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 5 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 14 19
Rank change year-on-year +2 +5 -7
Contract jobs citing Migration 386 170 141
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 11.20% 9.62% 7.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.21% 10.93% 9.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 283 114 100
10th Percentile £363 £318 £357
25th Percentile £425 £415 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £522 £510
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +2.30% -2.86%
75th Percentile £650 £609 £632
90th Percentile £725 £714 £738
England median daily rate £525 £519 £538
% change year-on-year +1.25% -3.53% -2.27%
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 £59.40
% change year-on-year +59.05% -57.66% -15.14%

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 2,923 1,556 1,530
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 84.85% 88.06% 81.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,794 990 1,003
10th Percentile £313 £250 £251
25th Percentile £413 £400 £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £476 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year -4.80% -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £579 £588 £625
90th Percentile £675 £653 £725
England median daily rate £525 £509 £525
% change year-on-year +3.05% -2.96% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 198 103 43
10th Percentile £13.45 £12.62 £12.83
25th Percentile £17.64 £15.56 £15.07
Median hourly rate £30.22 £24.34 £21.59
Median % change year-on-year +24.16% +12.74% -21.49%
75th Percentile £53.75 £35.30 £36.25
90th Percentile £70.07 £50.00 £54.50
England median hourly rate £43.56 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +73.20% -41.51% +1.18%

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 5 September 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 5 September 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 5 September 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 +6 126 £515 - 11
Birmingham +7 101 £500 -4.76% 64
Warwickshire -1 64 £513 -10.87% 15
Coventry -20 23 £419 -7.46% 1
Wolverhampton +5 18 - -
Staffordshire -1 14 £800 +77.78% 5
Worcestershire +6 9 £450 - 9
Dudley - 4 £375 -
Solihull -23 2 £475 -9.52% 2
Sutton Coldfield - 2 £425 - 3
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 (14.51%) SAS
2 24 (6.22%) Confluence
3 19 (4.92%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.55%) Tuxedo
5 4 (1.04%) Apache
5 4 (1.04%) Oracle Workflow
6 3 (0.78%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.52%) CloudStack
7 2 (0.52%) OpenROAD
7 2 (0.52%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 5 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (1.30%) Notepad++
2 4 (1.04%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.26%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 18 (4.66%) Unit4 Business World
2 16 (4.15%) Teamcenter
3 12 (3.11%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.78%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.78%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (0.78%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.52%) Oracle Payroll
7 1 (0.26%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.26%) ResourceLink
7 1 (0.26%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.26%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.26%) SAP PP
7 1 (0.26%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 118 (30.57%) Azure
2 101 (26.17%) AWS
3 23 (5.96%) Power Platform
4 22 (5.70%) Azure Data Factory
5 12 (3.11%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (2.85%) GCP
7 10 (2.59%) Entra ID
7 10 (2.59%) PaaS
7 10 (2.59%) Serverless
8 9 (2.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 9 (2.33%) OpenShift
9 8 (2.07%) Azure Storage
9 8 (2.07%) Snowflake
10 7 (1.81%) Azure Functions
10 7 (1.81%) GitHub
10 7 (1.81%) Microsoft 365
10 7 (1.81%) OCI
11 5 (1.30%) GitHub Copilot
12 4 (1.04%) Azure Key Vault
12 4 (1.04%) Matillion
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.15%) DNS
