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

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 15 20
Rank change year-on-year -11 +5 +2
Contract jobs citing Migration 448 315 367
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 6.77% 9.16% 8.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.41% 10.28% 9.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 298 181 244
10th Percentile £358 £313 £366
25th Percentile £425 £375 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -6.98% +1.42%
75th Percentile £647 £619 £607
90th Percentile £733 £675 £687
England median daily rate £525 £520 £530
% change year-on-year +0.96% -1.89% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 42 7
10th Percentile £15.23 £16.30 £21.05
25th Percentile £15.63 - £26.38
Median hourly rate £41.56 £25.15 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year +65.23% -26.03% +25.93%
75th Percentile £41.83 - £45.50
90th Percentile £70.40 £70.50 £53.30
England median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £52.75
% change year-on-year +59.05% -52.32% -24.64%

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 5,329 3,064 3,786
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 80.47% 89.12% 82.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,207 1,908 2,271
10th Percentile £281 £220 £256
25th Percentile £425 £380 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -2.44% -1.14%
75th Percentile £619 £600 £625
90th Percentile £713 £656 £690
England median daily rate £525 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 616 300 258
10th Percentile £13.45 £13.48 £16.18
25th Percentile £17.23 £15.50 £34.25
Median hourly rate £52.43 £20.58 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +154.80% -64.12% +9.24%
75th Percentile £70.00 £50.00 £72.22
90th Percentile £87.16 £69.65 £78.75
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -1.81%

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 15 September 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 15 September 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 15 September 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 -10 218 £560 +23.08% 155
Berkshire +5 157 £588 +6.82% 94
Hampshire -20 110 £550 +10.00% 42
Surrey -3 48 £460 -19.54% 45
Buckinghamshire -26 42 £560 +60.00% 33
West Sussex -8 36 £467 -26.75% 22
Oxfordshire -28 19 £450 +12.50% 28
Kent +10 16 £563 +17.19% 15
Middlesex -15 7 - - 5
East Sussex -6 2 £471 +147.89% 9
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 (4.24%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.01%) Confluence
3 6 (1.34%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.89%) Oracle Workflow
4 4 (0.89%) WebSphere
5 3 (0.67%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.67%) WebSphere Application Server
6 2 (0.45%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.45%) Drupal
6 2 (0.45%) JBoss
7 1 (0.22%) Apache
7 1 (0.22%) IIS
7 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.22%) nginx
7 1 (0.22%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 1 (0.22%) Predix
7 1 (0.22%) SAS
7 1 (0.22%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.22%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 13 (2.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.56%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.89%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.22%) CINEMA 4D
5 1 (0.22%) Houdini
5 1 (0.22%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 44 (9.82%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.79%) Remedy ITSM
3 7 (1.56%) Remedy AR System
4 5 (1.12%) Siebel CRM
5 4 (0.89%) NEC Housing
5 4 (0.89%) SAP Business One
5 4 (0.89%) SAP GTS
5 4 (0.89%) SAP SD
5 4 (0.89%) SAP VC
5 4 (0.89%) Teamcenter
6 3 (0.67%) Oracle Assets
6 3 (0.67%) SAP FI
6 3 (0.67%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.45%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.45%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.45%) SAP CO
7 2 (0.45%) SAP FI/CO
7 2 (0.45%) SAP HCM
8 1 (0.22%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.22%) SAP FI-AR
Cloud Services
1 104 (23.21%) Azure
2 83 (18.53%) AWS
3 38 (8.48%) GCP
