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 4 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 22 25
Rank change year-on-year +1 +3 +2
Contract jobs citing Migration 1,290 1,315 1,427
As % of all contract jobs in London 8.98% 8.36% 7.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.78% 9.31% 8.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 878 873 979
10th Percentile £366 £380 £412
25th Percentile £450 £463 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £550 £568
Median % change year-on-year -2.32% -3.08% -0.26%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £738 £800 £775
England median daily rate £515 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -4.63% -1.82% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 8 12
10th Percentile £18.87 £21.43 £28.53
25th Percentile £20.61 £21.50 £78.63
Median hourly rate £25.15 £23.00 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.35% -72.94% +97.67%
75th Percentile - £28.63 £86.50
90th Percentile £67.69 £44.30 -
England median hourly rate £25.15 £22.50 £68.50
% change year-on-year +11.78% -67.15% +24.55%

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 13,187 14,123 17,197
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.80% 89.82% 89.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,685 9,134 12,308
10th Percentile £338 £350 £356
25th Percentile £425 £450 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £526 £550 £567
Median % change year-on-year -4.45% -3.04% -3.86%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 248 166 231
10th Percentile £18.25 £17.25 £18.78
25th Percentile £24.58 £23.80 £21.75
Median hourly rate £29.75 £37.25 £36.28
Median % change year-on-year -20.13% +2.67% -7.57%
75th Percentile £47.56 £53.75 £60.63
90th Percentile £66.50 £80.75 £76.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +18.90%

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 4 December 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 4 December 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 4 December 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 -6 200 £565 -0.66% 47
West London +11 40 £415 -17.00% 9
South London +14 26 £438 -19.35% 3
East London +9 19 £513 +13.89% 5
North London +10 9 £550 +20.42%
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 68 (5.27%) SharePoint
2 52 (4.03%) Confluence
3 32 (2.48%) Microsoft Exchange
4 15 (1.16%) Apache Airflow
5 13 (1.01%) CMS
6 11 (0.85%) Apache
7 8 (0.62%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 8 (0.62%) SAS
7 8 (0.62%) Skype for Business
8 7 (0.54%) Apache Spark
9 6 (0.47%) Mattermost
10 5 (0.39%) ArcGIS
11 3 (0.23%) LiveLink
11 3 (0.23%) nginx
11 3 (0.23%) Sitecore CMS
12 2 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
12 2 (0.16%) Cloud Foundry
12 2 (0.16%) MQSeries
12 2 (0.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 2 (0.16%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 47 (3.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (1.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 20 (1.55%) MS Visio
4 19 (1.47%) Microsoft Office
5 18 (1.40%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.31%) Oracle Smart View
6 4 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.23%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.23%) Trello
8 2 (0.16%) Notion
9 1 (0.078%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.078%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 55 (4.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 27 (2.09%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (1.24%) Oracle EBS
4 15 (1.16%) Endur
5 14 (1.09%) SAP HR
6 11 (0.85%) Oracle Payables
6 11 (0.85%) Salesforce CRM
7 8 (0.62%) Loan IQ
8 7 (0.54%) NetSuite
8 7 (0.54%) Oracle EBS R12
8 7 (0.54%) Oracle ERP
8 7 (0.54%) Remedy ITSM
8 7 (0.54%) SAP Payroll
9 6 (0.47%) Oracle Financials
9 6 (0.47%) Oracle General Ledger
9 6 (0.47%) SAP ERP
10 5 (0.39%) Oracle FAH
10 5 (0.39%) Oracle Receivables
10 5 (0.39%) Workday HCM
11 4 (0.31%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 294 (22.79%) Azure
2 195 (15.12%) AWS
3 99 (7.67%) Power Platform
4 83 (6.43%) GCP
5 78 (6.05%) Microsoft 365
6 75 (5.81%) GitHub
7 63 (4.88%) SaaS
8 55 (4.26%) Azure DevOps
9 53 (4.11%) GitHub Actions
