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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 21 16 23
Rank change year-on-year -5 +7 -4
Contract jobs citing Migration 1,158 2,181 3,379
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 7.86% 8.80% 7.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.95% 9.82% 8.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 763 1,498 2,438
10th Percentile £363 £400 £375
25th Percentile £448 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £625
90th Percentile £712 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 34 28
10th Percentile - £20.75 £16.24
25th Percentile £15.50 £57.69 £25.50
Median hourly rate £16.50 £70.00 £36.58
Median % change year-on-year -76.43% +91.37% -18.72%
75th Percentile £17.50 - £63.00
90th Percentile £22.48 £87.50 £78.87
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £66.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -39.39% +153.85% +62.50%

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 12,942 22,217 40,480
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.90% 89.66% 91.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,728 15,724 29,400
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £544 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.49% +3.62% +7.14%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £633
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 567 510 538
10th Percentile £14.70 £18.63 £14.50
25th Percentile £24.13 £26.46 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +32.91% +64.58%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +7.00%

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 20 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 (7.17%) SharePoint
2 44 (3.80%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (1.38%) Confluence
4 14 (1.21%) IIS
5 13 (1.12%) CMS
6 12 (1.04%) Exchange Server 2007
6 12 (1.04%) Exchange Server 2010
7 11 (0.95%) SharePoint 2013
8 10 (0.86%) Exchange Server 2003
8 10 (0.86%) Exchange Server 2013
8 10 (0.86%) Skype for Business
9 7 (0.60%) ArcGIS
9 7 (0.60%) Oracle Workflow
10 6 (0.52%) SAS
11 5 (0.43%) Apache Solr
12 4 (0.35%) Drupal
12 4 (0.35%) nginx
13 3 (0.26%) JBoss
13 3 (0.26%) Umbraco
13 3 (0.26%) WebSphere
Applications
1 23 (1.99%) MS Visio
2 18 (1.55%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (1.38%) Microsoft Excel
4 9 (0.78%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.086%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.086%) Maya
7 1 (0.086%) Trello
Business Applications
1 43 (3.71%) SAP S/4HANA
2 38 (3.28%) Dynamics CRM
3 18 (1.55%) Oracle EBS
4 15 (1.30%) Loan IQ
5 12 (1.04%) Elite 3E
6 11 (0.95%) SAP MDG
7 8 (0.69%) SAP FI
7 8 (0.69%) SimCorp Dimension
8 7 (0.60%) NEC Housing
8 7 (0.60%) Oracle EBS R12
8 7 (0.60%) Oracle Payables
8 7 (0.60%) Oracle Receivables
9 6 (0.52%) Oracle Financials
9 6 (0.52%) Oracle General Ledger
10 5 (0.43%) Oracle Assets
10 5 (0.43%) SAP Retail
11 4 (0.35%) NetSuite
11 4 (0.35%) SAP CO
11 4 (0.35%) Workday HCM
12 3 (0.26%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 267 (23.06%) Azure
2 119 (10.28%) AWS
3 106 (9.15%) Microsoft 365
4 70 (6.04%) Dynamics 365
5 67 (5.79%) Power Platform
6 58 (5.01%) GCP
7 42 (3.63%) SaaS
8 40 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
9 33 (2.85%) Entra ID
10 22 (1.90%) PowerApps
10 22 (1.90%) Serverless
11 21 (1.81%) OCI
11 21 (1.81%) PaaS
12 18 (1.55%) IaaS
13 17 (1.47%) Azure Data Factory
14 13 (1.12%) Amazon EC2
14 13 (1.12%) Amazon S3
14 13 (1.12%) GitHub
14 13 (1.12%) Power Automate
15 12 (1.04%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 35 (3.02%) Firewall
2 24 (2.07%) VPN
3 20 (1.73%) DNS
4 19 (1.64%) SAN
5 14 (1.21%) Network Security
6 11 (0.95%) IPsec
7 10 (0.86%) NAS
7 10 (0.86%) Skype
7 10 (0.86%) WAN
8 9 (0.78%) FTP
8 9 (0.78%) LAN
8 9 (0.78%) SD-WAN
8 9 (0.78%) TCP/IP
8 9 (0.78%) VLAN
8 9 (0.78%) Wireless
9 8 (0.69%) BGP
9 8 (0.69%) NetScaler
