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

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 17 28
Rank change year-on-year +2 +11 -1
Contract jobs citing Migration 515 265 326
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 8.98% 8.82% 5.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.01% 9.63% 6.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 318 176 240
10th Percentile £357 £319 £313
25th Percentile £439 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £518 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.45% +3.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £648 £638 £596
90th Percentile £738 £700 £688
England median daily rate £513 £537 £530
% change year-on-year -4.56% +1.32% -3.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 8 7
10th Percentile £15.75 £44.93 £23.65
25th Percentile £19.36 £60.00 £25.88
Median hourly rate £23.58 £70.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -66.32% +133.33% -37.50%
75th Percentile £40.62 £83.44 £41.25
90th Percentile £81.00 £86.49 £57.00
England median hourly rate £23.83 £25.15 £56.50
% change year-on-year -5.27% -55.49% -15.36%

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 4,678 2,752 4,749
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 81.56% 91.61% 85.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,045 1,757 2,775
10th Percentile £285 £256 £231
25th Percentile £408 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% - -0.99%
75th Percentile £613 £600 £621
90th Percentile £713 £675 £700
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 428 168 431
10th Percentile £15.43 £14.20 £13.00
25th Percentile £20.50 £16.80 £18.20
Median hourly rate £47.50 £28.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +69.64% -37.78% -9.09%
75th Percentile £80.40 £62.50 £62.23
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £76.86
England median hourly rate £42.00 £31.64 £35.00
% change year-on-year +32.74% -9.60% -9.09%

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 April 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 April 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 April 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 +8 278 £524 +4.70% 47
Berkshire +8 190 £525 -4.55% 35
Hampshire -2 120 £575 -2.13% 26
Buckinghamshire +7 69 £522 +30.50% 9
Surrey +9 52 £525 +31.25% 11
West Sussex +3 36 £475 +1.50% 11
Oxfordshire -16 19 £375 -25.00% 3
Kent 0 17 £488 +46.62% 8
East Sussex +2 4 £475 -25.49% 7
Middlesex -4 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 11 (2.14%) ArcGIS
2 9 (1.75%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.55%) CMS
3 8 (1.55%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
4 4 (0.78%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.78%) Confluence
4 4 (0.78%) WebSphere
4 4 (0.78%) WebSphere Application Server
5 3 (0.58%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.39%) Apache Pulsar
6 2 (0.39%) Drupal
6 2 (0.39%) GeoServer
6 2 (0.39%) IBM HTTP Server
6 2 (0.39%) JBoss
6 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.39%) Oracle HTTP Server
6 2 (0.39%) Smallworld
6 2 (0.39%) WebSphere Portal
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.19%) SAS
Applications
1 20 (3.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (2.52%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (0.97%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 42 (8.16%) Oracle EBS
2 41 (7.96%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (1.55%) Oracle EBS R12
4 7 (1.36%) SAP ERP
5 5 (0.97%) SAP R/3
6 4 (0.78%) SAP Business One
7 3 (0.58%) Adobe Campaign
7 3 (0.58%) Maximo
7 3 (0.58%) Oracle 11i
7 3 (0.58%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.58%) Primavera
7 3 (0.58%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.39%) Eloqua
8 2 (0.39%) NEC Housing
8 2 (0.39%) Oracle Assets
8 2 (0.39%) Remedy AR System
8 2 (0.39%) Remedy ITSM
8 2 (0.39%) SAP FI
9 1 (0.19%) Oracle General Ledger
9 1 (0.19%) SAP FI-AR
Cloud Services
1 85 (16.50%) Azure
2 55 (10.68%) AWS
3 47 (9.13%) OCI
4 27 (5.24%) Entra ID
5 25 (4.85%) GCP
6 20 (3.88%) Power Platform
7 13 (2.52%) Microsoft 365
8 10 (1.94%) SaaS
9 9 (1.75%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (1.55%) OpenShift
