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 18 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 15 19
Rank change year-on-year +4 +4 -5
Contract jobs citing Migration 405 168 133
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 11.69% 9.81% 7.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.78% 11.12% 8.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 301 112 94
10th Percentile £358 £313 £359
25th Percentile £413 £412 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £519 £510
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +1.67% -2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £636
90th Percentile £725 £688 £738
England median daily rate £525 £519 £534
% change year-on-year +1.25% -2.90% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £19.34 - -
Median hourly rate £21.17 £25.15 -
Median % change year-on-year -15.83% - -
75th Percentile £30.69 - -
90th Percentile £44.53 - -
England median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £67.50
% change year-on-year +59.05% -62.74% -3.57%

All Process & 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 2,940 1,511 1,534
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 84.85% 88.26% 81.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,850 958 1,039
10th Percentile £313 £232 £269
25th Percentile £405 £380 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £485 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.06% -3.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £625
90th Percentile £670 £650 £725
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 184 106 58
10th Percentile £13.40 £12.62 £13.13
25th Percentile £17.94 £14.81 £14.78
Median hourly rate £30.73 £24.34 £21.75
Median % change year-on-year +26.25% +11.91% -19.44%
75th Percentile £53.75 £35.45 £37.50
90th Percentile £70.48 £50.00 £55.38
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +5.94%

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 18 August 2026.

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 18 August 2026.

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 18 August 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
Shropshire +10 136 £492 -5.11% 16
Birmingham +6 99 £498 -5.24% 23
Warwickshire -1 66 £525 -8.70% 4
Coventry -13 29 £500 +10.50%
Wolverhampton +5 19 - - 1
Staffordshire -1 11 £825 +83.33% 6
Worcestershire +2 9 £450 - 1
Dudley - 7 £375 -
Solihull -20 2 £475 -9.52% 2
Sutton Coldfield - 2 £425 - 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 56 (13.83%) SAS
2 30 (7.41%) Confluence
3 19 (4.69%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.48%) Tuxedo
5 4 (0.99%) Apache
5 4 (0.99%) Oracle Workflow
6 3 (0.74%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.74%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.49%) CloudStack
7 2 (0.49%) OpenROAD
8 1 (0.25%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 5 (1.23%) Notepad++
2 4 (0.99%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.74%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.25%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 18 (4.44%) Unit4 Business World
2 16 (3.95%) Teamcenter
3 12 (2.96%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.99%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.74%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.74%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (0.74%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.49%) Oracle Payroll
7 1 (0.25%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.25%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.25%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.25%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.25%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.25%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.25%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 120 (29.63%) Azure
2 104 (25.68%) AWS
3 26 (6.42%) Azure Data Factory
4 25 (6.17%) Power Platform
5 13 (3.21%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (2.72%) PaaS
6 11 (2.72%) Serverless
7 10 (2.47%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 10 (2.47%) GCP
