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 8 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 19 28
Rank change year-on-year +4 +9 +1
Contract jobs citing Migration 508 256 325
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 9.00% 8.57% 5.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.96% 9.34% 6.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 309 170 238
10th Percentile £363 £337 £313
25th Percentile £463 £417 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year - +2.44% -2.38%
75th Percentile £648 £638 £632
90th Percentile £738 £700 £688
England median daily rate £515 £538 £530
% change year-on-year -4.19% +1.42% -1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 6 8
10th Percentile £15.75 £37.38 £21.61
25th Percentile £19.34 £57.50 £23.88
Median hourly rate £23.58 £71.25 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -66.91% +137.50% -37.50%
75th Percentile £32.59 £85.31 £36.88
90th Percentile £81.00 £86.65 £55.25
England median hourly rate £23.83 £28.75 £48.12
% change year-on-year -17.13% -40.25% -23.93%

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 4,637 2,741 4,848
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 82.19% 91.80% 86.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,016 1,759 2,845
10th Percentile £288 £252 £225
25th Percentile £412 £405 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £505 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.49% +1.00% -0.99%
75th Percentile £613 £608 £615
90th Percentile £713 £675 £688
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 421 157 434
10th Percentile £15.62 £14.20 £13.00
25th Percentile £19.00 £16.95 £18.32
Median hourly rate £42.00 £28.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -37.78% -5.26%
75th Percentile £80.20 £62.50 £62.47
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £76.76
England median hourly rate £39.00 £32.50 £33.07
% change year-on-year +20.00% -1.71% -11.83%

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 8 April 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 8 April 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 8 April 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 +9 287 £524 -4.38% 53
Berkshire +10 198 £531 -3.45% 31
Hampshire -1 120 £600 +4.35% 26
Buckinghamshire +9 68 £522 +12.86% 16
Surrey +8 48 £525 +31.25% 11
West Sussex 0 30 £502 +7.16% 1
Oxfordshire -11 21 £500 - 7
Kent -3 14 £488 +46.62% 7
East Sussex 0 4 £475 -25.49% 1
Middlesex -3 1 - - 4
Home Counties - 1 £700 -
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 13 (2.56%) ArcGIS
2 9 (1.77%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.57%) CMS
3 8 (1.57%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
4 5 (0.98%) Confluence
5 4 (0.79%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.59%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.39%) Apache Pulsar
7 2 (0.39%) GeoServer
7 2 (0.39%) IBM HTTP Server
7 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.39%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 2 (0.39%) Smallworld
7 2 (0.39%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.39%) WebSphere Application Server
7 2 (0.39%) WebSphere Portal
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.20%) SAS
Applications
1 18 (3.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (2.76%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 47 (9.25%) Oracle EBS
2 33 (6.50%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (1.57%) Oracle EBS R12
4 7 (1.38%) SAP ERP
5 5 (0.98%) Maximo
5 5 (0.98%) SAP R/3
6 4 (0.79%) Remedy ITSM
7 3 (0.59%) Adobe Campaign
7 3 (0.59%) Oracle 11i
7 3 (0.59%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.59%) Primavera
7 3 (0.59%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.39%) Eloqua
8 2 (0.39%) NEC Housing
8 2 (0.39%) Remedy AR System
8 2 (0.39%) SAP FI
9 1 (0.20%) Dynamics GP
9 1 (0.20%) Oracle General Ledger
9 1 (0.20%) SAP Business One
9 1 (0.20%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 88 (17.32%) Azure
2 57 (11.22%) AWS
3 50 (9.84%) OCI
4 27 (5.31%) Entra ID
5 22 (4.33%) GCP
6 17 (3.35%) Power Platform
7 13 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
