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 4 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 22 26
Rank change year-on-year -1 +4 -1
Contract jobs citing Migration 1,368 1,181 1,262
As % of all contract jobs in London 9.20% 8.67% 6.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.12% 9.58% 7.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 933 808 908
10th Percentile £373 £379 £375
25th Percentile £450 £463 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - -3.34%
75th Percentile £638 £700 £675
90th Percentile £735 £841 £750
England median daily rate £519 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -5.73% - +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 7 12
10th Percentile £18.87 £21.40 £23.35
25th Percentile £19.54 £21.50 £67.94
Median hourly rate £23.63 £23.00 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.75% -72.94% +123.68%
75th Percentile £26.08 £25.50 £86.50
90th Percentile £67.25 £29.90 -
England median hourly rate £23.91 £21.19 £40.00
% change year-on-year +12.86% -47.03% -38.46%

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 13,517 12,331 16,378
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.89% 90.53% 88.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,968 7,825 11,739
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% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 207 153 346
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.05 £16.00
25th Percentile £25.15 £25.23 £19.10
Median hourly rate £34.27 £35.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.46% +18.33% -15.49%
75th Percentile £55.50 £53.75 £51.50
90th Percentile £71.00 £79.75 £72.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £35.25
% change year-on-year -28.14% -0.71% +0.71%

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 4 February 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 4 February 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 4 February 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 -6 193 £575 +4.55% 85
West London 0 27 £500 - 8
South London +6 21 £438 -8.38% 4
East London 0 14 £498 -0.50% 6
North London +8 7 £495 +20.00% 3
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 61 (4.46%) SharePoint
2 45 (3.29%) Microsoft Exchange
3 43 (3.14%) Confluence
4 10 (0.73%) CMS
5 9 (0.66%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 9 (0.66%) Skype for Business
6 8 (0.58%) Apache
6 8 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
7 6 (0.44%) Apache Spark
7 6 (0.44%) ArcGIS
7 6 (0.44%) Mattermost
7 6 (0.44%) SAS
8 4 (0.29%) BizTalk Server
8 4 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 3 (0.22%) LiveLink
9 3 (0.22%) Sitecore CMS
10 2 (0.15%) Drupal
10 2 (0.15%) MQSeries
10 2 (0.15%) nginx
10 2 (0.15%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 55 (4.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (2.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 27 (1.97%) Microsoft Office
4 23 (1.68%) Microsoft Project
5 18 (1.32%) MS Visio
6 10 (0.73%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.29%) Oracle Smart View
8 3 (0.22%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.15%) Trello
10 1 (0.073%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.073%) InfoPath
10 1 (0.073%) Notion
Business Applications
1 59 (4.31%) SAP S/4HANA
2 28 (2.05%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (1.02%) Loan IQ
3 14 (1.02%) Oracle EBS
3 14 (1.02%) SAP HR
4 12 (0.88%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 10 (0.73%) Oracle General Ledger
5 10 (0.73%) Oracle Payables
5 10 (0.73%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 9 (0.66%) SAP CO
6 9 (0.66%) Veritas eDiscovery
7 8 (0.58%) Endur
7 8 (0.58%) Oracle FAH
7 8 (0.58%) Oracle Financials
7 8 (0.58%) SAP FI
7 8 (0.58%) SAP FI/CO
8 7 (0.51%) Oracle Receivables
9 6 (0.44%) Oracle ERP
9 6 (0.44%) Remedy ITSM
10 5 (0.37%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 351 (25.66%) Azure
2 197 (14.40%) AWS
3 100 (7.31%) GitHub
4 99 (7.24%) Power Platform
5 88 (6.43%) Microsoft 365
6 81 (5.92%) GCP
7 73 (5.34%) Azure DevOps
8 54 (3.95%) GitHub Actions
9 53 (3.87%) SaaS
10 48 (3.51%) Dynamics 365
11 47 (3.44%) Entra ID
12 40 (2.92%) OCI
13 38 (2.78%) Snowflake
