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

	6 months to 16 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	54	59	76
Rank change year-on-year	+5	+17	+2
Contract jobs citing Data Migration	183	103	58
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands	3.66%	3.71%	2.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	4.46%	4.16%	2.59%
Number of daily rates quoted	150	73	46
10^th Percentile	£358	£407	£356
25^th Percentile	£402	£450	£400
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£472	£550	£500
Median % change year-on-year	-14.27%	+10.00%	-4.76%
75^th Percentile	£575	£650	£573
90^th Percentile	£675	£838	£668
England median daily rate	£525	£538	£538
% change year-on-year	-2.33%	-	-2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted	6	0	0
10^th Percentile	£16.66	-	-
25^th Percentile	£20.52	-	-
Median hourly rate	£22.90	-	-
75^th Percentile	£26.24	-	-
90^th Percentile	£38.20	-	-
England median hourly rate	£29.96	£62.50	£64.00
% change year-on-year	-52.06%	-2.34%	-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 16 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills	4,100	2,474	2,238
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands	82.07%	89.12%	83.60%
Number of daily rates quoted	2,295	1,594	1,408
10^th Percentile	£306	£250	£250
25^th Percentile	£406	£363	£363
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£475	£475	£500
Median % change year-on-year	-	-5.00%	+2.04%
75^th Percentile	£588	£575	£600
90^th Percentile	£675	£670	£700
England median daily rate	£525	£510	£525
% change year-on-year	+2.94%	-2.86%	-4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted	440	200	68
10^th Percentile	£13.00	£14.23	£14.69
25^th Percentile	£14.38	£17.83	£16.63
Median hourly rate	£19.31	£21.28	£23.05
Median % change year-on-year	-9.26%	-7.70%	-16.18%
75^th Percentile	£31.26	£26.51	£36.17
90^th Percentile	£53.75	£40.46	£53.25
England median hourly rate	£38.13	£25.15	£42.50
% change year-on-year	+51.59%	-40.82%	-5.56%

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 16 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 16 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 16 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	136	£450	-18.18%	49
East Midlands	-3	42	£550	-2.22%	26
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Data Migration Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 16 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%	183
2	Validation	47.5%	87
3	SQL	38.3%	70
4	Oracle	37.7%	69
5	User Acceptance Testing	37.2%	68
6	ETL	35.5%	65
7	Agile	32.2%	59
8	Security Cleared	29.0%	53
9	SC Cleared	25.7%	47
10	Stakeholder Management	24.6%	45
11	AWS	23.5%	43
11	JIRA	23.5%	43
13	Microsoft	20.2%	37
14	Data Modelling	19.7%	36
15	ERP	19.1%	35
15	QA	19.1%	35
17	Test Automation	18.6%	34
18	Data Governance	18.0%	33
18	Data Quality	18.0%	33
18	Git	18.0%	33
21	Azure	16.4%	30
21	Data Warehouse	16.4%	30
23	Python	15.8%	29
24	Integration Testing	15.3%	28
24	ISTQB	15.3%	28
24	Scenario Testing	15.3%	28
27	CI/CD	14.8%	27
27	Data Integration	14.8%	27
29	Data Pipeline	14.2%	26
29	System Testing	14.2%	26

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%	183
2	Validation	47.5%	87
3	User Acceptance Testing	37.2%	68
4	ETL	35.5%	65
5	Agile	32.2%	59
6	Stakeholder Management	24.6%	45
7	Data Modelling	19.7%	36
8	ERP	19.1%	35
9	Test Automation	18.6%	34
10	Data Governance	18.0%	33
11	Integration Testing	15.3%	28
11	Scenario Testing	15.3%	28
13	CI/CD	14.8%	27
13	Data Integration	14.8%	27
15	Data Pipeline	14.2%	26
15	System Testing	14.2%	26
17	Test Scripting	13.7%	25
18	Problem-Solving	12.6%	23
19	End-to-End Testing	12.0%	22
19	Stakeholder Engagement	12.0%	22