59.72 £63.75 £64.50
Central London median hourly rate £24.47 £32.50 £27.41
% change year-on-year -24.72% +18.59% -21.70%

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 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 17 (6.12%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.80%) Apache Airflow
2 5 (1.80%) SharePoint 2013
3 4 (1.44%) Confluence
4 3 (1.08%) CMS
4 3 (1.08%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.72%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.72%) Apache
5 2 (0.72%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.72%) HCL Notes
6 1 (0.36%) Camunda
6 1 (0.36%) IIS
6 1 (0.36%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (2.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.08%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.72%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (2.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.16%) NetSuite
2 6 (2.16%) Oracle Financials
2 6 (2.16%) Oracle Payables
3 5 (1.80%) Aladdin
3 5 (1.80%) Oracle ERP
3 5 (1.80%) Oracle General Ledger
3 5 (1.80%) Oracle Receivables
3 5 (1.80%) Workday HCM
4 4 (1.44%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (1.08%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.72%) iTrent
6 2 (0.72%) SAP HCM
6 2 (0.72%) SAP Payroll
6 2 (0.72%) SAP SD
7 1 (0.36%) Maximo
7 1 (0.36%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.36%) Oracle E-Business Tax
7 1 (0.36%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.36%) SAP R/3
Cloud Services
1 59 (21.22%) Azure
2 46 (16.55%) AWS
3 23 (8.27%) Power Platform
4 14 (5.04%) Azure DevOps
4 14 (5.04%) GCP
5 11 (3.96%) GitHub
5 11 (3.96%) Serverless
6 9 (3.24%) Entra ID
7 8 (2.88%) Microsoft 365
7 8 (2.88%) SaaS
8 7 (2.52%) Azure Data Factory
8 7 (2.52%) GitHub Actions
8 7 (2.52%) OCI
8 7 (2.52%) Snowflake
9 6 (2.16%) dbt
10 5 (1.80%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 5 (1.80%) OpenShift
11 4 (1.44%) Amazon EKS
11 4 (1.44%) Amazon S3
11 4 (1.44%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.88%) Firewall
2 6 (2.16%) Network Security
3 5 (1.80%) DNS
4 4 (1.44%) VLAN
4 4 (1.44%) VPN
5 3 (1.08%) VSAN
5 3 (1.08%) WAN
6 2 (0.72%) BGP
6 2 (0.72%) EIGRP
6 2 (0.72%) LAN
6 2 (0.72%) MPLS
6 2 (0.72%) OSPF
6 2 (0.72%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.72%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.72%) Wireless
7 1 (0.36%) 802.11
7 1 (0.36%) IP Telephony
7 1 (0.36%) TACACS
7 1 (0.36%) VRRP
7 1 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (7.55%) Power BI
2 12 (4.32%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (3.24%) SQL Server
4 7 (2.52%) Metadata
5 6 (2.16%) Relational Database
6 5 (1.80%) Oracle Database
7 4 (1.44%) Amazon Redshift
7 4 (1.44%) Data Mart
8 3 (1.08%) BusinessObjects
8 3 (1.08%) NoSQL
8 3 (1.08%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (1.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (1.08%) Tableau
9 2 (0.72%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.72%) Delta Lake
9 2 (0.72%) OLAP
9 2 (0.72%) Snowflake Schema
9 2 (0.72%) Spark SQL
9 2 (0.72%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 17 (6.12%) JIRA
2 6 (2.16%) GitLab
3 5 (1.80%) Git
3 5 (1.80%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.72%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.36%) ER Studio
5 1 (0.36%) ERwin
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 93 (33.45%) Finance
2 55 (19.78%) Social Skills
3 32 (11.51%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (10.79%) Banking
5 15 (5.40%) General Ledger
6 13 (4.68%) Public Sector
7 11 (3.96%) Financial Institution
8 10 (3.60%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (3.60%) Law
9 6 (2.16%) Retail
10 5 (1.80%) Legal
11 3 (1.08%) Front Office
11 3 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.08%) Investment Banking
11 3 (1.08%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.72%) Back Office
12 2 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.72%) International Banking
12 2 (0.72%) Marketing
12 2 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 51 (18.35%) Architect
2 38 (13.67%) Lead
3 37 (13.31%) Consultant
4 32 (11.51%) Analyst
5 20 (7.19%) Project Manager
5 20 (7.19%) Senior
6 17 (6.12%) Business Analyst
6 17 (6.12%) Solutions Architect
7 15 (5.40%) Data Engineer
8 14 (5.04%) Data Migration Lead
9 13 (4.68%) Data Analyst
10 11 (3.96%) Azure Architect
10 11 (3.96%) Migration Analyst
11 10 (3.60%) Cloud Architect
11 10 (3.60%) Data Architect
11 10 (3.60%) Developer
12 9 (3.24%) Data Migration Analyst
12 9 (3.24%) Migration Manager
12 9 (3.24%) Migration Project Manager
12 9 (3.24%) Oracle Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (5.04%) Oracle Fusion
2 10 (3.60%) Kafka
3 9 (3.24%) REST
4 6 (2.16%) PySpark
5 5 (1.80%) Middleware
5 5 (1.80%) React
6 4 (1.44%) JSON
6 4 (1.44%) RESTful
