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

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 15 27
Rank change year-on-year -2 +12 -2
Contract jobs citing Migration 469 277 326
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 7.96% 9.34% 5.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.86% 10.23% 7.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 293 182 227
10th Percentile £359 £329 £313
25th Percentile £437 £400 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £648 £625 £588
90th Percentile £744 £694 £688
England median daily rate £515 £534 £525
% change year-on-year -3.47% +1.62% -4.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 7 7
10th Percentile £15.62 £41.15 £21.05
25th Percentile £19.36 £58.75 £23.50
Median hourly rate £23.58 £67.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -65.07% +125.00% -52.00%
75th Percentile £41.83 £80.00 £32.50
90th Percentile £82.20 £86.57 £39.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £26.85 £40.00
% change year-on-year -6.33% -32.88% -42.24%

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 4,758 2,709 4,611
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 80.75% 91.30% 84.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,096 1,731 2,685
10th Percentile £280 £250 £250
25th Percentile £409 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% - -1.96%
75th Percentile £610 £600 £625
90th Percentile £706 £663 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 433 170 436
10th Percentile £15.32 £13.46 £13.00
25th Percentile £25.15 £15.00 £18.20
Median hourly rate £55.00 £27.88 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +97.27% -41.31% -3.06%
75th Percentile £82.25 £62.24 £62.50
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £76.86
England median hourly rate £47.00 £29.07 £36.50
% change year-on-year +61.68% -20.36% -2.67%

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 15 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 15 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 15 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 -2 242 £525 +5.00% 54
Berkshire +5 166 £563 +5.14% 30
Hampshire -4 109 £600 +4.35% 21
Buckinghamshire -5 62 £522 +26.55% 17
Surrey +5 53 £525 +20.00% 10
West Sussex +1 35 £475 +1.06% 3
Kent -2 17 £488 +14.71% 3
Oxfordshire -20 14 £500 - 7
East Sussex -3 4 £467 -26.75%
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 10 (2.13%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.71%) ArcGIS
2 8 (1.71%) CMS
3 6 (1.28%) Confluence
3 6 (1.28%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
4 4 (0.85%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.85%) WebSphere
4 4 (0.85%) WebSphere Application Server
5 3 (0.64%) 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%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.43%) Oracle HTTP Server
6 2 (0.43%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.43%) Smallworld
6 2 (0.43%) WebSphere Portal
7 1 (0.21%) SAS
Applications
1 19 (4.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (2.77%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (1.07%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 43 (9.17%) SAP S/4HANA
2 31 (6.61%) Oracle EBS
3 6 (1.28%) Oracle EBS R12
3 6 (1.28%) SAP ERP
4 4 (0.85%) SAP Business One
4 4 (0.85%) SAP R/3
5 3 (0.64%) Adobe Campaign
5 3 (0.64%) Oracle 11i
5 3 (0.64%) Oracle Assets
5 3 (0.64%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.64%) Primavera
5 3 (0.64%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.43%) Eloqua
6 2 (0.43%) NEC Housing
6 2 (0.43%) Remedy AR System
6 2 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.43%) SAP GTS
6 2 (0.43%) SAP SD
6 2 (0.43%) SAP VC
7 1 (0.21%) Oracle General Ledger
Cloud Services
1 88 (18.76%) Azure
2 58 (12.37%) AWS
3 42 (8.96%) OCI
4 27 (5.76%) Entra ID
4 27 (5.76%) GCP
5 22 (4.69%) Power Platform
6 14 (2.99%) Microsoft 365
7 9 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (1.92%) SaaS
8 8 (1.71%) OpenShift
8 8 (1.71%) Snowflake
9 6 (1.28%) Amazon S3
