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 2 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 22 26
Rank change year-on-year -1 +4 -2
Contract jobs citing Migration 1,506 1,190 1,278
As % of all contract jobs in London 9.56% 8.98% 6.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.59% 9.88% 7.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,040 823 916
10th Percentile £375 £388 £369
25th Percentile £450 £463 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £713 £675
90th Percentile £735 £848 £750
England median daily rate £515 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -6.36% +2.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 7 12
10th Percentile £15.87 £21.40 £23.35
25th Percentile £19.25 £21.50 £67.94
Median hourly rate £22.24 £23.00 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.32% -72.94% +148.18%
75th Percentile £29.31 £25.50 £86.50
90th Percentile £65.25 £29.90 -
England median hourly rate £23.83 £23.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +3.59% -42.50% -36.76%

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 14,221 12,041 16,243
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.23% 90.87% 88.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,548 7,833 11,601
10th Percentile £350 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -7.56%
75th Percentile £650 £676 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 217 158 349
10th Percentile £18.04 £20.45 £16.00
25th Percentile £23.00 £24.68 £19.38
Median hourly rate £35.00 £35.25 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.71% +17.50% -16.67%
75th Percentile £56.50 £53.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £78.51 £72.10
England median hourly rate £28.91 £35.00 £34.21
% change year-on-year -17.40% +2.31% -3.42%

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 2 March 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 2 March 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 2 March 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 -5 204 £570 +3.59% 83
South London +8 32 £463 -3.14% 11
West London -5 25 £600 +20.00% 13
East London -1 12 £485 -3.00% 5
North London +3 6 £448 +8.48% 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 64 (4.25%) SharePoint
2 50 (3.32%) Microsoft Exchange
3 47 (3.12%) Confluence
4 11 (0.73%) Apache Spark
5 10 (0.66%) Apache
5 10 (0.66%) SAS
6 9 (0.60%) Apache Airflow
7 8 (0.53%) CMS
8 7 (0.46%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 6 (0.40%) ArcGIS
10 5 (0.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 5 (0.33%) Skype for Business
11 4 (0.27%) BizTalk Server
11 4 (0.27%) nginx
12 3 (0.20%) LiveLink
12 3 (0.20%) Mattermost
12 3 (0.20%) Sitecore CMS
12 3 (0.20%) Tomcat
12 3 (0.20%) WordPress
13 2 (0.13%) Appian
Applications
1 55 (3.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (2.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 25 (1.66%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (1.66%) Microsoft Project
4 17 (1.13%) MS Visio
5 11 (0.73%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.20%) Oracle Smart View
