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 16 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 21 21
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 +4
Contract jobs citing Migration 1,744 1,190 1,377
As % of all contract jobs in London 10.07% 9.40% 7.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.30% 10.23% 8.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,205 825 989
10th Percentile £373 £386 £357
25th Percentile £456 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £713 £665
90th Percentile £750 £875 £750
England median daily rate £513 £537 £530
% change year-on-year -4.56% +1.32% -3.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 8 12
10th Percentile £16.24 £21.43 £26.42
25th Percentile £19.54 £21.50 £59.31
Median hourly rate £25.15 £23.00 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.35% -65.93% +121.31%
75th Percentile £58.92 £28.54 £86.50
90th Percentile £73.00 £43.77 -
England median hourly rate £23.83 £26.88 £50.00
% change year-on-year -11.35% -46.25% -23.08%

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 15,428 11,636 15,825
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.09% 91.87% 88.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,331 7,886 11,336
10th Percentile £353 £350 £338
25th Percentile £428 £440 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £755 £800 £799
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 253 168 334
10th Percentile £18.37 £16.48 £16.00
25th Percentile £23.00 £23.75 £19.65
Median hourly rate £35.50 £34.58 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.68% +15.25% -22.58%
75th Percentile £57.00 £50.56 £49.00
90th Percentile £72.90 £63.40 £66.93
England median hourly rate £41.56 £31.76 £34.21
% change year-on-year +30.84% -7.16% -8.77%

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 16 April 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 16 April 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 16 April 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 -3 245 £558 +1.36% 101
South London +7 37 £463 +8.50% 5
West London -6 26 £563 -10.00% 17
East London -4 12 £475 -8.65% 4
North London +2 5 £495 +16.13%
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 81 (4.64%) SharePoint
2 54 (3.10%) Microsoft Exchange
3 49 (2.81%) Confluence
4 20 (1.15%) Apache Airflow
5 18 (1.03%) Apache Spark
6 16 (0.92%) Apache
7 13 (0.75%) SAS
8 7 (0.40%) CMS
9 6 (0.34%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 5 (0.29%) OpenStack
10 5 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 4 (0.23%) ArcGIS
11 4 (0.23%) BizTalk Server
11 4 (0.23%) nginx
12 3 (0.17%) SharePoint 2013
12 3 (0.17%) Sitecore CMS
12 3 (0.17%) Tomcat
12 3 (0.17%) WordPress
13 2 (0.11%) Appian
13 2 (0.11%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 74 (4.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (2.12%) Microsoft Project
3 33 (1.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (1.43%) Microsoft Office
5 19 (1.09%) Spreadsheet
6 14 (0.80%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.11%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.057%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 63 (3.61%) SAP S/4HANA
2 28 (1.61%) Dynamics CRM
3 18 (1.03%) Oracle EBS
4 17 (0.97%) Loan IQ
4 17 (0.97%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 10 (0.57%) Oracle Payables
5 10 (0.57%) SAP ERP
5 10 (0.57%) Veritas eDiscovery
6 9 (0.52%) Oracle ERP
6 9 (0.52%) Oracle General Ledger
6 9 (0.52%) Oracle Receivables
6 9 (0.52%) Workday HCM
7 8 (0.46%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 6 (0.34%) Finacle
8 6 (0.34%) NetSuite
8 6 (0.34%) Oracle Financials
8 6 (0.34%) SAP CO
9 5 (0.29%) SAP FI
9 5 (0.29%) SAP MM
9 5 (0.29%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 461 (26.43%) Azure
2 293 (16.80%) AWS
3 151 (8.66%) Power Platform
4 126 (7.22%) Microsoft 365
5 104 (5.96%) GCP
6 102 (5.85%) Azure DevOps
7 98 (5.62%) GitHub
8 95 (5.45%) Dynamics 365
9 68 (3.90%) SaaS
10 64 (3.67%) Entra ID
11 55 (3.15%) Serverless
12 51 (2.92%) Amazon S3
13 48 (2.75%) OCI
13 48 (2.75%) PaaS
14 46 (2.64%) IaaS
15 43 (2.47%) Snowflake
16 40 (2.29%) Azure Data Factory
17 39 (2.24%) GitHub Actions
