Migration Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Migration
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work 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 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 71 79 76
Rank change year-on-year +8 -3 +23
Permanent jobs citing Migration 742 1,270 1,703
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 4.39% 3.76% 4.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.68% 4.11% 4.30%
Number of salaries quoted 478 870 1,283
10th Percentile £45,000 £37,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £56,563 £43,750 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £57,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +39.13% -14.81% +3.85%
75th Percentile £122,500 £75,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £152,500 £95,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £57,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +21.74% -14.81% +3.85%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,858 30,902 39,630
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.81% 91.40% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 9,902 23,451 27,583
10th Percentile £29,444 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%

Migration
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Migration as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Migration trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Migration
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Migration.

Migration salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Migration
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Migration over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

Migration salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Migration
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 42 (5.66%) Apache
2 36 (4.85%) Microsoft Exchange
3 34 (4.58%) Apache Airflow
3 34 (4.58%) SharePoint
4 16 (2.16%) Apache Spark
5 6 (0.81%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 4 (0.54%) CMS
7 3 (0.40%) OpenEdge
8 2 (0.27%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.27%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.27%) WordPress
9 1 (0.13%) Confluence
9 1 (0.13%) SAS
9 1 (0.13%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.13%) Umbraco
Applications
1 20 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.94%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.27%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.27%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 26 (3.50%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (2.43%) SAP S/4HANA
3 17 (2.29%) NetSuite
4 9 (1.21%) Oracle ERP
5 7 (0.94%) Oracle EBS
6 5 (0.67%) Q-Pulse
6 5 (0.67%) Sage 200
6 5 (0.67%) Sage 50
7 4 (0.54%) Dynamics NAV
8 2 (0.27%) Oracle Assets
8 2 (0.27%) Oracle BPM
8 2 (0.27%) Oracle Cash Management
8 2 (0.27%) Oracle Financials
8 2 (0.27%) Oracle General Ledger
8 2 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
8 2 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (0.27%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 2 (0.27%) PeopleSoft HCM
8 2 (0.27%) Raiser’s Edge
8 2 (0.27%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 322 (43.40%) Azure
2 236 (31.81%) AWS
3 83 (11.19%) Power Platform
4 80 (10.78%) Microsoft 365
5 75 (10.11%) GCP
6 62 (8.36%) SaaS
7 60 (8.09%) Azure DevOps
8 57 (7.68%) Snowflake
9 46 (6.20%) Entra ID
10 44 (5.93%) GitHub
11 40 (5.39%) dbt
12 39 (5.26%) Amazon EC2
13 38 (5.12%) Dynamics 365
14 36 (4.85%) Amazon EKS
15 35 (4.72%) Amazon ECS
16 34 (4.58%) Dagster
17 31 (4.18%) Power Automate
18 30 (4.04%) GitHub Actions
19 28 (3.77%) PaaS
20 27 (3.64%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 36 (4.85%) Firewall
1 36 (4.85%) WAN
2 31 (4.18%) SD-WAN
3 23 (3.10%) DNS
4 21 (2.83%) LAN
4 21 (2.83%) VPN
5 11 (1.48%) Wi-Fi
6 8 (1.08%) VLAN
7 4 (0.54%) HTTPS
8 3 (0.40%) Internet
9 2 (0.27%) Cisco ASA
9 2 (0.27%) DHCP
9 2 (0.27%) MPLS
9 2 (0.27%) Skype
9 2 (0.27%) SSH
