Migration Contract Job Trends in London

Migration
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Migration skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 20 24
Rank change year-on-year -3 +4 +1
Contract jobs citing Migration 1,539 1,195 1,299
As % of all contract jobs in London 9.59% 9.15% 7.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.66% 10.06% 8.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,066 838 935
10th Percentile £375 £388 £363
25th Percentile £456 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £713 £675
90th Percentile £733 £863 £750
England median daily rate £518 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -5.91% +4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 7 13
10th Percentile £15.74 £21.40 £23.45
25th Percentile £19.13 £21.50 £45.98
Median hourly rate £22.21 £23.00 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.43% -72.94% +161.54%
75th Percentile £29.73 £25.50 £86.50
90th Percentile £65.75 £29.90 -
England median hourly rate £23.83 £24.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -0.73% -49.47% -26.92%

All Process & Methodology Skills
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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,434 11,882 16,153
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.99% 91.01% 88.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,713 7,889 11,534
10th Percentile £350 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -7.17%
75th Percentile £650 £681 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 218 162 355
10th Percentile £18.05 £20.45 £16.01
25th Percentile £21.65 £24.66 £19.74
Median hourly rate £35.25 £35.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.71% +16.67% -17.81%
75th Percentile £56.38 £53.31 £50.00
90th Percentile £69.55 £77.25 £69.80
England median hourly rate £30.00 £34.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -13.04% +6.15% -7.22%

Migration
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Migration relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Migration job vacancy trend in London

Migration
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Migration.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Migration

Migration
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Migration in London over the 6 months to 9 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Migration in London

Migration
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Migration.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Migration

Migration
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Migration in London over the 6 months to 9 March 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Migration in London

Migration
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Migration within the London region over the 6 months to 9 March 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London -7 217 £575 +4.55% 44
South London +12 31 £488 +2.09% 5
West London +2 26 £600 +20.00% 10
East London -3 12 £485 -3.00% 6
North London +3 6 £448 +8.48% 1
Migration
England

