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 11 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 70 85
Rank change year-on-year +6 +15 -24
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 151 60 53
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 3.25% 2.54% 1.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.88% 2.90% 2.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 34 42
10th Percentile £346 £365 £351
25th Percentile £360 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.51% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £575 £597 £622
90th Percentile £653 £684 £688
England median daily rate £525 £525 £540
% change year-on-year - -2.78% +0.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £21.66 - -
25th Percentile £22.17 - -
Median hourly rate £23.00 - -
75th Percentile £25.60 - -
90th Percentile £26.38 - -
England median hourly rate £40.00 £57.50 £75.00
% change year-on-year -30.43% -23.33% +141.94%

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 3,891 2,071 2,346
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 83.75% 87.75% 80.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,444 1,326 1,568
10th Percentile £306 £210 £250
25th Percentile £404 £356 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £450 £488
Median % change year-on-year +6.89% -7.83% -2.35%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £600
90th Percentile £671 £650 £688
England median daily rate £525 £514 £525
% change year-on-year +2.14% -2.10% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 267 158 166
10th Percentile £13.53 £12.62 £11.21
25th Percentile £17.54 £15.26 £13.62
Median hourly rate £25.47 £21.28 £18.25
Median % change year-on-year +19.69% +16.58% -31.92%
75th Percentile £49.00 £27.94 £34.73
90th Percentile £71.37 £50.00 £55.00
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% -6.09%

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 11 July 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 11 July 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 -7 107 £473 -5.40% 25
East Midlands +6 40 £517 +11.18% 15
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 15 (9.93%) Confluence
2 5 (3.31%) Tuxedo
3 1 (0.66%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (0.66%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 10 (6.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.32%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (6.62%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (3.97%) Teamcenter
3 5 (3.31%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (1.99%) iTrent
4 3 (1.99%) NetSuite
4 3 (1.99%) Oracle Financials
4 3 (1.99%) Oracle General Ledger
4 3 (1.99%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (1.99%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (1.32%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (1.32%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.66%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.66%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.66%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.66%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.66%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.66%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.66%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.66%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 28 (18.54%) AWS
2 17 (11.26%) Azure
3 9 (5.96%) GitHub
4 6 (3.97%) GitHub Copilot
4 6 (3.97%) OCI
5 5 (3.31%) Power Platform
6 4 (2.65%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (2.65%) Snowflake
6 4 (2.65%) SuccessFactors
7 3 (1.99%) Azure Data Factory
7 3 (1.99%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 3 (1.99%) OpenShift
8 2 (1.32%) SaaS
8 2 (1.32%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 2 (1.32%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 1 (0.66%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.99%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (23.84%) Data Warehouse
2 33 (21.85%) Oracle Reports
3 11 (7.28%) SQL Server
4 10 (6.62%) Relational Database
5 8 (5.30%) Ingres
5 8 (5.30%) RDBMS
6 5 (3.31%) Data Lake
7 4 (2.65%) Oracle ODI
7 4 (2.65%) Power BI
8 2 (1.32%) Metadata
9 1 (0.66%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.66%) Big Data
9 1 (0.66%) Crystal Reports
9 1 (0.66%) Delta Lake
9 1 (0.66%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.66%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.66%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.66%) SAP BW
9 1 (0.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 38 (25.17%) JIRA
2 32 (21.19%) Zephyr
3 26 (17.22%) Git
3 26 (17.22%) Postman
4 8 (5.30%) Jenkins
4 8 (5.30%) Team Foundation Server
5 7 (4.64%) Oracle Forms
6 6 (3.97%) Selenium
7 5 (3.31%) GitLab
8 2 (1.32%) Hudson
8 2 (1.32%) Yeoman
9 1 (0.66%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.66%) Gatling
