Service Migration Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Service Migration
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Service Migration skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 401 335 385
Rank change year-on-year -66 +50 +92
Contract jobs citing Service Migration 1 12 14
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.005% 0.082% 0.072%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.006% 0.094% 0.082%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 11 5
10th Percentile - - £330
25th Percentile £960 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £970 £450 £488
Median % change year-on-year +115.56% -7.69% +11.43%
75th Percentile £980 £503 £506
90th Percentile - £538 £623
UK median daily rate £625 £450 £650
% change year-on-year +38.89% -30.77% +37.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £78.00
UK median hourly rate - - £78.00

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Service 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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,663 12,736 17,079
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 85.61% 87.36% 87.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,586 7,476 10,994
10th Percentile £220 £240 £250
25th Percentile £375 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £685 £690
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,725 730 1,222
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.50 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £23.58 £30.62 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.00% -31.97% +42.45%
75th Percentile £51.21 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.05 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.95
% change year-on-year -22.62% -26.05% +25.57%

Service Migration
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Service Migration relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Service Migration job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Service Migration
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Service Migration.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Service Migration

Service Migration
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Service Migration.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Service Migration

Service Migration
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Service Migration within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 30 December 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West -28 1 £970 +115.56%
North of England -57 1 £970 +115.56% 5
Service Migration
UK

Service Migration
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Google Workspace
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Delivery Director
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Director
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Director
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft