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 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 22 26
Rank change year-on-year 0 +4 -1
Contract jobs citing Migration 1,297 1,243 1,291
As % of all contract jobs in London 9.03% 8.46% 7.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.88% 9.39% 7.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 864 842 898
10th Percentile £364 £380 £400
25th Percentile £450 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% -2.22% -1.14%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £725 £800 £752
England median daily rate £513 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -4.65% -2.27% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 8 12
10th Percentile £18.87 £21.43 £28.53
25th Percentile £20.29 £21.50 £78.63
Median hourly rate £25.15 £23.00 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.35% -72.94% +134.48%
75th Percentile - £28.63 £86.50
90th Percentile £68.93 £44.30 -
England median hourly rate £25.15 £22.25 £75.75
% change year-on-year +13.03% -70.63% +20.24%

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 13,132 13,242 16,347
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.39% 90.11% 89.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,660 8,491 11,705
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% -4.66%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £756 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 162 243
10th Percentile £18.25 £18.11 £17.80
25th Percentile £24.73 £23.80 £20.01
Median hourly rate £31.50 £35.25 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.65% +8.46% -15.30%
75th Percentile £53.75 £55.19 £58.75
90th Percentile £68.93 £80.75 £73.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% -22.22% +25.00%

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 30 December 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 30 December 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 30 December 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 -7 203 £550 -0.05% 135
West London +7 32 £430 -14.00% 6
South London +12 23 £450 -17.05% 46
East London +6 17 £513 +13.89% 6
North London +6 4 £525 +14.94%
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 67 (5.17%) SharePoint
2 48 (3.70%) Confluence
3 38 (2.93%) Microsoft Exchange
4 13 (1.00%) Apache Airflow
5 11 (0.85%) Apache
5 11 (0.85%) CMS
6 9 (0.69%) Skype for Business
7 8 (0.62%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 8 (0.62%) Apache Spark
8 6 (0.46%) ArcGIS
8 6 (0.46%) Mattermost
8 6 (0.46%) SAS
9 4 (0.31%) BizTalk Server
9 4 (0.31%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 3 (0.23%) LiveLink
10 3 (0.23%) nginx
10 3 (0.23%) Sitecore CMS
11 2 (0.15%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.15%) SharePoint 2010
11 2 (0.15%) Tomcat
Applications
1 44 (3.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (1.85%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (1.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (1.39%) MS Visio
5 16 (1.23%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.31%) Oracle Smart View
8 3 (0.23%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.23%) Trello
9 2 (0.15%) Notion
10 1 (0.077%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.077%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 62 (4.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 29 (2.24%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (1.23%) Oracle EBS
4 14 (1.08%) SAP HR
5 12 (0.93%) Endur
6 11 (0.85%) Oracle Payables
7 8 (0.62%) Loan IQ
7 8 (0.62%) Oracle FAH
7 8 (0.62%) Oracle Financials
7 8 (0.62%) Oracle General Ledger
7 8 (0.62%) Oracle Receivables
8 7 (0.54%) NetSuite
8 7 (0.54%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 7 (0.54%) Remedy ITSM
8 7 (0.54%) SAP ERP
9 6 (0.46%) Oracle EBS R12
9 6 (0.46%) Oracle ERP
9 6 (0.46%) SAP FI
9 6 (0.46%) SAP Payroll
9 6 (0.46%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 333 (25.67%) Azure
2 198 (15.27%) AWS
3 109 (8.40%) Power Platform
4 90 (6.94%) GitHub
5 85 (6.55%) GCP
6 78 (6.01%) Microsoft 365
7 69 (5.32%) Azure DevOps
8 57 (4.39%) GitHub Actions
9 53 (4.09%) Entra ID
9 53 (4.09%) SaaS
10 42 (3.24%) OCI
11 41 (3.16%) Dynamics 365
