Migration Contracts in London

Migration
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Migration skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Migration over the 6 months leading up to 24 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 22 24
Rank change year-on-year +1 +2 -3
Contract jobs citing Migration 1,146 1,378 1,915
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 9.38% 7.92% 7.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.17% 8.95% 8.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 762 1,004 1,363
10th Percentile £388 £350 £395
25th Percentile £463 £438 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year - -6.78% +7.27%
75th Percentile £700 £650 £688
90th Percentile £838 £738 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 8 6
10th Percentile £24.13 £21.59 £22.50
25th Percentile £25.12 £22.89 £27.75
Median hourly rate £25.15 £56.87 £44.25
Median % change year-on-year -55.77% +28.51% +29.20%
75th Percentile £42.26 £71.25 £62.94
90th Percentile £65.00 - £81.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £68.50
% change year-on-year -37.13% -41.61% +163.46%

All Process and 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 11,263 15,405 23,305
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.18% 88.53% 90.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,597 11,053 16,838
10th Percentile £350 £340 £375
25th Percentile £431 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £595
Median % change year-on-year - -7.56% +3.48%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 179 310 268
10th Percentile £16.50 £15.90 £18.35
25th Percentile £23.33 £20.00 £22.50
Median hourly rate £31.00 £27.83 £39.21
Median % change year-on-year +11.41% -29.04% +9.68%
75th Percentile £49.75 £48.75 £64.06
90th Percentile £63.35 £66.78 £82.50
England median hourly rate £28.00 £36.50 £37.30
% change year-on-year -23.29% -2.14% +49.20%

Migration
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Migration as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Migration in London

Migration
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Migration in London.

Daily rate trend for Migration in London

Migration
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Migration in London over the 6 months to 24 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Migration in London

Migration
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Migration in London.

Hourly rate trend for Migration in London

Migration
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Migration in London over the 6 months to 24 May 2025.

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 24 May 2025. 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 +1 191 £550 - 66
West London +3 14 £463 -2.63% 116
South London +14 13 £478 -9.05% 4
East London +5 7 £510 -5.56% 11
North London +2 5 £426 +26.30%
Migration
England

