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 23 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 22 24
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 0
Contract jobs citing Migration 1,475 1,201 1,272
As % of all contract jobs in London 9.49% 8.96% 6.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.52% 9.87% 7.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,014 827 914
10th Percentile £368 £387 £363
25th Percentile £450 £463 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - -3.51%
75th Percentile £638 £700 £675
90th Percentile £725 £863 £750
England median daily rate £514 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -6.55% +2.33% +0.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 7 12
10th Percentile £16.24 £21.40 £23.35
25th Percentile £19.46 £21.50 £67.94
Median hourly rate £22.27 £23.00 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.20% -72.94% +148.18%
75th Percentile £29.73 £25.50 £86.50
90th Percentile £65.75 £29.90 -
England median hourly rate £23.83 £22.75 £40.00
% change year-on-year +4.73% -43.13% -38.46%

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 14,026 12,165 16,262
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.28% 90.72% 88.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,387 7,830 11,626
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 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 217 156 348
10th Percentile £17.80 £20.88 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.21 £25.94 £19.45
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.25 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.04% +24.17% -15.49%
75th Percentile £56.50 £55.25 £49.91
90th Percentile £70.00 £78.58 £72.00
England median hourly rate £27.21 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -22.26% - -

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 23 February 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 23 February 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 23 February 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 -8 202 £565 +2.73% 57
South London +13 33 £463 -3.14% 8
West London -3 23 £575 +15.00% 12
East London +1 12 £485 -3.00% 8
North London +5 6 £448 +8.48% 2
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 61 (4.14%) SharePoint
2 45 (3.05%) Confluence
2 45 (3.05%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (0.75%) Apache Spark
4 10 (0.68%) Apache
4 10 (0.68%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (0.68%) SAS
5 9 (0.61%) CMS
6 8 (0.54%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 6 (0.41%) ArcGIS
7 6 (0.41%) Skype for Business
8 5 (0.34%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 4 (0.27%) BizTalk Server
9 4 (0.27%) Mattermost
9 4 (0.27%) nginx
10 3 (0.20%) LiveLink
10 3 (0.20%) Sitecore CMS
10 3 (0.20%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.14%) Appian
11 2 (0.14%) OpenStack
Applications
1 58 (3.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (2.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 26 (1.76%) Microsoft Office
4 24 (1.63%) Microsoft Project
5 17 (1.15%) MS Visio
6 11 (0.75%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.20%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.20%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.068%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.068%) InfoPath
8 1 (0.068%) Trello
Business Applications
1 54 (3.66%) SAP S/4HANA
2 31 (2.10%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (1.02%) Oracle EBS
4 14 (0.95%) Loan IQ
4 14 (0.95%) SAP HR
5 12 (0.81%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 11 (0.75%) Oracle Payables
7 10 (0.68%) Oracle General Ledger
7 10 (0.68%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 9 (0.61%) SAP CO
8 9 (0.61%) Veritas eDiscovery
9 8 (0.54%) Oracle FAH
9 8 (0.54%) SAP FI
9 8 (0.54%) SAP FI/CO
10 7 (0.47%) Oracle ERP
10 7 (0.47%) Oracle Financials
10 7 (0.47%) Oracle Receivables
11 6 (0.41%) SAP MM
12 5 (0.34%) Endur
12 5 (0.34%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 390 (26.44%) Azure
2 216 (14.64%) AWS
3 103 (6.98%) Power Platform
4 101 (6.85%) GitHub
5 98 (6.64%) Microsoft 365
6 82 (5.56%) GCP
7 76 (5.15%) Azure DevOps
8 58 (3.93%) Dynamics 365
9 53 (3.59%) Entra ID
