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

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 22 19
Rank change year-on-year +4 -3 +4
Contract jobs citing Migration 2,153 1,201 1,401
As % of all contract jobs in London 10.72% 8.86% 8.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.03% 9.59% 9.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,511 768 972
10th Percentile £373 £366 £375
25th Percentile £450 £434 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £537 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.37% -2.32% -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £756
England median daily rate £525 £519 £535
% change year-on-year +1.25% -3.08% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 22 8
10th Percentile £15.87 - £21.59
25th Percentile £35.63 - £39.94
Median hourly rate £55.00 £25.15 £65.75
Median % change year-on-year +118.69% -61.75% +10.04%
75th Percentile £75.00 - £71.25
90th Percentile £92.00 £65.00 -
England median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £67.50
% change year-on-year +59.05% -62.74% -3.57%

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 17,904 12,525 14,366
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.14% 92.35% 88.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,758 8,336 10,048
10th Percentile £360 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.40% -4.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 283 255 197
10th Percentile £16.95 £16.50 £16.99
25th Percentile £19.50 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.34% -15.71% -12.50%
75th Percentile £56.63 £48.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £71.50
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +4.83%

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 17 August 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 17 August 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 17 August 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 +6 319 £575 +4.55% 91
West London -6 54 £500 +38.89% 21
South London -1 30 £485 +6.01% 14
East London +4 14 £538 -20.37% 11
North London -8 1 £178 -67.73%
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
1 154 (7.15%) SharePoint
2 70 (3.25%) Confluence
3 53 (2.46%) Microsoft Exchange
4 35 (1.63%) Apache Airflow
5 34 (1.58%) Apache Spark
6 30 (1.39%) Apache
7 17 (0.79%) CMS
8 14 (0.65%) SAS
8 14 (0.65%) SharePoint 2013
9 9 (0.42%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 9 (0.42%) WordPress
10 6 (0.28%) Palantir Foundry
11 5 (0.23%) CICS
11 5 (0.23%) HCL Notes
11 5 (0.23%) SharePoint Server
12 4 (0.19%) JBoss
12 4 (0.19%) OpenStack
13 3 (0.14%) Camunda
13 3 (0.14%) CloudStack
13 3 (0.14%) Kentico
Applications
1 68 (3.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (1.21%) Microsoft Project
3 22 (1.02%) Microsoft Office
4 15 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 14 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
6 9 (0.42%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.093%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 79 (3.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 31 (1.44%) Dynamics CRM
3 25 (1.16%) Oracle Payables
4 23 (1.07%) NetSuite
5 20 (0.93%) Oracle EBS
5 20 (0.93%) Oracle ERP
5 20 (0.93%) Oracle Receivables
6 14 (0.65%) Oracle General Ledger
6 14 (0.65%) SAP ERP
6 14 (0.65%) Temenos T24
7 13 (0.60%) Remedy ITSM
8 11 (0.51%) Oracle Financials
9 10 (0.46%) iTrent
10 9 (0.42%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 8 (0.37%) Finacle
11 8 (0.37%) Oracle Assets
12 7 (0.33%) Loan IQ
12 7 (0.33%) Maximo
12 7 (0.33%) Workday HCM
13 6 (0.28%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 551 (25.59%) Azure
2 373 (17.32%) AWS
3 214 (9.94%) Power Platform
4 167 (7.76%) Microsoft 365
5 130 (6.04%) Azure DevOps
6 126 (5.85%) GCP
7 108 (5.02%) Entra ID
8 104 (4.83%) SaaS
9 94 (4.37%) Dynamics 365
10 70 (3.25%) Amazon S3
10 70 (3.25%) GitHub
11 69 (3.20%) Serverless
12 58 (2.69%) OCI
13 57 (2.65%) Snowflake
14 52 (2.42%) Azure Data Factory
14 52 (2.42%) dbt
15 50 (2.32%) PaaS
16 49 (2.28%) Power Automate
17 47 (2.18%) IaaS
