Migration Contracts in the Thames Valley

Migration
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Migration skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Migration over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 26 27 15
Rank change year-on-year +1 -12 -1
Contract jobs citing Migration 158 215 328
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 5.87% 7.32% 9.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.73% 7.96% 10.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 125 174 252
10th Percentile £255 £429 £283
25th Percentile £448 £456 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £495
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +6.06% +1.54%
75th Percentile £650 £617 £600
90th Percentile £688 £688 £668
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 2
10th Percentile £19.08 £21.35 £31.20
25th Percentile £19.94 £25.63 £39.75
Median hourly rate £21.75 £33.50 £55.50
Median % change year-on-year -35.07% -39.64% +249.94%
75th Percentile £23.44 £60.88 £72.25
90th Percentile £24.23 £76.85 £81.40
South East median hourly rate £30.00 £48.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -37.50% +37.14% +47.37%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Migration is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,348 2,701 3,092
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 87.25% 91.93% 88.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,307 1,878 2,085
10th Percentile £213 £320 £225
25th Percentile £369 £413 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £501 £506 £500
% change year-on-year -1.14% +1.25% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 172 62 85
10th Percentile £15.52 £18.60 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.94 £24.86 £12.05
Median hourly rate £45.00 £51.25 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.20% +192.86% -16.86%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.21 £25.00
90th Percentile £85.61 £79.19 £67.00
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -5.00% +122.22% -12.62%

Migration
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Migration as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Migration in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Migration in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Migration in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Migration in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Migration in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Migration in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Migration in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Migration within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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
Berkshire -7 105 £550 +4.76% 21
Buckinghamshire +13 37 £450 -5.26% 14
Oxfordshire +5 17 £408 -25.91% 4
Migration
South East

