Migration Contracts in the South East

Migration
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 26 25 21
Rank change year-on-year -1 -4 -7
Contract jobs citing Migration 335 422 630
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 6.07% 7.46% 8.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.19% 8.37% 9.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 234 317 486
10th Percentile £313 £384 £244
25th Percentile £412 £453 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £613 £600
90th Percentile £688 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 5
10th Percentile £21.05 £22.90 £15.59
25th Percentile £23.50 £29.50 £25.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £62.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -52.00% +78.57% +79.49%
75th Percentile £32.50 £65.00 £82.50
90th Percentile £39.50 £78.50 £85.50
England median hourly rate £40.00 £69.25 £27.50
% change year-on-year -42.24% +151.82% +71.88%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,658 5,044 6,836
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.40% 89.18% 89.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,721 3,504 4,640
10th Percentile £250 £250 £226
25th Percentile £400 £400 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £510 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.86% +2.00% +9.29%
75th Percentile £625 £619 £594
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 436 222 278
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.31 £12.24
25th Percentile £18.20 £22.16 £15.50
Median hourly rate £47.50 £49.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% +130.23% -19.63%
75th Percentile £62.50 £64.63 £47.50
90th Percentile £76.86 £75.00 £60.45
England median hourly rate £37.18 £37.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.85% +50.00% +6.38%

Migration
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Migration as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Migration in the South East

Migration
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Migration in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Migration in the South East

Migration
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Migration in the South East over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Migration in the South East

Migration
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Migration in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Migration in the South East

Migration
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Migration in the South East over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Migration in the South East

Migration
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Migration within the South East region over the 6 months to 11 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
Thames Valley 0 168 £513 -2.38% 46
Berkshire -4 115 £550 +4.76% 27
Hampshire -22 52 £558 +10.12% 22
West Sussex +7 48 £450 +3.81% 5
Buckinghamshire +15 38 £450 -2.70% 13
Surrey 0 38 £513 +2.50% 12
Oxfordshire +4 16 £365 -33.64% 6
East Sussex -3 10 £450 -16.28% 3
Kent +1 7 £425 -15.00% 5
Home Counties +2 3 - -
Sussex - 2 £525 -
M4 Corridor - 2 £540 -
Middlesex +2 1 £425 -12.37%
Migration
England

