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

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 21 22
Rank change year-on-year +1 +1 +2
Contract jobs citing Migration 1,819 1,169 1,373
As % of all contract jobs in London 10.25% 9.37% 7.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.60% 10.15% 8.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,264 791 994
10th Percentile £363 £388 £361
25th Percentile £450 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -5.98%
75th Percentile £638 £701 £650
90th Percentile £750 £875 £743
England median daily rate £514 £534 £525
% change year-on-year -3.66% +1.62% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 6 6
10th Percentile £18.18 £22.00 £34.62
25th Percentile £21.30 £22.79 £50.42
Median hourly rate £28.55 £29.90 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.52% -55.70% +52.54%
75th Percentile £62.06 £57.42 £71.25
90th Percentile £80.50 £65.00 -
England median hourly rate £23.83 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year -5.27% -37.13% -42.24%

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 15,677 11,512 15,660
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.30% 92.23% 88.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,479 7,802 11,216
10th Percentile £356 £350 £341
25th Percentile £431 £436 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £681
90th Percentile £755 £813 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 246 175 313
10th Percentile £18.52 £16.50 £15.96
25th Percentile £23.66 £23.35 £20.00
Median hourly rate £35.61 £34.50 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.20% +23.21% -26.80%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £63.75 £66.40
England median hourly rate £47.00 £29.07 £36.50
% change year-on-year +61.68% -20.36% -2.67%

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 12 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 12 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 12 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 +1 258 £550 - 93
South London +6 35 £463 -3.14% 5
West London +1 34 £445 -28.80% 7
East London -1 11 £498 -2.45% 3
North London 0 4 £410 -6.82% 1
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 93 (5.11%) SharePoint
2 55 (3.02%) Confluence
3 54 (2.97%) Microsoft Exchange
4 23 (1.26%) Apache Spark
5 21 (1.15%) Apache Airflow
6 17 (0.93%) Apache
7 15 (0.82%) SAS
8 6 (0.33%) CMS
9 5 (0.27%) OpenStack
9 5 (0.27%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 4 (0.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 4 (0.22%) ArcGIS
10 4 (0.22%) BizTalk Server
10 4 (0.22%) Tomcat
11 3 (0.16%) CICS
11 3 (0.16%) nginx
11 3 (0.16%) Palantir Foundry
11 3 (0.16%) SharePoint 2013
11 3 (0.16%) WordPress
12 2 (0.11%) Appian
Applications
1 74 (4.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (1.92%) Microsoft Project
3 32 (1.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
5 17 (0.93%) Spreadsheet
6 13 (0.71%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.055%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.055%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 73 (4.01%) SAP S/4HANA
2 26 (1.43%) Dynamics CRM
3 18 (0.99%) Loan IQ
3 18 (0.99%) Oracle EBS
4 17 (0.93%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 11 (0.60%) Oracle ERP
5 11 (0.60%) Oracle Payables
5 11 (0.60%) SAP ERP
6 10 (0.55%) NetSuite
6 10 (0.55%) Oracle Receivables
6 10 (0.55%) Veritas eDiscovery
7 9 (0.49%) Oracle General Ledger
8 8 (0.44%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 6 (0.33%) Finacle
9 6 (0.33%) Oracle Financials
9 6 (0.33%) SAP CO
10 5 (0.27%) SAP FI
10 5 (0.27%) SAP FI/CO
10 5 (0.27%) SAP MM
10 5 (0.27%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 474 (26.06%) Azure
2 297 (16.33%) AWS
3 147 (8.08%) Power Platform
4 134 (7.37%) Microsoft 365
5 106 (5.83%) Azure DevOps
6 105 (5.77%) GCP
7 99 (5.44%) GitHub
8 90 (4.95%) Dynamics 365
9 71 (3.90%) Entra ID
10 66 (3.63%) SaaS
11 51 (2.80%) Serverless
12 50 (2.75%) PaaS
13 49 (2.69%) Amazon S3
14 48 (2.64%) Snowflake
15 45 (2.47%) IaaS
15 45 (2.47%) OCI
16 41 (2.25%) Azure Data Factory
17 40 (2.20%) GitHub Actions
18 37 (2.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