10 7 (0.60%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 7 (0.60%) OSPF
11 6 (0.52%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (6.91%) SQL Server
2 53 (4.58%) Data Warehouse
3 43 (3.71%) Oracle Database
3 43 (3.71%) Power BI
4 33 (2.85%) PostgreSQL
5 25 (2.16%) Big Data
6 22 (1.90%) Relational Database
7 20 (1.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 19 (1.64%) Oracle Database 11g
8 19 (1.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 18 (1.55%) NoSQL
10 16 (1.38%) Azure SQL Database
10 16 (1.38%) Data Lake
11 13 (1.12%) MongoDB
12 12 (1.04%) Amazon RDS
12 12 (1.04%) BigQuery
12 12 (1.04%) MySQL
13 11 (0.95%) Elasticsearch
14 9 (0.78%) Data Mining
14 9 (0.78%) GIS
Development Applications
1 50 (4.32%) JIRA
2 20 (1.73%) Jenkins
3 19 (1.64%) Git
4 11 (0.95%) TeamCity
5 9 (0.78%) Visual Studio
6 6 (0.52%) Selenium
7 5 (0.43%) Eclipse
7 5 (0.43%) ERwin
8 4 (0.35%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.35%) LSMW
8 4 (0.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 4 (0.35%) Visual Studio Team System
9 3 (0.26%) Bitbucket Server
9 3 (0.26%) CA Release Automation
9 3 (0.26%) ER Studio
9 3 (0.26%) GitLab
9 3 (0.26%) Postman
9 3 (0.26%) Snyk
9 3 (0.26%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.26%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 277 (23.92%) Finance
2 257 (22.19%) Social Skills
3 127 (10.97%) Public Sector
4 88 (7.60%) Banking
5 52 (4.49%) Analytical Skills
6 37 (3.20%) Retail
7 28 (2.42%) Presentation Skills
8 23 (1.99%) Manufacturing
9 22 (1.90%) Marketing
10 21 (1.81%) Documentation Skills
10 21 (1.81%) Organisational Skills
11 19 (1.64%) Legal
12 16 (1.38%) Telecoms
13 14 (1.21%) Billing
14 12 (1.04%) Back Office
14 12 (1.04%) Local Government
15 11 (0.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 9 (0.78%) Law
17 8 (0.69%) Financial Institution
17 8 (0.69%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 220 (19.00%) Architect
2 145 (12.52%) Consultant
3 125 (10.79%) Analyst
4 109 (9.41%) Project Manager
5 107 (9.24%) Developer
6 102 (8.81%) Senior
7 77 (6.65%) Solutions Architect
8 70 (6.04%) Business Analyst
9 68 (5.87%) Lead
10 39 (3.37%) Technical Architect
11 35 (3.02%) Data Analyst
12 32 (2.76%) Data Engineer
12 32 (2.76%) Migration Engineer
12 32 (2.76%) Migration Manager
13 31 (2.68%) Migration Consultant
14 29 (2.50%) DBA
15 28 (2.42%) Data Consultant
16 24 (2.07%) Migration Project Manager
17 23 (1.99%) Data Architect
17 23 (1.99%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (3.80%) .NET
2 21 (1.81%) JSON
3 20 (1.73%) Oracle Fusion
4 18 (1.55%) Web Services
5 17 (1.47%) LDAP
6 16 (1.38%) SailPoint
7 15 (1.30%) REST
8 13 (1.12%) Middleware
9 12 (1.04%) .NET Framework
10 9 (0.78%) Kafka
10 9 (0.78%) SAML
10 9 (0.78%) SOAP
10 9 (0.78%) WCF
10 9 (0.78%) XML
11 7 (0.60%) ARM Templates
11 7 (0.60%) AWS CDK
11 7 (0.60%) RabbitMQ
11 7 (0.60%) React
11 7 (0.60%) YAML
12 6 (0.52%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 85 (7.34%) Data Centre
2 51 (4.40%) Legacy Systems
3 38 (3.28%) Replication
4 30 (2.59%) Data Structures
5 27 (2.33%) Cloud Native
6 22 (1.90%) Greenfield Project
6 22 (1.90%) Management Information System
7 17 (1.47%) Onboarding
7 17 (1.47%) Taxonomies
8 12 (1.04%) Data Protection Act
9 10 (0.86%) Hybrid Cloud
9 10 (0.86%) NHS
10 9 (0.78%) Legacy Applications
11 8 (0.69%) Clustering
11 8 (0.69%) Product Ownership
12 6 (0.52%) FMCG
12 6 (0.52%) Mobile App
12 6 (0.52%) Public Cloud
12 6 (0.52%) Tandem
13 5 (0.43%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 116 (10.02%) Windows
2 54 (4.66%) Linux
3 31 (2.68%) Windows Server
4 25 (2.16%) Unix
5 22 (1.90%) VMS
6 16 (1.38%) Windows 10
6 16 (1.38%) Windows Server 2012
7 13 (1.12%) Windows Server 2008
8 12 (1.04%) Windows Server 2003
9 10 (0.86%) Windows Server 2016
10 8 (0.69%) Windows Server 2019
11 7 (0.60%) CentOS
11 7 (0.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 5 (0.43%) Oracle Linux
