Migration Contracts in the South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Migration skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Migration over the 3 months to 27 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Migration England / South East
Location	3 months to 27 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	22	21	22
Rank change year-on-year	-1	+1
Contract jobs citing Migration	529	645	656
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East	6.82%	7.17%	7.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	8.22%	8.74%	8.72%
Number of daily rates quoted	335	411	387
Median daily rate	£425	£425	£378
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	-	+12.58%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£298	£300	£275
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£569	£530	£488
UK excluding London median daily rate	£410	£400	£375
% change year-on-year	+2.50%	+6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted	20	7	8
Median hourly rate	£13.50	£21.00	£18.34
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	-35.71%	+14.48%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£11.71	£11.55	£12.27
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£18.93	£72.60	£47.83
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£14.50	£20.50	£16.50
% change year-on-year	-29.26%	+24.24%

Migration is in the process and methodology skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for process and methodology skills.

Contract Process & Methodology Skills South East
Contract job vacancies with a requirement for process and methodology skills	6434	7379	7520
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South East	82.97%	82.05%	80.82%
Number of daily rates quoted	3763	4510	4350
Median daily rate	£425	£413	£400
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+3.03%	+3.12%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£300	£288	£275
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£550	£538	£513
UK excluding London median daily rate	£415	£400	£385
% change year-on-year	+3.75%	+3.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted	238	273	254
Median hourly rate	£29.92	£32.00	£25.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	-6.50%	+28.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£12.00	£12.50	£12.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£55.00	£52.50	£47.79
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£34.00	£28.50	£30.00
% change year-on-year	+19.29%	-5.00%

Migration
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in the South East citing Migration as a proportion of all contract or permanent IT jobs with a match in the Processes & Methodologies category.

Job vacancy trend for Migration in the South East

Migration
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing Migration in the South East.

Contractor daily rate trend for Migration in the South East

Migration
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Migration in the South East over the 3 months to 27 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for Migration in the South East

Migration
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing Migration in the South East.

Contractor hourly rate trend for Migration in the South East

Migration
Contractor Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

The hourly rate distribution of IT jobs citing Migration in the South East over the 3 months to 27 June 2017.

Contractor 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 3 months to 27 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Median Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
Hampshire	-3	103	£375	-11.76%	8
Berkshire	-14	96	£463	+8.82%	9
Surrey	+7	88	£450	+12.50%	11
Buckinghamshire	-4	75	£375	-6.25%	9
Oxfordshire	-3	66	£525	+50.00%	5
West Sussex	+38	54	£388	-8.82%	2
Kent	+10	28	£350	-11.11%	1
East Sussex	+4	13	£345	-23.33%	2
Middlesex	-1	4	£425	+3.34%	2
Sussex	-	2	£450	-
Migration England

Migration
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the South East

For the 6 months to 27 June 2017, IT contractor jobs citing Migration also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads across the South East region with a requirement for Migration.

1	251 (23.50%)	Data Migration
2	234 (21.91%)	Windows
3	173 (16.20%)	Microsoft
4	161 (15.07%)	SQL
5	154 (14.42%)	Linux
6	139 (13.01%)	Security Cleared
7	131 (12.27%)	Office 365
8	125 (11.70%)	Data Centre
9	123 (11.52%)	SQL Server
10	118 (11.05%)	SAP
11	117 (10.96%)	Active Directory
12	116 (10.86%)	Finance
12	116 (10.86%)	Agile Software Development
13	115 (10.77%)	Oracle
14	111 (10.39%)	Project Management

14	111 (10.39%)	VMware
15	110 (10.30%)	Microsoft Azure
16	103 (9.64%)	Amazon AWS
17	90 (8.43%)	SC Cleared
17	90 (8.43%)	PRINCE2
18	84 (7.87%)	SharePoint
19	76 (7.12%)	Cisco
20	74 (6.93%)	ETL
21	72 (6.74%)	ITIL
22	70 (6.55%)	Data Warehouse
23	64 (5.99%)	.NET
24	62 (5.81%)	Stakeholder Management
25	60 (5.62%)	Telecoms
26	59 (5.52%)	HP
27	58 (5.43%)	Unix

