Migration Jobs

Migration
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 90 94
Rank change year-on-year 0 +4 +3
Permanent jobs citing Migration 1,570 3,022 3,726
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.02% 3.07% 3.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.23% 3.57% 3.75%
Number of salaries quoted 1,084 2,086 2,617
10th Percentile £38,750 £37,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £43,750 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £57,500 £68,500
Median % change year-on-year +21.74% -16.06% +5.38%
75th Percentile £95,000 £77,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £122,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £58,000 £50,685 £60,000
% change year-on-year +14.43% -15.53% +14.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,568 84,685 99,386
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.32% 85.99% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 26,511 59,837 58,366
10th Percentile £30,500 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%
75th Percentile £76,009 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%

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 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Migration in the UK

Migration
Top 17 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 1 May 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
England -4 1,410 £70,000 +16.67% 1,271
UK excluding London -49 747 £58,000 +14.43% 745
London +25 690 £85,000 +13.33% 646
Work from Home +9 649 £80,000 +39.13% 666
North of England -78 214 £55,000 +4.76% 171
South East +3 195 £58,000 +14.85% 255
Midlands -12 169 £55,000 +10.00% 124
West Midlands +16 134 £60,000 +16.96% 84
North West -86 128 £55,000 +10.00% 100
Yorkshire -11 78 £57,500 - 63
South West -1 65 £62,500 +11.61% 128
Scotland +18 48 £62,500 +25.00% 26
East of England -27 43 £55,000 +15.79% 61
East Midlands -38 32 £31,500 -33.68% 29
Northern Ireland +7 9 £59,500 +9.36% 4
North East -17 8 £57,000 +14.00% 11
Wales -21 8 £50,000 -3.84% 12

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 84 (5.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 78 (4.97%) SharePoint
3 47 (2.99%) Apache
4 41 (2.61%) Apache Airflow
5 28 (1.78%) CMS
6 23 (1.46%) Apache Spark
7 19 (1.21%) Confluence
8 9 (0.57%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 3 (0.19%) Exchange Server 2013
9 3 (0.19%) OpenEdge
9 3 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
9 3 (0.19%) SAS
9 3 (0.19%) Umbraco
9 3 (0.19%) WordPress
10 2 (0.13%) IIS
10 2 (0.13%) Skype for Business
11 1 (0.064%) NetWeaver
11 1 (0.064%) nginx
11 1 (0.064%) Oracle Service Bus
11 1 (0.064%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 46 (2.93%) Microsoft Office
2 43 (2.74%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (0.89%) MS Visio
4 8 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.32%) Maya
7 3 (0.19%) ProjectWise
8 2 (0.13%) Oracle Smart View
9 1 (0.064%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.064%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 123 (7.83%) NetSuite
