Migration Jobs in Scotland

Migration
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Migration skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Migration over the 6 months leading up to 16 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 116 105 113
Rank change year-on-year -11 +8 -3
Permanent jobs citing Migration 51 185 92
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.58% 2.91% 2.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.81% 3.29% 2.38%
Number of salaries quoted 25 85 62
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £33,229
25th Percentile £39,250 £38,250 £49,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £50,000 £60,899
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -17.90% +16.00%
75th Percentile £71,250 £65,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £87,377
UK median annual salary £67,500 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% -7.69% -

All Process and 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 2,822 5,626 3,865
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 87.26% 88.51% 95.79%
Number of salaries quoted 1,346 2,435 2,035
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £32,951 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.63% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,625 £80,000 £82,548
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,249
% change year-on-year - -8.71% +0.42%

Migration
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Migration in Scotland

Migration
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Migration in Scotland.

Salary trend for Migration in Scotland

Migration
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Migration in Scotland over the 6 months to 16 July 2025.

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 16 July 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Edinburgh -9 26 £67,500 +12.50% 30
Glasgow +67 14 £62,500 +62.34% 20
Fife +5 5 - - 2
Highlands - 4 £40,000 - 1
Aberdeen +20 1 - - 1
West Dunbartonshire - 1 £55,000 -
Migration
UK

