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 15 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 21 25
Rank change year-on-year 0 +4 0
Contract jobs citing Migration 1,240 1,317 1,526
As % of all contract jobs in London 8.84% 8.37% 7.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.57% 9.39% 8.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 832 869 1,044
10th Percentile £375 £368 £410
25th Percentile £450 £450 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £544 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.14% -4.35% +2.22%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £688
90th Percentile £738 £775 £799
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 8 12
10th Percentile £18.87 £21.20 £28.53
25th Percentile £21.14 £21.44 £78.63
Median hourly rate £25.15 £23.00 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.35% -72.94% +73.47%
75th Percentile - £28.63 £86.50
90th Percentile £67.50 £44.30 -
England median hourly rate £25.15 £23.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +9.35% -64.62% +25.73%

All Process and 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 12,961 14,023 18,134
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.39% 89.17% 89.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,517 9,049 13,046
10th Percentile £331 £350 £355
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% -4.35% -2.54%
75th Percentile £656 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £507 £525 £546
% change year-on-year -3.43% -3.85% -0.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 261 166 250
10th Percentile £17.98 £17.38 £18.56
25th Percentile £24.77 £23.98 £21.50
Median hourly rate £29.50 £37.79 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.93% +0.76% -
75th Percentile £47.00 £55.94 £61.75
90th Percentile £67.50 £80.38 £76.38
England median hourly rate £25.15 £37.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -32.03% -16.85% +27.14%

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 15 November 2025.

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 15 November 2025.

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 15 November 2025. 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 -5 193 £555 -3.48% 242
West London +12 45 £388 -22.50% 16
South London +12 26 £425 -16.46% 7
East London +7 18 £525 +31.25% 5
North London +9 9 £550 +175.00%
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 63 (5.08%) SharePoint
2 49 (3.95%) Confluence
3 30 (2.42%) Microsoft Exchange
4 14 (1.13%) Apache Airflow
5 13 (1.05%) CMS
6 11 (0.89%) Apache
7 8 (0.65%) Skype for Business
8 7 (0.56%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 6 (0.48%) Apache Spark
9 6 (0.48%) Mattermost
9 6 (0.48%) SAS
10 3 (0.24%) LiveLink
10 3 (0.24%) nginx
10 3 (0.24%) Sitecore CMS
11 2 (0.16%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.16%) Cloud Foundry
11 2 (0.16%) MQSeries
11 2 (0.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 2 (0.16%) SharePoint 2010
12 1 (0.081%) Tomcat
Applications
1 35 (2.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (1.37%) MS Visio
3 15 (1.21%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (1.21%) Microsoft Project
4 12 (0.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.32%) Oracle Smart View
5 4 (0.32%) Trello
6 3 (0.24%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.16%) Notion
8 1 (0.081%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 55 (4.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 32 (2.58%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (1.21%) Endur
4 14 (1.13%) Oracle EBS
4 14 (1.13%) SAP HR
5 10 (0.81%) Oracle Payables
5 10 (0.81%) Salesforce CRM
6 7 (0.56%) NetSuite
6 7 (0.56%) Oracle EBS R12
6 7 (0.56%) SAP Payroll
7 6 (0.48%) Remedy ITSM
7 6 (0.48%) SAP ERP
7 6 (0.48%) Workday HCM
8 5 (0.40%) Oracle ERP
8 5 (0.40%) Oracle Financials
8 5 (0.40%) Oracle General Ledger
8 5 (0.40%) Oracle Receivables
8 5 (0.40%) SAP SD
8 5 (0.40%) Unit4 Business World
9 4 (0.32%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 298 (24.03%) Azure
2 197 (15.89%) AWS
3 98 (7.90%) Power Platform
4 93 (7.50%) GCP
5 78 (6.29%) Microsoft 365
6 76 (6.13%) GitHub
7 61 (4.92%) SaaS
8 60 (4.84%) Azure DevOps
9 50 (4.03%) GitHub Actions
