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 8 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 22 22
Rank change year-on-year +4 0 +1
Contract jobs citing Migration 1,924 1,128 1,421
As % of all contract jobs in London 10.35% 9.23% 8.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.67% 10.00% 9.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,355 733 1,027
10th Percentile £366 £388 £350
25th Percentile £450 £455 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% -9.24%
75th Percentile £638 £688 £650
90th Percentile £750 £815 £738
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 9 8
10th Percentile £15.43 £25.13 £21.59
25th Percentile £25.15 - £22.89
Median hourly rate £44.50 £25.15 £56.87
Median % change year-on-year +76.94% -55.77% +28.51%
75th Percentile £67.50 £34.68 £71.25
90th Percentile £94.13 £65.00 -
England median hourly rate £25.15 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year - -37.13% -42.24%

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 16,492 11,281 15,580
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.70% 92.28% 88.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,998 7,533 11,153
10th Percentile £358 £350 £340
25th Percentile £435 £425 £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £681 £675
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £515 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 248 198 317
10th Percentile £18.07 £16.50 £15.50
25th Percentile £25.18 £24.66 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.25 £32.70 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +13.93% +14.72% -27.31%
75th Percentile £58.94 £49.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £79.13 £63.75 £68.30
England median hourly rate £47.50 £28.55 £37.50
% change year-on-year +66.37% -23.87% +4.17%

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 8 June 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 8 June 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 8 June 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 +4 283 £550 - 108
West London -7 34 £440 +171.60% 21
South London +5 32 £463 -16.85% 8
East London 0 12 £525 +2.94% 5
North London -2 4 £410 -17.17%
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
1 106 (5.51%) SharePoint
2 56 (2.91%) Confluence
3 51 (2.65%) Microsoft Exchange
4 29 (1.51%) Apache Spark
5 23 (1.20%) Apache
5 23 (1.20%) Apache Airflow
6 12 (0.62%) SAS
6 12 (0.62%) SharePoint 2013
7 10 (0.52%) CMS
8 5 (0.26%) CICS
8 5 (0.26%) OpenStack
9 4 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 4 (0.21%) Palantir Foundry
9 4 (0.21%) Tomcat
9 4 (0.21%) WordPress
10 3 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.16%) Kentico
10 3 (0.16%) nginx
11 2 (0.10%) Camunda
11 2 (0.10%) CloudStack
Applications
1 71 (3.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (1.66%) Microsoft Project
3 23 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (1.14%) Microsoft Office
5 18 (0.94%) Spreadsheet
6 9 (0.47%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.10%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 77 (4.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 26 (1.35%) Dynamics CRM
3 17 (0.88%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 17 (0.88%) SAP ERP
4 15 (0.78%) Oracle EBS
5 14 (0.73%) NetSuite
5 14 (0.73%) Oracle ERP
6 12 (0.62%) Oracle General Ledger
6 12 (0.62%) Oracle Payables
7 11 (0.57%) Loan IQ
7 11 (0.57%) Oracle Receivables
8 10 (0.52%) Veritas eDiscovery
9 9 (0.47%) Oracle Financials
10 8 (0.42%) iTrent
10 8 (0.42%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
11 7 (0.36%) Aladdin
11 7 (0.36%) SAP Payroll
12 6 (0.31%) Finacle
12 6 (0.31%) Workday HCM
13 5 (0.26%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 504 (26.20%) Azure
2 328 (17.05%) AWS
3 159 (8.26%) Power Platform
4 149 (7.74%) Microsoft 365
5 121 (6.29%) Azure DevOps
6 116 (6.03%) GCP
7 94 (4.89%) GitHub
8 86 (4.47%) Dynamics 365
9 76 (3.95%) Entra ID
10 67 (3.48%) SaaS
11 62 (3.22%) Serverless
12 55 (2.86%) Snowflake
13 53 (2.75%) Amazon S3
14 52 (2.70%) PaaS
15 47 (2.44%) IaaS
16 42 (2.18%) dbt
17 40 (2.08%) Azure Data Factory
18 38 (1.98%) OCI
