Migration Contracts in England

Migration
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Migration skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Migration over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 23 24 22
Rank change year-on-year +1 -2 -3
Contract jobs citing Migration 2,580 3,699 5,551
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 7.00% 7.53% 7.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.10% 8.35% 8.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,786 2,682 3,963
10th Percentile £339 £325 £350
25th Percentile £425 £444 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £666 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 41 40
10th Percentile £15.50 £20.00 £13.62
25th Percentile £25.00 £29.50 £19.41
Median hourly rate £40.00 £68.50 £26.75
Median % change year-on-year -41.61% +156.07% +67.19%
75th Percentile £80.00 £70.00 £59.81
90th Percentile - £87.50 £77.84
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £65.50 £28.50
% change year-on-year -38.93% +129.82% +78.13%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Migration is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,870 44,294 64,052
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.52% 90.18% 90.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,878 31,074 45,519
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £444 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £650 £674 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,246 1,569 1,736
10th Percentile £12.90 £10.73 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £37.34 £24.30
Median % change year-on-year -2.25% +53.69% +3.38%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +2.04%

Migration
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Migration in England

Migration
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Migration in England

Migration
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Migration in England over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Migration in England

Migration
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Migration in England

Migration
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Migration in England over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Migration in England

Migration
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Migration within the England region over the 6 months to 8 May 2024. 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
London +2 1,382 £550 -6.38% 284
South East +2 332 £500 -4.76% 96
North of England -2 318 £500 -4.76% 100
Midlands -6 172 £550 +10.00% 76
South West +3 169 £465 -11.43% 44
North West -1 168 £500 - 55
Yorkshire 0 134 £500 -9.09% 36
West Midlands -5 109 £556 +11.25% 45
East of England -12 102 £500 +17.65% 39
East Midlands +9 62 £550 +17.65% 31
North East +21 18 £525 +5.00% 10
South Coast - 3 £500 -
Migration
UK