19 34 (1.87%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 80 (4.40%) Firewall
2 47 (2.58%) Network Security
3 44 (2.42%) DNS
4 32 (1.76%) VPN
5 26 (1.43%) VLAN
6 24 (1.32%) SAN
7 22 (1.21%) WAN
8 19 (1.04%) NAS
9 17 (0.93%) SD-WAN
10 16 (0.88%) DHCP
11 15 (0.82%) BGP
12 13 (0.71%) Wi-Fi
13 12 (0.66%) OSPF
14 11 (0.60%) HTTP
14 11 (0.60%) VSAN
15 9 (0.49%) LAN
15 9 (0.49%) MPLS
15 9 (0.49%) SSL
15 9 (0.49%) Wireless
16 7 (0.38%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 126 (6.93%) Power BI
2 75 (4.12%) Data Warehouse
3 63 (3.46%) SQL Server
4 62 (3.41%) Data Lake
5 42 (2.31%) Metadata
5 42 (2.31%) PostgreSQL
6 37 (2.03%) Tableau
7 26 (1.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 23 (1.26%) Relational Database
9 22 (1.21%) Oracle Database
10 20 (1.10%) Amazon Redshift
10 20 (1.10%) DB2
11 18 (0.99%) BigQuery
11 18 (0.99%) NoSQL
11 18 (0.99%) Oracle Reports
12 17 (0.93%) Amazon Athena
12 17 (0.93%) Azure SQL Database
13 16 (0.88%) Delta Lake
14 14 (0.77%) Amazon RDS
15 11 (0.60%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 124 (6.82%) JIRA
2 40 (2.20%) Git
3 38 (2.09%) Jenkins
4 31 (1.70%) GitLab
5 14 (0.77%) Artifactory
6 11 (0.60%) Team Foundation Server
7 8 (0.44%) JUnit
8 7 (0.38%) Bitbucket
8 7 (0.38%) Chocolatey
8 7 (0.38%) Cucumber
9 6 (0.33%) Oracle Forms
9 6 (0.33%) Selenium
9 6 (0.33%) Zephyr
10 5 (0.27%) Claude Code
10 5 (0.27%) LSMW
11 4 (0.22%) Gradle
11 4 (0.22%) Liquibase
11 4 (0.22%) Mockito
11 4 (0.22%) SonarQube
11 4 (0.22%) Toad
General
1 576 (31.67%) Finance
2 500 (27.49%) Social Skills
3 165 (9.07%) Analytical Skills
4 153 (8.41%) Banking
5 147 (8.08%) Public Sector
6 76 (4.18%) Retail
7 50 (2.75%) Law
8 49 (2.69%) Documentation Skills
9 48 (2.64%) Legal
10 29 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
11 26 (1.43%) Financial Institution
11 26 (1.43%) Marketing
12 24 (1.32%) Telecoms
13 23 (1.26%) Organisational Skills
14 21 (1.15%) General Ledger
14 21 (1.15%) Manufacturing
15 20 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
16 18 (0.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 18 (0.99%) Local Government
17 15 (0.82%) Billing
Job Titles
1 337 (18.53%) Architect
2 260 (14.29%) Lead
3 204 (11.21%) Analyst
4 184 (10.12%) Senior
5 151 (8.30%) Consultant
6 133 (7.31%) Business Analyst
7 130 (7.15%) Project Manager
8 97 (5.33%) Data Engineer
9 88 (4.84%) Developer
10 78 (4.29%) Solutions Architect
11 65 (3.57%) Azure Engineer
12 63 (3.46%) Migration Engineer
13 59 (3.24%) Cloud Architect
14 58 (3.19%) Migration Manager
15 54 (2.97%) Data Analyst
16 53 (2.91%) Data Architect
17 50 (2.75%) Data Migration Lead
17 50 (2.75%) Migration Analyst
18 46 (2.53%) Cloud Engineer
19 45 (2.47%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (2.69%) Oracle Fusion
1 49 (2.69%) REST
2 43 (2.36%) .NET
3 40 (2.20%) Middleware
4 39 (2.14%) Kafka
5 30 (1.65%) PySpark
6 22 (1.21%) SOAP
7 21 (1.15%) Spring
8 19 (1.04%) XML
9 18 (0.99%) SAML
10 17 (0.93%) JSON
10 17 (0.93%) Spring Boot
11 16 (0.88%) OAuth
11 16 (0.88%) Web Services
12 15 (0.82%) HTML
12 15 (0.82%) React
13 13 (0.71%) .NET Framework
13 13 (0.71%) ADO
14 12 (0.66%) CSS
14 12 (0.66%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 152 (8.36%) Legacy Systems
2 127 (6.98%) Cloud Native
3 80 (4.40%) Data Centre
4 62 (3.41%) Data Structures
5 50 (2.75%) Onboarding
6 47 (2.58%) Replication
7 38 (2.09%) Mainframe
8 37 (2.03%) Product Ownership
9 36 (1.98%) Data Protection Act
10 35 (1.92%) Public Cloud
11 33 (1.81%) Management Information System
12 31 (1.70%) Hybrid Cloud
13 30 (1.65%) Distributed Systems
14 20 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
15 17 (0.93%) Clustering
15 17 (0.93%) Greenfield Project
16 15 (0.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 14 (0.77%) Reference Data
17 14 (0.77%) SWIFT Messaging Network
18 13 (0.71%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 127 (6.98%) Windows
2 52 (2.86%) Linux
3 30 (1.65%) Windows Server
4 26 (1.43%) Windows 10
5 24 (1.32%) Unix
6 21 (1.15%) VMS
7 11 (0.60%) zOS
8 8 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 7 (0.38%) Apple iOS
9 7 (0.38%) Mac OS
10 6 (0.33%) Solaris
11 5 (0.27%) Android
12 4 (0.22%) SUSE
13 3 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
