Migration
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Migration skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries 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 91 93 98
Rank change year-on-year +2 +5 -24
Permanent jobs citing Migration 3,008 3,618 5,530
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.03% 3.58% 3.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.54% 3.75% 3.67%
Number of salaries quoted 2,062 2,562 3,548
10th Percentile £37,000 £41,250 £38,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £53,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.81% +3.85% +14.04%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,685 £60,800 £52,500
% change year-on-year -16.64% +15.81% +10.53%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,917 96,578 150,488
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.59% 95.61% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 59,883 56,844 82,330
10th Percentile £29,008 £34,000 £33,515
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,190 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.12% +1.98% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Migration in the UK

Migration
Top 18 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 10 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +2 2,537 £60,000 -11.11% 648
UK excluding London +35 1,997 £50,685 -16.64% 382
Work from Home -3 1,270 £57,500 -14.81% 326
London -8 819 £75,000 -3.23% 276
North of England +69 650 £52,500 -12.50% 96
South East +15 372 £51,000 -16.12% 90
North West +66 363 £50,000 -16.67% 52
Midlands +7 318 £50,000 -17.76% 82
Yorkshire +53 206 £57,500 -4.17% 35
South West -15 202 £55,000 -9.69% 44
Scotland +20 193 £50,000 -23.08% 22
West Midlands -13 175 £51,300 -15.63% 50
East of England +17 141 £47,500 -23.01% 35
East Midlands +44 138 £47,500 -21.88% 32
Wales +34 82 £51,997 -14.48% 5
North East +31 81 £50,000 - 10
Northern Ireland +47 38 £54,408 +20.91% 15
Channel Islands - 5 £85,000 -

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
1 203 (6.75%) SharePoint
2 172 (5.72%) Microsoft Exchange
3 46 (1.53%) Apache Spark
3 46 (1.53%) WebLogic
4 39 (1.30%) Confluence
5 32 (1.06%) WebSphere
6 30 (1.00%) Captiva
6 30 (1.00%) FileNet
7 27 (0.90%) IIS
8 20 (0.66%) Apache
9 19 (0.63%) Apache Airflow
9 19 (0.63%) CMS
9 19 (0.63%) Oracle Workflow
10 17 (0.57%) Drupal
10 17 (0.57%) Exchange Server 2013
11 13 (0.43%) Exchange Server 2010
12 11 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2007
13 10 (0.33%) SharePoint Server
14 9 (0.30%) nginx
15 6 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2000
Applications
1 110 (3.66%) MS Visio
2 92 (3.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 82 (2.73%) Microsoft Office
4 16 (0.53%) Trello
5 14 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 12 (0.40%) Sketch
6 12 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
7 10 (0.33%) InfoPath
8 6 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
9 3 (0.100%) FrameMaker
10 2 (0.066%) FileZilla
11 1 (0.033%) AutoCAD
11 1 (0.033%) Mathematica
11 1 (0.033%) PTC Creo
11 1 (0.033%) SOLIDWORKS