Migration
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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
1 153 (5.93%) SharePoint
2 94 (3.64%) Microsoft Exchange
3 34 (1.32%) Confluence
4 28 (1.09%) CMS
5 17 (0.66%) Exchange Server 2010
6 15 (0.58%) Apache
6 15 (0.58%) Exchange Server 2007
7 14 (0.54%) IIS
8 13 (0.50%) SharePoint 2013
9 12 (0.47%) Exchange Server 2013
9 12 (0.47%) SAS
10 11 (0.43%) Exchange Server 2003
10 11 (0.43%) Skype for Business
11 9 (0.35%) Apache Spark
12 8 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
12 8 (0.31%) ArcGIS
13 7 (0.27%) ColdFusion
13 7 (0.27%) JBoss
14 6 (0.23%) Drupal
14 6 (0.23%) WebSphere
Applications
1 47 (1.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 46 (1.78%) Microsoft Office
3 27 (1.05%) MS Visio
4 24 (0.93%) Microsoft Project
5 23 (0.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 11 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.16%) Trello
8 3 (0.12%) Acrobat
9 2 (0.078%) FileZilla
9 2 (0.078%) Maya
10 1 (0.039%) InfoPath
10 1 (0.039%) Weka
Business Applications
1 74 (2.87%) SAP S/4HANA
2 53 (2.05%) Dynamics CRM
3 37 (1.43%) Loan IQ
4 27 (1.05%) Oracle EBS
5 15 (0.58%) SAP MDG
6 13 (0.50%) SAP FI
7 12 (0.47%) SAP CO
8 11 (0.43%) SAP FI/CO
9 10 (0.39%) NEC Housing
10 9 (0.35%) SimCorp Dimension
10 9 (0.35%) Workday HCM
11 8 (0.31%) Dynamics AX
11 8 (0.31%) NetSuite
11 8 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
12 7 (0.27%) Oracle EBS R12
12 7 (0.27%) SAP Retail
13 6 (0.23%) Oracle Financials
13 6 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
13 6 (0.23%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
14 5 (0.19%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 575 (22.29%) Azure
2 257 (9.96%) AWS
3 202 (7.83%) Microsoft 365
4 155 (6.01%) Power Platform
5 128 (4.96%) Dynamics 365
6 102 (3.95%) Azure DevOps
7 98 (3.80%) GCP
8 86 (3.33%) Entra ID
9 79 (3.06%) SaaS
10 45 (1.74%) IaaS
11 43 (1.67%) PaaS
12 34 (1.32%) PowerApps
12 34 (1.32%) Serverless
12 34 (1.32%) Snowflake
13 32 (1.24%) OneDrive
14 31 (1.20%) OCI
15 30 (1.16%) Azure Data Factory
16 29 (1.12%) GitHub
17 28 (1.09%) Azure Logic Apps
18 27 (1.05%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 124 (4.81%) Firewall
2 82 (3.18%) DNS
3 68 (2.64%) WAN
4 61 (2.36%) LAN
5 52 (2.02%) Network Security
5 52 (2.02%) VPN
6 47 (1.82%) DHCP
7 39 (1.51%) SAN
8 36 (1.40%) MPLS
9 32 (1.24%) Wireless
10 27 (1.05%) DMZ
10 27 (1.05%) Wi-Fi
11 26 (1.01%) BGP
12 23 (0.89%) FTP
12 23 (0.89%) IPsec
13 18 (0.70%) WLAN
14 17 (0.66%) NAS
14 17 (0.66%) TCP/IP
15 16 (0.62%) SD-WAN
15 16 (0.62%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 179 (6.94%) SQL Server
2 132 (5.12%) Data Warehouse
3 113 (4.38%) Power BI
4 67 (2.60%) Oracle Database
5 63 (2.44%) PostgreSQL
6 48 (1.86%) Relational Database
7 45 (1.74%) Big Data
8 44 (1.71%) Data Lake
9 38 (1.47%) NoSQL
10 37 (1.43%) Azure SQL Database
11 34 (1.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 31 (1.20%) MySQL
12 31 (1.20%) Tableau
13 27 (1.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 26 (1.01%) Oracle Database 11g
15 18 (0.70%) Oracle Reports
15 18 (0.70%) RDBMS
16 17 (0.66%) Data Mining
17 16 (0.62%) DB2
17 16 (0.62%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 99 (3.84%) JIRA
2 46 (1.78%) Git
3 34 (1.32%) Jenkins
4 30 (1.16%) TeamCity
5 21 (0.81%) Visual Studio
6 19 (0.74%) GitLab
7 18 (0.70%) Selenium
8 13 (0.50%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 12 (0.47%) ERwin
9 12 (0.47%) JUnit
