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 29 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 19 15
Rank change year-on-year +11 -4 +5
Contract jobs citing Migration 140 41 66
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 14.64% 7.22% 8.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.24% 8.33% 10.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 24 48
10th Percentile £213 £148 £280
25th Percentile £393 £275 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £400 £475
Median % change year-on-year +28.13% -15.79% -8.83%
75th Percentile £575 £541 £609
90th Percentile £638 £647 £750
England median daily rate £522 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -5.09% - +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 £24.00 £20.38 £40.00
% change year-on-year +17.79% -49.06% -38.46%

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 812 492 636
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 84.94% 86.62% 82.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 472 293 445
10th Percentile £186 £250 £192
25th Percentile £353 £341 £290
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £445
Median % change year-on-year -0.06% -4.44% -2.19%
75th Percentile £537 £538 £550
90th Percentile £625 £625 £664
England median daily rate £501 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.67% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 98 21 56
10th Percentile £14.63 - £11.05
25th Percentile £16.28 £17.00 £14.00
Median hourly rate £17.87 £22.50 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -20.58% +26.99% +5.27%
75th Percentile £23.75 £30.00 £36.88
90th Percentile £25.15 £39.68 £52.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year -26.03% -6.85% +4.29%

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 29 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 29 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 +10 54 £500 +18.34% 8
Lincolnshire +7 32 £625 +8.70% 13
Nottinghamshire +4 25 £225 -60.87% 10
Leicestershire +1 15 £625 -3.92% 10
Derbyshire 0 12 £465 +55.00% 6
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 (6.43%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.71%) Alfresco
2 1 (0.71%) CMS
2 1 (0.71%) Confluence
2 1 (0.71%) Documentum
2 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.71%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 6 (4.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.14%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (2.14%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.71%) FrameMaker
3 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (7.14%) Oracle Payables
2 7 (5.00%) Oracle Cash Management
2 7 (5.00%) Oracle General Ledger
3 6 (4.29%) Oracle Receivables
4 5 (3.57%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 4 (2.86%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (2.14%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 3 (2.14%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (1.43%) Maximo
7 2 (1.43%) PRMS
8 1 (0.71%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.71%) SAP CO
8 1 (0.71%) SAP FI
8 1 (0.71%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 20 (14.29%) Google Workspace
2 19 (13.57%) Google Sheets
3 18 (12.86%) Cloud Computing
4 14 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (9.29%) Azure
6 10 (7.14%) Entra ID
7 9 (6.43%) AWS
8 6 (4.29%) GitHub
8 6 (4.29%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 6 (4.29%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 5 (3.57%) GitHub Actions
9 5 (3.57%) Power Platform
10 4 (2.86%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.71%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 1 (0.71%) Azure Functions
11 1 (0.71%) Azure Logic Apps
11 1 (0.71%) Azure Service Bus
11 1 (0.71%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 1 (0.71%) OpenShift
11 1 (0.71%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.86%) Firewall
1 4 (2.86%) VPN
2 2 (1.43%) NAS
2 2 (1.43%) SAN
2 2 (1.43%) Wireless
3 1 (0.71%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (0.71%) DHCP
3 1 (0.71%) DNS
3 1 (0.71%) Network Security
3 1 (0.71%) Reverse Proxy
3 1 (0.71%) VLAN
3 1 (0.71%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.00%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (4.29%) Aerospike
2 6 (4.29%) DynamoDB
2 6 (4.29%) Redis
3 4 (2.86%) Power BI
4 2 (1.43%) Metadata
5 1 (0.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (3.57%) GitLab
1 5 (3.57%) Jenkins
1 5 (3.57%) JIRA
2 4 (2.86%) JUnit
3 1 (0.71%) Git
General
1 58 (41.43%) Social Skills
2 50 (35.71%) Finance
3 13 (9.29%) Marketing
3 13 (9.29%) Public Sector
4 9 (6.43%) Manufacturing
5 6 (4.29%) Electronics
5 6 (4.29%) General Ledger
5 6 (4.29%) Law
5 6 (4.29%) Telecoms
6 5 (3.57%) Banking
6 5 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (2.86%) Aerospace