11 1 (0.033%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 57 (1.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 48 (1.60%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 41 (1.36%) SAP S/4HANA
4 34 (1.13%) Dynamics AX
5 27 (0.90%) NetSuite
6 19 (0.63%) Oracle General Ledger
7 17 (0.57%) Oracle Payables
8 14 (0.47%) Oracle Receivables
9 12 (0.40%) Oracle Cash Management
10 11 (0.37%) SAP CX
11 10 (0.33%) Oracle Applications
12 9 (0.30%) NEC Housing
12 9 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
12 9 (0.30%) Oracle ERP
12 9 (0.30%) Teamcenter
13 8 (0.27%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
13 8 (0.27%) SAP ERP
14 6 (0.20%) Oracle Financials
14 6 (0.20%) Visualfiles
15 5 (0.17%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 1,218 (40.49%) Azure
2 753 (25.03%) AWS
3 492 (16.36%) Microsoft 365
4 412 (13.70%) Power Platform
5 282 (9.38%) GCP
6 229 (7.61%) SaaS
7 152 (5.05%) Entra ID
8 140 (4.65%) OneDrive
9 127 (4.22%) Dynamics 365
10 102 (3.39%) Azure DevOps
11 79 (2.63%) Amazon S3
11 79 (2.63%) PaaS
12 75 (2.49%) Dropbox
13 74 (2.46%) GitHub
14 73 (2.43%) Serverless
15 72 (2.39%) IaaS
15 72 (2.39%) Power Automate
16 71 (2.36%) Amazon EKS
17 70 (2.33%) PowerApps
18 69 (2.29%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 210 (6.98%) Firewall
2 192 (6.38%) DNS
3 113 (3.76%) TCP/IP
4 103 (3.42%) LAN
4 103 (3.42%) WAN
5 84 (2.79%) DHCP
6 82 (2.73%) VPN
7 74 (2.46%) SSL
8 69 (2.29%) SAN
9 55 (1.83%) Wi-Fi
10 54 (1.80%) Wireless
11 53 (1.76%) BGP
12 46 (1.53%) Network Security
13 41 (1.36%) NAS
14 38 (1.26%) Internet
15 36 (1.20%) VLAN
16 32 (1.06%) SD-WAN
17 26 (0.86%) Unified Communications
18 22 (0.73%) Intrusion Detection
19 19 (0.63%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 343 (11.40%) Power BI
2 312 (10.37%) SQL Server
3 235 (7.81%) Data Warehouse
4 196 (6.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 157 (5.22%) Oracle Database
6 121 (4.02%) PostgreSQL
7 110 (3.66%) Relational Database
8 92 (3.06%) Oracle Database 11g
9 89 (2.96%) Amazon RDS
9 89 (2.96%) Data Lake
10 76 (2.53%) MySQL
11 68 (2.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 67 (2.23%) RDBMS
13 49 (1.63%) Data Mining
14 47 (1.56%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 41 (1.36%) MongoDB
16 40 (1.33%) Geospatial Data
17 39 (1.30%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
18 36 (1.20%) Big Data
19 35 (1.16%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 205 (6.82%) JIRA
2 110 (3.66%) Jenkins
3 60 (1.99%) Git
4 50 (1.66%) GitLab
5 34 (1.13%) Oracle Forms
6 23 (0.76%) Team Foundation Server
7 22 (0.73%) Artifactory
7 22 (0.73%) Subversion
8 18 (0.60%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 16 (0.53%) Bitbucket
10 13 (0.43%) Postman
10 13 (0.43%) Sonatype Nexus
11 11 (0.37%) Visual Studio
12 10 (0.33%) gulp
12 10 (0.33%) JMeter
12 10 (0.33%) Yeoman
13 8 (0.27%) Eclipse
13 8 (0.27%) Octopus Deploy
13 8 (0.27%) Selenium
14 7 (0.23%) TeamCity
General
1 805 (26.76%) Social Skills
2 677 (22.51%) Finance
3 262 (8.71%) Analytical Skills
4 253 (8.41%) Public Sector
5 178 (5.92%) Law
6 174 (5.78%) Retail
7 168 (5.59%) Banking
8 149 (4.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 133 (4.42%) Presentation Skills
10 102 (3.39%) Marketing
11 95 (3.16%) Manufacturing
12 74 (2.46%) Legal
13 50 (1.66%) Organisational Skills
14 45 (1.50%) Telecoms
15 40 (1.33%) Retail Banking
16 34 (1.13%) Aerospace
16 34 (1.13%) Documentation Skills
17 27 (0.90%) Games
17 27 (0.90%) Pharmaceutical
18 26 (0.86%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 587 (19.51%) Senior
2 546 (18.15%) Architect
3 348 (11.57%) Developer
4 294 (9.77%) Analyst
5 286 (9.51%) Consultant
6 268 (8.91%) Lead
7 197 (6.55%) Solutions Architect
8 175 (5.82%) Cloud Architect
9 139 (4.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 132 (4.39%) Senior Developer
11 104 (3.46%) IT Engineer
12 103 (3.42%) Business Analyst
13 101 (3.36%) Database Engineer
14 99 (3.29%) Senior Database Engineer
15 98 (3.26%) Administrator
16 97 (3.22%) Project Manager
17 93 (3.09%) Database Developer
18 91 (3.03%) Data Engineer
18 91 (3.03%) PostgreSQL Developer
19 80 (2.66%) Senior Database Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 106 (3.52%) .NET
2 75 (2.49%) Spring Boot
3 72 (2.39%) HTML
4 63 (2.09%) REST
5 54 (1.80%) CSS
6 51 (1.70%) RabbitMQ
7 49 (1.63%) Kafka
8 48 (1.60%) React
9 42 (1.40%) Spring
10 41 (1.36%) PySpark
11 40 (1.33%) XML
12 38 (1.26%) Node.js
13 33 (1.10%) AngularJS
14 32 (1.06%) JSON
15 30 (1.00%) Web Services
16 27 (0.90%) SOAP
17 25 (0.83%) Middleware
18 19 (0.63%) ASP.NET
18 19 (0.63%) Oracle Fusion
19 18 (0.60%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 231 (7.68%) Public Cloud
2 143 (4.75%) Management Information System
3 140 (4.65%) Data Centre
4 105 (3.49%) Legacy Systems
5 94 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
6 89 (2.96%) Self-Motivation
7 86 (2.86%) Hybrid Cloud
7 86 (2.86%) PKI
8 82 (2.73%) Cloud Native
9 69 (2.29%) iPad
10 61 (2.03%) Onboarding
11 58 (1.93%) Private Cloud
12 56 (1.86%) Data Structures
13 51 (1.70%) Driving Licence
14 45 (1.50%) Product Ownership
15 43 (1.43%) Greenfield Project
16 35 (1.16%) Reinsurance
17 34 (1.13%) Replication
18 30 (1.00%) DataPower
18 30 (1.00%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 372 (12.37%) Windows
2 253 (8.41%) Linux
3 202 (6.72%) Windows Server
4 56 (1.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 50 (1.66%) Unix
6 42 (1.40%) Windows 10
7 32 (1.06%) Apple iOS
8 29 (0.96%) Android
8 29 (0.96%) Windows Server 2016
9 25 (0.83%) Windows Server 2012
10 23 (0.76%) Windows 7
11 22 (0.73%) Windows 8
12 21 (0.70%) VMS
13 16 (0.53%) Windows Server 2008
14 15 (0.50%) Windows Server 2019
15 8 (0.27%) CentOS
15 8 (0.27%) Mac OS
16 5 (0.17%) Mac OS X
17 4 (0.13%) AIX
17 4 (0.13%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 793 (26.36%) Data Migration
2 658 (21.88%) Agile
3 485 (16.12%) Problem-Solving
4 422 (14.03%) DevOps
5 389 (12.93%) Business Intelligence
6 376 (12.50%) Roadmaps
7 364 (12.10%) Project Management
8 354 (11.77%) Actionable Insight
9 292 (9.71%) ETL
10 261 (8.68%) Artificial Intelligence
11 255 (8.48%) ERP
12 233 (7.75%) Stakeholder Management
13 210 (6.98%) Mentoring
14 203 (6.75%) Data Modelling
15 197 (6.55%) Analytics
16 177 (5.88%) CI/CD
17 174 (5.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 174 (5.78%) TOGAF
18 170 (5.65%) Collaborative Working
18 170 (5.65%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 704 (23.40%) SQL
2 210 (6.98%) Python
3 178 (5.92%) Java
