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 19 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 19 25
Rank change year-on-year +2 +6 +5
Contract jobs citing Migration 413 270 335
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 8.64% 8.55% 6.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.32% 9.45% 7.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 256 172 248
10th Percentile £350 £339 £321
25th Percentile £450 £421 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £513
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +7.32% +2.50%
75th Percentile £648 £650 £660
90th Percentile £721 £688 £709
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - +3.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 5 9
10th Percentile £15.81 £33.60 £23.19
25th Percentile £19.36 £56.25 £25.00
Median hourly rate £23.58 £80.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -70.53% +166.67% -28.99%
75th Percentile £25.15 £86.25 £50.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £86.73 £63.09
England median hourly rate £23.83 £22.25 £40.00
% change year-on-year +7.08% -44.38% -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 4,001 2,857 4,747
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 83.70% 90.47% 87.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,624 1,758 2,880
10th Percentile £256 £250 £213
25th Percentile £400 £400 £392
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £600 £612 £614
90th Percentile £694 £675 £694
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 354 104 356
10th Percentile £14.50 £18.29 £13.25
25th Percentile £17.00 £24.18 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.94 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -42.76% -7.49% +5.56%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.50 £63.00
90th Percentile £82.78 £75.35 £76.53
England median hourly rate £26.78 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -23.49% - -

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 19 February 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 19 February 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 19 February 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 +6 233 £513 -6.82% 82
Berkshire +2 158 £525 -4.11% 49
Hampshire +2 92 £600 +2.13% 28
Buckinghamshire +13 57 £450 -25.93% 25
Surrey +2 46 £525 +16.67% 20
West Sussex +3 31 £500 +18.26% 10
Oxfordshire -6 18 £475 -5.00% 10
Kent -11 8 £500 -12.28% 18
East Sussex -1 5 £563 -10.00% 4
Middlesex - 1 - - 1
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 9 (2.18%) ArcGIS
2 8 (1.94%) GeoServer
2 8 (1.94%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
2 8 (1.94%) Smallworld
3 7 (1.69%) SharePoint
4 6 (1.45%) CMS
4 6 (1.45%) Confluence
5 4 (0.97%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.48%) Apache Pulsar
7 1 (0.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.24%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.24%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.24%) WebSphere
Applications
1 10 (2.42%) Microsoft Project
2 9 (2.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 39 (9.44%) Oracle EBS
2 21 (5.08%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (1.69%) SAP ERP
4 6 (1.45%) Maximo
5 5 (1.21%) Oracle EBS R12
5 5 (1.21%) SAP R/3
6 4 (0.97%) Remedy ITSM
7 3 (0.73%) Adobe Campaign
7 3 (0.73%) Oracle Receivables
7 3 (0.73%) SAP FI
8 2 (0.48%) Eloqua
8 2 (0.48%) NEC Housing
8 2 (0.48%) Remedy AR System
8 2 (0.48%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.48%) SAP MDG
9 1 (0.24%) Dynamics AX
9 1 (0.24%) Dynamics GP
9 1 (0.24%) Oracle BRM
9 1 (0.24%) Oracle General Ledger
9 1 (0.24%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 78 (18.89%) Azure
2 40 (9.69%) AWS
3 37 (8.96%) OCI
4 25 (6.05%) Entra ID
5 16 (3.87%) GCP
6 15 (3.63%) Microsoft 365
7 12 (2.91%) OpenShift
8 7 (1.69%) SaaS
9 6 (1.45%) AWS CloudFormation
9 6 (1.45%) AWS KMS
9 6 (1.45%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (1.45%) IaaS
9 6 (1.45%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 5 (1.21%) Power Platform
11 4 (0.97%) Amazon EKS