9 2 (0.27%) SSL
9 2 (0.27%) Wireshark
10 1 (0.13%) Network Security
10 1 (0.13%) TCP/IP
10 1 (0.13%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 183 (24.66%) Data Lake
2 175 (23.58%) SQL Server
3 75 (10.11%) Power BI
4 37 (4.99%) Data Warehouse
5 35 (4.72%) Amazon Athena
6 34 (4.58%) Apache Arrow
6 34 (4.58%) Apache Iceberg
6 34 (4.58%) Apache Ignite
6 34 (4.58%) Dremio
7 32 (4.31%) MySQL
8 29 (3.91%) Tableau
9 25 (3.37%) PostgreSQL
10 22 (2.96%) Metadata
10 22 (2.96%) Relational Database
11 20 (2.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 16 (2.16%) BigQuery
13 15 (2.02%) Amazon Redshift
14 14 (1.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 13 (1.75%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 11 (1.48%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 109 (14.69%) JIRA
2 100 (13.48%) SonarQube
3 95 (12.80%) Maven
4 91 (12.26%) Cucumber
4 91 (12.26%) GitLab
4 91 (12.26%) Selenium
5 90 (12.13%) Bitbucket
5 90 (12.13%) Sonatype Nexus
6 52 (7.01%) Git
7 18 (2.43%) Jenkins
8 12 (1.62%) Gradle
9 4 (0.54%) Visual Studio
9 4 (0.54%) WiX
10 2 (0.27%) ERwin
10 2 (0.27%) IBM UrbanCode
10 2 (0.27%) LSMW
10 2 (0.27%) Subversion
11 1 (0.13%) SpecFlow
11 1 (0.13%) VersaTest
11 1 (0.13%) xUnit.net
General
1 369 (49.73%) Finance
2 193 (26.01%) Social Skills
3 151 (20.35%) Banking
4 146 (19.68%) Front Office
5 127 (17.12%) Investment Banking
6 120 (16.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 100 (13.48%) Retail
8 90 (12.13%) Corporate Banking
9 71 (9.57%) Analytical Skills
10 31 (4.18%) Law
11 25 (3.37%) Public Sector
12 18 (2.43%) Marketing
13 17 (2.29%) Games
13 17 (2.29%) Influencing Skills
14 12 (1.62%) Back Office
14 12 (1.62%) Local Government
14 12 (1.62%) Presentation Skills
15 11 (1.48%) Legal
16 7 (0.94%) Aviation
16 7 (0.94%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 136 (18.33%) Software Engineer
2 93 (12.53%) Lead
3 85 (11.46%) Developer
4 82 (11.05%) Senior
5 75 (10.11%) Architect
6 44 (5.93%) Analyst
7 42 (5.66%) AWS Engineer
8 36 (4.85%) Data Governance Analyst
8 36 (4.85%) Data Governance Manager
8 36 (4.85%) Governance Manager
9 34 (4.58%) AWS Software Engineer
10 32 (4.31%) Programme Manager
11 30 (4.04%) Cloud Architect
11 30 (4.04%) Data Engineer
11 30 (4.04%) Head of Finance
12 27 (3.64%) Solutions Architect
13 26 (3.50%) Finance Manager
13 26 (3.50%) Project Manager
13 26 (3.50%) Senior Developer
14 23 (3.10%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 117 (15.77%) HTML
2 115 (15.50%) React
3 112 (15.09%) CSS
4 111 (14.96%) REST
5 110 (14.82%) RESTful
6 108 (14.56%) Kafka
7 95 (12.80%) Spring
8 90 (12.13%) CSS3
8 90 (12.13%) HTML5
8 90 (12.13%) Jest
8 90 (12.13%) JPA
8 90 (12.13%) Redux
8 90 (12.13%) Sass
8 90 (12.13%) Spring Boot
9 43 (5.80%) .NET
10 42 (5.66%) PySpark
11 34 (4.58%) gRPC
11 34 (4.58%) Pandas
11 34 (4.58%) Protocol Buffers
11 34 (4.58%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 147 (19.81%) Derivative
1 147 (19.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 147 (19.81%) Product Ownership
2 146 (19.68%) Equities
2 146 (19.68%) Fixed Income
2 146 (19.68%) Hedge funds
3 106 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
4 42 (5.66%) Cloud Native
5 37 (4.99%) Legacy Systems
6 31 (4.18%) Data Centre
7 25 (3.37%) NHS
8 17 (2.29%) Mobile Games
9 16 (2.16%) Onboarding
9 16 (2.16%) Virtual Team
10 13 (1.75%) Management Information System
10 13 (1.75%) Mobile App
11 12 (1.62%) Hybrid Cloud
11 12 (1.62%) Private Cloud
12 9 (1.21%) Greenfield Project
13 8 (1.08%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 47 (6.33%) Windows
2 45 (6.06%) Linux
3 20 (2.70%) Windows Server
4 10 (1.35%) Windows 10
5 7 (0.94%) Android
5 7 (0.94%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.54%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.54%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.40%) CentOS
7 3 (0.40%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.40%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.27%) Unix
