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 31 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 20 28
Rank change year-on-year +5 +8 0
Contract jobs citing Migration 488 253 327
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 8.89% 8.56% 5.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.79% 9.35% 6.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 296 168 239
10th Percentile £363 £346 £313
25th Percentile £450 £421 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £541 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.96% +5.56% -1.44%
75th Percentile £643 £638 £638
90th Percentile £735 £691 £688
England median daily rate £515 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -4.19% +2.38% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 6 9
10th Percentile £15.75 £37.38 £21.99
25th Percentile £19.34 £57.50 £24.25
Median hourly rate £23.58 £71.25 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -66.91% +137.50% -37.50%
75th Percentile £25.46 £85.31 £32.50
90th Percentile £81.00 £86.65 £53.50
England median hourly rate £23.83 £28.75 £46.23
% change year-on-year -17.13% -37.81% -26.91%

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 4,522 2,705 4,879
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 82.37% 91.57% 86.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,947 1,742 2,880
10th Percentile £280 £257 £218
25th Percentile £410 £401 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £508 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.49% +1.50% -1.23%
75th Percentile £610 £613 £615
90th Percentile £700 £675 £688
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 400 156 416
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.20 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £18.03 £18.20
Median hourly rate £39.28 £32.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +20.85% -23.53% -5.56%
75th Percentile £81.00 £62.50 £62.47
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £76.86
England median hourly rate £37.00 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year +13.85% - -13.33%

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 31 March 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 31 March 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 31 March 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 +10 283 £522 -5.09% 53
Berkshire +7 194 £525 -4.55% 31
Hampshire -1 109 £575 -2.13% 26
Buckinghamshire +8 68 £520 +4.00% 16
Surrey +6 46 £525 +31.25% 11
West Sussex -1 30 £502 +7.16% 1
Oxfordshire -10 21 £500 - 7
Kent -6 12 £488 +46.62% 7
East Sussex 0 4 £475 -25.49% 1
Middlesex - 1 - - 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 12 (2.46%) ArcGIS
2 9 (1.84%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.64%) CMS
3 8 (1.64%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
4 4 (0.82%) Confluence
5 3 (0.61%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.41%) Apache Pulsar
6 2 (0.41%) GeoServer
6 2 (0.41%) IBM HTTP Server
6 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.41%) Oracle HTTP Server
6 2 (0.41%) Smallworld
6 2 (0.41%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.41%) WebSphere Application Server
6 2 (0.41%) WebSphere Portal
7 1 (0.20%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.20%) SAS
7 1 (0.20%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 17 (3.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (2.87%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 47 (9.63%) Oracle EBS
2 28 (5.74%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (1.64%) Oracle EBS R12
4 7 (1.43%) SAP ERP
5 5 (1.02%) Maximo
5 5 (1.02%) SAP R/3
6 4 (0.82%) Remedy ITSM
7 3 (0.61%) Adobe Campaign
7 3 (0.61%) Oracle 11i
7 3 (0.61%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.61%) Primavera
7 3 (0.61%) Salesforce CRM
7 3 (0.61%) SAP FI
8 2 (0.41%) Eloqua
8 2 (0.41%) NEC Housing
8 2 (0.41%) Remedy AR System
9 1 (0.20%) Dynamics AX
9 1 (0.20%) Dynamics GP
9 1 (0.20%) Oracle General Ledger
9 1 (0.20%) SAP CO
Cloud Services
1 85 (17.42%) Azure
2 51 (10.45%) AWS
3 49 (10.04%) OCI
4 27 (5.53%) Entra ID
5 18 (3.69%) GCP
6 17 (3.48%) Power Platform
7 13 (2.66%) Microsoft 365