2 9 (2.33%) Network Security
3 8 (2.07%) DHCP
3 8 (2.07%) SAN
4 7 (1.81%) DMZ
4 7 (1.81%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 7 (1.81%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 5 (1.30%) PuTTY
5 5 (1.30%) WinSCP
6 4 (1.04%) NAS
7 3 (0.78%) Firewall
8 2 (0.52%) Structured Cabling
8 2 (0.52%) VSAN
9 1 (0.26%) BIG-IP
9 1 (0.26%) Fibre Channel
9 1 (0.26%) iSCSI
9 1 (0.26%) LAN
9 1 (0.26%) Modbus
9 1 (0.26%) SMS
9 1 (0.26%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (21.24%) Data Warehouse
2 35 (9.07%) Data Lake
3 25 (6.48%) Oracle Reports
4 23 (5.96%) SAS Enterprise Guide
5 20 (5.18%) SAS Visual Analytics
6 19 (4.92%) Base SAS
6 19 (4.92%) Power BI
7 16 (4.15%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 16 (4.15%) Metadata
8 11 (2.85%) Oracle Database
8 11 (2.85%) Relational Database
8 11 (2.85%) SQL Server
9 9 (2.33%) Ingres
9 9 (2.33%) NoSQL
9 9 (2.33%) Pentaho
10 8 (2.07%) MySQL
11 7 (1.81%) BusinessObjects
12 6 (1.55%) RDBMS
13 5 (1.30%) SAS Data Integration Studio
14 4 (1.04%) DataStage
Development Applications
1 53 (13.73%) JIRA
2 33 (8.55%) Git
3 27 (6.99%) Zephyr
4 23 (5.96%) Postman
5 15 (3.89%) GitLab
6 8 (2.07%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 8 (2.07%) Bitbucket
7 7 (1.81%) Selenium
8 5 (1.30%) Jenkins
8 5 (1.30%) Oracle Forms
8 5 (1.30%) Team Foundation Server
9 3 (0.78%) Yeoman
10 2 (0.52%) Eclipse
10 2 (0.52%) Hudson
11 1 (0.26%) Artifactory
11 1 (0.26%) Cucumber
11 1 (0.26%) Cypress.io
11 1 (0.26%) JUnit
11 1 (0.26%) Maven
11 1 (0.26%) Mockito
General
1 91 (23.58%) Social Skills
2 68 (17.62%) Finance
3 67 (17.36%) Public Sector
4 37 (9.59%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (3.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 14 (3.63%) Influencing Skills
6 12 (3.11%) Police
7 10 (2.59%) Banking
8 9 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (1.81%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (1.55%) Legal
10 6 (1.55%) Manufacturing
10 6 (1.55%) Retail
11 4 (1.04%) Billing
12 3 (0.78%) Local Government
12 3 (0.78%) Military
13 2 (0.52%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.52%) Law
13 2 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.26%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 61 (15.80%) Architect
2 58 (15.03%) Data Engineer
3 57 (14.77%) Senior
4 29 (7.51%) Analyst
5 28 (7.25%) Data Architect
6 27 (6.99%) Lead
7 25 (6.48%) Developer
8 21 (5.44%) Project Manager
8 21 (5.44%) Senior Data Engineer
9 18 (4.66%) Accountant
9 18 (4.66%) Senior Developer
9 18 (4.66%) Systems Accountant
10 17 (4.40%) SAS Architect
11 13 (3.37%) Azure Engineer
11 13 (3.37%) Tester
12 12 (3.11%) Test Analyst
13 11 (2.85%) QA Tester
13 11 (2.85%) Solutions Architect
14 10 (2.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 10 (2.59%) Release Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.89%) Terraform
2 13 (3.37%) Oracle Fusion
3 8 (2.07%) REST
4 6 (1.55%) PySpark
5 5 (1.30%) ADO
5 5 (1.30%) COM
5 5 (1.30%) ODBC
5 5 (1.30%) SOAP
6 4 (1.04%) SAP Fiori
7 3 (0.78%) .NET
7 3 (0.78%) JMS
8 2 (0.52%) Elastic Stack
8 2 (0.52%) Middleware
8 2 (0.52%) OAuth
8 2 (0.52%) OpenID
8 2 (0.52%) Playwright
8 2 (0.52%) SAP Core Interface
9 1 (0.26%) ARM Templates
9 1 (0.26%) GraalVM
9 1 (0.26%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 31 (8.03%) Legacy Systems
2 30 (7.77%) Cloud Native
3 24 (6.22%) Data Structures
4 15 (3.89%) Low-Code
5 13 (3.37%) Hybrid Cloud
5 13 (3.37%) Management Information System
6 11 (2.85%) Product Ownership
7 10 (2.59%) Data Centre
7 10 (2.59%) Public Cloud
8 9 (2.33%) Onboarding
9 6 (1.55%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (1.55%) Autonomous Agent
9 6 (1.55%) Enterprise Cloud
10 5 (1.30%) Linux Command Line
11 4 (1.04%) Clustering
11 4 (1.04%) Legacy Applications
11 4 (1.04%) Private Cloud
11 4 (1.04%) SCADA
12 3 (0.78%) Enterprise Software
12 3 (0.78%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 21 (5.44%) Windows
2 13 (3.37%) Unix
2 13 (3.37%) Windows Server
3 6 (1.55%) Linux
4 5 (1.30%) AIX
5 3 (0.78%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.78%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.52%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.52%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.26%) HPUX
7 1 (0.26%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (29.02%) Data Migration
2 92 (23.83%) Agile
3 80 (20.73%) ETL
4 71 (18.39%) Validation
5 67 (17.36%) DevOps
6 63 (16.32%) CI/CD
6 63 (16.32%) Stakeholder Management
7 61 (15.80%) Analytics
8 53 (13.73%) Problem-Solving
8 53 (13.73%) Test Automation
9 51 (13.21%) Data Modelling
10 42 (10.88%) Lakehouse
10 42 (10.88%) Technical Leadership
11 41 (10.62%) Data Pipeline
12 38 (9.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 37 (9.59%) User Acceptance Testing
14 35 (9.07%) Data Integration
15 32 (8.29%) Decision-Making
15 32 (8.29%) Integration Testing
16 31 (8.03%) Scenario Testing
Programming Languages
1 69 (17.88%) SQL
2 38 (9.84%) Python
3 20 (5.18%) Java
4 13 (3.37%) PL/SQL
5 8 (2.07%) JavaScript
5 8 (2.07%) VB
5 8 (2.07%) VB6
6 7 (1.81%) C
6 7 (1.81%) PowerShell
7 6 (1.55%) Shell Script
8 4 (1.04%) Bash
8 4 (1.04%) Perl
9 3 (0.78%) REXX
9 3 (0.78%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.52%) Bicep
10 2 (0.52%) C#
10 2 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.52%) ProC
11 1 (0.26%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.26%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 122 (31.61%) Security Cleared
2 112 (29.02%) SC Cleared
3 23 (5.96%) ISTQB
4 13 (3.37%) BPSS Clearance
5 10 (2.59%) Azure Certification
6 6 (1.55%) AWS Certification
6 6 (1.55%) Degree
7 4 (1.04%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.04%) SAS Certification
8 3 (0.78%) CCNP
8 3 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (0.78%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.52%) ACCA
9 2 (0.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.52%) CCAB
9 2 (0.52%) CIMA
9 2 (0.52%) CISSP
9 2 (0.52%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (0.26%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.26%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (12.18%) Data Quality
2 37 (9.59%) QA
3 3 (0.78%) Accessibility
3 3 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
3 3 (0.78%) Basel III
3 3 (0.78%) GDPR
4 2 (0.52%) PMO
4 2 (0.52%) WCAG
5 1 (0.26%) Government Security Classifications
5 1 (0.26%) GRC
5 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.26%) NIST
5 1 (0.26%) SLA
System Software
1 21 (5.44%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (3.63%) Active Directory
2 14 (3.63%) vSphere
3 9 (2.33%) VMware ESXi
4 6 (1.55%) Docker
5 5 (1.30%) Ceph
5 5 (1.30%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.30%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (1.04%) Firmware
6 4 (1.04%) PowerHA
7 3 (0.78%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.52%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.26%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.26%) Job Entry Subsystem
9 1 (0.26%) NFS
9 1 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 28 (7.25%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.81%) Grafana
3 5 (1.30%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.78%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 2 (0.52%) Ansible
5 2 (0.52%) Check_MK
5 2 (0.52%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.52%) SCCM
6 1 (0.26%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.26%) Argo
6 1 (0.26%) Control-M
6 1 (0.26%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.26%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.26%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.26%) Kibana
6 1 (0.26%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.26%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 84 (21.76%) Oracle
2 54 (13.99%) Microsoft
3 24 (6.22%) VMware
4 21 (5.44%) Databricks
5 19 (4.92%) SAP
6 18 (4.66%) Denodo
7 9 (2.33%) Atlassian
7 9 (2.33%) Informatica
7 9 (2.33%) ServiceNow
8 8 (2.07%) F5
8 8 (2.07%) IBM
8 8 (2.07%) Talend
9 7 (1.81%) Actian
10 6 (1.55%) OutSystems
10 6 (1.55%) Salesforce
10 6 (1.55%) SYSPRO
11 5 (1.30%) Cisco
11 5 (1.30%) Commvault
11 5 (1.30%) Splunk
11 5 (1.30%) Veeam