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

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 20 21
Rank change year-on-year +2 +1 0
Contract jobs citing Migration 244 164 165
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 10.66% 9.44% 7.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.58% 10.10% 8.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 181 97 120
10th Percentile £406 £334 £383
25th Percentile £463 £445 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -12.00%
75th Percentile £681 £700 £650
90th Percentile £800 £768 £739
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -12.00%
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 1,940 1,624 1,955
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 84.72% 93.44% 90.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,314 1,023 1,381
10th Percentile £360 £350 £356
25th Percentile £450 £458 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £565 £568
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% -0.44% -5.42%
75th Percentile £675 £680 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £813
Central London median daily rate £550 £551 £550
% change year-on-year -0.18% +0.18% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 13 11
10th Percentile £17.99 £22.00 £19.92
25th Percentile £18.75 £23.75 £20.22
Median hourly rate £29.78 £28.15 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.80% +12.60% -28.57%
75th Percentile £49.78 £43.75 £40.00
90th Percentile £59.72 £60.75 £41.84
Central London median hourly rate £26.56 £29.07 £27.81
% change year-on-year -8.65% +4.53% -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 14 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 9 (3.69%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.05%) Confluence
3 3 (1.23%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.41%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.41%) Apache
5 1 (0.41%) Camunda
5 1 (0.41%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 8 (3.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (1.64%) MS Visio
3 3 (1.23%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 16 (6.56%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.46%) NetSuite
3 5 (2.05%) Aladdin
3 5 (2.05%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (2.05%) Workday HCM
4 4 (1.64%) Oracle General Ledger
5 3 (1.23%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (1.23%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 3 (1.23%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.82%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.82%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (0.82%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.82%) SAP HCM
6 2 (0.82%) SAP Payroll
7 1 (0.41%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.41%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.41%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.41%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.41%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.41%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 62 (25.41%) Azure
2 48 (19.67%) AWS
3 19 (7.79%) Power Platform
4 17 (6.97%) GitHub
5 16 (6.56%) GCP
6 10 (4.10%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (3.69%) GitHub Actions
7 9 (3.69%) OCI
7 9 (3.69%) Serverless
8 7 (2.87%) Azure AKS
8 7 (2.87%) Snowflake
9 6 (2.46%) dbt
9 6 (2.46%) Microsoft 365
9 6 (2.46%) SaaS
10 5 (2.05%) Azure Data Factory
10 5 (2.05%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 5 (2.05%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (1.64%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 4 (1.64%) Entra ID
12 3 (1.23%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.28%) Firewall
2 5 (2.05%) Network Security
3 3 (1.23%) VLAN
4 2 (0.82%) BGP
4 2 (0.82%) EIGRP
4 2 (0.82%) MPLS
4 2 (0.82%) OSPF
4 2 (0.82%) Unified Communications
4 2 (0.82%) VPN
4 2 (0.82%) VSAN
4 2 (0.82%) WAN
4 2 (0.82%) Wireless
5 1 (0.41%) 802.11
5 1 (0.41%) DHCP
5 1 (0.41%) DNS
5 1 (0.41%) LAN
5 1 (0.41%) SAN
5 1 (0.41%) TACACS
5 1 (0.41%) VRRP
5 1 (0.41%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (6.97%) Power BI
2 15 (6.15%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (2.46%) Metadata
3 6 (2.46%) Relational Database
4 5 (2.05%) SQL Server
5 4 (1.64%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (1.64%) Tableau
6 3 (1.23%) Amazon Redshift
6 3 (1.23%) Oracle Database
6 3 (1.23%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (1.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.82%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.82%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.82%) OLAP
7 2 (0.82%) RDBMS
7 2 (0.82%) SQLPlus
8 1 (0.41%) DB2
8 1 (0.41%) MySQL
8 1 (0.41%) Oracle Exadata
8 1 (0.41%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 16 (6.56%) JIRA
2 4 (1.64%) GitLab
3 3 (1.23%) Git
3 3 (1.23%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.82%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 2 (0.82%) Toad
5 1 (0.41%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.41%) ERwin
5 1 (0.41%) Gradle
5 1 (0.41%) JUnit
5 1 (0.41%) Liquibase
5 1 (0.41%) Mockito
5 1 (0.41%) MSI
5 1 (0.41%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.41%) PowerBuilder
5 1 (0.41%) Selenium
5 1 (0.41%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.41%) Zephyr
General
1 77 (31.56%) Finance
2 35 (14.34%) Social Skills
3 26 (10.66%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (8.61%) Banking
5 13 (5.33%) Public Sector
6 10 (4.10%) Financial Institution
7 9 (3.69%) General Ledger
8 8 (3.28%) Legal
9 7 (2.87%) Law
10 5 (2.05%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.23%) Marketing
12 3 (1.23%) Retail
13 2 (0.82%) Front Office
13 2 (0.82%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.82%) International Banking
