Migration Job Trends in London

Migration
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Migration skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 57 81
Rank change year-on-year +1 +24 -21
Permanent jobs citing Migration 780 640 828
As % of all permanent jobs in London 3.50% 5.09% 3.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.25% 5.37% 3.99%
Number of salaries quoted 464 431 624
10th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £49,125
25th Percentile £62,500 £61,125 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.23% +3.33%
75th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £100,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £120,000 £130,000
England median annual salary £67,000 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -0.74% +8.00% -3.85%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 18,338 11,915 20,736
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 82.31% 94.81% 89.49%
Number of salaries quoted 12,530 7,431 14,970
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,000 £38,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £71,250
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £108,750 £122,500 £117,850
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%

Migration
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Migration relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

Migration job vacancy trend in London

Migration
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Migration.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Migration

Migration
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Migration in London over the 6 months to 13 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Migration in London

Migration
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Migration within the London region over the 6 months to 13 July 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London -40 79 £90,000 +16.13% 108
South London +34 20 £112,500 +16.88% 4
East London -11 2 £50,000 -9.09% 10
West London -16 1 - - 42
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 15 (1.92%) SharePoint
2 11 (1.41%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (1.28%) Apache Spark
3 10 (1.28%) SAS
4 8 (1.03%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (0.64%) Apache Pig
5 5 (0.64%) CMS
5 5 (0.64%) Confluence
6 2 (0.26%) Apache
6 2 (0.26%) CICS
6 2 (0.26%) IIS
7 1 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.13%) Drupal
7 1 (0.13%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.13%) nginx
7 1 (0.13%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.13%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 14 (1.79%) Microsoft Excel
1 14 (1.79%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (1.28%) Microsoft Project
3 9 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.51%) Chatbot
4 4 (0.51%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 42 (5.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 23 (2.95%) Dynamics CRM
3 13 (1.67%) NetSuite
4 10 (1.28%) Shopify
5 9 (1.15%) SAP MDG
6 7 (0.90%) Oracle EBS
6 7 (0.90%) Oracle ERP
7 6 (0.77%) iTrent
7 6 (0.77%) SAP CO
7 6 (0.77%) SAP FI
8 5 (0.64%) Oracle Applications
8 5 (0.64%) SAP FI/CO
9 4 (0.51%) Oracle Payables
9 4 (0.51%) Unit4 Business World
10 3 (0.38%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 3 (0.38%) SAP HCM
11 2 (0.26%) Oracle Receivables
11 2 (0.26%) SAP IBP
11 2 (0.26%) SAP MM
11 2 (0.26%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 266 (34.10%) Azure
2 207 (26.54%) AWS
3 81 (10.38%) Cloud Computing
4 72 (9.23%) Microsoft 365
5 55 (7.05%) GCP
6 52 (6.67%) Serverless
7 46 (5.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 46 (5.90%) SaaS
8 41 (5.26%) Snowflake
9 40 (5.13%) Entra ID
10 39 (5.00%) PaaS
11 38 (4.87%) Power Platform
12 36 (4.62%) Azure AI
12 36 (4.62%) Azure Machine Learning
13 35 (4.49%) Azure DevOps
13 35 (4.49%) Dynamics 365
14 34 (4.36%) AWS CloudFormation
15 31 (3.97%) IaaS
16 30 (3.85%) Amazon S3
17 21 (2.69%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 68 (8.72%) Firewall
