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 28 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 18 20
Rank change year-on-year +8 +2 -8
Contract jobs citing Migration 118 68 52
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 8.75% 8.33% 6.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.76% 9.66% 8.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 45 31
10th Percentile £316 £416 £189
25th Percentile £425 £447 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +11.11% -7.69%
75th Percentile £575 £630 £522
90th Percentile £675 £1,300 £588
England median daily rate £534 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +1.71% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 8 0
10th Percentile £22.16 £23.19 -
25th Percentile - £25.12 -
Median hourly rate £25.75 £25.15 -
Median % change year-on-year +2.39% - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £26.82 - -
England median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £52.50
% change year-on-year +59.05% -52.10% -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 1,003 704 643
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 74.35% 86.27% 83.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 441 484 393
10th Percentile £230 £224 £263
25th Percentile £400 £350 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £411 £449
Median % change year-on-year +15.50% -8.41% -10.20%
75th Percentile £575 £500 £550
90th Percentile £650 £629 £619
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 181 64 31
10th Percentile £12.76 £16.17 £12.75
25th Percentile £13.51 £17.87 £15.10
Median hourly rate £17.87 £18.87 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.30% -12.23% -6.52%
75th Percentile £26.20 £25.15 £46.13
90th Percentile £36.99 - £50.00
England median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +63.02% -41.51% -3.37%

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 28 September 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Migration in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 28 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Migration in the East Midlands

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 28 September 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
Derbyshire +12 45 £550 -4.35% 11
Northamptonshire +14 22 £450 - 6
Leicestershire +1 17 £550 -12.00% 20
Nottinghamshire -13 14 £613 -52.88% 28
Lincolnshire -14 14 £550 +47.26% 5
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 5 (4.24%) Confluence
2 1 (0.85%) SAS
Applications
1 13 (11.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.85%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.85%) Siemens NX
3 1 (0.85%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (8.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (5.08%) Teamcenter
3 3 (2.54%) iTrent
3 3 (2.54%) SAP ERP
4 2 (1.69%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (1.69%) Lorenzo
4 2 (1.69%) Maximo
4 2 (1.69%) NetSuite
4 2 (1.69%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (1.69%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (1.69%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.85%) ContrOCC
5 1 (0.85%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.85%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.85%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 31 (26.27%) Azure
2 20 (16.95%) Entra ID
3 16 (13.56%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (13.56%) SaaS
4 10 (8.47%) Azure Data Factory
4 10 (8.47%) IaaS
4 10 (8.47%) PaaS
5 7 (5.93%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 5 (4.24%) AWS
6 5 (4.24%) OCI
6 5 (4.24%) Power Platform
6 5 (4.24%) SuccessFactors
7 4 (3.39%) Azure AKS
8 3 (2.54%) Azure Monitor
8 3 (2.54%) Intacct
8 3 (2.54%) Nutanix
9 2 (1.69%) Amazon EMR
9 2 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (1.69%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 2 (1.69%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 10 (8.47%) Firewall
1 10 (8.47%) VPN
2 4 (3.39%) DHCP
2 4 (3.39%) DNS
3 1 (0.85%) Network Security
3 1 (0.85%) Reverse Proxy
3 1 (0.85%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (10.17%) Data Lake
2 7 (5.93%) NoSQL
3 5 (4.24%) Power BI
4 3 (2.54%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (2.54%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.69%) Amazon Aurora
5 2 (1.69%) Amazon Redshift
5 2 (1.69%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (1.69%) Db2
5 2 (1.69%) Electronic Patient Records
5 2 (1.69%) Oracle ODI
5 2 (1.69%) Qlik Sense
5 2 (1.69%) QlikView
5 2 (1.69%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.85%) Big Data
6 1 (0.85%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.85%) Metadata
6 1 (0.85%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 1 (0.85%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (5.08%) JIRA
2 2 (1.69%) GitLab
2 2 (1.69%) Hudson
General
1 53 (44.92%) Social Skills
2 25 (21.19%) Finance
3 22 (18.64%) Manufacturing
