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 23 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 23 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	57	61	75
Rank change year-on-year	+4	+14	-3
Contract jobs citing Data Migration	185	104	57
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands	3.70%	3.64%	2.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	4.48%	4.07%	2.56%
Number of daily rates quoted	151	75	47
10^th Percentile	£358	£403	£360
25^th Percentile	£402	£450	£400
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£470	£550	£500
Median % change year-on-year	-14.55%	+10.00%	-4.76%
75^th Percentile	£564	£644	£574
90^th Percentile	£675	£838	£662
England median daily rate	£525	£550	£538
% change year-on-year	-4.55%	+2.33%	-2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted	7	0	0
10^th Percentile	£17.38	-	-
25^th Percentile	£20.79	-	-
Median hourly rate	£23.00	-	-
75^th Percentile	£38.20	-	-
90^th Percentile	£49.50	-	-
England median hourly rate	£29.96	£49.00	£64.00
% change year-on-year	-38.86%	-23.44%	-24.71%

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.

	6 months to 23 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills	4,128	2,554	2,228
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands	82.46%	89.39%	83.57%
Number of daily rates quoted	2,316	1,658	1,410
10^th Percentile	£306	£250	£263
25^th Percentile	£406	£363	£375
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£475	£475	£500
Median % change year-on-year	-	-5.00%	+2.25%
75^th Percentile	£588	£575	£600
90^th Percentile	£675	£664	£699
England median daily rate	£525	£510	£525
% change year-on-year	+2.94%	-2.86%	-4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted	455	197	67
10^th Percentile	£13.00	£14.15	£14.68
25^th Percentile	£14.38	£17.69	£17.00
Median hourly rate	£19.20	£21.39	£24.00
Median % change year-on-year	-10.24%	-10.88%	-12.73%
75^th Percentile	£30.25	£26.51	£37.34
90^th Percentile	£51.15	£40.46	£53.50
England median hourly rate	£37.50	£25.15	£41.16
% change year-on-year	+49.11%	-38.89%	-7.52%

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 Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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 23 October 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.

Data Migration Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Migration in the Midlands over the 6 months to 23 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Migration in the Midlands

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 23 October 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	+15	137	£450	-18.18%	52
East Midlands	-9	43	£517	-13.83%	28
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Data Migration Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 23 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Data Migration also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Midlands region with a requirement for Data Migration.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Migration	100.0%	185
2	Validation	49.2%	91
3	SQL	38.4%	71
4	User Acceptance Testing	37.8%	70
5	ETL	37.3%	69
6	Oracle	35.7%	66
7	Agile	33.5%	62
8	Security Cleared	29.2%	54
9	SC Cleared	25.9%	48
10	Stakeholder Management	24.3%	45
11	AWS	23.8%	44
12	JIRA	22.7%	42
13	Data Modelling	21.6%	40
14	Data Governance	20.5%	38
14	Data Quality	20.5%	38
16	Microsoft	20.0%	37
17	ERP	18.9%	35
18	Python	17.8%	33
18	Test Automation	17.8%	33
20	Git	17.3%	32
20	QA	17.3%	32
22	CI/CD	16.8%	31
23	Azure	16.2%	30
23	Data Integration	16.2%	30
23	Data Pipeline	16.2%	30
26	Data Warehouse	14.6%	27
26	ISTQB	14.6%	27
26	SAP	14.6%	27
29	Scenario Testing	14.1%	26
30	Integration Testing	13.5%	25

Data Migration Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Migration	100.0%	185
2	Validation	49.2%	91
3	User Acceptance Testing	37.8%	70
4	ETL	37.3%	69
5	Agile	33.5%	62
6	Stakeholder Management	24.3%	45
7	Data Modelling	21.6%	40
8	Data Governance	20.5%	38
9	ERP	18.9%	35
10	Test Automation	17.8%	33
11	CI/CD	16.8%	31
12	Data Integration	16.2%	30
12	Data Pipeline	16.2%	30
14	Scenario Testing	14.1%	26
15	Integration Testing	13.5%	25
15	Problem-Solving	13.5%	25
17	Stakeholder Engagement	13.0%	24
18	Data Cleansing	12.4%	23
18	System Testing	12.4%	23
20	Test Scripting	11.9%	22