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

6 months to
5 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 21 22
Rank change year-on-year +1 +1 +2
Contract jobs citing Migration 1,821 1,180 1,381
As % of all contract jobs in London 10.23% 9.39% 7.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.56% 10.18% 8.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,264 810 996
10th Percentile £363 £388 £359
25th Percentile £454 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £638 £713 £650
90th Percentile £750 £875 £750
England median daily rate £513 £535 £525
% change year-on-year -4.21% +1.89% -4.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 8 7
10th Percentile £19.40 £21.43 £23.85
25th Percentile £21.30 £21.50 £35.12
Median hourly rate £28.55 £23.00 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year +24.13% -65.93% +52.54%
75th Percentile £63.75 £28.54 £71.25
90th Percentile £73.38 £43.77 -
England median hourly rate £23.83 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year -5.27% -37.13% -40.07%

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 15,746 11,589 15,691
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.45% 92.20% 88.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,536 7,858 11,248
10th Percentile £356 £350 £338
25th Percentile £430 £438 £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 £760 £813 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 254 172 322
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.50 £16.00
25th Percentile £23.62 £22.73 £20.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £34.25 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.65% +20.18% -26.92%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.56 £47.34
90th Percentile £74.63 £63.75 £65.68
England median hourly rate £45.46 £30.00 £36.05
% change year-on-year +51.53% -16.77% -2.97%

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 5 May 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 5 May 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 5 May 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 -1 262 £550 - 116
South London +7 35 £463 +8.50% 3
West London +1 34 £440 -29.60% 10
East London -2 12 £475 -12.04% 4
North London +2 5 £325 -26.14%
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 92 (5.05%) SharePoint
2 57 (3.13%) Microsoft Exchange
3 54 (2.97%) Confluence
4 22 (1.21%) Apache Spark
5 20 (1.10%) Apache Airflow
6 17 (0.93%) Apache
7 15 (0.82%) SAS
8 9 (0.49%) CMS
9 5 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 5 (0.27%) OpenStack
9 5 (0.27%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 4 (0.22%) ArcGIS
10 4 (0.22%) BizTalk Server
11 3 (0.16%) CICS
11 3 (0.16%) Palantir Foundry
11 3 (0.16%) SharePoint 2013
11 3 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
11 3 (0.16%) Tomcat
11 3 (0.16%) WordPress
12 2 (0.11%) Camunda
Applications
1 72 (3.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 36 (1.98%) Microsoft Project
3 31 (1.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 24 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
5 18 (0.99%) Spreadsheet
6 14 (0.77%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.055%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 71 (3.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 26 (1.43%) Dynamics CRM
3 19 (1.04%) Oracle EBS
4 18 (0.99%) Loan IQ
5 17 (0.93%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 11 (0.60%) SAP ERP
7 10 (0.55%) Oracle ERP
7 10 (0.55%) Oracle Payables
7 10 (0.55%) Veritas eDiscovery
8 9 (0.49%) NetSuite
8 9 (0.49%) Oracle General Ledger
8 9 (0.49%) Oracle Receivables
9 8 (0.44%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
10 7 (0.38%) SAP Payroll
11 6 (0.33%) Finacle
11 6 (0.33%) Oracle Financials
11 6 (0.33%) SAP CO
11 6 (0.33%) Workday HCM
12 5 (0.27%) Oracle Assets
12 5 (0.27%) Oracle FAH
Cloud Services
1 481 (26.41%) Azure
2 296 (16.25%) AWS
3 155 (8.51%) Power Platform
4 141 (7.74%) Microsoft 365
5 108 (5.93%) GCP
6 105 (5.77%) Azure DevOps
7 100 (5.49%) GitHub
8 91 (5.00%) Dynamics 365
9 69 (3.79%) Entra ID
10 66 (3.62%) SaaS
11 51 (2.80%) Serverless
