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

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 20 19
Rank change year-on-year +6 -1 +1
Contract jobs citing Migration 270 166 182
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 11.15% 9.47% 8.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.00% 10.10% 9.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 208 100 133
10th Percentile £406 £361 £367
25th Percentile £450 £434 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +6.95% - -15.38%
75th Percentile £676 £700 £650
90th Percentile £779 £775 £710
Central London median daily rate £575 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -14.73%
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 2,077 1,643 1,948
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 85.76% 93.78% 90.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,401 1,050 1,354
10th Percentile £365 £350 £363
25th Percentile £450 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £551 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.18% -4.17% -4.17%
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 29 18 14
10th Percentile £17.53 £16.90 £20.01
25th Percentile £18.75 £23.98 £20.29
Median hourly rate £23.16 £29.75 £26.63
Median % change year-on-year -22.15% +11.74% -23.93%
75th Percentile £43.00 £54.75 £40.00
90th Percentile £60.78 £71.25 £47.73
Central London median hourly rate £27.25 £30.04 £27.41
% change year-on-year -9.27% +9.60% -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 26 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 16 (5.93%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.85%) Apache Airflow
2 5 (1.85%) Confluence
2 5 (1.85%) SharePoint 2013
3 3 (1.11%) Apache
3 3 (1.11%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.74%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (0.74%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.74%) CMS
5 1 (0.37%) Camunda
5 1 (0.37%) IIS
5 1 (0.37%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (2.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.11%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.74%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (2.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.22%) NetSuite
2 6 (2.22%) Oracle General Ledger
3 5 (1.85%) Aladdin
3 5 (1.85%) Oracle Financials
3 5 (1.85%) Oracle Payables
3 5 (1.85%) Workday HCM
4 4 (1.48%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (1.48%) Oracle Receivables
5 3 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (1.11%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.74%) iTrent
6 2 (0.74%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 2 (0.74%) SAP HCM
6 2 (0.74%) SAP Payroll
6 2 (0.74%) SAP SD
7 1 (0.37%) Maximo
7 1 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.37%) SAP R/3
7 1 (0.37%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 57 (21.11%) Azure
2 47 (17.41%) AWS
3 21 (7.78%) Power Platform
4 14 (5.19%) GCP
5 13 (4.81%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (4.07%) GitHub
6 11 (4.07%) Serverless
7 9 (3.33%) Microsoft 365
8 8 (2.96%) OCI
9 7 (2.59%) Azure Data Factory
9 7 (2.59%) GitHub Actions
9 7 (2.59%) Snowflake
10 6 (2.22%) dbt
10 6 (2.22%) Entra ID
10 6 (2.22%) SaaS
11 5 (1.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 4 (1.48%) Amazon S3
12 4 (1.48%) AWS Lambda
12 4 (1.48%) Azure AKS
12 4 (1.48%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.22%) Firewall
1 6 (2.22%) Network Security
2 4 (1.48%) VLAN
3 3 (1.11%) DNS
3 3 (1.11%) VPN
3 3 (1.11%) VSAN
3 3 (1.11%) WAN
4 2 (0.74%) BGP
4 2 (0.74%) EIGRP
4 2 (0.74%) LAN
4 2 (0.74%) MPLS
4 2 (0.74%) OSPF
4 2 (0.74%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.74%) Unified Communications
4 2 (0.74%) Wireless
5 1 (0.37%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (0.37%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (0.37%) Cisco Wireless
5 1 (0.37%) HSRP
5 1 (0.37%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (7.04%) Power BI
2 13 (4.81%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (2.96%) SQL Server
4 7 (2.59%) Metadata
5 6 (2.22%) Relational Database
6 5 (1.85%) Oracle Database
6 5 (1.85%) Oracle Reports
7 4 (1.48%) Amazon Redshift
7 4 (1.48%) Data Mart
7 4 (1.48%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (1.11%) BusinessObjects
8 3 (1.11%) NoSQL
8 3 (1.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (1.11%) Tableau
9 2 (0.74%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.74%) Delta Lake
9 2 (0.74%) OLAP
9 2 (0.74%) Snowflake Schema
9 2 (0.74%) Spark SQL
10 1 (0.37%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 16 (5.93%) JIRA
2 6 (2.22%) GitLab
3 5 (1.85%) Git
3 5 (1.85%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.74%) 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 (34.81%) Finance
2 53 (19.63%) Social Skills
3 31 (11.48%) Banking
4 28 (10.37%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (5.19%) General Ledger
6 13 (4.81%) Public Sector
7 12 (4.44%) Financial Institution
8 10 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (2.96%) Law
10 6 (2.22%) Legal
11 5 (1.85%) Retail
12 4 (1.48%) Front Office
13 3 (1.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (1.11%) Investment Banking
13 3 (1.11%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.74%) Back Office
14 2 (0.74%) International Banking
14 2 (0.74%) Marketing
14 2 (0.74%) Organisational Skills
15 1 (0.37%) Billing
Job Titles
1 49 (18.15%) Architect
