Migration Contract Job Trends in London

Migration
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London citing Migration skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 21 21
Rank change year-on-year +3 0 +3
Contract jobs citing Migration 2,281 1,199 1,296
As % of all contract jobs in London 11.21% 8.72% 8.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.47% 9.43% 9.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,588 809 855
10th Percentile £381 £375 £363
25th Percentile £450 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.35%
75th Percentile £669 £656 £650
90th Percentile £750 £738 £775
England median daily rate £545 £520 £525
% change year-on-year +4.81% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 25 4
10th Percentile £27.07 £18.87 £21.30
25th Percentile £37.50 £25.04 £21.62
Median hourly rate £57.00 £25.15 £28.40
Median % change year-on-year +126.64% -11.44% -66.59%
75th Percentile £68.88 - £42.75
90th Percentile £75.00 - £56.70
England median hourly rate £30.00 £25.15 £34.00
% change year-on-year +19.28% -26.03% -49.25%

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 citing process or methodology skills in London.

6 months to
10 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills 18,291 12,711 13,831
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 89.92% 92.44% 89.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,024 8,366 8,908
10th Percentile £359 £331 £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 £664 £663 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £799
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 401 256 162
10th Percentile £15.58 £17.74 £17.28
25th Percentile £19.00 £24.94 £24.63
Median hourly rate £33.60 £29.50 £37.79
Median % change year-on-year +13.90% -21.93% +1.65%
75th Percentile £58.75 £46.81 £55.94
90th Percentile £81.25 £64.88 £80.68
England median hourly rate £35.00 £25.15 £36.50
% change year-on-year +39.17% -31.10% -17.98%

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 November 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 for jobs citing Migration in London over the 6 months to 10 November 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 November 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
Job Ads
Past 6 Months
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +11 344 £600 +9.09% 165
West London -15 46 £525 +45.83% 15
South London -2 30 £500 +17.65% 15
East London -6 9 £498 -6.57% 17
Migration
England

Migration Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Data Migration30.2%690
2Stakeholder Management28.7%654
3Agile17.8%406
4Validation17.0%387
5DevOps16.6%379
6CI/CD15.4%352
7Stakeholder Engagement12.5%286
8Roadmaps11.8%269
9Analytics11.3%258
10Problem-Solving11.3%257
11Data Modelling11.1%254
12User Acceptance Testing10.9%249
13AI10.8%246
14Infrastructure as Code9.6%220
15Data Governance9.0%206
16ERP8.5%195
17Business Intelligence8.3%190
18ETL7.9%181
19Continuous Improvement7.2%165
20Project Delivery6.9%157