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 30 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 20 20
Rank change year-on-year +3 0 0
Contract jobs citing Migration 256 158 171
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 10.97% 9.34% 7.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.86% 9.97% 8.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 194 92 126
10th Percentile £406 £352 £363
25th Percentile £463 £434 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £582 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.82% - -12.00%
75th Percentile £702 £701 £638
90th Percentile £800 £775 £695
Central London median daily rate £575 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -12.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £34.65 -
Central London median hourly rate £58.92 £34.65 -
% change year-on-year +70.04% - -

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 1,990 1,584 1,957
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 85.26% 93.62% 90.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,365 1,004 1,368
10th Percentile £356 £356 £350
25th Percentile £450 £454 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year - -2.22% -6.25%
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 25 14 11
10th Percentile £17.84 £18.15 £19.92
25th Percentile £18.75 £23.98 £20.22
Median hourly rate £27.50 £28.33 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +7.90% -25.00%
75th Percentile £52.49 £41.48 £40.00
90th Percentile £62.89 £59.25 £41.84
Central London median hourly rate £26.56 £28.33 £27.81
% change year-on-year -6.25% +1.85% -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 30 May 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 10 (3.91%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.95%) Apache Airflow
2 5 (1.95%) Confluence
3 3 (1.17%) Apache
3 3 (1.17%) SharePoint 2013
4 2 (0.78%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.39%) Camunda
5 1 (0.39%) CMS
Applications
1 6 (2.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.17%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.78%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 13 (5.08%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.34%) NetSuite
3 5 (1.95%) Aladdin
3 5 (1.95%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.95%) Workday HCM
4 4 (1.56%) Oracle General Ledger
4 4 (1.56%) SAP ERP
5 3 (1.17%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (1.17%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 2 (0.78%) iTrent
6 2 (0.78%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.78%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (0.78%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.78%) SAP HCM
6 2 (0.78%) SAP Payroll
7 1 (0.39%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.39%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.39%) SAP SD
7 1 (0.39%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 63 (24.61%) Azure
2 46 (17.97%) AWS
3 21 (8.20%) Power Platform
4 16 (6.25%) GCP
5 13 (5.08%) Azure DevOps
5 13 (5.08%) GitHub
6 9 (3.52%) OCI
6 9 (3.52%) Serverless
7 8 (3.13%) Azure Data Factory
7 8 (3.13%) Snowflake
8 7 (2.73%) Microsoft 365
8 7 (2.73%) SaaS
9 6 (2.34%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 6 (2.34%) dbt
9 6 (2.34%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (1.95%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (1.95%) Entra ID
11 4 (1.56%) Azure AKS
11 4 (1.56%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 3 (1.17%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.95%) Firewall
1 5 (1.95%) Network Security
2 3 (1.17%) VLAN
2 3 (1.17%) VSAN
3 2 (0.78%) BGP
3 2 (0.78%) EIGRP
3 2 (0.78%) MPLS
3 2 (0.78%) OSPF
3 2 (0.78%) Unified Communications
3 2 (0.78%) VPN
3 2 (0.78%) WAN
3 2 (0.78%) Wireless
4 1 (0.39%) DHCP
4 1 (0.39%) DNS
4 1 (0.39%) DVB
4 1 (0.39%) LAN
4 1 (0.39%) TACACS
4 1 (0.39%) VRRP
4 1 (0.39%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.39%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (7.42%) Power BI
2 17 (6.64%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (3.13%) SQL Server
4 6 (2.34%) Metadata
5 5 (1.95%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (1.95%) Relational Database
6 4 (1.56%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (1.56%) Tableau
7 3 (1.17%) Amazon Redshift
7 3 (1.17%) Oracle Database
7 3 (1.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.78%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.78%) BusinessObjects
8 2 (0.78%) Data Mart
8 2 (0.78%) Delta Lake
8 2 (0.78%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.78%) OLAP
8 2 (0.78%) Spark SQL
9 1 (0.39%) CockroachDB
9 1 (0.39%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 16 (6.25%) JIRA
2 6 (2.34%) GitLab
3 5 (1.95%) Git
4 4 (1.56%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.78%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.39%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.39%) ERwin
6 1 (0.39%) Gradle
6 1 (0.39%) JUnit
6 1 (0.39%) Liquibase
6 1 (0.39%) Mockito
6 1 (0.39%) MSI
6 1 (0.39%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.39%) PowerBuilder
6 1 (0.39%) Selenium
6 1 (0.39%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.39%) Zephyr
General
1 87 (33.98%) Finance
2 42 (16.41%) Social Skills
3 26 (10.16%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (10.16%) Banking
4 15 (5.86%) Public Sector
5 13 (5.08%) Financial Institution
6 12 (4.69%) General Ledger
7 9 (3.52%) Law
8 7 (2.73%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (2.73%) Legal
9 4 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.56%) Retail
10 3 (1.17%) Front Office
10 3 (1.17%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.17%) Marketing