Migration
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 (13.73%) SharePoint
2 3 (5.88%) Confluence
3 2 (3.92%) IIS
3 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.96%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (7.84%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 13 (25.49%) Azure
2 9 (17.65%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (15.69%) AWS
4 6 (11.76%) Power Platform
5 4 (7.84%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (7.84%) OneDrive
6 3 (5.88%) Entra ID
7 2 (3.92%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (3.92%) Power Automate
7 2 (3.92%) PowerApps
7 2 (3.92%) SaaS
8 1 (1.96%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (1.96%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (1.96%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (1.96%) IaaS
8 1 (1.96%) PaaS
8 1 (1.96%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 9 (17.65%) SSL
2 5 (9.80%) IPsec
2 5 (9.80%) SSH
2 5 (9.80%) VPN
3 4 (7.84%) BGP
3 4 (7.84%) Firewall
3 4 (7.84%) OSPF
3 4 (7.84%) VLAN
3 4 (7.84%) Wireless
4 3 (5.88%) Cisco IOS
4 3 (5.88%) NX-OS
4 3 (5.88%) Software-Defined Networking
4 3 (5.88%) TCP/IP
4 3 (5.88%) VXLAN
5 2 (3.92%) DHCP
5 2 (3.92%) DNS
5 2 (3.92%) Unified Communications
6 1 (1.96%) HSRP
6 1 (1.96%) Network Security
6 1 (1.96%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (13.73%) Tableau
2 6 (11.76%) Power BI
3 5 (9.80%) NonStop SQL
3 5 (9.80%) SQL Server
4 3 (5.88%) NoSQL
4 3 (5.88%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (3.92%) OLAP
5 2 (3.92%) RDBMS
5 2 (3.92%) Relational Database
5 2 (3.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (3.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (1.96%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (1.96%) Data Lake
6 1 (1.96%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (1.96%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 3 (5.88%) JIRA
2 1 (1.96%) GitLab
General
1 16 (31.37%) Social Skills
2 11 (21.57%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (19.61%) Finance
4 5 (9.80%) Law
5 4 (7.84%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (7.84%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (5.88%) Banking
7 2 (3.92%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.96%) Marketing
8 1 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (25.49%) Senior
2 11 (21.57%) Analyst
3 6 (11.76%) Senior Manager
4 5 (9.80%) Business Analyst
4 5 (9.80%) Data Analyst
4 5 (9.80%) Lead
4 5 (9.80%) Network Engineer
4 5 (9.80%) Systems Manager
5 4 (7.84%) IT Support
5 4 (7.84%) IT Support Technician
5 4 (7.84%) IT Technician
5 4 (7.84%) Senior IT Support
5 4 (7.84%) Senior IT Technician
5 4 (7.84%) Senior Support Technician
5 4 (7.84%) Senior Technician
5 4 (7.84%) Support Technician
6 3 (5.88%) Business Manager
6 3 (5.88%) Data Centre Engineer
6 3 (5.88%) Data Network Engineer
6 3 (5.88%) Development Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (9.80%) JSON
2 4 (7.84%) Middleware
3 1 (1.96%) 802.1X
3 1 (1.96%) AngularJS
3 1 (1.96%) CSS
3 1 (1.96%) LDAP
3 1 (1.96%) OAuth
3 1 (1.96%) OAuth2
3 1 (1.96%) OpenID
3 1 (1.96%) PySpark
3 1 (1.96%) React
3 1 (1.96%) REST
3 1 (1.96%) SAML
3 1 (1.96%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.80%) Self-Motivation
1 5 (9.80%) Tandem
2 4 (7.84%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (7.84%) Product Ownership
2 4 (7.84%) Replication
3 3 (5.88%) Data Centre
3 3 (5.88%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 2 (3.92%) Cyber Security Posture
4 2 (3.92%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (3.92%) Onboarding
4 2 (3.92%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.96%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (13.73%) Windows
1 7 (13.73%) Windows Server
2 4 (7.84%) Windows Server 2016
2 4 (7.84%) Windows Server 2019
3 3 (5.88%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (37.25%) Agile
2 18 (35.29%) Data Migration
3 12 (23.53%) Stakeholder Management
4 10 (19.61%) Customer Service
5 8 (15.69%) Business Intelligence
5 8 (15.69%) Data Analysis
5 8 (15.69%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (15.69%) Roadmaps
6 7 (13.73%) Coaching
6 7 (13.73%) CRM
7 6 (11.76%) Analytics
7 6 (11.76%) Data Extraction
7 6 (11.76%) Data Management
7 6 (11.76%) DevOps
7 6 (11.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 5 (9.80%) Business Analysis
8 5 (9.80%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (9.80%) ETL
8 5 (9.80%) Security Management
8 5 (9.80%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 21 (41.18%) SQL
2 7 (13.73%) PowerShell
3 6 (11.76%) Java
3 6 (11.76%) JavaScript
4 2 (3.92%) C#
5 1 (1.96%) Bash
5 1 (1.96%) Groovy
5 1 (1.96%) Shell Script
5 1 (1.96%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (7.84%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (3.92%) ACCA
2 2 (3.92%) CBAP
2 2 (3.92%) Degree
3 1 (1.96%) CCNA
3 1 (1.96%) CCNP
3 1 (1.96%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.96%) PMI Certification
3 1 (1.96%) PMP
3 1 (1.96%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.96%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (15.69%) Data Quality
2 7 (13.73%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (11.76%) ISO 20022
4 4 (7.84%) PCI DSS
5 3 (5.88%) ISO 9001
5 3 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (5.88%) QA
5 3 (5.88%) SEPA
6 2 (3.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (3.92%) NIST
System Software
1 6 (11.76%) Hyper-V
2 2 (3.92%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.96%) Firmware
3 1 (1.96%) NDS
3 1 (1.96%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 4 (7.84%) Ansible
1 4 (7.84%) Dell DRAC
2 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (3.92%) Proxmox
3 1 (1.96%) Argo
3 1 (1.96%) CA Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.96%) Cisco CUCM
3 1 (1.96%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.96%) PingFederate
3 1 (1.96%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (27.45%) Microsoft
2 5 (9.80%) Cisco
3 3 (5.88%) VMware
4 2 (3.92%) Alteryx
4 2 (3.92%) Oracle
5 1 (1.96%) Databricks
5 1 (1.96%) ForgeRock
5 1 (1.96%) Fortinet
5 1 (1.96%) NetIQ
5 1 (1.96%) Okta
5 1 (1.96%) Ping Identity