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 28 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 14 29
Rank change year-on-year -5 +15 -13
Contract jobs citing Migration 270 122 109
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 9.34% 9.25% 5.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.12% 10.34% 6.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 188 90 88
10th Percentile £313 £362 £390
25th Percentile £400 £440 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 £519 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.39% -7.78% +13.64%
75th Percentile £575 £613 £646
90th Percentile £650 £664 £825
England median daily rate £515 £538 £530
% change year-on-year -4.19% +1.42% -2.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 5 0
10th Percentile £20.87 £16.85 -
25th Percentile £21.46 £17.00 -
Median hourly rate £23.58 £18.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +30.97% - -
75th Percentile £25.15 £20.24 -
90th Percentile £34.12 - -
England median hourly rate £23.83 £28.75 £43.12
% change year-on-year -17.13% -33.32% -32.63%

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 2,429 1,180 1,657
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 83.99% 89.46% 83.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,617 801 1,102
10th Percentile £305 £200 £275
25th Percentile £402 £390 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £606
90th Percentile £656 £688 £712
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 81 53 119
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.32 £11.11
25th Percentile £16.25 £14.70 £14.06
Median hourly rate £25.00 £18.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +38.89% -20.00% +26.98%
75th Percentile £30.00 £28.18 £40.25
90th Percentile £69.99 £35.00 £58.75
England median hourly rate £36.00 £32.66 £33.00
% change year-on-year +10.24% -1.05% -12.00%

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 28 March 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 28 March 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 28 March 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
Birmingham -6 74 £475 -5.00% 33
Shropshire -3 61 £489 - 13
Warwickshire 0 52 £575 -8.00% 9
Coventry -1 32 £503 -12.61% 8
Staffordshire -5 9 £400 +4.92% 2
Herefordshire -8 7 £375 -
Solihull -7 5 £347 -24.67% 2
Wolverhampton - 4 - -
Worcestershire - 4 £638 - 1
Dudley - 3 £400 -
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 28 (10.37%) SAS
2 20 (7.41%) Confluence
3 13 (4.81%) SharePoint
4 6 (2.22%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (1.85%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.37%) HCL Notes
6 1 (0.37%) NetWeaver
6 1 (0.37%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 7 (2.59%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (1.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.74%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (1.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.48%) Workday HCM
3 2 (0.74%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.37%) Maximo
4 1 (0.37%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.37%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 50 (18.52%) Azure
2 49 (18.15%) AWS
3 14 (5.19%) Power Platform
4 13 (4.81%) GCP
4 13 (4.81%) GitHub
4 13 (4.81%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (4.44%) Entra ID
6 11 (4.07%) OpenShift
7 10 (3.70%) Azure Data Factory
8 7 (2.59%) Amazon S3
9 6 (2.22%) dbt
9 6 (2.22%) PaaS
9 6 (2.22%) Serverless
10 5 (1.85%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (1.85%) SuccessFactors
11 4 (1.48%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (1.48%) OneDrive
12 3 (1.11%) AWS Lambda
12 3 (1.11%) Microsoft Purview
12 3 (1.11%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.22%) DNS
2 4 (1.48%) BIG-IP
3 3 (1.11%) SAN
4 2 (0.74%) Firewall
4 2 (0.74%) SSL
5 1 (0.37%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.37%) LAN
5 1 (0.37%) Network Security
5 1 (0.37%) SMS
5 1 (0.37%) VPN
5 1 (0.37%) WAAS
5 1 (0.37%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (7.04%) Data Warehouse
1 19 (7.04%) SAS Enterprise Guide
2 15 (5.56%) Oracle Reports
3 14 (5.19%) Elasticsearch
4 9 (3.33%) Power BI
5 7 (2.59%) Amazon Redshift
6 6 (2.22%) Oracle Database
7 5 (1.85%) SQL Server
8 4 (1.48%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (1.48%) Relational Database
8 4 (1.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (1.11%) Ingres
9 3 (1.11%) Metadata
9 3 (1.11%) MongoDB
9 3 (1.11%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (1.11%) RDBMS
9 3 (1.11%) SAS Visual Analytics
10 2 (0.74%) NoSQL
11 1 (0.37%) MySQL
11 1 (0.37%) SAS Data Integration Studio
Development Applications
1 35 (12.96%) JIRA
2 16 (5.93%) Git
3 13 (4.81%) Zephyr
4 11 (4.07%) Postman
5 6 (2.22%) GitLab
5 6 (2.22%) Jenkins
6 4 (1.48%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 4 (1.48%) Bitbucket
7 3 (1.11%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.74%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.74%) Gatling
8 2 (0.74%) InstallShield
8 2 (0.74%) JUnit
8 2 (0.74%) Maven
8 2 (0.74%) Mockito
8 2 (0.74%) MSI
8 2 (0.74%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (0.74%) Selenium
9 1 (0.37%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.37%) GoCD
General
1 98 (36.30%) Social Skills
2 60 (22.22%) Finance
3 34 (12.59%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (12.22%) Public Sector
5 13 (4.81%) Documentation Skills
5 13 (4.81%) Police
6 11 (4.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (3.33%) Local Government
8 7 (2.59%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (2.22%) Legal
10 5 (1.85%) Banking
