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 2 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 21 21
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 +3
Contract jobs citing Migration 1,817 1,183 1,387
As % of all contract jobs in London 10.24% 9.40% 7.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.57% 10.20% 8.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,265 813 999
10th Percentile £363 £388 £360
25th Percentile £450 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -5.17%
75th Percentile £638 £713 £650
90th Percentile £750 £875 £748
England median daily rate £513 £534 £525
% change year-on-year -3.94% +1.62% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 8 9
10th Percentile £19.40 £21.43 £24.05
25th Percentile £21.30 £21.50 £45.98
Median hourly rate £28.55 £23.00 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year +24.13% -65.93% +87.50%
75th Percentile £63.75 £28.54 £71.25
90th Percentile £73.38 £43.77 £86.50
England median hourly rate £23.83 £25.15 £43.12
% change year-on-year -5.27% -41.67% -33.67%

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 15,708 11,595 15,776
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.55% 92.16% 88.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,519 7,858 11,305
10th Percentile £356 £350 £338
25th Percentile £430 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £760 £813 £800
England median daily rate £509 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.05% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 255 168 326
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.30 £16.00
25th Percentile £24.08 £22.73 £20.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £34.00 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.41% +19.30% -26.92%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.75 £46.77
90th Percentile £73.75 £63.75 £65.88
England median hourly rate £45.00 £30.00 £35.95
% change year-on-year +50.00% -16.55% -4.13%

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 2 May 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 2 May 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 2 May 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 +3 263 £550 - 118
South London +3 34 £463 +8.50% 3
West London +2 34 £440 -29.60% 10
East London -1 12 £475 -12.04% 5
North London +2 5 £325 -26.14%
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 91 (5.01%) SharePoint
2 57 (3.14%) Microsoft Exchange
3 54 (2.97%) Confluence
4 22 (1.21%) Apache Spark
5 20 (1.10%) Apache Airflow
6 17 (0.94%) Apache
7 15 (0.83%) SAS
8 9 (0.50%) CMS
9 5 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 5 (0.28%) OpenStack
9 5 (0.28%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 4 (0.22%) ArcGIS
10 4 (0.22%) BizTalk Server
11 3 (0.17%) CICS
11 3 (0.17%) Palantir Foundry
11 3 (0.17%) SharePoint 2013
11 3 (0.17%) Sitecore CMS
11 3 (0.17%) Tomcat
11 3 (0.17%) WordPress
12 2 (0.11%) Appian
Applications
1 72 (3.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 36 (1.98%) Microsoft Project
3 31 (1.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 24 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
5 18 (0.99%) Spreadsheet
6 14 (0.77%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.055%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 69 (3.80%) SAP S/4HANA
2 27 (1.49%) Dynamics CRM
3 19 (1.05%) Oracle EBS
4 18 (0.99%) Loan IQ
5 17 (0.94%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 11 (0.61%) SAP ERP
7 10 (0.55%) Oracle ERP
7 10 (0.55%) Oracle Payables
7 10 (0.55%) Veritas eDiscovery
8 9 (0.50%) NetSuite
8 9 (0.50%) Oracle General Ledger
8 9 (0.50%) Oracle Receivables
9 8 (0.44%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
10 7 (0.39%) Workday HCM
11 6 (0.33%) Finacle
11 6 (0.33%) Oracle Financials
11 6 (0.33%) SAP CO
11 6 (0.33%) SAP Payroll
12 5 (0.28%) SAP FI
12 5 (0.28%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 480 (26.42%) Azure
2 299 (16.46%) AWS
3 156 (8.59%) Power Platform
4 140 (7.71%) Microsoft 365
5 106 (5.83%) Azure DevOps
6 105 (5.78%) GCP
7 100 (5.50%) GitHub
8 92 (5.06%) Dynamics 365
9 69 (3.80%) Entra ID
10 67 (3.69%) SaaS
11 51 (2.81%) Serverless
12 48 (2.64%) PaaS
