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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 20 16 23
Rank change year-on-year -4 +7 -4
Contract jobs citing Migration 1,173 2,154 3,349
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 8.01% 8.89% 7.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.15% 9.91% 8.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 785 1,491 2,422
10th Percentile £363 £400 £381
25th Percentile £444 £453 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £535 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% +1.90% +5.00%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £625
90th Percentile £707 £738 £713
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 35 22
10th Percentile - £19.10 £17.03
25th Percentile £15.50 £53.75 £25.50
Median hourly rate £16.50 £70.00 £45.33
Median % change year-on-year -76.43% +54.43% -2.52%
75th Percentile £17.50 - £63.00
90th Percentile £22.48 £87.50 £76.59
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £65.50 £24.62
% change year-on-year -38.93% +166.10% +55.20%

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 12,824 21,734 40,250
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.57% 89.66% 91.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,646 15,426 29,289
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 572 503 517
10th Percentile £14.89 £18.49 £14.50
25th Percentile £24.19 £25.85 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +31.25% +66.67%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.50 £58.38
90th Percentile £75.00 £78.60 £71.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +9.70%

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 2 June 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 88 (7.50%) SharePoint
2 47 (4.01%) Microsoft Exchange
3 18 (1.53%) Confluence
4 13 (1.11%) IIS
5 12 (1.02%) Exchange Server 2007
5 12 (1.02%) Exchange Server 2010
6 11 (0.94%) CMS
6 11 (0.94%) SharePoint 2013
7 10 (0.85%) Exchange Server 2003
7 10 (0.85%) Exchange Server 2013
7 10 (0.85%) Skype for Business
8 7 (0.60%) ArcGIS
8 7 (0.60%) Oracle Workflow
9 6 (0.51%) SAS
10 5 (0.43%) Apache Solr
10 5 (0.43%) Drupal
11 4 (0.34%) nginx
12 3 (0.26%) JBoss
12 3 (0.26%) Umbraco
12 3 (0.26%) WebSphere
Applications
1 19 (1.62%) MS Visio
2 16 (1.36%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (1.19%) Microsoft Excel
4 9 (0.77%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.085%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.085%) Maya
6 1 (0.085%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.085%) Trello
Business Applications
1 47 (4.01%) SAP S/4HANA
2 34 (2.90%) Dynamics CRM
3 18 (1.53%) Oracle EBS
4 13 (1.11%) Elite 3E
5 11 (0.94%) Loan IQ
6 10 (0.85%) NEC Housing
7 9 (0.77%) SimCorp Dimension
8 8 (0.68%) SAP FI
8 8 (0.68%) SAP MDG
9 7 (0.60%) Oracle EBS R12
9 7 (0.60%) Oracle Payables
9 7 (0.60%) Oracle Receivables
10 6 (0.51%) Oracle Financials
10 6 (0.51%) Oracle General Ledger
11 5 (0.43%) MIS ActiveH
11 5 (0.43%) Oracle Assets
11 5 (0.43%) SAP CO
12 4 (0.34%) NetSuite
12 4 (0.34%) SAP FI/CO
12 4 (0.34%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 282 (24.04%) Azure
2 128 (10.91%) AWS
3 109 (9.29%) Microsoft 365
4 71 (6.05%) Power Platform
5 67 (5.71%) Dynamics 365
6 59 (5.03%) GCP
7 41 (3.50%) Azure DevOps
8 37 (3.15%) Entra ID
9 36 (3.07%) SaaS
10 27 (2.30%) PaaS
11 26 (2.22%) PowerApps
12 24 (2.05%) Serverless
13 23 (1.96%) IaaS
14 22 (1.88%) OCI
15 17 (1.45%) Azure Data Factory
15 17 (1.45%) Power Automate
16 16 (1.36%) Amazon S3
17 15 (1.28%) Amazon EC2
17 15 (1.28%) GitHub
18 14 (1.19%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 39 (3.32%) Firewall
2 27 (2.30%) VPN
3 21 (1.79%) DNS
4 19 (1.62%) SAN
5 15 (1.28%) Network Security
6 12 (1.02%) IPsec
6 12 (1.02%) WAN
7 11 (0.94%) LAN
7 11 (0.94%) SD-WAN
8 10 (0.85%) BGP
8 10 (0.85%) Skype
8 10 (0.85%) Wireless
9 9 (0.77%) FTP
9 9 (0.77%) NAS
