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

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 22 22
Rank change year-on-year +2 0 +3
Contract jobs citing Migration 1,722 1,194 1,374
As % of all contract jobs in London 9.95% 9.43% 7.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.16% 10.29% 8.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,195 824 984
10th Percentile £375 £388 £357
25th Percentile £456 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £713 £660
90th Percentile £750 £875 £749
England median daily rate £515 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -4.19% +2.35% -2.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 8 13
10th Percentile £16.24 £21.43 £28.60
25th Percentile £19.50 £21.50 £63.75
Median hourly rate £25.08 £23.00 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.02% -72.94% +178.69%
75th Percentile £55.04 £28.54 £86.50
90th Percentile £69.94 £43.77 -
England median hourly rate £23.83 £28.75 £50.00
% change year-on-year -17.13% -42.50% -20.00%

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 15,430 11,609 15,858
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.20% 91.65% 88.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,356 7,870 11,343
10th Percentile £352 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £443 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £650 £685 £675
90th Percentile £760 £801 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 248 168 332
10th Percentile £18.25 £18.12 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.36 £24.54 £19.83
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.00 £30.06
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% +16.43% -22.92%
75th Percentile £56.13 £50.86 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £65.00 £66.98
England median hourly rate £40.00 £32.50 £34.00
% change year-on-year +23.08% -4.41% -9.33%

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 9 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 9 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 9 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 -4 245 £550 - 88
South London +5 37 £463 +8.50% 7
West London -6 27 £550 -12.00% 18
East London -6 10 £485 -3.00% 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 77 (4.47%) SharePoint
2 53 (3.08%) Microsoft Exchange
3 49 (2.85%) Confluence
4 21 (1.22%) Apache Airflow
5 16 (0.93%) Apache
5 16 (0.93%) Apache Spark
6 12 (0.70%) SAS
7 8 (0.46%) CMS
8 6 (0.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 5 (0.29%) ArcGIS
9 5 (0.29%) OpenStack
9 5 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
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 (0.12%) Appian
12 2 (0.12%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 73 (4.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (2.15%) Microsoft Project
3 33 (1.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
5 19 (1.10%) Spreadsheet
6 14 (0.81%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.058%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.058%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 60 (3.48%) SAP S/4HANA
2 29 (1.68%) Dynamics CRM
3 18 (1.05%) Oracle EBS
4 17 (0.99%) Loan IQ
5 16 (0.93%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 10 (0.58%) Oracle ERP
6 10 (0.58%) Oracle Payables
6 10 (0.58%) SAP ERP
6 10 (0.58%) Veritas eDiscovery
7 9 (0.52%) Workday HCM
8 8 (0.46%) Oracle General Ledger
9 7 (0.41%) Oracle Receivables
9 7 (0.41%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
10 6 (0.35%) Finacle
10 6 (0.35%) SAP CO
11 5 (0.29%) Oracle Financials
11 5 (0.29%) SAP FI
11 5 (0.29%) SAP FI/CO
11 5 (0.29%) SAP HR
11 5 (0.29%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 464 (26.95%) Azure
2 289 (16.78%) AWS
3 156 (9.06%) Power Platform
4 123 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
5 103 (5.98%) Azure DevOps
6 101 (5.87%) GCP
7 100 (5.81%) GitHub
8 96 (5.57%) Dynamics 365
9 69 (4.01%) Entra ID
10 65 (3.77%) SaaS
11 55 (3.19%) Serverless
12 49 (2.85%) Amazon S3
13 48 (2.79%) PaaS
14 47 (2.73%) IaaS
14 47 (2.73%) OCI
15 43 (2.50%) Snowflake
16 40 (2.32%) GitHub Actions
17 39 (2.26%) Azure Data Factory
18 37 (2.15%) Azure Synapse Analytics
