Migration Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Migration
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Migration skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 17 15
Rank change year-on-year +10 -2 +4
Contract jobs citing Migration 131 40 67
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 13.75% 7.19% 8.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.15% 8.33% 10.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 23 50
10th Percentile £213 £148 £285
25th Percentile £384 £275 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £400 £488
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -17.95% -6.43%
75th Percentile £575 £513 £634
90th Percentile £708 £648 £750
England median daily rate £515 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.36% - +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 0 0
10th Percentile £18.87 - -
25th Percentile £21.04 - -
Median hourly rate £22.50 - -
75th Percentile £25.00 - -
90th Percentile £25.15 - -
England median hourly rate £25.00 £22.00 £47.63
% change year-on-year +13.64% -53.81% -25.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East Midlands

Migration falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 811 480 628
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 85.10% 86.33% 83.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 482 284 443
10th Percentile £190 £250 £200
25th Percentile £350 £350 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £428 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.78% -4.97% -1.19%
75th Percentile £525 £538 £550
90th Percentile £625 £625 £671
England median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 98 21 51
10th Percentile £14.96 - £11.21
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.00 £15.00
Median hourly rate £17.87 £22.50 £17.95
Median % change year-on-year -20.58% +25.38% +6.63%
75th Percentile £23.75 £30.00 £47.00
90th Percentile £25.15 £39.68 £54.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.50 £38.00
% change year-on-year -27.10% -9.21% +8.57%

Migration
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Migration relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Migration job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Migration
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Migration.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Migration

Migration
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Migration in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 22 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Migration in the East Midlands

Migration
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Migration.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Migration

Migration
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Migration within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 22 January 2026. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Northamptonshire +7 45 £438 +3.55% 13
Lincolnshire +7 32 £625 +8.70% 8
Nottinghamshire +8 26 £250 -50.00% 11
Leicestershire +3 15 £625 -3.92% 13
Derbyshire 0 11 £483 +60.83% 9
Migration
England

