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 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 19 18
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 0
Contract jobs citing Migration 172 184 292
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 9.47% 8.60% 8.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.09% 9.43% 9.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 132 195
10th Percentile £364 £364 £400
25th Percentile £441 £475 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £625
Median % change year-on-year - -12.00% +15.74%
75th Percentile £700 £650 £738
90th Percentile £770 £711 £825
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £625
% change year-on-year - -12.00% +15.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £34.63 - -
Median hourly rate £34.65 - -
75th Percentile £34.68 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £34.65 - -

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 1,705 1,952 3,205
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 93.84% 91.26% 91.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,093 1,349 2,158
10th Percentile £350 £363 £350
25th Percentile £450 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £800 £825
Central London median daily rate £552 £560 £600
% change year-on-year -1.43% -6.67% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 16 24
10th Percentile £17.08 £19.21 £14.25
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.22 £16.33
Median hourly rate £31.00 £26.63 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.43% -23.93% -18.83%
75th Percentile £56.75 £40.46 £57.50
90th Percentile £63.75 £64.50 £88.30
Central London median hourly rate £32.50 £27.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +20.37% -22.86% -18.13%

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 5 July 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 10 (5.81%) Confluence
2 9 (5.23%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.74%) CMS
3 3 (1.74%) SAS
4 2 (1.16%) Apache
5 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.58%) nginx
5 1 (0.58%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.58%) Umbraco
Applications
1 10 (5.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.58%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (2.91%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (2.33%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (1.16%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.58%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.58%) Magento
4 1 (0.58%) Oracle E-Business Tax
4 1 (0.58%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.58%) Oracle Payroll
4 1 (0.58%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.58%) Orchestrade
4 1 (0.58%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.58%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.58%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.58%) SAP HR
4 1 (0.58%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 46 (26.74%) Azure
2 26 (15.12%) AWS
3 16 (9.30%) Power Platform
4 14 (8.14%) SaaS
5 12 (6.98%) GCP
5 12 (6.98%) Microsoft 365
6 9 (5.23%) IaaS
7 7 (4.07%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 7 (4.07%) PaaS
8 6 (3.49%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (2.91%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (2.91%) PowerApps
9 5 (2.91%) Snowflake
10 4 (2.33%) Azure Data Factory
10 4 (2.33%) Cloud Computing
10 4 (2.33%) Entra ID
10 4 (2.33%) Power Automate
10 4 (2.33%) Serverless
11 3 (1.74%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 3 (1.74%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 13 (7.56%) DNS
1 13 (7.56%) Firewall
2 10 (5.81%) VPN
3 7 (4.07%) NGFW
4 4 (2.33%) DHCP
4 4 (2.33%) Network Security
5 3 (1.74%) VLAN
6 1 (0.58%) BIG-IP
6 1 (0.58%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.58%) NetScaler
6 1 (0.58%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (0.58%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (6.40%) Power BI
2 9 (5.23%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (2.91%) Metadata
3 5 (2.91%) Tableau
4 3 (1.74%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (1.74%) Base SAS
4 3 (1.74%) Big Data
4 3 (1.74%) BigQuery
4 3 (1.74%) Data Lake
4 3 (1.74%) SQL Server
5 2 (1.16%) NoSQL
5 2 (1.16%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.16%) Snowflake Schema
5 2 (1.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (1.16%) Tableau Server
6 1 (0.58%) Amazon Athena
6 1 (0.58%) Apache Iceberg
6 1 (0.58%) Metadata Repository
6 1 (0.58%) Power Query
6 1 (0.58%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 12 (6.98%) JIRA
2 6 (3.49%) GitLab
3 4 (2.33%) ScriptRunner
4 3 (1.74%) Git
5 2 (1.16%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.16%) SonarQube
5 2 (1.16%) Zephyr
6 1 (0.58%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.58%) Gradle
6 1 (0.58%) JIRA Agile
6 1 (0.58%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.58%) Maven
6 1 (0.58%) Postman
6 1 (0.58%) Selenium
6 1 (0.58%) Travis CI
General
1 79 (45.93%) Finance
2 41 (23.84%) Social Skills
3 19 (11.05%) Banking
4 14 (8.14%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (4.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (2.91%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (2.91%) Front Office
6 5 (2.91%) Legal
6 5 (2.91%) Marketing
6 5 (2.91%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (2.91%) Public Sector
7 4 (2.33%) Law
7 4 (2.33%) Retail
8 3 (1.74%) Back Office
