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

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 15 24
Rank change year-on-year -3 +9 +2
Contract jobs citing Migration 467 290 322
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 7.86% 9.62% 5.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.77% 10.53% 7.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 293 191 225
10th Percentile £358 £329 £313
25th Percentile £425 £400 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £650 £625 £588
90th Percentile £744 £694 £688
England median daily rate £515 £530 £525
% change year-on-year -2.83% +0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 7 6
10th Percentile £15.62 £41.15 £20.63
25th Percentile £19.34 £58.75 £23.94
Median hourly rate £23.58 £67.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -65.07% +125.00% -52.00%
75th Percentile £41.83 £80.00 £32.50
90th Percentile £78.88 £86.57 £41.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £27.40 £40.00
% change year-on-year -8.21% -31.50% -42.24%

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 4,782 2,755 4,596
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 80.52% 91.44% 84.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,121 1,766 2,674
10th Percentile £280 £250 £250
25th Percentile £410 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £501
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -0.10% -1.86%
75th Percentile £610 £600 £625
90th Percentile £706 £663 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 431 172 439
10th Percentile £15.25 £13.09 £13.00
25th Percentile £24.81 £15.00 £18.20
Median hourly rate £55.00 £27.63 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +99.06% -41.83% -5.00%
75th Percentile £82.25 £62.24 £62.50
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £76.86
England median hourly rate £47.00 £29.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year +62.07% -20.55% +0.69%

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 18 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 18 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 18 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 -6 239 £525 +5.00% 47
Berkshire 0 163 £563 +12.50% 30
Hampshire -6 107 £588 - 21
Buckinghamshire -4 62 £522 +26.55% 11
Surrey +7 53 £525 +20.00% 9
West Sussex 0 36 £475 +1.06% 5
Kent -3 16 £488 +14.71% 3
Oxfordshire -25 14 £500 - 6
East Sussex -2 4 £467 -26.75%
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 10 (2.14%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.71%) ArcGIS
2 8 (1.71%) CMS
3 6 (1.28%) Confluence
4 4 (0.86%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.86%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
4 4 (0.86%) WebSphere
4 4 (0.86%) WebSphere Application Server
5 3 (0.64%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 3 (0.64%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.43%) Apache Pulsar
6 2 (0.43%) Drupal
6 2 (0.43%) GeoServer
6 2 (0.43%) IBM HTTP Server
6 2 (0.43%) JBoss
6 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.43%) Oracle HTTP Server
6 2 (0.43%) Smallworld
6 2 (0.43%) WebSphere Portal
7 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 43 (9.21%) 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%) SAP Business One
4 4 (0.86%) SAP R/3
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%) NEC Housing
6 2 (0.43%) Remedy AR System
6 2 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.43%) SAP GTS
6 2 (0.43%) SAP SD
6 2 (0.43%) SAP VC
6 2 (0.43%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 90 (19.27%) Azure
2 58 (12.42%) AWS
3 40 (8.57%) OCI
4 27 (5.78%) Entra ID
4 27 (5.78%) GCP
5 22 (4.71%) Power Platform
6 14 (3.00%) Microsoft 365
7 9 (1.93%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (1.93%) SaaS
8 8 (1.71%) OpenShift
8 8 (1.71%) Snowflake
