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 1 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 80 67 65
Rank change year-on-year -13 -2 +39
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 58 48 50
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 2.71% 2.62% 2.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.06% 3.12% 3.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 44 36
10th Percentile £425 £400 £325
25th Percentile £463 £463 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% +2.38% +5.00%
75th Percentile £631 £606 £614
90th Percentile £695 £726 £681
England median daily rate £539 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.05% - +3.77%

All Process and 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 1,896 1,539 1,626
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 88.47% 84.10% 85.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,203 953 1,104
10th Percentile £263 £250 £263
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £612 £600
90th Percentile £675 £713 £700
England median daily rate £500 £525 £548
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.11% -0.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 51 53
10th Percentile £13.25 £14.70 £15.50
25th Percentile £16.19 £15.88 £17.72
Median hourly rate £20.50 £22.00 £24.60
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% -10.57% +38.98%
75th Percentile £30.00 £34.38 £50.00
90th Percentile £40.46 £52.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.14%

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 1 December 2025.

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 1 December 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
Birmingham -17 22 £550 - 7
Warwickshire -4 9 £550 -29.03% 4
Coventry -9 5 £505 -15.83% 2
Shropshire -42 5 £475 -16.23% 2
Staffordshire +5 3 £450 +24.14% 6
Worcestershire -14 3 - - 1
Kingswinford - 3 £775 -
Solihull - 3 £600 -
Walsall - 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 (5.17%) Confluence
2 1 (1.72%) SAS
2 1 (1.72%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (5.17%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (8.62%) SAP PM
2 4 (6.90%) SAP HR
3 3 (5.17%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (5.17%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (3.45%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (3.45%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (3.45%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (3.45%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 1 (1.72%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (1.72%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (1.72%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (1.72%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 10 (17.24%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (5.17%) AWS
2 3 (5.17%) Azure
2 3 (5.17%) Intacct
2 3 (5.17%) Microsoft Purview
2 3 (5.17%) Power Automate
2 3 (5.17%) Power Platform
2 3 (5.17%) Salesforce Service Cloud
2 3 (5.17%) SuccessFactors
3 2 (3.45%) Amazon S3
3 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (1.72%) PowerApps
4 1 (1.72%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.62%) DataStage
2 4 (6.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (3.45%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (3.45%) Amazon Redshift
3 2 (3.45%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (3.45%) Power BI
3 2 (3.45%) QlikView
4 1 (1.72%) Amazon QuickSight
4 1 (1.72%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.72%) MySQL
4 1 (1.72%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (1.72%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.72%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.72%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (13.79%) JIRA
General
1 24 (41.38%) Finance
2 18 (31.03%) Social Skills
3 10 (17.24%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (13.79%) Public Sector
5 5 (8.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (8.62%) Legal
6 3 (5.17%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (3.45%) Law
7 2 (3.45%) Manufacturing
7 2 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.72%) Banking
8 1 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.72%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.72%) General Ledger
8 1 (1.72%) Police
8 1 (1.72%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (20.69%) Project Manager
2 9 (15.52%) Analyst
3 8 (13.79%) Architect
4 7 (12.07%) Lead
5 6 (10.34%) Technical Architect
6 5 (8.62%) Business Analyst
6 5 (8.62%) Salesforce Architect
6 5 (8.62%) Salesforce Technical Architect
7 4 (6.90%) Developer
7 4 (6.90%) ETL Developer
7 4 (6.90%) Oracle Project Manager
8 3 (5.17%) Accountant
8 3 (5.17%) Consultant
8 3 (5.17%) Data Manager
8 3 (5.17%) Project Leader
8 3 (5.17%) Senior
8 3 (5.17%) Systems Accountant
9 2 (3.45%) Data Engineer
9 2 (3.45%) ERP Manager
9 2 (3.45%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (12.07%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (8.62%) GraphQL
3 4 (6.90%) Lightning Web Components
3 4 (6.90%) SAP PI
3 4 (6.90%) Visualforce
4 2 (3.45%) XML
5 1 (1.72%) .NET
5 1 (1.72%) JSON
5 1 (1.72%) MACH
5 1 (1.72%) RESTful
5 1 (1.72%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.34%) Legacy Systems
1 6 (10.34%) Product Ownership
2 4 (6.90%) Data Structures
2 4 (6.90%) Onboarding
3 3 (5.17%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (3.45%) CMDB
5 1 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.72%) Windows
1 1 (1.72%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (100.00%) Migration
2 19 (32.76%) ERP
3 16 (27.59%) Agile
3 16 (27.59%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (24.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 11 (18.97%) Continuous Improvement
5 11 (18.97%) ETL
6 10 (17.24%) Stakeholder Management
7 9 (15.52%) Project Delivery
7 9 (15.52%) Scrum
8 7 (12.07%) Change Management
8 7 (12.07%) Project Management
9 6 (10.34%) User Acceptance Testing
10 5 (8.62%) Data Modelling
10 5 (8.62%) Data Protection
10 5 (8.62%) Decision-Making
10 5 (8.62%) Product Backlog
10 5 (8.62%) Use Case
10 5 (8.62%) User Stories
10 5 (8.62%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (8.62%) Apex Code
1 5 (8.62%) SQL
2 3 (5.17%) Java
3 1 (1.72%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.72%) PL/SQL
3 1 (1.72%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.72%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (12.07%) Degree
2 6 (10.34%) Security Cleared
3 3 (5.17%) ACCA
3 3 (5.17%) CIMA
3 3 (5.17%) SC Cleared
4 2 (3.45%) AWS Certification
5 1 (1.72%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.72%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.45%) Data Quality
1 2 (3.45%) GDPR
1 2 (3.45%) QA
2 1 (1.72%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (1.72%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.72%) SCCM
Vendors
1 11 (18.97%) SAP
2 9 (15.52%) Microsoft
2 9 (15.52%) Oracle
3 5 (8.62%) Salesforce
4 4 (6.90%) IBM
4 4 (6.90%) Sage
5 2 (3.45%) ServiceNow
5 2 (3.45%) Workday
6 1 (1.72%) Ariba
6 1 (1.72%) Talend
6 1 (1.72%) Xero