8 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.13%) Debian
9 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.13%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 383 (51.62%) Agile
2 208 (28.03%) DevOps
3 183 (24.66%) CI/CD
4 171 (23.05%) Mentoring
5 168 (22.64%) Software Engineering
6 167 (22.51%) Data Migration
7 164 (22.10%) Roadmaps
8 151 (20.35%) Data Governance
9 142 (19.14%) Problem-Solving
10 135 (18.19%) Data Management
11 132 (17.79%) Microservices
12 130 (17.52%) Containerisation
13 118 (15.90%) Performance Optimisation
14 115 (15.50%) Strategic Thinking
15 114 (15.36%) Regulatory Compliance
16 112 (15.09%) Investment Management
16 112 (15.09%) User Experience
17 98 (13.21%) Full-Stack Development
17 98 (13.21%) Test Automation
18 97 (13.07%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 263 (35.44%) SQL
2 169 (22.78%) Java
3 160 (21.56%) JavaScript
4 141 (19.00%) TypeScript
5 118 (15.90%) Python
6 56 (7.55%) PowerShell
7 45 (6.06%) C#
8 22 (2.96%) Bicep
9 16 (2.16%) Bash
10 15 (2.02%) PL/SQL
11 13 (1.75%) T-SQL
12 7 (0.94%) Kotlin
12 7 (0.94%) Objective-C
12 7 (0.94%) Swift
13 6 (0.81%) C++
14 4 (0.54%) Go
14 4 (0.54%) X++
15 3 (0.40%) PHP
15 3 (0.40%) Progress 4GL
16 2 (0.27%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 74 (9.97%) Degree
2 47 (6.33%) Security Cleared
3 42 (5.66%) Azure Certification
4 40 (5.39%) SC Cleared
5 39 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
6 27 (3.64%) DBS Check
7 15 (2.02%) PMI Certification
7 15 (2.02%) PMP
8 14 (1.89%) AWS Certification
9 13 (1.75%) Master's Degree
10 11 (1.48%) Microsoft Certification
11 9 (1.21%) SAP Certification
12 8 (1.08%) DV Cleared
13 5 (0.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 5 (0.67%) Cisco Certification
14 4 (0.54%) ACCA
14 4 (0.54%) CCNA
15 3 (0.40%) CCNP
15 3 (0.40%) Linux+ Certification
15 3 (0.40%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 123 (16.58%) QA
2 101 (13.61%) Accessibility
3 55 (7.41%) MiFID
4 53 (7.14%) Data Quality
5 16 (2.16%) GDPR
6 15 (2.02%) ISO 9001
7 9 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (1.21%) SLA
8 4 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (0.54%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.40%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.27%) Dublin Core
10 2 (0.27%) NIST
11 1 (0.13%) DICOM
11 1 (0.13%) GMP
11 1 (0.13%) ISO 15022
11 1 (0.13%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 122 (16.44%) Docker
2 44 (5.93%) Active Directory
3 23 (3.10%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (2.43%) Virtual Machines
5 12 (1.62%) Virtual Desktop
6 8 (1.08%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.54%) HDFS
8 3 (0.40%) Dovecot
8 3 (0.40%) Postfix
9 2 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.27%) vSphere
10 1 (0.13%) Firmware
10 1 (0.13%) Job Entry Subsystem
10 1 (0.13%) NFS
10 1 (0.13%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 124 (16.71%) Kubernetes
2 30 (4.04%) Single Sign-On
3 25 (3.37%) Terraform
4 22 (2.96%) Microsoft Intune
5 16 (2.16%) Prometheus
6 13 (1.75%) Ansible
7 10 (1.35%) Failover Clustering
8 5 (0.67%) Argo
9 4 (0.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.40%) Grafana
11 2 (0.27%) Forefront Identity Manager
11 2 (0.27%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.27%) SCCM
11 2 (0.27%) vCenter Server
12 1 (0.13%) Backup Exec
12 1 (0.13%) NetBackup
12 1 (0.13%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.13%) Puppet
12 1 (0.13%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 1 (0.13%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 180 (24.26%) Microsoft
2 90 (12.13%) Solace
3 46 (6.20%) Databricks
4 40 (5.39%) SAP
5 36 (4.85%) Oracle
6 33 (4.45%) Google
7 28 (3.77%) VMware
8 18 (2.43%) Meraki
9 16 (2.16%) Cisco
10 13 (1.75%) Salesforce
11 12 (1.62%) Citrix
11 12 (1.62%) New Relic
12 10 (1.35%) MuleSoft
13 9 (1.21%) IBM
13 9 (1.21%) Teradata
14 8 (1.08%) Aruba
15 7 (0.94%) Palo Alto
15 7 (0.94%) PeopleSoft
16 6 (0.81%) Fortinet
16 6 (0.81%) Sage