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 13 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 34 24
Rank change year-on-year +17 -10 +10
Contract jobs citing Migration 106 67 120
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 7.81% 4.64% 6.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.71% 5.70% 7.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 43 86
10th Percentile £252 £242 £338
25th Percentile £408 £410 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% -4.55% +15.79%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £622
90th Percentile £708 £638 £700
England median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 8 8
10th Percentile £19.96 - £45.54
25th Percentile £21.17 £20.00 £50.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £20.19 £55.53
Median % change year-on-year +24.58% -63.65% -17.73%
75th Percentile - £33.65 £61.56
90th Percentile £41.45 £65.27 £75.83
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year -26.03% -45.60% +13.64%

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 1,217 1,176 1,600
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 89.68% 81.44% 87.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 534 459 862
10th Percentile £200 £213 £225
25th Percentile £379 £313 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.17% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £556 £625
90th Percentile £683 £638 £738
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 330 283 375
10th Percentile £14.33 £14.87 £13.65
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.62 £14.25
Median hourly rate £21.64 £29.17 £19.81
Median % change year-on-year -25.81% +47.25% -5.67%
75th Percentile £56.00 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £67.50 £76.90
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -40.82% -5.56% +36.36%

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 13 October 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 13 October 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 13 October 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 +9 33 £488 -11.36% 5
Cambridgeshire +17 31 £550 +30.95% 16
Essex +12 20 £450 -18.18% 6
Hertfordshire -13 10 £488 -7.14% 16
Norfolk -12 9 £300 -7.69%
Suffolk +10 2 - - 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 5 (4.72%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (1.89%) Anypoint
2 2 (1.89%) Mule
3 1 (0.94%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (0.94%) CMS
3 1 (0.94%) Headless CMS
3 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.94%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.94%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (11.32%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (2.83%) SAP PP
3 2 (1.89%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.94%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.94%) Sage X3
4 1 (0.94%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.94%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 26 (24.53%) AWS
2 19 (17.92%) Azure
3 10 (9.43%) Snowflake
4 9 (8.49%) Amazon S3
4 9 (8.49%) dbt
5 8 (7.55%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 8 (7.55%) AWS Lambda
5 8 (7.55%) Serverless
6 6 (5.66%) Dynamics 365
6 6 (5.66%) PaaS
7 5 (4.72%) Amazon EMR
7 5 (4.72%) Azure Sentinel
7 5 (4.72%) GCP
7 5 (4.72%) Slack
8 4 (3.77%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (3.77%) Power Platform
9 3 (2.83%) OneDrive
10 2 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (1.89%) Azure Logic Apps
11 1 (0.94%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.72%) Firewall
2 2 (1.89%) Structured Cabling
3 1 (0.94%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (8.49%) Data Warehouse
2 8 (7.55%) SQL Server
3 7 (6.60%) Oracle Database
4 6 (5.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (4.72%) Amazon Redshift
5 5 (4.72%) RDBMS
5 5 (4.72%) Relational Database
6 4 (3.77%) Power BI
7 3 (2.83%) Crystal Reports
7 3 (2.83%) Snowflake Schema
8 2 (1.89%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (1.89%) Data Lake
8 2 (1.89%) Metadata
8 2 (1.89%) MongoDB
8 2 (1.89%) Oracle Reports
8 2 (1.89%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (1.89%) SAP Data Services
8 2 (1.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.94%) Amazon Aurora
9 1 (0.94%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 11 (10.38%) GitLab
2 3 (2.83%) AdminStudio
2 3 (2.83%) Jenkins
2 3 (2.83%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 2 (1.89%) Hudson
3 2 (1.89%) JIRA
4 1 (0.94%) Git
4 1 (0.94%) MSI
4 1 (0.94%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 44 (41.51%) Social Skills
2 12 (11.32%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (10.38%) Finance
4 6 (5.66%) Documentation Skills
4 6 (5.66%) Manufacturing
5 5 (4.72%) Aerospace
5 5 (4.72%) Aviation
6 4 (3.77%) Public Sector
7 3 (2.83%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (2.83%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (1.89%) Retail
9 1 (0.94%) Legal
9 1 (0.94%) Marketing
9 1 (0.94%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (16.04%) Consultant
2 13 (12.26%) Architect
3 9 (8.49%) IT Engineer
4 8 (7.55%) Snowflake Architect
5 7 (6.60%) Analyst
5 7 (6.60%) Deployment Engineer
5 7 (6.60%) SAP Consultant
6 6 (5.66%) Windows Engineer
7 5 (4.72%) Automation Engineer
7 5 (4.72%) Azure Engineer
7 5 (4.72%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (4.72%) Cloud Engineer
7 5 (4.72%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (4.72%) Desktop Engineer
7 5 (4.72%) Developer
7 5 (4.72%) IFS Developer
7 5 (4.72%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (4.72%) Security Engineer
8 4 (3.77%) Lead
8 4 (3.77%) Windows Deployment Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.72%) OpenID
1 5 (4.72%) REST
1 5 (4.72%) SAML
1 5 (4.72%) SOAP
1 5 (4.72%) XML
2 4 (3.77%) Web Services
3 3 (2.83%) EDI
3 3 (2.83%) JSON
3 3 (2.83%) XSLT
4 2 (1.89%) JWT
4 2 (1.89%) Kafka
4 2 (1.89%) MUnit
4 2 (1.89%) OAuth
4 2 (1.89%) Software Packaging
5 1 (0.94%) JSR 170
5 1 (0.94%) Next.js
5 1 (0.94%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.94%) OSGi
5 1 (0.94%) React
Miscellaneous
1 10 (9.43%) Onboarding
2 5 (4.72%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (3.77%) Data Structures
4 3 (2.83%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (2.83%) Life Science
5 2 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.89%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.89%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (1.89%) Driving Licence
5 2 (1.89%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.94%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.94%) EPoS
6 1 (0.94%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.94%) NHS
6 1 (0.94%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.94%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.94%) Reference Data
6 1 (0.94%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.94%) Smart Meter
6 1 (0.94%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 19 (17.92%) Windows
2 9 (8.49%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.94%) Linux
3 1 (0.94%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (27.36%) Data Migration
2 25 (23.58%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (16.98%) DevOps
4 17 (16.04%) Workflow
5 15 (14.15%) Data Modelling
5 15 (14.15%) ERP
6 13 (12.26%) Analytics
6 13 (12.26%) ETL
6 13 (12.26%) Observability
6 13 (12.26%) Workflow Management
7 11 (10.38%) Roadmaps
8 10 (9.43%) Logistics
8 10 (9.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 10 (9.43%) Stakeholder Management
9 9 (8.49%) Actionable Insight
9 9 (8.49%) User Acceptance Testing
10 8 (7.55%) Dashboard Development
10 8 (7.55%) Data Integration
10 8 (7.55%) RBAC
11 7 (6.60%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 18 (16.98%) SQL
2 15 (14.15%) Python
3 7 (6.60%) PowerShell
4 5 (4.72%) Java
4 5 (4.72%) PL/SQL
5 3 (2.83%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.89%) DataWeave
6 2 (1.89%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.94%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 28 (26.42%) Security Cleared
2 24 (22.64%) SC Cleared
3 8 (7.55%) Degree
4 5 (4.72%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (3.77%) Azure Certification
6 3 (2.83%) CBAP
7 2 (1.89%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.89%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 1 (0.94%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (0.94%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.94%) BC Cleared
8 1 (0.94%) CCSP
8 1 (0.94%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.94%) CISSP
8 1 (0.94%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (9.43%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.89%) QA
2 2 (1.89%) SLA
3 1 (0.94%) GDPR
3 1 (0.94%) GRC
3 1 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.94%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (2.83%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.94%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (9.43%) Terraform
2 9 (8.49%) Kubernetes
3 8 (7.55%) Prometheus
3 8 (7.55%) SCCM
4 6 (5.66%) Grafana
5 2 (1.89%) CloudHub
5 2 (1.89%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 21 (19.81%) Microsoft
2 19 (17.92%) SAP
3 9 (8.49%) Oracle
4 8 (7.55%) Dynatrace
5 7 (6.60%) IFS
6 6 (5.66%) StreamSets
7 5 (4.72%) ServiceNow
8 3 (2.83%) Aruba
8 3 (2.83%) Google
8 3 (2.83%) Palo Alto
8 3 (2.83%) Salesforce
8 3 (2.83%) Splunk
9 2 (1.89%) MuleSoft
9 2 (1.89%) Sybase
10 1 (0.94%) Adobe
10 1 (0.94%) Ariba
10 1 (0.94%) Avature
10 1 (0.94%) IBM
10 1 (0.94%) Remedy
10 1 (0.94%) Sage