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

6 months to
15 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 21 25
Rank change year-on-year -1 +4 -1
Contract jobs citing Migration 1,589 1,203 1,313
As % of all contract jobs in London 9.69% 9.23% 7.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.80% 10.13% 8.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,094 840 940
10th Percentile £375 £388 £363
25th Percentile £456 £463 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.45% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £713 £675
90th Percentile £736 £863 £750
England median daily rate £515 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -6.36% +3.77% -1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 7 13
10th Percentile £15.99 £21.40 £23.45
25th Percentile £19.38 £21.50 £45.98
Median hourly rate £22.27 £23.00 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.20% -72.94% +178.69%
75th Percentile £30.59 £25.50 £86.50
90th Percentile £68.87 £29.90 -
England median hourly rate £23.83 £26.88 £47.50
% change year-on-year -11.35% -43.42% -26.92%

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 14,719 11,874 16,085
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.80% 91.07% 88.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,879 7,921 11,507
10th Percentile £350 £350 £340
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -7.17%
75th Percentile £650 £681 £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 229 160 344
10th Percentile £18.07 £20.41 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.00 £24.66 £19.45
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.70 £30.08
Median % change year-on-year -0.55% +18.67% -16.44%
75th Percentile £57.00 £54.06 £49.91
90th Percentile £70.50 £77.59 £69.28
England median hourly rate £30.50 £34.06 £32.50
% change year-on-year -10.44% +4.78% -12.16%

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 15 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 15 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 15 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 -6 218 £575 +4.55% 84
South London +10 31 £488 +2.09% 6
West London +2 26 £600 +20.00% 11
East London -4 11 £485 -3.00% 9
North London +3 6 £448 +8.48%
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 67 (4.22%) SharePoint
2 50 (3.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 49 (3.08%) Confluence
4 18 (1.13%) Apache Airflow
5 15 (0.94%) Apache
6 14 (0.88%) Apache Spark
7 10 (0.63%) SAS
8 9 (0.57%) CMS
9 7 (0.44%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 6 (0.38%) ArcGIS
11 5 (0.31%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 4 (0.25%) BizTalk Server
12 4 (0.25%) nginx
13 3 (0.19%) LiveLink
13 3 (0.19%) OpenStack
13 3 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
13 3 (0.19%) Tomcat
13 3 (0.19%) WordPress
14 2 (0.13%) Appian
14 2 (0.13%) MQSeries
Applications
1 65 (4.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 34 (2.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 29 (1.83%) Microsoft Project
4 26 (1.64%) Microsoft Office
5 16 (1.01%) MS Visio
6 14 (0.88%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.13%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.063%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.063%) InfoPath
8 1 (0.063%) Trello
Business Applications
1 55 (3.46%) SAP S/4HANA
2 33 (2.08%) Dynamics CRM
3 17 (1.07%) Loan IQ
3 17 (1.07%) Oracle EBS
4 15 (0.94%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 14 (0.88%) SAP HR
6 10 (0.63%) Oracle Payables
6 10 (0.63%) Veritas eDiscovery
7 8 (0.50%) Oracle ERP
7 8 (0.50%) Oracle General Ledger
7 8 (0.50%) Workday HCM
8 7 (0.44%) Oracle Receivables
8 7 (0.44%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 6 (0.38%) SAP CO
9 6 (0.38%) SAP ERP
9 6 (0.38%) SAP MM
10 5 (0.31%) Oracle Financials
10 5 (0.31%) SAP FI
10 5 (0.31%) SAP FI/CO
10 5 (0.31%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 433 (27.25%) Azure
2 248 (15.61%) AWS
3 127 (7.99%) Power Platform
4 106 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
5 104 (6.54%) GitHub
6 96 (6.04%) Azure DevOps
7 89 (5.60%) GCP
8 77 (4.85%) Dynamics 365
9 58 (3.65%) Entra ID
9 58 (3.65%) SaaS
10 48 (3.02%) Serverless
