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

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 22 26
Rank change year-on-year -1 +4 -1
Contract jobs citing Migration 1,424 1,202 1,266
As % of all contract jobs in London 9.29% 8.83% 6.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.24% 9.75% 7.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 972 829 904
10th Percentile £373 £375 £375
25th Percentile £450 £463 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - -3.42%
75th Percentile £638 £700 £675
90th Percentile £726 £863 £750
England median daily rate £515 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.36% - +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 7 12
10th Percentile £18.87 £21.40 £23.35
25th Percentile £19.54 £21.50 £67.94
Median hourly rate £25.00 £23.00 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -72.94% +136.11%
75th Percentile £30.59 £25.50 £86.50
90th Percentile £66.75 £29.90 -
England median hourly rate £23.83 £22.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +8.30% -45.00% -40.74%

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 13,905 12,332 16,419
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.68% 90.64% 88.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,265 7,884 11,766
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 219 153 341
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.05 £16.02
25th Percentile £25.15 £25.75 £19.50
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.41% +23.33% -15.49%
75th Percentile £56.25 £55.25 £50.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £79.75 £72.50
England median hourly rate £25.77 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -26.37% - -

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 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 14 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 14 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 -9 198 £575 +4.55% 47
South London +11 31 £450 -5.76% 9
West London -3 25 £525 +5.00% 8
East London -1 13 £495 -1.00% 6
North London +7 7 £495 +20.00% 5
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 (4.28%) SharePoint
2 46 (3.23%) Microsoft Exchange
3 45 (3.16%) Confluence
4 10 (0.70%) Apache
4 10 (0.70%) CMS
5 9 (0.63%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 9 (0.63%) Apache Airflow
5 9 (0.63%) Apache Spark
5 9 (0.63%) Skype for Business
6 6 (0.42%) ArcGIS
6 6 (0.42%) Mattermost
6 6 (0.42%) SAS
7 4 (0.28%) BizTalk Server
7 4 (0.28%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 3 (0.21%) LiveLink
8 3 (0.21%) nginx
8 3 (0.21%) Sitecore CMS
9 2 (0.14%) Drupal
9 2 (0.14%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.14%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 57 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (2.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 27 (1.90%) Microsoft Office
4 24 (1.69%) Microsoft Project
5 18 (1.26%) MS Visio
6 11 (0.77%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.21%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.21%) Oracle Smart View
8 2 (0.14%) Trello
9 1 (0.070%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.070%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 58 (4.07%) SAP S/4HANA
2 29 (2.04%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (1.05%) Oracle EBS
4 14 (0.98%) Loan IQ
4 14 (0.98%) SAP HR
5 12 (0.84%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 11 (0.77%) Oracle Payables
7 10 (0.70%) Oracle General Ledger
7 10 (0.70%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 9 (0.63%) SAP CO
8 9 (0.63%) Veritas eDiscovery
9 8 (0.56%) Oracle FAH
9 8 (0.56%) SAP FI
9 8 (0.56%) SAP FI/CO
10 7 (0.49%) Oracle ERP
10 7 (0.49%) Oracle Financials
10 7 (0.49%) Oracle Receivables
11 6 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
12 5 (0.35%) SAP ERP
12 5 (0.35%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 371 (26.05%) Azure
2 209 (14.68%) AWS
3 104 (7.30%) GitHub
4 103 (7.23%) Power Platform
5 96 (6.74%) Microsoft 365
6 79 (5.55%) GCP
7 77 (5.41%) Azure DevOps
8 54 (3.79%) GitHub Actions
9 53 (3.72%) Dynamics 365
10 52 (3.65%) SaaS
11 49 (3.44%) Entra ID
12 42 (2.95%) Serverless
