Migration
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Migration skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 84 95
Rank change year-on-year -1 +11 -30
Permanent jobs citing Migration 2,259 1,687 2,075
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.98% 3.42% 2.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.71% 3.85% 3.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1,464 1,025 1,311
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £48,990 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% -3.70% +3.85%
75th Percentile £87,094 £81,250 £86,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £97,500 £112,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.33%

All Process & 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 83,236 43,812 63,193
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 72.95% 88.75% 81.16%
Number of salaries quoted 57,755 24,707 35,897
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £41,750 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%

Migration
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Migration job vacancy trend in the UK

Migration
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Migration.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Migration

Migration
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Migration over the 6 months to 16 September 2026.

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 16 September 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
England +2 2,051 £66,805 +2.78% 3,379
UK excluding London +3 1,206 £60,000 +4.35% 1,872
London 0 907 £80,000 +4.92% 1,836
Work from Home +1 663 £70,000 - 1,575
North of England +6 374 £60,000 +14.29% 463
South East -1 251 £65,000 +13.04% 466
North West +27 225 £60,000 +18.52% 274
South West -14 201 £60,250 +5.24% 170
Midlands -30 174 £60,000 -4.00% 291
West Midlands -33 128 £60,000 -10.45% 201
East of England +15 119 £52,750 -4.09% 162
Yorkshire -20 95 £62,500 +17.92% 136
North East -17 54 £50,000 -31.03% 53
East Midlands -42 46 £67,500 +63.64% 90
Wales -52 41 £72,500 +20.83% 45
Scotland -16 38 £67,500 +17.39% 198
Northern Ireland -79 10 £74,654 +43.57% 94

Migration
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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
1 168 (7.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 131 (5.80%) SharePoint
3 30 (1.33%) Confluence
4 21 (0.93%) Apache
5 19 (0.84%) Apache Spark
6 17 (0.75%) Apache Airflow
7 16 (0.71%) IIS
8 13 (0.58%) CMS
8 13 (0.58%) SAS
9 12 (0.53%) Exchange Server 2007
9 12 (0.53%) Exchange Server 2010
9 12 (0.53%) Exchange Server 2013
10 10 (0.44%) nginx
11 9 (0.40%) CICS
12 5 (0.22%) Apache Pig
13 3 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
14 2 (0.089%) Cloud Foundry
14 2 (0.089%) Drupal
14 2 (0.089%) Sitecore CMS
14 2 (0.089%) WordPress
Applications
1 64 (2.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 47 (2.08%) Microsoft Project
3 37 (1.64%) Microsoft Office
4 17 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (0.75%) MS Visio
5 12 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
6 10 (0.44%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.089%) PTC Creo
