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 10 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 17 18
Rank change year-on-year +5 +1 -3
Contract jobs citing Migration 292 170 194
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 12.81% 9.45% 9.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.48% 10.04% 10.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 108 132
10th Percentile £394 £337 £364
25th Percentile £425 £417 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £581 £550 £565
Median % change year-on-year +5.68% -2.65% -5.83%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £650
90th Percentile £775 £738 £725
Central London median daily rate £575 £550 £575
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -
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 2,017 1,694 1,905
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 88.46% 94.22% 92.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,388 1,117 1,234
10th Percentile £368 £325 £386
25th Percentile £459 £424 £475
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 £774 £788
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 22 16
10th Percentile - £17.35 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.60 £23.98 £19.79
Median hourly rate £21.00 £28.33 £26.63
Median % change year-on-year -25.86% +6.38% -3.18%
75th Percentile £32.05 £53.50 £82.19
90th Percentile £50.59 £63.75 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £25.07 £29.07 £33.00
% change year-on-year -13.78% -11.91% +20.00%

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 10 September 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 (6.16%) SharePoint
2 10 (3.42%) Confluence
3 8 (2.74%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (2.05%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (1.71%) Apache
5 5 (1.71%) Apache Spark
5 5 (1.71%) SharePoint 2013
6 3 (1.03%) CMS
7 2 (0.68%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.68%) HCL Notes
7 2 (0.68%) SAS
8 1 (0.34%) Camunda
8 1 (0.34%) IIS
8 1 (0.34%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (2.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.03%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.03%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.34%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 8 (2.74%) Oracle Financials
1 8 (2.74%) Oracle Payables
1 8 (2.74%) Oracle Receivables
2 7 (2.40%) Oracle General Ledger
2 7 (2.40%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.71%) NetSuite
3 5 (1.71%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (1.37%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (1.03%) Oracle Assets
5 3 (1.03%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (1.03%) Oracle EBS R12
5 3 (1.03%) Oracle Internet Expenses
5 3 (1.03%) Oracle iProcurement
6 2 (0.68%) iTrent
6 2 (0.68%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.68%) SAP HCM
6 2 (0.68%) SAP Payroll
6 2 (0.68%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.34%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 64 (21.92%) Azure
2 44 (15.07%) AWS
3 24 (8.22%) Power Platform
4 19 (6.51%) GCP
5 16 (5.48%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (4.79%) Microsoft 365
7 13 (4.45%) SaaS
8 12 (4.11%) Entra ID
9 9 (3.08%) Azure Data Factory
9 9 (3.08%) GitHub
10 8 (2.74%) dbt
10 8 (2.74%) Serverless
10 8 (2.74%) Snowflake
11 7 (2.40%) OCI
12 6 (2.05%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 6 (2.05%) GitHub Actions
13 5 (1.71%) Amazon S3
13 5 (1.71%) Azure Databricks
13 5 (1.71%) Google Kubernetes Engine
13 5 (1.71%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.77%) Firewall
2 9 (3.08%) DNS
2 9 (3.08%) Network Security
3 6 (2.05%) VPN
4 5 (1.71%) BGP
5 4 (1.37%) Internet
5 4 (1.37%) TCP/IP
6 3 (1.03%) VLAN
7 2 (0.68%) DHCP
7 2 (0.68%) LAN
7 2 (0.68%) Multicast
7 2 (0.68%) SSL
7 2 (0.68%) VSAN