19 36 (2.09%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 83 (4.82%) Firewall
2 49 (2.85%) Network Security
3 45 (2.61%) DNS
4 40 (2.32%) VPN
5 24 (1.39%) SAN
5 24 (1.39%) WAN
6 21 (1.22%) VLAN
7 18 (1.05%) NAS
8 17 (0.99%) DHCP
8 17 (0.99%) SD-WAN
9 15 (0.87%) BGP
10 14 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
11 12 (0.70%) LAN
11 12 (0.70%) OSPF
12 11 (0.64%) MPLS
12 11 (0.64%) VSAN
13 9 (0.52%) DKIM
13 9 (0.52%) HTTP
14 8 (0.46%) DMARC
15 7 (0.41%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 132 (7.67%) Power BI
2 79 (4.59%) Data Warehouse
3 67 (3.89%) SQL Server
4 54 (3.14%) Data Lake
5 43 (2.50%) PostgreSQL
6 40 (2.32%) Tableau
7 38 (2.21%) Metadata
8 33 (1.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 23 (1.34%) Relational Database
10 20 (1.16%) Amazon Athena
10 20 (1.16%) Oracle Database
11 18 (1.05%) Azure SQL Database
12 17 (0.99%) Amazon Redshift
13 16 (0.93%) BigQuery
13 16 (0.93%) DB2
13 16 (0.93%) NoSQL
13 16 (0.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 15 (0.87%) Amazon RDS
15 14 (0.81%) Delta Lake
15 14 (0.81%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 103 (5.98%) JIRA
2 38 (2.21%) Jenkins
3 36 (2.09%) Git
4 22 (1.28%) GitLab
5 14 (0.81%) Artifactory
6 13 (0.75%) Team Foundation Server
7 8 (0.46%) Cucumber
7 8 (0.46%) JUnit
7 8 (0.46%) Selenium
8 7 (0.41%) Chocolatey
9 6 (0.35%) Bitbucket
10 5 (0.29%) Oracle Forms
11 4 (0.23%) Gradle
11 4 (0.23%) IBM UrbanCode
11 4 (0.23%) Liquibase
11 4 (0.23%) LSMW
11 4 (0.23%) Mockito
11 4 (0.23%) SonarQube
11 4 (0.23%) Toad
11 4 (0.23%) Visual Studio
General
1 554 (32.17%) Finance
2 508 (29.50%) Social Skills
3 176 (10.22%) Analytical Skills
4 151 (8.77%) Banking
5 146 (8.48%) Public Sector
6 67 (3.89%) Retail
7 58 (3.37%) Law
8 55 (3.19%) Documentation Skills
9 45 (2.61%) Legal
10 30 (1.74%) Presentation Skills
10 30 (1.74%) Telecoms
11 28 (1.63%) Marketing
12 27 (1.57%) Organisational Skills
13 25 (1.45%) Financial Institution
13 25 (1.45%) Influencing Skills
14 23 (1.34%) Manufacturing
15 21 (1.22%) General Ledger
15 21 (1.22%) Local Government
16 20 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 16 (0.93%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 306 (17.77%) Architect
2 227 (13.18%) Lead
3 204 (11.85%) Analyst
4 182 (10.57%) Senior
5 143 (8.30%) Consultant
6 137 (7.96%) Business Analyst
7 120 (6.97%) Project Manager
8 89 (5.17%) Data Engineer
9 88 (5.11%) Developer
10 71 (4.12%) Azure Engineer
11 64 (3.72%) Solutions Architect
12 58 (3.37%) Migration Engineer
13 57 (3.31%) Cloud Architect
14 55 (3.19%) Migration Manager
15 53 (3.08%) Data Analyst
16 47 (2.73%) Migration Analyst
17 46 (2.67%) Lead Architect
18 42 (2.44%) Data Architect
19 41 (2.38%) DevOps Engineer
20 39 (2.26%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (2.67%) REST
2 43 (2.50%) Middleware
3 42 (2.44%) Oracle Fusion
4 35 (2.03%) .NET
5 33 (1.92%) Kafka
6 28 (1.63%) PySpark
7 24 (1.39%) XML
8 23 (1.34%) Spring
9 20 (1.16%) SAML
10 19 (1.10%) SOAP
11 18 (1.05%) Spring Boot
12 16 (0.93%) JSON
13 15 (0.87%) OAuth
14 13 (0.75%) HTML
14 13 (0.75%) OpenID
14 13 (0.75%) React
15 12 (0.70%) CSS
16 11 (0.64%) Lightning Web Components
17 10 (0.58%) ADO
17 10 (0.58%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 152 (8.83%) Legacy Systems
2 116 (6.74%) Cloud Native
3 69 (4.01%) Data Centre
4 56 (3.25%) Data Structures
5 54 (3.14%) Onboarding
6 41 (2.38%) Replication
7 36 (2.09%) Data Protection Act
7 36 (2.09%) Hybrid Cloud
7 36 (2.09%) Public Cloud
8 33 (1.92%) Product Ownership
9 32 (1.86%) Management Information System
10 26 (1.51%) Mainframe
11 25 (1.45%) Distributed Systems
12 22 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
13 15 (0.87%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 14 (0.81%) Clustering
14 14 (0.81%) Reference Data
15 13 (0.75%) Greenfield Project
15 13 (0.75%) Legacy Applications
15 13 (0.75%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 128 (7.43%) Windows
2 52 (3.02%) Linux
3 29 (1.68%) Windows Server
4 26 (1.51%) Windows 10
5 25 (1.45%) VMS
6 24 (1.39%) Unix
7 11 (0.64%) zOS
8 7 (0.41%) Apple iOS
8 7 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 6 (0.35%) Android
10 5 (0.29%) Solaris
11 4 (0.23%) Mac OS
