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

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 23 26
Rank change year-on-year +1 +3 -2
Contract jobs citing Migration 1,458 1,202 1,266
As % of all contract jobs in London 9.39% 8.91% 6.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.36% 9.83% 7.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,004 827 904
10th Percentile £368 £381 £375
25th Percentile £450 £463 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - -3.34%
75th Percentile £638 £700 £675
90th Percentile £726 £868 £750
England median daily rate £513 £550 £545
% change year-on-year -6.82% +0.92% +2.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 7 12
10th Percentile £18.87 £21.40 £23.35
25th Percentile £19.54 £21.50 £67.94
Median hourly rate £25.00 £23.00 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -72.94% +136.11%
75th Percentile £30.59 £25.50 £86.50
90th Percentile £66.75 £29.90 -
England median hourly rate £23.83 £22.25 £40.00
% change year-on-year +7.08% -44.38% -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 14,067 12,226 16,235
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.56% 90.66% 88.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,398 7,826 11,604
10th Percentile £350 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 221 153 343
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.05 £16.02
25th Percentile £25.15 £26.00 £19.57
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +24.34% -17.37%
75th Percentile £56.50 £55.25 £52.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £78.68 £72.50
England median hourly rate £25.89 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -26.04% - -

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 18 February 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 18 February 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 18 February 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 -7 198 £550 -0.05% 60
South London +15 35 £450 -5.76% 11
West London -3 25 £525 +5.00% 10
East London -3 12 £485 -3.00% 6
North London +7 7 £495 +20.00% 5
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 61 (4.18%) SharePoint
2 47 (3.22%) Confluence
2 47 (3.22%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (0.69%) Apache
3 10 (0.69%) CMS
4 9 (0.62%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (0.62%) Apache Spark
4 9 (0.62%) Skype for Business
5 8 (0.55%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 7 (0.48%) SAS
7 6 (0.41%) ArcGIS
7 6 (0.41%) Mattermost
8 4 (0.27%) BizTalk Server
8 4 (0.27%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 3 (0.21%) LiveLink
9 3 (0.21%) nginx
9 3 (0.21%) Sitecore CMS
10 2 (0.14%) MQSeries
10 2 (0.14%) SharePoint 2010
10 2 (0.14%) Tomcat
Applications
1 59 (4.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (2.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 27 (1.85%) Microsoft Office
4 23 (1.58%) Microsoft Project
5 18 (1.23%) MS Visio
6 11 (0.75%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.21%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.21%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.069%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.069%) InfoPath
8 1 (0.069%) Trello
Business Applications
1 58 (3.98%) SAP S/4HANA
2 29 (1.99%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (1.03%) Oracle EBS
4 14 (0.96%) Loan IQ
4 14 (0.96%) SAP HR
5 12 (0.82%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 11 (0.75%) Oracle Payables
7 10 (0.69%) Oracle General Ledger
7 10 (0.69%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 9 (0.62%) SAP CO
8 9 (0.62%) Veritas eDiscovery
9 8 (0.55%) Oracle FAH
9 8 (0.55%) SAP FI
9 8 (0.55%) SAP FI/CO
10 7 (0.48%) Oracle ERP
10 7 (0.48%) Oracle Financials
10 7 (0.48%) Oracle Receivables
11 6 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
12 5 (0.34%) Endur
12 5 (0.34%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 381 (26.13%) Azure
2 211 (14.47%) AWS
3 106 (7.27%) Power Platform
4 104 (7.13%) GitHub
5 98 (6.72%) Microsoft 365
6 80 (5.49%) GCP
7 78 (5.35%) Azure DevOps
8 56 (3.84%) Dynamics 365
9 54 (3.70%) GitHub Actions
10 53 (3.64%) SaaS