10 8 (1.55%) Snowflake
11 6 (1.17%) Amazon S3
11 6 (1.17%) AWS CloudFormation
11 6 (1.17%) AWS KMS
11 6 (1.17%) PaaS
11 6 (1.17%) Serverless
11 6 (1.17%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 5 (0.97%) AWS Lambda
12 5 (0.97%) IaaS
13 4 (0.78%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 26 (5.05%) Firewall
2 23 (4.47%) DNS
3 19 (3.69%) WAN
4 16 (3.11%) DHCP
5 15 (2.91%) SD-WAN
6 12 (2.33%) Kerberos
6 12 (2.33%) LAN
7 11 (2.14%) MPLS
7 11 (2.14%) Network Security
8 10 (1.94%) BGP
9 9 (1.75%) OSPF
9 9 (1.75%) TCP/IP
9 9 (1.75%) VPN
10 7 (1.36%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 7 (1.36%) SAN
11 6 (1.17%) NAS
12 5 (0.97%) VLAN
13 4 (0.78%) BIG-IP
13 4 (0.78%) IPsec
13 4 (0.78%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (3.88%) Power BI
2 18 (3.50%) GIS
3 14 (2.72%) PostgreSQL
4 13 (2.52%) Metadata
5 12 (2.33%) Oracle Reports
5 12 (2.33%) SQL Server
6 9 (1.75%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (1.75%) Relational Database
7 7 (1.36%) Oracle Database
8 6 (1.17%) Big Data
8 6 (1.17%) Geospatial Data
8 6 (1.17%) QGIS
9 5 (0.97%) DynamoDB
9 5 (0.97%) NoSQL
9 5 (0.97%) Spatial Data
10 4 (0.78%) SAP Data Services
10 4 (0.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (0.58%) Data Mining
11 3 (0.58%) OLAP
11 3 (0.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 12 (2.33%) JIRA
2 8 (1.55%) Rational DOORS
3 4 (0.78%) Eclipse
3 4 (0.78%) GitLab
3 4 (0.78%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.78%) Maven
3 4 (0.78%) Subversion
4 2 (0.39%) Introscope
4 2 (0.39%) JMeter
4 2 (0.39%) JUnit
4 2 (0.39%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.19%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.19%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.19%) Gatling
5 1 (0.19%) Gradle
5 1 (0.19%) Liquibase
5 1 (0.19%) Mockito
5 1 (0.19%) Postman
5 1 (0.19%) TestRail
5 1 (0.19%) Zephyr
General
1 127 (24.66%) Social Skills
2 105 (20.39%) Finance
3 53 (10.29%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (9.32%) Public Sector
5 31 (6.02%) Documentation Skills
6 24 (4.66%) Manufacturing
7 20 (3.88%) Legal
8 16 (3.11%) Retail
9 15 (2.91%) Telecoms
10 14 (2.72%) Marketing
11 11 (2.14%) Aerospace
11 11 (2.14%) Banking
12 8 (1.55%) General Ledger
13 7 (1.36%) Automotive
13 7 (1.36%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (1.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 5 (0.97%) Electronics
16 4 (0.78%) Local Government
17 3 (0.58%) Advertising
17 3 (0.58%) Police
Job Titles
1 109 (21.17%) Lead
2 64 (12.43%) Architect
3 46 (8.93%) Consultant
4 38 (7.38%) Data Migration Lead
5 36 (6.99%) Project Manager
6 32 (6.21%) Migration Engineer
7 31 (6.02%) Analyst
8 23 (4.47%) Senior
9 21 (4.08%) Developer
10 19 (3.69%) Network Consultant
11 18 (3.50%) IT Engineer
12 17 (3.30%) Solutions Architect
13 16 (3.11%) Accountant
13 16 (3.11%) Data Engineer
14 15 (2.91%) Data Analyst
15 13 (2.52%) Delivery Manager
16 11 (2.14%) Business Analyst
16 11 (2.14%) Cloud Engineer
17 10 (1.94%) Data Migration Engineer
17 10 (1.94%) Systems Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (6.80%) Oracle Fusion
2 14 (2.72%) Kafka
3 12 (2.33%) LDAP
4 9 (1.75%) .NET
4 9 (1.75%) REST
5 6 (1.17%) Middleware
5 6 (1.17%) SOAP
5 6 (1.17%) XML
6 5 (0.97%) Spring
6 5 (0.97%) Spring Boot
7 4 (0.78%) PySpark
7 4 (0.78%) React
8 3 (0.58%) CSS
8 3 (0.58%) CSS3
8 3 (0.58%) EDI
8 3 (0.58%) HTML
8 3 (0.58%) HTML5
8 3 (0.58%) OAuth
8 3 (0.58%) RabbitMQ
8 3 (0.58%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 54 (10.49%) Legacy Systems
2 26 (5.05%) Onboarding
3 24 (4.66%) Data Centre
4 20 (3.88%) Replication
5 17 (3.30%) Greenfield Project
6 15 (2.91%) Public Cloud
7 10 (1.94%) Data Structures
8 9 (1.75%) Cloud Native
8 9 (1.75%) CMDB
8 9 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
8 9 (1.75%) Management Information System
9 8 (1.55%) Virtual Team
10 7 (1.36%) Hybrid Cloud
10 7 (1.36%) Product Ownership
11 5 (0.97%) Mainframe
11 5 (0.97%) Marketing Technology
11 5 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (0.78%) Clustering
12 4 (0.78%) LLPG
12 4 (0.78%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 27 (5.24%) Windows
2 23 (4.47%) Linux
