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 19 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 16 15
Rank change year-on-year -5 -1 +15
Contract jobs citing Migration 176 196 270
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 9.90% 9.34% 9.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.61% 10.18% 11.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 129 187
10th Percentile £378 £373 £458
25th Percentile £458 £463 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £565 £575
Median % change year-on-year +1.77% -1.74% +4.55%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £738 £738 £800
Central London median daily rate £565 £573 £550
% change year-on-year -1.31% +4.09% -

All Process and 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 1,659 1,925 2,433
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 93.31% 91.71% 89.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,164 1,180 1,706
10th Percentile £330 £375 £363
25th Percentile £418 £469 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £690
90th Percentile £759 £780 £805
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 16 14
10th Percentile £16.96 £16.25 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.18 £25.38 £17.48
Median hourly rate £28.00 £50.00 £32.75
Median % change year-on-year -44.00% +52.67% -30.13%
75th Percentile £44.72 £112.00 £52.88
90th Percentile £63.75 £137.50 £72.25
Central London median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -21.43% +27.27% -36.22%

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 19 November 2025.

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 (9.66%) SharePoint
2 10 (5.68%) Confluence
3 3 (1.70%) Apache
4 2 (1.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (1.14%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.14%) CMS
4 2 (1.14%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.57%) CICS
5 1 (0.57%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 7 (3.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.27%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.70%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.14%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.70%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.14%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.14%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (1.14%) Unit4 Business World
3 1 (0.57%) Maximo
3 1 (0.57%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.57%) Oracle Payroll
3 1 (0.57%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.57%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.57%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.57%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.57%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.57%) SAP PS
3 1 (0.57%) Sonata
Cloud Services
1 44 (25.00%) Azure
2 26 (14.77%) AWS
3 19 (10.80%) Power Platform
4 17 (9.66%) GCP
5 16 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
6 11 (6.25%) SaaS
7 9 (5.11%) GitHub
7 9 (5.11%) Power Automate
8 8 (4.55%) Entra ID
8 8 (4.55%) PowerApps
9 6 (3.41%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (3.41%) IaaS
10 5 (2.84%) Amazon S3
10 5 (2.84%) GitHub Actions
11 4 (2.27%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 4 (2.27%) PaaS
11 4 (2.27%) ShareGate
11 4 (2.27%) Slack
12 3 (1.70%) AWS CloudFormation
12 3 (1.70%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.84%) DNS
1 5 (2.84%) Firewall
1 5 (2.84%) Network Security
2 3 (1.70%) DHCP
2 3 (1.70%) VPN
3 2 (1.14%) VLAN
4 1 (0.57%) BGP
4 1 (0.57%) Internet
4 1 (0.57%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.57%) MPLS
4 1 (0.57%) NAS
4 1 (0.57%) NetScaler
4 1 (0.57%) NGFW
4 1 (0.57%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.57%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (8.52%) Power BI
2 9 (5.11%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (3.41%) Relational Database
4 5 (2.84%) Data Lake
4 5 (2.84%) SQL Server
5 4 (2.27%) DataStage
5 4 (2.27%) Metadata
5 4 (2.27%) MySQL
5 4 (2.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (1.70%) Amazon QuickSight
6 3 (1.70%) Delta Lake
6 3 (1.70%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (1.14%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (1.14%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (1.14%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (1.14%) MongoDB
7 2 (1.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (1.14%) Tableau
8 1 (0.57%) Data Vault
8 1 (0.57%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 15 (8.52%) JIRA
2 5 (2.84%) GitLab
3 4 (2.27%) Gradle
3 4 (2.27%) Maven
3 4 (2.27%) Selenium
3 4 (2.27%) SonarQube
4 3 (1.70%) Git
5 1 (0.57%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.57%) ERwin
5 1 (0.57%) gulp
5 1 (0.57%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.57%) Postman
5 1 (0.57%) ScriptRunner
5 1 (0.57%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.57%) webpack
5 1 (0.57%) Zephyr
General
1 76 (43.18%) Finance
2 39 (22.16%) Social Skills
3 24 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (11.93%) Banking
5 10 (5.68%) Public Sector
6 9 (5.11%) Documentation Skills
6 9 (5.11%) Front Office
6 9 (5.11%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (3.98%) Back Office
8 5 (2.84%) Investment Banking
9 4 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (2.27%) Law
9 4 (2.27%) Legal
10 3 (1.70%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.14%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.14%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.57%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.57%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.57%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.57%) Retail
