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 6 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 23 11
Rank change year-on-year +11 -12 +5
Contract jobs citing Migration 90 43 78
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 10.40% 6.35% 10.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.38% 7.43% 12.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 22 54
10th Percentile £333 £172 £251
25th Percentile £406 £358 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £448 £475
Median % change year-on-year +13.97% -5.79% -8.83%
75th Percentile £638 £497 £619
90th Percentile £1,300 £581 £709
England median daily rate £515 £541 £550
% change year-on-year -4.85% -1.59% +3.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 0 5
10th Percentile £18.61 - £76.50
25th Percentile £20.72 - £86.25
Median hourly rate £23.83 - £87.50
75th Percentile £25.15 - £93.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £25.15 £22.50 £68.50
% change year-on-year +11.78% -67.15% +24.55%

All Process and 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 727 579 630
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 84.05% 85.52% 83.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 466 342 442
10th Percentile £185 £263 £213
25th Percentile £352 £350 £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £444 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.30% -6.63% +1.06%
75th Percentile £525 £550 £588
90th Percentile £625 £630 £700
England median daily rate £503 £525 £548
% change year-on-year -4.29% -4.11% -0.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 28 51
10th Percentile £16.16 £15.07 £13.00
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.00 £16.67
Median hourly rate £18.87 £23.25 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.84% +3.33% +33.69%
75th Percentile £25.11 £35.23 £51.50
90th Percentile £25.15 £51.50 £65.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.25
% change year-on-year -28.14% -20.90% +18.00%

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 6 December 2025.

