Migration Job Trends in the North of England

Migration
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Migration skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 78 63
Rank change year-on-year -34 -15 +61
Permanent jobs citing Migration 209 240 536
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.49% 3.48% 3.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.96% 3.66% 4.31%
Number of salaries quoted 147 160 445
10th Percentile £40,750 £37,230 £37,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £38,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% -9.19%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £88,500 £91,250 £85,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £72,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.78% +20.00% -11.11%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of England

Migration falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 10,653 6,564 12,433
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 75.93% 95.13% 85.56%
Number of salaries quoted 6,126 3,545 10,037
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £66,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

Migration
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Migration relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Migration job vacancy trend in the North of England

Migration
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Migration.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Migration

Migration
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Migration in the North of England over the 6 months to 11 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Migration in the North of England

Migration
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Migration within the North of England region over the 6 months to 11 March 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Yorkshire -6 107 £65,000 +13.04% 57
North West -60 82 £60,000 +4.35% 80
North East -7 20 £71,901 +111.47% 16
Migration
England

Migration
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 12 (5.74%) Microsoft Exchange
1 12 (5.74%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.91%) Apache
2 4 (1.91%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.44%) CMS
4 2 (0.96%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.96%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (2.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.48%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (4.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (3.35%) SAP ERP
3 4 (1.91%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.91%) Unit4 Business World
4 3 (1.44%) SAP GRC
5 2 (0.96%) iTrent
5 2 (0.96%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.96%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.48%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.48%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.48%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.48%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.48%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.48%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.48%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.48%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 86 (41.15%) Azure
2 48 (22.97%) AWS
3 38 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
4 28 (13.40%) Serverless
5 25 (11.96%) Entra ID
6 18 (8.61%) Power Platform
7 14 (6.70%) SaaS
8 11 (5.26%) Microsoft Purview
9 10 (4.78%) GCP
10 9 (4.31%) Azure Monitor
10 9 (4.31%) GitHub
11 8 (3.83%) dbt
12 7 (3.35%) AWS CloudFormation
12 7 (3.35%) AWS Lambda
12 7 (3.35%) Azure Data Factory
13 6 (2.87%) Amazon S3
13 6 (2.87%) GitHub Actions
13 6 (2.87%) iPaaS
13 6 (2.87%) OneDrive
13 6 (2.87%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.78%) VPN
2 8 (3.83%) DHCP
2 8 (3.83%) DNS
3 7 (3.35%) Firewall
4 5 (2.39%) SAN
4 5 (2.39%) TCP/IP
4 5 (2.39%) VoIP
5 4 (1.91%) WAN
6 2 (0.96%) LAN
6 2 (0.96%) SSL
6 2 (0.96%) VLAN
7 1 (0.48%) Broadband
7 1 (0.48%) Cisco ISE
7 1 (0.48%) ISDN
7 1 (0.48%) Network Security
7 1 (0.48%) PSTN
7 1 (0.48%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.48%) WebEx
7 1 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.48%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (9.09%) SQL Server
2 18 (8.61%) Power BI
3 10 (4.78%) Tableau
4 9 (4.31%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (3.83%) Amazon Redshift
5 8 (3.83%) Data Lake
6 7 (3.35%) Metadata
7 6 (2.87%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (2.39%) Amazon RDS
8 5 (2.39%) Elasticsearch
8 5 (2.39%) Redis
8 5 (2.39%) Relational Database
8 5 (2.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (2.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (1.91%) Apache Iceberg
9 4 (1.91%) DB2
10 3 (1.44%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (1.44%) BusinessObjects
10 3 (1.44%) MySQL
10 3 (1.44%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 4 (1.91%) JIRA
2 3 (1.44%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.96%) LSMW
General
1 63 (30.14%) Social Skills
2 34 (16.27%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (11.96%) Finance
4 19 (9.09%) Public Sector
5 17 (8.13%) Manufacturing
6 10 (4.78%) Games
6 10 (4.78%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (4.31%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (3.83%) Banking
9 7 (3.35%) Billing
10 6 (2.87%) Advertising
10 6 (2.87%) Law
11 5 (2.39%) Retail
12 3 (1.44%) Financial Institution
