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 21 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 19 20
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 +1
Contract jobs citing Migration 231 173 175
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 10.32% 9.81% 7.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.02% 10.57% 8.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 171 110 123
10th Percentile £406 £363 £384
25th Percentile £463 £452 £464
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £564 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% +2.50% -8.33%
75th Percentile £678 £700 £648
90th Percentile £788 £775 £736
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £22.00 -
Central London median hourly rate £58.92 £22.00 -
% change year-on-year +167.82% - -

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 1,922 1,637 1,994
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 85.88% 92.80% 90.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,322 1,045 1,408
10th Percentile £363 £363 £352
25th Percentile £450 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £565
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +1.77% -5.83%
75th Percentile £675 £678 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £813
Central London median daily rate £550 £571 £550
% change year-on-year -3.72% +3.86% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 11 13
10th Percentile - £22.00 £19.13
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.66 £20.22
Median hourly rate £32.07 £31.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.44% +24.00% -42.20%
75th Percentile £52.16 £46.25 £40.00
90th Percentile £59.72 £63.75 £48.57
Central London median hourly rate £26.56 £30.04 £27.81
% change year-on-year -11.59% +8.00% -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 21 April 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 12 (5.19%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.16%) Confluence
3 3 (1.30%) Apache
3 3 (1.30%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.87%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.43%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.43%) Camunda
5 1 (0.43%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (0.43%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 8 (3.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (1.73%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (1.73%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 15 (6.49%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (2.16%) Aladdin
2 5 (2.16%) Workday HCM
3 4 (1.73%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.73%) NetSuite
3 4 (1.73%) Oracle General Ledger
4 3 (1.30%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 2 (0.87%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (0.87%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.87%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (0.87%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.43%) Maximo
6 1 (0.43%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.43%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.43%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.43%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.43%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.43%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.43%) SAP PS
6 1 (0.43%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 58 (25.11%) Azure
2 49 (21.21%) AWS
3 19 (8.23%) GCP
4 15 (6.49%) GitHub
5 14 (6.06%) Power Platform
6 9 (3.90%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (3.90%) OCI
7 8 (3.46%) Serverless
8 7 (3.03%) GitHub Actions
8 7 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
8 7 (3.03%) Snowflake
9 6 (2.60%) Azure AKS
10 5 (2.16%) Azure Data Factory
10 5 (2.16%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 5 (2.16%) dbt
10 5 (2.16%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (2.16%) Entra ID
10 5 (2.16%) SaaS
11 4 (1.73%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 3 (1.30%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.46%) Firewall
2 6 (2.60%) Network Security
3 3 (1.30%) VPN
4 2 (0.87%) DHCP
4 2 (0.87%) DNS
4 2 (0.87%) MPLS
4 2 (0.87%) Unified Communications
4 2 (0.87%) VLAN
4 2 (0.87%) VSAN
5 1 (0.43%) 802.11
5 1 (0.43%) BGP
5 1 (0.43%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (0.43%) Cisco Wireless
5 1 (0.43%) DVB
5 1 (0.43%) HSRP
5 1 (0.43%) Multicast
5 1 (0.43%) NAS
5 1 (0.43%) NGFW
5 1 (0.43%) OSPF
5 1 (0.43%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (5.63%) Data Warehouse
2 12 (5.19%) Power BI
3 7 (3.03%) Relational Database
4 6 (2.60%) Metadata
5 5 (2.16%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (2.16%) Tableau
6 4 (1.73%) SQL Server
7 3 (1.30%) Amazon Redshift
7 3 (1.30%) Data Lake
7 3 (1.30%) Oracle Database
7 3 (1.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.87%) Delta Lake
8 2 (0.87%) MySQL
8 2 (0.87%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.87%) OLAP
8 2 (0.87%) Oracle Reports
8 2 (0.87%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.87%) SQLPlus
9 1 (0.43%) DataStage
9 1 (0.43%) PowerCenter
Development Applications
1 16 (6.93%) JIRA
2 3 (1.30%) Git
2 3 (1.30%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.87%) GitLab
3 2 (0.87%) Toad
4 1 (0.43%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.43%) ERwin
4 1 (0.43%) Gradle
4 1 (0.43%) JUnit
4 1 (0.43%) Liquibase
4 1 (0.43%) Mockito
4 1 (0.43%) MSI
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.43%) PowerBuilder
4 1 (0.43%) Selenium
4 1 (0.43%) SonarQube
General
1 76 (32.90%) Finance
2 37 (16.02%) Social Skills
3 26 (11.26%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (8.23%) Banking
5 13 (5.63%) Public Sector
6 10 (4.33%) Financial Institution
7 7 (3.03%) Law
7 7 (3.03%) Legal
8 6 (2.60%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (2.60%) Front Office