2 51 (3.25%) Dynamics CRM
3 33 (2.10%) SAP S/4HANA
4 28 (1.78%) Oracle EBS
5 21 (1.34%) Shopify
6 16 (1.02%) NEC Housing
6 16 (1.02%) Oracle ERP
7 10 (0.64%) Oracle Payroll
8 6 (0.38%) Dynamics NAV
8 6 (0.38%) Oracle BPM
8 6 (0.38%) Sage 200
8 6 (0.38%) Sage 50
9 5 (0.32%) Endur
9 5 (0.32%) Oracle Assets
9 5 (0.32%) Oracle Cash Management
9 5 (0.32%) Oracle Financials
9 5 (0.32%) Oracle Payables
9 5 (0.32%) Oracle Receivables
9 5 (0.32%) SAP MDG
10 4 (0.25%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 497 (31.66%) Azure
2 288 (18.34%) AWS
3 192 (12.23%) Microsoft 365
4 147 (9.36%) GCP
5 134 (8.54%) Power Platform
6 129 (8.22%) SaaS
7 92 (5.86%) Dynamics 365
8 76 (4.84%) Snowflake
9 70 (4.46%) Entra ID
10 66 (4.20%) Azure DevOps
11 52 (3.31%) GitHub
12 47 (2.99%) Amazon EKS
13 46 (2.93%) Amazon EC2
13 46 (2.93%) PaaS
14 43 (2.74%) dbt
15 41 (2.61%) OCI
16 38 (2.42%) PowerApps
17 37 (2.36%) Amazon ECS
18 36 (2.29%) IaaS
19 35 (2.23%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 96 (6.11%) Firewall
2 75 (4.78%) LAN
3 73 (4.65%) WAN
4 55 (3.50%) DNS
5 49 (3.12%) Network Security
6 43 (2.74%) SD-WAN
7 33 (2.10%) VPN
8 32 (2.04%) DHCP
9 29 (1.85%) VLAN
9 29 (1.85%) Wi-Fi
10 26 (1.66%) Wireless
11 25 (1.59%) TCP/IP
12 24 (1.53%) Cisco Nexus
13 11 (0.70%) Cisco Firepower
13 11 (0.70%) SAN
14 9 (0.57%) MPLS
14 9 (0.57%) VoIP
15 8 (0.51%) BGP
15 8 (0.51%) Internet
16 7 (0.45%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 202 (12.87%) Data Lake
2 169 (10.76%) SQL Server
3 102 (6.50%) Power BI
4 54 (3.44%) Data Warehouse
5 50 (3.18%) Tableau
6 44 (2.80%) Metadata
7 39 (2.48%) PostgreSQL
8 38 (2.42%) Relational Database
9 37 (2.36%) Apache Ignite
9 37 (2.36%) MySQL
10 36 (2.29%) Amazon Athena
11 35 (2.23%) Apache Arrow
12 34 (2.17%) Apache Iceberg
12 34 (2.17%) Dremio
13 33 (2.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 31 (1.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 28 (1.78%) Oracle Database
16 26 (1.66%) NoSQL
17 25 (1.59%) Oracle ODI
18 23 (1.46%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 61 (3.89%) Git
2 43 (2.74%) JIRA
3 31 (1.97%) Jenkins
4 18 (1.15%) SonarQube
5 15 (0.96%) Gradle
6 13 (0.83%) Maven
7 12 (0.76%) Visual Studio
8 8 (0.51%) GitLab
9 6 (0.38%) Browser DevTools
9 6 (0.38%) LSMW
9 6 (0.38%) Selenium
9 6 (0.38%) Sonatype Nexus
9 6 (0.38%) Visual Studio Code
10 5 (0.32%) DbUnit
10 5 (0.32%) jMock
10 5 (0.32%) JUnit
10 5 (0.32%) Mockito
10 5 (0.32%) Octopus Deploy
11 4 (0.25%) Rational Rhapsody
11 4 (0.25%) WiX
General
1 591 (37.64%) Finance
2 552 (35.16%) Social Skills
3 314 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 157 (10.00%) Front Office
5 124 (7.90%) Banking
6 109 (6.94%) Organisational Skills
7 78 (4.97%) Public Sector
8 77 (4.90%) Law
9 72 (4.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 69 (4.39%) Marketing
11 57 (3.63%) Investment Banking
12 54 (3.44%) Legal
13 52 (3.31%) Presentation Skills
14 36 (2.29%) Financial Institution
15 35 (2.23%) Influencing Skills
16 33 (2.10%) Local Government
17 32 (2.04%) Games
17 32 (2.04%) Retail
