Migration Contracts in South Wales

Migration
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Wales requiring Migration skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Migration over the 6 months leading up to 28 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 34 28
Rank change year-on-year +17 -6 -11
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Migration 19 7 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 7.51% 2.10% 5.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.41% 2.62% 6.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 3 19
10th Percentile £263 £526 £300
25th Percentile £413 £528 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £446 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -18.91% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £490 £563 £576
90th Percentile £645 £570 £650
Wales median daily rate £440 £530 £500
% change year-on-year -17.03% +6.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £22.06
Median hourly rate - - £23.92
75th Percentile - - £25.77
90th Percentile - - -
Wales median hourly rate £25.15 - £23.92

All Process and Methodology Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 226 267 358
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 89.33% 80.18% 88.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 161 144 270
10th Percentile £190 £143 £192
25th Percentile £266 £209 £307
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £419 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.42% -11.89% -7.77%
75th Percentile £488 £550 £600
90th Percentile £625 £638 £650
Wales median daily rate £400 £425 £463
% change year-on-year -5.88% -8.11% -7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 38 22
10th Percentile £13.08 £15.48 £16.98
25th Percentile £13.65 £20.12 £16.98
Median hourly rate £15.00 £25.48 £23.92
Median % change year-on-year -41.13% +6.54% +20.12%
75th Percentile £20.75 £48.44 £41.56
90th Percentile - £54.13 £51.30
Wales median hourly rate £20.50 £25.36 £23.92
% change year-on-year -19.16% +6.04% +32.86%

Migration
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Job postings citing Migration as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Migration in South Wales

Migration
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Migration.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Migration

Migration
Daily Rate Histogram in South Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Migration in South Wales over the 6 months to 28 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Migration in South Wales

Migration
Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Migration.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Migration

Migration
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in South Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 28 August 2025. 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cardiff +18 17 £446 -18.91% 4
Newport +14 1 - - 1
Migration
Wales

Migration
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (10.53%) Drupal
Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (15.79%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (5.26%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (36.84%) Azure
2 5 (26.32%) GCP
3 4 (21.05%) AWS
4 2 (10.53%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.79%) Cisco ASA
1 3 (15.79%) Cisco Firepower
1 3 (15.79%) Firewall
2 2 (10.53%) DNS
3 1 (5.26%) LAN
3 1 (5.26%) VoIP
3 1 (5.26%) WAN
3 1 (5.26%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.53%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.26%) Metadata
2 1 (5.26%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Git
General
1 7 (36.84%) Social Skills
2 4 (21.05%) Public Sector
3 2 (10.53%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (10.53%) Legal
4 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Digital Health
4 1 (5.26%) Finance
4 1 (5.26%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 5 (26.32%) Architect
1 5 (26.32%) Cloud Architect
2 3 (15.79%) Migration Architect
2 3 (15.79%) Network Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Cisco Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
3 2 (10.53%) Consultant
3 2 (10.53%) Deployment Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Lead
4 1 (5.26%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
4 1 (5.26%) 2nd Line Technical Support
4 1 (5.26%) Cloud Solutions Architect
4 1 (5.26%) Data Migration Lead
4 1 (5.26%) Drupal Developer
4 1 (5.26%) Principal Solutions Architect
4 1 (5.26%) SC Cleared Deployment Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Senior
4 1 (5.26%) Senior Cisco Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Windows Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) .NET
1 1 (5.26%) CSS
1 1 (5.26%) CSS3
1 1 (5.26%) Drush
1 1 (5.26%) HTML
1 1 (5.26%) HTML5
1 1 (5.26%) Twig
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Cloud Native
1 3 (15.79%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (10.53%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (5.26%) NHS
3 1 (5.26%) Reference Data
3 1 (5.26%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 4 (21.05%) Windows
2 3 (15.79%) Windows 10
3 1 (5.26%) Android
3 1 (5.26%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (21.05%) Agile
1 4 (21.05%) Data Privacy
1 4 (21.05%) TOGAF
2 3 (15.79%) Cloud Security
2 3 (15.79%) DevSecOps
2 3 (15.79%) ITSM
2 3 (15.79%) Roadmaps
2 3 (15.79%) Service Management
2 3 (15.79%) Strategic Roadmap
3 2 (10.53%) Computer Science
3 2 (10.53%) Data Migration
3 2 (10.53%) DevOps
3 2 (10.53%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 2 (10.53%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (10.53%) Infrastructure as Code
3 2 (10.53%) IT Strategy
3 2 (10.53%) Open Source
3 2 (10.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (10.53%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.53%) SQL
2 1 (5.26%) C#
2 1 (5.26%) JavaScript
2 1 (5.26%) PHP
2 1 (5.26%) PL/SQL
2 1 (5.26%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (26.32%) Security Cleared
2 4 (21.05%) Azure Certification
2 4 (21.05%) SC Cleared
3 3 (15.79%) AWS Certification
3 3 (15.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 3 (15.79%) CCNP
3 3 (15.79%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (10.53%) CITP
4 2 (10.53%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (10.53%) Degree
4 2 (10.53%) Master's Degree
5 1 (5.26%) CCIE
5 1 (5.26%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.26%) Accessibility
1 1 (5.26%) Data Quality
1 1 (5.26%) GDPR
1 1 (5.26%) PMO
1 1 (5.26%) QA
1 1 (5.26%) SLA
1 1 (5.26%) WCAG
Systems Management
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (5.26%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (26.32%) Microsoft
2 4 (21.05%) Google
3 3 (15.79%) Cisco
3 3 (15.79%) Remedy
3 3 (15.79%) ServiceNow
4 1 (5.26%) Freshdesk
4 1 (5.26%) HubSpot
4 1 (5.26%) Oracle