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

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 61 90
Rank change year-on-year +5 +29 -21
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 163 78 45
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 3.45% 3.15% 1.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.17% 3.59% 2.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 136 48 35
10th Percentile £350 £400 £355
25th Percentile £363 £433 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.05% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £605 £629
90th Percentile £675 £733 £688
England median daily rate £530 £525 £535
% change year-on-year +0.86% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £21.66 - -
25th Percentile £22.16 - -
Median hourly rate £23.00 - -
75th Percentile £25.59 - -
90th Percentile £26.38 - -
England median hourly rate £40.00 £50.25 £80.00
% change year-on-year -20.40% -37.19% +158.06%

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 3,910 2,174 2,156
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 82.86% 87.73% 81.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,381 1,395 1,467
10th Percentile £306 £227 £274
25th Percentile £405 £358 £368
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £550 £600
90th Percentile £671 £650 £700
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 302 175 103
10th Percentile £13.38 £12.62 £12.74
25th Percentile £16.72 £16.24 £14.26
Median hourly rate £25.00 £21.39 £18.97
Median % change year-on-year +16.88% +12.76% -31.02%
75th Percentile £43.96 £26.86 £36.25
90th Percentile £67.84 £50.00 £55.00
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -40.82% -

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 August 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 7 August 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 -4 119 £450 -10.00% 41
East Midlands +6 40 £525 +16.67% 18
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 16 (9.82%) Confluence
2 5 (3.07%) Tuxedo
3 1 (0.61%) Apache
3 1 (0.61%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.61%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (0.61%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 14 (8.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.23%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.61%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 14 (8.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (3.68%) Teamcenter
3 5 (3.07%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (1.84%) iTrent
4 3 (1.84%) NetSuite
4 3 (1.84%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (1.23%) Oracle Cash Management
5 2 (1.23%) Oracle Payroll
6 1 (0.61%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.61%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.61%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.61%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.61%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.61%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.61%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.61%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 29 (17.79%) AWS
2 28 (17.18%) Azure
3 10 (6.13%) OCI
4 9 (5.52%) Azure Data Factory
5 6 (3.68%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 6 (3.68%) GitHub
5 6 (3.68%) Power Platform
5 6 (3.68%) SuccessFactors
6 5 (3.07%) GitHub Copilot
7 4 (2.45%) Snowflake
8 3 (1.84%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (1.84%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (1.84%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 3 (1.84%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 2 (1.23%) Entra ID
9 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (1.23%) SaaS
10 1 (0.61%) Microsoft 365
10 1 (0.61%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.61%) DNS
1 1 (0.61%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (25.15%) Data Warehouse
2 33 (20.25%) Oracle Reports
3 9 (5.52%) Data Lake
3 9 (5.52%) Relational Database
3 9 (5.52%) SQL Server
4 5 (3.07%) Ingres
4 5 (3.07%) RDBMS
5 4 (2.45%) Oracle ODI
5 4 (2.45%) Power BI
6 2 (1.23%) DataStage
6 2 (1.23%) Delta Lake
6 2 (1.23%) Metadata
7 1 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.61%) Big Data
7 1 (0.61%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 1 (0.61%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.61%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 40 (24.54%) JIRA
2 33 (20.25%) Zephyr
3 28 (17.18%) Postman
4 25 (15.34%) Git
5 6 (3.68%) Selenium
6 5 (3.07%) Jenkins
6 5 (3.07%) Oracle Forms
6 5 (3.07%) Team Foundation Server
7 4 (2.45%) GitLab
8 2 (1.23%) Yeoman
9 1 (0.61%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.61%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.61%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.61%) Gatling
9 1 (0.61%) Hudson
General
1 59 (36.20%) Social Skills
2 42 (25.77%) Finance
