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 24 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 14 27
Rank change year-on-year -4 +13 0
Contract jobs citing Migration 467 278 327
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 7.81% 9.48% 5.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.71% 10.37% 7.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 294 180 226
10th Percentile £356 £329 £313
25th Percentile £426 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -4.31%
75th Percentile £648 £600 £588
90th Percentile £733 £677 £688
England median daily rate £520 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.05% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 9 7
10th Percentile £15.37 £23.82 £21.05
25th Percentile £19.35 £25.15 £25.13
Median hourly rate £23.58 £62.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -62.28% +108.33% -52.00%
75th Percentile £41.83 £73.75 £32.50
90th Percentile £83.24 £86.41 £39.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year - -37.13% -41.61%

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 4,809 2,681 4,623
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 80.43% 91.41% 83.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,130 1,727 2,687
10th Percentile £280 £250 £255
25th Percentile £412 £386 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £500 £501
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% -0.20% -0.79%
75th Percentile £610 £600 £625
90th Percentile £700 £656 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 439 174 443
10th Percentile £15.05 £13.33 £13.00
25th Percentile £22.79 £15.00 £18.20
Median hourly rate £52.50 £27.05 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +94.10% -43.06% -5.00%
75th Percentile £82.25 £61.71 £62.50
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £76.86
England median hourly rate £45.25 £28.48 £36.50
% change year-on-year +58.88% -21.97% -2.14%

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 24 May 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 24 May 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 24 May 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 -3 238 £528 +9.90% 32
Berkshire +4 162 £563 +12.50% 21
Hampshire -4 106 £560 -2.61% 20
Buckinghamshire -12 60 £522 +26.55% 10
Surrey +5 52 £525 +10.53% 9
West Sussex +1 38 £463 -1.60% 7
Kent -3 16 £488 +14.71% 3
Oxfordshire -25 16 £500 +16.28% 1
East Sussex -2 5 £475 -25.49%
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 (2.36%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.50%) ArcGIS
2 7 (1.50%) CMS
3 6 (1.28%) Confluence
4 5 (1.07%) Oracle Workflow
5 4 (0.86%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.86%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
5 4 (0.86%) WebSphere
5 4 (0.86%) WebSphere Application Server
6 3 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.43%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.43%) Apache Pulsar
7 2 (0.43%) Drupal
7 2 (0.43%) GeoServer
7 2 (0.43%) IBM HTTP Server
7 2 (0.43%) JBoss
7 2 (0.43%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 2 (0.43%) Smallworld
7 2 (0.43%) WebSphere Portal
8 1 (0.21%) SAS
Applications
1 20 (4.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (2.78%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (1.07%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 44 (9.42%) SAP S/4HANA
2 27 (5.78%) Oracle EBS
3 6 (1.28%) Oracle EBS R12
3 6 (1.28%) SAP ERP
4 4 (0.86%) NEC Housing
4 4 (0.86%) SAP Business One
4 4 (0.86%) SAP GTS
4 4 (0.86%) SAP R/3
4 4 (0.86%) SAP SD
4 4 (0.86%) SAP VC
4 4 (0.86%) Siebel CRM
5 3 (0.64%) Adobe Campaign
5 3 (0.64%) Oracle 11i
5 3 (0.64%) Oracle Assets
5 3 (0.64%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.64%) Primavera
5 3 (0.64%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.43%) Eloqua
6 2 (0.43%) Remedy AR System
6 2 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 91 (19.49%) Azure
2 59 (12.63%) AWS
3 42 (8.99%) OCI
4 28 (6.00%) Entra ID
5 26 (5.57%) GCP
6 22 (4.71%) Power Platform
7 16 (3.43%) Microsoft 365
8 12 (2.57%) SaaS
9 9 (1.93%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (1.71%) OpenShift