11 52 (3.57%) Entra ID
12 44 (3.02%) Serverless
13 41 (2.81%) Azure Data Factory
14 40 (2.74%) OCI
14 40 (2.74%) Snowflake
15 38 (2.61%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 36 (2.47%) Amazon S3
17 30 (2.06%) IaaS
18 29 (1.99%) PaaS
19 27 (1.85%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 70 (4.80%) Firewall
2 45 (3.09%) Network Security
3 32 (2.19%) DNS
3 32 (2.19%) VPN
4 24 (1.65%) WAN
5 20 (1.37%) SAN
6 17 (1.17%) BGP
6 17 (1.17%) NAS
7 16 (1.10%) LAN
7 16 (1.10%) SD-WAN
7 16 (1.10%) VLAN
8 14 (0.96%) DHCP
8 14 (0.96%) OSPF
9 11 (0.75%) Wi-Fi
10 10 (0.69%) Unified Communications
11 9 (0.62%) DMARC
11 9 (0.62%) Skype
12 8 (0.55%) DKIM
13 7 (0.48%) MPLS
13 7 (0.48%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 86 (5.90%) Power BI
2 74 (5.08%) Data Warehouse
3 71 (4.87%) SQL Server
4 39 (2.67%) PostgreSQL
5 34 (2.33%) Relational Database
5 34 (2.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 32 (2.19%) Oracle Database
7 27 (1.85%) Data Lake
7 27 (1.85%) Metadata
7 27 (1.85%) Tableau
8 18 (1.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 17 (1.17%) Amazon Athena
10 16 (1.10%) MongoDB
11 15 (1.03%) Amazon RDS
11 15 (1.03%) Amazon Redshift
11 15 (1.03%) DB2
11 15 (1.03%) MySQL
12 14 (0.96%) RDBMS
13 13 (0.89%) Azure SQL Database
14 12 (0.82%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 94 (6.45%) JIRA
2 29 (1.99%) Jenkins
3 24 (1.65%) Git
3 24 (1.65%) GitLab
4 15 (1.03%) Artifactory
5 10 (0.69%) Team Foundation Server
6 5 (0.34%) Bitbucket
6 5 (0.34%) Oracle Forms
6 5 (0.34%) SonarQube
7 4 (0.27%) Claude Code
7 4 (0.27%) Cucumber
7 4 (0.27%) JUnit
7 4 (0.27%) Mockito
7 4 (0.27%) Selenium
7 4 (0.27%) Toad
8 3 (0.21%) Chocolatey
8 3 (0.21%) ERwin
8 3 (0.21%) LSMW
8 3 (0.21%) SpecFlow
8 3 (0.21%) Visual Studio
General
1 482 (33.06%) Social Skills
2 439 (30.11%) Finance
3 141 (9.67%) Analytical Skills
4 121 (8.30%) Public Sector
5 120 (8.23%) Banking
6 55 (3.77%) Documentation Skills
7 46 (3.16%) Retail
8 33 (2.26%) Legal
8 33 (2.26%) Telecoms
9 27 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
10 24 (1.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 23 (1.58%) Local Government
11 23 (1.58%) Manufacturing
12 22 (1.51%) Influencing Skills
12 22 (1.51%) Presentation Skills
13 20 (1.37%) Financial Institution
14 19 (1.30%) Front Office
14 19 (1.30%) Investment Banking
14 19 (1.30%) Law
14 19 (1.30%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 197 (13.51%) Analyst
1 197 (13.51%) Architect
2 147 (10.08%) Senior
3 145 (9.95%) Lead
4 136 (9.33%) Business Analyst
5 135 (9.26%) Consultant
6 112 (7.68%) Project Manager
7 88 (6.04%) Developer
8 74 (5.08%) Data Engineer
9 57 (3.91%) Azure Engineer
10 51 (3.50%) Migration Engineer
11 47 (3.22%) Migration Manager
12 43 (2.95%) DevOps Engineer
13 42 (2.88%) Data Analyst
14 39 (2.67%) Migration Analyst
15 38 (2.61%) Solutions Architect
16 32 (2.19%) Azure Architect
17 31 (2.13%) Cloud Architect
18 30 (2.06%) Cloud Engineer
19 29 (1.99%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (3.16%) REST
2 37 (2.54%) .NET
3 35 (2.40%) Middleware
4 31 (2.13%) Kafka
5 28 (1.92%) Oracle Fusion
6 26 (1.78%) XML
7 24 (1.65%) PySpark
8 17 (1.17%) Spring
9 16 (1.10%) Spring Boot
10 15 (1.03%) SOAP
11 14 (0.96%) JSON
12 13 (0.89%) AngularJS
12 13 (0.89%) HTML
12 13 (0.89%) React
13 12 (0.82%) CSS
14 11 (0.75%) Lightning Web Components
14 11 (0.75%) Web Services
15 10 (0.69%) ARM Templates
15 10 (0.69%) Node.js
15 10 (0.69%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 123 (8.44%) Legacy Systems
2 90 (6.17%) Cloud Native
3 58 (3.98%) Data Centre
4 46 (3.16%) Onboarding
5 41 (2.81%) Data Structures
6 37 (2.54%) Data Protection Act
7 36 (2.47%) Replication
8 33 (2.26%) Hybrid Cloud
9 30 (2.06%) Public Cloud
10 29 (1.99%) Product Ownership
11 27 (1.85%) Management Information System
12 22 (1.51%) Mainframe
13 17 (1.17%) Enterprise Software
13 17 (1.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 13 (0.89%) Distributed Systems
15 12 (0.82%) Self-Motivation
16 11 (0.75%) Clustering
17 10 (0.69%) Reference Data
17 10 (0.69%) Tandem
17 10 (0.69%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 104 (7.13%) Windows
2 39 (2.67%) Linux
