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

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 20 24
Rank change year-on-year -3 +4 0
Contract jobs citing Migration 1,570 1,192 1,305
As % of all contract jobs in London 9.67% 9.23% 7.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.77% 10.14% 8.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,083 830 941
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 £864 £750
England median daily rate £515 £548 £525
% change year-on-year -5.98% +4.33% -2.37%
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 £26.88 £46.87
% change year-on-year -11.35% -42.65% -27.90%

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 14,581 11,761 16,084
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.81% 91.05% 88.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,791 7,833 11,491
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% - -7.06%
75th Percentile £650 £679 £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 223 158 347
10th Percentile £18.07 £20.32 £16.00
25th Percentile £21.46 £24.66 £19.42
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.70 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.55% +18.98% -16.67%
75th Percentile £56.98 £53.75 £49.48
90th Percentile £69.87 £77.77 £69.05
England median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -14.29% +7.69% -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 13 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 13 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 13 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 -5 217 £575 +4.55% 87
South London +10 31 £488 +2.09% 7
West London 0 26 £600 +20.00% 10
East London -4 11 £485 -3.00% 8
North London +4 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 (4.27%) SharePoint
2 50 (3.18%) Microsoft Exchange
3 49 (3.12%) Confluence
4 18 (1.15%) Apache Airflow
5 15 (0.96%) Apache
6 14 (0.89%) Apache Spark
7 10 (0.64%) SAS
8 9 (0.57%) CMS
9 7 (0.45%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 6 (0.38%) ArcGIS
11 5 (0.32%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 4 (0.25%) BizTalk Server
12 4 (0.25%) nginx
13 3 (0.19%) LiveLink
13 3 (0.19%) OpenStack
13 3 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
13 3 (0.19%) Tomcat
13 3 (0.19%) WordPress
14 2 (0.13%) Appian
14 2 (0.13%) MQSeries
Applications
1 63 (4.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 34 (2.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 29 (1.85%) Microsoft Project
4 24 (1.53%) Microsoft Office
5 16 (1.02%) MS Visio
6 14 (0.89%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.13%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.064%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.064%) InfoPath
8 1 (0.064%) Trello
Business Applications
1 54 (3.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 33 (2.10%) Dynamics CRM
3 17 (1.08%) Loan IQ
3 17 (1.08%) Oracle EBS
4 14 (0.89%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 14 (0.89%) SAP HR
5 10 (0.64%) Oracle Payables
5 10 (0.64%) Veritas eDiscovery
6 8 (0.51%) Oracle ERP
6 8 (0.51%) Workday HCM
7 7 (0.45%) Oracle General Ledger
7 7 (0.45%) Oracle Receivables
8 6 (0.38%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 6 (0.38%) SAP CO
8 6 (0.38%) SAP ERP
9 5 (0.32%) SAP FI
9 5 (0.32%) SAP FI/CO
9 5 (0.32%) SAP MM
9 5 (0.32%) SAP Payroll
9 5 (0.32%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 429 (27.32%) Azure
2 245 (15.61%) AWS
3 124 (7.90%) Power Platform
4 106 (6.75%) Microsoft 365
5 104 (6.62%) GitHub
6 95 (6.05%) Azure DevOps
7 87 (5.54%) GCP
8 74 (4.71%) Dynamics 365
9 58 (3.69%) Entra ID
10 56 (3.57%) SaaS
11 48 (3.06%) Serverless
12 46 (2.93%) GitHub Actions
13 44 (2.80%) Azure Data Factory
14 43 (2.74%) Amazon S3
15 42 (2.68%) Snowflake
16 40 (2.55%) OCI
17 39 (2.48%) IaaS
17 39 (2.48%) PaaS
18 38 (2.42%) Azure Synapse Analytics
