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

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 19 25
Rank change year-on-year +6 +6 +7
Contract jobs citing Migration 411 353 391
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 9.83% 8.72% 7.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.29% 10.11% 8.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 243 241 281
10th Percentile £325 £350 £400
25th Percentile £445 £425 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £648 £638 £688
90th Percentile £720 £688 £738
England median daily rate £525 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 6 7
10th Percentile £15.91 £25.25 £22.13
25th Percentile £20.80 £33.50 £24.63
Median hourly rate £25.15 £45.25 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.42% +67.59% -19.40%
75th Percentile - £53.56 £55.99
90th Percentile £68.90 £68.13 £64.19
England median hourly rate £25.15 £22.75 £68.50
% change year-on-year +10.55% -66.79% +32.50%

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 3,639 3,490 4,759
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 87.02% 86.19% 89.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,321 2,143 3,078
10th Percentile £222 £250 £215
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £523
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.01% +2.05%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £618
90th Percentile £675 £688 £688
England median daily rate £502 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.48% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 396 159 251
10th Percentile £14.52 £16.20 £16.50
25th Percentile £16.66 £26.13 £25.13
Median hourly rate £22.00 £54.36 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -59.53% +3.54% +21.84%
75th Percentile £41.00 £70.00 £65.93
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.02 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.17% -21.31% +19.85%

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 29 November 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 29 November 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 29 November 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 +6 226 £500 -9.91% 68
Berkshire +4 149 £525 -9.64% 31
Hampshire +15 114 £544 -5.43% 27
Buckinghamshire +5 52 £350 -30.35% 25
Surrey -7 34 £638 +25.93% 19
Oxfordshire +6 24 £550 -6.38% 15
West Sussex -5 24 £625 +48.10% 13
Kent 0 7 £500 -14.53% 12
East Sussex -5 5 £190 -66.96% 2
Middlesex - 3 £850 - 5
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 11 (2.68%) ArcGIS
2 8 (1.95%) Confluence
2 8 (1.95%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.70%) Smallworld
4 6 (1.46%) GeoServer
5 5 (1.22%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
5 5 (1.22%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.73%) CMS
7 2 (0.49%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.24%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.24%) Oracle Spatial
8 1 (0.24%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 13 (3.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.95%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.24%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 29 (7.06%) Oracle EBS
2 22 (5.35%) SAP S/4HANA
3 11 (2.68%) Maximo
4 5 (1.22%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 4 (0.97%) Oracle EBS R12
5 4 (0.97%) Remedy ITSM
5 4 (0.97%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.73%) SAP MDG
6 3 (0.73%) SAP PM
7 2 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
7 2 (0.49%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.49%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.49%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.49%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.24%) BPCS
8 1 (0.24%) Oracle CRM
8 1 (0.24%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.24%) Oracle Payroll
8 1 (0.24%) SAP Payroll
8 1 (0.24%) SAP R/3
Cloud Services
1 64 (15.57%) Azure
2 28 (6.81%) AWS
3 26 (6.33%) OCI
4 20 (4.87%) OpenShift
5 15 (3.65%) Microsoft 365
6 12 (2.92%) Amazon EKS
7 10 (2.43%) Azure DevOps
7 10 (2.43%) GCP
