Migration Contracts in London

Migration
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Migration skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Migration over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 22 24
Rank change year-on-year +1 +2 -3
Contract jobs citing Migration 1,191 1,381 1,981
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 9.49% 7.74% 7.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.30% 8.75% 8.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 818 995 1,432
10th Percentile £388 £359 £381
25th Percentile £463 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £701 £650 £688
90th Percentile £875 £750 £797
England median daily rate £537 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +2.29% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 9 5
10th Percentile £21.43 £24.05 £22.00
25th Percentile £21.50 £45.98 £25.00
Median hourly rate £23.00 £67.50 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -65.93% +87.50% +26.32%
75th Percentile £28.54 £71.25 £53.75
90th Percentile £43.77 £86.50 £61.10
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.12 £65.00
% change year-on-year -41.67% -33.67% +142.99%

All Process and 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 11,566 15,789 24,635
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.13% 88.49% 91.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,853 11,316 17,713
10th Percentile £350 £338 £375
25th Percentile £440 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £700
90th Percentile £813 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 169 325 278
10th Percentile £16.37 £16.00 £18.59
25th Percentile £22.75 £20.00 £22.53
Median hourly rate £34.00 £28.50 £38.13
Median % change year-on-year +19.30% -25.25% +5.90%
75th Percentile £50.75 £46.86 £62.64
90th Percentile £63.75 £66.30 £76.78
England median hourly rate £30.00 £35.83 £37.50
% change year-on-year -16.27% -4.45% +53.20%

Migration
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Migration as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Migration in London

Migration
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Migration in London.

Daily rate trend for Migration in London

Migration
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Migration in London over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Migration in London

Migration
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Migration in London.

Hourly rate trend for Migration in London

Migration
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Migration in London over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

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 30 April 2025. 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 +4 206 £550 - 43
South London +10 12 £426 -36.85% 6
East London +7 10 £540 -2.92% 8
West London -2 7 £625 +28.21% 10
North London 0 6 £440 -2.22% 3
Migration
England

