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 10 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 23 26
Rank change year-on-year +2 +3 -1
Contract jobs citing Migration 1,291 1,192 1,266
As % of all contract jobs in London 9.10% 8.46% 6.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.96% 9.37% 7.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 874 809 879
10th Percentile £372 £375 £390
25th Percentile £450 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £539 £550 £565
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% -2.65% -0.70%
75th Percentile £638 £688 £675
90th Percentile £725 £813 £756
England median daily rate £515 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.36% - +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 7 11
10th Percentile £18.87 £21.40 £24.25
25th Percentile £19.79 £21.50 £82.63
Median hourly rate £25.15 £23.00 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.35% -72.94% +134.48%
75th Percentile - £25.50 £86.50
90th Percentile £69.06 £29.90 -
England median hourly rate £25.15 £22.00 £62.75
% change year-on-year +14.32% -64.94% -0.40%

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 12,967 12,718 16,140
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.39% 90.24% 89.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,558 8,128 11,528
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% -5.46%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 221 155 254
10th Percentile £18.25 £18.16 £16.78
25th Percentile £24.61 £23.80 £19.99
Median hourly rate £32.50 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -13.33%
75th Percentile £53.13 £54.50 £54.03
90th Percentile £69.36 £80.75 £73.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.75 £43.84
% change year-on-year -27.63% -20.73% +25.25%

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 10 January 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 10 January 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 10 January 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 -5 196 £558 +1.23% 45
West London +8 30 £360 -28.00% 4
South London +8 22 £450 -17.05% 4
East London +6 16 £513 +13.89% 4
North London +6 4 £525 +14.94%
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 66 (5.11%) SharePoint
2 47 (3.64%) Confluence
3 43 (3.33%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (0.85%) CMS
5 9 (0.70%) Apache Airflow
5 9 (0.70%) Skype for Business
6 8 (0.62%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 8 (0.62%) Apache
7 6 (0.46%) Apache Spark
7 6 (0.46%) ArcGIS
7 6 (0.46%) Mattermost
8 5 (0.39%) SAS
9 4 (0.31%) BizTalk Server
9 4 (0.31%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 3 (0.23%) LiveLink
10 3 (0.23%) nginx
10 3 (0.23%) Sitecore CMS
11 2 (0.15%) IIS
11 2 (0.15%) MQSeries
11 2 (0.15%) Tomcat
Applications
1 43 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (2.09%) Microsoft Office
3 26 (2.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (1.39%) Microsoft Project
4 18 (1.39%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.31%) Oracle Smart View
7 3 (0.23%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.23%) Trello
8 2 (0.15%) Notion
9 1 (0.077%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.077%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 60 (4.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 28 (2.17%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (1.16%) Oracle EBS
4 14 (1.08%) SAP HR
5 10 (0.77%) Oracle General Ledger
5 10 (0.77%) Oracle Payables
5 10 (0.77%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 9 (0.70%) Endur
6 9 (0.70%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 9 (0.70%) Veritas eDiscovery
7 8 (0.62%) Loan IQ
7 8 (0.62%) Oracle FAH
7 8 (0.62%) Oracle Financials
8 7 (0.54%) Oracle Receivables
8 7 (0.54%) Remedy ITSM
8 7 (0.54%) SAP CO
8 7 (0.54%) SAP ERP
8 7 (0.54%) SAP FI
8 7 (0.54%) SAP FI/CO
9 6 (0.46%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 324 (25.10%) Azure
2 194 (15.03%) AWS
3 99 (7.67%) Power Platform
4 94 (7.28%) GitHub
5 82 (6.35%) GCP
6 81 (6.27%) Microsoft 365
7 70 (5.42%) Azure DevOps
8 60 (4.65%) GitHub Actions
9 53 (4.11%) SaaS
10 49 (3.80%) Entra ID
11 42 (3.25%) Dynamics 365
12 41 (3.18%) OCI
13 37 (2.87%) Serverless