13 3 (0.16%) Windows Server 2012
13 3 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
13 3 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
14 2 (0.11%) AIX
15 1 (0.055%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 611 (33.59%) Data Migration
2 321 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
3 313 (17.21%) Agile
4 290 (15.94%) DevOps
5 228 (12.53%) Validation
6 216 (11.87%) CI/CD
6 216 (11.87%) Problem-Solving
7 201 (11.05%) Data Modelling
8 196 (10.78%) User Acceptance Testing
9 191 (10.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 181 (9.95%) ERP
11 163 (8.96%) Business Intelligence
12 153 (8.41%) Analytics
12 153 (8.41%) ETL
13 149 (8.19%) Continuous Improvement
13 149 (8.19%) Project Management
14 148 (8.14%) Infrastructure as Code
15 125 (6.87%) Project Delivery
15 125 (6.87%) Roadmaps
16 116 (6.38%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 265 (14.57%) SQL
2 165 (9.07%) Python
3 84 (4.62%) Java
4 65 (3.57%) PowerShell
5 32 (1.76%) C#
6 30 (1.65%) JavaScript
7 22 (1.21%) PL/SQL
8 21 (1.15%) Shell Script
9 17 (0.93%) Bicep
10 16 (0.88%) T-SQL
11 15 (0.82%) Bash
11 15 (0.82%) TypeScript
12 11 (0.60%) Apex Code
12 11 (0.60%) VBA
13 10 (0.55%) Ruby
14 8 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 8 (0.44%) REXX
15 6 (0.33%) PHP
15 6 (0.33%) Scala
15 6 (0.33%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 319 (17.54%) Security Cleared
2 265 (14.57%) SC Cleared
3 102 (5.61%) Degree
4 53 (2.91%) Azure Certification
5 47 (2.58%) PMP
6 46 (2.53%) PMI Certification
7 32 (1.76%) Microsoft Certification
8 26 (1.43%) Computer Science Degree
9 23 (1.26%) AWS Certification
10 21 (1.15%) Cisco Certification
11 19 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
12 16 (0.88%) CISSP
13 15 (0.82%) CIMA
14 14 (0.77%) DV Cleared
15 13 (0.71%) CISM
16 12 (0.66%) IIBA
17 11 (0.60%) CBAP
17 11 (0.60%) TOGAF Certification
18 10 (0.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
19 9 (0.49%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 157 (8.63%) Data Quality
2 78 (4.29%) QA
3 67 (3.68%) GDPR
4 30 (1.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 28 (1.54%) SLA
6 25 (1.37%) NIST
6 25 (1.37%) PMO
7 13 (0.71%) ISO 20022
8 12 (0.66%) SEPA
9 11 (0.60%) NCSC
10 10 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
10 10 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 9 (0.49%) Accessibility
11 9 (0.49%) IFRS
12 7 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 7 (0.38%) GAAP
12 7 (0.38%) PCI DSS
13 6 (0.33%) HL7
14 5 (0.27%) Basel III
14 5 (0.27%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 85 (4.67%) Active Directory
2 45 (2.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 42 (2.31%) Docker
4 28 (1.54%) Virtual Machines
5 16 (0.88%) NFS
5 16 (0.88%) VMware NSX
6 12 (0.66%) vSphere
7 11 (0.60%) Virtual Desktop
8 7 (0.38%) Hyper-V
8 7 (0.38%) Varnish
9 6 (0.33%) Firmware
9 6 (0.33%) Postfix
9 6 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (0.22%) Sendmail
11 3 (0.16%) Oracle RAC
12 2 (0.11%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 2 (0.11%) Job Entry Subsystem
12 2 (0.11%) Microsoft App-V
12 2 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
12 2 (0.11%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 160 (8.80%) Terraform
2 90 (4.95%) Kubernetes
3 66 (3.63%) Microsoft Intune
4 44 (2.42%) Ansible
5 27 (1.48%) SCCM
6 16 (0.88%) Grafana
7 15 (0.82%) Single Sign-On
8 13 (0.71%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 12 (0.66%) Prometheus
10 11 (0.60%) AirWatch
11 10 (0.55%) EMC VPLEX
12 8 (0.44%) vCenter Server
12 8 (0.44%) vMotion
13 6 (0.33%) HAProxy
13 6 (0.33%) NetBackup
13 6 (0.33%) VxRail
14 5 (0.27%) Failover Clustering
14 5 (0.27%) FortiGate
15 4 (0.22%) Avamar
15 4 (0.22%) PingFederate
Vendors
1 383 (21.06%) Microsoft
2 165 (9.07%) Oracle
3 148 (8.14%) SAP
4 73 (4.01%) VMware
5 71 (3.90%) Databricks
6 62 (3.41%) Google
7 58 (3.19%) Salesforce
8 57 (3.13%) ServiceNow
9 42 (2.31%) Cisco
10 32 (1.76%) CyberArk
11 28 (1.54%) Citrix
12 25 (1.37%) IBM
13 23 (1.26%) Workday
14 21 (1.15%) Informatica
15 20 (1.10%) Pure Storage
16 17 (0.93%) Avaloq
16 17 (0.93%) Splunk
17 14 (0.77%) Palo Alto
17 14 (0.77%) Zscaler
18 12 (0.66%) Dynatrace