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

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 22 24
Rank change year-on-year +1 +2 +1
Contract jobs citing Migration 1,622 1,171 1,326
As % of all contract jobs in London 9.75% 9.19% 7.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.86% 10.07% 8.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,128 818 955
10th Percentile £375 £388 £363
25th Percentile £456 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £713 £675
90th Percentile £738 £866 £749
England median daily rate £520 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -3.70% +2.86% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 7 13
10th Percentile £16.24 £21.40 £23.45
25th Percentile £19.46 £21.50 £45.98
Median hourly rate £25.00 £23.00 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -72.94% +198.25%
75th Percentile £46.25 £25.50 £86.50
90th Percentile £69.36 £29.77 -
England median hourly rate £23.83 £26.88 £40.00
% change year-on-year -11.35% -32.81% -36.00%

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 14,942 11,630 15,993
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.82% 91.27% 88.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,020 7,810 11,431
10th Percentile £353 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £445 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £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 232 164 342
10th Percentile £18.09 £20.14 £16.00
25th Percentile £21.87 £24.66 £19.93
Median hourly rate £35.50 £36.20 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.92% +18.67% -19.47%
75th Percentile £56.97 £53.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.25 £71.18 £69.95
England median hourly rate £32.50 £34.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -4.41% +4.62% -10.48%

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 21 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 21 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 21 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 -6 222 £575 +4.55% 90
South London +11 34 £475 -0.52% 6
West London +2 26 £600 +20.00% 18
East London -9 9 £475 -5.00% 6
North London +4 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 72 (4.44%) SharePoint
2 49 (3.02%) Confluence
2 49 (3.02%) Microsoft Exchange
3 19 (1.17%) Apache Airflow
4 15 (0.92%) Apache
5 14 (0.86%) Apache Spark
6 10 (0.62%) SAS
7 9 (0.55%) CMS
8 7 (0.43%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 5 (0.31%) ArcGIS
9 5 (0.31%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 4 (0.25%) BizTalk Server
10 4 (0.25%) nginx
11 3 (0.18%) OpenStack
11 3 (0.18%) SharePoint 2013
11 3 (0.18%) Sitecore CMS
11 3 (0.18%) Tomcat
11 3 (0.18%) WordPress
12 2 (0.12%) Appian
12 2 (0.12%) MQSeries
Applications
1 69 (4.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 34 (2.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 31 (1.91%) Microsoft Project
4 26 (1.60%) Microsoft Office
5 17 (1.05%) MS Visio
6 15 (0.92%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.062%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.062%) InfoPath
8 1 (0.062%) Trello
Business Applications
1 56 (3.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 31 (1.91%) Dynamics CRM
3 18 (1.11%) Oracle EBS
4 17 (1.05%) Loan IQ
5 15 (0.92%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 10 (0.62%) Oracle Payables
6 10 (0.62%) SAP HR
6 10 (0.62%) Veritas eDiscovery
7 8 (0.49%) Oracle ERP
7 8 (0.49%) Oracle General Ledger
7 8 (0.49%) Workday HCM
8 7 (0.43%) Oracle Receivables
8 7 (0.43%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 7 (0.43%) SAP ERP
9 6 (0.37%) Finacle
9 6 (0.37%) SAP CO
9 6 (0.37%) SAP MM
10 5 (0.31%) Oracle FAH
10 5 (0.31%) Oracle Financials
10 5 (0.31%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 438 (27.00%) Azure
2 255 (15.72%) AWS
3 137 (8.45%) Power Platform
4 111 (6.84%) Microsoft 365
5 103 (6.35%) GitHub
6 96 (5.92%) Azure DevOps
7 90 (5.55%) GCP
8 83 (5.12%) Dynamics 365
9 59 (3.64%) Entra ID
10 57 (3.51%) SaaS
11 48 (2.96%) Serverless
12 46 (2.84%) OCI
13 43 (2.65%) Amazon S3
13 43 (2.65%) Snowflake
14 41 (2.53%) Azure Data Factory
