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 27 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 7 10
Rank change year-on-year -18 +3 +5
Contract jobs citing Migration 16 16 17
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 5.67% 15.24% 7.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.99% 17.58% 9.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 7 10
10th Percentile - £356 £211
25th Percentile £250 £430 £258
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £500 £408
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +22.70% -25.91%
75th Percentile £500 £669 £528
90th Percentile £670 £700 £541
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £17.85 - -
25th Percentile £19.34 - -
Median hourly rate £20.18 - -
75th Percentile £22.16 - -
90th Percentile £23.50 - -
South East median hourly rate £23.58 £67.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year -65.07% +125.00% -37.50%

All Process & 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 229 91 185
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 81.21% 86.67% 81.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 129 54 117
10th Percentile £203 £250 £150
25th Percentile £300 £353 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £638 £525
90th Percentile £638 £688 £623
South East median daily rate £513 £500 £501
% change year-on-year +2.50% -0.10% -1.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 9 38
10th Percentile £15.62 £13.08 £12.20
25th Percentile £19.34 £20.85 £13.12
Median hourly rate £24.46 £27.76 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.89% +42.36% -25.00%
75th Percentile £51.27 £46.30 £29.38
90th Percentile £53.75 £46.54 £58.00
South East median hourly rate £51.00 £28.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year +82.14% -41.05% -5.00%

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 27 April 2026.

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 27 April 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
Oxford -4 5 £575 +8.49% 1
Carterton - 4 - -
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (12.50%) Azure
1 2 (12.50%) dbt
1 2 (12.50%) Entra ID
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (12.50%) OneDrive
1 2 (12.50%) Power Platform
1 2 (12.50%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) DMVPN
1 1 (6.25%) LAN
1 1 (6.25%) MPLS
1 1 (6.25%) SD-WAN
1 1 (6.25%) TETRA
1 1 (6.25%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (12.50%) Metadata
1 2 (12.50%) Power BI
1 2 (12.50%) SQL Server
1 2 (12.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 2 (12.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 2 (12.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 8 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 3 (18.75%) Police
4 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (12.50%) Electronics
4 2 (12.50%) Finance
4 2 (12.50%) Manufacturing
4 2 (12.50%) Marketing
4 2 (12.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (25.00%) IT Engineer
1 4 (25.00%) Migration Engineer
1 4 (25.00%) Windows Engineer
2 3 (18.75%) Architect
3 2 (12.50%) Data Architect
3 2 (12.50%) Desktop Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Desktop Migration Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Desktop Support
3 2 (12.50%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Support Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Windows Support Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) ERP Specialist
4 1 (6.25%) Implementation Specialist
4 1 (6.25%) Network Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) CMDB
1 2 (12.50%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (6.25%) Onboarding
2 1 (6.25%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 7 (43.75%) Windows
2 6 (37.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) Workflow
1 7 (43.75%) Workflow Management
2 4 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (25.00%) Data Migration
3 3 (18.75%) Customer Service
3 3 (18.75%) Logistics
3 3 (18.75%) Translating Business Requirements
4 2 (12.50%) Analytics
4 2 (12.50%) Data Architecture
4 2 (12.50%) Data Governance
4 2 (12.50%) Data Modelling
4 2 (12.50%) Data Transformation
4 2 (12.50%) Digital Marketing
4 2 (12.50%) Dimensional Modelling
4 2 (12.50%) ETL
4 2 (12.50%) Integration Patterns
4 2 (12.50%) Programme Management
4 2 (12.50%) Service Delivery
5 1 (6.25%) Data Security
5 1 (6.25%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (56.25%) Security Cleared
2 7 (43.75%) SC Cleared
3 1 (6.25%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) Data Quality
1 2 (12.50%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (12.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (18.75%) SCCM
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 2 (12.50%) SAP
3 1 (6.25%) Cisco
3 1 (6.25%) Fortinet
3 1 (6.25%) Xero