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 27 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
27 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 14 22
Rank change year-on-year +6 +8 -6
Contract jobs citing Migration 397 133 124
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 11.91% 9.08% 6.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.98% 10.19% 7.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 293 86 91
10th Percentile £350 £319 £363
25th Percentile £405 £411 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £520
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% -2.88% +5.32%
75th Percentile £618 £598 £634
90th Percentile £723 £638 £763
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 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 £35.00 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +39.17% -37.13% -37.98%

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 2,839 1,305 1,653
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 85.18% 89.08% 81.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,864 824 1,096
10th Percentile £313 £205 £263
25th Percentile £405 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.26% -5.00% -0.99%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £625
90th Percentile £675 £659 £738
England median daily rate £520 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 85 115
10th Percentile £14.82 £12.62 £11.18
25th Percentile £22.42 £14.50 £14.19
Median hourly rate £33.99 £24.34 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +39.65% +8.18% -10.00%
75th Percentile £60.69 £33.88 £39.38
90th Percentile £72.54 £50.00 £57.75
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.50 £38.12
% change year-on-year +84.31% -33.11% +1.87%

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 27 June 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 27 June 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 27 June 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 +8 119 £475 +5.56% 8
Birmingham +8 105 £475 -9.52% 23
Warwickshire -3 73 £550 - 8
Coventry +2 40 £450 +12.50% 2
Wolverhampton - 12 - - 2
Staffordshire +1 8 £550 +37.50% 1
Worcestershire -1 4 £638 - 1
Herefordshire -4 3 £375 -
Dudley - 3 £400 -
Solihull -21 2 £263 -46.70% 2
Sutton Coldfield - 2 £425 -
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 58 (14.61%) SAS
2 29 (7.30%) Confluence
3 22 (5.54%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.51%) Tuxedo
5 4 (1.01%) Oracle Workflow
6 3 (0.76%) Apache
6 3 (0.76%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.50%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.50%) CloudStack
8 1 (0.25%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 5 (1.26%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (1.26%) Microsoft Project
1 5 (1.26%) Notepad++
2 3 (0.76%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 16 (4.03%) Teamcenter
2 11 (2.77%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (2.27%) Unit4 Business World
4 4 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.76%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.76%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (0.76%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 101 (25.44%) AWS
2 100 (25.19%) Azure
3 20 (5.04%) Power Platform
4 17 (4.28%) Azure Data Factory
5 14 (3.53%) GCP
6 13 (3.27%) GitHub
6 13 (3.27%) Serverless
7 12 (3.02%) OpenShift
7 12 (3.02%) PaaS
8 10 (2.52%) Microsoft 365
8 10 (2.52%) Snowflake
9 9 (2.27%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (2.27%) Entra ID
10 8 (2.02%) Amazon S3
10 8 (2.02%) Azure Storage
11 7 (1.76%) Azure Functions
11 7 (1.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 6 (1.51%) dbt
12 6 (1.51%) GitHub Copilot
13 5 (1.26%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.02%) DNS
2 7 (1.76%) SAN
3 5 (1.26%) DHCP
3 5 (1.26%) PuTTY
3 5 (1.26%) WinSCP
4 4 (1.01%) BIG-IP
4 4 (1.01%) NAS
5 3 (0.76%) Firewall
5 3 (0.76%) Network Security
6 2 (0.50%) DMZ
