Migration Contracts with Work from Home Options

Migration
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Migration skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Migration over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 20 17 23
Rank change year-on-year -3 +6 -4
Contract jobs citing Migration 1,189 2,190 3,375
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 7.90% 8.74% 7.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.98% 9.74% 8.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 790 1,508 2,425
10th Percentile £363 £400 £375
25th Percentile £450 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £625
90th Percentile £713 £730 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 32 33
10th Percentile - £20.25 £16.75
25th Percentile £15.50 £64.25 £26.25
Median hourly rate £17.00 £70.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -75.71% +55.56% -6.25%
75th Percentile £18.50 £70.06 £63.00
90th Percentile £24.05 £87.50 £84.50
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £66.00 £30.75
% change year-on-year -39.39% +114.63% +93.03%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,242 22,482 39,977
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 88.03% 89.72% 91.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,878 15,879 28,991
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £631
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 571 516 542
10th Percentile £15.00 £18.66 £13.78
25th Percentile £25.50 £30.00 £20.29
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +41.16%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +4.82%

Migration
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Migration as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Migration trend for jobs with a WFH option

Migration
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Migration.

Migration daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Migration
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Migration over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Migration daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Migration
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Migration.

Migration hourly rate 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 83 (6.98%) SharePoint
2 48 (4.04%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (1.26%) Confluence
4 14 (1.18%) CMS
4 14 (1.18%) IIS
5 12 (1.01%) Exchange Server 2007
5 12 (1.01%) Exchange Server 2010
6 11 (0.93%) SharePoint 2013
7 10 (0.84%) Exchange Server 2003
7 10 (0.84%) Exchange Server 2013
7 10 (0.84%) Skype for Business
8 7 (0.59%) ArcGIS
8 7 (0.59%) Oracle Workflow
9 6 (0.50%) SAS
10 5 (0.42%) Apache Solr
11 4 (0.34%) Drupal
11 4 (0.34%) nginx
12 3 (0.25%) JBoss
12 3 (0.25%) Umbraco
12 3 (0.25%) WebSphere
Applications
1 23 (1.93%) MS Visio
2 19 (1.60%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (1.43%) Microsoft Excel
4 10 (0.84%) Microsoft Project
5 9 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.084%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.084%) Maya
7 1 (0.084%) Trello
7 1 (0.084%) Weka
Business Applications
1 42 (3.53%) Dynamics CRM
1 42 (3.53%) SAP S/4HANA
2 21 (1.77%) Loan IQ
3 18 (1.51%) Oracle EBS
4 12 (1.01%) Elite 3E
5 11 (0.93%) SAP MDG
6 9 (0.76%) SAP FI
7 8 (0.67%) SimCorp Dimension
8 7 (0.59%) NEC Housing
8 7 (0.59%) Oracle EBS R12
8 7 (0.59%) Oracle Payables
8 7 (0.59%) Oracle Receivables
9 6 (0.50%) Oracle Financials
9 6 (0.50%) Oracle General Ledger
9 6 (0.50%) SAP CO
10 5 (0.42%) Oracle Assets
10 5 (0.42%) SAP Retail
10 5 (0.42%) Workday HCM
11 4 (0.34%) SAP Payroll
11 4 (0.34%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 281 (23.63%) Azure
2 131 (11.02%) AWS
3 111 (9.34%) Microsoft 365
4 71 (5.97%) Dynamics 365
5 68 (5.72%) Power Platform
6 59 (4.96%) GCP
7 44 (3.70%) SaaS
8 40 (3.36%) Azure DevOps
9 35 (2.94%) Entra ID
10 22 (1.85%) PaaS
10 22 (1.85%) PowerApps
10 22 (1.85%) Serverless
11 21 (1.77%) IaaS
12 20 (1.68%) OCI
13 17 (1.43%) Azure Data Factory
14 15 (1.26%) Amazon S3
15 14 (1.18%) Amazon EC2
16 13 (1.09%) GitHub
17 12 (1.01%) AWS CloudFormation