12 40 (3.08%) Snowflake
13 38 (2.93%) Serverless
14 36 (2.78%) Azure Data Factory
15 34 (2.62%) Amazon S3
15 34 (2.62%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 27 (2.08%) Google Kubernetes Engine
17 24 (1.85%) dbt
18 23 (1.77%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 61 (4.70%) Firewall
2 37 (2.85%) Network Security
3 28 (2.16%) VPN
4 26 (2.00%) DNS
4 26 (2.00%) WAN
5 19 (1.46%) BGP
5 19 (1.46%) SD-WAN
6 16 (1.23%) OSPF
7 14 (1.08%) LAN
8 11 (0.85%) DHCP
8 11 (0.85%) VLAN
9 9 (0.69%) DMARC
9 9 (0.69%) Skype
9 9 (0.69%) Unified Communications
10 8 (0.62%) MPLS
11 7 (0.54%) DKIM
11 7 (0.54%) TCP/IP
12 5 (0.39%) NAS
12 5 (0.39%) VSAN
12 5 (0.39%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (6.71%) Power BI
2 73 (5.63%) Data Warehouse
3 68 (5.24%) SQL Server
4 34 (2.62%) Relational Database
5 33 (2.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 32 (2.47%) PostgreSQL
7 30 (2.31%) Data Lake
8 26 (2.00%) Oracle Database
9 22 (1.70%) Metadata
9 22 (1.70%) Tableau
10 18 (1.39%) Amazon Athena
10 18 (1.39%) Amazon Redshift
10 18 (1.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 17 (1.31%) Azure SQL Database
12 16 (1.23%) MongoDB
13 15 (1.16%) RDBMS
14 14 (1.08%) Big Data
15 13 (1.00%) MySQL
16 12 (0.93%) DB2
16 12 (0.93%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 91 (7.02%) JIRA
2 33 (2.54%) Jenkins
3 30 (2.31%) GitLab
4 25 (1.93%) Git
5 16 (1.23%) SonarQube
6 12 (0.93%) Sonatype Nexus
7 10 (0.77%) Artifactory
8 7 (0.54%) Maven
9 6 (0.46%) CircleCI
9 6 (0.46%) Oracle Forms
9 6 (0.46%) Selenium
10 5 (0.39%) Gradle
10 5 (0.39%) Snyk
11 4 (0.31%) JUnit
11 4 (0.31%) Mockito
11 4 (0.31%) Toad
12 3 (0.23%) Bitbucket
12 3 (0.23%) Cucumber
12 3 (0.23%) LSMW
12 3 (0.23%) Visual Studio
General
1 408 (31.46%) Social Skills
2 386 (29.76%) Finance
3 138 (10.64%) Analytical Skills
4 104 (8.02%) Banking
4 104 (8.02%) Public Sector
5 45 (3.47%) Documentation Skills
6 33 (2.54%) Telecoms
7 32 (2.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 27 (2.08%) Back Office
8 27 (2.08%) Influencing Skills
8 27 (2.08%) Retail
9 25 (1.93%) Manufacturing
10 23 (1.77%) Legal
10 23 (1.77%) Organisational Skills
11 22 (1.70%) Local Government
11 22 (1.70%) Marketing
12 20 (1.54%) Front Office
13 19 (1.46%) Presentation Skills
14 17 (1.31%) Financial Institution
14 17 (1.31%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 175 (13.49%) Analyst
2 160 (12.34%) Architect
3 130 (10.02%) Lead
4 125 (9.64%) Business Analyst
5 117 (9.02%) Senior
6 116 (8.94%) Consultant
7 105 (8.10%) Project Manager
8 89 (6.86%) Developer
9 51 (3.93%) Data Engineer
10 48 (3.70%) Azure Engineer
10 48 (3.70%) DevOps Engineer
11 45 (3.47%) Migration Engineer
12 37 (2.85%) Solutions Architect
13 31 (2.39%) Data Analyst
13 31 (2.39%) Migration Manager
14 29 (2.24%) Azure Architect
14 29 (2.24%) Migration Analyst
15 27 (2.08%) Data Architect
16 25 (1.93%) Data Migration Lead
17 24 (1.85%) Migration Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (3.01%) REST
2 38 (2.93%) .NET
3 31 (2.39%) XML
4 30 (2.31%) Kafka
5 24 (1.85%) Middleware
6 22 (1.70%) PySpark
7 21 (1.62%) Oracle Fusion
8 17 (1.31%) Spring Boot
9 16 (1.23%) CSS
10 15 (1.16%) JSON
10 15 (1.16%) React
11 14 (1.08%) RESTful
12 13 (1.00%) HTML
12 13 (1.00%) Spring
13 11 (0.85%) AngularJS
13 11 (0.85%) ARM Templates
13 11 (0.85%) Node.js
14 10 (0.77%) GraphQL
14 10 (0.77%) Lightning Web Components
15 9 (0.69%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 106 (8.17%) Legacy Systems
2 80 (6.17%) Cloud Native
3 63 (4.86%) Data Centre
4 36 (2.78%) Data Structures
5 34 (2.62%) Onboarding
6 31 (2.39%) Data Protection Act
7 29 (2.24%) Hybrid Cloud
8 26 (2.00%) Replication
9 24 (1.85%) Management Information System
10 22 (1.70%) Product Ownership
11 20 (1.54%) Public Cloud
12 17 (1.31%) Enterprise Software
12 17 (1.31%) Mainframe
13 15 (1.16%) Greenfield Project
14 12 (0.93%) Clustering
14 12 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
15 11 (0.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 11 (0.85%) Virtual Team
16 10 (0.77%) Legacy Applications
17 8 (0.62%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 97 (7.48%) Windows
2 36 (2.78%) Linux
3 29 (2.24%) Windows Server
