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

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 21 24
Rank change year-on-year +10 +3 +10
Contract jobs citing Migration 390 349 402
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 10.08% 8.37% 7.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.46% 9.89% 8.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 228 232 282
10th Percentile £325 £375 £400
25th Percentile £425 £444 £489
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% -1.82% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £635 £688
90th Percentile £679 £687 £738
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 6 7
10th Percentile £17.00 £31.00 £18.77
25th Percentile £25.12 £33.50 £21.98
Median hourly rate £25.15 £45.25 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.42% +67.59% -31.21%
75th Percentile - £53.56 £55.99
90th Percentile £69.55 £68.13 £64.19
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £67.00
% change year-on-year -26.03% -49.25% +29.59%

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 3,402 3,529 4,849
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 87.91% 84.65% 89.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,148 2,151 3,178
10th Percentile £219 £258 £221
25th Percentile £389 £403 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £520
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -1.44% +1.96%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £616
90th Percentile £655 £688 £696
England median daily rate £509 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.05% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 373 168 248
10th Percentile £14.00 £16.25 £16.25
25th Percentile £16.17 £30.00 £24.88
Median hourly rate £20.71 £58.17 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -64.40% +10.80% +40.00%
75th Percentile £33.05 £70.00 £66.30
90th Percentile £68.50 £75.00 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -32.93% -15.73% +27.14%

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 7 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 7 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 7 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 +9 226 £500 -9.09% 283
Berkshire +5 149 £500 -13.04% 240
Hampshire +15 103 £530 -7.83% 48
Buckinghamshire +6 48 £350 -30.00% 32
Oxfordshire +8 28 £500 -9.09% 15
Surrey -15 28 £600 +14.29% 12
West Sussex -5 20 £638 +63.46% 15
Kent +1 6 £480 -17.95% 10
East Sussex -7 5 £190 -55.29% 3
Middlesex - 3 £850 - 2
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 (2.82%) ArcGIS
2 10 (2.56%) Smallworld
3 9 (2.31%) Confluence
3 9 (2.31%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (1.79%) SharePoint
5 6 (1.54%) GeoServer
6 3 (0.77%) Oracle Spatial
7 2 (0.51%) Camunda
7 2 (0.51%) CMS
7 2 (0.51%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
7 2 (0.51%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.26%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.26%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.26%) IIS
8 1 (0.26%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 12 (3.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (2.82%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.51%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 25 (6.41%) Oracle EBS
2 21 (5.38%) SAP S/4HANA
3 10 (2.56%) Maximo
4 6 (1.54%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 4 (1.03%) Remedy ITSM
5 4 (1.03%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.77%) Oracle EBS R12
6 3 (0.77%) SAP MDG
6 3 (0.77%) SAP PM
7 2 (0.51%) Avolution ABACUS
7 2 (0.51%) Dynamics AX
7 2 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
7 2 (0.51%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.51%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.26%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.26%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
8 1 (0.26%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.26%) SAP HCM
8 1 (0.26%) SAP IBP
8 1 (0.26%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 66 (16.92%) Azure
2 26 (6.67%) AWS
3 24 (6.15%) OCI
4 23 (5.90%) OpenShift