12 5 (0.43%) Solaris
13 3 (0.26%) OpenVMS
13 3 (0.26%) Ubuntu
14 2 (0.17%) AIX
14 2 (0.17%) Android
14 2 (0.17%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 404 (34.89%) Data Migration
2 164 (14.16%) Agile
3 150 (12.95%) Problem-Solving
4 130 (11.23%) DevOps
5 97 (8.38%) Stakeholder Management
6 86 (7.43%) Project Management
7 81 (6.99%) ETL
8 71 (6.13%) CI/CD
9 70 (6.04%) Change Management
10 67 (5.79%) CRM
11 63 (5.44%) Data Modelling
12 62 (5.35%) ERP
13 59 (5.09%) Project Delivery
14 56 (4.84%) Roadmaps
15 54 (4.66%) Business Intelligence
16 53 (4.58%) Architectural Design
17 51 (4.40%) User Acceptance Testing
18 46 (3.97%) Decision-Making
18 46 (3.97%) High Availability
18 46 (3.97%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 194 (16.75%) SQL
2 67 (5.79%) PowerShell
3 60 (5.18%) Python
4 39 (3.37%) C#
4 39 (3.37%) Java
5 30 (2.59%) JavaScript
6 26 (2.25%) PL/SQL
7 16 (1.38%) T-SQL
8 15 (1.30%) PHP
9 9 (0.78%) ABAP
10 8 (0.69%) Perl
10 8 (0.69%) TypeScript
11 6 (0.52%) ActionScript
12 5 (0.43%) Scala
12 5 (0.43%) Shell Script
13 4 (0.35%) Bicep
13 4 (0.35%) COBOL
13 4 (0.35%) Go
13 4 (0.35%) VBA
14 3 (0.26%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 122 (10.54%) Security Cleared
2 103 (8.89%) SC Cleared
3 70 (6.04%) Degree
4 18 (1.55%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (1.47%) Azure Certification
6 15 (1.30%) DV Cleared
6 15 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (0.78%) CCNP
8 9 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (0.52%) ISTQB
9 6 (0.52%) Master's Degree
9 6 (0.52%) PMP
10 5 (0.43%) AWS Certification
10 5 (0.43%) CTC Cleared
10 5 (0.43%) PMI Certification
10 5 (0.43%) TOGAF Certification
11 4 (0.35%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 4 (0.35%) SAP Certification
12 3 (0.26%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (4.32%) QA
2 49 (4.23%) Data Quality
3 22 (1.90%) GDPR
4 19 (1.64%) Accessibility
5 18 (1.55%) NIST
5 18 (1.55%) PMO
6 8 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (0.52%) HIPAA
8 4 (0.35%) IFRS
8 4 (0.35%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.26%) SLA
10 2 (0.17%) GRC
10 2 (0.17%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.086%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.086%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.086%) GxP
11 1 (0.086%) HL7
11 1 (0.086%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.086%) SOC 2
System Software
1 98 (8.46%) Active Directory
2 35 (3.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (1.90%) Docker
4 14 (1.21%) vSphere
5 11 (0.95%) Hyper-V
6 10 (0.86%) Virtual Machines
6 10 (0.86%) VMware NSX
7 7 (0.60%) HDFS
7 7 (0.60%) NFS
8 6 (0.52%) KVM
9 5 (0.43%) Virtual Servers
10 3 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
10 3 (0.26%) XenApp
10 3 (0.26%) XenDesktop
11 2 (0.17%) Firmware
11 2 (0.17%) Oracle RAC
11 2 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
12 1 (0.086%) OpenIDM
Systems Management
1 43 (3.71%) Terraform
2 33 (2.85%) Kubernetes
3 22 (1.90%) Ansible
4 21 (1.81%) Single Sign-On
5 14 (1.21%) Microsoft Intune
6 12 (1.04%) SCCM
7 10 (0.86%) Grafana
8 9 (0.78%) vCenter Server
9 5 (0.43%) Data Guard
10 4 (0.35%) Avamar
10 4 (0.35%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.35%) Puppet
10 4 (0.35%) VxRail
11 3 (0.26%) Argo
11 3 (0.26%) FortiGate
11 3 (0.26%) Kibana
11 3 (0.26%) Oracle RMAN
11 3 (0.26%) Prometheus
12 2 (0.17%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 2 (0.17%) TIBCO Hawk
Vendors
1 213 (18.39%) Microsoft
2 128 (11.05%) Oracle
3 115 (9.93%) SAP
4 49 (4.23%) ServiceNow
5 47 (4.06%) VMware
6 38 (3.28%) Cisco
7 34 (2.94%) Google
8 25 (2.16%) Salesforce
9 20 (1.73%) Databricks
10 19 (1.64%) NetApp
11 17 (1.47%) Dell
12 16 (1.38%) F5
13 14 (1.21%) CyberArk
13 14 (1.21%) IBM
14 13 (1.12%) Palo Alto
15 12 (1.04%) BeyondTrust
15 12 (1.04%) Informatica
16 11 (0.95%) Citrix
17 10 (0.86%) Adobe
17 10 (0.86%) LogRhythm