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

6 months to
21 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 73 82
Rank change year-on-year +7 +9 -13
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 143 54 56
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 3.22% 2.48% 1.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.87% 2.80% 2.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 34 41
10th Percentile £329 £365 £350
25th Percentile £358 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.51% -2.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £578 £630
90th Percentile £670 £662 £700
England median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £21.50 - -
25th Percentile £21.75 - -
Median hourly rate £22.91 - -
75th Percentile £23.97 - -
90th Percentile £24.16 - -
England median hourly rate £40.00 £57.50 £75.00
% change year-on-year -30.43% -23.33% +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 3,693 1,926 2,377
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 83.04% 88.55% 79.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,351 1,234 1,570
10th Percentile £306 £206 £249
25th Percentile £403 £356 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £453 £485
Median % change year-on-year +4.86% -6.60% -3.00%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £600
90th Percentile £671 £638 £688
England median daily rate £520 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 251 130 185
10th Percentile £13.51 £12.62 £11.22
25th Percentile £16.72 £15.25 £14.00
Median hourly rate £25.00 £21.39 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.88% +12.58% -24.00%
75th Percentile £52.50 £28.18 £35.00
90th Percentile £70.59 £50.00 £55.00
England median hourly rate £47.50 £27.38 £38.00
% change year-on-year +73.52% -27.96% +7.04%

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 21 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 21 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 -2 103 £473 -5.40% 18
East Midlands +5 36 £513 +12.02% 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 15 (10.49%) Confluence
2 5 (3.50%) Tuxedo
3 2 (1.40%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.70%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.70%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 10 (6.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.10%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.40%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (6.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (4.20%) Teamcenter
3 5 (3.50%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (2.10%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (2.10%) Oracle General Ledger
4 3 (2.10%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (2.10%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (1.40%) NetSuite
5 2 (1.40%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (1.40%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (1.40%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.70%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.70%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.70%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.70%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.70%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.70%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 28 (19.58%) AWS
2 17 (11.89%) Azure
3 9 (6.29%) GitHub
3 9 (6.29%) Power Platform
4 6 (4.20%) GitHub Copilot
4 6 (4.20%) OCI
5 4 (2.80%) Azure Data Factory
5 4 (2.80%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (2.80%) Snowflake
6 3 (2.10%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (2.10%) OpenShift
7 2 (1.40%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (1.40%) Entra ID
7 2 (1.40%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (1.40%) SaaS
8 1 (0.70%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 1 (0.70%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 1 (0.70%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.10%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (24.48%) Data Warehouse
2 33 (23.08%) Oracle Reports
3 11 (7.69%) SQL Server
4 10 (6.99%) Relational Database
5 8 (5.59%) Ingres
5 8 (5.59%) RDBMS
6 6 (4.20%) Power BI
7 4 (2.80%) Oracle ODI
8 3 (2.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (1.40%) Metadata
10 1 (0.70%) Big Data
10 1 (0.70%) Crystal Reports
10 1 (0.70%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.70%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.70%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.70%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.70%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 38 (26.57%) JIRA
2 32 (22.38%) Zephyr
3 26 (18.18%) Git
3 26 (18.18%) Postman
4 8 (5.59%) Jenkins
4 8 (5.59%) Team Foundation Server
5 7 (4.90%) Oracle Forms
6 6 (4.20%) Selenium