6 2 (0.50%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 2 (0.50%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 2 (0.50%) Structured Cabling
6 2 (0.50%) WAAS
7 1 (0.25%) Fibre Channel
7 1 (0.25%) iSCSI
7 1 (0.25%) LAN
7 1 (0.25%) Modbus
7 1 (0.25%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (17.63%) Data Warehouse
2 32 (8.06%) Oracle Reports
3 28 (7.05%) SAS Enterprise Guide
4 20 (5.04%) SAS Visual Analytics
5 18 (4.53%) Data Lake
5 18 (4.53%) Power BI
6 16 (4.03%) Base SAS
7 14 (3.53%) Oracle Database
8 13 (3.27%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
9 12 (3.02%) Metadata
10 11 (2.77%) SQL Server
11 10 (2.52%) Ingres
11 10 (2.52%) Relational Database
12 8 (2.02%) Amazon Redshift
12 8 (2.02%) RDBMS
13 7 (1.76%) BusinessObjects
14 5 (1.26%) SAS Data Integration Studio
15 4 (1.01%) NoSQL
15 4 (1.01%) Pentaho
16 3 (0.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 58 (14.61%) JIRA
2 36 (9.07%) Git
3 32 (8.06%) Zephyr
4 26 (6.55%) Postman
5 14 (3.53%) GitLab
6 8 (2.02%) Jenkins
6 8 (2.02%) Team Foundation Server
7 7 (1.76%) Oracle Forms
8 6 (1.51%) Selenium
9 4 (1.01%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 4 (1.01%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.50%) Eclipse
10 2 (0.50%) Hudson
10 2 (0.50%) Yeoman
11 1 (0.25%) Artifactory
11 1 (0.25%) Cypress.io
11 1 (0.25%) Gatling
11 1 (0.25%) InstallShield
11 1 (0.25%) MSI
11 1 (0.25%) REST Assured
General
1 100 (25.19%) Social Skills
2 80 (20.15%) Finance
3 63 (15.87%) Public Sector
4 41 (10.33%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (4.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 16 (4.03%) Police
6 14 (3.53%) Banking
6 14 (3.53%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (2.27%) Influencing Skills
7 9 (2.27%) Local Government
7 9 (2.27%) Retail
8 5 (1.26%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.01%) Legal
10 3 (0.76%) Law
10 3 (0.76%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.50%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.50%) Billing
11 2 (0.50%) General Ledger
11 2 (0.50%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.25%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 62 (15.62%) Architect
2 54 (13.60%) Senior
3 43 (10.83%) Analyst
4 41 (10.33%) Data Engineer
5 28 (7.05%) Developer
5 28 (7.05%) Project Manager
6 24 (6.05%) Data Architect
7 20 (5.04%) Lead
8 19 (4.79%) Tester
9 18 (4.53%) QA Tester
10 17 (4.28%) Accountant
10 17 (4.28%) Senior Data Engineer
10 17 (4.28%) Senior Developer
10 17 (4.28%) Systems Accountant
11 16 (4.03%) Business Analyst
11 16 (4.03%) Technical Architect
12 15 (3.78%) SAS Architect
13 14 (3.53%) Release Manager
14 12 (3.02%) Test Analyst
15 10 (2.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.52%) REST
2 8 (2.02%) Middleware
3 7 (1.76%) ADO
3 7 (1.76%) COM
3 7 (1.76%) ODBC
3 7 (1.76%) Oracle Fusion
4 5 (1.26%) Elastic Stack
5 4 (1.01%) PySpark
5 4 (1.01%) SailPoint
5 4 (1.01%) SOAP
6 3 (0.76%) JMS
6 3 (0.76%) OpenTelemetry
7 2 (0.50%) .NET
7 2 (0.50%) ActiveX
8 1 (0.25%) CSS
8 1 (0.25%) JDBC
8 1 (0.25%) JSP
8 1 (0.25%) LDAP
8 1 (0.25%) SAML
8 1 (0.25%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 33 (8.31%) Legacy Systems
2 29 (7.30%) Cloud Native
3 15 (3.78%) Data Structures
4 13 (3.27%) Low-Code
4 13 (3.27%) Onboarding
5 12 (3.02%) Hybrid Cloud
5 12 (3.02%) Product Ownership
6 10 (2.52%) Management Information System
7 9 (2.27%) Data Centre
8 8 (2.02%) Analytical Mindset
9 7 (1.76%) Enterprise Cloud
10 5 (1.26%) Linux Command Line
10 5 (1.26%) Public Cloud
10 5 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (1.01%) Operational Technology
11 4 (1.01%) SCADA
12 3 (0.76%) AI Agents
12 3 (0.76%) Distributed Systems
12 3 (0.76%) Greenfield Project
12 3 (0.76%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 22 (5.54%) Windows
2 15 (3.78%) Unix
3 11 (2.77%) Windows Server
4 9 (2.27%) Linux
5 6 (1.51%) Windows 10
6 4 (1.01%) Apple iOS
6 4 (1.01%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.76%) AIX
