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 18 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 22 23
Rank change year-on-year +1 +1 +2
Contract jobs citing Migration 1,167 1,293 1,629
As % of all contract jobs in London 8.73% 8.08% 7.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.44% 9.06% 8.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 785 834 1,130
10th Percentile £375 £375 £401
25th Percentile £447 £450 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £688
90th Percentile £738 £775 £796
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 4 8
10th Percentile £25.06 £21.30 £41.55
25th Percentile - £21.62 £63.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £28.40 £84.75
Median % change year-on-year -11.44% -66.49% +54.09%
75th Percentile - £42.75 £86.75
90th Percentile £57.03 £56.70 £90.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.50 £64.75
% change year-on-year -27.10% -46.72% +17.73%

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 12,368 14,266 18,913
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.48% 89.20% 89.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,148 9,223 13,676
10th Percentile £333 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -2.13%
75th Percentile £664 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 243 176 232
10th Percentile £18.03 £17.75 £18.50
25th Percentile £25.00 £24.17 £21.50
Median hourly rate £30.50 £37.79 £39.92
Median % change year-on-year -19.28% -5.34% +6.44%
75th Percentile £47.75 £57.81 £62.25
90th Percentile £64.95 £78.75 £76.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -40.82% -5.56% +28.57%

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 18 October 2025.

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 18 October 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 18 October 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 0 181 £550 -4.35% 161
West London +17 41 £360 -28.00% 8
South London +15 23 £425 -21.66% 8
East London +7 15 £540 +35.00% 7
North London +5 7 £550 +175.00% 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 57 (4.88%) Confluence
1 57 (4.88%) SharePoint
2 23 (1.97%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (1.11%) Apache Airflow
4 11 (0.94%) CMS
5 9 (0.77%) Apache
6 7 (0.60%) Skype for Business
7 6 (0.51%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 6 (0.51%) Mattermost
8 5 (0.43%) SAS
9 4 (0.34%) Apache Spark
10 3 (0.26%) LiveLink
11 2 (0.17%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.17%) Cloud Foundry
11 2 (0.17%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 2 (0.17%) WebSphere
12 1 (0.086%) Apache Superset
12 1 (0.086%) IBM Transformation Extender
12 1 (0.086%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 31 (2.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (1.37%) Microsoft Project
2 16 (1.37%) MS Visio
3 15 (1.29%) Microsoft Office
4 11 (0.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.34%) Oracle Smart View
5 4 (0.34%) Trello
6 2 (0.17%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.17%) Notion
6 2 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.086%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 58 (4.97%) SAP S/4HANA
2 22 (1.89%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (1.29%) Endur
4 11 (0.94%) Oracle EBS
4 11 (0.94%) SAP HR
5 10 (0.86%) Salesforce CRM
6 9 (0.77%) Oracle Payables
7 8 (0.69%) NetSuite
8 6 (0.51%) SAP ERP
8 6 (0.51%) Unit4 Business World
9 5 (0.43%) Oracle EBS R12
9 5 (0.43%) Oracle ERP
9 5 (0.43%) Oracle Financials
9 5 (0.43%) Oracle General Ledger
9 5 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
9 5 (0.43%) SAP HCM
9 5 (0.43%) SAP MDG
9 5 (0.43%) SAP Payroll
9 5 (0.43%) SAP SD
10 4 (0.34%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 280 (23.99%) Azure
2 198 (16.97%) AWS
3 87 (7.46%) GCP
4 81 (6.94%) Power Platform
5 73 (6.26%) GitHub
6 68 (5.83%) Microsoft 365
7 59 (5.06%) SaaS
8 53 (4.54%) Azure DevOps
8 53 (4.54%) Entra ID
9 51 (4.37%) GitHub Actions
10 41 (3.51%) Snowflake
11 36 (3.08%) Serverless
12 33 (2.83%) Amazon S3
13 32 (2.74%) Dynamics 365
13 32 (2.74%) OCI
14 28 (2.40%) Azure Data Factory
14 28 (2.40%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 26 (2.23%) Google Kubernetes Engine