17 12 (1.01%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 40 (3.36%) Firewall
2 27 (2.27%) VPN
3 22 (1.85%) DNS
4 19 (1.60%) SAN
5 14 (1.18%) Network Security
6 12 (1.01%) WAN
7 11 (0.93%) IPsec
7 11 (0.93%) Wireless
8 10 (0.84%) BGP
8 10 (0.84%) LAN
8 10 (0.84%) NAS
8 10 (0.84%) Skype
8 10 (0.84%) TCP/IP
9 9 (0.76%) FTP
9 9 (0.76%) NetScaler
9 9 (0.76%) VLAN
10 8 (0.67%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 8 (0.67%) MPLS
10 8 (0.67%) OSPF
10 8 (0.67%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (6.98%) SQL Server
2 50 (4.21%) Data Warehouse
3 44 (3.70%) Power BI
4 42 (3.53%) Oracle Database
5 35 (2.94%) PostgreSQL
6 24 (2.02%) Big Data
6 24 (2.02%) Relational Database
7 20 (1.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 20 (1.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 19 (1.60%) Oracle Database 11g
9 18 (1.51%) NoSQL
10 16 (1.35%) Azure SQL Database
10 16 (1.35%) Data Lake
11 13 (1.09%) Amazon RDS
11 13 (1.09%) BigQuery
11 13 (1.09%) MongoDB
11 13 (1.09%) MySQL
12 11 (0.93%) Elasticsearch
13 9 (0.76%) Data Mining
13 9 (0.76%) GIS
Development Applications
1 55 (4.63%) JIRA
2 20 (1.68%) Git
2 20 (1.68%) Jenkins
3 9 (0.76%) TeamCity
3 9 (0.76%) Visual Studio
4 6 (0.50%) Cypress.io
4 6 (0.50%) Selenium
5 5 (0.42%) Eclipse
5 5 (0.42%) ERwin
6 4 (0.34%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 4 (0.34%) Visual Studio Team System
7 3 (0.25%) Bitbucket Server
7 3 (0.25%) CA Release Automation
7 3 (0.25%) GitLab
7 3 (0.25%) Postman
7 3 (0.25%) Snyk
7 3 (0.25%) SonarQube
7 3 (0.25%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (0.25%) TestRail
7 3 (0.25%) Toad
General
1 290 (24.39%) Finance
2 269 (22.62%) Social Skills
3 132 (11.10%) Public Sector
4 89 (7.49%) Banking
5 54 (4.54%) Analytical Skills
6 34 (2.86%) Retail
7 31 (2.61%) Presentation Skills
8 25 (2.10%) Marketing
9 22 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
9 22 (1.85%) Manufacturing
10 21 (1.77%) Organisational Skills
11 20 (1.68%) Legal
12 18 (1.51%) Telecoms
13 13 (1.09%) Billing
14 12 (1.01%) Back Office
14 12 (1.01%) Financial Institution
14 12 (1.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 12 (1.01%) Local Government
15 10 (0.84%) Investment Banking
16 9 (0.76%) Law
Job Titles
1 223 (18.76%) Architect
2 154 (12.95%) Consultant
3 125 (10.51%) Analyst
4 113 (9.50%) Project Manager
5 109 (9.17%) Developer
6 105 (8.83%) Senior
7 77 (6.48%) Solutions Architect
8 72 (6.06%) Business Analyst
9 71 (5.97%) Lead
10 40 (3.36%) Technical Architect
11 35 (2.94%) Data Analyst
12 33 (2.78%) Data Engineer
13 32 (2.69%) Migration Engineer
14 31 (2.61%) Migration Consultant
14 31 (2.61%) Migration Manager
15 30 (2.52%) DBA
16 28 (2.35%) Data Consultant
17 24 (2.02%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
17 24 (2.02%) Migration Project Manager
18 23 (1.93%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (3.62%) .NET
2 24 (2.02%) JSON
3 20 (1.68%) Oracle Fusion
4 17 (1.43%) Web Services
5 16 (1.35%) LDAP
5 16 (1.35%) SailPoint
6 15 (1.26%) REST
7 13 (1.09%) Middleware
8 12 (1.01%) .NET Framework
9 11 (0.93%) XML
10 9 (0.76%) Kafka
10 9 (0.76%) SAML
10 9 (0.76%) SOAP
10 9 (0.76%) WCF
11 7 (0.59%) ARM Templates
11 7 (0.59%) AWS CDK
11 7 (0.59%) RabbitMQ
11 7 (0.59%) YAML
12 6 (0.50%) React
12 6 (0.50%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 89 (7.49%) Data Centre
2 56 (4.71%) Legacy Systems
3 38 (3.20%) Replication
4 30 (2.52%) Data Structures
5 28 (2.35%) Cloud Native
6 22 (1.85%) Greenfield Project
6 22 (1.85%) Management Information System
7 17 (1.43%) Onboarding
7 17 (1.43%) Taxonomies
8 13 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
9 12 (1.01%) Hybrid Cloud
10 10 (0.84%) NHS
11 9 (0.76%) Product Ownership
12 8 (0.67%) Clustering
12 8 (0.67%) Legacy Applications
13 7 (0.59%) Public Cloud
14 6 (0.50%) Tandem
15 5 (0.42%) Fixed Income
15 5 (0.42%) FMCG
15 5 (0.42%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 126 (10.60%) Windows
2 60 (5.05%) Linux
3 33 (2.78%) Windows Server
4 26 (2.19%) Unix
5 21 (1.77%) VMS
6 18 (1.51%) Windows 10
6 18 (1.51%) Windows Server 2012
7 13 (1.09%) Windows Server 2008
8 12 (1.01%) Windows Server 2003