9 53 (3.59%) SaaS
10 50 (3.39%) GitHub Actions
11 41 (2.78%) Serverless
12 40 (2.71%) OCI
13 39 (2.64%) Azure Data Factory
14 38 (2.58%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 38 (2.58%) Snowflake
15 35 (2.37%) Amazon S3
16 30 (2.03%) IaaS
17 29 (1.97%) PaaS
18 28 (1.90%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 69 (4.68%) Firewall
2 45 (3.05%) Network Security
3 32 (2.17%) DNS
3 32 (2.17%) VPN
4 25 (1.69%) WAN
5 20 (1.36%) SAN
6 17 (1.15%) NAS
6 17 (1.15%) SD-WAN
7 16 (1.08%) BGP
7 16 (1.08%) LAN
8 15 (1.02%) VLAN
9 14 (0.95%) DHCP
9 14 (0.95%) OSPF
10 12 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
11 9 (0.61%) DMARC
12 8 (0.54%) DKIM
12 8 (0.54%) MPLS
12 8 (0.54%) Unified Communications
13 7 (0.47%) Wireless
14 6 (0.41%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (5.56%) Power BI
2 73 (4.95%) Data Warehouse
3 72 (4.88%) SQL Server
4 40 (2.71%) PostgreSQL
5 35 (2.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 34 (2.31%) Relational Database
7 31 (2.10%) Oracle Database
8 28 (1.90%) Metadata
9 27 (1.83%) Data Lake
10 25 (1.69%) Tableau
11 16 (1.08%) Amazon Athena
11 16 (1.08%) MongoDB
11 16 (1.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 15 (1.02%) Amazon Redshift
12 15 (1.02%) MySQL
13 14 (0.95%) Amazon RDS
13 14 (0.95%) Azure SQL Database
13 14 (0.95%) DB2
13 14 (0.95%) RDBMS
14 13 (0.88%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 98 (6.64%) JIRA
2 30 (2.03%) Jenkins
3 26 (1.76%) Git
4 22 (1.49%) GitLab
5 15 (1.02%) Artifactory
6 11 (0.75%) Team Foundation Server
7 7 (0.47%) Cucumber
7 7 (0.47%) JUnit
8 5 (0.34%) Bitbucket
8 5 (0.34%) Oracle Forms
8 5 (0.34%) Selenium
8 5 (0.34%) SonarQube
9 4 (0.27%) Claude Code
9 4 (0.27%) Mockito
9 4 (0.27%) SpecFlow
9 4 (0.27%) Toad
10 3 (0.20%) Cypress.io
10 3 (0.20%) ERwin
10 3 (0.20%) LSMW
10 3 (0.20%) Visual Studio
General
1 470 (31.86%) Social Skills
2 453 (30.71%) Finance
3 139 (9.42%) Analytical Skills
4 127 (8.61%) Banking
5 123 (8.34%) Public Sector
6 55 (3.73%) Documentation Skills
7 47 (3.19%) Retail
8 34 (2.31%) Legal
9 32 (2.17%) Telecoms
10 27 (1.83%) Organisational Skills
11 24 (1.63%) Presentation Skills
12 23 (1.56%) Manufacturing
13 22 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 21 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
15 19 (1.29%) Financial Institution
15 19 (1.29%) Local Government
15 19 (1.29%) Marketing
16 18 (1.22%) General Ledger
16 18 (1.22%) Law
17 16 (1.08%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 203 (13.76%) Analyst
2 197 (13.36%) Architect
3 154 (10.44%) Lead
4 149 (10.10%) Senior
5 140 (9.49%) Consultant
6 139 (9.42%) Business Analyst
7 117 (7.93%) Project Manager
8 83 (5.63%) Developer
9 75 (5.08%) Data Engineer
10 57 (3.86%) Azure Engineer
11 50 (3.39%) Migration Engineer
11 50 (3.39%) Migration Manager
12 44 (2.98%) Data Analyst
13 40 (2.71%) Migration Analyst
14 39 (2.64%) Solutions Architect
15 38 (2.58%) DevOps Engineer
16 32 (2.17%) Azure Architect
17 31 (2.10%) Cloud Engineer
18 30 (2.03%) Cloud Architect
18 30 (2.03%) Migration Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (3.19%) REST
2 37 (2.51%) .NET
3 36 (2.44%) Middleware
4 31 (2.10%) Kafka
5 28 (1.90%) Oracle Fusion
6 26 (1.76%) XML
7 25 (1.69%) PySpark
8 16 (1.08%) SOAP
8 16 (1.08%) Spring
8 16 (1.08%) Spring Boot
9 14 (0.95%) JSON
10 13 (0.88%) AngularJS
10 13 (0.88%) HTML
10 13 (0.88%) React
11 12 (0.81%) CSS
11 12 (0.81%) Lightning Web Components
12 11 (0.75%) Web Services
13 10 (0.68%) ARM Templates
13 10 (0.68%) RESTful
13 10 (0.68%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 123 (8.34%) Legacy Systems
2 92 (6.24%) Cloud Native
3 60 (4.07%) Data Centre
4 49 (3.32%) Onboarding
5 45 (3.05%) Data Structures
6 38 (2.58%) Replication
7 36 (2.44%) Data Protection Act
8 35 (2.37%) Hybrid Cloud
9 31 (2.10%) Public Cloud
10 29 (1.97%) Product Ownership
11 27 (1.83%) Management Information System
12 21 (1.42%) Mainframe
13 17 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
13 17 (1.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 12 (0.81%) Distributed Systems
14 12 (0.81%) Reference Data
15 11 (0.75%) Legacy Applications
15 11 (0.75%) Tandem
16 10 (0.68%) Greenfield Project
16 10 (0.68%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 107 (7.25%) Windows