7 2 (0.68%) WAN
8 1 (0.34%) PSTN
8 1 (0.34%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.34%) SMS
8 1 (0.34%) SMTP
8 1 (0.34%) VoIP
8 1 (0.34%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (7.53%) Power BI
2 15 (5.14%) Data Warehouse
2 15 (5.14%) SQL Server
3 12 (4.11%) Metadata
4 7 (2.40%) Delta Lake
4 7 (2.40%) Relational Database
5 6 (2.05%) Data Lake
5 6 (2.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (1.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (1.37%) Data Mart
7 4 (1.37%) Oracle Database
7 4 (1.37%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (1.37%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 3 (1.03%) Amazon Redshift
8 3 (1.03%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (1.03%) BusinessObjects
8 3 (1.03%) Oracle Reports
9 2 (0.68%) Data Vault
9 2 (0.68%) Hadoop
9 2 (0.68%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 25 (8.56%) JIRA
2 5 (1.71%) GitLab
3 4 (1.37%) Git
3 4 (1.37%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.68%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.34%) ER Studio
5 1 (0.34%) Gradle
5 1 (0.34%) JUnit
5 1 (0.34%) Liquibase
5 1 (0.34%) Mockito
5 1 (0.34%) PowerBuilder
5 1 (0.34%) Zephyr
General
1 97 (33.22%) Finance
2 73 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 36 (12.33%) Banking
4 30 (10.27%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (5.48%) Public Sector
6 15 (5.14%) General Ledger
7 10 (3.42%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (3.42%) Law
8 9 (3.08%) Financial Institution
9 8 (2.74%) Front Office
10 6 (2.05%) Investment Banking
11 5 (1.71%) Legal
11 5 (1.71%) Retail
11 5 (1.71%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.37%) Back Office
12 4 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.37%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.37%) Marketing
13 3 (1.03%) Billing
13 3 (1.03%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 49 (16.78%) Architect
2 38 (13.01%) Lead
3 33 (11.30%) Consultant
4 29 (9.93%) Analyst
5 22 (7.53%) Project Manager
6 20 (6.85%) Senior
7 18 (6.16%) Data Engineer
7 18 (6.16%) Developer
8 16 (5.48%) Solutions Architect
9 15 (5.14%) Data Architect
10 14 (4.79%) Business Analyst
11 13 (4.45%) Data Analyst
12 11 (3.77%) Administrator
12 11 (3.77%) Cloud Engineer
13 10 (3.42%) Migration Analyst
14 9 (3.08%) Oracle Consultant
15 8 (2.74%) Data Migration Analyst
15 8 (2.74%) Data Migration Lead
16 7 (2.40%) AWS Consultant
16 7 (2.40%) Azure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (5.82%) Terraform
2 15 (5.14%) Oracle Fusion
3 11 (3.77%) REST
4 10 (3.42%) Kafka
4 10 (3.42%) PySpark
5 8 (2.74%) .NET
6 7 (2.40%) JSON
7 6 (2.05%) React
8 5 (1.71%) XML
9 4 (1.37%) .NET Core
9 4 (1.37%) Middleware
10 3 (1.03%) RESTful
11 2 (0.68%) ADO
11 2 (0.68%) Node.js
11 2 (0.68%) PCRE
11 2 (0.68%) SAML
11 2 (0.68%) SOAP
11 2 (0.68%) Spring
11 2 (0.68%) Web Services
11 2 (0.68%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 28 (9.59%) Cloud Native
2 19 (6.51%) Legacy Systems
3 14 (4.79%) Data Centre
3 14 (4.79%) Product Ownership
4 11 (3.77%) Mainframe
5 8 (2.74%) Data Structures
6 7 (2.40%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (2.05%) Onboarding
7 6 (2.05%) Public Cloud
8 5 (1.71%) Clustering
8 5 (1.71%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (1.71%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (1.71%) Replication
9 4 (1.37%) Derivative
9 4 (1.37%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.03%) AI Agents
10 3 (1.03%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (1.03%) Legacy Applications
10 3 (1.03%) Private Cloud
10 3 (1.03%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 20 (6.85%) Windows
2 7 (2.40%) Linux
3 5 (1.71%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.37%) Unix
5 3 (1.03%) VMS
6 2 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.68%) SUSE
