Migration Job Trends in Scotland

Migration
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Migration skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 95 126
Rank change year-on-year -16 +31 -40
Permanent jobs citing Migration 36 54 107
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 1.01% 2.14% 2.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.45% 2.38% 2.40%
Number of salaries quoted 19 22 43
10th Percentile £40,250 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,750 £37,938 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.39% - -5.50%
75th Percentile £78,312 £71,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £84,644 £79,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.85% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,482 2,272 4,462
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 69.88% 89.94% 87.03%
Number of salaries quoted 1,411 1,000 1,956
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,929 £31,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £32,851 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £44,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -20.00% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £81,250 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%

Migration
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Migration job vacancy trend in Scotland

Migration
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Migration.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Migration

Migration
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Migration in Scotland over the 6 months to 17 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Migration in Scotland

Migration
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Migration within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 17 August 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
Glasgow +23 18 £67,500 +35.00% 13
Edinburgh -11 16 £74,742 +10.73% 7
Fife -12 2 - -
Migration
UK

Migration
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 3 (8.33%) SharePoint
2 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 6 (16.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (5.56%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (5.56%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 23 (63.89%) Azure
2 8 (22.22%) Dynamics 365
3 6 (16.67%) AWS
3 6 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (13.89%) Power Platform
5 4 (11.11%) Entra ID
5 4 (11.11%) Power Automate
6 2 (5.56%) Boomi
6 2 (5.56%) dbt
6 2 (5.56%) GCP
6 2 (5.56%) iPaaS
6 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Copilot
6 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Purview
6 2 (5.56%) OneDrive
6 2 (5.56%) Workato
7 1 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (11.11%) Broadband
2 2 (5.56%) BGP
2 2 (5.56%) Cisco Nexus
2 2 (5.56%) DHCP
2 2 (5.56%) DNS
2 2 (5.56%) EIGRP
2 2 (5.56%) Firewall
2 2 (5.56%) LAN
2 2 (5.56%) MPLS
2 2 (5.56%) Network Security
2 2 (5.56%) OSPF
2 2 (5.56%) SD-WAN
2 2 (5.56%) VPN
2 2 (5.56%) WAN
2 2 (5.56%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (11.11%) Power BI
2 1 (2.78%) Amazon Aurora
2 1 (2.78%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (2.78%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 1 (2.78%) JIRA
General
1 20 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 12 (33.33%) Finance
3 7 (19.44%) Public Sector
4 6 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (8.33%) Law
6 2 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (5.56%) Banking
6 2 (5.56%) Financial Institution
6 2 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (5.56%) Legal
6 2 (5.56%) Manufacturing
6 2 (5.56%) Marketing
6 2 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.78%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (16.67%) Architect
2 5 (13.89%) Analyst
3 4 (11.11%) Consultant
3 4 (11.11%) Developer
3 4 (11.11%) Dynamics 365 Developer
3 4 (11.11%) Network Engineer
3 4 (11.11%) Senior
3 4 (11.11%) Support Analyst
4 3 (8.33%) Cloud Architect
4 3 (8.33%) ERP Analyst
5 2 (5.56%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
5 2 (5.56%) ERP Architect
5 2 (5.56%) ERP Manager
5 2 (5.56%) ERP Project Manager
5 2 (5.56%) Head of Infrastructure
5 2 (5.56%) IT Support
5 2 (5.56%) Technical Presales Consultant
5 2 (5.56%) Windows Engineer
5 2 (5.56%) Windows Server Engineer
5 2 (5.56%) Windows Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (11.11%) .NET
2 2 (5.56%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.11%) Enterprise Software
1 4 (11.11%) Onboarding
2 2 (5.56%) Management Information System
2 2 (5.56%) SystemC
3 1 (2.78%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.78%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (2.78%) Private Cloud
3 1 (2.78%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.78%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.56%) Debian
1 2 (5.56%) Linux
1 2 (5.56%) Ubuntu
1 2 (5.56%) Windows
1 2 (5.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (41.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 10 (27.78%) Data Migration
3 9 (25.00%) ERP
4 8 (22.22%) Agile
4 8 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (19.44%) Change Management
5 7 (19.44%) Technical Architecture
6 6 (16.67%) CRM
6 6 (16.67%) Customer Service
6 6 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (13.89%) Decision-Making
7 5 (13.89%) Open Source
8 4 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
8 4 (11.11%) CI/CD
8 4 (11.11%) Collaborative Culture
8 4 (11.11%) Requirements Gathering
8 4 (11.11%) Roadmaps
8 4 (11.11%) Waterfall
9 3 (8.33%) Project Delivery
9 3 (8.33%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 4 (11.11%) C#
1 4 (11.11%) JavaScript
2 2 (5.56%) PowerShell
2 2 (5.56%) Python
2 2 (5.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (13.89%) SC Cleared
1 5 (13.89%) Security Cleared
2 4 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (8.33%) Degree
4 2 (5.56%) CCIE
4 2 (5.56%) CCNP
4 2 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.78%) CSPO
5 1 (2.78%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.89%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.78%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (5.56%) Active Directory
1 2 (5.56%) Hyper-V
1 2 (5.56%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 6 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.78%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.78%) Terraform
Vendors
1 16 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 4 (11.11%) Cisco
3 2 (5.56%) Aruba
3 2 (5.56%) Fortinet
3 2 (5.56%) Google
3 2 (5.56%) HP
3 2 (5.56%) Palo Alto
3 2 (5.56%) SAP
4 1 (2.78%) OpenAI