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 4 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 21 21
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 +4
Contract jobs citing Migration 1,701 1,193 1,380
As % of all contract jobs in London 9.95% 9.41% 7.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.12% 10.28% 8.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,182 824 987
10th Percentile £375 £388 £357
25th Percentile £456 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £713 £660
90th Percentile £740 £875 £749
England median daily rate £515 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -4.28% +2.38% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 8 14
10th Percentile £16.24 £21.43 £30.77
25th Percentile £19.50 £21.50 £63.75
Median hourly rate £25.08 £23.00 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.02% -72.94% +178.69%
75th Percentile £55.04 £28.54 £86.50
90th Percentile £69.94 £43.77 -
England median hourly rate £23.83 £28.75 £48.12
% change year-on-year -17.13% -40.25% -23.93%

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 15,294 11,605 15,921
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.42% 91.50% 88.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,270 7,873 11,381
10th Percentile £353 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £440 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £685 £675
90th Percentile £753 £806 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 237 169 333
10th Percentile £18.07 £18.12 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.00 £24.18 £19.92
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.00 £30.12
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% +16.20% -22.77%
75th Percentile £56.50 £50.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £71.00 £65.00 £67.80
England median hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £33.07
% change year-on-year +15.38% -1.71% -11.83%

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 4 April 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 4 April 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 4 April 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 -4 240 £550 - 88
South London +9 38 £463 +8.50% 7
West London -3 26 £550 +10.00% 18
East London -7 9 £495 -1.00% 7
North London +4 5 £495 +20.00% 1
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 76 (4.47%) SharePoint
2 51 (3.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 49 (2.88%) Confluence
4 21 (1.23%) Apache Airflow
5 16 (0.94%) Apache
5 16 (0.94%) Apache Spark
6 11 (0.65%) SAS
7 8 (0.47%) CMS
8 6 (0.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 5 (0.29%) ArcGIS
9 5 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 4 (0.24%) BizTalk Server
10 4 (0.24%) nginx
10 4 (0.24%) OpenStack
11 3 (0.18%) SharePoint 2013
11 3 (0.18%) Sitecore CMS
11 3 (0.18%) Tomcat
11 3 (0.18%) WordPress
12 2 (0.12%) IIS
12 2 (0.12%) MQSeries
Applications
1 74 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (2.06%) Microsoft Project
3 33 (1.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 26 (1.53%) Microsoft Office
5 20 (1.18%) Spreadsheet
6 14 (0.82%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.059%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.059%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 60 (3.53%) SAP S/4HANA
2 29 (1.70%) Dynamics CRM
3 18 (1.06%) Oracle EBS
4 17 (1.00%) Loan IQ
5 16 (0.94%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 10 (0.59%) Oracle ERP
6 10 (0.59%) Oracle Payables
6 10 (0.59%) SAP ERP
6 10 (0.59%) Veritas eDiscovery
7 8 (0.47%) Oracle General Ledger
7 8 (0.47%) SAP HR
7 8 (0.47%) Workday HCM
8 7 (0.41%) Oracle Receivables
8 7 (0.41%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 6 (0.35%) Aladdin
9 6 (0.35%) Finacle
9 6 (0.35%) SAP CO
10 5 (0.29%) SAP FI
10 5 (0.29%) SAP FI/CO
10 5 (0.29%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 463 (27.22%) Azure
2 282 (16.58%) AWS
3 154 (9.05%) Power Platform
4 121 (7.11%) Microsoft 365
5 102 (6.00%) GCP
5 102 (6.00%) GitHub
6 99 (5.82%) Azure DevOps
7 95 (5.58%) Dynamics 365
8 67 (3.94%) Entra ID
9 65 (3.82%) SaaS
10 55 (3.23%) Serverless
11 49 (2.88%) Amazon S3
11 49 (2.88%) OCI
12 48 (2.82%) PaaS
13 46 (2.70%) IaaS
14 42 (2.47%) Snowflake
15 40 (2.35%) Azure Data Factory
