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 4 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 74 75
Rank change year-on-year +5 +1 -9
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 136 49 59
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 3.14% 2.39% 2.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.80% 2.70% 2.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 31 43
10th Percentile £315 £350 £353
25th Percentile £358 £419 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year +6.94% -14.29% -
75th Percentile £575 £553 £629
90th Percentile £635 £675 £698
England median daily rate £525 £536 £550
% change year-on-year -2.05% -2.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £16.76 - -
25th Percentile £17.52 - -
Median hourly rate £19.66 - -
75th Percentile £22.41 - -
90th Percentile £23.54 - -
England median hourly rate £40.00 £60.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year -33.33% -20.00% +233.33%

All Process & 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 3,580 1,813 2,263
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 82.64% 88.53% 81.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,251 1,185 1,520
10th Percentile £305 £206 £231
25th Percentile £401 £358 £357
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £463 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.70% -2.63% -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £551 £600
90th Percentile £670 £647 £688
England median daily rate £515 £523 £525
% change year-on-year -1.55% -0.36% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 247 103 173
10th Percentile £13.54 £12.62 £11.07
25th Percentile £16.72 £14.90 £14.00
Median hourly rate £25.00 £18.87 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +32.49% -0.68% -15.56%
75th Percentile £52.50 £28.18 £35.00
90th Percentile £70.37 £50.00 £55.00
England median hourly rate £47.00 £28.53 £37.50
% change year-on-year +64.77% -23.93% +0.54%

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 4 June 2026.

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 4 June 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
West Midlands -8 94 £433 -3.72% 34
East Midlands +1 38 £500 +9.29% 12
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 16 (11.76%) Confluence
2 5 (3.68%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.74%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (0.74%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 9 (6.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.21%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.47%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (6.62%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (4.41%) Teamcenter
3 5 (3.68%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (2.21%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (2.21%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (1.47%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (1.47%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (1.47%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (1.47%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.74%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.74%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.74%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.74%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.74%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.74%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 22 (16.18%) AWS
2 19 (13.97%) Azure
3 9 (6.62%) Power Platform
4 5 (3.68%) Entra ID
4 5 (3.68%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (2.94%) Azure Data Factory
5 4 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (2.94%) GitHub
5 4 (2.94%) OCI
5 4 (2.94%) Snowflake
6 3 (2.21%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (2.21%) OpenShift
7 2 (1.47%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (1.47%) SaaS
8 1 (0.74%) GitHub Copilot
8 1 (0.74%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 1 (0.74%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 1 (0.74%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.21%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (25.74%) Data Warehouse
2 32 (23.53%) Oracle Reports
3 6 (4.41%) Power BI
3 6 (4.41%) SQL Server
4 5 (3.68%) Relational Database
5 4 (2.94%) Oracle ODI
6 3 (2.21%) Ingres
6 3 (2.21%) RDBMS
6 3 (2.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (1.47%) Metadata
8 1 (0.74%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (0.74%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.74%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.74%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.74%) SAP BW
8 1 (0.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 39 (28.68%) JIRA
2 32 (23.53%) Zephyr
3 26 (19.12%) Postman
4 21 (15.44%) Git
5 8 (5.88%) Jenkins
6 6 (4.41%) Selenium
7 5 (3.68%) GitLab
8 3 (2.21%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (1.47%) Hudson
9 2 (1.47%) Oracle Forms
General
1 57 (41.91%) Social Skills
2 35 (25.74%) Finance
3 19 (13.97%) Public Sector
4 16 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (5.88%) Manufacturing
6 6 (4.41%) Local Government
6 6 (4.41%) Police
7 4 (2.94%) General Ledger
8 3 (2.21%) Aerospace
8 3 (2.21%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.47%) Retail
10 1 (0.74%) Advertising
10 1 (0.74%) Billing
10 1 (0.74%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.74%) Law
10 1 (0.74%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 26 (19.12%) Analyst
2 24 (17.65%) Consultant
3 19 (13.97%) Tester
4 18 (13.24%) QA Tester
5 14 (10.29%) Project Manager
6 13 (9.56%) Test Analyst
7 10 (7.35%) Developer
8 9 (6.62%) Lead
8 9 (6.62%) Senior
9 8 (5.88%) Cloud Consultant
10 7 (5.15%) Business Analyst
10 7 (5.15%) Oracle Consultant
11 6 (4.41%) Architect
11 6 (4.41%) Data Engineer
11 6 (4.41%) Technical Consultant
12 5 (3.68%) Accountant
12 5 (3.68%) Desktop Support
12 5 (3.68%) Desktop Support Technician
12 5 (3.68%) SC Cleared Test Analyst
12 5 (3.68%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (6.62%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (2.94%) Middleware
3 3 (2.21%) OpenTelemetry
4 2 (1.47%) ActiveX
4 2 (1.47%) ADO
4 2 (1.47%) COM
4 2 (1.47%) ODBC
4 2 (1.47%) XML
5 1 (0.74%) .NET
5 1 (0.74%) Itk
5 1 (0.74%) JDBC
5 1 (0.74%) JSP
5 1 (0.74%) Lightning Web Components
5 1 (0.74%) REST
5 1 (0.74%) Servlets
5 1 (0.74%) Spring
5 1 (0.74%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 14 (10.29%) Legacy Systems
2 13 (9.56%) Data Structures
3 6 (4.41%) Cloud Native
3 6 (4.41%) Public Cloud
4 5 (3.68%) Smartphone
5 3 (2.21%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (2.21%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (2.21%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.21%) Onboarding
5 3 (2.21%) SCADA
6 2 (1.47%) Augmented Reality
6 2 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.74%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.74%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.74%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (0.74%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.74%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.41%) Windows
2 5 (3.68%) Apple iOS
2 5 (3.68%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (100.00%) Migration
2 51 (37.50%) Agile
3 50 (36.76%) ETL
4 45 (33.09%) Validation
5 37 (27.21%) Integration Testing
6 36 (26.47%) User Acceptance Testing
7 33 (24.26%) Test Automation
8 32 (23.53%) Stakeholder Management
8 32 (23.53%) Test Management
9 31 (22.79%) Scenario Testing
9 31 (22.79%) System Testing
10 30 (22.06%) End-to-End Testing
11 29 (21.32%) Test Scripting
12 26 (19.12%) Customer Requirements
13 25 (18.38%) Problem-Solving
14 23 (16.91%) ERP
15 22 (16.18%) Manual Testing
16 20 (14.71%) Data Modelling
17 16 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
18 14 (10.29%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 48 (35.29%) SQL
2 10 (7.35%) Python
3 7 (5.15%) PL/SQL
4 3 (2.21%) Bash
4 3 (2.21%) Java
5 2 (1.47%) VB
5 2 (1.47%) VB6
6 1 (0.74%) Apex Code
6 1 (0.74%) C
6 1 (0.74%) C++
6 1 (0.74%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 40 (29.41%) Security Cleared
2 35 (25.74%) SC Cleared
3 22 (16.18%) ISTQB
4 5 (3.68%) ACCA
4 5 (3.68%) CIMA
5 3 (2.21%) PMP
6 2 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.47%) Degree
7 1 (0.74%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.74%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (0.74%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (0.74%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (21.32%) QA
2 13 (9.56%) Data Quality
3 5 (3.68%) GDPR
4 3 (2.21%) PMO
5 1 (0.74%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.74%) GRC
5 1 (0.74%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (3.68%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.21%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (2.21%) VMware NSX
2 3 (2.21%) vSphere
3 1 (0.74%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 6 (4.41%) SCCM
2 5 (3.68%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (2.21%) Ansible
3 3 (2.21%) Argo
3 3 (2.21%) Grafana
3 3 (2.21%) Kubernetes
3 3 (2.21%) Terraform
3 3 (2.21%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 55 (40.44%) Oracle
2 21 (15.44%) Microsoft
3 12 (8.82%) SAP
4 7 (5.15%) Talend
5 5 (3.68%) Databricks
5 5 (3.68%) Denodo
5 5 (3.68%) IFS
5 5 (3.68%) Salesforce
6 4 (2.94%) Sage
7 3 (2.21%) Ariba
7 3 (2.21%) Pure Storage
7 3 (2.21%) Red Hat
7 3 (2.21%) Splunk
7 3 (2.21%) VMware
8 2 (1.47%) Actian
9 1 (0.74%) Aareon
9 1 (0.74%) Civica
9 1 (0.74%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.74%) Sybase