Migration Contract Job Trends in the South East

Migration
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Migration skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 14 25
Rank change year-on-year -4 +11 -1
Contract jobs citing Migration 465 272 329
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 7.74% 9.27% 5.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.61% 10.15% 7.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 290 173 229
10th Percentile £355 £326 £313
25th Percentile £426 £381 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £642 £600 £588
90th Percentile £733 £675 £688
England median daily rate £520 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -0.95% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 9 7
10th Percentile £14.62 £25.15 £21.05
25th Percentile £19.34 £32.31 £25.13
Median hourly rate £25.15 £62.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -59.76% +108.33% -35.83%
75th Percentile £41.83 £73.75 £32.50
90th Percentile £83.95 £86.41 £39.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year - -37.13% -41.61%

All Process & 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 4,840 2,680 4,684
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 80.60% 91.37% 83.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,112 1,719 2,712
10th Percentile £280 £250 £260
25th Percentile £410 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £500 £511
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% -2.15% +2.10%
75th Percentile £609 £600 £625
90th Percentile £700 £656 £700
England median daily rate £514 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.10% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 451 176 448
10th Percentile £15.05 £13.25 £13.00
25th Percentile £21.35 £15.00 £18.20
Median hourly rate £52.50 £27.88 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +88.31% -41.31% -8.83%
75th Percentile £82.25 £62.24 £62.50
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £76.90
England median hourly rate £47.00 £28.55 £37.18
% change year-on-year +64.62% -23.21% -0.85%

Migration
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Migration job vacancy trend in the South East

Migration
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Migration.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Migration

Migration
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Migration in the South East over the 6 months to 30 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Migration in the South East

Migration
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Migration.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Migration

Migration
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Migration in the South East over the 6 months to 30 May 2026.

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 30 May 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
Thames Valley -2 236 £525 +10.24% 24
Berkshire +4 158 £551 +14.37% 11
Hampshire -6 106 £550 -8.33% 16
Buckinghamshire -8 62 £522 +30.50% 9
Surrey +3 52 £525 +31.25% 6
West Sussex +4 39 £467 -3.71% 4
Oxfordshire -25 16 £500 +16.28% 4
Kent -2 15 £475 +11.76% 5
East Sussex -2 5 £475 -8.43%
Migration
England

