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

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 22 19
Rank change year-on-year +4 -3 +4
Contract jobs citing Migration 2,139 1,221 1,410
As % of all contract jobs in London 10.62% 8.93% 8.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.92% 9.67% 9.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,497 786 982
10th Percentile £371 £364 £375
25th Percentile £450 £437 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% -3.64% -7.29%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
England median daily rate £525 £519 £535
% change year-on-year +1.25% -3.08% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 22 8
10th Percentile £16.30 - £21.59
25th Percentile £33.50 - £39.94
Median hourly rate £56.75 £25.15 £65.75
Median % change year-on-year +125.65% -61.75% +10.04%
75th Percentile £75.00 - £71.25
90th Percentile £89.88 £65.00 -
England median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £67.50
% change year-on-year +59.05% -62.74% -2.53%

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 17,940 12,624 14,384
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.05% 92.32% 88.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,801 8,441 10,113
10th Percentile £363 £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 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 299 251 200
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £17.05
25th Percentile £19.50 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.50 £35.61
Median % change year-on-year +20.34% -17.15% -14.20%
75th Percentile £56.63 £48.75 £54.06
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.00 £71.31
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +2.19%

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 10 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 10 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 10 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 +9.52% 117
West London -4 55 £500 +38.89% 19
South London +1 36 £463 +1.09% 15
East London +7 14 £538 -20.37% 9
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
1 152 (7.11%) SharePoint
2 72 (3.37%) Confluence
3 53 (2.48%) Microsoft Exchange
4 30 (1.40%) Apache Airflow
4 30 (1.40%) Apache Spark
5 29 (1.36%) Apache
6 16 (0.75%) CMS
7 14 (0.65%) SAS
7 14 (0.65%) SharePoint 2013
8 9 (0.42%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 9 (0.42%) WordPress
9 6 (0.28%) Palantir Foundry
10 5 (0.23%) CICS
10 5 (0.23%) HCL Notes
10 5 (0.23%) SharePoint Server
11 4 (0.19%) JBoss
11 4 (0.19%) OpenStack
12 3 (0.14%) Camunda
12 3 (0.14%) CloudStack
12 3 (0.14%) nginx
Applications
1 73 (3.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (1.22%) Microsoft Project
3 22 (1.03%) Microsoft Office
4 15 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
5 9 (0.42%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.094%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 80 (3.74%) SAP S/4HANA
2 31 (1.45%) Dynamics CRM
3 24 (1.12%) Oracle Payables
4 23 (1.08%) NetSuite
5 21 (0.98%) Oracle ERP
6 19 (0.89%) Oracle EBS
6 19 (0.89%) Oracle Receivables
7 15 (0.70%) SAP ERP
8 14 (0.65%) Temenos T24
9 13 (0.61%) Oracle General Ledger
10 12 (0.56%) Remedy ITSM
11 10 (0.47%) Oracle Financials
12 9 (0.42%) iTrent
12 9 (0.42%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
13 8 (0.37%) Finacle
14 7 (0.33%) Loan IQ
14 7 (0.33%) Maximo
14 7 (0.33%) Oracle Assets
14 7 (0.33%) Workday HCM
15 6 (0.28%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 541 (25.29%) Azure
2 365 (17.06%) AWS
3 210 (9.82%) Power Platform
4 163 (7.62%) Microsoft 365
5 130 (6.08%) Azure DevOps
6 122 (5.70%) GCP
7 102 (4.77%) Entra ID
7 102 (4.77%) SaaS
8 95 (4.44%) Dynamics 365
9 70 (3.27%) Serverless
10 68 (3.18%) Amazon S3
11 66 (3.09%) GitHub
12 56 (2.62%) OCI
13 54 (2.52%) Snowflake
14 50 (2.34%) Azure Data Factory
14 50 (2.34%) PaaS
15 49 (2.29%) dbt
16 48 (2.24%) Power Automate
17 47 (2.20%) IaaS
17 47 (2.20%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 82 (3.83%) Firewall
2 69 (3.23%) DNS
3 49 (2.29%) Network Security