7 2 (0.089%) SOLIDWORKS
7 2 (0.089%) Windchill
8 1 (0.044%) Trello
Business Applications
1 138 (6.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 88 (3.90%) Dynamics CRM
3 20 (0.89%) SAP MDG
4 19 (0.84%) Oracle EBS
5 17 (0.75%) iTrent
5 17 (0.75%) NetSuite
6 14 (0.62%) Dynamics NAV
6 14 (0.62%) Oracle ERP
6 14 (0.62%) SAP ERP
7 13 (0.58%) Workday HCM
8 9 (0.40%) Oracle Payables
8 9 (0.40%) Payment Gateway
8 9 (0.40%) SAP CO
8 9 (0.40%) SAP FI
8 9 (0.40%) SAP SD
9 8 (0.35%) Oracle Receivables
9 8 (0.35%) SAP FI/CO
10 7 (0.31%) SAP MM
11 6 (0.27%) Oracle Applications
11 6 (0.27%) Oracle Retail
Cloud Services
1 800 (35.41%) Azure
2 485 (21.47%) AWS
3 358 (15.85%) Microsoft 365
4 197 (8.72%) Entra ID
5 176 (7.79%) Power Platform
6 145 (6.42%) SaaS
7 128 (5.67%) Serverless
8 118 (5.22%) Dynamics 365
9 105 (4.65%) GCP
10 97 (4.29%) Azure DevOps
11 88 (3.90%) Snowflake
12 85 (3.76%) Cloud Computing
13 77 (3.41%) Amazon S3
14 75 (3.32%) AWS CloudFormation
15 71 (3.14%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 71 (3.14%) PaaS
16 62 (2.74%) Azure AI
17 61 (2.70%) AWS Lambda
18 58 (2.57%) GitHub
19 57 (2.52%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 220 (9.74%) DNS
2 191 (8.46%) Firewall
3 184 (8.15%) DHCP
4 85 (3.76%) VLAN
5 79 (3.50%) VPN
6 61 (2.70%) Network Security
7 56 (2.48%) WAN
8 55 (2.43%) LAN
8 55 (2.43%) Wi-Fi
9 49 (2.17%) Wireless
10 44 (1.95%) SAN
10 44 (1.95%) TCP/IP
11 31 (1.37%) Internet
12 28 (1.24%) BGP
13 27 (1.20%) SD-WAN
14 23 (1.02%) VoIP
15 19 (0.84%) OSPF
16 16 (0.71%) Unified Communications
17 13 (0.58%) Cisco Nexus
18 12 (0.53%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 204 (9.03%) SQL Server
2 119 (5.27%) Power BI
3 110 (4.87%) Amazon RDS
4 64 (2.83%) Metadata
5 59 (2.61%) Data Warehouse
6 55 (2.43%) Data Lake
7 40 (1.77%) PostgreSQL
8 36 (1.59%) MySQL
9 34 (1.51%) Azure SQL Database
10 32 (1.42%) Relational Database
11 30 (1.33%) Amazon Redshift
12 28 (1.24%) Big Data
13 18 (0.80%) DynamoDB
14 17 (0.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 11 (0.49%) BigQuery
15 11 (0.49%) Db2
15 11 (0.49%) Electronic Patient Records
15 11 (0.49%) NoSQL
15 11 (0.49%) Oracle Database
15 11 (0.49%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 99 (4.38%) JIRA
2 60 (2.66%) Git
3 36 (1.59%) Jenkins
4 17 (0.75%) Selenium
5 16 (0.71%) Chocolatey
6 13 (0.58%) GitLab
7 12 (0.53%) Claude Code
8 10 (0.44%) Oracle APEX
9 9 (0.40%) Bitbucket
9 9 (0.40%) Hudson
10 8 (0.35%) JUnit
10 8 (0.35%) Visual Studio Code
11 6 (0.27%) Mocha
12 5 (0.22%) Jasmine
12 5 (0.22%) JMeter
12 5 (0.22%) NUnit
12 5 (0.22%) Rational Rhapsody
12 5 (0.22%) TeamCity
12 5 (0.22%) Visual Studio
13 4 (0.18%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 729 (32.27%) Social Skills
2 708 (31.34%) Finance
3 379 (16.78%) Analytical Skills
4 146 (6.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 139 (6.15%) Public Sector
6 133 (5.89%) Retail
7 118 (5.22%) Manufacturing
8 108 (4.78%) Law
9 99 (4.38%) Banking
10 68 (3.01%) Influencing Skills
11 65 (2.88%) Marketing
12 53 (2.35%) Legal
13 45 (1.99%) Telecoms
14 42 (1.86%) Documentation Skills
15 41 (1.81%) Presentation Skills
