Migration
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Migration skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Migration over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 89 96 95
Rank change year-on-year +7 -1 -22
Permanent jobs citing Migration 3,013 3,747 5,516
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.07% 3.58% 3.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.57% 3.74% 3.74%
Number of salaries quoted 2,081 2,635 3,640
10th Percentile £37,000 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £53,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £68,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.06% +5.38% +18.18%
75th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,685 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -15.53% +14.29% +10.53%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Migration is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,305 100,095 147,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 95.64% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 59,591 58,745 83,129
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Migration
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Migration in the UK

Migration
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Migration in the UK

Migration
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Migration over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Migration in the UK

Migration
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Migration within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
England +9 2,549 £60,000 -11.11% 637
UK excluding London +39 1,997 £50,685 -15.53% 374
Work from Home -1 1,287 £57,500 -14.81% 298
London -13 824 £75,000 -3.23% 274
North of England +71 639 £52,500 -9.19% 104
South East +13 377 £50,000 -20.00% 91
North West +88 361 £50,000 -13.79% 47
Midlands +18 320 £50,000 -13.04% 70
South West +1 207 £56,000 -8.04% 45
Yorkshire +44 198 £57,500 -2.39% 43
Scotland -3 189 £50,000 -24.53% 25
West Midlands -3 182 £51,300 -8.73% 39
East of England +20 146 £47,500 -24.00% 28
East Midlands +48 133 £47,500 -19.76% 30
Wales +42 81 £51,997 -13.34% 6
North East +32 81 £50,000 - 15
Northern Ireland +53 38 £54,408 +8.82% 13
Channel Islands - 5 £85,000 -

Migration
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 212 (7.04%) SharePoint
2 181 (6.01%) Microsoft Exchange
3 49 (1.63%) Apache Spark
4 46 (1.53%) WebLogic
5 41 (1.36%) Confluence
6 32 (1.06%) WebSphere
7 31 (1.03%) FileNet
8 30 (1.00%) Captiva
8 30 (1.00%) IIS
9 19 (0.63%) Apache
9 19 (0.63%) CMS
9 19 (0.63%) Oracle Workflow
10 18 (0.60%) Apache Airflow
11 17 (0.56%) Drupal
12 16 (0.53%) Exchange Server 2013
13 13 (0.43%) Exchange Server 2010
14 11 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2007
15 10 (0.33%) SharePoint Server
16 9 (0.30%) nginx
17 6 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2000
Applications
1 109 (3.62%) MS Visio
2 89 (2.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 83 (2.75%) Microsoft Office
4 16 (0.53%) Trello
5 15 (0.50%) InfoPath
6 14 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 12 (0.40%) Sketch
7 12 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
8 7 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
9 3 (0.100%) FrameMaker
10 2 (0.066%) FileZilla