6 2 (0.68%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.68%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (0.68%) zOS
7 1 (0.34%) AIX
7 1 (0.34%) Android
7 1 (0.34%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.34%) MVS
7 1 (0.34%) Solaris
7 1 (0.34%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (31.85%) Data Migration
2 71 (24.32%) Stakeholder Management
3 46 (15.75%) Agile
4 39 (13.36%) Validation
5 38 (13.01%) CI/CD
6 35 (11.99%) Analytics
7 34 (11.64%) DevOps
8 32 (10.96%) Data Modelling
9 31 (10.62%) ERP
9 31 (10.62%) Infrastructure as Code
9 31 (10.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 29 (9.93%) Data Governance
10 29 (9.93%) Project Delivery
11 27 (9.25%) ETL
11 27 (9.25%) Problem-Solving
11 27 (9.25%) User Acceptance Testing
12 23 (7.88%) Business Intelligence
12 23 (7.88%) Project Management
12 23 (7.88%) Roadmaps
13 19 (6.51%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 43 (14.73%) SQL
2 31 (10.62%) Python
3 13 (4.45%) PowerShell
4 8 (2.74%) C#
5 7 (2.40%) TypeScript
6 6 (2.05%) Bicep
6 6 (2.05%) Java
7 5 (1.71%) JavaScript
8 3 (1.03%) Perl
9 2 (0.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (0.68%) JCL
9 2 (0.68%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.34%) Bash
10 1 (0.34%) Korn
10 1 (0.34%) REXX
10 1 (0.34%) SOQL
10 1 (0.34%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.34%) VBA
Qualifications
1 43 (14.73%) Security Cleared
2 34 (11.64%) SC Cleared
3 8 (2.74%) PMI Certification
3 8 (2.74%) PMP
4 7 (2.40%) DBS Check
5 6 (2.05%) Degree
6 5 (1.71%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.37%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (1.03%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.68%) CAPM
9 2 (0.68%) CCNA
9 2 (0.68%) CCNP
10 1 (0.34%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.34%) CCIE
10 1 (0.34%) CISA
10 1 (0.34%) CWNA
10 1 (0.34%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (0.34%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (0.34%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (10.96%) Data Quality
2 10 (3.42%) QA
3 9 (3.08%) PMO
4 6 (2.05%) GDPR
5 5 (1.71%) GRC
5 5 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.37%) PCI DSS
7 3 (1.03%) NIST
8 2 (0.68%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.68%) IFRS
8 2 (0.68%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.68%) NCSC
8 2 (0.68%) SEPA
9 1 (0.34%) Basel III
9 1 (0.34%) GAAP
9 1 (0.34%) IFRS 9
9 1 (0.34%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.34%) PSD2
9 1 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.34%) TARGET2
System Software
1 14 (4.79%) Active Directory
2 11 (3.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.71%) Docker
4 3 (1.03%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.68%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.68%) vSphere
6 1 (0.34%) Firmware
6 1 (0.34%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 14 (4.79%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.05%) Ansible
3 4 (1.37%) Microsoft Clustering
3 4 (1.37%) SCCM
4 3 (1.03%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (1.03%) SCOM
4 3 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.68%) Failover Clustering
5 2 (0.68%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.34%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (0.34%) ITRS Geneos
6 1 (0.34%) PingFederate
6 1 (0.34%) PowerCLI
6 1 (0.34%) Tivoli
6 1 (0.34%) VxRail
Vendors
1 57 (19.52%) Microsoft
2 38 (13.01%) Oracle
3 26 (8.90%) SAP
4 25 (8.56%) Databricks
5 13 (4.45%) Google
6 11 (3.77%) VMware
7 9 (3.08%) Cisco
8 8 (2.74%) Citrix
9 7 (2.40%) ServiceNow
10 5 (1.71%) CyberArk
10 5 (1.71%) IBM
10 5 (1.71%) Remedy
11 4 (1.37%) IFS
11 4 (1.37%) Salesforce
12 3 (1.03%) Bloomberg
12 3 (1.03%) BMC
12 3 (1.03%) Commvault
12 3 (1.03%) Informatica
12 3 (1.03%) Workday
13 2 (0.68%) Lotus