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

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 10 18
Rank change year-on-year +2 +8 +4
Contract jobs citing Migration 20 6 10
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 11.83% 6.59% 5.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.08% 8.11% 6.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 7
10th Percentile £394 £454 £391
25th Percentile £444 £525 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £625 £525
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +19.05% -6.25%
75th Percentile £638 £700 £588
90th Percentile £700 - £620
South East median daily rate £500 £538 £543
% change year-on-year -6.98% -0.98% +3.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 0 0
10th Percentile £19.54 - -
25th Percentile £19.73 - -
Median hourly rate £22.13 - -
75th Percentile £25.15 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £45.25 £37.50
% change year-on-year -44.42% +20.67% +11.94%

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 142 74 147
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 84.02% 81.32% 86.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 43 105
10th Percentile £203 £239 £143
25th Percentile £322 £406 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -1.37%
75th Percentile £547 £575 £550
90th Percentile £604 £638 £625
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £517
% change year-on-year -1.96% -1.40% +3.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 4 11
10th Percentile £15.62 £15.96 £16.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £22.41 £25.63
Median hourly rate £22.00 £35.50 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.02% +36.52% -
75th Percentile £25.15 £52.50 £33.66
90th Percentile £58.57 £61.50 £48.75
South East median hourly rate £23.58 £42.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -44.53% -22.73% +24.29%

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 January 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 12 January 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
Carterton - 7 - -
Oxford 0 6 £575 -17.86% 5
Wallingford - 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 (5.00%) Confluence
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (5.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (10.00%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 2 (10.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (5.00%) OneDrive
1 1 (5.00%) SaaS
1 1 (5.00%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.00%) DMVPN
1 1 (5.00%) LAN
1 1 (5.00%) MPLS
1 1 (5.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (5.00%) TETRA
1 1 (5.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (5.00%) JIRA
General
1 7 (35.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (20.00%) Finance
2 4 (20.00%) Manufacturing
3 3 (15.00%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (15.00%) Public Sector
4 2 (10.00%) Electronics
4 2 (10.00%) Marketing
4 2 (10.00%) Telecoms
5 1 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (5.00%) Police
5 1 (5.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 6 (30.00%) IT Engineer
2 5 (25.00%) Project Manager
3 4 (20.00%) Migration Engineer
3 4 (20.00%) Windows Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Desktop Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Desktop Migration Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Desktop Support
4 2 (10.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Project Manager - SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (10.00%) Support Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Windows Support Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Architect
5 1 (5.00%) ERP Specialist
5 1 (5.00%) Implementation Specialist
5 1 (5.00%) Junior
5 1 (5.00%) Junior Project Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Network Architect
5 1 (5.00%) SaaS Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) Life Science
1 2 (10.00%) Onboarding
1 2 (10.00%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (5.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (5.00%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 4 (20.00%) Windows 10
2 3 (15.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (60.00%) Workflow
1 12 (60.00%) Workflow Management
2 6 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (20.00%) Agile
3 4 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (15.00%) Logistics
4 3 (15.00%) Strategic Thinking
5 2 (10.00%) Asset Management
5 2 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (10.00%) Critical Thinking
5 2 (10.00%) Data Migration
5 2 (10.00%) Decision-Making
5 2 (10.00%) Digital Marketing
5 2 (10.00%) PRINCE2
5 2 (10.00%) Product Requirements
5 2 (10.00%) Programme Management
5 2 (10.00%) Project Management
5 2 (10.00%) Project Planning
5 2 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (10.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 11 (55.00%) SC Cleared
1 11 (55.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (10.00%) Degree
3 1 (5.00%) PMI Certification
3 1 (5.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) PMBOK
System Software
1 1 (5.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (20.00%) SAP
2 1 (5.00%) Cisco
2 1 (5.00%) Fortinet
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.00%) Xero