7 5 (3.50%) GitLab
8 1 (0.70%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.70%) Gatling
8 1 (0.70%) Hudson
General
1 57 (39.86%) Social Skills
2 37 (25.87%) Finance
3 26 (18.18%) Public Sector
4 18 (12.59%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (5.59%) Manufacturing
6 6 (4.20%) Local Government
6 6 (4.20%) Police
7 5 (3.50%) General Ledger
8 3 (2.10%) Aerospace
8 3 (2.10%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.40%) Retail
10 1 (0.70%) Advertising
10 1 (0.70%) Billing
10 1 (0.70%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.70%) Law
10 1 (0.70%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 27 (18.88%) Analyst
2 22 (15.38%) Consultant
3 19 (13.29%) Tester
4 18 (12.59%) QA Tester
5 15 (10.49%) Project Manager
6 13 (9.09%) Test Analyst
7 11 (7.69%) Developer
7 11 (7.69%) Lead
7 11 (7.69%) Senior
8 8 (5.59%) Cloud Consultant
9 7 (4.90%) Architect
9 7 (4.90%) Business Analyst
9 7 (4.90%) Oracle Consultant
10 6 (4.20%) Data Engineer
10 6 (4.20%) Oracle Developer
11 5 (3.50%) Accountant
11 5 (3.50%) Data Architect
11 5 (3.50%) SAP Consultant
11 5 (3.50%) SC Cleared Test Analyst
11 5 (3.50%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (8.39%) Oracle Fusion
2 7 (4.90%) ADO
2 7 (4.90%) COM
2 7 (4.90%) ODBC
3 4 (2.80%) Middleware
4 3 (2.10%) OpenTelemetry
5 2 (1.40%) ActiveX
6 1 (0.70%) .NET
6 1 (0.70%) Itk
6 1 (0.70%) JDBC
6 1 (0.70%) JSP
6 1 (0.70%) Lightning Web Components
6 1 (0.70%) Playwright
6 1 (0.70%) REST
6 1 (0.70%) Servlets
6 1 (0.70%) Spring
6 1 (0.70%) Web Services
6 1 (0.70%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (10.49%) Legacy Systems
2 13 (9.09%) Data Structures
3 6 (4.20%) Cloud Native
3 6 (4.20%) Low-Code
3 6 (4.20%) Public Cloud
4 3 (2.10%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (2.10%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (2.10%) Management Information System
4 3 (2.10%) Onboarding
4 3 (2.10%) SCADA
5 2 (1.40%) Augmented Reality
5 2 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.40%) Smartphone
6 1 (0.70%) AI Agents
6 1 (0.70%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.70%) Distributed Architecture
6 1 (0.70%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (0.70%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (0.70%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.10%) Windows
1 3 (2.10%) Windows 10
2 2 (1.40%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (100.00%) Migration
2 55 (38.46%) Agile
3 52 (36.36%) ETL
3 52 (36.36%) Validation
4 44 (30.77%) User Acceptance Testing
5 38 (26.57%) Integration Testing
6 34 (23.78%) Test Automation
7 32 (22.38%) Scenario Testing
7 32 (22.38%) Test Management
8 31 (21.68%) End-to-End Testing
8 31 (21.68%) Stakeholder Management
8 31 (21.68%) System Testing
9 29 (20.28%) Test Scripting
10 26 (18.18%) Customer Requirements
10 26 (18.18%) ERP
11 24 (16.78%) Problem-Solving
12 22 (15.38%) Manual Testing
13 21 (14.69%) Data Modelling
14 17 (11.89%) Knowledge Transfer
15 16 (11.19%) System Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 53 (37.06%) SQL
2 10 (6.99%) Python
3 7 (4.90%) VB
3 7 (4.90%) VB6
4 6 (4.20%) PL/SQL
5 4 (2.80%) C
6 3 (2.10%) Bash
6 3 (2.10%) Java
7 1 (0.70%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.70%) C++
7 1 (0.70%) Kotlin
7 1 (0.70%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.70%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 44 (30.77%) Security Cleared
2 39 (27.27%) SC Cleared
3 22 (15.38%) ISTQB
4 7 (4.90%) ACCA
4 7 (4.90%) CIMA
5 2 (1.40%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.40%) CCAB
5 2 (1.40%) Degree
5 2 (1.40%) Oracle Certification
5 2 (1.40%) PMP
6 1 (0.70%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.70%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (0.70%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (23.78%) QA
2 14 (9.79%) Data Quality
3 6 (4.20%) GDPR
4 3 (2.10%) PMO
5 1 (0.70%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.70%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (2.10%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (2.10%) VMware NSX
1 3 (2.10%) vSphere
2 2 (1.40%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.70%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 3 (2.10%) Ansible
1 3 (2.10%) Argo
1 3 (2.10%) Grafana
1 3 (2.10%) Kubernetes
1 3 (2.10%) SCCM
1 3 (2.10%) Terraform
1 3 (2.10%) vCenter Server
2 2 (1.40%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 64 (44.76%) Oracle
2 19 (13.29%) Microsoft
3 13 (9.09%) SAP
4 7 (4.90%) Actian
4 7 (4.90%) Talend
5 5 (3.50%) Databricks
5 5 (3.50%) Denodo
5 5 (3.50%) Salesforce
6 4 (2.80%) IFS
6 4 (2.80%) Sage
7 3 (2.10%) Ariba
7 3 (2.10%) Pure Storage
7 3 (2.10%) Red Hat
7 3 (2.10%) Splunk
7 3 (2.10%) VMware
8 1 (0.70%) Aareon
8 1 (0.70%) Civica
8 1 (0.70%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.70%) Sybase