7 4 (2.86%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (2.14%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.43%) Local Government
9 2 (1.43%) Military
9 2 (1.43%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (1.43%) Retail
10 1 (0.71%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.71%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 21 (15.00%) Architect
2 18 (12.86%) Support Engineer
3 15 (10.71%) IT Engineer
4 14 (10.00%) Programme Manager
5 13 (9.29%) Consultant
6 12 (8.57%) Desktop Support
7 10 (7.14%) Analyst
7 10 (7.14%) Lead
7 10 (7.14%) Support Technician
8 9 (6.43%) IT Support
8 9 (6.43%) IT Support Engineer
9 8 (5.71%) Developer
9 8 (5.71%) Senior
10 7 (5.00%) Desktop Support Technician
10 7 (5.00%) Desktop Technician
10 7 (5.00%) Salesforce Architect
11 5 (3.57%) Senior Desktop Support
11 5 (3.57%) Senior Desktop Support Technician
11 5 (3.57%) Senior Support Technician
11 5 (3.57%) Senior Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (7.86%) Oracle Fusion
2 8 (5.71%) Middleware
3 7 (5.00%) Lightning Web Components
3 7 (5.00%) REST
3 7 (5.00%) SOAP
3 7 (5.00%) Visualforce
4 6 (4.29%) Kafka
4 6 (4.29%) Node.js
5 4 (2.86%) Jest
5 4 (2.86%) pytest
6 2 (1.43%) .NET
6 2 (1.43%) XML
7 1 (0.71%) JSON
7 1 (0.71%) OAuth
7 1 (0.71%) OAuth2
7 1 (0.71%) OpenID
7 1 (0.71%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (9.29%) Smartphone
2 8 (5.71%) Product Ownership
3 7 (5.00%) Cloud Native
3 7 (5.00%) Legacy Systems
3 7 (5.00%) Onboarding
4 5 (3.57%) Distributed Systems
5 3 (2.14%) Data Structures
5 3 (2.14%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.43%) AS400
6 2 (1.43%) Life Science
6 2 (1.43%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.43%) Operational Technology
6 2 (1.43%) Replication
6 2 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.71%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.71%) Data Fabric
7 1 (0.71%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.71%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.71%) Legacy Code
7 1 (0.71%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 16 (11.43%) Windows
2 11 (7.86%) Windows 10
3 7 (5.00%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.71%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.71%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (0.71%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (31.43%) Data Migration
2 40 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 37 (26.43%) Change Management
4 25 (17.86%) Programme Management
5 24 (17.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 23 (16.43%) Workflow
7 20 (14.29%) Data Transformation
7 20 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
8 19 (13.57%) Dashboard Development
8 19 (13.57%) Quantitative Analysis
8 19 (13.57%) Risk Management
8 19 (13.57%) User Experience
8 19 (13.57%) Workflow Management
9 18 (12.86%) Data Analysis
9 18 (12.86%) Regulatory Compliance
9 18 (12.86%) Technology Transformation
10 17 (12.14%) Agile
11 16 (11.43%) ERP
11 16 (11.43%) Problem-Solving
12 15 (10.71%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 27 (19.29%) SQL
2 7 (5.00%) Apex Code
3 6 (4.29%) Java
4 5 (3.57%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.43%) C#
5 2 (1.43%) PHP
5 2 (1.43%) PL/SQL
5 2 (1.43%) Python
6 1 (0.71%) Bicep
6 1 (0.71%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.71%) X++
Qualifications
1 34 (24.29%) Security Cleared
2 29 (20.71%) SC Cleared
3 25 (17.86%) Degree
4 7 (5.00%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (2.86%) Master's Degree
6 3 (2.14%) PMP
7 2 (1.43%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.43%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.71%) MBA
8 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.71%) GDPR
2 7 (5.00%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 6 (4.29%) Data Quality
4 4 (2.86%) ISO 20022
5 3 (2.14%) QA
6 2 (1.43%) GRC
6 2 (1.43%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.71%) NIST
7 1 (0.71%) SOC 2
System Software
1 18 (12.86%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.71%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.71%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 14 (10.00%) SCCM
2 8 (5.71%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.43%) Ansible
3 2 (1.43%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.71%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.71%) Terraform
Vendors
1 32 (22.86%) Microsoft
2 20 (14.29%) Google
3 14 (10.00%) Oracle
3 14 (10.00%) SAP
4 11 (7.86%) Salesforce
5 9 (6.43%) Databricks
6 3 (2.14%) Cisco
6 3 (2.14%) VMware
6 3 (2.14%) Workday
7 2 (1.43%) Dell
7 2 (1.43%) IFS
7 2 (1.43%) Rockwell
7 2 (1.43%) Sophos
8 1 (0.71%) CheckPoint
8 1 (0.71%) Citrix
8 1 (0.71%) HP
8 1 (0.71%) Meraki
8 1 (0.71%) OpenText
8 1 (0.71%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.71%) Splunk