3 29 (1.99%) Windows Server
4 21 (1.44%) Windows 10
5 20 (1.37%) Unix
6 17 (1.17%) VMS
7 10 (0.69%) Windows Server 2016
8 9 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 9 (0.62%) zOS
9 6 (0.41%) Apple iOS
10 4 (0.27%) Android
10 4 (0.27%) Mac OS
10 4 (0.27%) Solaris
11 3 (0.21%) CentOS
11 3 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.069%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 506 (34.71%) Data Migration
2 289 (19.82%) Agile
3 272 (18.66%) Stakeholder Management
4 231 (15.84%) DevOps
5 229 (15.71%) Problem-Solving
6 178 (12.21%) CI/CD
7 161 (11.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 159 (10.91%) Data Modelling
9 141 (9.67%) ETL
9 141 (9.67%) Validation
10 133 (9.12%) Project Management
11 128 (8.78%) Infrastructure as Code
12 127 (8.71%) User Acceptance Testing
13 125 (8.57%) Analytics
14 115 (7.89%) ERP
15 113 (7.75%) Business Intelligence
16 102 (7.00%) Project Delivery
17 99 (6.79%) Continuous Improvement
18 91 (6.24%) Workshop Facilitation
19 85 (5.83%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 270 (18.52%) SQL
2 132 (9.05%) Python
3 76 (5.21%) Java
4 69 (4.73%) PowerShell
5 37 (2.54%) JavaScript
6 36 (2.47%) C#
7 21 (1.44%) PL/SQL
8 20 (1.37%) TypeScript
9 17 (1.17%) Bash
9 17 (1.17%) Bicep
10 14 (0.96%) Shell Script
10 14 (0.96%) T-SQL
11 11 (0.75%) VBA
12 9 (0.62%) Apex Code
13 8 (0.55%) PHP
13 8 (0.55%) REXX
14 6 (0.41%) ABAP
15 5 (0.34%) Korn
15 5 (0.34%) R
15 5 (0.34%) Scala
Qualifications
1 244 (16.74%) Security Cleared
2 206 (14.13%) SC Cleared
3 104 (7.13%) Degree
4 51 (3.50%) Azure Certification
5 40 (2.74%) PMI Certification
5 40 (2.74%) PMP
6 28 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
6 28 (1.92%) Microsoft Certification
7 24 (1.65%) Cisco Certification
8 23 (1.58%) AWS Certification
9 17 (1.17%) BPSS Clearance
10 16 (1.10%) Master's Degree
11 15 (1.03%) CCNP
12 13 (0.89%) CBAP
13 12 (0.82%) CISSP
13 12 (0.82%) IIBA
13 12 (0.82%) TOGAF Certification
14 11 (0.75%) CIMA
15 10 (0.69%) DV Cleared
16 8 (0.55%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 123 (8.44%) Data Quality
2 72 (4.94%) QA
3 66 (4.53%) GDPR
4 26 (1.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (0.96%) SLA
6 13 (0.89%) PMO
7 12 (0.82%) NIST
8 10 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
9 8 (0.55%) IFRS
9 8 (0.55%) NCSC
9 8 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 7 (0.48%) Accessibility
10 7 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 7 (0.48%) GRC
10 7 (0.48%) PCI DSS
11 6 (0.41%) ISO 20022
12 5 (0.34%) Basel III
12 5 (0.34%) HIPAA
12 5 (0.34%) IFRS 9
13 4 (0.27%) EMIR
System Software
1 72 (4.94%) Active Directory
2 56 (3.84%) Docker
3 45 (3.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (1.10%) VMware NSX
5 13 (0.89%) Virtual Desktop
5 13 (0.89%) Virtual Machines
6 11 (0.75%) NFS
7 9 (0.62%) Oracle RAC
8 8 (0.55%) vSphere
9 7 (0.48%) Hyper-V
10 3 (0.21%) BitLocker
10 3 (0.21%) Job Entry Subsystem
10 3 (0.21%) KVM
11 2 (0.14%) RACF
11 2 (0.14%) Varnish
11 2 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
12 1 (0.069%) Firmware
12 1 (0.069%) Microsoft App-V
12 1 (0.069%) PowerHA
12 1 (0.069%) Squid
Systems Management
1 156 (10.70%) Terraform
2 104 (7.13%) Kubernetes
3 62 (4.25%) Microsoft Intune
4 42 (2.88%) Ansible
5 28 (1.92%) SCCM
6 12 (0.82%) AirWatch
6 12 (0.82%) SCOM
7 11 (0.75%) Grafana
8 9 (0.62%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 8 (0.55%) EMC VPLEX
9 8 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
9 8 (0.55%) vMotion
10 6 (0.41%) FortiGate
10 6 (0.41%) HP SiteScope
10 6 (0.41%) Prometheus
11 5 (0.34%) Argo
11 5 (0.34%) Data Guard
11 5 (0.34%) Jamf Pro
11 5 (0.34%) Oracle RMAN
11 5 (0.34%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 308 (21.12%) Microsoft
2 149 (10.22%) Oracle
3 131 (8.98%) SAP
4 69 (4.73%) VMware
5 52 (3.57%) Google
6 50 (3.43%) Salesforce
7 45 (3.09%) Databricks
7 45 (3.09%) ServiceNow
8 41 (2.81%) Cisco
9 30 (2.06%) Workday
10 24 (1.65%) Citrix
10 24 (1.65%) CyberArk
11 22 (1.51%) Informatica
12 20 (1.37%) Splunk
13 18 (1.23%) Pure Storage
14 17 (1.17%) Avaloq
15 16 (1.10%) Palo Alto
16 15 (1.03%) IBM
17 14 (0.96%) BMC
18 13 (0.89%) Juniper