Migration
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 53 (4.62%) SharePoint
2 36 (3.14%) Confluence
3 17 (1.48%) Microsoft Exchange
4 16 (1.40%) Apache Airflow
4 16 (1.40%) CMS
5 14 (1.22%) Apache
6 8 (0.70%) Apache Spark
7 7 (0.61%) IIS
8 6 (0.52%) SAS
8 6 (0.52%) SharePoint 2010
9 3 (0.26%) Drupal
10 2 (0.17%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.17%) IBM HTTP Server
10 2 (0.17%) JBoss
10 2 (0.17%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.17%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.17%) WebSphere
11 1 (0.087%) Documentum
11 1 (0.087%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.087%) WebLogic
Applications
1 32 (2.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (1.66%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (1.31%) MS Visio
4 6 (0.52%) InfoPath
5 5 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.17%) 1Password
6 2 (0.17%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.17%) Notepad++
6 2 (0.17%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.087%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.087%) FileZilla
7 1 (0.087%) Trello
Business Applications
1 49 (4.28%) SAP S/4HANA
2 24 (2.09%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (1.40%) Oracle EBS
4 9 (0.79%) Unit4 Business World
5 7 (0.61%) SAP CO
6 6 (0.52%) Aladdin
6 6 (0.52%) SAP FI
6 6 (0.52%) SAP FI/CO
6 6 (0.52%) SAP MDG
7 5 (0.44%) NetSuite
8 4 (0.35%) Oracle ERP
8 4 (0.35%) Workday HCM
9 3 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
9 3 (0.26%) Magento
9 3 (0.26%) Oracle Applications
9 3 (0.26%) Oracle EBS R12
9 3 (0.26%) Oracle E-Business Tax
9 3 (0.26%) Oracle Financials
9 3 (0.26%) SAP SD
9 3 (0.26%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 277 (24.17%) Azure
2 178 (15.53%) AWS
3 84 (7.33%) GCP
4 73 (6.37%) Microsoft 365
5 70 (6.11%) Power Platform
6 58 (5.06%) Entra ID
7 43 (3.75%) SaaS
8 39 (3.40%) Dynamics 365
8 39 (3.40%) Snowflake
9 35 (3.05%) Azure DevOps
10 33 (2.88%) IaaS
11 30 (2.62%) Serverless
12 28 (2.44%) dbt
13 25 (2.18%) Amazon S3
14 24 (2.09%) PaaS
15 21 (1.83%) Azure ExpressRoute
16 20 (1.75%) Power Automate
16 20 (1.75%) PowerApps
17 19 (1.66%) Amazon EC2
17 19 (1.66%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 81 (7.07%) VPN
2 79 (6.89%) Firewall
3 44 (3.84%) DNS
4 32 (2.79%) Network Security
5 31 (2.71%) BGP
6 30 (2.62%) OSPF
7 26 (2.27%) MPLS
8 17 (1.48%) NGFW
9 15 (1.31%) WAN
10 13 (1.13%) DHCP
11 11 (0.96%) Multicast
11 11 (0.96%) VLAN
12 10 (0.87%) IPsec
12 10 (0.87%) LAN
13 9 (0.79%) Cisco ASA
13 9 (0.79%) IPv6
13 9 (0.79%) TCP/IP
14 8 (0.70%) Broadband
14 8 (0.70%) Cisco Nexus
15 7 (0.61%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 100 (8.73%) Data Lake
2 57 (4.97%) SQL Server
3 54 (4.71%) Data Warehouse
4 40 (3.49%) Power BI
5 30 (2.62%) PostgreSQL
6 23 (2.01%) Oracle Database
6 23 (2.01%) Relational Database
7 22 (1.92%) Tableau
8 19 (1.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 16 (1.40%) Amazon Athena
10 13 (1.13%) Amazon RDS
10 13 (1.13%) Oracle Reports
10 13 (1.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 11 (0.96%) Azure SQL Database
11 11 (0.96%) BigQuery
11 11 (0.96%) Metadata
11 11 (0.96%) MS Access
12 10 (0.87%) Apache Iceberg
12 10 (0.87%) Big Data
12 10 (0.87%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 60 (5.24%) JIRA
2 29 (2.53%) GitLab
3 26 (2.27%) Jenkins
4 14 (1.22%) Liquibase
5 13 (1.13%) Git
6 12 (1.05%) Gradle
6 12 (1.05%) ScriptRunner
7 11 (0.96%) JUnit
7 11 (0.96%) Mockito
8 6 (0.52%) LSMW
