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 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 32 28
Rank change year-on-year +13 -4 +6
Contract jobs citing Migration 108 68 118
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 7.46% 5.20% 6.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.44% 6.49% 7.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 42 83
10th Percentile £251 £240 £315
25th Percentile £406 £410 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.88% -6.82% +13.40%
75th Percentile £575 £594 £619
90th Percentile £715 £650 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 8 7
10th Percentile £20.15 - £45.30
25th Percentile £20.75 £20.00 £48.75
Median hourly rate £25.15 £20.19 £55.50
Median % change year-on-year +24.58% -63.63% -17.78%
75th Percentile - £33.65 £57.16
90th Percentile £35.20 £65.27 £71.03
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £67.00
% change year-on-year -26.03% -49.25% +29.59%

All Process and 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 1,280 1,048 1,656
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 88.46% 80.18% 88.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 553 418 908
10th Percentile £194 £225 £225
25th Percentile £383 £318 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £559 £600
90th Percentile £688 £650 £725
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 349 225 376
10th Percentile £14.03 £15.00 £14.08
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.62 £14.25
Median hourly rate £21.00 £25.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +25.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £59.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.00 £70.00 £75.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £37.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -32.03% -16.85% +27.14%

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 8 November 2025.

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 8 November 2025.

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 8 November 2025. 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
Bedfordshire +4 34 £500 -9.09% 7
Cambridgeshire +15 32 £550 +30.95% 24
Essex +11 18 £302 -52.71% 13
Norfolk -16 9 £300 -7.69% 3
Hertfordshire -24 9 £488 -7.14% 25
Suffolk +10 5 £475 -5.00% 6
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 5 (4.63%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (4.63%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.70%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (1.85%) Anypoint
3 2 (1.85%) Mule
4 1 (0.93%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 9 (8.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (3.70%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (2.78%) SAP PP
4 2 (1.85%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.93%) ResourceLink
5 1 (0.93%) Sage X3
5 1 (0.93%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 26 (24.07%) AWS
2 16 (14.81%) Azure
3 9 (8.33%) Amazon CloudWatch
3 9 (8.33%) Snowflake
4 8 (7.41%) Amazon S3
4 8 (7.41%) AWS Lambda
4 8 (7.41%) dbt
4 8 (7.41%) Serverless
5 7 (6.48%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (5.56%) Azure Sentinel
6 6 (5.56%) Dynamics 365
6 6 (5.56%) OneDrive
6 6 (5.56%) PaaS
7 5 (4.63%) Amazon EMR
7 5 (4.63%) GCP
7 5 (4.63%) Slack
8 4 (3.70%) Power Platform
9 2 (1.85%) Amazon ECS
9 2 (1.85%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (1.85%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 7 (6.48%) Firewall
2 2 (1.85%) Structured Cabling
3 1 (0.93%) Network Security
3 1 (0.93%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.48%) SQL Server
2 6 (5.56%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (4.63%) Oracle Database
3 5 (4.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (3.70%) Amazon Redshift
4 4 (3.70%) RDBMS
4 4 (3.70%) Relational Database
5 3 (2.78%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (2.78%) Power BI
5 3 (2.78%) Snowflake Schema
6 2 (1.85%) Crystal Reports
6 2 (1.85%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.93%) Amazon Aurora
7 1 (0.93%) Amazon QuickSight
7 1 (0.93%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.93%) EDMS
7 1 (0.93%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.93%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.93%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 12 (11.11%) GitLab
2 3 (2.78%) AdminStudio
2 3 (2.78%) Jenkins
2 3 (2.78%) JIRA
2 3 (2.78%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.93%) Git
3 1 (0.93%) Hudson
3 1 (0.93%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 42 (38.89%) Social Skills
2 13 (12.04%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (11.11%) Finance
4 9 (8.33%) Manufacturing
5 7 (6.48%) Public Sector
6 6 (5.56%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (4.63%) Aerospace
7 5 (4.63%) Aviation
8 4 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (3.70%) Telecoms
9 3 (2.78%) Electronics
9 3 (2.78%) Marketing
9 3 (2.78%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (1.85%) Retail
Job Titles
1 17 (15.74%) Consultant
2 12 (11.11%) Architect
3 10 (9.26%) IT Engineer
4 7 (6.48%) Analyst
4 7 (6.48%) Deployment Engineer
4 7 (6.48%) Snowflake Architect
4 7 (6.48%) Windows Engineer
5 6 (5.56%) Automation Engineer
5 6 (5.56%) Project Manager
5 6 (5.56%) Security Engineer
5 6 (5.56%) Support Engineer
6 5 (4.63%) Azure Engineer
6 5 (4.63%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (4.63%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (4.63%) Desktop Engineer
6 5 (4.63%) Developer
6 5 (4.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (4.63%) Lead
6 5 (4.63%) Migration Engineer
6 5 (4.63%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.63%) OpenID
1 5 (4.63%) REST
1 5 (4.63%) SAML
1 5 (4.63%) SOAP
2 4 (3.70%) XML
3 3 (2.78%) EDI
3 3 (2.78%) JSON
3 3 (2.78%) Web Services
3 3 (2.78%) XSLT
4 2 (1.85%) JWT
4 2 (1.85%) Kafka
4 2 (1.85%) MUnit
4 2 (1.85%) OAuth
4 2 (1.85%) Software Packaging
5 1 (0.93%) Middleware
5 1 (0.93%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 12 (11.11%) Onboarding
2 6 (5.56%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (3.70%) Data Structures
4 3 (2.78%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (1.85%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.85%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (1.85%) Driving Licence
5 2 (1.85%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (1.85%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.93%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.93%) e-Learning
6 1 (0.93%) NHS
6 1 (0.93%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.93%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.93%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.93%) Smart Meter
6 1 (0.93%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 22 (20.37%) Windows
2 13 (12.04%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.93%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (23.15%) Data Migration
1 25 (23.15%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (19.44%) Workflow
3 17 (15.74%) DevOps
3 17 (15.74%) Workflow Management
4 14 (12.96%) Data Modelling
4 14 (12.96%) ERP
5 13 (12.04%) Logistics
5 13 (12.04%) Observability
6 12 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
7 11 (10.19%) ETL
7 11 (10.19%) Roadmaps
7 11 (10.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 10 (9.26%) Actionable Insight
8 10 (9.26%) Stakeholder Management
8 10 (9.26%) Workshop Facilitation
9 9 (8.33%) ITIL
10 8 (7.41%) Agile
10 8 (7.41%) Business Intelligence
10 8 (7.41%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 16 (14.81%) SQL
2 14 (12.96%) Python
3 7 (6.48%) PowerShell
4 5 (4.63%) Java
5 4 (3.70%) PL/SQL
6 3 (2.78%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.85%) DataWeave
7 2 (1.85%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.93%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 31 (28.70%) Security Cleared
2 26 (24.07%) SC Cleared
3 8 (7.41%) Degree
4 4 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (2.78%) CBAP
6 2 (1.85%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.85%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.85%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 1 (0.93%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (0.93%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.93%) BC Cleared
7 1 (0.93%) CCSP
7 1 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.93%) CISSP
7 1 (0.93%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.93%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.70%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.85%) QA
3 1 (0.93%) GDPR
3 1 (0.93%) GRC
3 1 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.93%) NIST
3 1 (0.93%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (2.78%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (9.26%) Terraform
2 8 (7.41%) Kubernetes
2 8 (7.41%) Prometheus
3 7 (6.48%) SCCM
4 6 (5.56%) Grafana
5 2 (1.85%) CloudHub
5 2 (1.85%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 24 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 17 (15.74%) SAP
3 8 (7.41%) Dynatrace
3 8 (7.41%) ServiceNow
4 7 (6.48%) Oracle
5 6 (5.56%) IFS
6 5 (4.63%) StreamSets
7 4 (3.70%) Google
7 4 (3.70%) Palo Alto
7 4 (3.70%) Remedy
7 4 (3.70%) Splunk
8 3 (2.78%) Aruba
8 3 (2.78%) Salesforce
9 2 (1.85%) MuleSoft
10 1 (0.93%) Ariba
10 1 (0.93%) IBM
10 1 (0.93%) Sage
10 1 (0.93%) Sybase
10 1 (0.93%) Talend
10 1 (0.93%) Zscaler