14 37 (2.70%) Azure Data Factory
15 35 (2.56%) Serverless
16 33 (2.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 29 (2.12%) Amazon S3
18 24 (1.75%) IaaS
18 24 (1.75%) PaaS
19 22 (1.61%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 65 (4.75%) Firewall
2 42 (3.07%) Network Security
3 29 (2.12%) VPN
4 28 (2.05%) DNS
5 25 (1.83%) WAN
6 17 (1.24%) BGP
6 17 (1.24%) SD-WAN
7 16 (1.17%) LAN
8 14 (1.02%) OSPF
8 14 (1.02%) SAN
9 12 (0.88%) NAS
9 12 (0.88%) VLAN
10 11 (0.80%) DHCP
11 10 (0.73%) Unified Communications
12 9 (0.66%) DMARC
12 9 (0.66%) Skype
13 8 (0.58%) DKIM
13 8 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
14 7 (0.51%) MPLS
15 5 (0.37%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (5.77%) Power BI
2 73 (5.34%) Data Warehouse
3 70 (5.12%) SQL Server
4 37 (2.70%) PostgreSQL
5 33 (2.41%) Oracle Database
5 33 (2.41%) Relational Database
6 32 (2.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 26 (1.90%) Metadata
8 23 (1.68%) Tableau
9 22 (1.61%) Data Lake
10 17 (1.24%) Amazon Athena
10 17 (1.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 16 (1.17%) MongoDB
12 15 (1.10%) MySQL
13 14 (1.02%) Azure SQL Database
13 14 (1.02%) Oracle Reports
13 14 (1.02%) RDBMS
14 13 (0.95%) Amazon Redshift
14 13 (0.95%) Big Data
14 13 (0.95%) DB2
Development Applications
1 94 (6.87%) JIRA
2 35 (2.56%) Jenkins
3 27 (1.97%) GitLab
4 21 (1.54%) Git
5 15 (1.10%) Artifactory
6 12 (0.88%) SonarQube
7 6 (0.44%) Team Foundation Server
8 5 (0.37%) Bitbucket
8 5 (0.37%) Oracle Forms
8 5 (0.37%) Selenium
8 5 (0.37%) Sonatype Nexus
9 4 (0.29%) Cucumber
9 4 (0.29%) JUnit
9 4 (0.29%) Mockito
9 4 (0.29%) Toad
10 3 (0.22%) Claude Code
10 3 (0.22%) ERwin
10 3 (0.22%) Gradle
10 3 (0.22%) LSMW
10 3 (0.22%) Visual Studio
General
1 448 (32.75%) Social Skills
2 417 (30.48%) Finance
3 132 (9.65%) Analytical Skills
4 114 (8.33%) Banking
5 111 (8.11%) Public Sector
6 53 (3.87%) Documentation Skills
7 43 (3.14%) Retail
8 34 (2.49%) Telecoms
9 29 (2.12%) Legal
10 27 (1.97%) Organisational Skills
11 24 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 23 (1.68%) Manufacturing
13 21 (1.54%) Local Government
13 21 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
14 20 (1.46%) Front Office
15 19 (1.39%) Influencing Skills
15 19 (1.39%) Marketing
16 18 (1.32%) Back Office
16 18 (1.32%) Financial Institution
16 18 (1.32%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 186 (13.60%) Analyst
2 182 (13.30%) Architect
3 140 (10.23%) Lead
4 131 (9.58%) Business Analyst
4 131 (9.58%) Senior
5 126 (9.21%) Consultant
6 104 (7.60%) Project Manager
7 87 (6.36%) Developer
8 55 (4.02%) Data Engineer
9 50 (3.65%) Azure Engineer
10 49 (3.58%) DevOps Engineer
11 45 (3.29%) Migration Engineer
12 42 (3.07%) Migration Manager
13 36 (2.63%) Solutions Architect
14 35 (2.56%) Data Analyst
14 35 (2.56%) Migration Analyst
15 31 (2.27%) Azure Architect
16 28 (2.05%) Data Architect
17 27 (1.97%) Cloud Architect
18 26 (1.90%) Data Migration Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (3.14%) REST
2 36 (2.63%) .NET
3 33 (2.41%) Middleware
4 32 (2.34%) Kafka
5 28 (2.05%) Oracle Fusion
6 26 (1.90%) XML
7 22 (1.61%) PySpark
8 16 (1.17%) Spring Boot
9 15 (1.10%) Spring
10 14 (1.02%) AngularJS
10 14 (1.02%) HTML
10 14 (1.02%) JSON
11 13 (0.95%) CSS
11 13 (0.95%) React
11 13 (0.95%) SOAP
12 11 (0.80%) RESTful
13 10 (0.73%) ARM Templates
13 10 (0.73%) Node.js
13 10 (0.73%) Web Services
14 9 (0.66%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 116 (8.48%) Legacy Systems
2 91 (6.65%) Cloud Native
3 59 (4.31%) Data Centre
4 44 (3.22%) Data Structures
5 42 (3.07%) Onboarding
6 35 (2.56%) Data Protection Act
7 33 (2.41%) Hybrid Cloud
7 33 (2.41%) Replication
8 27 (1.97%) Product Ownership
8 27 (1.97%) Public Cloud
9 26 (1.90%) Management Information System
10 20 (1.46%) Mainframe
11 19 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
12 16 (1.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 12 (0.88%) Self-Motivation
14 11 (0.80%) Clustering
14 11 (0.80%) Reference Data
15 10 (0.73%) Distributed Systems
15 10 (0.73%) NHS
15 10 (0.73%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 98 (7.16%) Windows
2 38 (2.78%) Linux
3 28 (2.05%) Windows Server
4 21 (1.54%) Unix
5 19 (1.39%) Windows 10
