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

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 18 16
Rank change year-on-year +8 -2 -2
Contract jobs citing Migration 301 165 196
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 13.30% 9.36% 9.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.95% 9.93% 10.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 218 107 132
10th Percentile £387 £337 £363
25th Percentile £425 £416 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £565
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -2.65% -5.83%
75th Percentile £688 £686 £663
90th Percentile £775 £727 £725
Central London median daily rate £575 £550 £575
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -
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 £35.00 £34.65 -
% change year-on-year +1.01% - -

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 2,014 1,661 1,914
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 88.96% 94.27% 92.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,388 1,107 1,213
10th Percentile £368 £325 £375
25th Percentile £456 £419 £475
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 £788
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 22 17
10th Percentile - £17.35 £15.20
25th Percentile £17.60 £23.98 £20.22
Median hourly rate £21.75 £28.33 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.21% +4.91% +8.00%
75th Percentile £32.57 £53.50 £78.75
90th Percentile £51.54 £63.75 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £25.57 £31.25 £35.00
% change year-on-year -18.19% -10.71% +34.62%

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 17 September 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 (5.65%) SharePoint
2 11 (3.65%) Confluence
3 8 (2.66%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (2.33%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (1.66%) Apache
5 5 (1.66%) Apache Spark
5 5 (1.66%) SharePoint 2013
6 3 (1.00%) CMS
7 2 (0.66%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.66%) HCL Notes
7 2 (0.66%) SAS
8 1 (0.33%) Camunda
8 1 (0.33%) IIS
8 1 (0.33%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (1.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.00%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.00%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.33%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 8 (2.66%) Oracle Financials
1 8 (2.66%) Oracle Payables
1 8 (2.66%) Oracle Receivables
2 7 (2.33%) Oracle General Ledger
2 7 (2.33%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.66%) NetSuite
3 5 (1.66%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (1.33%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (1.00%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (1.00%) Oracle Assets
5 3 (1.00%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (1.00%) Oracle EBS R12
5 3 (1.00%) Oracle Internet Expenses
5 3 (1.00%) Oracle iProcurement
6 2 (0.66%) iTrent
6 2 (0.66%) Maximo
6 2 (0.66%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.66%) SAP HCM
6 2 (0.66%) SAP Payroll
6 2 (0.66%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 67 (22.26%) Azure
2 45 (14.95%) AWS
3 24 (7.97%) Power Platform
4 21 (6.98%) GCP
5 18 (5.98%) Azure DevOps
6 15 (4.98%) Microsoft 365
7 13 (4.32%) SaaS
8 12 (3.99%) Entra ID
9 9 (2.99%) Azure Data Factory
9 9 (2.99%) GitHub
10 8 (2.66%) dbt
10 8 (2.66%) Serverless
10 8 (2.66%) Snowflake
11 7 (2.33%) OCI
12 6 (1.99%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 6 (1.99%) GitHub Actions
13 5 (1.66%) Azure Databricks
13 5 (1.66%) Google Kubernetes Engine
13 5 (1.66%) IaaS
13 5 (1.66%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.65%) Firewall
2 10 (3.32%) DNS
3 9 (2.99%) Network Security
4 7 (2.33%) VPN
5 5 (1.66%) BGP
5 5 (1.66%) TCP/IP
6 4 (1.33%) Internet
7 3 (1.00%) DHCP
