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 20 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 23 26
Rank change year-on-year +1 +3 -1
Contract jobs citing Migration 1,480 1,210 1,267
As % of all contract jobs in London 9.46% 8.93% 6.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.46% 9.85% 7.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,019 834 904
10th Percentile £367 £385 £366
25th Percentile £450 £463 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.18% - -3.34%
75th Percentile £638 £700 £675
90th Percentile £725 £846 £750
England median daily rate £514 £550 £545
% change year-on-year -6.55% +0.92% +1.87%
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% +136.11%
75th Percentile £30.59 £25.50 £86.50
90th Percentile £66.75 £29.90 -
England median hourly rate £23.83 £22.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +5.89% -43.75% -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 14,143 12,286 16,265
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.44% 90.69% 88.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,444 7,897 11,628
10th Percentile £350 £350 £338
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 £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 219 156 343
10th Percentile £18.21 £20.23 £16.02
25th Percentile £24.81 £24.73 £19.53
Median hourly rate £35.50 £37.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.05% +23.33% -16.67%
75th Percentile £56.73 £55.25 £52.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £78.58 £72.50
England median hourly rate £26.61 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -23.99% - -

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 20 February 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 20 February 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 20 February 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 -9 202 £550 -0.05% 63
South London +12 34 £463 -3.14% 12
West London -5 25 £525 +5.00% 9
East London -2 12 £485 -3.00% 7
North London +7 7 £495 +20.00% 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 60 (4.05%) SharePoint
2 46 (3.11%) Microsoft Exchange
3 45 (3.04%) Confluence
4 10 (0.68%) Apache
4 10 (0.68%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (0.68%) Apache Spark
5 9 (0.61%) CMS
6 8 (0.54%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 8 (0.54%) SAS
7 7 (0.47%) Skype for Business
8 6 (0.41%) ArcGIS
9 5 (0.34%) Mattermost
9 5 (0.34%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 4 (0.27%) BizTalk Server
11 3 (0.20%) LiveLink
11 3 (0.20%) nginx
11 3 (0.20%) Sitecore CMS
12 2 (0.14%) Drupal
12 2 (0.14%) SharePoint 2010
12 2 (0.14%) Tomcat
Applications
1 59 (3.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (2.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 26 (1.76%) Microsoft Office
4 23 (1.55%) Microsoft Project
5 17 (1.15%) MS Visio
6 11 (0.74%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.20%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.20%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.068%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.068%) InfoPath
8 1 (0.068%) Trello
Business Applications
1 59 (3.99%) SAP S/4HANA
2 31 (2.09%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (1.01%) Oracle EBS
4 14 (0.95%) Loan IQ
4 14 (0.95%) SAP HR
5 12 (0.81%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 11 (0.74%) Oracle Payables
7 10 (0.68%) Oracle General Ledger
7 10 (0.68%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 9 (0.61%) SAP CO
8 9 (0.61%) Veritas eDiscovery
9 8 (0.54%) Oracle FAH
9 8 (0.54%) SAP FI
9 8 (0.54%) SAP FI/CO
10 7 (0.47%) Oracle ERP
10 7 (0.47%) Oracle Financials
10 7 (0.47%) Oracle Receivables
11 6 (0.41%) SAP ERP
11 6 (0.41%) SAP MM
12 5 (0.34%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 388 (26.22%) Azure
2 212 (14.32%) AWS
3 105 (7.09%) GitHub
4 104 (7.03%) Power Platform
5 98 (6.62%) Microsoft 365
6 83 (5.61%) GCP
7 77 (5.20%) Azure DevOps
8 58 (3.92%) Dynamics 365
9 54 (3.65%) GitHub Actions
9 54 (3.65%) SaaS
10 53 (3.58%) Entra ID
11 44 (2.97%) Serverless
12 40 (2.70%) Azure Data Factory
12 40 (2.70%) OCI
13 38 (2.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 38 (2.57%) Snowflake