8 9 (2.22%) Azure Storage
8 9 (2.22%) GitHub
8 9 (2.22%) OpenShift
9 8 (1.98%) Azure Functions
9 8 (1.98%) Entra ID
9 8 (1.98%) OCI
9 8 (1.98%) Snowflake
10 5 (1.23%) GitHub Copilot
10 5 (1.23%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (0.99%) Azure Key Vault
11 4 (0.99%) Matillion
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.46%) DNS
2 10 (2.47%) SAN
3 8 (1.98%) Network Security
4 7 (1.73%) DHCP
5 6 (1.48%) DMZ
5 6 (1.48%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
5 6 (1.48%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 5 (1.23%) PuTTY
6 5 (1.23%) WinSCP
7 4 (0.99%) NAS
8 3 (0.74%) Firewall
9 2 (0.49%) BIG-IP
9 2 (0.49%) Structured Cabling
10 1 (0.25%) Fibre Channel
10 1 (0.25%) iSCSI
10 1 (0.25%) LAN
10 1 (0.25%) Modbus
10 1 (0.25%) VPN
10 1 (0.25%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 96 (23.70%) Data Warehouse
2 35 (8.64%) Data Lake
3 34 (8.40%) Oracle Reports
4 23 (5.68%) SAS Enterprise Guide
5 21 (5.19%) Power BI
6 20 (4.94%) SAS Visual Analytics
7 19 (4.69%) Base SAS
8 16 (3.95%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 16 (3.95%) Metadata
9 11 (2.72%) Oracle Database
9 11 (2.72%) SQL Server
10 10 (2.47%) Relational Database
11 9 (2.22%) Ingres
11 9 (2.22%) NoSQL
11 9 (2.22%) Pentaho
12 8 (1.98%) MySQL
13 7 (1.73%) BusinessObjects
14 5 (1.23%) RDBMS
14 5 (1.23%) SAS Data Integration Studio
15 4 (0.99%) DataStage
Development Applications
1 67 (16.54%) JIRA
2 40 (9.88%) Git
3 37 (9.14%) Zephyr
4 32 (7.90%) Postman
5 13 (3.21%) GitLab
6 11 (2.72%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 11 (2.72%) Bitbucket
7 6 (1.48%) Selenium
8 5 (1.23%) Jenkins
8 5 (1.23%) Oracle Forms
8 5 (1.23%) Team Foundation Server
9 3 (0.74%) Yeoman
10 2 (0.49%) Eclipse
10 2 (0.49%) Hudson
11 1 (0.25%) Artifactory
11 1 (0.25%) Cypress.io
11 1 (0.25%) Gatling
11 1 (0.25%) REST Assured
General
1 98 (24.20%) Social Skills
2 72 (17.78%) Finance
3 69 (17.04%) Public Sector
4 38 (9.38%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (3.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 14 (3.46%) Influencing Skills
6 12 (2.96%) Banking
6 12 (2.96%) Police
7 10 (2.47%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (2.22%) Retail
9 8 (1.98%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (1.23%) Legal
11 4 (0.99%) Billing
11 4 (0.99%) Local Government
11 4 (0.99%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.49%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.49%) Law
13 2 (0.49%) Military
14 1 (0.25%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 64 (15.80%) Architect
2 57 (14.07%) Data Engineer
2 57 (14.07%) Senior
3 31 (7.65%) Analyst
4 30 (7.41%) Data Architect
5 28 (6.91%) Developer
5 28 (6.91%) Lead
5 28 (6.91%) Project Manager
6 22 (5.43%) Senior Data Engineer
6 22 (5.43%) Tester
7 20 (4.94%) QA Tester
8 18 (4.44%) Accountant
8 18 (4.44%) Senior Developer
8 18 (4.44%) Systems Accountant
9 17 (4.20%) SAS Architect
10 13 (3.21%) Azure Engineer
10 13 (3.21%) Test Analyst
11 11 (2.72%) JIRA Engineer
11 11 (2.72%) Solutions Architect
11 11 (2.72%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.96%) Oracle Fusion
2 9 (2.22%) REST
3 6 (1.48%) PySpark
4 5 (1.23%) ADO
4 5 (1.23%) COM
4 5 (1.23%) ODBC
5 4 (0.99%) Middleware
5 4 (0.99%) SOAP
6 3 (0.74%) .NET
6 3 (0.74%) JMS
6 3 (0.74%) SailPoint
7 2 (0.49%) Elastic Stack
7 2 (0.49%) SAP Fiori
8 1 (0.25%) Itk
8 1 (0.25%) JSON
8 1 (0.25%) Lightning Web Components
8 1 (0.25%) Node.js
8 1 (0.25%) OpenTelemetry
8 1 (0.25%) Playwright
8 1 (0.25%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 31 (7.65%) Cloud Native
1 31 (7.65%) Legacy Systems
2 21 (5.19%) Data Structures
3 16 (3.95%) Low-Code
4 12 (2.96%) Data Centre
4 12 (2.96%) Hybrid Cloud
4 12 (2.96%) Management Information System
5 11 (2.72%) Onboarding
6 10 (2.47%) Product Ownership
7 9 (2.22%) Public Cloud
8 7 (1.73%) Analytical Mindset
8 7 (1.73%) Enterprise Cloud
9 6 (1.48%) Autonomous Agent
9 6 (1.48%) Clustering
10 5 (1.23%) Linux Command Line
11 4 (0.99%) Legacy Applications
11 4 (0.99%) Operational Technology
11 4 (0.99%) Private Cloud
11 4 (0.99%) SCADA
11 4 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 18 (4.44%) Windows
2 15 (3.70%) Unix
3 11 (2.72%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.48%) AIX
5 5 (1.23%) Linux
6 3 (0.74%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.74%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.49%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.49%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.25%) HPUX
8 1 (0.25%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (30.37%) Data Migration
2 106 (26.17%) Agile
3 90 (22.22%) ETL
4 75 (18.52%) Validation
5 71 (17.53%) DevOps
6 68 (16.79%) CI/CD
7 63 (15.56%) Test Automation
8 62 (15.31%) Analytics
9 61 (15.06%) Stakeholder Management
10 57 (14.07%) Data Modelling
11 55 (13.58%) Problem-Solving
12 45 (11.11%) Data Pipeline
13 42 (10.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 42 (10.37%) Technical Leadership
14 40 (9.88%) Integration Testing
15 39 (9.63%) Scenario Testing
16 36 (8.89%) User Acceptance Testing
17 35 (8.64%) End-to-End Testing
17 35 (8.64%) System Testing
18 34 (8.40%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 78 (19.26%) SQL
2 38 (9.38%) Python
3 20 (4.94%) Java
4 13 (3.21%) PL/SQL
5 8 (1.98%) VB
5 8 (1.98%) VB6
6 7 (1.73%) C
6 7 (1.73%) JavaScript
7 6 (1.48%) Perl
7 6 (1.48%) Shell Script
8 5 (1.23%) PowerShell
9 4 (0.99%) T-SQL
10 3 (0.74%) Bash
10 3 (0.74%) REXX
11 2 (0.49%) Bicep
11 2 (0.49%) C#
11 2 (0.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.49%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.49%) ProC
12 1 (0.25%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 130 (32.10%) Security Cleared
2 119 (29.38%) SC Cleared
3 31 (7.65%) ISTQB
4 11 (2.72%) BPSS Clearance
5 9 (2.22%) Azure Certification
6 6 (1.48%) Degree
7 5 (1.23%) AWS Certification
8 4 (0.99%) CCNP
8 4 (0.99%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (0.99%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 4 (0.99%) SAS Certification
9 2 (0.49%) ACCA
9 2 (0.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.49%) CCAB
9 2 (0.49%) CIMA
9 2 (0.49%) CISSP
9 2 (0.49%) PMP
9 2 (0.49%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (0.25%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (12.10%) Data Quality
2 45 (11.11%) QA
3 3 (0.74%) Actionable Recommendations
3 3 (0.74%) Basel III
3 3 (0.74%) GDPR
3 3 (0.74%) PMO
4 2 (0.49%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.25%) Government Security Classifications
5 1 (0.25%) GRC
5 1 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.25%) SLA
5 1 (0.25%) WCAG
System Software
1 18 (4.44%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (3.21%) Active Directory
3 10 (2.47%) vSphere
4 7 (1.73%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (1.48%) Docker
5 6 (1.48%) Firmware
5 6 (1.48%) PowerHA
6 5 (1.23%) Ceph
6 5 (1.23%) Hyper-V
6 5 (1.23%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.25%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.25%) Job Entry Subsystem
7 1 (0.25%) NFS
7 1 (0.25%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.25%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 27 (6.67%) Kubernetes
2 12 (2.96%) Terraform
3 6 (1.48%) Grafana
4 4 (0.99%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.74%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 2 (0.49%) Check_MK
6 2 (0.49%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.49%) SCCM
7 1 (0.25%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.25%) Ansible
7 1 (0.25%) Argo
7 1 (0.25%) Control-M
7 1 (0.25%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.25%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.25%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 94 (23.21%) Oracle
2 54 (13.33%) Microsoft
3 22 (5.43%) Databricks
4 21 (5.19%) SAP
5 19 (4.69%) VMware
6 18 (4.44%) Denodo
7 13 (3.21%) ServiceNow
8 12 (2.96%) Atlassian
9 10 (2.47%) IBM
10 9 (2.22%) Informatica
10 9 (2.22%) Talend
11 8 (1.98%) F5
12 7 (1.73%) Actian
12 7 (1.73%) OutSystems
13 6 (1.48%) Cisco
13 6 (1.48%) Salesforce
13 6 (1.48%) SYSPRO
14 5 (1.23%) Commvault
14 5 (1.23%) Sage
14 5 (1.23%) Splunk