14 35 (2.71%) Amazon S3
14 35 (2.71%) Azure Data Factory
15 33 (2.56%) Snowflake
16 29 (2.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 27 (2.09%) Google Kubernetes Engine
18 23 (1.78%) AWS Lambda
19 20 (1.55%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 60 (4.65%) Firewall
2 39 (3.02%) Network Security
3 27 (2.09%) VPN
4 24 (1.86%) DNS
5 23 (1.78%) WAN
6 18 (1.39%) BGP
7 17 (1.32%) SD-WAN
8 15 (1.16%) LAN
8 15 (1.16%) OSPF
9 10 (0.77%) DHCP
9 10 (0.77%) Unified Communications
9 10 (0.77%) VLAN
10 9 (0.70%) DMARC
10 9 (0.70%) Skype
11 7 (0.54%) DKIM
11 7 (0.54%) TCP/IP
12 6 (0.46%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
12 6 (0.46%) HTTP
13 5 (0.39%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
13 5 (0.39%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (6.04%) Power BI
2 66 (5.11%) Data Warehouse
3 61 (4.73%) SQL Server
4 34 (2.63%) Relational Database
5 32 (2.48%) PostgreSQL
6 31 (2.40%) Oracle Database
7 30 (2.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 25 (1.94%) Data Lake
9 22 (1.70%) Metadata
10 20 (1.55%) Tableau
11 17 (1.32%) Amazon Athena
12 16 (1.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 15 (1.16%) Azure SQL Database
13 15 (1.16%) MongoDB
13 15 (1.16%) RDBMS
14 14 (1.08%) Amazon Redshift
14 14 (1.08%) Big Data
14 14 (1.08%) Oracle Reports
15 12 (0.93%) DB2
15 12 (0.93%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 87 (6.74%) JIRA
2 35 (2.71%) Jenkins
3 30 (2.32%) GitLab
4 26 (2.01%) Git
5 17 (1.32%) SonarQube
6 12 (0.93%) Sonatype Nexus
7 11 (0.85%) Artifactory
8 7 (0.54%) Maven
9 6 (0.46%) CircleCI
9 6 (0.46%) Oracle Forms
9 6 (0.46%) Selenium
10 5 (0.39%) Gradle
10 5 (0.39%) Snyk
11 4 (0.31%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.31%) JUnit
11 4 (0.31%) Mockito
11 4 (0.31%) Toad
12 3 (0.23%) Cucumber
12 3 (0.23%) LSMW
12 3 (0.23%) Visual Studio
General
1 398 (30.83%) Social Skills
2 387 (29.98%) Finance
3 125 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
4 107 (8.29%) Banking
5 101 (7.82%) Public Sector
6 44 (3.41%) Documentation Skills
7 35 (2.71%) Telecoms
8 32 (2.48%) Retail
9 29 (2.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 28 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
11 24 (1.86%) Manufacturing
12 23 (1.78%) Back Office
13 22 (1.70%) Legal
13 22 (1.70%) Organisational Skills
14 21 (1.63%) Local Government
14 21 (1.63%) Marketing
15 20 (1.55%) Front Office
16 19 (1.47%) Financial Institution
17 17 (1.32%) General Ledger
17 17 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 170 (13.17%) Analyst
2 156 (12.08%) Architect
3 131 (10.15%) Lead
4 124 (9.60%) Business Analyst
5 118 (9.14%) Senior
6 114 (8.83%) Consultant
7 106 (8.21%) Project Manager
8 86 (6.66%) Developer
9 52 (4.03%) DevOps Engineer
10 51 (3.95%) Data Engineer
11 47 (3.64%) Azure Engineer
12 41 (3.18%) Migration Engineer
13 37 (2.87%) Migration Manager
14 35 (2.71%) Solutions Architect
15 30 (2.32%) Data Analyst
16 29 (2.25%) Azure Architect
16 29 (2.25%) Migration Analyst
17 26 (2.01%) Data Architect
18 25 (1.94%) Data Migration Lead
19 22 (1.70%) Migration Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (3.10%) REST
2 38 (2.94%) .NET
3 32 (2.48%) Kafka
3 32 (2.48%) XML
4 25 (1.94%) Middleware
4 25 (1.94%) Oracle Fusion
5 22 (1.70%) PySpark
6 18 (1.39%) Spring Boot
7 16 (1.24%) CSS
8 13 (1.01%) HTML
8 13 (1.01%) JSON
8 13 (1.01%) RESTful
8 13 (1.01%) Spring
9 12 (0.93%) React
10 11 (0.85%) AngularJS
10 11 (0.85%) Node.js
11 10 (0.77%) ARM Templates
11 10 (0.77%) GraphQL
11 10 (0.77%) Lightning Web Components
11 10 (0.77%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 105 (8.13%) Legacy Systems
2 83 (6.43%) Cloud Native
3 59 (4.57%) Data Centre
4 38 (2.94%) Data Structures
5 34 (2.63%) Onboarding
6 28 (2.17%) Data Protection Act
6 28 (2.17%) Hybrid Cloud
7 25 (1.94%) Replication
8 23 (1.78%) Management Information System
8 23 (1.78%) Public Cloud
9 22 (1.70%) Product Ownership
10 18 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
11 17 (1.32%) Mainframe
12 13 (1.01%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 13 (1.01%) Self-Motivation
13 12 (0.93%) Clustering
13 12 (0.93%) Greenfield Project
14 8 (0.62%) Distributed Systems
14 8 (0.62%) Legacy Applications