11 4 (0.97%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 4 (0.97%) AWS CloudTrail
11 4 (0.97%) AWS Control Tower
12 3 (0.73%) Azure Data Factory
12 3 (0.73%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 22 (5.33%) DNS
2 14 (3.39%) DHCP
3 13 (3.15%) Firewall
4 12 (2.91%) Kerberos
4 12 (2.91%) WAN
5 8 (1.94%) SD-WAN
6 7 (1.69%) MPLS
6 7 (1.69%) VPN
7 6 (1.45%) LAN
8 5 (1.21%) Network Security
9 3 (0.73%) IPv6
9 3 (0.73%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.73%) VSAN
10 2 (0.48%) BGP
10 2 (0.48%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
10 2 (0.48%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 2 (0.48%) Intranet
10 2 (0.48%) OSPF
10 2 (0.48%) SNMP
10 2 (0.48%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (4.60%) GIS
2 14 (3.39%) Metadata
3 11 (2.66%) Geospatial Data
4 10 (2.42%) QGIS
5 9 (2.18%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (1.94%) Oracle Reports
6 8 (1.94%) SQL Server
7 7 (1.69%) Relational Database
8 6 (1.45%) Oracle Database
9 5 (1.21%) Azure SQL Database
9 5 (1.21%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (1.21%) Power BI
10 4 (0.97%) Data Lake
10 4 (0.97%) NoSQL
10 4 (0.97%) SAP Data Services
11 3 (0.73%) Data Mining
11 3 (0.73%) MongoDB
11 3 (0.73%) OLAP
11 3 (0.73%) SAP HANA
11 3 (0.73%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (2.66%) JIRA
2 7 (1.69%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.48%) Eclipse
3 2 (0.48%) Git
3 2 (0.48%) GitLab
3 2 (0.48%) JMeter
3 2 (0.48%) Maven
3 2 (0.48%) Oracle APEX
3 2 (0.48%) Oracle Forms
3 2 (0.48%) Sonatype Nexus
3 2 (0.48%) Subversion
4 1 (0.24%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.24%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.24%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.24%) Gatling
4 1 (0.24%) Gradle
4 1 (0.24%) JUnit
4 1 (0.24%) Pylint
4 1 (0.24%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.24%) SonarQube
General
1 114 (27.60%) Social Skills
2 64 (15.50%) Public Sector
3 62 (15.01%) Finance
4 28 (6.78%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (3.15%) Telecoms
6 11 (2.66%) Marketing
7 10 (2.42%) Manufacturing
8 8 (1.94%) Banking
9 6 (1.45%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (1.45%) Electronics
9 6 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (1.21%) General Ledger
10 5 (1.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.21%) Legal
10 5 (1.21%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (0.97%) Local Government
12 3 (0.73%) Retail
13 2 (0.48%) Automotive
13 2 (0.48%) Police
13 2 (0.48%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 67 (16.22%) Architect
2 58 (14.04%) Lead
3 52 (12.59%) Consultant
4 33 (7.99%) Network Consultant
5 27 (6.54%) Analyst
6 25 (6.05%) Project Manager
7 24 (5.81%) Data Migration Lead
8 23 (5.57%) Senior
9 22 (5.33%) Solutions Architect
10 20 (4.84%) IT Engineer
11 16 (3.87%) Migration Engineer
12 15 (3.63%) Developer
13 13 (3.15%) Support Engineer
14 12 (2.91%) Data Analyst
14 12 (2.91%) Technical Manager
15 11 (2.66%) Administrator
15 11 (2.66%) Business Analyst
15 11 (2.66%) Migration Manager
16 10 (2.42%) SAP Data Migration Lead
17 9 (2.18%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (6.78%) Oracle Fusion
2 13 (3.15%) LDAP
3 9 (2.18%) REST
4 8 (1.94%) .NET
5 5 (1.21%) Kafka
5 5 (1.21%) PySpark
6 4 (0.97%) SOAP
6 4 (0.97%) Web Services
7 3 (0.73%) OAuth
7 3 (0.73%) React
8 2 (0.48%) CSS3
8 2 (0.48%) HTML5
8 2 (0.48%) IDoc
8 2 (0.48%) OAuth2
8 2 (0.48%) OpenTelemetry
8 2 (0.48%) SAP Fiori
8 2 (0.48%) Spring
8 2 (0.48%) Spring Boot
8 2 (0.48%) Vue
8 2 (0.48%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 37 (8.96%) Legacy Systems
2 20 (4.84%) Onboarding
3 19 (4.60%) Replication
4 14 (3.39%) Data Structures
5 12 (2.91%) Data Centre
6 10 (2.42%) Data Protection Act
7 9 (2.18%) Greenfield Project
8 7 (1.69%) CMDB
9 6 (1.45%) Cloud Native
9 6 (1.45%) Product Ownership
9 6 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (1.21%) Mainframe
10 5 (1.21%) Public Cloud
11 4 (0.97%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (0.97%) Legacy Applications