9 6 (1.28%) AWS CloudFormation
9 6 (1.28%) AWS KMS
9 6 (1.28%) PaaS
9 6 (1.28%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 5 (1.07%) AWS Lambda
10 5 (1.07%) IaaS
10 5 (1.07%) Serverless
11 4 (0.85%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 28 (5.97%) Firewall
2 25 (5.33%) DNS
3 20 (4.26%) WAN
4 18 (3.84%) DHCP
5 16 (3.41%) SD-WAN
6 13 (2.77%) LAN
7 12 (2.56%) Kerberos
8 11 (2.35%) Network Security
8 11 (2.35%) VPN
9 10 (2.13%) BGP
9 10 (2.13%) MPLS
10 9 (1.92%) OSPF
10 9 (1.92%) TCP/IP
11 7 (1.49%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 7 (1.49%) SAN
11 7 (1.49%) VLAN
12 6 (1.28%) NAS
13 4 (0.85%) BIG-IP
13 4 (0.85%) IPsec
13 4 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (4.69%) Power BI
2 17 (3.62%) GIS
3 15 (3.20%) Metadata
4 13 (2.77%) PostgreSQL
5 12 (2.56%) SQL Server
6 11 (2.35%) Oracle Reports
7 9 (1.92%) Data Warehouse
7 9 (1.92%) Relational Database
8 7 (1.49%) Spatial Data
9 6 (1.28%) Geospatial Data
9 6 (1.28%) Oracle Database
9 6 (1.28%) QGIS
10 5 (1.07%) Big Data
11 4 (0.85%) DynamoDB
11 4 (0.85%) NoSQL
11 4 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 3 (0.64%) Data Mining
12 3 (0.64%) Oracle Exadata
12 3 (0.64%) SAP Data Services
12 3 (0.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 14 (2.99%) JIRA
2 8 (1.71%) Rational DOORS
3 4 (0.85%) Eclipse
3 4 (0.85%) GitLab
3 4 (0.85%) Maven
3 4 (0.85%) Subversion
4 3 (0.64%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.43%) Introscope
6 1 (0.21%) Git
6 1 (0.21%) Hudson
6 1 (0.21%) JUnit
6 1 (0.21%) Liquibase
6 1 (0.21%) Mockito
6 1 (0.21%) Postman
6 1 (0.21%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.21%) TestRail
6 1 (0.21%) Zephyr
General
1 105 (22.39%) Finance
2 104 (22.17%) Social Skills
3 51 (10.87%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (7.04%) Documentation Skills
5 24 (5.12%) Public Sector
6 21 (4.48%) Manufacturing
7 20 (4.26%) Legal
8 18 (3.84%) Retail
9 12 (2.56%) Aerospace
10 11 (2.35%) Marketing
10 11 (2.35%) Telecoms
11 10 (2.13%) Automotive
11 10 (2.13%) Banking
12 7 (1.49%) General Ledger
13 6 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (0.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 4 (0.85%) Local Government
15 3 (0.64%) Advertising
16 2 (0.43%) Electronics
16 2 (0.43%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 111 (23.67%) Lead
2 58 (12.37%) Architect
3 43 (9.17%) Data Migration Lead
4 34 (7.25%) Analyst
5 33 (7.04%) Project Manager
6 31 (6.61%) Consultant
7 28 (5.97%) Migration Engineer
8 22 (4.69%) Senior
9 18 (3.84%) Data Engineer
10 17 (3.62%) Developer
11 15 (3.20%) Accountant
11 15 (3.20%) Data Analyst
12 14 (2.99%) Business Analyst
13 13 (2.77%) IT Engineer
14 12 (2.56%) Solutions Architect
15 11 (2.35%) Cloud Engineer
15 11 (2.35%) Data Architect
15 11 (2.35%) Data Migration Engineer
16 10 (2.13%) Migration Manager
16 10 (2.13%) Systems Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (6.40%) Oracle Fusion
2 13 (2.77%) Kafka
3 12 (2.56%) LDAP
4 10 (2.13%) REST
5 7 (1.49%) .NET
5 7 (1.49%) SOAP
6 6 (1.28%) Middleware
6 6 (1.28%) XML
7 4 (0.85%) EDI
7 4 (0.85%) PySpark
7 4 (0.85%) React
7 4 (0.85%) Spring
7 4 (0.85%) Spring Boot
8 3 (0.64%) CSS
8 3 (0.64%) CSS3
8 3 (0.64%) HTML
8 3 (0.64%) HTML5
8 3 (0.64%) OAuth
8 3 (0.64%) Vue
9 2 (0.43%) JDBC
Miscellaneous
1 50 (10.66%) Legacy Systems
2 27 (5.76%) Data Centre
3 24 (5.12%) Onboarding
4 19 (4.05%) Replication
5 16 (3.41%) Greenfield Project
6 15 (3.20%) Public Cloud
7 9 (1.92%) Cloud Native
7 9 (1.92%) CMDB
7 9 (1.92%) Data Structures
7 9 (1.92%) Management Information System
8 8 (1.71%) Data Protection Act
8 8 (1.71%) Hybrid Cloud
8 8 (1.71%) Product Ownership
8 8 (1.71%) Virtual Team
9 5 (1.07%) Mainframe
9 5 (1.07%) Marketing Technology
10 4 (0.85%) Clustering
10 4 (0.85%) LLPG
10 4 (0.85%) NLPG
10 4 (0.85%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 25 (5.33%) Windows
2 23 (4.90%) Linux
3 7 (1.49%) Windows 10
4 5 (1.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (1.07%) Unix
4 5 (1.07%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.85%) Ubuntu