8 2 (0.50%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.25%) HPUX
9 1 (0.25%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.25%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (27.20%) Data Migration
2 97 (24.43%) Agile
3 75 (18.89%) ETL
4 72 (18.14%) Validation
5 68 (17.13%) DevOps
6 64 (16.12%) CI/CD
7 62 (15.62%) Analytics
7 62 (15.62%) Stakeholder Management
8 59 (14.86%) Problem-Solving
9 53 (13.35%) Test Automation
10 50 (12.59%) Data Modelling
11 41 (10.33%) User Acceptance Testing
12 37 (9.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 35 (8.82%) Integration Testing
13 35 (8.82%) Technical Leadership
14 34 (8.56%) Data Pipeline
15 33 (8.31%) Data Integration
16 32 (8.06%) End-to-End Testing
16 32 (8.06%) Integration Patterns
17 31 (7.81%) Scenario Testing
Programming Languages
1 78 (19.65%) SQL
2 37 (9.32%) Python
3 12 (3.02%) PL/SQL
4 10 (2.52%) Java
5 9 (2.27%) VB
6 8 (2.02%) Bash
6 8 (2.02%) PowerShell
6 8 (2.02%) VB6
7 7 (1.76%) C
8 6 (1.51%) Shell Script
9 4 (1.01%) Bicep
10 3 (0.76%) Perl
10 3 (0.76%) REXX
11 2 (0.50%) JavaScript
11 2 (0.50%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.50%) ProC
11 2 (0.50%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.50%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.25%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 123 (30.98%) Security Cleared
2 112 (28.21%) SC Cleared
3 22 (5.54%) ISTQB
4 10 (2.52%) Degree
5 8 (2.02%) Azure Certification
6 7 (1.76%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (1.76%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (1.51%) CCNP
8 5 (1.26%) AWS Certification
9 4 (1.01%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.01%) IIBA
9 4 (1.01%) SAS Certification
10 3 (0.76%) CISSP
10 3 (0.76%) PMP
10 3 (0.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 2 (0.50%) ACCA
11 2 (0.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.50%) CCAB
11 2 (0.50%) CIMA
12 1 (0.25%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (11.08%) Data Quality
2 39 (9.82%) QA
3 9 (2.27%) GDPR
4 4 (1.01%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.76%) Basel III
5 3 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.76%) PMO
6 2 (0.50%) Government Security Classifications
6 2 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.50%) WCAG
7 1 (0.25%) NCSC
7 1 (0.25%) NIST
7 1 (0.25%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (4.28%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (4.03%) Active Directory
3 12 (3.02%) vSphere
4 10 (2.52%) Docker
5 7 (1.76%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (1.51%) Hyper-V
6 6 (1.51%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (1.26%) Ceph
8 3 (0.76%) Firmware
8 3 (0.76%) PowerHA
8 3 (0.76%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.50%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.25%) Job Entry Subsystem
10 1 (0.25%) KVM
10 1 (0.25%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.25%) NFS
10 1 (0.25%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 26 (6.55%) Kubernetes
2 13 (3.27%) Terraform
3 8 (2.02%) Grafana
4 7 (1.76%) Ansible
5 6 (1.51%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (1.26%) SCCM
7 4 (1.01%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.76%) Argo
8 3 (0.76%) Kibana
8 3 (0.76%) Puppet
9 2 (0.50%) AirWatch
9 2 (0.50%) Check_MK
9 2 (0.50%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.50%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.25%) Control-M
10 1 (0.25%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.25%) PowerCLI
10 1 (0.25%) SCOM
Vendors
1 86 (21.66%) Oracle
2 55 (13.85%) Microsoft
3 23 (5.79%) Databricks
4 21 (5.29%) SAP
5 19 (4.79%) ServiceNow
6 18 (4.53%) VMware
7 13 (3.27%) Denodo
8 11 (2.77%) Splunk
9 9 (2.27%) Cisco
9 9 (2.27%) Talend
10 8 (2.02%) Informatica
11 7 (1.76%) Actian
11 7 (1.76%) OutSystems
12 6 (1.51%) F5
13 5 (1.26%) Salesforce
14 4 (1.01%) Atlassian
14 4 (1.01%) BeyondTrust
14 4 (1.01%) Palo Alto
14 4 (1.01%) Red Hat
14 4 (1.01%) Sage
49 Migration jobs in the West Midlands