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 7 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 78 74
Rank change year-on-year +16 -4 +39
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 106 59 68
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 3.60% 2.20% 2.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.04% 2.63% 2.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 49 45
10th Percentile £400 £378 £325
25th Percentile £450 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.32% +2.50% -
75th Percentile £638 £588 £662
90th Percentile £838 £650 £722
England median daily rate £550 £539 £550
% change year-on-year +2.09% -2.05% +3.77%

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 2,625 2,241 2,318
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 89.26% 83.71% 84.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,694 1,408 1,590
10th Percentile £250 £255 £250
25th Percentile £363 £375 £386
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 £653 £688 £700
England median daily rate £509 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.05% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 203 69 107
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.70 £14.38
25th Percentile £17.40 £17.00 £17.61
Median hourly rate £21.39 £24.00 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.88% -11.11% +59.13%
75th Percentile £26.51 £35.00 £51.50
90th Percentile £38.57 £53.00 £68.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -32.93% -15.73% +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 7 November 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 7 November 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 -14 64 £550 +4.76% 30
East Midlands +12 39 £600 +41.18% 31
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 3 (2.83%) Confluence
1 3 (2.83%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.94%) SAS
Applications
1 7 (6.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.83%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (2.83%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.94%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (9.43%) Oracle Payables
2 7 (6.60%) Oracle Cash Management
2 7 (6.60%) SAP PM
3 6 (5.66%) Oracle General Ledger
3 6 (5.66%) Oracle Receivables
4 5 (4.72%) Dynamics AX
4 5 (4.72%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (3.77%) SAP HR
6 3 (2.83%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 3 (2.83%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 2 (1.89%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (1.89%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.94%) Oracle Assets
8 1 (0.94%) Oracle Financials
8 1 (0.94%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 16 (15.09%) Dynamics 365
2 14 (13.21%) Azure
3 12 (11.32%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 9 (8.49%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 6 (5.66%) Azure Data Factory
5 6 (5.66%) Microsoft Purview
6 5 (4.72%) Power Automate
6 5 (4.72%) Power Platform
7 4 (3.77%) AWS
7 4 (3.77%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 3 (2.83%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 3 (2.83%) Intacct
8 3 (2.83%) PowerApps
8 3 (2.83%) Serverless
8 3 (2.83%) SuccessFactors
9 2 (1.89%) Azure Functions
9 2 (1.89%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (1.89%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (1.89%) Azure Service Bus
9 2 (1.89%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.94%) Firewall
1 1 (0.94%) Network Security
1 1 (0.94%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.72%) DataStage
2 4 (3.77%) Azure SQL Database
2 4 (3.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (2.83%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (2.83%) Delta Lake
3 3 (2.83%) Oracle Database
4 2 (1.89%) GIS
4 2 (1.89%) MySQL
4 2 (1.89%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.89%) Power BI
4 2 (1.89%) QlikView
4 2 (1.89%) SAP Data Services
5 1 (0.94%) Amazon QuickSight
5 1 (0.94%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.94%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.94%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.94%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.94%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.94%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.94%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (10.38%) JIRA