8 10 (2.05%) SaaS
9 9 (1.84%) IaaS
10 8 (1.64%) OpenShift
11 7 (1.43%) Azure DevOps
12 6 (1.23%) AWS CloudFormation
12 6 (1.23%) AWS KMS
12 6 (1.23%) PaaS
12 6 (1.23%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 5 (1.02%) Amazon EKS
13 5 (1.02%) Snowflake
14 4 (0.82%) Amazon GuardDuty
14 4 (0.82%) AWS CloudTrail
14 4 (0.82%) AWS Control Tower
Communications & Networking
1 24 (4.92%) DNS
2 23 (4.71%) Firewall
3 16 (3.28%) WAN
4 14 (2.87%) DHCP
5 12 (2.46%) Kerberos
5 12 (2.46%) SD-WAN
6 10 (2.05%) LAN
6 10 (2.05%) MPLS
6 10 (2.05%) Network Security
7 9 (1.84%) TCP/IP
8 8 (1.64%) BGP
8 8 (1.64%) OSPF
9 7 (1.43%) SAN
9 7 (1.43%) VPN
10 6 (1.23%) NAS
11 5 (1.02%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 5 (1.02%) VSAN
12 4 (0.82%) IPsec
12 4 (0.82%) Wireless
13 3 (0.61%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (3.48%) Power BI
2 16 (3.28%) GIS
3 12 (2.46%) Metadata
3 12 (2.46%) Oracle Reports
3 12 (2.46%) SQL Server
4 10 (2.05%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (1.43%) Oracle Database
6 6 (1.23%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (1.23%) Geospatial Data
6 6 (1.23%) Relational Database
7 5 (1.02%) QGIS
7 5 (1.02%) SAP Data Services
8 4 (0.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (0.61%) Data Mining
9 3 (0.61%) OLAP
9 3 (0.61%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 3 (0.61%) Oracle Exadata
9 3 (0.61%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 9 (1.84%) Jenkins
1 9 (1.84%) JIRA
2 8 (1.64%) Rational DOORS
3 4 (0.82%) Eclipse
3 4 (0.82%) Maven
3 4 (0.82%) Subversion
4 3 (0.61%) GitLab
5 2 (0.41%) Introscope
5 2 (0.41%) JMeter
5 2 (0.41%) JUnit
5 2 (0.41%) Oracle APEX
5 2 (0.41%) Oracle Forms
5 2 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.20%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.20%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.20%) Gatling
6 1 (0.20%) Gradle
6 1 (0.20%) Liquibase
6 1 (0.20%) Mockito
General
1 129 (26.43%) Social Skills
2 85 (17.42%) Finance
3 64 (13.11%) Public Sector
4 46 (9.43%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (4.10%) Documentation Skills
6 16 (3.28%) Manufacturing
7 15 (3.07%) Legal
8 13 (2.66%) Marketing
9 12 (2.46%) Telecoms
10 11 (2.25%) Retail
11 9 (1.84%) Banking
12 8 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (1.23%) Aerospace
13 6 (1.23%) Automotive
14 5 (1.02%) Electronics
14 5 (1.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 4 (0.82%) General Ledger
15 4 (0.82%) Local Government
16 3 (0.61%) Advertising
16 3 (0.61%) Police
Job Titles
1 79 (16.19%) Lead
2 67 (13.73%) Architect
3 61 (12.50%) Consultant
4 37 (7.58%) Project Manager
5 33 (6.76%) Network Consultant
6 28 (5.74%) Analyst
7 25 (5.12%) Migration Engineer
7 25 (5.12%) Senior
8 23 (4.71%) Data Migration Lead
9 20 (4.10%) Solutions Architect
10 19 (3.89%) Developer
11 18 (3.69%) IT Engineer
12 14 (2.87%) Data Analyst
13 13 (2.66%) Delivery Manager
14 11 (2.25%) Accountant
14 11 (2.25%) Technical Manager
15 10 (2.05%) Business Analyst
15 10 (2.05%) Cloud Engineer
15 10 (2.05%) Data Engineer
15 10 (2.05%) SAP Data Migration Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (6.97%) Oracle Fusion
2 13 (2.66%) LDAP
3 10 (2.05%) Kafka
4 9 (1.84%) .NET
5 8 (1.64%) REST
6 6 (1.23%) XML
7 5 (1.02%) React
7 5 (1.02%) SOAP
8 4 (0.82%) Middleware
8 4 (0.82%) PySpark
9 3 (0.61%) CSS
9 3 (0.61%) CSS3
9 3 (0.61%) HTML
9 3 (0.61%) HTML5
9 3 (0.61%) OAuth
9 3 (0.61%) RabbitMQ
9 3 (0.61%) Vue
10 2 (0.41%) AngularJS
10 2 (0.41%) OAuth2
10 2 (0.41%) OSGi
Miscellaneous
1 50 (10.25%) Legacy Systems
2 22 (4.51%) Onboarding
3 20 (4.10%) Replication
4 19 (3.89%) Data Centre
5 13 (2.66%) Greenfield Project
6 11 (2.25%) Data Protection Act
6 11 (2.25%) Public Cloud
7 10 (2.05%) Data Structures
8 9 (1.84%) Product Ownership
9 8 (1.64%) Cloud Native
9 8 (1.64%) CMDB
10 7 (1.43%) Hybrid Cloud
10 7 (1.43%) Management Information System
10 7 (1.43%) Virtual Team
11 5 (1.02%) Mainframe
11 5 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (0.82%) Clustering
12 4 (0.82%) Distributed Systems
12 4 (0.82%) Marketing Technology
12 4 (0.82%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 28 (5.74%) Windows
