Migration Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Migration
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Migration skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 17 14
Rank change year-on-year 0 -3 +5
Contract jobs citing Migration 204 154 176
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 10.18% 8.15% 9.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.23% 9.82% 10.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 135 114 126
10th Percentile £305 £347 £350
25th Percentile £418 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £478
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +4.71% -3.54%
75th Percentile £600 £623 £606
90th Percentile £688 £725 £748
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £25.15 - £30.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £43.09 - -
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.50 £64.75
% change year-on-year -27.10% -46.72% +17.73%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 1,817 1,569 1,638
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 90.67% 83.06% 84.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,153 987 1,098
10th Percentile £263 £243 £263
25th Percentile £400 £396 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £519 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.66% +3.80% -
75th Percentile £588 £619 £600
90th Percentile £675 £713 £725
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 117 39 57
10th Percentile £12.62 £14.61 £16.28
25th Percentile £16.30 £17.25 £20.00
Median hourly rate £24.34 £26.13 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.83% -5.00% +55.19%
75th Percentile £31.00 £35.00 £43.75
90th Percentile £50.00 £53.05 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -37.13% -10.11% +27.14%

Migration
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Migration job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Migration
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

Migration
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Migration in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 30 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Migration in the West Midlands

Migration
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

Migration
Hourly Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Migration in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 30 October 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Migration in the West Midlands

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 Migration within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 30 October 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 0 59 £533 +1.43% 30
Warwickshire 0 44 £575 - 12
Shropshire -3 41 £519 -8.55% 6
Coventry -2 20 £453 -9.50% 2
Solihull -7 8 £525 +22.09% 3
Staffordshire +7 7 £328 -26.20% 5
Worcestershire -16 4 - - 2
Herefordshire - 4 - - 1
Kingswinford - 3 £775 -
Wolverhampton +2 2 - -
Walsall +3 1 - -
Migration
England