Migration
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 11 (2.37%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.51%) ArcGIS
2 7 (1.51%) CMS
2 7 (1.51%) Confluence
3 5 (1.08%) Oracle Workflow
4 4 (0.86%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.86%) WebSphere
4 4 (0.86%) WebSphere Application Server
5 3 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.65%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
6 2 (0.43%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.43%) Apache Pulsar
6 2 (0.43%) Drupal
6 2 (0.43%) GeoServer
6 2 (0.43%) IBM HTTP Server
6 2 (0.43%) JBoss
6 2 (0.43%) Oracle HTTP Server
6 2 (0.43%) SAS
6 2 (0.43%) Smallworld
6 2 (0.43%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 20 (4.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (2.58%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (1.29%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.86%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 44 (9.46%) SAP S/4HANA
2 24 (5.16%) Oracle EBS
3 6 (1.29%) Oracle EBS R12
3 6 (1.29%) SAP ERP
4 5 (1.08%) NEC Housing
5 4 (0.86%) SAP Business One
5 4 (0.86%) SAP GTS
5 4 (0.86%) SAP R/3
5 4 (0.86%) SAP SD
5 4 (0.86%) SAP VC
5 4 (0.86%) Siebel CRM
6 3 (0.65%) Adobe Campaign
6 3 (0.65%) Oracle 11i
6 3 (0.65%) Oracle Assets
6 3 (0.65%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.65%) Primavera
6 3 (0.65%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.43%) Eloqua
7 2 (0.43%) Remedy AR System
7 2 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 89 (19.14%) Azure
2 61 (13.12%) AWS
3 39 (8.39%) OCI
4 28 (6.02%) Entra ID
5 26 (5.59%) GCP
6 22 (4.73%) Power Platform
7 16 (3.44%) Microsoft 365
8 15 (3.23%) SaaS
9 9 (1.94%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (1.72%) OpenShift
10 8 (1.72%) Snowflake
11 7 (1.51%) IaaS
12 6 (1.29%) Amazon S3
12 6 (1.29%) AWS CloudFormation
12 6 (1.29%) AWS KMS
12 6 (1.29%) PaaS
12 6 (1.29%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 5 (1.08%) AWS Lambda
13 5 (1.08%) Serverless
14 4 (0.86%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 30 (6.45%) Firewall
2 27 (5.81%) DNS
3 21 (4.52%) WAN
4 19 (4.09%) DHCP
5 16 (3.44%) SD-WAN
6 14 (3.01%) LAN
7 12 (2.58%) Kerberos
8 11 (2.37%) Network Security
8 11 (2.37%) VPN
9 10 (2.15%) BGP
9 10 (2.15%) MPLS
10 9 (1.94%) OSPF
10 9 (1.94%) TCP/IP
11 7 (1.51%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 7 (1.51%) SAN
11 7 (1.51%) VLAN
12 6 (1.29%) NAS
13 5 (1.08%) IPsec
13 5 (1.08%) VSAN
14 4 (0.86%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (4.73%) Power BI
2 14 (3.01%) GIS
2 14 (3.01%) Metadata
2 14 (3.01%) SQL Server
3 13 (2.80%) Oracle Reports
4 12 (2.58%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (2.37%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (1.94%) Oracle Database
6 9 (1.94%) Relational Database
7 7 (1.51%) Spatial Data
8 6 (1.29%) QGIS
9 5 (1.08%) Big Data
9 5 (1.08%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 5 (1.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (0.86%) DynamoDB
10 4 (0.86%) NoSQL
10 4 (0.86%) Siebel EIM
10 4 (0.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (0.65%) Data Lake
11 3 (0.65%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 17 (3.66%) JIRA
2 8 (1.72%) Rational DOORS
3 6 (1.29%) GitLab
4 5 (1.08%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.86%) Eclipse
5 4 (0.86%) Maven
5 4 (0.86%) Postman
5 4 (0.86%) Subversion
6 3 (0.65%) Zephyr
7 2 (0.43%) Introscope
8 1 (0.22%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.22%) Git
8 1 (0.22%) Hudson
8 1 (0.22%) JUnit
8 1 (0.22%) Liquibase
8 1 (0.22%) Mockito
8 1 (0.22%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.22%) TestRail
General
1 108 (23.23%) Finance
2 102 (21.94%) Social Skills
3 50 (10.75%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (7.10%) Documentation Skills
5 25 (5.38%) Public Sector
6 21 (4.52%) Legal
7 20 (4.30%) Manufacturing
8 19 (4.09%) Retail
9 15 (3.23%) Automotive
10 12 (2.58%) Aerospace
11 10 (2.15%) Banking
11 10 (2.15%) Marketing
12 8 (1.72%) General Ledger
12 8 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (1.51%) Telecoms
14 5 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 3 (0.65%) Advertising
16 2 (0.43%) Back Office
16 2 (0.43%) Local Government
16 2 (0.43%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 99 (21.29%) Lead
2 61 (13.12%) Architect
3 38 (8.17%) Project Manager
4 36 (7.74%) Data Migration Lead
5 35 (7.53%) Analyst
6 32 (6.88%) Consultant
7 28 (6.02%) Migration Engineer
8 27 (5.81%) Senior
9 21 (4.52%) Developer
10 19 (4.09%) Data Engineer
11 16 (3.44%) Data Analyst
12 15 (3.23%) Accountant
13 14 (3.01%) Business Analyst
14 13 (2.80%) Solutions Architect
15 12 (2.58%) Cloud Engineer
15 12 (2.58%) Data Migration Engineer
15 12 (2.58%) Migration Manager
16 11 (2.37%) Data Architect
16 11 (2.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 10 (2.15%) Systems Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (5.81%) Oracle Fusion
2 15 (3.23%) Kafka
3 12 (2.58%) LDAP
3 12 (2.58%) REST
4 10 (2.15%) SOAP
5 9 (1.94%) XML
6 6 (1.29%) Middleware
7 4 (0.86%) EDI
7 4 (0.86%) RESTful
7 4 (0.86%) SAP Fiori
