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

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 22 25
Rank change year-on-year -1 +3 +1
Contract jobs citing Migration 1,342 1,194 1,258
As % of all contract jobs in London 9.09% 8.64% 6.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.98% 9.56% 7.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 907 820 896
10th Percentile £374 £375 £375
25th Percentile £450 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £553 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.45% +0.55% -3.42%
75th Percentile £650 £700 £675
90th Percentile £737 £834 £750
England median daily rate £522 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -5.09% - +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 7 12
10th Percentile £18.87 £21.40 £23.35
25th Percentile £19.54 £21.50 £67.94
Median hourly rate £25.00 £23.00 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -72.94% +112.50%
75th Percentile £25.15 £25.50 £86.50
90th Percentile £66.75 £29.90 -
England median hourly rate £24.00 £20.38 £40.00
% change year-on-year +17.79% -49.06% -38.46%

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 13,441 12,496 16,319
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.03% 90.45% 88.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,906 7,945 11,669
10th Percentile £350 £350 £340
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £501 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.53% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 216 155 323
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.75 £16.25
25th Percentile £25.11 £24.66 £19.53
Median hourly rate £34.14 £35.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.47% +16.67% -20.00%
75th Percentile £56.13 £52.25 £52.50
90th Percentile £71.00 £79.50 £72.70
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year -26.03% -6.85% +4.29%

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 28 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 28 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 28 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 -3 198 £575 +4.50% 60
West London +1 27 £425 -15.00% 4
South London +9 20 £450 -5.76% 8
East London +3 14 £498 +1.53% 5
North London +7 6 £475 +15.15% 2
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 62 (4.62%) SharePoint
2 46 (3.43%) Microsoft Exchange
3 42 (3.13%) Confluence
4 10 (0.75%) CMS
5 9 (0.67%) Apache
5 9 (0.67%) Skype for Business
6 8 (0.60%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 8 (0.60%) Apache Airflow
7 6 (0.45%) Apache Spark
7 6 (0.45%) ArcGIS
7 6 (0.45%) Mattermost
7 6 (0.45%) SAS
8 4 (0.30%) BizTalk Server
8 4 (0.30%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 3 (0.22%) LiveLink
9 3 (0.22%) nginx
9 3 (0.22%) Sitecore CMS
10 2 (0.15%) Drupal
10 2 (0.15%) MQSeries
10 2 (0.15%) Tomcat
Applications
1 53 (3.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (2.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 27 (2.01%) Microsoft Office
4 22 (1.64%) Microsoft Project
5 19 (1.42%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.30%) Oracle Smart View
8 3 (0.22%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.15%) Trello
10 1 (0.075%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.075%) InfoPath
10 1 (0.075%) Notion
Business Applications
1 59 (4.40%) SAP S/4HANA
2 28 (2.09%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (1.04%) Oracle EBS
3 14 (1.04%) SAP HR
4 13 (0.97%) Loan IQ
5 11 (0.82%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 10 (0.75%) Oracle General Ledger
6 10 (0.75%) Oracle Payables
6 10 (0.75%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 9 (0.67%) Veritas eDiscovery
8 8 (0.60%) Endur
8 8 (0.60%) Oracle FAH
8 8 (0.60%) Oracle Financials
8 8 (0.60%) SAP CO
8 8 (0.60%) SAP FI
8 8 (0.60%) SAP FI/CO
9 7 (0.52%) Oracle Receivables
9 7 (0.52%) Remedy ITSM
10 6 (0.45%) Oracle ERP
11 5 (0.37%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 345 (25.71%) Azure
2 188 (14.01%) AWS
3 101 (7.53%) Power Platform
4 97 (7.23%) GitHub
5 87 (6.48%) Microsoft 365
6 81 (6.04%) GCP
7 71 (5.29%) Azure DevOps
8 55 (4.10%) GitHub Actions
9 52 (3.87%) SaaS
10 49 (3.65%) Entra ID
11 47 (3.50%) Dynamics 365