18 37 (2.12%) Azure Synapse Analytics
19 33 (1.89%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 81 (4.64%) Firewall
2 47 (2.69%) DNS
2 47 (2.69%) Network Security
3 38 (2.18%) VPN
4 25 (1.43%) WAN
5 23 (1.32%) SAN
6 21 (1.20%) VLAN
7 18 (1.03%) NAS
7 18 (1.03%) SD-WAN
8 15 (0.86%) BGP
8 15 (0.86%) DHCP
9 14 (0.80%) Wi-Fi
10 12 (0.69%) LAN
10 12 (0.69%) OSPF
11 11 (0.63%) MPLS
11 11 (0.63%) VSAN
12 10 (0.57%) DKIM
13 9 (0.52%) HTTP
14 8 (0.46%) DMARC
15 7 (0.40%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 129 (7.40%) Power BI
2 80 (4.59%) Data Warehouse
3 69 (3.96%) SQL Server
4 55 (3.15%) Data Lake
5 42 (2.41%) PostgreSQL
6 41 (2.35%) Tableau
7 37 (2.12%) Metadata
8 33 (1.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 23 (1.32%) Relational Database
10 22 (1.26%) Amazon Athena
11 21 (1.20%) Oracle Database
12 19 (1.09%) Amazon Redshift
13 17 (0.97%) BigQuery
14 16 (0.92%) Azure SQL Database
14 16 (0.92%) NoSQL
14 16 (0.92%) Oracle Reports
15 15 (0.86%) Amazon RDS
15 15 (0.86%) DB2
15 15 (0.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 14 (0.80%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 110 (6.31%) JIRA
2 40 (2.29%) Jenkins
3 36 (2.06%) Git
4 24 (1.38%) GitLab
5 14 (0.80%) Artifactory
6 13 (0.75%) Team Foundation Server
7 8 (0.46%) Cucumber
7 8 (0.46%) JUnit
7 8 (0.46%) Selenium
8 7 (0.40%) Chocolatey
9 6 (0.34%) Bitbucket
9 6 (0.34%) Oracle Forms
10 5 (0.29%) LSMW
11 4 (0.23%) Gradle
11 4 (0.23%) IBM UrbanCode
11 4 (0.23%) Liquibase
11 4 (0.23%) Mockito
11 4 (0.23%) SonarQube
11 4 (0.23%) Toad
11 4 (0.23%) Visual Studio
General
1 562 (32.22%) Finance
2 508 (29.13%) Social Skills
3 173 (9.92%) Analytical Skills
4 152 (8.72%) Banking
5 148 (8.49%) Public Sector
6 69 (3.96%) Retail
7 57 (3.27%) Law
8 55 (3.15%) Documentation Skills
9 47 (2.69%) Legal
10 30 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
11 29 (1.66%) Telecoms
12 27 (1.55%) Marketing
12 27 (1.55%) Organisational Skills
13 25 (1.43%) Financial Institution
13 25 (1.43%) Influencing Skills
14 24 (1.38%) Manufacturing
15 21 (1.20%) Local Government
16 20 (1.15%) General Ledger
17 19 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 16 (0.92%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 307 (17.60%) Architect
2 236 (13.53%) Lead
3 207 (11.87%) Analyst
4 182 (10.44%) Senior
5 145 (8.31%) Consultant
6 140 (8.03%) Business Analyst
7 121 (6.94%) Project Manager
8 90 (5.16%) Data Engineer
9 86 (4.93%) Developer
10 71 (4.07%) Azure Engineer
11 66 (3.78%) Solutions Architect
12 59 (3.38%) Migration Engineer
12 59 (3.38%) Migration Manager
13 56 (3.21%) Cloud Architect
14 54 (3.10%) Data Analyst
15 48 (2.75%) Migration Analyst
16 47 (2.69%) Lead Architect
17 44 (2.52%) Data Architect
18 41 (2.35%) DevOps Engineer
19 40 (2.29%) Data Migration Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (2.58%) REST
2 42 (2.41%) Middleware
2 42 (2.41%) Oracle Fusion
3 36 (2.06%) .NET
4 35 (2.01%) Kafka
5 28 (1.61%) PySpark
6 24 (1.38%) XML
7 23 (1.32%) Spring
8 20 (1.15%) SAML
9 19 (1.09%) SOAP
10 18 (1.03%) OAuth
10 18 (1.03%) Spring Boot
11 16 (0.92%) JSON
12 13 (0.75%) OpenID
13 12 (0.69%) HTML
13 12 (0.69%) React
14 11 (0.63%) CSS
15 10 (0.57%) ADO
15 10 (0.57%) Lightning Web Components
15 10 (0.57%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 152 (8.72%) Legacy Systems
2 118 (6.77%) Cloud Native
3 70 (4.01%) Data Centre
4 58 (3.33%) Data Structures
5 52 (2.98%) Onboarding
6 40 (2.29%) Replication
7 36 (2.06%) Public Cloud
8 35 (2.01%) Data Protection Act
8 35 (2.01%) Product Ownership
9 34 (1.95%) Hybrid Cloud
10 33 (1.89%) Management Information System
11 26 (1.49%) Mainframe
12 25 (1.43%) Distributed Systems
13 21 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
14 15 (0.86%) Clustering
14 15 (0.86%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 15 (0.86%) Greenfield Project
15 14 (0.80%) Reference Data
16 13 (0.75%) Legacy Applications
16 13 (0.75%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 126 (7.22%) Windows
2 52 (2.98%) Linux
3 29 (1.66%) Windows Server
4 26 (1.49%) Windows 10
5 23 (1.32%) VMS
6 22 (1.26%) Unix
7 11 (0.63%) zOS
8 7 (0.40%) Apple iOS
8 7 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (0.29%) Android
