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

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 19 18
Rank change year-on-year -1 -1 +8
Contract jobs citing Migration 173 163 206
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 9.29% 8.79% 8.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.43% 9.57% 9.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 105 144
10th Percentile £416 £363 £425
25th Percentile £504 £463 £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £551 £550
Median % change year-on-year +8.99% +0.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £686 £638 £654
90th Percentile £775 £750 £793
Central London median daily rate £575 £551 £550
% change year-on-year +4.45% +0.09% -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 1,658 1,704 2,175
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 89.00% 91.86% 89.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,157 1,026 1,561
10th Percentile £356 £363 £350
25th Percentile £429 £463 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £568
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% +1.32% -4.62%
75th Percentile £675 £679 £688
90th Percentile £775 £778 £800
Central London median daily rate £543 £575 £563
% change year-on-year -5.65% +2.22% -3.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 8 14
10th Percentile £19.98 £19.60 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.66 £22.00 £19.18
Median hourly rate £31.00 £35.50 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.68% +12.70% -10.00%
75th Percentile £42.65 £60.81 £45.06
90th Percentile £49.83 £112.00 £66.70
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 2 February 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 14 (8.09%) SharePoint
2 7 (4.05%) Confluence
3 3 (1.73%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 3 (1.73%) Apache
4 2 (1.16%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.58%) CMS
5 1 (0.58%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 7 (4.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.31%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.31%) MS Visio
3 3 (1.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 14 (8.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.73%) Oracle General Ledger
2 3 (1.73%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 2 (1.16%) Aladdin
3 2 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.16%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (1.16%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (1.16%) SAP CO
3 2 (1.16%) SAP FI
3 2 (1.16%) SAP FI/CO
3 2 (1.16%) Unit4 Business World
4 1 (0.58%) Maximo
4 1 (0.58%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.58%) Oracle FAH
4 1 (0.58%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.58%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.58%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.58%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.58%) SAP PS
4 1 (0.58%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 48 (27.75%) Azure
2 31 (17.92%) AWS
3 15 (8.67%) GCP
4 14 (8.09%) GitHub
5 10 (5.78%) Power Platform
6 9 (5.20%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (4.05%) GitHub Actions
8 6 (3.47%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (3.47%) SaaS
9 4 (2.31%) Azure Data Factory
9 4 (2.31%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 4 (2.31%) Entra ID
9 4 (2.31%) IaaS
9 4 (2.31%) OCI
9 4 (2.31%) Snowflake
10 3 (1.73%) AWS CloudFormation
10 3 (1.73%) Azure AKS
10 3 (1.73%) dbt
10 3 (1.73%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (1.73%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.47%) Firewall
1 6 (3.47%) Network Security
2 3 (1.73%) VPN
3 2 (1.16%) DNS
3 2 (1.16%) MPLS
3 2 (1.16%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.58%) BGP
4 1 (0.58%) DHCP
4 1 (0.58%) Internet
4 1 (0.58%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.58%) NAS
4 1 (0.58%) SAN
4 1 (0.58%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.58%) VLAN
4 1 (0.58%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (6.36%) Data Warehouse
2 9 (5.20%) Power BI
3 8 (4.62%) Relational Database
4 5 (2.89%) MySQL
4 5 (2.89%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (2.89%) SQL Server
5 3 (1.73%) Metadata
5 3 (1.73%) Oracle Database
5 3 (1.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (1.73%) Tableau
6 2 (1.16%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.16%) DataStage
6 2 (1.16%) Delta Lake
6 2 (1.16%) Electronic Patient Records
6 2 (1.16%) MongoDB
6 2 (1.16%) Oracle Exadata
6 2 (1.16%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (1.16%) RDBMS
6 2 (1.16%) SQLPlus
7 1 (0.58%) PowerCenter
Development Applications
1 14 (8.09%) JIRA
2 3 (1.73%) Git
3 2 (1.16%) Cypress.io
3 2 (1.16%) Selenium
3 2 (1.16%) SonarQube
3 2 (1.16%) Toad
4 1 (0.58%) ERwin
4 1 (0.58%) GitLab
4 1 (0.58%) Gradle
4 1 (0.58%) gulp
4 1 (0.58%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.58%) Maven
4 1 (0.58%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.58%) PowerBuilder
4 1 (0.58%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.58%) webpack
General
1 70 (40.46%) Finance
2 34 (19.65%) Social Skills
3 20 (11.56%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (10.98%) Banking
5 11 (6.36%) Front Office
5 11 (6.36%) Public Sector
6 8 (4.62%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (4.05%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (4.05%) Legal
8 5 (2.89%) Investment Banking
9 4 (2.31%) Back Office
9 4 (2.31%) Financial Institution
9 4 (2.31%) General Ledger