Migration
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 11 (3.28%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.90%) CMS
3 2 (0.60%) Apache
3 2 (0.60%) Confluence
3 2 (0.60%) FileNet
3 2 (0.60%) Jadu
3 2 (0.60%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.30%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.30%) GemFire
4 1 (0.30%) IIS
4 1 (0.30%) JBoss
4 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 9 (2.69%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.49%) MS Visio
5 4 (1.19%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.60%) Maya
Business Applications
1 13 (3.88%) Oracle EBS
2 9 (2.69%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.79%) SAP CO
3 6 (1.79%) SAP FI
3 6 (1.79%) SAP FI/CO
4 4 (1.19%) Infor SunSystems
5 3 (0.90%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.60%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.60%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.30%) Epicor Tropos
7 1 (0.30%) iTrent
7 1 (0.30%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.30%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.30%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.30%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.30%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.30%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.30%) SAP Payroll
7 1 (0.30%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 48 (14.33%) Azure
2 31 (9.25%) AWS
3 15 (4.48%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (4.18%) Power Platform
5 12 (3.58%) Azure DevOps
5 12 (3.58%) SaaS
6 9 (2.69%) Dynamics 365
6 9 (2.69%) GitHub
7 8 (2.39%) Entra ID
7 8 (2.39%) IaaS
8 7 (2.09%) PaaS
9 6 (1.79%) Azure Logic Apps
10 4 (1.19%) Amazon S3
10 4 (1.19%) Azure API Management
10 4 (1.19%) iPaaS
10 4 (1.19%) OneDrive
11 3 (0.90%) Azure Event Grid
11 3 (0.90%) Azure Stack
11 3 (0.90%) PowerApps
11 3 (0.90%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 26 (7.76%) DMZ
1 26 (7.76%) Firewall
2 16 (4.78%) Network Security
3 12 (3.58%) DNS
3 12 (3.58%) SAN
3 12 (3.58%) VPN
4 10 (2.99%) DHCP
5 9 (2.69%) BGP
5 9 (2.69%) MPLS
5 9 (2.69%) NAS
6 8 (2.39%) WAN
7 7 (2.09%) LAN
8 5 (1.49%) Cisco Firepower
8 5 (1.49%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 5 (1.49%) NetScaler
9 4 (1.19%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
9 4 (1.19%) FTP
10 3 (0.90%) Ethernet
10 3 (0.90%) Internet
10 3 (0.90%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (9.25%) PostgreSQL
2 27 (8.06%) Oracle Database
3 22 (6.57%) Oracle Database 11g
4 13 (3.88%) SQL Server
5 12 (3.58%) Power BI
6 9 (2.69%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (1.79%) Big Data
7 6 (1.79%) Data Lake
8 5 (1.49%) Relational Database
8 5 (1.49%) Tableau
9 4 (1.19%) BusinessObjects
9 4 (1.19%) MS Access
9 4 (1.19%) MySQL
10 3 (0.90%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.90%) Oracle Exadata
10 3 (0.90%) RDBMS
11 2 (0.60%) Amazon Athena
11 2 (0.60%) Amazon Redshift
11 2 (0.60%) Cloudera CDH
11 2 (0.60%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 10 (2.99%) JIRA
2 9 (2.69%) GitLab
3 5 (1.49%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.60%) kappa
4 2 (0.60%) Selenium
5 1 (0.30%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.30%) Git
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.30%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.30%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 83 (24.78%) Finance
2 69 (20.60%) Social Skills
3 34 (10.15%) Banking
4 27 (8.06%) Public Sector
5 20 (5.97%) Telecoms
6 19 (5.67%) Analytical Skills
7 14 (4.18%) Retail
8 11 (3.28%) Legal
9 8 (2.39%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.49%) Billing
10 5 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (1.49%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.19%) Financial Institution
11 4 (1.19%) Law
11 4 (1.19%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.60%) Automotive
12 2 (0.60%) German Language
13 1 (0.30%) Electronics
13 1 (0.30%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 55 (16.42%) Senior
2 50 (14.93%) Network Engineer
3 34 (10.15%) Project Manager
4 33 (9.85%) Developer
5 30 (8.96%) Analyst
6 26 (7.76%) Senior Network Engineer
7 24 (7.16%) Architect
8 20 (5.97%) Consultant
9 18 (5.37%) Lead
10 14 (4.18%) Data Analyst
10 14 (4.18%) PostgreSQL Developer
11 13 (3.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 12 (3.58%) Migration Manager
12 12 (3.58%) Migration Specialist
13 10 (2.99%) Migration Engineer
13 10 (2.99%) Senior Manager
13 10 (2.99%) Senior Project Manager
14 9 (2.69%) Data Manager
14 9 (2.69%) Data Migration Specialist
14 9 (2.69%) Database Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.99%) .NET
2 7 (2.09%) JSON
2 7 (2.09%) Oracle Fusion
3 6 (1.79%) Web Services
4 5 (1.49%) Web Dynpro
5 3 (0.90%) REST
6 2 (0.60%) CSS
6 2 (0.60%) Flash