16 38 (1.68%) General Ledger
16 38 (1.68%) Military
17 35 (1.55%) Aerospace
18 30 (1.33%) Organisational Skills
19 29 (1.28%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 394 (17.44%) Senior
2 372 (16.47%) Architect
3 271 (12.00%) Consultant
4 213 (9.43%) Lead
5 156 (6.91%) Analyst
6 154 (6.82%) Solutions Architect
7 135 (5.98%) Developer
8 122 (5.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 114 (5.05%) Project Manager
10 89 (3.94%) Systems Engineer
11 78 (3.45%) Data Engineer
12 71 (3.14%) Azure Engineer
13 68 (3.01%) Data Architect
14 63 (2.79%) Cloud Engineer
15 61 (2.70%) Software Engineer
16 60 (2.66%) Senior Architect
17 59 (2.61%) Business Analyst
17 59 (2.61%) Senior Consultant
18 56 (2.48%) IT Manager
19 54 (2.39%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 193 (8.54%) Terraform
2 69 (3.05%) .NET
3 67 (2.97%) REST
4 41 (1.81%) Middleware
5 39 (1.73%) React
6 38 (1.68%) Oracle Fusion
7 36 (1.59%) RESTful
8 30 (1.33%) Node.js
9 29 (1.28%) Kafka
10 27 (1.20%) OAuth
10 27 (1.20%) SOAP
11 24 (1.06%) SAP Fiori
11 24 (1.06%) Spring Boot
12 20 (0.89%) JSON
12 20 (0.89%) SAML
13 19 (0.84%) Spring
14 18 (0.80%) Web Services
15 17 (0.75%) Ruby on Rails
16 16 (0.71%) CSS
16 16 (0.71%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 248 (10.98%) Legacy Systems
2 209 (9.25%) Onboarding
3 179 (7.92%) Cloud Native
4 135 (5.98%) Data Centre
5 99 (4.38%) Enterprise Software
6 77 (3.41%) Management Information System
7 74 (3.28%) Hybrid Cloud
8 71 (3.14%) Driving Licence
8 71 (3.14%) Enterprise Cloud
9 62 (2.74%) Product Ownership
10 37 (1.64%) NHS
10 37 (1.64%) Virtual Team
11 36 (1.59%) Data Structures
11 36 (1.59%) Public Cloud
11 36 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
12 31 (1.37%) Greenfield Project
13 30 (1.33%) Legacy Applications
14 29 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
14 29 (1.28%) Mainframe
15 27 (1.20%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 354 (15.67%) Windows
2 204 (9.03%) Windows Server
3 174 (7.70%) Linux
4 78 (3.45%) Windows Server 2016
5 17 (0.75%) Ubuntu
6 14 (0.62%) Mac OS
7 12 (0.53%) Windows 7
7 12 (0.53%) Windows 8
8 9 (0.40%) Windows 10
9 8 (0.35%) Unix
10 7 (0.31%) VMS
11 6 (0.27%) AIX
11 6 (0.27%) Android
11 6 (0.27%) Apple iOS
11 6 (0.27%) Debian
11 6 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 5 (0.22%) Windows Server 2019
13 4 (0.18%) zOS
14 3 (0.13%) CentOS
15 2 (0.089%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 628 (27.80%) Data Migration
2 511 (22.62%) Problem-Solving
3 481 (21.29%) Agile
4 436 (19.30%) Stakeholder Management
5 384 (17.00%) AI
6 374 (16.56%) Continuous Improvement
7 358 (15.85%) Roadmaps
8 304 (13.46%) ERP
9 300 (13.28%) DevOps
10 294 (13.01%) Validation
11 267 (11.82%) Project Delivery
12 265 (11.73%) CI/CD
13 256 (11.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 253 (11.20%) Mentoring
15 228 (10.09%) Analytics
16 199 (8.81%) Infrastructure as Code
17 197 (8.72%) Project Management
18 194 (8.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
19 188 (8.32%) Decision-Making
20 183 (8.10%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 313 (13.86%) SQL