Migration
Co-occurring IT Skills in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	84 (7.87%)	SharePoint
2	32 (3.00%)	MS Exchange
3	31 (2.90%)	JBoss
4	29 (2.72%)	WebSphere
5	28 (2.62%)	Skype for Business
6	27 (2.53%)	WebSphere Application Server
6	27 (2.53%)	WebSphere Process Server
7	23 (2.15%)	Exchange Server 2010
7	23 (2.15%)	OpenStack
8	15 (1.40%)	Exchange Server 2003
9	14 (1.31%)	SharePoint 2013
10	13 (1.22%)	IIS
11	12 (1.12%)	Exchange Server 2013
12	11 (1.03%)	Documentum
13	10 (0.94%)	CMS
14	9 (0.84%)	Apache
14	9 (0.84%)	SharePoint 2010
15	8 (0.75%)	Exchange Server 2007
16	7 (0.66%)	SAS
17	6 (0.56%)	Drupal

Applications
1	49 (4.59%)	Microsoft Office
2	43 (4.03%)	Microsoft Excel
3	19 (1.78%)	MS Visio
4	11 (1.03%)	Microsoft PowerPoint
4	11 (1.03%)	Microsoft Project
5	7 (0.66%)	Spreadsheet
6	1 (0.094%)	InfoPath

Business Applications
1	13 (1.22%)	Dynamics CRM
2	12 (1.12%)	Oracle Applications
3	9 (0.84%)	SAP Oil and Gas
4	8 (0.75%)	Workday HCM
5	6 (0.56%)	Maximo
5	6 (0.56%)	SAP CO
5	6 (0.56%)	SAP FI
5	6 (0.56%)	SAP FI/CO
6	5 (0.47%)	Dynamics AX
6	5 (0.47%)	Oracle EBS
6	5 (0.47%)	Remedy ITSM
6	5 (0.47%)	SAP HR
6	5 (0.47%)	Temenos T24
7	4 (0.37%)	NetSuite
7	4 (0.37%)	Oracle 11i
7	4 (0.37%)	Oracle EBS R12
8	3 (0.28%)	Oracle Financials
8	3 (0.28%)	Oracle Receivables
8	3 (0.28%)	Oracle TCA
8	3 (0.28%)	SAP Hybris

Cloud Services
1	131 (12.27%)	Office 365
2	110 (10.30%)	Microsoft Azure
3	103 (9.64%)	Amazon AWS
4	31 (2.90%)	GitHub
5	29 (2.72%)	IaaS
6	24 (2.25%)	Azure Active Directory
7	22 (2.06%)	Cloud Computing
7	22 (2.06%)	OneDrive
8	19 (1.78%)	PaaS
9	18 (1.69%)	SaaS
10	15 (1.40%)	SuccessFactors
11	8 (0.75%)	Boomi
12	5 (0.47%)	Google Drive
13	4 (0.37%)	AWS Lambda
13	4 (0.37%)	G Suite
13	4 (0.37%)	Salesforce Service Cloud
14	3 (0.28%)	Dynamics 365
14	3 (0.28%)	Mailgun
14	3 (0.28%)	Salesforce Sales Cloud
15	2 (0.19%)	Oracle Service Cloud

Communications & Networking
1	48 (4.49%)	Firewall
2	39 (3.65%)	LAN
3	32 (3.00%)	VPN
4	30 (2.81%)	Skype
4	30 (2.81%)	WAN
5	27 (2.53%)	SAN
6	25 (2.34%)	Internet
7	23 (2.15%)	OSPF
8	21 (1.97%)	TCP/IP
9	20 (1.87%)	BGP
9	20 (1.87%)	MPLS
10	15 (1.40%)	LDAP
10	15 (1.40%)	VoIP
11	14 (1.31%)	DNS
12	12 (1.12%)	Intranet
12	12 (1.12%)	PuTTY
12	12 (1.12%)	VLAN
12	12 (1.12%)	WinSCP
13	10 (0.94%)	Fibre Channel
13	10 (0.94%)	IPv6