11 4 (0.23%) SUSE
12 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
12 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
13 2 (0.12%) AIX
13 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
13 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
14 1 (0.058%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 587 (34.09%) Data Migration
2 319 (18.52%) Stakeholder Management
3 315 (18.29%) Agile
4 285 (16.55%) DevOps
5 237 (13.76%) Problem-Solving
6 207 (12.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 206 (11.96%) CI/CD
8 198 (11.50%) Validation
9 190 (11.03%) Data Modelling
10 184 (10.69%) User Acceptance Testing
11 183 (10.63%) ERP
12 168 (9.76%) Business Intelligence
13 158 (9.18%) Analytics
14 152 (8.83%) ETL
15 150 (8.71%) Continuous Improvement
16 141 (8.19%) Infrastructure as Code
16 141 (8.19%) Project Management
17 117 (6.79%) Project Delivery
18 112 (6.50%) Decision-Making
19 111 (6.45%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 275 (15.97%) SQL
2 154 (8.94%) Python
3 91 (5.28%) Java
4 70 (4.07%) PowerShell
5 30 (1.74%) JavaScript
6 29 (1.68%) C#
7 19 (1.10%) Bicep
7 19 (1.10%) PL/SQL
8 17 (0.99%) Shell Script
8 17 (0.99%) T-SQL
9 13 (0.75%) TypeScript
9 13 (0.75%) VBA
10 12 (0.70%) Bash
11 9 (0.52%) Apex Code
11 9 (0.52%) Ruby
12 8 (0.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 8 (0.46%) REXX
13 7 (0.41%) Korn
14 6 (0.35%) PHP
14 6 (0.35%) Scala
Qualifications
1 312 (18.12%) Security Cleared
2 262 (15.21%) SC Cleared
3 101 (5.87%) Degree
4 56 (3.25%) Azure Certification
5 40 (2.32%) PMP
6 37 (2.15%) PMI Certification
7 34 (1.97%) Microsoft Certification
8 28 (1.63%) Computer Science Degree
9 25 (1.45%) AWS Certification
10 23 (1.34%) Cisco Certification
11 19 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
12 15 (0.87%) CIMA
12 15 (0.87%) CISSP
13 12 (0.70%) CBAP
13 12 (0.70%) DV Cleared
13 12 (0.70%) IIBA
14 11 (0.64%) CCNP
14 11 (0.64%) CISM
14 11 (0.64%) TOGAF Certification
15 10 (0.58%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 144 (8.36%) Data Quality
2 80 (4.65%) QA
3 72 (4.18%) GDPR
4 33 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 25 (1.45%) PMO
5 25 (1.45%) SLA
6 24 (1.39%) NIST
7 11 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials
7 11 (0.64%) ISO 20022
8 10 (0.58%) NCSC
8 10 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 9 (0.52%) Accessibility
9 9 (0.52%) IFRS
10 8 (0.46%) PCI DSS
10 8 (0.46%) SEPA
11 7 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 5 (0.29%) Basel III
12 5 (0.29%) GAAP
12 5 (0.29%) IFRS 9
12 5 (0.29%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 84 (4.88%) Active Directory
2 48 (2.79%) Docker
2 48 (2.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (1.22%) Virtual Machines
4 17 (0.99%) VMware NSX
5 15 (0.87%) NFS
6 14 (0.81%) Virtual Desktop
7 12 (0.70%) vSphere
8 8 (0.46%) Hyper-V
9 6 (0.35%) Varnish
9 6 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
10 5 (0.29%) Postfix
11 4 (0.23%) BitLocker
11 4 (0.23%) Firmware
12 3 (0.17%) Sendmail
13 2 (0.12%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 2 (0.12%) Job Entry Subsystem
13 2 (0.12%) Oracle RAC
13 2 (0.12%) RACF
13 2 (0.12%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 163 (9.47%) Terraform
2 102 (5.92%) Kubernetes
3 75 (4.36%) Microsoft Intune
4 41 (2.38%) Ansible
5 31 (1.80%) SCCM
6 17 (0.99%) Grafana
7 15 (0.87%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 12 (0.70%) Prometheus
9 11 (0.64%) AirWatch
9 11 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
10 10 (0.58%) EMC VPLEX
10 10 (0.58%) vCenter Server
11 8 (0.46%) vMotion
12 6 (0.35%) VxRail
13 5 (0.29%) Failover Clustering
13 5 (0.29%) HAProxy
14 4 (0.23%) Argo
14 4 (0.23%) Istio
14 4 (0.23%) PingFederate
14 4 (0.23%) Rancher
Vendors
1 391 (22.71%) Microsoft
2 155 (9.00%) Oracle
3 127 (7.38%) SAP
4 80 (4.65%) VMware
5 61 (3.54%) ServiceNow
6 59 (3.43%) Salesforce
7 58 (3.37%) Databricks
8 49 (2.85%) Google
9 46 (2.67%) Cisco
10 33 (1.92%) Workday
11 30 (1.74%) CyberArk
12 26 (1.51%) Citrix
13 23 (1.34%) Informatica
14 22 (1.28%) IBM
14 22 (1.28%) Pure Storage
15 21 (1.22%) Avaloq
16 19 (1.10%) Splunk
17 15 (0.87%) MuleSoft
18 14 (0.81%) Dynatrace
18 14 (0.81%) Palo Alto