2 47 (6.03%) DNS
3 45 (5.77%) VLAN
4 43 (5.51%) VPN
5 42 (5.38%) DHCP
6 37 (4.74%) Wi-Fi
7 36 (4.62%) SAN
8 26 (3.33%) WAN
9 22 (2.82%) Network Security
10 20 (2.56%) Internet
11 15 (1.92%) SD-WAN
12 14 (1.79%) Wireless
13 12 (1.54%) LAN
14 8 (1.03%) NGN
15 7 (0.90%) TCP/IP
16 6 (0.77%) Cisco Wireless
17 5 (0.64%) BGP
17 5 (0.64%) Kerberos
17 5 (0.64%) OSPF
18 4 (0.51%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 101 (12.95%) SQL Server
2 45 (5.77%) Data Lake
3 37 (4.74%) Data Warehouse
4 36 (4.62%) Metadata
5 32 (4.10%) Power BI
6 22 (2.82%) Azure SQL Database
7 17 (2.18%) Amazon Redshift
8 15 (1.92%) PostgreSQL
9 14 (1.79%) MySQL
10 13 (1.67%) Big Data
10 13 (1.67%) DynamoDB
11 12 (1.54%) Relational Database
12 11 (1.41%) Amazon RDS
13 9 (1.15%) Elasticsearch
13 9 (1.15%) NoSQL
13 9 (1.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 8 (1.03%) BigQuery
14 8 (1.03%) Hadoop
14 8 (1.03%) Oracle Database
14 8 (1.03%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 28 (3.59%) JIRA
2 21 (2.69%) Git
3 16 (2.05%) Chocolatey
4 15 (1.92%) Jenkins
5 7 (0.90%) ERwin
5 7 (0.90%) GitLab
6 6 (0.77%) Oracle APEX
6 6 (0.77%) TeamCity
7 5 (0.64%) Claude Code
7 5 (0.64%) JMeter
8 4 (0.51%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.38%) MLflow
9 3 (0.38%) Postman
9 3 (0.38%) Taiga
9 3 (0.38%) VersionOne
10 2 (0.26%) Bitbucket Server
10 2 (0.26%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.26%) Yeoman
11 1 (0.13%) Cucumber
11 1 (0.13%) Mocha
General
1 334 (42.82%) Finance
2 201 (25.77%) Social Skills
3 122 (15.64%) Analytical Skills
4 74 (9.49%) Banking
5 40 (5.13%) Financial Institution
6 38 (4.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 38 (4.87%) Retail
7 35 (4.49%) Public Sector
8 30 (3.85%) Law
9 20 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
9 20 (2.56%) Manufacturing
10 19 (2.44%) Marketing
11 18 (2.31%) Legal
12 16 (2.05%) General Ledger
13 15 (1.92%) Billing
14 12 (1.54%) Back Office
15 11 (1.41%) Advertising
15 11 (1.41%) French Language
15 11 (1.41%) Military
16 10 (1.28%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 168 (21.54%) Senior
2 154 (19.74%) Architect
3 131 (16.79%) Consultant
4 64 (8.21%) Lead
5 61 (7.82%) Solutions Architect
6 55 (7.05%) Analyst
7 42 (5.38%) Data Architect
7 42 (5.38%) Senior Consultant
8 41 (5.26%) Azure Engineer
9 39 (5.00%) Professional Services Consultant
10 38 (4.87%) Senior Architect
11 35 (4.49%) Cloud Engineer
12 34 (4.36%) Data Engineer
13 30 (3.85%) Data Consultant
13 30 (3.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 30 (3.85%) Project Manager
14 25 (3.21%) Migration Consultant
15 23 (2.95%) Developer
16 22 (2.82%) Azure Architect
17 21 (2.69%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.31%) REST
2 16 (2.05%) .NET
2 16 (2.05%) Kafka
3 13 (1.67%) RESTful
4 12 (1.54%) JSON
5 11 (1.41%) Oracle Fusion
5 11 (1.41%) Web Services
5 11 (1.41%) XML
6 10 (1.28%) SAML
7 9 (1.15%) Middleware
7 9 (1.15%) OpenAPI
7 9 (1.15%) React
7 9 (1.15%) Swagger
8 8 (1.03%) CSS
8 8 (1.03%) FIX Protocol
8 8 (1.03%) FpML
8 8 (1.03%) Ruby on Rails
9 7 (0.90%) PySpark
9 7 (0.90%) SOAP
9 7 (0.90%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 116 (14.87%) Onboarding
2 89 (11.41%) Cloud Native
3 67 (8.59%) Data Centre
4 64 (8.21%) Legacy Systems
5 53 (6.79%) Enterprise Cloud
6 29 (3.72%) Product Ownership
7 25 (3.21%) Distributed Computing
8 23 (2.95%) Data Structures
9 22 (2.82%) Analytical Mindset
10 21 (2.69%) Hybrid Cloud
11 19 (2.44%) Management Information System
12 16 (2.05%) Cyber Threat
13 15 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
13 15 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
13 15 (1.92%) Virtual Team
14 14 (1.79%) e-Learning
14 14 (1.79%) Mainframe
15 13 (1.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 12 (1.54%) AI Agents
17 11 (1.41%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 94 (12.05%) Windows
2 29 (3.72%) Linux
3 28 (3.59%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.64%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (0.51%) Unix
6 2 (0.26%) Android