7 10 (2.43%) SaaS
8 9 (2.19%) Entra ID
9 8 (1.95%) Power Platform
10 7 (1.70%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (1.22%) IaaS
12 4 (0.97%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 4 (0.97%) GitHub
13 3 (0.73%) Azure Sentinel
13 3 (0.73%) Cloud Computing
13 3 (0.73%) PowerApps
13 3 (0.73%) Serverless
13 3 (0.73%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.92%) Firewall
2 11 (2.68%) VPN
3 9 (2.19%) DNS
4 6 (1.46%) WAN
5 5 (1.22%) LAN
5 5 (1.22%) Network Security
6 4 (0.97%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.73%) Internet
7 3 (0.73%) SSL
7 3 (0.73%) VLAN
7 3 (0.73%) VSAN
8 2 (0.49%) BGP
8 2 (0.49%) Intranet
8 2 (0.49%) IPsec
8 2 (0.49%) IPv6
8 2 (0.49%) OSPF
8 2 (0.49%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.49%) Wireless
9 1 (0.24%) Fibre Channel
9 1 (0.24%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (4.62%) GIS
2 13 (3.16%) Oracle Reports
2 13 (3.16%) SQL Server
3 9 (2.19%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (2.19%) Geospatial Data
4 8 (1.95%) QGIS
5 7 (1.70%) Power BI
5 7 (1.70%) Tableau
6 6 (1.46%) Azure SQL Database
6 6 (1.46%) Metadata
6 6 (1.46%) SAP HANA
7 5 (1.22%) Data Lake
7 5 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (0.97%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (0.97%) Oracle Database
9 3 (0.73%) NoSQL
9 3 (0.73%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 3 (0.73%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.73%) SAP Data Services
9 3 (0.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 24 (5.84%) JIRA
2 17 (4.14%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.73%) GitLab
4 2 (0.49%) Git
4 2 (0.49%) JMeter
4 2 (0.49%) Oracle APEX
4 2 (0.49%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.24%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.24%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.24%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.24%) Gatling
5 1 (0.24%) Gradle
5 1 (0.24%) JUnit
5 1 (0.24%) Poetry
5 1 (0.24%) Pylint
5 1 (0.24%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.24%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.24%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 139 (33.82%) Social Skills
2 58 (14.11%) Finance
2 58 (14.11%) Public Sector
3 32 (7.79%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (4.62%) Manufacturing
4 19 (4.62%) Telecoms
5 11 (2.68%) Marketing
6 9 (2.19%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (1.95%) Electronics
8 7 (1.70%) Local Government
8 7 (1.70%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (1.46%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (1.46%) Legal
10 5 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.22%) Retail
11 4 (0.97%) General Ledger
12 3 (0.73%) Aerospace
12 3 (0.73%) Banking
13 2 (0.49%) Advertising
13 2 (0.49%) Military
Job Titles
1 52 (12.65%) Consultant
2 50 (12.17%) Architect
3 43 (10.46%) Lead
4 33 (8.03%) Network Consultant
5 26 (6.33%) Analyst
5 26 (6.33%) Senior
6 23 (5.60%) Project Manager
6 23 (5.60%) Solutions Architect
7 22 (5.35%) IT Engineer
8 21 (5.11%) Data Migration Lead
9 14 (3.41%) Administrator
9 14 (3.41%) Developer
9 14 (3.41%) Migration Engineer
10 13 (3.16%) Windows Engineer
11 12 (2.92%) Desktop Support
11 12 (2.92%) Platform Engineer
11 12 (2.92%) Support Engineer
12 11 (2.68%) SAP Data Migration Lead
12 11 (2.68%) Technical Manager
13 9 (2.19%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.16%) Oracle Fusion
2 10 (2.43%) Middleware
2 10 (2.43%) React
3 9 (2.19%) .NET
4 4 (0.97%) REST
4 4 (0.97%) SAP Fiori
4 4 (0.97%) SAP PI
4 4 (0.97%) WebdriverIO
5 3 (0.73%) Lightning Web Components
5 3 (0.73%) Visualforce
5 3 (0.73%) Web Services
6 2 (0.49%) BAPI
6 2 (0.49%) CSS
6 2 (0.49%) EDI
6 2 (0.49%) IDoc
6 2 (0.49%) JSON
6 2 (0.49%) Kafka
6 2 (0.49%) PySpark
6 2 (0.49%) RESTful
6 2 (0.49%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 42 (10.22%) Legacy Systems
2 17 (4.14%) Data Structures
2 17 (4.14%) Onboarding
3 13 (3.16%) Private Cloud
4 11 (2.68%) Data Centre
5 9 (2.19%) Data Protection Act
5 9 (2.19%) Life Science
5 9 (2.19%) Renewable Energy