13 47 (2.59%) Amazon S3
14 45 (2.48%) OCI
14 45 (2.48%) Snowflake
15 44 (2.42%) IaaS
16 43 (2.37%) Azure Data Factory
17 41 (2.26%) GitHub Actions
18 39 (2.15%) Azure Synapse Analytics
19 34 (1.87%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 82 (4.51%) Firewall
2 47 (2.59%) DNS
3 45 (2.48%) Network Security
4 35 (1.93%) VPN
5 24 (1.32%) VLAN
5 24 (1.32%) WAN
6 23 (1.27%) SAN
7 19 (1.05%) SD-WAN
8 18 (0.99%) NAS
9 15 (0.83%) BGP
9 15 (0.83%) DHCP
10 14 (0.77%) Wi-Fi
11 13 (0.72%) OSPF
12 11 (0.61%) DKIM
12 11 (0.61%) HTTP
12 11 (0.61%) VSAN
13 10 (0.55%) LAN
13 10 (0.55%) MPLS
14 9 (0.50%) DMARC
14 9 (0.50%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 134 (7.37%) Power BI
2 77 (4.24%) Data Warehouse
3 66 (3.63%) SQL Server
4 61 (3.36%) Data Lake
5 41 (2.26%) Metadata
5 41 (2.26%) PostgreSQL
6 38 (2.09%) Tableau
7 29 (1.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 23 (1.27%) Relational Database
9 22 (1.21%) Oracle Database
10 21 (1.16%) DB2
11 19 (1.05%) Amazon Athena
11 19 (1.05%) Amazon Redshift
12 18 (0.99%) Oracle Reports
13 17 (0.94%) Azure SQL Database
13 17 (0.94%) BigQuery
13 17 (0.94%) Delta Lake
13 17 (0.94%) NoSQL
14 14 (0.77%) Amazon RDS
15 11 (0.61%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 122 (6.71%) JIRA
2 40 (2.20%) Jenkins
3 39 (2.15%) Git
4 28 (1.54%) GitLab
5 14 (0.77%) Artifactory
6 13 (0.72%) Team Foundation Server
7 8 (0.44%) Cucumber
7 8 (0.44%) JUnit
7 8 (0.44%) Selenium
8 7 (0.39%) Bitbucket
8 7 (0.39%) Chocolatey
9 6 (0.33%) Oracle Forms
9 6 (0.33%) Zephyr
10 5 (0.28%) Claude Code
10 5 (0.28%) LSMW
11 4 (0.22%) Gradle
11 4 (0.22%) IBM UrbanCode
11 4 (0.22%) Liquibase
11 4 (0.22%) Mockito
11 4 (0.22%) SonarQube
General
1 582 (32.03%) Finance
2 509 (28.01%) Social Skills
3 170 (9.36%) Analytical Skills
4 154 (8.48%) Public Sector
5 151 (8.31%) Banking
6 76 (4.18%) Retail
7 55 (3.03%) Law
8 54 (2.97%) Documentation Skills
9 49 (2.70%) Legal
10 29 (1.60%) Manufacturing
10 29 (1.60%) Presentation Skills
11 27 (1.49%) Marketing
11 27 (1.49%) Telecoms
12 26 (1.43%) Financial Institution
13 23 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
14 22 (1.21%) Influencing Skills
15 21 (1.16%) General Ledger
16 19 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 19 (1.05%) Local Government
17 15 (0.83%) Billing
Job Titles
1 330 (18.16%) Architect
2 252 (13.87%) Lead
3 209 (11.50%) Analyst
4 186 (10.24%) Senior
5 148 (8.15%) Consultant
6 137 (7.54%) Business Analyst
7 133 (7.32%) Project Manager
8 95 (5.23%) Data Engineer
9 90 (4.95%) Developer
10 77 (4.24%) Solutions Architect
11 69 (3.80%) Azure Engineer
12 62 (3.41%) Migration Engineer
13 59 (3.25%) Cloud Architect
13 59 (3.25%) Migration Manager
14 52 (2.86%) Data Analyst
15 51 (2.81%) Data Architect
16 49 (2.70%) Migration Analyst
17 48 (2.64%) Lead Architect
18 46 (2.53%) Data Migration Lead
19 42 (2.31%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (2.75%) REST
2 46 (2.53%) Oracle Fusion
3 44 (2.42%) .NET
4 41 (2.26%) Middleware
5 39 (2.15%) Kafka
6 31 (1.71%) PySpark
7 22 (1.21%) SOAP
7 22 (1.21%) Spring
7 22 (1.21%) XML
8 21 (1.16%) SAML
9 19 (1.05%) JSON
9 19 (1.05%) OAuth
10 17 (0.94%) Spring Boot
11 16 (0.88%) HTML
11 16 (0.88%) React
12 14 (0.77%) CSS
12 14 (0.77%) Web Services
13 13 (0.72%) OpenID
14 12 (0.66%) ADO
14 12 (0.66%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 153 (8.42%) Legacy Systems
2 125 (6.88%) Cloud Native
3 76 (4.18%) Data Centre
4 62 (3.41%) Data Structures
5 54 (2.97%) Onboarding
6 43 (2.37%) Replication
7 39 (2.15%) Mainframe
8 38 (2.09%) Product Ownership
9 36 (1.98%) Public Cloud
10 35 (1.93%) Data Protection Act
11 34 (1.87%) Hybrid Cloud
11 34 (1.87%) Management Information System
12 27 (1.49%) Distributed Systems
13 20 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
14 17 (0.94%) Clustering
15 15 (0.83%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 15 (0.83%) Greenfield Project
16 14 (0.77%) Self-Motivation
16 14 (0.77%) SWIFT Messaging Network
17 13 (0.72%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 131 (7.21%) Windows
2 53 (2.92%) Linux
3 28 (1.54%) Windows Server
4 27 (1.49%) Windows 10
5 24 (1.32%) Unix
6 22 (1.21%) VMS
7 11 (0.61%) zOS
8 7 (0.39%) Apple iOS
