Migration Engineer Contracts in the West Midlands

Migration Engineer
England > West Midlands

The median Migration Engineer daily rate in the West Midlands is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 93 110 130
Rank change year-on-year +17 +20 +40
Contract jobs requiring a Migration Engineer 4 1 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.30% 0.051% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 0.056% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 8
10th Percentile £251 - £399
25th Percentile £349 - £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £505
Median % change year-on-year - - +26.25%
75th Percentile £538 - £553
90th Percentile - - £601
England median daily rate £500 £450 £400
% change year-on-year +11.11% +12.50% +5.61%

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 1,221 1,776 2,262
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.78% 91.22% 94.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 811 1,198 1,556
10th Percentile £200 £259 £250
25th Percentile £369 £363 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £489 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.77% -2.25% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £702 £688
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 134 66
10th Percentile £12.62 £12.01 £12.50
25th Percentile £14.00 £15.00 £15.02
Median hourly rate £18.07 £22.25 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.81% +14.10% +12.85%
75th Percentile £28.18 £42.31 £26.82
90th Percentile £35.58 £55.88 £55.63
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Migration Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Migration Engineer in the West Midlands

Migration Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Migration Engineer in the West Midlands

Migration Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Migration Engineer in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Migration Engineer in the West Midlands

Migration Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Migration Engineer in the West Midlands

Migration Engineer
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 Engineer within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 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
Birmingham - 3 £525 - 2
Staffordshire - 1 £190 - 1
Migration Engineer
England

Migration Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Migration Engineer 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 Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Migration
2 3 (75.00%) Project Management
2 3 (75.00%) Data Migration
3 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (50.00%) Data Governance
3 2 (50.00%) Data Quality
3 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (50.00%) Data Mapping
3 2 (50.00%) Data Integration
3 2 (50.00%) Data Management
3 2 (50.00%) SharePoint
3 2 (50.00%) ETL
3 2 (50.00%) Epicor
4 1 (25.00%) Lotus
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (25.00%) IBM Notes
4 1 (25.00%) JIRA
4 1 (25.00%) Data Security
4 1 (25.00%) Azure
4 1 (25.00%) SaaS
4 1 (25.00%) OneDrive
4 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
4 1 (25.00%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (25.00%) Trello
4 1 (25.00%) ShareGate
4 1 (25.00%) Azure Storage
4 1 (25.00%) Organisational Skills

Migration Engineer 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 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (25.00%) IBM Notes
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (25.00%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Azure Storage
1 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (25.00%) OneDrive
1 1 (25.00%) SaaS
1 1 (25.00%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Remote Desktop
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Migration
2 3 (75.00%) Data Migration
2 3 (75.00%) Project Management
3 2 (50.00%) Data Governance
3 2 (50.00%) Data Integration
3 2 (50.00%) Data Management
3 2 (50.00%) Data Mapping
3 2 (50.00%) ETL
3 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (25.00%) Data Security
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Epicor
2 1 (25.00%) Lotus
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft