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

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 55 85
Rank change year-on-year +3 +30 -13
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 170 92 47
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 3.52% 3.51% 1.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.26% 4.01% 2.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 145 64 38
10th Percentile £350 £411 £354
25th Percentile £400 £447 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £515 £463
Median % change year-on-year -7.77% +11.35% -13.95%
75th Percentile £575 £659 £629
90th Percentile £675 £1,161 £688
England median daily rate £525 £525 £540
% change year-on-year - -2.78% -1.82%
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 £62.50 £80.00
% change year-on-year -36.00% -21.88% -13.25%

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 3,993 2,293 2,216
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 82.64% 87.42% 81.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,308 1,494 1,439
10th Percentile £313 £250 £263
25th Percentile £406 £362 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £476 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.92% -7.50% -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £613
90th Percentile £672 £650 £700
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.95% -2.87% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 364 174 73
10th Percentile £13.10 £12.81 £12.75
25th Percentile £14.56 £17.87 £15.00
Median hourly rate £21.50 £21.72 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.01% +3.43% -23.64%
75th Percentile £38.75 £27.04 £42.25
90th Percentile £67.84 £48.20 £54.50
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% +1.18%

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 10 September 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 10 September 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 +4 118 £450 -10.89% 51
East Midlands +1 48 £525 -4.55% 14
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 15 (8.82%) Confluence
2 5 (2.94%) Tuxedo
3 1 (0.59%) Apache
3 1 (0.59%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.59%) Mendix
3 1 (0.59%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (0.59%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (0.59%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 20 (11.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.53%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (1.18%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.59%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.59%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 15 (8.82%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (4.12%) Teamcenter
3 4 (2.35%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (1.76%) iTrent
4 3 (1.76%) NetSuite
4 3 (1.76%) Oracle Financials
4 3 (1.76%) ResourceLink
5 2 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (1.18%) Lorenzo
5 2 (1.18%) Oracle Cash Management
5 2 (1.18%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (1.18%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (1.18%) Oracle Payroll
6 1 (0.59%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.59%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.59%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.59%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.59%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.59%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 31 (18.24%) Azure
2 26 (15.29%) AWS
3 11 (6.47%) OCI
4 10 (5.88%) Azure Data Factory
5 6 (3.53%) GitHub
5 6 (3.53%) Power Platform
6 5 (2.94%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 5 (2.94%) GitHub Copilot
6 5 (2.94%) SuccessFactors
7 4 (2.35%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (2.35%) Snowflake
8 3 (1.76%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (1.76%) Entra ID
8 3 (1.76%) Intacct
8 3 (1.76%) SaaS
8 3 (1.76%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 3 (1.76%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 2 (1.18%) Azure Databricks
9 2 (1.18%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (1.18%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.59%) DNS
1 1 (0.59%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (21.18%) Data Warehouse
2 27 (15.88%) Oracle Reports
3 12 (7.06%) Relational Database
4 9 (5.29%) Data Lake
4 9 (5.29%) SQL Server
5 6 (3.53%) RDBMS
6 5 (2.94%) Ingres
7 4 (2.35%) DataStage
7 4 (2.35%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 4 (2.35%) Oracle ODI
7 4 (2.35%) Power BI
8 3 (1.76%) Power Query
9 2 (1.18%) Delta Lake
9 2 (1.18%) Electronic Patient Records
10 1 (0.59%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.59%) Big Data
10 1 (0.59%) Metadata
10 1 (0.59%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.59%) Oracle Exadata
10 1 (0.59%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 37 (21.76%) JIRA
2 27 (15.88%) Zephyr
3 23 (13.53%) Postman
4 22 (12.94%) Git
5 6 (3.53%) Selenium
6 5 (2.94%) GitLab
6 5 (2.94%) Jenkins
6 5 (2.94%) Oracle Forms
6 5 (2.94%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (1.18%) Yeoman
8 1 (0.59%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.59%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.59%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.59%) Gatling
