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

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 21 22
Rank change year-on-year +2 +1 +2
Contract jobs citing Migration 1,811 1,187 1,390
As % of all contract jobs in London 10.22% 9.46% 7.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.53% 10.26% 8.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,261 816 1,000
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% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £713 £650
90th Percentile £750 £875 £750
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 15,703 11,565 15,791
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.59% 92.19% 88.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,518 7,845 11,317
10th Percentile £356 £350 £338
25th Percentile £430 £440 £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 £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.95% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 256 169 324
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.37 £16.00
25th Percentile £24.54 £22.75 £20.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £34.00 £29.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.41% +15.25% -22.62%
75th Percentile £57.86 £50.75 £47.56
90th Percentile £73.75 £63.75 £65.93
England median hourly rate £45.46 £30.00 £36.00
% change year-on-year +51.53% -16.67% -4.00%

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 1 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 1 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 1 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 -1 264 £550 - 86
South London +3 34 £463 +8.50% 3
West London +6 33 £413 -34.00% 10
East London -2 12 £475 -12.04% 3
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 92 (5.08%) SharePoint
2 57 (3.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 55 (3.04%) 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%) nginx
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
Applications
1 72 (3.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 36 (1.99%) Microsoft Project
3 31 (1.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 24 (1.33%) Microsoft Office
5 18 (0.99%) Spreadsheet
6 14 (0.77%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.055%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 67 (3.70%) 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
12 5 (0.28%) SAP FI
12 5 (0.28%) SAP MM
12 5 (0.28%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 480 (26.50%) Azure
2 298 (16.45%) AWS
3 155 (8.56%) Power Platform
4 140 (7.73%) Microsoft 365
5 106 (5.85%) Azure DevOps
6 105 (5.80%) GCP
7 101 (5.58%) GitHub
8 91 (5.02%) Dynamics 365
9 68 (3.75%) Entra ID
10 66 (3.64%) SaaS
11 51 (2.82%) Serverless
12 48 (2.65%) PaaS
13 46 (2.54%) Amazon S3
13 46 (2.54%) OCI
14 45 (2.48%) IaaS
15 43 (2.37%) Azure Data Factory
15 43 (2.37%) GitHub Actions
15 43 (2.37%) Snowflake
16 39 (2.15%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 34 (1.88%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 82 (4.53%) Firewall
2 47 (2.60%) DNS
3 46 (2.54%) Network Security
4 35 (1.93%) VPN
5 24 (1.33%) VLAN
5 24 (1.33%) WAN
6 23 (1.27%) SAN
7 19 (1.05%) NAS
7 19 (1.05%) SD-WAN
8 15 (0.83%) BGP
8 15 (0.83%) DHCP
9 14 (0.77%) Wi-Fi
10 13 (0.72%) OSPF
11 11 (0.61%) DKIM
11 11 (0.61%) HTTP
11 11 (0.61%) VSAN
12 10 (0.55%) LAN
12 10 (0.55%) MPLS
13 9 (0.50%) DMARC
13 9 (0.50%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 133 (7.34%) Power BI
2 77 (4.25%) Data Warehouse
3 66 (3.64%) SQL Server
4 61 (3.37%) Data Lake
5 41 (2.26%) Metadata
5 41 (2.26%) PostgreSQL
6 38 (2.10%) Tableau
7 29 (1.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 21 (1.16%) DB2
8 21 (1.16%) Oracle Database
8 21 (1.16%) Relational Database
9 19 (1.05%) Amazon Athena
10 18 (0.99%) Amazon Redshift
10 18 (0.99%) Oracle Reports
11 17 (0.94%) Azure SQL Database
11 17 (0.94%) BigQuery
11 17 (0.94%) Delta Lake
11 17 (0.94%) NoSQL
12 14 (0.77%) Amazon RDS
13 11 (0.61%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 122 (6.74%) JIRA
2 39 (2.15%) Git
3 38 (2.10%) Jenkins
4 28 (1.55%) 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%) Liquibase
11 4 (0.22%) Mockito
11 4 (0.22%) SonarQube
11 4 (0.22%) Toad
General
1 583 (32.19%) Finance
2 506 (27.94%) Social Skills
3 171 (9.44%) Analytical Skills
4 156 (8.61%) Public Sector
5 152 (8.39%) Banking
6 74 (4.09%) Retail
7 55 (3.04%) Documentation Skills
7 55 (3.04%) Law
8 49 (2.71%) Legal
9 29 (1.60%) Manufacturing
10 28 (1.55%) Presentation Skills
11 27 (1.49%) Marketing
11 27 (1.49%) Telecoms
12 26 (1.44%) Financial Institution
13 23 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
13 23 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
14 21 (1.16%) General Ledger
15 20 (1.10%) Local Government
16 19 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 15 (0.83%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 330 (18.22%) Architect
2 247 (13.64%) Lead
3 209 (11.54%) Analyst
4 187 (10.33%) Senior
