Migration Contracts in the South East

Migration
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Migration skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Migration over the 6 months leading up to 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 27 24
Rank change year-on-year +12 -3 -1
Contract jobs citing Migration 312 352 471
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 9.49% 6.20% 7.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.48% 7.49% 8.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 190 247 341
10th Percentile £325 £333 £400
25th Percentile £375 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £593 £625
90th Percentile £675 £688 £738
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 8 6
10th Percentile - £21.48 £18.50
25th Percentile £25.15 £26.31 £20.63
Median hourly rate £37.28 £30.00 £29.00
Median % change year-on-year +24.27% +3.45% -56.06%
75th Percentile £67.50 £36.88 £55.94
90th Percentile £75.00 £50.90 £64.38
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £67.00
% change year-on-year -37.13% -40.30% +157.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,978 4,700 5,262
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 90.57% 82.75% 89.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,854 2,737 3,584
10th Percentile £250 £255 £250
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £515
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -0.49% +3.00%
75th Percentile £600 £634 £623
90th Percentile £672 £700 £700
England median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 246 445 240
10th Percentile £13.38 £13.00 £15.50
25th Percentile £15.12 £18.32 £22.11
Median hourly rate £24.00 £50.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -52.00% - +122.22%
75th Percentile £53.75 £67.81 £64.63
90th Percentile £75.00 £78.75 £75.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £39.55
% change year-on-year -34.02% -3.62% +54.01%

Migration
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Migration as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Migration in the South East

Migration
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Migration in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Migration in the South East

Migration
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Migration in the South East over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Migration in the South East

Migration
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Migration in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Migration in the South East

Migration
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Migration in the South East over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Migration in the South East

Migration
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Migration within the South East region over the 6 months to 6 July 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
Thames Valley +8 158 £456 -10.98% 55
Berkshire +8 107 £506 -8.09% 24
Hampshire +33 87 £520 -10.34% 37
Surrey +2 29 £525 +1.20% 30
Buckinghamshire 0 29 £350 -26.32% 24
Oxfordshire +8 23 £355 -5.33% 8
West Sussex -10 17 £500 +11.11% 13
Kent +7 9 £333 -22.90% 12
East Sussex -4 5 £625 +28.21% 5
Middlesex +10 4 £850 +100.00% 4
Migration
England

