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 14 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 15 34
Rank change year-on-year -9 +19 -10
Contract jobs citing Migration 144 106 67
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 5.94% 7.74% 4.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.55% 8.63% 5.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 58 43
10th Percentile £400 £252 £242
25th Percentile £444 £408 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £488 £525
Median % change year-on-year +12.82% -7.14% -4.33%
75th Percentile £625 £575 £600
90th Percentile £638 £708 £638
England median daily rate £537 £520 £525
% change year-on-year +3.27% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 20 8
10th Percentile £21.25 £19.96 -
25th Percentile £30.63 £21.17 £20.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £20.19
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% +24.58% -63.65%
75th Percentile - - £33.65
90th Percentile £52.40 £41.45 £65.27
England median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £34.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -26.03% -47.49%

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 1,908 1,228 1,172
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 78.65% 89.70% 81.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 781 540 458
10th Percentile £190 £200 £213
25th Percentile £353 £378 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £556
90th Percentile £694 £682 £638
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 523 333 281
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.27 £14.84
25th Percentile £17.12 £16.00 £15.62
Median hourly rate £47.50 £21.00 £29.17
Median % change year-on-year +126.19% -28.01% +45.85%
75th Percentile £70.00 £56.00 £62.50
90th Percentile £79.00 £75.00 £67.50
England median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +59.05% -40.82% -5.56%

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 14 October 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 14 October 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 14 October 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 +18 53 £499 +2.26% 30
Cambridgeshire +12 47 £566 +2.91% 20
Bedfordshire -12 21 £625 +28.21% 7
Essex -18 17 £525 +16.67% 9
Suffolk -15 5 £450 - 7
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 6 (4.17%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.47%) Confluence
2 5 (3.47%) NetWeaver
3 4 (2.78%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.39%) OpenEdge
5 1 (0.69%) Apache
5 1 (0.69%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.69%) Mendix
5 1 (0.69%) OpenStack
Applications
1 3 (2.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.69%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 33 (22.92%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (4.86%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 6 (4.17%) Remedy ITSM
4 5 (3.47%) SAP Travel Management
5 4 (2.78%) SAP Payroll
6 3 (2.08%) SAP HCM
7 2 (1.39%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (1.39%) Infor M3
7 2 (1.39%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (1.39%) SAP ERP
7 2 (1.39%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
8 1 (0.69%) HFM
8 1 (0.69%) Oracle Financials
8 1 (0.69%) Primavera
8 1 (0.69%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 25 (17.36%) Azure
2 15 (10.42%) AWS
3 10 (6.94%) SaaS
4 9 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
4 9 (6.25%) Entra ID
4 9 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (6.25%) Power Platform
5 4 (2.78%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (2.78%) IaaS
5 4 (2.78%) PaaS
6 3 (2.08%) Amazon ECS
6 3 (2.08%) Amazon EKS
6 3 (2.08%) Azure Service Bus
6 3 (2.08%) GCP
6 3 (2.08%) Microsoft Copilot
6 3 (2.08%) Power Automate
6 3 (2.08%) Serverless
7 2 (1.39%) Amazon EventBridge
7 2 (1.39%) AWS Control Tower
7 2 (1.39%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 9 (6.25%) Firewall
2 5 (3.47%) Network Security
3 4 (2.78%) DHCP
3 4 (2.78%) DNS
3 4 (2.78%) VPN
4 3 (2.08%) NGFW
4 3 (2.08%) RS-232
4 3 (2.08%) RS-485
4 3 (2.08%) Wireless
5 2 (1.39%) BGP
5 2 (1.39%) Cisco ISE
5 2 (1.39%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.39%) WAN
6 1 (0.69%) Cisco Wireless
6 1 (0.69%) OSPF
6 1 (0.69%) Reverse Proxy
6 1 (0.69%) Spanning Tree
6 1 (0.69%) SSL
6 1 (0.69%) VLAN
6 1 (0.69%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (6.94%) SQL Server
2 7 (4.86%) Relational Database
3 5 (3.47%) MaxDB
3 5 (3.47%) Power BI
3 5 (3.47%) SAP HANA
3 5 (3.47%) Sybase ASE
4 4 (2.78%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (2.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (1.39%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (1.39%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.39%) DynamoDB
6 2 (1.39%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.39%) Power Query
7 1 (0.69%) Geospatial Data
7 1 (0.69%) InfluxDB
7 1 (0.69%) Metadata
7 1 (0.69%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 1 (0.69%) Semantic Layer
7 1 (0.69%) Spatial Data
7 1 (0.69%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 7 (4.86%) JIRA
2 3 (2.08%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (1.39%) Git
3 2 (1.39%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.69%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.69%) Gerrit
4 1 (0.69%) GitLab
4 1 (0.69%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.69%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (0.69%) ScriptRunner
4 1 (0.69%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 37 (25.69%) Finance
2 28 (19.44%) Social Skills
3 24 (16.67%) Manufacturing