8 11 (2.17%) OpenShift
9 10 (1.97%) SaaS
10 9 (1.77%) IaaS
11 8 (1.57%) Azure DevOps
11 8 (1.57%) Snowflake
12 6 (1.18%) Amazon S3
12 6 (1.18%) AWS CloudFormation
12 6 (1.18%) AWS KMS
12 6 (1.18%) PaaS
12 6 (1.18%) Serverless
12 6 (1.18%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 5 (0.98%) Amazon EKS
13 5 (0.98%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 25 (4.92%) DNS
2 24 (4.72%) Firewall
3 17 (3.35%) WAN
4 15 (2.95%) DHCP
5 13 (2.56%) SD-WAN
6 12 (2.36%) Kerberos
7 11 (2.17%) LAN
8 10 (1.97%) MPLS
8 10 (1.97%) Network Security
9 9 (1.77%) TCP/IP
10 8 (1.57%) BGP
10 8 (1.57%) OSPF
10 8 (1.57%) VPN
11 7 (1.38%) SAN
12 6 (1.18%) NAS
13 5 (0.98%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
13 5 (0.98%) VSAN
14 4 (0.79%) IPsec
14 4 (0.79%) VLAN
14 4 (0.79%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (3.35%) GIS
1 17 (3.35%) Power BI
2 14 (2.76%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (2.36%) Metadata
3 12 (2.36%) Oracle Reports
3 12 (2.36%) SQL Server
4 9 (1.77%) Relational Database
5 8 (1.57%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (1.38%) Oracle Database
7 6 (1.18%) Big Data
7 6 (1.18%) Geospatial Data
7 6 (1.18%) QGIS
8 5 (0.98%) DynamoDB
8 5 (0.98%) NoSQL
8 5 (0.98%) SAP Data Services
9 4 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.59%) Data Mining
10 3 (0.59%) OLAP
10 3 (0.59%) Oracle Exadata
10 3 (0.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 10 (1.97%) JIRA
2 9 (1.77%) Jenkins
3 8 (1.57%) Rational DOORS
4 4 (0.79%) Eclipse
4 4 (0.79%) Maven
4 4 (0.79%) Subversion
5 3 (0.59%) GitLab
6 2 (0.39%) Introscope
6 2 (0.39%) JMeter
6 2 (0.39%) JUnit
6 2 (0.39%) Oracle APEX
6 2 (0.39%) Oracle Forms
6 2 (0.39%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.20%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.20%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.20%) Gatling
7 1 (0.20%) Gradle
7 1 (0.20%) Liquibase
7 1 (0.20%) Mockito
General
1 127 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 92 (18.11%) Finance
3 61 (12.01%) Public Sector
4 50 (9.84%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (4.53%) Documentation Skills
6 18 (3.54%) Manufacturing
7 17 (3.35%) Legal
8 14 (2.76%) Marketing
9 13 (2.56%) Telecoms
10 12 (2.36%) Banking
10 12 (2.36%) Retail
11 8 (1.57%) Aerospace
12 7 (1.38%) Automotive
12 7 (1.38%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 5 (0.98%) Electronics
14 5 (0.98%) General Ledger
15 4 (0.79%) Local Government
16 3 (0.59%) Advertising
16 3 (0.59%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 90 (17.72%) Lead
2 66 (12.99%) Architect
3 57 (11.22%) Consultant
4 38 (7.48%) Project Manager
5 29 (5.71%) Analyst
5 29 (5.71%) Data Migration Lead
5 29 (5.71%) Network Consultant
6 28 (5.51%) Migration Engineer
7 26 (5.12%) Senior
8 23 (4.53%) Developer
9 20 (3.94%) Solutions Architect
10 18 (3.54%) IT Engineer
11 14 (2.76%) Data Analyst
12 13 (2.56%) Data Engineer
12 13 (2.56%) Delivery Manager
13 12 (2.36%) Accountant
14 11 (2.17%) Business Analyst
14 11 (2.17%) Cloud Engineer
14 11 (2.17%) Technical Manager
15 10 (1.97%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (6.69%) Oracle Fusion
2 14 (2.76%) Kafka
3 13 (2.56%) LDAP
4 9 (1.77%) .NET
5 8 (1.57%) REST
6 6 (1.18%) XML
7 5 (0.98%) React
7 5 (0.98%) SOAP
7 5 (0.98%) Spring
7 5 (0.98%) Spring Boot
8 4 (0.79%) Middleware
8 4 (0.79%) PySpark
9 3 (0.59%) CSS
9 3 (0.59%) CSS3
9 3 (0.59%) HTML
9 3 (0.59%) HTML5
9 3 (0.59%) OAuth
9 3 (0.59%) RabbitMQ
9 3 (0.59%) Vue
10 2 (0.39%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 51 (10.04%) Legacy Systems
2 23 (4.53%) Onboarding
3 20 (3.94%) Data Centre
3 20 (3.94%) Replication
4 14 (2.76%) Greenfield Project
5 12 (2.36%) Public Cloud
6 11 (2.17%) Data Protection Act
7 10 (1.97%) Data Structures
8 9 (1.77%) Cloud Native
8 9 (1.77%) Product Ownership
9 8 (1.57%) CMDB
9 8 (1.57%) Virtual Team
10 7 (1.38%) Hybrid Cloud
10 7 (1.38%) Management Information System
11 5 (0.98%) Mainframe
11 5 (0.98%) Marketing Technology
11 5 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (0.79%) Clustering
12 4 (0.79%) LLPG
12 4 (0.79%) NLPG
Operating Systems
1 27 (5.31%) Windows