5 18 (4.62%) Microsoft 365
6 15 (3.85%) Entra ID
7 14 (3.59%) Amazon EKS
8 10 (2.56%) SaaS
9 9 (2.31%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (2.31%) Power Platform
10 8 (2.05%) Dynamics 365
10 8 (2.05%) GCP
11 5 (1.28%) IaaS
12 4 (1.03%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 4 (1.03%) GitHub
12 4 (1.03%) PowerApps
13 3 (0.77%) Asana
13 3 (0.77%) Azure Sentinel
13 3 (0.77%) Cloud Computing
13 3 (0.77%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.85%) Firewall
2 10 (2.56%) DNS
2 10 (2.56%) VPN
3 8 (2.05%) WAN
4 6 (1.54%) LAN
5 5 (1.28%) VLAN
6 4 (1.03%) 4G
6 4 (1.03%) 5G
6 4 (1.03%) Internet
6 4 (1.03%) Network Security
6 4 (1.03%) TCP/IP
6 4 (1.03%) VoIP
7 3 (0.77%) DOCSIS
7 3 (0.77%) GPON
7 3 (0.77%) LTE
7 3 (0.77%) MPLS
7 3 (0.77%) Radio Access Network
7 3 (0.77%) SSL
7 3 (0.77%) VSAN
7 3 (0.77%) xDSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (4.62%) GIS
2 14 (3.59%) Oracle Reports
3 12 (3.08%) SQL Server
4 9 (2.31%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (2.05%) QGIS
6 7 (1.79%) Data Lake
6 7 (1.79%) Power BI
6 7 (1.79%) Tableau
7 6 (1.54%) Geospatial Data
7 6 (1.54%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 6 (1.54%) SAP HANA
8 5 (1.28%) Metadata
9 4 (1.03%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (1.03%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (1.03%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (1.03%) Spatial Data
10 3 (0.77%) Big Data
10 3 (0.77%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.77%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 28 (7.18%) JIRA
2 21 (5.38%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.51%) Artifactory
3 2 (0.51%) Bitbucket
3 2 (0.51%) Git
3 2 (0.51%) GitLab
4 1 (0.26%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.26%) Gatling
4 1 (0.26%) Gradle
4 1 (0.26%) JMeter
4 1 (0.26%) JUnit
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.26%) Poetry
4 1 (0.26%) Pylint
4 1 (0.26%) SoapUI
4 1 (0.26%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.26%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 136 (34.87%) Social Skills
2 57 (14.62%) Public Sector
3 54 (13.85%) Finance
4 29 (7.44%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (4.87%) Manufacturing
6 18 (4.62%) Telecoms
7 11 (2.82%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (2.31%) Marketing
8 9 (2.31%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (2.05%) Retail
10 7 (1.79%) Electronics
11 6 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (1.54%) Legal
12 5 (1.28%) General Ledger
13 4 (1.03%) Local Government
14 3 (0.77%) Aerospace
14 3 (0.77%) Banking
14 3 (0.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 2 (0.51%) Advertising
15 2 (0.51%) Billing
Job Titles
1 57 (14.62%) Architect
2 52 (13.33%) Consultant
3 34 (8.72%) Lead
4 33 (8.46%) Network Consultant
5 28 (7.18%) Senior
6 25 (6.41%) Project Manager
7 24 (6.15%) Analyst
8 23 (5.90%) Solutions Architect
9 18 (4.62%) IT Engineer
10 15 (3.85%) Platform Engineer
11 14 (3.59%) Data Migration Lead
12 13 (3.33%) Migration Engineer
13 12 (3.08%) Desktop Support
13 12 (3.08%) Developer
13 12 (3.08%) Windows Engineer
14 11 (2.82%) Administrator
15 10 (2.56%) Data Analyst
15 10 (2.56%) Programme Manager
15 10 (2.56%) Support Engineer
15 10 (2.56%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (4.10%) Middleware
2 12 (3.08%) React
3 11 (2.82%) Oracle Fusion
4 4 (1.03%) SAP Fiori
4 4 (1.03%) SAP PI
4 4 (1.03%) WebdriverIO
5 3 (0.77%) Kafka
5 3 (0.77%) Lightning Web Components
5 3 (0.77%) PostGIS
5 3 (0.77%) Visualforce
5 3 (0.77%) Web Services
6 2 (0.51%) .NET
6 2 (0.51%) BAPI
6 2 (0.51%) EDI
6 2 (0.51%) IDoc
6 2 (0.51%) JSON
6 2 (0.51%) LDAP
6 2 (0.51%) REST
6 2 (0.51%) SailPoint
6 2 (0.51%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 36 (9.23%) Legacy Systems
2 17 (4.36%) Data Structures
2 17 (4.36%) Onboarding
2 17 (4.36%) Private Cloud
3 13 (3.33%) Data Centre
4 11 (2.82%) Product Ownership
5 9 (2.31%) Data Protection Act
5 9 (2.31%) Life Science
6 7 (1.79%) Cloud Native
6 7 (1.79%) Driving Licence
6 7 (1.79%) Renewable Energy
7 6 (1.54%) Greenfield Project
