'Escalator' migration (Fielding, 1995; Heikkila and Pikkarainen, 2009) - thought to be more prevalent among early career workers is the tendency to seek destination regions where rapid career progression and above average remuneration are on offer. These escalator regions attract labour for a short period of time as they achieve their progression goals and move on to regions with longer term amenity. Escalator migration has classically been associated with young workers, but may also apply to older workers changing or re-starting careers or seeking rapid accumulation of capital as they approach (self-funded) retirement.