Migration Contracts in the Midlands

Migration
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring Migration skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Migration over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 21 14
Rank change year-on-year +4 -7 +8
Contract jobs citing Migration 170 172 306
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 8.27% 6.18% 9.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.35% 7.59% 10.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 132 226
10th Percentile £340 £356 £290
25th Percentile £405 £413 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £600
90th Percentile £638 £757 £694
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £23.88
25th Percentile - - £27.81
Median hourly rate £25.15 - £50.00
75th Percentile - - £76.88
90th Percentile - - £89.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £68.50
% change year-on-year -37.13% -41.61% +163.46%

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 1,818 2,267 2,842
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 88.42% 81.46% 87.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,192 1,531 1,990
10th Percentile £205 £231 £260
25th Percentile £358 £357 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £600
90th Percentile £643 £688 £694
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 173 97
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.07 £12.30
25th Percentile £13.81 £14.00 £14.50
Median hourly rate £18.75 £19.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.30% -15.56% +28.13%
75th Percentile £26.93 £35.00 £46.25
90th Percentile £50.00 £55.00 £60.50
England median hourly rate £28.53 £37.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -23.93% - +50.00%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Migration in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Migration in the Midlands

Migration
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Migration in the Midlands over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Migration in the Midlands

Migration
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Migration in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Migration in the Midlands