14 8 (0.62%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 93 (7.20%) Windows
2 38 (2.94%) Linux
3 29 (2.25%) Windows Server
4 18 (1.39%) Unix
4 18 (1.39%) VMS
5 17 (1.32%) Windows 10
6 10 (0.77%) Windows Server 2016
7 9 (0.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (0.31%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.31%) Solaris
8 4 (0.31%) zOS
9 3 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.15%) AIX
10 2 (0.15%) Android
10 2 (0.15%) CentOS
10 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.077%) VME
11 1 (0.077%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 440 (34.08%) Data Migration
2 270 (20.91%) Agile
3 228 (17.66%) Stakeholder Management
4 218 (16.89%) DevOps
5 206 (15.96%) Problem-Solving
6 169 (13.09%) CI/CD
7 145 (11.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 129 (9.99%) Data Modelling
9 123 (9.53%) Infrastructure as Code
9 123 (9.53%) Project Management
10 122 (9.45%) ETL
11 106 (8.21%) Analytics
12 104 (8.06%) User Acceptance Testing
12 104 (8.06%) Validation
13 103 (7.98%) Business Intelligence
14 96 (7.44%) ERP
15 89 (6.89%) Project Delivery
16 84 (6.51%) Workshop Facilitation
17 79 (6.12%) Roadmaps
18 74 (5.73%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 237 (18.36%) SQL
2 127 (9.84%) Python
3 78 (6.04%) Java
4 70 (5.42%) PowerShell
5 37 (2.87%) C#
6 30 (2.32%) JavaScript
7 22 (1.70%) PL/SQL
8 19 (1.47%) Bash
8 19 (1.47%) TypeScript
9 16 (1.24%) Bicep
10 12 (0.93%) Shell Script
11 9 (0.70%) PHP
11 9 (0.70%) T-SQL
12 8 (0.62%) Apex Code
12 8 (0.62%) REXX
12 8 (0.62%) VBA
13 6 (0.46%) Go
14 5 (0.39%) ABAP
14 5 (0.39%) R
14 5 (0.39%) Scala
Qualifications
1 206 (15.96%) Security Cleared
2 181 (14.02%) SC Cleared
3 100 (7.75%) Degree
4 41 (3.18%) Azure Certification
5 39 (3.02%) PMI Certification
6 37 (2.87%) PMP
7 27 (2.09%) Microsoft Certification
8 26 (2.01%) AWS Certification
8 26 (2.01%) Computer Science Degree
9 19 (1.47%) Cisco Certification
10 15 (1.16%) CCNP
11 14 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
11 14 (1.08%) Master's Degree
12 9 (0.70%) CCIE
12 9 (0.70%) DV Cleared
13 8 (0.62%) CBAP
14 7 (0.54%) CISSP
14 7 (0.54%) MCSA
14 7 (0.54%) MCSE
14 7 (0.54%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (7.59%) Data Quality
2 64 (4.96%) QA
3 53 (4.11%) GDPR
4 23 (1.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 16 (1.24%) NIST
6 11 (0.85%) Accessibility
7 9 (0.70%) PMO
7 9 (0.70%) SLA
8 8 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 7 (0.54%) IFRS
9 7 (0.54%) PCI DSS
10 6 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
10 6 (0.46%) GRC
10 6 (0.46%) NCSC
11 5 (0.39%) Basel III
11 5 (0.39%) EMIR
11 5 (0.39%) GAAP
11 5 (0.39%) IFRS 9
11 5 (0.39%) WCAG
12 4 (0.31%) HIPAA
System Software
1 68 (5.27%) Active Directory
2 67 (5.19%) Docker
3 26 (2.01%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.93%) Virtual Desktop
5 10 (0.77%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (0.62%) Oracle RAC
7 7 (0.54%) Hyper-V
8 6 (0.46%) VMware NSX
8 6 (0.46%) vSphere
9 3 (0.23%) BitLocker
9 3 (0.23%) Job Entry Subsystem
9 3 (0.23%) KVM
10 2 (0.15%) RACF
10 2 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.077%) PowerHA
11 1 (0.077%) Squid
11 1 (0.077%) Varnish
11 1 (0.077%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 153 (11.85%) Terraform
2 108 (8.37%) Kubernetes
3 44 (3.41%) Ansible
4 43 (3.33%) Microsoft Intune
5 19 (1.47%) SCCM
6 12 (0.93%) SCOM
7 11 (0.85%) Prometheus
8 9 (0.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 9 (0.70%) Grafana
9 7 (0.54%) Argo
10 6 (0.46%) AirWatch
10 6 (0.46%) HP SiteScope
10 6 (0.46%) Progress Chef
11 5 (0.39%) Data Guard
11 5 (0.39%) FortiGate
11 5 (0.39%) Oracle RMAN
12 4 (0.31%) Istio
12 4 (0.31%) Pingdom
12 4 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
13 3 (0.23%) Rancher
Vendors
1 252 (19.52%) Microsoft
2 142 (11.00%) Oracle
3 129 (9.99%) SAP
4 59 (4.57%) Google
5 50 (3.87%) Salesforce
6 39 (3.02%) VMware
7 36 (2.79%) Cisco
7 36 (2.79%) Workday
8 35 (2.71%) ServiceNow
9 33 (2.56%) Databricks
10 19 (1.47%) Splunk
11 17 (1.32%) CyberArk
12 16 (1.24%) Informatica
13 15 (1.16%) Avaloq
13 15 (1.16%) BMC
13 15 (1.16%) Fortinet
14 14 (1.08%) Citrix
15 13 (1.01%) IBM
15 13 (1.01%) Palo Alto
16 12 (0.93%) MuleSoft