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

6 months to
26 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 21 22
Rank change year-on-year +1 +1 +3
Contract jobs citing Migration 1,776 1,196 1,372
As % of all contract jobs in London 10.11% 9.44% 7.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.40% 10.24% 8.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,229 826 990
10th Percentile £363 £388 £356
25th Percentile £455 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £710 £650
90th Percentile £750 £875 £750
England median daily rate £513 £537 £525
% change year-on-year -4.56% +2.29% -4.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 8 9
10th Percentile £18.94 £21.43 £24.05
25th Percentile £20.98 £21.50 £45.98
Median hourly rate £26.85 £23.00 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year +16.74% -65.93% +121.31%
75th Percentile £63.75 £28.54 £71.25
90th Percentile £76.00 £43.77 £86.50
England median hourly rate £23.83 £25.15 £43.12
% change year-on-year -5.27% -41.67% -35.41%

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 15,580 11,677 15,806
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.71% 92.12% 88.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,440 7,940 11,323
10th Percentile £355 £350 £338
25th Percentile £430 £440 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £760 £813 £800
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 258 173 329
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.50 £16.00
25th Percentile £25.15 £22.75 £20.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £34.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.90% +15.00% -23.08%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.75 £47.50
90th Percentile £73.23 £63.65 £66.10
England median hourly rate £43.61 £30.45 £35.00
% change year-on-year +43.22% -13.00% -6.67%

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 26 April 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 26 April 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 26 April 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 +1 258 £550 - 54
South London +11 37 £463 +8.50% 4
West London -2 29 £425 -32.00% 9
East London -2 12 £475 -12.04% 6
North London +2 5 £325 -26.14%
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 86 (4.84%) SharePoint
2 57 (3.21%) Microsoft Exchange
3 52 (2.93%) Confluence
4 21 (1.18%) Apache Airflow
5 19 (1.07%) Apache Spark
6 17 (0.96%) Apache
7 14 (0.79%) SAS
8 9 (0.51%) CMS
9 5 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 5 (0.28%) OpenStack
9 5 (0.28%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 4 (0.23%) ArcGIS
10 4 (0.23%) BizTalk Server
10 4 (0.23%) nginx
11 3 (0.17%) SharePoint 2013
11 3 (0.17%) Sitecore CMS
11 3 (0.17%) Tomcat
11 3 (0.17%) WordPress
12 2 (0.11%) Appian
12 2 (0.11%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 75 (4.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 36 (2.03%) Microsoft Project
3 33 (1.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (1.41%) Microsoft Office
5 19 (1.07%) Spreadsheet
6 14 (0.79%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.056%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 65 (3.66%) SAP S/4HANA
2 29 (1.63%) Dynamics CRM
3 18 (1.01%) Oracle EBS
4 17 (0.96%) Loan IQ
4 17 (0.96%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 10 (0.56%) Oracle ERP
5 10 (0.56%) Oracle Payables
5 10 (0.56%) SAP ERP
5 10 (0.56%) Veritas eDiscovery
6 9 (0.51%) Oracle General Ledger
6 9 (0.51%) Oracle Receivables
7 8 (0.45%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 7 (0.39%) NetSuite
8 7 (0.39%) Workday HCM
9 6 (0.34%) Finacle
9 6 (0.34%) Oracle Financials
9 6 (0.34%) SAP CO
10 5 (0.28%) Oracle FAH
10 5 (0.28%) SAP FI
10 5 (0.28%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 476 (26.80%) Azure
2 292 (16.44%) AWS
3 155 (8.73%) Power Platform
4 134 (7.55%) Microsoft 365
5 107 (6.02%) Azure DevOps
6 105 (5.91%) GCP
7 98 (5.52%) GitHub
8 96 (5.41%) Dynamics 365
9 67 (3.77%) Entra ID
10 65 (3.66%) SaaS
11 50 (2.82%) Serverless
12 48 (2.70%) PaaS
13 45 (2.53%) Amazon S3
13 45 (2.53%) Azure Data Factory
13 45 (2.53%) IaaS
13 45 (2.53%) OCI
14 42 (2.36%) Snowflake
15 41 (2.31%) GitHub Actions
