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 22 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 15 29
Rank change year-on-year -4 +14 -4
Contract jobs citing Migration 477 286 346
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 7.70% 9.40% 5.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.50% 10.30% 7.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 303 181 245
10th Percentile £355 £325 £328
25th Percentile £425 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -2.44% -2.38%
75th Percentile £646 £600 £595
90th Percentile £733 £675 £688
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 13 8
10th Percentile £13.99 - £21.48
25th Percentile £19.34 £25.15 £26.31
Median hourly rate £39.13 £57.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.94% +91.67% -35.83%
75th Percentile £41.83 £73.75 £36.88
90th Percentile £85.25 £85.00 £50.90
England median hourly rate £30.00 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +19.28% -37.13% -38.46%

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 5,023 2,778 4,763
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 81.09% 91.32% 82.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,187 1,745 2,744
10th Percentile £280 £250 £263
25th Percentile £413 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -2.44% +0.49%
75th Percentile £610 £600 £634
90th Percentile £700 £663 £700
England median daily rate £520 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 490 214 481
10th Percentile £15.09 £13.33 £13.05
25th Percentile £23.47 £15.12 £18.32
Median hourly rate £53.90 £24.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +124.58% -52.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £82.25 £55.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £76.99
England median hourly rate £47.50 £27.06 £38.12
% change year-on-year +75.52% -29.01% +8.82%

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 22 June 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 22 June 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 22 June 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 -5 229 £540 +15.20% 32
Berkshire +6 161 £558 +11.50% 10
Hampshire -7 120 £550 +3.58% 20
Buckinghamshire -13 53 £530 +47.22% 18
Surrey -3 52 £525 +5.00% 6
West Sussex +7 46 £467 -0.64% 4
Kent +10 17 £475 +42.86% 5
Oxfordshire -34 15 £500 +40.85% 4
East Sussex -3 4 £471 -24.64%
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 19 (3.98%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.47%) ArcGIS
2 7 (1.47%) CMS
3 6 (1.26%) Confluence
4 5 (1.05%) Oracle Workflow
5 4 (0.84%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.84%) WebSphere
5 4 (0.84%) WebSphere Application Server
6 3 (0.63%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
7 2 (0.42%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.42%) Apache Pulsar
7 2 (0.42%) Drupal
7 2 (0.42%) GeoServer
7 2 (0.42%) IBM HTTP Server
7 2 (0.42%) JBoss
7 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.42%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 2 (0.42%) SAS
7 2 (0.42%) Smallworld
7 2 (0.42%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 20 (4.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (2.31%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (1.47%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.84%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 44 (9.22%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (3.98%) Oracle EBS
3 6 (1.26%) NEC Housing
3 6 (1.26%) SAP ERP
4 5 (1.05%) Oracle EBS R12
4 5 (1.05%) Siebel CRM
5 4 (0.84%) SAP Business One
5 4 (0.84%) SAP GTS
5 4 (0.84%) SAP SD
5 4 (0.84%) SAP VC
6 3 (0.63%) Adobe Campaign
6 3 (0.63%) Oracle 11i
6 3 (0.63%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.63%) Primavera
6 3 (0.63%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.63%) SAP R/3
7 2 (0.42%) Eloqua
7 2 (0.42%) Oracle Assets
8 1 (0.21%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.21%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 93 (19.50%) Azure
2 65 (13.63%) AWS
3 34 (7.13%) OCI
4 28 (5.87%) GCP
5 26 (5.45%) Power Platform
6 25 (5.24%) Entra ID
7 18 (3.77%) SaaS
8 14 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
9 7 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (1.47%) IaaS