4 17 (1.31%) Unix
4 17 (1.31%) Windows 10
5 15 (1.16%) VMS
6 9 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (0.69%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.31%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.31%) zOS
8 3 (0.23%) Solaris
9 2 (0.15%) AIX
9 2 (0.15%) Android
9 2 (0.15%) CentOS
9 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.077%) VME
10 1 (0.077%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 452 (34.85%) Data Migration
2 270 (20.82%) Agile
3 226 (17.42%) Problem-Solving
4 225 (17.35%) Stakeholder Management
5 213 (16.42%) DevOps
6 170 (13.11%) CI/CD
7 146 (11.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 132 (10.18%) Data Modelling
9 128 (9.87%) ETL
10 120 (9.25%) Infrastructure as Code
10 120 (9.25%) Project Management
11 118 (9.10%) Analytics
12 116 (8.94%) Business Intelligence
13 109 (8.40%) User Acceptance Testing
14 105 (8.10%) Validation
15 97 (7.48%) ERP
16 86 (6.63%) Project Delivery
17 82 (6.32%) Roadmaps
18 81 (6.25%) Workshop Facilitation
19 80 (6.17%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 245 (18.89%) SQL
2 133 (10.25%) Python
3 81 (6.25%) Java
4 67 (5.17%) PowerShell
5 41 (3.16%) C#
6 31 (2.39%) JavaScript
7 22 (1.70%) PL/SQL
8 19 (1.46%) Bash
8 19 (1.46%) TypeScript
9 17 (1.31%) Bicep
10 12 (0.93%) Shell Script
10 12 (0.93%) T-SQL
11 9 (0.69%) PHP
12 8 (0.62%) Apex Code
12 8 (0.62%) REXX
12 8 (0.62%) VBA
13 6 (0.46%) Go
13 6 (0.46%) R
14 5 (0.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 5 (0.39%) Scala
Qualifications
1 194 (14.96%) Security Cleared
2 170 (13.11%) SC Cleared
3 98 (7.56%) Degree
4 39 (3.01%) Azure Certification
5 37 (2.85%) PMI Certification
6 35 (2.70%) PMP
7 29 (2.24%) Computer Science Degree
8 26 (2.00%) AWS Certification
8 26 (2.00%) Microsoft Certification
9 19 (1.46%) Cisco Certification
10 17 (1.31%) BPSS Clearance
11 15 (1.16%) CCNP
12 14 (1.08%) Master's Degree
13 8 (0.62%) CCIE
13 8 (0.62%) DV Cleared
14 7 (0.54%) Oracle Certification
14 7 (0.54%) SAP Certification
15 6 (0.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 6 (0.46%) CBAP
15 6 (0.46%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (7.79%) Data Quality
2 67 (5.17%) QA
3 51 (3.93%) GDPR
4 22 (1.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 15 (1.16%) NIST
6 11 (0.85%) Accessibility
7 10 (0.77%) PMO
8 9 (0.69%) SLA
9 8 (0.62%) IFRS
10 7 (0.54%) PCI DSS
10 7 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 6 (0.46%) EMIR
11 6 (0.46%) GRC
11 6 (0.46%) NCSC
12 5 (0.39%) IFRS 9
12 5 (0.39%) WCAG
13 4 (0.31%) Basel III
13 4 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
13 4 (0.31%) HIPAA
13 4 (0.31%) MiFID
System Software
1 70 (5.40%) Active Directory
2 66 (5.09%) Docker
3 27 (2.08%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.93%) Virtual Desktop
5 9 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (0.54%) Hyper-V
6 7 (0.54%) Oracle RAC
6 7 (0.54%) VMware NSX
6 7 (0.54%) vSphere
7 3 (0.23%) BitLocker
7 3 (0.23%) Job Entry Subsystem
7 3 (0.23%) KVM
8 2 (0.15%) RACF
8 2 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.077%) PowerHA
9 1 (0.077%) Squid
9 1 (0.077%) Varnish
9 1 (0.077%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 148 (11.41%) Terraform
2 104 (8.02%) Kubernetes
3 40 (3.08%) Ansible
4 35 (2.70%) Microsoft Intune
5 19 (1.46%) SCCM
6 12 (0.93%) SCOM
7 10 (0.77%) Prometheus
8 8 (0.62%) Grafana
9 7 (0.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 7 (0.54%) Argo
10 6 (0.46%) HP SiteScope
10 6 (0.46%) Progress Chef
11 5 (0.39%) FortiGate
11 5 (0.39%) Oracle RMAN
12 4 (0.31%) Data Guard
12 4 (0.31%) Istio
12 4 (0.31%) Pingdom
12 4 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
13 3 (0.23%) Control-M
13 3 (0.23%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 253 (19.51%) Microsoft
2 135 (10.41%) Oracle
3 130 (10.02%) SAP
4 61 (4.70%) Google
5 49 (3.78%) Salesforce
6 38 (2.93%) VMware
7 37 (2.85%) Cisco
8 35 (2.70%) Databricks
8 35 (2.70%) Workday
9 33 (2.54%) ServiceNow
10 18 (1.39%) Informatica
10 18 (1.39%) Splunk
11 15 (1.16%) BMC
11 15 (1.16%) Citrix
11 15 (1.16%) Fortinet
11 15 (1.16%) Palo Alto
12 14 (1.08%) IBM
13 13 (1.00%) Juniper
14 12 (0.93%) MuleSoft
14 12 (0.93%) Red Hat