12 48 (2.64%) PaaS
13 47 (2.58%) Amazon S3
14 46 (2.53%) Snowflake
15 44 (2.42%) IaaS
15 44 (2.42%) OCI
16 43 (2.36%) Azure Data Factory
17 41 (2.25%) GitHub Actions
18 39 (2.14%) Azure Synapse Analytics
19 34 (1.87%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 81 (4.45%) Firewall
2 47 (2.58%) DNS
3 45 (2.47%) Network Security
4 34 (1.87%) VPN
5 24 (1.32%) SAN
5 24 (1.32%) VLAN
6 23 (1.26%) WAN
7 19 (1.04%) NAS
8 18 (0.99%) SD-WAN
9 15 (0.82%) BGP
9 15 (0.82%) DHCP
10 13 (0.71%) OSPF
10 13 (0.71%) Wi-Fi
11 11 (0.60%) DKIM
11 11 (0.60%) HTTP
11 11 (0.60%) VSAN
12 10 (0.55%) MPLS
13 9 (0.49%) LAN
13 9 (0.49%) SSL
13 9 (0.49%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 134 (7.36%) Power BI
2 76 (4.17%) Data Warehouse
3 65 (3.57%) SQL Server
4 61 (3.35%) Data Lake
5 41 (2.25%) PostgreSQL
6 40 (2.20%) Metadata
7 38 (2.09%) Tableau
8 29 (1.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 23 (1.26%) Relational Database
10 22 (1.21%) Oracle Database
11 21 (1.15%) DB2
12 19 (1.04%) Amazon Redshift
13 18 (0.99%) Amazon Athena
13 18 (0.99%) BigQuery
13 18 (0.99%) Oracle Reports
14 17 (0.93%) Azure SQL Database
14 17 (0.93%) Delta Lake
14 17 (0.93%) NoSQL
15 14 (0.77%) Amazon RDS
16 11 (0.60%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 123 (6.75%) JIRA
2 40 (2.20%) Git
2 40 (2.20%) Jenkins
3 29 (1.59%) GitLab
4 14 (0.77%) Artifactory
5 13 (0.71%) Team Foundation Server
6 8 (0.44%) Cucumber
6 8 (0.44%) JUnit
6 8 (0.44%) Selenium
7 7 (0.38%) Bitbucket
7 7 (0.38%) Chocolatey
8 6 (0.33%) Oracle Forms
8 6 (0.33%) Zephyr
9 5 (0.27%) Claude Code
9 5 (0.27%) LSMW
10 4 (0.22%) Gradle
10 4 (0.22%) Liquibase
10 4 (0.22%) Mockito
10 4 (0.22%) SonarQube
10 4 (0.22%) Toad
General
1 580 (31.85%) Finance
2 505 (27.73%) Social Skills
3 168 (9.23%) Analytical Skills
4 154 (8.46%) Public Sector
5 150 (8.24%) Banking
6 77 (4.23%) Retail
7 55 (3.02%) Law
8 53 (2.91%) Documentation Skills
9 49 (2.69%) Legal
10 29 (1.59%) Manufacturing
10 29 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
11 27 (1.48%) Marketing
11 27 (1.48%) Telecoms
12 26 (1.43%) Financial Institution
13 22 (1.21%) Influencing Skills
13 22 (1.21%) Organisational Skills
14 21 (1.15%) General Ledger
15 19 (1.04%) Local Government
16 18 (0.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 15 (0.82%) Billing
Job Titles
1 331 (18.18%) Architect
2 259 (14.22%) Lead
3 204 (11.20%) Analyst
4 185 (10.16%) Senior
5 148 (8.13%) Consultant
6 133 (7.30%) Business Analyst
6 133 (7.30%) Project Manager
7 95 (5.22%) Data Engineer
8 90 (4.94%) Developer
9 77 (4.23%) Solutions Architect
10 68 (3.73%) Azure Engineer
11 63 (3.46%) Migration Engineer
12 60 (3.29%) Cloud Architect
13 58 (3.19%) Migration Manager
14 52 (2.86%) Data Analyst
15 51 (2.80%) Data Architect
16 48 (2.64%) Data Migration Lead
16 48 (2.64%) Lead Architect
16 48 (2.64%) Migration Analyst
17 45 (2.47%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (2.75%) REST
2 48 (2.64%) Oracle Fusion
3 44 (2.42%) .NET
4 41 (2.25%) Middleware
5 39 (2.14%) Kafka
6 31 (1.70%) PySpark
7 22 (1.21%) SOAP
7 22 (1.21%) Spring
8 21 (1.15%) SAML
9 20 (1.10%) XML
10 19 (1.04%) OAuth
11 18 (0.99%) JSON
12 17 (0.93%) Spring Boot
13 16 (0.88%) HTML
13 16 (0.88%) React
14 14 (0.77%) CSS
14 14 (0.77%) Web Services
15 13 (0.71%) OpenID
16 12 (0.66%) .NET Framework
16 12 (0.66%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 151 (8.29%) Legacy Systems
2 126 (6.92%) Cloud Native
3 78 (4.28%) Data Centre
4 61 (3.35%) Data Structures
5 53 (2.91%) Onboarding
6 44 (2.42%) Replication
7 39 (2.14%) Mainframe
8 38 (2.09%) Product Ownership
9 37 (2.03%) Public Cloud
10 35 (1.92%) Data Protection Act
10 35 (1.92%) Hybrid Cloud
11 34 (1.87%) Management Information System
12 27 (1.48%) Distributed Systems
13 19 (1.04%) Enterprise Software
14 17 (0.93%) Clustering
15 16 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
16 15 (0.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 14 (0.77%) Self-Motivation
17 14 (0.77%) SWIFT Messaging Network
18 13 (0.71%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 132 (7.25%) Windows
2 53 (2.91%) Linux
3 29 (1.59%) Windows Server
4 27 (1.48%) Windows 10