2 38 (14.07%) Lead
3 36 (13.33%) Consultant
4 29 (10.74%) Analyst
5 21 (7.78%) Project Manager
5 21 (7.78%) Senior
6 16 (5.93%) Business Analyst
6 16 (5.93%) Solutions Architect
7 15 (5.56%) Data Engineer
8 13 (4.81%) Data Analyst
8 13 (4.81%) Data Migration Lead
9 11 (4.07%) Azure Architect
9 11 (4.07%) Migration Analyst
9 11 (4.07%) Migration Manager
9 11 (4.07%) Migration Project Manager
10 10 (3.70%) Cloud Architect
10 10 (3.70%) Data Architect
11 9 (3.33%) Cloud Engineer
11 9 (3.33%) Data Migration Analyst
11 9 (3.33%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (5.56%) Oracle Fusion
2 9 (3.33%) Kafka
3 7 (2.59%) Middleware
3 7 (2.59%) REST
4 6 (2.22%) PySpark
5 4 (1.48%) React
5 4 (1.48%) RESTful
5 4 (1.48%) Spring
5 4 (1.48%) XML
6 3 (1.11%) .NET
6 3 (1.11%) JSON
7 2 (0.74%) .NET Core
7 2 (0.74%) ADO
7 2 (0.74%) EDI
7 2 (0.74%) FIX Protocol
7 2 (0.74%) Flash
7 2 (0.74%) Redux
7 2 (0.74%) Spring Boot
8 1 (0.37%) Apache Avro
8 1 (0.37%) Oracle GoldenGate
Miscellaneous
1 26 (9.63%) Cloud Native
2 25 (9.26%) Legacy Systems
3 8 (2.96%) Mainframe
3 8 (2.96%) Product Ownership
4 7 (2.59%) Data Structures
5 6 (2.22%) Data Centre
5 6 (2.22%) Distributed Systems
5 6 (2.22%) Public Cloud
6 5 (1.85%) Derivative
6 5 (1.85%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (1.85%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.48%) Fixed Income
7 4 (1.48%) Replication
8 3 (1.11%) Equities
8 3 (1.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (1.11%) Reference Data
9 2 (0.74%) BYOD
9 2 (0.74%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.74%) NHS
9 2 (0.74%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.07%) Windows
2 5 (1.85%) Linux
3 4 (1.48%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.74%) SUSE
4 2 (0.74%) VMS
4 2 (0.74%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.37%) AIX
5 1 (0.37%) Solaris
5 1 (0.37%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
5 1 (0.37%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (35.19%) Data Migration
2 58 (21.48%) Stakeholder Management
3 41 (15.19%) Validation
4 40 (14.81%) Agile
5 34 (12.59%) Project Delivery
6 33 (12.22%) CI/CD
7 30 (11.11%) Analytics
7 30 (11.11%) DevOps
7 30 (11.11%) ERP
8 28 (10.37%) User Acceptance Testing
9 26 (9.63%) ETL
10 24 (8.89%) Data Modelling
11 22 (8.15%) Infrastructure as Code
11 22 (8.15%) Project Management
11 22 (8.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 20 (7.41%) Business Intelligence
12 20 (7.41%) Problem-Solving
13 19 (7.04%) Roadmaps
14 18 (6.67%) Data Governance
15 15 (5.56%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 38 (14.07%) SQL
2 25 (9.26%) Python
3 7 (2.59%) PowerShell
4 6 (2.22%) Java
5 4 (1.48%) Bicep
5 4 (1.48%) JavaScript
5 4 (1.48%) TypeScript
6 3 (1.11%) Bash
6 3 (1.11%) C#
7 2 (0.74%) ABAP
7 2 (0.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.37%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.37%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.37%) VBA
Qualifications
1 40 (14.81%) Security Cleared
2 34 (12.59%) SC Cleared
3 12 (4.44%) PMI Certification
3 12 (4.44%) PMP
4 7 (2.59%) DBS Check
4 7 (2.59%) Degree
5 4 (1.48%) Azure Certification
5 4 (1.48%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (1.48%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (1.11%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.74%) CCNA
7 2 (0.74%) CCNP
8 1 (0.37%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 1 (0.37%) CESG Certified Professional
8 1 (0.37%) CISA
8 1 (0.37%) CWNA
8 1 (0.37%) MCSA
8 1 (0.37%) MCSE
8 1 (0.37%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (0.37%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (6.67%) Data Quality
2 16 (5.93%) GDPR
3 13 (4.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (3.70%) NIST
5 8 (2.96%) QA
6 6 (2.22%) PCI DSS
7 5 (1.85%) PMO
8 3 (1.11%) GAAP
8 3 (1.11%) GRC
8 3 (1.11%) IFRS
9 2 (0.74%) ISO 20022
9 2 (0.74%) NCSC
9 2 (0.74%) PSD2
9 2 (0.74%) SEPA
9 2 (0.74%) SLA
10 1 (0.37%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.37%) HL7
10 1 (0.37%) ISO 8583
10 1 (0.37%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 7 (2.59%) Docker
2 6 (2.22%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.74%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.74%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.74%) vSphere
5 1 (0.37%) Firmware
5 1 (0.37%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.37%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.37%) NFS
5 1 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (5.19%) Kubernetes
1 14 (5.19%) Terraform
2 5 (1.85%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (1.11%) Ansible
4 2 (0.74%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.37%) EMC VPLEX
5 1 (0.37%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (0.37%) Grafana
5 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Clustering
5 1 (0.37%) PowerCLI
5 1 (0.37%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.37%) SCCM
5 1 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.37%) vMotion
5 1 (0.37%) VxRail
Vendors
1 51 (18.89%) Microsoft
2 36 (13.33%) Oracle
3 25 (9.26%) SAP
4 13 (4.81%) Databricks
5 10 (3.70%) CyberArk
6 8 (2.96%) Citrix
6 8 (2.96%) Google
6 8 (2.96%) Workday
7 6 (2.22%) Salesforce
8 5 (1.85%) Cisco
8 5 (1.85%) VMware
9 4 (1.48%) IFS
9 4 (1.48%) Informatica
9 4 (1.48%) Pure Storage
10 3 (1.11%) IBM
10 3 (1.11%) Palo Alto
11 2 (0.74%) Adobe
11 2 (0.74%) MuleSoft
11 2 (0.74%) Murex
11 2 (0.74%) Remedy