Migration Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Migration
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Migration skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 112 104
Rank change year-on-year -9 -8 +11
Permanent jobs citing Migration 50 70 97
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.24% 2.07% 2.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.54% 2.25% 2.75%
Number of salaries quoted 37 43 68
10th Percentile £39,750 £41,263 £38,375
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £48,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,500 £57,500 £55,050
Median % change year-on-year +1.74% +4.45% -24.07%
75th Percentile £85,000 £70,000 £67,813
90th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £59,250 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.73% - -8.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,245 3,106 3,530
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 80.48% 91.78% 89.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1,770 1,383 2,439
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,500 £45,000 £39,043
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £76,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £83,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £58,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.53% +11.43% -4.55%

Migration
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Migration job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Migration
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Migration.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Migration

Migration
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Migration in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Migration in the Thames Valley

Migration
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Migration within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Buckinghamshire +10 25 £63,250 +10.00% 26
Berkshire -25 17 £55,000 -15.38% 28
Oxfordshire +15 8 £41,500 -24.55% 11
Migration
South East

Migration
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 4 (8.00%) CMS
2 3 (6.00%) Exchange Server 2013
2 3 (6.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.00%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (2.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (10.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (4.00%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (2.00%) Q-Pulse
3 1 (2.00%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 13 (26.00%) Azure
1 13 (26.00%) SaaS
2 10 (20.00%) AWS
3 5 (10.00%) Dynamics 365
3 5 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (6.00%) GCP
4 3 (6.00%) Power Platform
5 2 (4.00%) dbt
5 2 (4.00%) Snowflake
6 1 (2.00%) Azure AKS
6 1 (2.00%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (2.00%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (2.00%) Fivetran
6 1 (2.00%) GitHub
6 1 (2.00%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 6 (12.00%) Firewall
2 4 (8.00%) WAN
3 3 (6.00%) LAN
3 3 (6.00%) SAN
3 3 (6.00%) VLAN
3 3 (6.00%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (4.00%) BGP
4 2 (4.00%) SDH
4 2 (4.00%) TCP/IP
5 1 (2.00%) Network Security
5 1 (2.00%) SD-WAN
5 1 (2.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.00%) Power BI
2 2 (4.00%) Airbyte
2 2 (4.00%) Metadata
2 2 (4.00%) SAP Data Services
2 2 (4.00%) Snowflake Schema
2 2 (4.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (2.00%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (2.00%) BigQuery
3 1 (2.00%) Data Hub
3 1 (2.00%) Data Lake
3 1 (2.00%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (2.00%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (2.00%) Redis
Development Applications
1 3 (6.00%) JIRA
2 1 (2.00%) Git
2 1 (2.00%) GitLab
2 1 (2.00%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.00%) SonarQube
General
1 17 (34.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (16.00%) Finance
3 5 (10.00%) Manufacturing
4 4 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (8.00%) Marketing
4 4 (8.00%) Retail
5 3 (6.00%) Electronics
6 2 (4.00%) Banking
6 2 (4.00%) Humanities
6 2 (4.00%) Law
6 2 (4.00%) Telecoms
7 1 (2.00%) Aerospace
7 1 (2.00%) Aviation
7 1 (2.00%) Military
7 1 (2.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (14.00%) Analyst
1 7 (14.00%) Head of Engineering
2 6 (12.00%) Senior
3 5 (10.00%) CRM Analyst
3 5 (10.00%) Salesforce Analyst
3 5 (10.00%) Technical Analyst
4 4 (8.00%) Developer
5 3 (6.00%) 3rd Line Support
5 3 (6.00%) 3rd Line Support Technician
5 3 (6.00%) Configuration Engineer
5 3 (6.00%) Lead
5 3 (6.00%) Support Technician
6 2 (4.00%) Azure Engineer
6 2 (4.00%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (4.00%) Data Engineer
6 2 (4.00%) Integration Developer
6 2 (4.00%) Network Engineer
6 2 (4.00%) Product Owner
6 2 (4.00%) Telecoms Technician
6 2 (4.00%) Test Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.00%) .NET
1 2 (4.00%) ADO
1 2 (4.00%) HTML
1 2 (4.00%) JSON
1 2 (4.00%) Node.js
1 2 (4.00%) SAPUI5
1 2 (4.00%) Snowpark
1 2 (4.00%) Web Services
2 1 (2.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.00%) Legacy Systems
1 4 (8.00%) Replication
2 3 (6.00%) Driving Licence
3 2 (4.00%) PMI
3 2 (4.00%) Product Ownership
3 2 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (4.00%) Sports Betting
4 1 (2.00%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.00%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.00%) e-Learning
4 1 (2.00%) Reference Data
4 1 (2.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 6 (12.00%) Windows
2 3 (6.00%) Windows Server
3 2 (4.00%) Apple iOS
4 1 (2.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (26.00%) Data Migration
2 10 (20.00%) CRM
3 8 (16.00%) DevOps
3 8 (16.00%) Roadmaps
3 8 (16.00%) Validation
4 7 (14.00%) Cloud Operations
5 6 (12.00%) CI/CD
5 6 (12.00%) ERP
6 5 (10.00%) Agile
6 5 (10.00%) AI
6 5 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
6 5 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (10.00%) Test Automation
7 4 (8.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (8.00%) Information Security
7 4 (8.00%) Machine Learning
7 4 (8.00%) Mentoring
7 4 (8.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (8.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 7 (14.00%) SQL
2 4 (8.00%) Java
2 4 (8.00%) Python
3 3 (6.00%) PL/SQL
4 2 (4.00%) ABAP
4 2 (4.00%) C#
4 2 (4.00%) JavaScript
4 2 (4.00%) VB.NET
5 1 (2.00%) Bash
5 1 (2.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 10 (20.00%) Degree
2 4 (8.00%) Security Cleared
3 3 (6.00%) HND
3 3 (6.00%) NVQ Level 5
4 2 (4.00%) Numerate Degree
4 2 (4.00%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (20.00%) Data Quality
2 8 (16.00%) QA
3 3 (6.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (6.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (6.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (4.00%) SLA
5 1 (2.00%) Accessibility
5 1 (2.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (6.00%) Hyper-V
1 3 (6.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.00%) Docker
2 1 (2.00%) vCloud
2 1 (2.00%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (6.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (6.00%) SCCM
2 2 (4.00%) FortiGate
2 2 (4.00%) Kubernetes
2 2 (4.00%) Terraform
3 1 (2.00%) Ansible
3 1 (2.00%) Docker Swarm
3 1 (2.00%) Grafana
3 1 (2.00%) Prometheus
3 1 (2.00%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 14 (28.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (12.00%) Salesforce
3 5 (10.00%) MuleSoft
4 4 (8.00%) VMware
5 3 (6.00%) arcserve
5 3 (6.00%) Google
5 3 (6.00%) Oracle
5 3 (6.00%) SAP
6 2 (4.00%) Cisco
6 2 (4.00%) Workday
7 1 (2.00%) Citrix
7 1 (2.00%) Meraki