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

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 22 26
Rank change year-on-year -1 +4 -2
Contract jobs citing Migration 1,321 1,200 1,248
As % of all contract jobs in London 9.03% 8.60% 6.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.91% 9.51% 7.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 895 827 884
10th Percentile £369 £383 £375
25th Percentile £450 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.44% +2.27% -3.34%
75th Percentile £638 £700 £675
90th Percentile £725 £825 £754
England median daily rate £515 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.36% - +1.85%
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% +112.50%
75th Percentile £25.15 £25.50 £86.50
90th Percentile £66.75 £29.90 -
England median hourly rate £25.00 £22.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year +13.64% -53.68% -25.78%

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 13,327 12,620 16,210
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.12% 90.43% 88.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,848 8,052 11,585
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
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 £534
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 220 158 302
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.53 £16.25
25th Percentile £24.73 £24.66 £19.65
Median hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £30.33
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +15.40% -15.16%
75th Percentile £56.00 £53.75 £53.44
90th Percentile £70.20 £80.23 £73.56
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £37.75
% change year-on-year -26.03% -9.93% +8.51%

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 23 January 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 23 January 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 23 January 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 -6 197 £575 +4.36% 52
West London +6 28 £360 -28.00% 5
South London +12 20 £450 -17.05% 10
East London +2 14 £498 -0.50% 4
North London +9 5 £550 +33.33% 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 (4.84%) SharePoint
2 44 (3.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 42 (3.18%) Confluence
4 10 (0.76%) CMS
5 9 (0.68%) Apache
5 9 (0.68%) Apache Airflow
5 9 (0.68%) Skype for Business
6 8 (0.61%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 7 (0.53%) Apache Spark
7 7 (0.53%) SAS
8 6 (0.45%) ArcGIS
8 6 (0.45%) Mattermost
9 4 (0.30%) BizTalk Server
9 4 (0.30%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 3 (0.23%) LiveLink
10 3 (0.23%) nginx
10 3 (0.23%) Sitecore CMS
11 2 (0.15%) IIS
11 2 (0.15%) MQSeries
11 2 (0.15%) Tomcat
Applications
1 50 (3.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (2.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 26 (1.97%) Microsoft Office
4 21 (1.59%) MS Visio
5 20 (1.51%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.30%) Oracle Smart View
8 3 (0.23%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.15%) Trello
10 1 (0.076%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.076%) InfoPath
10 1 (0.076%) Notion
Business Applications
1 56 (4.24%) SAP S/4HANA
2 28 (2.12%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (1.14%) Oracle EBS
4 14 (1.06%) SAP HR
5 12 (0.91%) Loan IQ
6 10 (0.76%) Oracle General Ledger
6 10 (0.76%) Oracle Payables
6 10 (0.76%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 9 (0.68%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 9 (0.68%) Veritas eDiscovery
8 8 (0.61%) Endur
8 8 (0.61%) Oracle FAH
8 8 (0.61%) Oracle Financials
9 7 (0.53%) Oracle Receivables
9 7 (0.53%) Remedy ITSM
9 7 (0.53%) SAP CO
9 7 (0.53%) SAP FI
9 7 (0.53%) SAP FI/CO
10 6 (0.45%) Oracle EBS R12
11 5 (0.38%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 339 (25.66%) Azure
2 189 (14.31%) AWS
3 100 (7.57%) Power Platform
4 94 (7.12%) GitHub
5 83 (6.28%) Microsoft 365
6 81 (6.13%) GCP
7 73 (5.53%) Azure DevOps
8 53 (4.01%) GitHub Actions
9 51 (3.86%) SaaS
10 47 (3.56%) Dynamics 365
11 44 (3.33%) Entra ID
12 41 (3.10%) OCI
13 39 (2.95%) Snowflake
14 38 (2.88%) Azure Data Factory
14 38 (2.88%) Serverless
15 32 (2.42%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 29 (2.20%) Amazon S3
17 22 (1.67%) dbt
17 22 (1.67%) Google Kubernetes Engine
18 21 (1.59%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 62 (4.69%) Firewall
2 41 (3.10%) Network Security
3 26 (1.97%) VPN
4 24 (1.82%) DNS
4 24 (1.82%) WAN
5 19 (1.44%) BGP
6 17 (1.29%) SD-WAN
7 16 (1.21%) LAN
7 16 (1.21%) OSPF
8 11 (0.83%) VLAN
9 10 (0.76%) DHCP
9 10 (0.76%) Unified Communications
10 9 (0.68%) DMARC
10 9 (0.68%) Skype
11 7 (0.53%) DKIM
12 6 (0.45%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
12 6 (0.45%) MPLS
12 6 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
13 5 (0.38%) BIG-IP
13 5 (0.38%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (6.06%) Power BI
2 72 (5.45%) Data Warehouse
3 66 (5.00%) SQL Server
4 36 (2.73%) PostgreSQL
5 33 (2.50%) Oracle Database
6 32 (2.42%) Relational Database
6 32 (2.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 27 (2.04%) Metadata
8 24 (1.82%) Data Lake
9 23 (1.74%) Tableau
10 17 (1.29%) Amazon Athena
10 17 (1.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 16 (1.21%) MongoDB
12 15 (1.14%) MySQL
12 15 (1.14%) RDBMS
13 14 (1.06%) Amazon Redshift
13 14 (1.06%) Azure SQL Database
13 14 (1.06%) Big Data
13 14 (1.06%) Oracle Reports
14 12 (0.91%) DB2
Development Applications
1 88 (6.66%) JIRA
2 34 (2.57%) Jenkins
3 29 (2.20%) GitLab
4 25 (1.89%) Git
5 16 (1.21%) SonarQube
6 15 (1.14%) Artifactory
7 11 (0.83%) Sonatype Nexus
8 6 (0.45%) Maven
9 5 (0.38%) Bitbucket
9 5 (0.38%) Oracle Forms
9 5 (0.38%) Selenium
10 4 (0.30%) Cucumber
10 4 (0.30%) Gradle
10 4 (0.30%) JUnit
10 4 (0.30%) Mockito
10 4 (0.30%) Team Foundation Server
10 4 (0.30%) Toad
11 3 (0.23%) ERwin
11 3 (0.23%) LSMW
11 3 (0.23%) Visual Studio
General
1 427 (32.32%) Social Skills
2 400 (30.28%) Finance
3 125 (9.46%) Analytical Skills
4 112 (8.48%) Banking
5 97 (7.34%) Public Sector
6 45 (3.41%) Documentation Skills
7 41 (3.10%) Retail
8 35 (2.65%) Telecoms
9 27 (2.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 25 (1.89%) Legal
10 25 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
11 23 (1.74%) Manufacturing
12 22 (1.67%) Influencing Skills
13 20 (1.51%) Local Government
14 19 (1.44%) Financial Institution
14 19 (1.44%) Front Office
14 19 (1.44%) Marketing
15 18 (1.36%) Back Office
15 18 (1.36%) General Ledger
15 18 (1.36%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 180 (13.63%) Analyst
2 163 (12.34%) Architect
3 131 (9.92%) Lead
4 125 (9.46%) Business Analyst
5 123 (9.31%) Senior
6 120 (9.08%) Consultant
7 105 (7.95%) Project Manager
8 81 (6.13%) Developer
9 57 (4.31%) Data Engineer
10 51 (3.86%) Azure Engineer
10 51 (3.86%) DevOps Engineer
11 48 (3.63%) Migration Engineer
12 42 (3.18%) Migration Manager
13 35 (2.65%) Solutions Architect
14 34 (2.57%) Migration Analyst
15 33 (2.50%) Data Analyst
16 30 (2.27%) Azure Architect
17 26 (1.97%) Data Architect
18 24 (1.82%) Data Migration Lead
19 23 (1.74%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (3.03%) REST
2 36 (2.73%) .NET
3 34 (2.57%) Kafka
4 28 (2.12%) Middleware
5 26 (1.97%) Oracle Fusion
6 25 (1.89%) XML
7 23 (1.74%) PySpark
8 14 (1.06%) HTML
8 14 (1.06%) JSON
8 14 (1.06%) Spring
8 14 (1.06%) Spring Boot
9 13 (0.98%) CSS
9 13 (0.98%) RESTful
10 12 (0.91%) AngularJS
10 12 (0.91%) React
11 11 (0.83%) Node.js
12 10 (0.76%) ARM Templates
12 10 (0.76%) GraphQL
12 10 (0.76%) Web Services
13 9 (0.68%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 110 (8.33%) Legacy Systems
2 86 (6.51%) Cloud Native
3 57 (4.31%) Data Centre
4 41 (3.10%) Data Structures
5 37 (2.80%) Onboarding
6 30 (2.27%) Data Protection Act
6 30 (2.27%) Hybrid Cloud
7 26 (1.97%) Public Cloud
7 26 (1.97%) Replication
8 24 (1.82%) Management Information System
9 22 (1.67%) Product Ownership
10 19 (1.44%) Enterprise Software
11 18 (1.36%) Mainframe
12 16 (1.21%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 13 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
14 12 (0.91%) Clustering
15 9 (0.68%) NHS
15 9 (0.68%) Reference Data
15 9 (0.68%) Tandem
15 9 (0.68%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 94 (7.12%) Windows
2 39 (2.95%) Linux
3 28 (2.12%) Windows Server
4 21 (1.59%) Unix
5 18 (1.36%) VMS
5 18 (1.36%) Windows 10
6 10 (0.76%) Windows Server 2016
7 9 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (0.38%) zOS
9 4 (0.30%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.23%) CentOS
10 3 (0.23%) Solaris
10 3 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.15%) Android
11 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.076%) AIX
12 1 (0.076%) VME
12 1 (0.076%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 447 (33.84%) Data Migration
2 276 (20.89%) Agile
3 242 (18.32%) Stakeholder Management
4 225 (17.03%) DevOps
5 214 (16.20%) Problem-Solving
6 167 (12.64%) CI/CD
7 151 (11.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 143 (10.83%) Data Modelling
9 128 (9.69%) ETL
9 128 (9.69%) Project Management
10 123 (9.31%) Infrastructure as Code
11 119 (9.01%) Validation
12 115 (8.71%) Analytics
13 111 (8.40%) User Acceptance Testing
14 104 (7.87%) Business Intelligence
15 100 (7.57%) ERP
16 97 (7.34%) Project Delivery
17 90 (6.81%) Workshop Facilitation
18 79 (5.98%) Data Governance
19 78 (5.90%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 252 (19.08%) SQL
2 133 (10.07%) Python
3 73 (5.53%) Java
4 68 (5.15%) PowerShell
5 37 (2.80%) C#
6 32 (2.42%) JavaScript
7 21 (1.59%) PL/SQL
8 19 (1.44%) Bash
8 19 (1.44%) TypeScript
9 16 (1.21%) Bicep
9 16 (1.21%) Shell Script
10 12 (0.91%) T-SQL
11 9 (0.68%) VBA
12 8 (0.61%) PHP
12 8 (0.61%) REXX
13 6 (0.45%) Apex Code
14 5 (0.38%) Perl
14 5 (0.38%) R
14 5 (0.38%) Scala
15 4 (0.30%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 209 (15.82%) Security Cleared
2 182 (13.78%) SC Cleared
3 101 (7.65%) Degree
4 43 (3.26%) Azure Certification
4 43 (3.26%) PMI Certification
5 42 (3.18%) PMP
6 26 (1.97%) Microsoft Certification
7 25 (1.89%) AWS Certification
8 24 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
9 20 (1.51%) Cisco Certification
10 16 (1.21%) CCNP
11 14 (1.06%) Master's Degree
12 13 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
13 12 (0.91%) CBAP
14 11 (0.83%) IIBA
15 10 (0.76%) DV Cleared
16 9 (0.68%) CCIE
17 7 (0.53%) CIMA
17 7 (0.53%) MCSA
17 7 (0.53%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 103 (7.80%) Data Quality
2 62 (4.69%) QA
3 56 (4.24%) GDPR
4 19 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (0.83%) NIST
5 11 (0.83%) SLA
6 9 (0.68%) IFRS
6 9 (0.68%) PMO
7 8 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 7 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
8 7 (0.53%) PCI DSS
9 6 (0.45%) Accessibility
9 6 (0.45%) GRC
9 6 (0.45%) NCSC
10 5 (0.38%) Basel III
10 5 (0.38%) GAAP
10 5 (0.38%) IFRS 9
11 4 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (0.30%) HIPAA
11 4 (0.30%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 65 (4.92%) Active Directory
2 63 (4.77%) Docker
3 30 (2.27%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.91%) Virtual Desktop
5 11 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
6 10 (0.76%) VMware NSX
7 8 (0.61%) Oracle RAC
8 7 (0.53%) Hyper-V
9 6 (0.45%) vSphere
10 3 (0.23%) BitLocker
10 3 (0.23%) Job Entry Subsystem
10 3 (0.23%) KVM
11 2 (0.15%) RACF
11 2 (0.15%) Varnish
11 2 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
12 1 (0.076%) Postfix
12 1 (0.076%) PowerHA
12 1 (0.076%) Squid
12 1 (0.076%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 155 (11.73%) Terraform
2 102 (7.72%) Kubernetes
3 50 (3.79%) Microsoft Intune
4 44 (3.33%) Ansible
5 24 (1.82%) SCCM
6 12 (0.91%) SCOM
7 9 (0.68%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 9 (0.68%) AirWatch
7 9 (0.68%) Grafana
8 6 (0.45%) Argo
8 6 (0.45%) HP SiteScope
8 6 (0.45%) Progress Chef
8 6 (0.45%) Prometheus
9 5 (0.38%) Data Guard
9 5 (0.38%) FortiGate
9 5 (0.38%) Oracle RMAN
9 5 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.30%) Istio
10 4 (0.30%) Pingdom
11 3 (0.23%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 273 (20.67%) Microsoft
2 142 (10.75%) Oracle
3 121 (9.16%) SAP
4 57 (4.31%) Google
5 50 (3.79%) Salesforce
6 46 (3.48%) VMware
7 38 (2.88%) Cisco
8 37 (2.80%) Databricks
8 37 (2.80%) ServiceNow
9 34 (2.57%) Workday
10 22 (1.67%) CyberArk
11 19 (1.44%) Splunk
12 17 (1.29%) Avaloq
12 17 (1.29%) Informatica
13 16 (1.21%) Citrix
14 15 (1.14%) BMC
14 15 (1.14%) IBM
15 14 (1.06%) Fortinet
16 12 (0.91%) Red Hat
16 12 (0.91%) Remedy