9 9 (0.77%) TCP/IP
9 9 (0.77%) VLAN
10 8 (0.68%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 8 (0.68%) NetScaler
10 8 (0.68%) OSPF
11 7 (0.60%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (6.56%) SQL Server
2 52 (4.43%) Data Warehouse
3 43 (3.67%) Power BI
4 41 (3.50%) Oracle Database
5 36 (3.07%) PostgreSQL
6 25 (2.13%) Big Data
7 24 (2.05%) Relational Database
8 22 (1.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 19 (1.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 18 (1.53%) Azure SQL Database
10 18 (1.53%) NoSQL
11 17 (1.45%) Data Lake
11 17 (1.45%) Oracle Database 11g
12 15 (1.28%) Amazon RDS
13 13 (1.11%) MongoDB
13 13 (1.11%) MySQL
14 12 (1.02%) BigQuery
15 11 (0.94%) Elasticsearch
16 10 (0.85%) Data Mining
17 9 (0.77%) GIS
Development Applications
1 51 (4.35%) JIRA
2 20 (1.71%) Jenkins
3 19 (1.62%) Git
4 11 (0.94%) TeamCity
5 6 (0.51%) Visual Studio
6 5 (0.43%) Eclipse
6 5 (0.43%) Selenium
7 4 (0.34%) Cypress.io
7 4 (0.34%) ER Studio
7 4 (0.34%) ERwin
7 4 (0.34%) LSMW
7 4 (0.34%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 3 (0.26%) Bitbucket Server
8 3 (0.26%) CA Release Automation
8 3 (0.26%) GitLab
8 3 (0.26%) Postman
8 3 (0.26%) Snyk
8 3 (0.26%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.26%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (0.26%) Terragrunt
General
1 265 (22.59%) Finance
2 252 (21.48%) Social Skills
3 124 (10.57%) Public Sector
4 84 (7.16%) Banking
5 52 (4.43%) Analytical Skills
6 34 (2.90%) Retail
7 29 (2.47%) Presentation Skills
8 23 (1.96%) Manufacturing
9 21 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
10 20 (1.71%) Organisational Skills
11 19 (1.62%) Marketing
12 17 (1.45%) Telecoms
13 16 (1.36%) Legal
14 14 (1.19%) Billing
15 13 (1.11%) Local Government
16 12 (1.02%) Back Office
16 12 (1.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 8 (0.68%) Influencing Skills
17 8 (0.68%) Law
17 8 (0.68%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 227 (19.35%) Architect
2 147 (12.53%) Consultant
3 128 (10.91%) Analyst
4 108 (9.21%) Developer
5 102 (8.70%) Senior
6 99 (8.44%) Project Manager
7 81 (6.91%) Solutions Architect
8 70 (5.97%) Business Analyst
9 62 (5.29%) Lead
10 39 (3.32%) Migration Engineer
11 38 (3.24%) Data Engineer
11 38 (3.24%) Technical Architect
12 33 (2.81%) Migration Consultant
13 32 (2.73%) Migration Manager
14 31 (2.64%) Data Analyst
15 26 (2.22%) DBA
16 25 (2.13%) Data Consultant
16 25 (2.13%) Support Engineer
17 24 (2.05%) Data Architect
18 22 (1.88%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (3.32%) .NET
2 21 (1.79%) Oracle Fusion
3 20 (1.71%) JSON
4 19 (1.62%) Web Services
5 18 (1.53%) REST
6 16 (1.36%) LDAP
6 16 (1.36%) SailPoint
7 13 (1.11%) Middleware
8 11 (0.94%) .NET Framework
9 10 (0.85%) Kafka
9 10 (0.85%) SOAP
9 10 (0.85%) WCF
10 9 (0.77%) SAML
11 8 (0.68%) ARM Templates
11 8 (0.68%) CSS
11 8 (0.68%) HTML
11 8 (0.68%) RabbitMQ
12 7 (0.60%) AWS CDK
12 7 (0.60%) Entity Framework
12 7 (0.60%) React
Miscellaneous
1 92 (7.84%) Data Centre
2 45 (3.84%) Legacy Systems
3 41 (3.50%) Replication
4 29 (2.47%) Data Structures
5 28 (2.39%) Cloud Native
6 24 (2.05%) Management Information System
7 20 (1.71%) Greenfield Project
8 17 (1.45%) Onboarding
8 17 (1.45%) Taxonomies
9 11 (0.94%) Data Protection Act
10 10 (0.85%) Hybrid Cloud
11 8 (0.68%) Legacy Applications
11 8 (0.68%) Public Cloud
12 7 (0.60%) Clustering
12 7 (0.60%) Mobile App
12 7 (0.60%) NHS
13 6 (0.51%) FMCG
13 6 (0.51%) Product Ownership
13 6 (0.51%) Reinsurance
13 6 (0.51%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 123 (10.49%) Windows
2 59 (5.03%) Linux
3 33 (2.81%) Windows Server
4 26 (2.22%) Unix
4 26 (2.22%) VMS
5 18 (1.53%) Windows Server 2012
6 16 (1.36%) Windows 10
7 13 (1.11%) Windows Server 2008
8 12 (1.02%) Windows Server 2003
8 12 (1.02%) Windows Server 2016
9 9 (0.77%) CentOS
9 9 (0.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 8 (0.68%) Windows Server 2019