Database & Business Intelligence
1	123 (11.52%)	SQL Server
2	70 (6.55%)	Data Warehouse
3	52 (4.87%)	SQL Server Integration Services
4	38 (3.56%)	Oracle Database
5	27 (2.53%)	SQL Server 2008
6	25 (2.34%)	Relational Database
7	24 (2.25%)	MySQL
8	23 (2.15%)	SQL Server 2012
9	19 (1.78%)	DB2
9	19 (1.78%)	Oracle Database 11g
10	16 (1.50%)	SAP HANA
11	15 (1.40%)	Oracle Database 10g
12	13 (1.22%)	Oracle Reports
13	12 (1.12%)	Oracle Database 12c
14	11 (1.03%)	Big Data
14	11 (1.03%)	Oracle OWB
14	11 (1.03%)	SQL Server 2014
15	10 (0.94%)	Oracle BI EE
15	10 (0.94%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
16	9 (0.84%)	BusinessObjects

Development Applications
1	48 (4.49%)	Team Foundation Server
2	40 (3.75%)	Jenkins
3	30 (2.81%)	Cucumber
4	28 (2.62%)	Maven
4	28 (2.62%)	Mockito
5	27 (2.53%)	JUnit
6	22 (2.06%)	JIRA
7	18 (1.69%)	Git (software)
8	15 (1.40%)	HP UFT
8	15 (1.40%)	MSI
8	15 (1.40%)	Oracle Forms
9	14 (1.31%)	Oracle APEX
10	11 (1.03%)	Selenium
10	11 (1.03%)	Toad
11	10 (0.94%)	TeamCity
12	9 (0.84%)	Visual Studio
13	6 (0.56%)	Talend Open Studio
14	5 (0.47%)	SpecFlow
15	4 (0.37%)	AdminStudio
16	3 (0.28%)	ERwin

General
1	116 (10.86%)	Finance
2	60 (5.62%)	Telecoms
3	28 (2.62%)	Banking
4	27 (2.53%)	Marketing
5	15 (1.40%)	Billing
5	15 (1.40%)	Publishing
6	12 (1.12%)	Manufacturing
6	12 (1.12%)	Retail
7	10 (0.94%)	Legal
8	6 (0.56%)	Advertising
8	6 (0.56%)	Pharmaceutical
9	5 (0.47%)	Back Office
10	4 (0.37%)	Law
11	3 (0.28%)	Electronics
12	2 (0.19%)	Automotive
12	2 (0.19%)	French Language
13	1 (0.094%)	Aerospace
13	1 (0.094%)	Games
13	1 (0.094%)	Local Government
13	1 (0.094%)	Online Betting

Job Titles
1	152 (14.23%)	Project Manager
2	123 (11.52%)	Consultant
3	119 (11.14%)	Analyst
3	119 (11.14%)	Architect
4	106 (9.93%)	Developer
5	56 (5.24%)	Migration Manager
6	48 (4.49%)	SQL Developer
7	45 (4.21%)	Migration Engineer
8	44 (4.12%)	Support Engineer
9	42 (3.93%)	DBA
9	42 (3.93%)	Migration Project Manager
10	41 (3.84%)	Business Analyst
11	30 (2.81%)	Desktop Support
12	28 (2.62%)	Migration Consultant
13	25 (2.34%)	Administrator
13	25 (2.34%)	Data Migration Manager
14	24 (2.25%)	Data Analyst
14	24 (2.25%)	Migration Analyst
14	24 (2.25%)	Network Engineer
15	23 (2.15%)	SAP Consultant

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	64 (5.99%)	.NET
2	58 (5.43%)	Web Services
3	35 (3.28%)	Spring
4	27 (2.53%)	Java EE
5	26 (2.43%)	CSS
6	24 (2.25%)	HTML
6	24 (2.25%)	XML
7	19 (1.78%)	Entity Framework
8	17 (1.59%)	.NET Framework
8	17 (1.59%)	Middleware
9	14 (1.31%)	REST
10	12 (1.12%)	jQuery
11	11 (1.03%)	SOAP
12	8 (0.75%)	ASP.NET
12	8 (0.75%)	J2EE
13	6 (0.56%)	ASP.NET Web API
13	6 (0.56%)	JSON
13	6 (0.56%)	RESTful
13	6 (0.56%)	SAP Basis
13	6 (0.56%)	XSD

