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

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 91 93 102
Rank change year-on-year +2 +9 -29
Permanent jobs citing Migration 3,020 3,578 5,604
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.02% 3.61% 3.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.55% 3.77% 3.64%
Number of salaries quoted 2,058 2,556 3,554
10th Percentile £37,000 £41,250 £38,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £53,970 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.81% +3.85% +13.04%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £85,000
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 85,135 94,784 153,905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.22% 95.58% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 59,872 55,911 82,488
10th Percentile £29,089 £34,000 £33,635
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +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 18 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 18 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 +4 2,542 £60,000 -10.04% 770
UK excluding London +38 2,007 £50,685 -16.64% 496
Work from Home -1 1,269 £57,500 -14.81% 413
London -14 820 £75,000 -3.23% 338
North of England +67 653 £52,500 -12.50% 124
South East +10 370 £51,500 -15.30% 142
North West +74 366 £50,000 -16.67% 62
Midlands +8 320 £50,000 -17.76% 96
Yorkshire +58 206 £57,500 -4.17% 52
South West -21 201 £55,000 -9.54% 43
Scotland +17 195 £50,000 -20.63% 36
West Midlands -7 174 £51,300 -15.63% 62
East of England +12 142 £47,500 -22.00% 35
East Midlands +47 141 £47,500 -21.88% 34
Wales +40 84 £51,997 -14.48% 7
North East +28 81 £50,000 -6.98% 11
Northern Ireland +47 41 £47,204 +4.90% 17
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
1 197 (6.52%) SharePoint
2 166 (5.50%) Microsoft Exchange
3 46 (1.52%) WebLogic
4 44 (1.46%) Apache Spark
5 42 (1.39%) Confluence
6 26 (0.86%) IIS
7 25 (0.83%) WebSphere
8 22 (0.73%) Captiva
8 22 (0.73%) FileNet
9 20 (0.66%) Apache
9 20 (0.66%) CMS
10 19 (0.63%) Apache Airflow
10 19 (0.63%) Oracle Workflow
11 17 (0.56%) Drupal
11 17 (0.56%) Exchange Server 2013
12 13 (0.43%) Exchange Server 2010
13 11 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2007
14 10 (0.33%) SharePoint Server
15 9 (0.30%) nginx
16 6 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2000
Applications
1 111 (3.68%) MS Visio
2 94 (3.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 84 (2.78%) Microsoft Office
4 16 (0.53%) Trello
5 14 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 13 (0.43%) Sketch
7 12 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
8 9 (0.30%) InfoPath
9 7 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
10 3 (0.099%) FrameMaker
11 2 (0.066%) FileZilla
12 1 (0.033%) Adobe XD
12 1 (0.033%) AutoCAD
12 1 (0.033%) Mathematica
12 1 (0.033%) PTC Creo
12 1 (0.033%) SOLIDWORKS
12 1 (0.033%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 55 (1.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 48 (1.59%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 41 (1.36%) SAP S/4HANA
4 34 (1.13%) Dynamics AX
5 26 (0.86%) NetSuite
6 19 (0.63%) Oracle General Ledger