2 200 (8.85%) Python
3 127 (5.62%) PowerShell
4 98 (4.34%) Java
5 90 (3.98%) C#
6 56 (2.48%) Bash
7 40 (1.77%) JavaScript
8 28 (1.24%) Bicep
9 24 (1.06%) ABAP
9 24 (1.06%) C++
9 24 (1.06%) TypeScript
10 22 (0.97%) COBOL
11 20 (0.89%) PHP
12 19 (0.84%) Ruby
13 16 (0.71%) R
14 14 (0.62%) T-SQL
15 10 (0.44%) Apex Code
16 9 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 9 (0.40%) Go
16 9 (0.40%) JCL
Qualifications
1 334 (14.79%) Security Cleared
2 222 (9.83%) SC Cleared
3 169 (7.48%) Degree
4 79 (3.50%) AWS Certification
5 68 (3.01%) Microsoft Certification
6 58 (2.57%) Azure Certification
7 52 (2.30%) PMI Certification
8 48 (2.12%) Computer Science Degree
9 43 (1.90%) PMP
10 42 (1.86%) ACCA
11 41 (1.81%) CIMA
12 40 (1.77%) DV Cleared
13 38 (1.68%) Cisco Certification
14 26 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
15 24 (1.06%) TOGAF Certification
16 23 (1.02%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 23 (1.02%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
17 21 (0.93%) CCNP
18 20 (0.89%) DBS Check
19 19 (0.84%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 223 (9.87%) Data Quality
2 105 (4.65%) Cyber Essentials
3 93 (4.12%) GDPR
4 82 (3.63%) QA
5 77 (3.41%) PCI DSS
6 48 (2.12%) SLA
7 36 (1.59%) Accessibility
8 24 (1.06%) PMO
9 16 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 16 (0.71%) NCSC
10 10 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 10 (0.44%) GAAP
11 7 (0.31%) IFRS
12 6 (0.27%) Government Security Classifications
12 6 (0.27%) NIST
12 6 (0.27%) TickIT
13 5 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
13 5 (0.22%) WCAG
14 4 (0.18%) GxP
14 4 (0.18%) HIPAA
System Software
1 278 (12.31%) Active Directory
2 127 (5.62%) Hyper-V
3 85 (3.76%) Docker
4 82 (3.63%) VMware Infrastructure
5 77 (3.41%) Virtual Machines
6 72 (3.19%) Terminal Server
7 29 (1.28%) vSphere
8 25 (1.11%) Virtual Desktop
9 18 (0.80%) VMware NSX
10 8 (0.35%) Squid
11 2 (0.089%) Firmware
11 2 (0.089%) ProxySG
12 1 (0.044%) Apache Flume
12 1 (0.044%) NFS
12 1 (0.044%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.044%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.044%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 100 (4.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 93 (4.12%) Kubernetes
3 68 (3.01%) Ansible
4 31 (1.37%) SCCM
5 24 (1.06%) Puppet
6 21 (0.93%) Progress Chef
6 21 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
7 13 (0.58%) Grafana
7 13 (0.58%) Packer
7 13 (0.58%) Prometheus
8 10 (0.44%) Jamf Pro
9 8 (0.35%) ZABBIX
10 6 (0.27%) Argo
11 5 (0.22%) Data Guard
11 5 (0.22%) FortiGate
12 4 (0.18%) CA Endevor
12 4 (0.18%) Istio
13 2 (0.089%) kaniko
13 2 (0.089%) Scalr
13 2 (0.089%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 725 (32.09%) Microsoft
2 230 (10.18%) SAP
3 203 (8.99%) VMware
4 189 (8.37%) Oracle
5 101 (4.47%) Databricks
6 94 (4.16%) Veeam
7 91 (4.03%) Cisco
8 86 (3.81%) Splunk
9 75 (3.32%) SolarWinds
10 73 (3.23%) Brocade
11 72 (3.19%) Nimble Storage
11 72 (3.19%) Tanium
12 61 (2.70%) Google
13 58 (2.57%) Salesforce
14 55 (2.43%) ServiceNow
15 35 (1.55%) Sage
16 30 (1.33%) Workday
17 26 (1.15%) Aruba
18 23 (1.02%) Fortinet
19 22 (0.97%) HP