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

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 21 24
Rank change year-on-year -1 +3 0
Contract jobs citing Migration 1,529 1,185 1,281
As % of all contract jobs in London 9.61% 9.05% 7.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.65% 9.96% 7.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,058 822 919
10th Percentile £375 £388 £363
25th Percentile £450 £463 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £713 £675
90th Percentile £732 £849 £750
England median daily rate £515 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -6.36% +2.80% -0.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 7 12
10th Percentile £15.87 £21.40 £23.35
25th Percentile £19.25 £21.50 £67.94
Median hourly rate £22.24 £23.00 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.32% -72.94% +148.18%
75th Percentile £29.31 £25.50 £86.50
90th Percentile £65.25 £29.90 -
England median hourly rate £23.83 £23.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +3.59% -42.50% -37.50%

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 14,353 11,899 16,189
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.24% 90.91% 88.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,638 7,775 11,564
10th Percentile £350 £350 £339
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -7.56%
75th Percentile £650 £679 £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 217 156 345
10th Percentile £18.04 £20.45 £16.00
25th Percentile £23.00 £24.66 £19.05
Median hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year - +16.67% -18.92%
75th Percentile £56.50 £52.44 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.95 £71.50
England median hourly rate £29.00 £35.00 £34.00
% change year-on-year -17.14% +2.94% -5.56%

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 3 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 3 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 3 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 -5 210 £570 +3.59% 82
South London +8 32 £463 -3.14% 10
West London -4 26 £600 +20.00% 9
East London -1 12 £485 -3.00% 6
North London +3 6 £448 +8.48% 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 (4.19%) SharePoint
2 50 (3.27%) Microsoft Exchange
3 47 (3.07%) Confluence
4 13 (0.85%) Apache Airflow
5 11 (0.72%) Apache Spark
6 10 (0.65%) Apache
6 10 (0.65%) SAS
7 8 (0.52%) CMS
8 7 (0.46%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 6 (0.39%) ArcGIS
10 5 (0.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 5 (0.33%) Skype for Business
11 4 (0.26%) BizTalk Server
11 4 (0.26%) nginx
12 3 (0.20%) LiveLink
12 3 (0.20%) Mattermost
12 3 (0.20%) Sitecore CMS
12 3 (0.20%) Tomcat
12 3 (0.20%) WordPress
13 2 (0.13%) Appian
Applications
1 57 (3.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 34 (2.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 27 (1.77%) Microsoft Project
4 25 (1.64%) Microsoft Office
5 18 (1.18%) MS Visio
6 11 (0.72%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.20%) Oracle Smart View
8 2 (0.13%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.065%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.065%) InfoPath
9 1 (0.065%) Trello
Business Applications
1 54 (3.53%) SAP S/4HANA
2 31 (2.03%) Dynamics CRM
3 17 (1.11%) Oracle EBS
4 16 (1.05%) Loan IQ
5 14 (0.92%) SAP HR
6 12 (0.78%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 11 (0.72%) Oracle Payables
8 10 (0.65%) Oracle General Ledger
8 10 (0.65%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 10 (0.65%) Veritas eDiscovery
9 8 (0.52%) Oracle FAH
10 7 (0.46%) Oracle ERP
10 7 (0.46%) Oracle Financials
10 7 (0.46%) Oracle Receivables
10 7 (0.46%) SAP CO
11 6 (0.39%) SAP ERP
11 6 (0.39%) SAP FI
11 6 (0.39%) SAP FI/CO
11 6 (0.39%) SAP MM
11 6 (0.39%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 404 (26.42%) Azure
2 229 (14.98%) AWS
3 111 (7.26%) Power Platform
4 107 (7.00%) Microsoft 365
5 100 (6.54%) GitHub
6 88 (5.76%) GCP
7 80 (5.23%) Azure DevOps
8 64 (4.19%) Dynamics 365
9 56 (3.66%) Entra ID
10 55 (3.60%) SaaS
11 50 (3.27%) GitHub Actions
12 45 (2.94%) Serverless
13 42 (2.75%) OCI
13 42 (2.75%) Snowflake
14 41 (2.68%) Amazon S3
