Migration Contract Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Migration
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Oxfordshire requiring Migration skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 13 15
Rank change year-on-year +5 +2 +9
Contract jobs citing Migration 29 5 12
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 16.86% 3.60% 5.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 19.33% 4.59% 6.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 4 12
10th Percentile £153 £442 £446
25th Percentile £256 £495 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £505
Median % change year-on-year - +8.91% +1.00%
75th Percentile £600 £591 £551
90th Percentile £628 £619 £598
South East median daily rate £500 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -7.41% -1.82% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 0 0
10th Percentile £19.59 - -
25th Percentile £20.50 - -
Median hourly rate £25.15 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £45.25 £27.00
% change year-on-year -44.42% +67.59% -31.21%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 150 109 185
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 87.21% 78.42% 86.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 72 134
10th Percentile £184 £210 £180
25th Percentile £263 £353 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -1.10%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £600
90th Percentile £604 £638 £671
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £520
% change year-on-year -2.44% -1.44% +1.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 5 14
10th Percentile £17.62 £15.99 £25.08
25th Percentile £19.21 £22.50 £25.96
Median hourly rate £25.00 £25.99 £32.32
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -19.59% +85.43%
75th Percentile £25.15 £47.50 £50.00
90th Percentile £85.65 £59.50 -
South East median hourly rate £20.71 £57.54 £52.50
% change year-on-year -64.01% +9.60% +20.69%

Migration
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Migration relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire.

Migration job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Migration
Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Migration.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Migration

Migration
Daily Rate Histogram in Oxfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Migration in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 12 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Migration in Oxfordshire

Migration
Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Migration.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Migration

Migration
Contract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Migration within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 12 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
Oxford +6 12 £600 +9.09% 4
Carterton - 11 £153 - 2
Kidlington - 1 £200 -
Wallingford - 1 - - 1
Migration
South East

Migration
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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 1 (3.45%) Confluence
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (3.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (20.69%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 4 (13.79%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (3.45%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 3 (10.34%) Dynamics 365
1 3 (10.34%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (6.90%) Azure
2 2 (6.90%) Azure ExpressRoute
2 2 (6.90%) Azure Sentinel
2 2 (6.90%) Entra ID
3 1 (3.45%) OneDrive
3 1 (3.45%) SaaS
3 1 (3.45%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.90%) VPN
2 1 (3.45%) DMVPN
2 1 (3.45%) LAN
2 1 (3.45%) MPLS
2 1 (3.45%) SD-WAN
2 1 (3.45%) TETRA
2 1 (3.45%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.45%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (3.45%) JIRA
General
1 10 (34.48%) Social Skills
2 8 (27.59%) Finance
2 8 (27.59%) Manufacturing
3 5 (17.24%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (10.34%) Public Sector
5 2 (6.90%) Electronics
5 2 (6.90%) Legal
5 2 (6.90%) Marketing
5 2 (6.90%) Telecoms
6 1 (3.45%) Automotive
6 1 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (3.45%) Police
6 1 (3.45%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 7 (24.14%) IT Engineer
1 7 (24.14%) Migration Engineer
2 6 (20.69%) Windows Engineer
3 4 (13.79%) Desktop Engineer
3 4 (13.79%) Desktop Migration Engineer
3 4 (13.79%) Project Manager
4 3 (10.34%) Architect
4 3 (10.34%) SAP Manager
5 2 (6.90%) Change Manager
5 2 (6.90%) Cloud Architect
5 2 (6.90%) Desktop Support
5 2 (6.90%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Migration Architect
5 2 (6.90%) Programme Manager
5 2 (6.90%) Project Manager - SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (6.90%) SAP Change Manager
5 2 (6.90%) Support Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Windows Support Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
6 1 (3.45%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (20.69%) Life Science
1 6 (20.69%) Renewable Energy
2 2 (6.90%) Data Centre
2 2 (6.90%) Onboarding
2 2 (6.90%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.45%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (3.45%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 5 (17.24%) Windows
1 5 (17.24%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (48.28%) Workflow
1 14 (48.28%) Workflow Management
2 9 (31.03%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (20.69%) Agile
3 6 (20.69%) ERP
3 6 (20.69%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (20.69%) Time Management
4 5 (17.24%) Change Management
4 5 (17.24%) Strategic Thinking
5 4 (13.79%) Critical Thinking
5 4 (13.79%) Programme Management
5 4 (13.79%) Project Planning
6 3 (10.34%) Asset Management
6 3 (10.34%) Data Protection
6 3 (10.34%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 2 (6.90%) Capacity Planning
7 2 (6.90%) Identity Access Management
7 2 (6.90%) Infrastructure Transformation
7 2 (6.90%) SIEM
7 2 (6.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.90%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 14 (48.28%) SC Cleared
1 14 (48.28%) Security Cleared
2 2 (6.90%) Degree
3 1 (3.45%) DBS Check
3 1 (3.45%) PMI Certification
3 1 (3.45%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.90%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (6.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 2 (6.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (6.90%) PMBOK
1 2 (6.90%) QA
2 1 (3.45%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (10.34%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.45%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (27.59%) SAP
2 4 (13.79%) Microsoft
3 3 (10.34%) Cisco
4 2 (6.90%) Sophos
5 1 (3.45%) Fortinet