8 7 (0.39%) Mac OS
8 7 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (0.28%) Android
9 5 (0.28%) Solaris
10 4 (0.22%) SUSE
11 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.11%) AIX
12 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.055%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 607 (33.41%) Data Migration
2 326 (17.94%) Stakeholder Management
3 319 (17.56%) Agile
4 290 (15.96%) DevOps
5 227 (12.49%) Problem-Solving
6 222 (12.22%) Validation
7 214 (11.78%) CI/CD
8 203 (11.17%) Data Modelling
9 196 (10.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 196 (10.79%) User Acceptance Testing
10 187 (10.29%) ERP
11 173 (9.52%) Business Intelligence
12 161 (8.86%) Analytics
13 157 (8.64%) ETL
14 150 (8.26%) Continuous Improvement
15 148 (8.15%) Project Management
16 142 (7.82%) Infrastructure as Code
17 124 (6.82%) Roadmaps
18 123 (6.77%) Project Delivery
19 119 (6.55%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 271 (14.91%) SQL
2 164 (9.03%) Python
3 86 (4.73%) Java
4 66 (3.63%) PowerShell
5 35 (1.93%) C#
6 32 (1.76%) JavaScript
7 21 (1.16%) PL/SQL
8 20 (1.10%) Shell Script
9 16 (0.88%) Bicep
9 16 (0.88%) T-SQL
9 16 (0.88%) TypeScript
10 13 (0.72%) Bash
11 11 (0.61%) VBA
12 10 (0.55%) Apex Code
13 9 (0.50%) Ruby
14 8 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 8 (0.44%) REXX
15 7 (0.39%) Korn
16 6 (0.33%) PHP
16 6 (0.33%) Scala
Qualifications
1 316 (17.39%) Security Cleared
2 263 (14.47%) SC Cleared
3 102 (5.61%) Degree
4 55 (3.03%) Azure Certification
5 46 (2.53%) PMI Certification
5 46 (2.53%) PMP
6 32 (1.76%) Microsoft Certification
7 28 (1.54%) Computer Science Degree
8 25 (1.38%) AWS Certification
9 24 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
10 20 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
11 17 (0.94%) CISSP
12 16 (0.88%) CIMA
13 13 (0.72%) CISM
13 13 (0.72%) DV Cleared
14 12 (0.66%) CCNP
14 12 (0.66%) IIBA
14 12 (0.66%) TOGAF Certification
15 11 (0.61%) CBAP
16 10 (0.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 157 (8.64%) Data Quality
2 77 (4.24%) QA
3 69 (3.80%) GDPR
4 31 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 28 (1.54%) SLA
6 26 (1.43%) PMO
7 25 (1.38%) NIST
8 13 (0.72%) ISO 20022
9 12 (0.66%) SEPA
10 11 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
10 11 (0.61%) NCSC
11 10 (0.55%) IFRS
12 9 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 7 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 7 (0.39%) GAAP
13 7 (0.39%) PCI DSS
14 6 (0.33%) Accessibility
14 6 (0.33%) HL7
15 5 (0.28%) Basel III
15 5 (0.28%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 88 (4.84%) Active Directory
2 46 (2.53%) Docker
2 46 (2.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (1.32%) Virtual Machines
4 18 (0.99%) VMware NSX
5 15 (0.83%) NFS
6 14 (0.77%) vSphere
7 11 (0.61%) Virtual Desktop
8 9 (0.50%) Hyper-V
9 6 (0.33%) Firmware
9 6 (0.33%) Varnish
9 6 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
10 5 (0.28%) Postfix
11 4 (0.22%) BitLocker
12 3 (0.17%) Oracle RAC
12 3 (0.17%) Sendmail
13 2 (0.11%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 2 (0.11%) Job Entry Subsystem
13 2 (0.11%) RACF
13 2 (0.11%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 163 (8.97%) Terraform
2 98 (5.39%) Kubernetes
3 72 (3.96%) Microsoft Intune
4 44 (2.42%) Ansible
5 30 (1.65%) SCCM
6 19 (1.05%) Grafana
7 15 (0.83%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 15 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
8 13 (0.72%) Prometheus
9 11 (0.61%) AirWatch
10 10 (0.55%) EMC VPLEX
10 10 (0.55%) vCenter Server
11 8 (0.44%) vMotion
12 6 (0.33%) VxRail
13 5 (0.28%) Failover Clustering
13 5 (0.28%) FortiGate
13 5 (0.28%) HAProxy
13 5 (0.28%) NetBackup
14 4 (0.22%) Pingdom
14 4 (0.22%) Rancher
Vendors
1 393 (21.63%) Microsoft
2 166 (9.14%) Oracle
3 146 (8.04%) SAP
4 77 (4.24%) VMware
5 69 (3.80%) Databricks
6 60 (3.30%) ServiceNow
7 59 (3.25%) Salesforce
8 56 (3.08%) Google
9 45 (2.48%) Cisco
10 30 (1.65%) CyberArk
11 28 (1.54%) Workday
12 27 (1.49%) Citrix
13 25 (1.38%) IBM
14 24 (1.32%) Informatica
15 22 (1.21%) Pure Storage
16 19 (1.05%) Splunk
17 18 (0.99%) Avaloq
18 14 (0.77%) Palo Alto
19 13 (0.72%) Zscaler
20 12 (0.66%) Dynatrace