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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 21 24
Rank change year-on-year -1 +3 +3
Contract jobs citing Migration 1,179 1,367 1,681
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 8.78% 8.46% 7.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.48% 9.49% 8.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 776 915 1,166
10th Percentile £363 £375 £400
25th Percentile £438 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £775 £788
England median daily rate £518 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.30% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 7 3
10th Percentile - £21.52 £54.40
25th Percentile - £41.90 £59.13
Median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £67.00
Median % change year-on-year -62.74% +0.75% +21.82%
75th Percentile - £71.25 £82.25
90th Percentile £65.00 - £91.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £52.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year -52.10% -25.00% +40.00%

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 12,434 14,409 19,841
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.57% 89.23% 90.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,225 9,616 14,380
10th Percentile £325 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -0.86%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £695
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 251 180 226
10th Percentile £17.00 £17.25 £18.08
25th Percentile £25.00 £23.80 £21.56
Median hourly rate £31.50 £35.00 £39.63
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -11.67% +7.82%
75th Percentile £48.13 £55.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £63.75 £72.19 £76.88
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.79
% change year-on-year -41.51% -1.81% +51.01%

Migration
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Migration as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Migration 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 17 September 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 17 September 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 17 September 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 -4 184 £550 -4.35% 112
West London +8 39 £325 -33.33% 10
South London +18 30 £425 -15.00% 12
East London +8 10 £608 +22.73% 10
North London +3 9 £550 +69.23%
Migration
England

Migration
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 66 (5.60%) SharePoint
2 58 (4.92%) Confluence
3 20 (1.70%) Microsoft Exchange
4 16 (1.36%) CMS
5 14 (1.19%) Apache Airflow
6 11 (0.93%) SAS
7 10 (0.85%) Apache
8 7 (0.59%) Skype for Business
9 6 (0.51%) Mattermost
9 6 (0.51%) SharePoint 2010
10 5 (0.42%) IIS
11 4 (0.34%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 4 (0.34%) Apache Spark
12 2 (0.17%) Cloud Foundry
12 2 (0.17%) Headless CMS
12 2 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 2 (0.17%) WebSphere
13 1 (0.085%) Drupal
13 1 (0.085%) IBM Transformation Extender
13 1 (0.085%) SAP Portal
Applications
1 34 (2.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (1.87%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (1.36%) MS Visio
4 12 (1.02%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 6 (0.51%) InfoPath
7 4 (0.34%) Oracle Smart View
8 3 (0.25%) Trello
9 2 (0.17%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.17%) Notion
9 2 (0.17%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.085%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.085%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 62 (5.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 26 (2.21%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (1.19%) Endur
4 10 (0.85%) Oracle EBS
5 9 (0.76%) Salesforce CRM
6 8 (0.68%) NetSuite
6 8 (0.68%) Oracle Payables
7 7 (0.59%) SAP MDG
8 6 (0.51%) Oracle EBS R12
8 6 (0.51%) SAP CO
8 6 (0.51%) SAP ERP
8 6 (0.51%) SAP FI
8 6 (0.51%) SAP FI/CO
8 6 (0.51%) Unit4 Business World
9 5 (0.42%) Oracle ERP
9 5 (0.42%) Oracle Financials
9 5 (0.42%) Oracle General Ledger
9 5 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
9 5 (0.42%) SAP HCM
9 5 (0.42%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 290 (24.60%) Azure
2 198 (16.79%) AWS
3 101 (8.57%) GCP
4 85 (7.21%) Power Platform
5 75 (6.36%) Microsoft 365
6 61 (5.17%) Entra ID
6 61 (5.17%) GitHub
7 56 (4.75%) SaaS
8 52 (4.41%) Azure DevOps