7 16 (0.53%) Oracle Payables
8 14 (0.46%) Oracle Receivables
9 12 (0.40%) Oracle Cash Management
10 11 (0.36%) 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 (0.26%) SAP ERP
14 7 (0.23%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
15 6 (0.20%) Oracle Financials
15 6 (0.20%) Visualfiles
16 5 (0.17%) Oracle Payroll
Cloud Services
1 1,225 (40.56%) Azure
2 777 (25.73%) AWS
3 487 (16.13%) Microsoft 365
4 412 (13.64%) Power Platform
5 274 (9.07%) GCP
6 226 (7.48%) SaaS
7 148 (4.90%) Entra ID
8 136 (4.50%) OneDrive
9 122 (4.04%) Dynamics 365
10 100 (3.31%) Azure DevOps
11 77 (2.55%) Amazon S3
12 74 (2.45%) Dropbox
12 74 (2.45%) PaaS
13 73 (2.42%) Serverless
14 71 (2.35%) Amazon EKS
15 69 (2.28%) Google Drive
15 69 (2.28%) Power Automate
16 68 (2.25%) GitHub
16 68 (2.25%) PowerApps
17 66 (2.19%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 208 (6.89%) Firewall
2 188 (6.23%) DNS
3 112 (3.71%) TCP/IP
4 103 (3.41%) WAN
5 102 (3.38%) LAN
6 82 (2.72%) DHCP
7 81 (2.68%) VPN
8 74 (2.45%) SSL
9 68 (2.25%) SAN
10 56 (1.85%) Wi-Fi
11 54 (1.79%) Wireless
12 53 (1.75%) BGP
13 47 (1.56%) Network Security
14 40 (1.32%) NAS
15 36 (1.19%) Internet
15 36 (1.19%) VLAN
16 32 (1.06%) SD-WAN
17 26 (0.86%) Unified Communications
18 22 (0.73%) Intrusion Detection
19 17 (0.56%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 345 (11.42%) Power BI
2 304 (10.07%) SQL Server
3 233 (7.72%) Data Warehouse
4 196 (6.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 156 (5.17%) Oracle Database
6 121 (4.01%) PostgreSQL
7 108 (3.58%) Relational Database
8 92 (3.05%) Oracle Database 11g
9 87 (2.88%) Amazon RDS
10 86 (2.85%) Data Lake
11 78 (2.58%) MySQL
12 68 (2.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 65 (2.15%) RDBMS
14 62 (2.05%) Geospatial Data
15 46 (1.52%) Data Mining
15 46 (1.52%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 38 (1.26%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
16 38 (1.26%) NoSQL
17 36 (1.19%) Big Data
17 36 (1.19%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 199 (6.59%) JIRA
2 109 (3.61%) Jenkins
3 64 (2.12%) Git
4 52 (1.72%) GitLab
5 27 (0.89%) Oracle Forms
6 23 (0.76%) Team Foundation Server
7 22 (0.73%) Artifactory
7 22 (0.73%) Subversion
8 16 (0.53%) Bitbucket
8 16 (0.53%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 13 (0.43%) Postman
9 13 (0.43%) Sonatype Nexus
10 11 (0.36%) Selenium
10 11 (0.36%) Visual Studio
11 10 (0.33%) gulp
11 10 (0.33%) JMeter
11 10 (0.33%) Yeoman
12 8 (0.26%) Eclipse
12 8 (0.26%) JUnit
12 8 (0.26%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 824 (27.28%) Social Skills
2 668 (22.12%) Finance
3 264 (8.74%) Analytical Skills
4 252 (8.34%) Public Sector
5 178 (5.89%) Law
6 173 (5.73%) Retail
7 161 (5.33%) Banking
8 153 (5.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 134 (4.44%) Presentation Skills
10 102 (3.38%) Marketing
11 94 (3.11%) Manufacturing
12 74 (2.45%) Legal
13 52 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
14 45 (1.49%) Telecoms
15 42 (1.39%) Retail Banking
16 34 (1.13%) Aerospace
16 34 (1.13%) Documentation Skills
17 28 (0.93%) Pharmaceutical
18 27 (0.89%) Back Office
