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 26 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 17 14
Rank change year-on-year -1 -3 +5
Contract jobs citing Migration 213 151 152
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 9.29% 9.02% 8.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.70% 10.46% 9.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 136 119 111
10th Percentile £313 £341 £388
25th Percentile £447 £419 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% - +7.14%
75th Percentile £588 £619 £653
90th Percentile £688 £700 £750
England median daily rate £513 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -4.65% -2.27% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 5 0
10th Percentile £21.46 £16.85 -
25th Percentile £22.12 £17.00 -
Median hourly rate £25.15 £18.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +39.72% - -
75th Percentile - £20.24 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £25.15 £22.25 £75.75
% change year-on-year +13.03% -70.63% +20.24%

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 1,990 1,444 1,550
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 86.79% 86.26% 84.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,261 904 1,040
10th Percentile £263 £225 £263
25th Percentile £400 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £519 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.66% +3.80% -
75th Percentile £584 £613 £600
90th Percentile £675 £713 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 99 50 53
10th Percentile £13.25 £14.70 £14.22
25th Percentile £16.12 £16.81 £17.50
Median hourly rate £18.87 £21.80 £24.60
Median % change year-on-year -13.42% -11.40% +38.98%
75th Percentile £27.21 £33.70 £51.25
90th Percentile £36.80 £52.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +23.09%

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 26 December 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 26 December 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 26 December 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 -4 72 £479 -8.86% 32
Shropshire -8 49 £515 -9.17% 38
Warwickshire +3 34 £600 -4.95% 7
Coventry -7 14 £505 +1.00% 19
Staffordshire +6 13 £425 -4.23% 22
Herefordshire -11 6 - - 2
Solihull -7 4 £425 +6.25% 1
Worcestershire -20 3 - - 18
Kingswinford - 3 £775 -
Wolverhampton +5 2 - - 16
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 26 (12.21%) SAS
2 18 (8.45%) SharePoint
3 9 (4.23%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (3.76%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (3.29%) Confluence
6 4 (1.88%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.94%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.94%) FileNet
8 1 (0.47%) HCL Notes
8 1 (0.47%) JBoss
Applications
1 10 (4.69%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (1.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.94%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.47%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (2.35%) SAP PM
2 4 (1.88%) SAP HR
2 4 (1.88%) Workday HCM
3 3 (1.41%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.41%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.94%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.94%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.94%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.94%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 2 (0.94%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.94%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.47%) Maximo
5 1 (0.47%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.47%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.47%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.47%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 49 (23.00%) Azure
2 40 (18.78%) AWS
3 20 (9.39%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (5.63%) Dynamics 365
4 12 (5.63%) GCP
5 10 (4.69%) PaaS
6 9 (4.23%) Power Platform
7 8 (3.76%) GitHub
7 8 (3.76%) OpenShift
8 7 (3.29%) Entra ID
9 6 (2.82%) OneDrive
10 5 (2.35%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (2.35%) SuccessFactors
11 4 (1.88%) Amazon S3
11 4 (1.88%) Power Automate
12 3 (1.41%) GitHub Actions
12 3 (1.41%) Intacct
12 3 (1.41%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 2 (0.94%) Azure Data Factory
13 2 (0.94%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.76%) DNS
2 7 (3.29%) Firewall
2 7 (3.29%) SSL
3 6 (2.82%) HTTP
3 6 (2.82%) TCP/IP
4 5 (2.35%) BIG-IP
4 5 (2.35%) DMZ
4 5 (2.35%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 5 (2.35%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 5 (2.35%) Wireshark
5 3 (1.41%) LAN
6 2 (0.94%) DHCP
6 2 (0.94%) Network Security
6 2 (0.94%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.94%) WAN
6 2 (0.94%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.47%) iSCSI
7 1 (0.47%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (0.47%) VSAN
7 1 (0.47%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (9.86%) Elasticsearch
1 21 (9.86%) SAS Enterprise Guide
2 10 (4.69%) SAS Visual Analytics
3 7 (3.29%) Oracle Database
4 6 (2.82%) Amazon RDS
4 6 (2.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (2.35%) DataStage
5 5 (2.35%) SQL Server
6 4 (1.88%) SAS Data Integration Studio
7 3 (1.41%) MongoDB
7 3 (1.41%) Oracle Reports
7 3 (1.41%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (1.41%) Power BI
8 2 (0.94%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.94%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.47%) MySQL
9 1 (0.47%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.47%) SAP HANA
9 1 (0.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 17 (7.98%) JIRA
2 9 (4.23%) GitLab
3 5 (2.35%) Fiddler
4 4 (1.88%) Git
4 4 (1.88%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.94%) CircleCI
5 2 (0.94%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.94%) Gatling
5 2 (0.94%) JUnit
5 2 (0.94%) Maven
5 2 (0.94%) Mockito
5 2 (0.94%) Selenium
6 1 (0.47%) AdminStudio
6 1 (0.47%) Bitbucket Server
6 1 (0.47%) CA Release Automation
6 1 (0.47%) GoCD
6 1 (0.47%) InstallShield
6 1 (0.47%) MSI
6 1 (0.47%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.47%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 79 (37.09%) Social Skills
2 46 (21.60%) Finance
3 28 (13.15%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (11.74%) Public Sector
5 13 (6.10%) Documentation Skills
6 9 (4.23%) Law
7 7 (3.29%) Legal
8 6 (2.82%) Banking
9 5 (2.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (2.35%) Investment Banking
9 5 (2.35%) Manufacturing
9 5 (2.35%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.41%) Billing
10 3 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.94%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.94%) Automotive
11 2 (0.94%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.47%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.47%) Police
Job Titles
1 22 (10.33%) Analyst
2 20 (9.39%) Architect
3 17 (7.98%) Release Manager
4 16 (7.51%) Business Analyst
4 16 (7.51%) Project Manager
4 16 (7.51%) Site Reliability Engineer
4 16 (7.51%) Splunk Engineer
5 15 (7.04%) Senior
6 12 (5.63%) Consultant
7 11 (5.16%) Lead
7 11 (5.16%) Site Engineer
8 10 (4.69%) Engagement Manager
9 9 (4.23%) Technical Architect
10 8 (3.76%) SAP Manager
11 7 (3.29%) Network Engineer
11 7 (3.29%) Senior Manager
11 7 (3.29%) Support Engineer
12 6 (2.82%) IT Consultant
12 6 (2.82%) Migration Project Manager
12 6 (2.82%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (9.39%) Elastic Stack
2 7 (3.29%) Oracle Fusion
3 5 (2.35%) GraphQL
3 5 (2.35%) SAP PI
3 5 (2.35%) Spring Boot
4 4 (1.88%) Lightning Web Components
4 4 (1.88%) Playwright
4 4 (1.88%) SailPoint
4 4 (1.88%) SAML
4 4 (1.88%) Spring
4 4 (1.88%) Visualforce
5 3 (1.41%) .NET
5 3 (1.41%) HTML
5 3 (1.41%) JSON
5 3 (1.41%) OAuth
5 3 (1.41%) OAuth2
5 3 (1.41%) SAP Fiori
5 3 (1.41%) XML
6 2 (0.94%) JPA
6 2 (0.94%) React
Miscellaneous
1 18 (8.45%) Onboarding
2 16 (7.51%) Management Information System
3 9 (4.23%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (3.29%) Data Protection Act
4 7 (3.29%) PKI
5 6 (2.82%) Cloud Native
5 6 (2.82%) Data Centre
5 6 (2.82%) Product Ownership
6 5 (2.35%) Data Structures
7 2 (0.94%) Driving Licence
7 2 (0.94%) Legacy Applications
7 2 (0.94%) Mainframe
8 1 (0.47%) CMDB
8 1 (0.47%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.47%) HP Storage
8 1 (0.47%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (0.47%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.47%) PDA
8 1 (0.47%) Replication
8 1 (0.47%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 22 (10.33%) Windows
2 16 (7.51%) Linux
3 12 (5.63%) Unix
4 10 (4.69%) Windows 10
5 7 (3.29%) Windows Server
6 3 (1.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.94%) VMS
8 1 (0.47%) AIX
8 1 (0.47%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.47%) Solaris
8 1 (0.47%) SUSE
8 1 (0.47%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (25.35%) Data Migration
2 47 (22.07%) DevOps
3 45 (21.13%) Stakeholder Management
4 41 (19.25%) CI/CD
5 39 (18.31%) Problem-Solving
6 37 (17.37%) Agile
7 35 (16.43%) Change Management
8 34 (15.96%) Validation
9 24 (11.27%) Analytics
9 24 (11.27%) Containerisation
9 24 (11.27%) Project Management
10 23 (10.80%) Data Modelling
11 22 (10.33%) Data Integration
12 21 (9.86%) Configuration Management
12 21 (9.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 20 (9.39%) User Acceptance Testing
14 19 (8.92%) Observability
14 19 (8.92%) Site Reliability Engineering
15 18 (8.45%) Workflow
16 17 (7.98%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 22 (10.33%) Python
2 20 (9.39%) SQL
3 15 (7.04%) Bash
4 12 (5.63%) Java
5 6 (2.82%) PowerShell
6 5 (2.35%) Apex Code
7 3 (1.41%) Bicep
7 3 (1.41%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.94%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.47%) ABAP
9 1 (0.47%) C#
9 1 (0.47%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.47%) Perl
9 1 (0.47%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.47%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 53 (24.88%) Security Cleared
2 47 (22.07%) SC Cleared
3 22 (10.33%) Degree
4 14 (6.57%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (2.82%) AWS Certification
6 5 (2.35%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (1.88%) CISM
7 4 (1.88%) CISSP
8 3 (1.41%) ACCA
8 3 (1.41%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.41%) CIMA
8 3 (1.41%) IIBA
8 3 (1.41%) PMI Certification
8 3 (1.41%) PMP
9 2 (0.94%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (0.47%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.47%) CCNA
10 1 (0.47%) CCNP
10 1 (0.47%) CCSA
10 1 (0.47%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.63%) QA
2 6 (2.82%) GDPR
3 3 (1.41%) PMO
4 2 (0.94%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.94%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.94%) WCAG
5 1 (0.47%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.47%) SLA
System Software
1 23 (10.80%) Docker
2 17 (7.98%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.41%) vSphere
5 2 (0.94%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.94%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.47%) Firmware
6 1 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.47%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 36 (16.90%) Kubernetes
2 24 (11.27%) Kibana
3 22 (10.33%) Ansible
4 11 (5.16%) Puppet
5 7 (3.29%) logstash
5 7 (3.29%) SCCM
5 7 (3.29%) Terraform
6 5 (2.35%) Grafana
7 3 (1.41%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.94%) BMC PATROL
8 2 (0.94%) SCOM
8 2 (0.94%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.47%) Argo
9 1 (0.47%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.47%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.47%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.47%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.47%) WSUS
Vendors
1 49 (23.00%) Microsoft
2 34 (15.96%) Oracle
3 23 (10.80%) Splunk
4 20 (9.39%) SAP
5 11 (5.16%) ServiceNow
6 8 (3.76%) IBM
7 6 (2.82%) NetApp
7 6 (2.82%) VMware
7 6 (2.82%) Workday
8 5 (2.35%) Adobe
8 5 (2.35%) Blue Coat
8 5 (2.35%) F5
8 5 (2.35%) McAfee
8 5 (2.35%) Salesforce
9 4 (1.88%) Guidewire
9 4 (1.88%) Okta
9 4 (1.88%) Sage
10 3 (1.41%) Ariba
10 3 (1.41%) CheckPoint
10 3 (1.41%) Red Hat