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

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 17 16
Rank change year-on-year +7 -1 +4
Contract jobs citing Migration 295 177 204
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 12.52% 9.49% 9.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.32% 10.07% 10.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 221 109 144
10th Percentile £406 £328 £377
25th Percentile £450 £419 £487
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £525 £565
Median % change year-on-year +11.90% -7.08% -5.83%
75th Percentile £675 £663 £659
90th Percentile £763 £775 £725
Central London median daily rate £575 £525 £570
% change year-on-year +9.52% -7.89% -5.00%
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 2,060 1,757 1,907
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 87.40% 94.16% 91.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,407 1,154 1,282
10th Percentile £379 £325 £375
25th Percentile £456 £425 £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 £790
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 22 17
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.35 £15.20
25th Percentile £18.18 £23.98 £20.22
Median hourly rate £19.50 £28.33 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.16% +4.91% -13.60%
75th Percentile £32.05 £53.50 £78.75
90th Percentile £57.49 £63.75 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £23.16 £29.07 £27.00
% change year-on-year -20.33% +7.67% -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 13 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 (6.10%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.37%) Confluence
3 5 (1.69%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (1.69%) SharePoint 2013
4 4 (1.36%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (1.02%) CMS
6 2 (0.68%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.68%) Apache
6 2 (0.68%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.68%) HCL Notes
7 1 (0.34%) Camunda
7 1 (0.34%) IIS
7 1 (0.34%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (2.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.02%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.34%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (2.37%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.03%) Oracle Financials
2 6 (2.03%) Oracle Payables
3 5 (1.69%) NetSuite
3 5 (1.69%) Oracle ERP
3 5 (1.69%) Oracle General Ledger
3 5 (1.69%) Oracle Receivables
3 5 (1.69%) Workday HCM
4 4 (1.36%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (1.36%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (1.02%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.68%) Aladdin
6 2 (0.68%) iTrent
6 2 (0.68%) SAP HCM
6 2 (0.68%) SAP Payroll
7 1 (0.34%) Maximo
7 1 (0.34%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.34%) Oracle E-Business Tax
7 1 (0.34%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.34%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 59 (20.00%) Azure
2 42 (14.24%) AWS
3 25 (8.47%) Power Platform
4 17 (5.76%) Azure DevOps
4 17 (5.76%) GCP
5 12 (4.07%) Entra ID
6 11 (3.73%) GitHub
6 11 (3.73%) SaaS
7 9 (3.05%) Azure Data Factory
7 9 (3.05%) Microsoft 365
7 9 (3.05%) Serverless
8 7 (2.37%) GitHub Actions
8 7 (2.37%) OCI
9 6 (2.03%) Snowflake
10 5 (1.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 5 (1.69%) dbt
10 5 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (1.69%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 5 (1.69%) IaaS
10 5 (1.69%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.05%) Firewall
2 7 (2.37%) DNS
3 6 (2.03%) Network Security
4 5 (1.69%) VPN
5 4 (1.36%) VLAN
6 3 (1.02%) BGP
6 3 (1.02%) Internet
6 3 (1.02%) TCP/IP
6 3 (1.02%) VSAN
6 3 (1.02%) WAN