14 41 (2.68%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 40 (2.62%) Azure Data Factory
16 36 (2.35%) IaaS
17 33 (2.16%) PaaS
18 32 (2.09%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 72 (4.71%) Firewall
2 45 (2.94%) Network Security
3 39 (2.55%) DNS
4 31 (2.03%) VPN
5 25 (1.64%) WAN
6 24 (1.57%) SAN
7 19 (1.24%) NAS
8 17 (1.11%) BGP
8 17 (1.11%) VLAN
9 16 (1.05%) DHCP
9 16 (1.05%) SD-WAN
10 15 (0.98%) LAN
10 15 (0.98%) OSPF
11 14 (0.92%) Wi-Fi
12 10 (0.65%) MPLS
13 9 (0.59%) DMARC
14 8 (0.52%) DKIM
15 7 (0.46%) Unified Communications
16 6 (0.39%) Cisco Wireless
16 6 (0.39%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (5.95%) Power BI
2 77 (5.04%) Data Warehouse
2 77 (5.04%) SQL Server
3 42 (2.75%) PostgreSQL
4 38 (2.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 33 (2.16%) Relational Database
6 32 (2.09%) Data Lake
7 29 (1.90%) Oracle Database
8 28 (1.83%) Metadata
9 26 (1.70%) Tableau
10 17 (1.11%) Amazon Athena
10 17 (1.11%) Amazon Redshift
10 17 (1.11%) Azure SQL Database
10 17 (1.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 16 (1.05%) DB2
12 15 (0.98%) MySQL
13 14 (0.92%) Amazon RDS
13 14 (0.92%) Big Data
13 14 (0.92%) MongoDB
13 14 (0.92%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 102 (6.67%) JIRA
2 34 (2.22%) Jenkins
3 29 (1.90%) Git
4 25 (1.64%) GitLab
5 15 (0.98%) Artifactory
6 11 (0.72%) Team Foundation Server
7 7 (0.46%) Cucumber
8 6 (0.39%) JUnit
8 6 (0.39%) Selenium
9 5 (0.33%) Bitbucket
9 5 (0.33%) Chocolatey
9 5 (0.33%) Oracle Forms
9 5 (0.33%) SonarQube
10 4 (0.26%) Claude Code
10 4 (0.26%) LSMW
10 4 (0.26%) SpecFlow
10 4 (0.26%) Toad
11 3 (0.20%) ERwin
11 3 (0.20%) Mockito
11 3 (0.20%) Visual Studio
General
1 482 (31.52%) Social Skills
2 481 (31.46%) Finance
3 149 (9.74%) Analytical Skills
4 140 (9.16%) Banking
5 129 (8.44%) Public Sector
6 57 (3.73%) Documentation Skills
7 48 (3.14%) Retail
8 37 (2.42%) Legal
9 32 (2.09%) Telecoms
10 27 (1.77%) Organisational Skills
10 27 (1.77%) Presentation Skills
11 24 (1.57%) Manufacturing
12 22 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 22 (1.44%) Influencing Skills
13 21 (1.37%) Financial Institution
13 21 (1.37%) Marketing
14 20 (1.31%) Law
15 19 (1.24%) Local Government
16 18 (1.18%) General Ledger
17 17 (1.11%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 212 (13.87%) Architect
2 201 (13.15%) Analyst
3 162 (10.60%) Lead
4 159 (10.40%) Senior
5 142 (9.29%) Consultant
6 141 (9.22%) Business Analyst
7 120 (7.85%) Project Manager
8 86 (5.62%) Developer
9 77 (5.04%) Data Engineer
10 62 (4.05%) Azure Engineer
11 53 (3.47%) Migration Manager
12 52 (3.40%) Migration Engineer
13 43 (2.81%) Migration Analyst
14 42 (2.75%) Data Analyst
14 42 (2.75%) Solutions Architect
15 38 (2.49%) DevOps Engineer
16 33 (2.16%) Azure Architect
16 33 (2.16%) Cloud Engineer
17 32 (2.09%) Cloud Architect
17 32 (2.09%) Migration Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (3.07%) REST
2 37 (2.42%) .NET
3 36 (2.35%) Middleware
4 31 (2.03%) Oracle Fusion
5 30 (1.96%) Kafka
6 25 (1.64%) PySpark
6 25 (1.64%) XML
7 16 (1.05%) SOAP
8 15 (0.98%) JSON
8 15 (0.98%) Spring
8 15 (0.98%) Spring Boot
9 13 (0.85%) AngularJS
9 13 (0.85%) HTML
10 12 (0.78%) CSS
10 12 (0.78%) Lightning Web Components
10 12 (0.78%) React
11 11 (0.72%) SAML
12 10 (0.65%) ARM Templates
12 10 (0.65%) OAuth
12 10 (0.65%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 129 (8.44%) Legacy Systems
2 99 (6.47%) Cloud Native
3 67 (4.38%) Data Centre
4 52 (3.40%) Onboarding
5 45 (2.94%) Data Structures
6 40 (2.62%) Replication
7 37 (2.42%) Data Protection Act
8 34 (2.22%) Hybrid Cloud
9 33 (2.16%) Public Cloud
10 32 (2.09%) Product Ownership
11 31 (2.03%) Management Information System
12 24 (1.57%) Mainframe
13 17 (1.11%) Enterprise Software
13 17 (1.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 14 (0.92%) Distributed Systems
15 13 (0.85%) Reference Data
16 12 (0.78%) Greenfield Project
16 12 (0.78%) Tandem
17 11 (0.72%) Legacy Applications
17 11 (0.72%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 110 (7.19%) Windows
2 40 (2.62%) Linux
3 31 (2.03%) Windows Server
4 22 (1.44%) Unix
5 21 (1.37%) Windows 10
6 17 (1.11%) VMS
7 11 (0.72%) zOS
8 9 (0.59%) Windows Server 2016
9 8 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (0.33%) Apple iOS
11 4 (0.26%) Android
11 4 (0.26%) Mac OS
11 4 (0.26%) Solaris
12 3 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
12 3 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
13 2 (0.13%) CentOS
13 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 531 (34.73%) Data Migration
2 301 (19.69%) Agile
3 291 (19.03%) Stakeholder Management
4 243 (15.89%) DevOps
5 224 (14.65%) Problem-Solving
6 184 (12.03%) CI/CD
7 170 (11.12%) Data Modelling
8 165 (10.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 159 (10.40%) Validation
10 153 (10.01%) ETL
11 141 (9.22%) Project Management
12 136 (8.89%) Analytics
13 135 (8.83%) User Acceptance Testing
14 129 (8.44%) Infrastructure as Code
15 127 (8.31%) ERP
16 121 (7.91%) Business Intelligence
17 112 (7.33%) Project Delivery
18 108 (7.06%) Continuous Improvement
19 96 (6.28%) Decision-Making
20 94 (6.15%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 278 (18.18%) SQL
2 133 (8.70%) Python
3 80 (5.23%) Java
4 68 (4.45%) PowerShell
5 37 (2.42%) JavaScript
6 36 (2.35%) C#
7 21 (1.37%) PL/SQL
8 20 (1.31%) Bicep
9 17 (1.11%) T-SQL
9 17 (1.11%) TypeScript
10 14 (0.92%) Bash
11 12 (0.78%) Shell Script
12 10 (0.65%) VBA
13 9 (0.59%) Apex Code
14 8 (0.52%) REXX
15 7 (0.46%) Korn
15 7 (0.46%) PHP
16 6 (0.39%) ABAP
17 5 (0.33%) Scala
18 4 (0.26%) R
Qualifications
1 260 (17.00%) Security Cleared
2 221 (14.45%) SC Cleared
3 99 (6.47%) Degree
4 52 (3.40%) Azure Certification
5 43 (2.81%) PMP
6 42 (2.75%) PMI Certification
7 31 (2.03%) Microsoft Certification
8 26 (1.70%) Computer Science Degree
9 25 (1.64%) Cisco Certification
10 23 (1.50%) AWS Certification
11 18 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
12 15 (0.98%) Master's Degree
13 14 (0.92%) CCNP
13 14 (0.92%) CISSP
14 13 (0.85%) CBAP
14 13 (0.85%) CIMA
15 12 (0.78%) IIBA
16 11 (0.72%) TOGAF Certification
17 10 (0.65%) CISM
17 10 (0.65%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 125 (8.18%) Data Quality
2 77 (5.04%) QA
3 69 (4.51%) GDPR
4 29 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 19 (1.24%) SLA
6 15 (0.98%) NIST
6 15 (0.98%) PMO
7 10 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
7 10 (0.65%) ISO 20022
7 10 (0.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 9 (0.59%) IFRS
8 9 (0.59%) NCSC
9 7 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 7 (0.46%) GRC
9 7 (0.46%) PCI DSS
9 7 (0.46%) SEPA
10 6 (0.39%) Accessibility
11 5 (0.33%) Basel III
11 5 (0.33%) HIPAA
11 5 (0.33%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 75 (4.91%) Active Directory
2 62 (4.05%) Docker
3 47 (3.07%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (1.05%) VMware NSX
5 15 (0.98%) Virtual Desktop
6 14 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
7 12 (0.78%) NFS
8 8 (0.52%) vSphere
9 7 (0.46%) Hyper-V
9 7 (0.46%) Oracle RAC
10 3 (0.20%) BitLocker
10 3 (0.20%) Job Entry Subsystem
10 3 (0.20%) Varnish
11 2 (0.13%) Postfix
11 2 (0.13%) RACF
11 2 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.13%) VMware Workstation
12 1 (0.065%) Firmware
12 1 (0.065%) Microsoft App-V
12 1 (0.065%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 161 (10.53%) Terraform
2 108 (7.06%) Kubernetes
3 67 (4.38%) Microsoft Intune
4 41 (2.68%) Ansible
5 27 (1.77%) SCCM
6 15 (0.98%) Grafana
7 12 (0.78%) AirWatch
8 10 (0.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 10 (0.65%) Prometheus
9 8 (0.52%) EMC VPLEX
9 8 (0.52%) vMotion
10 7 (0.46%) SCOM
11 6 (0.39%) FortiGate
11 6 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
11 6 (0.39%) vCenter Server
12 4 (0.26%) Argo
12 4 (0.26%) Istio
12 4 (0.26%) NetBackup
12 4 (0.26%) Pingdom
13 3 (0.20%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 321 (20.99%) Microsoft
2 155 (10.14%) Oracle
3 131 (8.57%) SAP
4 78 (5.10%) VMware
5 54 (3.53%) Salesforce
6 51 (3.34%) Google
6 51 (3.34%) ServiceNow
7 44 (2.88%) Databricks
8 40 (2.62%) Cisco
9 34 (2.22%) Workday
10 26 (1.70%) CyberArk
11 25 (1.64%) Citrix
12 23 (1.50%) Informatica
13 22 (1.44%) Pure Storage
14 19 (1.24%) Avaloq
14 19 (1.24%) Splunk
15 17 (1.11%) IBM
16 15 (0.98%) MuleSoft
17 14 (0.92%) Palo Alto
18 13 (0.85%) Dynatrace