13 2 (0.82%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.82%) Military
13 2 (0.82%) Pharmaceutical
14 1 (0.41%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 45 (18.44%) Architect
2 31 (12.70%) Lead
3 30 (12.30%) Consultant
4 29 (11.89%) Senior
5 25 (10.25%) Analyst
5 25 (10.25%) Project Manager
6 15 (6.15%) Business Analyst
6 15 (6.15%) Migration Manager
7 14 (5.74%) Migration Project Manager
8 13 (5.33%) Solutions Architect
9 12 (4.92%) Data Analyst
10 10 (4.10%) Azure Architect
10 10 (4.10%) Developer
10 10 (4.10%) Migration Analyst
11 9 (3.69%) Cloud Architect
11 9 (3.69%) Cloud Engineer
11 9 (3.69%) Data Architect
11 9 (3.69%) Data Migration Analyst
11 9 (3.69%) Data Migration Lead
11 9 (3.69%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.92%) Oracle Fusion
2 7 (2.87%) Middleware
3 6 (2.46%) Kafka
4 4 (1.64%) RESTful
4 4 (1.64%) Spring
5 3 (1.23%) .NET
5 3 (1.23%) FIX Protocol
5 3 (1.23%) PySpark
5 3 (1.23%) React
5 3 (1.23%) REST
6 2 (0.82%) .NET Core
6 2 (0.82%) Flash
6 2 (0.82%) Redux
6 2 (0.82%) Spring Boot
6 2 (0.82%) XML
7 1 (0.41%) ARM Templates
7 1 (0.41%) IDoc
7 1 (0.41%) OpenAPI
7 1 (0.41%) Playwright
7 1 (0.41%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 22 (9.02%) Cloud Native
2 21 (8.61%) Legacy Systems
3 9 (3.69%) Data Centre
4 7 (2.87%) Product Ownership
5 6 (2.46%) Onboarding
6 5 (2.05%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (2.05%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (2.05%) Mainframe
7 4 (1.64%) Data Structures
7 4 (1.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 4 (1.64%) Reference Data
8 3 (1.23%) Fixed Income
8 3 (1.23%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.23%) Replication
9 2 (0.82%) BYOD
9 2 (0.82%) Clustering
9 2 (0.82%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.82%) Equities
9 2 (0.82%) NHS
9 2 (0.82%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 12 (4.92%) Windows
2 5 (2.05%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.64%) Linux
4 2 (0.82%) Unix
5 1 (0.41%) AIX
5 1 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.41%) Solaris
5 1 (0.41%) SUSE
5 1 (0.41%) VMS
5 1 (0.41%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (33.20%) Data Migration
2 46 (18.85%) Stakeholder Management
3 44 (18.03%) Agile
4 36 (14.75%) Validation
5 29 (11.89%) DevOps
5 29 (11.89%) Project Delivery
6 28 (11.48%) CI/CD
7 27 (11.07%) Project Management
8 26 (10.66%) Infrastructure as Code
8 26 (10.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 24 (9.84%) Analytics
10 21 (8.61%) ERP
10 21 (8.61%) User Acceptance Testing
11 19 (7.79%) Business Intelligence
12 18 (7.38%) ETL
12 18 (7.38%) Problem-Solving
13 17 (6.97%) PRINCE2
14 16 (6.56%) Continuous Improvement
14 16 (6.56%) Data Governance
14 16 (6.56%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 37 (15.16%) SQL
2 15 (6.15%) Python
3 7 (2.87%) Java
4 5 (2.05%) PL/SQL
4 5 (2.05%) PowerShell
5 3 (1.23%) Bash
5 3 (1.23%) Bicep
5 3 (1.23%) C#
5 3 (1.23%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.23%) TypeScript
6 2 (0.82%) ABAP
6 2 (0.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (0.82%) Perl
6 2 (0.82%) PHP
6 2 (0.82%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.41%) C
7 1 (0.41%) ProC
7 1 (0.41%) VB
7 1 (0.41%) VBA
Qualifications
1 41 (16.80%) Security Cleared
2 36 (14.75%) SC Cleared
3 16 (6.56%) PMP
4 15 (6.15%) PMI Certification
5 8 (3.28%) Degree
6 4 (1.64%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.64%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.64%) DBS Check
6 4 (1.64%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.41%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.41%) CCNP
7 1 (0.41%) CISA
7 1 (0.41%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.41%) CWNA
7 1 (0.41%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.41%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.41%) MCSA
7 1 (0.41%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (7.79%) GDPR
2 17 (6.97%) Data Quality
3 15 (6.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (5.33%) QA
5 12 (4.92%) NIST
6 5 (2.05%) PCI DSS
7 4 (1.64%) PMO
8 3 (1.23%) GAAP
8 3 (1.23%) IFRS
9 2 (0.82%) ISO 20022
9 2 (0.82%) NCSC
9 2 (0.82%) SEPA
9 2 (0.82%) SLA
10 1 (0.41%) Basel III
10 1 (0.41%) GRC
10 1 (0.41%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.41%) IFRS 9
10 1 (0.41%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.41%) PSD2
10 1 (0.41%) TARGET2
System Software
1 7 (2.87%) Docker
2 4 (1.64%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.23%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (1.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.41%) Firmware
4 1 (0.41%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.41%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.41%) NFS
4 1 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.41%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (7.38%) Terraform
2 13 (5.33%) Kubernetes
3 6 (2.46%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (1.23%) Ansible
5 1 (0.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.41%) EMC VPLEX
5 1 (0.41%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (0.41%) Grafana
5 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Clustering
5 1 (0.41%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.41%) SCCM
5 1 (0.41%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.41%) vMotion
5 1 (0.41%) VxRail
Vendors
1 44 (18.03%) Microsoft
2 32 (13.11%) SAP
3 29 (11.89%) Oracle
4 11 (4.51%) CyberArk
5 10 (4.10%) Workday
6 8 (3.28%) Citrix
6 8 (3.28%) Google
7 6 (2.46%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.64%) Databricks
8 4 (1.64%) Informatica
8 4 (1.64%) Pure Storage
9 3 (1.23%) Palo Alto
9 3 (1.23%) VMware
10 2 (0.82%) Ahrefs
10 2 (0.82%) Cisco
10 2 (0.82%) IBM
10 2 (0.82%) MuleSoft
10 2 (0.82%) Murex
11 1 (0.41%) Dynatrace
11 1 (0.41%) iManage