7 6 (1.54%) Replication
8 5 (1.28%) Legacy Applications
8 5 (1.28%) PKI
8 5 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.03%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.03%) Distributed Systems
10 3 (0.77%) Cyber Defence
10 3 (0.77%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 29 (7.44%) Windows
2 11 (2.82%) Linux
3 9 (2.31%) Windows 10
4 7 (1.79%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.26%) Unix
5 1 (0.26%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (29.23%) Data Migration
2 80 (20.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 68 (17.44%) Agile
4 58 (14.87%) Roadmaps
4 58 (14.87%) Stakeholder Management
5 55 (14.10%) Workflow
6 53 (13.59%) Workflow Management
7 50 (12.82%) Problem-Solving
8 45 (11.54%) Collaborative Working
9 39 (10.00%) Data Modelling
10 35 (8.97%) DevOps
11 33 (8.46%) ERP
12 31 (7.95%) Validation
13 27 (6.92%) CI/CD
14 26 (6.67%) User Acceptance Testing
15 25 (6.41%) Change Management
15 25 (6.41%) Data Cleansing
15 25 (6.41%) Project Management
16 24 (6.15%) Business Intelligence
16 24 (6.15%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 37 (9.49%) SQL
2 36 (9.23%) Python
3 34 (8.72%) PowerShell
4 17 (4.36%) C#
5 15 (3.85%) Java
5 15 (3.85%) JavaScript
6 10 (2.56%) Bash
7 7 (1.79%) Shell Script
8 4 (1.03%) VB
9 3 (0.77%) Apex Code
9 3 (0.77%) Bicep
9 3 (0.77%) Magik
10 1 (0.26%) ABAP
10 1 (0.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.26%) Jython
10 1 (0.26%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.26%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.26%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.26%) X++
Qualifications
1 140 (35.90%) Security Cleared
2 117 (30.00%) SC Cleared
3 35 (8.97%) Degree
4 22 (5.64%) DV Cleared
5 15 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (2.31%) OCP
6 9 (2.31%) Oracle Certification
7 8 (2.05%) Master's Degree
8 7 (1.79%) Azure Certification
9 5 (1.28%) AWS Certification
9 5 (1.28%) PMI Certification
9 5 (1.28%) PMP
10 4 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.77%) PgMP
11 3 (0.77%) TOGAF Certification
12 2 (0.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.51%) SAP Certification
13 1 (0.26%) CCNA
13 1 (0.26%) CCNP
13 1 (0.26%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (7.44%) Data Quality
2 18 (4.62%) GDPR
3 14 (3.59%) QA
4 10 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (2.56%) NIST
5 4 (1.03%) COBIT
6 2 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.51%) GRC
6 2 (0.51%) OASIS TOSCA
6 2 (0.51%) PMBOK
7 1 (0.26%) Government Security Classifications
7 1 (0.26%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.26%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.26%) NCSC
7 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.26%) PMO
7 1 (0.26%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (4.87%) Active Directory
2 13 (3.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.54%) Docker
3 6 (1.54%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (1.28%) VMware NSX
4 5 (1.28%) vSphere
5 2 (0.51%) NFS
5 2 (0.51%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.26%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 27 (6.92%) Kubernetes
2 24 (6.15%) Ansible
3 14 (3.59%) Terraform
4 8 (2.05%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (1.54%) vCenter Server
6 4 (1.03%) Argo
7 3 (0.77%) Grafana
7 3 (0.77%) SCCM
7 3 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.51%) Amdocs OSS
8 2 (0.51%) BMC PATROL
8 2 (0.51%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.51%) Kibana
8 2 (0.51%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.26%) Cisco CUCM
9 1 (0.26%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.26%) SCOM
Vendors
1 59 (15.13%) Microsoft
2 52 (13.33%) Oracle
3 48 (12.31%) SAP
4 44 (11.28%) Cisco
5 35 (8.97%) Aruba
6 17 (4.36%) ESRI
6 17 (4.36%) Red Hat
7 15 (3.85%) VMware
8 13 (3.33%) IBM
9 11 (2.82%) Salesforce
10 9 (2.31%) ServiceNow
11 7 (1.79%) Google
12 6 (1.54%) Citrix
12 6 (1.54%) Intergraph
12 6 (1.54%) Remedy
13 4 (1.03%) IFS
13 4 (1.03%) Informatica
13 4 (1.03%) Pure Storage
14 3 (0.77%) Samsung
14 3 (0.77%) Workday