19 36 (1.87%) AWS Lambda
19 36 (1.87%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 78 (4.05%) Firewall
2 50 (2.60%) Network Security
3 47 (2.44%) DNS
4 33 (1.72%) VPN
5 30 (1.56%) VLAN
6 24 (1.25%) SAN
7 21 (1.09%) WAN
8 19 (0.99%) BGP
9 18 (0.94%) NAS
10 17 (0.88%) Wi-Fi
11 15 (0.78%) SD-WAN
12 14 (0.73%) DHCP
13 13 (0.68%) Wireless
14 12 (0.62%) VSAN
15 11 (0.57%) HTTP
16 10 (0.52%) OSPF
16 10 (0.52%) SSL
16 10 (0.52%) TCP/IP
17 9 (0.47%) DKIM
17 9 (0.47%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 136 (7.07%) Power BI
2 74 (3.85%) Data Warehouse
3 69 (3.59%) SQL Server
4 61 (3.17%) Data Lake
5 48 (2.49%) Metadata
5 48 (2.49%) PostgreSQL
6 36 (1.87%) Tableau
7 25 (1.30%) Oracle Database
8 23 (1.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 20 (1.04%) Amazon Redshift
9 20 (1.04%) Db2
9 20 (1.04%) NoSQL
9 20 (1.04%) Relational Database
10 18 (0.94%) Amazon Athena
10 18 (0.94%) Delta Lake
11 17 (0.88%) BigQuery
12 16 (0.83%) Azure SQL Database
13 14 (0.73%) Amazon RDS
13 14 (0.73%) Oracle Reports
14 11 (0.57%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 129 (6.70%) JIRA
2 47 (2.44%) Jenkins
3 46 (2.39%) Git
4 34 (1.77%) GitLab
5 14 (0.73%) Artifactory
6 11 (0.57%) Team Foundation Server
7 10 (0.52%) JUnit
8 7 (0.36%) Bitbucket
8 7 (0.36%) Chocolatey
8 7 (0.36%) Cucumber
8 7 (0.36%) Gradle
9 6 (0.31%) Liquibase
9 6 (0.31%) Mockito
9 6 (0.31%) Oracle Forms
9 6 (0.31%) Selenium
9 6 (0.31%) Zephyr
10 5 (0.26%) Claude Code
10 5 (0.26%) LSMW
11 4 (0.21%) Ant
11 4 (0.21%) Eclipse
General
1 630 (32.74%) Finance
2 516 (26.82%) Social Skills
3 176 (9.15%) Banking
4 167 (8.68%) Analytical Skills
5 154 (8.00%) Public Sector
6 88 (4.57%) Retail
7 55 (2.86%) Law
8 52 (2.70%) Legal
9 51 (2.65%) Documentation Skills
10 30 (1.56%) Financial Institution
11 25 (1.30%) Marketing
11 25 (1.30%) Telecoms
12 24 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
12 24 (1.25%) Local Government
12 24 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
13 23 (1.20%) General Ledger
13 23 (1.20%) Manufacturing
14 22 (1.14%) Organisational Skills
15 20 (1.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 17 (0.88%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 370 (19.23%) Architect
2 284 (14.76%) Lead
3 186 (9.67%) Analyst
4 179 (9.30%) Senior
5 156 (8.11%) Consultant
6 138 (7.17%) Project Manager
7 117 (6.08%) Business Analyst
8 113 (5.87%) Data Engineer
9 105 (5.46%) Solutions Architect
10 84 (4.37%) Developer
11 63 (3.27%) Cloud Architect
12 61 (3.17%) Data Architect
13 59 (3.07%) Data Analyst
14 57 (2.96%) Azure Engineer
14 57 (2.96%) Migration Engineer
15 56 (2.91%) Migration Manager
16 52 (2.70%) Data Migration Lead
17 50 (2.60%) Cloud Engineer
18 45 (2.34%) Azure Architect
18 45 (2.34%) Migration Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (2.70%) Oracle Fusion
2 51 (2.65%) .NET
3 49 (2.55%) REST
4 43 (2.23%) Kafka
5 42 (2.18%) Middleware
6 34 (1.77%) PySpark
7 26 (1.35%) Spring
8 21 (1.09%) SOAP
8 21 (1.09%) Spring Boot
9 20 (1.04%) React
9 20 (1.04%) SAML
10 19 (0.99%) JSON
10 19 (0.99%) OAuth
10 19 (0.99%) XML
11 18 (0.94%) .NET Framework
12 16 (0.83%) ADO
12 16 (0.83%) HTML
12 16 (0.83%) Web Services
13 14 (0.73%) CSS
14 13 (0.68%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 170 (8.84%) Legacy Systems
2 150 (7.80%) Cloud Native
3 78 (4.05%) Data Centre
4 66 (3.43%) Data Structures
5 57 (2.96%) Onboarding
6 41 (2.13%) Replication
7 39 (2.03%) Product Ownership
8 37 (1.92%) Data Protection Act
8 37 (1.92%) Public Cloud
9 34 (1.77%) Mainframe
10 32 (1.66%) Management Information System
11 30 (1.56%) Hybrid Cloud
12 29 (1.51%) Distributed Systems
13 25 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
14 20 (1.04%) Greenfield Project
15 17 (0.88%) Reference Data
16 16 (0.83%) CMDB
17 15 (0.78%) Virtual Team
18 14 (0.73%) Analytical Mindset
18 14 (0.73%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 120 (6.24%) Windows
2 62 (3.22%) Linux
3 23 (1.20%) Windows 10
4 22 (1.14%) Unix
4 22 (1.14%) VMS
4 22 (1.14%) Windows Server
5 10 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (0.42%) Mac OS
6 8 (0.42%) zOS
7 7 (0.36%) Solaris
8 6 (0.31%) Apple iOS
9 5 (0.26%) SUSE
