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 14 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 22 21
Rank change year-on-year +3 -1 +3
Contract jobs citing Migration 2,137 1,170 1,361
As % of all contract jobs in London 10.61% 8.76% 8.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.94% 9.46% 9.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,472 769 911
10th Percentile £363 £363 £375
25th Percentile £450 £434 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £738 £775
England median daily rate £525 £520 £525
% change year-on-year +0.96% -0.98% -4.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 23 7
10th Percentile £34.40 - £21.52
25th Percentile £51.13 - £41.90
Median hourly rate £59.75 £25.15 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year +137.57% -62.74% +0.75%
75th Percentile £75.00 - £71.25
90th Percentile £93.00 £65.00 -
England median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £53.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -52.55% -24.29%

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 17,900 12,362 14,455
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.84% 92.61% 89.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,695 8,173 9,697
10th Percentile £359 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 297 255 180
10th Percentile £16.70 £17.00 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.00 £23.80
Median hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% -8.57% -12.50%
75th Percentile £56.25 £49.13 £55.00
90th Percentile £85.09 £63.75 £72.19
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -1.71%

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 14 September 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 14 September 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 14 September 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 +5 323 £575 +4.55% 168
West London -11 50 £475 +46.15% 38
South London -15 25 £485 +14.12% 14
East London +8 16 £525 -13.58% 12
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 (7.21%) SharePoint
2 73 (3.42%) Confluence
3 53 (2.48%) Microsoft Exchange
4 37 (1.73%) Apache Airflow
5 32 (1.50%) Apache Spark
6 29 (1.36%) Apache
7 21 (0.98%) CMS
8 15 (0.70%) SAS
9 14 (0.66%) SharePoint 2013
10 7 (0.33%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 7 (0.33%) Headless CMS
11 6 (0.28%) CICS
11 6 (0.28%) Palantir Foundry
11 6 (0.28%) WordPress
12 5 (0.23%) HCL Notes
12 5 (0.23%) SharePoint Server
13 4 (0.19%) JBoss
13 4 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 4 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
14 3 (0.14%) OpenStack
Applications
1 63 (2.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (1.03%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (0.94%) Microsoft Project
4 14 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
5 11 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 10 (0.47%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.094%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.094%) Windchill
8 1 (0.047%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 83 (3.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 35 (1.64%) Dynamics CRM
3 30 (1.40%) Oracle Payables
4 26 (1.22%) Oracle Receivables
5 24 (1.12%) NetSuite
6 20 (0.94%) Oracle ERP
7 17 (0.80%) Oracle EBS
7 17 (0.80%) Oracle General Ledger
8 13 (0.61%) Oracle Financials
8 13 (0.61%) Remedy ITSM
8 13 (0.61%) SAP ERP
8 13 (0.61%) Temenos T24
9 11 (0.51%) iTrent
9 11 (0.51%) Oracle Assets
10 10 (0.47%) Dynamics NAV
10 10 (0.47%) SAP MDG
11 9 (0.42%) Maximo
12 8 (0.37%) SAP Payroll
13 7 (0.33%) Finacle
14 6 (0.28%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 530 (24.80%) Azure
2 364 (17.03%) AWS
3 203 (9.50%) Power Platform
4 168 (7.86%) Microsoft 365
5 132 (6.18%) GCP
6 116 (5.43%) Azure DevOps
7 113 (5.29%) Entra ID
8 102 (4.77%) SaaS
9 87 (4.07%) Dynamics 365
10 76 (3.56%) Serverless
11 69 (3.23%) GitHub
12 66 (3.09%) Snowflake
13 65 (3.04%) Amazon S3
14 59 (2.76%) dbt
15 55 (2.57%) OCI
16 47 (2.20%) OneDrive
17 46 (2.15%) Power Automate
18 45 (2.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