10 45 (3.63%) Entra ID
11 40 (3.23%) Dynamics 365
11 40 (3.23%) OCI
11 40 (3.23%) Snowflake
12 36 (2.90%) Serverless
13 35 (2.82%) Amazon S3
14 32 (2.58%) Azure Data Factory
14 32 (2.58%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 30 (2.42%) Google Kubernetes Engine
16 23 (1.85%) dbt
17 21 (1.69%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 55 (4.44%) Firewall
2 34 (2.74%) DNS
3 31 (2.50%) VPN
3 31 (2.50%) WAN
4 29 (2.34%) Network Security
5 19 (1.53%) DHCP
5 19 (1.53%) SD-WAN
6 18 (1.45%) LAN
7 16 (1.29%) BGP
8 14 (1.13%) OSPF
8 14 (1.13%) VLAN
9 10 (0.81%) DMARC
10 8 (0.65%) DKIM
10 8 (0.65%) MPLS
10 8 (0.65%) Skype
10 8 (0.65%) Unified Communications
11 7 (0.56%) SAN
11 7 (0.56%) TCP/IP
11 7 (0.56%) Wireless
12 6 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (6.05%) Power BI
2 69 (5.56%) Data Warehouse
3 65 (5.24%) SQL Server
4 38 (3.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 28 (2.26%) PostgreSQL
5 28 (2.26%) Relational Database
6 27 (2.18%) Data Lake
7 24 (1.94%) Metadata
7 24 (1.94%) Oracle Database
8 21 (1.69%) Tableau
9 20 (1.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 19 (1.53%) Amazon Redshift
11 18 (1.45%) Azure SQL Database
12 16 (1.29%) Amazon Athena
13 14 (1.13%) Amazon RDS
13 14 (1.13%) BigQuery
14 13 (1.05%) Big Data
14 13 (1.05%) MongoDB
15 12 (0.97%) NoSQL
16 11 (0.89%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 92 (7.42%) JIRA
2 31 (2.50%) Jenkins
3 30 (2.42%) Git
4 29 (2.34%) GitLab
5 15 (1.21%) SonarQube
6 12 (0.97%) Sonatype Nexus
7 10 (0.81%) Selenium
8 8 (0.65%) Maven
9 7 (0.56%) Artifactory
9 7 (0.56%) ERwin
10 6 (0.48%) CircleCI
10 6 (0.48%) ER Studio
10 6 (0.48%) Gradle
11 5 (0.40%) Bitbucket
11 5 (0.40%) LSMW
11 5 (0.40%) Snyk
11 5 (0.40%) Visual Studio
11 5 (0.40%) Zephyr
12 4 (0.32%) JUnit
12 4 (0.32%) Mockito
General
1 405 (32.66%) Social Skills
2 392 (31.61%) Finance
3 143 (11.53%) Analytical Skills
4 99 (7.98%) Banking
5 97 (7.82%) Public Sector
6 47 (3.79%) Documentation Skills
7 36 (2.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 31 (2.50%) Back Office
9 30 (2.42%) Telecoms
10 29 (2.34%) Retail
11 28 (2.26%) Local Government
12 26 (2.10%) Influencing Skills
13 25 (2.02%) Presentation Skills
14 24 (1.94%) Marketing
15 23 (1.85%) Manufacturing
16 22 (1.77%) Front Office
17 21 (1.69%) Legal
18 20 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
19 18 (1.45%) Financial Institution
20 17 (1.37%) Law
Job Titles
1 173 (13.95%) Analyst
2 167 (13.47%) Architect
3 116 (9.35%) Consultant
4 114 (9.19%) Business Analyst
5 106 (8.55%) Lead
6 104 (8.39%) Senior
7 102 (8.23%) Project Manager
8 78 (6.29%) Developer
9 54 (4.35%) Data Engineer
10 44 (3.55%) Migration Engineer
11 41 (3.31%) Solutions Architect
12 36 (2.90%) DevOps Engineer
13 34 (2.74%) Data Analyst
14 32 (2.58%) Azure Architect
15 30 (2.42%) Data Architect
16 29 (2.34%) Azure Engineer
17 25 (2.02%) Senior Analyst
18 24 (1.94%) Migration Specialist
19 22 (1.77%) Data Migration Lead
19 22 (1.77%) Migration Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (3.06%) REST
2 29 (2.34%) .NET
2 29 (2.34%) Kafka
2 29 (2.34%) XML
3 19 (1.53%) Middleware
3 19 (1.53%) PySpark
4 18 (1.45%) Spring Boot
5 17 (1.37%) Oracle Fusion
5 17 (1.37%) React
6 16 (1.29%) Lightning Web Components
7 15 (1.21%) CSS
7 15 (1.21%) Spring
8 13 (1.05%) HTML
8 13 (1.05%) SOAP
9 12 (0.97%) JSON
9 12 (0.97%) Node.js
10 11 (0.89%) RESTful
11 10 (0.81%) ARM Templates
11 10 (0.81%) GraphQL
12 8 (0.65%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 106 (8.55%) Legacy Systems
2 72 (5.81%) Cloud Native
3 64 (5.16%) Data Centre
4 38 (3.06%) Data Structures
5 37 (2.98%) Management Information System
6 31 (2.50%) Onboarding
7 26 (2.10%) Data Protection Act
8 25 (2.02%) Product Ownership
9 23 (1.85%) Hybrid Cloud
10 17 (1.37%) Greenfield Project
11 15 (1.21%) Replication
12 14 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
12 14 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
12 14 (1.13%) Virtual Team
13 13 (1.05%) Public Cloud
14 12 (0.97%) Legacy Applications
15 11 (0.89%) Reinsurance
16 10 (0.81%) Clustering
17 9 (0.73%) Distributed Systems
17 9 (0.73%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 105 (8.47%) Windows
2 46 (3.71%) Linux
3 27 (2.18%) Windows Server
4 16 (1.29%) Unix