Job Titles
1 40 (22.73%) Analyst
2 24 (13.64%) Architect
3 22 (12.50%) Business Analyst
4 17 (9.66%) Project Manager
5 15 (8.52%) Senior
6 13 (7.39%) Lead
7 12 (6.82%) Consultant
8 11 (6.25%) Developer
9 7 (3.98%) Data Engineer
9 7 (3.98%) Solutions Architect
10 6 (3.41%) Senior Analyst
10 6 (3.41%) Technical Analyst
10 6 (3.41%) Technical Business Analyst
11 5 (2.84%) Business IT Analyst
11 5 (2.84%) Data Analyst
11 5 (2.84%) IT Business Analyst
11 5 (2.84%) Migration Specialist
11 5 (2.84%) Security Architect
11 5 (2.84%) Senior Business Analyst
11 5 (2.84%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (6.25%) XML
2 5 (2.84%) Microsoft Graph
3 4 (2.27%) REST
4 3 (1.70%) CSS
4 3 (1.70%) HTML
4 3 (1.70%) Oracle Fusion
4 3 (1.70%) PySpark
4 3 (1.70%) SPFx
5 2 (1.14%) HTML5 Canvas
5 2 (1.14%) JSON
5 2 (1.14%) Middleware
5 2 (1.14%) Node.js
5 2 (1.14%) OpenID
5 2 (1.14%) React
5 2 (1.14%) SAML
5 2 (1.14%) XSLT
6 1 (0.57%) GraphQL
6 1 (0.57%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.57%) SAP Fiori
6 1 (0.57%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 13 (7.39%) Data Centre
2 12 (6.82%) Cloud Native
3 8 (4.55%) Management Information System
4 7 (3.98%) Greenfield Project
5 6 (3.41%) Data Structures
5 6 (3.41%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (2.27%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (2.27%) Onboarding
6 4 (2.27%) Reinsurance
6 4 (2.27%) Virtual Team
7 3 (1.70%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.70%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.14%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (1.14%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 2 (1.14%) e-Learning
8 2 (1.14%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (1.14%) NHS
8 2 (1.14%) PKI
8 2 (1.14%) Reference Data
9 1 (0.57%) SCORM
Operating Systems
1 17 (9.66%) Windows
2 8 (4.55%) Windows Server
3 7 (3.98%) Linux
4 2 (1.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (1.14%) Unix
4 2 (1.14%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.57%) AIX
5 1 (0.57%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (31.25%) Data Migration
2 39 (22.16%) Stakeholder Management
3 30 (17.05%) Agile
4 29 (16.48%) Problem-Solving
5 26 (14.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 20 (11.36%) Analytics
6 20 (11.36%) CI/CD
7 19 (10.80%) DevOps
8 17 (9.66%) User Acceptance Testing
9 16 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
9 16 (9.09%) ETL
9 16 (9.09%) Validation
10 15 (8.52%) Data Governance
11 14 (7.95%) Data Cleansing
11 14 (7.95%) Data Modelling
11 14 (7.95%) Project Delivery
11 14 (7.95%) Project Management
12 13 (7.39%) Infrastructure as Code
12 13 (7.39%) Roadmaps
12 13 (7.39%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 25 (14.20%) SQL
2 14 (7.95%) Java
2 14 (7.95%) Python
3 12 (6.82%) PowerShell
4 4 (2.27%) Bash
5 3 (1.70%) C#
5 3 (1.70%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.14%) C++
6 2 (1.14%) Kotlin
6 2 (1.14%) Scala
6 2 (1.14%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.57%) COBOL
7 1 (0.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.57%) Groovy
7 1 (0.57%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.57%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.57%) VBA
7 1 (0.57%) VBScript
7 1 (0.57%) VC++
Qualifications
1 18 (10.23%) Security Cleared
2 15 (8.52%) SC Cleared
3 13 (7.39%) Degree
4 6 (3.41%) AWS Certification
5 5 (2.84%) Azure Certification
5 5 (2.84%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.70%) CBAP
8 1 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.57%) CFA
8 1 (0.57%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.57%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.57%) OCP
8 1 (0.57%) Oracle Certification
8 1 (0.57%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.57%) PMP
8 1 (0.57%) RHCE
8 1 (0.57%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (8.52%) Data Quality
2 13 (7.39%) QA
3 11 (6.25%) GDPR
4 7 (3.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.70%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.14%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (1.14%) EMIR
6 2 (1.14%) HIPAA
6 2 (1.14%) ISO 9001
6 2 (1.14%) NIST
6 2 (1.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.57%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.57%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.57%) NCSC
7 1 (0.57%) SEPA
7 1 (0.57%) WCAG
System Software
1 12 (6.82%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.98%) Docker
3 5 (2.84%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.14%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.57%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 15 (8.52%) Terraform
2 9 (5.11%) Kubernetes
3 5 (2.84%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (2.27%) Argo
5 3 (1.70%) SCCM
6 2 (1.14%) Ansible
7 1 (0.57%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.57%) CASB
7 1 (0.57%) Data Guard
7 1 (0.57%) Opsgenie
7 1 (0.57%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 1 (0.57%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.57%) Puppet
Vendors
1 35 (19.89%) Microsoft
2 16 (9.09%) Oracle
3 11 (6.25%) Google
4 8 (4.55%) VMware
5 7 (3.98%) Databricks
5 7 (3.98%) SAP
6 4 (2.27%) Palo Alto
7 3 (1.70%) Adobe
7 3 (1.70%) Cisco
7 3 (1.70%) CyberArk
7 3 (1.70%) Informatica
7 3 (1.70%) Murex
7 3 (1.70%) Workday
8 2 (1.14%) Atlassian
8 2 (1.14%) Citrix
8 2 (1.14%) Guidewire
8 2 (1.14%) Red Hat
8 2 (1.14%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.14%) Splunk
8 2 (1.14%) Talend