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 13 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 15 20
Rank change year-on-year -13 +5 +3
Contract jobs citing Migration 416 339 357
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 6.34% 9.54% 8.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.80% 10.76% 10.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 270 192 233
10th Percentile £353 £325 £357
25th Percentile £425 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.11%
75th Percentile £617 £620 £613
90th Percentile £700 £675 £687
England median daily rate £537 £520 £525
% change year-on-year +3.27% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 52 6
10th Percentile £15.29 £16.30 £24.25
25th Percentile £15.50 - £30.50
Median hourly rate £32.24 £25.15 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.19% -30.14% +33.33%
75th Percentile £43.37 £26.94 £49.25
90th Percentile £70.20 £70.63 £53.38
England median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £34.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -26.03% -45.60%

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 5,330 3,151 3,565
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 81.25% 88.71% 83.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,081 1,970 2,144
10th Percentile £275 £213 £255
25th Percentile £420 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -1.96% -2.86%
75th Percentile £620 £588 £625
90th Percentile £713 £650 £688
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 688 327 183
10th Percentile £13.45 £13.50 £16.25
25th Percentile £16.33 £16.17 £30.00
Median hourly rate £46.90 £21.25 £58.49
Median % change year-on-year +120.71% -63.67% +7.56%
75th Percentile £70.00 £44.86 £70.00
90th Percentile £88.23 £69.65 £75.19
England median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +59.05% -40.82% -5.56%

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 13 October 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 13 October 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 13 October 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 -14 204 £559 +11.75% 124
Berkshire -5 143 £575 +4.55% 76
Hampshire -18 102 £525 +2.44% 44
Surrey -5 48 £460 -23.33% 38
Buckinghamshire -21 42 £523 +49.29% 30
West Sussex -8 37 £475 -17.39% 12
Oxfordshire -23 19 £450 - 19
Kent +4 12 £625 +30.21% 8
Middlesex -14 7 - - 1
East Sussex -4 2 £471 +147.89% 6
Home Counties - 1 £600 -
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 23 (5.53%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.92%) Confluence
3 4 (0.96%) Oracle Workflow
4 3 (0.72%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.72%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.48%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.48%) Drupal
5 2 (0.48%) JBoss
5 2 (0.48%) WebSphere Application Server
6 1 (0.24%) Apache
6 1 (0.24%) CIMPLICITY
6 1 (0.24%) IIS
6 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.24%) nginx
6 1 (0.24%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.24%) Predix
6 1 (0.24%) SAS
6 1 (0.24%) Tomcat
Applications
1 15 (3.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.44%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.96%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.24%) CINEMA 4D
5 1 (0.24%) Houdini
5 1 (0.24%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 37 (8.89%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.92%) Remedy ITSM
3 7 (1.68%) Remedy AR System
4 6 (1.44%) Oracle Assets
4 6 (1.44%) SAP FI
5 5 (1.20%) Oracle Payables
5 5 (1.20%) Oracle Receivables
5 5 (1.20%) Siebel CRM
5 5 (1.20%) Teamcenter
6 4 (0.96%) NEC Housing
6 4 (0.96%) SAP GTS
6 4 (0.96%) SAP HCM
6 4 (0.96%) SAP SD
6 4 (0.96%) SAP VC
7 3 (0.72%) Oracle General Ledger
7 3 (0.72%) SAP Business One
7 3 (0.72%) SAP FI-AP
7 3 (0.72%) Workday HCM
8 2 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
8 2 (0.48%) SAP CO
Cloud Services
1 99 (23.80%) Azure
2 64 (15.38%) AWS
3 32 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
4 30 (7.21%) GCP
5 26 (6.25%) SaaS
6 19 (4.57%) Power Platform