General
1 40 (37.74%) Finance
2 37 (34.91%) Social Skills
3 11 (10.38%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (9.43%) Marketing
5 9 (8.49%) Public Sector
6 7 (6.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (5.66%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (4.72%) Banking
8 5 (4.72%) Legal
9 4 (3.77%) Law
9 4 (3.77%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (2.83%) General Ledger
10 3 (2.83%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.94%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.94%) Police
11 1 (0.94%) Retail
11 1 (0.94%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 19 (17.92%) Architect
2 14 (13.21%) Analyst
2 14 (13.21%) Project Manager
2 14 (13.21%) Salesforce Architect
3 12 (11.32%) Lead
4 10 (9.43%) Consultant
5 8 (7.55%) Business Analyst
6 7 (6.60%) Administrator
6 7 (6.60%) Developer
6 7 (6.60%) Technical Architect
7 6 (5.66%) Salesforce Technical Architect
8 5 (4.72%) Migration Specialist
8 5 (4.72%) Oracle Consultant
9 4 (3.77%) Data Engineer
9 4 (3.77%) Data Migration Specialist
9 4 (3.77%) ETL Developer
9 4 (3.77%) Oracle Project Manager
10 3 (2.83%) Accountant
10 3 (2.83%) HR Consultant
10 3 (2.83%) Migration Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (15.09%) Oracle Fusion
2 13 (12.26%) Lightning Web Components
2 13 (12.26%) Visualforce
3 9 (8.49%) Middleware
4 8 (7.55%) REST
4 8 (7.55%) SOAP
5 5 (4.72%) GraphQL
6 4 (3.77%) SAP PI
7 2 (1.89%) .NET
7 2 (1.89%) Kafka
7 2 (1.89%) XML
8 1 (0.94%) JSON
8 1 (0.94%) OLE
8 1 (0.94%) PySpark
8 1 (0.94%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 13 (12.26%) Product Ownership
2 12 (11.32%) Legacy Systems
3 10 (9.43%) Onboarding
4 4 (3.77%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.83%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (2.83%) Data Structures
5 3 (2.83%) SCADA
6 2 (1.89%) CMDB
6 2 (1.89%) IoT
7 1 (0.94%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.94%) Data Fabric
7 1 (0.94%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.94%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.94%) Video\Live Streaming
7 1 (0.94%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.89%) Windows
1 2 (1.89%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (100.00%) Migration
2 29 (27.36%) ERP
3 26 (24.53%) Agile
3 26 (24.53%) Problem-Solving
4 19 (17.92%) Data Governance
4 19 (17.92%) Data Modelling
5 18 (16.98%) Stakeholder Management
6 17 (16.04%) Change Management
6 17 (16.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 16 (15.09%) ETL
8 14 (13.21%) Roadmaps
9 13 (12.26%) Integration Patterns
10 12 (11.32%) Project Delivery
10 12 (11.32%) Workshop Facilitation
11 11 (10.38%) Cutover Planning
11 11 (10.38%) Validation
12 10 (9.43%) Architecture Roadmap
12 10 (9.43%) Mentoring
12 10 (9.43%) User Acceptance Testing
13 9 (8.49%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 14 (13.21%) Apex Code
2 13 (12.26%) SQL
3 2 (1.89%) Java
3 2 (1.89%) Kusto Query Language
3 2 (1.89%) PL/SQL
3 2 (1.89%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.89%) Python
3 2 (1.89%) T-SQL
3 2 (1.89%) X++
4 1 (0.94%) C#
4 1 (0.94%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.94%) PHP
Qualifications
1 15 (14.15%) Degree
2 10 (9.43%) Security Cleared
3 6 (5.66%) Master's Degree
4 5 (4.72%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (4.72%) SC Cleared
5 3 (2.83%) ACCA
5 3 (2.83%) CIMA
6 2 (1.89%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.89%) PMP
7 1 (0.94%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.94%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (15.09%) Data Quality
2 15 (14.15%) GDPR
3 10 (9.43%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 7 (6.60%) QA
5 4 (3.77%) ISO 20022
6 3 (2.83%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (1.89%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.94%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.89%) SCCM
2 1 (0.94%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 24 (22.64%) Oracle
2 23 (21.70%) Microsoft
3 18 (16.98%) Salesforce
4 15 (14.15%) SAP
5 4 (3.77%) Databricks
5 4 (3.77%) IBM
5 4 (3.77%) Sage
5 4 (3.77%) Workday
6 2 (1.89%) Informatica
6 2 (1.89%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.94%) Ariba
7 1 (0.94%) Cisco
7 1 (0.94%) Google
7 1 (0.94%) Talend
7 1 (0.94%) Xero