6 4 (1.44%) Spring
7 3 (1.08%) .NET
7 3 (1.08%) XML
8 2 (0.72%) .NET Core
8 2 (0.72%) ADO
8 2 (0.72%) EDI
8 2 (0.72%) FIX Protocol
8 2 (0.72%) Flash
8 2 (0.72%) Redux
8 2 (0.72%) SOAP
8 2 (0.72%) Spring Boot
9 1 (0.36%) IDoc
Miscellaneous
1 26 (9.35%) Cloud Native
1 26 (9.35%) Legacy Systems
2 8 (2.88%) Data Structures
2 8 (2.88%) Mainframe
3 7 (2.52%) Data Centre
3 7 (2.52%) Distributed Systems
3 7 (2.52%) Product Ownership
3 7 (2.52%) Public Cloud
4 5 (1.80%) Derivative
4 5 (1.80%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (1.80%) Onboarding
5 4 (1.44%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (1.44%) Replication
6 3 (1.08%) Equities
6 3 (1.08%) Fixed Income
7 2 (0.72%) Clustering
7 2 (0.72%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (0.72%) NHS
7 2 (0.72%) Reference Data
7 2 (0.72%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 12 (4.32%) Windows
2 5 (1.80%) Linux
3 3 (1.08%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.72%) SUSE
4 2 (0.72%) VMS
4 2 (0.72%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.36%) AIX
5 1 (0.36%) Solaris
5 1 (0.36%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
5 1 (0.36%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (35.61%) Data Migration
2 59 (21.22%) Stakeholder Management
3 40 (14.39%) Agile
4 39 (14.03%) Validation
5 36 (12.95%) Project Delivery
6 33 (11.87%) CI/CD
7 31 (11.15%) DevOps
7 31 (11.15%) ERP
8 30 (10.79%) Analytics
9 29 (10.43%) User Acceptance Testing
10 25 (8.99%) Data Modelling
10 25 (8.99%) ETL
10 25 (8.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 23 (8.27%) Problem-Solving
12 22 (7.91%) Business Intelligence
12 22 (7.91%) Infrastructure as Code
13 21 (7.55%) Project Management
14 20 (7.19%) Roadmaps
15 19 (6.83%) Data Governance
16 15 (5.40%) Data Transformation
Programming Languages
1 36 (12.95%) SQL
2 28 (10.07%) Python
3 9 (3.24%) PowerShell
4 6 (2.16%) Java
5 5 (1.80%) JavaScript
5 5 (1.80%) TypeScript
6 4 (1.44%) Bicep
7 3 (1.08%) Bash
7 3 (1.08%) C#
8 2 (0.72%) ABAP
8 2 (0.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.36%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.36%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.36%) VBA
Qualifications
1 40 (14.39%) Security Cleared
2 34 (12.23%) SC Cleared
3 11 (3.96%) PMI Certification
3 11 (3.96%) PMP
4 7 (2.52%) DBS Check
4 7 (2.52%) Degree
5 5 (1.80%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (1.44%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.44%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.08%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.72%) CCNA
8 2 (0.72%) CCNP
9 1 (0.36%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 1 (0.36%) CESG Certified Professional
9 1 (0.36%) CISA
9 1 (0.36%) CWNA
9 1 (0.36%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.36%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.36%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.36%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (7.19%) Data Quality
2 14 (5.04%) GDPR
3 11 (3.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (3.24%) QA
5 8 (2.88%) NIST
6 6 (2.16%) PCI DSS
7 5 (1.80%) PMO
8 3 (1.08%) GRC
8 3 (1.08%) IFRS
9 2 (0.72%) ISO 20022
9 2 (0.72%) NCSC
9 2 (0.72%) PSD2
9 2 (0.72%) SEPA
9 2 (0.72%) SLA
10 1 (0.36%) GAAP
10 1 (0.36%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.36%) HL7
10 1 (0.36%) ISO 8583
10 1 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.36%) TARGET2
System Software
1 8 (2.88%) Docker
2 7 (2.52%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.72%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.72%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.72%) vSphere
5 1 (0.36%) Firmware
5 1 (0.36%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.36%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.36%) NFS
Systems Management
1 15 (5.40%) Kubernetes
2 14 (5.04%) Terraform
3 4 (1.44%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (1.08%) Ansible
5 2 (0.72%) SCCM
5 2 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.72%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.36%) EMC VPLEX
6 1 (0.36%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.36%) Grafana
6 1 (0.36%) ITRS Geneos
6 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Clustering
6 1 (0.36%) PingFederate
6 1 (0.36%) PowerCLI
6 1 (0.36%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.36%) vMotion
6 1 (0.36%) VxRail
Vendors
1 56 (20.14%) Microsoft
2 35 (12.59%) Oracle
3 24 (8.63%) SAP
4 13 (4.68%) Databricks
5 9 (3.24%) Google
6 8 (2.88%) Citrix
6 8 (2.88%) CyberArk
7 6 (2.16%) Salesforce
7 6 (2.16%) Workday
8 5 (1.80%) Cisco
8 5 (1.80%) VMware
9 4 (1.44%) IFS
9 4 (1.44%) Informatica
9 4 (1.44%) Pure Storage
10 3 (1.08%) IBM
10 3 (1.08%) Palo Alto
10 3 (1.08%) ServiceNow
11 2 (0.72%) Adobe
11 2 (0.72%) Lotus
11 2 (0.72%) Murex