12 40 (2.98%) OCI
13 37 (2.76%) Snowflake
14 36 (2.68%) Azure Data Factory
15 34 (2.53%) Serverless
16 32 (2.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 28 (2.09%) Amazon S3
18 23 (1.71%) Google Kubernetes Engine
19 22 (1.64%) IaaS
20 21 (1.56%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 63 (4.69%) Firewall
2 40 (2.98%) Network Security
3 25 (1.86%) DNS
3 25 (1.86%) VPN
4 23 (1.71%) WAN
5 17 (1.27%) BGP
6 16 (1.19%) SD-WAN
7 14 (1.04%) LAN
7 14 (1.04%) OSPF
8 11 (0.82%) VLAN
9 10 (0.75%) DHCP
9 10 (0.75%) Unified Communications
10 9 (0.67%) DMARC
10 9 (0.67%) Skype
11 8 (0.60%) SAN
12 7 (0.52%) DKIM
12 7 (0.52%) MPLS
12 7 (0.52%) NAS
13 6 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
14 5 (0.37%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (5.96%) Power BI
2 71 (5.29%) Data Warehouse
3 67 (4.99%) SQL Server
4 36 (2.68%) PostgreSQL
5 32 (2.38%) Oracle Database
5 32 (2.38%) Relational Database
5 32 (2.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 26 (1.94%) Metadata
7 23 (1.71%) Data Lake
7 23 (1.71%) Tableau
8 17 (1.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 16 (1.19%) Amazon Athena
9 16 (1.19%) MongoDB
10 15 (1.12%) MySQL
11 14 (1.04%) Azure SQL Database
11 14 (1.04%) Oracle Reports
11 14 (1.04%) RDBMS
12 13 (0.97%) Amazon Redshift
12 13 (0.97%) Big Data
13 12 (0.89%) DB2
Development Applications
1 91 (6.78%) JIRA
2 35 (2.61%) Jenkins
3 28 (2.09%) GitLab
4 25 (1.86%) Git
5 15 (1.12%) Artifactory
5 15 (1.12%) SonarQube
6 11 (0.82%) Sonatype Nexus
7 5 (0.37%) Bitbucket
7 5 (0.37%) Maven
7 5 (0.37%) Oracle Forms
8 4 (0.30%) Cucumber
8 4 (0.30%) JUnit
8 4 (0.30%) Mockito
8 4 (0.30%) Selenium
8 4 (0.30%) Team Foundation Server
8 4 (0.30%) Toad
9 3 (0.22%) ERwin
9 3 (0.22%) Gradle
9 3 (0.22%) LSMW
9 3 (0.22%) Visual Studio
General
1 433 (32.27%) Social Skills
2 407 (30.33%) Finance
3 127 (9.46%) Analytical Skills
4 112 (8.35%) Banking
5 99 (7.38%) Public Sector
6 48 (3.58%) Documentation Skills
7 43 (3.20%) Retail
8 35 (2.61%) Telecoms
9 28 (2.09%) Legal
10 26 (1.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 25 (1.86%) Organisational Skills
12 23 (1.71%) Manufacturing
13 21 (1.56%) Influencing Skills
14 20 (1.49%) Local Government
14 20 (1.49%) Presentation Skills
15 19 (1.42%) Front Office
15 19 (1.42%) Marketing
16 18 (1.34%) Back Office
16 18 (1.34%) Financial Institution
16 18 (1.34%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 183 (13.64%) Analyst
2 165 (12.30%) Architect
3 137 (10.21%) Lead
4 128 (9.54%) Business Analyst
5 127 (9.46%) Senior
6 125 (9.31%) Consultant
7 104 (7.75%) Project Manager
8 83 (6.18%) Developer
9 55 (4.10%) Data Engineer
10 50 (3.73%) Azure Engineer
11 49 (3.65%) DevOps Engineer
12 47 (3.50%) Migration Engineer
13 43 (3.20%) Migration Manager
14 35 (2.61%) Migration Analyst
15 33 (2.46%) Data Analyst
15 33 (2.46%) Solutions Architect
16 30 (2.24%) Azure Architect
17 25 (1.86%) Data Architect
17 25 (1.86%) Data Migration Lead
18 24 (1.79%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (2.98%) REST
2 36 (2.68%) .NET
3 31 (2.31%) Kafka
4 28 (2.09%) Middleware
4 28 (2.09%) Oracle Fusion
5 25 (1.86%) XML
6 23 (1.71%) PySpark
7 14 (1.04%) HTML
7 14 (1.04%) JSON
7 14 (1.04%) Spring
7 14 (1.04%) Spring Boot
8 13 (0.97%) CSS
9 12 (0.89%) AngularJS
9 12 (0.89%) React
10 11 (0.82%) Node.js
10 11 (0.82%) RESTful
11 10 (0.75%) ARM Templates
11 10 (0.75%) GraphQL
11 10 (0.75%) Web Services
12 9 (0.67%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 116 (8.64%) Legacy Systems
2 89 (6.63%) Cloud Native
3 58 (4.32%) Data Centre
4 42 (3.13%) Data Structures
5 38 (2.83%) Onboarding
6 30 (2.24%) Data Protection Act
6 30 (2.24%) Hybrid Cloud
7 28 (2.09%) Replication
8 27 (2.01%) Public Cloud
9 25 (1.86%) Management Information System
9 25 (1.86%) Product Ownership
10 19 (1.42%) Enterprise Software
11 18 (1.34%) Mainframe
12 16 (1.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 13 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
14 12 (0.89%) Clustering
15 10 (0.75%) Virtual Team
16 9 (0.67%) NHS
16 9 (0.67%) Reference Data
16 9 (0.67%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 95 (7.08%) Windows
2 40 (2.98%) Linux
3 28 (2.09%) Windows Server
4 21 (1.56%) Unix
5 19 (1.42%) Windows 10
6 18 (1.34%) VMS
7 10 (0.75%) Windows Server 2016
8 9 (0.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (0.37%) zOS
10 4 (0.30%) Apple iOS
11 3 (0.22%) CentOS
11 3 (0.22%) Solaris
11 3 (0.22%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.15%) Android
12 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.075%) AIX
13 1 (0.075%) VME
13 1 (0.075%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 454 (33.83%) Data Migration
2 276 (20.57%) Agile
3 252 (18.78%) Stakeholder Management
4 228 (16.99%) DevOps
5 217 (16.17%) Problem-Solving
6 171 (12.74%) CI/CD
7 154 (11.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 143 (10.66%) Data Modelling
9 130 (9.69%) Project Management
10 128 (9.54%) ETL
11 124 (9.24%) Validation
12 123 (9.17%) Infrastructure as Code
13 117 (8.72%) User Acceptance Testing
14 116 (8.64%) Analytics
15 106 (7.90%) ERP
16 103 (7.68%) Business Intelligence
17 96 (7.15%) Project Delivery
18 90 (6.71%) Workshop Facilitation
19 81 (6.04%) Continuous Improvement
20 80 (5.96%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 251 (18.70%) SQL
2 131 (9.76%) Python
3 74 (5.51%) Java
4 68 (5.07%) PowerShell
5 37 (2.76%) C#
6 32 (2.38%) JavaScript
7 21 (1.56%) PL/SQL
8 19 (1.42%) Bash
8 19 (1.42%) TypeScript
9 16 (1.19%) Bicep
9 16 (1.19%) Shell Script
10 12 (0.89%) T-SQL
11 9 (0.67%) VBA
12 8 (0.60%) PHP
12 8 (0.60%) REXX
13 5 (0.37%) ABAP
13 5 (0.37%) Apex Code
13 5 (0.37%) Perl
13 5 (0.37%) R
13 5 (0.37%) Scala
Qualifications
1 213 (15.87%) Security Cleared
2 184 (13.71%) SC Cleared
3 102 (7.60%) Degree
4 44 (3.28%) Azure Certification
5 42 (3.13%) PMI Certification
6 41 (3.06%) PMP
7 26 (1.94%) Microsoft Certification
8 24 (1.79%) AWS Certification
8 24 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
9 20 (1.49%) Cisco Certification
10 14 (1.04%) CCNP
10 14 (1.04%) Master's Degree
11 13 (0.97%) BPSS Clearance
11 13 (0.97%) CBAP
12 12 (0.89%) IIBA
13 10 (0.75%) DV Cleared
14 9 (0.67%) TOGAF Certification
15 8 (0.60%) CIMA
16 7 (0.52%) CISSP
16 7 (0.52%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (7.82%) Data Quality
2 64 (4.77%) QA
3 56 (4.17%) GDPR
4 21 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 12 (0.89%) NIST
6 11 (0.82%) SLA
7 9 (0.67%) IFRS
7 9 (0.67%) PMO
8 8 (0.60%) NCSC
8 8 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 7 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
9 7 (0.52%) PCI DSS
10 6 (0.45%) Accessibility
10 6 (0.45%) GRC
11 5 (0.37%) Basel III
11 5 (0.37%) GAAP
11 5 (0.37%) IFRS 9
12 4 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 4 (0.30%) EMIR
12 4 (0.30%) HIPAA
System Software
1 69 (5.14%) Active Directory
2 64 (4.77%) Docker
3 34 (2.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.89%) Virtual Desktop
5 11 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
5 11 (0.82%) VMware NSX
6 8 (0.60%) Oracle RAC
7 7 (0.52%) Hyper-V
8 6 (0.45%) vSphere
9 3 (0.22%) BitLocker
9 3 (0.22%) Job Entry Subsystem
9 3 (0.22%) KVM
9 3 (0.22%) NFS
10 2 (0.15%) RACF
10 2 (0.15%) Varnish
10 2 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.075%) Postfix
11 1 (0.075%) PowerHA
11 1 (0.075%) Squid
11 1 (0.075%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 154 (11.48%) Terraform
2 103 (7.68%) Kubernetes
3 51 (3.80%) Microsoft Intune
4 41 (3.06%) Ansible
5 24 (1.79%) SCCM
6 12 (0.89%) SCOM
7 9 (0.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 9 (0.67%) AirWatch
7 9 (0.67%) Grafana
8 7 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
9 6 (0.45%) HP SiteScope
9 6 (0.45%) Prometheus
10 5 (0.37%) Argo
10 5 (0.37%) Data Guard
10 5 (0.37%) FortiGate
10 5 (0.37%) Istio
10 5 (0.37%) Oracle RMAN
11 4 (0.30%) Pingdom
11 4 (0.30%) Progress Chef
12 3 (0.22%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 279 (20.79%) Microsoft
2 144 (10.73%) Oracle
3 125 (9.31%) SAP
4 57 (4.25%) Google
5 50 (3.73%) VMware
6 46 (3.43%) Salesforce
7 38 (2.83%) Databricks
8 36 (2.68%) ServiceNow
9 35 (2.61%) Cisco
9 35 (2.61%) Workday
10 22 (1.64%) CyberArk
11 19 (1.42%) Splunk
12 18 (1.34%) Citrix
12 18 (1.34%) Informatica
13 17 (1.27%) Avaloq
14 15 (1.12%) BMC
14 15 (1.12%) IBM
15 14 (1.04%) Fortinet
16 13 (0.97%) Palo Alto
17 12 (0.89%) Red Hat