15 26 (2.23%) IaaS
16 24 (2.06%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 54 (4.63%) Firewall
2 32 (2.74%) DNS
3 30 (2.57%) VPN
4 25 (2.14%) WAN
5 23 (1.97%) Network Security
6 19 (1.63%) DHCP
7 18 (1.54%) BGP
8 16 (1.37%) OSPF
8 16 (1.37%) SD-WAN
9 15 (1.29%) LAN
10 13 (1.11%) VLAN
11 10 (0.86%) TCP/IP
12 9 (0.77%) MPLS
13 7 (0.60%) Skype
13 7 (0.60%) Unified Communications
14 6 (0.51%) DMARC
14 6 (0.51%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
14 6 (0.51%) SAN
15 5 (0.43%) Cisco ASA
15 5 (0.43%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (5.57%) Data Warehouse
2 64 (5.48%) Power BI
3 61 (5.23%) SQL Server
4 30 (2.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 25 (2.14%) Relational Database
6 24 (2.06%) Data Lake
6 24 (2.06%) PostgreSQL
7 23 (1.97%) Metadata
7 23 (1.97%) Oracle Database
8 20 (1.71%) Azure SQL Database
9 19 (1.63%) Tableau
10 16 (1.37%) Amazon RDS
11 15 (1.29%) Amazon Redshift
11 15 (1.29%) Big Data
12 14 (1.20%) Amazon Athena
13 13 (1.11%) NoSQL
14 12 (1.03%) BigQuery
14 12 (1.03%) SAP HANA
14 12 (1.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 11 (0.94%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 101 (8.65%) JIRA
2 33 (2.83%) GitLab
3 31 (2.66%) Git
3 31 (2.66%) Jenkins
4 15 (1.29%) SonarQube
5 12 (1.03%) Sonatype Nexus
6 11 (0.94%) ScriptRunner
7 8 (0.69%) Maven
7 8 (0.69%) Selenium
8 7 (0.60%) Artifactory
8 7 (0.60%) ERwin
9 6 (0.51%) CircleCI
9 6 (0.51%) ER Studio
9 6 (0.51%) Gradle
9 6 (0.51%) LSMW
10 5 (0.43%) Bitbucket
10 5 (0.43%) Snyk
10 5 (0.43%) Zephyr
11 4 (0.34%) Mockito
11 4 (0.34%) TestRail
General
1 370 (31.71%) Finance
2 361 (30.93%) Social Skills
3 129 (11.05%) Analytical Skills
4 92 (7.88%) Banking
5 78 (6.68%) Public Sector
6 38 (3.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 36 (3.08%) Documentation Skills
8 30 (2.57%) Back Office
9 28 (2.40%) Telecoms
10 25 (2.14%) Presentation Skills
11 24 (2.06%) Local Government
11 24 (2.06%) Retail
12 23 (1.97%) Marketing
13 22 (1.89%) Legal
14 21 (1.80%) Influencing Skills
15 20 (1.71%) Financial Institution
16 19 (1.63%) Organisational Skills
17 18 (1.54%) Front Office
18 16 (1.37%) Manufacturing
19 14 (1.20%) Billing
Job Titles
1 159 (13.62%) Architect
2 153 (13.11%) Analyst
3 114 (9.77%) Consultant
4 102 (8.74%) Project Manager
5 96 (8.23%) Lead
6 95 (8.14%) Business Analyst
7 93 (7.97%) Senior
8 72 (6.17%) Developer
9 46 (3.94%) Data Engineer
10 41 (3.51%) Migration Engineer
11 40 (3.43%) Solutions Architect
12 39 (3.34%) Data Architect
13 37 (3.17%) Azure Engineer
14 35 (3.00%) DevOps Engineer
15 30 (2.57%) Data Analyst
16 29 (2.49%) Azure Architect
17 28 (2.40%) SAP Consultant
18 24 (2.06%) Cloud Engineer
19 23 (1.97%) Migration Specialist
20 21 (1.80%) Data Migration Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (3.08%) REST
2 28 (2.40%) Kafka
3 22 (1.89%) XML
4 20 (1.71%) .NET
4 20 (1.71%) Spring Boot
5 19 (1.63%) ARM Templates
6 17 (1.46%) Lightning Web Components
6 17 (1.46%) React
7 15 (1.29%) Middleware
7 15 (1.29%) PySpark
7 15 (1.29%) Spring
8 14 (1.20%) CSS
8 14 (1.20%) HTML
8 14 (1.20%) Oracle Fusion
9 12 (1.03%) SOAP
10 11 (0.94%) JSON
10 11 (0.94%) Node.js
10 11 (0.94%) RESTful
11 10 (0.86%) Visualforce
12 9 (0.77%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 89 (7.63%) Legacy Systems
2 68 (5.83%) Cloud Native
3 58 (4.97%) Data Centre
4 35 (3.00%) Data Structures
5 33 (2.83%) Management Information System
6 27 (2.31%) Onboarding
7 23 (1.97%) Data Protection Act
7 23 (1.97%) Hybrid Cloud
8 21 (1.80%) Product Ownership
9 20 (1.71%) Greenfield Project
10 14 (1.20%) Virtual Team
11 13 (1.11%) Legacy Applications
12 12 (1.03%) Replication
13 11 (0.94%) Public Cloud
13 11 (0.94%) Reinsurance
13 11 (0.94%) Self-Motivation
14 10 (0.86%) Enterprise Software
15 9 (0.77%) Distributed Systems
16 8 (0.69%) Analytical Mindset
16 8 (0.69%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 90 (7.71%) Windows
2 43 (3.68%) Linux
3 20 (1.71%) Windows Server
4 17 (1.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 16 (1.37%) Unix
6 13 (1.11%) Windows 10
7 8 (0.69%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (0.43%) VMS
9 4 (0.34%) CentOS
9 4 (0.34%) Solaris
