Migration Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Migration
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Migration skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 19 12
Rank change year-on-year +4 -7 +10
Contract jobs citing Migration 256 206 291
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 9.74% 7.64% 9.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.10% 9.32% 11.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 168 146 208
10th Percentile £322 £357 £268
25th Percentile £425 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £614 £625 £619
90th Percentile £733 £725 £727
England median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.97% -4.53% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 0 7
10th Percentile - - £54.00
25th Percentile - - £70.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 - £87.50
75th Percentile - - £91.25
90th Percentile - - £93.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £52.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year -52.10% -25.00% +40.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 2,306 2,211 2,544
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 87.78% 81.98% 85.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,504 1,413 1,742
10th Percentile £235 £263 £250
25th Percentile £360 £380 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £575 £612 £600
90th Percentile £650 £700 £700
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 175 74 99
10th Percentile £13.43 £12.88 £13.13
25th Percentile £17.87 £15.11 £17.74
Median hourly rate £21.39 £21.55 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -0.72% -21.65% +52.78%
75th Percentile £26.86 £41.61 £51.50
90th Percentile £47.60 £55.00 £67.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.54
% change year-on-year -41.51% -1.24% +50.14%

Migration
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Migration as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Migration in the Midlands

Migration
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Migration.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Migration

Migration
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Migration in the Midlands over the 6 months to 16 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Migration in the Midlands

Migration
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Migration.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Migration

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 Migration within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 16 September 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 +3 178 £519 -0.77% 48
East Midlands -2 62 £500 - 50
Migration
England

