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 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 21 23
Rank change year-on-year +7 +2 +8
Contract jobs citing Migration 349 358 431
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 9.66% 8.35% 7.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.87% 9.98% 8.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 197 233 300
10th Percentile £325 £357 £400
25th Percentile £405 £425 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £613 £675
90th Percentile £680 £687 £738
England median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 6 5
10th Percentile £16.30 £24.25 £21.10
25th Percentile - £30.50 £25.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.14% +33.33% -40.00%
75th Percentile £26.94 £49.25 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.63 £53.38 £57.19
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £64.75
% change year-on-year -26.03% -47.49% +25.24%

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 3,211 3,586 4,916
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 88.87% 83.61% 89.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,015 2,165 3,285
10th Percentile £213 £259 £239
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +2.44%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £625
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 330 181 257
10th Percentile £13.50 £16.25 £15.50
25th Percentile £16.17 £30.00 £24.50
Median hourly rate £20.79 £58.49 £54.37
Median % change year-on-year -64.46% +7.58% +55.34%
75th Percentile £41.00 £70.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £69.65 £75.00 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -40.82% -5.56% +36.36%

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 October 2025.

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 October 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 15 October 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 +5 184 £500 -9.09% 80
Berkshire +1 115 £550 -4.35% 68
Hampshire +22 103 £525 -8.70% 23
Buckinghamshire +2 48 £350 -27.08% 9
Surrey -7 30 £600 +14.29% 11
Oxfordshire +5 20 £450 -14.29% 7
West Sussex -8 18 £625 +56.25% 13
Kent -1 6 £480 -17.95% 5
East Sussex -5 6 £190 -55.03% 1
Middlesex - 2 £850 - 5
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 12 (3.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (2.87%) Smallworld
3 9 (2.58%) ArcGIS
3 9 (2.58%) SharePoint
4 8 (2.29%) Confluence
5 6 (1.72%) GeoServer
6 3 (0.86%) Oracle Spatial
7 2 (0.57%) Camunda
7 2 (0.57%) CMS
7 2 (0.57%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.29%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.29%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.29%) IIS
8 1 (0.29%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 13 (3.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (3.15%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.86%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.57%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 17 (4.87%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (4.58%) Oracle EBS
3 8 (2.29%) Maximo
4 7 (2.01%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 4 (1.15%) Avolution ABACUS
5 4 (1.15%) Oracle EBS R12
5 4 (1.15%) Remedy ITSM
5 4 (1.15%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.86%) SAP IBP
6 3 (0.86%) SAP MDG
6 3 (0.86%) SAP PM
7 2 (0.57%) Dynamics AX
7 2 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
7 2 (0.57%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.57%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.29%) Oracle Payroll
8 1 (0.29%) SAP FI
8 1 (0.29%) SAP FI/CO
8 1 (0.29%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 68 (19.48%) Azure
2 27 (7.74%) AWS
3 21 (6.02%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (5.73%) Entra ID
5 19 (5.44%) OCI
6 18 (5.16%) OpenShift
7 14 (4.01%) Amazon EKS
8 10 (2.87%) Dynamics 365
9 9 (2.58%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (2.58%) Power Platform
10 8 (2.29%) GCP
10 8 (2.29%) SaaS