10 3 (0.26%) AIX
11 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.17%) zOS
12 1 (0.086%) Android
12 1 (0.086%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.086%) Rocky
12 1 (0.086%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.086%) VME
12 1 (0.086%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 419 (35.90%) Data Migration
2 242 (20.74%) Agile
3 217 (18.59%) Problem-Solving
4 176 (15.08%) DevOps
5 165 (14.14%) CI/CD
6 159 (13.62%) Stakeholder Management
7 124 (10.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 107 (9.17%) Project Management
9 101 (8.65%) Analytics
10 100 (8.57%) ETL
10 100 (8.57%) Validation
11 98 (8.40%) Data Modelling
12 93 (7.97%) Infrastructure as Code
12 93 (7.97%) User Acceptance Testing
13 88 (7.54%) ERP
14 86 (7.37%) Business Intelligence
15 81 (6.94%) Data Governance
16 79 (6.77%) Containerisation
17 75 (6.43%) Change Management
18 67 (5.74%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 202 (17.31%) SQL
2 145 (12.43%) Python
3 78 (6.68%) Java
4 66 (5.66%) PowerShell
5 37 (3.17%) C#
6 33 (2.83%) JavaScript
7 23 (1.97%) Bash
8 19 (1.63%) Groovy
9 17 (1.46%) TypeScript
10 16 (1.37%) Apex Code
10 16 (1.37%) Shell Script
11 14 (1.20%) Bicep
11 14 (1.20%) T-SQL
12 12 (1.03%) C++
12 12 (1.03%) PL/SQL
13 11 (0.94%) Go
14 10 (0.86%) ABAP
15 5 (0.43%) COBOL
15 5 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 4 (0.34%) R
Qualifications
1 143 (12.25%) Security Cleared
2 129 (11.05%) SC Cleared
3 95 (8.14%) Degree
4 38 (3.26%) PMI Certification
5 37 (3.17%) PMP
6 33 (2.83%) Computer Science Degree
7 32 (2.74%) Azure Certification
8 25 (2.14%) Microsoft Certification
9 20 (1.71%) AWS Certification
10 16 (1.37%) Cisco Certification
11 14 (1.20%) Master's Degree
12 12 (1.03%) BPSS Clearance
12 12 (1.03%) CCNP
13 9 (0.77%) DV Cleared
14 8 (0.69%) CBAP
15 7 (0.60%) SAP Certification
16 6 (0.51%) ISTQB
16 6 (0.51%) Oracle Certification
17 5 (0.43%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 5 (0.43%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (6.77%) Data Quality
2 52 (4.46%) QA
3 41 (3.51%) GDPR
4 18 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 16 (1.37%) NIST
6 12 (1.03%) Accessibility
6 12 (1.03%) SLA
7 9 (0.77%) PMO
8 7 (0.60%) HIPAA
9 6 (0.51%) EMIR
9 6 (0.51%) WCAG
10 5 (0.43%) GRC
11 4 (0.34%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 4 (0.34%) MiFID
11 4 (0.34%) NCSC
11 4 (0.34%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.26%) IFRS
12 3 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.17%) GAAP
13 2 (0.17%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 75 (6.43%) Active Directory
2 71 (6.08%) Docker
3 23 (1.97%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.77%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (0.60%) Oracle RAC
6 6 (0.51%) Hyper-V
6 6 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.43%) vSphere
8 4 (0.34%) KVM
9 3 (0.26%) Microsoft App-V
9 3 (0.26%) OpenAM
9 3 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.17%) BitLocker
10 2 (0.17%) Firmware
10 2 (0.17%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.086%) Job Entry Subsystem
11 1 (0.086%) RACF
11 1 (0.086%) Squid
11 1 (0.086%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 109 (9.34%) Terraform
2 95 (8.14%) Kubernetes
3 38 (3.26%) Ansible
4 22 (1.89%) Microsoft Intune
5 14 (1.20%) SCCM
5 14 (1.20%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (0.77%) Prometheus
6 9 (0.77%) Puppet
7 8 (0.69%) SCOM
8 7 (0.60%) Progress Chef
9 6 (0.51%) Argo
9 6 (0.51%) HP SiteScope
10 5 (0.43%) Grafana
10 5 (0.43%) Oracle RMAN
11 4 (0.34%) Data Guard
11 4 (0.34%) FortiGate
11 4 (0.34%) HP ALM
11 4 (0.34%) Jamf Pro
12 3 (0.26%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
13 2 (0.17%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 205 (17.57%) Microsoft
2 122 (10.45%) SAP
3 115 (9.85%) Oracle
4 55 (4.71%) Google
5 50 (4.28%) Salesforce
6 34 (2.91%) VMware
7 29 (2.49%) Cisco
8 26 (2.23%) Databricks
9 24 (2.06%) ServiceNow
10 23 (1.97%) Workday
11 21 (1.80%) Atlassian
12 18 (1.54%) Splunk
13 16 (1.37%) Citrix
13 16 (1.37%) IBM
14 14 (1.20%) Red Hat
15 12 (1.03%) Fortinet
16 11 (0.94%) Informatica
16 11 (0.94%) Palo Alto
17 10 (0.86%) F5
17 10 (0.86%) Juniper