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 6 December 2025. 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
Lincolnshire +5 25 £625 +25.00% 13
Northamptonshire -7 22 £420 -11.11% 6
Nottinghamshire +6 18 £563 +12.50% 13
Leicestershire -4 13 £625 +31.58% 7
Derbyshire +7 10 £500 +21.21% 19
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 3 (3.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.11%) Alfresco
2 1 (1.11%) CMS
2 1 (1.11%) Documentum
2 1 (1.11%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 4 (4.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (3.33%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (3.33%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.11%) FrameMaker
3 1 (1.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (8.89%) Oracle Payables
2 7 (7.78%) Oracle Cash Management
3 5 (5.56%) Dynamics AX
3 5 (5.56%) Oracle General Ledger
4 4 (4.44%) Oracle Receivables
5 3 (3.33%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (2.22%) PRMS
7 1 (1.11%) NetSuite
7 1 (1.11%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 1 (1.11%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 11 (12.22%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
1 11 (12.22%) Salesforce Service Cloud
2 8 (8.89%) Azure
3 5 (5.56%) Dynamics 365
3 5 (5.56%) Power Platform
4 4 (4.44%) GitHub
4 4 (4.44%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (3.33%) AWS
5 3 (3.33%) ChatGPT
5 3 (3.33%) GitHub Copilot
6 2 (2.22%) Azure Functions
6 2 (2.22%) Azure Logic Apps
6 2 (2.22%) Azure Monitor
6 2 (2.22%) Azure Service Bus
6 2 (2.22%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 2 (2.22%) Entra ID
6 2 (2.22%) OpenShift
6 2 (2.22%) Power Automate
6 2 (2.22%) PowerApps
6 2 (2.22%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.33%) Firewall
1 3 (3.33%) VPN
2 2 (2.22%) NAS
2 2 (2.22%) SAN
2 2 (2.22%) Wireless
3 1 (1.11%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (1.11%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (7.78%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (3.33%) Power BI
3 2 (2.22%) Metadata
3 2 (2.22%) MySQL
4 1 (1.11%) Aerospike
4 1 (1.11%) DynamoDB
4 1 (1.11%) Oracle Database
4 1 (1.11%) Redis
4 1 (1.11%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.11%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (4.44%) JIRA
2 3 (3.33%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.11%) Git
3 1 (1.11%) GitLab
3 1 (1.11%) JMeter
3 1 (1.11%) JUnit
3 1 (1.11%) Postman
3 1 (1.11%) Selenium
General
1 31 (34.44%) Social Skills
2 22 (24.44%) Finance
3 17 (18.89%) Marketing
4 8 (8.89%) Manufacturing
5 7 (7.78%) Public Sector
6 5 (5.56%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (5.56%) Electronics
6 5 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (5.56%) Telecoms
7 4 (4.44%) Aerospace
7 4 (4.44%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (4.44%) Banking
8 2 (2.22%) General Ledger
8 2 (2.22%) Law
8 2 (2.22%) Military
8 2 (2.22%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.11%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.11%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.11%) Publishing
9 1 (1.11%) Retail
Job Titles
1 13 (14.44%) Architect
2 11 (12.22%) Salesforce Architect
3 9 (10.00%) Analyst
3 9 (10.00%) Developer
4 7 (7.78%) Administrator
4 7 (7.78%) Consultant
5 6 (6.67%) Lead
5 6 (6.67%) Senior
6 5 (5.56%) Business Analyst
6 5 (5.56%) IT Engineer
6 5 (5.56%) Support Engineer
7 4 (4.44%) .NET Developer
7 4 (4.44%) Desktop Support
7 4 (4.44%) Oracle Consultant
7 4 (4.44%) Senior Developer
7 4 (4.44%) Support Technician
8 3 (3.33%) C# Developer
8 3 (3.33%) Data Analyst
8 3 (3.33%) Functional Consultant
8 3 (3.33%) Senior .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (13.33%) Middleware
2 11 (12.22%) Lightning Web Components
2 11 (12.22%) REST
2 11 (12.22%) SOAP
2 11 (12.22%) Visualforce
3 9 (10.00%) Oracle Fusion
4 7 (7.78%) .NET
5 2 (2.22%) Keycloak
5 2 (2.22%) XML
6 1 (1.11%) Jest
6 1 (1.11%) JSON
6 1 (1.11%) Kafka
6 1 (1.11%) Node.js
6 1 (1.11%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 10 (11.11%) Legacy Systems
2 9 (10.00%) Product Ownership
3 6 (6.67%) Onboarding
4 4 (4.44%) Management Information System
4 4 (4.44%) Smartphone
5 2 (2.22%) AS400
5 2 (2.22%) Life Science
5 2 (2.22%) Operational Technology
5 2 (2.22%) Replication
6 1 (1.11%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.11%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.11%) Data Fabric
6 1 (1.11%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (1.11%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.11%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.11%) Legacy Code
6 1 (1.11%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 5 (5.56%) Windows
2 3 (3.33%) Windows 10
3 2 (2.22%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.11%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.11%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (1.11%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (45.56%) Data Migration
2 18 (20.00%) Agile
2 18 (20.00%) Workflow
3 16 (17.78%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (17.78%) Workshop Facilitation
4 15 (16.67%) Data Modelling
4 15 (16.67%) Workflow Management
5 14 (15.56%) Change Management
6 13 (14.44%) Data Management
6 13 (14.44%) ERP
7 12 (13.33%) Architecture Roadmap
7 12 (13.33%) Integration Patterns
7 12 (13.33%) Roadmaps
7 12 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
8 11 (12.22%) Data Flow Diagram
8 11 (12.22%) Data Governance
9 10 (11.11%) Data Security
9 10 (11.11%) Design Patterns
9 10 (11.11%) Mentoring
9 10 (11.11%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 14 (15.56%) SQL
2 11 (12.22%) Apex Code
3 7 (7.78%) C#
3 7 (7.78%) PHP
4 6 (6.67%) PL/SQL
5 4 (4.44%) Python
6 3 (3.33%) T-SQL
7 2 (2.22%) Bash
7 2 (2.22%) PowerShell
7 2 (2.22%) X++
8 1 (1.11%) Java
Qualifications
1 27 (30.00%) Security Cleared
2 24 (26.67%) SC Cleared
3 8 (8.89%) Degree
4 7 (7.78%) Master's Degree
5 5 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.11%) MBA
6 1 (1.11%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.11%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (13.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
1 12 (13.33%) GDPR
2 11 (12.22%) Data Quality
3 6 (6.67%) QA
4 4 (4.44%) ISO 20022
5 1 (1.11%) PCI DSS
5 1 (1.11%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 7 (7.78%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.22%) Docker
2 2 (2.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.11%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 4 (4.44%) Ansible
1 4 (4.44%) Kubernetes
1 4 (4.44%) SCCM
2 2 (2.22%) Argo
2 2 (2.22%) Istio
2 2 (2.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.22%) Terraform
Vendors
1 19 (21.11%) Microsoft
2 17 (18.89%) Oracle
3 16 (17.78%) Salesforce
4 10 (11.11%) SAP
5 4 (4.44%) Databricks
6 3 (3.33%) Cisco
6 3 (3.33%) Workday
7 2 (2.22%) Dell
7 2 (2.22%) Red Hat
7 2 (2.22%) Rockwell
7 2 (2.22%) VMware
8 1 (1.11%) CheckPoint
8 1 (1.11%) Citrix
8 1 (1.11%) HP
8 1 (1.11%) Meraki
8 1 (1.11%) OpenText
8 1 (1.11%) Palo Alto
8 1 (1.11%) Remedy
8 1 (1.11%) ServiceNow