9 5 (0.44%) Postman
10 3 (0.26%) ER Studio
10 3 (0.26%) Sonatype Nexus
10 3 (0.26%) Subversion
11 2 (0.17%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.17%) MagicDraw
11 2 (0.17%) MSI
11 2 (0.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 2 (0.17%) XMLSpy
12 1 (0.087%) RStudio
General
1 451 (39.35%) Finance
2 304 (26.53%) Social Skills
3 120 (10.47%) Analytical Skills
4 112 (9.77%) Banking
5 103 (8.99%) Front Office
6 66 (5.76%) Public Sector
7 47 (4.10%) Marketing
8 32 (2.79%) Retail
9 30 (2.62%) Legal
10 28 (2.44%) Manufacturing
11 27 (2.36%) Telecoms
12 25 (2.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 24 (2.09%) Investment Banking
14 18 (1.57%) Financial Institution
15 17 (1.48%) Law
15 17 (1.48%) Local Government
15 17 (1.48%) Presentation Skills
16 16 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
16 16 (1.40%) Organisational Skills
17 13 (1.13%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 157 (13.70%) Architect
2 141 (12.30%) Analyst
3 100 (8.73%) Project Manager
4 97 (8.46%) Consultant
4 97 (8.46%) Senior
5 90 (7.85%) Lead
6 75 (6.54%) Developer
7 72 (6.28%) Business Analyst
8 65 (5.67%) Network Engineer
9 48 (4.19%) Azure Engineer
10 47 (4.10%) Solutions Architect
11 40 (3.49%) Data Analyst
12 38 (3.32%) Head of Finance
12 38 (3.32%) Migration Engineer
13 36 (3.14%) Data Architect
13 36 (3.14%) Data Engineer
14 30 (2.62%) Cloud Architect
15 26 (2.27%) Migration Manager
16 24 (2.09%) Cloud Engineer
16 24 (2.09%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (2.53%) Kafka
2 21 (1.83%) .NET
3 19 (1.66%) ARM Templates
4 17 (1.48%) ADO
4 17 (1.48%) Spring
4 17 (1.48%) Spring Boot
5 16 (1.40%) React
6 14 (1.22%) REST
6 14 (1.22%) Swagger
7 13 (1.13%) OpenAPI
7 13 (1.13%) PySpark
8 12 (1.05%) Middleware
8 12 (1.05%) SOAP
9 11 (0.96%) HTML
9 11 (0.96%) OAuth
9 11 (0.96%) Web Services
9 11 (0.96%) XML
10 10 (0.87%) gRPC
11 9 (0.79%) Pandas
11 9 (0.79%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 94 (8.20%) Hedge funds
2 92 (8.03%) Derivative
2 92 (8.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 87 (7.59%) Fixed Income
4 86 (7.50%) Equities
5 61 (5.32%) Legacy Systems
6 53 (4.62%) Data Centre
7 31 (2.71%) Cloud Native
8 23 (2.01%) Product Ownership
9 22 (1.92%) Data Structures
10 19 (1.66%) Hybrid Cloud
11 18 (1.57%) Data Protection Act
12 16 (1.40%) Onboarding
13 15 (1.31%) Anti-Spyware
13 15 (1.31%) Management Information System
13 15 (1.31%) Public Cloud
14 14 (1.22%) Legacy Applications
15 13 (1.13%) Reference Data
16 12 (1.05%) Greenfield Project
17 11 (0.96%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 112 (9.77%) Windows
2 47 (4.10%) Linux
3 33 (2.88%) Windows Server
4 24 (2.09%) Unix
5 19 (1.66%) Windows 10
6 17 (1.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.44%) Oracle Linux
8 4 (0.35%) AIX
8 4 (0.35%) CentOS
9 2 (0.17%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.17%) Solaris
9 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.17%) zOS
10 1 (0.087%) Amazon Linux
10 1 (0.087%) Android
10 1 (0.087%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.087%) Rocky
10 1 (0.087%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 308 (26.88%) Data Migration
2 267 (23.30%) Agile
3 189 (16.49%) Problem-Solving
4 136 (11.87%) Stakeholder Management
5 134 (11.69%) Data Governance
6 131 (11.43%) DevOps
7 125 (10.91%) Roadmaps
8 105 (9.16%) Data Management
9 103 (8.99%) Project Management
10 91 (7.94%) Validation
11 90 (7.85%) CI/CD
12 85 (7.42%) Investment Management