9 7 (1.47%) OpenShift
10 6 (1.26%) Amazon S3
10 6 (1.26%) PaaS
10 6 (1.26%) Snowflake
11 5 (1.05%) AWS Lambda
11 5 (1.05%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (1.05%) OneDrive
11 5 (1.05%) Serverless
12 4 (0.84%) Amazon EKS
12 4 (0.84%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 30 (6.29%) Firewall
2 27 (5.66%) DNS
3 20 (4.19%) WAN
4 19 (3.98%) DHCP
5 16 (3.35%) SD-WAN
6 13 (2.73%) LAN
7 12 (2.52%) Kerberos
7 12 (2.52%) VPN
8 11 (2.31%) Network Security
9 10 (2.10%) BGP
10 9 (1.89%) MPLS
10 9 (1.89%) OSPF
10 9 (1.89%) TCP/IP
11 7 (1.47%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 7 (1.47%) VLAN
12 6 (1.26%) NAS
12 6 (1.26%) SAN
12 6 (1.26%) VSAN
13 5 (1.05%) IPsec
14 4 (0.84%) BIG-IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (5.45%) Power BI
2 14 (2.94%) GIS
3 13 (2.73%) Metadata
3 13 (2.73%) Oracle Reports
4 12 (2.52%) PostgreSQL
4 12 (2.52%) SQL Server
5 11 (2.31%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (1.89%) Relational Database
7 8 (1.68%) Oracle Database
8 7 (1.47%) Spatial Data
9 6 (1.26%) QGIS
10 5 (1.05%) Big Data
10 5 (1.05%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 5 (1.05%) Siebel EIM
10 5 (1.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 4 (0.84%) DynamoDB
11 4 (0.84%) NoSQL
11 4 (0.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 3 (0.63%) Data Mining
12 3 (0.63%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 16 (3.35%) JIRA
2 8 (1.68%) Rational DOORS
3 6 (1.26%) GitLab
3 6 (1.26%) Postman
4 5 (1.05%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.84%) Eclipse
5 4 (0.84%) Maven
5 4 (0.84%) Subversion
6 3 (0.63%) Zephyr
7 2 (0.42%) Introscope
8 1 (0.21%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.21%) Git
8 1 (0.21%) Hudson
8 1 (0.21%) JUnit
8 1 (0.21%) Liquibase
8 1 (0.21%) Mockito
8 1 (0.21%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.21%) TestRail
General
1 106 (22.22%) Finance
2 101 (21.17%) Social Skills
3 50 (10.48%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (6.71%) Documentation Skills
5 22 (4.61%) Legal
5 22 (4.61%) Public Sector
6 21 (4.40%) Manufacturing
7 20 (4.19%) Automotive
7 20 (4.19%) Retail
8 13 (2.73%) Aerospace
9 10 (2.10%) Marketing
9 10 (2.10%) Telecoms
10 8 (1.68%) Banking
11 7 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
11 7 (1.47%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (1.26%) General Ledger
13 5 (1.05%) Local Government
14 4 (0.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 3 (0.63%) Advertising
16 2 (0.42%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 100 (20.96%) Lead
2 59 (12.37%) Architect
3 43 (9.01%) Analyst
4 39 (8.18%) Project Manager
5 36 (7.55%) Data Migration Lead
6 28 (5.87%) Consultant
7 27 (5.66%) Migration Engineer
7 27 (5.66%) Senior
8 24 (5.03%) Data Engineer
9 22 (4.61%) Developer
10 16 (3.35%) Data Analyst
10 16 (3.35%) Solutions Architect
11 15 (3.14%) Data Migration Engineer
12 14 (2.94%) Accountant
12 14 (2.94%) Business Analyst
13 12 (2.52%) Cloud Engineer
14 11 (2.31%) Data Architect
14 11 (2.31%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 11 (2.31%) Migration Manager
15 10 (2.10%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (4.40%) Oracle Fusion
2 15 (3.14%) Kafka
3 12 (2.52%) LDAP
3 12 (2.52%) REST
4 10 (2.10%) SOAP
4 10 (2.10%) XML
5 7 (1.47%) Middleware
6 5 (1.05%) RESTful
7 4 (0.84%) EDI
7 4 (0.84%) JSON
7 4 (0.84%) OAuth
7 4 (0.84%) SAP Fiori
7 4 (0.84%) Spring
7 4 (0.84%) Spring Boot
8 3 (0.63%) OAuth2
8 3 (0.63%) React
9 2 (0.42%) 802.1X
9 2 (0.42%) HTML5
9 2 (0.42%) PySpark
9 2 (0.42%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 51 (10.69%) Legacy Systems
2 30 (6.29%) Data Centre
3 27 (5.66%) Onboarding
4 19 (3.98%) Replication
5 15 (3.14%) Greenfield Project
6 14 (2.94%) Public Cloud
7 13 (2.73%) Hybrid Cloud
8 12 (2.52%) Management Information System
8 12 (2.52%) Product Ownership
9 11 (2.31%) Cloud Native
9 11 (2.31%) CMDB
10 10 (2.10%) Enterprise Software
11 9 (1.89%) Data Structures
12 7 (1.47%) Data Protection Act
12 7 (1.47%) Virtual Team
13 6 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
14 5 (1.05%) Marketing Technology
14 5 (1.05%) PKI
15 4 (0.84%) LLPG
15 4 (0.84%) NLPG
Operating Systems
1 32 (6.71%) Windows
2 24 (5.03%) Linux