11 1 (0.033%) AutoCAD
11 1 (0.033%) Mathematica
11 1 (0.033%) PTC Creo
11 1 (0.033%) SOLIDWORKS
11 1 (0.033%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 57 (1.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 48 (1.59%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 41 (1.36%) SAP S/4HANA
4 34 (1.13%) Dynamics AX
5 29 (0.96%) NetSuite
6 18 (0.60%) Oracle General Ledger
7 17 (0.56%) Oracle Payables
8 14 (0.46%) Oracle Receivables
9 12 (0.40%) Oracle Cash Management
10 11 (0.37%) SAP CX
11 10 (0.33%) Oracle Applications
11 10 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
12 9 (0.30%) NEC Housing
12 9 (0.30%) Teamcenter
13 8 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
13 8 (0.27%) SAP ERP
14 7 (0.23%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
15 6 (0.20%) Oracle Financials
15 6 (0.20%) Visualfiles
16 5 (0.17%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 1,206 (40.03%) Azure
2 739 (24.53%) AWS
3 507 (16.83%) Microsoft 365
4 411 (13.64%) Power Platform
5 276 (9.16%) GCP
6 234 (7.77%) SaaS
7 155 (5.14%) Entra ID
8 140 (4.65%) OneDrive
9 130 (4.31%) Dynamics 365
10 104 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
11 79 (2.62%) PaaS
12 76 (2.52%) Amazon S3
12 76 (2.52%) Dropbox
13 75 (2.49%) Power Automate
14 73 (2.42%) IaaS
15 72 (2.39%) Serverless
16 71 (2.36%) Azure Data Factory
16 71 (2.36%) GitHub
16 71 (2.36%) PowerApps
17 69 (2.29%) Google Drive
Communications & Networking
1 213 (7.07%) Firewall
2 201 (6.67%) DNS
3 114 (3.78%) TCP/IP
4 102 (3.39%) LAN
5 101 (3.35%) WAN
6 91 (3.02%) DHCP
7 85 (2.82%) VPN
8 74 (2.46%) SSL
9 68 (2.26%) SAN
10 56 (1.86%) Wireless
11 54 (1.79%) BGP
11 54 (1.79%) Wi-Fi
12 46 (1.53%) Network Security
13 41 (1.36%) NAS
14 39 (1.29%) VLAN
15 38 (1.26%) Internet
16 31 (1.03%) SD-WAN
17 25 (0.83%) Unified Communications
18 22 (0.73%) HTTP
18 22 (0.73%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 338 (11.22%) Power BI
2 310 (10.29%) SQL Server
3 229 (7.60%) Data Warehouse
4 194 (6.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 169 (5.61%) Oracle Database
6 134 (4.45%) PostgreSQL
7 107 (3.55%) Relational Database
8 106 (3.52%) Oracle Database 11g
9 86 (2.85%) Amazon RDS
9 86 (2.85%) Data Lake
10 71 (2.36%) MySQL
11 63 (2.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 62 (2.06%) RDBMS
13 52 (1.73%) Data Mining
14 45 (1.49%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 38 (1.26%) Elasticsearch
15 38 (1.26%) MongoDB
16 37 (1.23%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
17 36 (1.19%) Big Data
17 36 (1.19%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 205 (6.80%) JIRA
2 111 (3.68%) Jenkins
3 57 (1.89%) Git
4 50 (1.66%) GitLab
5 34 (1.13%) Oracle Forms
6 24 (0.80%) Artifactory
6 24 (0.80%) Subversion
7 23 (0.76%) Team Foundation Server
8 18 (0.60%) Bitbucket
8 18 (0.60%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 16 (0.53%) Sonatype Nexus
10 13 (0.43%) Postman
11 11 (0.37%) Visual Studio
12 10 (0.33%) gulp
12 10 (0.33%) JMeter
12 10 (0.33%) Yeoman
13 9 (0.30%) Octopus Deploy
13 9 (0.30%) SonarQube
13 9 (0.30%) TeamCity
14 8 (0.27%) Selenium
General
1 783 (25.99%) Social Skills
2 673 (22.34%) Finance
3 258 (8.56%) Analytical Skills
4 251 (8.33%) Public Sector
5 174 (5.77%) Law
6 171 (5.68%) Retail
7 167 (5.54%) Banking