12 85 (7.42%) Regulatory Compliance
13 83 (7.24%) Infrastructure as Code
14 82 (7.16%) Analytics
15 81 (7.07%) ETL
16 78 (6.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 77 (6.72%) ERP
18 72 (6.28%) Change Management
19 71 (6.20%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 182 (15.88%) SQL
2 121 (10.56%) Python
3 53 (4.62%) PowerShell
4 47 (4.10%) Java
5 24 (2.09%) JavaScript
5 24 (2.09%) TypeScript
6 22 (1.92%) C#
7 18 (1.57%) PL/SQL
8 17 (1.48%) Bicep
9 15 (1.31%) Bash
10 14 (1.22%) Groovy
10 14 (1.22%) VBA
11 11 (0.96%) T-SQL
12 7 (0.61%) Apex Code
12 7 (0.61%) Shell Script
13 6 (0.52%) ABAP
13 6 (0.52%) C
13 6 (0.52%) C++
13 6 (0.52%) R
14 5 (0.44%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 105 (9.16%) Security Cleared
2 101 (8.81%) SC Cleared
3 74 (6.46%) Degree
4 27 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (2.27%) Azure Certification
6 23 (2.01%) Cisco Certification
6 23 (2.01%) PMP
7 20 (1.75%) PMI Certification
8 19 (1.66%) AWS Certification
9 11 (0.96%) CCNP
9 11 (0.96%) Microsoft Certification
10 10 (0.87%) CISSP
11 9 (0.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 9 (0.79%) CCIE
11 9 (0.79%) CCNA
12 7 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
12 7 (0.61%) CBAP
13 6 (0.52%) TOGAF Certification
14 5 (0.44%) CCIE Service Provider
14 5 (0.44%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (5.41%) Data Quality
2 46 (4.01%) QA
3 33 (2.88%) GDPR
4 27 (2.36%) MiFID
5 11 (0.96%) Accessibility
6 10 (0.87%) PCI DSS
6 10 (0.87%) PMO
6 10 (0.87%) SLA
7 9 (0.79%) NIST
8 8 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 7 (0.61%) HIPAA
10 6 (0.52%) ISO 20022
11 5 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 5 (0.44%) SEPA
12 4 (0.35%) SOC 2
13 3 (0.26%) EMIR
13 3 (0.26%) GRC
14 2 (0.17%) Dodd-Frank
14 2 (0.17%) IFRS
14 2 (0.17%) ISO 15022
System Software
1 71 (6.20%) Active Directory
2 42 (3.66%) Docker
3 23 (2.01%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (1.22%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (0.87%) vSphere
6 8 (0.70%) Hyper-V
7 6 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (0.35%) BitLocker
8 4 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.26%) Firmware
9 3 (0.26%) Microsoft App-V
9 3 (0.26%) OpenAM
10 2 (0.17%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.087%) HDFS
11 1 (0.087%) Job Entry Subsystem
11 1 (0.087%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.087%) Time Sharing Option
11 1 (0.087%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 90 (7.85%) Terraform
2 52 (4.54%) Kubernetes
3 42 (3.66%) Ansible
4 37 (3.23%) Microsoft Intune
5 26 (2.27%) SCCM
6 15 (1.31%) Single Sign-On
7 10 (0.87%) ZABBIX
8 7 (0.61%) Grafana
9 5 (0.44%) CEMLI
9 5 (0.44%) Puppet
10 4 (0.35%) Argo
10 4 (0.35%) NetBackup
10 4 (0.35%) Oracle RMAN
10 4 (0.35%) Prometheus
11 3 (0.26%) Cisco UCCX
11 3 (0.26%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 3 (0.26%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.26%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 3 (0.26%) Tivoli Storage Manager
12 2 (0.17%) Netcool
Vendors
1 204 (17.80%) Microsoft
2 111 (9.69%) SAP
3 101 (8.81%) Oracle
4 54 (4.71%) Google
5 50 (4.36%) Cisco
6 36 (3.14%) VMware
7 33 (2.88%) Salesforce
8 26 (2.27%) Palo Alto
9 22 (1.92%) CheckPoint
9 22 (1.92%) ServiceNow
10 21 (1.83%) Workday
11 20 (1.75%) IBM
11 20 (1.75%) Infoblox
12 17 (1.48%) SolarWinds
13 15 (1.31%) Murex
14 14 (1.22%) Atlassian
15 13 (1.13%) Databricks
15 13 (1.13%) F5
15 13 (1.13%) Red Hat
16 10 (0.87%) Nokia