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 19 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 22 24
Rank change year-on-year +3 +2 -12
Contract jobs citing Migration 142 84 90
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 6.47% 6.65% 5.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.23% 7.49% 6.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 51 65
10th Percentile £357 £252 £125
25th Percentile £425 £425 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +13.00% - -4.40%
75th Percentile £631 £650 £600
90th Percentile £650 £738 £642
England median daily rate £525 £518 £533
% change year-on-year +1.28% -2.75% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 12 8
10th Percentile £23.13 £21.64 £62.75
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -68.56% +14.29%
75th Percentile - £28.74 -
90th Percentile £55.45 £57.05 -
England median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £67.50
% change year-on-year +59.05% -62.74% -3.57%

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 1,725 1,122 1,319
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 78.59% 88.84% 83.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 828 509 503
10th Percentile £193 £200 £198
25th Percentile £400 £373 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year - +17.65% -15.00%
75th Percentile £594 £575 £550
90th Percentile £675 £651 £649
England median daily rate £525 £511 £525
% change year-on-year +2.68% -2.61% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 403 276 465
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.84 £14.67
25th Percentile £16.25 £17.43 £15.62
Median hourly rate £47.50 £36.75 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.25% -14.53% +117.06%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.06 £60.00
90th Percentile £79.00 £81.73 £70.00
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +5.81%

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 19 August 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 19 August 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 19 August 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 +21 52 £500 - 8
Cambridgeshire +7 33 £538 +7.50% 11
Bedfordshire 0 22 £625 +19.05% 3
Suffolk +2 17 £450 +20.00% 2
Essex -16 14 £563 +25.00% 17
Norfolk -8 3 - - 4
East Anglia - 1 - - 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 (4.93%) NetWeaver
2 4 (2.82%) Confluence
2 4 (2.82%) OpenEdge
3 2 (1.41%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.70%) Mendix
Applications
1 7 (4.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.41%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.70%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 35 (24.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (4.93%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 6 (4.23%) Remedy ITSM
4 5 (3.52%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (1.41%) Dynamics GP
5 2 (1.41%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.70%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.70%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.70%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 26 (18.31%) Azure
2 13 (9.15%) AWS
2 13 (9.15%) SaaS
3 8 (5.63%) Azure DevOps
3 8 (5.63%) Dynamics 365
3 8 (5.63%) Power Platform
4 4 (2.82%) Azure Data Factory
4 4 (2.82%) Entra ID
4 4 (2.82%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (2.11%) Azure Service Bus
5 3 (2.11%) IaaS
5 3 (2.11%) PaaS
5 3 (2.11%) Power Automate
6 2 (1.41%) Amazon ECS
6 2 (1.41%) Amazon EKS
6 2 (1.41%) Azure Logic Apps
6 2 (1.41%) Microsoft Copilot
6 2 (1.41%) OCI
6 2 (1.41%) PowerApps
6 2 (1.41%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.93%) Firewall
2 3 (2.11%) DHCP
2 3 (2.11%) DNS
2 3 (2.11%) Network Security
2 3 (2.11%) RS-232
2 3 (2.11%) RS-485
2 3 (2.11%) Wireless
3 2 (1.41%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (0.70%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (0.70%) Cisco Firepower
4 1 (0.70%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.70%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.70%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (11.97%) SQL Server
2 7 (4.93%) Relational Database
2 7 (4.93%) SAP HANA
2 7 (4.93%) Sybase ASE
3 6 (4.23%) MaxDB
4 5 (3.52%) Power BI
4 5 (3.52%) SAP Data Services
5 4 (2.82%) Data Lake
6 3 (2.11%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (2.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (1.41%) Metadata
7 2 (1.41%) Power Query
8 1 (0.70%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.70%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.70%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.70%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.70%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (3.52%) JIRA
2 3 (2.11%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (1.41%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.70%) GitLab
4 1 (0.70%) Hudson
4 1 (0.70%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (0.70%) ScriptRunner
General
1 38 (26.76%) Social Skills
2 30 (21.13%) Finance
3 26 (18.31%) Manufacturing
4 21 (14.79%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (4.93%) Law
5 7 (4.93%) Local Government
5 7 (4.93%) Pharmaceutical
5 7 (4.93%) Public Sector
6 5 (3.52%) Retail
