Migration Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Migration
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Migration skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 21 20
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 -8
Contract jobs citing Migration 137 90 114
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 6.26% 7.29% 6.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.99% 8.27% 7.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 60 82
10th Percentile £357 £295 £195
25th Percentile £463 £441 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +10.00% -0.50%
75th Percentile £622 £650 £625
90th Percentile £675 £750 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 9 16
10th Percentile - £18.14 -
25th Percentile - £21.25 £25.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -68.56% +14.29%
75th Percentile £46.88 £39.50 -
90th Percentile £57.15 £67.20 £84.00
England median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £58.50
% change year-on-year +59.05% -57.01% -13.65%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,714 1,088 1,472
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 78.26% 88.17% 84.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 848 522 585
10th Percentile £192 £200 £200
25th Percentile £400 £375 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year - +17.65% -15.00%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £551
90th Percentile £688 £650 £650
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 385 243 547
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.99 £14.48
25th Percentile £16.55 £17.89 £15.62
Median hourly rate £40.00 £37.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -6.25% +90.48%
75th Percentile £68.75 £66.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £79.00 £82.42 £70.00
England median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +88.87% -37.13% -6.98%

Migration
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Migration relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Migration job vacancy trend in the East of England

Migration
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Migration.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Migration

Migration
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Migration in the East of England over the 6 months to 22 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Migration in the East of England

Migration
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Migration.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Migration

Migration
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Migration in the East of England over the 6 months to 22 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Migration in the East of England

Migration
Contract Job Locations in the East of 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 East of England region over the 6 months to 22 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hertfordshire +25 51 £575 +6.98% 12
Cambridgeshire +11 30 £565 +7.62% 4
Bedfordshire -12 19 £625 +4.17% 6
Suffolk +9 18 £450 - 1
Essex -22 12 £555 +23.33% 9
Norfolk -10 5 - - 1
East Anglia - 2 - -
Migration
England