7 3 (1.00%) VLAN
8 2 (0.66%) LAN
8 2 (0.66%) Multicast
8 2 (0.66%) SSL
8 2 (0.66%) VSAN
8 2 (0.66%) WAN
9 1 (0.33%) DVB
9 1 (0.33%) OSPF
9 1 (0.33%) PSTN
9 1 (0.33%) SMS
9 1 (0.33%) VoIP
9 1 (0.33%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (7.31%) Power BI
2 16 (5.32%) Data Warehouse
2 16 (5.32%) SQL Server
3 11 (3.65%) Metadata
4 8 (2.66%) Relational Database
5 7 (2.33%) Data Lake
5 7 (2.33%) Delta Lake
6 6 (1.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 5 (1.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (1.33%) Data Mart
8 4 (1.33%) Oracle Database
8 4 (1.33%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (1.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 3 (1.00%) Amazon Redshift
9 3 (1.00%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (1.00%) BusinessObjects
9 3 (1.00%) Oracle Reports
10 2 (0.66%) Data Vault
10 2 (0.66%) Hadoop
10 2 (0.66%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 28 (9.30%) JIRA
2 5 (1.66%) Git
2 5 (1.66%) GitLab
3 4 (1.33%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.66%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.33%) ER Studio
5 1 (0.33%) Gradle
5 1 (0.33%) JUnit
5 1 (0.33%) Liquibase
5 1 (0.33%) Mockito
5 1 (0.33%) PowerBuilder
5 1 (0.33%) Zephyr
General
1 102 (33.89%) Finance
2 77 (25.58%) Social Skills
3 40 (13.29%) Banking
4 33 (10.96%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (5.32%) Public Sector
6 15 (4.98%) General Ledger
7 10 (3.32%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (3.32%) Front Office
7 10 (3.32%) Law
8 9 (2.99%) Financial Institution
9 7 (2.33%) Investment Banking
10 6 (1.99%) Back Office
11 5 (1.66%) Legal
11 5 (1.66%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.66%) Retail
11 5 (1.66%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.33%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (1.00%) Billing
13 3 (1.00%) Marketing
13 3 (1.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 51 (16.94%) Architect
2 38 (12.62%) Lead
3 33 (10.96%) Consultant
4 29 (9.63%) Analyst
5 22 (7.31%) Project Manager
6 20 (6.64%) Senior
7 19 (6.31%) Data Engineer
7 19 (6.31%) Developer
8 17 (5.65%) Solutions Architect
9 15 (4.98%) Data Architect
10 14 (4.65%) Business Analyst
11 13 (4.32%) Data Analyst
12 11 (3.65%) Administrator
12 11 (3.65%) Cloud Engineer
13 10 (3.32%) Migration Analyst
14 9 (2.99%) Oracle Consultant
15 8 (2.66%) Data Migration Analyst
15 8 (2.66%) Data Migration Lead
15 8 (2.66%) Migration Engineer
16 7 (2.33%) AWS Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (5.65%) Terraform
2 16 (5.32%) Oracle Fusion
3 11 (3.65%) REST
4 10 (3.32%) Kafka
4 10 (3.32%) PySpark
5 8 (2.66%) .NET
6 7 (2.33%) JSON
6 7 (2.33%) React
7 5 (1.66%) Middleware
7 5 (1.66%) XML
8 4 (1.33%) .NET Core
9 3 (1.00%) ADO
9 3 (1.00%) Node.js
9 3 (1.00%) RESTful
10 2 (0.66%) PCRE
10 2 (0.66%) SAML
10 2 (0.66%) SOAP
10 2 (0.66%) Spring
10 2 (0.66%) Web Services
10 2 (0.66%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 29 (9.63%) Cloud Native
2 20 (6.64%) Legacy Systems
3 15 (4.98%) Product Ownership
4 14 (4.65%) Data Centre
5 11 (3.65%) Mainframe
6 8 (2.66%) Data Structures
6 8 (2.66%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (2.33%) Onboarding
8 6 (1.99%) Public Cloud
9 5 (1.66%) Clustering
9 5 (1.66%) Derivative
9 5 (1.66%) Distributed Systems
9 5 (1.66%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (1.66%) Replication
10 4 (1.33%) Greenfield Project
10 4 (1.33%) Legacy Applications
10 4 (1.33%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.33%) Reinsurance
11 3 (1.00%) AI Agents
11 3 (1.00%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 21 (6.98%) Windows
2 7 (2.33%) Linux
3 5 (1.66%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.33%) Unix
5 3 (1.00%) VMS
5 3 (1.00%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.66%) SUSE
