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

6 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 20 21
Rank change year-on-year +4 +1 -2
Contract jobs citing Migration 268 155 176
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 11.17% 9.10% 8.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.05% 9.70% 8.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 200 92 131
10th Percentile £406 £366 £363
25th Percentile £456 £434 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £582 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.82% - -12.00%
75th Percentile £681 £700 £638
90th Percentile £789 £774 £700
Central London median daily rate £563 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +2.27% - -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 2,054 1,598 1,972
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 85.62% 93.78% 90.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,387 1,016 1,378
10th Percentile £361 £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 £27.00 £28.50 £27.81
% change year-on-year -5.26% +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 11 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 (4.48%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.87%) Apache Airflow
2 5 (1.87%) Confluence
2 5 (1.87%) SharePoint 2013
3 3 (1.12%) Apache
4 2 (0.75%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.37%) Camunda
5 1 (0.37%) CMS
Applications
1 7 (2.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.12%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.75%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 12 (4.48%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.24%) NetSuite
2 6 (2.24%) Oracle General Ledger
3 5 (1.87%) Aladdin
3 5 (1.87%) Oracle Financials
3 5 (1.87%) Oracle Payables
3 5 (1.87%) Workday HCM
4 4 (1.49%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (1.49%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (1.49%) Oracle Receivables
4 4 (1.49%) SAP ERP
5 3 (1.12%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 2 (0.75%) iTrent
6 2 (0.75%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (0.75%) SAP HCM
6 2 (0.75%) SAP Payroll
7 1 (0.37%) Maximo
7 1 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.37%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.37%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 64 (23.88%) Azure
2 48 (17.91%) AWS
3 22 (8.21%) Power Platform
4 15 (5.60%) GCP
5 13 (4.85%) Azure DevOps
6 12 (4.48%) GitHub
7 11 (4.10%) Serverless
8 9 (3.36%) OCI
9 8 (2.99%) Azure Data Factory
10 7 (2.61%) Microsoft 365
10 7 (2.61%) SaaS
10 7 (2.61%) Snowflake
11 6 (2.24%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 6 (2.24%) dbt
11 6 (2.24%) GitHub Actions
12 5 (1.87%) Entra ID
13 4 (1.49%) AWS Lambda
13 4 (1.49%) Azure AKS
13 4 (1.49%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 4 (1.49%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.87%) Firewall
1 5 (1.87%) Network Security
2 4 (1.49%) VLAN
3 3 (1.12%) VSAN
4 2 (0.75%) BGP
4 2 (0.75%) EIGRP
4 2 (0.75%) MPLS
4 2 (0.75%) OSPF
4 2 (0.75%) Unified Communications
4 2 (0.75%) VPN
4 2 (0.75%) WAN
4 2 (0.75%) Wireless
5 1 (0.37%) 802.11
5 1 (0.37%) DHCP
5 1 (0.37%) DNS
5 1 (0.37%) DVB
5 1 (0.37%) SAN
5 1 (0.37%) TACACS
5 1 (0.37%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.37%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (7.46%) Power BI
2 15 (5.60%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (2.99%) SQL Server
4 7 (2.61%) Metadata
5 6 (2.24%) Relational Database
6 5 (1.87%) Oracle Reports
7 4 (1.49%) Amazon Redshift
7 4 (1.49%) Oracle Database
7 4 (1.49%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (1.12%) Data Mart
8 3 (1.12%) NoSQL
8 3 (1.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (1.12%) Tableau
9 2 (0.75%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.75%) BusinessObjects
9 2 (0.75%) Delta Lake
9 2 (0.75%) OLAP
9 2 (0.75%) Snowflake Schema
9 2 (0.75%) Spark SQL
10 1 (0.37%) OLAP Cube
Development Applications
1 16 (5.97%) JIRA
2 6 (2.24%) GitLab
3 5 (1.87%) Git
3 5 (1.87%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.75%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.37%) ER Studio
5 1 (0.37%) ERwin
5 1 (0.37%) Gradle
5 1 (0.37%) JUnit
5 1 (0.37%) Liquibase
5 1 (0.37%) Mockito
5 1 (0.37%) MSI
5 1 (0.37%) Zephyr
General
1 94 (35.07%) Finance
2 47 (17.54%) Social Skills
3 31 (11.57%) Banking
4 28 (10.45%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (5.60%) Public Sector
6 13 (4.85%) Financial Institution
6 13 (4.85%) General Ledger
7 9 (3.36%) Law
8 8 (2.99%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (2.24%) Legal
10 5 (1.87%) Retail
11 4 (1.49%) Front Office
11 4 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.12%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.75%) Back Office
13 2 (0.75%) International Banking
13 2 (0.75%) Military
13 2 (0.75%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.75%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 47 (17.54%) Architect
2 36 (13.43%) Consultant
3 34 (12.69%) Lead
4 26 (9.70%) Analyst
5 24 (8.96%) Project Manager
6 23 (8.58%) Senior
7 16 (5.97%) Solutions Architect
8 15 (5.60%) Business Analyst
9 14 (5.22%) Data Engineer
10 13 (4.85%) Data Analyst