8 1 (0.59%) Hudson
General
1 63 (37.06%) Social Skills
2 41 (24.12%) Finance
3 32 (18.82%) Analytical Skills
3 32 (18.82%) Public Sector
4 13 (7.65%) Manufacturing
5 9 (5.29%) Police
6 7 (4.12%) Local Government
7 6 (3.53%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (2.35%) Billing
9 4 (2.35%) Legal
9 4 (2.35%) Retail
10 3 (1.76%) General Ledger
11 2 (1.18%) Automotive
11 2 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.18%) Marketing
11 2 (1.18%) Military
12 1 (0.59%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.59%) Law
Job Titles
1 25 (14.71%) Data Engineer
2 23 (13.53%) Analyst
3 18 (10.59%) Senior
4 17 (10.00%) Consultant
5 14 (8.24%) Lead
6 13 (7.65%) Test Analyst
6 13 (7.65%) Tester
7 12 (7.06%) Developer
8 11 (6.47%) QA Tester
9 10 (5.88%) Project Manager
10 8 (4.71%) Accountant
11 7 (4.12%) Senior Data Engineer
11 7 (4.12%) Systems Accountant
12 6 (3.53%) Architect
12 6 (3.53%) Azure Engineer
12 6 (3.53%) Cloud Consultant
12 6 (3.53%) Oracle Developer
13 5 (2.94%) Azure Data Engineer
13 5 (2.94%) Migration Specialist
13 5 (2.94%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (12.94%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (2.94%) ADO
2 5 (2.94%) COM
2 5 (2.94%) ODBC
2 5 (2.94%) REST
3 4 (2.35%) XML
4 3 (1.76%) .NET
4 3 (1.76%) SOAP
4 3 (1.76%) Terraform
5 2 (1.18%) Middleware
6 1 (0.59%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.59%) EDI
6 1 (0.59%) Itk
6 1 (0.59%) JSON
6 1 (0.59%) Lightning Web Components
6 1 (0.59%) OpenTelemetry
6 1 (0.59%) Oracle GoldenGate
6 1 (0.59%) Playwright
6 1 (0.59%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 16 (9.41%) Data Structures
2 14 (8.24%) Legacy Systems
3 12 (7.06%) Public Cloud
4 6 (3.53%) Low-Code
5 5 (2.94%) Management Information System
5 5 (2.94%) Product Ownership
6 4 (2.35%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.76%) Legacy Applications
7 3 (1.76%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.76%) Reference Data
7 3 (1.76%) SCADA
8 2 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.18%) Augmented Reality
8 2 (1.18%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (1.18%) NHS
9 1 (0.59%) AI Agents
9 1 (0.59%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.59%) Distributed Architecture
9 1 (0.59%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (0.59%) Manufacturing Execution System
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.35%) Windows
2 1 (0.59%) AIX
2 1 (0.59%) Linux
2 1 (0.59%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 170 (100.00%) Migration
2 78 (45.88%) Validation
3 58 (34.12%) ETL
4 49 (28.82%) User Acceptance Testing
5 46 (27.06%) Agile
6 38 (22.35%) Stakeholder Management
7 34 (20.00%) Integration Testing
8 32 (18.82%) Scenario Testing
9 31 (18.24%) Problem-Solving
10 30 (17.65%) Data Modelling
10 30 (17.65%) ERP
11 28 (16.47%) Test Automation
11 28 (16.47%) Test Management
12 27 (15.88%) End-to-End Testing
12 27 (15.88%) System Testing
13 26 (15.29%) Test Scripting
14 25 (14.71%) Data Governance
15 22 (12.94%) Analytics
15 22 (12.94%) Customer Requirements
16 21 (12.35%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 56 (32.94%) SQL
2 14 (8.24%) Python
3 8 (4.71%) PL/SQL
4 5 (2.94%) VB
4 5 (2.94%) VB6
5 4 (2.35%) C
6 3 (1.76%) ABAP
7 2 (1.18%) Bash
7 2 (1.18%) C#
7 2 (1.18%) Java
8 1 (0.59%) Ada
8 1 (0.59%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.59%) Bicep
8 1 (0.59%) C++
8 1 (0.59%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.59%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.59%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 43 (25.29%) Security Cleared
2 37 (21.76%) SC Cleared
3 19 (11.18%) ISTQB
4 11 (6.47%) ACCA
4 11 (6.47%) CIMA
5 3 (1.76%) CCAB
5 3 (1.76%) Degree
5 3 (1.76%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 3 (1.76%) PMI Certification
5 3 (1.76%) PMP
6 2 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.18%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.18%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (0.59%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.59%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (0.59%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (19.41%) QA
2 29 (17.06%) Data Quality
3 9 (5.29%) GDPR
4 2 (1.18%) PMO
5 1 (0.59%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (1.18%) Active Directory
1 2 (1.18%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (0.59%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.59%) VMware NSX
2 1 (0.59%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (1.18%) Ansible
1 2 (1.18%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.59%) Argo
2 1 (0.59%) Data Guard
2 1 (0.59%) Grafana
2 1 (0.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.59%) Oracle RMAN
2 1 (0.59%) SCCM
2 1 (0.59%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 69 (40.59%) Oracle
2 31 (18.24%) Microsoft
3 23 (13.53%) SAP
4 9 (5.29%) Salesforce
5 6 (3.53%) SYSPRO
5 6 (3.53%) Talend
6 5 (2.94%) Actian
6 5 (2.94%) Databricks
6 5 (2.94%) Denodo
6 5 (2.94%) Workday
7 4 (2.35%) Cognos
7 4 (2.35%) IBM
7 4 (2.35%) Netezza
7 4 (2.35%) Sage
8 3 (1.76%) Ariba
9 2 (1.18%) Concur
9 2 (1.18%) MEDITECH
9 2 (1.18%) ServiceNow
9 2 (1.18%) Splunk
10 1 (0.59%) Pure Storage