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 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 21 24
Rank change year-on-year -1 +3 +1
Contract jobs citing Migration 1,300 1,188 1,241
As % of all contract jobs in London 9.08% 8.51% 6.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.94% 9.43% 7.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 881 811 868
10th Percentile £375 £375 £388
25th Percentile £450 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £570
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% -3.51% +0.18%
75th Percentile £638 £700 £688
90th Percentile £725 £825 £766
England median daily rate £515 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.36% - +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 7 11
10th Percentile £18.87 £21.40 £24.25
25th Percentile £19.79 £21.50 £82.63
Median hourly rate £25.15 £23.00 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.35% -72.94% +134.48%
75th Percentile - £25.50 £86.50
90th Percentile £69.06 £29.90 -
England median hourly rate £25.15 £22.00 £57.99
% change year-on-year +14.32% -62.06% -7.95%

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 13,078 12,600 15,967
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.33% 90.28% 88.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,638 8,043 11,412
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% -6.25%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 221 153 257
10th Percentile £18.25 £18.60 £16.48
25th Percentile £24.61 £23.80 £19.99
Median hourly rate £32.50 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -13.33%
75th Percentile £53.75 £53.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £69.36 £80.60 £73.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -27.10% -18.82% +21.43%

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 14 January 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 14 January 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 14 January 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 -6 191 £570 +3.64% 44
West London +10 30 £360 -28.00% 4
South London +12 22 £450 -17.05% 4
East London +2 14 £498 +10.56% 2
North London +8 4 £525 +14.94% 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 64 (4.92%) SharePoint
2 46 (3.54%) Confluence
3 42 (3.23%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (0.85%) CMS
5 9 (0.69%) Apache Airflow
5 9 (0.69%) Skype for Business
6 8 (0.62%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 8 (0.62%) Apache
7 6 (0.46%) Apache Spark
7 6 (0.46%) ArcGIS
7 6 (0.46%) Mattermost
7 6 (0.46%) SAS
8 4 (0.31%) BizTalk Server
8 4 (0.31%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 3 (0.23%) LiveLink
9 3 (0.23%) nginx
9 3 (0.23%) Sitecore CMS
10 2 (0.15%) IIS
10 2 (0.15%) MQSeries
10 2 (0.15%) Tomcat
Applications
1 44 (3.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (2.08%) Microsoft Office
3 26 (2.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (1.38%) MS Visio
5 17 (1.31%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.31%) Oracle Smart View
8 3 (0.23%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.15%) Trello
10 1 (0.077%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.077%) InfoPath
10 1 (0.077%) Notion
Business Applications
1 58 (4.46%) SAP S/4HANA
2 27 (2.08%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (1.15%) Oracle EBS
4 14 (1.08%) SAP HR
5 10 (0.77%) Oracle General Ledger
5 10 (0.77%) Oracle Payables
5 10 (0.77%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 9 (0.69%) Endur
6 9 (0.69%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 9 (0.69%) Veritas eDiscovery
7 8 (0.62%) Loan IQ
7 8 (0.62%) Oracle FAH
7 8 (0.62%) Oracle Financials
8 7 (0.54%) Oracle Receivables
8 7 (0.54%) Remedy ITSM
8 7 (0.54%) SAP CO
8 7 (0.54%) SAP FI
8 7 (0.54%) SAP FI/CO
9 6 (0.46%) Oracle EBS R12
10 5 (0.38%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 328 (25.23%) Azure
2 194 (14.92%) AWS
3 96 (7.38%) Power Platform
4 95 (7.31%) GitHub
5 79 (6.08%) GCP
5 79 (6.08%) Microsoft 365
6 70 (5.38%) Azure DevOps
7 60 (4.62%) GitHub Actions
8 50 (3.85%) SaaS
9 48 (3.69%) Entra ID
10 42 (3.23%) Dynamics 365
11 40 (3.08%) OCI
12 37 (2.85%) Serverless