9 6 (1.28%) Amazon S3
9 6 (1.28%) AWS CloudFormation
9 6 (1.28%) AWS KMS
9 6 (1.28%) IaaS
9 6 (1.28%) PaaS
9 6 (1.28%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 5 (1.07%) AWS Lambda
10 5 (1.07%) Serverless
11 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 11 (2.36%) Network Security
8 11 (2.36%) VPN
9 10 (2.14%) BGP
9 10 (2.14%) MPLS
10 9 (1.93%) OSPF
10 9 (1.93%) TCP/IP
11 7 (1.50%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 7 (1.50%) SAN
11 7 (1.50%) VLAN
12 6 (1.28%) NAS
13 4 (0.86%) IPsec
13 4 (0.86%) Wi-Fi
13 4 (0.86%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (4.71%) Power BI
2 17 (3.64%) GIS
3 15 (3.21%) Metadata
4 13 (2.78%) PostgreSQL
5 12 (2.57%) SQL Server
6 11 (2.36%) Oracle Reports
7 9 (1.93%) Data Warehouse
7 9 (1.93%) Relational Database
8 7 (1.50%) Oracle Database
8 7 (1.50%) Spatial Data
9 6 (1.28%) Geospatial Data
9 6 (1.28%) QGIS
10 5 (1.07%) Big Data
11 4 (0.86%) DynamoDB
11 4 (0.86%) NoSQL
11 4 (0.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (0.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 3 (0.64%) Data Mining
12 3 (0.64%) Oracle Exadata
12 3 (0.64%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 14 (3.00%) JIRA
2 8 (1.71%) Rational DOORS
3 4 (0.86%) Eclipse
3 4 (0.86%) GitLab
3 4 (0.86%) Maven
3 4 (0.86%) Subversion
4 3 (0.64%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.43%) Introscope
6 1 (0.21%) Git
6 1 (0.21%) Hudson
6 1 (0.21%) JUnit
6 1 (0.21%) Liquibase
6 1 (0.21%) Mockito
6 1 (0.21%) Postman
6 1 (0.21%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.21%) TestRail
6 1 (0.21%) Zephyr
General
1 105 (22.48%) Finance
2 104 (22.27%) Social Skills
3 51 (10.92%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (7.07%) Documentation Skills
5 24 (5.14%) Public Sector
6 21 (4.50%) Manufacturing
7 20 (4.28%) Legal
8 18 (3.85%) Retail
9 12 (2.57%) Aerospace
10 11 (2.36%) Marketing
10 11 (2.36%) Telecoms
11 10 (2.14%) Automotive
11 10 (2.14%) Banking
12 7 (1.50%) General Ledger
13 6 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (0.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 4 (0.86%) Local Government
15 3 (0.64%) Advertising
16 2 (0.43%) Police
16 2 (0.43%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 108 (23.13%) Lead
2 59 (12.63%) Architect
3 43 (9.21%) Data Migration Lead
4 35 (7.49%) Analyst
5 33 (7.07%) Project Manager
6 30 (6.42%) Consultant
7 28 (6.00%) Migration Engineer
8 23 (4.93%) Senior
9 18 (3.85%) Data Engineer
9 18 (3.85%) Developer
10 16 (3.43%) Data Analyst
11 15 (3.21%) Accountant
12 14 (3.00%) Business Analyst
13 12 (2.57%) Cloud Engineer
13 12 (2.57%) Solutions Architect
14 11 (2.36%) Data Architect
14 11 (2.36%) Data Migration Engineer
14 11 (2.36%) IT Engineer
15 10 (2.14%) Migration Manager
15 10 (2.14%) Systems Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (5.78%) Oracle Fusion
2 13 (2.78%) Kafka
3 12 (2.57%) LDAP
4 10 (2.14%) REST
5 7 (1.50%) .NET
5 7 (1.50%) SOAP
6 6 (1.28%) Middleware
6 6 (1.28%) XML
7 4 (0.86%) EDI
7 4 (0.86%) PySpark
7 4 (0.86%) React
7 4 (0.86%) Spring
7 4 (0.86%) Spring Boot
8 3 (0.64%) CSS
8 3 (0.64%) CSS3
8 3 (0.64%) HTML
8 3 (0.64%) HTML5
8 3 (0.64%) OAuth
8 3 (0.64%) Vue
9 2 (0.43%) OSGi
Miscellaneous
1 50 (10.71%) Legacy Systems
2 27 (5.78%) Data Centre
3 24 (5.14%) Onboarding
4 19 (4.07%) Replication
5 16 (3.43%) Greenfield Project
6 15 (3.21%) Public Cloud
7 9 (1.93%) Cloud Native
7 9 (1.93%) CMDB
7 9 (1.93%) Data Structures
7 9 (1.93%) Hybrid Cloud
7 9 (1.93%) Management Information System
8 8 (1.71%) Data Protection Act
8 8 (1.71%) Product Ownership
8 8 (1.71%) Virtual Team
9 5 (1.07%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (1.07%) Mainframe
9 5 (1.07%) Marketing Technology
10 4 (0.86%) Clustering
10 4 (0.86%) Distributed Systems
10 4 (0.86%) LLPG
Operating Systems
1 25 (5.35%) Windows