6 18 (1.32%) VMS
7 10 (0.73%) Windows Server 2016
8 8 (0.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 7 (0.51%) zOS
10 5 (0.37%) Apple iOS
11 4 (0.29%) Android
12 3 (0.22%) CentOS
12 3 (0.22%) Solaris
12 3 (0.22%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
14 1 (0.073%) Mac OS
14 1 (0.073%) VME
Processes & Methodologies
1 470 (34.36%) Data Migration
2 284 (20.76%) Agile
3 260 (19.01%) Stakeholder Management
4 234 (17.11%) DevOps
5 223 (16.30%) Problem-Solving
6 173 (12.65%) CI/CD
7 159 (11.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 146 (10.67%) Data Modelling
9 135 (9.87%) Validation
10 131 (9.58%) ETL
10 131 (9.58%) Project Management
11 127 (9.28%) User Acceptance Testing
12 124 (9.06%) Infrastructure as Code
13 118 (8.63%) Analytics
14 109 (7.97%) ERP
15 104 (7.60%) Business Intelligence
16 99 (7.24%) Project Delivery
17 92 (6.73%) Workshop Facilitation
18 87 (6.36%) Continuous Improvement
19 83 (6.07%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 257 (18.79%) SQL
2 126 (9.21%) Python
3 76 (5.56%) Java
4 62 (4.53%) PowerShell
5 36 (2.63%) C#
6 32 (2.34%) JavaScript
7 21 (1.54%) PL/SQL
8 18 (1.32%) TypeScript
9 16 (1.17%) Bash
9 16 (1.17%) Bicep
10 15 (1.10%) Shell Script
11 14 (1.02%) T-SQL
12 9 (0.66%) VBA
13 8 (0.58%) PHP
13 8 (0.58%) REXX
14 6 (0.44%) Apex Code
15 5 (0.37%) Korn
15 5 (0.37%) Perl
15 5 (0.37%) R
15 5 (0.37%) Scala
Qualifications
1 225 (16.45%) Security Cleared
2 192 (14.04%) SC Cleared
3 102 (7.46%) Degree
4 45 (3.29%) Azure Certification
5 42 (3.07%) PMI Certification
6 41 (3.00%) PMP
7 26 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
8 24 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
9 23 (1.68%) AWS Certification
10 18 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
11 15 (1.10%) Master's Degree
12 14 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
12 14 (1.02%) CCNP
13 13 (0.95%) CBAP
14 12 (0.88%) IIBA
15 9 (0.66%) CIMA
15 9 (0.66%) DV Cleared
15 9 (0.66%) TOGAF Certification
16 7 (0.51%) CISSP
16 7 (0.51%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 113 (8.26%) Data Quality
2 67 (4.90%) QA
3 60 (4.39%) GDPR
4 21 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 12 (0.88%) NIST
6 11 (0.80%) SLA
7 9 (0.66%) IFRS
7 9 (0.66%) PMO
8 8 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
8 8 (0.58%) NCSC
8 8 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 7 (0.51%) GRC
9 7 (0.51%) PCI DSS
10 5 (0.37%) Accessibility
10 5 (0.37%) Basel III
10 5 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 5 (0.37%) GAAP
10 5 (0.37%) HIPAA
10 5 (0.37%) IFRS 9
10 5 (0.37%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 66 (4.82%) Active Directory
2 62 (4.53%) Docker
3 42 (3.07%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (1.10%) VMware NSX
5 12 (0.88%) Virtual Desktop
5 12 (0.88%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (0.66%) Oracle RAC
7 8 (0.58%) NFS
7 8 (0.58%) vSphere
8 7 (0.51%) Hyper-V
9 3 (0.22%) BitLocker
9 3 (0.22%) Job Entry Subsystem
9 3 (0.22%) KVM
10 2 (0.15%) RACF
10 2 (0.15%) Varnish
10 2 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.073%) Postfix
11 1 (0.073%) PowerHA
11 1 (0.073%) Squid
11 1 (0.073%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 155 (11.33%) Terraform
2 105 (7.68%) Kubernetes
3 55 (4.02%) Microsoft Intune
4 41 (3.00%) Ansible
5 26 (1.90%) SCCM
6 12 (0.88%) Grafana
6 12 (0.88%) SCOM
7 10 (0.73%) AirWatch
8 9 (0.66%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 7 (0.51%) Argo
9 7 (0.51%) Prometheus
9 7 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
10 6 (0.44%) EMC VPLEX
10 6 (0.44%) FortiGate
10 6 (0.44%) HP SiteScope
10 6 (0.44%) vMotion
11 5 (0.37%) Data Guard
11 5 (0.37%) Istio
11 5 (0.37%) Oracle RMAN
12 4 (0.29%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 283 (20.69%) Microsoft
2 147 (10.75%) Oracle
3 126 (9.21%) SAP
4 60 (4.39%) VMware
5 53 (3.87%) Google
6 45 (3.29%) Salesforce
7 38 (2.78%) Databricks
7 38 (2.78%) ServiceNow
8 37 (2.70%) Cisco
9 33 (2.41%) Workday
10 23 (1.68%) CyberArk
11 20 (1.46%) Citrix
11 20 (1.46%) Informatica
11 20 (1.46%) Splunk
12 17 (1.24%) Avaloq
13 14 (1.02%) BMC
13 14 (1.02%) IBM
14 13 (0.95%) Fortinet
14 13 (0.95%) Palo Alto
15 12 (0.88%) Red Hat