18 27 (0.89%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 585 (19.37%) Senior
2 563 (18.64%) Architect
3 348 (11.52%) Developer
4 293 (9.70%) Analyst
5 285 (9.44%) Consultant
6 272 (9.01%) Lead
7 196 (6.49%) Solutions Architect
8 173 (5.73%) Cloud Architect
9 139 (4.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 134 (4.44%) Senior Developer
11 105 (3.48%) IT Engineer
12 102 (3.38%) Business Analyst
13 101 (3.34%) Database Engineer
13 101 (3.34%) Project Manager
14 99 (3.28%) Senior Database Engineer
15 95 (3.15%) Administrator
16 93 (3.08%) Data Engineer
16 93 (3.08%) Database Developer
17 91 (3.01%) PostgreSQL Developer
18 80 (2.65%) Senior Database Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 106 (3.51%) .NET
2 76 (2.52%) HTML
3 75 (2.48%) Spring Boot
4 62 (2.05%) REST
5 57 (1.89%) CSS
6 51 (1.69%) RabbitMQ
7 49 (1.62%) React
8 45 (1.49%) Kafka
9 42 (1.39%) Spring
10 41 (1.36%) PySpark
11 39 (1.29%) Node.js
12 37 (1.23%) XML
13 34 (1.13%) AngularJS
14 30 (0.99%) JSON
14 30 (0.99%) Web Services
15 27 (0.89%) SOAP
16 26 (0.86%) Middleware
17 19 (0.63%) Oracle Fusion
18 18 (0.60%) .NET Framework
18 18 (0.60%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 234 (7.75%) Public Cloud
2 143 (4.74%) Data Centre
2 143 (4.74%) Management Information System
3 127 (4.21%) Legacy Systems
4 93 (3.08%) Enterprise Software
5 91 (3.01%) Self-Motivation
6 89 (2.95%) Hybrid Cloud
7 86 (2.85%) PKI
8 83 (2.75%) Cloud Native
9 69 (2.28%) iPad
10 58 (1.92%) Onboarding
11 56 (1.85%) Data Structures
12 51 (1.69%) Driving Licence
13 49 (1.62%) Private Cloud
14 47 (1.56%) Greenfield Project
15 46 (1.52%) Product Ownership
16 35 (1.16%) Reinsurance
17 33 (1.09%) Replication
18 30 (0.99%) IoT
19 26 (0.86%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 362 (11.99%) Windows
2 244 (8.08%) Linux
3 195 (6.46%) Windows Server
4 54 (1.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 42 (1.39%) Windows 10
6 41 (1.36%) Unix
7 32 (1.06%) Apple iOS
8 30 (0.99%) Android
9 29 (0.96%) Windows Server 2016
10 25 (0.83%) Windows Server 2012
11 22 (0.73%) Windows 7
12 21 (0.70%) VMS
12 21 (0.70%) Windows 8
13 16 (0.53%) Windows Server 2008
14 15 (0.50%) Windows Server 2019
15 8 (0.26%) Mac OS
16 6 (0.20%) CentOS
17 5 (0.17%) Mac OS X
18 4 (0.13%) Ubuntu
18 4 (0.13%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 800 (26.49%) Data Migration
2 676 (22.38%) Agile
3 487 (16.13%) Problem-Solving
4 436 (14.44%) DevOps
5 388 (12.85%) Business Intelligence
6 382 (12.65%) Roadmaps
7 367 (12.15%) Project Management
8 351 (11.62%) Actionable Insight
9 292 (9.67%) ETL
10 258 (8.54%) Artificial Intelligence
11 254 (8.41%) ERP
12 235 (7.78%) Stakeholder Management
13 211 (6.99%) Mentoring
14 199 (6.59%) Data Modelling
15 192 (6.36%) Analytics
16 178 (5.89%) CI/CD
17 174 (5.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
18 172 (5.70%) TOGAF
19 169 (5.60%) Collaborative Working
20 168 (5.56%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 698 (23.11%) SQL
2 211 (6.99%) Python
3 173 (5.73%) Java
3 173 (5.73%) PowerShell
4 123 (4.07%) PL/SQL
5 110 (3.64%) JavaScript
6 87 (2.88%) C#
7 54 (1.79%) T-SQL
8 38 (1.26%) PHP
9 33 (1.09%) Bash
9 33 (1.09%) TypeScript