3 28 (17.18%) Public Sector
4 27 (16.56%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (7.36%) Manufacturing
6 8 (4.91%) Police
7 6 (3.68%) Local Government
8 5 (3.07%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (2.45%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.84%) Billing
10 3 (1.84%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.84%) Retail
11 2 (1.23%) Automotive
11 2 (1.23%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.61%) Advertising
12 1 (0.61%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.61%) Law
12 1 (0.61%) Legal
12 1 (0.61%) Marketing
12 1 (0.61%) Military
Job Titles
1 25 (15.34%) Data Engineer
2 24 (14.72%) Analyst
3 19 (11.66%) Consultant
3 19 (11.66%) Tester
4 17 (10.43%) QA Tester
5 16 (9.82%) Senior
6 13 (7.98%) Test Analyst
7 12 (7.36%) Developer
7 12 (7.36%) Project Manager
8 11 (6.75%) Lead
9 8 (4.91%) Cloud Consultant
10 7 (4.29%) Senior Data Engineer
11 6 (3.68%) Administrator
11 6 (3.68%) Azure Engineer
11 6 (3.68%) Oracle Consultant
11 6 (3.68%) Oracle Developer
12 5 (3.07%) Accountant
12 5 (3.07%) Architect
12 5 (3.07%) SC Cleared Test Analyst
12 5 (3.07%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (10.43%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (3.07%) ADO
2 5 (3.07%) COM
2 5 (3.07%) ODBC
3 4 (2.45%) XML
4 2 (1.23%) .NET
4 2 (1.23%) REST
5 1 (0.61%) Itk
5 1 (0.61%) JSON
5 1 (0.61%) Lightning Web Components
5 1 (0.61%) Middleware
5 1 (0.61%) OpenTelemetry
5 1 (0.61%) Playwright
5 1 (0.61%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 15 (9.20%) Data Structures
2 11 (6.75%) Legacy Systems
3 10 (6.13%) Public Cloud
4 5 (3.07%) Low-Code
5 4 (2.45%) Cloud Native
5 4 (2.45%) Management Information System
5 4 (2.45%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.84%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.84%) SCADA
7 2 (1.23%) Augmented Reality
7 2 (1.23%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.23%) Legacy Applications
8 1 (0.61%) AI Agents
8 1 (0.61%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.61%) CMDB
8 1 (0.61%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.61%) FMCG
8 1 (0.61%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.61%) Manufacturing Execution System
8 1 (0.61%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.61%) Windows
1 1 (0.61%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 163 (100.00%) Migration
2 70 (42.94%) Validation
3 60 (36.81%) ETL
4 50 (30.67%) Agile
5 47 (28.83%) User Acceptance Testing
6 39 (23.93%) Integration Testing
7 35 (21.47%) Scenario Testing
7 35 (21.47%) Test Automation
8 33 (20.25%) Stakeholder Management
8 33 (20.25%) System Testing
8 33 (20.25%) Test Management
9 32 (19.63%) End-to-End Testing
10 31 (19.02%) Data Modelling
10 31 (19.02%) ERP
11 30 (18.40%) Test Scripting
12 28 (17.18%) Problem-Solving
13 27 (16.56%) Customer Requirements
14 25 (15.34%) Data Governance
15 24 (14.72%) Analytics
16 23 (14.11%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 55 (33.74%) SQL
2 13 (7.98%) Python
3 6 (3.68%) PL/SQL
4 5 (3.07%) VB
4 5 (3.07%) VB6
5 4 (2.45%) C
6 3 (1.84%) ABAP
7 2 (1.23%) Java
8 1 (0.61%) Ada
8 1 (0.61%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.61%) Bash
8 1 (0.61%) C#
8 1 (0.61%) C++
8 1 (0.61%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.61%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.61%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 48 (29.45%) Security Cleared
2 42 (25.77%) SC Cleared
3 23 (14.11%) ISTQB
4 7 (4.29%) ACCA
4 7 (4.29%) CIMA
5 3 (1.84%) Degree
5 3 (1.84%) PMP
6 2 (1.23%) CCAB
6 2 (1.23%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.23%) Oracle Certification
6 2 (1.23%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.61%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (0.61%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (0.61%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (20.25%) QA
2 26 (15.95%) Data Quality
3 9 (5.52%) GDPR
4 3 (1.84%) PMO
5 1 (0.61%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (1.23%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.61%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (0.61%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.61%) VMware NSX
2 1 (0.61%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (0.61%) Ansible
1 1 (0.61%) Argo
1 1 (0.61%) Grafana
1 1 (0.61%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.61%) SCCM
1 1 (0.61%) Terraform
1 1 (0.61%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 70 (42.94%) Oracle
2 26 (15.95%) Microsoft
3 22 (13.50%) SAP
4 8 (4.91%) Salesforce
5 7 (4.29%) Talend
6 6 (3.68%) SYSPRO
7 5 (3.07%) Actian
7 5 (3.07%) Denodo
8 4 (2.45%) Databricks
8 4 (2.45%) Sage
9 3 (1.84%) Ariba
9 3 (1.84%) Workday
10 2 (1.23%) Cognos
10 2 (1.23%) Concur
10 2 (1.23%) IBM
10 2 (1.23%) Netezza
11 1 (0.61%) Atlassian
11 1 (0.61%) Red Hat
11 1 (0.61%) ServiceNow
11 1 (0.61%) Splunk