4 47 (2.20%) VPN
5 38 (1.78%) VLAN
6 29 (1.36%) DHCP
7 26 (1.22%) WAN
8 24 (1.12%) BGP
8 24 (1.12%) TCP/IP
9 21 (0.98%) SAN
10 19 (0.89%) Wireless
11 17 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
12 16 (0.75%) SD-WAN
13 14 (0.65%) SSL
14 11 (0.51%) NAS
15 10 (0.47%) 5G
15 10 (0.47%) OSPF
16 9 (0.42%) DKIM
16 9 (0.42%) HTTP
16 9 (0.42%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 182 (8.51%) Power BI
2 93 (4.35%) SQL Server
3 83 (3.88%) Data Warehouse
4 65 (3.04%) Data Lake
5 56 (2.62%) Metadata
6 50 (2.34%) PostgreSQL
7 34 (1.59%) Oracle Database
8 29 (1.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 29 (1.36%) Tableau
9 27 (1.26%) Relational Database
10 26 (1.22%) BigQuery
11 23 (1.08%) Delta Lake
12 20 (0.94%) NoSQL
13 18 (0.84%) Azure SQL Database
14 17 (0.79%) Amazon Athena
14 17 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
14 17 (0.79%) Amazon Redshift
14 17 (0.79%) Db2
14 17 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 14 (0.65%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 159 (7.43%) JIRA
2 67 (3.13%) Git
3 43 (2.01%) Jenkins
4 37 (1.73%) 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%) Mockito
9 6 (0.28%) Ant
9 6 (0.28%) Eclipse
9 6 (0.28%) Team Foundation Server
9 6 (0.28%) Visual Studio Code
10 5 (0.23%) Bitbucket
10 5 (0.23%) MSI
11 4 (0.19%) LSMW
11 4 (0.19%) Selenium
11 4 (0.19%) Subversion
General
1 725 (33.89%) Finance
2 568 (26.55%) Social Skills
3 216 (10.10%) Banking
4 208 (9.72%) Analytical Skills
5 170 (7.95%) Public Sector
6 107 (5.00%) Retail
7 60 (2.81%) Documentation Skills
8 59 (2.76%) Law
9 58 (2.71%) Legal
10 39 (1.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 36 (1.68%) Influencing Skills
12 35 (1.64%) Marketing
13 34 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
14 33 (1.54%) Manufacturing
15 32 (1.50%) Telecoms
16 31 (1.45%) General Ledger
17 26 (1.22%) Billing
17 26 (1.22%) Financial Institution
18 25 (1.17%) Front Office
19 24 (1.12%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 414 (19.35%) Architect
2 320 (14.96%) Lead
3 200 (9.35%) Senior
4 199 (9.30%) Analyst
5 183 (8.56%) Consultant
6 158 (7.39%) Project Manager
7 138 (6.45%) Solutions Architect
8 135 (6.31%) Data Engineer
9 119 (5.56%) Business Analyst
10 107 (5.00%) Developer
11 69 (3.23%) Data Architect
12 61 (2.85%) Data Migration Lead
13 59 (2.76%) Data Analyst
14 58 (2.71%) Cloud Architect
15 51 (2.38%) Migration Engineer
16 50 (2.34%) Migration Manager
17 49 (2.29%) Lead Architect
18 48 (2.24%) Azure Engineer
19 44 (2.06%) Cloud Engineer
20 43 (2.01%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (3.88%) REST
2 77 (3.60%) .NET
3 65 (3.04%) Oracle Fusion
4 55 (2.57%) Kafka
5 45 (2.10%) PySpark
6 38 (1.78%) Middleware
7 35 (1.64%) Spring
8 30 (1.40%) .NET Framework
9 29 (1.36%) Spring Boot
10 28 (1.31%) SOAP
11 27 (1.26%) JSON
11 27 (1.26%) OAuth
11 27 (1.26%) XML
12 26 (1.22%) React
13 25 (1.17%) SAML
14 22 (1.03%) HTML
15 21 (0.98%) OpenID
16 18 (0.84%) Web Services
17 16 (0.75%) Lightning Web Components
18 15 (0.70%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 184 (8.60%) Legacy Systems
2 175 (8.18%) Cloud Native
3 120 (5.61%) Data Centre
4 83 (3.88%) Data Structures
5 75 (3.51%) Onboarding
6 57 (2.66%) Product Ownership
7 45 (2.10%) Enterprise Software
8 39 (1.82%) Management Information System
9 37 (1.73%) Hybrid Cloud
10 35 (1.64%) Public Cloud
11 34 (1.59%) Distributed Systems
12 32 (1.50%) Mainframe
13 31 (1.45%) Replication
14 29 (1.36%) Data Protection Act
15 28 (1.31%) Clustering
16 26 (1.22%) Legacy Applications
17 20 (0.94%) Greenfield Project
18 18 (0.84%) Analytical Mindset
18 18 (0.84%) CMDB
18 18 (0.84%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 166 (7.76%) Windows
2 81 (3.79%) Linux
3 32 (1.50%) Windows Server
4 28 (1.31%) Unix
5 24 (1.12%) Windows 10
6 14 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 13 (0.61%) VMS
8 12 (0.56%) Ubuntu
9 9 (0.42%) Apple iOS
9 9 (0.42%) Mac OS
10 7 (0.33%) Solaris
11 6 (0.28%) SUSE
12 5 (0.23%) AIX
12 5 (0.23%) Android
12 5 (0.23%) Windows Server 2008
12 5 (0.23%) zOS
13 4 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