11 5 (0.43%) Oracle Linux
11 5 (0.43%) Solaris
12 3 (0.26%) OpenVMS
12 3 (0.26%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.17%) AIX
13 2 (0.17%) Android
13 2 (0.17%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 391 (33.33%) Data Migration
2 160 (13.64%) Agile
3 141 (12.02%) Problem-Solving
4 130 (11.08%) DevOps
5 92 (7.84%) Stakeholder Management
6 84 (7.16%) ETL
7 72 (6.14%) CI/CD
7 72 (6.14%) Project Management
8 63 (5.37%) ERP
9 62 (5.29%) Change Management
10 61 (5.20%) CRM
11 59 (5.03%) Data Modelling
11 59 (5.03%) Roadmaps
12 58 (4.94%) Project Delivery
13 51 (4.35%) Business Intelligence
14 50 (4.26%) Architectural Design
15 48 (4.09%) High Availability
16 47 (4.01%) User Acceptance Testing
17 45 (3.84%) Data Management
18 44 (3.75%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 203 (17.31%) SQL
2 72 (6.14%) PowerShell
3 64 (5.46%) Python
4 37 (3.15%) Java
5 36 (3.07%) C#
6 33 (2.81%) JavaScript
7 25 (2.13%) PL/SQL
8 17 (1.45%) PHP
9 16 (1.36%) T-SQL
10 9 (0.77%) Perl
11 8 (0.68%) ABAP
11 8 (0.68%) TypeScript
12 6 (0.51%) ActionScript
13 5 (0.43%) Scala
13 5 (0.43%) Shell Script
14 4 (0.34%) Bash
14 4 (0.34%) Bicep
14 4 (0.34%) Go
15 3 (0.26%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.26%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 123 (10.49%) Security Cleared
2 104 (8.87%) SC Cleared
3 70 (5.97%) Degree
4 19 (1.62%) Azure Certification
5 18 (1.53%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (1.36%) Microsoft Certification
7 14 (1.19%) DV Cleared
8 11 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
9 10 (0.85%) CCNP
9 10 (0.85%) Cisco Certification
10 8 (0.68%) AWS Certification
11 6 (0.51%) ISTQB
11 6 (0.51%) Master's Degree
11 6 (0.51%) PMP
12 5 (0.43%) CTC Cleared
12 5 (0.43%) PMI Certification
12 5 (0.43%) TOGAF Certification
13 4 (0.34%) CISSP
13 4 (0.34%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 4 (0.34%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (4.26%) Data Quality
2 47 (4.01%) QA
3 22 (1.88%) GDPR
4 19 (1.62%) Accessibility
5 16 (1.36%) NIST
6 11 (0.94%) PMO
7 8 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (0.51%) HIPAA
9 5 (0.43%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.34%) IFRS
11 3 (0.26%) SLA
12 2 (0.17%) GRC
12 2 (0.17%) ISO 20022
13 1 (0.085%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.085%) Cyber Essentials
13 1 (0.085%) GxP
13 1 (0.085%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.085%) SOC 2
System Software
1 104 (8.87%) Active Directory
2 37 (3.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (1.96%) Docker
4 14 (1.19%) vSphere
5 12 (1.02%) Virtual Machines
6 10 (0.85%) Hyper-V
6 10 (0.85%) VMware NSX
7 8 (0.68%) Virtual Servers
8 7 (0.60%) HDFS
8 7 (0.60%) NFS
9 5 (0.43%) KVM
10 4 (0.34%) XenApp
11 3 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
11 3 (0.26%) XenDesktop
12 2 (0.17%) Firmware
12 2 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
13 1 (0.085%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 47 (4.01%) Terraform
2 37 (3.15%) Kubernetes
3 23 (1.96%) Ansible
4 22 (1.88%) Single Sign-On
5 14 (1.19%) Microsoft Intune
6 12 (1.02%) SCCM
7 10 (0.85%) Grafana
7 10 (0.85%) vCenter Server
8 4 (0.34%) Avamar
8 4 (0.34%) Data Guard
8 4 (0.34%) Progress Chef
8 4 (0.34%) Puppet
8 4 (0.34%) VxRail
9 3 (0.26%) Argo
9 3 (0.26%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.26%) Kibana
9 3 (0.26%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.17%) Cisco CUCM
10 2 (0.17%) Istio
Vendors
1 219 (18.67%) Microsoft
2 123 (10.49%) Oracle
3 109 (9.29%) SAP
4 51 (4.35%) VMware
5 46 (3.92%) ServiceNow
6 41 (3.50%) Cisco
7 34 (2.90%) Google
8 24 (2.05%) Salesforce
9 22 (1.88%) Databricks
10 19 (1.62%) NetApp
11 17 (1.45%) Dell
11 17 (1.45%) F5
12 14 (1.19%) CyberArk
13 13 (1.11%) Citrix
13 13 (1.11%) Palo Alto
14 12 (1.02%) BeyondTrust
14 12 (1.02%) Informatica
14 12 (1.02%) NEC
15 11 (0.94%) IBM
16 10 (0.85%) Red Hat