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 1 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 18 16
Rank change year-on-year +7 -2 +3
Contract jobs citing Migration 288 183 203
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 11.99% 9.75% 9.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.74% 10.37% 10.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 217 112 145
10th Percentile £403 £333 £368
25th Percentile £450 £425 £485
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £565
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -7.08% -6.61%
75th Percentile £675 £668 £650
90th Percentile £765 £774 £725
Central London median daily rate £575 £525 £565
% change year-on-year +9.52% -7.08% -5.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £29.00 £34.63 -
Median hourly rate £30.00 £34.65 -
Median % change year-on-year -13.42% - -
75th Percentile £31.00 £34.68 -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £35.00 £34.65 -
% change year-on-year +1.01% - -

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 2,096 1,765 1,877
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 87.22% 94.03% 91.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,416 1,153 1,278
10th Percentile £368 £331 £373
25th Percentile £455 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 22 16
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.57 £17.25
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.66 £20.43
Median hourly rate £19.50 £29.75 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.45% +10.19% -13.60%
75th Percentile £41.25 £54.75 £82.19
90th Percentile £60.78 £63.75 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £23.16 £31.00 £27.00
% change year-on-year -25.29% +14.81% -22.86%

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 1 August 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 18 (6.25%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.08%) Confluence
3 5 (1.74%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (1.74%) SharePoint 2013
4 4 (1.39%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (1.04%) CMS
6 2 (0.69%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.69%) Apache
6 2 (0.69%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.69%) HCL Notes
7 1 (0.35%) Camunda
7 1 (0.35%) IIS
7 1 (0.35%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (2.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.04%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (2.43%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.08%) NetSuite
2 6 (2.08%) Oracle Financials
2 6 (2.08%) Oracle Payables
3 5 (1.74%) Oracle ERP
3 5 (1.74%) Oracle General Ledger
3 5 (1.74%) Oracle Receivables
3 5 (1.74%) Workday HCM
4 4 (1.39%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (1.04%) Aladdin
5 3 (1.04%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (1.04%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.69%) iTrent
6 2 (0.69%) SAP HCM
6 2 (0.69%) SAP Payroll
6 2 (0.69%) SAP SD
7 1 (0.35%) Maximo
7 1 (0.35%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.35%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.35%) SAP R/3
Cloud Services
1 58 (20.14%) Azure
2 38 (13.19%) AWS
3 24 (8.33%) Power Platform
4 18 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (5.21%) GCP
6 12 (4.17%) Entra ID
7 11 (3.82%) GitHub
8 10 (3.47%) SaaS
8 10 (3.47%) Serverless
9 9 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
10 8 (2.78%) Azure Data Factory
11 7 (2.43%) GitHub Actions
11 7 (2.43%) OCI
11 7 (2.43%) Snowflake
12 5 (1.74%) Amazon S3
12 5 (1.74%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 5 (1.74%) dbt
12 5 (1.74%) Dynamics 365
12 5 (1.74%) OpenShift
13 4 (1.39%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.13%) Firewall
2 7 (2.43%) DNS
3 6 (2.08%) Network Security
4 5 (1.74%) VPN
5 4 (1.39%) VLAN
6 3 (1.04%) TCP/IP
6 3 (1.04%) VSAN
6 3 (1.04%) WAN
7 2 (0.69%) BGP
7 2 (0.69%) DHCP
7 2 (0.69%) EIGRP
