Migration Engineer Contracts in England

Migration Engineer
UK > England

The median Migration Engineer daily rate in England is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 426 558 650
Rank change year-on-year +132 +92 -106
Contract jobs requiring a Migration Engineer 122 110 130
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.33% 0.22% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% 0.23% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 93 82
10th Percentile £80 £219 £130
25th Percentile £243 £285 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £391
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +2.24% -2.19%
75th Percentile £574 £511 £498
90th Percentile £619 £606 £621
UK median daily rate £438 £425 £419
% change year-on-year +2.94% +1.49% +19.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 0 1
10th Percentile £41.00 - -
25th Percentile £63.75 - £56.25
Median hourly rate £80.00 - £57.50
75th Percentile - - £58.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £80.00 £35.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year +128.57% -39.13% +19.79%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 34,517 47,965 67,732
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.72% 94.58% 95.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,960 34,010 48,090
10th Percentile £275 £310 £313
25th Percentile £411 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £640 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,411 1,443 1,914
10th Percentile £12.92 £14.31 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.65 £45.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.78% +100.00% +0.36%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.67 £48.49
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.45 £62.15
UK median hourly rate £35.68 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -20.71% +95.65% +1.41%

Migration Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Migration Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Migration Engineer in England

Migration Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Migration Engineer in England.

Daily rate trend for Migration Engineer in England

Migration Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Migration Engineer in England over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Migration Engineer in England

Migration Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Migration Engineer in England.

Hourly rate trend for Migration Engineer in England

Migration Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Migration Engineer in England over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Migration Engineer in England

Migration Engineer
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Migration Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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
London +106 55 £450 - 2
South West +38 20 £80 -64.84%
East of England +20 16 £80 -80.00%
North of England +45 15 £563 +87.19%
South East +15 13 £475 +90.00% 8
Yorkshire - 11 £575 -
North West +17 4 £475 +58.07%
West Midlands +20 2 £400 -20.79%
Midlands +11 2 £400 -11.11% 1
Migration Engineer
UK

Migration Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Migration Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Migration Engineer in the job title.

1 121 (99.18%) Migration
2 56 (45.90%) Data Migration
3 37 (30.33%) Micro Focus
4 30 (24.59%) Azure
5 28 (22.95%) Windows
6 25 (20.49%) Active Directory
6 25 (20.49%) DevSecOps
7 22 (18.03%) Social Skills
8 21 (17.21%) SQL
8 21 (17.21%) SC Cleared
8 21 (17.21%) Security Cleared
9 19 (15.57%) Microsoft
10 18 (14.75%) Problem-Solving
11 17 (13.93%) Microsoft 365
11 17 (13.93%) Data Centre
12 16 (13.11%) Finance
13 15 (12.30%) Windows Server
14 14 (11.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 13 (10.66%) Microsoft Exchange
15 13 (10.66%) PowerShell
16 12 (9.84%) Entra ID
17 11 (9.02%) Linux
17 11 (9.02%) VMware
17 11 (9.02%) Agile
18 10 (8.20%) Aerospace
19 9 (7.38%) Windows 10
19 9 (7.38%) DevOps
19 9 (7.38%) Project Delivery
19 9 (7.38%) Windows Server 2016
20 8 (6.56%) JIRA

Migration Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 13 (10.66%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (4.10%) SharePoint
3 4 (3.28%) IIS
4 3 (2.46%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (1.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.82%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.82%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.82%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.64%) MIS ActiveH
1 2 (1.64%) NEC Housing
2 1 (0.82%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 30 (24.59%) Azure
2 17 (13.93%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (9.84%) Entra ID
4 6 (4.92%) AWS
5 5 (4.10%) GCP
6 3 (2.46%) IaaS
7 2 (1.64%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.64%) GitHub
7 2 (1.64%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.82%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (0.82%) AWS Direct Connect
8 1 (0.82%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.82%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.82%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.82%) Serverless
8 1 (0.82%) ShareGate
8 1 (0.82%) Snowflake
8 1 (0.82%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.74%) Firewall
2 5 (4.10%) SAN
3 4 (3.28%) DNS
3 4 (3.28%) MPLS
4 3 (2.46%) WAN
5 2 (1.64%) LAN
5 2 (1.64%) SGSN
5 2 (1.64%) Wireless
6 1 (0.82%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (0.82%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (0.82%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.82%) Cisco PIX
6 1 (0.82%) DHCP
6 1 (0.82%) DWDM
6 1 (0.82%) IOS XR
6 1 (0.82%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.82%) VLAN
6 1 (0.82%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.56%) Big Data
1 8 (6.56%) Relational Database
2 7 (5.74%) SQL Server
3 6 (4.92%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (2.46%) Data Mining
5 2 (1.64%) Oracle Database
5 2 (1.64%) Oracle Database 11g
5 2 (1.64%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.82%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.82%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.82%) MySQL
6 1 (0.82%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 8 (6.56%) JIRA
2 4 (3.28%) Bitbucket
3 3 (2.46%) Git
4 2 (1.64%) GitLab
4 2 (1.64%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.82%) AppScan
5 1 (0.82%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.82%) Pylint
5 1 (0.82%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.82%) Subversion
5 1 (0.82%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.82%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.82%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 22 (18.03%) Social Skills
2 16 (13.11%) Finance
3 10 (8.20%) Aerospace
4 6 (4.92%) Public Sector
5 5 (4.10%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (3.28%) Aviation
7 3 (2.46%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (2.46%) Law
8 2 (1.64%) Military
9 1 (0.82%) Banking
9 1 (0.82%) Legal
9 1 (0.82%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.82%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.64%) Playwright
1 2 (1.64%) React
2 1 (0.82%) .NET
2 1 (0.82%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (0.82%) HTML
2 1 (0.82%) JSON
2 1 (0.82%) Kafka
2 1 (0.82%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (0.82%) Next.js
2 1 (0.82%) Node.js
2 1 (0.82%) PySpark
2 1 (0.82%) pytest
2 1 (0.82%) RabbitMQ
2 1 (0.82%) WCF
2 1 (0.82%) WebSockets
2 1 (0.82%) WinForms
2 1 (0.82%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (13.93%) Data Centre
2 4 (3.28%) Clustering
2 4 (3.28%) VxBlock/Vblock
3 3 (2.46%) Blackberry
3 3 (2.46%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (1.64%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (1.64%) Public Cloud
5 1 (0.82%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (0.82%) EMC VNX
5 1 (0.82%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (0.82%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.82%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.82%) NHS
5 1 (0.82%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.82%) Private Cloud
5 1 (0.82%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (0.82%) Replication
5 1 (0.82%) Solar Panel
Operating Systems
1 28 (22.95%) Windows
2 15 (12.30%) Windows Server
3 11 (9.02%) Linux
4 9 (7.38%) Windows 10
4 9 (7.38%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (6.56%) VMS
6 7 (5.74%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (3.28%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (1.64%) Android
8 2 (1.64%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.82%) AIX
9 1 (0.82%) Solaris
9 1 (0.82%) Unix
9 1 (0.82%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (99.18%) Migration
2 56 (45.90%) Data Migration
3 25 (20.49%) DevSecOps
4 18 (14.75%) Problem-Solving
5 14 (11.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 11 (9.02%) Agile
7 9 (7.38%) DevOps
7 9 (7.38%) Project Delivery
8 7 (5.74%) Change Management
8 7 (5.74%) ITIL
9 6 (4.92%) Data Modelling
9 6 (4.92%) Database Migration
10 5 (4.10%) CI/CD
10 5 (4.10%) ETL
11 4 (3.28%) Analytics
11 4 (3.28%) Application Packaging
11 4 (3.28%) Enterprise Architecture
11 4 (3.28%) Network Design
11 4 (3.28%) Performance Metrics
11 4 (3.28%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 21 (17.21%) SQL
2 13 (10.66%) PowerShell
3 8 (6.56%) Python
4 2 (1.64%) Java
4 2 (1.64%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.64%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.82%) Bash
5 1 (0.82%) Bicep
5 1 (0.82%) C#
Qualifications
1 21 (17.21%) SC Cleared
1 21 (17.21%) Security Cleared
2 7 (5.74%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (3.28%) Degree
4 3 (2.46%) Azure Certification
4 3 (2.46%) CCNP
4 3 (2.46%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (1.64%) CCNA
6 1 (0.82%) CCIE
6 1 (0.82%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.82%) JNCIP
6 1 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.82%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.10%) Data Quality
1 5 (4.10%) QA
2 2 (1.64%) Accessibility
System Software
1 25 (20.49%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.28%) Docker
3 3 (2.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.82%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.82%) KVM
4 1 (0.82%) SRDF
4 1 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (4.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (3.28%) Kubernetes
2 4 (3.28%) PowerCLI
2 4 (3.28%) VxRail
3 3 (2.46%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (1.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (1.64%) SCCM
5 1 (0.82%) Ansible
5 1 (0.82%) EMC TimeFinder
5 1 (0.82%) Grafana
5 1 (0.82%) Graylog
5 1 (0.82%) HP Fortify
5 1 (0.82%) Nagios
5 1 (0.82%) Nessus
5 1 (0.82%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.82%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.82%) Puppet
5 1 (0.82%) Terraform
5 1 (0.82%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 37 (30.33%) Micro Focus
2 19 (15.57%) Microsoft
3 11 (9.02%) VMware
4 7 (5.74%) Cisco
5 5 (4.10%) Dell
5 5 (4.10%) Oracle
5 5 (4.10%) ServiceNow
6 4 (3.28%) Twitter
7 3 (2.46%) Atlassian
7 3 (2.46%) Splunk
8 2 (1.64%) Apple
8 2 (1.64%) Databricks
8 2 (1.64%) Ericsson
8 2 (1.64%) Google
8 2 (1.64%) Isilon
8 2 (1.64%) NEC
9 1 (0.82%) Novell
9 1 (0.82%) OpenText
9 1 (0.82%) Sage
9 1 (0.82%) Salesforce