11 46 (2.89%) GitHub Actions
12 44 (2.77%) Azure Data Factory
13 43 (2.71%) Amazon S3
14 42 (2.64%) OCI
14 42 (2.64%) Snowflake
15 39 (2.45%) IaaS
15 39 (2.45%) PaaS
16 38 (2.39%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 32 (2.01%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 70 (4.41%) Firewall
2 45 (2.83%) Network Security
3 40 (2.52%) DNS
4 33 (2.08%) VPN
5 24 (1.51%) SAN
6 23 (1.45%) WAN
7 18 (1.13%) NAS
8 16 (1.01%) DHCP
8 16 (1.01%) VLAN
9 15 (0.94%) BGP
9 15 (0.94%) SD-WAN
10 14 (0.88%) LAN
10 14 (0.88%) Wi-Fi
11 13 (0.82%) OSPF
12 10 (0.63%) MPLS
13 9 (0.57%) DMARC
14 8 (0.50%) DKIM
15 6 (0.38%) Cisco Wireless
15 6 (0.38%) VSAN
15 6 (0.38%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 103 (6.48%) Power BI
2 82 (5.16%) Data Warehouse
3 80 (5.03%) SQL Server
4 44 (2.77%) PostgreSQL
5 41 (2.58%) Data Lake
6 40 (2.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 35 (2.20%) Metadata
8 34 (2.14%) Relational Database
9 32 (2.01%) Tableau
10 26 (1.64%) Oracle Database
11 19 (1.20%) Amazon Redshift
12 18 (1.13%) Azure SQL Database
13 17 (1.07%) Amazon Athena
13 17 (1.07%) DB2
13 17 (1.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 16 (1.01%) NoSQL
15 15 (0.94%) Big Data
15 15 (0.94%) MySQL
16 13 (0.82%) Amazon RDS
16 13 (0.82%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 102 (6.42%) JIRA
2 35 (2.20%) Jenkins
3 33 (2.08%) Git
4 24 (1.51%) GitLab
5 14 (0.88%) Artifactory
6 13 (0.82%) Team Foundation Server
7 7 (0.44%) Bitbucket
7 7 (0.44%) Cucumber
7 7 (0.44%) Selenium
8 6 (0.38%) Chocolatey
8 6 (0.38%) JUnit
8 6 (0.38%) Oracle Forms
9 4 (0.25%) Claude Code
9 4 (0.25%) IBM UrbanCode
9 4 (0.25%) LSMW
9 4 (0.25%) SonarQube
9 4 (0.25%) SpecFlow
9 4 (0.25%) Toad
10 3 (0.19%) Postman
10 3 (0.19%) Visual Studio
General
1 501 (31.53%) Finance
2 493 (31.03%) Social Skills
3 159 (10.01%) Analytical Skills
4 145 (9.13%) Banking
5 136 (8.56%) Public Sector
6 58 (3.65%) Documentation Skills
7 50 (3.15%) Retail
8 42 (2.64%) Legal
9 32 (2.01%) Law
10 29 (1.83%) Telecoms
11 28 (1.76%) Organisational Skills
12 25 (1.57%) Influencing Skills
12 25 (1.57%) Presentation Skills
13 23 (1.45%) Manufacturing
13 23 (1.45%) Marketing
14 21 (1.32%) Local Government
15 20 (1.26%) Financial Institution
15 20 (1.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 18 (1.13%) General Ledger
17 17 (1.07%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 245 (15.42%) Architect
2 208 (13.09%) Analyst
3 188 (11.83%) Lead
4 167 (10.51%) Senior
5 147 (9.25%) Business Analyst
6 140 (8.81%) Consultant
7 121 (7.61%) Project Manager
8 86 (5.41%) Developer
9 85 (5.35%) Data Engineer
10 65 (4.09%) Azure Engineer
11 55 (3.46%) Migration Manager
12 53 (3.34%) Migration Engineer
13 48 (3.02%) Solutions Architect
14 46 (2.89%) Data Analyst
15 44 (2.77%) Migration Analyst
16 41 (2.58%) DevOps Engineer
17 39 (2.45%) Azure Architect
18 37 (2.33%) Cloud Architect
19 35 (2.20%) Cloud Engineer
20 33 (2.08%) Migration Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (2.89%) REST
2 39 (2.45%) .NET
3 37 (2.33%) Middleware
4 36 (2.27%) Oracle Fusion
5 31 (1.95%) Kafka
6 28 (1.76%) PySpark
7 25 (1.57%) XML
8 20 (1.26%) Spring
9 17 (1.07%) SOAP
10 16 (1.01%) JSON
11 15 (0.94%) Spring Boot
12 12 (0.76%) HTML
12 12 (0.76%) React
12 12 (0.76%) SAML
13 11 (0.69%) AngularJS
13 11 (0.69%) CSS
13 11 (0.69%) Lightning Web Components
14 10 (0.63%) ADO
14 10 (0.63%) ARM Templates
14 10 (0.63%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 145 (9.13%) Legacy Systems
2 109 (6.86%) Cloud Native
3 63 (3.96%) Data Centre
4 53 (3.34%) Onboarding
5 48 (3.02%) Data Structures
6 38 (2.39%) Data Protection Act
6 38 (2.39%) Replication
7 34 (2.14%) Public Cloud
8 32 (2.01%) Hybrid Cloud
8 32 (2.01%) Management Information System
8 32 (2.01%) Product Ownership
9 26 (1.64%) Mainframe
10 19 (1.20%) Distributed Systems
11 15 (0.94%) Enterprise Software
11 15 (0.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 12 (0.76%) Legacy Applications
12 12 (0.76%) Reference Data
12 12 (0.76%) Self-Motivation
12 12 (0.76%) Tandem
12 12 (0.76%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 112 (7.05%) Windows
2 40 (2.52%) Linux
3 30 (1.89%) Windows Server
4 24 (1.51%) Windows 10
5 23 (1.45%) Unix
6 20 (1.26%) VMS