9 4 (2.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (2.31%) Law
10 2 (1.16%) International Banking
10 2 (1.16%) Military
10 2 (1.16%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (1.16%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.58%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 26 (15.03%) Analyst
2 23 (13.29%) Senior
3 21 (12.14%) Architect
3 21 (12.14%) Business Analyst
4 19 (10.98%) Project Manager
5 17 (9.83%) Consultant
6 16 (9.25%) Lead
7 11 (6.36%) Migration Manager
8 9 (5.20%) Developer
8 9 (5.20%) Migration Project Manager
9 7 (4.05%) Migration Specialist
9 7 (4.05%) Senior Manager
10 6 (3.47%) Programme Manager
10 6 (3.47%) Senior Analyst
10 6 (3.47%) Senior Business Analyst
10 6 (3.47%) Technical Analyst
10 6 (3.47%) Technical Business Analyst
11 5 (2.89%) DevOps Engineer
11 5 (2.89%) Migration Consultant
11 5 (2.89%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.05%) XML
2 5 (2.89%) Middleware
3 4 (2.31%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (1.16%) Node.js
4 2 (1.16%) OpenID
4 2 (1.16%) Playwright
4 2 (1.16%) PySpark
4 2 (1.16%) REST
4 2 (1.16%) SAML
4 2 (1.16%) SAP Fiori
4 2 (1.16%) SPFx
4 2 (1.16%) XSLT
5 1 (0.58%) CSS
5 1 (0.58%) EDI
5 1 (0.58%) FIX Protocol
5 1 (0.58%) HTML
5 1 (0.58%) J2EE
5 1 (0.58%) JSON
5 1 (0.58%) OAuth
5 1 (0.58%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (8.67%) Cloud Native
2 14 (8.09%) Legacy Systems
3 9 (5.20%) Data Centre
4 8 (4.62%) Hybrid Cloud
5 7 (4.05%) Data Structures
6 5 (2.89%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 4 (2.31%) Management Information System
7 4 (2.31%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.31%) Reference Data
8 3 (1.73%) Derivative
8 3 (1.73%) Fixed Income
8 3 (1.73%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.73%) NHS
8 3 (1.73%) Product Ownership
9 2 (1.16%) e-Learning
9 2 (1.16%) Equities
9 2 (1.16%) Legacy Applications
9 2 (1.16%) Reinsurance
9 2 (1.16%) Replication
9 2 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 14 (8.09%) Windows
2 9 (5.20%) Windows Server
3 4 (2.31%) Linux
3 4 (2.31%) Unix
4 2 (1.16%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (29.48%) Data Migration
2 42 (24.28%) Stakeholder Management
3 37 (21.39%) Agile
4 28 (16.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 27 (15.61%) Problem-Solving
6 24 (13.87%) Validation
7 21 (12.14%) Analytics
7 21 (12.14%) DevOps
8 20 (11.56%) Project Management
9 19 (10.98%) User Acceptance Testing
10 18 (10.40%) CI/CD
10 18 (10.40%) ETL
11 17 (9.83%) ERP
12 16 (9.25%) Project Delivery
13 15 (8.67%) Infrastructure as Code
14 14 (8.09%) Data Governance
15 12 (6.94%) Continuous Improvement
16 11 (6.36%) Data Mapping
16 11 (6.36%) PRINCE2
16 11 (6.36%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 35 (20.23%) SQL
2 10 (5.78%) Python
3 7 (4.05%) Java
4 5 (2.89%) PL/SQL
5 3 (1.73%) Bash
5 3 (1.73%) PowerShell
6 2 (1.16%) C#
6 2 (1.16%) C++
6 2 (1.16%) Kotlin
6 2 (1.16%) Perl
6 2 (1.16%) PHP
6 2 (1.16%) Scala
6 2 (1.16%) Shell Script
6 2 (1.16%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.58%) ABAP
7 1 (0.58%) C
7 1 (0.58%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.58%) VB
7 1 (0.58%) VBA
7 1 (0.58%) VC++
Qualifications
1 24 (13.87%) Security Cleared
2 23 (13.29%) SC Cleared
3 10 (5.78%) Degree
3 10 (5.78%) PMP
4 9 (5.20%) PMI Certification
5 4 (2.31%) Azure Certification
5 4 (2.31%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.73%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.16%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.58%) CFA
8 1 (0.58%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.58%) MCSA
8 1 (0.58%) MCSE
8 1 (0.58%) OCP
8 1 (0.58%) Oracle Certification
8 1 (0.58%) RHCE
8 1 (0.58%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (10.98%) QA
2 18 (10.40%) GDPR
3 16 (9.25%) Data Quality
4 12 (6.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (4.05%) NIST
6 3 (1.73%) GAAP
6 3 (1.73%) IFRS
6 3 (1.73%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (1.16%) EMIR
7 2 (1.16%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.58%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.58%) Basel III
8 1 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.58%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.58%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.58%) NCSC
8 1 (0.58%) PMO
8 1 (0.58%) SEPA
8 1 (0.58%) WCAG
System Software
1 6 (3.47%) Active Directory
1 6 (3.47%) Docker
1 6 (3.47%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.16%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.58%) NFS
3 1 (0.58%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 17 (9.83%) Terraform
2 11 (6.36%) Kubernetes
3 10 (5.78%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (2.31%) Ansible
5 3 (1.73%) SCCM
6 1 (0.58%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.58%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.58%) Argo
6 1 (0.58%) CASB
6 1 (0.58%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.58%) EMC VPLEX
6 1 (0.58%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 1 (0.58%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.58%) vMotion
Vendors
1 37 (21.39%) Microsoft
2 20 (11.56%) Oracle
2 20 (11.56%) SAP
3 10 (5.78%) Google
4 8 (4.62%) CyberArk
5 7 (4.05%) VMware
5 7 (4.05%) Workday
6 4 (2.31%) Databricks
6 4 (2.31%) Informatica
6 4 (2.31%) Murex
6 4 (2.31%) Palo Alto
7 3 (1.73%) Adobe
7 3 (1.73%) Ahrefs
7 3 (1.73%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.16%) Cisco
8 2 (1.16%) Screaming Frog
8 2 (1.16%) Talend
9 1 (0.58%) IBM
9 1 (0.58%) MicroStrategy
9 1 (0.58%) Red Hat