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 15 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 77 77
Rank change year-on-year +15 0 +29
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 102 60 74
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 3.68% 2.25% 2.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.13% 2.69% 3.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 48 51
10th Percentile £407 £356 £324
25th Percentile £450 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £650 £581 £662
90th Percentile £838 £656 £745
England median daily rate £538 £538 £550
% change year-on-year - -2.27% +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 2,468 2,230 2,449
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 89.10% 83.68% 85.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,592 1,403 1,687
10th Percentile £250 £250 £250
25th Percentile £363 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £490
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +2.04% -1.01%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £671 £688 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 199 68 103
10th Percentile £14.20 £14.69 £13.76
25th Percentile £17.87 £16.63 £17.72
Median hourly rate £21.30 £23.05 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.59% -16.18% +56.87%
75th Percentile £26.51 £36.17 £52.63
90th Percentile £40.46 £53.25 £68.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -40.82% -5.56% +36.36%

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 15 October 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 15 October 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 -2 62 £550 +10.00% 37
East Midlands +20 37 £563 +32.35% 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 3 (2.94%) Confluence
1 3 (2.94%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.98%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.94%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (2.94%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (7.84%) Oracle Payables
1 8 (7.84%) SAP PM
2 6 (5.88%) Oracle General Ledger
2 6 (5.88%) Oracle Receivables
3 5 (4.90%) Dynamics AX
3 5 (4.90%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (4.90%) Oracle Cash Management
4 4 (3.92%) SAP HR
5 3 (2.94%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 2 (1.96%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (1.96%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (1.96%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.98%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.98%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.98%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 16 (15.69%) Azure
1 16 (15.69%) Dynamics 365
2 12 (11.76%) Salesforce Service Cloud
3 9 (8.82%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
4 7 (6.86%) Azure Data Factory
4 7 (6.86%) Microsoft Purview
5 5 (4.90%) AWS
5 5 (4.90%) Power Automate
5 5 (4.90%) Power Platform
6 4 (3.92%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 4 (3.92%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 3 (2.94%) Collibra
7 3 (2.94%) Intacct
7 3 (2.94%) PowerApps
7 3 (2.94%) Serverless
8 2 (1.96%) Azure Functions
8 2 (1.96%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (1.96%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (1.96%) Azure Service Bus
8 2 (1.96%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.96%) Firewall
1 2 (1.96%) Network Security
1 2 (1.96%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.90%) Azure SQL Database
1 5 (4.90%) DataStage
2 4 (3.92%) Delta Lake
2 4 (3.92%) Oracle Database
2 4 (3.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (2.94%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (2.94%) GIS
4 2 (1.96%) MySQL
4 2 (1.96%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.96%) Power BI
4 2 (1.96%) QlikView
4 2 (1.96%) SAP Data Services
5 1 (0.98%) Amazon QuickSight
5 1 (0.98%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.98%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.98%) Metadata
5 1 (0.98%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.98%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.98%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (9.80%) JIRA