9 46 (3.90%) GitHub Actions
10 38 (3.22%) Serverless
10 38 (3.22%) Snowflake
11 37 (3.14%) Dynamics 365
12 33 (2.80%) Amazon S3
13 32 (2.71%) IaaS
13 32 (2.71%) OCI
14 28 (2.37%) Power Automate
15 25 (2.12%) PaaS
15 25 (2.12%) PowerApps
16 24 (2.04%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 69 (5.85%) Firewall
2 43 (3.65%) DNS
2 43 (3.65%) VPN
3 23 (1.95%) DHCP
3 23 (1.95%) Network Security
4 22 (1.87%) WAN
5 18 (1.53%) BGP
6 17 (1.44%) OSPF
7 14 (1.19%) LAN
7 14 (1.19%) SD-WAN
8 13 (1.10%) VLAN
9 12 (1.02%) MPLS
10 10 (0.85%) TCP/IP
11 7 (0.59%) Cisco ASA
11 7 (0.59%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 7 (0.59%) NGFW
11 7 (0.59%) Skype
11 7 (0.59%) Unified Communications
12 6 (0.51%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
12 6 (0.51%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (5.43%) Data Warehouse
2 59 (5.00%) Power BI
3 50 (4.24%) SQL Server
4 29 (2.46%) PostgreSQL
5 28 (2.37%) Data Lake
6 23 (1.95%) Metadata
6 23 (1.95%) Relational Database
6 23 (1.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 22 (1.87%) Oracle Database
8 20 (1.70%) Tableau
9 18 (1.53%) Azure SQL Database
10 17 (1.44%) Amazon RDS
11 16 (1.36%) Amazon Redshift
11 16 (1.36%) BigQuery
12 14 (1.19%) NoSQL
13 13 (1.10%) Amazon Athena
14 12 (1.02%) SAP HANA
15 11 (0.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 10 (0.85%) Oracle Reports
17 9 (0.76%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 97 (8.23%) JIRA
2 40 (3.39%) Jenkins
3 38 (3.22%) GitLab
4 28 (2.37%) Git
5 17 (1.44%) Gradle
6 15 (1.27%) SonarQube
7 13 (1.10%) JUnit
7 13 (1.10%) Liquibase
7 13 (1.10%) Mockito
7 13 (1.10%) Sonatype Nexus
8 12 (1.02%) ScriptRunner
9 9 (0.76%) Maven
10 8 (0.68%) Selenium
11 7 (0.59%) Artifactory
11 7 (0.59%) ERwin
11 7 (0.59%) LSMW
12 6 (0.51%) CircleCI
12 6 (0.51%) ER Studio
13 5 (0.42%) Snyk
13 5 (0.42%) Zephyr
General
1 393 (33.33%) Finance
2 356 (30.20%) Social Skills
3 125 (10.60%) Analytical Skills
4 96 (8.14%) Banking
5 88 (7.46%) Public Sector
6 47 (3.99%) Marketing
7 40 (3.39%) Telecoms
8 39 (3.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 29 (2.46%) Presentation Skills
10 28 (2.37%) Back Office
10 28 (2.37%) Documentation Skills
11 27 (2.29%) Retail
12 26 (2.21%) Manufacturing
13 23 (1.95%) Financial Institution
13 23 (1.95%) Local Government
14 21 (1.78%) Influencing Skills
14 21 (1.78%) Legal
15 19 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
16 18 (1.53%) Front Office
17 13 (1.10%) Billing
Job Titles
1 158 (13.40%) Architect
2 149 (12.64%) Analyst
3 105 (8.91%) Consultant
4 99 (8.40%) Project Manager
5 97 (8.23%) Senior
6 90 (7.63%) Lead
7 89 (7.55%) Business Analyst
8 76 (6.45%) Developer
9 45 (3.82%) Solutions Architect
10 44 (3.73%) Data Engineer
11 43 (3.65%) Azure Engineer
11 43 (3.65%) Migration Engineer
12 38 (3.22%) Data Architect
13 34 (2.88%) DevOps Engineer
14 30 (2.54%) Network Engineer
15 29 (2.46%) Data Analyst
16 28 (2.37%) Cloud Engineer
17 27 (2.29%) SAP Consultant
18 24 (2.04%) Migration Specialist
19 22 (1.87%) Data Migration Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (3.48%) Kafka
2 31 (2.63%) Spring Boot
3 27 (2.29%) REST
4 24 (2.04%) Spring
5 23 (1.95%) React
6 21 (1.78%) XML
7 18 (1.53%) ARM Templates
8 16 (1.36%) Lightning Web Components
9 15 (1.27%) .NET
9 15 (1.27%) Middleware
10 13 (1.10%) CSS
10 13 (1.10%) HTML
10 13 (1.10%) Swagger
11 12 (1.02%) Oracle Fusion
11 12 (1.02%) SOAP
12 11 (0.93%) JSON
12 11 (0.93%) Node.js
12 11 (0.93%) PySpark
12 11 (0.93%) SAP Fiori
12 11 (0.93%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 90 (7.63%) Legacy Systems
2 63 (5.34%) Cloud Native
3 52 (4.41%) Data Centre
4 34 (2.88%) Data Structures
5 30 (2.54%) Management Information System
6 21 (1.78%) Greenfield Project
6 21 (1.78%) Hybrid Cloud
6 21 (1.78%) Product Ownership
7 19 (1.61%) Onboarding
8 18 (1.53%) Data Protection Act
9 15 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
9 15 (1.27%) Virtual Team
10 14 (1.19%) Legacy Applications
11 12 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
12 11 (0.93%) Reinsurance
13 10 (0.85%) Public Cloud
14 9 (0.76%) Distributed Systems
14 9 (0.76%) NHS
14 9 (0.76%) Replication
14 9 (0.76%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 107 (9.08%) Windows
2 54 (4.58%) Linux
3 25 (2.12%) Windows Server
4 20 (1.70%) Unix
5 18 (1.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 14 (1.19%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.42%) CentOS
