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

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 22 26
Rank change year-on-year 0 +4 -1
Contract jobs citing Migration 1,310 1,210 1,258
As % of all contract jobs in London 9.10% 8.49% 6.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.96% 9.41% 7.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 884 817 873
10th Percentile £375 £375 £391
25th Percentile £450 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £565
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% -2.65% -0.70%
75th Percentile £638 £688 £685
90th Percentile £725 £813 £756
England median daily rate £515 £545 £550
% change year-on-year -5.60% -0.91% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 7 11
10th Percentile £18.87 £21.40 £24.25
25th Percentile £20.04 £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 £68.99 £29.90 -
England median hourly rate £25.15 £22.00 £62.75
% change year-on-year +14.32% -64.94% -0.40%

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 13,159 12,860 16,045
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.43% 90.25% 89.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,703 8,233 11,465
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 £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 223 159 244
10th Percentile £18.25 £18.08 £17.00
25th Percentile £24.61 £23.80 £20.00
Median hourly rate £32.45 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.29% +7.69% -13.33%
75th Percentile £53.44 £54.50 £54.34
90th Percentile £69.24 £80.75 £73.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +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 7 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 7 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 7 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 -8 199 £550 -0.18% 49
West London +9 31 £360 -28.00% 4
South London +13 24 £450 -17.05% 5
East London +7 17 £513 +13.89% 4
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 65 (4.96%) SharePoint
2 47 (3.59%) Confluence
3 43 (3.28%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (0.92%) Apache Airflow
5 11 (0.84%) Apache
5 11 (0.84%) CMS
6 9 (0.69%) Skype for Business
7 8 (0.61%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 8 (0.61%) 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%) IIS
11 2 (0.15%) MQSeries
11 2 (0.15%) Tomcat
Applications
1 44 (3.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 28 (2.14%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (1.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (1.37%) Microsoft Project
4 18 (1.37%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.31%) Oracle Smart View
7 3 (0.23%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.23%) Trello
8 2 (0.15%) Notion
9 1 (0.076%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.076%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 60 (4.58%) SAP S/4HANA
2 28 (2.14%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (1.22%) Oracle EBS
4 14 (1.07%) SAP HR
5 12 (0.92%) Endur
6 10 (0.76%) Oracle Payables
7 9 (0.69%) Oracle General Ledger
7 9 (0.69%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 9 (0.69%) Veritas eDiscovery
8 8 (0.61%) Loan IQ
8 8 (0.61%) Oracle FAH
8 8 (0.61%) Oracle Financials
8 8 (0.61%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 7 (0.53%) Oracle Receivables
9 7 (0.53%) Remedy ITSM
9 7 (0.53%) SAP CO
9 7 (0.53%) SAP ERP
9 7 (0.53%) SAP FI
9 7 (0.53%) SAP FI/CO
10 6 (0.46%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 335 (25.57%) Azure
2 198 (15.11%) AWS
3 104 (7.94%) Power Platform
4 95 (7.25%) GitHub
5 84 (6.41%) GCP
6 82 (6.26%) Microsoft 365
7 71 (5.42%) Azure DevOps
8 60 (4.58%) GitHub Actions
9 53 (4.05%) SaaS
10 52 (3.97%) Entra ID
11 41 (3.13%) Dynamics 365
11 41 (3.13%) OCI
12 38 (2.90%) Serverless
13 36 (2.75%) Amazon S3
13 36 (2.75%) Snowflake
14 35 (2.67%) Azure Data Factory
15 33 (2.52%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 27 (2.06%) Google Kubernetes Engine