15 40 (2.35%) GitHub Actions
16 37 (2.18%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 36 (2.12%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 81 (4.76%) Firewall
2 48 (2.82%) Network Security
3 43 (2.53%) DNS
4 40 (2.35%) VPN
5 24 (1.41%) SAN
5 24 (1.41%) WAN
6 21 (1.23%) VLAN
7 18 (1.06%) NAS
8 17 (1.00%) DHCP
8 17 (1.00%) SD-WAN
9 14 (0.82%) BGP
9 14 (0.82%) Wi-Fi
10 12 (0.71%) LAN
10 12 (0.71%) OSPF
11 11 (0.65%) MPLS
11 11 (0.65%) VSAN
12 9 (0.53%) DKIM
13 8 (0.47%) DMARC
13 8 (0.47%) HTTP
14 7 (0.41%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 130 (7.64%) Power BI
2 79 (4.64%) Data Warehouse
3 68 (4.00%) SQL Server
4 53 (3.12%) Data Lake
5 43 (2.53%) PostgreSQL
6 39 (2.29%) Metadata
6 39 (2.29%) Tableau
7 36 (2.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 22 (1.29%) Relational Database
9 20 (1.18%) Amazon Athena
10 18 (1.06%) Oracle Database
11 17 (1.00%) Amazon Redshift
11 17 (1.00%) Azure SQL Database
12 15 (0.88%) BigQuery
12 15 (0.88%) DB2
12 15 (0.88%) NoSQL
12 15 (0.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 14 (0.82%) Amazon RDS
13 14 (0.82%) MySQL
13 14 (0.82%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 102 (6.00%) JIRA
2 38 (2.23%) Jenkins
3 35 (2.06%) Git
4 22 (1.29%) GitLab
5 14 (0.82%) Artifactory
6 13 (0.76%) Team Foundation Server
7 8 (0.47%) Cucumber
7 8 (0.47%) JUnit
7 8 (0.47%) Selenium
8 7 (0.41%) Chocolatey
9 6 (0.35%) Bitbucket
10 5 (0.29%) Oracle Forms
11 4 (0.24%) Claude Code
11 4 (0.24%) Gradle
11 4 (0.24%) IBM UrbanCode
11 4 (0.24%) LSMW
11 4 (0.24%) Mockito
11 4 (0.24%) SonarQube
11 4 (0.24%) Toad
11 4 (0.24%) Visual Studio
General
1 555 (32.63%) Finance
2 501 (29.45%) Social Skills
3 174 (10.23%) Analytical Skills
4 154 (9.05%) Banking
5 144 (8.47%) Public Sector
6 66 (3.88%) Retail
7 58 (3.41%) Law
8 55 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
9 45 (2.65%) Legal
10 29 (1.70%) Presentation Skills
10 29 (1.70%) Telecoms
11 27 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
12 25 (1.47%) Financial Institution
12 25 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
12 25 (1.47%) Marketing
13 23 (1.35%) Manufacturing
14 21 (1.23%) General Ledger
15 20 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 20 (1.18%) Local Government
16 17 (1.00%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 296 (17.40%) Architect
2 221 (12.99%) Lead
3 211 (12.40%) Analyst
4 182 (10.70%) Senior
5 139 (8.17%) Consultant
6 138 (8.11%) Business Analyst
7 119 (7.00%) Project Manager
8 88 (5.17%) Data Engineer
9 87 (5.11%) Developer
10 71 (4.17%) Azure Engineer
11 63 (3.70%) Solutions Architect
12 57 (3.35%) Data Analyst
12 57 (3.35%) Migration Engineer
13 55 (3.23%) Migration Manager
14 54 (3.17%) Cloud Architect
15 50 (2.94%) Migration Analyst
16 42 (2.47%) Lead Architect
17 41 (2.41%) DevOps Engineer
18 38 (2.23%) Cloud Engineer
18 38 (2.23%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (2.70%) REST
2 43 (2.53%) Middleware
3 38 (2.23%) Oracle Fusion
4 34 (2.00%) .NET
5 33 (1.94%) Kafka
6 28 (1.65%) PySpark
7 24 (1.41%) XML
8 23 (1.35%) Spring
9 20 (1.18%) SAML
10 19 (1.12%) SOAP
11 18 (1.06%) Spring Boot
12 15 (0.88%) JSON
12 15 (0.88%) OAuth
13 13 (0.76%) OpenID
13 13 (0.76%) React
14 12 (0.71%) HTML
15 11 (0.65%) CSS
15 11 (0.65%) Lightning Web Components
16 10 (0.59%) ADO
16 10 (0.59%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 151 (8.88%) Legacy Systems
2 115 (6.76%) Cloud Native
3 68 (4.00%) Data Centre
4 55 (3.23%) Data Structures
5 53 (3.12%) Onboarding
6 41 (2.41%) Replication
7 37 (2.18%) Hybrid Cloud
8 36 (2.12%) Data Protection Act
9 35 (2.06%) Public Cloud
10 32 (1.88%) Management Information System
10 32 (1.88%) Product Ownership
11 25 (1.47%) Mainframe
12 24 (1.41%) Distributed Systems
13 21 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
14 15 (0.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 14 (0.82%) Reference Data
16 13 (0.76%) Clustering
16 13 (0.76%) Greenfield Project
16 13 (0.76%) Self-Motivation
16 13 (0.76%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 128 (7.52%) Windows
2 50 (2.94%) Linux
3 30 (1.76%) Windows Server
4 27 (1.59%) Windows 10
5 25 (1.47%) VMS
6 24 (1.41%) Unix
7 11 (0.65%) zOS
8 7 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 6 (0.35%) Apple iOS
10 5 (0.29%) Android
11 4 (0.24%) Mac OS
