Migration Contracts in the City of London

Migration
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London requiring Migration skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Migration over the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 22 21
Rank change year-on-year +2 -1 -5
Contract jobs citing Migration 162 166 287
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 9.35% 7.61% 8.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.00% 8.42% 8.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 121 197
10th Percentile £330 £383 £363
25th Percentile £443 £463 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £625
Median % change year-on-year - -12.00% +15.74%
75th Percentile £700 £650 £725
90th Percentile £769 £738 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £625
% change year-on-year - -12.00% +14.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £22.00 - -
75th Percentile £28.34 - -
90th Percentile £32.14 - -
Central London median hourly rate £22.00 - -

All Process and 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 1,620 1,972 3,266
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 93.48% 90.46% 91.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,025 1,394 2,203
10th Percentile £350 £352 £356
25th Percentile £459 £450 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £573 £566 £600
Median % change year-on-year +1.10% -5.63% +4.35%
75th Percentile £681 £688 £730
90th Percentile £775 £813 £825
Central London median daily rate £560 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +1.82% -8.33% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 11 25
10th Percentile £22.00 £19.92 £15.10
25th Percentile £24.00 £20.22 £16.61
Median hourly rate £29.58 £25.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.30% -28.57% -13.58%
75th Percentile £45.00 £40.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £62.25 £41.84 £88.30
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £27.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year +4.53% -20.54% -13.58%

Migration
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Migration as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Migration in the City of London

Migration
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Migration in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Migration in the City of London

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 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Migration in the City of London