9 5 (0.29%) Solaris
10 4 (0.23%) Mac OS
10 4 (0.23%) SUSE
11 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.11%) AIX
12 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.057%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 596 (34.17%) Data Migration
2 321 (18.41%) Stakeholder Management
3 316 (18.12%) Agile
4 286 (16.40%) DevOps
5 232 (13.30%) Problem-Solving
6 209 (11.98%) CI/CD
6 209 (11.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 203 (11.64%) Validation
8 194 (11.12%) Data Modelling
9 191 (10.95%) User Acceptance Testing
10 182 (10.44%) ERP
11 170 (9.75%) Business Intelligence
12 158 (9.06%) Analytics
13 153 (8.77%) ETL
14 151 (8.66%) Continuous Improvement
15 145 (8.31%) Project Management
16 142 (8.14%) Infrastructure as Code
17 118 (6.77%) Project Delivery
18 114 (6.54%) Roadmaps
19 113 (6.48%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 273 (15.65%) SQL
2 153 (8.77%) Python
3 92 (5.28%) Java
4 63 (3.61%) PowerShell
5 30 (1.72%) C#
6 29 (1.66%) JavaScript
7 21 (1.20%) PL/SQL
8 18 (1.03%) Bicep
8 18 (1.03%) Shell Script
8 18 (1.03%) T-SQL
9 13 (0.75%) VBA
10 12 (0.69%) Bash
10 12 (0.69%) TypeScript
11 9 (0.52%) Ruby
12 8 (0.46%) Apex Code
12 8 (0.46%) REXX
12 8 (0.46%) Scala
13 7 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 7 (0.40%) Korn
14 6 (0.34%) PHP
Qualifications
1 314 (18.00%) Security Cleared
2 263 (15.08%) SC Cleared
3 100 (5.73%) Degree
4 55 (3.15%) Azure Certification
5 41 (2.35%) PMP
6 39 (2.24%) PMI Certification
7 32 (1.83%) Microsoft Certification
8 28 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
9 25 (1.43%) AWS Certification
10 22 (1.26%) Cisco Certification
11 21 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
12 16 (0.92%) CIMA
13 15 (0.86%) CISSP
14 13 (0.75%) DV Cleared
15 12 (0.69%) CBAP
15 12 (0.69%) IIBA
16 11 (0.63%) CISM
16 11 (0.63%) TOGAF Certification
17 10 (0.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 10 (0.57%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 148 (8.49%) Data Quality
2 79 (4.53%) QA
3 69 (3.96%) GDPR
4 31 (1.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 26 (1.49%) SLA
6 25 (1.43%) PMO
7 24 (1.38%) NIST
8 13 (0.75%) ISO 20022
9 11 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
9 11 (0.63%) NCSC
10 10 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 9 (0.52%) IFRS
12 8 (0.46%) SEPA
13 7 (0.40%) Accessibility
13 7 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 7 (0.40%) PCI DSS
14 6 (0.34%) GAAP
15 5 (0.29%) Basel III
15 5 (0.29%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 5 (0.29%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 82 (4.70%) Active Directory
2 48 (2.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 47 (2.69%) Docker
4 22 (1.26%) Virtual Machines
5 18 (1.03%) VMware NSX
6 15 (0.86%) NFS
7 14 (0.80%) Virtual Desktop
8 13 (0.75%) vSphere
9 8 (0.46%) Hyper-V
10 6 (0.34%) Varnish
10 6 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
11 5 (0.29%) Postfix
12 4 (0.23%) BitLocker
12 4 (0.23%) Firmware
13 3 (0.17%) Oracle RAC
13 3 (0.17%) Sendmail
14 2 (0.11%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 2 (0.11%) Job Entry Subsystem
14 2 (0.11%) RACF
14 2 (0.11%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 165 (9.46%) Terraform
2 102 (5.85%) Kubernetes
3 73 (4.19%) Microsoft Intune
4 41 (2.35%) Ansible
5 30 (1.72%) SCCM
6 19 (1.09%) Grafana
7 15 (0.86%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 14 (0.80%) Prometheus
8 14 (0.80%) Single Sign-On
9 11 (0.63%) AirWatch
10 10 (0.57%) EMC VPLEX
10 10 (0.57%) vCenter Server
11 8 (0.46%) vMotion
12 6 (0.34%) VxRail
13 5 (0.29%) Failover Clustering
13 5 (0.29%) HAProxy
13 5 (0.29%) NetBackup
14 4 (0.23%) CA Single Sign-On
14 4 (0.23%) Rancher
14 4 (0.23%) SCOM
Vendors
1 390 (22.36%) Microsoft
2 162 (9.29%) Oracle
3 135 (7.74%) SAP
4 80 (4.59%) VMware
5 60 (3.44%) ServiceNow
6 59 (3.38%) Databricks
7 57 (3.27%) Salesforce
8 55 (3.15%) Google
9 44 (2.52%) Cisco
10 33 (1.89%) Workday
11 29 (1.66%) CyberArk
12 26 (1.49%) Citrix
13 23 (1.32%) Informatica
14 22 (1.26%) IBM
14 22 (1.26%) Pure Storage
15 21 (1.20%) Avaloq
16 19 (1.09%) Splunk
17 14 (0.80%) Dynatrace
17 14 (0.80%) MuleSoft
18 13 (0.75%) Palo Alto