10 8 (1.71%) Snowflake
11 7 (1.50%) IaaS
12 6 (1.28%) Amazon S3
12 6 (1.28%) AWS CloudFormation
12 6 (1.28%) AWS KMS
12 6 (1.28%) PaaS
12 6 (1.28%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 5 (1.07%) AWS Lambda
13 5 (1.07%) Serverless
14 4 (0.86%) AWS CloudTrail
Communications & Networking
1 28 (6.00%) Firewall
2 25 (5.35%) DNS
3 20 (4.28%) WAN
4 18 (3.85%) DHCP
5 16 (3.43%) SD-WAN
6 13 (2.78%) LAN
7 12 (2.57%) Kerberos
8 10 (2.14%) BGP
8 10 (2.14%) MPLS
8 10 (2.14%) Network Security
8 10 (2.14%) VPN
9 9 (1.93%) OSPF
9 9 (1.93%) TCP/IP
10 7 (1.50%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 7 (1.50%) SAN
10 7 (1.50%) VLAN
11 6 (1.28%) NAS
12 4 (0.86%) BIG-IP
12 4 (0.86%) Wi-Fi
12 4 (0.86%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (4.71%) Power BI
2 15 (3.21%) GIS
2 15 (3.21%) Metadata
3 13 (2.78%) Oracle Reports
3 13 (2.78%) SQL Server
4 12 (2.57%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (2.36%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (1.93%) Oracle Database
6 9 (1.93%) Relational Database
7 7 (1.50%) Spatial Data
8 6 (1.28%) QGIS
9 5 (1.07%) Big Data
9 5 (1.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (0.86%) DynamoDB
10 4 (0.86%) Geospatial Data
10 4 (0.86%) NoSQL
10 4 (0.86%) Siebel EIM
10 4 (0.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (0.64%) Data Lake
11 3 (0.64%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 16 (3.43%) JIRA
2 8 (1.71%) Rational DOORS
3 5 (1.07%) GitLab
3 5 (1.07%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.86%) Eclipse
4 4 (0.86%) Maven
4 4 (0.86%) Subversion
5 3 (0.64%) Zephyr
6 2 (0.43%) Introscope
6 2 (0.43%) Postman
7 1 (0.21%) Git
7 1 (0.21%) Hudson
7 1 (0.21%) JUnit
7 1 (0.21%) Liquibase
7 1 (0.21%) Mockito
7 1 (0.21%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.21%) TestRail
General
1 104 (22.27%) Finance
2 103 (22.06%) Social Skills
3 50 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (6.85%) Documentation Skills
5 22 (4.71%) Public Sector
6 20 (4.28%) Legal
6 20 (4.28%) Manufacturing
7 18 (3.85%) Retail
8 13 (2.78%) Automotive
9 12 (2.57%) Aerospace
10 10 (2.14%) Banking
10 10 (2.14%) Telecoms
11 9 (1.93%) Marketing
12 7 (1.50%) General Ledger
13 6 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (0.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 3 (0.64%) Advertising
16 2 (0.43%) Back Office
16 2 (0.43%) Local Government
16 2 (0.43%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 105 (22.48%) Lead
2 58 (12.42%) Architect
3 40 (8.57%) Data Migration Lead
4 38 (8.14%) Analyst
5 35 (7.49%) Project Manager
6 32 (6.85%) Consultant
7 27 (5.78%) Migration Engineer
8 24 (5.14%) Senior
9 21 (4.50%) Developer
10 18 (3.85%) Data Engineer
11 16 (3.43%) Data Analyst
12 15 (3.21%) Accountant
12 15 (3.21%) Business Analyst
13 12 (2.57%) Solutions Architect
14 11 (2.36%) Cloud Engineer
14 11 (2.36%) Data Architect
14 11 (2.36%) Data Migration Engineer
14 11 (2.36%) Migration Manager
15 10 (2.14%) IT Engineer
15 10 (2.14%) Systems Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (5.78%) Oracle Fusion
2 14 (3.00%) Kafka
3 12 (2.57%) LDAP
4 9 (1.93%) REST
5 7 (1.50%) SOAP
5 7 (1.50%) XML
6 6 (1.28%) Middleware
7 4 (0.86%) EDI
7 4 (0.86%) PySpark
7 4 (0.86%) SAP Fiori
7 4 (0.86%) Spring
7 4 (0.86%) Spring Boot
8 3 (0.64%) OAuth
8 3 (0.64%) React
9 2 (0.43%) CSS
9 2 (0.43%) HTML5
9 2 (0.43%) JMS
9 2 (0.43%) RabbitMQ
9 2 (0.43%) RESTful
9 2 (0.43%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 48 (10.28%) Legacy Systems
2 28 (6.00%) Data Centre
3 24 (5.14%) Onboarding
4 19 (4.07%) Replication
5 15 (3.21%) Greenfield Project
6 14 (3.00%) Public Cloud
7 10 (2.14%) Hybrid Cloud
8 9 (1.93%) Cloud Native
8 9 (1.93%) CMDB
8 9 (1.93%) Data Structures
8 9 (1.93%) Management Information System
9 8 (1.71%) Data Protection Act
9 8 (1.71%) Product Ownership
10 7 (1.50%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (1.28%) Virtual Team
12 5 (1.07%) Marketing Technology
13 4 (0.86%) Distributed Systems
13 4 (0.86%) LLPG
13 4 (0.86%) NLPG
13 4 (0.86%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 25 (5.35%) Windows
2 22 (4.71%) Linux
3 6 (1.28%) Windows 10