19 44 (2.06%) AWS Lambda
20 39 (1.82%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 92 (4.31%) Firewall
2 69 (3.23%) DNS
3 57 (2.67%) Network Security
4 46 (2.15%) VPN
5 45 (2.11%) VLAN
6 37 (1.73%) BGP
7 36 (1.68%) WAN
8 30 (1.40%) DHCP
9 27 (1.26%) TCP/IP
10 20 (0.94%) SD-WAN
11 16 (0.75%) SAN
11 16 (0.75%) Wi-Fi
11 16 (0.75%) Wireless
12 15 (0.70%) SSL
13 12 (0.56%) OSPF
14 10 (0.47%) 5G
14 10 (0.47%) NX-OS
14 10 (0.47%) PSTN
14 10 (0.47%) VXLAN
15 9 (0.42%) DKIM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 170 (7.96%) Power BI
2 96 (4.49%) SQL Server
3 95 (4.45%) Data Warehouse
4 74 (3.46%) Metadata
5 57 (2.67%) Data Lake
5 57 (2.67%) PostgreSQL
6 41 (1.92%) Oracle Database
7 34 (1.59%) Relational Database
8 32 (1.50%) Delta Lake
9 31 (1.45%) BigQuery
10 26 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 23 (1.08%) Amazon Redshift
12 21 (0.98%) Amazon RDS
13 20 (0.94%) Tableau
14 19 (0.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 17 (0.80%) Amazon Athena
16 16 (0.75%) Db2
17 15 (0.70%) Azure SQL Database
17 15 (0.70%) MongoDB
17 15 (0.70%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 151 (7.07%) JIRA
2 74 (3.46%) Git
3 43 (2.01%) GitLab
4 41 (1.92%) Jenkins
5 9 (0.42%) Oracle Forms
6 8 (0.37%) JUnit
6 8 (0.37%) Liquibase
6 8 (0.37%) RStudio
7 7 (0.33%) Gradle
7 7 (0.33%) Mockito
8 6 (0.28%) Ant
8 6 (0.28%) Eclipse
8 6 (0.28%) Visual Studio Code
8 6 (0.28%) Zephyr
9 5 (0.23%) Bitbucket
9 5 (0.23%) Chocolatey
10 4 (0.19%) Cypress.io
10 4 (0.19%) MSI
10 4 (0.19%) PowerBuilder
10 4 (0.19%) Visual Studio
General
1 715 (33.46%) Finance
2 591 (27.66%) Social Skills
3 242 (11.32%) Banking
4 215 (10.06%) Analytical Skills
5 160 (7.49%) Public Sector
6 107 (5.01%) Retail
7 72 (3.37%) Documentation Skills
8 57 (2.67%) Legal
9 47 (2.20%) Law
10 41 (1.92%) Manufacturing
11 38 (1.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 36 (1.68%) General Ledger
12 36 (1.68%) Marketing
13 35 (1.64%) Billing
13 35 (1.64%) Telecoms
14 34 (1.59%) Influencing Skills
15 33 (1.54%) Organisational Skills
16 29 (1.36%) Front Office
16 29 (1.36%) Investment Banking
17 25 (1.17%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 423 (19.79%) Architect
2 302 (14.13%) Lead
3 194 (9.08%) Senior
4 190 (8.89%) Analyst
5 180 (8.42%) Consultant
6 156 (7.30%) Project Manager
7 137 (6.41%) Solutions Architect
8 126 (5.90%) Data Engineer
9 114 (5.33%) Developer
10 107 (5.01%) Business Analyst
11 86 (4.02%) Data Architect
12 61 (2.85%) Data Analyst
13 55 (2.57%) Network Engineer
14 53 (2.48%) Cloud Architect
14 53 (2.48%) Data Migration Lead
15 48 (2.25%) Administrator
16 46 (2.15%) Lead Architect
17 42 (1.97%) Migration Engineer
18 39 (1.82%) Azure Engineer
19 38 (1.78%) Migration Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 160 (7.49%) Terraform
2 92 (4.31%) REST
3 82 (3.84%) .NET
4 61 (2.85%) Oracle Fusion
5 55 (2.57%) Kafka
6 54 (2.53%) PySpark
7 46 (2.15%) Middleware
8 35 (1.64%) .NET Framework
9 30 (1.40%) JSON
10 29 (1.36%) Spring Boot
11 28 (1.31%) React
11 28 (1.31%) XML
12 27 (1.26%) OAuth
12 27 (1.26%) Spring
13 25 (1.17%) HTML
13 25 (1.17%) SOAP
14 21 (0.98%) SAML
15 20 (0.94%) Web Services
16 19 (0.89%) OpenID
17 18 (0.84%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 175 (8.19%) Cloud Native
2 166 (7.77%) Legacy Systems
3 131 (6.13%) Data Centre
4 87 (4.07%) Data Structures
5 86 (4.02%) Onboarding
6 64 (2.99%) Enterprise Software
7 63 (2.95%) Product Ownership
8 44 (2.06%) Hybrid Cloud
9 38 (1.78%) Legacy Applications
9 38 (1.78%) Management Information System
10 36 (1.68%) Data Protection Act
11 31 (1.45%) Clustering
11 31 (1.45%) Replication
12 30 (1.40%) Mainframe
13 28 (1.31%) Public Cloud
14 27 (1.26%) Distributed Systems
15 19 (0.89%) FMCG
15 19 (0.89%) Greenfield Project
16 18 (0.84%) Enterprise Cloud
17 17 (0.80%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 175 (8.19%) Windows
2 83 (3.88%) Linux
3 35 (1.64%) Windows Server
4 28 (1.31%) Unix
5 21 (0.98%) Windows 10
6 16 (0.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 12 (0.56%) Apple iOS
7 12 (0.56%) Ubuntu
8 11 (0.51%) VMS
9 10 (0.47%) Mac OS
10 6 (0.28%) Android