5 4 (0.85%) VMS
6 2 (0.43%) Oracle Linux
6 2 (0.43%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
6 2 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.21%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 177 (37.74%) Data Migration
2 91 (19.40%) Stakeholder Management
3 80 (17.06%) Agile
4 74 (15.78%) Validation
5 69 (14.71%) User Acceptance Testing
6 56 (11.94%) Problem-Solving
7 53 (11.30%) ERP
8 44 (9.38%) Data Cleansing
9 40 (8.53%) Data Protection
10 35 (7.46%) Change Management
11 34 (7.25%) DevOps
12 32 (6.82%) Data Modelling
13 30 (6.40%) Analytics
13 30 (6.40%) Business Intelligence
13 30 (6.40%) ETL
13 30 (6.40%) Scenario Testing
14 29 (6.18%) Data Validation
15 28 (5.97%) Data Mapping
15 28 (5.97%) Project Delivery
15 28 (5.97%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 37 (7.89%) SQL
2 27 (5.76%) PowerShell
3 23 (4.90%) Python
4 15 (3.20%) Bash
5 12 (2.56%) Java
6 10 (2.13%) PL/SQL
7 7 (1.49%) T-SQL
8 6 (1.28%) Bicep
9 4 (0.85%) Perl
10 3 (0.64%) JavaScript
11 2 (0.43%) Jython
11 2 (0.43%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.21%) C#
12 1 (0.21%) Delphi
12 1 (0.21%) Google Apps Script
12 1 (0.21%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.21%) PHP
12 1 (0.21%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.21%) VBA
Qualifications
1 148 (31.56%) Security Cleared
2 115 (24.52%) SC Cleared
3 43 (9.17%) DV Cleared
4 17 (3.62%) Degree
5 10 (2.13%) PMP
6 8 (1.71%) AWS Certification
7 7 (1.49%) PMI Certification
8 6 (1.28%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (1.07%) ACCA
9 5 (1.07%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 5 (1.07%) CIMA
9 5 (1.07%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (0.85%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.64%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.64%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.43%) CCIE
12 2 (0.43%) CCNP
12 2 (0.43%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.21%) RHCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (7.04%) Data Quality
1 33 (7.04%) GDPR
2 22 (4.69%) QA
3 14 (2.99%) NIST
4 12 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (2.35%) NCSC
6 9 (1.92%) COBIT
6 9 (1.92%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (1.07%) PMO
8 4 (0.85%) BS7666
8 4 (0.85%) GRC
8 4 (0.85%) SLA
9 2 (0.43%) ISO 20022
9 2 (0.43%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.21%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.21%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.21%) HL7
10 1 (0.21%) OpenSCAP
10 1 (0.21%) SEPA
10 1 (0.21%) SOC 2
System Software
1 25 (5.33%) Active Directory
2 20 (4.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (2.13%) Virtual Desktop
4 8 (1.71%) vSphere
5 5 (1.07%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (1.07%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (0.85%) Docker
7 3 (0.64%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.64%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.21%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 18 (3.84%) Terraform
2 13 (2.77%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 8 (1.71%) Kubernetes
3 8 (1.71%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (1.49%) Ansible
5 5 (1.07%) SCCM
6 4 (0.85%) FortiGate
7 3 (0.64%) Grafana
7 3 (0.64%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.43%) CA Wily
8 2 (0.43%) Istio
8 2 (0.43%) linkerd
8 2 (0.43%) Nessus
8 2 (0.43%) Tivoli
9 1 (0.21%) Avamar
9 1 (0.21%) CASB
9 1 (0.21%) Fluentd
9 1 (0.21%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.21%) McAfee ePO
9 1 (0.21%) WSUS
Vendors
1 74 (15.78%) Oracle
2 71 (15.14%) SAP
3 68 (14.50%) Microsoft
4 23 (4.90%) VMware
5 21 (4.48%) Salesforce
6 17 (3.62%) Google
7 15 (3.20%) Cisco
8 14 (2.99%) IFS
8 14 (2.99%) ServiceNow
9 12 (2.56%) ESRI
10 10 (2.13%) IBM
11 8 (1.71%) Palo Alto
12 7 (1.49%) Citrix
12 7 (1.49%) F5
13 6 (1.28%) Adobe
13 6 (1.28%) Databricks
13 6 (1.28%) Red Hat
13 6 (1.28%) Siebel
14 5 (1.07%) NetApp
14 5 (1.07%) Sage