14 37 (2.50%) Amazon S3
15 31 (2.09%) IaaS
16 30 (2.03%) PaaS
17 28 (1.89%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 70 (4.73%) Firewall
2 45 (3.04%) Network Security
3 32 (2.16%) VPN
4 31 (2.09%) DNS
5 25 (1.69%) WAN
6 20 (1.35%) SAN
7 17 (1.15%) BGP
7 17 (1.15%) NAS
7 17 (1.15%) SD-WAN
8 16 (1.08%) LAN
8 16 (1.08%) VLAN
9 14 (0.95%) DHCP
9 14 (0.95%) OSPF
10 12 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
11 9 (0.61%) DMARC
11 9 (0.61%) Unified Communications
12 8 (0.54%) DKIM
12 8 (0.54%) MPLS
13 7 (0.47%) Skype
13 7 (0.47%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (5.61%) Power BI
2 75 (5.07%) Data Warehouse
3 74 (5.00%) SQL Server
4 39 (2.64%) PostgreSQL
5 35 (2.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 34 (2.30%) Relational Database
7 32 (2.16%) Oracle Database
8 28 (1.89%) Data Lake
9 27 (1.82%) Metadata
10 25 (1.69%) Tableau
11 18 (1.22%) Amazon Athena
11 18 (1.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 16 (1.08%) Amazon RDS
12 16 (1.08%) MongoDB
13 15 (1.01%) Amazon Redshift
13 15 (1.01%) DB2
13 15 (1.01%) MySQL
14 14 (0.95%) RDBMS
15 13 (0.88%) Azure SQL Database
15 13 (0.88%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 95 (6.42%) JIRA
2 29 (1.96%) Jenkins
3 25 (1.69%) Git
3 25 (1.69%) GitLab
4 15 (1.01%) Artifactory
5 11 (0.74%) Team Foundation Server
6 7 (0.47%) Cucumber
6 7 (0.47%) JUnit
7 5 (0.34%) Bitbucket
7 5 (0.34%) Oracle Forms
7 5 (0.34%) SonarQube
8 4 (0.27%) Claude Code
8 4 (0.27%) Mockito
8 4 (0.27%) Selenium
8 4 (0.27%) Toad
9 3 (0.20%) Chocolatey
9 3 (0.20%) ERwin
9 3 (0.20%) LSMW
9 3 (0.20%) SpecFlow
9 3 (0.20%) Visual Studio
General
1 481 (32.50%) Social Skills
2 457 (30.88%) Finance
3 139 (9.39%) Analytical Skills
4 126 (8.51%) Banking
5 123 (8.31%) Public Sector
6 55 (3.72%) Documentation Skills
7 47 (3.18%) Retail
8 34 (2.30%) Legal
9 32 (2.16%) Telecoms
10 27 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
11 23 (1.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 23 (1.55%) Manufacturing
12 22 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
12 22 (1.49%) Local Government
13 21 (1.42%) Presentation Skills
14 20 (1.35%) Financial Institution
15 19 (1.28%) Law
16 18 (1.22%) General Ledger
16 18 (1.22%) Marketing
17 16 (1.08%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 202 (13.65%) Analyst
2 197 (13.31%) Architect
3 150 (10.14%) Senior
4 148 (10.00%) Lead
5 142 (9.59%) Consultant
6 137 (9.26%) Business Analyst
7 113 (7.64%) Project Manager
8 87 (5.88%) Developer
9 77 (5.20%) Data Engineer
10 57 (3.85%) Azure Engineer
11 51 (3.45%) Migration Engineer
12 48 (3.24%) Migration Manager
13 44 (2.97%) Data Analyst
14 42 (2.84%) DevOps Engineer
15 39 (2.64%) Migration Analyst
16 38 (2.57%) Solutions Architect
17 32 (2.16%) Azure Architect
17 32 (2.16%) Cloud Engineer
18 31 (2.09%) Cloud Architect
19 29 (1.96%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (3.18%) REST
2 37 (2.50%) .NET
3 36 (2.43%) Kafka
4 35 (2.36%) Middleware
5 28 (1.89%) Oracle Fusion
6 26 (1.76%) XML
7 24 (1.62%) PySpark
8 18 (1.22%) Spring Boot
9 17 (1.15%) Spring
10 16 (1.08%) SOAP
11 15 (1.01%) JSON
12 13 (0.88%) AngularJS
12 13 (0.88%) HTML
12 13 (0.88%) React
13 12 (0.81%) CSS
13 12 (0.81%) Lightning Web Components
14 11 (0.74%) Web Services
15 10 (0.68%) ARM Templates
15 10 (0.68%) RESTful
15 10 (0.68%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 125 (8.45%) Legacy Systems
2 91 (6.15%) Cloud Native
3 59 (3.99%) Data Centre
4 49 (3.31%) Onboarding
5 45 (3.04%) Data Structures
6 37 (2.50%) Data Protection Act
6 37 (2.50%) Replication
7 34 (2.30%) Hybrid Cloud
8 32 (2.16%) Public Cloud
9 29 (1.96%) Product Ownership
10 27 (1.82%) Management Information System
11 22 (1.49%) Mainframe
12 18 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
13 17 (1.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 13 (0.88%) Distributed Systems
15 11 (0.74%) Legacy Applications
15 11 (0.74%) Reference Data
15 11 (0.74%) Self-Motivation
16 10 (0.68%) Clustering
16 10 (0.68%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 107 (7.23%) Windows
2 40 (2.70%) Linux
3 29 (1.96%) Windows Server
4 22 (1.49%) Unix
