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 21 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 92 56 67
Rank change year-on-year -36 +11 +44
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 53 51 43
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 2.24% 3.26% 2.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.62% 3.73% 2.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 45 35
10th Percentile £413 £389 £389
25th Percentile £450 £448 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £588
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -10.64% +23.68%
75th Percentile £638 £575 £653
90th Percentile £688 £650 £700
England median daily rate £540 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -1.82% - +3.77%

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 2,026 1,367 1,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 85.56% 87.40% 84.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,298 853 1,006
10th Percentile £266 £214 £275
25th Percentile £405 £400 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £489
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +7.42% -2.25%
75th Percentile £588 £612 £600
90th Percentile £675 £713 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 87 47 84
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.70 £13.50
25th Percentile £16.19 £16.51 £17.67
Median hourly rate £20.50 £21.59 £24.83
Median % change year-on-year -5.05% -13.03% +40.25%
75th Percentile £26.18 £33.65 £48.75
90th Percentile £35.60 £52.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £38.16
% change year-on-year -28.14% -8.27% +9.67%

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 21 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 21 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 -25 21 £571 +6.28% 6
Warwickshire 0 11 £575 -25.81% 5
Staffordshire +8 7 £500 +37.93%
Shropshire -50 4 £503 -10.51% 3
Kingswinford - 3 £775 -
Coventry -17 1 - - 2
Worcestershire -20 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 2 (3.77%) Confluence
2 1 (1.89%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.89%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (5.66%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (3.77%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (3.77%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (3.77%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (3.77%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (3.77%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 1 (1.89%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (1.89%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (1.89%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (1.89%) SAP HR
3 1 (1.89%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 10 (18.87%) Dynamics 365
2 8 (15.09%) Azure
2 8 (15.09%) Power Platform
3 4 (7.55%) Azure Data Factory
4 3 (5.66%) Intacct
4 3 (5.66%) SuccessFactors
5 2 (3.77%) AWS
5 2 (3.77%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.89%) Amazon S3
6 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (1.89%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.89%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (9.43%) Power BI
1 5 (9.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (3.77%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (3.77%) Relational Database
2 2 (3.77%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.89%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (1.89%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.89%) DataStage
3 1 (1.89%) Ingres
3 1 (1.89%) MongoDB
3 1 (1.89%) MySQL
3 1 (1.89%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (1.89%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.89%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 2 (3.77%) JIRA
2 1 (1.89%) Git
2 1 (1.89%) Hudson
2 1 (1.89%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (1.89%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 23 (43.40%) Finance
2 17 (32.08%) Social Skills
3 9 (16.98%) Public Sector
4 4 (7.55%) Legal
5 3 (5.66%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (5.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (5.66%) Police
5 3 (5.66%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (3.77%) Law
6 2 (3.77%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.89%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.89%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.89%) General Ledger
7 1 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (20.75%) Analyst
2 9 (16.98%) Project Manager
3 8 (15.09%) Lead
4 6 (11.32%) Business Analyst
5 4 (7.55%) Architect
5 4 (7.55%) Consultant
5 4 (7.55%) Oracle Project Manager
6 3 (5.66%) Accountant
6 3 (5.66%) Data Analyst
6 3 (5.66%) Project Leader
6 3 (5.66%) Senior
6 3 (5.66%) Systems Accountant
7 2 (3.77%) Data Engineer
7 2 (3.77%) Data Migration Lead
7 2 (3.77%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
7 2 (3.77%) Dynamics 365 Business Analyst
7 2 (3.77%) ERP Manager
7 2 (3.77%) Finance Manager
7 2 (3.77%) Migration Analyst
7 2 (3.77%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (13.21%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (3.77%) Middleware
2 2 (3.77%) XML
3 1 (1.89%) .NET
3 1 (1.89%) ActiveX
3 1 (1.89%) ADO
3 1 (1.89%) COM
3 1 (1.89%) GraphQL
3 1 (1.89%) JSON
3 1 (1.89%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (1.89%) MACH
3 1 (1.89%) ODBC
3 1 (1.89%) RESTful
3 1 (1.89%) SAP PI
3 1 (1.89%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 11 (20.75%) Legacy Systems
2 7 (13.21%) Data Structures
3 4 (7.55%) Onboarding
4 3 (5.66%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (5.66%) Product Ownership
5 2 (3.77%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.89%) CMDB
6 1 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.89%) Windows
1 1 (1.89%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (100.00%) Migration
2 16 (30.19%) ERP
3 14 (26.42%) Stakeholder Management
4 13 (24.53%) Agile
5 9 (16.98%) Continuous Improvement
6 8 (15.09%) ETL
6 8 (15.09%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (15.09%) User Acceptance Testing
7 7 (13.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 6 (11.32%) Change Management
8 6 (11.32%) Cutover Planning
8 6 (11.32%) Data Modelling
8 6 (11.32%) Project Delivery
8 6 (11.32%) Project Management
8 6 (11.32%) Validation
9 5 (9.43%) Data Cleansing
9 5 (9.43%) Data Mapping
9 5 (9.43%) Data Protection
9 5 (9.43%) Product Backlog
9 5 (9.43%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.55%) SQL
2 2 (3.77%) Java
2 2 (3.77%) PL/SQL
3 1 (1.89%) Apex Code
3 1 (1.89%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.89%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.89%) Python
3 1 (1.89%) VB
3 1 (1.89%) VB6
Qualifications
1 3 (5.66%) ACCA
1 3 (5.66%) CIMA
1 3 (5.66%) Security Cleared
2 2 (3.77%) Degree
3 1 (1.89%) AWS Certification
3 1 (1.89%) PMP
3 1 (1.89%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.77%) QA
2 1 (1.89%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.89%) GDPR
2 1 (1.89%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (1.89%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.89%) SCCM
Vendors
1 10 (18.87%) Oracle
2 8 (15.09%) Microsoft
3 6 (11.32%) SAP
4 4 (7.55%) Databricks
4 4 (7.55%) Sage
5 1 (1.89%) Ariba
5 1 (1.89%) IBM
5 1 (1.89%) IFS
5 1 (1.89%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.89%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.89%) Talend
5 1 (1.89%) Workday
5 1 (1.89%) Xero