9 11 (0.93%) Windows Server 2016
10 8 (0.67%) CentOS
10 8 (0.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 8 (0.67%) Windows Server 2019
11 4 (0.34%) OpenVMS
11 4 (0.34%) Oracle Linux
11 4 (0.34%) Solaris
11 4 (0.34%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.17%) AIX
12 2 (0.17%) Android
12 2 (0.17%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 420 (35.32%) Data Migration
2 174 (14.63%) Agile
3 159 (13.37%) Problem-Solving
4 134 (11.27%) DevOps
5 98 (8.24%) Stakeholder Management
6 93 (7.82%) Project Management
7 87 (7.32%) ETL
8 75 (6.31%) Change Management
9 74 (6.22%) CI/CD
10 72 (6.06%) CRM
11 68 (5.72%) Data Modelling
12 66 (5.55%) ERP
13 62 (5.21%) User Acceptance Testing
14 61 (5.13%) Project Delivery
15 58 (4.88%) Roadmaps
16 57 (4.79%) Business Intelligence
17 53 (4.46%) Architectural Design
18 48 (4.04%) Decision-Making
19 47 (3.95%) Analytics
19 47 (3.95%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 197 (16.57%) SQL
2 69 (5.80%) PowerShell
3 62 (5.21%) Python
4 43 (3.62%) Java
5 38 (3.20%) C#
6 32 (2.69%) JavaScript
7 24 (2.02%) PL/SQL
8 15 (1.26%) PHP
9 14 (1.18%) T-SQL
10 12 (1.01%) ABAP
11 8 (0.67%) Perl
12 7 (0.59%) TypeScript
13 6 (0.50%) ActionScript
14 5 (0.42%) COBOL
14 5 (0.42%) Scala
14 5 (0.42%) Shell Script
15 4 (0.34%) Bicep
15 4 (0.34%) DCL
15 4 (0.34%) Go
15 4 (0.34%) VBA
Qualifications
1 126 (10.60%) Security Cleared
2 106 (8.92%) SC Cleared
3 72 (6.06%) Degree
4 19 (1.60%) Azure Certification
4 19 (1.60%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (1.26%) DV Cleared
5 15 (1.26%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (0.76%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (0.67%) CCNP
9 7 (0.59%) PMP
10 6 (0.50%) ISTQB
10 6 (0.50%) Master's Degree
10 6 (0.50%) PMI Certification
10 6 (0.50%) SAP Certification
10 6 (0.50%) TOGAF Certification
11 5 (0.42%) AWS Certification
11 5 (0.42%) CTC Cleared
12 4 (0.34%) APMP
12 4 (0.34%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (4.63%) QA
2 50 (4.21%) Data Quality
3 22 (1.85%) GDPR
4 20 (1.68%) PMO
5 18 (1.51%) NIST
6 16 (1.35%) Accessibility
7 8 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (0.50%) HIPAA
9 4 (0.34%) IFRS
9 4 (0.34%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.25%) SLA
11 2 (0.17%) GRC
11 2 (0.17%) ISO 20022
12 1 (0.084%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.084%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.084%) Disclosure Scotland
12 1 (0.084%) GAAP
12 1 (0.084%) GxP
12 1 (0.084%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.084%) SOC 2
System Software
1 105 (8.83%) Active Directory
2 38 (3.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (1.77%) Docker
4 14 (1.18%) vSphere
5 12 (1.01%) Hyper-V
6 11 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
7 10 (0.84%) VMware NSX
8 7 (0.59%) HDFS
8 7 (0.59%) NFS
9 6 (0.50%) KVM
10 5 (0.42%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
11 4 (0.34%) XenApp
11 4 (0.34%) XenDesktop
12 3 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
13 2 (0.17%) Firmware
13 2 (0.17%) Oracle RAC
14 1 (0.084%) Microsoft App-V
14 1 (0.084%) OpenIDM
14 1 (0.084%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 45 (3.78%) Terraform
2 36 (3.03%) Kubernetes
3 25 (2.10%) Ansible
4 20 (1.68%) Single Sign-On
5 17 (1.43%) Microsoft Intune
6 12 (1.01%) SCCM
7 11 (0.93%) Grafana
8 10 (0.84%) vCenter Server
9 5 (0.42%) Data Guard
9 5 (0.42%) FortiGate
9 5 (0.42%) Puppet
10 4 (0.34%) Avamar
10 4 (0.34%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.34%) Prometheus
10 4 (0.34%) VxRail
11 3 (0.25%) Argo
11 3 (0.25%) Kibana
11 3 (0.25%) Oracle RMAN
12 2 (0.17%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 2 (0.17%) TIBCO Hawk
Vendors
1 218 (18.33%) Microsoft
2 126 (10.60%) Oracle
3 121 (10.18%) SAP
4 53 (4.46%) ServiceNow
5 50 (4.21%) VMware
6 40 (3.36%) Cisco
7 35 (2.94%) Google
8 25 (2.10%) Salesforce
9 21 (1.77%) Databricks
10 19 (1.60%) NetApp
11 18 (1.51%) Dell
12 16 (1.35%) IBM
13 15 (1.26%) F5
14 14 (1.18%) CyberArk
14 14 (1.18%) Palo Alto
15 13 (1.09%) Citrix
16 12 (1.01%) Adobe
16 12 (1.01%) BeyondTrust
16 12 (1.01%) Informatica
17 11 (0.93%) Workday