2 23 (4.93%) Linux
3 7 (1.50%) Windows 10
4 5 (1.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (1.07%) Unix
4 5 (1.07%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.86%) Ubuntu
5 4 (0.86%) VMS
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
1 176 (37.69%) Data Migration
2 87 (18.63%) Stakeholder Management
3 80 (17.13%) Agile
4 73 (15.63%) Validation
5 69 (14.78%) User Acceptance Testing
6 56 (11.99%) Problem-Solving
7 52 (11.13%) ERP
8 43 (9.21%) Data Cleansing
9 40 (8.57%) Data Protection
10 35 (7.49%) Change Management
11 34 (7.28%) DevOps
12 32 (6.85%) Data Modelling
13 30 (6.42%) Analytics
13 30 (6.42%) Business Intelligence
13 30 (6.42%) ETL
13 30 (6.42%) Scenario Testing
14 28 (6.00%) Continuous Improvement
14 28 (6.00%) Project Delivery
15 27 (5.78%) Data Validation
15 27 (5.78%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 38 (8.14%) SQL
2 27 (5.78%) PowerShell
3 23 (4.93%) Python
4 15 (3.21%) Bash
5 12 (2.57%) Java
6 10 (2.14%) PL/SQL
7 7 (1.50%) Bicep
7 7 (1.50%) T-SQL
8 4 (0.86%) Perl
9 3 (0.64%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.43%) Jython
10 2 (0.43%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.21%) C#
11 1 (0.21%) Delphi
11 1 (0.21%) Google Apps Script
11 1 (0.21%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.21%) PHP
11 1 (0.21%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.21%) VBA
Qualifications
1 147 (31.48%) Security Cleared
2 114 (24.41%) SC Cleared
3 43 (9.21%) DV Cleared
4 18 (3.85%) 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
9 5 (1.07%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (0.86%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.64%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.64%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.43%) CCIE
12 2 (0.43%) CCNP
12 2 (0.43%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.21%) CCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (7.07%) Data Quality
1 33 (7.07%) GDPR
2 20 (4.28%) QA
3 12 (2.57%) NIST
4 11 (2.36%) NCSC
5 10 (2.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (1.93%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (1.50%) COBIT
8 5 (1.07%) PMO
9 4 (0.86%) BS7666
9 4 (0.86%) GRC
9 4 (0.86%) SLA
10 2 (0.43%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.43%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.21%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.21%) DICOM
11 1 (0.21%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.21%) HL7
11 1 (0.21%) ISO 8583
11 1 (0.21%) SEPA
System Software
1 25 (5.35%) Active Directory
2 20 (4.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (2.14%) Virtual Desktop
4 8 (1.71%) vSphere
5 5 (1.07%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (1.07%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (0.86%) Docker
7 3 (0.64%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.64%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.21%) BitLocker
8 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
4 8 (1.71%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (1.50%) Ansible
6 5 (1.07%) SCCM
7 4 (0.86%) FortiGate
8 3 (0.64%) Grafana
8 3 (0.64%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.43%) CA Wily
9 2 (0.43%) Istio
9 2 (0.43%) linkerd
9 2 (0.43%) Nessus
9 2 (0.43%) Tivoli
10 1 (0.21%) Cisco CUCM
10 1 (0.21%) Fluentd
10 1 (0.21%) McAfee ePO
10 1 (0.21%) Packer
10 1 (0.21%) Red Hat Satellite
10 1 (0.21%) WSUS
Vendors
1 71 (15.20%) Oracle
1 71 (15.20%) SAP
2 69 (14.78%) Microsoft
3 23 (4.93%) VMware
4 21 (4.50%) Salesforce
5 17 (3.64%) Google
6 15 (3.21%) Cisco
6 15 (3.21%) IFS
7 14 (3.00%) ServiceNow
8 12 (2.57%) ESRI
9 10 (2.14%) IBM
10 8 (1.71%) Palo Alto
11 7 (1.50%) Citrix
11 7 (1.50%) F5
11 7 (1.50%) Siebel
12 6 (1.28%) Adobe
12 6 (1.28%) Databricks
12 6 (1.28%) Red Hat
13 5 (1.07%) NetApp
13 5 (1.07%) Sage