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

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 21 25
Rank change year-on-year -2 +4 -1
Contract jobs citing Migration 1,560 1,188 1,299
As % of all contract jobs in London 9.63% 9.20% 7.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.72% 10.10% 8.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,075 828 935
10th Percentile £375 £388 £363
25th Percentile £456 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £713 £675
90th Percentile £736 £866 £750
England median daily rate £515 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -6.36% +4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 7 13
10th Percentile £15.74 £21.40 £23.45
25th Percentile £19.13 £21.50 £45.98
Median hourly rate £22.21 £23.00 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.43% -72.94% +161.54%
75th Percentile £29.73 £25.50 £86.50
90th Percentile £65.75 £29.90 -
England median hourly rate £23.83 £25.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -4.70% -47.37% -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 14,548 11,757 16,125
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.83% 91.07% 88.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,771 7,824 11,523
10th Percentile £350 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £680 £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 221 159 352
10th Percentile £18.07 £20.36 £16.00
25th Percentile £21.46 £24.66 £19.54
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year - +18.33% -16.67%
75th Percentile £56.96 £53.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.68 £69.95
England median hourly rate £30.00 £34.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -13.04% +6.15% -9.72%

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 12 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 12 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 12 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 -7 217 £575 +4.55% 93
South London +12 31 £488 +2.09% 5
West London +2 26 £600 +20.00% 10
East London -4 11 £485 -3.00% 8
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 (4.29%) SharePoint
2 50 (3.21%) Microsoft Exchange
3 47 (3.01%) Confluence
4 14 (0.90%) Apache Airflow
5 12 (0.77%) Apache
5 12 (0.77%) Apache Spark
6 10 (0.64%) SAS
7 8 (0.51%) CMS
8 6 (0.38%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 6 (0.38%) ArcGIS
9 5 (0.32%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 4 (0.26%) BizTalk Server
10 4 (0.26%) nginx
11 3 (0.19%) LiveLink
11 3 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
11 3 (0.19%) Tomcat
11 3 (0.19%) WordPress
12 2 (0.13%) Drupal
12 2 (0.13%) SharePoint 2010
12 2 (0.13%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 61 (3.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 34 (2.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 29 (1.86%) Microsoft Project
4 24 (1.54%) Microsoft Office
5 16 (1.03%) MS Visio
6 13 (0.83%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.13%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.064%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.064%) InfoPath
8 1 (0.064%) Trello
Business Applications
1 53 (3.40%) SAP S/4HANA
2 33 (2.12%) Dynamics CRM
3 17 (1.09%) Loan IQ
3 17 (1.09%) Oracle EBS
4 14 (0.90%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 14 (0.90%) SAP HR
5 10 (0.64%) Oracle Payables
5 10 (0.64%) Veritas eDiscovery
6 8 (0.51%) Oracle ERP
6 8 (0.51%) Oracle General Ledger
6 8 (0.51%) Workday HCM
7 7 (0.45%) Oracle Receivables
7 7 (0.45%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 6 (0.38%) SAP CO
8 6 (0.38%) SAP ERP
9 5 (0.32%) Finacle
9 5 (0.32%) SAP FI
9 5 (0.32%) SAP FI/CO
9 5 (0.32%) SAP Payroll
9 5 (0.32%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 422 (27.05%) Azure
2 241 (15.45%) AWS
3 123 (7.88%) Power Platform
4 106 (6.79%) Microsoft 365
5 103 (6.60%) GitHub
6 91 (5.83%) Azure DevOps
7 86 (5.51%) GCP
8 73 (4.68%) Dynamics 365
9 58 (3.72%) Entra ID
10 56 (3.59%) SaaS
11 48 (3.08%) Serverless
12 46 (2.95%) GitHub Actions
13 43 (2.76%) Snowflake
14 42 (2.69%) Amazon S3
15 41 (2.63%) Azure Data Factory
15 41 (2.63%) OCI
16 39 (2.50%) IaaS