Miscellaneous
1	125 (11.70%)	Data Centre
2	58 (5.43%)	Analytical Skills
3	36 (3.37%)	Management Information System
4	34 (3.18%)	Algorithms
5	25 (2.34%)	PMI
6	23 (2.15%)	Private Cloud
7	21 (1.97%)	Clustering
8	19 (1.78%)	Public Cloud
9	18 (1.69%)	Mainframe
10	17 (1.59%)	Hybrid Cloud
11	15 (1.40%)	Data Structures
12	14 (1.31%)	Driving Licence
13	13 (1.22%)	Replication
14	11 (1.03%)	Computer Science
15	7 (0.66%)	Linux Command Line
15	7 (0.66%)	Virtual Team
16	6 (0.56%)	Enterprise Software
16	6 (0.56%)	Enterprise Storage
16	6 (0.56%)	Fat Client
16	6 (0.56%)	Life Science

Operating Systems
1	234 (21.91%)	Windows
2	154 (14.42%)	Linux
3	58 (5.43%)	Unix
4	57 (5.34%)	Windows 10
5	47 (4.40%)	Windows Server
6	39 (3.65%)	Windows 7
7	34 (3.18%)	AIX
8	33 (3.09%)	Solaris
9	28 (2.62%)	Windows Server 2012
10	21 (1.97%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11	20 (1.87%)	Windows Server 2008
12	16 (1.50%)	Windows XP
13	11 (1.03%)	Windows Server 2003
14	8 (0.75%)	HPUX
15	6 (0.56%)	Windows 8
15	6 (0.56%)	Windows Vista
16	3 (0.28%)	CentOS
16	3 (0.28%)	VMS
17	2 (0.19%)	MVS
17	2 (0.19%)	SUSE

Processes & Methodologies
1	251 (23.50%)	Data Migration
2	116 (10.86%)	Agile Software Development
3	111 (10.39%)	Project Management
4	90 (8.43%)	PRINCE2
5	74 (6.93%)	ETL
6	72 (6.74%)	ITIL
7	62 (5.81%)	Stakeholder Management
8	58 (5.43%)	DevOps
9	50 (4.68%)	Business Intelligence
10	46 (4.31%)	Data Management
11	45 (4.21%)	Scrum
12	44 (4.12%)	Change Management
12	44 (4.12%)	ERP
13	43 (4.03%)	Continuous Integration
14	42 (3.93%)	Business Analysis
15	39 (3.65%)	User Acceptance Testing
15	39 (3.65%)	Validation
16	37 (3.46%)	Data Modelling
17	36 (3.37%)	TDD
18	35 (3.28%)	Test Automation

Programming Languages
1	161 (15.07%)	SQL
2	51 (4.78%)	Java
3	41 (3.84%)	PowerShell
4	28 (2.62%)	C#
4	28 (2.62%)	JavaScript
5	20 (1.87%)	T-SQL
6	18 (1.69%)	Shell Script
7	13 (1.22%)	F#
8	11 (1.03%)	PHP
9	10 (0.94%)	VB
10	6 (0.56%)	Bash Shell
11	5 (0.47%)	Apex Code
11	5 (0.47%)	C
11	5 (0.47%)	Python
12	4 (0.37%)	ABAP
12	4 (0.37%)	PL/SQL
12	4 (0.37%)	VBScript
13	3 (0.28%)	Perl
13	3 (0.28%)	VB.NET
14	2 (0.19%)	VBA