6 2 (0.66%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (0.66%) zOS
7 1 (0.33%) AIX
7 1 (0.33%) Android
7 1 (0.33%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.33%) MVS
7 1 (0.33%) Solaris
7 1 (0.33%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (32.23%) Data Migration
2 76 (25.25%) Stakeholder Management
3 48 (15.95%) Agile
4 44 (14.62%) Validation
5 41 (13.62%) CI/CD
6 36 (11.96%) DevOps
7 35 (11.63%) Analytics
8 32 (10.63%) Data Modelling
8 32 (10.63%) Infrastructure as Code
9 31 (10.30%) ERP
10 30 (9.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 29 (9.63%) Data Governance
11 29 (9.63%) Problem-Solving
12 28 (9.30%) ETL
12 28 (9.30%) Project Delivery
13 27 (8.97%) User Acceptance Testing
14 24 (7.97%) Roadmaps
15 23 (7.64%) Business Intelligence
16 22 (7.31%) Project Management
17 21 (6.98%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 43 (14.29%) SQL
2 31 (10.30%) Python
3 13 (4.32%) PowerShell
4 8 (2.66%) C#
4 8 (2.66%) TypeScript
5 7 (2.33%) Java
6 6 (1.99%) Bicep
7 5 (1.66%) JavaScript
8 3 (1.00%) Perl
9 2 (0.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (0.66%) JCL
9 2 (0.66%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.33%) Bash
10 1 (0.33%) Korn
10 1 (0.33%) REXX
10 1 (0.33%) SOQL
10 1 (0.33%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 45 (14.95%) Security Cleared
2 36 (11.96%) SC Cleared
3 9 (2.99%) PMI Certification
3 9 (2.99%) PMP
4 7 (2.33%) DBS Check
4 7 (2.33%) Degree
5 5 (1.66%) DV Cleared
6 4 (1.33%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (1.33%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.00%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.66%) CAPM
8 2 (0.66%) CCNA
8 2 (0.66%) CCNP
8 2 (0.66%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.33%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.33%) CCIE Routing and Switching
9 1 (0.33%) CCIE Security
9 1 (0.33%) CESG Certified Professional
9 1 (0.33%) CISA
9 1 (0.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (10.30%) Data Quality
2 10 (3.32%) QA
3 9 (2.99%) PMO
4 6 (1.99%) GDPR
5 5 (1.66%) GRC
5 5 (1.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.33%) PCI DSS
7 3 (1.00%) NIST
8 2 (0.66%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.66%) IFRS
8 2 (0.66%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.66%) NCSC
8 2 (0.66%) SEPA
9 1 (0.33%) Basel III
9 1 (0.33%) GAAP
9 1 (0.33%) IFRS 9
9 1 (0.33%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.33%) SLA
9 1 (0.33%) TARGET2
System Software
1 15 (4.98%) Active Directory
2 11 (3.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.66%) Docker
4 3 (1.00%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.66%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.66%) vSphere
6 1 (0.33%) Firmware
6 1 (0.33%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 14 (4.65%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.99%) Ansible
3 5 (1.66%) SCCM
4 4 (1.33%) Microsoft Clustering
5 3 (1.00%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (1.00%) SCOM
5 3 (1.00%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.66%) Failover Clustering
6 2 (0.66%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.33%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.33%) ITRS Geneos
7 1 (0.33%) PingFederate
7 1 (0.33%) PowerCLI
7 1 (0.33%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.33%) VxRail
Vendors
1 58 (19.27%) Microsoft
2 39 (12.96%) Oracle
3 26 (8.64%) SAP
4 25 (8.31%) Databricks
5 14 (4.65%) Google
6 11 (3.65%) VMware
7 9 (2.99%) Cisco
8 8 (2.66%) Citrix
8 8 (2.66%) ServiceNow
9 6 (1.99%) IBM
9 6 (1.99%) Remedy
10 5 (1.66%) CyberArk
10 5 (1.66%) Salesforce
11 4 (1.33%) Bloomberg
11 4 (1.33%) IFS
12 3 (1.00%) BMC
12 3 (1.00%) Commvault
12 3 (1.00%) Informatica
12 3 (1.00%) Refinitiv
12 3 (1.00%) Workday