Migration
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 69 (4.48%) SharePoint
2 50 (3.25%) Microsoft Exchange
3 47 (3.05%) Confluence
4 13 (0.84%) Apache Airflow
5 11 (0.71%) Apache
5 11 (0.71%) Apache Spark
6 10 (0.65%) SAS
7 8 (0.52%) CMS
8 6 (0.39%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 6 (0.39%) ArcGIS
9 5 (0.32%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 4 (0.26%) BizTalk Server
10 4 (0.26%) nginx
11 3 (0.19%) LiveLink
11 3 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
11 3 (0.19%) Skype for Business
11 3 (0.19%) Tomcat
11 3 (0.19%) WordPress
12 2 (0.13%) IIS
12 2 (0.13%) MQSeries
Applications
1 60 (3.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (2.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 28 (1.82%) Microsoft Project
4 25 (1.62%) Microsoft Office
5 18 (1.17%) MS Visio
6 12 (0.78%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.13%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.13%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.065%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.065%) InfoPath
8 1 (0.065%) Trello
Business Applications
1 52 (3.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 34 (2.21%) Dynamics CRM
3 17 (1.10%) Loan IQ
3 17 (1.10%) Oracle EBS
4 14 (0.91%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 14 (0.91%) SAP HR
5 12 (0.78%) Oracle Payables
6 10 (0.65%) Oracle General Ledger
6 10 (0.65%) Veritas eDiscovery
7 9 (0.58%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 8 (0.52%) Workday HCM
9 7 (0.45%) Oracle ERP
9 7 (0.45%) Oracle FAH
9 7 (0.45%) Oracle Financials
9 7 (0.45%) Oracle Receivables
10 6 (0.39%) SAP CO
10 6 (0.39%) SAP ERP
10 6 (0.39%) SAP MM
11 5 (0.32%) SAP FI
11 5 (0.32%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 412 (26.77%) Azure
2 235 (15.27%) AWS
3 116 (7.54%) Power Platform
4 108 (7.02%) Microsoft 365
5 98 (6.37%) GitHub
6 87 (5.65%) GCP
7 83 (5.39%) Azure DevOps
8 70 (4.55%) Dynamics 365
9 56 (3.64%) Entra ID
10 53 (3.44%) SaaS
11 46 (2.99%) GitHub Actions
11 46 (2.99%) Serverless
12 44 (2.86%) OCI
13 43 (2.79%) Snowflake
14 40 (2.60%) Amazon S3
14 40 (2.60%) Azure Data Factory
15 39 (2.53%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 38 (2.47%) IaaS
17 36 (2.34%) PaaS
18 30 (1.95%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 71 (4.61%) Firewall
2 45 (2.92%) Network Security
3 40 (2.60%) DNS
4 34 (2.21%) VPN
5 25 (1.62%) SAN
5 25 (1.62%) WAN
6 19 (1.23%) NAS
7 17 (1.10%) BGP
7 17 (1.10%) VLAN
8 16 (1.04%) SD-WAN
9 15 (0.97%) DHCP
9 15 (0.97%) LAN
9 15 (0.97%) OSPF
10 14 (0.91%) Wi-Fi
11 11 (0.71%) MPLS
12 9 (0.58%) DMARC
13 8 (0.52%) DKIM
14 6 (0.39%) Cisco Wireless
14 6 (0.39%) Wireless
15 5 (0.32%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 94 (6.11%) Power BI
2 79 (5.13%) Data Warehouse
3 77 (5.00%) SQL Server
4 42 (2.73%) PostgreSQL
5 40 (2.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 33 (2.14%) Data Lake
6 33 (2.14%) Relational Database
7 28 (1.82%) Metadata
8 27 (1.75%) Tableau
9 25 (1.62%) Oracle Database
10 17 (1.10%) Amazon Athena
10 17 (1.10%) Amazon Redshift
10 17 (1.10%) Azure SQL Database
10 17 (1.10%) DB2
10 17 (1.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 15 (0.97%) MySQL
12 14 (0.91%) Big Data
12 14 (0.91%) MongoDB
12 14 (0.91%) NoSQL
13 13 (0.84%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 100 (6.50%) JIRA
2 33 (2.14%) Jenkins
3 28 (1.82%) Git
4 23 (1.49%) GitLab
5 14 (0.91%) Artifactory
6 12 (0.78%) Team Foundation Server
7 7 (0.45%) Cucumber