13 36 (2.77%) Azure Data Factory
14 35 (2.69%) Snowflake
15 34 (2.62%) Amazon S3
16 29 (2.23%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 25 (1.92%) Google Kubernetes Engine
18 22 (1.69%) AWS Lambda
19 20 (1.54%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 61 (4.69%) Firewall
2 40 (3.08%) Network Security
3 26 (2.00%) VPN
4 24 (1.85%) WAN
5 22 (1.69%) DNS
6 19 (1.46%) BGP
7 17 (1.31%) SD-WAN
8 16 (1.23%) LAN
8 16 (1.23%) OSPF
9 10 (0.77%) Unified Communications
9 10 (0.77%) VLAN
10 9 (0.69%) DHCP
10 9 (0.69%) DMARC
10 9 (0.69%) Skype
11 7 (0.54%) DKIM
11 7 (0.54%) TCP/IP
12 6 (0.46%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
12 6 (0.46%) HTTP
13 5 (0.38%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
13 5 (0.38%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (5.77%) Power BI
2 67 (5.15%) Data Warehouse
3 60 (4.62%) SQL Server
4 35 (2.69%) PostgreSQL
5 33 (2.54%) Relational Database
6 32 (2.46%) Oracle Database
7 31 (2.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 25 (1.92%) Data Lake
9 22 (1.69%) Metadata
10 19 (1.46%) Tableau
11 17 (1.31%) Amazon Athena
11 17 (1.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 16 (1.23%) MongoDB
13 15 (1.15%) RDBMS
14 14 (1.08%) Amazon Redshift
14 14 (1.08%) Azure SQL Database
14 14 (1.08%) Big Data
14 14 (1.08%) Oracle Reports
15 13 (1.00%) DB2
16 12 (0.92%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 87 (6.69%) JIRA
2 35 (2.69%) Jenkins
3 30 (2.31%) GitLab
4 26 (2.00%) Git
5 17 (1.31%) SonarQube
6 12 (0.92%) Sonatype Nexus
7 11 (0.85%) Artifactory
8 6 (0.46%) CircleCI
8 6 (0.46%) Maven
8 6 (0.46%) Oracle Forms
9 5 (0.38%) Bitbucket
9 5 (0.38%) Selenium
9 5 (0.38%) Snyk
10 4 (0.31%) Gradle
10 4 (0.31%) JUnit
10 4 (0.31%) Mockito
10 4 (0.31%) Toad
11 3 (0.23%) Cucumber
11 3 (0.23%) LSMW
11 3 (0.23%) Visual Studio
General
1 403 (31.00%) Social Skills
2 390 (30.00%) Finance
3 122 (9.38%) Analytical Skills
4 112 (8.62%) Banking
5 102 (7.85%) Public Sector
6 44 (3.38%) Documentation Skills
7 35 (2.69%) Telecoms
8 34 (2.62%) Retail
9 27 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 27 (2.08%) Influencing Skills
10 26 (2.00%) Manufacturing
11 24 (1.85%) Legal
12 23 (1.77%) Back Office
13 21 (1.62%) Local Government
13 21 (1.62%) Marketing
13 21 (1.62%) Organisational Skills
14 19 (1.46%) Financial Institution
14 19 (1.46%) Front Office
15 17 (1.31%) General Ledger
15 17 (1.31%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 171 (13.15%) Analyst
2 156 (12.00%) Architect
3 128 (9.85%) Lead
4 125 (9.62%) Business Analyst
5 120 (9.23%) Consultant
5 120 (9.23%) Senior
6 105 (8.08%) Project Manager
7 86 (6.62%) Developer
8 53 (4.08%) Data Engineer
8 53 (4.08%) DevOps Engineer
9 46 (3.54%) Azure Engineer
10 42 (3.23%) Migration Engineer
11 38 (2.92%) Migration Manager
12 33 (2.54%) Solutions Architect
13 31 (2.38%) Data Analyst
14 30 (2.31%) Azure Architect
15 29 (2.23%) Migration Analyst
16 27 (2.08%) Data Architect
17 24 (1.85%) Data Migration Lead
18 22 (1.69%) Migration Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (3.23%) REST
2 39 (3.00%) .NET
3 34 (2.62%) Kafka
4 33 (2.54%) XML
5 26 (2.00%) Middleware
6 25 (1.92%) Oracle Fusion
7 22 (1.69%) PySpark
8 17 (1.31%) CSS
9 16 (1.23%) Spring Boot
10 14 (1.08%) HTML
11 13 (1.00%) JSON
11 13 (1.00%) RESTful
11 13 (1.00%) Spring
12 12 (0.92%) React
13 11 (0.85%) AngularJS
13 11 (0.85%) Node.js
13 11 (0.85%) Web Services
14 10 (0.77%) GraphQL
14 10 (0.77%) Lightning Web Components
14 10 (0.77%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 109 (8.38%) Legacy Systems
2 84 (6.46%) Cloud Native
3 58 (4.46%) Data Centre
4 38 (2.92%) Data Structures
5 36 (2.77%) Onboarding
6 28 (2.15%) Data Protection Act
7 27 (2.08%) Hybrid Cloud
8 25 (1.92%) Replication
9 24 (1.85%) Public Cloud
10 22 (1.69%) Management Information System
10 22 (1.69%) Product Ownership
11 18 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
11 18 (1.38%) Mainframe
12 16 (1.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 13 (1.00%) Self-Motivation
14 12 (0.92%) Clustering
15 9 (0.69%) Greenfield Project
16 8 (0.62%) Distributed Systems
16 8 (0.62%) PKI