2 24 (4.72%) Linux
3 13 (2.56%) Windows 10
4 5 (0.98%) Unix
5 4 (0.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.79%) Ubuntu
5 4 (0.79%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.39%) Oracle Linux
6 2 (0.39%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
6 2 (0.39%) VMS
6 2 (0.39%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.20%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 161 (31.69%) Data Migration
2 95 (18.70%) Stakeholder Management
3 73 (14.37%) Agile
4 66 (12.99%) Validation
5 57 (11.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 54 (10.63%) Roadmaps
7 53 (10.43%) ERP
7 53 (10.43%) User Acceptance Testing
8 52 (10.24%) Problem-Solving
9 47 (9.25%) Data Cleansing
10 39 (7.68%) Data Protection
11 37 (7.28%) Workflow
12 35 (6.89%) DevOps
13 34 (6.69%) Collaborative Working
13 34 (6.69%) Data Modelling
14 33 (6.50%) Workflow Management
15 32 (6.30%) Change Management
15 32 (6.30%) ITIL
16 31 (6.10%) Project Delivery
17 30 (5.91%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 35 (6.89%) SQL
2 30 (5.91%) PowerShell
3 22 (4.33%) Python
4 15 (2.95%) Java
5 12 (2.36%) Bash
6 7 (1.38%) T-SQL
7 6 (1.18%) Bicep
7 6 (1.18%) PL/SQL
8 4 (0.79%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.39%) C#
9 2 (0.39%) Jython
9 2 (0.39%) Perl
10 1 (0.20%) Delphi
10 1 (0.20%) Google Apps Script
10 1 (0.20%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.20%) PHP
10 1 (0.20%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.20%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.20%) VBA
Qualifications
1 183 (36.02%) Security Cleared
2 151 (29.72%) SC Cleared
3 39 (7.68%) DV Cleared
4 23 (4.53%) Degree
5 12 (2.36%) PMP
6 9 (1.77%) PMI Certification
7 8 (1.57%) AWS Certification
8 6 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (0.98%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (0.79%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.59%) ACCA
11 3 (0.59%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.59%) CIMA
12 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.39%) OCP
12 2 (0.39%) Oracle Certification
13 1 (0.20%) CCIE
13 1 (0.20%) Cisco Certification
13 1 (0.20%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (6.50%) Data Quality
2 30 (5.91%) GDPR
3 18 (3.54%) QA
4 16 (3.15%) NIST
5 14 (2.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (2.36%) NCSC
7 11 (2.17%) COBIT
8 9 (1.77%) Cyber Essentials
9 7 (1.38%) PMO
10 4 (0.79%) BS7666
10 4 (0.79%) GRC
10 4 (0.79%) SLA
11 2 (0.39%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.39%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.20%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.20%) DICOM
12 1 (0.20%) Disclosure Scotland
12 1 (0.20%) HL7
12 1 (0.20%) SEPA
12 1 (0.20%) SOC 2
System Software
1 24 (4.72%) Active Directory
2 23 (4.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (2.76%) Virtual Desktop
4 9 (1.77%) vSphere
5 8 (1.57%) Docker
6 7 (1.38%) VMware NSX
7 4 (0.79%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.39%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.39%) NFS
8 2 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.20%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 22 (4.33%) Terraform
2 14 (2.76%) Kubernetes
3 13 (2.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 9 (1.77%) Ansible
5 8 (1.57%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (1.18%) vCenter Server
7 4 (0.79%) Argo
7 4 (0.79%) Grafana
7 4 (0.79%) SCCM
8 3 (0.59%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.39%) BMC PATROL
9 2 (0.39%) CA Wily
9 2 (0.39%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.39%) Istio
9 2 (0.39%) linkerd
9 2 (0.39%) Nessus
9 2 (0.39%) Tivoli
10 1 (0.20%) Cisco CUCM
10 1 (0.20%) Fluentd
10 1 (0.20%) WSUS
Vendors
1 85 (16.73%) Oracle
2 69 (13.58%) Microsoft
3 62 (12.20%) SAP
4 40 (7.87%) Cisco
5 31 (6.10%) Aruba
6 25 (4.92%) VMware
7 19 (3.74%) Salesforce
8 15 (2.95%) ServiceNow
9 14 (2.76%) ESRI
9 14 (2.76%) Google
10 13 (2.56%) IBM
11 9 (1.77%) IFS
11 9 (1.77%) Palo Alto
12 8 (1.57%) Red Hat
13 7 (1.38%) Citrix
14 6 (1.18%) Adobe
14 6 (1.18%) Sage
15 5 (0.98%) Ab Initio
15 5 (0.98%) F5
15 5 (0.98%) Siebel