3 6 (1.28%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (1.07%) Unix
4 5 (1.07%) VMS
5 4 (0.86%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.43%) Oracle Linux
6 2 (0.43%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
6 2 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.21%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 183 (39.19%) Data Migration
2 89 (19.06%) Stakeholder Management
3 80 (17.13%) Agile
4 72 (15.42%) Validation
5 69 (14.78%) User Acceptance Testing
6 58 (12.42%) Problem-Solving
7 52 (11.13%) ERP
8 43 (9.21%) Data Cleansing
9 40 (8.57%) Data Protection
10 34 (7.28%) Change Management
11 33 (7.07%) DevOps
12 32 (6.85%) Data Modelling
12 32 (6.85%) ETL
12 32 (6.85%) Scenario Testing
13 30 (6.42%) Analytics
13 30 (6.42%) Project Management
14 29 (6.21%) Business Intelligence
15 28 (6.00%) Project Delivery
15 28 (6.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 28 (6.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 42 (8.99%) SQL
2 28 (6.00%) PowerShell
3 23 (4.93%) Python
4 15 (3.21%) Bash
5 11 (2.36%) Java
5 11 (2.36%) PL/SQL
6 7 (1.50%) Bicep
6 7 (1.50%) T-SQL
7 4 (0.86%) Perl
8 2 (0.43%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.43%) Jython
8 2 (0.43%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.21%) Google Apps Script
9 1 (0.21%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.21%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.21%) VBA
Qualifications
1 145 (31.05%) Security Cleared
2 114 (24.41%) SC Cleared
3 41 (8.78%) DV Cleared
4 17 (3.64%) Degree
5 10 (2.14%) PMP
6 8 (1.71%) AWS Certification
7 7 (1.50%) PMI Certification
8 6 (1.28%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (1.07%) ACCA
9 5 (1.07%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 5 (1.07%) CIMA
10 4 (0.86%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (0.86%) DBS Check
10 4 (0.86%) ISTQB
11 3 (0.64%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.64%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (0.64%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 2 (0.43%) CCIE
12 2 (0.43%) CCNP
12 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (7.49%) GDPR
2 34 (7.28%) Data Quality
3 24 (5.14%) QA
4 12 (2.57%) NIST
5 11 (2.36%) NCSC
6 10 (2.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (1.93%) Cyber Essentials
8 7 (1.50%) COBIT
9 5 (1.07%) PMO
10 4 (0.86%) BS7666
10 4 (0.86%) GRC
10 4 (0.86%) SLA
11 2 (0.43%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.43%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.21%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.21%) Disclosure Scotland
12 1 (0.21%) HL7
12 1 (0.21%) OpenSCAP
12 1 (0.21%) SEPA
12 1 (0.21%) SOC 2
System Software
1 27 (5.78%) Active Directory
2 21 (4.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (2.14%) Virtual Desktop
4 9 (1.93%) vSphere
5 6 (1.28%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (1.28%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.64%) Docker
6 3 (0.64%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.64%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.21%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 19 (4.07%) Terraform
2 13 (2.78%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 9 (1.93%) Kubernetes
3 9 (1.93%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (1.28%) Ansible
4 6 (1.28%) SCCM
5 4 (0.86%) FortiGate
6 3 (0.64%) Grafana
6 3 (0.64%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.43%) CA Wily
7 2 (0.43%) Istio
7 2 (0.43%) linkerd
7 2 (0.43%) Nessus
7 2 (0.43%) Tivoli
8 1 (0.21%) Avamar
8 1 (0.21%) CASB
8 1 (0.21%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.21%) McAfee ePO
8 1 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.21%) WSUS
Vendors
1 73 (15.63%) Microsoft
2 72 (15.42%) Oracle
3 69 (14.78%) SAP
4 24 (5.14%) VMware
5 21 (4.50%) Salesforce
6 17 (3.64%) Cisco
7 16 (3.43%) Google
8 15 (3.21%) IFS
9 14 (3.00%) ServiceNow
10 10 (2.14%) ESRI
10 10 (2.14%) IBM
11 9 (1.93%) Siebel
12 8 (1.71%) Palo Alto
13 7 (1.50%) Citrix
13 7 (1.50%) F5
14 6 (1.28%) Databricks
14 6 (1.28%) Red Hat
15 5 (1.07%) Adobe
15 5 (1.07%) NetApp
15 5 (1.07%) Sage