8 6 (0.39%) Bitbucket
8 6 (0.39%) Chocolatey
8 6 (0.39%) Oracle Forms
8 6 (0.39%) Selenium
9 5 (0.32%) JUnit
10 4 (0.26%) Claude Code
10 4 (0.26%) LSMW
10 4 (0.26%) SonarQube
10 4 (0.26%) SpecFlow
10 4 (0.26%) Toad
11 3 (0.19%) IBM UrbanCode
11 3 (0.19%) Postman
11 3 (0.19%) Visual Studio
General
1 484 (31.45%) Finance
2 473 (30.73%) Social Skills
3 147 (9.55%) Analytical Skills
4 143 (9.29%) Banking
5 133 (8.64%) Public Sector
6 56 (3.64%) Documentation Skills
7 49 (3.18%) Retail
8 40 (2.60%) Legal
9 28 (1.82%) Telecoms
10 27 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
11 25 (1.62%) Presentation Skills
12 24 (1.56%) Manufacturing
13 23 (1.49%) Law
14 22 (1.43%) Influencing Skills
15 21 (1.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 21 (1.36%) Local Government
16 20 (1.30%) Marketing
17 19 (1.23%) Financial Institution
18 18 (1.17%) General Ledger
19 16 (1.04%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 223 (14.49%) Architect
2 205 (13.32%) Analyst
3 170 (11.05%) Lead
4 166 (10.79%) Senior
5 144 (9.36%) Business Analyst
6 139 (9.03%) Consultant
7 121 (7.86%) Project Manager
8 87 (5.65%) Developer
9 74 (4.81%) Data Engineer
10 62 (4.03%) Azure Engineer
11 54 (3.51%) Migration Manager
12 51 (3.31%) Migration Engineer
13 45 (2.92%) Data Analyst
14 44 (2.86%) Migration Analyst
15 42 (2.73%) Solutions Architect
16 39 (2.53%) DevOps Engineer
17 35 (2.27%) Azure Architect
18 34 (2.21%) Cloud Architect
19 33 (2.14%) Cloud Engineer
19 33 (2.14%) Data Migration Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (2.92%) REST
2 38 (2.47%) .NET
3 36 (2.34%) Middleware
4 33 (2.14%) Oracle Fusion
5 29 (1.88%) Kafka
6 24 (1.56%) XML
7 22 (1.43%) PySpark
8 16 (1.04%) JSON
8 16 (1.04%) SOAP
9 15 (0.97%) Spring
10 14 (0.91%) Spring Boot
11 12 (0.78%) HTML
11 12 (0.78%) SAML
12 11 (0.71%) AngularJS
12 11 (0.71%) CSS
12 11 (0.71%) Lightning Web Components
13 10 (0.65%) ADO
13 10 (0.65%) ARM Templates
13 10 (0.65%) React
13 10 (0.65%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 130 (8.45%) Legacy Systems
2 99 (6.43%) Cloud Native
3 66 (4.29%) Data Centre
4 52 (3.38%) Onboarding
5 47 (3.05%) Data Structures
6 38 (2.47%) Replication
7 35 (2.27%) Data Protection Act
8 34 (2.21%) Public Cloud
9 32 (2.08%) Hybrid Cloud
9 32 (2.08%) Product Ownership
10 30 (1.95%) Management Information System
11 26 (1.69%) Mainframe
12 16 (1.04%) Enterprise Software
12 16 (1.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 15 (0.97%) Distributed Systems
14 13 (0.84%) Reference Data
15 12 (0.78%) Greenfield Project
15 12 (0.78%) Legacy Applications
15 12 (0.78%) Tandem
16 11 (0.71%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 116 (7.54%) Windows
2 37 (2.40%) Linux
3 33 (2.14%) Windows Server
4 24 (1.56%) Windows 10
5 20 (1.30%) Unix
6 19 (1.23%) VMS
7 12 (0.78%) zOS
8 10 (0.65%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (0.32%) Apple iOS
10 4 (0.26%) Android
10 4 (0.26%) Mac OS
10 4 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.19%) Solaris
11 3 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.065%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 542 (35.22%) Data Migration
2 298 (19.36%) Agile
3 296 (19.23%) Stakeholder Management
4 248 (16.11%) DevOps
5 217 (14.10%) Problem-Solving
6 184 (11.96%) CI/CD
7 171 (11.11%) Data Modelling
8 166 (10.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 162 (10.53%) Validation
10 156 (10.14%) ETL
11 139 (9.03%) User Acceptance Testing
12 138 (8.97%) Analytics
13 136 (8.84%) ERP