17 47 (2.18%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 83 (3.86%) Firewall
2 71 (3.30%) DNS
3 49 (2.28%) Network Security
3 49 (2.28%) VPN
4 38 (1.76%) VLAN
5 30 (1.39%) DHCP
6 26 (1.21%) BGP
6 26 (1.21%) WAN
7 24 (1.11%) TCP/IP
8 20 (0.93%) SAN
9 19 (0.88%) Wireless
10 18 (0.84%) Wi-Fi
11 16 (0.74%) SD-WAN
12 15 (0.70%) SSL
13 10 (0.46%) 5G
13 10 (0.46%) NX-OS
13 10 (0.46%) OSPF
13 10 (0.46%) VXLAN
14 9 (0.42%) DKIM
14 9 (0.42%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 183 (8.50%) Power BI
2 99 (4.60%) SQL Server
3 89 (4.13%) Data Warehouse
4 66 (3.07%) Data Lake
5 62 (2.88%) Metadata
6 51 (2.37%) PostgreSQL
7 36 (1.67%) Oracle Database
8 30 (1.39%) Relational Database
8 30 (1.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 29 (1.35%) BigQuery
10 25 (1.16%) Tableau
11 24 (1.11%) Delta Lake
12 20 (0.93%) NoSQL
13 19 (0.88%) Amazon Redshift
13 19 (0.88%) Azure SQL Database
14 18 (0.84%) Amazon Athena
14 18 (0.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 17 (0.79%) Db2
16 16 (0.74%) Amazon RDS
17 14 (0.65%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 159 (7.39%) JIRA
2 67 (3.11%) Git
3 45 (2.09%) Jenkins
4 41 (1.90%) GitLab
5 12 (0.56%) JUnit
6 9 (0.42%) Liquibase
6 9 (0.42%) Oracle Forms
7 8 (0.37%) Chocolatey
7 8 (0.37%) Gradle
7 8 (0.37%) Zephyr
8 7 (0.33%) Bitbucket
8 7 (0.33%) Mockito
9 6 (0.28%) Ant
9 6 (0.28%) Eclipse
9 6 (0.28%) Visual Studio Code
10 5 (0.23%) Cypress.io
10 5 (0.23%) MSI
10 5 (0.23%) Selenium
11 4 (0.19%) LSMW
11 4 (0.19%) PowerBuilder
General
1 731 (33.95%) Finance
2 573 (26.61%) Social Skills
3 220 (10.22%) Banking
4 212 (9.85%) Analytical Skills
5 163 (7.57%) Public Sector
6 107 (4.97%) Retail
7 68 (3.16%) Documentation Skills
8 59 (2.74%) Legal
9 58 (2.69%) Law
10 38 (1.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 36 (1.67%) Marketing
12 34 (1.58%) Influencing Skills
12 34 (1.58%) Manufacturing
12 34 (1.58%) Organisational Skills
13 32 (1.49%) Telecoms
14 31 (1.44%) General Ledger
15 27 (1.25%) Front Office
16 26 (1.21%) Billing
16 26 (1.21%) Financial Institution
17 23 (1.07%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 416 (19.32%) Architect
2 322 (14.96%) Lead
3 204 (9.48%) Senior
4 197 (9.15%) Analyst
5 185 (8.59%) Consultant
6 156 (7.25%) Project Manager
7 136 (6.32%) Data Engineer
7 136 (6.32%) Solutions Architect
8 119 (5.53%) Business Analyst
9 108 (5.02%) Developer
10 71 (3.30%) Data Architect
11 61 (2.83%) Data Migration Lead
12 57 (2.65%) Cloud Architect
12 57 (2.65%) Data Analyst
13 52 (2.42%) Lead Architect
14 49 (2.28%) Migration Manager
15 47 (2.18%) Migration Engineer
16 45 (2.09%) Azure Engineer
16 45 (2.09%) Network Engineer
17 44 (2.04%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (4.04%) REST
2 76 (3.53%) .NET
3 67 (3.11%) Oracle Fusion
4 57 (2.65%) Kafka
5 50 (2.32%) PySpark
6 41 (1.90%) Middleware
7 33 (1.53%) Spring
8 29 (1.35%) .NET Framework
8 29 (1.35%) JSON
8 29 (1.35%) SOAP
8 29 (1.35%) Spring Boot
9 28 (1.30%) OAuth
10 27 (1.25%) XML
11 26 (1.21%) React
12 25 (1.16%) SAML
13 22 (1.02%) HTML
14 20 (0.93%) OpenID
15 19 (0.88%) Web Services
16 16 (0.74%) Lightning Web Components
17 15 (0.70%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 186 (8.64%) Legacy Systems
2 175 (8.13%) Cloud Native
3 124 (5.76%) Data Centre
4 88 (4.09%) Data Structures
5 80 (3.72%) Onboarding
6 57 (2.65%) Product Ownership
7 49 (2.28%) Enterprise Software
8 43 (2.00%) Hybrid Cloud
9 38 (1.76%) Management Information System
10 33 (1.53%) Data Protection Act
11 32 (1.49%) Distributed Systems
11 32 (1.49%) Mainframe
12 31 (1.44%) Public Cloud
13 30 (1.39%) Legacy Applications
13 30 (1.39%) Replication
14 29 (1.35%) Clustering
15 20 (0.93%) Enterprise Cloud
16 19 (0.88%) Analytical Mindset
17 18 (0.84%) CMDB
17 18 (0.84%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 172 (7.99%) Windows
2 85 (3.95%) Linux
3 32 (1.49%) Windows Server
4 29 (1.35%) Unix
5 24 (1.11%) Windows 10
6 16 (0.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 14 (0.65%) VMS
8 12 (0.56%) Ubuntu
9 11 (0.51%) Apple iOS
10 9 (0.42%) Mac OS
11 6 (0.28%) Android
11 6 (0.28%) Solaris
11 6 (0.28%) SUSE
12 5 (0.23%) AIX
13 4 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
