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

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 56 73
Rank change year-on-year -22 +17 +39
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 96 66 64
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 2.89% 3.02% 2.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.38% 3.46% 2.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 52 47
10th Percentile £357 £364 £378
25th Percentile £434 £430 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £519 £575
Median % change year-on-year +6.02% -9.78% +27.78%
75th Percentile £638 £578 £662
90th Percentile £736 £650 £700
England median daily rate £540 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -1.82% - +3.77%
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 £64.50 £35.00 £85.00
% change year-on-year +84.29% -58.82% +21.43%

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 2,843 1,906 2,176
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 85.58% 87.31% 84.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,782 1,175 1,461
10th Percentile £244 £225 £250
25th Percentile £388 £375 £365
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 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 183 70 136
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.70 £12.56
25th Percentile £16.25 £17.00 £16.47
Median hourly rate £18.87 £21.80 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.42% -5.24% +36.66%
75th Percentile £25.00 £31.65 £48.75
90th Percentile £30.00 £52.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.50 £38.00
% change year-on-year -27.10% -9.21% +8.57%

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 22 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 22 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 -41 51 £550 +4.76% 23
East Midlands +9 45 £550 +25.71% 23
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 8 (8.33%) SharePoint
2 3 (3.13%) Confluence
3 1 (1.04%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (5.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (4.17%) MS Visio
3 3 (3.13%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.04%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (12.50%) Oracle Payables
2 8 (8.33%) Oracle General Ledger
2 8 (8.33%) Oracle Receivables
3 7 (7.29%) Oracle Cash Management
4 5 (5.21%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 5 (5.21%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 4 (4.17%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (3.13%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (3.13%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (2.08%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (2.08%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (1.04%) Oracle Assets
8 1 (1.04%) Oracle Financials
8 1 (1.04%) SAP CO
8 1 (1.04%) SAP FI
8 1 (1.04%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 16 (16.67%) Azure
2 13 (13.54%) Dynamics 365
3 10 (10.42%) Power Platform
4 7 (7.29%) Entra ID
4 7 (7.29%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (6.25%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 6 (6.25%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 4 (4.17%) Azure Data Factory
7 3 (3.13%) Intacct
7 3 (3.13%) Power Automate
7 3 (3.13%) SuccessFactors
8 2 (2.08%) AWS
8 2 (2.08%) PowerApps
9 1 (1.04%) Azure Functions
9 1 (1.04%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (1.04%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (1.04%) Azure Service Bus
9 1 (1.04%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (1.04%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.25%) Power BI
2 4 (4.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (2.08%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (2.08%) Relational Database
3 2 (2.08%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.04%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (1.04%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.04%) Ingres
4 1 (1.04%) Metadata
4 1 (1.04%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.04%) MySQL
4 1 (1.04%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (1.04%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.04%) RDBMS
4 1 (1.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (4.17%) JIRA
2 1 (1.04%) Git
2 1 (1.04%) Hudson
2 1 (1.04%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (1.04%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 40 (41.67%) Finance
2 36 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 11 (11.46%) Public Sector
4 7 (7.29%) General Ledger
4 7 (7.29%) Marketing
5 4 (4.17%) Banking
5 4 (4.17%) Legal
6 3 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (3.13%) Manufacturing
6 3 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (3.13%) Police
6 3 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (2.08%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (2.08%) Law
7 2 (2.08%) Local Government
8 1 (1.04%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.04%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.04%) Retail
Job Titles
1 18 (18.75%) Lead
2 16 (16.67%) Consultant
3 14 (14.58%) Analyst
4 10 (10.42%) Architect
4 10 (10.42%) Project Manager
5 8 (8.33%) Business Analyst
5 8 (8.33%) Senior
6 7 (7.29%) Desktop Support
6 7 (7.29%) Desktop Support Technician
6 7 (7.29%) Desktop Technician
6 7 (7.29%) Salesforce Architect
6 7 (7.29%) Support Technician
7 6 (6.25%) Oracle Consultant
8 5 (5.21%) Administrator
8 5 (5.21%) Senior Desktop Support
8 5 (5.21%) Senior Desktop Support Technician
8 5 (5.21%) Senior Support Technician
8 5 (5.21%) Senior Technician
9 4 (4.17%) ERP Manager
9 4 (4.17%) Lead Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (18.75%) Oracle Fusion
2 9 (9.38%) Middleware
3 7 (7.29%) Lightning Web Components
3 7 (7.29%) Visualforce
4 6 (6.25%) REST
4 6 (6.25%) SOAP
5 2 (2.08%) XML
6 1 (1.04%) .NET
6 1 (1.04%) ActiveX
6 1 (1.04%) ADO
6 1 (1.04%) COM
6 1 (1.04%) JSON
6 1 (1.04%) MACH
6 1 (1.04%) ODBC
6 1 (1.04%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 14 (14.58%) Legacy Systems
2 8 (8.33%) Data Structures
2 8 (8.33%) Onboarding
2 8 (8.33%) Product Ownership
3 7 (7.29%) Smartphone
4 4 (4.17%) Management Information System
5 3 (3.13%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (3.13%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.04%) CMDB
6 1 (1.04%) Data Fabric
6 1 (1.04%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.04%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 8 (8.33%) Windows
2 7 (7.29%) Apple iOS
3 6 (6.25%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (100.00%) Migration
2 31 (32.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 29 (30.21%) ERP
4 21 (21.88%) Agile
5 19 (19.79%) Change Management
6 15 (15.63%) Continuous Improvement
6 15 (15.63%) Data Modelling
6 15 (15.63%) Workshop Facilitation
7 14 (14.58%) Cutover Planning
7 14 (14.58%) Problem-Solving
7 14 (14.58%) User Acceptance Testing
8 10 (10.42%) Data Security
8 10 (10.42%) Roadmaps
8 10 (10.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 9 (9.38%) ETL
9 9 (9.38%) Project Delivery
9 9 (9.38%) Project Management
9 9 (9.38%) Validation
10 8 (8.33%) Mentoring
10 8 (8.33%) Procure-to-Pay
Programming Languages
1 7 (7.29%) Apex Code
2 6 (6.25%) SQL
3 2 (2.08%) Java
3 2 (2.08%) PL/SQL
4 1 (1.04%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.04%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.04%) Python
4 1 (1.04%) T-SQL
4 1 (1.04%) VB
4 1 (1.04%) VB6
4 1 (1.04%) X++
Qualifications
1 6 (6.25%) Degree
2 4 (4.17%) Security Cleared
3 3 (3.13%) ACCA
3 3 (3.13%) CIMA
3 3 (3.13%) Master's Degree
3 3 (3.13%) PMP
4 2 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.04%) AWS Certification
5 1 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.04%) MBA
5 1 (1.04%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.04%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (8.33%) GDPR
2 7 (7.29%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 7 (7.29%) Data Quality
3 5 (5.21%) QA
4 4 (4.17%) ISO 20022
5 1 (1.04%) GRC
5 1 (1.04%) PMO
System Software
1 8 (8.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (8.33%) SCCM
2 7 (7.29%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 23 (23.96%) Microsoft
2 21 (21.88%) Oracle
3 9 (9.38%) Salesforce
3 9 (9.38%) SAP
4 4 (4.17%) Databricks
4 4 (4.17%) Sage
5 3 (3.13%) IFS
5 3 (3.13%) Workday
6 1 (1.04%) Ariba
6 1 (1.04%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.04%) Talend
6 1 (1.04%) Xero