19 32 (2.04%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 68 (4.33%) Firewall
2 44 (2.80%) Network Security
3 39 (2.48%) DNS
4 33 (2.10%) VPN
5 24 (1.53%) SAN
6 23 (1.46%) WAN
7 18 (1.15%) NAS
8 16 (1.02%) VLAN
9 15 (0.96%) BGP
9 15 (0.96%) DHCP
9 15 (0.96%) SD-WAN
10 14 (0.89%) LAN
10 14 (0.89%) Wi-Fi
11 13 (0.83%) OSPF
12 10 (0.64%) MPLS
13 9 (0.57%) DMARC
14 8 (0.51%) DKIM
15 5 (0.32%) Cisco Wireless
15 5 (0.32%) Multicast
15 5 (0.32%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 100 (6.37%) Power BI
2 82 (5.22%) Data Warehouse
3 79 (5.03%) SQL Server
4 43 (2.74%) PostgreSQL
5 40 (2.55%) Data Lake
5 40 (2.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 35 (2.23%) Metadata
7 34 (2.17%) Relational Database
8 32 (2.04%) Tableau
9 26 (1.66%) Oracle Database
10 19 (1.21%) Amazon Redshift
11 17 (1.08%) Amazon Athena
11 17 (1.08%) Azure SQL Database
11 17 (1.08%) DB2
11 17 (1.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 16 (1.02%) NoSQL
13 15 (0.96%) Big Data
13 15 (0.96%) MySQL
14 13 (0.83%) Amazon RDS
14 13 (0.83%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 101 (6.43%) JIRA
2 33 (2.10%) Git
2 33 (2.10%) Jenkins
3 24 (1.53%) GitLab
4 14 (0.89%) Artifactory
5 12 (0.76%) Team Foundation Server
6 7 (0.45%) Bitbucket
6 7 (0.45%) Cucumber
6 7 (0.45%) Selenium
7 6 (0.38%) Chocolatey
7 6 (0.38%) Oracle Forms
8 5 (0.32%) JUnit
9 4 (0.25%) Claude Code
9 4 (0.25%) LSMW
9 4 (0.25%) SonarQube
9 4 (0.25%) SpecFlow
9 4 (0.25%) Toad
10 3 (0.19%) IBM UrbanCode
10 3 (0.19%) Postman
10 3 (0.19%) Visual Studio
General
1 492 (31.34%) Finance
2 489 (31.15%) Social Skills
3 158 (10.06%) Analytical Skills
4 143 (9.11%) Banking
5 135 (8.60%) Public Sector
6 58 (3.69%) Documentation Skills
7 50 (3.18%) Retail
8 41 (2.61%) Legal
9 29 (1.85%) Telecoms
10 28 (1.78%) Law
10 28 (1.78%) Organisational Skills
11 25 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
12 24 (1.53%) Influencing Skills
13 23 (1.46%) Marketing
14 22 (1.40%) Manufacturing
15 20 (1.27%) Financial Institution
15 20 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 20 (1.27%) Local Government
16 17 (1.08%) General Ledger
16 17 (1.08%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 240 (15.29%) Architect
2 207 (13.18%) Analyst
3 181 (11.53%) Lead
4 166 (10.57%) Senior
5 146 (9.30%) Business Analyst
6 138 (8.79%) Consultant
7 121 (7.71%) Project Manager
8 86 (5.48%) Developer
9 84 (5.35%) Data Engineer
10 65 (4.14%) Azure Engineer
11 54 (3.44%) Migration Manager
12 53 (3.38%) Migration Engineer
13 47 (2.99%) Solutions Architect
14 46 (2.93%) Data Analyst
15 44 (2.80%) Migration Analyst
16 40 (2.55%) DevOps Engineer
17 39 (2.48%) Azure Architect
18 36 (2.29%) Cloud Architect
19 35 (2.23%) Cloud Engineer
20 33 (2.10%) Migration Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (2.93%) REST
2 38 (2.42%) .NET
3 37 (2.36%) Middleware
4 35 (2.23%) Oracle Fusion
5 30 (1.91%) Kafka
6 28 (1.78%) PySpark
7 25 (1.59%) XML
8 18 (1.15%) Spring
9 17 (1.08%) SOAP
10 16 (1.02%) JSON
11 14 (0.89%) Spring Boot
12 12 (0.76%) HTML
12 12 (0.76%) SAML
13 11 (0.70%) AngularJS
13 11 (0.70%) CSS
13 11 (0.70%) Lightning Web Components
13 11 (0.70%) React
14 10 (0.64%) ADO
14 10 (0.64%) ARM Templates
14 10 (0.64%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 144 (9.17%) Legacy Systems
2 109 (6.94%) Cloud Native
3 62 (3.95%) Data Centre
4 53 (3.38%) Onboarding
5 48 (3.06%) Data Structures
6 38 (2.42%) Replication
7 37 (2.36%) Data Protection Act
8 34 (2.17%) Public Cloud
9 32 (2.04%) Hybrid Cloud
9 32 (2.04%) Management Information System
9 32 (2.04%) Product Ownership
10 26 (1.66%) Mainframe
11 19 (1.21%) Distributed Systems
12 15 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
12 15 (0.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 12 (0.76%) Legacy Applications
13 12 (0.76%) Reference Data
13 12 (0.76%) Tandem
13 12 (0.76%) Taxonomies
14 11 (0.70%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 112 (7.13%) Windows