4 22 (1.49%) Windows 10
5 17 (1.15%) VMS
6 10 (0.68%) Windows Server 2016
7 9 (0.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 9 (0.61%) zOS
8 6 (0.41%) Apple iOS
9 4 (0.27%) Android
9 4 (0.27%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.27%) Solaris
10 3 (0.20%) CentOS
10 3 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.068%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 516 (34.86%) Data Migration
2 290 (19.59%) Agile
3 272 (18.38%) Stakeholder Management
4 232 (15.68%) DevOps
5 227 (15.34%) Problem-Solving
6 179 (12.09%) CI/CD
7 162 (10.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 159 (10.74%) Data Modelling
9 152 (10.27%) Validation
10 148 (10.00%) ETL
11 131 (8.85%) Project Management
12 129 (8.72%) Infrastructure as Code
13 126 (8.51%) Analytics
14 125 (8.45%) User Acceptance Testing
15 120 (8.11%) ERP
16 111 (7.50%) Business Intelligence
17 103 (6.96%) Project Delivery
18 102 (6.89%) Continuous Improvement
19 90 (6.08%) Workshop Facilitation
20 86 (5.81%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 269 (18.18%) SQL
2 133 (8.99%) Python
3 81 (5.47%) Java
4 66 (4.46%) PowerShell
5 37 (2.50%) JavaScript
6 36 (2.43%) C#
7 21 (1.42%) PL/SQL
8 19 (1.28%) TypeScript
9 18 (1.22%) Bicep
10 17 (1.15%) Bash
11 15 (1.01%) T-SQL
12 14 (0.95%) Shell Script
13 10 (0.68%) Apex Code
13 10 (0.68%) VBA
14 8 (0.54%) REXX
15 7 (0.47%) PHP
16 6 (0.41%) ABAP
17 5 (0.34%) Korn
17 5 (0.34%) R
17 5 (0.34%) Scala
Qualifications
1 245 (16.55%) Security Cleared
2 206 (13.92%) SC Cleared
3 98 (6.62%) Degree
4 50 (3.38%) Azure Certification
5 41 (2.77%) PMI Certification
5 41 (2.77%) PMP
6 29 (1.96%) Microsoft Certification
7 26 (1.76%) Computer Science Degree
8 25 (1.69%) Cisco Certification
9 23 (1.55%) AWS Certification
10 17 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
11 15 (1.01%) CCNP
11 15 (1.01%) Master's Degree
12 13 (0.88%) CBAP
12 13 (0.88%) CISSP
13 12 (0.81%) IIBA
13 12 (0.81%) TOGAF Certification
14 11 (0.74%) CIMA
15 10 (0.68%) DV Cleared
16 9 (0.61%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 128 (8.65%) Data Quality
2 75 (5.07%) QA
3 69 (4.66%) GDPR
4 27 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (0.95%) PMO
6 13 (0.88%) NIST
6 13 (0.88%) SLA
7 10 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
8 9 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 8 (0.54%) IFRS
9 8 (0.54%) ISO 20022
9 8 (0.54%) NCSC
9 8 (0.54%) PCI DSS
10 7 (0.47%) Accessibility
10 7 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 7 (0.47%) GRC
11 5 (0.34%) Basel III
11 5 (0.34%) HIPAA
11 5 (0.34%) IFRS 9
11 5 (0.34%) SEPA
System Software
1 71 (4.80%) Active Directory
2 58 (3.92%) Docker
3 46 (3.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (1.08%) VMware NSX
5 15 (1.01%) Virtual Desktop
6 13 (0.88%) Virtual Machines
7 11 (0.74%) NFS
8 9 (0.61%) Oracle RAC
9 8 (0.54%) vSphere
10 7 (0.47%) Hyper-V
11 3 (0.20%) BitLocker
11 3 (0.20%) Job Entry Subsystem
11 3 (0.20%) KVM
12 2 (0.14%) RACF
12 2 (0.14%) Varnish
12 2 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
13 1 (0.068%) Firmware
13 1 (0.068%) Microsoft App-V
13 1 (0.068%) Postfix
13 1 (0.068%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 157 (10.61%) Terraform
2 108 (7.30%) Kubernetes
3 62 (4.19%) Microsoft Intune
4 42 (2.84%) Ansible
5 28 (1.89%) SCCM
6 12 (0.81%) AirWatch
7 11 (0.74%) Grafana
8 10 (0.68%) SCOM
9 9 (0.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 8 (0.54%) EMC VPLEX
10 8 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
10 8 (0.54%) vMotion
11 6 (0.41%) FortiGate
11 6 (0.41%) Prometheus
12 5 (0.34%) Data Guard
12 5 (0.34%) HP SiteScope
12 5 (0.34%) Jamf Pro
12 5 (0.34%) Oracle RMAN
12 5 (0.34%) vCenter Server
13 4 (0.27%) Pingdom
Vendors
1 307 (20.74%) Microsoft
2 152 (10.27%) Oracle
3 136 (9.19%) SAP
4 71 (4.80%) VMware
5 52 (3.51%) Google
5 52 (3.51%) Salesforce
6 45 (3.04%) Databricks
6 45 (3.04%) ServiceNow
7 41 (2.77%) Cisco
8 30 (2.03%) Workday
9 26 (1.76%) Citrix
10 24 (1.62%) CyberArk
10 24 (1.62%) Informatica
11 19 (1.28%) Pure Storage
11 19 (1.28%) Splunk
12 18 (1.22%) Avaloq
13 16 (1.08%) IBM
13 16 (1.08%) Palo Alto
14 15 (1.01%) MuleSoft
15 13 (0.88%) BMC