Migration
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 19 (7.42%) SharePoint
2 12 (4.69%) SAS
3 10 (3.91%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (3.13%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (2.73%) Confluence
6 5 (1.95%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.78%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.78%) FileNet
7 2 (0.78%) HCL Notes
7 2 (0.78%) JBoss
8 1 (0.39%) Alfresco
8 1 (0.39%) CMS
8 1 (0.39%) Documentum
Applications
1 9 (3.52%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (2.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.17%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.17%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.78%) Trello
5 1 (0.39%) FrameMaker
Business Applications
1 8 (3.13%) SAP PM
2 5 (1.95%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.56%) SAP HR
3 4 (1.56%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (1.17%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (1.17%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (1.17%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.78%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.78%) Oracle Cash Management
5 2 (0.78%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.78%) PRMS
5 2 (0.78%) SAP MM
5 2 (0.78%) SAP PP
6 1 (0.39%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.39%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.39%) Oracle BPM
6 1 (0.39%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.39%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.39%) Oracle iProcurement
6 1 (0.39%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 50 (19.53%) Azure
2 30 (11.72%) AWS
3 23 (8.98%) Microsoft 365
4 18 (7.03%) Power Platform
5 13 (5.08%) Dynamics 365
6 11 (4.30%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 9 (3.52%) PaaS
8 8 (3.13%) Microsoft Purview
8 8 (3.13%) Power Automate
8 8 (3.13%) SaaS
8 8 (3.13%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 7 (2.73%) Azure Data Factory
10 6 (2.34%) PowerApps
11 5 (1.95%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 4 (1.56%) Entra ID
12 4 (1.56%) GCP
12 4 (1.56%) GitHub
12 4 (1.56%) IaaS
12 4 (1.56%) OpenShift
13 3 (1.17%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 14 (5.47%) Firewall
2 9 (3.52%) WAN
3 7 (2.73%) SD-WAN
4 5 (1.95%) BIG-IP
4 5 (1.95%) LAN
4 5 (1.95%) Network Security
4 5 (1.95%) TCP/IP
4 5 (1.95%) VPN
5 4 (1.56%) Cisco ASA
5 4 (1.56%) DNS
6 3 (1.17%) Cisco ISE
6 3 (1.17%) HTTP
6 3 (1.17%) Unified Communications
6 3 (1.17%) Wireless
7 2 (0.78%) DHCP
7 2 (0.78%) DMZ
7 2 (0.78%) MPLS
7 2 (0.78%) Remote Desktop
7 2 (0.78%) SAN
7 2 (0.78%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.30%) Oracle Database
2 10 (3.91%) Power BI
2 10 (3.91%) SAS Enterprise Guide
2 10 (3.91%) SAS Visual Analytics
3 7 (2.73%) Elasticsearch
3 7 (2.73%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (2.73%) SQL Server
4 5 (1.95%) Azure SQL Database
4 5 (1.95%) DataStage
4 5 (1.95%) Metadata
4 5 (1.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (1.56%) Delta Lake
5 4 (1.56%) SAS Data Integration Studio
6 3 (1.17%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.17%) GIS
6 3 (1.17%) MySQL
6 3 (1.17%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.78%) QlikView
7 2 (0.78%) SAP Data Services
7 2 (0.78%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 24 (9.38%) JIRA
2 5 (1.95%) GitLab
3 4 (1.56%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.17%) Git
4 3 (1.17%) JMeter
4 3 (1.17%) Postman
4 3 (1.17%) ScriptRunner
4 3 (1.17%) Selenium
4 3 (1.17%) SonarQube
4 3 (1.17%) TeamCity
5 2 (0.78%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.78%) Bitbucket Server
5 2 (0.78%) CA Release Automation
5 2 (0.78%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.78%) Fiddler
5 2 (0.78%) SoapUI
5 2 (0.78%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.39%) JUnit
6 1 (0.39%) Mockito
6 1 (0.39%) NUnit
General
1 67 (26.17%) Social Skills
2 54 (21.09%) Finance
3 26 (10.16%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (7.03%) Public Sector
5 12 (4.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 12 (4.69%) Law
6 11 (4.30%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (3.91%) Banking
7 10 (3.91%) Legal
8 9 (3.52%) Marketing
9 8 (3.13%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.95%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.17%) Aerospace
11 3 (1.17%) Automotive
11 3 (1.17%) Billing
12 2 (0.78%) General Ledger
12 2 (0.78%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.78%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.78%) Retail
Job Titles
1 35 (13.67%) Architect
2 30 (11.72%) Project Manager
3 28 (10.94%) Analyst
4 15 (5.86%) Developer
4 15 (5.86%) Senior
5 14 (5.47%) Business Analyst
6 13 (5.08%) Consultant
7 12 (4.69%) Lead
7 12 (4.69%) Salesforce Architect
8 11 (4.30%) Administrator
9 9 (3.52%) Migration Specialist
10 8 (3.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 8 (3.13%) IT Engineer
10 8 (3.13%) IT Manager
11 7 (2.73%) IT Project Manager
11 7 (2.73%) Migration Engineer