7 2 (0.13%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.066%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.066%) InfoPath
8 1 (0.066%) Trello
Business Applications
1 54 (3.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 31 (2.06%) Dynamics CRM
3 17 (1.13%) Oracle EBS
4 14 (0.93%) Loan IQ
4 14 (0.93%) SAP HR
5 12 (0.80%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 11 (0.73%) Oracle Payables
7 10 (0.66%) Oracle General Ledger
7 10 (0.66%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 10 (0.66%) Veritas eDiscovery
8 8 (0.53%) Oracle FAH
9 7 (0.46%) Oracle ERP
9 7 (0.46%) Oracle Financials
9 7 (0.46%) Oracle Receivables
9 7 (0.46%) SAP CO
10 6 (0.40%) SAP ERP
10 6 (0.40%) SAP FI
10 6 (0.40%) SAP FI/CO
10 6 (0.40%) SAP MM
10 6 (0.40%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 399 (26.49%) Azure
2 223 (14.81%) AWS
3 109 (7.24%) Power Platform
4 106 (7.04%) Microsoft 365
5 100 (6.64%) GitHub
6 85 (5.64%) GCP
7 79 (5.25%) Azure DevOps
8 61 (4.05%) Dynamics 365
9 56 (3.72%) Entra ID
10 54 (3.59%) SaaS
11 50 (3.32%) GitHub Actions
12 41 (2.72%) OCI
12 41 (2.72%) Serverless
13 40 (2.66%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 39 (2.59%) Azure Data Factory
15 38 (2.52%) Snowflake
16 37 (2.46%) Amazon S3
17 35 (2.32%) IaaS
18 32 (2.12%) PaaS
19 28 (1.86%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 71 (4.71%) Firewall
2 44 (2.92%) Network Security
3 38 (2.52%) DNS
4 31 (2.06%) VPN
5 25 (1.66%) WAN
6 22 (1.46%) SAN
7 17 (1.13%) NAS
8 16 (1.06%) BGP
8 16 (1.06%) SD-WAN
8 16 (1.06%) VLAN
9 15 (1.00%) DHCP
9 15 (1.00%) LAN
10 14 (0.93%) OSPF
10 14 (0.93%) Wi-Fi
11 10 (0.66%) MPLS
12 9 (0.60%) DMARC
13 8 (0.53%) DKIM
14 7 (0.46%) Unified Communications
15 5 (0.33%) Cisco ASA
15 5 (0.33%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (5.91%) Power BI
2 77 (5.11%) Data Warehouse
3 75 (4.98%) SQL Server
4 42 (2.79%) PostgreSQL
5 38 (2.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 33 (2.19%) Relational Database
7 32 (2.12%) Data Lake
8 28 (1.86%) Oracle Database
9 27 (1.79%) Metadata
10 25 (1.66%) Tableau
11 17 (1.13%) Amazon Athena
11 17 (1.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 16 (1.06%) Amazon Redshift
12 16 (1.06%) DB2
13 15 (1.00%) Azure SQL Database
13 15 (1.00%) MySQL
14 14 (0.93%) Amazon RDS
14 14 (0.93%) Big Data
14 14 (0.93%) MongoDB
14 14 (0.93%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 99 (6.57%) JIRA
2 31 (2.06%) Jenkins
3 29 (1.93%) Git
4 22 (1.46%) GitLab
5 15 (1.00%) Artifactory
6 11 (0.73%) Team Foundation Server
7 7 (0.46%) Cucumber
8 6 (0.40%) JUnit
9 5 (0.33%) Bitbucket
9 5 (0.33%) Chocolatey
9 5 (0.33%) Oracle Forms
9 5 (0.33%) Selenium
9 5 (0.33%) SonarQube
10 4 (0.27%) Claude Code
10 4 (0.27%) LSMW
10 4 (0.27%) SpecFlow
10 4 (0.27%) Toad
11 3 (0.20%) ERwin
11 3 (0.20%) Mockito
11 3 (0.20%) Visual Studio
General
1 477 (31.67%) Social Skills
2 471 (31.27%) Finance
3 147 (9.76%) Analytical Skills
4 138 (9.16%) Banking
5 128 (8.50%) Public Sector
6 56 (3.72%) Documentation Skills
7 48 (3.19%) Retail
8 37 (2.46%) Legal
9 32 (2.12%) Telecoms
10 26 (1.73%) Organisational Skills
11 25 (1.66%) Presentation Skills
12 24 (1.59%) Manufacturing
