Migration Architect Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Migration Architect
England > West Midlands

The median Migration Architect daily rate in the West Midlands is £390, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 121 111 121
Rank change year-on-year -10 +10 -
Contract jobs requiring a Migration Architect 2 2 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.11% 0.11% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.11% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - - £540
25th Percentile £370 £425 £544
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £390 £450 £565
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% -20.35% -
75th Percentile £410 £475 £584
90th Percentile - - £586
England median daily rate £490 £625 £663
% change year-on-year -21.60% -5.66% +6.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the West Midlands with a recognized job title 1,619 1,770 1,967
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.25% 93.35% 95.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,043 1,136 1,344
10th Percentile £233 £250 £229
25th Percentile £375 £381 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% +2.56% -1.52%
75th Percentile £584 £625 £600
90th Percentile £660 £725 £725
England median daily rate £510 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -2.86% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 61 61
10th Percentile £12.62 £12.59 £14.54
25th Percentile £14.00 £14.25 £17.13
Median hourly rate £25.15 £21.59 £22.10
Median % change year-on-year +16.49% -2.31% +22.78%
75th Percentile £40.07 £33.93 £31.04
90th Percentile £50.00 £52.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -45.54% +2.62% +73.08%

Migration Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings that featured Migration Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Migration Architect in the West Midlands

Migration Architect
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Migration Architect job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Migration Architect job vacancies in the West Midlands

Migration Architect
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 Migration Architect within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 21 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
Birmingham - 2 £390 - 2
Migration Architect
England

Migration Architect Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 21 September 2025, Migration Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the West Midlands region featuring Migration Architect in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Data Security
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) SaaS
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) Trello
1 2 (100.00%) OneDrive
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) Remote Desktop
1 2 (100.00%) Virtual Desktop
1 2 (100.00%) ShareGate
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Storage
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory

Migration Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (100.00%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Storage
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) OneDrive
1 2 (100.00%) SaaS
1 2 (100.00%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Remote Desktop
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Data Security
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft