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

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 21 24
Rank change year-on-year 0 +3 +1
Contract jobs citing Migration 1,642 1,177 1,347
As % of all contract jobs in London 9.86% 9.29% 7.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.99% 10.16% 8.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,144 823 970
10th Percentile £375 £388 £363
25th Percentile £456 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £707 £673
90th Percentile £738 £873 £748
England median daily rate £515 £538 £528
% change year-on-year -4.19% +1.88% -2.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 7 14
10th Percentile £16.24 £21.40 £23.55
25th Percentile £19.46 £21.50 £50.42
Median hourly rate £25.00 £23.00 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -72.94% +178.69%
75th Percentile £46.25 £25.50 £86.50
90th Percentile £69.36 £29.77 -
England median hourly rate £23.83 £26.88 £46.23
% change year-on-year -11.35% -41.87% -26.03%

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 11,579 15,985
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.72% 91.43% 88.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,023 7,821 11,436
10th Percentile £355 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £440 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -7.17%
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 229 165 337
10th Percentile £18.07 £19.08 £15.98
25th Percentile £22.00 £24.66 £19.57
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.00 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% +14.75% -21.79%
75th Percentile £57.00 £51.25 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £67.50 £70.50
England median hourly rate £35.25 £32.81 £33.00
% change year-on-year +7.44% -0.58% -12.00%

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 25 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 25 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 25 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 -6 225 £565 +2.73% 88
South London +10 36 £469 -1.83% 7
West London +2 26 £600 +20.00% 18
East London -11 7 £475 -5.00% 7
North London +4 5 £495 +20.00% 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 74 (4.51%) SharePoint
2 50 (3.05%) Microsoft Exchange
3 49 (2.98%) Confluence
4 21 (1.28%) Apache Airflow
5 15 (0.91%) Apache
6 14 (0.85%) Apache Spark
7 10 (0.61%) SAS
8 9 (0.55%) CMS
9 6 (0.37%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 5 (0.30%) ArcGIS
10 5 (0.30%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 4 (0.24%) BizTalk Server
11 4 (0.24%) nginx
12 3 (0.18%) OpenStack
12 3 (0.18%) SharePoint 2013
12 3 (0.18%) Sitecore CMS
12 3 (0.18%) Tomcat
12 3 (0.18%) WordPress
13 2 (0.12%) Appian
13 2 (0.12%) MQSeries
Applications
1 72 (4.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 34 (2.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 34 (2.07%) Microsoft Project
3 26 (1.58%) Microsoft Office
4 18 (1.10%) Spreadsheet
5 17 (1.04%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.061%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.061%) InfoPath
7 1 (0.061%) Trello
Business Applications
1 56 (3.41%) SAP S/4HANA
2 31 (1.89%) Dynamics CRM
3 18 (1.10%) Oracle EBS
4 17 (1.04%) Loan IQ
5 15 (0.91%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 10 (0.61%) Oracle Payables
6 10 (0.61%) Veritas eDiscovery
7 9 (0.55%) SAP HR
8 8 (0.49%) Oracle ERP
8 8 (0.49%) Oracle General Ledger
8 8 (0.49%) Workday HCM
9 7 (0.43%) Oracle Receivables
9 7 (0.43%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 7 (0.43%) SAP ERP
10 6 (0.37%) Finacle
10 6 (0.37%) SAP CO
10 6 (0.37%) SAP MM
11 5 (0.30%) Oracle FAH
11 5 (0.30%) Oracle Financials
11 5 (0.30%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 441 (26.86%) Azure
2 260 (15.83%) AWS
3 142 (8.65%) Power Platform
4 115 (7.00%) Microsoft 365
5 104 (6.33%) GitHub
6 97 (5.91%) Azure DevOps
7 92 (5.60%) GCP
8 89 (5.42%) Dynamics 365
9 62 (3.78%) Entra ID
10 59 (3.59%) SaaS
11 49 (2.98%) Serverless
12 47 (2.86%) OCI
13 44 (2.68%) Amazon S3
14 43 (2.62%) PaaS
14 43 (2.62%) Snowflake
15 41 (2.50%) IaaS
16 40 (2.44%) GitHub Actions
17 39 (2.38%) Azure Data Factory
18 36 (2.19%) Azure Synapse Analytics
19 34 (2.07%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 71 (4.32%) Firewall
2 46 (2.80%) Network Security
3 40 (2.44%) DNS
4 35 (2.13%) VPN
5 24 (1.46%) SAN
5 24 (1.46%) WAN
6 18 (1.10%) NAS
6 18 (1.10%) VLAN
7 17 (1.04%) SD-WAN
8 16 (0.97%) DHCP
9 14 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
10 13 (0.79%) BGP
11 12 (0.73%) LAN
12 11 (0.67%) OSPF
13 10 (0.61%) MPLS
14 9 (0.55%) DKIM
14 9 (0.55%) DMARC
14 9 (0.55%) VSAN
15 7 (0.43%) HTTP
16 6 (0.37%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 117 (7.13%) Power BI
2 83 (5.05%) Data Warehouse
3 76 (4.63%) SQL Server
4 47 (2.86%) Data Lake
5 44 (2.68%) PostgreSQL
6 37 (2.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 35 (2.13%) Metadata
7 35 (2.13%) Tableau
8 28 (1.71%) Relational Database
9 20 (1.22%) Oracle Database
10 18 (1.10%) Amazon Redshift
11 17 (1.04%) Azure SQL Database
12 16 (0.97%) Amazon Athena
12 16 (0.97%) DB2
13 15 (0.91%) MySQL
13 15 (0.91%) NoSQL
13 15 (0.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 14 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
14 14 (0.85%) Oracle Reports
15 13 (0.79%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 106 (6.46%) JIRA
2 36 (2.19%) Jenkins
3 32 (1.95%) Git
4 22 (1.34%) GitLab
5 14 (0.85%) Artifactory
6 13 (0.79%) Team Foundation Server
7 8 (0.49%) Cucumber
8 7 (0.43%) Chocolatey
8 7 (0.43%) JUnit
8 7 (0.43%) Selenium
9 6 (0.37%) Bitbucket
9 6 (0.37%) Oracle Forms
10 4 (0.24%) Claude Code
10 4 (0.24%) IBM UrbanCode
10 4 (0.24%) LSMW
10 4 (0.24%) SonarQube
10 4 (0.24%) SpecFlow
10 4 (0.24%) Toad
11 3 (0.18%) Liquibase
11 3 (0.18%) Postman
General
1 526 (32.03%) Finance
2 495 (30.15%) Social Skills
3 164 (9.99%) Analytical Skills
4 144 (8.77%) Banking
5 142 (8.65%) Public Sector
6 57 (3.47%) Documentation Skills
6 57 (3.47%) Retail
7 46 (2.80%) Law
7 46 (2.80%) Legal
8 28 (1.71%) Organisational Skills
8 28 (1.71%) Presentation Skills
8 28 (1.71%) Telecoms
9 25 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
10 24 (1.46%) Marketing
11 23 (1.40%) Financial Institution
11 23 (1.40%) Manufacturing
12 21 (1.28%) Local Government
13 20 (1.22%) General Ledger
14 18 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 16 (0.97%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 269 (16.38%) Architect
2 212 (12.91%) Analyst
3 207 (12.61%) Lead
4 171 (10.41%) Senior
5 143 (8.71%) Business Analyst
6 137 (8.34%) Consultant
7 122 (7.43%) Project Manager
8 86 (5.24%) Data Engineer
9 84 (5.12%) Developer
10 67 (4.08%) Azure Engineer
11 56 (3.41%) Migration Engineer
12 55 (3.35%) Migration Manager
13 54 (3.29%) Solutions Architect
14 51 (3.11%) Data Analyst
15 47 (2.86%) Migration Analyst
16 46 (2.80%) Cloud Architect
17 40 (2.44%) DevOps Engineer
18 37 (2.25%) Cloud Engineer
19 35 (2.13%) Azure Architect
20 34 (2.07%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (2.68%) REST
2 38 (2.31%) Middleware
3 36 (2.19%) Oracle Fusion
4 34 (2.07%) .NET
5 30 (1.83%) Kafka
6 25 (1.52%) XML
7 24 (1.46%) PySpark
8 20 (1.22%) SOAP
8 20 (1.22%) Spring
9 16 (0.97%) JSON
10 15 (0.91%) Spring Boot
11 12 (0.73%) React
11 12 (0.73%) SAML
12 11 (0.67%) HTML
12 11 (0.67%) Lightning Web Components
12 11 (0.67%) OAuth
13 10 (0.61%) ADO
13 10 (0.61%) CSS
13 10 (0.61%) Web Services
14 9 (0.55%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 148 (9.01%) Legacy Systems
2 105 (6.39%) Cloud Native
3 67 (4.08%) Data Centre
4 55 (3.35%) Onboarding
5 51 (3.11%) Data Structures
6 40 (2.44%) Data Protection Act
6 40 (2.44%) Replication
7 35 (2.13%) Hybrid Cloud
8 34 (2.07%) Product Ownership
8 34 (2.07%) Public Cloud
9 33 (2.01%) Management Information System
10 25 (1.52%) Mainframe
11 23 (1.40%) Distributed Systems
12 17 (1.04%) Enterprise Software
13 15 (0.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 14 (0.85%) Reference Data
15 13 (0.79%) Legacy Applications
15 13 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
15 13 (0.79%) Taxonomies
16 12 (0.73%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 112 (6.82%) Windows
2 43 (2.62%) Linux
3 30 (1.83%) Windows Server
4 24 (1.46%) Unix
4 24 (1.46%) Windows 10
5 22 (1.34%) VMS
6 11 (0.67%) zOS
7 6 (0.37%) Apple iOS
8 5 (0.30%) Android
8 5 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.24%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.18%) Solaris
10 3 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.12%) SUSE
11 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.061%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 584 (35.57%) Data Migration
2 314 (19.12%) Agile
3 310 (18.88%) Stakeholder Management
4 267 (16.26%) DevOps
5 227 (13.82%) Problem-Solving
6 200 (12.18%) CI/CD
7 197 (12.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 191 (11.63%) Data Modelling
9 187 (11.39%) Validation
10 175 (10.66%) User Acceptance Testing
11 167 (10.17%) ERP
12 159 (9.68%) ETL
13 154 (9.38%) Business Intelligence
14 152 (9.26%) Analytics
15 141 (8.59%) Project Management
16 137 (8.34%) Continuous Improvement
17 131 (7.98%) Infrastructure as Code
18 115 (7.00%) Project Delivery
19 109 (6.64%) Decision-Making
20 106 (6.46%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 278 (16.93%) SQL
2 145 (8.83%) Python
3 85 (5.18%) Java
4 66 (4.02%) PowerShell
5 30 (1.83%) C#
6 28 (1.71%) JavaScript
7 18 (1.10%) PL/SQL
8 16 (0.97%) Bicep
8 16 (0.97%) T-SQL
9 15 (0.91%) Shell Script
10 12 (0.73%) TypeScript
10 12 (0.73%) VBA
11 11 (0.67%) Bash
12 9 (0.55%) Apex Code
13 8 (0.49%) REXX
14 7 (0.43%) Korn
14 7 (0.43%) PHP
14 7 (0.43%) Ruby
15 6 (0.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 6 (0.37%) Scala
Qualifications
1 286 (17.42%) Security Cleared
2 240 (14.62%) SC Cleared
3 103 (6.27%) Degree
4 53 (3.23%) Azure Certification
5 40 (2.44%) PMP
6 37 (2.25%) PMI Certification
7 33 (2.01%) Microsoft Certification
8 30 (1.83%) Computer Science Degree
9 25 (1.52%) AWS Certification
10 23 (1.40%) Cisco Certification
11 18 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
12 13 (0.79%) CIMA
12 13 (0.79%) CISSP
13 12 (0.73%) CBAP
13 12 (0.73%) IIBA
14 11 (0.67%) CCNP
14 11 (0.67%) Master's Degree
15 10 (0.61%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 10 (0.61%) DV Cleared
15 10 (0.61%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 148 (9.01%) Data Quality
2 83 (5.05%) QA
3 68 (4.14%) GDPR
4 31 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 23 (1.40%) SLA
6 22 (1.34%) NIST
7 19 (1.16%) PMO
8 11 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
8 11 (0.67%) ISO 20022
9 10 (0.61%) Accessibility
10 9 (0.55%) IFRS
10 9 (0.55%) NCSC
10 9 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 8 (0.49%) SEPA
12 7 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 7 (0.43%) PCI DSS
13 5 (0.30%) Basel III
13 5 (0.30%) GAAP
13 5 (0.30%) IFRS 9
13 5 (0.30%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 77 (4.69%) Active Directory
2 55 (3.35%) Docker
3 46 (2.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
5 16 (0.97%) VMware NSX
6 15 (0.91%) Virtual Desktop
7 13 (0.79%) NFS
8 10 (0.61%) vSphere
9 7 (0.43%) Hyper-V
10 4 (0.24%) Varnish
10 4 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
11 3 (0.18%) BitLocker
11 3 (0.18%) Oracle RAC
11 3 (0.18%) Postfix
12 2 (0.12%) Firmware
12 2 (0.12%) Job Entry Subsystem
12 2 (0.12%) RACF
12 2 (0.12%) VMware Workstation
13 1 (0.061%) Microsoft App-V
13 1 (0.061%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 155 (9.44%) Terraform
2 102 (6.21%) Kubernetes
3 72 (4.38%) Microsoft Intune
4 38 (2.31%) Ansible
5 30 (1.83%) SCCM
6 17 (1.04%) Grafana
7 12 (0.73%) Prometheus
8 11 (0.67%) AirWatch
9 10 (0.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 8 (0.49%) EMC VPLEX
10 8 (0.49%) vCenter Server
10 8 (0.49%) vMotion
11 7 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
12 4 (0.24%) Argo
12 4 (0.24%) Failover Clustering
12 4 (0.24%) Istio
12 4 (0.24%) Pingdom
12 4 (0.24%) Rancher
12 4 (0.24%) SCOM
12 4 (0.24%) VxRail
Vendors
1 368 (22.41%) Microsoft
2 151 (9.20%) Oracle
3 126 (7.67%) SAP
4 78 (4.75%) VMware
5 55 (3.35%) Salesforce
6 54 (3.29%) Databricks
6 54 (3.29%) ServiceNow
7 50 (3.05%) Google
8 36 (2.19%) Cisco
8 36 (2.19%) Workday
9 29 (1.77%) CyberArk
10 27 (1.64%) Informatica
11 23 (1.40%) Citrix
12 22 (1.34%) Pure Storage
13 21 (1.28%) Avaloq
14 18 (1.10%) Splunk
15 17 (1.04%) IBM
15 17 (1.04%) MuleSoft
16 14 (0.85%) Dynatrace
17 13 (0.79%) Palo Alto