17 23 (1.76%) AWS Lambda
18 21 (1.60%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 62 (4.73%) Firewall
2 39 (2.98%) Network Security
3 28 (2.14%) VPN
4 25 (1.91%) DNS
5 24 (1.83%) WAN
6 18 (1.37%) BGP
7 17 (1.30%) SD-WAN
8 15 (1.15%) OSPF
9 14 (1.07%) LAN
10 11 (0.84%) DHCP
10 11 (0.84%) VLAN
11 10 (0.76%) Unified Communications
12 9 (0.69%) DMARC
12 9 (0.69%) Skype
13 7 (0.53%) DKIM
13 7 (0.53%) TCP/IP
14 6 (0.46%) MPLS
15 5 (0.38%) HTTP
15 5 (0.38%) SAN
15 5 (0.38%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (6.34%) Power BI
2 71 (5.42%) Data Warehouse
3 65 (4.96%) SQL Server
4 34 (2.60%) Relational Database
5 33 (2.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 32 (2.44%) PostgreSQL
7 30 (2.29%) Oracle Database
8 29 (2.21%) Data Lake
9 22 (1.68%) Metadata
10 20 (1.53%) Tableau
11 18 (1.37%) Amazon Athena
11 18 (1.37%) Azure SQL Database
11 18 (1.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 17 (1.30%) Amazon Redshift
13 16 (1.22%) MongoDB
14 15 (1.15%) RDBMS
15 14 (1.07%) Big Data
16 13 (0.99%) Oracle Reports
17 12 (0.92%) DB2
17 12 (0.92%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 89 (6.79%) JIRA
2 35 (2.67%) Jenkins
3 31 (2.37%) GitLab
4 26 (1.98%) Git
5 17 (1.30%) SonarQube
6 12 (0.92%) Sonatype Nexus
7 11 (0.84%) Artifactory
8 7 (0.53%) Maven
9 6 (0.46%) CircleCI
9 6 (0.46%) Oracle Forms
9 6 (0.46%) Selenium
10 5 (0.38%) Gradle
10 5 (0.38%) Snyk
11 4 (0.31%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.31%) JUnit
11 4 (0.31%) Mockito
11 4 (0.31%) Toad
12 3 (0.23%) Cucumber
12 3 (0.23%) LSMW
12 3 (0.23%) Visual Studio
General
1 409 (31.22%) Social Skills
2 392 (29.92%) Finance
3 133 (10.15%) Analytical Skills
4 106 (8.09%) Public Sector
5 104 (7.94%) Banking
6 44 (3.36%) Documentation Skills
7 35 (2.67%) Telecoms
8 30 (2.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 30 (2.29%) Retail
9 29 (2.21%) Influencing Skills
10 26 (1.98%) Back Office
11 24 (1.83%) Manufacturing
12 23 (1.76%) Legal
13 22 (1.68%) Organisational Skills
14 21 (1.60%) Front Office
14 21 (1.60%) Local Government
14 21 (1.60%) Marketing
15 19 (1.45%) Financial Institution
15 19 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
16 17 (1.30%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 171 (13.05%) Analyst
2 157 (11.98%) Architect
3 130 (9.92%) Lead
4 125 (9.54%) Business Analyst
5 121 (9.24%) Senior
6 113 (8.63%) Consultant
7 108 (8.24%) Project Manager
8 89 (6.79%) Developer
9 52 (3.97%) DevOps Engineer
10 51 (3.89%) Data Engineer
11 48 (3.66%) Azure Engineer
12 43 (3.28%) Migration Engineer
13 37 (2.82%) Solutions Architect
14 35 (2.67%) Migration Manager
15 30 (2.29%) Azure Architect
15 30 (2.29%) Data Analyst
16 29 (2.21%) Migration Analyst
17 25 (1.91%) Data Architect
17 25 (1.91%) Data Migration Lead
18 24 (1.83%) Migration Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (3.05%) REST
2 38 (2.90%) .NET
3 32 (2.44%) Kafka
4 31 (2.37%) XML
5 25 (1.91%) Oracle Fusion
6 24 (1.83%) Middleware
7 22 (1.68%) PySpark
8 18 (1.37%) Spring Boot
9 16 (1.22%) CSS
10 14 (1.07%) JSON
11 13 (0.99%) HTML
11 13 (0.99%) React
11 13 (0.99%) RESTful
11 13 (0.99%) Spring
12 11 (0.84%) AngularJS
12 11 (0.84%) Node.js
13 10 (0.76%) ARM Templates
13 10 (0.76%) GraphQL
13 10 (0.76%) Lightning Web Components
13 10 (0.76%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 104 (7.94%) Legacy Systems
2 83 (6.34%) Cloud Native
3 61 (4.66%) Data Centre
4 35 (2.67%) Data Structures
5 34 (2.60%) Onboarding
6 29 (2.21%) Data Protection Act
6 29 (2.21%) Hybrid Cloud
7 26 (1.98%) Replication
8 24 (1.83%) Management Information System
8 24 (1.83%) Public Cloud
9 23 (1.76%) Product Ownership
10 18 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
11 17 (1.30%) Mainframe
12 14 (1.07%) Self-Motivation
13 12 (0.92%) Clustering
13 12 (0.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 12 (0.92%) Greenfield Project
14 8 (0.61%) Distributed Systems
14 8 (0.61%) Legacy Applications
14 8 (0.61%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 96 (7.33%) Windows