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 20 (9.80%) SAS
2 14 (6.86%) SharePoint
3 10 (4.90%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (3.92%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (2.45%) Confluence
6 4 (1.96%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.98%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.98%) FileNet
8 1 (0.49%) JBoss
Applications
1 9 (4.41%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (3.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.47%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.98%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.49%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (3.92%) SAP PM
2 4 (1.96%) SAP HR
3 3 (1.47%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.47%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.98%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.98%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.98%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.98%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.98%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 2 (0.98%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.98%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.49%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.49%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.49%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.49%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 49 (24.02%) Azure
2 30 (14.71%) AWS
3 21 (10.29%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (6.86%) Power Platform
5 9 (4.41%) Dynamics 365
5 9 (4.41%) PaaS
6 8 (3.92%) GCP
7 7 (3.43%) Microsoft Purview
8 6 (2.94%) GitHub
9 5 (2.45%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (2.45%) Entra ID
9 5 (2.45%) Power Automate
10 4 (1.96%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 4 (1.96%) Azure Data Factory
10 4 (1.96%) OneDrive
10 4 (1.96%) SaaS
11 3 (1.47%) Amazon S3
11 3 (1.47%) Collibra
11 3 (1.47%) PowerApps
11 3 (1.47%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 11 (5.39%) Firewall
2 8 (3.92%) BIG-IP
2 8 (3.92%) TCP/IP
3 7 (3.43%) DNS
3 7 (3.43%) WAN
4 6 (2.94%) HTTP
4 6 (2.94%) LAN
4 6 (2.94%) SD-WAN
5 5 (2.45%) DMZ
5 5 (2.45%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
5 5 (2.45%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 5 (2.45%) Network Security
5 5 (2.45%) SSL
5 5 (2.45%) Wireshark
6 3 (1.47%) Cisco ASA
6 3 (1.47%) Cisco ISE
6 3 (1.47%) Unified Communications
6 3 (1.47%) VPN
6 3 (1.47%) Wireless
7 2 (0.98%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (9.31%) SAS Enterprise Guide
2 13 (6.37%) Elasticsearch
3 10 (4.90%) Oracle Database
3 10 (4.90%) SAS Visual Analytics
4 9 (4.41%) Power BI
5 5 (2.45%) DataStage
5 5 (2.45%) SQL Server
6 4 (1.96%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (1.96%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (1.96%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (1.96%) SAS Data Integration Studio
6 4 (1.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (1.47%) Delta Lake
7 3 (1.47%) GIS
7 3 (1.47%) Metadata
7 3 (1.47%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.98%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.98%) Oracle Reports
8 2 (0.98%) QlikView
8 2 (0.98%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 19 (9.31%) JIRA
2 8 (3.92%) GitLab
3 5 (2.45%) Fiddler
4 3 (1.47%) Git
4 3 (1.47%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.98%) CircleCI
5 2 (0.98%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.98%) JUnit
5 2 (0.98%) Maven
5 2 (0.98%) Mockito
5 2 (0.98%) Selenium
6 1 (0.49%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.49%) Bitbucket Server
6 1 (0.49%) CA Release Automation
6 1 (0.49%) Gatling
6 1 (0.49%) NUnit
6 1 (0.49%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.49%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.49%) TeamCity
General
1 67 (32.84%) Social Skills
2 45 (22.06%) Finance
3 24 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (10.78%) Public Sector
5 13 (6.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 13 (6.37%) Law
6 10 (4.90%) Legal
7 9 (4.41%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (2.94%) Banking
9 5 (2.45%) Investment Banking
10 4 (1.96%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.47%) Billing
11 3 (1.47%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.98%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.98%) Automotive
13 1 (0.49%) General Ledger
13 1 (0.49%) Police
13 1 (0.49%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.49%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 22 (10.78%) Analyst
1 22 (10.78%) Project Manager
2 20 (9.80%) Architect
3 15 (7.35%) Release Manager
4 13 (6.37%) Senior
5 12 (5.88%) Business Analyst
6 10 (4.90%) Lead
6 10 (4.90%) Network Engineer
7 9 (4.41%) Site Reliability Engineer
7 9 (4.41%) Splunk Engineer
8 8 (3.92%) Engagement Manager
