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

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 20 17
Rank change year-on-year -2 -3 +9
Contract jobs citing Migration 178 168 212
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 9.44% 9.00% 8.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.61% 9.81% 9.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 110 149
10th Percentile £413 £363 £425
25th Percentile £481 £463 £485
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +6.77% +0.05% -4.35%
75th Percentile £686 £638 £675
90th Percentile £775 £750 £795
Central London median daily rate £575 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +4.50% +0.05% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £22.00 -
Central London median hourly rate - £22.00 -

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 1,677 1,713 2,179
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 88.97% 91.80% 89.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,175 1,043 1,557
10th Percentile £351 £363 £350
25th Percentile £425 £463 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £575 £570
Median % change year-on-year -7.83% +0.88% -4.20%
75th Percentile £675 £684 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
Central London median daily rate £540 £575 £563
% change year-on-year -6.09% +2.22% -3.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 9 13
10th Percentile £19.98 £13.45 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.66 £22.00 £18.93
Median hourly rate £31.00 £32.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.62% +18.18% -21.43%
75th Percentile £42.65 £43.75 £46.75
90th Percentile £49.83 £112.00 £69.05
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £27.81
% change year-on-year -25.40% +25.85% -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 28 January 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 16 (8.99%) SharePoint
2 7 (3.93%) Confluence
3 3 (1.69%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 3 (1.69%) Apache
3 3 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.12%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.56%) CMS
5 1 (0.56%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 6 (3.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.25%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.25%) MS Visio
3 3 (1.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 14 (7.87%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.69%) Oracle General Ledger
2 3 (1.69%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 2 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.12%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (1.12%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (1.12%) SAP CO
3 2 (1.12%) SAP FI
3 2 (1.12%) SAP FI/CO
3 2 (1.12%) Unit4 Business World
4 1 (0.56%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.56%) Maximo
4 1 (0.56%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.56%) Oracle FAH
4 1 (0.56%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.56%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.56%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.56%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.56%) SAP PS
4 1 (0.56%) Sonata
Cloud Services
1 51 (28.65%) Azure
2 32 (17.98%) AWS
3 14 (7.87%) GCP
3 14 (7.87%) GitHub
4 13 (7.30%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (6.18%) Power Platform
6 7 (3.93%) GitHub Actions
6 7 (3.93%) SaaS
7 6 (3.37%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (3.37%) Entra ID
8 4 (2.25%) IaaS
8 4 (2.25%) OCI
8 4 (2.25%) Power Automate
8 4 (2.25%) Snowflake
9 3 (1.69%) AWS CloudFormation
9 3 (1.69%) Azure AKS
9 3 (1.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 3 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (1.69%) Microsoft Purview
9 3 (1.69%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.37%) Firewall
1 6 (3.37%) Network Security
2 3 (1.69%) VPN
3 2 (1.12%) DNS
3 2 (1.12%) MPLS
3 2 (1.12%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.56%) BGP
4 1 (0.56%) DHCP
4 1 (0.56%) Internet
4 1 (0.56%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.56%) NAS
4 1 (0.56%) SAN
4 1 (0.56%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.56%) VLAN
4 1 (0.56%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (6.18%) Data Warehouse
2 10 (5.62%) Power BI
3 7 (3.93%) Relational Database
4 5 (2.81%) MySQL
4 5 (2.81%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (2.81%) SQL Server
5 3 (1.69%) Delta Lake
5 3 (1.69%) Metadata
5 3 (1.69%) Oracle Database
5 3 (1.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (1.69%) Tableau
6 2 (1.12%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.12%) DataStage
6 2 (1.12%) Electronic Patient Records
6 2 (1.12%) MongoDB
6 2 (1.12%) Oracle Exadata
6 2 (1.12%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (1.12%) RDBMS
6 2 (1.12%) SQLPlus
7 1 (0.56%) Data Mart
Development Applications
1 15 (8.43%) JIRA
2 3 (1.69%) Git
3 2 (1.12%) Cypress.io
3 2 (1.12%) Selenium
3 2 (1.12%) SonarQube
3 2 (1.12%) Toad
4 1 (0.56%) ERwin
4 1 (0.56%) GitLab
4 1 (0.56%) Gradle
4 1 (0.56%) gulp
4 1 (0.56%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.56%) Maven
4 1 (0.56%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.56%) PowerBuilder
4 1 (0.56%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.56%) webpack
General
1 70 (39.33%) Finance
2 33 (18.54%) Social Skills
3 19 (10.67%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (10.11%) Banking
5 11 (6.18%) Front Office
5 11 (6.18%) Public Sector
6 8 (4.49%) Documentation Skills
6 8 (4.49%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (3.93%) Legal
8 5 (2.81%) Investment Banking
9 4 (2.25%) Back Office
9 4 (2.25%) Financial Institution
9 4 (2.25%) General Ledger
9 4 (2.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (2.25%) Law
10 3 (1.69%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.12%) International Banking
11 2 (1.12%) Marketing
11 2 (1.12%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (1.12%) Retail
Job Titles
1 27 (15.17%) Analyst
2 23 (12.92%) Business Analyst
3 22 (12.36%) Senior
4 21 (11.80%) Architect
5 19 (10.67%) Project Manager
6 18 (10.11%) Lead
7 17 (9.55%) Consultant
8 12 (6.74%) Migration Manager
9 9 (5.06%) Developer
9 9 (5.06%) Migration Project Manager
10 7 (3.93%) Migration Specialist
11 6 (3.37%) Programme Manager
11 6 (3.37%) Senior Analyst
11 6 (3.37%) Senior Business Analyst
11 6 (3.37%) Senior Manager
11 6 (3.37%) Technical Analyst
11 6 (3.37%) Technical Business Analyst
12 5 (2.81%) Azure Engineer
12 5 (2.81%) Migration Consultant
12 5 (2.81%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.93%) XML
2 5 (2.81%) Middleware
3 4 (2.25%) Oracle Fusion
4 3 (1.69%) Microsoft Graph
4 3 (1.69%) PySpark
5 2 (1.12%) Node.js
5 2 (1.12%) OpenID
5 2 (1.12%) Playwright
5 2 (1.12%) REST
5 2 (1.12%) SAML
5 2 (1.12%) SAP Fiori
5 2 (1.12%) SPFx
5 2 (1.12%) XSLT
6 1 (0.56%) JSON
6 1 (0.56%) Kafka
6 1 (0.56%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.56%) Oracle GoldenGate
6 1 (0.56%) React
6 1 (0.56%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.56%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 14 (7.87%) Cloud Native
1 14 (7.87%) Legacy Systems
2 9 (5.06%) Data Centre
3 8 (4.49%) Hybrid Cloud
4 7 (3.93%) Data Structures
5 5 (2.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 5 (2.81%) Onboarding
6 4 (2.25%) Greenfield Project
6 4 (2.25%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.69%) Derivative
7 3 (1.69%) Fixed Income
7 3 (1.69%) NHS
7 3 (1.69%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.69%) Reference Data
8 2 (1.12%) e-Learning
8 2 (1.12%) Equities
8 2 (1.12%) Legacy Applications
8 2 (1.12%) Reinsurance
8 2 (1.12%) Replication
8 2 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 15 (8.43%) Windows
2 9 (5.06%) Windows Server
3 4 (2.25%) Linux
3 4 (2.25%) Unix
4 2 (1.12%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (29.21%) Data Migration
2 43 (24.16%) Stakeholder Management
3 35 (19.66%) Agile
4 28 (15.73%) Problem-Solving
5 27 (15.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 22 (12.36%) DevOps
6 22 (12.36%) Validation
7 21 (11.80%) Analytics
8 19 (10.67%) CI/CD
8 19 (10.67%) Project Management
8 19 (10.67%) User Acceptance Testing
9 17 (9.55%) ERP
9 17 (9.55%) ETL
10 16 (8.99%) Project Delivery
11 15 (8.43%) Infrastructure as Code
12 13 (7.30%) Data Governance
13 11 (6.18%) Business Intelligence
13 11 (6.18%) Continuous Improvement
13 11 (6.18%) Data Mapping
13 11 (6.18%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 32 (17.98%) SQL
2 10 (5.62%) Python
3 7 (3.93%) Java
4 6 (3.37%) PowerShell
5 5 (2.81%) PL/SQL
6 3 (1.69%) Bash
7 2 (1.12%) C#
7 2 (1.12%) C++
7 2 (1.12%) Kotlin
7 2 (1.12%) Perl
7 2 (1.12%) PHP
7 2 (1.12%) Scala
7 2 (1.12%) Shell Script
7 2 (1.12%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.56%) ABAP
8 1 (0.56%) C
8 1 (0.56%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.56%) VB
8 1 (0.56%) VBA
8 1 (0.56%) VC++
Qualifications
1 24 (13.48%) Security Cleared
2 23 (12.92%) SC Cleared
3 10 (5.62%) PMP
4 9 (5.06%) Degree
4 9 (5.06%) PMI Certification
5 4 (2.25%) Azure Certification
5 4 (2.25%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (1.69%) AWS Certification
6 3 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.12%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.56%) CFA
8 1 (0.56%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.56%) MCSA
8 1 (0.56%) MCSE
8 1 (0.56%) OCP
8 1 (0.56%) Oracle Certification
8 1 (0.56%) RHCE
8 1 (0.56%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (10.11%) QA
2 16 (8.99%) GDPR
3 14 (7.87%) Data Quality
4 12 (6.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (3.93%) NIST
6 3 (1.69%) GAAP
6 3 (1.69%) IFRS
6 3 (1.69%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (1.12%) EMIR
8 1 (0.56%) Basel III
8 1 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.56%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.56%) HL7
8 1 (0.56%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.56%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.56%) NCSC
8 1 (0.56%) PMO
8 1 (0.56%) SEPA
System Software
1 8 (4.49%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.37%) Docker
2 6 (3.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.56%) NFS
4 1 (0.56%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 17 (9.55%) Terraform
2 11 (6.18%) Kubernetes
3 10 (5.62%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (2.25%) Ansible
5 3 (1.69%) SCCM
6 1 (0.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.56%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.56%) Argo
6 1 (0.56%) CASB
6 1 (0.56%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.56%) EMC VPLEX
6 1 (0.56%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 1 (0.56%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.56%) vMotion
Vendors
1 39 (21.91%) Microsoft
2 20 (11.24%) Oracle
2 20 (11.24%) SAP
3 10 (5.62%) Google
4 8 (4.49%) CyberArk
5 7 (3.93%) VMware
5 7 (3.93%) Workday
6 5 (2.81%) Databricks
7 4 (2.25%) Murex
7 4 (2.25%) Palo Alto
7 4 (2.25%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.69%) Adobe
8 3 (1.69%) Ahrefs
8 3 (1.69%) Informatica
9 2 (1.12%) Cisco
9 2 (1.12%) Screaming Frog
9 2 (1.12%) Talend
10 1 (0.56%) Alteryx
10 1 (0.56%) Palantir
10 1 (0.56%) Verint