7 17 (4.09%) OCI
8 12 (2.88%) SuccessFactors
9 9 (2.16%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (2.16%) Dynamics 365
10 8 (1.92%) iPaaS
11 7 (1.68%) Entra ID
11 7 (1.68%) Microsoft Copilot
12 6 (1.44%) Azure Data Factory
12 6 (1.44%) OpenShift
13 4 (0.96%) GitHub
13 4 (0.96%) OneDrive
14 3 (0.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 3 (0.72%) IaaS
14 3 (0.72%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 18 (4.33%) Firewall
2 17 (4.09%) DNS
3 11 (2.64%) DHCP
3 11 (2.64%) VPN
4 7 (1.68%) WAN
5 6 (1.44%) LAN
5 6 (1.44%) VSAN
6 5 (1.20%) SD-WAN
7 4 (0.96%) Network Security
7 4 (0.96%) Unified Communications
7 4 (0.96%) VLAN
7 4 (0.96%) VoIP
8 3 (0.72%) Broadband
8 3 (0.72%) Internet
8 3 (0.72%) Software-Defined Networking
8 3 (0.72%) SSL
8 3 (0.72%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.72%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.48%) Cisco Firepower
9 2 (0.48%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (4.81%) Oracle Database
2 18 (4.33%) Power BI
3 14 (3.37%) Metadata
4 11 (2.64%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (1.20%) GIS
5 5 (1.20%) Oracle Reports
5 5 (1.20%) Siebel EIM
5 5 (1.20%) Spatial Data
5 5 (1.20%) SQL Server
6 4 (0.96%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 3 (0.72%) Big Data
7 3 (0.72%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.72%) Spark SQL
8 2 (0.48%) Delta Lake
8 2 (0.48%) MySQL
8 2 (0.48%) Semantic Layer
8 2 (0.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.48%) Tableau
9 1 (0.24%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.24%) Data Hub
Development Applications
1 17 (4.09%) JIRA
2 7 (1.68%) Postman
3 6 (1.44%) GitLab
4 3 (0.72%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.72%) Zephyr
5 2 (0.48%) Artifactory
5 2 (0.48%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.48%) Git
6 1 (0.24%) Hudson
6 1 (0.24%) MSI
6 1 (0.24%) RStudio
6 1 (0.24%) TestRail
General
1 118 (28.37%) Social Skills
2 80 (19.23%) Finance
3 38 (9.13%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (5.77%) Retail
5 23 (5.53%) Public Sector
6 18 (4.33%) Manufacturing
7 16 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
8 14 (3.37%) General Ledger
9 13 (3.13%) Automotive
9 13 (3.13%) Telecoms
10 12 (2.88%) Documentation Skills
11 11 (2.64%) Aerospace
12 8 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (1.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (1.68%) Legal
13 7 (1.68%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (1.20%) Local Government
14 5 (1.20%) Marketing
15 4 (0.96%) Banking
15 4 (0.96%) Billing
Job Titles
1 75 (18.03%) Architect
2 50 (12.02%) Lead
3 47 (11.30%) Consultant
4 39 (9.38%) Analyst
5 35 (8.41%) Senior
6 32 (7.69%) Project Manager
7 27 (6.49%) Solutions Architect
8 24 (5.77%) Data Engineer
9 21 (5.05%) SAP Consultant
10 19 (4.57%) Data Migration Lead
11 18 (4.33%) Cloud Engineer
12 17 (4.09%) Accountant
12 17 (4.09%) Migration Engineer
13 16 (3.85%) Administrator
14 14 (3.37%) Business Analyst
14 14 (3.37%) Cloud Architect
15 13 (3.13%) Data Migration Engineer
15 13 (3.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 11 (2.64%) IT Support
16 11 (2.64%) Migration Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (5.29%) REST
2 21 (5.05%) Terraform
3 17 (4.09%) Middleware
4 15 (3.61%) SOAP
5 13 (3.13%) LDAP
6 9 (2.16%) Oracle Fusion
7 6 (1.44%) Kafka
7 6 (1.44%) SAP Fiori
8 5 (1.20%) JSON
8 5 (1.20%) PySpark
8 5 (1.20%) RESTful
8 5 (1.20%) XML
9 4 (0.96%) Web Services
10 2 (0.48%) ADO
10 2 (0.48%) ARM Templates
10 2 (0.48%) EDI
11 1 (0.24%) AWS CDK
11 1 (0.24%) NETCONF
11 1 (0.24%) OpenConfig
11 1 (0.24%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 26 (6.25%) Legacy Systems
2 22 (5.29%) Enterprise Software
3 21 (5.05%) Onboarding
4 18 (4.33%) CMDB
4 18 (4.33%) Data Centre
4 18 (4.33%) Hybrid Cloud
5 16 (3.85%) Management Information System
6 13 (3.13%) Enterprise Cloud
7 10 (2.40%) Cloud Native
7 10 (2.40%) Greenfield Project
7 10 (2.40%) Product Ownership
8 9 (2.16%) Public Cloud
9 7 (1.68%) Data Protection Act
9 7 (1.68%) Data Structures