10 9 (0.35%) Cucumber
10 9 (0.35%) LSMW
10 9 (0.35%) SpecFlow
11 8 (0.31%) Bitbucket
12 7 (0.27%) Visual Studio Team System
13 6 (0.23%) JMeter
13 6 (0.23%) Maven
13 6 (0.23%) SonarQube
13 6 (0.23%) Sonatype Nexus
13 6 (0.23%) TestRail
General
1 642 (24.88%) Finance
2 595 (23.06%) Social Skills
3 246 (9.53%) Public Sector
4 204 (7.91%) Analytical Skills
5 193 (7.48%) Banking
6 80 (3.10%) Retail
7 62 (2.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 62 (2.40%) Legal
8 61 (2.36%) Manufacturing
9 47 (1.82%) Marketing
10 42 (1.63%) Telecoms
11 41 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
12 37 (1.43%) Presentation Skills
13 34 (1.32%) Local Government
14 31 (1.20%) Investment Banking
14 31 (1.20%) Law
15 28 (1.09%) Financial Institution
16 25 (0.97%) Organisational Skills
17 19 (0.74%) Back Office
17 19 (0.74%) German Language
Job Titles
1 411 (15.93%) Architect
2 281 (10.89%) Project Manager
3 272 (10.54%) Analyst
4 249 (9.65%) Consultant
5 210 (8.14%) Developer
6 197 (7.64%) Senior
7 173 (6.71%) Lead
8 145 (5.62%) Solutions Architect
9 138 (5.35%) Business Analyst
10 117 (4.53%) Migration Engineer
11 106 (4.11%) Data Engineer
12 93 (3.60%) Network Engineer
13 91 (3.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 76 (2.95%) Migration Manager
15 74 (2.87%) Data Architect
16 70 (2.71%) Data Analyst
17 61 (2.36%) Migration Project Manager
18 55 (2.13%) Technical Architect
19 52 (2.02%) Data Migration Engineer
19 52 (2.02%) Data Migration Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (3.02%) .NET
2 53 (2.05%) JSON
3 39 (1.51%) Web Services
4 36 (1.40%) XML
5 33 (1.28%) LDAP
6 28 (1.09%) REST
7 25 (0.97%) Middleware
7 25 (0.97%) Spring
8 23 (0.89%) Oracle Fusion
8 23 (0.89%) WCF
9 22 (0.85%) CSS
9 22 (0.85%) Kafka
10 19 (0.74%) SAML
10 19 (0.74%) Spring Boot
11 18 (0.70%) HTML
11 18 (0.70%) React
11 18 (0.70%) WinForms
12 17 (0.66%) SailPoint
13 16 (0.62%) ARM Templates
14 13 (0.50%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 178 (6.90%) Data Centre
2 118 (4.57%) Legacy Systems
3 60 (2.33%) Replication
4 55 (2.13%) Management Information System
5 43 (1.67%) Cloud Native
6 42 (1.63%) Data Structures
7 36 (1.40%) Onboarding
8 35 (1.36%) Product Ownership
9 31 (1.20%) Public Cloud
10 30 (1.16%) Greenfield Project
11 29 (1.12%) Data Protection Act
12 27 (1.05%) Clustering
13 24 (0.93%) NHS
14 23 (0.89%) Linux Command Line
15 22 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
15 22 (0.85%) Taxonomies
16 21 (0.81%) Hybrid Cloud
16 21 (0.81%) PKI
17 14 (0.54%) FMCG
17 14 (0.54%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 305 (11.82%) Windows
2 152 (5.89%) Linux
3 104 (4.03%) Windows Server
4 73 (2.83%) Unix
5 61 (2.36%) Windows 10
6 40 (1.55%) VMS
7 37 (1.43%) Windows Server 2016
8 34 (1.32%) Windows Server 2019
9 29 (1.12%) Windows Server 2012
10 20 (0.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 16 (0.62%) Windows Server 2008
12 14 (0.54%) Apple iOS
12 14 (0.54%) Solaris
13 11 (0.43%) Windows Server 2003
14 10 (0.39%) Oracle Linux
14 10 (0.39%) Ubuntu
14 10 (0.39%) Windows 7
15 7 (0.27%) Android
16 6 (0.23%) CentOS
17 5 (0.19%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 875 (33.91%) Data Migration
2 407 (15.78%) Agile
3 355 (13.76%) Problem-Solving
4 262 (10.16%) Project Management
5 257 (9.96%) DevOps
6 223 (8.64%) Stakeholder Management
7 172 (6.67%) Project Delivery
8 167 (6.47%) Data Modelling
9 158 (6.12%) Business Intelligence
10 152 (5.89%) Data Management
11 141 (5.47%) ETL
12 140 (5.43%) Analytics