10 26 (0.86%) Apex Code
11 24 (0.79%) Groovy
12 22 (0.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 20 (0.66%) Scala
14 18 (0.60%) Shell Script
15 14 (0.46%) C++
16 13 (0.43%) Perl
17 12 (0.40%) Go
18 11 (0.36%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 330 (10.93%) Degree
2 255 (8.44%) Security Cleared
3 178 (5.89%) SC Cleared
4 121 (4.01%) Azure Certification
5 119 (3.94%) AWS Certification
6 105 (3.48%) Microsoft Certification
7 81 (2.68%) Computer Science Degree
8 80 (2.65%) DBS Check
9 68 (2.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 63 (2.09%) Cisco Certification
11 39 (1.29%) CCNA
11 39 (1.29%) Master's Degree
12 34 (1.13%) CCNP
13 25 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
14 24 (0.79%) DV Cleared
15 19 (0.63%) PMI Certification
15 19 (0.63%) PMP
16 18 (0.60%) CISSP
16 18 (0.60%) Oracle Certification
17 13 (0.43%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (3.48%) Data Quality
2 75 (2.48%) QA
3 68 (2.25%) GDPR
4 34 (1.13%) PMO
5 31 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 27 (0.89%) SLA
7 14 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
8 13 (0.43%) Accessibility
8 13 (0.43%) IFRS
9 8 (0.26%) PCI DSS
10 7 (0.23%) NIST
11 6 (0.20%) GAAP
12 4 (0.13%) MiFID
13 3 (0.099%) GMP
13 3 (0.099%) GRC
13 3 (0.099%) HIPAA
13 3 (0.099%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 2 (0.066%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 2 (0.066%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 2 (0.066%) NCSC
System Software
1 292 (9.67%) Active Directory
2 144 (4.77%) Docker
3 111 (3.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 83 (2.75%) Hyper-V
5 46 (1.52%) VMware ESXi
6 25 (0.83%) Virtual Desktop
7 22 (0.73%) Virtual Machines
8 11 (0.36%) vSphere
9 8 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
10 7 (0.23%) Microsoft App-V
11 4 (0.13%) DFS Replication
11 4 (0.13%) VMware Server
12 3 (0.099%) HDFS
13 2 (0.066%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 2 (0.066%) Firmware
13 2 (0.066%) pfSense
13 2 (0.066%) Terminal Services
13 2 (0.066%) Varnish
13 2 (0.066%) VMware NSX
13 2 (0.066%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 204 (6.75%) Terraform
2 140 (4.64%) Kubernetes
3 131 (4.34%) Microsoft Intune
4 102 (3.38%) Ansible
5 36 (1.19%) vCenter Server
6 33 (1.09%) SCCM
7 30 (0.99%) Puppet
8 20 (0.66%) Grafana
9 18 (0.60%) Prometheus
10 14 (0.46%) Progress Chef
10 14 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
11 13 (0.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 11 (0.36%) Jamf Pro
12 11 (0.36%) Packer
13 9 (0.30%) Graphite
13 9 (0.30%) HAProxy
13 9 (0.30%) Nagios
14 6 (0.20%) Backup Exec
14 6 (0.20%) Salt
14 6 (0.20%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 965 (31.95%) Microsoft
2 376 (12.45%) Oracle
3 262 (8.68%) Google
4 195 (6.46%) VMware
5 150 (4.97%) SAP
6 106 (3.51%) Cisco
7 86 (2.85%) ServiceNow
8 71 (2.35%) Salesforce
9 69 (2.28%) Databricks
10 51 (1.69%) Sparx
11 50 (1.66%) IBM
12 49 (1.62%) Citrix
13 36 (1.19%) Informatica
13 36 (1.19%) Veeam
14 31 (1.03%) Apple
15 28 (0.93%) Palo Alto
16 27 (0.89%) Fortinet
17 24 (0.79%) CheckPoint
17 24 (0.79%) HP
17 24 (0.79%) Red Hat