11 4 (0.24%) SUSE
12 3 (0.18%) Solaris
12 3 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
12 3 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
13 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
13 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
14 1 (0.059%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 589 (34.63%) Data Migration
2 316 (18.58%) Stakeholder Management
3 310 (18.22%) Agile
4 282 (16.58%) DevOps
5 236 (13.87%) Problem-Solving
6 210 (12.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 206 (12.11%) CI/CD
8 197 (11.58%) Validation
9 187 (10.99%) Data Modelling
10 183 (10.76%) ERP
11 182 (10.70%) User Acceptance Testing
12 166 (9.76%) Business Intelligence
13 161 (9.47%) Analytics
14 154 (9.05%) ETL
15 150 (8.82%) Continuous Improvement
16 140 (8.23%) Infrastructure as Code
17 138 (8.11%) Project Management
18 116 (6.82%) Project Delivery
19 112 (6.58%) Decision-Making
20 111 (6.53%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 273 (16.05%) SQL
2 151 (8.88%) Python
3 89 (5.23%) Java
4 70 (4.12%) PowerShell
5 29 (1.70%) JavaScript
6 28 (1.65%) C#
7 19 (1.12%) Bicep
8 18 (1.06%) PL/SQL
9 17 (1.00%) Shell Script
9 17 (1.00%) T-SQL
10 13 (0.76%) TypeScript
10 13 (0.76%) VBA
11 12 (0.71%) Bash
12 9 (0.53%) Apex Code
12 9 (0.53%) Ruby
13 8 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 8 (0.47%) REXX
14 7 (0.41%) Korn
15 6 (0.35%) PHP
15 6 (0.35%) Scala
Qualifications
1 301 (17.70%) Security Cleared
2 253 (14.87%) SC Cleared
3 100 (5.88%) Degree
4 56 (3.29%) Azure Certification
5 39 (2.29%) PMP
6 36 (2.12%) PMI Certification
7 35 (2.06%) Microsoft Certification
8 28 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
9 24 (1.41%) AWS Certification
10 23 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
11 18 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
12 15 (0.88%) CIMA
12 15 (0.88%) CISSP
13 12 (0.71%) CBAP
13 12 (0.71%) IIBA
14 11 (0.65%) CCNP
14 11 (0.65%) CISM
14 11 (0.65%) DV Cleared
15 10 (0.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 10 (0.59%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 146 (8.58%) Data Quality
2 81 (4.76%) QA
3 72 (4.23%) GDPR
4 33 (1.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 25 (1.47%) SLA
6 24 (1.41%) NIST
6 24 (1.41%) PMO
7 11 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
7 11 (0.65%) ISO 20022
8 10 (0.59%) Accessibility
8 10 (0.59%) NCSC
8 10 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 9 (0.53%) IFRS
10 8 (0.47%) PCI DSS
10 8 (0.47%) SEPA
11 7 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 5 (0.29%) Basel III
12 5 (0.29%) GAAP
12 5 (0.29%) IFRS 9
12 5 (0.29%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 84 (4.94%) Active Directory
2 51 (3.00%) Docker
3 47 (2.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (1.23%) Virtual Machines
5 16 (0.94%) VMware NSX
6 15 (0.88%) NFS
7 14 (0.82%) Virtual Desktop
8 12 (0.71%) vSphere
9 8 (0.47%) Hyper-V
10 6 (0.35%) Varnish
10 6 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
11 5 (0.29%) Postfix
12 4 (0.24%) Firmware
13 3 (0.18%) BitLocker
13 3 (0.18%) Sendmail
14 2 (0.12%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 2 (0.12%) Job Entry Subsystem
14 2 (0.12%) Oracle RAC
14 2 (0.12%) RACF
14 2 (0.12%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 163 (9.58%) Terraform
2 104 (6.11%) Kubernetes
3 74 (4.35%) Microsoft Intune
4 41 (2.41%) Ansible
5 32 (1.88%) SCCM
6 17 (1.00%) Grafana
7 14 (0.82%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 12 (0.71%) Prometheus
9 11 (0.65%) AirWatch
9 11 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
10 10 (0.59%) EMC VPLEX
10 10 (0.59%) vCenter Server
11 8 (0.47%) vMotion
12 6 (0.35%) VxRail
13 5 (0.29%) Failover Clustering
13 5 (0.29%) HAProxy
14 4 (0.24%) CA Single Sign-On
14 4 (0.24%) FortiGate
14 4 (0.24%) Pingdom
14 4 (0.24%) SCOM
Vendors
1 389 (22.87%) Microsoft
2 154 (9.05%) Oracle
3 130 (7.64%) SAP
4 78 (4.59%) VMware
5 61 (3.59%) ServiceNow
6 57 (3.35%) Databricks
7 56 (3.29%) Salesforce
8 52 (3.06%) Google
9 44 (2.59%) Cisco
10 34 (2.00%) Workday
11 30 (1.76%) CyberArk
12 26 (1.53%) Citrix
12 26 (1.53%) Informatica
13 22 (1.29%) Pure Storage
14 21 (1.23%) Avaloq
14 21 (1.23%) IBM
15 19 (1.12%) Splunk
16 16 (0.94%) MuleSoft
17 14 (0.82%) Dynatrace
17 14 (0.82%) Palo Alto