General
1 59 (39.07%) Social Skills
2 40 (26.49%) Finance
3 26 (17.22%) Public Sector
4 24 (15.89%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (8.61%) Manufacturing
6 9 (5.96%) Police
7 6 (3.97%) Local Government
8 5 (3.31%) General Ledger
9 4 (2.65%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.99%) Aerospace
10 3 (1.99%) Retail
11 1 (0.66%) Advertising
11 1 (0.66%) Automotive
11 1 (0.66%) Billing
11 1 (0.66%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.66%) Law
11 1 (0.66%) Legal
11 1 (0.66%) Marketing
11 1 (0.66%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (16.56%) Analyst
2 23 (15.23%) Consultant
3 19 (12.58%) Tester
4 18 (11.92%) QA Tester
5 16 (10.60%) Project Manager
6 13 (8.61%) Data Engineer
6 13 (8.61%) Test Analyst
7 12 (7.95%) Developer
8 11 (7.28%) Lead
9 10 (6.62%) Senior
10 8 (5.30%) Cloud Consultant
11 7 (4.64%) Architect
11 7 (4.64%) Oracle Consultant
12 6 (3.97%) Administrator
12 6 (3.97%) Oracle Developer
12 6 (3.97%) Technical Consultant
13 5 (3.31%) Business Analyst
13 5 (3.31%) Data Architect
13 5 (3.31%) SAP Consultant
13 5 (3.31%) Technical Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (8.61%) Oracle Fusion
2 7 (4.64%) ADO
2 7 (4.64%) COM
2 7 (4.64%) ODBC
3 3 (1.99%) Middleware
3 3 (1.99%) OpenTelemetry
4 2 (1.32%) ActiveX
4 2 (1.32%) XML
5 1 (0.66%) .NET
5 1 (0.66%) Itk
5 1 (0.66%) JDBC
5 1 (0.66%) JSON
5 1 (0.66%) JSP
5 1 (0.66%) Lightning Web Components
5 1 (0.66%) Playwright
5 1 (0.66%) PySpark
5 1 (0.66%) REST
5 1 (0.66%) Servlets
5 1 (0.66%) Spring
5 1 (0.66%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 14 (9.27%) Legacy Systems
2 12 (7.95%) Data Structures
3 7 (4.64%) Public Cloud
4 6 (3.97%) Cloud Native
4 6 (3.97%) Low-Code
5 4 (2.65%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.99%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (1.99%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (1.99%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.99%) SCADA
7 2 (1.32%) Augmented Reality
7 2 (1.32%) Legacy Applications
7 2 (1.32%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.66%) AI Agents
8 1 (0.66%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.66%) Distributed Architecture
8 1 (0.66%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (0.66%) FMCG
8 1 (0.66%) Manufacturing Execution System
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.66%) Windows
1 1 (0.66%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 151 (100.00%) Migration
2 63 (41.72%) Validation
3 56 (37.09%) ETL
4 54 (35.76%) Agile
5 48 (31.79%) User Acceptance Testing
6 38 (25.17%) Integration Testing
7 34 (22.52%) Test Automation
8 32 (21.19%) Scenario Testing
8 32 (21.19%) Test Management
9 31 (20.53%) End-to-End Testing
9 31 (20.53%) System Testing
10 29 (19.21%) Problem-Solving
10 29 (19.21%) Stakeholder Management
10 29 (19.21%) Test Scripting
11 26 (17.22%) Customer Requirements
11 26 (17.22%) Data Modelling
12 25 (16.56%) ERP
13 22 (14.57%) Manual Testing
14 18 (11.92%) Data Governance
14 18 (11.92%) Knowledge Transfer
Programming Languages
1 56 (37.09%) SQL
2 12 (7.95%) Python
3 7 (4.64%) PL/SQL
3 7 (4.64%) VB
3 7 (4.64%) VB6
4 4 (2.65%) C
5 3 (1.99%) Bash
5 3 (1.99%) Java
6 1 (0.66%) Apex Code
6 1 (0.66%) C++
6 1 (0.66%) Kotlin
6 1 (0.66%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.66%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 45 (29.80%) Security Cleared
2 40 (26.49%) SC Cleared
3 22 (14.57%) ISTQB
4 7 (4.64%) ACCA
4 7 (4.64%) CIMA
5 3 (1.99%) Degree
6 2 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.32%) CCAB
6 2 (1.32%) Oracle Certification
6 2 (1.32%) PMP
7 1 (0.66%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.66%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.66%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (0.66%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (0.66%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (22.52%) QA
2 18 (11.92%) Data Quality
3 9 (5.96%) GDPR
4 3 (1.99%) PMO
5 1 (0.66%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.66%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (1.99%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (1.99%) VMware NSX
1 3 (1.99%) vSphere
2 1 (0.66%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 3 (1.99%) Ansible
1 3 (1.99%) Argo
1 3 (1.99%) Grafana
1 3 (1.99%) Kubernetes
1 3 (1.99%) Terraform
1 3 (1.99%) vCenter Server
2 1 (0.66%) SCCM
Vendors
1 69 (45.70%) Oracle
2 19 (12.58%) SAP
3 15 (9.93%) Microsoft
4 7 (4.64%) Actian
4 7 (4.64%) Talend
5 6 (3.97%) Salesforce
6 5 (3.31%) Denodo
7 4 (2.65%) Sage
8 3 (1.99%) Ariba
8 3 (1.99%) Databricks
8 3 (1.99%) IFS
8 3 (1.99%) Pure Storage
8 3 (1.99%) Red Hat
8 3 (1.99%) Splunk
8 3 (1.99%) VMware
8 3 (1.99%) Workday
9 1 (0.66%) Aareon
9 1 (0.66%) Civica
9 1 (0.66%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.66%) Sybase