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

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 22 19
Rank change year-on-year +4 -3 +3
Contract jobs citing Migration 2,031 1,182 1,463
As % of all contract jobs in London 10.54% 9.22% 8.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.86% 9.98% 9.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,438 772 1,036
10th Percentile £373 £388 £350
25th Percentile £450 £450 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +1.85% -10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £800 £750
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 13 8
10th Percentile £16.74 - £21.59
25th Percentile £26.52 - £22.89
Median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £56.87
Median % change year-on-year +108.75% -55.77% +8.31%
75th Percentile £75.00 - £71.25
90th Percentile £87.75 £58.94 -
England median hourly rate £35.00 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +39.17% -37.13% -38.46%

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 17,127 11,843 15,478
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.91% 92.34% 88.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,395 7,916 11,030
10th Percentile £360 £336 £343
25th Percentile £438 £425 £447
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.64% - -5.98%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £687
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £520 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 264 223 303
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £15.59
25th Percentile £25.18 £24.66 £20.01
Median hourly rate £37.50 £32.89 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.02% +9.63% -25.93%
75th Percentile £59.18 £49.88 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.20 £68.60
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.23 £38.12
% change year-on-year +86.32% -33.83% +1.65%

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 June 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 30 June 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 30 June 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 +3 294 £575 +4.55% 49
West London -5 43 £450 +25.87% 16
South London +8 34 £463 +3.06% 4
East London +3 12 £525 +2.94% 3
North London -3 4 £410 -25.45% 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
1 124 (6.11%) SharePoint
2 56 (2.76%) Confluence
3 47 (2.31%) Microsoft Exchange
4 29 (1.43%) Apache Spark
5 26 (1.28%) Apache Airflow
6 25 (1.23%) Apache
7 13 (0.64%) SharePoint 2013
8 12 (0.59%) CMS
8 12 (0.59%) SAS
9 8 (0.39%) WordPress
10 7 (0.34%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 5 (0.25%) CICS
11 5 (0.25%) Palantir Foundry
12 3 (0.15%) CloudStack
12 3 (0.15%) Kentico
12 3 (0.15%) nginx
12 3 (0.15%) OpenStack
12 3 (0.15%) Tomcat
13 2 (0.098%) Appian
13 2 (0.098%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 82 (4.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (1.72%) Microsoft Project
3 24 (1.18%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (0.89%) Spreadsheet
5 12 (0.59%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.098%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 73 (3.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 26 (1.28%) Dynamics CRM
3 19 (0.94%) NetSuite
4 18 (0.89%) Oracle ERP
5 15 (0.74%) Oracle EBS
5 15 (0.74%) SAP ERP
6 13 (0.64%) Oracle Payables
6 13 (0.64%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 12 (0.59%) Loan IQ
8 11 (0.54%) Oracle General Ledger
9 10 (0.49%) Oracle Receivables
10 8 (0.39%) Aladdin
10 8 (0.39%) iTrent
10 8 (0.39%) Oracle Financials
11 7 (0.34%) Maximo
11 7 (0.34%) SAP Payroll
12 6 (0.30%) Workday HCM
13 5 (0.25%) Finacle
13 5 (0.25%) Oracle Assets
13 5 (0.25%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 507 (24.96%) Azure
2 349 (17.18%) AWS
3 171 (8.42%) Power Platform
4 161 (7.93%) Microsoft 365
5 122 (6.01%) Azure DevOps
6 110 (5.42%) GCP
7 88 (4.33%) Dynamics 365
8 81 (3.99%) GitHub
9 80 (3.94%) Entra ID
10 69 (3.40%) SaaS
11 65 (3.20%) Serverless
12 61 (3.00%) Snowflake
13 57 (2.81%) Amazon S3
14 48 (2.36%) Azure Data Factory
14 48 (2.36%) PaaS
15 47 (2.31%) IaaS
16 44 (2.17%) dbt
17 40 (1.97%) AWS Lambda