13 4 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
13 4 (0.19%) zOS
14 3 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
15 2 (0.093%) Windows Server 2016
16 1 (0.046%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 713 (33.12%) Data Migration
2 455 (21.13%) Stakeholder Management
3 374 (17.37%) Agile
4 333 (15.47%) DevOps
5 322 (14.96%) Validation
6 282 (13.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 274 (12.73%) CI/CD
8 256 (11.89%) User Acceptance Testing
9 246 (11.43%) Problem-Solving
10 233 (10.82%) Data Modelling
11 224 (10.40%) Analytics
12 222 (10.31%) ERP
13 207 (9.61%) Business Intelligence
14 205 (9.52%) Roadmaps
15 171 (7.94%) ETL
16 167 (7.76%) Continuous Improvement
17 166 (7.71%) AI
18 158 (7.34%) Infrastructure as Code
19 156 (7.25%) Data Governance
20 150 (6.97%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 324 (15.05%) SQL
2 230 (10.68%) Python
3 101 (4.69%) PowerShell
4 94 (4.37%) Java
5 67 (3.11%) C#
6 44 (2.04%) JavaScript
7 35 (1.63%) TypeScript
8 34 (1.58%) Bash
9 22 (1.02%) Bicep
9 22 (1.02%) PL/SQL
10 20 (0.93%) Shell Script
11 14 (0.65%) T-SQL
12 13 (0.60%) Apex Code
13 10 (0.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 9 (0.42%) Ruby
14 9 (0.42%) SOQL
15 8 (0.37%) Kotlin
15 8 (0.37%) Perl
15 8 (0.37%) VBA
16 7 (0.33%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 308 (14.31%) Security Cleared
2 268 (12.45%) SC Cleared
3 107 (4.97%) Degree
4 59 (2.74%) Azure Certification
5 52 (2.42%) PMP
6 51 (2.37%) PMI Certification
7 36 (1.67%) Microsoft Certification
8 23 (1.07%) AWS Certification
8 23 (1.07%) DV Cleared
9 22 (1.02%) Computer Science Degree
10 21 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
11 20 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
12 17 (0.79%) CIMA
12 17 (0.79%) CISSP
13 15 (0.70%) ACCA
14 13 (0.60%) CCNP
15 12 (0.56%) DBS Check
16 11 (0.51%) CISM
17 7 (0.33%) ISTQB
17 7 (0.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 191 (8.87%) Data Quality
2 109 (5.06%) QA
3 65 (3.02%) GDPR
4 46 (2.14%) PMO
5 32 (1.49%) SLA
6 26 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 26 (1.21%) NIST
7 14 (0.65%) Accessibility
7 14 (0.65%) GRC
7 14 (0.65%) ISO 20022
7 14 (0.65%) PCI DSS
8 12 (0.56%) SEPA
9 10 (0.46%) NCSC
10 9 (0.42%) IFRS
10 9 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 8 (0.37%) GMP
12 7 (0.33%) GxP
13 6 (0.28%) SOC 2
13 6 (0.28%) Solvency II
14 5 (0.23%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 122 (5.67%) Active Directory
2 53 (2.46%) Docker
3 51 (2.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 27 (1.25%) Virtual Machines
5 15 (0.70%) vSphere
6 13 (0.60%) VMware NSX
7 10 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
8 8 (0.37%) Hyper-V
9 7 (0.33%) NFS
9 7 (0.33%) Varnish
9 7 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
10 6 (0.28%) Firmware
10 6 (0.28%) Postfix
11 5 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
12 4 (0.19%) Sendmail
13 3 (0.14%) Ceph
13 3 (0.14%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 3 (0.14%) KVM
13 3 (0.14%) Microsoft App-V
14 2 (0.093%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 158 (7.34%) Terraform
2 100 (4.64%) Kubernetes
3 64 (2.97%) Microsoft Intune
4 57 (2.65%) Ansible
5 26 (1.21%) SCCM
6 19 (0.88%) Grafana
6 19 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
7 17 (0.79%) Prometheus
8 15 (0.70%) Microsoft Clustering
9 11 (0.51%) FortiGate
10 10 (0.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 8 (0.37%) systemd
12 6 (0.28%) Failover Clustering
12 6 (0.28%) HAProxy
12 6 (0.28%) NetBackup
12 6 (0.28%) SCOM
12 6 (0.28%) vCenter Server
12 6 (0.28%) VxRail
13 5 (0.23%) HP ALM
13 5 (0.23%) PingFederate
Vendors
1 466 (21.64%) Microsoft
2 233 (10.82%) Oracle
3 170 (7.90%) SAP
4 128 (5.95%) Databricks
5 84 (3.90%) Google
5 84 (3.90%) VMware
6 71 (3.30%) ServiceNow
7 68 (3.16%) Cisco
8 57 (2.65%) Salesforce
9 36 (1.67%) IBM
10 32 (1.49%) Informatica
11 25 (1.16%) Zscaler
12 24 (1.11%) CyberArk
13 23 (1.07%) Juniper
13 23 (1.07%) Palo Alto
14 22 (1.02%) Workday
15 20 (0.93%) Citrix
16 17 (0.79%) Adobe
16 17 (0.79%) IFS
17 16 (0.74%) Splunk