4 19 (13.19%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (6.94%) Public Sector
6 7 (4.86%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (4.86%) Law
7 4 (2.78%) Banking
7 4 (2.78%) Local Government
7 4 (2.78%) Retail
8 3 (2.08%) Dutch Language
8 3 (2.08%) Electronics
8 3 (2.08%) German Language
8 3 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (2.08%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.39%) Automotive
9 2 (1.39%) Legal
10 1 (0.69%) Advertising
10 1 (0.69%) Marketing
10 1 (0.69%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 30 (20.83%) Analyst
2 21 (14.58%) Consultant
3 20 (13.89%) Logistics Analyst
4 17 (11.81%) Architect
4 17 (11.81%) Lead
4 17 (11.81%) SAP Analyst
4 17 (11.81%) SAP Logistics Analyst
5 12 (8.33%) Developer
6 10 (6.94%) Senior
7 8 (5.56%) Oracle Developer
7 8 (5.56%) SAP Consultant
7 8 (5.56%) Solutions Architect
8 7 (4.86%) Data Analyst
9 6 (4.17%) Payroll Consultant
9 6 (4.17%) Project Manager
9 6 (4.17%) Support Engineer
10 5 (3.47%) Data Engineer
10 5 (3.47%) Migration Analyst
10 5 (3.47%) SAP Basis Support
10 5 (3.47%) SAP Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (6.25%) Terraform
2 7 (4.86%) Oracle Fusion
3 5 (3.47%) REST
3 5 (3.47%) SAP Basis
3 5 (3.47%) SAP Fiori
3 5 (3.47%) SAPUI5
4 4 (2.78%) Kafka
4 4 (2.78%) SailPoint
5 3 (2.08%) LDAP
6 2 (1.39%) .NET
6 2 (1.39%) 802.1X
6 2 (1.39%) ARM Templates
6 2 (1.39%) AWS CDK
6 2 (1.39%) GraphQL
6 2 (1.39%) gRPC
6 2 (1.39%) OAuth
6 2 (1.39%) RESTful
6 2 (1.39%) SAML
7 1 (0.69%) FastAPI
7 1 (0.69%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.25%) Onboarding
2 7 (4.86%) Data Centre
3 6 (4.17%) Data Structures
4 4 (2.78%) Cloud Native
4 4 (2.78%) CMDB
4 4 (2.78%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (2.78%) Virtual Team
5 3 (2.08%) AI Agents
5 3 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (2.08%) Low-Code
5 3 (2.08%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.39%) BYOD
6 2 (1.39%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (1.39%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.39%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.69%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.69%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.69%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (0.69%) Marketing Technology
7 1 (0.69%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 13 (9.03%) Windows
2 8 (5.56%) Windows Server
3 3 (2.08%) Linux
4 2 (1.39%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.69%) Rocky
5 1 (0.69%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.69%) Unix
5 1 (0.69%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (31.94%) Data Migration
2 33 (22.92%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 28 (19.44%) Stakeholder Management
4 24 (16.67%) Validation
5 22 (15.28%) Problem-Solving
6 20 (13.89%) Logistics
7 19 (13.19%) ERP
8 16 (11.11%) Analytics
9 12 (8.33%) Agile
9 12 (8.33%) DevOps
9 12 (8.33%) Knowledge Transfer
9 12 (8.33%) Roadmaps
10 11 (7.64%) Data Modelling
11 10 (6.94%) ETL
11 10 (6.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 9 (6.25%) Disaster Recovery
12 9 (6.25%) ITIL
13 8 (5.56%) Data Governance
13 8 (5.56%) Data Validation
13 8 (5.56%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 19 (13.19%) SQL
2 17 (11.81%) Python
3 6 (4.17%) PowerShell
4 3 (2.08%) C
4 3 (2.08%) C++
5 2 (1.39%) Bicep
5 2 (1.39%) C#
5 2 (1.39%) Groovy
5 2 (1.39%) Java
5 2 (1.39%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.39%) X++
6 1 (0.69%) Apex Code
6 1 (0.69%) Bash
6 1 (0.69%) BeanShell
6 1 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.69%) MATLAB
6 1 (0.69%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 29 (20.14%) Security Cleared
2 23 (15.97%) SC Cleared
3 11 (7.64%) Degree
4 8 (5.56%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (4.17%) CCNP
5 6 (4.17%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (2.78%) ACCA
6 4 (2.78%) CIMA
6 4 (2.78%) PMI Certification
6 4 (2.78%) PMP
7 3 (2.08%) CCNA
7 3 (2.08%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.69%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.69%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.69%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.69%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.69%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (21.53%) Data Quality
2 8 (5.56%) QA
3 7 (4.86%) GDPR
4 4 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.78%) PMO
5 3 (2.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (1.39%) SLA
7 1 (0.69%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.69%) NIST
System Software
1 13 (9.03%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.08%) Docker
2 3 (2.08%) Embedded Firmware
2 3 (2.08%) Firmware
2 3 (2.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.39%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.69%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.69%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (3.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.08%) Ansible
2 3 (2.08%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.39%) Grafana
3 2 (1.39%) vCenter Server
4 1 (0.69%) HAProxy
4 1 (0.69%) Istio
4 1 (0.69%) linkerd
4 1 (0.69%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.69%) Puppet
4 1 (0.69%) vRealize
Vendors
1 41 (28.47%) SAP
2 24 (16.67%) Oracle
3 22 (15.28%) Microsoft
4 9 (6.25%) ServiceNow
5 7 (4.86%) Cisco
5 7 (4.86%) IBM
6 6 (4.17%) Remedy
7 5 (3.47%) Sybase
8 4 (2.78%) Google
8 4 (2.78%) Salesforce
9 3 (2.08%) BMC
9 3 (2.08%) Palo Alto
9 3 (2.08%) VMware
10 2 (1.39%) Atlassian
10 2 (1.39%) Civica
10 2 (1.39%) Databricks
10 2 (1.39%) Forcepoint
10 2 (1.39%) Infoblox
10 2 (1.39%) Infor
10 2 (1.39%) Orchard