14 41 (2.53%) GitHub Actions
15 40 (2.47%) IaaS
15 40 (2.47%) PaaS
16 38 (2.34%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 33 (2.03%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 69 (4.25%) Firewall
2 45 (2.77%) Network Security
3 39 (2.40%) DNS
4 33 (2.03%) VPN
5 24 (1.48%) WAN
6 23 (1.42%) SAN
7 18 (1.11%) NAS
8 17 (1.05%) SD-WAN
9 15 (0.92%) DHCP
9 15 (0.92%) VLAN
10 13 (0.80%) BGP
10 13 (0.80%) LAN
10 13 (0.80%) Wi-Fi
11 11 (0.68%) OSPF
12 10 (0.62%) MPLS
13 9 (0.55%) DKIM
13 9 (0.55%) DMARC
14 7 (0.43%) HTTP
14 7 (0.43%) VSAN
15 6 (0.37%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (6.91%) Power BI
2 84 (5.18%) Data Warehouse
3 78 (4.81%) SQL Server
4 44 (2.71%) Data Lake
4 44 (2.71%) PostgreSQL
5 37 (2.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 36 (2.22%) Metadata
7 34 (2.10%) Tableau
8 33 (2.03%) Relational Database
9 20 (1.23%) Oracle Database
10 19 (1.17%) Amazon Redshift
11 18 (1.11%) Azure SQL Database
12 16 (0.99%) Amazon Athena
12 16 (0.99%) DB2
12 16 (0.99%) MySQL
12 16 (0.99%) NoSQL
13 15 (0.92%) Big Data
13 15 (0.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 14 (0.86%) Oracle Reports
15 13 (0.80%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 104 (6.41%) JIRA
2 37 (2.28%) Jenkins
3 32 (1.97%) Git
4 24 (1.48%) GitLab
5 14 (0.86%) Artifactory
6 13 (0.80%) Team Foundation Server
7 8 (0.49%) Cucumber
7 8 (0.49%) JUnit
8 7 (0.43%) Selenium
9 6 (0.37%) Bitbucket
9 6 (0.37%) Chocolatey
9 6 (0.37%) Oracle Forms
10 4 (0.25%) Claude Code
10 4 (0.25%) IBM UrbanCode
10 4 (0.25%) LSMW
10 4 (0.25%) Mockito
10 4 (0.25%) SonarQube
10 4 (0.25%) SpecFlow
10 4 (0.25%) Toad
11 3 (0.18%) Cypress.io
General
1 516 (31.81%) Finance
2 496 (30.58%) Social Skills
3 159 (9.80%) Analytical Skills
4 145 (8.94%) Banking
5 141 (8.69%) Public Sector
6 58 (3.58%) Documentation Skills
7 52 (3.21%) Retail
8 44 (2.71%) Legal
9 41 (2.53%) Law
10 29 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
11 28 (1.73%) Telecoms
12 27 (1.66%) Presentation Skills
13 24 (1.48%) Influencing Skills
13 24 (1.48%) Marketing
14 23 (1.42%) Financial Institution
15 22 (1.36%) Local Government
15 22 (1.36%) Manufacturing
16 19 (1.17%) General Ledger
17 17 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 17 (1.05%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 255 (15.72%) Architect
2 212 (13.07%) Analyst
3 199 (12.27%) Lead
4 171 (10.54%) Senior
5 144 (8.88%) Business Analyst
6 139 (8.57%) Consultant
7 123 (7.58%) Project Manager
8 84 (5.18%) Data Engineer
8 84 (5.18%) Developer
9 64 (3.95%) Azure Engineer
10 57 (3.51%) Migration Manager
11 54 (3.33%) Migration Engineer
12 52 (3.21%) Solutions Architect
13 50 (3.08%) Data Analyst
14 46 (2.84%) Migration Analyst
15 40 (2.47%) Cloud Architect
15 40 (2.47%) DevOps Engineer
16 37 (2.28%) Cloud Engineer
17 36 (2.22%) Azure Architect
18 34 (2.10%) Migration Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (2.77%) REST
2 37 (2.28%) Middleware
3 36 (2.22%) Oracle Fusion
4 34 (2.10%) .NET
5 31 (1.91%) Kafka
6 25 (1.54%) PySpark
6 25 (1.54%) XML
7 21 (1.29%) Spring
8 20 (1.23%) SOAP
9 16 (0.99%) JSON
9 16 (0.99%) Spring Boot
10 14 (0.86%) React
11 13 (0.80%) HTML
12 12 (0.74%) CSS
12 12 (0.74%) SAML
13 11 (0.68%) AngularJS
13 11 (0.68%) Lightning Web Components
14 10 (0.62%) ADO
14 10 (0.62%) OAuth
15 9 (0.55%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 149 (9.19%) Legacy Systems
2 105 (6.47%) Cloud Native
3 69 (4.25%) Data Centre
4 53 (3.27%) Onboarding
5 51 (3.14%) Data Structures
6 40 (2.47%) Data Protection Act
7 38 (2.34%) Replication
8 35 (2.16%) Hybrid Cloud
9 34 (2.10%) Product Ownership
9 34 (2.10%) Public Cloud
10 33 (2.03%) Management Information System
11 26 (1.60%) Mainframe
12 21 (1.29%) Distributed Systems
13 17 (1.05%) Enterprise Software
14 16 (0.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 14 (0.86%) Reference Data
16 13 (0.80%) Legacy Applications
16 13 (0.80%) Self-Motivation
16 13 (0.80%) Taxonomies
17 12 (0.74%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 111 (6.84%) Windows
2 42 (2.59%) Linux
3 31 (1.91%) Windows Server
4 24 (1.48%) Unix
4 24 (1.48%) Windows 10
5 21 (1.29%) VMS