6 2 (0.26%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.26%) CentOS
6 2 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.26%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.13%) MVS
7 1 (0.13%) VMS
7 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.13%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 226 (28.97%) Data Migration
2 171 (21.92%) Agile
3 164 (21.03%) Roadmaps
4 152 (19.49%) AI
5 135 (17.31%) Problem-Solving
6 130 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
7 124 (15.90%) Analytics
8 118 (15.13%) DevOps
9 112 (14.36%) Mentoring
10 105 (13.46%) Data Governance
11 94 (12.05%) CI/CD
12 91 (11.67%) Infrastructure as Code
13 90 (11.54%) ERP
14 87 (11.15%) Project Management
15 86 (11.03%) Validation
16 84 (10.77%) Project Delivery
16 84 (10.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 80 (10.26%) Continuous Improvement
17 80 (10.26%) Machine Learning
18 75 (9.62%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 152 (19.49%) SQL
2 89 (11.41%) Python
3 44 (5.64%) PowerShell
4 36 (4.62%) Java
5 23 (2.95%) C#
6 21 (2.69%) Bash
7 16 (2.05%) JavaScript
8 9 (1.15%) Bicep
8 9 (1.15%) C++
8 9 (1.15%) TypeScript
9 7 (0.90%) Ruby
10 5 (0.64%) Julia
10 5 (0.64%) MATLAB
10 5 (0.64%) R
10 5 (0.64%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.51%) Apex Code
11 4 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 4 (0.51%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.38%) Go
12 3 (0.38%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 99 (12.69%) Security Cleared
2 59 (7.56%) Degree
3 57 (7.31%) AWS Certification
4 39 (5.00%) Azure Certification
5 33 (4.23%) ACCA
5 33 (4.23%) CIMA
5 33 (4.23%) SC Cleared
6 28 (3.59%) Cisco Certification
7 21 (2.69%) CCNP
8 20 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
9 16 (2.05%) PMI Certification
10 15 (1.92%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 15 (1.92%) DV Cleared
10 15 (1.92%) PMP
11 14 (1.79%) Microsoft Certification
12 8 (1.03%) ISTQB
13 7 (0.90%) CCIE
13 7 (0.90%) CISSP
13 7 (0.90%) PhD
14 6 (0.77%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (9.23%) Data Quality
2 37 (4.74%) GDPR
3 35 (4.49%) QA
4 23 (2.95%) SLA
5 11 (1.41%) IFRS
5 11 (1.41%) PMO
6 10 (1.28%) GAAP
7 8 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials
8 6 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (0.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 5 (0.64%) Accessibility
10 4 (0.51%) HIPAA
10 4 (0.51%) ISO 20022
11 3 (0.38%) NCSC
12 2 (0.26%) COBIT
12 2 (0.26%) NIST
12 2 (0.26%) SEPA
12 2 (0.26%) TARGET2
13 1 (0.13%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 72 (9.23%) Active Directory
2 44 (5.64%) Virtual Machines
3 34 (4.36%) Docker
4 27 (3.46%) VMware Infrastructure
5 15 (1.92%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (0.77%) vSphere
7 4 (0.51%) Squid
7 4 (0.51%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.38%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.38%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.13%) ACF2
9 1 (0.13%) Job Entry Subsystem
9 1 (0.13%) RACF
9 1 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 89 (11.41%) Terraform
2 43 (5.51%) Kubernetes
3 29 (3.72%) Microsoft Intune
4 28 (3.59%) Ansible
5 18 (2.31%) Progress Chef
5 18 (2.31%) Puppet
6 16 (2.05%) SCCM
7 9 (1.15%) Packer
8 6 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (0.64%) Argo
10 4 (0.51%) FortiGate
10 4 (0.51%) Grafana
10 4 (0.51%) ZABBIX
11 3 (0.38%) Data Guard
11 3 (0.38%) Oracle RMAN
12 2 (0.26%) AirWatch
12 2 (0.26%) Kibana
12 2 (0.26%) Oracle Flashback
12 2 (0.26%) Prometheus
12 2 (0.26%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 217 (27.82%) Microsoft
2 75 (9.62%) SAP
3 74 (9.49%) Oracle
4 55 (7.05%) Databricks
5 52 (6.67%) VMware
6 26 (3.33%) Salesforce
7 23 (2.95%) Google
8 22 (2.82%) Cisco
9 16 (2.05%) AppDynamics
9 16 (2.05%) Dynatrace
9 16 (2.05%) Tenable
10 14 (1.79%) Sage
11 12 (1.54%) Workday
12 10 (1.28%) ServiceNow
13 9 (1.15%) Concur
13 9 (1.15%) Meraki
14 8 (1.03%) Guidewire
14 8 (1.03%) IBM
14 8 (1.03%) Remedy
14 8 (1.03%) Splunk