2 37 (2.82%) Linux
3 29 (2.21%) Windows Server
4 18 (1.37%) Unix
4 18 (1.37%) VMS
5 17 (1.30%) Windows 10
6 10 (0.76%) Windows Server 2016
7 9 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (0.31%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.31%) zOS
9 3 (0.23%) Solaris
9 3 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.15%) AIX
10 2 (0.15%) Android
10 2 (0.15%) CentOS
10 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.076%) VME
11 1 (0.076%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 449 (34.27%) Data Migration
2 274 (20.92%) Agile
3 230 (17.56%) Stakeholder Management
4 221 (16.87%) DevOps
5 217 (16.56%) Problem-Solving
6 175 (13.36%) CI/CD
7 146 (11.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 134 (10.23%) Data Modelling
9 126 (9.62%) ETL
9 126 (9.62%) Infrastructure as Code
10 124 (9.47%) Project Management
11 115 (8.78%) Analytics
12 108 (8.24%) Business Intelligence
13 106 (8.09%) User Acceptance Testing
14 103 (7.86%) Validation
15 96 (7.33%) ERP
16 92 (7.02%) Project Delivery
17 83 (6.34%) Workshop Facilitation
18 80 (6.11%) Data Governance
19 79 (6.03%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 246 (18.78%) SQL
2 129 (9.85%) Python
3 80 (6.11%) Java
4 69 (5.27%) PowerShell
5 39 (2.98%) C#
6 30 (2.29%) JavaScript
7 22 (1.68%) PL/SQL
8 19 (1.45%) Bash
8 19 (1.45%) TypeScript
9 17 (1.30%) Bicep
10 12 (0.92%) Shell Script
10 12 (0.92%) T-SQL
11 9 (0.69%) PHP
12 8 (0.61%) Apex Code
12 8 (0.61%) REXX
12 8 (0.61%) VBA
13 6 (0.46%) Go
13 6 (0.46%) R
13 6 (0.46%) Scala
14 5 (0.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 209 (15.95%) Security Cleared
2 183 (13.97%) SC Cleared
3 103 (7.86%) Degree
4 41 (3.13%) Azure Certification
5 39 (2.98%) PMI Certification
6 37 (2.82%) PMP
7 28 (2.14%) Computer Science Degree
7 28 (2.14%) Microsoft Certification
8 27 (2.06%) AWS Certification
9 18 (1.37%) Cisco Certification
10 15 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
11 14 (1.07%) CCNP
11 14 (1.07%) Master's Degree
12 9 (0.69%) DV Cleared
13 8 (0.61%) CBAP
13 8 (0.61%) CCIE
14 7 (0.53%) CISSP
14 7 (0.53%) MCSA
14 7 (0.53%) MCSE
14 7 (0.53%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (7.63%) Data Quality
2 65 (4.96%) QA
3 53 (4.05%) GDPR
4 23 (1.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 16 (1.22%) NIST
6 11 (0.84%) Accessibility
7 9 (0.69%) PMO
7 9 (0.69%) SLA
8 8 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 7 (0.53%) IFRS
9 7 (0.53%) PCI DSS
10 6 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
10 6 (0.46%) EMIR
10 6 (0.46%) GRC
10 6 (0.46%) NCSC
11 5 (0.38%) Basel III
11 5 (0.38%) IFRS 9
11 5 (0.38%) WCAG
12 4 (0.31%) HIPAA
12 4 (0.31%) MiFID
System Software
1 71 (5.42%) Active Directory
2 69 (5.27%) Docker
3 27 (2.06%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.92%) Virtual Desktop
5 11 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (0.53%) Hyper-V
6 7 (0.53%) Oracle RAC
6 7 (0.53%) VMware NSX
6 7 (0.53%) 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 (0.076%) PowerHA
9 1 (0.076%) Squid
9 1 (0.076%) Varnish
9 1 (0.076%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 154 (11.76%) Terraform
2 110 (8.40%) Kubernetes
3 44 (3.36%) Ansible
4 43 (3.28%) Microsoft Intune
5 20 (1.53%) SCCM
6 12 (0.92%) SCOM
7 11 (0.84%) Prometheus
8 9 (0.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 9 (0.69%) Grafana
9 7 (0.53%) Argo
10 6 (0.46%) HP SiteScope
10 6 (0.46%) Progress Chef
11 5 (0.38%) AirWatch
11 5 (0.38%) FortiGate
11 5 (0.38%) 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%) Rancher
Vendors
1 260 (19.85%) Microsoft
2 141 (10.76%) Oracle
3 127 (9.69%) SAP
4 60 (4.58%) Google
5 50 (3.82%) Salesforce
6 39 (2.98%) VMware
7 36 (2.75%) Cisco
8 35 (2.67%) ServiceNow
8 35 (2.67%) Workday
9 34 (2.60%) Databricks
10 19 (1.45%) Splunk
11 17 (1.30%) Informatica
12 16 (1.22%) CyberArk
13 15 (1.15%) BMC
13 15 (1.15%) Citrix
13 15 (1.15%) Fortinet
14 14 (1.07%) IBM
14 14 (1.07%) Palo Alto
15 13 (0.99%) Avaloq
16 12 (0.92%) Juniper