4 25 (5.58%) SaaS
5 24 (5.36%) Microsoft 365
5 24 (5.36%) Power Platform
6 19 (4.24%) OCI
7 8 (1.79%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (1.79%) iPaaS
7 8 (1.79%) OpenShift
8 7 (1.56%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (1.56%) SuccessFactors
9 6 (1.34%) Entra ID
9 6 (1.34%) IaaS
9 6 (1.34%) Serverless
10 5 (1.12%) Azure Data Factory
10 5 (1.12%) OneDrive
10 5 (1.12%) Snowflake
11 4 (0.89%) Boomi
11 4 (0.89%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 22 (4.91%) Firewall
2 18 (4.02%) DNS
3 12 (2.68%) VPN
4 11 (2.46%) DHCP
4 11 (2.46%) WAN
5 9 (2.01%) LAN
5 9 (2.01%) SD-WAN
6 7 (1.56%) VLAN
6 7 (1.56%) VSAN
7 5 (1.12%) TCP/IP
8 4 (0.89%) BGP
8 4 (0.89%) Network Security
8 4 (0.89%) SSL
8 4 (0.89%) Unified Communications
8 4 (0.89%) VoIP
8 4 (0.89%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.67%) Broadband
9 3 (0.67%) MPLS
9 3 (0.67%) Software-Defined Networking
10 2 (0.45%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (5.13%) Power BI
2 19 (4.24%) Oracle Database
3 14 (3.13%) Metadata
4 12 (2.68%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (2.01%) PostgreSQL
6 8 (1.79%) GIS
7 6 (1.34%) Big Data
8 5 (1.12%) Oracle Reports
8 5 (1.12%) Siebel EIM
8 5 (1.12%) Spatial Data
9 4 (0.89%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 4 (0.89%) Relational Database
9 4 (0.89%) SQL Server
10 3 (0.67%) DynamoDB
10 3 (0.67%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.67%) QGIS
10 3 (0.67%) Spark SQL
11 2 (0.45%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (0.45%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 19 (4.24%) JIRA
2 7 (1.56%) GitLab
3 6 (1.34%) Postman
4 5 (1.12%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.67%) Zephyr
6 2 (0.45%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.22%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.22%) Git
7 1 (0.22%) Hudson
7 1 (0.22%) Introscope
7 1 (0.22%) JUnit
7 1 (0.22%) Liquibase
7 1 (0.22%) Mockito
7 1 (0.22%) MSI
7 1 (0.22%) RStudio
7 1 (0.22%) TestRail
General
1 117 (26.12%) Social Skills
2 88 (19.64%) Finance
3 45 (10.04%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (6.25%) Retail
5 25 (5.58%) Documentation Skills
5 25 (5.58%) Public Sector
6 24 (5.36%) Manufacturing
7 18 (4.02%) Automotive
8 15 (3.35%) Influencing Skills
8 15 (3.35%) Legal
9 14 (3.13%) Aerospace
9 14 (3.13%) Telecoms
10 8 (1.79%) General Ledger
10 8 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (1.56%) Banking
11 7 (1.56%) Marketing
11 7 (1.56%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (0.89%) Local Government
12 4 (0.89%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.67%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 80 (17.86%) Lead
2 75 (16.74%) Architect
3 43 (9.60%) Consultant
4 38 (8.48%) Senior
5 37 (8.26%) Analyst
5 37 (8.26%) Project Manager
6 30 (6.70%) Data Migration Lead
7 26 (5.80%) Data Engineer
7 26 (5.80%) Solutions Architect
8 22 (4.91%) Cloud Engineer
9 20 (4.46%) Migration Engineer
10 17 (3.79%) Data Migration Engineer
10 17 (3.79%) Developer
11 16 (3.57%) SAP Consultant
12 15 (3.35%) Accountant
13 14 (3.13%) Cloud Architect
14 13 (2.90%) Administrator
14 13 (2.90%) Business Analyst
14 13 (2.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 11 (2.46%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (5.36%) Terraform
2 20 (4.46%) REST
3 15 (3.35%) SOAP
4 14 (3.13%) Kafka
5 13 (2.90%) LDAP
5 13 (2.90%) Middleware
6 6 (1.34%) Oracle Fusion
7 5 (1.12%) PySpark
7 5 (1.12%) SAP Fiori
8 4 (0.89%) EDI
8 4 (0.89%) JSON
8 4 (0.89%) RESTful
8 4 (0.89%) Web Services
8 4 (0.89%) XML
9 3 (0.67%) Spring
9 3 (0.67%) Spring Boot
10 2 (0.45%) ARM Templates
10 2 (0.45%) JMS
11 1 (0.22%) ADO
11 1 (0.22%) JDBC
Miscellaneous
1 38 (8.48%) Legacy Systems
2 21 (4.69%) Onboarding
3 20 (4.46%) Hybrid Cloud
4 19 (4.24%) CMDB
4 19 (4.24%) Data Centre
5 18 (4.02%) Enterprise Software
6 16 (3.57%) Management Information System
7 14 (3.13%) Public Cloud
8 13 (2.90%) Enterprise Cloud
8 13 (2.90%) Greenfield Project
9 12 (2.68%) Cloud Native
10 10 (2.23%) Product Ownership
11 6 (1.34%) Data Protection Act
12 5 (1.12%) Legacy Applications
12 5 (1.12%) Virtual Team
13 4 (0.89%) PKI