7 2 (0.69%) Internet
7 2 (0.69%) LAN
7 2 (0.69%) OSPF
7 2 (0.69%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.69%) Wireless
8 1 (0.35%) IP Telephony
8 1 (0.35%) TACACS
8 1 (0.35%) VRRP
8 1 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (7.64%) Power BI
2 10 (3.47%) Data Warehouse
2 10 (3.47%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.74%) Metadata
3 5 (1.74%) Oracle Database
3 5 (1.74%) Relational Database
3 5 (1.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (1.39%) Amazon Redshift
4 4 (1.39%) Data Mart
4 4 (1.39%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 3 (1.04%) BusinessObjects
5 3 (1.04%) NoSQL
5 3 (1.04%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (1.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (0.69%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.69%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.69%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.69%) Snowflake Schema
6 2 (0.69%) Spark SQL
6 2 (0.69%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 21 (7.29%) JIRA
2 6 (2.08%) GitLab
3 5 (1.74%) Git
3 5 (1.74%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.69%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.35%) ER Studio
5 1 (0.35%) Gradle
5 1 (0.35%) JUnit
5 1 (0.35%) Liquibase
5 1 (0.35%) Mockito
5 1 (0.35%) MSI
5 1 (0.35%) PowerBuilder
5 1 (0.35%) Zephyr
General
1 96 (33.33%) Finance
2 61 (21.18%) Social Skills
3 31 (10.76%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (10.42%) Banking
5 15 (5.21%) Public Sector
6 14 (4.86%) General Ledger
7 12 (4.17%) Law
8 11 (3.82%) Documentation Skills
8 11 (3.82%) Financial Institution
9 6 (2.08%) Front Office
9 6 (2.08%) Retail
10 5 (1.74%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.39%) Legal
12 3 (1.04%) Back Office
12 3 (1.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.04%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.69%) International Banking
13 2 (0.69%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.69%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 51 (17.71%) Architect
2 39 (13.54%) Lead
3 37 (12.85%) Consultant
4 29 (10.07%) Analyst
5 22 (7.64%) Senior
6 20 (6.94%) Project Manager
7 18 (6.25%) Solutions Architect
8 16 (5.56%) Business Analyst
8 16 (5.56%) Data Engineer
9 14 (4.86%) Data Migration Lead
10 13 (4.51%) Developer
11 12 (4.17%) Data Analyst
11 12 (4.17%) Migration Analyst
12 11 (3.82%) Azure Architect
12 11 (3.82%) Cloud Engineer
12 11 (3.82%) Data Architect
13 9 (3.13%) Administrator
13 9 (3.13%) Data Migration Analyst
13 9 (3.13%) Oracle Consultant
14 8 (2.78%) Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (5.21%) Oracle Fusion
2 10 (3.47%) Kafka
2 10 (3.47%) REST
3 7 (2.43%) PySpark
4 6 (2.08%) .NET
4 6 (2.08%) Middleware
5 5 (1.74%) JSON
5 5 (1.74%) React
6 4 (1.39%) RESTful
6 4 (1.39%) Spring
6 4 (1.39%) XML
7 2 (0.69%) .NET Core
7 2 (0.69%) ADO
7 2 (0.69%) EDI
7 2 (0.69%) FIX Protocol
7 2 (0.69%) Flash
7 2 (0.69%) Redux
7 2 (0.69%) SOAP
7 2 (0.69%) Spring Boot
7 2 (0.69%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 25 (8.68%) Cloud Native
2 23 (7.99%) Legacy Systems
3 12 (4.17%) Data Centre
4 10 (3.47%) Product Ownership
5 9 (3.13%) Mainframe
6 8 (2.78%) Data Structures
7 7 (2.43%) Distributed Systems
7 7 (2.43%) Onboarding
7 7 (2.43%) Public Cloud
8 4 (1.39%) Clustering
8 4 (1.39%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (1.04%) AI Agents
9 3 (1.04%) Derivative
9 3 (1.04%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.04%) Replication
10 2 (0.69%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.69%) Credit Risk
10 2 (0.69%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (0.69%) Market Risk
10 2 (0.69%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 18 (6.25%) Windows
2 6 (2.08%) Linux
3 3 (1.04%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.69%) SUSE
4 2 (0.69%) VMS
4 2 (0.69%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.35%) AIX