7 4 (2.82%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (2.11%) Dutch Language
8 3 (2.11%) Electronics
8 3 (2.11%) German Language
9 2 (1.41%) Banking
9 2 (1.41%) Legal
9 2 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.41%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.70%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 30 (21.13%) Analyst
2 20 (14.08%) Logistics Analyst
3 17 (11.97%) SAP Analyst
3 17 (11.97%) SAP Logistics Analyst
4 15 (10.56%) Consultant
4 15 (10.56%) Lead
5 13 (9.15%) Developer
6 12 (8.45%) Project Manager
7 10 (7.04%) Senior
8 9 (6.34%) Architect
8 9 (6.34%) Oracle Developer
9 8 (5.63%) Support Engineer
10 7 (4.93%) Data Consultant
10 7 (4.93%) Data Engineer
10 7 (4.93%) Data Migration Consultant
10 7 (4.93%) Migration Consultant
10 7 (4.93%) SAP Engineer
10 7 (4.93%) SAP Support
11 6 (4.23%) Data Migration Lead
11 6 (4.23%) SAP Basis Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.93%) REST
1 7 (4.93%) SAP Basis
2 6 (4.23%) SAP Fiori
2 6 (4.23%) SAPUI5
3 5 (3.52%) Kafka
4 3 (2.11%) SailPoint
5 2 (1.41%) .NET
5 2 (1.41%) 802.1X
5 2 (1.41%) FastAPI
5 2 (1.41%) JSON
5 2 (1.41%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.70%) ADO
6 1 (0.70%) LDAP
6 1 (0.70%) Lightning Web Components
6 1 (0.70%) Middleware
6 1 (0.70%) OAuth
6 1 (0.70%) PyArrow
6 1 (0.70%) RabbitMQ
6 1 (0.70%) RESTful
6 1 (0.70%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (8.45%) Data Structures
2 9 (6.34%) Onboarding
3 5 (3.52%) Cloud Native
3 5 (3.52%) CMDB
3 5 (3.52%) Virtual Team
4 4 (2.82%) Data Centre
4 4 (2.82%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (2.82%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.41%) AI Agents
5 2 (1.41%) BYOD
5 2 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.41%) Life Science
5 2 (1.41%) Low-Code
5 2 (1.41%) Marketing Technology
5 2 (1.41%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.41%) Public Cloud
5 2 (1.41%) Reference Data
6 1 (0.70%) Distributed Architecture
6 1 (0.70%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (0.70%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 16 (11.27%) Windows
2 9 (6.34%) Windows Server
3 4 (2.82%) Linux
4 3 (2.11%) Unix
4 3 (2.11%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.70%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (38.73%) Data Migration
2 36 (25.35%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 31 (21.83%) Validation
4 26 (18.31%) Stakeholder Management
5 24 (16.90%) ERP
6 22 (15.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 20 (14.08%) Logistics
8 19 (13.38%) Data Modelling
8 19 (13.38%) Problem-Solving
9 17 (11.97%) ETL
10 16 (11.27%) Analytics
11 15 (10.56%) Agile
12 14 (9.86%) Data Cleansing
12 14 (9.86%) Project Management
13 13 (9.15%) Knowledge Transfer
14 12 (8.45%) CRM
14 12 (8.45%) Translating Business Requirements
15 11 (7.75%) Data Governance
15 11 (7.75%) Data Validation
15 11 (7.75%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 22 (15.49%) SQL
2 16 (11.27%) Python
3 9 (6.34%) PowerShell
4 3 (2.11%) C
4 3 (2.11%) C++
5 2 (1.41%) C#
5 2 (1.41%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.41%) VBA
5 2 (1.41%) X++
6 1 (0.70%) Apex Code
6 1 (0.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.70%) Groovy
6 1 (0.70%) Java
6 1 (0.70%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 27 (19.01%) Security Cleared
2 22 (15.49%) SC Cleared
3 10 (7.04%) Degree
4 3 (2.11%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (2.11%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (2.11%) Master's Degree
4 3 (2.11%) PMI Certification
4 3 (2.11%) PMP
5 2 (1.41%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.41%) CCNA
5 2 (1.41%) CCNP
6 1 (0.70%) ACCA
6 1 (0.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (0.70%) CCSP
6 1 (0.70%) CIMA
6 1 (0.70%) CISSP
6 1 (0.70%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.70%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.70%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (30.99%) Data Quality
2 10 (7.04%) GDPR
3 6 (4.23%) QA
4 5 (3.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (2.82%) PMO
6 3 (2.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (1.41%) NIST
7 2 (1.41%) SLA
8 1 (0.70%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.70%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.70%) GLP
8 1 (0.70%) GMP
System Software
1 10 (7.04%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.11%) Docker
3 3 (2.11%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (2.11%) Firmware
4 2 (1.41%) vSphere
5 1 (0.70%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.70%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 5 (3.52%) Terraform
2 2 (1.41%) Ansible
2 2 (1.41%) Grafana
2 2 (1.41%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.41%) vCenter Server
3 1 (0.70%) Istio
3 1 (0.70%) linkerd
3 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.70%) vRealize
Vendors
1 42 (29.58%) SAP
2 27 (19.01%) Microsoft
3 20 (14.08%) Oracle
4 9 (6.34%) ServiceNow
5 7 (4.93%) IBM
5 7 (4.93%) Sybase
6 6 (4.23%) Remedy
6 6 (4.23%) VMware
7 5 (3.52%) Databricks
7 5 (3.52%) Salesforce
8 4 (2.82%) Civica
8 4 (2.82%) Orchard
9 3 (2.11%) Atlassian
9 3 (2.11%) BMC
9 3 (2.11%) Cisco
9 3 (2.11%) IFS
10 2 (1.41%) Dynatrace
10 2 (1.41%) Infoblox
10 2 (1.41%) NetApp
11 1 (0.70%) Aruba