10 6 (0.28%) SUSE
11 5 (0.23%) AIX
11 5 (0.23%) Solaris
11 5 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
11 5 (0.23%) zOS
12 3 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
13 2 (0.094%) Windows Server 2019
14 1 (0.047%) CentOS
14 1 (0.047%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 677 (31.68%) Data Migration
2 512 (23.96%) Stakeholder Management
3 365 (17.08%) Agile
4 344 (16.10%) Validation
5 318 (14.88%) DevOps
6 286 (13.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 278 (13.01%) CI/CD
8 250 (11.70%) User Acceptance Testing
9 247 (11.56%) Problem-Solving
10 235 (11.00%) Data Modelling
11 227 (10.62%) Analytics
12 216 (10.11%) Roadmaps
13 211 (9.87%) ERP
14 197 (9.22%) Business Intelligence
15 188 (8.80%) AI
16 169 (7.91%) Data Governance
16 169 (7.91%) Infrastructure as Code
17 166 (7.77%) Continuous Improvement
18 153 (7.16%) ETL
19 149 (6.97%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 320 (14.97%) SQL
2 232 (10.86%) Python
3 108 (5.05%) PowerShell
4 77 (3.60%) Java
5 70 (3.28%) C#
6 48 (2.25%) JavaScript
7 39 (1.82%) TypeScript
8 35 (1.64%) Bash
9 22 (1.03%) Bicep
10 19 (0.89%) PL/SQL
11 18 (0.84%) Shell Script
12 13 (0.61%) Apex Code
13 10 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 10 (0.47%) T-SQL
14 9 (0.42%) Perl
14 9 (0.42%) SOQL
15 8 (0.37%) JCL
16 7 (0.33%) COBOL
16 7 (0.33%) SOSL
17 6 (0.28%) R
Qualifications
1 302 (14.13%) Security Cleared
2 261 (12.21%) SC Cleared
3 101 (4.73%) Degree
4 57 (2.67%) PMI Certification
4 57 (2.67%) PMP
5 51 (2.39%) Azure Certification
6 28 (1.31%) Microsoft Certification
7 25 (1.17%) Cisco Certification
7 25 (1.17%) DV Cleared
8 24 (1.12%) AWS Certification
9 23 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
10 22 (1.03%) Computer Science Degree
11 18 (0.84%) CCNP
11 18 (0.84%) CISSP
12 15 (0.70%) ACCA
13 14 (0.66%) CIMA
14 12 (0.56%) DBS Check
15 11 (0.51%) CISM
16 10 (0.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 7 (0.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 221 (10.34%) Data Quality
2 109 (5.10%) QA
3 57 (2.67%) GDPR
4 46 (2.15%) PMO
5 26 (1.22%) NIST
5 26 (1.22%) SLA
6 22 (1.03%) GRC
7 21 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 16 (0.75%) ISO 20022
9 15 (0.70%) Accessibility
10 13 (0.61%) PCI DSS
10 13 (0.61%) SEPA
11 8 (0.37%) IFRS
11 8 (0.37%) NCSC
12 7 (0.33%) GxP
12 7 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 6 (0.28%) GMP
13 6 (0.28%) HL7
13 6 (0.28%) Solvency II
13 6 (0.28%) WCAG
System Software
1 127 (5.94%) Active Directory
2 55 (2.57%) Docker
3 50 (2.34%) VMware Infrastructure
4 28 (1.31%) Virtual Machines
5 15 (0.70%) vSphere
6 13 (0.61%) VMware NSX
7 11 (0.51%) Hyper-V
8 8 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
9 7 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
10 6 (0.28%) Firmware
11 5 (0.23%) NFS
11 5 (0.23%) Varnish
11 5 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
12 4 (0.19%) Postfix
13 3 (0.14%) Ceph
13 3 (0.14%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 3 (0.14%) KVM
13 3 (0.14%) Sendmail
14 2 (0.094%) Microsoft App-V
14 2 (0.094%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 94 (4.40%) Kubernetes
2 64 (2.99%) Ansible
3 56 (2.62%) Microsoft Intune
4 24 (1.12%) Single Sign-On
5 23 (1.08%) SCCM
6 15 (0.70%) Microsoft Clustering
7 14 (0.66%) Grafana
8 12 (0.56%) Prometheus
9 11 (0.51%) FortiGate
10 9 (0.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 8 (0.37%) systemd
12 7 (0.33%) Failover Clustering
12 7 (0.33%) Karpenter
13 6 (0.28%) SCOM
13 6 (0.28%) vRealize
13 6 (0.28%) VxRail
14 5 (0.23%) Argo
14 5 (0.23%) Control-M
14 5 (0.23%) PingFederate
14 5 (0.23%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 456 (21.34%) Microsoft
2 237 (11.09%) Oracle
3 179 (8.38%) SAP
4 148 (6.93%) Databricks
5 90 (4.21%) Google
6 82 (3.84%) Cisco
7 81 (3.79%) VMware
8 77 (3.60%) ServiceNow
9 52 (2.43%) Salesforce
10 40 (1.87%) IBM
11 34 (1.59%) Informatica
12 24 (1.12%) CyberArk
13 23 (1.08%) Palo Alto
13 23 (1.08%) Zscaler
14 21 (0.98%) Fortinet
14 21 (0.98%) Workday
15 20 (0.94%) Juniper
16 17 (0.80%) IFS
17 15 (0.70%) Arista
17 15 (0.70%) Murex