16 40 (2.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 32 (1.80%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 81 (4.56%) Firewall
2 47 (2.65%) DNS
3 46 (2.59%) Network Security
4 37 (2.08%) VPN
5 24 (1.35%) SAN
6 23 (1.30%) VLAN
6 23 (1.30%) WAN
7 19 (1.07%) NAS
8 17 (0.96%) SD-WAN
9 15 (0.84%) DHCP
10 14 (0.79%) BGP
10 14 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
11 12 (0.68%) OSPF
12 11 (0.62%) DKIM
12 11 (0.62%) HTTP
12 11 (0.62%) LAN
12 11 (0.62%) VSAN
13 10 (0.56%) MPLS
14 9 (0.51%) DMARC
15 8 (0.45%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 131 (7.38%) Power BI
2 76 (4.28%) Data Warehouse
3 67 (3.77%) SQL Server
4 60 (3.38%) Data Lake
5 40 (2.25%) PostgreSQL
6 39 (2.20%) Metadata
7 38 (2.14%) Tableau
8 31 (1.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 21 (1.18%) Oracle Database
9 21 (1.18%) Relational Database
10 20 (1.13%) DB2
11 18 (1.01%) Amazon Athena
12 17 (0.96%) Azure SQL Database
12 17 (0.96%) Delta Lake
12 17 (0.96%) Oracle Reports
13 16 (0.90%) Amazon Redshift
13 16 (0.90%) BigQuery
13 16 (0.90%) NoSQL
14 13 (0.73%) Amazon RDS
14 13 (0.73%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 116 (6.53%) JIRA
2 38 (2.14%) Jenkins
3 37 (2.08%) Git
4 25 (1.41%) GitLab
5 14 (0.79%) Artifactory
6 13 (0.73%) Team Foundation Server
7 8 (0.45%) Cucumber
7 8 (0.45%) JUnit
7 8 (0.45%) Selenium
8 7 (0.39%) Bitbucket
8 7 (0.39%) Chocolatey
9 6 (0.34%) Oracle Forms
10 5 (0.28%) Claude Code
10 5 (0.28%) LSMW
11 4 (0.23%) Gradle
11 4 (0.23%) IBM UrbanCode
11 4 (0.23%) Liquibase
11 4 (0.23%) Mockito
11 4 (0.23%) Toad
11 4 (0.23%) Visual Studio
General
1 571 (32.15%) Finance
2 500 (28.15%) Social Skills
3 171 (9.63%) Analytical Skills
4 154 (8.67%) Banking
5 152 (8.56%) Public Sector
6 73 (4.11%) Retail
7 56 (3.15%) Documentation Skills
7 56 (3.15%) Law
8 47 (2.65%) Legal
9 29 (1.63%) Presentation Skills
10 28 (1.58%) Telecoms
11 27 (1.52%) Manufacturing
12 26 (1.46%) Financial Institution
12 26 (1.46%) Marketing
13 25 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
14 23 (1.30%) Influencing Skills
15 20 (1.13%) General Ledger
15 20 (1.13%) Local Government
16 19 (1.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 14 (0.79%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 321 (18.07%) Architect
2 242 (13.63%) Lead
3 204 (11.49%) Analyst
4 182 (10.25%) Senior
5 146 (8.22%) Consultant
6 138 (7.77%) Business Analyst
7 128 (7.21%) Project Manager
8 89 (5.01%) Data Engineer
8 89 (5.01%) Developer
9 75 (4.22%) Solutions Architect
10 70 (3.94%) Azure Engineer
11 63 (3.55%) Migration Engineer
12 59 (3.32%) Migration Manager
13 56 (3.15%) Cloud Architect
14 49 (2.76%) Migration Analyst
15 48 (2.70%) Data Analyst
15 48 (2.70%) Lead Architect
16 45 (2.53%) Data Architect
17 42 (2.36%) Cloud Engineer
17 42 (2.36%) Data Migration Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (2.59%) REST
2 43 (2.42%) Oracle Fusion
3 42 (2.36%) .NET
4 41 (2.31%) Middleware
5 36 (2.03%) Kafka
6 29 (1.63%) PySpark
7 23 (1.30%) XML
8 22 (1.24%) Spring
9 21 (1.18%) SAML
10 20 (1.13%) SOAP
11 19 (1.07%) OAuth
12 17 (0.96%) JSON
12 17 (0.96%) Spring Boot
13 14 (0.79%) HTML
13 14 (0.79%) React
14 13 (0.73%) CSS
14 13 (0.73%) OpenID
15 11 (0.62%) .NET Framework
15 11 (0.62%) ADO
15 11 (0.62%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 154 (8.67%) Legacy Systems
2 122 (6.87%) Cloud Native
3 70 (3.94%) Data Centre
4 60 (3.38%) Data Structures
5 52 (2.93%) Onboarding
6 41 (2.31%) Replication
7 37 (2.08%) Data Protection Act
7 37 (2.08%) Mainframe
7 37 (2.08%) Management Information System
7 37 (2.08%) Product Ownership
8 35 (1.97%) Public Cloud
9 33 (1.86%) Hybrid Cloud
10 25 (1.41%) Distributed Systems
11 22 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
12 17 (0.96%) Clustering
13 15 (0.84%) Greenfield Project
13 15 (0.84%) SWIFT Messaging Network
14 14 (0.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 14 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
15 13 (0.73%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 129 (7.26%) Windows
2 54 (3.04%) Linux
3 28 (1.58%) Windows Server
4 27 (1.52%) Windows 10
5 24 (1.35%) Unix
6 23 (1.30%) VMS
7 11 (0.62%) zOS
8 7 (0.39%) Apple iOS