2 39 (2.48%) Linux
3 30 (1.91%) Windows Server
4 24 (1.53%) Windows 10
5 23 (1.46%) Unix
6 19 (1.21%) VMS
7 12 (0.76%) zOS
8 9 (0.57%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (0.32%) Apple iOS
10 4 (0.25%) Android
10 4 (0.25%) Mac OS
11 3 (0.19%) 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
1 556 (35.41%) Data Migration
2 309 (19.68%) Agile
3 305 (19.43%) Stakeholder Management
4 264 (16.82%) DevOps
5 220 (14.01%) Problem-Solving
6 198 (12.61%) CI/CD
7 180 (11.46%) Data Modelling
8 177 (11.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 168 (10.70%) Validation
10 162 (10.32%) ETL
11 150 (9.55%) Analytics
12 149 (9.49%) User Acceptance Testing
13 141 (8.98%) ERP
14 136 (8.66%) Project Management
15 135 (8.60%) Business Intelligence
16 132 (8.41%) Infrastructure as Code
17 118 (7.52%) Continuous Improvement
18 113 (7.20%) Project Delivery
19 103 (6.56%) Decision-Making
20 98 (6.24%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 289 (18.41%) SQL
2 145 (9.24%) Python
3 85 (5.41%) Java
4 63 (4.01%) PowerShell
5 34 (2.17%) C#
6 33 (2.10%) JavaScript
7 21 (1.34%) PL/SQL
8 20 (1.27%) Bicep
9 19 (1.21%) T-SQL
10 14 (0.89%) Shell Script
11 13 (0.83%) TypeScript
12 12 (0.76%) Bash
12 12 (0.76%) VBA
13 8 (0.51%) Apex Code
13 8 (0.51%) REXX
14 7 (0.45%) Korn
14 7 (0.45%) PHP
15 6 (0.38%) Scala
16 5 (0.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 5 (0.32%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 269 (17.13%) Security Cleared
2 230 (14.65%) SC Cleared
3 106 (6.75%) Degree
4 55 (3.50%) Azure Certification
5 41 (2.61%) PMP
6 39 (2.48%) PMI Certification
7 33 (2.10%) Microsoft Certification
8 30 (1.91%) Computer Science Degree
9 25 (1.59%) AWS Certification
10 24 (1.53%) Cisco Certification
11 18 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
12 14 (0.89%) Master's Degree
13 13 (0.83%) CBAP
13 13 (0.83%) CCNP
13 13 (0.83%) CIMA
13 13 (0.83%) CISSP
14 12 (0.76%) IIBA
15 11 (0.70%) TOGAF Certification
16 10 (0.64%) DV Cleared
17 9 (0.57%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 139 (8.85%) Data Quality
2 80 (5.10%) QA
3 67 (4.27%) GDPR
4 31 (1.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 21 (1.34%) SLA
6 18 (1.15%) NIST
7 15 (0.96%) PMO
8 11 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
8 11 (0.70%) ISO 20022
9 9 (0.57%) IFRS
9 9 (0.57%) NCSC
9 9 (0.57%) 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
12 5 (0.32%) Basel III
12 5 (0.32%) GAAP
12 5 (0.32%) GRC
12 5 (0.32%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 74 (4.71%) Active Directory
2 59 (3.76%) Docker
3 44 (2.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (1.02%) VMware NSX
5 14 (0.89%) Virtual Desktop
5 14 (0.89%) Virtual Machines
6 13 (0.83%) NFS
7 8 (0.51%) vSphere
8 6 (0.38%) Hyper-V
9 4 (0.25%) Varnish
10 3 (0.19%) BitLocker
10 3 (0.19%) Job Entry Subsystem
10 3 (0.19%) Oracle RAC
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 (10.13%) Terraform
2 109 (6.94%) Kubernetes
3 68 (4.33%) Microsoft Intune
4 38 (2.42%) Ansible
5 29 (1.85%) SCCM
6 17 (1.08%) Grafana
7 12 (0.76%) Prometheus
8 11 (0.70%) AirWatch
9 10 (0.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 8 (0.51%) EMC VPLEX
10 8 (0.51%) vMotion
11 6 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
11 6 (0.38%) vCenter Server
12 5 (0.32%) FortiGate
13 4 (0.25%) Argo
13 4 (0.25%) Istio
13 4 (0.25%) Pingdom
13 4 (0.25%) SCOM
14 3 (0.19%) Control-M
14 3 (0.19%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 341 (21.72%) Microsoft
2 149 (9.49%) Oracle
3 128 (8.15%) SAP
4 75 (4.78%) VMware
5 55 (3.50%) Salesforce
6 52 (3.31%) Databricks
7 49 (3.12%) ServiceNow
8 48 (3.06%) Google
9 37 (2.36%) Cisco
10 34 (2.17%) Workday
11 26 (1.66%) CyberArk
11 26 (1.66%) Informatica
12 24 (1.53%) Citrix
13 22 (1.40%) Pure Storage
14 19 (1.21%) Avaloq
15 18 (1.15%) IBM
16 17 (1.08%) Splunk
17 16 (1.02%) MuleSoft
18 13 (0.83%) Dynatrace
18 13 (0.83%) Palo Alto