17 40 (1.97%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 40 (1.97%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 79 (3.89%) Firewall
2 52 (2.56%) DNS
3 48 (2.36%) Network Security
4 35 (1.72%) VPN
5 32 (1.58%) VLAN
6 25 (1.23%) SAN
7 22 (1.08%) BGP
8 21 (1.03%) WAN
9 19 (0.94%) NAS
10 17 (0.84%) DHCP
10 17 (0.84%) SD-WAN
11 16 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
12 14 (0.69%) TCP/IP
12 14 (0.69%) Wireless
13 11 (0.54%) HTTP
13 11 (0.54%) OSPF
14 10 (0.49%) 5G
14 10 (0.49%) DKIM
14 10 (0.49%) SSL
15 8 (0.39%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 150 (7.39%) Power BI
2 79 (3.89%) Data Warehouse
3 73 (3.59%) SQL Server
4 64 (3.15%) Data Lake
5 56 (2.76%) Metadata
6 52 (2.56%) PostgreSQL
7 34 (1.67%) Tableau
8 29 (1.43%) Oracle Database
9 24 (1.18%) Relational Database
10 22 (1.08%) NoSQL
11 21 (1.03%) Amazon Redshift
11 21 (1.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 20 (0.98%) Delta Lake
13 17 (0.84%) Amazon Athena
13 17 (0.84%) BigQuery
13 17 (0.84%) Db2
14 14 (0.69%) Amazon RDS
14 14 (0.69%) Azure SQL Database
15 13 (0.64%) Oracle Reports
15 13 (0.64%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 136 (6.70%) JIRA
2 51 (2.51%) Git
3 43 (2.12%) Jenkins
4 32 (1.58%) GitLab
5 11 (0.54%) JUnit
6 10 (0.49%) Team Foundation Server
7 7 (0.34%) Chocolatey
7 7 (0.34%) Gradle
8 6 (0.30%) Ant
8 6 (0.30%) Claude Code
8 6 (0.30%) Eclipse
8 6 (0.30%) Liquibase
8 6 (0.30%) Mockito
8 6 (0.30%) Visual Studio Code
8 6 (0.30%) Zephyr
9 5 (0.25%) Artifactory
9 5 (0.25%) Bitbucket
9 5 (0.25%) Cucumber
9 5 (0.25%) Selenium
10 4 (0.20%) Oracle Forms
General
1 676 (33.28%) Finance
2 540 (26.59%) Social Skills
3 191 (9.40%) Banking
4 185 (9.11%) Analytical Skills
5 166 (8.17%) Public Sector
6 105 (5.17%) Retail
7 58 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
8 55 (2.71%) Law
9 54 (2.66%) Legal
10 28 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 28 (1.38%) Marketing
10 28 (1.38%) Organisational Skills
10 28 (1.38%) Telecoms
11 27 (1.33%) Manufacturing
12 26 (1.28%) Financial Institution
12 26 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
13 25 (1.23%) General Ledger
14 24 (1.18%) Local Government
14 24 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
15 22 (1.08%) Billing
Job Titles
1 391 (19.25%) Architect
2 308 (15.16%) Lead
3 191 (9.40%) Analyst
4 183 (9.01%) Senior
5 170 (8.37%) Consultant
6 145 (7.14%) Project Manager
7 133 (6.55%) Data Engineer
8 117 (5.76%) Solutions Architect
9 114 (5.61%) Business Analyst
10 90 (4.43%) Developer
11 64 (3.15%) Cloud Architect
11 64 (3.15%) Data Architect
12 62 (3.05%) Data Analyst
13 61 (3.00%) Data Migration Lead
14 58 (2.86%) Migration Engineer
14 58 (2.86%) Migration Manager
15 53 (2.61%) Azure Engineer
16 50 (2.46%) Cloud Engineer
17 48 (2.36%) Lead Architect
18 44 (2.17%) Migration Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (3.15%) REST
2 54 (2.66%) Oracle Fusion
3 53 (2.61%) .NET
4 51 (2.51%) Kafka
5 43 (2.12%) Middleware
6 40 (1.97%) PySpark
7 30 (1.48%) SOAP
7 30 (1.48%) Spring
8 25 (1.23%) Spring Boot
9 24 (1.18%) .NET Framework
10 23 (1.13%) OAuth
10 23 (1.13%) SAML
11 22 (1.08%) React
12 21 (1.03%) XML
13 20 (0.98%) JSON
14 18 (0.89%) Lightning Web Components
14 18 (0.89%) OpenID
15 17 (0.84%) HTML
15 17 (0.84%) Web Services
16 15 (0.74%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 175 (8.62%) Legacy Systems
2 170 (8.37%) Cloud Native
3 89 (4.38%) Data Centre
4 81 (3.99%) Data Structures
5 65 (3.20%) Onboarding
6 44 (2.17%) Product Ownership
7 38 (1.87%) Management Information System
7 38 (1.87%) Public Cloud
7 38 (1.87%) Replication
8 37 (1.82%) Distributed Systems
9 34 (1.67%) Mainframe
10 32 (1.58%) Hybrid Cloud
11 31 (1.53%) Enterprise Software
12 29 (1.43%) Data Protection Act
13 18 (0.89%) Greenfield Project
14 17 (0.84%) CMDB
14 17 (0.84%) Virtual Team
15 16 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
15 16 (0.79%) Enterprise Cloud
15 16 (0.79%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 132 (6.50%) Windows
2 67 (3.30%) Linux
3 24 (1.18%) Windows Server
4 23 (1.13%) Unix
4 23 (1.13%) Windows 10
5 15 (0.74%) VMS
6 12 (0.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 9 (0.44%) Mac OS
8 8 (0.39%) Solaris
8 8 (0.39%) Ubuntu
8 8 (0.39%) zOS
9 6 (0.30%) SUSE
