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 9 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 64 75
Rank change year-on-year -10 +11 +23
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 101 65 61
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 3.16% 2.97% 2.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.68% 3.41% 2.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 53 42
10th Percentile £364 £366 £391
25th Percentile £442 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £581
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -9.68% +29.17%
75th Percentile £638 £588 £662
90th Percentile £838 £720 £700
England median daily rate £537 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -2.36% -2.22% +7.14%
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 £64.57 £50.75 £85.00
% change year-on-year +27.22% -40.29% +21.00%

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 2,742 1,904 2,111
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 85.71% 87.02% 84.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,717 1,176 1,426
10th Percentile £238 £240 £256
25th Percentile £381 £374 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +5.26% -4.04%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £588
90th Percentile £650 £700 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.43% -2.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 184 70 103
10th Percentile £14.46 £14.70 £14.22
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.00 £17.10
Median hourly rate £18.87 £21.80 £24.60
Median % change year-on-year -13.42% -11.40% +46.17%
75th Percentile £25.15 £33.10 £51.50
90th Percentile £30.18 £52.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -26.03% -23.60% +27.14%

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 9 January 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 9 January 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 -30 53 £538 +2.38% 24
East Midlands +11 48 £550 +25.71% 9
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 9 (8.91%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.96%) Confluence
3 1 (0.99%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (4.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.96%) MS Visio
3 3 (2.97%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.99%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (9.90%) Oracle Payables
2 7 (6.93%) Oracle Cash Management
3 6 (5.94%) Oracle General Ledger
3 6 (5.94%) Oracle Receivables
4 4 (3.96%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (2.97%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (2.97%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (2.97%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 3 (2.97%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 2 (1.98%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (1.98%) SAP PM
7 1 (0.99%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.99%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.99%) SAP HR
7 1 (0.99%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 16 (15.84%) Azure
1 16 (15.84%) Dynamics 365
2 11 (10.89%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
2 11 (10.89%) Salesforce Service Cloud
3 10 (9.90%) Power Platform
4 7 (6.93%) Entra ID
4 7 (6.93%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (3.96%) Azure Data Factory
5 4 (3.96%) Power Automate
6 3 (2.97%) AWS
6 3 (2.97%) Intacct
6 3 (2.97%) SuccessFactors
7 2 (1.98%) Amazon S3
7 2 (1.98%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (1.98%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.99%) Azure Functions
8 1 (0.99%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.99%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (0.99%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (0.99%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.94%) Power BI
2 5 (4.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (3.96%) DataStage
4 2 (1.98%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (1.98%) Amazon Redshift
4 2 (1.98%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.98%) MySQL
4 2 (1.98%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.99%) Amazon QuickSight
5 1 (0.99%) Metadata
5 1 (0.99%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.99%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.99%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.99%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (6.93%) JIRA
2 1 (0.99%) Hudson
General
1 36 (35.64%) Finance
2 35 (34.65%) Social Skills
3 12 (11.88%) Marketing
4 8 (7.92%) Public Sector
5 5 (4.95%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (3.96%) Banking
6 4 (3.96%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (3.96%) Legal
7 3 (2.97%) General Ledger
7 3 (2.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (2.97%) Manufacturing
7 3 (2.97%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (2.97%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.98%) Law
9 1 (0.99%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.99%) Police
9 1 (0.99%) Retail
Job Titles
1 16 (15.84%) Analyst
1 16 (15.84%) Architect
2 14 (13.86%) Lead
3 13 (12.87%) Salesforce Architect
4 12 (11.88%) Consultant
5 10 (9.90%) Business Analyst
6 9 (8.91%) Project Manager
7 8 (7.92%) Senior
8 7 (6.93%) Administrator
8 7 (6.93%) Desktop Support
8 7 (6.93%) Desktop Support Technician
8 7 (6.93%) Desktop Technician
8 7 (6.93%) Support Technician
9 5 (4.95%) Developer
9 5 (4.95%) Oracle Consultant
9 5 (4.95%) Senior Desktop Support
9 5 (4.95%) Senior Desktop Support Technician
9 5 (4.95%) Senior Support Technician
9 5 (4.95%) Senior Technician
10 4 (3.96%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (15.84%) Oracle Fusion
2 12 (11.88%) Lightning Web Components
2 12 (11.88%) Middleware
2 12 (11.88%) Visualforce
3 10 (9.90%) REST
3 10 (9.90%) SOAP
4 3 (2.97%) XML
5 2 (1.98%) .NET
5 2 (1.98%) GraphQL
6 1 (0.99%) JSON
6 1 (0.99%) MACH
6 1 (0.99%) RESTful
6 1 (0.99%) SAP Fiori
6 1 (0.99%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 13 (12.87%) Legacy Systems
2 11 (10.89%) Product Ownership
3 8 (7.92%) Onboarding
4 7 (6.93%) Data Structures
4 7 (6.93%) Smartphone
5 4 (3.96%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.97%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.99%) CMDB
7 1 (0.99%) Data Fabric
7 1 (0.99%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.99%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 8 (7.92%) Windows
2 7 (6.93%) Apple iOS
3 6 (5.94%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (100.00%) Migration
2 29 (28.71%) ERP
3 28 (27.72%) Stakeholder Management
4 27 (26.73%) Agile
5 21 (20.79%) Problem-Solving
6 19 (18.81%) Change Management
6 19 (18.81%) Data Modelling
7 15 (14.85%) Continuous Improvement
7 15 (14.85%) Roadmaps
8 14 (13.86%) Data Security
8 14 (13.86%) Workshop Facilitation
9 13 (12.87%) Cutover Planning
9 13 (12.87%) Data Governance
10 12 (11.88%) Architecture Roadmap
10 12 (11.88%) ETL
10 12 (11.88%) Integration Patterns
10 12 (11.88%) Mentoring
11 11 (10.89%) Data Flow Diagram
11 11 (10.89%) Data Management
11 11 (10.89%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 13 (12.87%) Apex Code
2 7 (6.93%) SQL
3 3 (2.97%) Java
3 3 (2.97%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.99%) C#
4 1 (0.99%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.99%) PHP
4 1 (0.99%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.99%) Python
4 1 (0.99%) T-SQL
4 1 (0.99%) X++
Qualifications
1 10 (9.90%) Degree
2 9 (8.91%) Security Cleared
3 6 (5.94%) Master's Degree
4 5 (4.95%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (2.97%) ACCA
5 3 (2.97%) CIMA
5 3 (2.97%) PMP
5 3 (2.97%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.98%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.98%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.99%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (12.87%) GDPR
2 12 (11.88%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 12 (11.88%) Data Quality
3 6 (5.94%) QA
4 4 (3.96%) ISO 20022
5 1 (0.99%) GRC
5 1 (0.99%) PMO
System Software
1 8 (7.92%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (7.92%) SCCM
2 7 (6.93%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 24 (23.76%) Microsoft
2 19 (18.81%) Oracle
3 16 (15.84%) Salesforce
4 8 (7.92%) SAP
5 4 (3.96%) Databricks
5 4 (3.96%) Sage
6 3 (2.97%) IBM
6 3 (2.97%) IFS
6 3 (2.97%) Workday
7 1 (0.99%) Ariba
7 1 (0.99%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.99%) Talend
7 1 (0.99%) Xero