11 4 (1.15%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 4 (1.15%) GitHub
11 4 (1.15%) PowerApps
12 3 (0.86%) Asana
12 3 (0.86%) Azure Sentinel
12 3 (0.86%) Cloud Computing
12 3 (0.86%) GitHub Actions
12 3 (0.86%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.87%) Firewall
2 10 (2.87%) LAN
2 10 (2.87%) VPN
3 9 (2.58%) WAN
4 7 (2.01%) DNS
5 5 (1.43%) Internet
5 5 (1.43%) Network Security
5 5 (1.43%) VLAN
6 4 (1.15%) 4G
6 4 (1.15%) 5G
6 4 (1.15%) TCP/IP
6 4 (1.15%) VoIP
7 3 (0.86%) DOCSIS
7 3 (0.86%) GPON
7 3 (0.86%) LTE
7 3 (0.86%) MPLS
7 3 (0.86%) Radio Access Network
7 3 (0.86%) SSL
7 3 (0.86%) xDSL
8 2 (0.57%) Converged Networks
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (4.58%) GIS
2 13 (3.72%) SQL Server
3 12 (3.44%) Oracle Reports
4 8 (2.29%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (2.29%) QGIS
5 7 (2.01%) Data Lake
5 7 (2.01%) Power BI
5 7 (2.01%) Tableau
6 6 (1.72%) Geospatial Data
7 5 (1.43%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (1.43%) Metadata
7 5 (1.43%) SAP HANA
8 4 (1.15%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (1.15%) Big Data
8 4 (1.15%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 4 (1.15%) Spatial Data
9 3 (0.86%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.86%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.57%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 27 (7.74%) JIRA
2 16 (4.58%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.57%) Bitbucket
3 2 (0.57%) Git
3 2 (0.57%) GitLab
4 1 (0.29%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.29%) Poetry
4 1 (0.29%) Pylint
4 1 (0.29%) QARun
4 1 (0.29%) SoapUI
4 1 (0.29%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.29%) WinRunner
General
1 126 (36.10%) Social Skills
2 56 (16.05%) Finance
3 31 (8.88%) Public Sector
4 28 (8.02%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (5.44%) Manufacturing
6 12 (3.44%) Organisational Skills
6 12 (3.44%) Telecoms
7 10 (2.87%) Retail
8 9 (2.58%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (2.01%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (2.01%) General Ledger
10 6 (1.72%) Legal
10 6 (1.72%) Marketing
11 4 (1.15%) Electronics
11 4 (1.15%) Financial Institution
11 4 (1.15%) Local Government
12 3 (0.86%) Aerospace
12 3 (0.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.57%) Advertising
13 2 (0.57%) Billing
Job Titles
1 55 (15.76%) Architect
2 30 (8.60%) Analyst
2 30 (8.60%) Consultant
3 29 (8.31%) Senior
4 28 (8.02%) Lead
5 23 (6.59%) Solutions Architect
6 19 (5.44%) Project Manager
7 14 (4.01%) Data Analyst
7 14 (4.01%) Platform Engineer
8 13 (3.72%) IT Engineer
9 11 (3.15%) Programme Manager
10 10 (2.87%) Administrator
10 10 (2.87%) Data Migration Lead
10 10 (2.87%) Desktop Support
10 10 (2.87%) Windows Engineer
11 9 (2.58%) Migration Manager
12 8 (2.29%) GIS Architect
12 8 (2.29%) Network Architect
12 8 (2.29%) SAP Consultant
12 8 (2.29%) SAP Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (4.87%) Middleware
2 12 (3.44%) React
3 5 (1.43%) Oracle Fusion
4 4 (1.15%) SAP PI
4 4 (1.15%) WebdriverIO
5 3 (0.86%) Lightning Web Components
5 3 (0.86%) PostGIS
5 3 (0.86%) SAP Fiori
5 3 (0.86%) Visualforce
5 3 (0.86%) Web Services
6 2 (0.57%) .NET
6 2 (0.57%) BAPI
6 2 (0.57%) EDI
6 2 (0.57%) JSON
6 2 (0.57%) Kafka
6 2 (0.57%) LDAP
6 2 (0.57%) Node.js
6 2 (0.57%) REST
6 2 (0.57%) SailPoint
6 2 (0.57%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 32 (9.17%) Legacy Systems
2 19 (5.44%) Data Centre
3 16 (4.58%) Onboarding
3 16 (4.58%) Private Cloud
4 14 (4.01%) Data Structures
5 13 (3.72%) Product Ownership
6 10 (2.87%) Life Science
7 8 (2.29%) Renewable Energy
8 7 (2.01%) Cloud Native
8 7 (2.01%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (1.72%) Driving Licence
9 6 (1.72%) Replication
10 5 (1.43%) PKI
10 5 (1.43%) Public Cloud
10 5 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (1.15%) Distributed Systems
12 3 (0.86%) CMDB
12 3 (0.86%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (0.86%) Legacy Applications
12 3 (0.86%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 34 (9.74%) Windows
2 10 (2.87%) Windows Server
3 9 (2.58%) Linux
4 4 (1.15%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.29%) Unix
5 1 (0.29%) VMS
5 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (30.66%) Data Migration
2 71 (20.34%) Agile
3 56 (16.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 55 (15.76%) Problem-Solving
5 51 (14.61%) Stakeholder Management
6 45 (12.89%) Workflow
7 43 (12.32%) Workflow Management
8 38 (10.89%) Roadmaps
9 35 (10.03%) Data Modelling
10 32 (9.17%) DevOps
10 32 (9.17%) ERP
11 30 (8.60%) Change Management
11 30 (8.60%) Validation
12 28 (8.02%) Project Management
13 26 (7.45%) User Acceptance Testing
14 23 (6.59%) Collaborative Working
15 22 (6.30%) CI/CD
16 21 (6.02%) Infrastructure as Code
17 20 (5.73%) Analytics
17 20 (5.73%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 34 (9.74%) PowerShell
1 34 (9.74%) SQL
2 31 (8.88%) Python
3 18 (5.16%) C#
4 15 (4.30%) JavaScript
5 12 (3.44%) Java
6 6 (1.72%) Bash
6 6 (1.72%) Shell Script
7 5 (1.43%) VB
8 3 (0.86%) Apex Code
8 3 (0.86%) Bicep
8 3 (0.86%) Magik
9 2 (0.57%) ABAP
10 1 (0.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.29%) Jython
10 1 (0.29%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.29%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.29%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.29%) X++
Qualifications
1 107 (30.66%) Security Cleared
2 82 (23.50%) SC Cleared
3 31 (8.88%) Degree
4 21 (6.02%) DV Cleared
5 14 (4.01%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (2.29%) Master's Degree
6 8 (2.29%) OCP
6 8 (2.29%) Oracle Certification
7 7 (2.01%) Azure Certification
8 5 (1.43%) AWS Certification
9 4 (1.15%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.15%) PMI Certification
9 4 (1.15%) PMP
10 3 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.86%) PgMP
10 3 (0.86%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (0.57%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.29%) CSPO
12 1 (0.29%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.29%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (8.31%) Data Quality
2 16 (4.58%) GDPR
3 13 (3.72%) QA
4 9 (2.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (2.29%) NIST
6 2 (0.57%) COBIT
6 2 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.57%) GRC
6 2 (0.57%) OASIS TOSCA
6 2 (0.57%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.57%) PMBOK
7 1 (0.29%) Government Security Classifications
7 1 (0.29%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.29%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.29%) NCSC
7 1 (0.29%) SLA
System Software
1 22 (6.30%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.72%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.57%) Docker
5 1 (0.29%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.29%) NFS
5 1 (0.29%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.29%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.29%) vSphere
5 1 (0.29%) XenApp
5 1 (0.29%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 22 (6.30%) Kubernetes
2 19 (5.44%) Ansible
3 12 (3.44%) Terraform
4 8 (2.29%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.86%) SCCM
5 3 (0.86%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.57%) Amdocs OSS
6 2 (0.57%) BMC PATROL
6 2 (0.57%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.57%) Grafana
6 2 (0.57%) Kibana
6 2 (0.57%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.29%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.29%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.29%) SCOM
7 1 (0.29%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 64 (18.34%) Microsoft
2 42 (12.03%) Oracle
3 41 (11.75%) SAP
4 21 (6.02%) Cisco
5 16 (4.58%) ESRI
6 14 (4.01%) ServiceNow
7 13 (3.72%) Salesforce
8 12 (3.44%) Red Hat
9 11 (3.15%) IBM
10 10 (2.87%) Aruba
10 10 (2.87%) VMware
11 7 (2.01%) Citrix
11 7 (2.01%) Google
12 6 (1.72%) Intergraph
12 6 (1.72%) Remedy
13 4 (1.15%) IFS
13 4 (1.15%) MuleSoft
14 3 (0.86%) Fortinet
14 3 (0.86%) Samsung
14 3 (0.86%) Zscaler