4 16 (1.29%) Windows 10
5 14 (1.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (0.65%) VMS
6 8 (0.65%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.32%) Solaris
8 3 (0.24%) CentOS
9 2 (0.16%) AIX
9 2 (0.16%) Android
9 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.081%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.081%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.081%) VME
10 1 (0.081%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.081%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 465 (37.50%) Data Migration
2 254 (20.48%) Agile
3 215 (17.34%) Problem-Solving
4 189 (15.24%) DevOps
5 187 (15.08%) Stakeholder Management
6 168 (13.55%) CI/CD
7 151 (12.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 113 (9.11%) Analytics
9 111 (8.95%) ETL
10 108 (8.71%) Data Modelling
11 104 (8.39%) Project Management
11 104 (8.39%) User Acceptance Testing
12 103 (8.31%) Validation
13 100 (8.06%) Business Intelligence
13 100 (8.06%) ERP
14 91 (7.34%) Infrastructure as Code
15 78 (6.29%) Change Management
16 76 (6.13%) Containerisation
17 75 (6.05%) Data Governance
18 74 (5.97%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 226 (18.23%) SQL
2 141 (11.37%) Python
3 90 (7.26%) Java
4 70 (5.65%) PowerShell
5 46 (3.71%) C#
6 37 (2.98%) JavaScript
7 21 (1.69%) Bash
8 18 (1.45%) TypeScript
9 16 (1.29%) T-SQL
10 15 (1.21%) Bicep
10 15 (1.21%) Shell Script
11 14 (1.13%) Apex Code
12 13 (1.05%) PL/SQL
13 12 (0.97%) Go
14 11 (0.89%) C++
15 9 (0.73%) ABAP
15 9 (0.73%) Groovy
16 5 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 4 (0.32%) R
17 4 (0.32%) Scala
Qualifications
1 167 (13.47%) Security Cleared
2 149 (12.02%) SC Cleared
3 98 (7.90%) Degree
4 37 (2.98%) PMI Certification
5 34 (2.74%) Azure Certification
6 33 (2.66%) PMP
7 30 (2.42%) Computer Science Degree
8 27 (2.18%) Microsoft Certification
9 21 (1.69%) AWS Certification
10 20 (1.61%) Cisco Certification
11 15 (1.21%) CCNP
11 15 (1.21%) Master's Degree
12 13 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
13 10 (0.81%) DV Cleared
14 8 (0.65%) CBAP
14 8 (0.65%) CCIE
15 7 (0.56%) CISSP
15 7 (0.56%) Oracle Certification
15 7 (0.56%) SAP Certification
16 6 (0.48%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (6.37%) Data Quality
2 63 (5.08%) QA
3 44 (3.55%) GDPR
4 20 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (1.13%) NIST
6 13 (1.05%) Accessibility
6 13 (1.05%) SLA
7 11 (0.89%) PMO
8 6 (0.48%) EMIR
8 6 (0.48%) HIPAA
8 6 (0.48%) PCI DSS
8 6 (0.48%) WCAG
9 5 (0.40%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 5 (0.40%) IFRS
9 5 (0.40%) NCSC
10 4 (0.32%) GRC
10 4 (0.32%) MiFID
10 4 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.24%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 79 (6.37%) Active Directory
2 71 (5.73%) Docker
3 28 (2.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.81%) Hyper-V
5 8 (0.65%) Virtual Desktop
6 7 (0.56%) Oracle RAC
7 6 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (0.48%) vSphere
8 4 (0.32%) BitLocker
8 4 (0.32%) KVM
8 4 (0.32%) VMware NSX
9 3 (0.24%) Microsoft App-V
9 3 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.16%) Firmware
10 2 (0.16%) RACF
11 1 (0.081%) Job Entry Subsystem
11 1 (0.081%) Squid
11 1 (0.081%) Varnish
11 1 (0.081%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 115 (9.27%) Terraform
2 102 (8.23%) Kubernetes
3 37 (2.98%) Ansible
4 31 (2.50%) Microsoft Intune
5 20 (1.61%) SCCM
6 11 (0.89%) Prometheus
6 11 (0.89%) SCOM
7 9 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (0.65%) Argo
8 8 (0.65%) Grafana
8 8 (0.65%) Puppet
9 6 (0.48%) HP SiteScope
9 6 (0.48%) Progress Chef
10 5 (0.40%) FortiGate
10 5 (0.40%) Oracle RMAN
11 4 (0.32%) Data Guard
11 4 (0.32%) HP ALM
11 4 (0.32%) Jamf Pro
12 3 (0.24%) Rancher
12 3 (0.24%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 224 (18.06%) Microsoft
2 130 (10.48%) Oracle
3 117 (9.44%) SAP
4 59 (4.76%) Google
5 55 (4.44%) Salesforce
6 42 (3.39%) VMware
7 34 (2.74%) Cisco
7 34 (2.74%) Workday
8 30 (2.42%) Databricks
8 30 (2.42%) ServiceNow
9 19 (1.53%) Splunk
10 17 (1.37%) IBM
11 15 (1.21%) Citrix
11 15 (1.21%) Red Hat
12 14 (1.13%) Fortinet
12 14 (1.13%) Palo Alto
13 13 (1.05%) Informatica
14 12 (0.97%) Juniper
15 11 (0.89%) Murex
16 10 (0.81%) Dynatrace