7 4 (0.86%) Spring
7 4 (0.86%) Spring Boot
8 3 (0.65%) JSON
8 3 (0.65%) OAuth
8 3 (0.65%) PySpark
8 3 (0.65%) React
9 2 (0.43%) CSS
9 2 (0.43%) JDBC
9 2 (0.43%) JMS
9 2 (0.43%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 48 (10.32%) Legacy Systems
2 29 (6.24%) Data Centre
3 24 (5.16%) Onboarding
4 19 (4.09%) Replication
5 16 (3.44%) Public Cloud
6 15 (3.23%) Greenfield Project
7 11 (2.37%) Hybrid Cloud
8 9 (1.94%) Cloud Native
8 9 (1.94%) CMDB
8 9 (1.94%) Data Structures
8 9 (1.94%) Management Information System
9 8 (1.72%) Product Ownership
10 7 (1.51%) Data Protection Act
10 7 (1.51%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (1.29%) Virtual Team
12 5 (1.08%) Marketing Technology
12 5 (1.08%) PKI
13 4 (0.86%) Clustering
13 4 (0.86%) LLPG
13 4 (0.86%) NLPG
Operating Systems
1 27 (5.81%) Windows
2 24 (5.16%) Linux
3 7 (1.51%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.29%) Unix
4 6 (1.29%) Windows 10
5 5 (1.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (1.08%) Ubuntu
5 5 (1.08%) VMS
6 3 (0.65%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (0.43%) Oracle Linux
7 2 (0.43%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
7 2 (0.43%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.22%) CentOS
8 1 (0.22%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 184 (39.57%) Data Migration
2 85 (18.28%) Stakeholder Management
3 80 (17.20%) Agile
4 72 (15.48%) Validation
5 70 (15.05%) User Acceptance Testing
6 57 (12.26%) Problem-Solving
7 52 (11.18%) ERP
8 41 (8.82%) Data Cleansing
9 39 (8.39%) Data Protection
10 34 (7.31%) Data Modelling
11 33 (7.10%) Business Intelligence
11 33 (7.10%) Change Management
11 33 (7.10%) Scenario Testing
12 32 (6.88%) ETL
13 31 (6.67%) Analytics
13 31 (6.67%) DevOps
13 31 (6.67%) Project Delivery
14 30 (6.45%) Project Management
14 30 (6.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 27 (5.81%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 49 (10.54%) SQL
2 29 (6.24%) PowerShell
3 25 (5.38%) Python
4 16 (3.44%) Bash
5 14 (3.01%) PL/SQL
6 11 (2.37%) Java
7 7 (1.51%) Bicep
7 7 (1.51%) T-SQL
8 4 (0.86%) Perl
9 2 (0.43%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.43%) Jython
9 2 (0.43%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.22%) Google Apps Script
10 1 (0.22%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.22%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.22%) VBA
Qualifications
1 142 (30.54%) Security Cleared
2 113 (24.30%) SC Cleared
3 39 (8.39%) DV Cleared
4 17 (3.66%) Degree
5 10 (2.15%) PMP
6 8 (1.72%) AWS Certification
7 7 (1.51%) PMI Certification
8 6 (1.29%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (1.08%) ACCA
9 5 (1.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 5 (1.08%) CIMA
10 4 (0.86%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (0.86%) DBS Check
10 4 (0.86%) ISTQB
10 4 (0.86%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 3 (0.65%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.65%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.43%) CCIE
12 2 (0.43%) CCNP
12 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (8.17%) GDPR
2 36 (7.74%) Data Quality
3 21 (4.52%) QA
4 12 (2.58%) NCSC
5 11 (2.37%) NIST
6 9 (1.94%) Cyber Essentials
7 8 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (1.08%) COBIT
8 5 (1.08%) PMO
8 5 (1.08%) SLA
9 4 (0.86%) BS7666
9 4 (0.86%) GRC
10 3 (0.65%) IFRS
11 2 (0.43%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.43%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.22%) DICOM
12 1 (0.22%) Disclosure Scotland
12 1 (0.22%) HL7
12 1 (0.22%) ISO 8583
12 1 (0.22%) SEPA
System Software
1 29 (6.24%) Active Directory
2 24 (5.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (2.15%) Virtual Desktop
4 9 (1.94%) vSphere
5 8 (1.72%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (1.29%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (1.29%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.65%) Docker
7 3 (0.65%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.22%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.22%) Dovecot
8 1 (0.22%) Postfix
8 1 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 19 (4.09%) Terraform
2 14 (3.01%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 9 (1.94%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (1.72%) Kubernetes
5 7 (1.51%) Ansible
6 6 (1.29%) SCCM
7 4 (0.86%) FortiGate
8 3 (0.65%) Grafana
8 3 (0.65%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.43%) CA Wily
9 2 (0.43%) Cisco CUCM
9 2 (0.43%) Istio
9 2 (0.43%) linkerd
9 2 (0.43%) Nessus
9 2 (0.43%) Tivoli
9 2 (0.43%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.22%) HAProxy
10 1 (0.22%) McAfee ePO
10 1 (0.22%) Red Hat Satellite
10 1 (0.22%) WSUS
Vendors
1 73 (15.70%) Microsoft
1 73 (15.70%) Oracle
2 65 (13.98%) SAP
3 27 (5.81%) VMware
4 22 (4.73%) Salesforce
5 20 (4.30%) Cisco
6 16 (3.44%) Google
7 15 (3.23%) IFS
8 13 (2.80%) ServiceNow
9 10 (2.15%) IBM
10 9 (1.94%) ESRI
10 9 (1.94%) Palo Alto
10 9 (1.94%) Siebel
11 8 (1.72%) F5
12 7 (1.51%) Citrix
12 7 (1.51%) Red Hat
13 6 (1.29%) Databricks
13 6 (1.29%) SolarWinds
14 5 (1.08%) NetApp
14 5 (1.08%) Sage