Migration Contracts in England

Migration
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Migration skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Migration over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 23 22 26
Rank change year-on-year -1 +4 -7
Contract jobs citing Migration 2,651 3,662 5,336
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 7.07% 7.79% 7.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.28% 8.66% 8.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,832 2,644 3,877
10th Percentile £335 £350 £356
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £638 £668 £638
90th Percentile £725 £754 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 39 36
10th Percentile £16.10 £19.70 £13.81
25th Percentile £25.00 £33.00 £17.91
Median hourly rate £40.00 £65.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.46% +150.00% +63.93%
75th Percentile £80.00 £70.00 £59.81
90th Percentile - £87.50 £72.41
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £64.50 £24.62
% change year-on-year -37.98% +162.04% +55.20%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Migration falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,030 42,283 63,775
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.40% 89.90% 90.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,779 29,697 45,496
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £440 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,363 1,526 1,693
10th Percentile £12.79 £10.69 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.01 £15.75 £15.63
Median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +40.19% +14.13%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.59 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.71 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
% change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%

Migration
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Migration in England

Migration
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Migration in England.

Daily rate trend for Migration in England

Migration
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Migration in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Migration in England

Migration
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Migration in England.

Hourly rate trend for Migration in England

Migration
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Migration in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Migration in England

Migration
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Migration within the England region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +2 1,438 £540 -9.24% 291
South East -5 332 £513 -2.38% 81
North of England -7 315 £500 -4.76% 115
Midlands -7 188 £520 +4.00% 79
South West -1 174 £500 -9.09% 55
North West -3 170 £500 - 56
Yorkshire -5 127 £500 -9.09% 49
West Midlands -5 120 £520 +2.31% 58
East of England -13 106 £500 +5.26% 35
East Midlands -2 67 £500 +5.26% 21
North East +13 20 £569 +33.82% 10
South Coast - 3 £500 -
Migration
UK