9 5 (2.16%) General Ledger
10 4 (1.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.73%) Investment Banking
11 3 (1.30%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.30%) Retail
11 3 (1.30%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.87%) International Banking
12 2 (0.87%) Marketing
12 2 (0.87%) Military
12 2 (0.87%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 38 (16.45%) Architect
2 34 (14.72%) Senior
3 32 (13.85%) Lead
4 26 (11.26%) Analyst
5 24 (10.39%) Consultant
6 23 (9.96%) Project Manager
7 20 (8.66%) Business Analyst
8 16 (6.93%) Migration Manager
9 14 (6.06%) Migration Project Manager
10 10 (4.33%) Data Migration Lead
11 9 (3.90%) Cloud Architect
11 9 (3.90%) Developer
12 8 (3.46%) Migration Analyst
12 8 (3.46%) Senior Manager
12 8 (3.46%) Technical Leader
13 7 (3.03%) Azure Architect
13 7 (3.03%) Azure Engineer
13 7 (3.03%) Data Analyst
13 7 (3.03%) Delivery Manager
13 7 (3.03%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.46%) Oracle Fusion
2 7 (3.03%) Middleware
3 4 (1.73%) Kafka
3 4 (1.73%) Spring
4 3 (1.30%) FIX Protocol
4 3 (1.30%) PySpark
4 3 (1.30%) XML
5 2 (0.87%) EDI
5 2 (0.87%) Flash
5 2 (0.87%) OpenID
5 2 (0.87%) RESTful
5 2 (0.87%) SAML
5 2 (0.87%) Spring Boot
6 1 (0.43%) JSON
6 1 (0.43%) OAuth
6 1 (0.43%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.43%) RabbitMQ
6 1 (0.43%) REST
6 1 (0.43%) SAP PI
6 1 (0.43%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (9.09%) Legacy Systems
2 19 (8.23%) Cloud Native
3 11 (4.76%) Data Centre
4 7 (3.03%) Hybrid Cloud
5 6 (2.60%) Data Structures
5 6 (2.60%) Onboarding
5 6 (2.60%) Product Ownership
6 4 (1.73%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (1.30%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (1.30%) Fixed Income
7 3 (1.30%) Reference Data
7 3 (1.30%) Replication
8 2 (0.87%) BYOD
8 2 (0.87%) Derivative
8 2 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (0.87%) Legacy Applications
8 2 (0.87%) PKI
8 2 (0.87%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.87%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 18 (7.79%) Windows
2 10 (4.33%) Windows Server
3 6 (2.60%) Linux
4 3 (1.30%) Unix
5 1 (0.43%) AIX
5 1 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.43%) Solaris
5 1 (0.43%) SUSE
5 1 (0.43%) VMS
5 1 (0.43%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (29.44%) Data Migration
2 53 (22.94%) Stakeholder Management
3 43 (18.61%) Agile
4 32 (13.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 32 (13.85%) Validation
5 28 (12.12%) Project Delivery
6 27 (11.69%) DevOps
7 26 (11.26%) CI/CD
8 25 (10.82%) Project Management
9 24 (10.39%) Analytics
10 21 (9.09%) ETL
10 21 (9.09%) Infrastructure as Code
11 19 (8.23%) Problem-Solving
11 19 (8.23%) User Acceptance Testing
12 18 (7.79%) ERP
13 16 (6.93%) Continuous Improvement
13 16 (6.93%) Data Modelling
14 15 (6.49%) Data Governance
14 15 (6.49%) PRINCE2
14 15 (6.49%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 38 (16.45%) SQL
2 14 (6.06%) Python
3 8 (3.46%) Java
4 6 (2.60%) PowerShell
5 5 (2.16%) PL/SQL
6 3 (1.30%) Bash
7 2 (0.87%) ABAP
7 2 (0.87%) Bicep
7 2 (0.87%) Perl
7 2 (0.87%) PHP
7 2 (0.87%) Scala
7 2 (0.87%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.43%) C
8 1 (0.43%) C#
8 1 (0.43%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.43%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.43%) ProC
8 1 (0.43%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.43%) VB
8 1 (0.43%) VBA
Qualifications
1 38 (16.45%) Security Cleared
2 32 (13.85%) SC Cleared
3 14 (6.06%) PMP
4 13 (5.63%) PMI Certification
5 8 (3.46%) Degree
6 6 (2.60%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.73%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.73%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.87%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.87%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.43%) CFA
9 1 (0.43%) CISA
9 1 (0.43%) MCSA
9 1 (0.43%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (9.09%) GDPR
2 18 (7.79%) Data Quality
3 16 (6.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (6.93%) QA
4 12 (5.19%) NIST
5 5 (2.16%) PCI DSS
6 4 (1.73%) PMO
7 3 (1.30%) GAAP
7 3 (1.30%) IFRS
7 3 (1.30%) ISO 20022
7 3 (1.30%) SEPA
8 2 (0.87%) NCSC
8 2 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.87%) SLA
9 1 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.43%) GRC
9 1 (0.43%) IFRS 9
9 1 (0.43%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.43%) PSD2
9 1 (0.43%) TARGET2
System Software
1 8 (3.46%) Docker
2 7 (3.03%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.60%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.30%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.43%) Firmware
5 1 (0.43%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.43%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.43%) NFS
5 1 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.43%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 22 (9.52%) Terraform
2 14 (6.06%) Kubernetes
3 7 (3.03%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (1.30%) Ansible
4 3 (1.30%) SCCM
5 1 (0.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.43%) EMC VPLEX
5 1 (0.43%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (0.43%) Grafana
5 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Clustering
5 1 (0.43%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.43%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.43%) vMotion
5 1 (0.43%) VxRail
Vendors
1 41 (17.75%) Microsoft
2 26 (11.26%) SAP
3 25 (10.82%) Oracle
4 12 (5.19%) CyberArk
5 10 (4.33%) Workday
6 8 (3.46%) Google
7 6 (2.60%) Citrix
7 6 (2.60%) Salesforce
7 6 (2.60%) VMware
8 4 (1.73%) Informatica
8 4 (1.73%) Pure Storage
9 3 (1.30%) Databricks
9 3 (1.30%) IBM
10 2 (0.87%) Ahrefs
10 2 (0.87%) MuleSoft
10 2 (0.87%) Murex
10 2 (0.87%) Palo Alto
11 1 (0.43%) Datto
11 1 (0.43%) Dynatrace
11 1 (0.43%) iManage