6 12 (0.74%) zOS
7 6 (0.37%) Apple iOS
8 5 (0.31%) Android
9 4 (0.25%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.18%) Solaris
10 3 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.062%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 577 (35.57%) Data Migration
2 316 (19.48%) Agile
3 308 (18.99%) Stakeholder Management
4 267 (16.46%) DevOps
5 220 (13.56%) Problem-Solving
6 199 (12.27%) CI/CD
7 192 (11.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 189 (11.65%) Data Modelling
9 178 (10.97%) Validation
10 167 (10.30%) User Acceptance Testing
11 159 (9.80%) ETL
12 157 (9.68%) ERP
13 148 (9.12%) Analytics
14 146 (9.00%) Business Intelligence
15 143 (8.82%) Project Management
16 131 (8.08%) Continuous Improvement
17 130 (8.01%) Infrastructure as Code
18 114 (7.03%) Project Delivery
19 107 (6.60%) Decision-Making
20 102 (6.29%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 281 (17.32%) SQL
2 146 (9.00%) Python
3 84 (5.18%) Java
4 64 (3.95%) PowerShell
5 31 (1.91%) C#
6 30 (1.85%) JavaScript
7 19 (1.17%) PL/SQL
8 17 (1.05%) T-SQL
9 16 (0.99%) Bicep
10 15 (0.92%) Shell Script
11 13 (0.80%) TypeScript
12 12 (0.74%) VBA
13 11 (0.68%) Bash
14 9 (0.55%) Apex Code
15 8 (0.49%) REXX
16 7 (0.43%) Korn
16 7 (0.43%) PHP
17 6 (0.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 6 (0.37%) Scala
18 5 (0.31%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 281 (17.32%) Security Cleared
2 238 (14.67%) SC Cleared
3 102 (6.29%) Degree
4 53 (3.27%) Azure Certification
5 41 (2.53%) PMP
6 39 (2.40%) PMI Certification
7 32 (1.97%) Microsoft Certification
8 30 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
9 25 (1.54%) AWS Certification
10 23 (1.42%) Cisco Certification
11 18 (1.11%) BPSS Clearance
12 13 (0.80%) CBAP
12 13 (0.80%) CIMA
12 13 (0.80%) CISSP
13 12 (0.74%) IIBA
14 11 (0.68%) CCNP
14 11 (0.68%) Master's Degree
14 11 (0.68%) TOGAF Certification
15 10 (0.62%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 10 (0.62%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 146 (9.00%) Data Quality
2 83 (5.12%) QA
3 69 (4.25%) GDPR
4 31 (1.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 22 (1.36%) SLA
6 20 (1.23%) NIST
7 18 (1.11%) PMO
8 11 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
8 11 (0.68%) ISO 20022
9 9 (0.55%) Accessibility
9 9 (0.55%) IFRS
9 9 (0.55%) NCSC
9 9 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 8 (0.49%) SEPA
11 7 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 7 (0.43%) PCI DSS
12 5 (0.31%) Basel III
12 5 (0.31%) GAAP
12 5 (0.31%) IFRS 9
12 5 (0.31%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 75 (4.62%) Active Directory
2 59 (3.64%) Docker
3 45 (2.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (0.99%) Virtual Machines
4 16 (0.99%) VMware NSX
5 15 (0.92%) Virtual Desktop
6 13 (0.80%) NFS
7 8 (0.49%) vSphere
8 6 (0.37%) Hyper-V
9 4 (0.25%) Varnish
10 3 (0.18%) BitLocker
10 3 (0.18%) Job Entry Subsystem
10 3 (0.18%) Oracle RAC
10 3 (0.18%) Postfix
10 3 (0.18%) RACF
11 2 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.12%) VMware Workstation
12 1 (0.062%) Microsoft App-V
12 1 (0.062%) Sendmail
12 1 (0.062%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 157 (9.68%) Terraform
2 106 (6.54%) Kubernetes
3 71 (4.38%) Microsoft Intune
4 38 (2.34%) Ansible
5 29 (1.79%) SCCM
6 17 (1.05%) Grafana
7 12 (0.74%) Prometheus
8 11 (0.68%) AirWatch
9 10 (0.62%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 8 (0.49%) EMC VPLEX
10 8 (0.49%) vMotion
11 7 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
12 6 (0.37%) vCenter Server
13 4 (0.25%) Argo
13 4 (0.25%) FortiGate
13 4 (0.25%) Istio
13 4 (0.25%) Pingdom
13 4 (0.25%) Rancher
13 4 (0.25%) SCOM
14 3 (0.18%) Control-M
Vendors
1 358 (22.07%) Microsoft
2 150 (9.25%) Oracle
3 125 (7.71%) SAP
4 76 (4.69%) VMware
5 55 (3.39%) Salesforce
6 52 (3.21%) ServiceNow
7 50 (3.08%) Databricks
8 49 (3.02%) Google
9 37 (2.28%) Cisco
10 35 (2.16%) Workday
11 27 (1.66%) CyberArk
11 27 (1.66%) Informatica
12 23 (1.42%) Citrix
13 22 (1.36%) Pure Storage
14 21 (1.29%) Avaloq
15 17 (1.05%) IBM
15 17 (1.05%) MuleSoft
16 16 (0.99%) Splunk
17 14 (0.86%) Palo Alto
18 13 (0.80%) Dynatrace