10 48 (3.72%) Entra ID
11 44 (3.41%) Snowflake
12 41 (3.18%) OCI
13 37 (2.87%) Dynamics 365
14 35 (2.71%) Serverless
15 34 (2.64%) Amazon S3
16 32 (2.48%) Azure Data Factory
17 31 (2.40%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 30 (2.33%) Google Kubernetes Engine
19 24 (1.86%) dbt
20 23 (1.78%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 60 (4.65%) Firewall
2 33 (2.56%) DNS
2 33 (2.56%) Network Security
3 31 (2.40%) WAN
4 30 (2.33%) VPN
5 20 (1.55%) BGP
5 20 (1.55%) SD-WAN
6 18 (1.40%) DHCP
7 17 (1.32%) OSPF
8 16 (1.24%) LAN
9 14 (1.09%) VLAN
10 10 (0.78%) DMARC
11 9 (0.70%) MPLS
12 8 (0.62%) DKIM
12 8 (0.62%) Skype
12 8 (0.62%) TCP/IP
12 8 (0.62%) Unified Communications
13 7 (0.54%) NAS
13 7 (0.54%) SAN
13 7 (0.54%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (6.12%) Power BI
2 69 (5.35%) Data Warehouse
3 63 (4.88%) SQL Server
4 33 (2.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 32 (2.48%) Relational Database
6 28 (2.17%) Metadata
6 28 (2.17%) Oracle Database
7 27 (2.09%) Data Lake
7 27 (2.09%) PostgreSQL
8 22 (1.71%) Tableau
9 19 (1.47%) Amazon Redshift
9 19 (1.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 17 (1.32%) Azure SQL Database
10 17 (1.32%) MongoDB
11 16 (1.24%) Amazon Athena
12 15 (1.16%) Big Data
12 15 (1.16%) RDBMS
13 14 (1.09%) Amazon RDS
13 14 (1.09%) NoSQL
14 13 (1.01%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 99 (7.67%) JIRA
2 28 (2.17%) GitLab
3 26 (2.02%) Git
3 26 (2.02%) Jenkins
4 15 (1.16%) SonarQube
5 13 (1.01%) Sonatype Nexus
6 10 (0.78%) Selenium
7 8 (0.62%) Maven
8 6 (0.47%) CircleCI
8 6 (0.47%) Gradle
9 5 (0.39%) Snyk
9 5 (0.39%) Zephyr
10 4 (0.31%) ERwin
10 4 (0.31%) JUnit
10 4 (0.31%) Mockito
10 4 (0.31%) Oracle Forms
10 4 (0.31%) TestRail
10 4 (0.31%) Toad
11 3 (0.23%) LSMW
11 3 (0.23%) Visual Studio
General
1 404 (31.32%) Social Skills
2 397 (30.78%) Finance
3 146 (11.32%) Analytical Skills
4 103 (7.98%) Public Sector
5 98 (7.60%) Banking
6 46 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
7 36 (2.79%) Telecoms
8 34 (2.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 30 (2.33%) Back Office
10 28 (2.17%) Local Government
11 27 (2.09%) Retail
12 26 (2.02%) Influencing Skills
13 24 (1.86%) Manufacturing
13 24 (1.86%) Marketing
13 24 (1.86%) Organisational Skills
13 24 (1.86%) Presentation Skills
14 22 (1.71%) Legal
15 21 (1.63%) Front Office
16 18 (1.40%) Financial Institution
17 15 (1.16%) Law
Job Titles
1 187 (14.50%) Analyst
2 163 (12.64%) Architect
3 121 (9.38%) Business Analyst
4 118 (9.15%) Lead
5 114 (8.84%) Senior
6 113 (8.76%) Consultant
7 108 (8.37%) Project Manager
8 86 (6.67%) Developer
9 54 (4.19%) Data Engineer
10 43 (3.33%) Migration Engineer
11 38 (2.95%) Solutions Architect
12 37 (2.87%) DevOps Engineer
13 35 (2.71%) Azure Engineer
14 34 (2.64%) Data Analyst
15 30 (2.33%) Migration Analyst
16 27 (2.09%) Data Architect
16 27 (2.09%) Migration Manager
17 26 (2.02%) Azure Architect
18 24 (1.86%) Data Migration Lead
18 24 (1.86%) Migration Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (3.02%) REST
2 29 (2.25%) .NET
2 29 (2.25%) XML
3 25 (1.94%) Kafka
4 21 (1.63%) Oracle Fusion
4 21 (1.63%) PySpark
5 19 (1.47%) Middleware
6 18 (1.40%) Spring Boot
7 16 (1.24%) Lightning Web Components
7 16 (1.24%) React
8 13 (1.01%) CSS
8 13 (1.01%) SOAP
9 12 (0.93%) Spring
10 11 (0.85%) JSON
10 11 (0.85%) Node.js
10 11 (0.85%) RESTful
11 10 (0.78%) GraphQL
12 9 (0.70%) HTML
13 8 (0.62%) ARM Templates
13 8 (0.62%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 103 (7.98%) Legacy Systems
2 76 (5.89%) Cloud Native
3 70 (5.43%) Data Centre
4 41 (3.18%) Data Structures
5 36 (2.79%) Management Information System
6 33 (2.56%) Onboarding
7 30 (2.33%) Product Ownership
8 27 (2.09%) Hybrid Cloud
9 26 (2.02%) Data Protection Act
10 23 (1.78%) Replication
11 16 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
11 16 (1.24%) Greenfield Project
11 16 (1.24%) Mainframe
12 15 (1.16%) Public Cloud
12 15 (1.16%) Virtual Team
13 13 (1.01%) Self-Motivation
14 12 (0.93%) Clustering
15 10 (0.78%) Distributed Systems
15 10 (0.78%) Reinsurance
16 9 (0.70%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 100 (7.75%) Windows
2 40 (3.10%) Linux
3 27 (2.09%) Windows Server
4 18 (1.40%) Windows 10
5 17 (1.32%) Unix
