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

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 15 16
Rank change year-on-year +4 +1 -4
Contract jobs citing Migration 407 164 134
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 11.64% 9.72% 7.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.62% 11.00% 8.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 301 107 96
10th Percentile £358 £313 £360
25th Percentile £413 £411 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £510
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +0.98% -2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £632
90th Percentile £725 £688 £738
England median daily rate £525 £519 £533
% change year-on-year +1.25% -2.72% -3.09%
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% -1.46%

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 2,989 1,491 1,516
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 85.50% 88.38% 81.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,913 939 1,027
10th Percentile £313 £231 £283
25th Percentile £406 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £626
90th Percentile £671 £669 £738
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 172 105 62
10th Percentile £13.51 £12.62 £13.02
25th Percentile £20.29 £14.70 £14.31
Median hourly rate £33.99 £24.34 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year +39.63% +31.57% -32.73%
75th Percentile £53.75 £33.88 £36.88
90th Percentile £72.34 £50.00 £56.13
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -40.82% -

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 8 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 8 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 8 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 +9 133 £500 -3.57% 19
Birmingham +7 97 £495 -5.71% 31
Warwickshire -2 69 £525 -6.67% 6
Coventry -10 34 £488 +7.73% 4
Wolverhampton +4 19 - - 1
Staffordshire 0 11 £825 +83.33% 9
Worcestershire +7 10 £450 - 3
Dudley - 6 £388 -
Solihull -27 2 £575 +16.75% 4
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 56 (13.76%) SAS
2 31 (7.62%) Confluence
3 19 (4.67%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.47%) Tuxedo
5 4 (0.98%) Apache
5 4 (0.98%) 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 6 (1.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.23%) Notepad++
3 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.25%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 18 (4.42%) Unit4 Business World
2 16 (3.93%) Teamcenter
3 12 (2.95%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.98%) 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 (29.48%) Azure
2 101 (24.82%) AWS
3 28 (6.88%) Power Platform
4 24 (5.90%) Azure Data Factory
5 13 (3.19%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (2.70%) PaaS
6 11 (2.70%) Serverless
7 10 (2.46%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 10 (2.46%) GCP
7 10 (2.46%) Snowflake
8 9 (2.21%) Azure Storage
8 9 (2.21%) Entra ID
8 9 (2.21%) OpenShift
9 8 (1.97%) Azure Functions
9 8 (1.97%) GitHub
9 8 (1.97%) OCI
10 6 (1.47%) Microsoft 365
11 5 (1.23%) GitHub Copilot
12 4 (0.98%) Azure Key Vault
12 4 (0.98%) Matillion
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.44%) DNS
2 10 (2.46%) SAN
3 7 (1.72%) DHCP
3 7 (1.72%) Network Security
4 5 (1.23%) DMZ
4 5 (1.23%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 5 (1.23%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 5 (1.23%) PuTTY
4 5 (1.23%) WinSCP
5 4 (0.98%) NAS
6 3 (0.74%) BIG-IP
6 3 (0.74%) Firewall
7 2 (0.49%) Structured Cabling
8 1 (0.25%) Fibre Channel
8 1 (0.25%) iSCSI
8 1 (0.25%) LAN
8 1 (0.25%) Modbus
8 1 (0.25%) VPN
8 1 (0.25%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (22.36%) Data Warehouse
2 35 (8.60%) Data Lake
3 34 (8.35%) Oracle Reports
4 24 (5.90%) Power BI
5 23 (5.65%) SAS Enterprise Guide
6 20 (4.91%) SAS Visual Analytics
7 19 (4.67%) Base SAS
8 17 (4.18%) Metadata
9 16 (3.93%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 11 (2.70%) NoSQL
10 11 (2.70%) Oracle Database
10 11 (2.70%) SQL Server
11 9 (2.21%) Ingres
11 9 (2.21%) Pentaho
11 9 (2.21%) Relational Database
12 8 (1.97%) MySQL
13 7 (1.72%) BusinessObjects
14 5 (1.23%) RDBMS
14 5 (1.23%) SAS Data Integration Studio
15 4 (0.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 65 (15.97%) JIRA
2 37 (9.09%) Git
3 34 (8.35%) Zephyr
4 29 (7.13%) Postman
5 13 (3.19%) GitLab
6 11 (2.70%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 11 (2.70%) Bitbucket
7 6 (1.47%) 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
1 101 (24.82%) Social Skills
2 75 (18.43%) Finance
3 67 (16.46%) Public Sector
4 37 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (3.69%) Influencing Skills
6 14 (3.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (2.95%) Banking
7 12 (2.95%) Police
8 10 (2.46%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (2.21%) Retail
10 8 (1.97%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (1.47%) Legal