12 3 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.96%) Corporate Banking
13 2 (0.96%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.96%) Legal
13 2 (0.96%) Tech for Good
14 1 (0.48%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 46 (22.01%) Architect
2 42 (20.10%) Senior
3 22 (10.53%) Consultant
4 20 (9.57%) Analyst
5 18 (8.61%) Data Engineer
5 18 (8.61%) Senior Manager
6 15 (7.18%) Lead
7 12 (5.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 11 (5.26%) Applications Architect
8 11 (5.26%) IT Manager
8 11 (5.26%) Senior Architect
9 10 (4.78%) Developer
9 10 (4.78%) SAP Consultant
9 10 (4.78%) Software Architect
10 9 (4.31%) 1st Line Support
10 9 (4.31%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
10 9 (4.31%) Security Engineer
11 7 (3.35%) Data Architect
11 7 (3.35%) IT Engineer
11 7 (3.35%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (5.74%) .NET
2 9 (4.31%) PySpark
3 8 (3.83%) RESTful
4 6 (2.87%) SAP Basis
5 5 (2.39%) Django
5 5 (2.39%) Web Services
6 4 (1.91%) Middleware
6 4 (1.91%) SAP Fiori
7 3 (1.44%) OAuth
7 3 (1.44%) SAPUI5
8 2 (0.96%) .NET Core
8 2 (0.96%) ASP.NET
8 2 (0.96%) ASP.NET Web Forms
8 2 (0.96%) CSS
8 2 (0.96%) HTML
8 2 (0.96%) JWT
8 2 (0.96%) Pandas
8 2 (0.96%) React
8 2 (0.96%) XML
9 1 (0.48%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 24 (11.48%) Legacy Systems
2 22 (10.53%) Enterprise Software
3 20 (9.57%) Onboarding
4 13 (6.22%) Cloud Native
4 13 (6.22%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (2.87%) Management Information System
5 6 (2.87%) Public Cloud
6 5 (2.39%) Legacy Applications
6 5 (2.39%) Linux Command Line
6 5 (2.39%) Mobile App
6 5 (2.39%) Replication
6 5 (2.39%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 4 (1.91%) Driving Licence
7 4 (1.91%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (1.91%) iPad
8 3 (1.44%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.44%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.44%) Enterprise Cloud
8 3 (1.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (1.44%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 18 (8.61%) Windows
2 13 (6.22%) Windows Server
3 9 (4.31%) Linux
4 5 (2.39%) Android
4 5 (2.39%) Unix
5 4 (1.91%) Mac OS
5 4 (1.91%) Windows 10
6 3 (1.44%) SUSE
6 3 (1.44%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
7 2 (0.96%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.96%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (22.97%) Continuous Improvement
2 44 (21.05%) Mentoring
3 41 (19.62%) Data Migration
3 41 (19.62%) Stakeholder Management
4 37 (17.70%) Problem-Solving
5 36 (17.22%) Data Modelling
6 34 (16.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 28 (13.40%) Agile
8 26 (12.44%) Business Intelligence
8 26 (12.44%) Computer Science
9 25 (11.96%) Application Security
9 25 (11.96%) Decision-Making
9 25 (11.96%) Enterprise Architecture
9 25 (11.96%) Microservices
9 25 (11.96%) TOGAF
10 22 (10.53%) Architectural Patterns
10 22 (10.53%) ERP
11 21 (10.05%) DevOps
11 21 (10.05%) Disaster Recovery
11 21 (10.05%) EAI
Programming Languages
1 46 (22.01%) Python
1 46 (22.01%) SQL
2 32 (15.31%) C#
3 25 (11.96%) Java
4 24 (11.48%) TypeScript
5 23 (11.00%) JavaScript
6 12 (5.74%) PowerShell
7 9 (4.31%) Bash
8 7 (3.35%) T-SQL
9 4 (1.91%) PHP
10 3 (1.44%) ABAP
11 2 (0.96%) Go
12 1 (0.48%) Delphi
12 1 (0.48%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.48%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 40 (19.14%) Degree
2 28 (13.40%) AWS Certification
2 28 (13.40%) Azure Certification
3 25 (11.96%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 25 (11.96%) Computer Science Degree
3 25 (11.96%) Microsoft Certification
4 24 (11.48%) TOGAF Certification
5 9 (4.31%) PMI Certification
5 9 (4.31%) PMP
5 9 (4.31%) Security Cleared
6 7 (3.35%) Master's Degree
7 5 (2.39%) HNC
7 5 (2.39%) SC Cleared
8 4 (1.91%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.91%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 3 (1.44%) MBA
10 1 (0.48%) CBAP
10 1 (0.48%) CCA
10 1 (0.48%) IIBA
10 1 (0.48%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (7.18%) Data Quality
2 5 (2.39%) ISO 20022
3 4 (1.91%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (1.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 4 (1.91%) SEPA
4 3 (1.44%) GRC
4 3 (1.44%) TARGET2
5 2 (0.96%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.48%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.48%) QA
System Software
1 22 (10.53%) Active Directory
2 12 (5.74%) Docker
3 9 (4.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.91%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.44%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (1.44%) vSphere
6 1 (0.48%) KVM
6 1 (0.48%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 26 (12.44%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (4.31%) Kubernetes
2 9 (4.31%) Terraform
3 5 (2.39%) AWS Copilot
4 3 (1.44%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.48%) Ansible
5 1 (0.48%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.48%) Kibana
5 1 (0.48%) PowerCLI
5 1 (0.48%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 80 (38.28%) Microsoft
2 18 (8.61%) SAP
3 10 (4.78%) Databricks
3 10 (4.78%) Oracle
4 9 (4.31%) Anaplan
4 9 (4.31%) Genesys
4 9 (4.31%) ServiceNow
4 9 (4.31%) Verint
4 9 (4.31%) VMware
5 8 (3.83%) Google
6 6 (2.87%) Datto
7 5 (2.39%) Zoho
8 4 (1.91%) Apple
8 4 (1.91%) Freshdesk
9 3 (1.44%) Fortinet
10 2 (0.96%) SonicWALL
10 2 (0.96%) Veeam
10 2 (0.96%) Vertica
10 2 (0.96%) WatchGuard
11 1 (0.48%) Aruba