11 4 (0.97%) Management Information System
11 4 (0.97%) Virtual Team
12 3 (0.73%) Analytical Mindset
12 3 (0.73%) Marketing Technology
12 3 (0.73%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 22 (5.33%) Windows
2 14 (3.39%) Linux
3 12 (2.91%) Windows 10
4 5 (1.21%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.48%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.48%) VMS
5 2 (0.48%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.24%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.24%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (30.51%) Data Migration
2 76 (18.40%) Stakeholder Management
3 69 (16.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 61 (14.77%) Agile
5 57 (13.80%) Roadmaps
6 46 (11.14%) Workflow
7 44 (10.65%) Validation
8 42 (10.17%) Workflow Management
9 40 (9.69%) Collaborative Working
10 38 (9.20%) Problem-Solving
11 37 (8.96%) User Acceptance Testing
12 35 (8.47%) DevOps
13 34 (8.23%) Data Cleansing
13 34 (8.23%) Data Modelling
14 33 (7.99%) ERP
15 28 (6.78%) Project Management
16 27 (6.54%) Data Validation
17 26 (6.30%) Analytics
18 24 (5.81%) Data Protection
18 24 (5.81%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 31 (7.51%) SQL
2 23 (5.57%) PowerShell
3 22 (5.33%) Python
4 10 (2.42%) Bash
5 9 (2.18%) Java
6 6 (1.45%) Bicep
7 5 (1.21%) Shell Script
8 4 (0.97%) JavaScript
8 4 (0.97%) PL/SQL
8 4 (0.97%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.48%) C#
10 1 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.24%) Delphi
10 1 (0.24%) Jython
10 1 (0.24%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.24%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.24%) PHP
10 1 (0.24%) X++
Qualifications
1 149 (36.08%) Security Cleared
2 125 (30.27%) SC Cleared
3 25 (6.05%) Degree
4 21 (5.08%) DV Cleared
5 13 (3.15%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (2.18%) AWS Certification
6 9 (2.18%) OCP
6 9 (2.18%) Oracle Certification
6 9 (2.18%) PMP
7 8 (1.94%) PMI Certification
8 7 (1.69%) Azure Certification
9 6 (1.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (0.97%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.97%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.73%) PgMP
12 2 (0.48%) ACCA
12 2 (0.48%) CCNA
12 2 (0.48%) CCNP
12 2 (0.48%) CIMA
12 2 (0.48%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (6.78%) Data Quality
2 24 (5.81%) QA
3 21 (5.08%) GDPR
4 15 (3.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (3.15%) NIST
6 11 (2.66%) COBIT
7 8 (1.94%) NCSC
8 7 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials
9 5 (1.21%) PMO
10 4 (0.97%) GRC
11 3 (0.73%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.73%) SLA
12 2 (0.48%) ISO 20022
13 1 (0.24%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.24%) ISO 8583
13 1 (0.24%) SEPA
System Software
1 22 (5.33%) Active Directory
2 14 (3.39%) Virtual Desktop
2 14 (3.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.45%) Docker
4 5 (1.21%) VMware NSX
4 5 (1.21%) vSphere
5 2 (0.48%) NFS
5 2 (0.48%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.24%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.24%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 18 (4.36%) Terraform
2 13 (3.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 12 (2.91%) Kubernetes
4 8 (1.94%) Ansible
5 7 (1.69%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (1.45%) vCenter Server
7 4 (0.97%) Argo
7 4 (0.97%) Grafana
8 3 (0.73%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.73%) SCCM
9 2 (0.48%) BMC PATROL
9 2 (0.48%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.48%) Istio
9 2 (0.48%) linkerd
9 2 (0.48%) Nessus
10 1 (0.24%) CASB
10 1 (0.24%) Cisco CUCM
10 1 (0.24%) Fluentd
Vendors
1 71 (17.19%) Oracle
2 60 (14.53%) Microsoft
3 53 (12.83%) SAP
4 38 (9.20%) Cisco
5 35 (8.47%) Aruba
6 16 (3.87%) ESRI
6 16 (3.87%) VMware
7 15 (3.63%) ServiceNow
8 9 (2.18%) IBM
9 8 (1.94%) Citrix
9 8 (1.94%) Google
9 8 (1.94%) Intergraph
9 8 (1.94%) Salesforce
10 6 (1.45%) Informatica
10 6 (1.45%) Red Hat
10 6 (1.45%) Sage
11 4 (0.97%) Adobe
11 4 (0.97%) BMC
11 4 (0.97%) Remedy
11 4 (0.97%) Splunk