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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 31 May 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 +8 121 £500 -4.76% 123
East Midlands -5 43 £500 -2.91% 37
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 20 (11.76%) SharePoint
2 10 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (3.53%) Confluence
4 5 (2.94%) SAS
5 2 (1.18%) IBM Notes
5 2 (1.18%) JBoss
6 1 (0.59%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.59%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 5 (2.94%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (2.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.35%) MS Visio
3 3 (1.76%) InfoPath
3 3 (1.76%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.18%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.59%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (2.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.76%) SAP PM
2 3 (1.76%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.18%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (1.18%) SAP MM
3 2 (1.18%) SAP PP
4 1 (0.59%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.59%) Oracle BPM
4 1 (0.59%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.59%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.59%) Oracle iProcurement
Cloud Services
1 47 (27.65%) Azure
2 27 (15.88%) Power Platform
3 26 (15.29%) Microsoft 365
4 21 (12.35%) AWS
5 17 (10.00%) Entra ID
6 12 (7.06%) PowerApps
7 10 (5.88%) Power Automate
8 9 (5.29%) Dynamics 365
8 9 (5.29%) SaaS
9 6 (3.53%) Azure Data Factory
10 5 (2.94%) Azure Logic Apps
10 5 (2.94%) Copilot Studio
10 5 (2.94%) Microsoft Purview
10 5 (2.94%) Serverless
11 4 (2.35%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 4 (2.35%) GCP
12 3 (1.76%) Azure Functions
12 3 (1.76%) Collibra
12 3 (1.76%) IaaS
12 3 (1.76%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 11 (6.47%) Firewall
2 5 (2.94%) SD-WAN
2 5 (2.94%) WAN
3 4 (2.35%) Cisco ASA
3 4 (2.35%) Cisco Nexus
3 4 (2.35%) Network Security
3 4 (2.35%) Unified Communications
4 3 (1.76%) BIG-IP
4 3 (1.76%) Cisco ISE
4 3 (1.76%) VPN
5 2 (1.18%) BGP
5 2 (1.18%) LAN
5 2 (1.18%) MPLS
5 2 (1.18%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.18%) VoIP
5 2 (1.18%) Wireless
6 1 (0.59%) Intranet
6 1 (0.59%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.59%) SNMP
6 1 (0.59%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (10.59%) Power BI
2 8 (4.71%) Oracle Database
3 7 (4.12%) SQL Server
4 6 (3.53%) Azure SQL Database
5 5 (2.94%) Data Lake
5 5 (2.94%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (2.35%) Delta Lake
6 4 (2.35%) RDBMS
6 4 (2.35%) Relational Database
6 4 (2.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (1.76%) GIS
7 3 (1.76%) Metadata
7 3 (1.76%) Tableau
8 2 (1.18%) BusinessObjects
8 2 (1.18%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (1.18%) Hadoop
8 2 (1.18%) SAP Data Services
8 2 (1.18%) SAS Enterprise Guide
9 1 (0.59%) DataStage
9 1 (0.59%) QualityStage
Development Applications
1 15 (8.82%) JIRA
2 3 (1.76%) Oracle Forms
2 3 (1.76%) ScriptRunner
2 3 (1.76%) SonarQube
2 3 (1.76%) TeamCity
3 2 (1.18%) Bitbucket Server
3 2 (1.18%) CA Release Automation
3 2 (1.18%) Cypress.io
3 2 (1.18%) Git
3 2 (1.18%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.18%) JMeter
3 2 (1.18%) Postman
3 2 (1.18%) Selenium
3 2 (1.18%) SoapUI
3 2 (1.18%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.59%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.59%) GitLab
4 1 (0.59%) JUnit
4 1 (0.59%) Mockito
4 1 (0.59%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 52 (30.59%) Social Skills
2 43 (25.29%) Finance
3 18 (10.59%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (7.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 11 (6.47%) Law
6 8 (4.71%) Banking
7 5 (2.94%) Legal
7 5 (2.94%) Retail
8 4 (2.35%) Manufacturing
8 4 (2.35%) Public Sector
9 3 (1.76%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.76%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.18%) Aerospace
10 2 (1.18%) Automotive
10 2 (1.18%) Marketing
10 2 (1.18%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.59%) Advertising
11 1 (0.59%) Games
11 1 (0.59%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 36 (21.18%) Architect
2 24 (14.12%) Analyst
3 21 (12.35%) Consultant
4 20 (11.76%) Project Manager
5 16 (9.41%) Solutions Architect
6 14 (8.24%) Senior
7 12 (7.06%) Lead
8 9 (5.29%) Business Analyst
9 8 (4.71%) Data Analyst
9 8 (4.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 7 (4.12%) Developer
10 7 (4.12%) Test Analyst
11 6 (3.53%) Migration Engineer
11 6 (3.53%) Senior Manager
12 5 (2.94%) Data Engineer
12 5 (2.94%) Desktop Engineer
12 5 (2.94%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
12 5 (2.94%) Infrastructure Manager
12 5 (2.94%) Infrastructure Project Manager
12 5 (2.94%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.53%) LDAP
2 4 (2.35%) CSS
2 4 (2.35%) Middleware
3 3 (1.76%) .NET
3 3 (1.76%) .NET Framework
3 3 (1.76%) ASP.NET
3 3 (1.76%) ASP.NET MVC
3 3 (1.76%) Entity Framework
3 3 (1.76%) HTML
3 3 (1.76%) HTML5 Canvas
3 3 (1.76%) Kafka
3 3 (1.76%) React
4 2 (1.18%) EDI
4 2 (1.18%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (1.18%) IDoc
4 2 (1.18%) PySpark
4 2 (1.18%) Spring
4 2 (1.18%) Spring Boot
5 1 (0.59%) JMS
5 1 (0.59%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (8.82%) Data Structures
2 13 (7.65%) Legacy Systems
3 11 (6.47%) Data Centre
4 7 (4.12%) Cloud Native
4 7 (4.12%) IoT
4 7 (4.12%) Onboarding
4 7 (4.12%) Security Posture
5 5 (2.94%) SCADA
5 5 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (2.35%) Blockchain
6 4 (2.35%) Driving Licence
6 4 (2.35%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.76%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.76%) Enterprise Cloud
7 3 (1.76%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.76%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.18%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (1.18%) iPhone
8 2 (1.18%) Replication
8 2 (1.18%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 15 (8.82%) Windows
2 5 (2.94%) Linux
3 3 (1.76%) Unix
3 3 (1.76%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.59%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (28.82%) Data Migration
2 32 (18.82%) Agile
3 23 (13.53%) Problem-Solving
4 22 (12.94%) Data Governance
5 21 (12.35%) Business Intelligence
6 18 (10.59%) DevOps
7 17 (10.00%) Data Integration
7 17 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
8 15 (8.82%) ITIL
8 15 (8.82%) Validation
9 14 (8.24%) Data Modelling
9 14 (8.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 13 (7.65%) Change Management
10 13 (7.65%) CI/CD
11 12 (7.06%) ETL
11 12 (7.06%) Roadmaps
12 11 (6.47%) Project Management
13 10 (5.88%) CRM
13 10 (5.88%) Project Delivery
14 9 (5.29%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 28 (16.47%) SQL
2 15 (8.82%) Python
3 13 (7.65%) PowerShell
4 8 (4.71%) C#
5 6 (3.53%) JavaScript
6 4 (2.35%) Perl
7 3 (1.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 3 (1.76%) Groovy
7 3 (1.76%) Java
7 3 (1.76%) Kusto Query Language
7 3 (1.76%) R
7 3 (1.76%) TypeScript
8 2 (1.18%) PHP
8 2 (1.18%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.59%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.59%) Bash
9 1 (0.59%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (12.35%) Security Cleared
2 18 (10.59%) SC Cleared
3 5 (2.94%) Degree
4 4 (2.35%) TOGAF Certification
5 3 (1.76%) Azure Certification
5 3 (1.76%) CCIE
5 3 (1.76%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.18%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 2 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.18%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.59%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.59%) CTC Cleared
7 1 (0.59%) MBA
7 1 (0.59%) MCSE
7 1 (0.59%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.59%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (0.59%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.59%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (7.06%) Data Quality
2 7 (4.12%) QA
3 6 (3.53%) GDPR
4 4 (2.35%) PMO
5 2 (1.18%) SLA
6 1 (0.59%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.59%) Basel III
6 1 (0.59%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.59%) COBIT
6 1 (0.59%) IFRS
6 1 (0.59%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 22 (12.94%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.35%) Docker
2 4 (2.35%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.59%) Firmware
3 1 (0.59%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.59%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.59%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (7.06%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (4.71%) SCCM
3 5 (2.94%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (2.35%) Kubernetes
5 3 (1.76%) AirWatch
5 3 (1.76%) Ansible
5 3 (1.76%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (1.18%) BMC PATROL
6 2 (1.18%) Cisco CUCM
6 2 (1.18%) Grafana
6 2 (1.18%) Kibana
6 2 (1.18%) Progress Chef
6 2 (1.18%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.18%) Terraform
7 1 (0.59%) CASB
7 1 (0.59%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.59%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 42 (24.71%) Microsoft
2 17 (10.00%) Oracle
3 14 (8.24%) ServiceNow
4 11 (6.47%) SAP
5 10 (5.88%) Cisco
6 6 (3.53%) Atlassian
6 6 (3.53%) CyberArk
6 6 (3.53%) Databricks
7 5 (2.94%) F5
7 5 (2.94%) Salesforce
7 5 (2.94%) SolarWinds
8 4 (2.35%) Denodo
8 4 (2.35%) Fortinet
9 3 (1.76%) CheckPoint
9 3 (1.76%) Informatica
9 3 (1.76%) Palo Alto
9 3 (1.76%) Workday
10 2 (1.18%) Cognos
10 2 (1.18%) Lotus
10 2 (1.18%) Red Hat