4 18 (15.25%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (5.93%) Documentation Skills
5 7 (5.93%) Public Sector
6 5 (4.24%) Banking
7 4 (3.39%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (2.54%) Corporate Banking
8 3 (2.54%) Local Government
8 3 (2.54%) Retail
9 2 (1.69%) Aerospace
9 2 (1.69%) Automotive
9 2 (1.69%) Billing
9 2 (1.69%) Retail Banking
10 1 (0.85%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.85%) Legal
10 1 (0.85%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 20 (16.95%) Architect
2 14 (11.86%) Consultant
3 11 (9.32%) Cloud Engineer
3 11 (9.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 11 (9.32%) Solutions Architect
4 10 (8.47%) Analyst
5 9 (7.63%) Azure Engineer
6 8 (6.78%) Accountant
6 8 (6.78%) Business Analyst
6 8 (6.78%) Developer
7 7 (5.93%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
7 7 (5.93%) Deployment Engineer
7 7 (5.93%) Project Manager
7 7 (5.93%) Systems Accountant
8 6 (5.08%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
8 6 (5.08%) Senior
8 6 (5.08%) Windows Engineer
9 5 (4.24%) Data Architect
10 4 (3.39%) Administrator
10 4 (3.39%) Oracle Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.08%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (4.24%) Terraform
3 3 (2.54%) ARM Templates
3 3 (2.54%) Middleware
4 2 (1.69%) XML
4 2 (1.69%) YAML
5 1 (0.85%) .NET
5 1 (0.85%) Pulumi
Miscellaneous
1 11 (9.32%) CMDB
2 7 (5.93%) Public Cloud
3 3 (2.54%) Data Structures
3 3 (2.54%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (2.54%) FMCG
3 3 (2.54%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (2.54%) Mobile App
3 3 (2.54%) Onboarding
4 2 (1.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (1.69%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.69%) NHS
4 2 (1.69%) Product Ownership
4 2 (1.69%) Replication
5 1 (0.85%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.85%) Driving Licence
5 1 (0.85%) e-Learning
5 1 (0.85%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (0.85%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (0.85%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 23 (19.49%) Windows
2 11 (9.32%) Windows 10
3 8 (6.78%) Windows Server
4 4 (3.39%) Linux
4 4 (3.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (3.39%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (2.54%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.85%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (38.14%) Data Migration
2 38 (32.20%) Validation
3 29 (24.58%) Stakeholder Management
4 23 (19.49%) ERP
5 21 (17.80%) User Acceptance Testing
6 15 (12.71%) Problem-Solving
6 15 (12.71%) Process Improvement
7 14 (11.86%) Analytics
7 14 (11.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 14 (11.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 12 (10.17%) Data Governance
9 11 (9.32%) Agile
9 11 (9.32%) Decision-Making
10 10 (8.47%) Data Modelling
10 10 (8.47%) DevOps
10 10 (8.47%) Infrastructure as Code
10 10 (8.47%) Requirements Gathering
10 10 (8.47%) User Stories
11 9 (7.63%) CI/CD
11 9 (7.63%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 26 (22.03%) SQL
2 5 (4.24%) PowerShell
3 3 (2.54%) PL/SQL
4 2 (1.69%) ABAP
5 1 (0.85%) Bicep
5 1 (0.85%) Python
Qualifications
1 36 (30.51%) Security Cleared
2 29 (24.58%) SC Cleared
3 8 (6.78%) ACCA
3 8 (6.78%) CIMA
4 4 (3.39%) Degree
5 3 (2.54%) DV Cleared
5 3 (2.54%) PMI Certification
5 3 (2.54%) PMP
6 2 (1.69%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 2 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.69%) Oracle Certification
6 2 (1.69%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (0.85%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.85%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (0.85%) SAP Certification
7 1 (0.85%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 1 (0.85%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (9.32%) Data Quality
1 11 (9.32%) GDPR
2 3 (2.54%) PSD2
3 2 (1.69%) IFRS
3 2 (1.69%) QA
3 2 (1.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.85%) GxP
4 1 (0.85%) PMO
System Software
1 18 (15.25%) Active Directory
2 8 (6.78%) Docker
3 5 (4.24%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (2.54%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.85%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.85%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.85%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (9.32%) Kubernetes
1 11 (9.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (8.47%) SCCM
3 1 (0.85%) vCenter Server
3 1 (0.85%) vRealize
Vendors
1 36 (30.51%) Microsoft
2 22 (18.64%) Oracle
3 19 (16.10%) SAP
4 12 (10.17%) Databricks
5 6 (5.08%) VMware
6 5 (4.24%) Salesforce
6 5 (4.24%) Workday
7 4 (3.39%) Concur
8 3 (2.54%) Aruba
8 3 (2.54%) JD Edwards
8 3 (2.54%) Sage
8 3 (2.54%) Teradata
9 2 (1.69%) MEDITECH
10 1 (0.85%) Cerner
10 1 (0.85%) Liquidlogic
10 1 (0.85%) MuleSoft
10 1 (0.85%) Red Hat
10 1 (0.85%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.85%) Siemens