Migration
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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
1 163 (6.15%) SharePoint
2 100 (3.77%) Microsoft Exchange
3 45 (1.70%) Confluence
4 28 (1.06%) CMS
5 26 (0.98%) Apache
6 16 (0.60%) Exchange Server 2010
7 15 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
8 14 (0.53%) Apache Spark
8 14 (0.53%) Exchange Server 2007
8 14 (0.53%) SAS
9 13 (0.49%) IIS
10 12 (0.45%) Exchange Server 2013
10 12 (0.45%) SharePoint 2013
11 11 (0.41%) Exchange Server 2003
11 11 (0.41%) Skype for Business
11 11 (0.41%) WebLogic
12 8 (0.30%) ArcGIS
13 7 (0.26%) ColdFusion
14 6 (0.23%) JBoss
14 6 (0.23%) WebSphere
Applications
1 50 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
2 49 (1.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 28 (1.06%) MS Visio
4 22 (0.83%) Microsoft Project
5 13 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 12 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.19%) Trello
8 3 (0.11%) Acrobat
9 2 (0.075%) FileZilla
9 2 (0.075%) Maya
10 1 (0.038%) InfoPath
10 1 (0.038%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 83 (3.13%) SAP S/4HANA
2 48 (1.81%) Dynamics CRM
3 25 (0.94%) Oracle EBS
4 17 (0.64%) Loan IQ
5 14 (0.53%) NetSuite
6 13 (0.49%) NEC Housing
7 10 (0.38%) Primavera
8 9 (0.34%) SimCorp Dimension
9 8 (0.30%) Dynamics AX
9 8 (0.30%) SAP MDG
9 8 (0.30%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
10 7 (0.26%) Oracle EBS R12
10 7 (0.26%) Oracle General Ledger
10 7 (0.26%) SAP FI
11 6 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
11 6 (0.23%) Oracle Financials
11 6 (0.23%) Workday HCM
12 5 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
12 5 (0.19%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
12 5 (0.19%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 592 (22.33%) Azure
2 280 (10.56%) AWS
3 214 (8.07%) Microsoft 365
4 165 (6.22%) Power Platform
5 131 (4.94%) Dynamics 365
6 120 (4.53%) GCP
7 98 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
8 96 (3.62%) Entra ID
9 73 (2.75%) SaaS
10 55 (2.07%) PaaS
11 51 (1.92%) IaaS
12 46 (1.74%) PowerApps
13 40 (1.51%) Snowflake
14 38 (1.43%) OneDrive
14 38 (1.43%) Serverless
15 34 (1.28%) OCI
16 33 (1.24%) GitHub
17 32 (1.21%) Amazon EC2
18 29 (1.09%) Azure Logic Apps
19 28 (1.06%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 117 (4.41%) Firewall
2 70 (2.64%) DNS
3 57 (2.15%) WAN
4 50 (1.89%) LAN
5 43 (1.62%) Network Security
6 42 (1.58%) VPN
7 38 (1.43%) DHCP
7 38 (1.43%) MPLS
8 37 (1.40%) SAN
9 27 (1.02%) DMZ
10 26 (0.98%) Wireless
11 24 (0.91%) BGP
11 24 (0.91%) Wi-Fi
12 23 (0.87%) FTP
13 21 (0.79%) IPsec
14 20 (0.75%) SD-WAN
15 19 (0.72%) TCP/IP
16 18 (0.68%) VoIP
17 16 (0.60%) NAS
18 14 (0.53%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 169 (6.37%) SQL Server
2 130 (4.90%) Data Warehouse
3 112 (4.22%) Power BI
4 75 (2.83%) Oracle Database
5 65 (2.45%) PostgreSQL
6 57 (2.15%) Data Lake
7 45 (1.70%) Big Data
7 45 (1.70%) Relational Database
8 44 (1.66%) NoSQL
9 39 (1.47%) Azure SQL Database
10 34 (1.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 32 (1.21%) MySQL
11 32 (1.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 29 (1.09%) Tableau
13 21 (0.79%) Oracle Database 11g
14 20 (0.75%) Metadata
15 19 (0.72%) Amazon RDS
15 19 (0.72%) Oracle Reports
16 18 (0.68%) SAP HANA
17 17 (0.64%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 111 (4.19%) JIRA
2 50 (1.89%) Git
3 38 (1.43%) Jenkins
4 27 (1.02%) TeamCity
5 22 (0.83%) GitLab
6 21 (0.79%) Selenium
7 17 (0.64%) JUnit
7 17 (0.64%) Visual Studio
