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

6 months to
13 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 21 24
Rank change year-on-year +8 +3 +7
Contract jobs citing Migration 392 341 391
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 9.90% 8.30% 7.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.27% 9.78% 8.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 228 229 278
10th Percentile £325 £356 £400
25th Percentile £425 £444 £483
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% -1.82% +4.76%
75th Percentile £635 £634 £688
90th Percentile £691 £687 £738
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 6 7
10th Percentile £15.91 £31.00 £18.77
25th Percentile £25.04 £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 £68.90 £68.13 £64.19
England median hourly rate £25.15 £24.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.79% -63.08% +26.58%

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 3,478 3,488 4,786
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 87.87% 84.95% 89.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,212 2,134 3,120
10th Percentile £219 £260 £218
25th Percentile £385 £403 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £520
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -1.44% +1.46%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £615
90th Percentile £662 £688 £695
England median daily rate £508 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.33% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 378 168 246
10th Percentile £14.00 £17.97 £16.33
25th Percentile £16.17 £27.69 £25.00
Median hourly rate £20.71 £57.52 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -64.00% +9.56% +20.03%
75th Percentile £34.83 £70.00 £66.39
90th Percentile £69.02 £75.00 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £36.08 £44.50
% change year-on-year -30.30% -18.92% +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 13 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 13 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 13 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 +10 228 £500 -9.09% 71
Berkshire +6 150 £500 -13.04% 42
Hampshire +18 107 £535 -6.55% 30
Buckinghamshire +7 48 £350 -30.00% 17
Oxfordshire +5 29 £550 - 16
Surrey -12 28 £600 +15.66% 15
West Sussex -3 20 £638 +131.82% 13
East Sussex -7 5 £190 -55.29% 4
Kent 0 3 £556 -4.91% 11
Middlesex - 3 £850 - 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 11 (2.81%) ArcGIS
2 10 (2.55%) Smallworld
3 9 (2.30%) Confluence
3 9 (2.30%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (1.53%) GeoServer
4 6 (1.53%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.77%) Oracle Spatial
6 2 (0.51%) Camunda
6 2 (0.51%) CMS
6 2 (0.51%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
6 2 (0.51%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.26%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.26%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 13 (3.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.04%) 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 26 (6.63%) Oracle EBS
2 22 (5.61%) SAP S/4HANA
3 10 (2.55%) Maximo
4 6 (1.53%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 4 (1.02%) Oracle EBS R12
5 4 (1.02%) Remedy ITSM
5 4 (1.02%) Salesforce CRM
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 ERP
7 2 (0.51%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.51%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.26%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.26%) SAP CO
8 1 (0.26%) SAP IBP
8 1 (0.26%) SAP R/3
Cloud Services
1 62 (15.82%) Azure
2 26 (6.63%) AWS
3 23 (5.87%) OCI
4 22 (5.61%) OpenShift
5 18 (4.59%) Microsoft 365
6 13 (3.32%) Amazon EKS
7 11 (2.81%) Entra ID
8 10 (2.55%) Azure DevOps
8 10 (2.55%) SaaS
9 9 (2.30%) Power Platform
10 8 (2.04%) Dynamics 365
10 8 (2.04%) GCP
11 5 (1.28%) IaaS
12 4 (1.02%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 4 (1.02%) GitHub
12 4 (1.02%) PowerApps
13 3 (0.77%) Azure Sentinel
13 3 (0.77%) Cloud Computing
13 3 (0.77%) Rubrik
13 3 (0.77%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.83%) Firewall
2 10 (2.55%) DNS
2 10 (2.55%) VPN
3 8 (2.04%) WAN
4 6 (1.53%) LAN
5 5 (1.28%) VLAN
6 4 (1.02%) 4G
6 4 (1.02%) 5G
6 4 (1.02%) Internet
6 4 (1.02%) MPLS
6 4 (1.02%) Network Security
6 4 (1.02%) TCP/IP
6 4 (1.02%) VoIP
7 3 (0.77%) GPON
7 3 (0.77%) LTE
7 3 (0.77%) Radio Access Network
7 3 (0.77%) SD-WAN
7 3 (0.77%) SSL
7 3 (0.77%) VSAN
7 3 (0.77%) xDSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (4.59%) GIS
2 16 (4.08%) Oracle Reports
3 12 (3.06%) SQL Server
4 9 (2.30%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (2.04%) QGIS
6 7 (1.79%) Data Lake
6 7 (1.79%) Power BI
6 7 (1.79%) Tableau
7 6 (1.53%) Geospatial Data
7 6 (1.53%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 6 (1.53%) SAP HANA
8 5 (1.28%) Azure SQL Database
8 5 (1.28%) Metadata
9 4 (1.02%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (1.02%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (1.02%) Spatial Data
10 3 (0.77%) Big Data
10 3 (0.77%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.77%) Oracle Database
10 3 (0.77%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 25 (6.38%) JIRA
2 20 (5.10%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.51%) Artifactory
3 2 (0.51%) Bitbucket
3 2 (0.51%) Git
3 2 (0.51%) GitLab
3 2 (0.51%) JMeter
3 2 (0.51%) Oracle APEX