18 26 (1.66%) Manufacturing
18 26 (1.66%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 219 (13.95%) Consultant
1 219 (13.95%) Senior
2 195 (12.42%) Architect
3 148 (9.43%) Developer
4 134 (8.54%) Lead
5 123 (7.83%) Analyst
6 78 (4.97%) NetSuite Consultant
7 75 (4.78%) Functional Consultant
7 75 (4.78%) Technical Consultant
8 62 (3.95%) Solutions Architect
9 56 (3.57%) Data Engineer
9 56 (3.57%) IT Support
10 55 (3.50%) Project Manager
11 54 (3.44%) AWS Engineer
12 53 (3.38%) Data Architect
13 51 (3.25%) Cloud Engineer
13 51 (3.25%) Software Engineer
14 50 (3.18%) Business Analyst
15 49 (3.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 44 (2.80%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (5.16%) .NET
2 71 (4.52%) HTML
3 68 (4.33%) XML
4 56 (3.57%) React
5 55 (3.50%) SOAP
6 50 (3.18%) CSS
7 49 (3.12%) PySpark
8 46 (2.93%) REST
9 38 (2.42%) RESTful
10 36 (2.29%) NumPy
10 36 (2.29%) Pandas
11 35 (2.23%) .NET Framework
12 34 (2.17%) gRPC
12 34 (2.17%) Protocol Buffers
12 34 (2.17%) SciPy
13 32 (2.04%) JSON
13 32 (2.04%) Oracle Fusion
14 31 (1.97%) Restlet
15 30 (1.91%) Kafka
16 29 (1.85%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 158 (10.06%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 153 (9.75%) Hedge funds
3 148 (9.43%) Fixed Income
4 147 (9.36%) Derivative
5 146 (9.30%) Equities
6 123 (7.83%) Legacy Systems
7 80 (5.10%) Product Ownership
8 69 (4.39%) Cloud Native
9 46 (2.93%) Greenfield Project
9 46 (2.93%) Mobile App
10 43 (2.74%) Management Information System
11 41 (2.61%) Data Centre
12 36 (2.29%) Data Structures
13 34 (2.17%) Hybrid Cloud
13 34 (2.17%) Onboarding
14 30 (1.91%) Self-Motivation
15 25 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
16 20 (1.27%) Mobile Games
16 20 (1.27%) Replication
17 18 (1.15%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 167 (10.64%) Windows
2 80 (5.10%) Windows Server
3 69 (4.39%) Linux
4 43 (2.74%) Android
5 33 (2.10%) Apple iOS
6 23 (1.46%) Windows 10
7 16 (1.02%) Mac OS
7 16 (1.02%) Windows Server 2019
8 15 (0.96%) Windows Server 2016
9 8 (0.51%) Windows Server 2012
10 6 (0.38%) Windows 7
11 4 (0.25%) Ubuntu
12 3 (0.19%) CentOS
12 3 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (0.19%) Unix
12 3 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
12 3 (0.19%) zOS
13 2 (0.13%) VMS
14 1 (0.064%) OS/400
14 1 (0.064%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 572 (36.43%) Data Migration
2 477 (30.38%) Agile
3 421 (26.82%) Problem-Solving
4 233 (14.84%) ERP
5 219 (13.95%) Roadmaps
6 215 (13.69%) Data Management
7 212 (13.50%) CRM
8 211 (13.44%) Data Governance
9 203 (12.93%) DevOps
10 185 (11.78%) Project Management
11 164 (10.45%) CI/CD
12 163 (10.38%) Mentoring
13 157 (10.00%) Analytics
14 156 (9.94%) Data Modelling
15 142 (9.04%) Regulatory Compliance
16 140 (8.92%) Business Intelligence
17 134 (8.54%) Stakeholder Management
18 115 (7.32%) Investment Management
19 113 (7.20%) Requirements Gathering
20 109 (6.94%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 348 (22.17%) SQL
2 171 (10.89%) Python