6 8 (1.95%) Product Ownership
7 7 (1.70%) Driving Licence
7 7 (1.70%) Greenfield Project
8 6 (1.46%) Replication
9 5 (1.22%) Mainframe
9 5 (1.22%) PKI
9 5 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (0.97%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (0.97%) Cloud Native
10 4 (0.97%) Distributed Systems
10 4 (0.97%) Legacy Applications
11 3 (0.73%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 27 (6.57%) Windows
2 11 (2.68%) Linux
3 9 (2.19%) Windows 10
4 7 (1.70%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.49%) VMS
6 1 (0.24%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (29.44%) Data Migration
2 79 (19.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 67 (16.30%) Agile
4 66 (16.06%) Stakeholder Management
5 62 (15.09%) Workflow
6 60 (14.60%) Workflow Management
7 53 (12.90%) Roadmaps
8 52 (12.65%) Problem-Solving
9 45 (10.95%) Collaborative Working
10 37 (9.00%) Data Modelling
11 35 (8.52%) ERP
12 34 (8.27%) DevOps
13 33 (8.03%) Validation
14 28 (6.81%) User Acceptance Testing
15 27 (6.57%) Data Cleansing
16 26 (6.33%) Cybersecurity
17 25 (6.08%) CI/CD
18 23 (5.60%) Change Management
19 22 (5.35%) Business Intelligence
19 22 (5.35%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 38 (9.25%) SQL
2 34 (8.27%) Python
3 29 (7.06%) PowerShell
4 15 (3.65%) C#
5 13 (3.16%) Java
5 13 (3.16%) JavaScript
6 10 (2.43%) Bash
7 7 (1.70%) Shell Script
8 4 (0.97%) VB
9 3 (0.73%) Apex Code
9 3 (0.73%) Bicep
10 2 (0.49%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.24%) ABAP
11 1 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.24%) Delphi
11 1 (0.24%) Jython
11 1 (0.24%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.24%) Magik
11 1 (0.24%) PHP
11 1 (0.24%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 153 (37.23%) Security Cleared
2 127 (30.90%) SC Cleared
3 35 (8.52%) Degree
4 25 (6.08%) DV Cleared
5 16 (3.89%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (2.19%) OCP
6 9 (2.19%) Oracle Certification
7 7 (1.70%) Azure Certification
8 6 (1.46%) Master's Degree
8 6 (1.46%) PMI Certification
8 6 (1.46%) PMP
9 5 (1.22%) AWS Certification
10 4 (0.97%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.73%) PgMP
12 2 (0.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.49%) SAP Certification
13 1 (0.24%) CCNA
13 1 (0.24%) CCNP
13 1 (0.24%) ISEB
13 1 (0.24%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (7.30%) Data Quality
2 20 (4.87%) GDPR
2 20 (4.87%) QA
3 12 (2.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (2.92%) NIST
4 6 (1.46%) COBIT
5 3 (0.73%) NCSC
6 2 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.49%) GRC
6 2 (0.49%) PMBOK
6 2 (0.49%) PMO
7 1 (0.24%) Government Security Classifications
7 1 (0.24%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.24%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.24%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 16 (3.89%) Active Directory
2 11 (2.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (1.70%) Docker
4 5 (1.22%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (1.22%) VMware NSX
4 5 (1.22%) vSphere
5 2 (0.49%) NFS
5 2 (0.49%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.24%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 21 (5.11%) Kubernetes
2 19 (4.62%) Ansible
3 15 (3.65%) Terraform
4 6 (1.46%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (1.46%) vCenter Server
5 4 (0.97%) Argo
6 3 (0.73%) Grafana
7 2 (0.49%) BMC PATROL
7 2 (0.49%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.49%) Kibana
7 2 (0.49%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.49%) SCCM
7 2 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.24%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 61 (14.84%) Oracle
2 59 (14.36%) Microsoft
3 56 (13.63%) SAP
4 40 (9.73%) Cisco
5 34 (8.27%) Aruba
6 17 (4.14%) ESRI
7 14 (3.41%) Red Hat
7 14 (3.41%) VMware
8 12 (2.92%) IBM
9 11 (2.68%) Salesforce
10 10 (2.43%) ServiceNow
11 8 (1.95%) Google
12 6 (1.46%) Intergraph
12 6 (1.46%) Remedy
13 4 (0.97%) IFS
13 4 (0.97%) Informatica
13 4 (0.97%) Pure Storage
14 3 (0.73%) Fortinet
14 3 (0.73%) Samsung
14 3 (0.73%) Workday