7 12 (0.76%) zOS
8 9 (0.57%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (0.31%) Apple iOS
10 4 (0.25%) Android
10 4 (0.25%) Mac OS
11 3 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.19%) Solaris
12 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.063%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 565 (35.56%) Data Migration
2 316 (19.89%) Agile
3 307 (19.32%) Stakeholder Management
4 266 (16.74%) DevOps
5 223 (14.03%) Problem-Solving
6 200 (12.59%) CI/CD
7 181 (11.39%) Data Modelling
7 181 (11.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 168 (10.57%) Validation
9 163 (10.26%) ETL
10 154 (9.69%) User Acceptance Testing
11 151 (9.50%) Analytics
12 145 (9.13%) ERP
13 138 (8.68%) Business Intelligence
13 138 (8.68%) Project Management
14 133 (8.37%) Infrastructure as Code
15 122 (7.68%) Continuous Improvement
16 113 (7.11%) Project Delivery
17 103 (6.48%) Decision-Making
18 98 (6.17%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 291 (18.31%) SQL
2 146 (9.19%) Python
3 87 (5.48%) Java
4 63 (3.96%) PowerShell
5 34 (2.14%) C#
6 33 (2.08%) JavaScript
7 21 (1.32%) PL/SQL
8 20 (1.26%) Bicep
9 19 (1.20%) T-SQL
10 14 (0.88%) Shell Script
10 14 (0.88%) TypeScript
11 12 (0.76%) Bash
11 12 (0.76%) VBA
12 8 (0.50%) Apex Code
12 8 (0.50%) REXX
13 7 (0.44%) Korn
13 7 (0.44%) PHP
14 6 (0.38%) Scala
15 5 (0.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 5 (0.31%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 270 (16.99%) Security Cleared
2 230 (14.47%) SC Cleared
3 106 (6.67%) Degree
4 55 (3.46%) Azure Certification
5 42 (2.64%) PMP
6 40 (2.52%) PMI Certification
7 33 (2.08%) Microsoft Certification
8 30 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
9 25 (1.57%) AWS Certification
10 24 (1.51%) Cisco Certification
11 18 (1.13%) BPSS Clearance
12 14 (0.88%) Master's Degree
13 13 (0.82%) CBAP
13 13 (0.82%) CCNP
13 13 (0.82%) CIMA
13 13 (0.82%) CISSP
14 12 (0.76%) IIBA
15 11 (0.69%) TOGAF Certification
16 10 (0.63%) DV Cleared
17 9 (0.57%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 141 (8.87%) Data Quality
2 81 (5.10%) QA
3 67 (4.22%) GDPR
4 31 (1.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 21 (1.32%) SLA
6 18 (1.13%) NIST
7 16 (1.01%) PMO
8 11 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
8 11 (0.69%) ISO 20022
9 9 (0.57%) IFRS
9 9 (0.57%) NCSC
9 9 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 8 (0.50%) Accessibility
10 8 (0.50%) PCI DSS
10 8 (0.50%) SEPA
11 7 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 5 (0.31%) Basel III
12 5 (0.31%) GAAP
12 5 (0.31%) GRC
12 5 (0.31%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 74 (4.66%) Active Directory
2 61 (3.84%) Docker
3 45 (2.83%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (1.01%) VMware NSX
5 15 (0.94%) Virtual Machines
6 14 (0.88%) Virtual Desktop
7 13 (0.82%) NFS
8 8 (0.50%) vSphere
9 6 (0.38%) Hyper-V
10 4 (0.25%) Varnish
11 3 (0.19%) BitLocker
11 3 (0.19%) Job Entry Subsystem
11 3 (0.19%) Oracle RAC
11 3 (0.19%) Postfix
11 3 (0.19%) RACF
12 2 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
12 2 (0.13%) VMware Workstation
13 1 (0.063%) Microsoft App-V
13 1 (0.063%) Sendmail
13 1 (0.063%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 161 (10.13%) Terraform
2 110 (6.92%) Kubernetes
3 68 (4.28%) Microsoft Intune
4 39 (2.45%) Ansible
5 29 (1.83%) SCCM
6 17 (1.07%) Grafana
7 12 (0.76%) Prometheus
8 11 (0.69%) AirWatch
9 10 (0.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 8 (0.50%) EMC VPLEX
10 8 (0.50%) vMotion
11 6 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
11 6 (0.38%) vCenter Server
12 5 (0.31%) FortiGate
13 4 (0.25%) Argo
13 4 (0.25%) Istio
13 4 (0.25%) Pingdom
13 4 (0.25%) Rancher
13 4 (0.25%) SCOM
14 3 (0.19%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 347 (21.84%) Microsoft
2 151 (9.50%) Oracle
3 129 (8.12%) SAP
4 76 (4.78%) VMware
5 55 (3.46%) Salesforce
6 52 (3.27%) Databricks
7 49 (3.08%) ServiceNow
8 48 (3.02%) Google
9 38 (2.39%) Cisco
10 34 (2.14%) Workday
11 26 (1.64%) CyberArk
11 26 (1.64%) Informatica
12 24 (1.51%) Citrix
13 22 (1.38%) Pure Storage
14 20 (1.26%) Avaloq
15 18 (1.13%) IBM
16 17 (1.07%) Splunk
17 16 (1.01%) MuleSoft
18 14 (0.88%) Palo Alto
19 13 (0.82%) Dynatrace