Migration
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 15 (4.81%) Confluence
1 15 (4.81%) SharePoint
2 10 (3.21%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.92%) Umbraco
4 5 (1.60%) ArcGIS
5 4 (1.28%) BizTalk Server
5 4 (1.28%) CMS
5 4 (1.28%) Smallworld
6 3 (0.96%) Oracle Spatial
7 2 (0.64%) Camunda
7 2 (0.64%) Headless CMS
7 2 (0.64%) IIS
7 2 (0.64%) JBoss
7 2 (0.64%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.32%) Documentum
8 1 (0.32%) Gunicorn
8 1 (0.32%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.32%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 11 (3.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.56%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (2.24%) MS Visio
4 6 (1.92%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.32%) Adobe Captivate
Business Applications
1 24 (7.69%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (4.49%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 9 (2.88%) Oracle EBS
4 5 (1.60%) Maximo
5 4 (1.28%) Avolution ABACUS
5 4 (1.28%) Oracle EBS R12
5 4 (1.28%) SAP IBP
6 2 (0.64%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.64%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.64%) Oracle Payroll
6 2 (0.64%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.32%) BPCS
7 1 (0.32%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.32%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.32%) SAP EWM
7 1 (0.32%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.32%) SAP GTS
7 1 (0.32%) SAP Payroll
7 1 (0.32%) SAP Travel Management
7 1 (0.32%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 63 (20.19%) Azure
2 26 (8.33%) AWS
3 23 (7.37%) Entra ID
4 18 (5.77%) Microsoft 365
5 15 (4.81%) GCP
6 14 (4.49%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (4.49%) OpenShift
6 14 (4.49%) Power Platform
7 12 (3.85%) SaaS
8 11 (3.53%) Amazon EKS
8 11 (3.53%) Dynamics 365
9 9 (2.88%) OCI
10 8 (2.56%) IaaS
11 7 (2.24%) GitHub
11 7 (2.24%) Snowflake
12 6 (1.92%) PaaS
13 4 (1.28%) PowerApps
14 3 (0.96%) Asana
14 3 (0.96%) Azure AKS
14 3 (0.96%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 21 (6.73%) Firewall
2 12 (3.85%) Network Security
2 12 (3.85%) VPN
3 9 (2.88%) LAN
4 8 (2.56%) WAN
5 5 (1.60%) Internet
5 5 (1.60%) MPLS
6 4 (1.28%) 4G
6 4 (1.28%) 5G
6 4 (1.28%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.96%) DOCSIS
7 3 (0.96%) GPON
7 3 (0.96%) LTE
7 3 (0.96%) Radio Access Network
7 3 (0.96%) VoIP
7 3 (0.96%) xDSL
8 2 (0.64%) DNS
8 2 (0.64%) Intranet
8 2 (0.64%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (0.64%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.81%) Data Warehouse
1 15 (4.81%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.21%) Big Data
2 10 (3.21%) Data Lake
3 9 (2.88%) Metadata
4 8 (2.56%) Power BI
4 8 (2.56%) Relational Database
5 5 (1.60%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
5 5 (1.60%) GIS
5 5 (1.60%) Oracle Database
5 5 (1.60%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (1.28%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (1.28%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (1.28%) Spatial Data
7 3 (0.96%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (0.96%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 3 (0.96%) Qlik Sense
8 2 (0.64%) NewSQL
8 2 (0.64%) SAP HANA
8 2 (0.64%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 26 (8.33%) JIRA
2 20 (6.41%) Jenkins
3 10 (3.21%) GitLab
4 7 (2.24%) Bitbucket
5 6 (1.92%) Eclipse
5 6 (1.92%) GoogleTest
5 6 (1.92%) Robot Framework
6 5 (1.60%) ERwin
7 4 (1.28%) PowerDesigner
8 2 (0.64%) Bitbucket Server
8 2 (0.64%) CA Release Automation
8 2 (0.64%) DBeaver
8 2 (0.64%) Git
8 2 (0.64%) QARun
8 2 (0.64%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.64%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.64%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.64%) WinRunner
9 1 (0.32%) ER Studio
9 1 (0.32%) Poetry
General
1 126 (40.38%) Social Skills
2 54 (17.31%) Finance
3 47 (15.06%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (6.09%) Manufacturing
5 16 (5.13%) Public Sector
6 15 (4.81%) Organisational Skills
7 13 (4.17%) Telecoms
8 11 (3.53%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (2.56%) Retail
10 5 (1.60%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (1.60%) Local Government
11 4 (1.28%) Agriculture
11 4 (1.28%) Billing
11 4 (1.28%) Financial Institution
11 4 (1.28%) General Ledger
11 4 (1.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.64%) Electronics
13 2 (0.64%) Legal
13 2 (0.64%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 51 (16.35%) Architect
2 32 (10.26%) Analyst
3 26 (8.33%) Project Manager
4 23 (7.37%) Consultant
5 16 (5.13%) Solutions Architect
6 15 (4.81%) Lead
6 15 (4.81%) Senior
7 13 (4.17%) Developer
8 12 (3.85%) Business Analyst
8 12 (3.85%) Platform Engineer
9 11 (3.53%) Network Engineer
9 11 (3.53%) Programme Manager
10 10 (3.21%) Network Architect
11 9 (2.88%) Data Analyst
11 9 (2.88%) SAP Manager
12 8 (2.56%) Data Consultant
12 8 (2.56%) Test Analyst
12 8 (2.56%) Windows Engineer
13 7 (2.24%) Desktop Support
13 7 (2.24%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (5.13%) Middleware
2 11 (3.53%) React
3 5 (1.60%) Oracle Fusion
4 4 (1.28%) .NET
4 4 (1.28%) WebdriverIO
5 3 (0.96%) PostGIS
5 3 (0.96%) SAML
6 2 (0.64%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.64%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (0.64%) HTML
6 2 (0.64%) LDAP
6 2 (0.64%) Next.js
6 2 (0.64%) OAuth
6 2 (0.64%) OpenID
6 2 (0.64%) OpenTelemetry
6 2 (0.64%) SailPoint
6 2 (0.64%) SAP Basis
6 2 (0.64%) SAP Fiori
6 2 (0.64%) Spring Boot
7 1 (0.32%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 27 (8.65%) Legacy Systems
2 21 (6.73%) Data Centre
3 18 (5.77%) Life Science
4 15 (4.81%) Renewable Energy
5 14 (4.49%) Private Cloud
6 12 (3.85%) Onboarding
7 9 (2.88%) Cloud Native
7 9 (2.88%) Driving Licence
8 7 (2.24%) Product Ownership
8 7 (2.24%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (1.92%) Public Cloud
9 6 (1.92%) Replication
10 5 (1.60%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (1.28%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (1.28%) Legacy Applications
12 3 (0.96%) Algorithms
12 3 (0.96%) Cyber Defence
12 3 (0.96%) Security Operations Centre
12 3 (0.96%) TM Forum
12 3 (0.96%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 38 (12.18%) Windows
2 22 (7.05%) Linux
3 9 (2.88%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.60%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.64%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.64%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.32%) OpenVMS
7 1 (0.32%) Unix
7 1 (0.32%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (29.17%) Data Migration
2 76 (24.36%) Problem-Solving
3 50 (16.03%) Agile
4 45 (14.42%) Stakeholder Management
5 42 (13.46%) Change Management
6 40 (12.82%) Validation
7 31 (9.94%) Project Management
8 30 (9.62%) DevOps
9 27 (8.65%) CI/CD
9 27 (8.65%) Roadmaps
9 27 (8.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 23 (7.37%) Data Modelling
10 23 (7.37%) Infrastructure as Code
11 22 (7.05%) ERP
12 21 (6.73%) Business Intelligence
13 18 (5.77%) Analytics
13 18 (5.77%) Workflow
14 17 (5.45%) Collaborative Working
14 17 (5.45%) Scrum
15 16 (5.13%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 48 (15.38%) SQL
2 38 (12.18%) Python
3 29 (9.29%) PowerShell
4 18 (5.77%) C#
4 18 (5.77%) Java
5 14 (4.49%) JavaScript
6 10 (3.21%) Bash
7 9 (2.88%) C++
8 6 (1.92%) VB
9 4 (1.28%) Bicep
10 3 (0.96%) Magik
11 2 (0.64%) Perl
11 2 (0.64%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.64%) Scala
12 1 (0.32%) ABAP
12 1 (0.32%) Fortran
12 1 (0.32%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 87 (27.88%) Security Cleared
2 59 (18.91%) SC Cleared
3 33 (10.58%) Degree
4 22 (7.05%) DV Cleared
5 13 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (2.24%) CCNA
6 7 (2.24%) CCNP
6 7 (2.24%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (1.92%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (1.92%) Master's Degree
7 6 (1.92%) PMI Certification
8 5 (1.60%) PMP
9 3 (0.96%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.96%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (0.64%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.32%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.32%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.32%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.32%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 1 (0.32%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (3.53%) Data Quality
2 8 (2.56%) GDPR
2 8 (2.56%) HIPAA
3 7 (2.24%) QA
4 5 (1.60%) NIST
5 4 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.28%) PMBOK
6 2 (0.64%) COBIT
6 2 (0.64%) GRC
6 2 (0.64%) OASIS TOSCA
7 1 (0.32%) Government Security Classifications
7 1 (0.32%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.32%) NCSC
7 1 (0.32%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.32%) SLA
System Software
1 21 (6.73%) Active Directory
2 11 (3.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.28%) Firmware
3 4 (1.28%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (1.28%) VMware NSX
4 3 (0.96%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.64%) Docker
5 2 (0.64%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.32%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 1 (0.32%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.32%) vSphere
6 1 (0.32%) XenApp
6 1 (0.32%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 23 (7.37%) Kubernetes
2 19 (6.09%) Ansible
3 11 (3.53%) Terraform
4 5 (1.60%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (1.28%) Amdocs OSS
5 4 (1.28%) Grafana
5 4 (1.28%) Kibana
5 4 (1.28%) Puppet
5 4 (1.28%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.96%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.96%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.64%) BMC PATROL
7 2 (0.64%) SCCM
7 2 (0.64%) SCOM
7 2 (0.64%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.32%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.32%) yum
Vendors
1 67 (21.47%) Microsoft
2 38 (12.18%) SAP
3 28 (8.97%) Oracle
4 15 (4.81%) VMware
5 13 (4.17%) Cisco
5 13 (4.17%) Red Hat
5 13 (4.17%) ServiceNow
6 12 (3.85%) Google
7 10 (3.21%) Citrix
8 9 (2.88%) Intel
9 6 (1.92%) Atlassian
9 6 (1.92%) ESRI
9 6 (1.92%) IBM
9 6 (1.92%) Virgin Media
10 5 (1.60%) Remedy
10 5 (1.60%) Splunk
10 5 (1.60%) Zscaler
11 4 (1.28%) HP
11 4 (1.28%) Salesforce
11 4 (1.28%) Sitecore