13 39 (2.74%) OCI
13 39 (2.74%) Snowflake
14 38 (2.67%) Azure Data Factory
15 36 (2.53%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 33 (2.32%) Amazon S3
17 28 (1.97%) IaaS
18 27 (1.90%) dbt
18 27 (1.90%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 66 (4.63%) Firewall
2 43 (3.02%) Network Security
3 31 (2.18%) DNS
4 30 (2.11%) VPN
5 25 (1.76%) WAN
6 18 (1.26%) SAN
7 17 (1.19%) BGP
7 17 (1.19%) SD-WAN
8 16 (1.12%) LAN
8 16 (1.12%) NAS
9 15 (1.05%) VLAN
10 14 (0.98%) OSPF
11 13 (0.91%) DHCP
12 10 (0.70%) Unified Communications
12 10 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
13 9 (0.63%) DMARC
13 9 (0.63%) Skype
14 8 (0.56%) DKIM
15 7 (0.49%) MPLS
16 5 (0.35%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (5.90%) Power BI
2 73 (5.13%) Data Warehouse
3 70 (4.92%) SQL Server
4 39 (2.74%) PostgreSQL
5 33 (2.32%) Relational Database
5 33 (2.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 32 (2.25%) Oracle Database
7 27 (1.90%) Metadata
8 26 (1.83%) Tableau
9 25 (1.76%) Data Lake
10 18 (1.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 16 (1.12%) Amazon Athena
11 16 (1.12%) MongoDB
12 15 (1.05%) Amazon RDS
12 15 (1.05%) Amazon Redshift
12 15 (1.05%) MySQL
13 14 (0.98%) Azure SQL Database
13 14 (0.98%) DB2
13 14 (0.98%) RDBMS
14 12 (0.84%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 93 (6.53%) JIRA
2 30 (2.11%) Jenkins
3 25 (1.76%) GitLab
4 23 (1.62%) Git
5 15 (1.05%) Artifactory
6 9 (0.63%) Team Foundation Server
7 5 (0.35%) Bitbucket
7 5 (0.35%) Oracle Forms
7 5 (0.35%) SonarQube
8 4 (0.28%) Claude Code
8 4 (0.28%) Cucumber
8 4 (0.28%) JUnit
8 4 (0.28%) Mockito
8 4 (0.28%) Selenium
8 4 (0.28%) Toad
9 3 (0.21%) ERwin
9 3 (0.21%) LSMW
9 3 (0.21%) SpecFlow
9 3 (0.21%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.14%) Gradle
General
1 463 (32.51%) Social Skills
2 433 (30.41%) Finance
3 133 (9.34%) Analytical Skills
4 121 (8.50%) Public Sector
5 113 (7.94%) Banking
6 54 (3.79%) Documentation Skills
7 44 (3.09%) Retail
8 32 (2.25%) Legal
8 32 (2.25%) Telecoms
9 27 (1.90%) Organisational Skills
10 25 (1.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 23 (1.62%) Local Government
11 23 (1.62%) Manufacturing
12 21 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
13 20 (1.40%) Financial Institution
14 19 (1.33%) Front Office
14 19 (1.33%) Investment Banking
14 19 (1.33%) Law
15 18 (1.26%) General Ledger
15 18 (1.26%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 193 (13.55%) Architect
2 189 (13.27%) Analyst
3 144 (10.11%) Lead
4 140 (9.83%) Senior
5 133 (9.34%) Consultant
6 128 (8.99%) Business Analyst
7 107 (7.51%) Project Manager
8 87 (6.11%) Developer
9 69 (4.85%) Data Engineer
10 55 (3.86%) Azure Engineer
11 50 (3.51%) Migration Engineer
12 45 (3.16%) DevOps Engineer
13 42 (2.95%) Migration Manager
14 38 (2.67%) Data Analyst
15 36 (2.53%) Migration Analyst
15 36 (2.53%) Solutions Architect
16 32 (2.25%) Azure Architect
17 31 (2.18%) Cloud Architect
18 28 (1.97%) Data Architect
19 27 (1.90%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (3.16%) REST
2 36 (2.53%) .NET
3 34 (2.39%) Middleware
4 31 (2.18%) Kafka
5 28 (1.97%) Oracle Fusion
6 26 (1.83%) XML
7 23 (1.62%) PySpark
8 17 (1.19%) Spring
9 16 (1.12%) Spring Boot
10 14 (0.98%) AngularJS
10 14 (0.98%) HTML
10 14 (0.98%) JSON
10 14 (0.98%) React
10 14 (0.98%) SOAP
11 13 (0.91%) CSS
12 11 (0.77%) Web Services
13 10 (0.70%) ARM Templates
13 10 (0.70%) Lightning Web Components
13 10 (0.70%) Node.js
13 10 (0.70%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 121 (8.50%) Legacy Systems
2 92 (6.46%) Cloud Native
3 59 (4.14%) Data Centre
4 45 (3.16%) Onboarding
5 43 (3.02%) Data Structures
6 36 (2.53%) Data Protection Act
6 36 (2.53%) Replication
7 34 (2.39%) Hybrid Cloud
8 30 (2.11%) Public Cloud
9 29 (2.04%) Product Ownership
10 27 (1.90%) Management Information System
11 21 (1.47%) Mainframe
12 17 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
12 17 (1.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 13 (0.91%) Distributed Systems
14 12 (0.84%) Self-Motivation
15 11 (0.77%) Clustering
16 10 (0.70%) NHS
16 10 (0.70%) Tandem
16 10 (0.70%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 103 (7.23%) Windows