7 5 (0.42%) Solaris
8 4 (0.34%) AIX
9 3 (0.25%) VMS
10 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.17%) zOS
11 1 (0.085%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.085%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.085%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.085%) Rocky
11 1 (0.085%) VME
11 1 (0.085%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 393 (33.33%) Data Migration
2 243 (20.61%) Agile
3 215 (18.24%) Problem-Solving
4 181 (15.35%) DevOps
5 165 (13.99%) Stakeholder Management
6 162 (13.74%) CI/CD
7 121 (10.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 110 (9.33%) Project Management
9 106 (8.99%) Validation
10 104 (8.82%) Infrastructure as Code
11 99 (8.40%) ERP
12 96 (8.14%) ETL
13 95 (8.06%) Change Management
14 92 (7.80%) User Acceptance Testing
15 91 (7.72%) Business Intelligence
16 89 (7.55%) Data Modelling
17 82 (6.96%) Analytics
18 75 (6.36%) Containerisation
19 73 (6.19%) Data Governance
19 73 (6.19%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 191 (16.20%) SQL
2 141 (11.96%) Python
3 78 (6.62%) Java
4 73 (6.19%) PowerShell
5 32 (2.71%) C#
6 31 (2.63%) JavaScript
7 25 (2.12%) Bash
8 23 (1.95%) TypeScript
9 21 (1.78%) Groovy
10 17 (1.44%) Shell Script
11 16 (1.36%) Apex Code
11 16 (1.36%) Bicep
12 14 (1.19%) PL/SQL
13 12 (1.02%) C++
13 12 (1.02%) Go
13 12 (1.02%) T-SQL
14 11 (0.93%) ABAP
15 6 (0.51%) VBScript
16 5 (0.42%) COBOL
16 5 (0.42%) R
Qualifications
1 156 (13.23%) Security Cleared
2 144 (12.21%) SC Cleared
3 91 (7.72%) Degree
4 37 (3.14%) PMI Certification
4 37 (3.14%) PMP
5 36 (3.05%) Azure Certification
6 32 (2.71%) Computer Science Degree
7 25 (2.12%) Microsoft Certification
8 23 (1.95%) AWS Certification
9 14 (1.19%) Cisco Certification
10 13 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
11 11 (0.93%) Master's Degree
12 9 (0.76%) CCNP
13 8 (0.68%) CBAP
13 8 (0.68%) DV Cleared
14 7 (0.59%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 7 (0.59%) CISSP
14 7 (0.59%) SAP Certification
15 6 (0.51%) ISTQB
15 6 (0.51%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (6.19%) Data Quality
2 45 (3.82%) QA
3 33 (2.80%) GDPR
4 17 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 16 (1.36%) NIST
6 13 (1.10%) SLA
7 12 (1.02%) PMO
8 10 (0.85%) Accessibility
9 6 (0.51%) HIPAA
10 5 (0.42%) PCI DSS
10 5 (0.42%) WCAG
11 4 (0.34%) EMIR
11 4 (0.34%) NCSC
12 3 (0.25%) GRC
12 3 (0.25%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 3 (0.25%) IFRS
12 3 (0.25%) ISO 20022
12 3 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.17%) GAAP
13 2 (0.17%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 80 (6.79%) Active Directory
2 69 (5.85%) Docker
3 20 (1.70%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.85%) vSphere
5 9 (0.76%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (0.51%) Oracle RAC
6 6 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.42%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.34%) KVM
8 4 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.25%) Microsoft App-V
9 3 (0.25%) OpenAM
10 2 (0.17%) BitLocker
10 2 (0.17%) Firmware
10 2 (0.17%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.085%) Job Entry Subsystem
11 1 (0.085%) Squid
11 1 (0.085%) Time Sharing Option
11 1 (0.085%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 116 (9.84%) Terraform
2 87 (7.38%) Kubernetes
3 41 (3.48%) Ansible
4 25 (2.12%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (1.53%) SCCM
6 17 (1.44%) Single Sign-On
7 10 (0.85%) Prometheus
8 9 (0.76%) Puppet
9 8 (0.68%) SCOM
10 7 (0.59%) Progress Chef
11 6 (0.51%) Argo
11 6 (0.51%) Grafana
11 6 (0.51%) HP SiteScope
11 6 (0.51%) Oracle RMAN
12 4 (0.34%) Data Guard
12 4 (0.34%) HP ALM
12 4 (0.34%) Jamf Pro
13 3 (0.25%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
14 2 (0.17%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
14 2 (0.17%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 216 (18.32%) Microsoft
2 129 (10.94%) SAP
3 112 (9.50%) Oracle
4 68 (5.77%) Google
5 53 (4.50%) Salesforce
6 32 (2.71%) VMware
7 31 (2.63%) Cisco
8 25 (2.12%) ServiceNow
9 23 (1.95%) Databricks
10 22 (1.87%) Workday
11 21 (1.78%) Splunk
12 19 (1.61%) Atlassian
12 19 (1.61%) IBM
13 16 (1.36%) Red Hat
14 15 (1.27%) Palo Alto
15 14 (1.19%) Citrix
16 13 (1.10%) CheckPoint
17 12 (1.02%) Infoblox
18 11 (0.93%) Adobe
18 11 (0.93%) F5