7 2 (0.68%) DHCP
7 2 (0.68%) EIGRP
7 2 (0.68%) LAN
7 2 (0.68%) OSPF
7 2 (0.68%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.68%) SSL
7 2 (0.68%) TACACS
7 2 (0.68%) Wireless
8 1 (0.34%) IP Telephony
8 1 (0.34%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (7.80%) Power BI
2 11 (3.73%) Data Warehouse
2 11 (3.73%) SQL Server
3 7 (2.37%) Metadata
4 6 (2.03%) Relational Database
4 6 (2.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (1.69%) Oracle Database
5 5 (1.69%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 4 (1.36%) Data Mart
6 4 (1.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (1.02%) Amazon Redshift
7 3 (1.02%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (1.02%) BusinessObjects
7 3 (1.02%) Delta Lake
7 3 (1.02%) Oracle Reports
8 2 (0.68%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.68%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.68%) Snowflake Schema
8 2 (0.68%) Spark SQL
8 2 (0.68%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 22 (7.46%) JIRA
2 7 (2.37%) GitLab
3 5 (1.69%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.36%) Git
5 2 (0.68%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.34%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.34%) Gradle
6 1 (0.34%) JUnit
6 1 (0.34%) Liquibase
6 1 (0.34%) Mockito
6 1 (0.34%) MSI
6 1 (0.34%) PowerBuilder
6 1 (0.34%) Zephyr
General
1 94 (31.86%) Finance
2 64 (21.69%) Social Skills
3 33 (11.19%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (10.17%) Banking
5 15 (5.08%) General Ledger
5 15 (5.08%) Public Sector
6 12 (4.07%) Financial Institution
7 11 (3.73%) Law
8 10 (3.39%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (2.37%) Front Office
10 6 (2.03%) Retail
11 5 (1.69%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.36%) Legal
13 3 (1.02%) Back Office
13 3 (1.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (1.02%) Investment Banking
14 2 (0.68%) International Banking
14 2 (0.68%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 50 (16.95%) Architect
2 39 (13.22%) Lead
3 37 (12.54%) Consultant
4 29 (9.83%) Analyst
5 23 (7.80%) Project Manager
5 23 (7.80%) Senior
6 17 (5.76%) Data Engineer
6 17 (5.76%) Solutions Architect
7 16 (5.42%) Developer
8 15 (5.08%) Business Analyst
9 14 (4.75%) Data Migration Lead
10 13 (4.41%) Data Analyst
11 12 (4.07%) Cloud Engineer
12 11 (3.73%) Data Architect
12 11 (3.73%) Migration Analyst
13 10 (3.39%) Administrator
13 10 (3.39%) Azure Architect
14 9 (3.05%) Migration Manager
14 9 (3.05%) Migration Project Manager
14 9 (3.05%) Oracle Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (5.08%) Oracle Fusion
2 11 (3.73%) REST
3 10 (3.39%) Kafka
4 8 (2.71%) .NET
4 8 (2.71%) PySpark
5 6 (2.03%) JSON
6 5 (1.69%) Middleware
6 5 (1.69%) React
7 4 (1.36%) .NET Core
7 4 (1.36%) RESTful
7 4 (1.36%) XML
8 3 (1.02%) Spring
9 2 (0.68%) ADO
9 2 (0.68%) FIX Protocol
9 2 (0.68%) Flash
9 2 (0.68%) Redux
9 2 (0.68%) Regular Expression
9 2 (0.68%) SOAP
9 2 (0.68%) Web Services
9 2 (0.68%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 26 (8.81%) Cloud Native
2 23 (7.80%) Legacy Systems
3 14 (4.75%) Data Centre
4 10 (3.39%) Product Ownership
5 9 (3.05%) Data Structures
5 9 (3.05%) Mainframe
6 8 (2.71%) Onboarding
7 7 (2.37%) Public Cloud
8 6 (2.03%) Distributed Systems
9 5 (1.69%) Clustering
9 5 (1.69%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (1.36%) Derivative
10 4 (1.36%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (1.02%) AI Agents
11 3 (1.02%) Private Cloud
11 3 (1.02%) Replication
12 2 (0.68%) Analytical Mindset
12 2 (0.68%) Fixed Income
12 2 (0.68%) Greenfield Project
12 2 (0.68%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 20 (6.78%) Windows
2 7 (2.37%) Linux
3 4 (1.36%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.02%) VMS