12 140 (5.43%) CI/CD
13 135 (5.23%) User Acceptance Testing
14 134 (5.19%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 132 (5.12%) ERP
16 131 (5.08%) Change Management
17 128 (4.96%) Computer Science
18 113 (4.38%) Roadmaps
19 110 (4.26%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 386 (14.96%) SQL
2 161 (6.24%) PowerShell
3 149 (5.78%) Python
4 102 (3.95%) Java
5 86 (3.33%) C#
6 52 (2.02%) JavaScript
7 34 (1.32%) PL/SQL
8 29 (1.12%) Bash
9 24 (0.93%) T-SQL
10 22 (0.85%) PHP
11 20 (0.78%) Perl
12 18 (0.70%) ABAP
13 14 (0.54%) Go
14 12 (0.47%) Scala
15 8 (0.31%) Groovy
15 8 (0.31%) Swift
16 7 (0.27%) Bicep
17 6 (0.23%) Apex Code
18 5 (0.19%) ActionScript
18 5 (0.19%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 318 (12.33%) Security Cleared
2 234 (9.07%) SC Cleared
3 199 (7.71%) Degree
4 76 (2.95%) Computer Science Degree
5 67 (2.60%) DV Cleared
6 55 (2.13%) Cisco Certification
7 38 (1.47%) Azure Certification
8 29 (1.12%) Microsoft Certification
9 26 (1.01%) BPSS Clearance
10 20 (0.78%) CCNP
11 18 (0.70%) CCNA
11 18 (0.70%) PMP
12 14 (0.54%) PMI Certification
13 13 (0.50%) ITIL Certification
13 13 (0.50%) Master's Degree
14 11 (0.43%) CISSP
15 10 (0.39%) PRINCE2 Certification
16 9 (0.35%) SAP Certification
17 8 (0.31%) CCIE
17 8 (0.31%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 137 (5.31%) Data Quality
2 113 (4.38%) QA
3 43 (1.67%) GDPR
4 34 (1.32%) Accessibility
5 31 (1.20%) PMO
6 25 (0.97%) NIST
7 11 (0.43%) PCI DSS
8 10 (0.39%) SLA
9 8 (0.31%) HIPAA
9 8 (0.31%) ISO 20022
9 8 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 6 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
11 5 (0.19%) GRC
11 5 (0.19%) IFRS
12 4 (0.16%) ISO 15022
12 4 (0.16%) WCAG
13 2 (0.078%) GxP
13 2 (0.078%) NCSC
13 2 (0.078%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.078%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 252 (9.77%) Active Directory
2 94 (3.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 48 (1.86%) Docker
4 46 (1.78%) Virtual Machines
5 22 (0.85%) vSphere
6 21 (0.81%) VMware NSX
7 19 (0.74%) Hyper-V
8 18 (0.70%) KVM
9 15 (0.58%) NFS
9 15 (0.58%) VMware Workstation
10 14 (0.54%) HDFS
10 14 (0.54%) Virtual Servers
11 12 (0.47%) XenApp
12 11 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
13 8 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
14 3 (0.12%) BitLocker
14 3 (0.12%) XenDesktop
15 2 (0.078%) Firmware
15 2 (0.078%) Microsoft App-V
15 2 (0.078%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 96 (3.72%) Terraform
2 65 (2.52%) Kubernetes
3 53 (2.05%) Ansible
4 50 (1.94%) SCCM
5 47 (1.82%) Single Sign-On
6 46 (1.78%) Microsoft Intune
7 32 (1.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 16 (0.62%) FortiGate
9 15 (0.58%) Grafana
10 13 (0.50%) vCenter Server
11 12 (0.47%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 11 (0.43%) Prometheus
13 10 (0.39%) Nagios
13 10 (0.39%) PingFederate
14 9 (0.35%) NetBackup
14 9 (0.35%) Progress Chef
14 9 (0.35%) VxRail
15 8 (0.31%) Microsoft Clustering
16 7 (0.27%) Puppet
17 6 (0.23%) Istio
Vendors
1 470 (18.22%) Microsoft
2 236 (9.15%) SAP
3 215 (8.33%) Oracle
4 135 (5.23%) VMware
5 121 (4.69%) Cisco
6 56 (2.17%) Google
7 51 (1.98%) Salesforce
8 44 (1.71%) Databricks
9 42 (1.63%) Dell
10 41 (1.59%) ServiceNow
11 38 (1.47%) Citrix
11 38 (1.47%) Palo Alto
12 37 (1.43%) Micro Focus
13 36 (1.40%) CheckPoint
14 33 (1.28%) IBM
15 30 (1.16%) F5
15 30 (1.16%) Juniper
16 29 (1.12%) Red Hat
17 27 (1.05%) Arista
18 26 (1.01%) NetApp