3 137 (8.73%) JavaScript
4 104 (6.62%) PowerShell
5 97 (6.18%) Java
6 92 (5.86%) C#
7 68 (4.33%) PL/SQL
8 67 (4.27%) TypeScript
9 23 (1.46%) T-SQL
10 20 (1.27%) Bash
11 13 (0.83%) Bicep
12 11 (0.70%) Apex Code
13 10 (0.64%) PHP
14 8 (0.51%) C++
14 8 (0.51%) Kotlin
14 8 (0.51%) Objective-C
14 8 (0.51%) Swift
14 8 (0.51%) X++
15 7 (0.45%) Go
15 7 (0.45%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 187 (11.91%) Degree
2 91 (5.80%) Security Cleared
3 82 (5.22%) Azure Certification
4 72 (4.59%) Computer Science Degree
5 71 (4.52%) SC Cleared
6 53 (3.38%) AWS Certification
7 50 (3.18%) Cisco Certification
8 46 (2.93%) Microsoft Certification
9 41 (2.61%) CCNP
10 34 (2.17%) DBS Check
11 27 (1.72%) PMI Certification
12 26 (1.66%) PMP
13 18 (1.15%) CCIE
13 18 (1.15%) CCNA
14 15 (0.96%) Master's Degree
15 13 (0.83%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 12 (0.76%) DV Cleared
16 12 (0.76%) SAP Certification
17 11 (0.70%) CCSA
18 9 (0.57%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 103 (6.56%) Data Quality
2 64 (4.08%) QA
3 56 (3.57%) MiFID
4 39 (2.48%) GDPR
5 35 (2.23%) Accessibility
6 32 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 15 (0.96%) ISO 9001
8 14 (0.89%) ISO 20022
9 13 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials
9 13 (0.83%) SLA
10 11 (0.70%) PCI DSS
11 9 (0.57%) NIST
12 7 (0.45%) PMO
13 6 (0.38%) HIPAA
14 4 (0.25%) SEPA
14 4 (0.25%) SOC 2
15 3 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 2 (0.13%) Dublin Core
16 2 (0.13%) GRC
16 2 (0.13%) NCSC
System Software
1 106 (6.75%) Active Directory
2 64 (4.08%) Docker
3 63 (4.01%) VMware Infrastructure
4 45 (2.87%) Hyper-V
5 29 (1.85%) Virtual Desktop
6 23 (1.46%) Virtual Machines
7 11 (0.70%) vSphere
8 10 (0.64%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (0.32%) Postfix
9 5 (0.32%) VMware NSX
10 4 (0.25%) BitLocker
10 4 (0.25%) HDFS
10 4 (0.25%) PowerHA
11 3 (0.19%) DFS Replication
11 3 (0.19%) Dovecot
11 3 (0.19%) Firmware
11 3 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
12 2 (0.13%) NFS
12 2 (0.13%) Time Sharing Option
13 1 (0.064%) Job Entry Subsystem
Systems Management
1 78 (4.97%) Terraform
2 73 (4.65%) Kubernetes
3 65 (4.14%) Microsoft Intune
4 33 (2.10%) Ansible
5 23 (1.46%) Single Sign-On
6 19 (1.21%) Prometheus
7 16 (1.02%) SCCM
8 13 (0.83%) Failover Clustering
9 9 (0.57%) Argo
10 7 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 6 (0.38%) AirWatch
11 6 (0.38%) Grafana
12 5 (0.32%) FortiGate
12 5 (0.32%) vCenter Server
13 4 (0.25%) Avamar
13 4 (0.25%) Dell DRAC
13 4 (0.25%) NetBackup
13 4 (0.25%) Tivoli Storage Manager
14 3 (0.19%) Iperf
14 3 (0.19%) VxRail
Vendors
1 447 (28.47%) Microsoft
2 130 (8.28%) Oracle
3 99 (6.31%) VMware
4 76 (4.84%) Cisco
5 63 (4.01%) Salesforce
6 61 (3.89%) SAP
7 54 (3.44%) Databricks
8 53 (3.38%) Google
9 34 (2.17%) Citrix
10 26 (1.66%) Palo Alto
11 24 (1.53%) Fortinet
12 19 (1.21%) CheckPoint
13 17 (1.08%) IBM
13 17 (1.08%) MuleSoft
14 16 (1.02%) NEC
14 16 (1.02%) Zoho
15 14 (0.89%) Apple
15 14 (0.89%) New Relic
15 14 (0.89%) SolarWinds
16 13 (0.83%) Informatica