8 8 (3.92%) Technical Architect
9 7 (3.43%) IT Manager
9 7 (3.43%) Migration Specialist
10 6 (2.94%) Consultant
10 6 (2.94%) Developer
10 6 (2.94%) IT Engineer
10 6 (2.94%) SAP Manager
10 6 (2.94%) Senior Manager
10 6 (2.94%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (6.37%) Elastic Stack
2 7 (3.43%) Oracle Fusion
3 5 (2.45%) GraphQL
4 4 (1.96%) Lightning Web Components
4 4 (1.96%) SAP PI
4 4 (1.96%) Spring Boot
4 4 (1.96%) Visualforce
5 3 (1.47%) .NET
5 3 (1.47%) HTML
5 3 (1.47%) JSON
5 3 (1.47%) Kafka
5 3 (1.47%) Playwright
5 3 (1.47%) SAP Fiori
5 3 (1.47%) Spring
6 2 (0.98%) Gherkin
6 2 (0.98%) GraalVM
6 2 (0.98%) JDBC
6 2 (0.98%) OAuth2
6 2 (0.98%) React
6 2 (0.98%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (8.33%) Onboarding
2 14 (6.86%) Legacy Systems
3 11 (5.39%) Management Information System
4 10 (4.90%) Data Centre
5 8 (3.92%) Product Ownership
6 5 (2.45%) Cloud Native
6 5 (2.45%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (2.45%) Data Structures
6 5 (2.45%) Driving Licence
6 5 (2.45%) SCADA
7 3 (1.47%) IoT
7 3 (1.47%) PKI
8 2 (0.98%) CMDB
8 2 (0.98%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (0.98%) Legacy Applications
8 2 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.49%) Linux Command Line
9 1 (0.49%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.49%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.49%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 22 (10.78%) Windows
2 12 (5.88%) Linux
3 8 (3.92%) Windows 10
4 7 (3.43%) Unix
4 7 (3.43%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.49%) AIX
6 1 (0.49%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.49%) Solaris
6 1 (0.49%) SUSE
6 1 (0.49%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.49%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (30.88%) Data Migration
2 37 (18.14%) Agile
3 34 (16.67%) DevOps
3 34 (16.67%) Validation
4 33 (16.18%) Problem-Solving
5 32 (15.69%) Stakeholder Management
6 31 (15.20%) CI/CD
7 28 (13.73%) Change Management
8 25 (12.25%) Data Integration
9 22 (10.78%) Data Modelling
9 22 (10.78%) Project Management
9 22 (10.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 19 (9.31%) Analytics
10 19 (9.31%) Configuration Management
10 19 (9.31%) ERP
11 18 (8.82%) Scrum
12 17 (8.33%) Project Delivery
13 16 (7.84%) Containerisation
14 15 (7.35%) ETL
15 14 (6.86%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 21 (10.29%) Python
2 16 (7.84%) SQL
3 11 (5.39%) PowerShell
4 10 (4.90%) Bash
5 9 (4.41%) Java
6 5 (2.45%) Apex Code
7 4 (1.96%) Bicep
7 4 (1.96%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (0.98%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (0.98%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.49%) ABAP
9 1 (0.49%) Perl
9 1 (0.49%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.49%) R
Qualifications
1 45 (22.06%) Security Cleared
2 39 (19.12%) SC Cleared
3 16 (7.84%) Degree
4 7 (3.43%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (2.45%) AWS Certification
6 3 (1.47%) ACCA
6 3 (1.47%) CIMA
6 3 (1.47%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (1.47%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.98%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.98%) CCIE
7 2 (0.98%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (0.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.49%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
8 1 (0.49%) CCNA
8 1 (0.49%) CCNP
8 1 (0.49%) CCSA
8 1 (0.49%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.49%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.41%) QA
2 8 (3.92%) Data Quality
3 5 (2.45%) GDPR
4 4 (1.96%) PMO
5 2 (0.98%) SLA
5 2 (0.98%) WCAG
6 1 (0.49%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.49%) COBIT
System Software
1 18 (8.82%) Docker
2 16 (7.84%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.98%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.98%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.98%) vSphere
5 1 (0.49%) Firmware
5 1 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.49%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 24 (11.76%) Kubernetes
2 17 (8.33%) Ansible
3 16 (7.84%) Kibana
4 7 (3.43%) SCCM
5 6 (2.94%) Puppet
6 5 (2.45%) logstash
6 5 (2.45%) Terraform
7 4 (1.96%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (1.47%) Grafana
9 2 (0.98%) BMC PATROL
9 2 (0.98%) Cisco CUCM
9 2 (0.98%) SCOM
10 1 (0.49%) NetBackup
10 1 (0.49%) PowerCLI
10 1 (0.49%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.49%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 52 (25.49%) Microsoft
2 35 (17.16%) Oracle
3 21 (10.29%) SAP
4 14 (6.86%) ServiceNow
4 14 (6.86%) Splunk
5 10 (4.90%) Cisco
6 8 (3.92%) F5
6 8 (3.92%) IBM
7 7 (3.43%) Salesforce
8 6 (2.94%) CheckPoint
8 6 (2.94%) NetApp
9 5 (2.45%) Adobe
9 5 (2.45%) Blue Coat
9 5 (2.45%) McAfee
9 5 (2.45%) VMware
9 5 (2.45%) Workday
10 4 (1.96%) Databricks
10 4 (1.96%) Guidewire
10 4 (1.96%) Sage
10 4 (1.96%) SolarWinds