6 11 (0.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 8 (0.62%) VMS
7 8 (0.62%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.31%) Solaris
9 3 (0.23%) CentOS
9 3 (0.23%) zOS
10 2 (0.16%) AIX
10 2 (0.16%) Android
10 2 (0.16%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.078%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.078%) VME
11 1 (0.078%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.078%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 482 (37.36%) Data Migration
2 268 (20.78%) Agile
3 221 (17.13%) Problem-Solving
4 207 (16.05%) Stakeholder Management
5 182 (14.11%) DevOps
6 165 (12.79%) CI/CD
7 152 (11.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 123 (9.53%) ETL
9 121 (9.38%) Data Modelling
10 117 (9.07%) Project Management
11 116 (8.99%) Analytics
12 113 (8.76%) User Acceptance Testing
13 109 (8.45%) Validation
14 106 (8.22%) Business Intelligence
15 100 (7.75%) ERP
16 95 (7.36%) Infrastructure as Code
17 85 (6.59%) Change Management
18 81 (6.28%) Data Governance
19 78 (6.05%) Project Delivery
20 77 (5.97%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 237 (18.37%) SQL
2 142 (11.01%) Python
3 87 (6.74%) Java
4 66 (5.12%) PowerShell
5 45 (3.49%) C#
6 32 (2.48%) JavaScript
7 21 (1.63%) Bash
8 19 (1.47%) TypeScript
9 18 (1.40%) PL/SQL
10 14 (1.09%) Apex Code
10 14 (1.09%) Bicep
11 13 (1.01%) Shell Script
12 12 (0.93%) T-SQL
13 10 (0.78%) Go
14 9 (0.70%) PHP
15 8 (0.62%) REXX
16 7 (0.54%) C++
16 7 (0.54%) VBA
17 6 (0.47%) ABAP
17 6 (0.47%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 169 (13.10%) Security Cleared
2 150 (11.63%) SC Cleared
3 94 (7.29%) Degree
4 39 (3.02%) PMI Certification
5 35 (2.71%) PMP
6 30 (2.33%) Azure Certification
6 30 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
7 26 (2.02%) AWS Certification
8 23 (1.78%) Microsoft Certification
9 21 (1.63%) Cisco Certification
10 17 (1.32%) CCNP
11 15 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
12 13 (1.01%) Master's Degree
13 9 (0.70%) CCIE
14 8 (0.62%) DV Cleared
14 8 (0.62%) Oracle Certification
15 7 (0.54%) CBAP
15 7 (0.54%) SAP Certification
16 6 (0.47%) CCNA
16 6 (0.47%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (7.21%) Data Quality
2 69 (5.35%) QA
3 50 (3.88%) GDPR
4 20 (1.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (1.01%) NIST
6 12 (0.93%) Accessibility
6 12 (0.93%) PMO
7 10 (0.78%) SLA
8 7 (0.54%) PCI DSS
9 6 (0.47%) EMIR
9 6 (0.47%) GRC
9 6 (0.47%) WCAG
10 5 (0.39%) HIPAA
10 5 (0.39%) IFRS
10 5 (0.39%) NCSC
11 4 (0.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 4 (0.31%) MiFID
11 4 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.23%) IFRS 17
12 3 (0.23%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 70 (5.43%) Active Directory
2 68 (5.27%) Docker
3 25 (1.94%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.78%) Hyper-V
4 10 (0.78%) Virtual Desktop
5 8 (0.62%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (0.54%) Oracle RAC
7 4 (0.31%) VMware NSX
7 4 (0.31%) vSphere
8 3 (0.23%) BitLocker
8 3 (0.23%) Job Entry Subsystem
8 3 (0.23%) KVM
9 2 (0.16%) RACF
10 1 (0.078%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.078%) PowerHA
10 1 (0.078%) Squid
10 1 (0.078%) Varnish
10 1 (0.078%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.078%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 124 (9.61%) Terraform
2 97 (7.52%) Kubernetes
3 37 (2.87%) Ansible
4 26 (2.02%) Microsoft Intune
5 20 (1.55%) SCCM
6 12 (0.93%) SCOM
7 11 (0.85%) Prometheus
8 8 (0.62%) Argo
8 8 (0.62%) Grafana
9 6 (0.47%) HP SiteScope
9 6 (0.47%) Progress Chef
10 5 (0.39%) FortiGate
10 5 (0.39%) Oracle RMAN
10 5 (0.39%) Puppet
10 5 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.31%) Data Guard
11 4 (0.31%) HP ALM
12 3 (0.23%) Jamf Pro
12 3 (0.23%) Rancher
13 2 (0.16%) Pingdom
Vendors
1 228 (17.67%) Microsoft
2 137 (10.62%) Oracle
3 124 (9.61%) SAP
4 59 (4.57%) Google
5 58 (4.50%) Salesforce
6 36 (2.79%) Cisco
6 36 (2.79%) VMware
7 34 (2.64%) Databricks
7 34 (2.64%) Workday
8 30 (2.33%) ServiceNow
9 19 (1.47%) Splunk
10 16 (1.24%) Informatica
11 15 (1.16%) BMC
11 15 (1.16%) Citrix
11 15 (1.16%) Fortinet
11 15 (1.16%) IBM
12 14 (1.09%) Palo Alto
13 13 (1.01%) Juniper
14 12 (0.93%) CyberArk
14 12 (0.93%) Red Hat