Migration
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 67 (5.63%) SharePoint
2 34 (2.85%) Confluence
3 30 (2.52%) Microsoft Exchange
4 26 (2.18%) Apache
5 23 (1.93%) Apache Airflow
6 17 (1.43%) CMS
7 11 (0.92%) Apache Spark
8 7 (0.59%) IIS
9 6 (0.50%) SAS
9 6 (0.50%) SharePoint 2010
10 5 (0.42%) Drupal
10 5 (0.42%) Tomcat
11 3 (0.25%) OpenStack
11 3 (0.25%) Skype for Business
12 2 (0.17%) JBoss
12 2 (0.17%) Jupyter
12 2 (0.17%) WebSphere
13 1 (0.084%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
13 1 (0.084%) Documentum
13 1 (0.084%) WebLogic
Applications
1 37 (3.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (1.76%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (1.26%) MS Visio
4 6 (0.50%) InfoPath
5 5 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 3 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.25%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.17%) 1Password
8 2 (0.17%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.17%) Notepad++
9 1 (0.084%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.084%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.084%) FileZilla
9 1 (0.084%) PTC Creo
9 1 (0.084%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 49 (4.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (1.51%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (1.51%) Oracle EBS
3 7 (0.59%) SAP CO
3 7 (0.59%) SAP MDG
3 7 (0.59%) Unit4 Business World
4 6 (0.50%) SAP FI
4 6 (0.50%) SAP FI/CO
5 5 (0.42%) Aladdin
5 5 (0.42%) NetSuite
5 5 (0.42%) Oracle ERP
6 4 (0.34%) Oracle EBS R12
6 4 (0.34%) Oracle E-Business Tax
7 3 (0.25%) Magento
7 3 (0.25%) Oracle Financials
7 3 (0.25%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 3 (0.25%) SAP CX
8 2 (0.17%) Infor SunSystems
8 2 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.17%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 270 (22.67%) Azure
2 197 (16.54%) AWS
3 84 (7.05%) GCP
4 83 (6.97%) Microsoft 365
5 72 (6.05%) Power Platform
6 63 (5.29%) Entra ID
7 45 (3.78%) Snowflake
8 41 (3.44%) SaaS
9 37 (3.11%) IaaS
10 34 (2.85%) dbt
10 34 (2.85%) Dynamics 365
11 31 (2.60%) Serverless
12 29 (2.43%) Amazon S3
12 29 (2.43%) Azure DevOps
13 28 (2.35%) Amazon EC2
14 26 (2.18%) OneDrive
15 24 (2.02%) PaaS
16 22 (1.85%) Power Automate
16 22 (1.85%) PowerApps
17 20 (1.68%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 86 (7.22%) Firewall
2 79 (6.63%) VPN
3 48 (4.03%) DNS
4 34 (2.85%) Network Security
5 31 (2.60%) BGP
6 29 (2.43%) OSPF
7 27 (2.27%) MPLS
8 17 (1.43%) NGFW
9 14 (1.18%) DHCP
9 14 (1.18%) SSL
9 14 (1.18%) WAN
10 12 (1.01%) Multicast
11 11 (0.92%) IPsec
11 11 (0.92%) VLAN
12 9 (0.76%) Cisco ASA
12 9 (0.76%) Cisco Nexus
12 9 (0.76%) IPv6
13 8 (0.67%) Broadband
13 8 (0.67%) Internet
13 8 (0.67%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 128 (10.75%) Data Lake
2 54 (4.53%) SQL Server
3 53 (4.45%) Data Warehouse
4 42 (3.53%) Power BI
5 35 (2.94%) PostgreSQL
6 28 (2.35%) Oracle Database
7 27 (2.27%) Tableau
8 25 (2.10%) Relational Database
9 23 (1.93%) Amazon Athena
10 18 (1.51%) Apache Iceberg
11 17 (1.43%) Amazon RDS
11 17 (1.43%) Apache Arrow
11 17 (1.43%) Apache Ignite
11 17 (1.43%) Dremio
11 17 (1.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 14 (1.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 11 (0.92%) MS Access
14 10 (0.84%) Hadoop
14 10 (0.84%) Metadata
14 10 (0.84%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 51 (4.28%) JIRA
2 32 (2.69%) GitLab
3 24 (2.02%) Jenkins
4 16 (1.34%) Git
5 13 (1.09%) Liquibase
6 12 (1.01%) Gradle
6 12 (1.01%) ScriptRunner
7 11 (0.92%) JUnit
7 11 (0.92%) Mockito
8 5 (0.42%) Postman
9 4 (0.34%) Maven
10 3 (0.25%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.25%) Sonatype Nexus
10 3 (0.25%) Subversion
11 2 (0.17%) LSMW
11 2 (0.17%) MagicDraw
11 2 (0.17%) MSI
11 2 (0.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 2 (0.17%) XMLSpy
12 1 (0.084%) TestDirector
General
1 454 (38.12%) Finance
2 298 (25.02%) Social Skills
3 127 (10.66%) Front Office
4 124 (10.41%) Analytical Skills
5 119 (9.99%) Banking
6 74 (6.21%) Public Sector
7 47 (3.95%) Marketing
8 39 (3.27%) Retail
9 32 (2.69%) Investment Banking
10 30 (2.52%) Telecoms
11 28 (2.35%) Legal
12 26 (2.18%) Manufacturing
13 22 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 18 (1.51%) Law
14 18 (1.51%) Local Government
15 16 (1.34%) Financial Institution
16 15 (1.26%) Documentation Skills
17 14 (1.18%) Organisational Skills
17 14 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
18 13 (1.09%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 150 (12.59%) Analyst
1 150 (12.59%) Architect
2 108 (9.07%) Lead
3 100 (8.40%) Consultant
4 93 (7.81%) Project Manager
5 92 (7.72%) Senior
6 84 (7.05%) Developer
7 76 (6.38%) Business Analyst
8 63 (5.29%) Network Engineer
9 42 (3.53%) Solutions Architect
10 41 (3.44%) Azure Engineer
10 41 (3.44%) Data Engineer
11 39 (3.27%) Migration Engineer
12 38 (3.19%) Head of Finance
13 37 (3.11%) Data Analyst
14 32 (2.69%) Data Architect
15 30 (2.52%) AWS Engineer
16 28 (2.35%) Cloud Architect
16 28 (2.35%) Migration Manager
17 26 (2.18%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (2.10%) Kafka
2 23 (1.93%) .NET
3 22 (1.85%) PySpark
4 18 (1.51%) gRPC
5 17 (1.43%) NumPy
5 17 (1.43%) Pandas
5 17 (1.43%) Protocol Buffers
5 17 (1.43%) REST
5 17 (1.43%) SciPy
6 16 (1.34%) ADO
6 16 (1.34%) SOAP
7 15 (1.26%) Spring Boot
8 14 (1.18%) React
8 14 (1.18%) Spring
8 14 (1.18%) Swagger
9 13 (1.09%) OAuth
9 13 (1.09%) OpenAPI
10 12 (1.01%) Middleware
11 11 (0.92%) Web Services
11 11 (0.92%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 119 (9.99%) Derivative
2 118 (9.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 118 (9.91%) Hedge funds
3 111 (9.32%) Fixed Income
4 108 (9.07%) Equities
5 63 (5.29%) Legacy Systems
6 57 (4.79%) Data Centre
7 41 (3.44%) Product Ownership
8 27 (2.27%) Cloud Native
9 22 (1.85%) Onboarding
10 19 (1.60%) Data Protection Act
10 19 (1.60%) Data Structures
10 19 (1.60%) Public Cloud
11 16 (1.34%) Hybrid Cloud
11 16 (1.34%) Management Information System
12 15 (1.26%) Anti-Spyware
13 14 (1.18%) Greenfield Project
14 13 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
14 13 (1.09%) Legacy Applications
14 13 (1.09%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 114 (9.57%) Windows
2 46 (3.86%) Linux
3 39 (3.27%) Windows Server
4 30 (2.52%) Unix
5 18 (1.51%) Windows 10
6 12 (1.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.42%) Oracle Linux
8 4 (0.34%) CentOS
8 4 (0.34%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.25%) AIX
9 3 (0.25%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.17%) Android
10 2 (0.17%) Solaris
10 2 (0.17%) VMS
10 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.084%) Amazon Linux
11 1 (0.084%) Rocky
11 1 (0.084%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.084%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.084%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 317 (26.62%) Data Migration
2 278 (23.34%) Agile
3 197 (16.54%) Problem-Solving
4 156 (13.10%) Data Governance
5 141 (11.84%) Roadmaps
6 131 (11.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 126 (10.58%) DevOps
8 105 (8.82%) Data Management
9 101 (8.48%) Investment Management
10 100 (8.40%) Project Management
10 100 (8.40%) Regulatory Compliance
11 84 (7.05%) Validation
12 81 (6.80%) ETL
12 81 (6.80%) Infrastructure as Code
13 79 (6.63%) Analytics
14 77 (6.47%) CI/CD
15 73 (6.13%) Data Modelling
15 73 (6.13%) ERP
16 72 (6.05%) Change Management
16 72 (6.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 190 (15.95%) SQL
2 128 (10.75%) Python
3 57 (4.79%) Java
4 56 (4.70%) PowerShell
5 32 (2.69%) TypeScript
6 31 (2.60%) JavaScript
7 24 (2.02%) C#
8 21 (1.76%) PL/SQL
9 15 (1.26%) Bicep
9 15 (1.26%) Groovy
10 14 (1.18%) VBA
11 13 (1.09%) T-SQL
12 12 (1.01%) Bash
13 8 (0.67%) Apex Code
13 8 (0.67%) PHP
14 6 (0.50%) C
14 6 (0.50%) R
15 5 (0.42%) C++
16 4 (0.34%) Perl
16 4 (0.34%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 106 (8.90%) Security Cleared
2 98 (8.23%) SC Cleared
3 78 (6.55%) Degree
4 34 (2.85%) Computer Science Degree
5 27 (2.27%) Cisco Certification
6 20 (1.68%) Azure Certification
7 17 (1.43%) AWS Certification
7 17 (1.43%) PMP
8 16 (1.34%) PMI Certification
9 15 (1.26%) CCNP
10 13 (1.09%) CCIE
11 12 (1.01%) CISSP
12 11 (0.92%) CCNA
13 9 (0.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 9 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
14 8 (0.67%) CISM
15 7 (0.59%) BPSS Clearance
16 6 (0.50%) CBAP
16 6 (0.50%) DBS Check
16 6 (0.50%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (5.71%) Data Quality
2 50 (4.20%) QA
3 31 (2.60%) GDPR
4 27 (2.27%) MiFID
5 13 (1.09%) Accessibility
6 10 (0.84%) PCI DSS
6 10 (0.84%) PMO
7 8 (0.67%) NIST
8 7 (0.59%) SLA
9 6 (0.50%) HIPAA
9 6 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 6 (0.50%) SEPA
10 5 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (0.34%) ISO 20022
12 3 (0.25%) EMIR
12 3 (0.25%) GRC
12 3 (0.25%) ISO 9001
12 3 (0.25%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.17%) Dodd-Frank
13 2 (0.17%) NIST 800
System Software
1 73 (6.13%) Active Directory
2 41 (3.44%) Docker
3 22 (1.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (1.26%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (0.76%) Hyper-V
6 8 (0.67%) vSphere
7 4 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.25%) BitLocker
8 3 (0.25%) Firmware
8 3 (0.25%) OpenAM
8 3 (0.25%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.17%) XenDesktop
10 1 (0.084%) HDFS
10 1 (0.084%) IAG
10 1 (0.084%) Job Entry Subsystem
10 1 (0.084%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.084%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.084%) Time Sharing Option
10 1 (0.084%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 90 (7.56%) Terraform
2 53 (4.45%) Kubernetes
3 44 (3.69%) Microsoft Intune
4 43 (3.61%) Ansible
5 30 (2.52%) SCCM
6 20 (1.68%) Single Sign-On
7 10 (0.84%) ZABBIX
8 7 (0.59%) Grafana
9 5 (0.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 5 (0.42%) Argo
9 5 (0.42%) CEMLI
9 5 (0.42%) Puppet
10 4 (0.34%) NetBackup
10 4 (0.34%) Oracle RMAN
10 4 (0.34%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.34%) Prometheus
11 3 (0.25%) Forefront Identity Manager
11 3 (0.25%) Nagios
11 3 (0.25%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 3 (0.25%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 210 (17.63%) Microsoft
2 108 (9.07%) SAP
3 104 (8.73%) Oracle
4 55 (4.62%) Google
5 52 (4.37%) Cisco
6 34 (2.85%) VMware
7 31 (2.60%) Salesforce
8 27 (2.27%) Palo Alto
9 23 (1.93%) CheckPoint
10 22 (1.85%) ServiceNow
11 20 (1.68%) Infoblox
11 20 (1.68%) Workday
12 17 (1.43%) Murex
12 17 (1.43%) SolarWinds
13 16 (1.34%) IBM
14 15 (1.26%) F5
15 14 (1.18%) Atlassian
16 12 (1.01%) Databricks
17 11 (0.92%) Okta
17 11 (0.92%) Red Hat