6 2 (0.60%) HTML
6 2 (0.60%) Kafka
6 2 (0.60%) LAMP
6 2 (0.60%) Oracle GoldenGate
6 2 (0.60%) SOAP
6 2 (0.60%) XML
7 1 (0.30%) BAPI
7 1 (0.30%) LDAP
7 1 (0.30%) React
7 1 (0.30%) SAP ALE
7 1 (0.30%) Symfony
7 1 (0.30%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 26 (7.76%) Data Centre
2 13 (3.88%) Replication
3 10 (2.99%) Linux Command Line
4 8 (2.39%) Clustering
4 8 (2.39%) Legacy Systems
4 8 (2.39%) Management Information System
5 7 (2.09%) Onboarding
6 5 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.19%) Driving Licence
7 4 (1.19%) e-Health
7 4 (1.19%) Public Cloud
7 4 (1.19%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.60%) Cloud Native
8 2 (0.60%) Data Structures
8 2 (0.60%) IoT
8 2 (0.60%) IVR
8 2 (0.60%) NHS
8 2 (0.60%) Operational Technology
8 2 (0.60%) Taxonomies
8 2 (0.60%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 44 (13.13%) Windows
2 22 (6.57%) Linux
3 17 (5.07%) Windows Server
4 15 (4.48%) Windows 10
5 11 (3.28%) Unix
5 11 (3.28%) Windows Server 2012
6 6 (1.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (1.19%) Solaris
8 3 (0.90%) Android
8 3 (0.90%) VMS
9 2 (0.60%) Oracle Linux
9 2 (0.60%) Windows 7
9 2 (0.60%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (0.60%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.30%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (30.75%) Data Migration
2 47 (14.03%) Agile
3 43 (12.84%) Problem-Solving
4 34 (10.15%) Project Management
5 32 (9.55%) Performance Tuning
5 32 (9.55%) Project Delivery
6 31 (9.25%) DevOps
7 25 (7.46%) B2B
8 22 (6.57%) ERP
8 22 (6.57%) ETL
9 20 (5.97%) Business Intelligence
10 18 (5.37%) Change Management
10 18 (5.37%) Disaster Recovery
11 17 (5.07%) Software Engineering
12 16 (4.78%) Clean Code
12 16 (4.78%) High Availability
12 16 (4.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 16 (4.78%) Secure Coding
12 16 (4.78%) Software Testing
12 16 (4.78%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 48 (14.33%) SQL
2 17 (5.07%) PL/SQL
3 16 (4.78%) PowerShell
4 11 (3.28%) Bash
4 11 (3.28%) Python
5 10 (2.99%) C#
6 9 (2.69%) Java
7 8 (2.39%) PHP
8 6 (1.79%) ABAP
9 4 (1.19%) ActionScript
9 4 (1.19%) JavaScript
10 3 (0.90%) Ruby
11 2 (0.60%) VBScript
12 1 (0.30%) C
12 1 (0.30%) Scala
12 1 (0.30%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.30%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.30%) VBA
Qualifications
1 62 (18.51%) Security Cleared
2 42 (12.54%) SC Cleared
3 31 (9.25%) Cisco Certification
4 19 (5.67%) Degree
5 16 (4.78%) DV Cleared
6 6 (1.79%) PMI Certification
6 6 (1.79%) PMP
7 4 (1.19%) ACCA
7 4 (1.19%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.19%) CCNA
7 4 (1.19%) CIMA
7 4 (1.19%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 3 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.60%) BC Cleared
9 2 (0.60%) CCNP
9 2 (0.60%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.30%) CCDP
10 1 (0.30%) CCIP
10 1 (0.30%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.48%) Data Quality
2 6 (1.79%) PMO
2 6 (1.79%) QA
3 5 (1.49%) IFRS
4 4 (1.19%) SLA
5 2 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.30%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.30%) GDPR
6 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.30%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 33 (9.85%) VMware Infrastructure
2 25 (7.46%) Active Directory
3 13 (3.88%) vSphere
4 10 (2.99%) VMware NSX
5 8 (2.39%) XenApp
6 6 (1.79%) Virtual Servers
7 5 (1.49%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (1.19%) Docker
8 4 (1.19%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.60%) BitLocker
9 2 (0.60%) KVM
9 2 (0.60%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (0.60%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.30%) HDFS
10 1 (0.30%) NFS
Systems Management
1 13 (3.88%) SCCM
1 13 (3.88%) Terraform
2 10 (2.99%) Ansible
3 7 (2.09%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 6 (1.79%) Kubernetes
5 5 (1.49%) Avamar
5 5 (1.49%) Endace
5 5 (1.49%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (1.19%) vRealize
7 3 (0.90%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.90%) MOM
8 2 (0.60%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.30%) Grafana
9 1 (0.30%) Graylog
9 1 (0.30%) Nagios
9 1 (0.30%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.30%) Packer
9 1 (0.30%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.30%) SafeCom
9 1 (0.30%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 55 (16.42%) Oracle
2 47 (14.03%) Microsoft
2 47 (14.03%) VMware
3 45 (13.43%) Cisco
4 37 (11.04%) SAP
5 27 (8.06%) CheckPoint
6 25 (7.46%) Arista
7 17 (5.07%) Juniper
8 14 (4.18%) Citrix
9 13 (3.88%) Dell
9 13 (3.88%) F5
9 13 (3.88%) Red Hat
10 12 (3.58%) SolarWinds
11 9 (2.69%) Informatica
12 8 (2.39%) IFS
12 8 (2.39%) Ivanti
13 7 (2.09%) Palo Alto
14 6 (1.79%) EMC
14 6 (1.79%) Fortinet
14 6 (1.79%) Salesforce