2 24 (4.92%) Linux
3 14 (2.87%) Windows 10
4 4 (0.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (0.82%) Ubuntu
4 4 (0.82%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.61%) Unix
6 2 (0.41%) Oracle Linux
6 2 (0.41%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
6 2 (0.41%) VMS
6 2 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.20%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (30.33%) Data Migration
2 93 (19.06%) Stakeholder Management
3 70 (14.34%) Agile
4 62 (12.70%) Validation
5 59 (12.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 57 (11.68%) Roadmaps
7 50 (10.25%) User Acceptance Testing
8 49 (10.04%) Problem-Solving
9 48 (9.84%) ERP
10 45 (9.22%) Data Cleansing
11 39 (7.99%) Workflow
12 35 (7.17%) Collaborative Working
12 35 (7.17%) Data Protection
13 34 (6.97%) Data Modelling
13 34 (6.97%) DevOps
13 34 (6.97%) Workflow Management
14 33 (6.76%) ITIL
15 31 (6.35%) Project Management
16 30 (6.15%) Change Management
17 29 (5.94%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 33 (6.76%) SQL
2 30 (6.15%) PowerShell
3 21 (4.30%) Python
4 12 (2.46%) Bash
4 12 (2.46%) Java
5 7 (1.43%) T-SQL
6 6 (1.23%) Bicep
6 6 (1.23%) PL/SQL
7 4 (0.82%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.41%) C#
8 2 (0.41%) Jython
8 2 (0.41%) Perl
9 1 (0.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.20%) Delphi
9 1 (0.20%) Google Apps Script
9 1 (0.20%) PHP
9 1 (0.20%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.20%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.20%) VBA
9 1 (0.20%) X++
Qualifications
1 181 (37.09%) Security Cleared
2 151 (30.94%) SC Cleared
3 36 (7.38%) DV Cleared
4 24 (4.92%) Degree
5 12 (2.46%) PMP
6 9 (1.84%) PMI Certification
7 8 (1.64%) AWS Certification
8 6 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (1.02%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 5 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (0.82%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.61%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.41%) ACCA
12 2 (0.41%) CIMA
12 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.41%) OCP
12 2 (0.41%) Oracle Certification
13 1 (0.20%) ITIL Certification
13 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 1 (0.20%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (6.56%) Data Quality
2 26 (5.33%) GDPR
3 18 (3.69%) QA
4 16 (3.28%) NIST
5 14 (2.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (2.46%) NCSC
7 11 (2.25%) COBIT
8 9 (1.84%) Cyber Essentials
9 7 (1.43%) PMO
10 4 (0.82%) GRC
10 4 (0.82%) SLA
11 3 (0.61%) BS7666
12 2 (0.41%) ISO 20022
12 2 (0.41%) PCI DSS
13 1 (0.20%) Accessibility
13 1 (0.20%) DICOM
13 1 (0.20%) Disclosure Scotland
13 1 (0.20%) HL7
13 1 (0.20%) SEPA
13 1 (0.20%) SOC 2
System Software
1 24 (4.92%) Active Directory
2 23 (4.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (3.07%) Virtual Desktop
4 8 (1.64%) vSphere
5 7 (1.43%) VMware NSX
6 6 (1.23%) Docker
7 4 (0.82%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.41%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.41%) NFS
8 2 (0.41%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.20%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 21 (4.30%) Terraform
2 13 (2.66%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 11 (2.25%) Kubernetes
4 9 (1.84%) Ansible
5 8 (1.64%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (1.23%) vCenter Server
7 5 (1.02%) SCCM
8 4 (0.82%) Argo
8 4 (0.82%) Grafana
9 3 (0.61%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.41%) BMC PATROL
10 2 (0.41%) CA Wily
10 2 (0.41%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.41%) Istio
10 2 (0.41%) linkerd
10 2 (0.41%) Nessus
10 2 (0.41%) Tivoli
11 1 (0.20%) Cisco CUCM
11 1 (0.20%) Fluentd
11 1 (0.20%) WSUS
Vendors
1 83 (17.01%) Oracle
2 68 (13.93%) Microsoft
3 56 (11.48%) SAP
4 43 (8.81%) Cisco
5 35 (7.17%) Aruba
6 25 (5.12%) VMware
7 15 (3.07%) Salesforce
7 15 (3.07%) ServiceNow
8 13 (2.66%) ESRI
8 13 (2.66%) IBM
9 12 (2.46%) Google
10 9 (1.84%) Palo Alto
11 8 (1.64%) Citrix
11 8 (1.64%) Red Hat
12 7 (1.43%) IFS
13 6 (1.23%) Adobe
13 6 (1.23%) Sage
14 5 (1.02%) F5
15 4 (0.82%) Atlassian
15 4 (0.82%) Splunk