3 2 (0.51%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.26%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.26%) Gatling
4 1 (0.26%) Gradle
4 1 (0.26%) JUnit
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
1 134 (34.18%) Social Skills
2 57 (14.54%) Public Sector
3 54 (13.78%) Finance
4 31 (7.91%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (4.85%) Manufacturing
6 18 (4.59%) Telecoms
7 9 (2.30%) Marketing
7 9 (2.30%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (2.30%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (2.04%) Retail
9 7 (1.79%) Electronics
10 6 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (1.53%) General Ledger
10 6 (1.53%) Legal
11 4 (1.02%) Banking
11 4 (1.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.02%) Local Government
12 3 (0.77%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.51%) Advertising
13 2 (0.51%) Military
Job Titles
1 58 (14.80%) Architect
2 52 (13.27%) Consultant
3 34 (8.67%) Lead
4 33 (8.42%) Network Consultant
5 26 (6.63%) Senior
6 25 (6.38%) Solutions Architect
7 24 (6.12%) Analyst
7 24 (6.12%) Project Manager
8 18 (4.59%) IT Engineer
9 14 (3.57%) Data Migration Lead
9 14 (3.57%) Developer
9 14 (3.57%) Platform Engineer
10 13 (3.32%) Migration Engineer
11 12 (3.06%) Desktop Support
11 12 (3.06%) Windows Engineer
12 11 (2.81%) Administrator
12 11 (2.81%) Technical Manager
13 10 (2.55%) Data Analyst
13 10 (2.55%) Programme Manager
13 10 (2.55%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (3.57%) Middleware
2 11 (2.81%) React
3 10 (2.55%) Oracle Fusion
4 4 (1.02%) SAP Fiori
4 4 (1.02%) SAP PI
4 4 (1.02%) 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%) REST
6 2 (0.51%) SailPoint
6 2 (0.51%) SAP Basis
7 1 (0.26%) Apache NiFi
Miscellaneous
1 37 (9.44%) Legacy Systems
2 17 (4.34%) Data Structures
3 16 (4.08%) Onboarding
3 16 (4.08%) Private Cloud
4 12 (3.06%) Data Centre
5 11 (2.81%) Product Ownership
6 9 (2.30%) Data Protection Act
6 9 (2.30%) Life Science
7 7 (1.79%) Cloud Native
7 7 (1.79%) Driving Licence
7 7 (1.79%) Renewable Energy
7 7 (1.79%) Replication
8 6 (1.53%) Greenfield Project
8 6 (1.53%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (1.28%) PKI
10 4 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (1.02%) Distributed Systems
10 4 (1.02%) Legacy Applications
11 3 (0.77%) Cyber Defence
11 3 (0.77%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 27 (6.89%) Windows
2 10 (2.55%) Linux
3 9 (2.30%) Windows 10
4 6 (1.53%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.26%) Unix
5 1 (0.26%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (29.59%) Data Migration
2 79 (20.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 67 (17.09%) Agile
4 59 (15.05%) Stakeholder Management
5 56 (14.29%) Roadmaps
6 55 (14.03%) Workflow
7 53 (13.52%) Workflow Management
8 51 (13.01%) Problem-Solving
9 46 (11.73%) Collaborative Working
10 39 (9.95%) Data Modelling
11 36 (9.18%) DevOps
11 36 (9.18%) ERP
12 32 (8.16%) Validation
13 27 (6.89%) User Acceptance Testing
14 26 (6.63%) CI/CD
15 25 (6.38%) Cybersecurity
16 24 (6.12%) Business Intelligence
16 24 (6.12%) Data Cleansing
17 22 (5.61%) Change Management
17 22 (5.61%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 38 (9.69%) SQL
2 35 (8.93%) Python
3 32 (8.16%) PowerShell
4 16 (4.08%) C#
5 14 (3.57%) Java
5 14 (3.57%) JavaScript
6 10 (2.55%) Bash
7 7 (1.79%) Shell Script
8 4 (1.02%) VB
9 3 (0.77%) Apex Code
9 3 (0.77%) Bicep
9 3 (0.77%) Magik
10 2 (0.51%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.26%) ABAP
11 1 (0.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.26%) Jython
11 1 (0.26%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.26%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.26%) X++
Qualifications
1 142 (36.22%) Security Cleared
2 120 (30.61%) SC Cleared
3 35 (8.93%) Degree
4 21 (5.36%) DV Cleared
5 15 (3.83%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (2.30%) OCP
6 9 (2.30%) Oracle Certification
7 8 (2.04%) 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 (1.02%) 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%) ACCA
13 1 (0.26%) CISM
13 1 (0.26%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (7.40%) Data Quality
2 20 (5.10%) GDPR
3 15 (3.83%) QA
4 10 (2.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (2.55%) NIST
5 4 (1.02%) COBIT
6 3 (0.77%) NCSC
7 2 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.51%) GRC
7 2 (0.51%) OASIS TOSCA
7 2 (0.51%) PMBOK
7 2 (0.51%) PMO
8 1 (0.26%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (0.26%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.26%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.26%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (4.59%) Active Directory
2 11 (2.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.53%) Docker
4 5 (1.28%) 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 26 (6.63%) Kubernetes
2 23 (5.87%) Ansible
3 14 (3.57%) Terraform
4 8 (2.04%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (1.53%) vCenter Server
6 4 (1.02%) 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
Vendors
1 57 (14.54%) Microsoft
2 53 (13.52%) Oracle
3 50 (12.76%) SAP
4 45 (11.48%) Cisco
5 35 (8.93%) Aruba
6 17 (4.34%) ESRI
7 16 (4.08%) Red Hat
8 13 (3.32%) VMware
9 12 (3.06%) IBM
10 11 (2.81%) Salesforce
11 8 (2.04%) ServiceNow
12 7 (1.79%) Google
13 6 (1.53%) Intergraph
13 6 (1.53%) Remedy
14 4 (1.02%) Fortinet
14 4 (1.02%) IFS
14 4 (1.02%) Informatica
14 4 (1.02%) Pure Storage
15 3 (0.77%) Samsung
15 3 (0.77%) Workday