5 1 (0.35%) Android
5 1 (0.35%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.35%) Solaris
5 1 (0.35%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
5 1 (0.35%) Unix
5 1 (0.35%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (35.07%) Data Migration
2 64 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
3 41 (14.24%) Agile
4 39 (13.54%) CI/CD
5 37 (12.85%) Validation
6 35 (12.15%) Project Delivery
7 34 (11.81%) DevOps
8 31 (10.76%) Analytics
9 30 (10.42%) ERP
9 30 (10.42%) User Acceptance Testing
10 28 (9.72%) Data Modelling
10 28 (9.72%) Infrastructure as Code
11 26 (9.03%) ETL
12 25 (8.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 23 (7.99%) Problem-Solving
14 22 (7.64%) Business Intelligence
15 21 (7.29%) Roadmaps
16 19 (6.60%) Data Governance
16 19 (6.60%) Project Management
17 17 (5.90%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 37 (12.85%) SQL
2 28 (9.72%) Python
3 13 (4.51%) PowerShell
4 8 (2.78%) Java
5 5 (1.74%) Bicep
5 5 (1.74%) C#
5 5 (1.74%) JavaScript
5 5 (1.74%) TypeScript
6 3 (1.04%) Bash
6 3 (1.04%) PL/SQL
7 2 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.35%) ABAP
8 1 (0.35%) Korn
8 1 (0.35%) Perl
8 1 (0.35%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.35%) VBA
Qualifications
1 45 (15.63%) Security Cleared
2 38 (13.19%) SC Cleared
3 8 (2.78%) PMI Certification
3 8 (2.78%) PMP
4 7 (2.43%) DBS Check
5 5 (1.74%) Degree
5 5 (1.74%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (1.39%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.39%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.04%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.69%) CCNA
8 2 (0.69%) CCNP
8 2 (0.69%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.35%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.35%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 1 (0.35%) CESG Certified Professional
9 1 (0.35%) CSPO
9 1 (0.35%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.35%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.35%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (6.94%) Data Quality
2 11 (3.82%) QA
3 9 (3.13%) GDPR
3 9 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.08%) NIST
4 6 (2.08%) PCI DSS
4 6 (2.08%) PMO
5 5 (1.74%) GRC
6 2 (0.69%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.69%) IFRS
6 2 (0.69%) ISO 20022
6 2 (0.69%) NCSC
6 2 (0.69%) PSD2
6 2 (0.69%) SEPA
6 2 (0.69%) SLA
7 1 (0.35%) Basel III
7 1 (0.35%) GAAP
7 1 (0.35%) ISO 8583
7 1 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.35%) TARGET2
System Software
1 12 (4.17%) Active Directory
2 9 (3.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (2.43%) Docker
4 2 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.69%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.69%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.69%) vSphere
5 1 (0.35%) Firmware
5 1 (0.35%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.35%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 19 (6.60%) Terraform
2 16 (5.56%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.39%) Ansible
4 3 (1.04%) Microsoft Clustering
4 3 (1.04%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (1.04%) SCCM
5 2 (0.69%) SCOM
5 2 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.69%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.35%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.35%) Grafana
6 1 (0.35%) ITRS Geneos
6 1 (0.35%) PingFederate
6 1 (0.35%) PowerCLI
6 1 (0.35%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.35%) VxRail
Vendors
1 52 (18.06%) Microsoft
2 35 (12.15%) Oracle
3 23 (7.99%) SAP
4 14 (4.86%) Databricks
5 13 (4.51%) Google
6 9 (3.13%) Citrix
6 9 (3.13%) VMware
7 8 (2.78%) CyberArk
8 6 (2.08%) Workday
9 5 (1.74%) Cisco
9 5 (1.74%) Salesforce
10 4 (1.39%) IFS
10 4 (1.39%) Remedy
10 4 (1.39%) ServiceNow
11 3 (1.04%) IBM
11 3 (1.04%) Informatica
11 3 (1.04%) Palo Alto
11 3 (1.04%) Pure Storage
12 2 (0.69%) Adobe
12 2 (0.69%) Murex