Qualifications
1	139 (13.01%)	Security Cleared
2	90 (8.43%)	SC Cleared
3	40 (3.75%)	Cisco Certification
4	39 (3.65%)	Degree
5	38 (3.56%)	PMI Certification
6	37 (3.46%)	PMP
7	28 (2.62%)	CCNP
8	24 (2.25%)	CCNA
9	21 (1.97%)	ISEB
10	20 (1.87%)	DV Cleared
11	18 (1.69%)	PRINCE2 Certification
12	12 (1.12%)	MCSE
12	12 (1.12%)	Microsoft Certification
13	11 (1.03%)	BPSS Clearance
13	11 (1.03%)	CCIE
14	10 (0.94%)	ISTQB Foundation Certification
15	9 (0.84%)	ISTQB
16	8 (0.75%)	JNCIS
17	7 (0.66%)	CCIP
17	7 (0.66%)	JNCIA

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	35 (3.28%)	QA
2	32 (3.00%)	PMO
3	28 (2.62%)	Data Quality
4	15 (1.40%)	SLA
5	6 (0.56%)	PCI DSS
6	4 (0.37%)	JSP 440
6	4 (0.37%)	Sarbanes-Oxley
7	3 (0.28%)	COBIT
7	3 (0.28%)	Disclosure Scotland
7	3 (0.28%)	GDPR
7	3 (0.28%)	ISO/IEC 27001
8	2 (0.19%)	GMP
8	2 (0.19%)	ISO 22301
8	2 (0.19%)	ISO 9000
9	1 (0.094%)	ISO 9001
9	1 (0.094%)	Solvency II

System Software
1	117 (10.96%)	Active Directory
2	33 (3.09%)	VMware Infrastructure
3	29 (2.72%)	Microsoft App-V
4	16 (1.50%)	vSphere
5	14 (1.31%)	Hyper-V
6	12 (1.12%)	Oracle RAC
6	12 (1.12%)	Virtual Desktop
6	12 (1.12%)	VMware ESXi
7	10 (0.94%)	Virtual Machines
8	7 (0.66%)	BitLocker
9	6 (0.56%)	Tivoli Workload Scheduler
9	6 (0.56%)	Veritas Cluster Server
10	5 (0.47%)	NFS
10	5 (0.47%)	Veritas File System
10	5 (0.47%)	XenDesktop
11	4 (0.37%)	Terminal Services
12	3 (0.28%)	VMware Workstation
13	2 (0.19%)	VMware Server
13	2 (0.19%)	XenApp
14	1 (0.094%)	Veritas Volume Manager

Systems Management
1	41 (3.84%)	SCCM
2	11 (1.03%)	Cisco CUCM
3	8 (0.75%)	Puppet
3	8 (0.75%)	Tivoli
3	8 (0.75%)	WSUS
4	7 (0.66%)	Microsoft Intune
4	7 (0.66%)	Tivoli Storage Manager
4	7 (0.66%)	vRealize
5	6 (0.56%)	Cisco UCCX
5	6 (0.56%)	Norton AntiVirus
6	5 (0.47%)	AirWatch
6	5 (0.47%)	Cisco UCCE
6	5 (0.47%)	FortiGate
6	5 (0.47%)	NetBackup
6	5 (0.47%)	Opscode Chef
7	4 (0.37%)	Oracle RMAN
8	3 (0.28%)	Oracle Enterprise Manager
8	3 (0.28%)	Red Hat Satellite
8	3 (0.28%)	Symantec Enterprise Vault
8	3 (0.28%)	Systems Management Server (SMS)

Vendors
1	173 (16.20%)	Microsoft
2	118 (11.05%)	SAP
3	115 (10.77%)	Oracle
4	111 (10.39%)	VMware
5	76 (7.12%)	Cisco
6	59 (5.52%)	HP
7	47 (4.40%)	Citrix
8	42 (3.93%)	IBM
9	26 (2.43%)	Informatica
10	25 (2.34%)	Juniper
11	22 (2.06%)	Red Hat
12	18 (1.69%)	Salesforce.com
13	17 (1.59%)	Google
14	15 (1.40%)	Brocade
14	15 (1.40%)	Workday
15	13 (1.22%)	NetApp
15	13 (1.22%)	Sun
16	12 (1.12%)	EMC
16	12 (1.12%)	Remedy
16	12 (1.12%)	ServiceNow