5 2 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.68%) SUSE
5 2 (0.68%) Unix
5 2 (0.68%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.34%) AIX
6 1 (0.34%) Android
6 1 (0.34%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.34%) Solaris
6 1 (0.34%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
6 1 (0.34%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (34.24%) Data Migration
2 67 (22.71%) Stakeholder Management
3 42 (14.24%) Agile
3 42 (14.24%) CI/CD
4 40 (13.56%) Validation
5 35 (11.86%) Project Delivery
6 33 (11.19%) Analytics
7 32 (10.85%) DevOps
8 31 (10.51%) Data Modelling
8 31 (10.51%) ERP
8 31 (10.51%) Infrastructure as Code
9 29 (9.83%) User Acceptance Testing
10 27 (9.15%) ETL
11 25 (8.47%) Problem-Solving
11 25 (8.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 23 (7.80%) Business Intelligence
13 21 (7.12%) Project Management
13 21 (7.12%) Roadmaps
14 20 (6.78%) Data Governance
15 18 (6.10%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 41 (13.90%) SQL
2 31 (10.51%) Python
3 15 (5.08%) PowerShell
4 7 (2.37%) C#
4 7 (2.37%) Java
5 5 (1.69%) Bicep
5 5 (1.69%) JavaScript
5 5 (1.69%) TypeScript
6 3 (1.02%) Bash
6 3 (1.02%) PL/SQL
7 2 (0.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (0.68%) Perl
8 1 (0.34%) Korn
8 1 (0.34%) SOQL
8 1 (0.34%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.34%) VBA
Qualifications
1 47 (15.93%) Security Cleared
2 40 (13.56%) SC Cleared
3 8 (2.71%) PMI Certification
3 8 (2.71%) PMP
4 7 (2.37%) DBS Check
5 5 (1.69%) DV Cleared
5 5 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (1.36%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.36%) Degree
7 3 (1.02%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.68%) CCNA
8 2 (0.68%) CCNP
9 1 (0.34%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.34%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 1 (0.34%) CISA
9 1 (0.34%) CSPO
9 1 (0.34%) CWNA
9 1 (0.34%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.34%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.34%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (8.14%) Data Quality
2 12 (4.07%) QA
3 9 (3.05%) GDPR
3 9 (3.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.03%) NIST
4 6 (2.03%) PCI DSS
4 6 (2.03%) PMO
5 5 (1.69%) GRC
6 2 (0.68%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.68%) IFRS
6 2 (0.68%) ISO 20022
6 2 (0.68%) NCSC
6 2 (0.68%) PSD2
6 2 (0.68%) SEPA
6 2 (0.68%) SLA
7 1 (0.34%) Basel III
7 1 (0.34%) GAAP
7 1 (0.34%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.34%) TARGET2
System Software
1 13 (4.41%) Active Directory
2 12 (4.07%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (2.71%) Docker
4 3 (1.02%) 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%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 20 (6.78%) Terraform
2 16 (5.42%) Kubernetes
3 5 (1.69%) Ansible
4 4 (1.36%) Microsoft Clustering
5 3 (1.02%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (1.02%) SCCM
5 3 (1.02%) SCOM
6 2 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.68%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.34%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.34%) Grafana
7 1 (0.34%) ITRS Geneos
7 1 (0.34%) PingFederate
7 1 (0.34%) PowerCLI
7 1 (0.34%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.34%) VxRail
Vendors
1 52 (17.63%) Microsoft
2 36 (12.20%) Oracle
3 25 (8.47%) SAP
4 16 (5.42%) Databricks
5 14 (4.75%) Google
6 12 (4.07%) VMware
7 9 (3.05%) Citrix
8 8 (2.71%) CyberArk
9 6 (2.03%) Cisco
9 6 (2.03%) Salesforce
9 6 (2.03%) Workday
10 5 (1.69%) Remedy
10 5 (1.69%) ServiceNow
11 4 (1.36%) IFS
12 3 (1.02%) BMC
12 3 (1.02%) Commvault
12 3 (1.02%) Informatica
12 3 (1.02%) Palo Alto
12 3 (1.02%) Pure Storage
12 3 (1.02%) Splunk