8 3 (1.74%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.16%) International Banking
9 2 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.58%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (0.58%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.58%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 36 (20.93%) Architect
2 33 (19.19%) Analyst
3 17 (9.88%) Developer
3 17 (9.88%) Project Manager
4 16 (9.30%) Solutions Architect
5 13 (7.56%) Data Analyst
5 13 (7.56%) Senior
6 12 (6.98%) Azure Engineer
7 10 (5.81%) Business Analyst
7 10 (5.81%) Lead
8 9 (5.23%) Data Architect
9 8 (4.65%) Azure Architect
9 8 (4.65%) Network Engineer
9 8 (4.65%) Support Engineer
10 7 (4.07%) Data Engineer
10 7 (4.07%) Network Support
10 7 (4.07%) Network Support Engineer
11 6 (3.49%) Consultant
11 6 (3.49%) Windows Engineer
12 5 (2.91%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.07%) ADO
2 6 (3.49%) REST
3 5 (2.91%) .NET
4 4 (2.33%) XML
5 3 (1.74%) CSS
5 3 (1.74%) HTML
5 3 (1.74%) HTML5 Canvas
5 3 (1.74%) JSON
5 3 (1.74%) Lightning Web Components
5 3 (1.74%) SOAP
5 3 (1.74%) Spring Boot
5 3 (1.74%) Visualforce
6 2 (1.16%) ARM Templates
6 2 (1.16%) Azure Blueprints
6 2 (1.16%) Middleware
6 2 (1.16%) Oracle Fusion
6 2 (1.16%) Spring
7 1 (0.58%) FpML
7 1 (0.58%) SAP Basis
7 1 (0.58%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 11 (6.40%) Data Centre
2 10 (5.81%) Cloud Native
3 7 (4.07%) Anti-Spyware
4 5 (2.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 5 (2.91%) Management Information System
5 4 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (2.33%) Private Cloud
5 4 (2.33%) Reinsurance
5 4 (2.33%) Virtual Team
6 3 (1.74%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (1.74%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 3 (1.74%) Mainframe
6 3 (1.74%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.16%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.16%) Fixed Income
7 2 (1.16%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.16%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.16%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (1.16%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.16%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 20 (11.63%) Windows
2 9 (5.23%) Linux
3 5 (2.91%) Windows 10
4 4 (2.33%) Unix
5 3 (1.74%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.58%) Android
6 1 (0.58%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (25.58%) Data Migration
2 34 (19.77%) Agile
2 34 (19.77%) Problem-Solving
3 24 (13.95%) Stakeholder Management
4 20 (11.63%) DevOps
5 17 (9.88%) User Acceptance Testing
6 16 (9.30%) Data Cleansing
6 16 (9.30%) Data Modelling
6 16 (9.30%) Project Management
7 14 (8.14%) CI/CD
7 14 (8.14%) Infrastructure as Code
8 13 (7.56%) Business Intelligence
9 12 (6.98%) Validation
10 11 (6.40%) Kalman Filter
10 11 (6.40%) Project Delivery
11 10 (5.81%) Data Governance
11 10 (5.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 10 (5.81%) Test Automation
12 9 (5.23%) CRM
12 9 (5.23%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 28 (16.28%) SQL
2 23 (13.37%) Python
3 14 (8.14%) Java
4 12 (6.98%) PowerShell
5 8 (4.65%) JavaScript
6 4 (2.33%) Bash
6 4 (2.33%) C#
6 4 (2.33%) Groovy
7 3 (1.74%) Apex Code
7 3 (1.74%) Bicep
7 3 (1.74%) VBScript
8 2 (1.16%) C++
8 2 (1.16%) PROC SQL
8 2 (1.16%) Ruby
8 2 (1.16%) SAS Macro
8 2 (1.16%) VBA
9 1 (0.58%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.58%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.58%) SOQL
9 1 (0.58%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (8.14%) Degree
2 11 (6.40%) Security Cleared
3 9 (5.23%) SC Cleared
4 3 (1.74%) AWS Certification
4 3 (1.74%) CBAP
4 3 (1.74%) CCNP
4 3 (1.74%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.58%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.58%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.58%) PMP
6 1 (0.58%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (0.58%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (7.56%) Data Quality
2 6 (3.49%) GDPR
2 6 (3.49%) QA
3 3 (1.74%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.74%) SEPA
4 2 (1.16%) HIPAA
4 2 (1.16%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.58%) GAAP
5 1 (0.58%) ISO 20022
5 1 (0.58%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.58%) NIST
5 1 (0.58%) PMO
5 1 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.58%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (3.49%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.74%) Docker
2 3 (1.74%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (1.16%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 16 (9.30%) Terraform
2 3 (1.74%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.74%) Puppet
2 3 (1.74%) SCCM
3 2 (1.16%) Ansible
3 2 (1.16%) Opsgenie
4 1 (0.58%) Argo
4 1 (0.58%) CEMLI
4 1 (0.58%) Grafana
4 1 (0.58%) Istio
4 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.58%) Podman
4 1 (0.58%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.58%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 29 (16.86%) Microsoft
2 14 (8.14%) Oracle
3 11 (6.40%) SAP
4 8 (4.65%) CheckPoint
5 7 (4.07%) Infoblox
5 7 (4.07%) Palo Alto
6 5 (2.91%) Google
7 4 (2.33%) Atlassian
7 4 (2.33%) Bloomberg
7 4 (2.33%) Salesforce
7 4 (2.33%) VMware
8 3 (1.74%) Databricks
8 3 (1.74%) Guidewire
8 3 (1.74%) Murex
8 3 (1.74%) Splunk
8 3 (1.74%) Tradeweb
9 2 (1.16%) Citrix
9 2 (1.16%) Fortinet
9 2 (1.16%) Informatica
9 2 (1.16%) Workday