2 39 (2.74%) Linux
3 30 (2.11%) Windows Server
4 21 (1.47%) Windows 10
5 20 (1.40%) Unix
6 17 (1.19%) VMS
7 10 (0.70%) Windows Server 2016
8 9 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 8 (0.56%) zOS
10 6 (0.42%) Apple iOS
11 4 (0.28%) Android
11 4 (0.28%) Solaris
12 3 (0.21%) CentOS
12 3 (0.21%) Mac OS
12 3 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
12 3 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.070%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 487 (34.20%) Data Migration
2 286 (20.08%) Agile
3 262 (18.40%) Stakeholder Management
4 230 (16.15%) DevOps
5 223 (15.66%) Problem-Solving
6 175 (12.29%) CI/CD
7 158 (11.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 154 (10.81%) Data Modelling
9 140 (9.83%) Validation
10 138 (9.69%) ETL
11 130 (9.13%) User Acceptance Testing
12 128 (8.99%) Infrastructure as Code
12 128 (8.99%) Project Management
13 125 (8.78%) Analytics
14 117 (8.22%) ERP
15 110 (7.72%) Business Intelligence
16 102 (7.16%) Project Delivery
17 97 (6.81%) Continuous Improvement
18 90 (6.32%) Workshop Facilitation
19 85 (5.97%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 268 (18.82%) SQL
2 128 (8.99%) Python
3 77 (5.41%) Java
4 67 (4.71%) PowerShell
5 37 (2.60%) JavaScript
6 36 (2.53%) C#
7 21 (1.47%) PL/SQL
8 20 (1.40%) TypeScript
9 17 (1.19%) Bash
9 17 (1.19%) Bicep
10 14 (0.98%) Shell Script
10 14 (0.98%) T-SQL
11 10 (0.70%) VBA
12 8 (0.56%) Apex Code
12 8 (0.56%) PHP
12 8 (0.56%) REXX
13 6 (0.42%) ABAP
14 5 (0.35%) Korn
14 5 (0.35%) R
14 5 (0.35%) Scala
Qualifications
1 238 (16.71%) Security Cleared
2 203 (14.26%) SC Cleared
3 103 (7.23%) Degree
4 49 (3.44%) Azure Certification
5 41 (2.88%) PMI Certification
5 41 (2.88%) PMP
6 27 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
6 27 (1.90%) Microsoft Certification
7 23 (1.62%) AWS Certification
7 23 (1.62%) Cisco Certification
8 17 (1.19%) BPSS Clearance
9 16 (1.12%) Master's Degree
10 15 (1.05%) CCNP
11 13 (0.91%) CBAP
12 12 (0.84%) IIBA
13 11 (0.77%) CIMA
13 11 (0.77%) CISSP
13 11 (0.77%) DV Cleared
13 11 (0.77%) TOGAF Certification
14 7 (0.49%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 119 (8.36%) Data Quality
2 73 (5.13%) QA
3 65 (4.56%) GDPR
4 25 (1.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (0.91%) SLA
6 12 (0.84%) NIST
6 12 (0.84%) PMO
7 9 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 8 (0.56%) IFRS
8 8 (0.56%) NCSC
9 7 (0.49%) Accessibility
9 7 (0.49%) GRC
9 7 (0.49%) PCI DSS
10 6 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 5 (0.35%) Basel III
11 5 (0.35%) HIPAA
11 5 (0.35%) IFRS 9
11 5 (0.35%) ISO 20022
12 4 (0.28%) EMIR
System Software
1 70 (4.92%) Active Directory
2 57 (4.00%) Docker
3 46 (3.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (1.12%) VMware NSX
5 13 (0.91%) Virtual Machines
6 12 (0.84%) Virtual Desktop
7 11 (0.77%) NFS
8 9 (0.63%) Oracle RAC
9 8 (0.56%) vSphere
10 7 (0.49%) Hyper-V
11 3 (0.21%) BitLocker
11 3 (0.21%) Job Entry Subsystem
11 3 (0.21%) KVM
12 2 (0.14%) RACF
12 2 (0.14%) Varnish
12 2 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
13 1 (0.070%) Firmware
13 1 (0.070%) Postfix
13 1 (0.070%) PowerHA
13 1 (0.070%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 155 (10.88%) Terraform
2 105 (7.37%) Kubernetes
3 59 (4.14%) Microsoft Intune
4 41 (2.88%) Ansible
5 27 (1.90%) SCCM
6 12 (0.84%) SCOM
7 11 (0.77%) AirWatch
7 11 (0.77%) Grafana
8 9 (0.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 8 (0.56%) EMC VPLEX
9 8 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
9 8 (0.56%) vMotion
10 6 (0.42%) Argo
10 6 (0.42%) FortiGate
10 6 (0.42%) HP SiteScope
10 6 (0.42%) Prometheus
11 5 (0.35%) Data Guard
11 5 (0.35%) Oracle RMAN
11 5 (0.35%) vCenter Server
12 4 (0.28%) Pingdom
Vendors
1 302 (21.21%) Microsoft
2 146 (10.25%) Oracle
3 129 (9.06%) SAP
4 69 (4.85%) VMware
5 50 (3.51%) Google
6 46 (3.23%) Salesforce
7 44 (3.09%) ServiceNow
8 42 (2.95%) Databricks
9 40 (2.81%) Cisco
10 30 (2.11%) Workday
11 23 (1.62%) CyberArk
12 21 (1.47%) Citrix
12 21 (1.47%) Informatica
13 20 (1.40%) Splunk
14 17 (1.19%) Avaloq
15 15 (1.05%) IBM
15 15 (1.05%) Pure Storage
16 14 (0.98%) BMC
16 14 (0.98%) Palo Alto
17 13 (0.91%) Red Hat