8 143 (4.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 133 (4.41%) Presentation Skills
10 98 (3.25%) Marketing
11 96 (3.19%) Manufacturing
12 78 (2.59%) Legal
13 48 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
14 46 (1.53%) Telecoms
15 35 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
16 34 (1.13%) Retail Banking
17 33 (1.10%) Aerospace
18 27 (0.90%) Games
18 27 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
19 26 (0.86%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 595 (19.75%) Senior
2 523 (17.36%) Architect
3 367 (12.18%) Developer
4 296 (9.82%) Analyst
5 286 (9.49%) Consultant
6 260 (8.63%) Lead
7 194 (6.44%) Solutions Architect
8 178 (5.91%) Cloud Architect
9 146 (4.85%) Senior Developer
10 144 (4.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 107 (3.55%) Database Developer
12 105 (3.48%) Business Analyst
12 105 (3.48%) IT Engineer
12 105 (3.48%) PostgreSQL Developer
13 102 (3.39%) Project Manager
14 99 (3.29%) Database Engineer
15 97 (3.22%) Administrator
15 97 (3.22%) Senior Database Engineer
16 94 (3.12%) Senior Database Developer
17 90 (2.99%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 107 (3.55%) .NET
2 73 (2.42%) Spring Boot
3 68 (2.26%) HTML
4 62 (2.06%) REST
5 51 (1.69%) Kafka
6 50 (1.66%) RabbitMQ
7 49 (1.63%) CSS
8 45 (1.49%) React
9 42 (1.39%) XML
10 40 (1.33%) PySpark
11 38 (1.26%) Spring
12 37 (1.23%) Node.js
13 33 (1.10%) AngularJS
13 33 (1.10%) Web Services
14 32 (1.06%) JSON
15 27 (0.90%) SOAP
16 26 (0.86%) Middleware
17 22 (0.73%) ASP.NET
18 19 (0.63%) Oracle Fusion
19 18 (0.60%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 228 (7.57%) Public Cloud
2 148 (4.91%) Management Information System
3 143 (4.75%) Data Centre
4 95 (3.15%) Enterprise Software
5 88 (2.92%) Self-Motivation
6 87 (2.89%) PKI
7 85 (2.82%) Hybrid Cloud
8 84 (2.79%) Legacy Systems
9 82 (2.72%) Cloud Native
10 69 (2.29%) iPad
11 64 (2.12%) Onboarding
12 59 (1.96%) Private Cloud
13 53 (1.76%) Data Structures
14 50 (1.66%) Driving Licence
15 43 (1.43%) Product Ownership
16 41 (1.36%) Greenfield Project
17 36 (1.19%) Replication
18 34 (1.13%) Reinsurance
19 30 (1.00%) DataPower
20 29 (0.96%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 384 (12.74%) Windows
2 255 (8.46%) Linux
3 211 (7.00%) Windows Server
4 58 (1.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 52 (1.73%) Unix
6 45 (1.49%) Windows 10
7 32 (1.06%) Apple iOS
8 29 (0.96%) Android
8 29 (0.96%) Windows Server 2016
9 26 (0.86%) Windows 7
10 25 (0.83%) Windows Server 2012
11 23 (0.76%) Windows 8
12 22 (0.73%) VMS
13 16 (0.53%) Windows Server 2008
14 15 (0.50%) Windows Server 2019
15 10 (0.33%) CentOS
16 8 (0.27%) Mac OS
17 5 (0.17%) Mac OS X
18 4 (0.13%) AIX
18 4 (0.13%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 817 (27.12%) Data Migration
2 626 (20.78%) Agile
3 490 (16.26%) Problem-Solving
4 402 (13.34%) DevOps
5 383 (12.71%) Business Intelligence
6 377 (12.51%) Roadmaps
7 375 (12.45%) Actionable Insight
8 368 (12.21%) Project Management
9 291 (9.66%) ETL
10 273 (9.06%) Artificial Intelligence
11 259 (8.60%) ERP
12 237 (7.87%) Stakeholder Management
13 205 (6.80%) Mentoring
14 202 (6.70%) Data Modelling
15 189 (6.27%) Analytics
16 178 (5.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 178 (5.91%) ITIL
17 174 (5.77%) TOGAF
18 172 (5.71%) CI/CD