10 6 (1.44%) Legacy Applications
11 4 (0.96%) NHS
11 4 (0.96%) PKI
11 4 (0.96%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (0.72%) SCADA
12 3 (0.72%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 36 (8.65%) Windows
2 27 (6.49%) Linux
3 20 (4.81%) Windows Server
4 16 (3.85%) Windows 10
5 13 (3.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (0.96%) VMS
7 3 (0.72%) Unix
8 2 (0.48%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.24%) CentOS
9 1 (0.24%) macOS
9 1 (0.24%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 152 (36.54%) Data Migration
2 114 (27.40%) Stakeholder Management
3 66 (15.87%) Problem-Solving
4 56 (13.46%) Agile
5 54 (12.98%) Validation
6 44 (10.58%) User Acceptance Testing
7 43 (10.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 39 (9.38%) Analytics
9 38 (9.13%) Continuous Improvement
10 36 (8.65%) Roadmaps
11 34 (8.17%) ERP
12 33 (7.93%) Project Delivery
13 32 (7.69%) Data Modelling
13 32 (7.69%) DevOps
14 27 (6.49%) Business Intelligence
15 26 (6.25%) AI
15 26 (6.25%) CI/CD
15 26 (6.25%) Infrastructure as Code
15 26 (6.25%) ITSM
15 26 (6.25%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 44 (10.58%) SQL
2 36 (8.65%) Python
3 25 (6.01%) Bash
4 18 (4.33%) PowerShell
5 14 (3.37%) PL/SQL
6 7 (1.68%) Bicep
7 3 (0.72%) Java
8 2 (0.48%) Perl
8 2 (0.48%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.24%) ABAP
9 1 (0.24%) C#
9 1 (0.24%) C++
9 1 (0.24%) PHP
9 1 (0.24%) R
Qualifications
1 110 (26.44%) Security Cleared
2 83 (19.95%) SC Cleared
3 29 (6.97%) DV Cleared
4 16 (3.85%) Degree
5 11 (2.64%) Azure Certification
6 10 (2.40%) AWS Certification
7 9 (2.16%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (1.92%) ACCA
8 8 (1.92%) CIMA
9 7 (1.68%) PMP
10 6 (1.44%) ISTQB
10 6 (1.44%) PMI Certification
10 6 (1.44%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 4 (0.96%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (0.96%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 4 (0.96%) SAP Certification
11 4 (0.96%) TOGAF Certification
11 4 (0.96%) VCAP
12 3 (0.72%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (0.72%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (10.10%) Data Quality
2 26 (6.25%) QA
3 18 (4.33%) GDPR
4 5 (1.20%) IFRS
5 4 (0.96%) Actionable Recommendations
5 4 (0.96%) PMO
6 3 (0.72%) NCSC
6 3 (0.72%) NIST
7 2 (0.48%) GRC
7 2 (0.48%) SLA
8 1 (0.24%) COSHH
8 1 (0.24%) GAAP
8 1 (0.24%) ISO 19650
8 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.24%) OpenSCAP
8 1 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.24%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 39 (9.38%) Active Directory
2 17 (4.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (1.92%) VMware ESXi
3 8 (1.92%) VMware NSX
4 7 (1.68%) Docker
5 6 (1.44%) vSphere
6 5 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.96%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.48%) IAG
9 1 (0.24%) Corosync
9 1 (0.24%) Dovecot
9 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.24%) Postfix
9 1 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 24 (5.77%) Kubernetes
2 11 (2.64%) Ansible
3 7 (1.68%) SCCM
3 7 (1.68%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (1.44%) Cisco CUCM
4 6 (1.44%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (1.44%) vCenter Server
5 3 (0.72%) Progress Chef
5 3 (0.72%) Puppet
6 2 (0.48%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.48%) Istio
7 1 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.24%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.24%) Argo
7 1 (0.24%) Avamar
7 1 (0.24%) HAProxy
7 1 (0.24%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.24%) Pacemaker
7 1 (0.24%) Packer
7 1 (0.24%) Podman
Vendors
1 90 (21.63%) Microsoft
2 65 (15.63%) SAP
3 64 (15.38%) Oracle
4 22 (5.29%) VMware
5 19 (4.57%) Databricks
6 18 (4.33%) Cisco
7 14 (3.37%) BMC
8 13 (3.13%) CyberArk
9 12 (2.88%) ServiceNow
10 10 (2.40%) Salesforce
11 8 (1.92%) Remedy
11 8 (1.92%) Workday
12 7 (1.68%) Red Hat
13 6 (1.44%) Google
13 6 (1.44%) Siebel
14 5 (1.20%) IFS
15 4 (0.96%) Adobe
15 4 (0.96%) IBM
15 4 (0.96%) OpenAI
15 4 (0.96%) SolarWinds