5 147 (8.12%) Consultant
6 138 (7.62%) Business Analyst
7 132 (7.29%) Project Manager
8 94 (5.19%) Data Engineer
9 90 (4.97%) Developer
10 77 (4.25%) Solutions Architect
11 69 (3.81%) Azure Engineer
12 63 (3.48%) Migration Engineer
13 60 (3.31%) Cloud Architect
14 59 (3.26%) Migration Manager
15 52 (2.87%) Data Analyst
16 50 (2.76%) Data Architect
16 50 (2.76%) Migration Analyst
17 48 (2.65%) Lead Architect
18 46 (2.54%) Data Migration Lead
19 42 (2.32%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (2.65%) REST
2 45 (2.48%) Oracle Fusion
3 44 (2.43%) .NET
4 41 (2.26%) Middleware
5 39 (2.15%) Kafka
6 31 (1.71%) PySpark
7 22 (1.21%) Spring
8 21 (1.16%) SAML
8 21 (1.16%) XML
9 20 (1.10%) SOAP
10 19 (1.05%) OAuth
11 18 (0.99%) JSON
12 17 (0.94%) Spring Boot
13 16 (0.88%) React
14 14 (0.77%) CSS
14 14 (0.77%) HTML
15 13 (0.72%) OpenID
16 12 (0.66%) ADO
16 12 (0.66%) Web Services
17 11 (0.61%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 153 (8.45%) Legacy Systems
2 126 (6.96%) Cloud Native
3 76 (4.20%) Data Centre
4 62 (3.42%) Data Structures
5 53 (2.93%) Onboarding
6 43 (2.37%) Replication
7 39 (2.15%) Mainframe
8 37 (2.04%) Product Ownership
8 37 (2.04%) Public Cloud
9 36 (1.99%) Data Protection Act
10 34 (1.88%) Management Information System
11 33 (1.82%) Hybrid Cloud
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%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 131 (7.23%) Windows
2 53 (2.93%) Linux
3 28 (1.55%) Windows Server
4 27 (1.49%) Windows 10
5 24 (1.33%) 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
1 606 (33.46%) Data Migration
2 326 (18.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 322 (17.78%) Agile
4 292 (16.12%) DevOps
5 227 (12.53%) Problem-Solving
6 217 (11.98%) Validation
7 214 (11.82%) CI/CD
8 201 (11.10%) Data Modelling
9 198 (10.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 193 (10.66%) User Acceptance Testing
11 189 (10.44%) ERP
12 172 (9.50%) Business Intelligence
13 161 (8.89%) Analytics
14 156 (8.61%) ETL
15 149 (8.23%) Continuous Improvement
16 148 (8.17%) Project Management
17 143 (7.90%) Infrastructure as Code
18 123 (6.79%) Roadmaps
19 122 (6.74%) Project Delivery
20 118 (6.52%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 271 (14.96%) SQL
2 165 (9.11%) Python
3 87 (4.80%) Java
4 66 (3.64%) PowerShell
5 35 (1.93%) C#
6 32 (1.77%) 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 9 (0.50%) Ruby
13 8 (0.44%) Apex Code
13 8 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 8 (0.44%) REXX
14 7 (0.39%) Korn
15 6 (0.33%) PHP
15 6 (0.33%) Scala
Qualifications
1 319 (17.61%) Security Cleared
2 265 (14.63%) SC Cleared
3 103 (5.69%) Degree
4 56 (3.09%) Azure Certification
5 45 (2.48%) PMI Certification
5 45 (2.48%) PMP
6 32 (1.77%) Microsoft Certification
7 28 (1.55%) Computer Science Degree
8 25 (1.38%) AWS Certification
9 24 (1.33%) 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%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 155 (8.56%) Data Quality
2 79 (4.36%) QA
3 68 (3.75%) GDPR
4 31 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 28 (1.55%) SLA
6 26 (1.44%) PMO
7 24 (1.33%) NIST
8 13 (0.72%) ISO 20022
9 12 (0.66%) SEPA
10 11 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
10 11 (0.61%) IFRS
10 11 (0.61%) NCSC
11 10 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 7 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 7 (0.39%) GAAP
12 7 (0.39%) PCI DSS
13 6 (0.33%) Accessibility
14 5 (0.28%) Basel III
14 5 (0.28%) Government Security Classifications
14 5 (0.28%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 88 (4.86%) Active Directory
2 47 (2.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 46 (2.54%) Docker
4 24 (1.33%) Virtual Machines
5 18 (0.99%) VMware NSX
6 15 (0.83%) NFS
7 13 (0.72%) vSphere
8 12 (0.66%) Virtual Desktop
9 9 (0.50%) Hyper-V
10 6 (0.33%) Firmware
10 6 (0.33%) Varnish
10 6 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
11 5 (0.28%) Postfix
12 4 (0.22%) BitLocker
13 3 (0.17%) Oracle RAC
13 3 (0.17%) Sendmail
14 2 (0.11%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 2 (0.11%) Job Entry Subsystem
14 2 (0.11%) RACF
14 2 (0.11%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 165 (9.11%) Terraform
2 99 (5.47%) Kubernetes
3 72 (3.98%) Microsoft Intune
4 44 (2.43%) Ansible
5 30 (1.66%) SCCM
6 20 (1.10%) Grafana
7 15 (0.83%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 15 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
8 14 (0.77%) 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%) CA Single Sign-On
14 4 (0.22%) Rancher
Vendors
1 392 (21.65%) Microsoft
2 167 (9.22%) Oracle
3 144 (7.95%) SAP
4 79 (4.36%) VMware
5 69 (3.81%) Databricks
6 61 (3.37%) ServiceNow
7 57 (3.15%) Google
7 57 (3.15%) Salesforce
8 45 (2.48%) Cisco
9 29 (1.60%) CyberArk
10 28 (1.55%) Workday
11 27 (1.49%) Citrix
12 25 (1.38%) IBM
13 24 (1.33%) Informatica
14 22 (1.21%) Pure Storage
15 19 (1.05%) Splunk
16 18 (0.99%) Avaloq
17 14 (0.77%) Palo Alto
18 13 (0.72%) Dynatrace
18 13 (0.72%) Zscaler