8 7 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (0.28%) Android
9 5 (0.28%) Mac OS
9 5 (0.28%) Solaris
10 4 (0.23%) SUSE
11 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.11%) AIX
12 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.056%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 601 (33.84%) Data Migration
2 326 (18.36%) Stakeholder Management
3 318 (17.91%) Agile
4 295 (16.61%) DevOps
5 224 (12.61%) Problem-Solving
6 216 (12.16%) CI/CD
7 212 (11.94%) Validation
8 200 (11.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 197 (11.09%) Data Modelling
10 189 (10.64%) User Acceptance Testing
11 186 (10.47%) ERP
12 170 (9.57%) Business Intelligence
13 161 (9.07%) Analytics
14 151 (8.50%) Continuous Improvement
14 151 (8.50%) ETL
15 147 (8.28%) Project Management
16 143 (8.05%) Infrastructure as Code
17 123 (6.93%) Decision-Making
18 122 (6.87%) Project Delivery
19 120 (6.76%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 268 (15.09%) SQL
2 154 (8.67%) Python
3 88 (4.95%) Java
4 66 (3.72%) PowerShell
5 34 (1.91%) C#
6 30 (1.69%) JavaScript
7 21 (1.18%) PL/SQL
8 20 (1.13%) Shell Script
9 19 (1.07%) Bicep
10 18 (1.01%) T-SQL
11 13 (0.73%) Bash
11 13 (0.73%) TypeScript
12 12 (0.68%) VBA
13 9 (0.51%) Ruby
14 8 (0.45%) Apex Code
14 8 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 8 (0.45%) REXX
15 7 (0.39%) Korn
16 6 (0.34%) PHP
16 6 (0.34%) Scala
Qualifications
1 318 (17.91%) Security Cleared
2 265 (14.92%) SC Cleared
3 100 (5.63%) Degree
4 55 (3.10%) Azure Certification
5 42 (2.36%) PMI Certification
5 42 (2.36%) PMP
6 33 (1.86%) Microsoft Certification
7 28 (1.58%) Computer Science Degree
8 25 (1.41%) AWS Certification
9 22 (1.24%) Cisco Certification
10 20 (1.13%) BPSS Clearance
11 16 (0.90%) CIMA
11 16 (0.90%) CISSP
12 14 (0.79%) DV Cleared
13 12 (0.68%) CISM
13 12 (0.68%) IIBA
13 12 (0.68%) TOGAF Certification
14 11 (0.62%) CBAP
15 10 (0.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 10 (0.56%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 149 (8.39%) Data Quality
2 78 (4.39%) QA
3 68 (3.83%) GDPR
4 31 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 27 (1.52%) SLA
6 26 (1.46%) PMO
7 24 (1.35%) NIST
8 14 (0.79%) ISO 20022
9 13 (0.73%) SEPA
10 11 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
10 11 (0.62%) NCSC
11 9 (0.51%) IFRS
11 9 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 7 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 7 (0.39%) PCI DSS
13 6 (0.34%) Accessibility
13 6 (0.34%) GAAP
14 5 (0.28%) Government Security Classifications
14 5 (0.28%) HL7
14 5 (0.28%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 86 (4.84%) Active Directory
2 48 (2.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 47 (2.65%) Docker
4 23 (1.30%) Virtual Machines
5 18 (1.01%) VMware NSX
6 15 (0.84%) NFS
7 13 (0.73%) Virtual Desktop
7 13 (0.73%) vSphere
8 9 (0.51%) Hyper-V
9 6 (0.34%) Varnish
9 6 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
10 5 (0.28%) Postfix
11 4 (0.23%) BitLocker
11 4 (0.23%) Firmware
12 3 (0.17%) Oracle RAC
12 3 (0.17%) Sendmail
13 2 (0.11%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 2 (0.11%) Job Entry Subsystem
13 2 (0.11%) RACF
13 2 (0.11%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 167 (9.40%) Terraform
2 102 (5.74%) Kubernetes
3 73 (4.11%) Microsoft Intune
4 43 (2.42%) Ansible
5 30 (1.69%) SCCM
6 19 (1.07%) Grafana
7 15 (0.84%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 15 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
8 14 (0.79%) Prometheus
9 11 (0.62%) AirWatch
10 10 (0.56%) EMC VPLEX
10 10 (0.56%) vCenter Server
11 8 (0.45%) vMotion
12 6 (0.34%) VxRail
13 5 (0.28%) Failover Clustering
13 5 (0.28%) HAProxy
13 5 (0.28%) NetBackup
14 4 (0.23%) CA Single Sign-On
14 4 (0.23%) Rancher
14 4 (0.23%) SCOM
Vendors
1 392 (22.07%) Microsoft
2 160 (9.01%) Oracle
3 139 (7.83%) SAP
4 80 (4.50%) VMware
5 67 (3.77%) Databricks
6 62 (3.49%) ServiceNow
7 58 (3.27%) Google
8 57 (3.21%) Salesforce
9 43 (2.42%) Cisco
10 29 (1.63%) CyberArk
11 28 (1.58%) Workday
12 26 (1.46%) Citrix
13 25 (1.41%) IBM
14 23 (1.30%) Informatica
15 22 (1.24%) Pure Storage
16 21 (1.18%) Avaloq
17 19 (1.07%) Splunk
18 13 (0.73%) Juniper
18 13 (0.73%) MuleSoft
19 12 (0.68%) Adobe