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 citing Data Migration skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 30 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	55	64	84
Rank change year-on-year	+9	+20	-16
Contract jobs citing Data Migration	189	105	54
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands	3.81%	3.64%	2.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	4.60%	4.06%	2.42%
Number of daily rates quoted	150	75	44
10^th Percentile	£358	£403	£387
25^th Percentile	£403	£450	£400
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£468	£550	£500
Median % change year-on-year	-14.86%	+10.00%	-2.44%
75^th Percentile	£555	£644	£581
90^th Percentile	£675	£838	£681
England median daily rate	£525	£550	£535
% change year-on-year	-4.55%	+2.80%	-2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted	9	0	0
10^th Percentile	£13.07	-	-
25^th Percentile	£20.25	-	-
Median hourly rate	£23.00	-	-
75^th Percentile	£49.50	-	-
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
England median hourly rate	£29.96	£64.50	£64.00
% change year-on-year	-53.55%	+0.78%	-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 citing process or methodology skills in the Midlands.

	6 months to 30 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills	4,112	2,586	2,228
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands	82.92%	89.54%	83.63%
Number of daily rates quoted	2,312	1,674	1,402
10^th Percentile	£305	£250	£255
25^th Percentile	£406	£368	£375
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£475	£475	£500
Median % change year-on-year	-	-5.00%	+2.25%
75^th Percentile	£588	£575	£600
90^th Percentile	£675	£655	£688
England median daily rate	£525	£508	£525
% change year-on-year	+3.45%	-3.33%	-4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted	468	200	67
10^th Percentile	£13.00	£14.00	£14.68
25^th Percentile	£13.81	£17.45	£17.00
Median hourly rate	£18.58	£21.28	£24.18
Median % change year-on-year	-12.69%	-12.01%	-12.07%
75^th Percentile	£28.50	£26.51	£37.34
90^th Percentile	£45.00	£40.06	£53.50
England median hourly rate	£35.22	£25.15	£40.00
% change year-on-year	+40.04%	-37.13%	-10.11%

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 30 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 for jobs citing Data Migration in the Midlands over the 6 months to 30 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 30 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
West Midlands	+17	137	£450	-18.18%	11
East Midlands	-11	46	£517	-13.83%	11
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Data Migration Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 30 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 citing Data Migration.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Migration	100.0%	189
2	Validation	51.9%	98
3	User Acceptance Testing	38.1%	72
4	ETL	37.0%	70
4	SQL	37.0%	70
6	Oracle	36.0%	68
7	Agile	34.9%	66
8	Security Cleared	30.2%	57
9	SC Cleared	27.0%	51
10	AWS	26.5%	50
11	Stakeholder Management	23.8%	45
12	JIRA	22.8%	43
13	Python	20.6%	39
14	Data Quality	20.1%	38
14	ERP	20.1%	38
14	Microsoft	20.1%	38
17	Data Governance	19.6%	37
17	Data Modelling	19.6%	37
17	Test Automation	19.6%	37
20	CI/CD	18.5%	35
21	Data Integration	17.5%	33
22	Data Pipeline	16.9%	32
22	Git	16.9%	32
22	QA	16.9%	32
25	Azure	16.4%	31
26	ISTQB	15.3%	29
26	SAP	15.3%	29
28	Integration Testing	14.8%	28
28	Scenario Testing	14.8%	28
30	Data Warehouse	14.3%	27

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%	189
2	Validation	51.9%	98
3	User Acceptance Testing	38.1%	72
4	ETL	37.0%	70
5	Agile	34.9%	66
6	Stakeholder Management	23.8%	45
7	ERP	20.1%	38
8	Data Governance	19.6%	37
8	Data Modelling	19.6%	37
8	Test Automation	19.6%	37
11	CI/CD	18.5%	35
12	Data Integration	17.5%	33
13	Data Pipeline	16.9%	32
14	Integration Testing	14.8%	28
14	Scenario Testing	14.8%	28
16	Data Cleansing	12.7%	24
16	Data Transformation	12.7%	24
16	System Testing	12.7%	24
19	Problem-Solving	12.2%	23
19	Test Scripting	12.2%	23