Data Migration Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Data Migration
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Data Migration skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 70 69
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 +34
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 104 63 68
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 3.36% 2.51% 2.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.87% 2.96% 2.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 51 47
10th Percentile £401 £381 £325
25th Percentile £450 £447 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £638 £594 £638
90th Percentile £838 £738 £685
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.25 - -
Median hourly rate £16.50 - -
75th Percentile £16.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £64.82 £64.00 £85.00
% change year-on-year +1.27% -24.71% +31.78%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

Data 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 Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,688 2,125 2,274
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 86.96% 84.70% 84.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,695 1,322 1,557
10th Percentile £250 £250 £250
25th Percentile £373 £375 £376
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +2.56% -1.52%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £700 £689
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 206 80 104
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.70 £14.04
25th Percentile £16.35 £16.94 £17.41
Median hourly rate £18.87 £22.25 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year -15.19% -6.51% +41.41%
75th Percentile £25.15 £34.06 £51.50
90th Percentile £31.00 £52.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +18.67%

Data Migration
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Data Migration job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Data Migration
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

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

Data Migration
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Migration in the Midlands over the 6 months to 8 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Migration in the Midlands

Data Migration
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

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

Data Migration
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Migration within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 8 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
West Midlands -13 60 £550 +4.76% 24
East Midlands +11 42 £550 +29.41% 13
Data Migration
England

Data Migration
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the 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 (4.81%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.88%) Confluence
3 1 (0.96%) SAS
Applications
1 7 (6.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.88%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (2.88%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.96%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (9.62%) Oracle Payables
2 7 (6.73%) Oracle Cash Management
3 6 (5.77%) Oracle General Ledger
3 6 (5.77%) Oracle Receivables
4 5 (4.81%) Dynamics AX
4 5 (4.81%) SAP PM
5 4 (3.85%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (3.85%) SAP HR
6 3 (2.88%) Dynamics NAV
6 3 (2.88%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 3 (2.88%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 2 (1.92%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.96%) Oracle Assets
8 1 (0.96%) Oracle Financials
8 1 (0.96%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 17 (16.35%) Dynamics 365
2 14 (13.46%) Salesforce Service Cloud
3 12 (11.54%) Azure
4 11 (10.58%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 6 (5.77%) Power Platform
6 5 (4.81%) Power Automate
7 4 (3.85%) Azure Data Factory
8 3 (2.88%) AWS
8 3 (2.88%) Entra ID
8 3 (2.88%) Intacct
8 3 (2.88%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (2.88%) PowerApps
8 3 (2.88%) SuccessFactors
9 2 (1.92%) Amazon S3
9 2 (1.92%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (1.92%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (1.92%) Azure Service Bus
9 2 (1.92%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 2 (1.92%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (1.92%) Microsoft Purview
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 5 (4.81%) DataStage
3 3 (2.88%) Power BI
4 2 (1.92%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (1.92%) Amazon Redshift
4 2 (1.92%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.92%) MySQL
4 2 (1.92%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.96%) Amazon QuickSight
5 1 (0.96%) Metadata
5 1 (0.96%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.96%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.96%) QlikView
5 1 (0.96%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.96%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (9.62%) JIRA
2 1 (0.96%) Hudson
General
1 38 (36.54%) Finance
2 36 (34.62%) Social Skills
3 12 (11.54%) Marketing
4 10 (9.62%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (7.69%) Public Sector
6 5 (4.81%) Banking
6 5 (4.81%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (4.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (4.81%) Legal
7 3 (2.88%) General Ledger
7 3 (2.88%) Manufacturing
7 3 (2.88%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (2.88%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.92%) Law
9 1 (0.96%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.96%) Police
9 1 (0.96%) Retail
9 1 (0.96%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 19 (18.27%) Architect
2 16 (15.38%) Salesforce Architect
3 14 (13.46%) Lead
4 13 (12.50%) Analyst
5 12 (11.54%) Project Manager
6 11 (10.58%) Consultant
7 7 (6.73%) Administrator
7 7 (6.73%) Business Analyst
7 7 (6.73%) Developer
7 7 (6.73%) Technical Architect
8 6 (5.77%) Salesforce Technical Architect
9 5 (4.81%) Oracle Consultant
10 4 (3.85%) Data Analyst
10 4 (3.85%) ETL Developer
10 4 (3.85%) Oracle Project Manager
10 4 (3.85%) Senior
11 3 (2.88%) Accountant
11 3 (2.88%) Data Consultant
11 3 (2.88%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
11 3 (2.88%) Migration Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (15.38%) Oracle Fusion
2 15 (14.42%) Lightning Web Components
2 15 (14.42%) Visualforce
3 11 (10.58%) Middleware
4 10 (9.62%) REST
4 10 (9.62%) SOAP
5 5 (4.81%) GraphQL
6 4 (3.85%) SAP PI
7 3 (2.88%) XML
8 2 (1.92%) .NET
9 1 (0.96%) JSON
9 1 (0.96%) MACH
9 1 (0.96%) RESTful
9 1 (0.96%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 14 (13.46%) Product Ownership
2 12 (11.54%) Legacy Systems
3 8 (7.69%) Onboarding
4 6 (5.77%) Data Structures
5 4 (3.85%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.88%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (2.88%) Smartphone
7 2 (1.92%) CMDB
8 1 (0.96%) Data Fabric
8 1 (0.96%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.96%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.85%) Windows
2 3 (2.88%) Apple iOS
3 2 (1.92%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (100.00%) Migration
2 28 (26.92%) Agile
2 28 (26.92%) ERP
3 26 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 20 (19.23%) Data Modelling
5 19 (18.27%) Stakeholder Management
6 16 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 15 (14.42%) Change Management
7 15 (14.42%) Data Governance
7 15 (14.42%) Integration Patterns
7 15 (14.42%) Roadmaps
8 14 (13.46%) Continuous Improvement
8 14 (13.46%) ETL
9 13 (12.50%) Workshop Facilitation
10 12 (11.54%) Architecture Roadmap
10 12 (11.54%) Data Security
10 12 (11.54%) Mentoring
11 11 (10.58%) Cutover Planning
11 11 (10.58%) Data Management
11 11 (10.58%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 16 (15.38%) Apex Code
2 11 (10.58%) SQL
3 3 (2.88%) Java
3 3 (2.88%) PL/SQL
4 2 (1.92%) T-SQL
4 2 (1.92%) X++
5 1 (0.96%) C#
5 1 (0.96%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.96%) PHP
5 1 (0.96%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.96%) Python
Qualifications
1 14 (13.46%) Degree
2 10 (9.62%) Security Cleared
3 6 (5.77%) Master's Degree
4 5 (4.81%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (4.81%) SC Cleared
5 3 (2.88%) ACCA
5 3 (2.88%) CIMA
6 2 (1.92%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.92%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.92%) PMP
7 1 (0.96%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (13.46%) GDPR
2 13 (12.50%) Data Quality
3 12 (11.54%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 6 (5.77%) QA
5 4 (3.85%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.96%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (3.85%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (3.85%) SCCM
2 3 (2.88%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 23 (22.12%) Microsoft
2 19 (18.27%) Oracle
2 19 (18.27%) Salesforce
3 12 (11.54%) SAP
4 4 (3.85%) IBM
4 4 (3.85%) Sage
4 4 (3.85%) Workday
5 2 (1.92%) Databricks
5 2 (1.92%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.96%) Ariba
6 1 (0.96%) IFS
6 1 (0.96%) Talend
6 1 (0.96%) Xero