Migration
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 9 (6.87%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.76%) Alfresco
2 1 (0.76%) CMS
2 1 (0.76%) Confluence
2 1 (0.76%) Documentum
2 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.76%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 5 (3.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.29%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (2.29%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.76%) FrameMaker
3 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.76%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (7.63%) Oracle Payables
2 7 (5.34%) Oracle Cash Management
2 7 (5.34%) Oracle General Ledger
3 6 (4.58%) Oracle Receivables
4 5 (3.82%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 4 (3.05%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (2.29%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 3 (2.29%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (1.53%) PRMS
8 1 (0.76%) Maximo
8 1 (0.76%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.76%) SAP CO
8 1 (0.76%) SAP FI
8 1 (0.76%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 14 (10.69%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (9.92%) Azure
3 12 (9.16%) Google Workspace
4 11 (8.40%) Google Sheets
5 10 (7.63%) Cloud Computing
5 10 (7.63%) Entra ID
6 9 (6.87%) AWS
7 6 (4.58%) GitHub
7 6 (4.58%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 6 (4.58%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 5 (3.82%) GitHub Actions
8 5 (3.82%) Power Platform
9 4 (3.05%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.76%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 1 (0.76%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (0.76%) Azure Functions
10 1 (0.76%) GCP
10 1 (0.76%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.76%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.76%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.05%) Firewall
1 4 (3.05%) VPN
2 2 (1.53%) NAS
2 2 (1.53%) SAN
2 2 (1.53%) Wireless
3 1 (0.76%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (0.76%) DHCP
3 1 (0.76%) DNS
3 1 (0.76%) Network Security
3 1 (0.76%) Reverse Proxy
3 1 (0.76%) VLAN
3 1 (0.76%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.34%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (4.58%) Aerospike
2 6 (4.58%) DynamoDB
2 6 (4.58%) Redis
3 4 (3.05%) Power BI
4 2 (1.53%) Metadata
5 1 (0.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (3.82%) GitLab
1 5 (3.82%) Jenkins
1 5 (3.82%) JIRA
2 4 (3.05%) JUnit
3 1 (0.76%) Git
General
1 50 (38.17%) Social Skills
2 42 (32.06%) Finance
3 13 (9.92%) Marketing
3 13 (9.92%) Public Sector
4 9 (6.87%) Manufacturing
5 6 (4.58%) Electronics
5 6 (4.58%) General Ledger
5 6 (4.58%) Law
5 6 (4.58%) Telecoms
6 5 (3.82%) Banking
6 5 (3.82%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (3.05%) Aerospace
7 4 (3.05%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (2.29%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.53%) Local Government
9 2 (1.53%) Military
9 2 (1.53%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (1.53%) Retail
10 1 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.76%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 20 (15.27%) Architect
2 18 (13.74%) Support Engineer
3 15 (11.45%) IT Engineer
4 13 (9.92%) Consultant
5 12 (9.16%) Desktop Support
6 10 (7.63%) Lead
6 10 (7.63%) Support Technician
7 9 (6.87%) Analyst
7 9 (6.87%) IT Support
7 9 (6.87%) IT Support Engineer
8 8 (6.11%) Developer
8 8 (6.11%) Senior
9 7 (5.34%) Desktop Support Technician
9 7 (5.34%) Desktop Technician
9 7 (5.34%) Salesforce Architect
10 6 (4.58%) Programme Manager
11 5 (3.82%) Business Analyst
11 5 (3.82%) Desktop Engineer
11 5 (3.82%) Desktop Support Engineer
11 5 (3.82%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (8.40%) Oracle Fusion
2 8 (6.11%) Middleware
3 7 (5.34%) Lightning Web Components
3 7 (5.34%) REST
3 7 (5.34%) SOAP
3 7 (5.34%) Visualforce
4 6 (4.58%) Kafka
4 6 (4.58%) Node.js
5 4 (3.05%) Jest
5 4 (3.05%) pytest
6 2 (1.53%) .NET
6 2 (1.53%) XML
7 1 (0.76%) JSON
7 1 (0.76%) OAuth
7 1 (0.76%) OAuth2
7 1 (0.76%) OpenID
7 1 (0.76%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (9.92%) Smartphone
2 8 (6.11%) Product Ownership
3 7 (5.34%) Cloud Native
3 7 (5.34%) Legacy Systems
3 7 (5.34%) Onboarding
4 5 (3.82%) Distributed Systems
5 3 (2.29%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.53%) AS400
6 2 (1.53%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.53%) Life Science
6 2 (1.53%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.53%) Operational Technology
6 2 (1.53%) Replication
7 1 (0.76%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.76%) Data Fabric
7 1 (0.76%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.76%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.76%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.76%) Legacy Code
7 1 (0.76%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 16 (12.21%) Windows
2 11 (8.40%) Windows 10
3 7 (5.34%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.76%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.76%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (0.76%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (34.35%) Data Migration
2 32 (24.43%) Stakeholder Management
3 29 (22.14%) Change Management
4 23 (17.56%) Workflow
5 19 (14.50%) Workflow Management
5 19 (14.50%) Workshop Facilitation
6 17 (12.98%) Agile
6 17 (12.98%) Programme Management
7 16 (12.21%) ERP
7 16 (12.21%) Problem-Solving
7 16 (12.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 15 (11.45%) Data Modelling
9 12 (9.16%) Customer Service
10 11 (8.40%) Dashboard Development
10 11 (8.40%) Data Transformation
10 11 (8.40%) Quantitative Analysis
10 11 (8.40%) Risk Management
10 11 (8.40%) User Experience
11 10 (7.63%) Business Intelligence
11 10 (7.63%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 19 (14.50%) SQL
2 7 (5.34%) Apex Code
3 6 (4.58%) Java
4 5 (3.82%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.53%) C#
5 2 (1.53%) PHP
5 2 (1.53%) PL/SQL
5 2 (1.53%) Python
6 1 (0.76%) Bicep
6 1 (0.76%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.76%) X++
Qualifications
1 34 (25.95%) Security Cleared
2 29 (22.14%) SC Cleared
3 17 (12.98%) Degree
4 7 (5.34%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (3.05%) Master's Degree
6 3 (2.29%) PMP
7 2 (1.53%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.53%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.76%) MBA
8 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.11%) GDPR
2 7 (5.34%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 6 (4.58%) Data Quality
4 4 (3.05%) ISO 20022
5 3 (2.29%) QA
6 2 (1.53%) GRC
6 2 (1.53%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.76%) NIST
7 1 (0.76%) SOC 2
System Software
1 18 (13.74%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.76%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.76%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 14 (10.69%) SCCM
2 8 (6.11%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.53%) Ansible
3 2 (1.53%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.76%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.76%) Terraform
Vendors
1 31 (23.66%) Microsoft
2 14 (10.69%) Oracle
2 14 (10.69%) SAP
3 12 (9.16%) Google
4 11 (8.40%) Salesforce
5 9 (6.87%) Databricks
6 3 (2.29%) Cisco
6 3 (2.29%) VMware
6 3 (2.29%) Workday
7 2 (1.53%) Dell
7 2 (1.53%) IFS
7 2 (1.53%) Rockwell
7 2 (1.53%) Sophos
8 1 (0.76%) CheckPoint
8 1 (0.76%) Citrix
8 1 (0.76%) HP
8 1 (0.76%) Meraki
8 1 (0.76%) OpenText
8 1 (0.76%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.76%) Splunk