Data Migration Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Data Migration
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Data Migration skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 56 72
Rank change year-on-year -29 +16 +25
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 56 52 39
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 2.43% 3.31% 2.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.83% 3.81% 2.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 47 31
10th Percentile £413 £393 £390
25th Percentile £450 £440 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £525 £588
Median % change year-on-year +2.38% -10.64% +30.56%
75th Percentile £634 £581 £641
90th Percentile £721 £685 £700
England median daily rate £536 £550 £561
% change year-on-year -2.55% -1.96% +6.86%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West 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 West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,976 1,366 1,493
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 85.69% 86.95% 85.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,248 854 990
10th Percentile £263 £221 £275
25th Percentile £405 £400 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £494
Median % change year-on-year -3.75% +5.22% -1.25%
75th Percentile £588 £612 £600
90th Percentile £675 £721 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 89 46 62
10th Percentile £13.85 £14.70 £14.97
25th Percentile £16.13 £16.38 £17.94
Median hourly rate £20.00 £21.59 £28.34
Median % change year-on-year -7.36% -23.80% +67.32%
75th Percentile £27.21 £33.70 £50.94
90th Percentile £35.60 £52.50 £68.63
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -27.10% -18.82% +21.43%

Data Migration
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Migration relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Data Migration job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Data Migration
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

Data Migration
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Migration in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Migration in the West Midlands

Data Migration
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

Data Migration
Contract Job Locations in the West 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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Birmingham -21 21 £563 +4.65% 7
Warwickshire -2 10 £588 -24.19% 4
Staffordshire +11 7 £500 +37.93%
Shropshire -47 5 £475 -15.41% 2
Kingswinford - 3 £775 -
Coventry -13 2 £505 -12.17%
Worcestershire -19 2 - - 1
Wolverhampton - 1 - -
Data Migration
England

Data Migration
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West 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 3 (5.36%) Confluence
2 1 (1.79%) SAS
2 1 (1.79%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.79%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (5.36%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (5.36%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (3.57%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (3.57%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (3.57%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (3.57%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 2 (3.57%) SAP PM
3 1 (1.79%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (1.79%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (1.79%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (1.79%) SAP HR
3 1 (1.79%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 12 (21.43%) Dynamics 365
2 8 (14.29%) Azure
2 8 (14.29%) Power Platform
3 4 (7.14%) Azure Data Factory
4 3 (5.36%) AWS
4 3 (5.36%) Intacct
4 3 (5.36%) Power Automate
4 3 (5.36%) SuccessFactors
5 2 (3.57%) Amazon S3
5 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (1.79%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.79%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.93%) Power BI
1 5 (8.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 4 (7.14%) DataStage
3 2 (3.57%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (3.57%) Amazon Redshift
3 2 (3.57%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (3.57%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.79%) Amazon QuickSight
4 1 (1.79%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.79%) MySQL
4 1 (1.79%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (1.79%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.79%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (7.14%) JIRA
2 1 (1.79%) Hudson
General
1 23 (41.07%) Finance
2 20 (35.71%) Social Skills
3 9 (16.07%) Public Sector
4 5 (8.93%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (7.14%) Legal
6 3 (5.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (5.36%) Police
6 3 (5.36%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (3.57%) Law
7 2 (3.57%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.79%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.79%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.79%) General Ledger
8 1 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (23.21%) Analyst
2 9 (16.07%) Project Manager
3 8 (14.29%) Business Analyst
3 8 (14.29%) Lead
4 5 (8.93%) Architect
5 4 (7.14%) Consultant
5 4 (7.14%) Oracle Project Manager
6 3 (5.36%) Accountant
6 3 (5.36%) Data Analyst
6 3 (5.36%) Data Engineer
6 3 (5.36%) Developer
6 3 (5.36%) ETL Developer
6 3 (5.36%) Project Leader
6 3 (5.36%) Senior
6 3 (5.36%) Systems Accountant
6 3 (5.36%) Technical Architect
7 2 (3.57%) DataStage ETL Developer
7 2 (3.57%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
7 2 (3.57%) Dynamics 365 Business Analyst
7 2 (3.57%) Salesforce Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (12.50%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (5.36%) XML
3 2 (3.57%) GraphQL
3 2 (3.57%) Middleware
4 1 (1.79%) .NET
4 1 (1.79%) JSON
4 1 (1.79%) Lightning Web Components
4 1 (1.79%) MACH
4 1 (1.79%) RESTful
4 1 (1.79%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (1.79%) SAP PI
4 1 (1.79%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 11 (19.64%) Legacy Systems
2 7 (12.50%) Data Structures
3 4 (7.14%) Onboarding
4 3 (5.36%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (5.36%) Product Ownership
5 2 (3.57%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.79%) CMDB
6 1 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.79%) Windows
1 1 (1.79%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (100.00%) Migration
2 16 (28.57%) ERP
3 15 (26.79%) Agile
4 14 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 11 (19.64%) ETL
5 11 (19.64%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (16.07%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 8 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
8 6 (10.71%) Change Management
8 6 (10.71%) Data Modelling
8 6 (10.71%) Project Delivery
8 6 (10.71%) Project Management
9 5 (8.93%) Cutover Planning
9 5 (8.93%) Data Protection
9 5 (8.93%) Decision-Making
9 5 (8.93%) Product Backlog
9 5 (8.93%) Scrum
9 5 (8.93%) User Stories
9 5 (8.93%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.14%) SQL
2 3 (5.36%) Java
3 2 (3.57%) Apex Code
3 2 (3.57%) PL/SQL
4 1 (1.79%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.79%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.79%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (8.93%) Security Cleared
2 3 (5.36%) ACCA
2 3 (5.36%) CIMA
2 3 (5.36%) Degree
3 2 (3.57%) AWS Certification
3 2 (3.57%) PMP
3 2 (3.57%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.79%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.57%) Data Quality
1 2 (3.57%) QA
2 1 (1.79%) GDPR
2 1 (1.79%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (1.79%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.79%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (16.07%) Oracle
2 8 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 7 (12.50%) SAP
4 4 (7.14%) Databricks
4 4 (7.14%) Sage
5 3 (5.36%) IBM
6 2 (3.57%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.79%) Ariba
7 1 (1.79%) IFS
7 1 (1.79%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.79%) Talend
7 1 (1.79%) Workday
7 1 (1.79%) Xero