12 4 (0.98%) Billing
12 4 (0.98%) Local Government
12 4 (0.98%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.49%) Investment Banking
14 2 (0.49%) Law
14 2 (0.49%) Military
15 1 (0.25%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 67 (16.46%) Architect
2 58 (14.25%) Senior
3 57 (14.00%) Data Engineer
4 33 (8.11%) Data Architect
5 32 (7.86%) Analyst
6 28 (6.88%) Developer
6 28 (6.88%) Lead
7 27 (6.63%) Project Manager
8 22 (5.41%) Senior Data Engineer
9 20 (4.91%) Tester
10 19 (4.67%) Accountant
10 19 (4.67%) Systems Accountant
11 18 (4.42%) QA Tester
11 18 (4.42%) Senior Developer
12 17 (4.18%) SAS Architect
13 13 (3.19%) Azure Engineer
14 12 (2.95%) Test Analyst
15 11 (2.70%) JIRA Engineer
15 11 (2.70%) Solutions Architect
15 11 (2.70%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.95%) Oracle Fusion
2 9 (2.21%) REST
3 6 (1.47%) PySpark
4 5 (1.23%) ADO
4 5 (1.23%) COM
4 5 (1.23%) ODBC
5 4 (0.98%) Middleware
5 4 (0.98%) 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 (7.62%) Cloud Native
2 30 (7.37%) Legacy Systems
3 23 (5.65%) Data Structures
4 16 (3.93%) Low-Code
5 12 (2.95%) Data Centre
5 12 (2.95%) Hybrid Cloud
6 11 (2.70%) Onboarding
7 10 (2.46%) Management Information System
7 10 (2.46%) Product Ownership
7 10 (2.46%) Public Cloud
8 7 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
8 7 (1.72%) Enterprise Cloud
9 6 (1.47%) Autonomous Agent
9 6 (1.47%) Clustering
10 5 (1.23%) Linux Command Line
11 4 (0.98%) Legacy Applications
11 4 (0.98%) Operational Technology
11 4 (0.98%) Private Cloud
11 4 (0.98%) SCADA
11 4 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 20 (4.91%) Windows
2 15 (3.69%) Unix
3 12 (2.95%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.47%) AIX
5 5 (1.23%) Linux
6 4 (0.98%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.74%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.74%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.49%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.25%) HPUX
9 1 (0.25%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (29.48%) Data Migration
2 104 (25.55%) Agile
3 88 (21.62%) ETL
4 75 (18.43%) Validation
5 71 (17.44%) DevOps
6 68 (16.71%) CI/CD
7 63 (15.48%) Analytics
8 61 (14.99%) Data Modelling
8 61 (14.99%) Test Automation
9 60 (14.74%) Stakeholder Management
10 56 (13.76%) Problem-Solving
11 47 (11.55%) Data Pipeline
12 42 (10.32%) Technical Leadership
13 40 (9.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 37 (9.09%) Decision-Making
14 37 (9.09%) Integration Testing
14 37 (9.09%) Scenario Testing
14 37 (9.09%) User Acceptance Testing
15 33 (8.11%) End-to-End Testing
15 33 (8.11%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 74 (18.18%) SQL
2 38 (9.34%) Python
3 20 (4.91%) Java
4 13 (3.19%) PL/SQL
5 8 (1.97%) VB
5 8 (1.97%) VB6
6 7 (1.72%) C
6 7 (1.72%) JavaScript
7 6 (1.47%) Perl
7 6 (1.47%) Shell Script
8 5 (1.23%) PowerShell
9 4 (0.98%) 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
1 129 (31.70%) Security Cleared
2 118 (28.99%) SC Cleared
3 28 (6.88%) ISTQB
4 11 (2.70%) BPSS Clearance
5 9 (2.21%) Azure Certification
6 6 (1.47%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (1.47%) Degree
7 5 (1.23%) AWS Certification
7 5 (1.23%) CCNP
8 4 (0.98%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (0.98%) SAS Certification
9 3 (0.74%) CISSP
10 2 (0.49%) ACCA
10 2 (0.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.49%) CCAB
10 2 (0.49%) CIMA
10 2 (0.49%) PMP
10 2 (0.49%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 1 (0.25%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 1 (0.25%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (12.78%) Data Quality
2 41 (10.07%) QA
3 7 (1.72%) GDPR
4 3 (0.74%) Actionable Recommendations
4 3 (0.74%) Basel III
4 3 (0.74%) PMO
5 2 (0.49%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.49%) Government Security Classifications
5 2 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.25%) GRC
6 1 (0.25%) SLA
6 1 (0.25%) WCAG
System Software
1 17 (4.18%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (3.44%) Active Directory
3 10 (2.46%) vSphere
4 7 (1.72%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (1.47%) Docker
5 6 (1.47%) Firmware
5 6 (1.47%) 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 (6.63%) Kubernetes
2 12 (2.95%) Terraform
3 6 (1.47%) Grafana
4 5 (1.23%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.74%) SCCM
5 3 (0.74%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 2 (0.49%) Check_MK
6 2 (0.49%) Prometheus
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 91 (22.36%) Oracle
2 57 (14.00%) Microsoft
3 24 (5.90%) Databricks
4 22 (5.41%) SAP
5 18 (4.42%) Denodo
5 18 (4.42%) VMware
6 15 (3.69%) ServiceNow
7 11 (2.70%) Atlassian
8 9 (2.21%) Informatica
8 9 (2.21%) Talend
9 8 (1.97%) F5
9 8 (1.97%) IBM
10 7 (1.72%) Actian
10 7 (1.72%) Cisco
10 7 (1.72%) OutSystems
11 6 (1.47%) Salesforce
11 6 (1.47%) SYSPRO
12 5 (1.23%) Commvault
12 5 (1.23%) Splunk
12 5 (1.23%) Veeam