13 22 (1.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 22 (1.46%) Influencing Skills
14 21 (1.39%) Marketing
15 20 (1.33%) Financial Institution
16 19 (1.26%) Law
16 19 (1.26%) Local Government
17 18 (1.20%) General Ledger
18 17 (1.13%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 209 (13.88%) Architect
2 198 (13.15%) Analyst
3 159 (10.56%) Lead
4 156 (10.36%) Senior
5 140 (9.30%) Business Analyst
6 139 (9.23%) Consultant
7 120 (7.97%) Project Manager
8 86 (5.71%) Developer
9 75 (4.98%) Data Engineer
10 61 (4.05%) Azure Engineer
11 52 (3.45%) Migration Manager
12 51 (3.39%) Migration Engineer
13 42 (2.79%) Data Analyst
13 42 (2.79%) Solutions Architect
14 41 (2.72%) Migration Analyst
15 38 (2.52%) DevOps Engineer
16 32 (2.12%) Azure Architect
16 32 (2.12%) Cloud Architect
16 32 (2.12%) Cloud Engineer
16 32 (2.12%) Migration Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (3.12%) REST
2 37 (2.46%) .NET
3 36 (2.39%) Middleware
4 31 (2.06%) Oracle Fusion
5 29 (1.93%) Kafka
6 25 (1.66%) XML
7 24 (1.59%) PySpark
8 16 (1.06%) SOAP
9 15 (1.00%) JSON
9 15 (1.00%) Spring
9 15 (1.00%) Spring Boot
10 13 (0.86%) AngularJS
10 13 (0.86%) HTML
11 12 (0.80%) CSS
11 12 (0.80%) Lightning Web Components
11 12 (0.80%) React
12 11 (0.73%) SAML
13 10 (0.66%) ARM Templates
13 10 (0.66%) OAuth
13 10 (0.66%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 127 (8.43%) Legacy Systems
2 98 (6.51%) Cloud Native
3 64 (4.25%) Data Centre
4 51 (3.39%) Onboarding
5 44 (2.92%) Data Structures
6 38 (2.52%) Replication
7 37 (2.46%) Data Protection Act
8 33 (2.19%) Hybrid Cloud
8 33 (2.19%) Public Cloud
9 32 (2.12%) Product Ownership
10 29 (1.93%) Management Information System
11 24 (1.59%) Mainframe
12 17 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
12 17 (1.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 14 (0.93%) Distributed Systems
14 13 (0.86%) Reference Data
15 12 (0.80%) Greenfield Project
16 11 (0.73%) Legacy Applications
16 11 (0.73%) Tandem
16 11 (0.73%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 108 (7.17%) Windows
2 38 (2.52%) Linux
3 31 (2.06%) Windows Server
4 22 (1.46%) Unix
5 21 (1.39%) Windows 10
6 17 (1.13%) VMS
7 11 (0.73%) zOS
8 9 (0.60%) Windows Server 2016
9 8 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (0.33%) Apple iOS
11 4 (0.27%) Android
11 4 (0.27%) Mac OS
11 4 (0.27%) Solaris
12 3 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
12 3 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
13 2 (0.13%) CentOS
13 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 523 (34.73%) Data Migration
2 298 (19.79%) Agile
3 288 (19.12%) Stakeholder Management
4 239 (15.87%) DevOps
5 222 (14.74%) Problem-Solving
6 178 (11.82%) CI/CD
7 169 (11.22%) Data Modelling
8 161 (10.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 156 (10.36%) Validation
10 152 (10.09%) ETL
11 140 (9.30%) Project Management
12 135 (8.96%) Analytics
13 130 (8.63%) User Acceptance Testing
14 127 (8.43%) Infrastructure as Code
15 124 (8.23%) ERP
16 118 (7.84%) Business Intelligence
17 109 (7.24%) Project Delivery
18 104 (6.91%) Continuous Improvement
19 95 (6.31%) Decision-Making
20 93 (6.18%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 272 (18.06%) SQL