13 136 (8.84%) Project Management
14 129 (8.38%) Infrastructure as Code
15 126 (8.19%) Business Intelligence
16 114 (7.41%) Project Delivery
17 107 (6.95%) Continuous Improvement
18 99 (6.43%) Decision-Making
19 94 (6.11%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 273 (17.74%) SQL
2 127 (8.25%) Python
3 80 (5.20%) Java
4 62 (4.03%) PowerShell
5 35 (2.27%) JavaScript
6 34 (2.21%) C#
7 20 (1.30%) Bicep
7 20 (1.30%) PL/SQL
8 19 (1.23%) T-SQL
9 16 (1.04%) TypeScript
10 11 (0.71%) VBA
11 10 (0.65%) Bash
11 10 (0.65%) Shell Script
12 8 (0.52%) Apex Code
12 8 (0.52%) REXX
13 7 (0.45%) Korn
13 7 (0.45%) PHP
14 5 (0.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 5 (0.32%) Scala
15 4 (0.26%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 263 (17.09%) Security Cleared
2 225 (14.62%) SC Cleared
3 99 (6.43%) Degree
4 51 (3.31%) Azure Certification
5 42 (2.73%) PMP
6 40 (2.60%) PMI Certification
7 31 (2.01%) Microsoft Certification
8 26 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
9 24 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
10 23 (1.49%) AWS Certification
11 18 (1.17%) BPSS Clearance
12 14 (0.91%) CISSP
13 13 (0.84%) CBAP
13 13 (0.84%) CCNP
13 13 (0.84%) CIMA
13 13 (0.84%) Master's Degree
14 12 (0.78%) IIBA
15 11 (0.71%) TOGAF Certification
16 10 (0.65%) CISM
16 10 (0.65%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 127 (8.25%) Data Quality
2 76 (4.94%) QA
3 66 (4.29%) GDPR
4 30 (1.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 20 (1.30%) SLA
6 17 (1.10%) NIST
7 15 (0.97%) PMO
8 11 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials
9 10 (0.65%) ISO 20022
9 10 (0.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 9 (0.58%) IFRS
10 9 (0.58%) NCSC
10 9 (0.58%) PCI DSS
11 7 (0.45%) Accessibility
11 7 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 7 (0.45%) GRC
11 7 (0.45%) SEPA
12 5 (0.32%) Basel III
12 5 (0.32%) GAAP
12 5 (0.32%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 74 (4.81%) Active Directory
2 61 (3.96%) Docker
3 45 (2.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (1.04%) VMware NSX
5 14 (0.91%) Virtual Desktop
5 14 (0.91%) Virtual Machines
6 13 (0.84%) NFS
7 8 (0.52%) vSphere
8 6 (0.39%) Hyper-V
9 4 (0.26%) Oracle RAC
9 4 (0.26%) Varnish
10 3 (0.19%) BitLocker
10 3 (0.19%) Job Entry Subsystem
10 3 (0.19%) Postfix
10 3 (0.19%) RACF
11 2 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.13%) VMware Workstation
12 1 (0.065%) Microsoft App-V
12 1 (0.065%) Sendmail
12 1 (0.065%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 159 (10.33%) Terraform
2 108 (7.02%) Kubernetes
3 69 (4.48%) Microsoft Intune
4 38 (2.47%) Ansible
5 29 (1.88%) SCCM
6 16 (1.04%) Grafana
7 12 (0.78%) AirWatch
8 11 (0.71%) Prometheus
9 10 (0.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 8 (0.52%) EMC VPLEX
10 8 (0.52%) vMotion
11 6 (0.39%) FortiGate
11 6 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
11 6 (0.39%) vCenter Server
12 5 (0.32%) SCOM
13 4 (0.26%) Argo
13 4 (0.26%) Istio
13 4 (0.26%) NetBackup
13 4 (0.26%) Pingdom
14 3 (0.19%) HAProxy
Vendors
1 328 (21.31%) Microsoft
2 154 (10.01%) Oracle
3 128 (8.32%) SAP
4 77 (5.00%) VMware
5 52 (3.38%) Salesforce
5 52 (3.38%) ServiceNow
6 49 (3.18%) Google
7 44 (2.86%) Databricks
8 40 (2.60%) Cisco
9 36 (2.34%) Workday
10 26 (1.69%) CyberArk
11 24 (1.56%) Citrix
12 23 (1.49%) Informatica
13 22 (1.43%) Pure Storage
14 19 (1.23%) Avaloq
15 17 (1.10%) IBM
15 17 (1.10%) Splunk
16 15 (0.97%) MuleSoft
17 14 (0.91%) Dynatrace
17 14 (0.91%) Palo Alto