11 12 (4.48%) Migration Manager
11 12 (4.48%) Migration Project Manager
12 11 (4.10%) Azure Architect
12 11 (4.10%) Migration Analyst
13 10 (3.73%) Cloud Architect
13 10 (3.73%) Data Architect
13 10 (3.73%) Developer
14 9 (3.36%) Data Migration Analyst
14 9 (3.36%) Migration Consultant
14 9 (3.36%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (5.97%) Oracle Fusion
2 9 (3.36%) Kafka
3 7 (2.61%) Middleware
4 6 (2.24%) PySpark
4 6 (2.24%) REST
5 4 (1.49%) React
5 4 (1.49%) RESTful
5 4 (1.49%) Spring
5 4 (1.49%) XML
6 3 (1.12%) .NET
6 3 (1.12%) FIX Protocol
6 3 (1.12%) JSON
7 2 (0.75%) .NET Core
7 2 (0.75%) ADO
7 2 (0.75%) EDI
7 2 (0.75%) Flash
7 2 (0.75%) Redux
7 2 (0.75%) Spring Boot
8 1 (0.37%) IDoc
8 1 (0.37%) Oracle GoldenGate
Miscellaneous
1 27 (10.07%) Legacy Systems
2 25 (9.33%) Cloud Native
3 8 (2.99%) Mainframe
3 8 (2.99%) Product Ownership
4 6 (2.24%) Data Structures
4 6 (2.24%) Distributed Systems
5 5 (1.87%) Data Centre
5 5 (1.87%) Derivative
5 5 (1.87%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 5 (1.87%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.49%) Fixed Income
6 4 (1.49%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (1.49%) Public Cloud
6 4 (1.49%) Reference Data
6 4 (1.49%) Replication
7 3 (1.12%) Equities
8 2 (0.75%) Clustering
8 2 (0.75%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.75%) NHS
8 2 (0.75%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 10 (3.73%) Windows
2 5 (1.87%) Linux
3 3 (1.12%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.75%) SUSE
5 1 (0.37%) AIX
5 1 (0.37%) Solaris
5 1 (0.37%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
5 1 (0.37%) VMS
5 1 (0.37%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (33.96%) Data Migration
2 55 (20.52%) Stakeholder Management
3 44 (16.42%) Agile
4 40 (14.93%) Validation
5 35 (13.06%) Project Delivery
6 32 (11.94%) DevOps
7 31 (11.57%) CI/CD
8 29 (10.82%) Analytics
9 28 (10.45%) ERP
9 28 (10.45%) User Acceptance Testing
10 26 (9.70%) ETL
10 26 (9.70%) Project Management
11 25 (9.33%) Infrastructure as Code
11 25 (9.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 23 (8.58%) Data Modelling
13 21 (7.84%) Business Intelligence
13 21 (7.84%) Problem-Solving
14 18 (6.72%) Data Governance
14 18 (6.72%) Roadmaps
15 17 (6.34%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 40 (14.93%) SQL
2 24 (8.96%) Python
3 7 (2.61%) Java
4 6 (2.24%) PowerShell
5 4 (1.49%) Bash
5 4 (1.49%) Bicep
5 4 (1.49%) JavaScript
5 4 (1.49%) TypeScript
6 3 (1.12%) C#
7 2 (0.75%) ABAP
7 2 (0.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (0.75%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.37%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.37%) VBA
Qualifications
1 44 (16.42%) Security Cleared
2 39 (14.55%) SC Cleared
3 14 (5.22%) PMP
4 13 (4.85%) PMI Certification
5 8 (2.99%) Degree
6 7 (2.61%) DBS Check
7 4 (1.49%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.75%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.37%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 1 (0.37%) CCNA
9 1 (0.37%) CCNP
9 1 (0.37%) CISA
9 1 (0.37%) CWNA
9 1 (0.37%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.37%) MCSA
9 1 (0.37%) MCSE
9 1 (0.37%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.37%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (7.84%) Data Quality
2 17 (6.34%) GDPR
3 14 (5.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (4.10%) NIST
5 8 (2.99%) QA
6 6 (2.24%) PCI DSS
6 6 (2.24%) PMO
7 4 (1.49%) GAAP
7 4 (1.49%) IFRS
8 2 (0.75%) GRC
8 2 (0.75%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.75%) NCSC
8 2 (0.75%) PSD2
8 2 (0.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.75%) SEPA
8 2 (0.75%) SLA
9 1 (0.37%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.37%) IFRS 9
9 1 (0.37%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.37%) TARGET2
System Software
1 7 (2.61%) Docker
2 4 (1.49%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.75%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.75%) vSphere
4 1 (0.37%) Firmware
4 1 (0.37%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.37%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.37%) NFS
4 1 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.37%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 15 (5.60%) Terraform
2 14 (5.22%) Kubernetes
3 6 (2.24%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (1.49%) Ansible
5 2 (0.75%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.37%) EMC VPLEX
6 1 (0.37%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.37%) Grafana
6 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Clustering
6 1 (0.37%) PowerCLI
6 1 (0.37%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.37%) SCCM
6 1 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.37%) vMotion
6 1 (0.37%) VxRail
Vendors
1 49 (18.28%) Microsoft
2 35 (13.06%) Oracle
3 30 (11.19%) SAP
4 12 (4.48%) Databricks
5 10 (3.73%) CyberArk
6 9 (3.36%) Workday
7 8 (2.99%) Citrix
7 8 (2.99%) Google
8 6 (2.24%) Salesforce
9 5 (1.87%) Informatica
10 4 (1.49%) Pure Storage
10 4 (1.49%) VMware
11 3 (1.12%) Cisco
11 3 (1.12%) IBM
11 3 (1.12%) Palo Alto
12 2 (0.75%) MuleSoft
12 2 (0.75%) Murex
12 2 (0.75%) Remedy
13 1 (0.37%) Klarna
13 1 (0.37%) PayPal