2 38 (2.58%) Linux
3 30 (2.03%) Windows Server
4 21 (1.42%) Unix
4 21 (1.42%) Windows 10
5 17 (1.15%) VMS
6 10 (0.68%) Windows Server 2016
7 9 (0.61%) zOS
8 8 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (0.34%) Apple iOS
10 4 (0.27%) Android
10 4 (0.27%) Mac OS
10 4 (0.27%) Solaris
10 4 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
11 3 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.14%) CentOS
12 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 516 (34.98%) Data Migration
2 294 (19.93%) Agile
3 277 (18.78%) Stakeholder Management
4 230 (15.59%) DevOps
5 218 (14.78%) Problem-Solving
6 175 (11.86%) CI/CD
7 160 (10.85%) Data Modelling
7 160 (10.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 150 (10.17%) Validation
9 148 (10.03%) ETL
10 135 (9.15%) Project Management
11 129 (8.75%) Analytics
12 126 (8.54%) Infrastructure as Code
13 125 (8.47%) User Acceptance Testing
14 120 (8.14%) ERP
15 110 (7.46%) Business Intelligence
16 105 (7.12%) Continuous Improvement
16 105 (7.12%) Project Delivery
17 90 (6.10%) Workshop Facilitation
18 89 (6.03%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 270 (18.31%) SQL
2 128 (8.68%) Python
3 80 (5.42%) Java
4 65 (4.41%) PowerShell
5 38 (2.58%) JavaScript
6 35 (2.37%) C#
7 22 (1.49%) PL/SQL
8 18 (1.22%) Bicep
9 17 (1.15%) TypeScript
10 15 (1.02%) Bash
10 15 (1.02%) T-SQL
11 11 (0.75%) Shell Script
12 10 (0.68%) VBA
13 9 (0.61%) Apex Code
14 8 (0.54%) REXX
15 7 (0.47%) PHP
16 6 (0.41%) ABAP
17 5 (0.34%) Korn
17 5 (0.34%) R
17 5 (0.34%) Scala
Qualifications
1 248 (16.81%) Security Cleared
2 209 (14.17%) SC Cleared
3 95 (6.44%) Degree
4 49 (3.32%) Azure Certification
5 42 (2.85%) PMP
6 41 (2.78%) PMI Certification
7 29 (1.97%) Microsoft Certification
8 26 (1.76%) Computer Science Degree
9 25 (1.69%) Cisco Certification
10 22 (1.49%) AWS Certification
11 19 (1.29%) BPSS Clearance
12 15 (1.02%) CCNP
12 15 (1.02%) Master's Degree
13 13 (0.88%) CBAP
13 13 (0.88%) CISSP
14 12 (0.81%) IIBA
14 12 (0.81%) TOGAF Certification
15 11 (0.75%) CIMA
16 10 (0.68%) DV Cleared
17 9 (0.61%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 126 (8.54%) Data Quality
2 75 (5.08%) QA
3 67 (4.54%) GDPR
4 28 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (0.95%) NIST
6 13 (0.88%) PMO
6 13 (0.88%) SLA
7 10 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
7 10 (0.68%) NCSC
8 9 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 8 (0.54%) IFRS
9 8 (0.54%) ISO 20022
9 8 (0.54%) PCI DSS
10 7 (0.47%) Accessibility
10 7 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 7 (0.47%) GRC
11 5 (0.34%) Basel III
11 5 (0.34%) HIPAA
11 5 (0.34%) IFRS 9
11 5 (0.34%) SEPA
System Software
1 70 (4.75%) Active Directory
2 58 (3.93%) Docker
3 44 (2.98%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (1.08%) VMware NSX
5 14 (0.95%) Virtual Desktop
6 13 (0.88%) Virtual Machines
7 11 (0.75%) NFS
8 9 (0.61%) Oracle RAC
9 8 (0.54%) vSphere
10 7 (0.47%) Hyper-V
11 3 (0.20%) BitLocker
11 3 (0.20%) Job Entry Subsystem
12 2 (0.14%) RACF
12 2 (0.14%) Varnish
12 2 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
13 1 (0.068%) KVM
13 1 (0.068%) Microsoft App-V
13 1 (0.068%) Postfix
13 1 (0.068%) PowerHA
13 1 (0.068%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 156 (10.58%) Terraform
2 106 (7.19%) Kubernetes
3 61 (4.14%) Microsoft Intune
4 40 (2.71%) Ansible
5 26 (1.76%) SCCM
6 12 (0.81%) AirWatch
6 12 (0.81%) Grafana
7 9 (0.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 8 (0.54%) EMC VPLEX
8 8 (0.54%) SCOM
8 8 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (0.54%) vMotion
9 7 (0.47%) Prometheus
10 6 (0.41%) FortiGate
11 5 (0.34%) Data Guard
11 5 (0.34%) Oracle RMAN
11 5 (0.34%) vCenter Server
12 4 (0.27%) Argo
12 4 (0.27%) HP SiteScope
12 4 (0.27%) Istio
Vendors
1 303 (20.54%) Microsoft
2 153 (10.37%) Oracle
3 132 (8.95%) SAP
4 70 (4.75%) VMware
5 54 (3.66%) Salesforce
6 50 (3.39%) Google
7 47 (3.19%) ServiceNow
8 45 (3.05%) Databricks
9 40 (2.71%) Cisco
10 30 (2.03%) Workday
11 25 (1.69%) CyberArk
12 24 (1.63%) Citrix
12 24 (1.63%) Informatica
13 19 (1.29%) Pure Storage
14 18 (1.22%) Avaloq
15 17 (1.15%) IBM
15 17 (1.15%) Splunk
16 15 (1.02%) MuleSoft
17 14 (0.95%) Palo Alto
18 13 (0.88%) Fortinet