Migration
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Migration in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Migration in the City of London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 10 (6.17%) SharePoint
2 6 (3.70%) Confluence
3 3 (1.85%) CMS
3 3 (1.85%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.85%) SAS
4 1 (0.62%) Apache
4 1 (0.62%) nginx
4 1 (0.62%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.62%) Umbraco
Applications
1 12 (7.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.23%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (4.32%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (1.85%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.23%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.23%) Unit4 Business World
4 1 (0.62%) Magento
4 1 (0.62%) Oracle E-Business Tax
4 1 (0.62%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.62%) Orchestrade
4 1 (0.62%) PeopleSoft Financials
4 1 (0.62%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.62%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.62%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.62%) SAP HR
4 1 (0.62%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 42 (25.93%) Azure
2 24 (14.81%) AWS
3 14 (8.64%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (5.56%) Power Platform
5 8 (4.94%) GCP
5 8 (4.94%) IaaS
5 8 (4.94%) SaaS
6 7 (4.32%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 6 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (3.70%) PaaS
8 5 (3.09%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (3.09%) Entra ID
9 4 (2.47%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (2.47%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 4 (2.47%) Serverless
9 4 (2.47%) Snowflake
10 3 (1.85%) Azure Data Factory
10 3 (1.85%) dbt
10 3 (1.85%) Fivetran
10 3 (1.85%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 14 (8.64%) Firewall
2 12 (7.41%) DNS
3 10 (6.17%) VPN
4 7 (4.32%) NGFW
5 4 (2.47%) Network Security
6 3 (1.85%) DHCP
6 3 (1.85%) VLAN
7 1 (0.62%) BIG-IP
7 1 (0.62%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (0.62%) Software-Defined Networking
7 1 (0.62%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.62%) VRRP
7 1 (0.62%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.94%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (3.09%) Power BI
3 4 (2.47%) SQL Server
3 4 (2.47%) Tableau
4 3 (1.85%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (1.85%) Base SAS
4 3 (1.85%) Metadata
5 2 (1.23%) Big Data
5 2 (1.23%) BigQuery
5 2 (1.23%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.23%) Snowflake Schema
5 2 (1.23%) Tableau Server
6 1 (0.62%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.62%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.62%) DTS
6 1 (0.62%) Looker
6 1 (0.62%) MS Access
6 1 (0.62%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.62%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.62%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 8 (4.94%) JIRA
2 5 (3.09%) GitLab
3 4 (2.47%) Git
4 3 (1.85%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.85%) ScriptRunner
5 1 (0.62%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.62%) JIRA Agile
5 1 (0.62%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.62%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.62%) Travis CI
5 1 (0.62%) Zephyr
General
1 69 (42.59%) Finance
2 36 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 17 (10.49%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (8.64%) Banking
5 9 (5.56%) Public Sector
6 6 (3.70%) Marketing
6 6 (3.70%) Retail
7 5 (3.09%) Legal
8 4 (2.47%) Front Office
8 4 (2.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.85%) Back Office
9 3 (1.85%) Law
9 3 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.23%) General Ledger
10 2 (1.23%) International Banking
10 2 (1.23%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.23%) Military
10 2 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.62%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 31 (19.14%) Architect
2 21 (12.96%) Analyst
3 19 (11.73%) Project Manager
4 16 (9.88%) Developer
5 13 (8.02%) Solutions Architect
6 11 (6.79%) Azure Engineer
6 11 (6.79%) Senior
7 8 (4.94%) Business Analyst
7 8 (4.94%) Data Analyst
7 8 (4.94%) Data Engineer
7 8 (4.94%) Lead
7 8 (4.94%) Network Engineer
7 8 (4.94%) Support Engineer
8 7 (4.32%) Azure Architect
8 7 (4.32%) Consultant
8 7 (4.32%) Desktop Engineer
8 7 (4.32%) Migration Engineer
8 7 (4.32%) Network Support
8 7 (4.32%) Network Support Engineer
9 6 (3.70%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.32%) ADO
2 6 (3.70%) .NET
3 4 (2.47%) REST
4 3 (1.85%) Lightning Web Components
4 3 (1.85%) SOAP
4 3 (1.85%) Visualforce
4 3 (1.85%) XML
5 2 (1.23%) ARM Templates
5 2 (1.23%) Azure Blueprints
5 2 (1.23%) JSON
5 2 (1.23%) Middleware
5 2 (1.23%) Node.js
5 2 (1.23%) Ruby on Rails
6 1 (0.62%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.62%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.62%) HTML5 Canvas
6 1 (0.62%) Kafka
6 1 (0.62%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.62%) SAP Fiori
6 1 (0.62%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 12 (7.41%) Data Centre
2 7 (4.32%) Anti-Spyware
3 6 (3.70%) Cloud Native
3 6 (3.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 3 (1.85%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (1.85%) Mainframe
4 3 (1.85%) Private Cloud
4 3 (1.85%) Public Cloud
4 3 (1.85%) Reinsurance
5 2 (1.23%) Data Structures
5 2 (1.23%) Fixed Income
5 2 (1.23%) iSeries
5 2 (1.23%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (1.23%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.23%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 2 (1.23%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (0.62%) Blackberry
6 1 (0.62%) Derivative
6 1 (0.62%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 20 (12.35%) Windows
2 9 (5.56%) Linux
3 7 (4.32%) Windows 10
4 6 (3.70%) Unix
5 4 (2.47%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.62%) Android
6 1 (0.62%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.62%) CentOS
6 1 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.62%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.62%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (23.46%) Data Migration
2 33 (20.37%) Problem-Solving
3 31 (19.14%) Agile
4 19 (11.73%) DevOps
5 17 (10.49%) Project Management
6 16 (9.88%) Stakeholder Management
7 13 (8.02%) User Acceptance Testing
8 12 (7.41%) CI/CD
8 12 (7.41%) Data Cleansing
8 12 (7.41%) Infrastructure as Code
9 11 (6.79%) Data Modelling
9 11 (6.79%) Test Automation
9 11 (6.79%) Validation
10 10 (6.17%) ERP
10 10 (6.17%) Kalman Filter
11 9 (5.56%) Data Governance
12 8 (4.94%) Business Intelligence
13 7 (4.32%) Change Management
13 7 (4.32%) Data Management
13 7 (4.32%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 27 (16.67%) SQL
2 21 (12.96%) Python
3 10 (6.17%) Java
4 7 (4.32%) PowerShell
5 6 (3.70%) C#
5 6 (3.70%) JavaScript
6 4 (2.47%) Bicep
7 3 (1.85%) Apex Code
7 3 (1.85%) Bash
7 3 (1.85%) Groovy
7 3 (1.85%) Ruby
7 3 (1.85%) VBA
8 2 (1.23%) C
8 2 (1.23%) C++
8 2 (1.23%) PL/SQL
8 2 (1.23%) PROC SQL
8 2 (1.23%) SAS Macro
8 2 (1.23%) VBScript
9 1 (0.62%) SOQL
9 1 (0.62%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (8.02%) Security Cleared
2 12 (7.41%) SC Cleared
3 10 (6.17%) Degree
4 3 (1.85%) CCNP
4 3 (1.85%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.23%) TOGAF Certification
6 1 (0.62%) A+ Certification
6 1 (0.62%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.62%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.62%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.56%) Data Quality
2 7 (4.32%) QA
3 5 (3.09%) GDPR
4 3 (1.85%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.85%) SEPA
5 2 (1.23%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.62%) GAAP
6 1 (0.62%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.62%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.62%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.62%) PMO
6 1 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.62%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (4.32%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.47%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (1.85%) Docker
4 1 (0.62%) Firmware
4 1 (0.62%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 15 (9.26%) Terraform
2 4 (2.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (2.47%) SCCM
3 3 (1.85%) Ansible
3 3 (1.85%) Kubernetes
4 2 (1.23%) Puppet
5 1 (0.62%) CEMLI
5 1 (0.62%) Grafana
5 1 (0.62%) Istio
5 1 (0.62%) Opsgenie
5 1 (0.62%) PingFederate
5 1 (0.62%) Podman
5 1 (0.62%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.62%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 32 (19.75%) Microsoft
2 14 (8.64%) Oracle
3 11 (6.79%) SAP
4 8 (4.94%) CheckPoint
4 8 (4.94%) Palo Alto
5 7 (4.32%) Infoblox
6 5 (3.09%) Google
7 4 (2.47%) Murex
7 4 (2.47%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.85%) Atlassian
8 3 (1.85%) Bloomberg
8 3 (1.85%) TOWER Software
8 3 (1.85%) Tradeweb
8 3 (1.85%) Workday
9 2 (1.23%) Adobe
9 2 (1.23%) Databricks
9 2 (1.23%) Fortinet
9 2 (1.23%) ServiceNow
9 2 (1.23%) Splunk
9 2 (1.23%) VMware