11 7 (2.73%) Migration Project Manager
11 7 (2.73%) Network Engineer
11 7 (2.73%) Support Engineer
11 7 (2.73%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.30%) Lightning Web Components
1 11 (4.30%) Visualforce
2 9 (3.52%) Middleware
2 9 (3.52%) Oracle Fusion
2 9 (3.52%) REST
3 8 (3.13%) .NET
3 8 (3.13%) SOAP
4 7 (2.73%) Elastic Stack
5 5 (1.95%) GraphQL
6 4 (1.56%) SAP PI
6 4 (1.56%) XML
7 3 (1.17%) Kafka
7 3 (1.17%) SAP Fiori
8 2 (0.78%) CSS
8 2 (0.78%) EDI
8 2 (0.78%) HTML
8 2 (0.78%) IDoc
8 2 (0.78%) Keycloak
8 2 (0.78%) Spring Boot
9 1 (0.39%) JMS
Miscellaneous
1 22 (8.59%) Legacy Systems
2 15 (5.86%) Product Ownership
3 11 (4.30%) Onboarding
4 10 (3.91%) Data Centre
4 10 (3.91%) Data Structures
5 9 (3.52%) Management Information System
6 7 (2.73%) Cloud Native
7 6 (2.34%) IoT
8 5 (1.95%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (1.95%) Driving Licence
8 5 (1.95%) SCADA
9 3 (1.17%) Blockchain
9 3 (1.17%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (1.17%) PKI
10 2 (0.78%) AS400
10 2 (0.78%) CMDB
10 2 (0.78%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (0.78%) Life Science
10 2 (0.78%) Replication
10 2 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 24 (9.38%) Windows
2 9 (3.52%) Linux
3 8 (3.13%) Windows 10
4 6 (2.34%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.95%) Unix
6 3 (1.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.39%) AIX
7 1 (0.39%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.39%) Solaris
7 1 (0.39%) SUSE
7 1 (0.39%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.39%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (37.50%) Data Migration
2 51 (19.92%) Agile
3 39 (15.23%) Problem-Solving
4 34 (13.28%) Validation
5 33 (12.89%) DevOps
6 30 (11.72%) Stakeholder Management
6 30 (11.72%) Workflow
7 28 (10.94%) Change Management
7 28 (10.94%) Data Modelling
7 28 (10.94%) ERP
8 27 (10.55%) Data Governance
9 26 (10.16%) CI/CD
10 23 (8.98%) Workflow Management
11 22 (8.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 21 (8.20%) Analytics
12 21 (8.20%) Roadmaps
13 20 (7.81%) ETL
13 20 (7.81%) Integration Patterns
14 19 (7.42%) Data Integration
15 18 (7.03%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 33 (12.89%) SQL
2 20 (7.81%) Python
3 13 (5.08%) PowerShell
4 12 (4.69%) Apex Code
5 8 (3.13%) Bash
6 5 (1.95%) C#
6 5 (1.95%) Java
6 5 (1.95%) PHP
6 5 (1.95%) PL/SQL
7 4 (1.56%) JavaScript
7 4 (1.56%) Kusto Query Language
8 3 (1.17%) Bicep
8 3 (1.17%) Groovy
9 2 (0.78%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (0.78%) Perl
9 2 (0.78%) R
9 2 (0.78%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.39%) ABAP
10 1 (0.39%) X++
Qualifications
1 53 (20.70%) Security Cleared
2 46 (17.97%) SC Cleared
3 21 (8.20%) Degree
4 9 (3.52%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (2.34%) Master's Degree
6 4 (1.56%) AWS Certification
7 3 (1.17%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.17%) PMI Certification
7 3 (1.17%) PMP
8 2 (0.78%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (0.78%) CCIE
8 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.39%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
9 1 (0.39%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.39%) CCNA
9 1 (0.39%) CCNP
9 1 (0.39%) CCSA
9 1 (0.39%) Oracle Certification
9 1 (0.39%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.39%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (7.03%) Data Quality
2 14 (5.47%) GDPR
3 12 (4.69%) QA
4 8 (3.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 3 (1.17%) PMO
6 2 (0.78%) ISO 20022
6 2 (0.78%) SLA
7 1 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.39%) Basel III
7 1 (0.39%) COBIT
7 1 (0.39%) IFRS
7 1 (0.39%) IFRS 9
7 1 (0.39%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.39%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 17 (6.64%) Active Directory
2 14 (5.47%) Docker
3 3 (1.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.78%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.78%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.78%) vSphere
5 1 (0.39%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 18 (7.03%) Kubernetes
2 13 (5.08%) Ansible
3 8 (3.13%) SCCM
4 7 (2.73%) Kibana
5 6 (2.34%) Terraform
6 4 (1.56%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (1.17%) Puppet
8 2 (0.78%) Argo
8 2 (0.78%) Cisco CUCM
8 2 (0.78%) Istio
8 2 (0.78%) logstash
8 2 (0.78%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.78%) SCOM
9 1 (0.39%) CASB
9 1 (0.39%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.39%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.39%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 58 (22.66%) Microsoft
2 36 (14.06%) Oracle
3 24 (9.38%) SAP
4 18 (7.03%) Salesforce
5 12 (4.69%) ServiceNow
6 10 (3.91%) Cisco
7 8 (3.13%) IBM
8 7 (2.73%) CheckPoint
8 7 (2.73%) Splunk
9 6 (2.34%) Databricks
9 6 (2.34%) Workday
10 5 (1.95%) Adobe
10 5 (1.95%) F5
10 5 (1.95%) Palo Alto
11 4 (1.56%) Atlassian
11 4 (1.56%) Guidewire
11 4 (1.56%) Meraki
11 4 (1.56%) Red Hat
11 4 (1.56%) SolarWinds
11 4 (1.56%) VMware