Migration Contracts in the City of London

Migration
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London requiring Migration skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Migration over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 20 19
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 -1
Contract jobs citing Migration 168 174 300
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 9.56% 7.92% 8.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.26% 8.75% 9.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 122 211
10th Percentile £363 £383 £375
25th Percentile £450 £462 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £605
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +12.04%
75th Percentile £700 £650 £716
90th Percentile £775 £737 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £605
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +12.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £22.00 - -
75th Percentile £28.34 - -
90th Percentile £32.14 - -
Central London median hourly rate £22.00 - -

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 1,637 1,989 3,335
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 93.17% 90.53% 91.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,034 1,408 2,250
10th Percentile £363 £363 £356
25th Percentile £463 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £565 £600
Median % change year-on-year +1.77% -5.83% +4.35%
75th Percentile £684 £688 £730
90th Percentile £775 £813 £825
Central London median daily rate £575 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 11 24
10th Percentile £22.00 £19.92 £15.33
25th Percentile £24.00 £20.22 £18.03
Median hourly rate £29.58 £25.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.30% -28.57% -14.63%
75th Percentile £45.00 £40.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £62.25 £41.84 £88.30
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £27.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year +4.53% -20.54% -14.63%

Migration
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Migration as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Migration in the City of London

Migration
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Migration in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Migration in the City of London

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 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Migration in the City of London

Migration
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Migration in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Migration in the City of London