2 1 (0.98%) Cypress.io
2 1 (0.98%) JMeter
2 1 (0.98%) Postman
2 1 (0.98%) Selenium
2 1 (0.98%) SoapUI
General
1 38 (37.25%) Finance
2 33 (32.35%) Social Skills
3 11 (10.78%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (9.80%) Marketing
5 9 (8.82%) Public Sector
6 8 (7.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (4.90%) Legal
9 4 (3.92%) Banking
9 4 (3.92%) Law
10 3 (2.94%) General Ledger
10 3 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.96%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.96%) Retail
12 1 (0.98%) Police
12 1 (0.98%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 20 (19.61%) Architect
2 14 (13.73%) Salesforce Architect
3 13 (12.75%) Project Manager
4 12 (11.76%) Analyst
5 10 (9.80%) Lead
6 9 (8.82%) Consultant
7 7 (6.86%) Administrator
7 7 (6.86%) Business Analyst
7 7 (6.86%) Developer
7 7 (6.86%) Technical Architect
8 6 (5.88%) Migration Specialist
8 6 (5.88%) Salesforce Technical Architect
9 5 (4.90%) Data Migration Specialist
9 5 (4.90%) Oracle Consultant
10 4 (3.92%) ETL Developer
10 4 (3.92%) Oracle Project Manager
10 4 (3.92%) Product Owner
11 3 (2.94%) Data Manager
11 3 (2.94%) Migration Analyst
11 3 (2.94%) Oracle Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (13.73%) Oracle Fusion
2 13 (12.75%) Lightning Web Components
2 13 (12.75%) Visualforce
3 10 (9.80%) Middleware
4 8 (7.84%) REST
4 8 (7.84%) SOAP
5 5 (4.90%) GraphQL
6 4 (3.92%) SAP PI
7 3 (2.94%) Kafka
8 2 (1.96%) .NET
9 1 (0.98%) OLE
9 1 (0.98%) PySpark
9 1 (0.98%) SAP Fiori
9 1 (0.98%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (14.71%) Legacy Systems
2 14 (13.73%) Product Ownership
3 9 (8.82%) Onboarding
4 4 (3.92%) Management Information System
4 4 (3.92%) SCADA
5 3 (2.94%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (2.94%) Data Structures
5 3 (2.94%) IoT
6 2 (1.96%) CMDB
6 2 (1.96%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.98%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.98%) Data Fabric
7 1 (0.98%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.98%) Video\Live Streaming
7 1 (0.98%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.96%) Windows
1 2 (1.96%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (100.00%) Migration
2 26 (25.49%) Agile
2 26 (25.49%) ERP
2 26 (25.49%) Problem-Solving
3 22 (21.57%) Data Governance
4 20 (19.61%) Data Modelling
5 17 (16.67%) ETL
6 16 (15.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 16 (15.69%) Stakeholder Management
7 13 (12.75%) Change Management
7 13 (12.75%) Integration Patterns
7 13 (12.75%) Roadmaps
7 13 (12.75%) Validation
8 12 (11.76%) Project Delivery
8 12 (11.76%) Workshop Facilitation
9 10 (9.80%) Architecture Roadmap
9 10 (9.80%) Mentoring
9 10 (9.80%) Scrum
10 9 (8.82%) Cutover Planning
10 9 (8.82%) Data Flow Diagram
Programming Languages
1 14 (13.73%) Apex Code
2 13 (12.75%) SQL
3 3 (2.94%) Kusto Query Language
3 3 (2.94%) Python
4 2 (1.96%) PowerShell
4 2 (1.96%) T-SQL
4 2 (1.96%) X++
5 1 (0.98%) C#
5 1 (0.98%) Java
5 1 (0.98%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.98%) PHP
5 1 (0.98%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (14.71%) Degree
2 10 (9.80%) Security Cleared
3 6 (5.88%) Master's Degree
4 5 (4.90%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (4.90%) SC Cleared
5 3 (2.94%) ACCA
5 3 (2.94%) CIMA
6 2 (1.96%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.96%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.96%) PMP
7 1 (0.98%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.98%) MBA
7 1 (0.98%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (16.67%) Data Quality
2 15 (14.71%) GDPR
3 10 (9.80%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 7 (6.86%) QA
5 2 (1.96%) ISO 20022
5 2 (1.96%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (1.96%) Active Directory
1 2 (1.96%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.96%) Kubernetes
1 2 (1.96%) SCCM
Vendors
1 24 (23.53%) Microsoft
2 22 (21.57%) Oracle
3 18 (17.65%) Salesforce
4 14 (13.73%) SAP
5 5 (4.90%) Databricks
6 4 (3.92%) IBM
6 4 (3.92%) Sage
6 4 (3.92%) Workday
7 3 (2.94%) Informatica
8 2 (1.96%) Cisco
8 2 (1.96%) Google
8 2 (1.96%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.98%) Ariba
9 1 (0.98%) Nintex
9 1 (0.98%) Xero