2 129 (8.57%) Python
3 80 (5.31%) Java
4 67 (4.45%) PowerShell
5 37 (2.46%) JavaScript
6 36 (2.39%) C#
7 20 (1.33%) PL/SQL
8 18 (1.20%) Bicep
9 17 (1.13%) TypeScript
10 16 (1.06%) T-SQL
11 14 (0.93%) Bash
12 12 (0.80%) Shell Script
13 10 (0.66%) VBA
14 9 (0.60%) Apex Code
15 8 (0.53%) REXX
16 7 (0.46%) Korn
16 7 (0.46%) PHP
17 6 (0.40%) ABAP
18 5 (0.33%) Scala
19 4 (0.27%) SAS Macro
Qualifications
1 258 (17.13%) Security Cleared
2 219 (14.54%) SC Cleared
3 98 (6.51%) Degree
4 49 (3.25%) Azure Certification
5 43 (2.86%) PMP
6 42 (2.79%) PMI Certification
7 31 (2.06%) Microsoft Certification
8 26 (1.73%) Computer Science Degree
9 25 (1.66%) Cisco Certification
10 23 (1.53%) AWS Certification
11 18 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
12 15 (1.00%) Master's Degree
13 14 (0.93%) CCNP
13 14 (0.93%) CISSP
14 13 (0.86%) CBAP
15 12 (0.80%) CIMA
15 12 (0.80%) IIBA
16 11 (0.73%) TOGAF Certification
17 10 (0.66%) CISM
17 10 (0.66%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 123 (8.17%) Data Quality
2 76 (5.05%) QA
3 69 (4.58%) GDPR
4 29 (1.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 16 (1.06%) SLA
6 15 (1.00%) NIST
6 15 (1.00%) PMO
7 10 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
7 10 (0.66%) ISO 20022
7 10 (0.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 9 (0.60%) IFRS
8 9 (0.60%) NCSC
9 7 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 7 (0.46%) GRC
9 7 (0.46%) PCI DSS
9 7 (0.46%) SEPA
10 6 (0.40%) Accessibility
11 5 (0.33%) Basel III
11 5 (0.33%) HIPAA
11 5 (0.33%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 74 (4.91%) Active Directory
2 57 (3.78%) Docker
3 45 (2.99%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (1.06%) VMware NSX
5 15 (1.00%) Virtual Desktop
6 13 (0.86%) Virtual Machines
7 12 (0.80%) NFS
8 8 (0.53%) vSphere
9 7 (0.46%) Hyper-V
9 7 (0.46%) Oracle RAC
10 3 (0.20%) BitLocker
10 3 (0.20%) Job Entry Subsystem
10 3 (0.20%) Varnish
11 2 (0.13%) Postfix
11 2 (0.13%) RACF
11 2 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.13%) VMware Workstation
12 1 (0.066%) Firmware
12 1 (0.066%) Microsoft App-V
12 1 (0.066%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 156 (10.36%) Terraform
2 106 (7.04%) Kubernetes
3 67 (4.45%) Microsoft Intune
4 41 (2.72%) Ansible
5 27 (1.79%) SCCM
6 12 (0.80%) AirWatch
6 12 (0.80%) Grafana
7 10 (0.66%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 8 (0.53%) EMC VPLEX
8 8 (0.53%) vMotion
9 7 (0.46%) Prometheus
9 7 (0.46%) SCOM
10 6 (0.40%) FortiGate
10 6 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
11 5 (0.33%) vCenter Server
12 4 (0.27%) Argo
12 4 (0.27%) Istio
12 4 (0.27%) Pingdom
13 3 (0.20%) Data Guard
13 3 (0.20%) HP SiteScope
Vendors
1 312 (20.72%) Microsoft
2 153 (10.16%) Oracle
3 131 (8.70%) SAP
4 74 (4.91%) VMware
5 54 (3.59%) Salesforce
6 51 (3.39%) Google
6 51 (3.39%) ServiceNow
7 44 (2.92%) Databricks
8 38 (2.52%) Cisco
9 34 (2.26%) Workday
10 26 (1.73%) CyberArk
11 25 (1.66%) Citrix
12 23 (1.53%) Informatica
13 20 (1.33%) Pure Storage
14 19 (1.26%) Avaloq
15 17 (1.13%) IBM
16 16 (1.06%) Splunk
17 15 (1.00%) MuleSoft
18 13 (0.86%) Dynatrace
18 13 (0.86%) Palo Alto