16 39 (2.50%) PaaS
17 38 (2.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 30 (1.92%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 69 (4.42%) Firewall
2 44 (2.82%) Network Security
3 39 (2.50%) DNS
4 33 (2.12%) VPN
5 24 (1.54%) SAN
5 24 (1.54%) WAN
6 18 (1.15%) NAS
7 17 (1.09%) VLAN
8 16 (1.03%) BGP
8 16 (1.03%) SD-WAN
9 15 (0.96%) DHCP
10 14 (0.90%) LAN
10 14 (0.90%) OSPF
10 14 (0.90%) Wi-Fi
11 11 (0.71%) MPLS
12 9 (0.58%) DMARC
13 8 (0.51%) DKIM
14 5 (0.32%) Cisco Wireless
14 5 (0.32%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
14 5 (0.32%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 99 (6.35%) Power BI
2 81 (5.19%) Data Warehouse
3 78 (5.00%) SQL Server
4 42 (2.69%) PostgreSQL
5 40 (2.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 36 (2.31%) Data Lake
7 33 (2.12%) Relational Database
8 30 (1.92%) Metadata
8 30 (1.92%) Tableau
9 25 (1.60%) Oracle Database
10 18 (1.15%) Amazon Redshift
11 17 (1.09%) Amazon Athena
11 17 (1.09%) Azure SQL Database
11 17 (1.09%) DB2
11 17 (1.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 16 (1.03%) NoSQL
13 15 (0.96%) MySQL
14 14 (0.90%) Big Data
15 13 (0.83%) Amazon RDS
15 13 (0.83%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 100 (6.41%) JIRA
2 33 (2.12%) Jenkins
3 32 (2.05%) Git
4 23 (1.47%) GitLab
5 14 (0.90%) Artifactory
6 12 (0.77%) Team Foundation Server
7 7 (0.45%) Cucumber
8 6 (0.38%) Bitbucket
8 6 (0.38%) Chocolatey
8 6 (0.38%) Oracle Forms
8 6 (0.38%) Selenium
9 5 (0.32%) JUnit
10 4 (0.26%) Claude Code
10 4 (0.26%) LSMW
10 4 (0.26%) SonarQube
10 4 (0.26%) SpecFlow
10 4 (0.26%) Toad
11 3 (0.19%) Cypress.io
11 3 (0.19%) IBM UrbanCode
11 3 (0.19%) Postman
General
1 487 (31.22%) Finance
2 485 (31.09%) Social Skills
3 154 (9.87%) Analytical Skills
4 145 (9.29%) Banking
5 136 (8.72%) Public Sector
6 58 (3.72%) Documentation Skills
7 50 (3.21%) Retail
8 41 (2.63%) Legal
9 28 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
9 28 (1.79%) Telecoms
10 27 (1.73%) Law
11 25 (1.60%) Presentation Skills
12 23 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
13 22 (1.41%) Manufacturing
14 21 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 21 (1.35%) Marketing
15 20 (1.28%) Financial Institution
15 20 (1.28%) Local Government
16 18 (1.15%) General Ledger
17 17 (1.09%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 238 (15.26%) Architect
2 206 (13.21%) Analyst
3 176 (11.28%) Lead
4 167 (10.71%) Senior
5 145 (9.29%) Business Analyst
6 138 (8.85%) Consultant
7 121 (7.76%) Project Manager
8 88 (5.64%) Developer
9 78 (5.00%) Data Engineer
10 66 (4.23%) Azure Engineer
11 53 (3.40%) Migration Engineer
11 53 (3.40%) Migration Manager
12 46 (2.95%) Data Analyst
12 46 (2.95%) Solutions Architect
13 44 (2.82%) Migration Analyst
14 40 (2.56%) DevOps Engineer
15 39 (2.50%) Azure Architect
16 36 (2.31%) Cloud Architect
17 35 (2.24%) Cloud Engineer
18 32 (2.05%) Migration Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (2.88%) REST
2 38 (2.44%) .NET
3 37 (2.37%) Middleware
4 35 (2.24%) Oracle Fusion
5 29 (1.86%) Kafka
6 24 (1.54%) PySpark
6 24 (1.54%) XML
7 18 (1.15%) Spring
8 17 (1.09%) SOAP
9 16 (1.03%) JSON
10 14 (0.90%) Spring Boot
11 12 (0.77%) HTML
11 12 (0.77%) SAML
12 11 (0.71%) AngularJS
12 11 (0.71%) CSS
12 11 (0.71%) Lightning Web Components
12 11 (0.71%) React
12 11 (0.71%) Web Services
13 10 (0.64%) ADO
13 10 (0.64%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 137 (8.78%) Legacy Systems
2 105 (6.73%) Cloud Native
3 63 (4.04%) Data Centre
4 53 (3.40%) Onboarding
5 48 (3.08%) Data Structures
6 38 (2.44%) Replication
7 37 (2.37%) Data Protection Act
8 34 (2.18%) Public Cloud
9 33 (2.12%) Hybrid Cloud
10 32 (2.05%) Product Ownership
11 30 (1.92%) Management Information System
12 26 (1.67%) Mainframe
13 19 (1.22%) Distributed Systems
14 15 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
14 15 (0.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 12 (0.77%) Legacy Applications
15 12 (0.77%) Reference Data
15 12 (0.77%) Tandem
16 11 (0.71%) Greenfield Project
16 11 (0.71%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 113 (7.24%) Windows
2 37 (2.37%) Linux
3 31 (1.99%) Windows Server
4 24 (1.54%) Windows 10
5 20 (1.28%) Unix