3 9 (1.89%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.47%) Unix
5 6 (1.26%) Windows 10
6 5 (1.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (1.05%) Ubuntu
6 5 (1.05%) VMS
7 3 (0.63%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.42%) Oracle Linux
8 2 (0.42%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
8 2 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.21%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 188 (39.41%) Data Migration
2 96 (20.13%) Stakeholder Management
3 82 (17.19%) Agile
4 72 (15.09%) Validation
5 64 (13.42%) User Acceptance Testing
6 58 (12.16%) Problem-Solving
7 52 (10.90%) ERP
8 43 (9.01%) Data Cleansing
9 41 (8.60%) Data Protection
10 38 (7.97%) Data Modelling
11 37 (7.76%) Business Intelligence
12 36 (7.55%) Change Management
13 34 (7.13%) Analytics
14 33 (6.92%) Scenario Testing
15 32 (6.71%) ETL
15 32 (6.71%) Project Management
15 32 (6.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 31 (6.50%) DevOps
16 31 (6.50%) Project Delivery
17 29 (6.08%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 51 (10.69%) SQL
2 32 (6.71%) PowerShell
3 27 (5.66%) Python
4 19 (3.98%) Bash
5 13 (2.73%) PL/SQL
6 12 (2.52%) Java
7 8 (1.68%) Bicep
8 5 (1.05%) T-SQL
9 4 (0.84%) Perl
10 2 (0.42%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.42%) Jython
10 2 (0.42%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.21%) Google Apps Script
11 1 (0.21%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.21%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.21%) VBA
Qualifications
1 132 (27.67%) Security Cleared
2 103 (21.59%) SC Cleared
3 39 (8.18%) DV Cleared
4 15 (3.14%) Degree
5 9 (1.89%) AWS Certification
5 9 (1.89%) PMP
6 6 (1.26%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (1.26%) PMI Certification
7 5 (1.05%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 4 (0.84%) ACCA
8 4 (0.84%) Azure Certification
8 4 (0.84%) CIMA
8 4 (0.84%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (0.84%) DBS Check
8 4 (0.84%) ISTQB
9 3 (0.63%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (0.63%) VCAP
9 3 (0.63%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 2 (0.42%) CCIE
10 2 (0.42%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (8.60%) Data Quality
2 39 (8.18%) GDPR
3 24 (5.03%) QA
4 11 (2.31%) NIST
5 9 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (1.68%) NCSC
7 7 (1.47%) PMO
8 5 (1.05%) COBIT
8 5 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (0.84%) BS7666
9 4 (0.84%) SLA
10 3 (0.63%) GRC
10 3 (0.63%) IFRS
11 2 (0.42%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.42%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.21%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.21%) Disclosure Scotland
12 1 (0.21%) OpenSCAP
12 1 (0.21%) SEPA
12 1 (0.21%) SOC 2
System Software
1 29 (6.08%) Active Directory
2 25 (5.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (1.89%) VMware ESXi
3 9 (1.89%) vSphere
4 7 (1.47%) VMware NSX
5 6 (1.26%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (1.05%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.63%) Docker
7 3 (0.63%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.21%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.21%) Dovecot
8 1 (0.21%) Postfix
8 1 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 20 (4.19%) Terraform
2 14 (2.94%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 9 (1.89%) Ansible
3 9 (1.89%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (1.68%) Kubernetes
5 6 (1.26%) SCCM
6 4 (0.84%) FortiGate
7 3 (0.63%) Grafana
7 3 (0.63%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.63%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.42%) CA Wily
8 2 (0.42%) Cisco CUCM
8 2 (0.42%) Istio
8 2 (0.42%) linkerd
8 2 (0.42%) Nessus
8 2 (0.42%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.42%) Puppet
8 2 (0.42%) Tivoli
9 1 (0.21%) WSUS
Vendors
1 73 (15.30%) Microsoft
2 71 (14.88%) Oracle
3 65 (13.63%) SAP
4 28 (5.87%) VMware
5 24 (5.03%) Salesforce
6 20 (4.19%) Cisco
7 17 (3.56%) ServiceNow
8 16 (3.35%) Google
9 15 (3.14%) IFS
10 10 (2.10%) IBM
10 10 (2.10%) Siebel
11 9 (1.89%) ESRI
11 9 (1.89%) Palo Alto
12 8 (1.68%) F5
13 7 (1.47%) Databricks
13 7 (1.47%) Red Hat
14 6 (1.26%) NEC
14 6 (1.26%) SolarWinds
15 5 (1.05%) BMC
15 5 (1.05%) NetApp