13 4 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
14 2 (0.094%) Windows Server 2016
15 1 (0.047%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 711 (33.24%) Data Migration
2 434 (20.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 374 (17.48%) Agile
4 328 (15.33%) DevOps
5 313 (14.63%) Validation
6 276 (12.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 267 (12.48%) CI/CD
8 249 (11.64%) User Acceptance Testing
9 235 (10.99%) Problem-Solving
10 224 (10.47%) Data Modelling
10 224 (10.47%) ERP
11 221 (10.33%) Analytics
12 205 (9.58%) Business Intelligence
13 197 (9.21%) Roadmaps
14 171 (7.99%) ETL
15 162 (7.57%) AI
16 161 (7.53%) Continuous Improvement
17 155 (7.25%) Infrastructure as Code
18 146 (6.83%) Change Management
18 146 (6.83%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 318 (14.87%) SQL
2 224 (10.47%) Python
3 97 (4.53%) Java
3 97 (4.53%) PowerShell
4 66 (3.09%) C#
5 46 (2.15%) JavaScript
6 36 (1.68%) TypeScript
7 32 (1.50%) Bash
8 21 (0.98%) PL/SQL
9 20 (0.94%) Bicep
9 20 (0.94%) Shell Script
10 14 (0.65%) T-SQL
11 13 (0.61%) Apex Code
12 10 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 10 (0.47%) SOQL
13 9 (0.42%) Ruby
13 9 (0.42%) VBA
14 8 (0.37%) Kotlin
14 8 (0.37%) Perl
15 7 (0.33%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 306 (14.31%) Security Cleared
2 263 (12.30%) SC Cleared
3 104 (4.86%) Degree
4 57 (2.66%) Azure Certification
5 51 (2.38%) PMP
6 50 (2.34%) PMI Certification
7 36 (1.68%) Microsoft Certification
8 24 (1.12%) Cisco Certification
9 22 (1.03%) Computer Science Degree
9 22 (1.03%) DV Cleared
10 21 (0.98%) CISSP
11 20 (0.94%) AWS Certification
11 20 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
12 18 (0.84%) CIMA
13 16 (0.75%) CISM
14 15 (0.70%) ACCA
15 12 (0.56%) CCNP
15 12 (0.56%) DBS Check
16 10 (0.47%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 7 (0.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 189 (8.84%) Data Quality
2 106 (4.96%) QA
3 69 (3.23%) GDPR
4 47 (2.20%) PMO
5 31 (1.45%) SLA
6 30 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 24 (1.12%) NIST
8 15 (0.70%) ISO 20022
9 13 (0.61%) Accessibility
9 13 (0.61%) SEPA
10 12 (0.56%) GRC
10 12 (0.56%) PCI DSS
11 10 (0.47%) NCSC
12 9 (0.42%) IFRS
12 9 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 8 (0.37%) GMP
13 8 (0.37%) Government Security Classifications
14 7 (0.33%) GxP
15 6 (0.28%) SOC 2
15 6 (0.28%) Solvency II
System Software
1 115 (5.38%) Active Directory
2 50 (2.34%) Docker
3 46 (2.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 26 (1.22%) Virtual Machines
5 14 (0.65%) vSphere
6 11 (0.51%) VMware NSX
7 10 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
8 9 (0.42%) NFS
9 8 (0.37%) Hyper-V
10 7 (0.33%) Firmware
10 7 (0.33%) Varnish
10 7 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
11 6 (0.28%) Postfix
12 5 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
13 4 (0.19%) Sendmail
14 3 (0.14%) Ceph
14 3 (0.14%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 3 (0.14%) KVM
14 3 (0.14%) Microsoft App-V
15 2 (0.094%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 155 (7.25%) Terraform
2 99 (4.63%) Kubernetes
3 60 (2.81%) Microsoft Intune
4 53 (2.48%) Ansible
5 25 (1.17%) SCCM
6 18 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
7 17 (0.79%) Grafana
8 15 (0.70%) Prometheus
9 14 (0.65%) Microsoft Clustering
10 11 (0.51%) FortiGate
11 10 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 8 (0.37%) systemd
13 6 (0.28%) Failover Clustering
13 6 (0.28%) HAProxy
13 6 (0.28%) NetBackup
13 6 (0.28%) SCOM
13 6 (0.28%) vCenter Server
13 6 (0.28%) VxRail
14 5 (0.23%) Argo
14 5 (0.23%) Avamar
Vendors
1 451 (21.08%) Microsoft
2 224 (10.47%) Oracle
3 166 (7.76%) SAP
4 121 (5.66%) Databricks
5 84 (3.93%) Google
6 79 (3.69%) VMware
7 72 (3.37%) ServiceNow
8 67 (3.13%) Cisco
9 58 (2.71%) Salesforce
10 34 (1.59%) IBM
11 29 (1.36%) Informatica
12 24 (1.12%) Juniper
12 24 (1.12%) Zscaler
13 23 (1.08%) CyberArk
13 23 (1.08%) Palo Alto
14 21 (0.98%) Citrix
14 21 (0.98%) Workday
15 19 (0.89%) IFS
16 17 (0.79%) Adobe
17 16 (0.75%) Fortinet