5 24 (1.32%) Unix
6 22 (1.21%) VMS
7 11 (0.60%) zOS
8 7 (0.38%) Apple iOS
8 7 (0.38%) Mac OS
8 7 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (0.27%) Android
9 5 (0.27%) Solaris
10 4 (0.22%) SUSE
11 3 (0.16%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.11%) AIX
12 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.055%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 607 (33.33%) Data Migration
2 325 (17.85%) Stakeholder Management
3 320 (17.57%) Agile
4 291 (15.98%) DevOps
5 225 (12.36%) Problem-Solving
6 224 (12.30%) Validation
7 216 (11.86%) CI/CD
8 199 (10.93%) Data Modelling
9 197 (10.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 196 (10.76%) User Acceptance Testing
11 185 (10.16%) ERP
12 172 (9.45%) Business Intelligence
13 159 (8.73%) Analytics
14 154 (8.46%) ETL
15 150 (8.24%) Continuous Improvement
16 148 (8.13%) Project Management
17 144 (7.91%) Infrastructure as Code
18 124 (6.81%) Roadmaps
19 123 (6.75%) Project Delivery
20 118 (6.48%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 268 (14.72%) SQL
2 165 (9.06%) Python
3 86 (4.72%) Java
4 66 (3.62%) PowerShell
5 35 (1.92%) C#
6 31 (1.70%) JavaScript
7 21 (1.15%) PL/SQL
8 20 (1.10%) Shell Script
9 16 (0.88%) Bicep
9 16 (0.88%) T-SQL
9 16 (0.88%) TypeScript
10 14 (0.77%) Bash
11 11 (0.60%) VBA
12 10 (0.55%) Apex Code
13 9 (0.49%) Ruby
14 8 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 8 (0.44%) REXX
15 6 (0.33%) Korn
15 6 (0.33%) PHP
15 6 (0.33%) Scala
Qualifications
1 314 (17.24%) Security Cleared
2 261 (14.33%) SC Cleared
3 101 (5.55%) Degree
4 55 (3.02%) Azure Certification
5 47 (2.58%) PMI Certification
5 47 (2.58%) PMP
6 32 (1.76%) Microsoft Certification
7 28 (1.54%) Computer Science Degree
8 24 (1.32%) AWS Certification
9 23 (1.26%) Cisco Certification
10 20 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
11 17 (0.93%) CISSP
12 16 (0.88%) CIMA
13 14 (0.77%) DV Cleared
14 13 (0.71%) CISM
15 12 (0.66%) IIBA
15 12 (0.66%) TOGAF Certification
16 11 (0.60%) CBAP
16 11 (0.60%) CCNP
17 10 (0.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 156 (8.57%) Data Quality
2 75 (4.12%) QA
3 69 (3.79%) GDPR
4 31 (1.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 28 (1.54%) SLA
6 26 (1.43%) PMO
7 25 (1.37%) NIST
8 13 (0.71%) ISO 20022
9 12 (0.66%) SEPA
10 11 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
10 11 (0.60%) NCSC
11 9 (0.49%) IFRS
11 9 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 7 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 7 (0.38%) GAAP
12 7 (0.38%) PCI DSS
13 6 (0.33%) Accessibility
13 6 (0.33%) HL7
14 5 (0.27%) Government Security Classifications
14 5 (0.27%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 88 (4.83%) Active Directory
2 47 (2.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 46 (2.53%) Docker
4 24 (1.32%) Virtual Machines
5 18 (0.99%) VMware NSX
6 15 (0.82%) NFS
7 14 (0.77%) vSphere
8 11 (0.60%) Virtual Desktop
9 10 (0.55%) Hyper-V
10 6 (0.33%) Firmware
10 6 (0.33%) Varnish
10 6 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
11 5 (0.27%) Postfix
12 4 (0.22%) BitLocker
13 3 (0.16%) Oracle RAC
13 3 (0.16%) 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 (9.06%) Terraform
2 98 (5.38%) Kubernetes
3 73 (4.01%) Microsoft Intune
4 44 (2.42%) Ansible
5 30 (1.65%) SCCM
6 19 (1.04%) Grafana
7 15 (0.82%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 15 (0.82%) Single Sign-On
8 13 (0.71%) Prometheus
9 11 (0.60%) AirWatch
10 10 (0.55%) EMC VPLEX
10 10 (0.55%) vCenter Server
11 8 (0.44%) vMotion
12 6 (0.33%) VxRail
13 5 (0.27%) Failover Clustering
13 5 (0.27%) FortiGate
13 5 (0.27%) HAProxy
13 5 (0.27%) NetBackup
14 4 (0.22%) CA Single Sign-On
14 4 (0.22%) Rancher
Vendors
1 393 (21.58%) Microsoft
2 167 (9.17%) Oracle
3 149 (8.18%) SAP
4 79 (4.34%) VMware
5 70 (3.84%) Databricks
6 59 (3.24%) ServiceNow
7 58 (3.19%) Salesforce
8 57 (3.13%) Google
9 43 (2.36%) Cisco
10 30 (1.65%) CyberArk
11 27 (1.48%) Citrix
12 25 (1.37%) Workday
13 24 (1.32%) IBM
13 24 (1.32%) Informatica
14 22 (1.21%) Pure Storage
15 19 (1.04%) Splunk
16 18 (0.99%) Avaloq
17 14 (0.77%) Palo Alto
17 14 (0.77%) Zscaler
18 12 (0.66%) Dynatrace