10 4 (0.21%) Android
11 3 (0.16%) AIX
11 3 (0.16%) Ubuntu
11 3 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
11 3 (0.16%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
11 3 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.052%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 654 (33.99%) Data Migration
2 345 (17.93%) Stakeholder Management
3 321 (16.68%) Agile
3 321 (16.68%) DevOps
4 256 (13.31%) Validation
5 240 (12.47%) CI/CD
6 225 (11.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 220 (11.43%) Problem-Solving
8 209 (10.86%) User Acceptance Testing
9 206 (10.71%) Data Modelling
10 191 (9.93%) ERP
11 167 (8.68%) Business Intelligence
12 166 (8.63%) Analytics
13 157 (8.16%) Infrastructure as Code
14 153 (7.95%) ETL
15 150 (7.80%) Continuous Improvement
16 148 (7.69%) Roadmaps
17 139 (7.22%) Project Management
18 125 (6.50%) Project Delivery
19 117 (6.08%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 272 (14.14%) SQL
2 185 (9.62%) Python
3 89 (4.63%) Java
4 68 (3.53%) PowerShell
5 37 (1.92%) C#
6 33 (1.72%) JavaScript
7 24 (1.25%) TypeScript
8 22 (1.14%) Bash
9 19 (0.99%) Shell Script
9 19 (0.99%) T-SQL
10 18 (0.94%) Bicep
10 18 (0.94%) PL/SQL
11 11 (0.57%) Apex Code
11 11 (0.57%) Ruby
12 8 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 8 (0.42%) VBA
13 6 (0.31%) COBOL
13 6 (0.31%) Scala
13 6 (0.31%) SOQL
14 5 (0.26%) SAS Macro
Qualifications
1 322 (16.74%) Security Cleared
2 270 (14.03%) SC Cleared
3 102 (5.30%) Degree
4 53 (2.75%) Azure Certification
5 48 (2.49%) PMP
6 45 (2.34%) PMI Certification
7 30 (1.56%) Microsoft Certification
8 26 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
9 22 (1.14%) Cisco Certification
10 19 (0.99%) BPSS Clearance
10 19 (0.99%) CISSP
11 17 (0.88%) AWS Certification
12 16 (0.83%) CISM
13 15 (0.78%) CIMA
14 14 (0.73%) DV Cleared
15 12 (0.62%) IIBA
16 11 (0.57%) CBAP
16 11 (0.57%) CCNP
17 10 (0.52%) DBS Check
17 10 (0.52%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 170 (8.84%) Data Quality
2 88 (4.57%) QA
3 64 (3.33%) GDPR
4 31 (1.61%) PMO
5 29 (1.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 29 (1.51%) SLA
6 23 (1.20%) NIST
7 13 (0.68%) ISO 20022
8 12 (0.62%) Accessibility
9 11 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 11 (0.57%) SEPA
10 10 (0.52%) NCSC
11 9 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
11 9 (0.47%) IFRS
12 8 (0.42%) GAAP
13 7 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 7 (0.36%) GRC
13 7 (0.36%) PCI DSS
14 6 (0.31%) HL7
15 5 (0.26%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 83 (4.31%) Active Directory
2 46 (2.39%) Docker
3 45 (2.34%) VMware Infrastructure
4 26 (1.35%) Virtual Machines
5 19 (0.99%) VMware NSX
6 18 (0.94%) NFS
7 15 (0.78%) vSphere
8 9 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
9 7 (0.36%) Hyper-V
9 7 (0.36%) Postfix
9 7 (0.36%) Varnish
9 7 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
10 6 (0.31%) Firmware
11 4 (0.21%) Sendmail
12 3 (0.16%) KVM
12 3 (0.16%) Oracle RAC
12 3 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
13 2 (0.10%) Ceph
13 2 (0.10%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 2 (0.10%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 161 (8.37%) Terraform
2 97 (5.04%) Kubernetes
3 66 (3.43%) Microsoft Intune
4 50 (2.60%) Ansible
5 23 (1.20%) SCCM
6 18 (0.94%) Single Sign-On
7 17 (0.88%) Grafana
8 14 (0.73%) Prometheus
9 13 (0.68%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 11 (0.57%) AirWatch
11 10 (0.52%) EMC VPLEX
12 9 (0.47%) vCenter Server
13 8 (0.42%) vMotion
14 7 (0.36%) HAProxy
15 6 (0.31%) FortiGate
15 6 (0.31%) NetBackup
15 6 (0.31%) VxRail
16 5 (0.26%) Failover Clustering
17 4 (0.21%) Avamar
17 4 (0.21%) PingFederate
Vendors
1 407 (21.15%) Microsoft
2 179 (9.30%) Oracle
3 152 (7.90%) SAP
4 88 (4.57%) Databricks
5 76 (3.95%) VMware
6 72 (3.74%) Google
7 58 (3.01%) ServiceNow
8 55 (2.86%) Salesforce
9 53 (2.75%) Cisco
10 31 (1.61%) CyberArk
11 26 (1.35%) Citrix
12 25 (1.30%) Informatica
13 24 (1.25%) Workday
14 23 (1.20%) IBM
15 20 (1.04%) Pure Storage
16 15 (0.78%) Juniper
16 15 (0.78%) Palo Alto
16 15 (0.78%) Zscaler
17 14 (0.73%) Avaloq
17 14 (0.73%) Splunk