Migration
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 13 (7.74%) SharePoint
2 6 (3.57%) Confluence
3 5 (2.98%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.79%) CMS
4 3 (1.79%) SAS
5 2 (1.19%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.60%) Apache
6 1 (0.60%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 1 (0.60%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.60%) nginx
6 1 (0.60%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.60%) Umbraco
Applications
1 13 (7.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (5.95%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.19%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (4.17%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (1.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.79%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.19%) Unit4 Business World
4 1 (0.60%) Magento
4 1 (0.60%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.60%) Oracle E-Business Tax
4 1 (0.60%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.60%) Orchestrade
4 1 (0.60%) PeopleSoft Financials
4 1 (0.60%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.60%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.60%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.60%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.60%) SAP HR
4 1 (0.60%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 44 (26.19%) Azure
2 25 (14.88%) AWS
3 17 (10.12%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (5.36%) Entra ID
4 9 (5.36%) Power Platform
5 8 (4.76%) IaaS
6 7 (4.17%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 7 (4.17%) GCP
6 7 (4.17%) SaaS
7 6 (3.57%) PaaS
8 5 (2.98%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (2.98%) Serverless
9 4 (2.38%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (2.38%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (2.38%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 4 (2.38%) Snowflake
10 3 (1.79%) Amazon S3
10 3 (1.79%) Azure Data Factory
10 3 (1.79%) OneDrive
10 3 (1.79%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 16 (9.52%) Firewall
2 11 (6.55%) DNS
3 10 (5.95%) VPN
4 7 (4.17%) NGFW
5 4 (2.38%) Network Security
6 2 (1.19%) DHCP
6 2 (1.19%) Skype
6 2 (1.19%) VLAN
7 1 (0.60%) BIG-IP
7 1 (0.60%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (0.60%) Intranet
7 1 (0.60%) Software-Defined Networking
7 1 (0.60%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.60%) VRRP
7 1 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.76%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (2.98%) Power BI
3 4 (2.38%) SQL Server
3 4 (2.38%) Tableau
4 3 (1.79%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (1.79%) Base SAS
4 3 (1.79%) Metadata
5 2 (1.19%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (1.19%) BigQuery
5 2 (1.19%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.19%) Snowflake Schema
5 2 (1.19%) Tableau Server
6 1 (0.60%) Big Data
6 1 (0.60%) DTS
6 1 (0.60%) MS Access
6 1 (0.60%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.60%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.60%) Power Query
6 1 (0.60%) SAP BW
6 1 (0.60%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 7 (4.17%) JIRA
2 6 (3.57%) GitLab
3 4 (2.38%) Git
3 4 (2.38%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.79%) ScriptRunner
5 1 (0.60%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.60%) JIRA Agile
5 1 (0.60%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.60%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.60%) Travis CI
5 1 (0.60%) Zephyr
General
1 70 (41.67%) Finance
2 36 (21.43%) Social Skills
3 17 (10.12%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (8.93%) Banking
5 9 (5.36%) Public Sector
6 6 (3.57%) Marketing
6 6 (3.57%) Retail
7 5 (2.98%) Legal
8 4 (2.38%) Front Office
9 3 (1.79%) Back Office
9 3 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.79%) Law
10 2 (1.19%) General Ledger
10 2 (1.19%) International Banking
10 2 (1.19%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.19%) Military
10 2 (1.19%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.19%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.60%) Billing
Job Titles
1 31 (18.45%) Architect
2 21 (12.50%) Analyst
3 20 (11.90%) Project Manager
4 17 (10.12%) Developer
5 13 (7.74%) Solutions Architect
6 11 (6.55%) Azure Engineer
6 11 (6.55%) Senior
7 9 (5.36%) Lead
8 8 (4.76%) Business Analyst
8 8 (4.76%) Consultant
8 8 (4.76%) Data Analyst
8 8 (4.76%) Data Engineer
8 8 (4.76%) Migration Engineer
8 8 (4.76%) Network Engineer
8 8 (4.76%) Support Engineer
9 7 (4.17%) Azure Architect
9 7 (4.17%) Network Support
9 7 (4.17%) Network Support Engineer
10 6 (3.57%) Desktop Engineer
10 6 (3.57%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.17%) .NET
1 7 (4.17%) ADO
2 4 (2.38%) REST
3 3 (1.79%) Lightning Web Components
3 3 (1.79%) SOAP
3 3 (1.79%) Visualforce
3 3 (1.79%) XML
4 2 (1.19%) .NET Framework
4 2 (1.19%) ARM Templates
4 2 (1.19%) Azure Blueprints
4 2 (1.19%) JSON
4 2 (1.19%) Middleware
4 2 (1.19%) Node.js
4 2 (1.19%) Ruby on Rails
4 2 (1.19%) SailPoint
4 2 (1.19%) SAP Fiori
5 1 (0.60%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.60%) HTML5 Canvas
5 1 (0.60%) Kafka
5 1 (0.60%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 12 (7.14%) Data Centre
2 7 (4.17%) Anti-Spyware
3 6 (3.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 5 (2.98%) Cloud Native
5 4 (2.38%) Blackberry
5 4 (2.38%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (2.38%) Public Cloud
6 3 (1.79%) Data Structures
6 3 (1.79%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (1.79%) Mainframe
6 3 (1.79%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.79%) Private Cloud
6 3 (1.79%) Reinsurance
7 2 (1.19%) BYOD
7 2 (1.19%) Fixed Income
7 2 (1.19%) iSeries
7 2 (1.19%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (1.19%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.19%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 2 (1.19%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 19 (11.31%) Windows
2 8 (4.76%) Linux
3 7 (4.17%) Unix
3 7 (4.17%) Windows 10
4 4 (2.38%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.19%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.60%) Android
6 1 (0.60%) CentOS
6 1 (0.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.60%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.60%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (23.21%) Data Migration
2 32 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
3 29 (17.26%) Agile
4 19 (11.31%) DevOps
4 19 (11.31%) Project Management
5 16 (9.52%) Stakeholder Management
6 13 (7.74%) Data Cleansing
6 13 (7.74%) Infrastructure as Code
7 12 (7.14%) CI/CD
7 12 (7.14%) User Acceptance Testing
8 11 (6.55%) Validation
9 10 (5.95%) Data Modelling
9 10 (5.95%) ERP
9 10 (5.95%) Kalman Filter
9 10 (5.95%) Test Automation
10 9 (5.36%) Data Governance
11 8 (4.76%) Business Intelligence
11 8 (4.76%) Change Management
11 8 (4.76%) Data Management
12 7 (4.17%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 27 (16.07%) SQL
2 20 (11.90%) Python
3 9 (5.36%) Java
4 7 (4.17%) C#
5 5 (2.98%) JavaScript
5 5 (2.98%) PowerShell
6 4 (2.38%) Bicep
7 3 (1.79%) Apex Code
7 3 (1.79%) C
7 3 (1.79%) Groovy
7 3 (1.79%) Ruby
7 3 (1.79%) VBA
8 2 (1.19%) Bash
8 2 (1.19%) C++
8 2 (1.19%) PL/SQL
8 2 (1.19%) PROC SQL
8 2 (1.19%) SAS Macro
9 1 (0.60%) SOQL
9 1 (0.60%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.60%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 12 (7.14%) Security Cleared
2 11 (6.55%) SC Cleared
3 10 (5.95%) Degree
4 3 (1.79%) CCNP
4 3 (1.79%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (1.19%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.19%) TOGAF Certification
6 1 (0.60%) A+ Certification
6 1 (0.60%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.60%) CISM
6 1 (0.60%) CISSP
6 1 (0.60%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.60%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.36%) Data Quality
2 6 (3.57%) QA
3 5 (2.98%) GDPR
4 3 (1.79%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.79%) SEPA
5 2 (1.19%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.60%) GAAP
6 1 (0.60%) GRC
6 1 (0.60%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.60%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.60%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.60%) PMO
6 1 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.60%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (5.36%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.38%) Docker
2 4 (2.38%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (1.19%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (1.19%) XenDesktop
4 1 (0.60%) Firmware
4 1 (0.60%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.60%) IAG
Systems Management
1 16 (9.52%) Terraform
2 7 (4.17%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (2.98%) SCCM
4 4 (2.38%) Ansible
4 4 (2.38%) Kubernetes
5 2 (1.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (1.19%) Forefront Identity Manager
5 2 (1.19%) PingFederate
5 2 (1.19%) Puppet
5 2 (1.19%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.60%) CEMLI
6 1 (0.60%) Grafana
6 1 (0.60%) Istio
6 1 (0.60%) Opsgenie
6 1 (0.60%) Podman
6 1 (0.60%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.60%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 34 (20.24%) Microsoft
2 15 (8.93%) Oracle
3 12 (7.14%) SAP
4 8 (4.76%) CheckPoint
4 8 (4.76%) Palo Alto
5 7 (4.17%) Infoblox
6 5 (2.98%) Google
6 5 (2.98%) Salesforce
7 4 (2.38%) Murex
7 4 (2.38%) TOWER Software
8 3 (1.79%) Atlassian
8 3 (1.79%) Bloomberg
8 3 (1.79%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.79%) Tradeweb
8 3 (1.79%) Workday
9 2 (1.19%) CyberArk
9 2 (1.19%) Databricks
9 2 (1.19%) IFS
9 2 (1.19%) Okta
9 2 (1.19%) Ping Identity