3 12 (2.33%) Windows 10
4 5 (0.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (0.97%) Unix
5 4 (0.78%) Ubuntu
5 4 (0.78%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.39%) Oracle Linux
6 2 (0.39%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
6 2 (0.39%) VMS
6 2 (0.39%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.19%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 177 (34.37%) Data Migration
2 96 (18.64%) Stakeholder Management
3 76 (14.76%) Validation
4 74 (14.37%) Agile
5 67 (13.01%) User Acceptance Testing
6 59 (11.46%) ERP
7 55 (10.68%) Problem-Solving
8 49 (9.51%) Data Cleansing
9 43 (8.35%) Data Protection
9 43 (8.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 40 (7.77%) Roadmaps
11 38 (7.38%) Workflow
12 34 (6.60%) Change Management
12 34 (6.60%) Data Modelling
12 34 (6.60%) DevOps
13 33 (6.41%) Workflow Management
14 32 (6.21%) Business Intelligence
14 32 (6.21%) Project Delivery
15 30 (5.83%) Data Mapping
15 30 (5.83%) Data Validation
Programming Languages
1 36 (6.99%) SQL
2 28 (5.44%) PowerShell
3 21 (4.08%) Python
4 14 (2.72%) Java
5 12 (2.33%) Bash
6 7 (1.36%) PL/SQL
6 7 (1.36%) T-SQL
7 6 (1.17%) Bicep
8 4 (0.78%) Perl
9 3 (0.58%) JavaScript
9 3 (0.58%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.39%) Jython
11 1 (0.19%) C#
11 1 (0.19%) Delphi
11 1 (0.19%) Google Apps Script
11 1 (0.19%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.19%) PHP
11 1 (0.19%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.19%) VBA
Qualifications
1 174 (33.79%) Security Cleared
2 143 (27.77%) SC Cleared
3 42 (8.16%) DV Cleared
4 21 (4.08%) Degree
5 11 (2.14%) PMP
6 8 (1.55%) AWS Certification
6 8 (1.55%) PMI Certification
7 6 (1.17%) ACCA
7 6 (1.17%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (1.17%) CIMA
7 6 (1.17%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (0.97%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (0.78%) DBS Check
10 3 (0.58%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.58%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.39%) CCIE
11 2 (0.39%) CCNP
11 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.39%) OCP
11 2 (0.39%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (6.80%) GDPR
2 33 (6.41%) Data Quality
3 23 (4.47%) QA
4 16 (3.11%) NIST
5 14 (2.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (2.52%) NCSC
7 11 (2.14%) COBIT
8 9 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials
9 7 (1.36%) PMO
10 4 (0.78%) BS7666
10 4 (0.78%) GRC
10 4 (0.78%) SLA
11 2 (0.39%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.39%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.19%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.19%) Disclosure Scotland
12 1 (0.19%) HL7
12 1 (0.19%) OpenSCAP
12 1 (0.19%) SEPA
12 1 (0.19%) SOC 2
System Software
1 25 (4.85%) Active Directory
2 19 (3.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (2.52%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (0.97%) vSphere
5 4 (0.78%) Docker
5 4 (0.78%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.58%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.58%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.19%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.19%) NFS
Systems Management
1 18 (3.50%) Terraform
2 13 (2.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 9 (1.75%) Kubernetes
4 8 (1.55%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (1.36%) Ansible
6 4 (0.78%) FortiGate
6 4 (0.78%) Grafana
6 4 (0.78%) SCCM
7 3 (0.58%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.39%) CA Wily
8 2 (0.39%) Istio
8 2 (0.39%) linkerd
8 2 (0.39%) Nessus
8 2 (0.39%) Tivoli
9 1 (0.19%) Avamar
9 1 (0.19%) CASB
9 1 (0.19%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.19%) McAfee ePO
9 1 (0.19%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.19%) WSUS
Vendors
1 83 (16.12%) Oracle
2 70 (13.59%) Microsoft
2 70 (13.59%) SAP
3 32 (6.21%) Cisco
4 22 (4.27%) VMware
5 20 (3.88%) Aruba
5 20 (3.88%) Salesforce
6 17 (3.30%) Google
7 14 (2.72%) ServiceNow
8 13 (2.52%) ESRI
8 13 (2.52%) IBM
9 12 (2.33%) IFS
10 9 (1.75%) Palo Alto
11 7 (1.36%) Citrix
11 7 (1.36%) F5
12 6 (1.17%) Adobe
12 6 (1.17%) Red Hat
12 6 (1.17%) Sage
13 5 (0.97%) Ab Initio
13 5 (0.97%) Siebel