8 16 (0.60%) ERwin
9 15 (0.57%) Cucumber
10 12 (0.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 11 (0.41%) LSMW
12 9 (0.34%) JMeter
12 9 (0.34%) LoadRunner
12 9 (0.34%) Maven
13 8 (0.30%) SpecFlow
14 7 (0.26%) Postman
14 7 (0.26%) SonarQube
15 6 (0.23%) Sonatype Nexus
15 6 (0.23%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 630 (23.76%) Finance
2 584 (22.03%) Social Skills
3 243 (9.17%) Public Sector
4 205 (7.73%) Analytical Skills
5 200 (7.54%) Banking
6 77 (2.90%) Retail
7 68 (2.57%) Legal
8 59 (2.23%) Manufacturing
9 57 (2.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 51 (1.92%) Telecoms
11 43 (1.62%) Marketing
12 39 (1.47%) Local Government
13 38 (1.43%) Presentation Skills
14 37 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
15 33 (1.24%) Investment Banking
16 30 (1.13%) Law
17 27 (1.02%) Front Office
18 24 (0.91%) Billing
18 24 (0.91%) Organisational Skills
19 19 (0.72%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 468 (17.65%) Architect
2 293 (11.05%) Analyst
3 268 (10.11%) Project Manager
4 244 (9.20%) Consultant
5 232 (8.75%) Developer
6 207 (7.81%) Senior
7 170 (6.41%) Solutions Architect
8 167 (6.30%) Lead
9 141 (5.32%) Business Analyst
10 120 (4.53%) Migration Engineer
11 105 (3.96%) Data Engineer
12 88 (3.32%) Network Engineer
13 85 (3.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 82 (3.09%) Data Architect
15 72 (2.72%) Data Analyst
15 72 (2.72%) Migration Manager
16 59 (2.23%) Technical Architect
17 58 (2.19%) Data Migration Engineer
18 55 (2.07%) Migration Project Manager
19 54 (2.04%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (2.87%) .NET
2 53 (2.00%) JSON
3 47 (1.77%) REST
4 46 (1.74%) Web Services
5 44 (1.66%) CSS
6 41 (1.55%) HTML
6 41 (1.55%) XML
7 35 (1.32%) LDAP
8 33 (1.24%) Spring
9 32 (1.21%) Kafka
10 27 (1.02%) React
11 26 (0.98%) Middleware
11 26 (0.98%) WCF
12 25 (0.94%) Oracle Fusion
13 23 (0.87%) AngularJS
13 23 (0.87%) SAML
14 22 (0.83%) SOAP
15 21 (0.79%) Spring Boot
16 19 (0.72%) PySpark
17 18 (0.68%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 173 (6.53%) Data Centre
2 107 (4.04%) Legacy Systems
3 63 (2.38%) Management Information System
4 57 (2.15%) Replication
5 44 (1.66%) Cloud Native
6 42 (1.58%) Data Structures
7 33 (1.24%) Onboarding
8 32 (1.21%) Product Ownership
8 32 (1.21%) Public Cloud
9 28 (1.06%) Data Protection Act
9 28 (1.06%) Greenfield Project
10 26 (0.98%) NHS
11 25 (0.94%) Clustering
12 24 (0.91%) Linux Command Line
12 24 (0.91%) Taxonomies
13 23 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
14 20 (0.75%) Hybrid Cloud
15 18 (0.68%) Mobile App
15 18 (0.68%) PKI
16 15 (0.57%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 302 (11.39%) Windows
2 151 (5.70%) Linux
3 106 (4.00%) Windows Server
4 80 (3.02%) Unix
5 70 (2.64%) Windows 10
6 39 (1.47%) VMS
7 36 (1.36%) Windows Server 2016
8 31 (1.17%) Windows Server 2012
8 31 (1.17%) Windows Server 2019
9 24 (0.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 16 (0.60%) Solaris
11 15 (0.57%) Apple iOS
11 15 (0.57%) Windows Server 2008
12 11 (0.41%) Oracle Linux
13 10 (0.38%) Windows Server 2003
14 9 (0.34%) Android
15 8 (0.30%) Ubuntu
16 6 (0.23%) CentOS
16 6 (0.23%) Mac OS
17 5 (0.19%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 820 (30.93%) Data Migration
2 419 (15.81%) Agile
3 320 (12.07%) Problem-Solving
4 256 (9.66%) DevOps
5 235 (8.86%) Project Management
6 215 (8.11%) Stakeholder Management
7 168 (6.34%) Project Delivery
8 160 (6.04%) Data Modelling
9 148 (5.58%) Business Intelligence
10 147 (5.55%) CI/CD