Migration
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 7 (5.11%) NetWeaver
2 4 (2.92%) OpenEdge
3 3 (2.19%) Confluence
4 1 (0.73%) Mendix
4 1 (0.73%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (8.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.19%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (2.19%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.73%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.73%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.73%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 35 (25.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (4.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (4.38%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (1.46%) Dynamics GP
3 2 (1.46%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 2 (1.46%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.73%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.73%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.73%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.73%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.73%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.73%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.73%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.73%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 1 (0.73%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 27 (19.71%) Azure
2 16 (11.68%) SaaS
3 8 (5.84%) AWS
3 8 (5.84%) Dynamics 365
4 7 (5.11%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (5.11%) Power Platform
5 4 (2.92%) Azure Data Factory
5 4 (2.92%) Entra ID
5 4 (2.92%) IaaS
5 4 (2.92%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (2.92%) PaaS
6 3 (2.19%) Azure Service Bus
6 3 (2.19%) OCI
7 2 (1.46%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (1.46%) Boomi
7 2 (1.46%) GCP
7 2 (1.46%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (1.46%) Power Automate
7 2 (1.46%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.73%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.11%) Firewall
2 3 (2.19%) DHCP
2 3 (2.19%) DNS
2 3 (2.19%) Network Security
2 3 (2.19%) Wireless
3 2 (1.46%) Cisco ISE
3 2 (1.46%) RS-232
3 2 (1.46%) RS-485
4 1 (0.73%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (0.73%) Cisco Firepower
4 1 (0.73%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.73%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.73%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (12.41%) SQL Server
2 7 (5.11%) SAP HANA
2 7 (5.11%) Sybase ASE
3 6 (4.38%) MaxDB
4 5 (3.65%) SAP Data Services
5 4 (2.92%) Power BI
6 3 (2.19%) Data Lake
6 3 (2.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (1.46%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (1.46%) Metadata
8 1 (0.73%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.73%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.73%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 1 (0.73%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.73%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.73%) Power Query
8 1 (0.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 6 (4.38%) JIRA
2 2 (1.46%) Team Foundation Server
2 2 (1.46%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.73%) GitLab
3 1 (0.73%) Hudson
3 1 (0.73%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (0.73%) ScriptRunner
General
1 38 (27.74%) Social Skills
2 28 (20.44%) Finance
3 25 (18.25%) Manufacturing
4 15 (10.95%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (5.84%) Pharmaceutical
6 7 (5.11%) Local Government
7 5 (3.65%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (3.65%) Retail
8 4 (2.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.92%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (2.19%) Legal
10 2 (1.46%) Banking
10 2 (1.46%) Billing
10 2 (1.46%) Electronics
10 2 (1.46%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.46%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.46%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.73%) Dutch Language
11 1 (0.73%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.73%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 29 (21.17%) Analyst
2 20 (14.60%) Logistics Analyst
3 17 (12.41%) SAP Analyst
3 17 (12.41%) SAP Logistics Analyst
4 16 (11.68%) Consultant
5 15 (10.95%) Lead
6 13 (9.49%) Architect
7 12 (8.76%) Project Manager
8 9 (6.57%) Support Engineer
9 8 (5.84%) Senior
10 7 (5.11%) Data Consultant
10 7 (5.11%) Data Migration Consultant
10 7 (5.11%) Developer
10 7 (5.11%) Migration Consultant
10 7 (5.11%) SAP Engineer
10 7 (5.11%) SAP Support
11 6 (4.38%) Data Migration Lead
11 6 (4.38%) SAP Basis Support
12 5 (3.65%) Salesforce Analyst
12 5 (3.65%) SAP Migration Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.11%) REST
1 7 (5.11%) SAP Basis
2 6 (4.38%) SAP Fiori
2 6 (4.38%) SAPUI5
3 4 (2.92%) Kafka
4 3 (2.19%) SailPoint
5 2 (1.46%) .NET
5 2 (1.46%) 802.1X
5 2 (1.46%) FastAPI
5 2 (1.46%) JSON
5 2 (1.46%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.73%) ADO
6 1 (0.73%) LDAP
6 1 (0.73%) Lightning Web Components
6 1 (0.73%) Middleware
6 1 (0.73%) OAuth
6 1 (0.73%) PyArrow
6 1 (0.73%) SAML
6 1 (0.73%) SOAP
6 1 (0.73%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 13 (9.49%) Data Structures
2 8 (5.84%) Onboarding
3 7 (5.11%) CMDB
4 6 (4.38%) Virtual Team
5 5 (3.65%) Management Information System
6 4 (2.92%) Cloud Native
6 4 (2.92%) Data Centre
6 4 (2.92%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (2.19%) AI Agents
7 3 (2.19%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.46%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.46%) BYOD
8 2 (1.46%) Life Science
8 2 (1.46%) Low-Code
8 2 (1.46%) Marketing Technology
8 2 (1.46%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.46%) Public Cloud
8 2 (1.46%) Reference Data
9 1 (0.73%) LIMS
9 1 (0.73%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 18 (13.14%) Windows
2 9 (6.57%) Windows Server
3 5 (3.65%) Linux
3 5 (3.65%) Windows 10
4 3 (2.19%) Unix
5 1 (0.73%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (38.69%) Data Migration
2 30 (21.90%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 28 (20.44%) Stakeholder Management
4 26 (18.98%) ERP
4 26 (18.98%) Validation
5 22 (16.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 20 (14.60%) Logistics
7 19 (13.87%) Problem-Solving
8 17 (12.41%) Data Cleansing
8 17 (12.41%) Data Modelling
8 17 (12.41%) Project Management
9 16 (11.68%) Agile
10 14 (10.22%) CRM
10 14 (10.22%) Knowledge Transfer
11 12 (8.76%) ETL
12 11 (8.03%) Data Governance
12 11 (8.03%) Translating Business Requirements
13 10 (7.30%) Analytics
14 9 (6.57%) DevOps
14 9 (6.57%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 17 (12.41%) SQL
2 9 (6.57%) PowerShell
2 9 (6.57%) Python
3 4 (2.92%) VBA
4 2 (1.46%) C
4 2 (1.46%) C#
4 2 (1.46%) C++
4 2 (1.46%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.46%) X++
5 1 (0.73%) Apex Code
5 1 (0.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.73%) Groovy
5 1 (0.73%) Java
5 1 (0.73%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (14.60%) Security Cleared
2 15 (10.95%) SC Cleared
3 7 (5.11%) Degree
4 5 (3.65%) PMI Certification
4 5 (3.65%) PMP
5 3 (2.19%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (2.19%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.46%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.46%) CCNA
6 2 (1.46%) CCNP
6 2 (1.46%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (1.46%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.46%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (0.73%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (0.73%) CCSP
7 1 (0.73%) CISSP
7 1 (0.73%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.73%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.73%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.73%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (29.20%) Data Quality
2 11 (8.03%) GDPR
3 5 (3.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.92%) PMO
4 4 (2.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (2.19%) GMP
5 3 (2.19%) SLA
6 2 (1.46%) GLP
6 2 (1.46%) NIST
6 2 (1.46%) QA
7 1 (0.73%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.73%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.73%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 10 (7.30%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.46%) Docker
3 2 (1.46%) Embedded Firmware
3 2 (1.46%) Firmware
3 2 (1.46%) vSphere
4 1 (0.73%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.73%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 4 (2.92%) Terraform
2 2 (1.46%) Ansible
2 2 (1.46%) Grafana
2 2 (1.46%) vCenter Server
3 1 (0.73%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.73%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.73%) TeamSite
3 1 (0.73%) vRealize
Vendors
1 43 (31.39%) SAP
2 32 (23.36%) Microsoft
3 16 (11.68%) Oracle
4 11 (8.03%) ServiceNow
5 7 (5.11%) Salesforce
5 7 (5.11%) Sybase
5 7 (5.11%) VMware
6 6 (4.38%) Remedy
7 5 (3.65%) Databricks
8 4 (2.92%) Atlassian
8 4 (2.92%) Civica
8 4 (2.92%) Orchard
9 3 (2.19%) BMC
9 3 (2.19%) Cisco
9 3 (2.19%) IFS
10 2 (1.46%) Dynatrace
10 2 (1.46%) IBM
10 2 (1.46%) Informatica
10 2 (1.46%) MuleSoft
10 2 (1.46%) Talend