19 169 (5.61%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 712 (23.63%) SQL
2 204 (6.77%) Python
3 180 (5.97%) PowerShell
4 175 (5.81%) Java
5 137 (4.55%) PL/SQL
6 111 (3.68%) JavaScript
7 93 (3.09%) C#
8 53 (1.76%) T-SQL
9 33 (1.10%) PHP
9 33 (1.10%) TypeScript
10 32 (1.06%) Bash
11 24 (0.80%) Apex Code
12 23 (0.76%) Groovy
13 22 (0.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 21 (0.70%) Shell Script
15 18 (0.60%) Perl
16 16 (0.53%) Scala
17 14 (0.46%) C++
18 12 (0.40%) Bicep
19 10 (0.33%) Go
Qualifications
1 322 (10.69%) Degree
2 260 (8.63%) Security Cleared
3 179 (5.94%) SC Cleared
4 115 (3.82%) Azure Certification
5 110 (3.65%) AWS Certification
6 102 (3.39%) Microsoft Certification
7 74 (2.46%) DBS Check
8 70 (2.32%) Computer Science Degree
9 68 (2.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 59 (1.96%) Cisco Certification
11 39 (1.29%) Master's Degree
12 38 (1.26%) CCNA
13 30 (1.00%) CCNP
14 27 (0.90%) DV Cleared
15 24 (0.80%) BPSS Clearance
16 20 (0.66%) PMP
17 19 (0.63%) Oracle Certification
18 18 (0.60%) CISSP
19 15 (0.50%) PMI Certification
20 14 (0.46%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (3.35%) Data Quality
2 78 (2.59%) QA
3 71 (2.36%) GDPR
4 34 (1.13%) PMO
5 32 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 27 (0.90%) SLA
7 16 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
8 13 (0.43%) Accessibility
9 12 (0.40%) IFRS
10 8 (0.27%) PCI DSS
11 7 (0.23%) NIST
12 5 (0.17%) GAAP
13 3 (0.100%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 3 (0.100%) GMP
13 3 (0.100%) GRC
13 3 (0.100%) HIPAA
13 3 (0.100%) MiFID
13 3 (0.100%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 2 (0.066%) ISO 20022
14 2 (0.066%) NCSC
System Software
1 308 (10.22%) Active Directory
2 134 (4.45%) Docker
3 122 (4.05%) VMware Infrastructure
4 90 (2.99%) Hyper-V
5 48 (1.59%) VMware ESXi
6 27 (0.90%) Virtual Desktop
7 21 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
8 12 (0.40%) vSphere
9 8 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
10 7 (0.23%) Microsoft App-V
11 6 (0.20%) DFS Replication
12 4 (0.13%) VMware Server
13 3 (0.100%) HDFS
14 2 (0.066%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 2 (0.066%) iptables
14 2 (0.066%) NFS
14 2 (0.066%) pfSense
14 2 (0.066%) Terminal Services
14 2 (0.066%) VMware NSX
14 2 (0.066%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 190 (6.31%) Terraform
2 140 (4.65%) Microsoft Intune
3 137 (4.55%) Kubernetes
4 102 (3.39%) Ansible
5 37 (1.23%) SCCM
6 35 (1.16%) vCenter Server
7 32 (1.06%) Puppet
8 22 (0.73%) Grafana
9 16 (0.53%) Prometheus
10 14 (0.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 14 (0.46%) Progress Chef
10 14 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
11 12 (0.40%) Jamf Pro
12 11 (0.37%) Nagios
12 11 (0.37%) Packer
13 10 (0.33%) Graphite
13 10 (0.33%) HAProxy
14 9 (0.30%) AirWatch
15 7 (0.23%) Salt
15 7 (0.23%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 976 (32.39%) Microsoft
2 394 (13.08%) Oracle
3 256 (8.50%) Google
4 207 (6.87%) VMware
5 161 (5.34%) SAP
6 107 (3.55%) Cisco
7 99 (3.29%) ServiceNow
8 73 (2.42%) Salesforce
9 69 (2.29%) Databricks
10 59 (1.96%) IBM
11 51 (1.69%) Sparx
12 50 (1.66%) Citrix
13 39 (1.29%) Veeam
14 38 (1.26%) Informatica
15 34 (1.13%) Apple
16 30 (1.00%) Pega
17 29 (0.96%) Dell
18 28 (0.93%) HP
18 28 (0.93%) Kofax
19 27 (0.90%) Palo Alto