10 5 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (0.20%) AIX
11 4 (0.20%) Android
11 4 (0.20%) Apple iOS
12 3 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
12 3 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
13 2 (0.098%) CentOS
13 2 (0.098%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 703 (34.61%) Data Migration
2 373 (18.37%) Stakeholder Management
3 334 (16.45%) Agile
4 328 (16.15%) DevOps
5 291 (14.33%) Validation
6 253 (12.46%) CI/CD
7 242 (11.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 227 (11.18%) Problem-Solving
9 220 (10.83%) User Acceptance Testing
10 215 (10.59%) Data Modelling
11 208 (10.24%) ERP
12 196 (9.65%) Analytics
13 177 (8.71%) Business Intelligence
14 171 (8.42%) ETL
15 166 (8.17%) Roadmaps
16 152 (7.48%) Continuous Improvement
17 141 (6.94%) Infrastructure as Code
18 137 (6.75%) Project Management
19 135 (6.65%) Data Governance
20 134 (6.60%) AI
Programming Languages
1 282 (13.88%) SQL
2 209 (10.29%) Python
3 95 (4.68%) Java
4 74 (3.64%) PowerShell
5 42 (2.07%) C#
6 34 (1.67%) JavaScript
7 33 (1.62%) TypeScript
8 26 (1.28%) Bash
9 20 (0.98%) T-SQL
10 19 (0.94%) Shell Script
11 17 (0.84%) Bicep
12 15 (0.74%) Apex Code
13 14 (0.69%) PL/SQL
14 11 (0.54%) Ruby
15 10 (0.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 10 (0.49%) VBA
16 9 (0.44%) SOQL
17 8 (0.39%) Kotlin
18 7 (0.34%) SOSL
19 6 (0.30%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 302 (14.87%) Security Cleared
2 253 (12.46%) SC Cleared
3 99 (4.87%) Degree
4 55 (2.71%) Azure Certification
5 48 (2.36%) PMP
6 45 (2.22%) PMI Certification
7 28 (1.38%) Microsoft Certification
8 25 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
9 24 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
10 22 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
10 22 (1.08%) CISSP
11 17 (0.84%) AWS Certification
12 16 (0.79%) CISM
13 15 (0.74%) CIMA
14 12 (0.59%) CCNP
14 12 (0.59%) DV Cleared
15 10 (0.49%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 10 (0.49%) DBS Check
16 9 (0.44%) TOGAF Certification
17 8 (0.39%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 186 (9.16%) Data Quality
2 94 (4.63%) QA
3 73 (3.59%) GDPR
4 33 (1.62%) PMO
5 30 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 28 (1.38%) SLA
7 21 (1.03%) NIST
8 12 (0.59%) Accessibility
9 11 (0.54%) ISO 20022
9 11 (0.54%) SEPA
10 10 (0.49%) GRC
10 10 (0.49%) NCSC
10 10 (0.49%) PCI DSS
10 10 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 9 (0.44%) IFRS
12 7 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
13 6 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 6 (0.30%) GAAP
13 6 (0.30%) HL7
14 5 (0.25%) GMP
System Software
1 90 (4.43%) Active Directory
2 52 (2.56%) Docker
3 42 (2.07%) VMware Infrastructure
4 27 (1.33%) Virtual Machines
5 18 (0.89%) NFS
6 16 (0.79%) VMware NSX
7 15 (0.74%) vSphere
8 9 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
9 7 (0.34%) Hyper-V
9 7 (0.34%) Postfix
9 7 (0.34%) Varnish
10 6 (0.30%) Firmware
10 6 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
11 4 (0.20%) Sendmail
12 3 (0.15%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 3 (0.15%) KVM
12 3 (0.15%) Microsoft App-V
12 3 (0.15%) Oracle RAC
12 3 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
13 2 (0.098%) Ceph
Systems Management
1 145 (7.14%) Terraform
2 95 (4.68%) Kubernetes
3 62 (3.05%) Microsoft Intune
4 46 (2.26%) Ansible
5 25 (1.23%) SCCM
6 17 (0.84%) Grafana
6 17 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
7 14 (0.69%) Prometheus
8 11 (0.54%) EMC VPLEX
9 10 (0.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 10 (0.49%) AirWatch
10 9 (0.44%) FortiGate
10 9 (0.44%) vCenter Server
11 8 (0.39%) vMotion
12 7 (0.34%) HAProxy
13 6 (0.30%) NetBackup
13 6 (0.30%) VxRail
14 5 (0.25%) Avamar
14 5 (0.25%) Failover Clustering
14 5 (0.25%) PingFederate
Vendors
1 426 (20.97%) Microsoft
2 194 (9.55%) Oracle
3 161 (7.93%) SAP
4 106 (5.22%) Databricks
5 78 (3.84%) Google
6 72 (3.55%) VMware
7 66 (3.25%) ServiceNow
8 60 (2.95%) Salesforce
9 58 (2.86%) Cisco
10 31 (1.53%) CyberArk
11 28 (1.38%) IBM
11 28 (1.38%) Informatica
12 24 (1.18%) Citrix
13 20 (0.98%) Pure Storage
13 20 (0.98%) Workday
14 19 (0.94%) IFS
14 19 (0.94%) Juniper
15 18 (0.89%) Murex
16 17 (0.84%) Zscaler
17 16 (0.79%) Palo Alto