16 8 (0.62%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 92 (7.08%) Windows
2 38 (2.92%) Linux
3 28 (2.15%) Windows Server
4 20 (1.54%) Unix
5 18 (1.38%) VMS
6 17 (1.31%) Windows 10
7 10 (0.77%) Windows Server 2016
8 8 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (0.38%) zOS
10 4 (0.31%) Apple iOS
11 3 (0.23%) Solaris
11 3 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.15%) Android
12 2 (0.15%) CentOS
12 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.077%) AIX
13 1 (0.077%) VME
13 1 (0.077%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 442 (34.00%) Data Migration
2 269 (20.69%) Agile
3 227 (17.46%) Stakeholder Management
4 219 (16.85%) DevOps
5 204 (15.69%) Problem-Solving
6 169 (13.00%) CI/CD
7 142 (10.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 134 (10.31%) Data Modelling
9 123 (9.46%) ETL
10 121 (9.31%) Infrastructure as Code
11 120 (9.23%) Project Management
12 112 (8.62%) Validation
13 107 (8.23%) Analytics
14 106 (8.15%) User Acceptance Testing
15 101 (7.77%) Business Intelligence
16 95 (7.31%) ERP
17 89 (6.85%) Project Delivery
18 86 (6.62%) Workshop Facilitation
19 77 (5.92%) Roadmaps
20 74 (5.69%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 244 (18.77%) SQL
2 129 (9.92%) Python
3 75 (5.77%) Java
4 68 (5.23%) PowerShell
5 38 (2.92%) C#
6 32 (2.46%) JavaScript
7 23 (1.77%) PL/SQL
8 19 (1.46%) Bash
8 19 (1.46%) TypeScript
9 16 (1.23%) Bicep
10 14 (1.08%) Shell Script
11 10 (0.77%) T-SQL
12 9 (0.69%) PHP
13 8 (0.62%) Apex Code
13 8 (0.62%) REXX
13 8 (0.62%) VBA
14 6 (0.46%) Go
15 5 (0.38%) ABAP
15 5 (0.38%) R
15 5 (0.38%) Scala
Qualifications
1 211 (16.23%) Security Cleared
2 184 (14.15%) SC Cleared
3 101 (7.77%) Degree
4 41 (3.15%) Azure Certification
5 40 (3.08%) PMI Certification
6 38 (2.92%) PMP
7 26 (2.00%) AWS Certification
7 26 (2.00%) Computer Science Degree
7 26 (2.00%) Microsoft Certification
8 20 (1.54%) Cisco Certification
9 16 (1.23%) CCNP
10 14 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
10 14 (1.08%) Master's Degree
11 10 (0.77%) DV Cleared
12 9 (0.69%) CCIE
13 8 (0.62%) CBAP
14 7 (0.54%) CISSP
14 7 (0.54%) MCSA
14 7 (0.54%) MCSE
14 7 (0.54%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (7.77%) Data Quality
2 64 (4.92%) QA
3 53 (4.08%) GDPR
4 24 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 16 (1.23%) NIST
6 11 (0.85%) Accessibility
6 11 (0.85%) SLA
7 9 (0.69%) PMO
8 8 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 7 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
9 7 (0.54%) IFRS
9 7 (0.54%) PCI DSS
10 6 (0.46%) GRC
10 6 (0.46%) NCSC
11 5 (0.38%) Basel III
11 5 (0.38%) EMIR
11 5 (0.38%) GAAP
11 5 (0.38%) IFRS 9
11 5 (0.38%) WCAG
12 4 (0.31%) HIPAA
System Software
1 67 (5.15%) Active Directory
1 67 (5.15%) Docker
2 27 (2.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (0.92%) Virtual Desktop
4 10 (0.77%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (0.62%) Oracle RAC
6 7 (0.54%) Hyper-V
6 7 (0.54%) VMware NSX
7 6 (0.46%) vSphere
8 3 (0.23%) BitLocker
8 3 (0.23%) Job Entry Subsystem
8 3 (0.23%) KVM
9 2 (0.15%) RACF
9 2 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.077%) PowerHA
10 1 (0.077%) Squid
10 1 (0.077%) Varnish
10 1 (0.077%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 153 (11.77%) Terraform
2 108 (8.31%) Kubernetes
3 45 (3.46%) Microsoft Intune
4 44 (3.38%) Ansible
5 19 (1.46%) SCCM
6 12 (0.92%) SCOM
7 11 (0.85%) Prometheus
8 9 (0.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 9 (0.69%) Grafana
9 7 (0.54%) AirWatch
10 6 (0.46%) Argo
10 6 (0.46%) HP SiteScope
10 6 (0.46%) Progress Chef
11 5 (0.38%) Data Guard
11 5 (0.38%) FortiGate
11 5 (0.38%) Oracle RMAN
12 4 (0.31%) Istio
12 4 (0.31%) Pingdom
12 4 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
13 3 (0.23%) Rancher
Vendors
1 252 (19.38%) Microsoft
2 140 (10.77%) Oracle
3 127 (9.77%) SAP
4 56 (4.31%) Google
5 49 (3.77%) Salesforce
6 40 (3.08%) VMware
7 37 (2.85%) Cisco
8 36 (2.77%) ServiceNow
8 36 (2.77%) Workday
9 35 (2.69%) Databricks
10 19 (1.46%) CyberArk
10 19 (1.46%) Splunk
11 16 (1.23%) Informatica
12 15 (1.15%) Avaloq
12 15 (1.15%) BMC
12 15 (1.15%) Fortinet
12 15 (1.15%) IBM
13 14 (1.08%) Citrix
14 13 (1.00%) Palo Alto
15 12 (0.92%) Juniper