10 147 (5.55%) Data Management
11 134 (5.05%) Analytics
11 134 (5.05%) ETL
12 130 (4.90%) Computer Science
13 129 (4.87%) ERP
14 126 (4.75%) Roadmaps
15 118 (4.45%) Change Management
16 115 (4.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 106 (4.00%) Scrum
18 102 (3.85%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 397 (14.98%) SQL
2 175 (6.60%) PowerShell
3 169 (6.37%) Python
4 127 (4.79%) Java
5 84 (3.17%) C#
6 73 (2.75%) JavaScript
7 35 (1.32%) PL/SQL
8 32 (1.21%) Bash
9 27 (1.02%) T-SQL
10 24 (0.91%) TypeScript
11 23 (0.87%) PHP
12 20 (0.75%) ABAP
13 19 (0.72%) Perl
14 16 (0.60%) Go
15 11 (0.41%) Scala
16 10 (0.38%) Bicep
17 8 (0.30%) Groovy
17 8 (0.30%) Swift
18 7 (0.26%) Apex Code
19 6 (0.23%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 327 (12.33%) Security Cleared
2 232 (8.75%) SC Cleared
3 206 (7.77%) Degree
4 76 (2.87%) Computer Science Degree
4 76 (2.87%) DV Cleared
5 60 (2.26%) Cisco Certification
6 45 (1.70%) Azure Certification
7 32 (1.21%) Microsoft Certification
8 24 (0.91%) BPSS Clearance
9 23 (0.87%) CCNP
10 19 (0.72%) CCNA
10 19 (0.72%) PMP
11 17 (0.64%) ITIL Certification
12 15 (0.57%) PMI Certification
13 14 (0.53%) CISSP
13 14 (0.53%) Master's Degree
14 10 (0.38%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 9 (0.34%) TOGAF Certification
16 8 (0.30%) CCIE
16 8 (0.30%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 132 (4.98%) Data Quality
2 94 (3.55%) QA
3 42 (1.58%) GDPR
4 39 (1.47%) Accessibility
5 23 (0.87%) NIST
5 23 (0.87%) PMO
6 12 (0.45%) PCI DSS
7 9 (0.34%) SLA
8 8 (0.30%) HIPAA
8 8 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 8 (0.30%) WCAG
9 7 (0.26%) ISO 20022
10 6 (0.23%) GRC
10 6 (0.23%) IFRS
11 5 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
12 4 (0.15%) ISO 15022
12 4 (0.15%) NCSC
13 2 (0.075%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.075%) Software Quality Assurance
14 1 (0.038%) SOC 2
System Software
1 253 (9.54%) Active Directory
2 93 (3.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 56 (2.11%) Docker
4 45 (1.70%) Virtual Machines
5 22 (0.83%) vSphere
6 18 (0.68%) Virtual Servers
6 18 (0.68%) VMware NSX
7 15 (0.57%) NFS
7 15 (0.57%) Virtual Desktop
7 15 (0.57%) XenApp
8 14 (0.53%) HDFS
8 14 (0.53%) Hyper-V
9 13 (0.49%) KVM
10 10 (0.38%) VMware Workstation
11 7 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
12 4 (0.15%) XenDesktop
13 3 (0.11%) Microsoft App-V
14 2 (0.075%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
14 2 (0.075%) BitLocker
14 2 (0.075%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 98 (3.70%) Terraform
2 70 (2.64%) Kubernetes
3 52 (1.96%) Single Sign-On
4 50 (1.89%) SCCM
5 49 (1.85%) Ansible
5 49 (1.85%) Microsoft Intune
6 27 (1.02%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 17 (0.64%) Grafana
8 12 (0.45%) Prometheus
9 11 (0.41%) FortiGate
9 11 (0.41%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 10 (0.38%) PingFederate
10 10 (0.38%) Podman
10 10 (0.38%) Progress Chef
10 10 (0.38%) vCenter Server
11 9 (0.34%) Nagios
11 9 (0.34%) NetBackup
11 9 (0.34%) VxRail
12 8 (0.30%) Microsoft Clustering
13 7 (0.26%) Istio
Vendors
1 500 (18.86%) Microsoft
2 229 (8.64%) SAP
3 218 (8.22%) Oracle
4 140 (5.28%) VMware
5 122 (4.60%) Cisco
6 59 (2.23%) Salesforce
7 58 (2.19%) Google
8 44 (1.66%) Databricks
9 42 (1.58%) Citrix
10 40 (1.51%) CheckPoint
10 40 (1.51%) Dell
11 38 (1.43%) ServiceNow
12 37 (1.40%) Micro Focus
13 35 (1.32%) Palo Alto
14 34 (1.28%) F5
15 31 (1.17%) Juniper
16 30 (1.13%) Red Hat
17 29 (1.09%) NetApp
18 27 (1.02%) Arista
19 25 (0.94%) Informatica