Migration
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 7 (4.43%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.63%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.63%) Confluence
3 1 (0.63%) Jadu
3 1 (0.63%) JBoss
Applications
1 4 (2.53%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.27%) Maya
3 2 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.63%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (3.80%) SAP CO
1 6 (3.80%) SAP FI
1 6 (3.80%) SAP FI/CO
2 5 (3.16%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.63%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.63%) Epicor Tropos
3 1 (0.63%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.63%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.63%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.63%) SAP Payroll
3 1 (0.63%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 25 (15.82%) AWS
2 19 (12.03%) Azure
3 11 (6.96%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (3.80%) SaaS
5 5 (3.16%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (3.16%) Dynamics 365
5 5 (3.16%) IaaS
5 5 (3.16%) PaaS
5 5 (3.16%) Power Platform
6 4 (2.53%) Azure Logic Apps
6 4 (2.53%) Entra ID
6 4 (2.53%) OneDrive
7 3 (1.90%) Azure Stack
7 3 (1.90%) dbt
8 2 (1.27%) Azure API Management
8 2 (1.27%) Azure Event Grid
8 2 (1.27%) SuccessFactors
9 1 (0.63%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 1 (0.63%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (0.63%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 18 (11.39%) DMZ
2 12 (7.59%) VPN
3 9 (5.70%) Firewall
4 8 (5.06%) Network Security
5 6 (3.80%) DNS
6 5 (3.16%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 5 (3.16%) NetScaler
7 4 (2.53%) BGP
7 4 (2.53%) DHCP
7 4 (2.53%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 4 (2.53%) FTP
7 4 (2.53%) MPLS
7 4 (2.53%) WAN
8 3 (1.90%) EIGRP
9 2 (1.27%) DSL
9 2 (1.27%) Internet
9 2 (1.27%) OSPF
9 2 (1.27%) PPP
9 2 (1.27%) RIP
9 2 (1.27%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (17.09%) Oracle Database
2 22 (13.92%) Oracle Database 11g
2 22 (13.92%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (5.06%) SQL Server
4 5 (3.16%) Power BI
5 4 (2.53%) Big Data
6 3 (1.90%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.90%) Oracle Exadata
6 3 (1.90%) Relational Database
7 2 (1.27%) MySQL
7 2 (1.27%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.63%) Apache Hive
8 1 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.63%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.63%) Impala
8 1 (0.63%) OLAP
8 1 (0.63%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.63%) Sqoop
8 1 (0.63%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (3.16%) JIRA
2 2 (1.27%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.63%) GitLab
3 1 (0.63%) Selenium
General
1 42 (26.58%) Finance
2 30 (18.99%) Social Skills
3 21 (13.29%) Banking
4 17 (10.76%) Telecoms
5 8 (5.06%) Public Sector
6 7 (4.43%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (3.16%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (2.53%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (2.53%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.90%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.90%) Retail
10 2 (1.27%) Legal
10 2 (1.27%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.63%) Billing
Job Titles
1 30 (18.99%) Senior
2 23 (14.56%) Network Engineer
3 18 (11.39%) Developer
4 17 (10.76%) Senior Network Engineer
5 15 (9.49%) PostgreSQL Developer
5 15 (9.49%) Project Manager
6 13 (8.23%) Consultant
7 12 (7.59%) Architect
8 11 (6.96%) Analyst
9 7 (4.43%) Lead
9 7 (4.43%) Migration Specialist
10 5 (3.16%) DBA
10 5 (3.16%) Desktop Engineer
10 5 (3.16%) Migration Engineer
10 5 (3.16%) Migration Manager
11 4 (2.53%) Data Analyst
11 4 (2.53%) Migration Consultant
11 4 (2.53%) Senior Manager
11 4 (2.53%) Senior Project Manager
11 4 (2.53%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.53%) JSON
2 3 (1.90%) Web Services
3 2 (1.27%) .NET
3 2 (1.27%) Flash
3 2 (1.27%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.63%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.63%) CSS
4 1 (0.63%) Doctrine
4 1 (0.63%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.63%) Kafka
4 1 (0.63%) React
4 1 (0.63%) Symfony
4 1 (0.63%) Twig
Miscellaneous
1 9 (5.70%) Data Centre
2 6 (3.80%) Onboarding
3 5 (3.16%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (2.53%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (2.53%) Driving Licence
5 3 (1.90%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.27%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.27%) CSOC
6 2 (1.27%) IoT
6 2 (1.27%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (1.27%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.27%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (0.63%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (0.63%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.63%) NHS
7 1 (0.63%) Smartphone
7 1 (0.63%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 17 (10.76%) Windows
2 9 (5.70%) Windows 10
3 8 (5.06%) Linux
4 4 (2.53%) Unix
4 4 (2.53%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.90%) Solaris
6 2 (1.27%) Android
6 2 (1.27%) Oracle Linux
6 2 (1.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (1.27%) VMS
6 2 (1.27%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.63%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.63%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.63%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (33.54%) Data Migration
2 24 (15.19%) DevOps
3 23 (14.56%) Performance Tuning
4 19 (12.03%) Problem-Solving
4 19 (12.03%) Software Engineering
5 18 (11.39%) Architectural Design
5 18 (11.39%) Secure Coding
5 18 (11.39%) Software Testing
5 18 (11.39%) Unit Testing
6 17 (10.76%) B2B
6 17 (10.76%) Clean Code
7 16 (10.13%) Project Management
8 14 (8.86%) ETL
9 13 (8.23%) Agile
10 10 (6.33%) Project Delivery
10 10 (6.33%) Stakeholder Management
11 9 (5.70%) Validation
12 8 (5.06%) Change Management
12 8 (5.06%) Data Analysis
12 8 (5.06%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 33 (20.89%) SQL
2 20 (12.66%) PL/SQL
3 6 (3.80%) Java
4 5 (3.16%) Python
5 4 (2.53%) ActionScript
5 4 (2.53%) PHP
6 2 (1.27%) Bash
6 2 (1.27%) C#
6 2 (1.27%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.27%) Ruby
7 1 (0.63%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.63%) Scala
7 1 (0.63%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 28 (17.72%) SC Cleared
1 28 (17.72%) Security Cleared
2 19 (12.03%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (4.43%) Degree
4 3 (1.90%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.27%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.27%) BC Cleared
5 2 (1.27%) CCNA
5 2 (1.27%) DV Cleared
5 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (1.27%) PMP
6 1 (0.63%) A+ Certification
6 1 (0.63%) CCDP
6 1 (0.63%) CEH
6 1 (0.63%) CISSP
6 1 (0.63%) ISEB
6 1 (0.63%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 1 (0.63%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.63%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (0.63%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.16%) Data Quality
1 5 (3.16%) QA
2 4 (2.53%) SLA
3 3 (1.90%) PMO
4 2 (1.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.63%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.63%) GDPR
5 1 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 11 (6.96%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (3.80%) Active Directory
3 5 (3.16%) Virtual Servers
4 3 (1.90%) VMware NSX
5 2 (1.27%) BitLocker
5 2 (1.27%) Docker
5 2 (1.27%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.27%) KVM
5 2 (1.27%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (1.27%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.63%) HDFS
6 1 (0.63%) NFS
Systems Management
1 9 (5.70%) SCCM
2 4 (2.53%) Terraform
3 3 (1.90%) Kubernetes
4 2 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.63%) Ansible
5 1 (0.63%) Grafana
5 1 (0.63%) Graylog
5 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.63%) Nagios
5 1 (0.63%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 36 (22.78%) Oracle
2 24 (15.19%) Microsoft
3 22 (13.92%) Cisco
4 19 (12.03%) CheckPoint
5 17 (10.76%) Arista
6 11 (6.96%) VMware
7 9 (5.70%) Informatica
8 8 (5.06%) SAP
9 5 (3.16%) F5
9 5 (3.16%) Juniper
10 3 (1.90%) Apple
11 2 (1.27%) AlgoSec
11 2 (1.27%) Ceridian
11 2 (1.27%) Concur
11 2 (1.27%) Ericsson
11 2 (1.27%) McAfee
11 2 (1.27%) MobileIron
11 2 (1.27%) Red Hat
11 2 (1.27%) Salesforce
11 2 (1.27%) SolarWinds