4 176 (5.85%) PowerShell
5 125 (4.16%) PL/SQL
6 109 (3.62%) JavaScript
7 90 (2.99%) C#
8 55 (1.83%) T-SQL
9 37 (1.23%) PHP
10 33 (1.10%) Bash
11 32 (1.06%) TypeScript
12 26 (0.86%) Apex Code
13 24 (0.80%) Groovy
14 22 (0.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 20 (0.66%) Shell Script
16 19 (0.63%) Scala
17 16 (0.53%) Perl
18 14 (0.47%) C++
19 11 (0.37%) Bicep
19 11 (0.37%) Go
Qualifications
1 325 (10.80%) Degree
2 255 (8.48%) Security Cleared
3 177 (5.88%) SC Cleared
4 117 (3.89%) Azure Certification
5 113 (3.76%) AWS Certification
6 102 (3.39%) Microsoft Certification
7 78 (2.59%) DBS Check
8 73 (2.43%) Computer Science Degree
9 67 (2.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 60 (1.99%) Cisco Certification
11 39 (1.30%) Master's Degree
12 37 (1.23%) CCNA
13 32 (1.06%) CCNP
14 24 (0.80%) BPSS Clearance
14 24 (0.80%) DV Cleared
15 20 (0.66%) Oracle Certification
16 19 (0.63%) PMP
17 18 (0.60%) CISSP
18 17 (0.57%) PMI Certification
19 13 (0.43%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 103 (3.42%) Data Quality
2 74 (2.46%) QA
3 73 (2.43%) GDPR
4 34 (1.13%) PMO
5 31 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 26 (0.86%) SLA
7 14 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
8 13 (0.43%) IFRS
9 12 (0.40%) Accessibility
10 8 (0.27%) PCI DSS
11 7 (0.23%) NIST
12 6 (0.20%) GAAP
13 4 (0.13%) MiFID
14 3 (0.100%) GMP
14 3 (0.100%) GRC
14 3 (0.100%) HIPAA
14 3 (0.100%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 2 (0.066%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 2 (0.066%) ISO 20022
15 2 (0.066%) NCSC
System Software
1 299 (9.94%) Active Directory
2 141 (4.69%) Docker
3 114 (3.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 86 (2.86%) Hyper-V
5 48 (1.60%) VMware ESXi
6 25 (0.83%) Virtual Desktop
7 21 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
8 11 (0.37%) vSphere
9 8 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
10 7 (0.23%) Microsoft App-V
11 5 (0.17%) DFS Replication
12 4 (0.13%) VMware Server
13 3 (0.100%) HDFS
14 2 (0.066%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 2 (0.066%) NFS
14 2 (0.066%) pfSense
14 2 (0.066%) Terminal Services
14 2 (0.066%) Varnish
14 2 (0.066%) VMware NSX
14 2 (0.066%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 198 (6.58%) Terraform
2 138 (4.59%) Kubernetes
3 134 (4.45%) Microsoft Intune
4 103 (3.42%) Ansible
5 37 (1.23%) vCenter Server
6 33 (1.10%) SCCM
7 31 (1.03%) Puppet
8 21 (0.70%) Grafana
9 18 (0.60%) Prometheus
10 14 (0.47%) Progress Chef
10 14 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
11 13 (0.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 11 (0.37%) Jamf Pro
12 11 (0.37%) Packer
13 10 (0.33%) Graphite
13 10 (0.33%) HAProxy
13 10 (0.33%) Nagios
14 7 (0.23%) Salt
15 6 (0.20%) CloudHub
15 6 (0.20%) Kibana
Vendors
1 975 (32.41%) Microsoft
2 386 (12.83%) Oracle
3 261 (8.68%) Google
4 199 (6.62%) VMware
5 161 (5.35%) SAP
6 105 (3.49%) Cisco
7 95 (3.16%) ServiceNow
8 74 (2.46%) Salesforce
9 69 (2.29%) Databricks
10 58 (1.93%) IBM
11 51 (1.70%) Sparx
12 49 (1.63%) Citrix
13 37 (1.23%) Informatica
13 37 (1.23%) Veeam
14 31 (1.03%) Apple
15 30 (1.00%) Pega
16 28 (0.93%) Kofax
17 27 (0.90%) Palo Alto
18 25 (0.83%) Dell
18 25 (0.83%) HP