6 19 (1.22%) VMS
7 12 (0.77%) zOS
8 9 (0.58%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (0.32%) Apple iOS
10 4 (0.26%) Android
10 4 (0.26%) Mac OS
10 4 (0.26%) 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 (0.064%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 552 (35.38%) Data Migration
2 307 (19.68%) Agile
3 301 (19.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 259 (16.60%) DevOps
5 219 (14.04%) Problem-Solving
6 193 (12.37%) CI/CD
7 175 (11.22%) Data Modelling
8 174 (11.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 165 (10.58%) Validation
10 158 (10.13%) ETL
11 148 (9.49%) User Acceptance Testing
12 145 (9.29%) Analytics
13 139 (8.91%) ERP
14 134 (8.59%) Project Management
15 132 (8.46%) Infrastructure as Code
16 131 (8.40%) Business Intelligence
17 114 (7.31%) Continuous Improvement
18 113 (7.24%) Project Delivery
19 102 (6.54%) Decision-Making
20 96 (6.15%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 283 (18.14%) SQL
2 135 (8.65%) Python
3 86 (5.51%) Java
4 63 (4.04%) PowerShell
5 34 (2.18%) C#
5 34 (2.18%) JavaScript
6 21 (1.35%) PL/SQL
7 20 (1.28%) Bicep
8 19 (1.22%) T-SQL
9 16 (1.03%) TypeScript
10 12 (0.77%) Bash
10 12 (0.77%) VBA
11 11 (0.71%) Shell Script
12 8 (0.51%) Apex Code
12 8 (0.51%) REXX
13 7 (0.45%) Korn
13 7 (0.45%) PHP
14 5 (0.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 5 (0.32%) Ruby
14 5 (0.32%) Scala
Qualifications
1 267 (17.12%) Security Cleared
2 228 (14.62%) SC Cleared
3 104 (6.67%) Degree
4 53 (3.40%) Azure Certification
5 41 (2.63%) PMP
6 39 (2.50%) PMI Certification
7 33 (2.12%) Microsoft Certification
8 30 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
9 24 (1.54%) AWS Certification
9 24 (1.54%) Cisco Certification
10 18 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
11 14 (0.90%) CISSP
11 14 (0.90%) Master's Degree
12 13 (0.83%) CBAP
12 13 (0.83%) CCNP
12 13 (0.83%) CIMA
13 12 (0.77%) IIBA
14 11 (0.71%) TOGAF Certification
15 10 (0.64%) CISM
15 10 (0.64%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 134 (8.59%) Data Quality
2 80 (5.13%) QA
3 66 (4.23%) GDPR
4 31 (1.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 20 (1.28%) SLA
6 18 (1.15%) NIST
7 14 (0.90%) PMO
8 11 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials
8 11 (0.71%) ISO 20022
9 9 (0.58%) IFRS
9 9 (0.58%) NCSC
9 9 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 8 (0.51%) PCI DSS
10 8 (0.51%) SEPA
11 7 (0.45%) Accessibility
11 7 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 7 (0.45%) GRC
12 5 (0.32%) Basel III
12 5 (0.32%) GAAP
12 5 (0.32%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 74 (4.74%) Active Directory
2 61 (3.91%) Docker
3 44 (2.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (1.03%) VMware NSX
5 14 (0.90%) Virtual Desktop
5 14 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
6 13 (0.83%) NFS
7 8 (0.51%) vSphere
8 6 (0.38%) Hyper-V
9 4 (0.26%) Oracle RAC
9 4 (0.26%) Varnish
10 3 (0.19%) BitLocker
10 3 (0.19%) Job Entry Subsystem
10 3 (0.19%) Postfix
10 3 (0.19%) RACF
11 2 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.13%) VMware Workstation
12 1 (0.064%) PowerHA
12 1 (0.064%) Sendmail
12 1 (0.064%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 159 (10.19%) Terraform
2 110 (7.05%) Kubernetes
3 68 (4.36%) Microsoft Intune
4 38 (2.44%) Ansible
5 29 (1.86%) SCCM
6 16 (1.03%) Grafana
7 11 (0.71%) AirWatch
7 11 (0.71%) Prometheus
8 10 (0.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 8 (0.51%) EMC VPLEX
9 8 (0.51%) vMotion
10 6 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
10 6 (0.38%) vCenter Server
11 5 (0.32%) FortiGate
12 4 (0.26%) Argo
12 4 (0.26%) Istio
12 4 (0.26%) Pingdom
12 4 (0.26%) SCOM
13 3 (0.19%) HAProxy
13 3 (0.19%) Rancher
Vendors
1 340 (21.79%) Microsoft
2 148 (9.49%) Oracle
3 128 (8.21%) SAP
4 75 (4.81%) VMware
5 53 (3.40%) Salesforce
6 51 (3.27%) ServiceNow
7 48 (3.08%) Google
8 46 (2.95%) Databricks
9 37 (2.37%) Cisco
10 34 (2.18%) Workday
11 26 (1.67%) CyberArk
12 25 (1.60%) Informatica
13 24 (1.54%) Citrix
14 22 (1.41%) Pure Storage
15 19 (1.22%) Avaloq
16 17 (1.09%) IBM
17 16 (1.03%) MuleSoft
17 16 (1.03%) Splunk
18 13 (0.83%) Dynatrace
18 13 (0.83%) Palo Alto