13 4 (0.89%) Self-Motivation
14 3 (0.67%) LLPG
14 3 (0.67%) NLPG
14 3 (0.67%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 32 (7.14%) Windows
2 29 (6.47%) Linux
3 13 (2.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 13 (2.90%) Windows Server
4 10 (2.23%) Windows 10
5 6 (1.34%) Unix
6 4 (0.89%) VMS
7 2 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.22%) CentOS
8 1 (0.22%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.22%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (0.22%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
8 1 (0.22%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 169 (37.72%) Data Migration
2 113 (25.22%) Stakeholder Management
3 68 (15.18%) Agile
4 63 (14.06%) Problem-Solving
5 56 (12.50%) Validation
6 48 (10.71%) User Acceptance Testing
7 42 (9.38%) ERP
8 40 (8.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 39 (8.71%) Analytics
10 35 (7.81%) CI/CD
10 35 (7.81%) Project Delivery
10 35 (7.81%) Roadmaps
11 34 (7.59%) Continuous Improvement
11 34 (7.59%) DevOps
12 32 (7.14%) Business Intelligence
12 32 (7.14%) Data Modelling
13 30 (6.70%) Data Protection
13 30 (6.70%) Infrastructure as Code
14 28 (6.25%) ETL
15 26 (5.80%) AI
Programming Languages
1 45 (10.04%) SQL
2 37 (8.26%) Python
3 26 (5.80%) Bash
4 20 (4.46%) PowerShell
5 12 (2.68%) PL/SQL
6 9 (2.01%) Bicep
7 6 (1.34%) Java
8 3 (0.67%) Perl
9 2 (0.45%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.22%) Jython
10 1 (0.22%) R
10 1 (0.22%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 120 (26.79%) Security Cleared
2 93 (20.76%) SC Cleared
3 42 (9.38%) DV Cleared
4 16 (3.57%) Degree
5 11 (2.46%) AWS Certification
6 10 (2.23%) Azure Certification
7 9 (2.01%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (1.79%) PMP
9 7 (1.56%) PMI Certification
10 6 (1.34%) ACCA
10 6 (1.34%) CIMA
11 5 (1.12%) ISTQB
11 5 (1.12%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 4 (0.89%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.89%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (0.89%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 4 (0.89%) TOGAF Certification
13 3 (0.67%) CCIE
13 3 (0.67%) CISSP
13 3 (0.67%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (9.38%) Data Quality
2 28 (6.25%) GDPR
3 24 (5.36%) QA
4 7 (1.56%) NCSC
5 6 (1.34%) NIST
6 5 (1.12%) IFRS
7 4 (0.89%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (0.89%) PMO
8 3 (0.67%) BS7666
9 2 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.45%) GRC
9 2 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.45%) SLA
10 1 (0.22%) COSHH
10 1 (0.22%) DICOM
10 1 (0.22%) GAAP
10 1 (0.22%) HL7
10 1 (0.22%) OpenSCAP
10 1 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.22%) SOC 2
System Software
1 30 (6.70%) Active Directory
2 19 (4.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (2.01%) Docker
3 9 (2.01%) VMware ESXi
3 9 (2.01%) VMware NSX
3 9 (2.01%) vSphere
4 6 (1.34%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.67%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.45%) IAG
7 1 (0.22%) Dovecot
7 1 (0.22%) Postfix
7 1 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 25 (5.58%) Kubernetes
2 12 (2.68%) Ansible
3 7 (1.56%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (1.56%) SCCM
4 6 (1.34%) Cisco CUCM
4 6 (1.34%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (1.12%) vCenter Server
6 3 (0.67%) FortiGate
6 3 (0.67%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.67%) Puppet
7 2 (0.45%) Istio
8 1 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.22%) AirWatch
8 1 (0.22%) Argo
8 1 (0.22%) Avamar
8 1 (0.22%) HAProxy
8 1 (0.22%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.22%) Packer
8 1 (0.22%) Podman
8 1 (0.22%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 82 (18.30%) Microsoft
2 68 (15.18%) SAP
3 66 (14.73%) Oracle
4 24 (5.36%) VMware
5 22 (4.91%) Cisco
6 19 (4.24%) Salesforce
7 18 (4.02%) Databricks
8 14 (3.13%) BMC
9 13 (2.90%) CyberArk
10 12 (2.68%) Google
10 12 (2.68%) ServiceNow
11 11 (2.46%) IFS
12 10 (2.23%) Siebel
13 8 (1.79%) Remedy
13 8 (1.79%) Workday
14 7 (1.56%) Red Hat
15 5 (1.12%) IBM
15 5 (1.12%) SolarWinds
16 4 (0.89%) Adobe
16 4 (0.89%) Baan