11 2 (0.78%) International Banking
11 2 (0.78%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.78%) Military
11 2 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.78%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 47 (18.36%) Architect
2 33 (12.89%) Lead
3 32 (12.50%) Consultant
4 25 (9.77%) Project Manager
5 23 (8.98%) Analyst
5 23 (8.98%) Senior
6 16 (6.25%) Solutions Architect
7 14 (5.47%) Business Analyst
8 12 (4.69%) Data Analyst
8 12 (4.69%) Migration Manager
8 12 (4.69%) Migration Project Manager
9 11 (4.30%) Azure Architect
9 11 (4.30%) Data Engineer
9 11 (4.30%) Migration Analyst
10 10 (3.91%) Data Architect
11 9 (3.52%) Cloud Architect
11 9 (3.52%) Cloud Engineer
11 9 (3.52%) Data Migration Analyst
11 9 (3.52%) Developer
11 9 (3.52%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.69%) Oracle Fusion
2 10 (3.91%) Kafka
3 7 (2.73%) Middleware
4 5 (1.95%) PySpark
4 5 (1.95%) REST
5 4 (1.56%) React
5 4 (1.56%) RESTful
5 4 (1.56%) Spring
6 3 (1.17%) .NET
6 3 (1.17%) FIX Protocol
7 2 (0.78%) .NET Core
7 2 (0.78%) ADO
7 2 (0.78%) Flash
7 2 (0.78%) Redux
7 2 (0.78%) Spring Boot
7 2 (0.78%) XML
8 1 (0.39%) 802.1X
8 1 (0.39%) IDoc
8 1 (0.39%) Playwright
8 1 (0.39%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 25 (9.77%) Legacy Systems
2 23 (8.98%) Cloud Native
3 8 (3.13%) Mainframe
4 7 (2.73%) Product Ownership
5 6 (2.34%) Distributed Systems
5 6 (2.34%) Onboarding
6 5 (1.95%) Data Centre
7 4 (1.56%) Data Structures
7 4 (1.56%) Derivative
7 4 (1.56%) Fixed Income
7 4 (1.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 4 (1.56%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (1.56%) Public Cloud
7 4 (1.56%) Reference Data
8 3 (1.17%) Equities
8 3 (1.17%) Replication
9 2 (0.78%) Clustering
9 2 (0.78%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.78%) NHS
9 2 (0.78%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 10 (3.91%) Windows
2 5 (1.95%) Linux
3 3 (1.17%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.78%) SUSE
5 1 (0.39%) AIX
5 1 (0.39%) Solaris
5 1 (0.39%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
5 1 (0.39%) VMS
5 1 (0.39%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (33.20%) Data Migration
2 50 (19.53%) Stakeholder Management
3 41 (16.02%) Agile
4 37 (14.45%) Validation
5 32 (12.50%) DevOps
5 32 (12.50%) Project Delivery
6 30 (11.72%) Analytics
7 29 (11.33%) CI/CD
8 26 (10.16%) Infrastructure as Code
8 26 (10.16%) Project Management
8 26 (10.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 24 (9.38%) ERP
9 24 (9.38%) User Acceptance Testing
10 22 (8.59%) ETL
11 21 (8.20%) Business Intelligence
12 20 (7.81%) Problem-Solving
13 19 (7.42%) Data Modelling
14 18 (7.03%) Data Governance
14 18 (7.03%) Roadmaps
15 16 (6.25%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 39 (15.23%) SQL
2 23 (8.98%) Python
3 8 (3.13%) Java
4 6 (2.34%) PowerShell
5 4 (1.56%) Bash
5 4 (1.56%) Bicep
5 4 (1.56%) JavaScript
5 4 (1.56%) TypeScript
6 3 (1.17%) C#
6 3 (1.17%) PL/SQL
7 2 (0.78%) ABAP
7 2 (0.78%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.39%) C
8 1 (0.39%) ProC
8 1 (0.39%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.39%) VB
8 1 (0.39%) VBA
Qualifications
1 45 (17.58%) Security Cleared
2 40 (15.63%) SC Cleared
3 15 (5.86%) PMP
4 14 (5.47%) PMI Certification
5 8 (3.13%) Degree
6 7 (2.73%) DBS Check
7 4 (1.56%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.56%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.39%) CCNP
8 1 (0.39%) CISA
8 1 (0.39%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.39%) CWNA
8 1 (0.39%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.39%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.39%) MCSA
8 1 (0.39%) MCSE
8 1 (0.39%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (7.03%) Data Quality
2 17 (6.64%) GDPR
3 13 (5.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (4.30%) NIST
5 10 (3.91%) QA
6 5 (1.95%) PMO
7 4 (1.56%) GAAP
7 4 (1.56%) IFRS
7 4 (1.56%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.78%) GRC
8 2 (0.78%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.78%) NCSC
8 2 (0.78%) SEPA
8 2 (0.78%) SLA
9 1 (0.39%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.39%) IFRS 9
9 1 (0.39%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.39%) PSD2
9 1 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.39%) TARGET2
System Software
1 8 (3.13%) Docker
2 4 (1.56%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.78%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.78%) vSphere
4 1 (0.39%) Firmware
4 1 (0.39%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.39%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.39%) NFS
4 1 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.39%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 16 (6.25%) Terraform
2 15 (5.86%) Kubernetes
3 6 (2.34%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (1.56%) Ansible
5 2 (0.78%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.39%) EMC VPLEX
6 1 (0.39%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.39%) Grafana
6 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Clustering
6 1 (0.39%) PowerCLI
6 1 (0.39%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.39%) SCCM
6 1 (0.39%) vMotion
6 1 (0.39%) VxRail
Vendors
1 46 (17.97%) Microsoft
2 31 (12.11%) Oracle
3 30 (11.72%) SAP
4 10 (3.91%) CyberArk
4 10 (3.91%) Databricks
4 10 (3.91%) Workday
5 8 (3.13%) Citrix
5 8 (3.13%) Google
6 6 (2.34%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.56%) Informatica
7 4 (1.56%) Pure Storage
7 4 (1.56%) VMware
8 3 (1.17%) Palo Alto
9 2 (0.78%) Cisco
9 2 (0.78%) IBM
9 2 (0.78%) MuleSoft
9 2 (0.78%) Murex
9 2 (0.78%) Remedy
10 1 (0.39%) Charles River
10 1 (0.39%) Dell