11 4 (1.48%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.48%) Retail
12 3 (1.11%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.74%) General Ledger
13 2 (0.74%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.74%) Law
13 2 (0.74%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.37%) Billing
14 1 (0.37%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 37 (13.70%) Analyst
2 36 (13.33%) Architect
3 23 (8.52%) Business Analyst
4 21 (7.78%) Project Manager
5 17 (6.30%) Release Manager
6 15 (5.56%) Senior
7 13 (4.81%) Site Reliability Engineer
7 13 (4.81%) Splunk Engineer
8 12 (4.44%) Consultant
8 12 (4.44%) Data Engineer
9 10 (3.70%) Accountant
9 10 (3.70%) QA Tester
9 10 (3.70%) Site Engineer
9 10 (3.70%) Solutions Architect
9 10 (3.70%) Systems Accountant
9 10 (3.70%) Technical Architect
9 10 (3.70%) Tester
10 9 (3.33%) Lead
11 8 (2.96%) Data Analyst
11 8 (2.96%) Migration Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.81%) Elastic Stack
2 9 (3.33%) Middleware
3 8 (2.96%) SailPoint
4 5 (1.85%) REST
4 5 (1.85%) SAML
4 5 (1.85%) Spring
5 4 (1.48%) Playwright
5 4 (1.48%) Spring Boot
6 3 (1.11%) .NET
6 3 (1.11%) HTML
6 3 (1.11%) JDBC
6 3 (1.11%) JSON
6 3 (1.11%) OAuth
6 3 (1.11%) OAuth2
6 3 (1.11%) OpenID
6 3 (1.11%) OpenTelemetry
6 3 (1.11%) React
7 2 (0.74%) ActiveX
7 2 (0.74%) ODBC
7 2 (0.74%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (8.15%) Legacy Systems
2 13 (4.81%) Management Information System
3 12 (4.44%) Cloud Native
4 11 (4.07%) Data Structures
5 10 (3.70%) Onboarding
6 7 (2.59%) Data Centre
7 6 (2.22%) Low-Code
8 4 (1.48%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (1.48%) PKI
8 4 (1.48%) Product Ownership
8 4 (1.48%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.11%) Clustering
9 3 (1.11%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.11%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (1.11%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.74%) AI Agents
10 2 (0.74%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (0.74%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.74%) Legacy Applications
11 1 (0.37%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 13 (4.81%) Unix
1 13 (4.81%) Windows
2 12 (4.44%) Linux
3 8 (2.96%) Windows 10
4 4 (1.48%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.11%) AIX
6 1 (0.37%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.37%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.37%) VMS
6 1 (0.37%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (24.07%) Data Migration
2 59 (21.85%) Agile
3 58 (21.48%) Stakeholder Management
4 50 (18.52%) CI/CD
5 48 (17.78%) DevOps
6 47 (17.41%) Problem-Solving
7 46 (17.04%) Validation
8 35 (12.96%) Data Modelling
9 34 (12.59%) ETL
9 34 (12.59%) User Acceptance Testing
10 31 (11.48%) Analytics
11 30 (11.11%) Change Management
12 25 (9.26%) Data Integration
13 23 (8.52%) Containerisation
13 23 (8.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 22 (8.15%) Project Management
15 20 (7.41%) Test Automation
16 19 (7.04%) ERP
16 19 (7.04%) Records Management
17 18 (6.67%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 44 (16.30%) SQL
2 28 (10.37%) Python
3 16 (5.93%) Bash
4 11 (4.07%) Java
5 7 (2.59%) PowerShell
6 3 (1.11%) Bicep
6 3 (1.11%) Perl
6 3 (1.11%) PL/SQL
6 3 (1.11%) VB
7 2 (0.74%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.74%) TypeScript
7 2 (0.74%) VB6
7 2 (0.74%) VBScript
8 1 (0.37%) C#
8 1 (0.37%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.37%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 67 (24.81%) Security Cleared
2 63 (23.33%) SC Cleared
3 15 (5.56%) Degree
4 12 (4.44%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (3.33%) ISTQB
6 7 (2.59%) IIBA
7 5 (1.85%) Azure Certification
7 5 (1.85%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (1.85%) CISM
7 5 (1.85%) CISSP
7 5 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (1.85%) PMP
8 4 (1.48%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.48%) CCNP
9 3 (1.11%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.74%) ACCA
10 2 (0.74%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.74%) CIMA
10 2 (0.74%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 1 (0.37%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (9.26%) QA
2 16 (5.93%) Data Quality
3 15 (5.56%) GDPR
4 4 (1.48%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.48%) PMO
5 3 (1.11%) WCAG
6 2 (0.74%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.37%) Government Security Classifications
7 1 (0.37%) NCSC
7 1 (0.37%) NIST
7 1 (0.37%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (7.04%) Docker
2 16 (5.93%) Active Directory
3 7 (2.59%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (2.22%) vSphere
5 3 (1.11%) Firmware
5 3 (1.11%) PowerHA
5 3 (1.11%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.37%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.37%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.37%) KVM
7 1 (0.37%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 32 (11.85%) Kubernetes
2 17 (6.30%) Ansible
2 17 (6.30%) Kibana
3 10 (3.70%) Puppet
4 9 (3.33%) Grafana
4 9 (3.33%) Terraform
5 5 (1.85%) SCCM
5 5 (1.85%) vCenter Server
6 4 (1.48%) Argo
7 3 (1.11%) logstash
7 3 (1.11%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.74%) BMC PATROL
9 1 (0.37%) AirWatch
9 1 (0.37%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.37%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.37%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.37%) SCOM
9 1 (0.37%) WSUS
Vendors
1 43 (15.93%) Microsoft
1 43 (15.93%) Oracle
2 21 (7.78%) Splunk
3 18 (6.67%) ServiceNow
4 17 (6.30%) SAP
5 12 (4.44%) Databricks
6 8 (2.96%) VMware
7 7 (2.59%) Cisco
8 5 (1.85%) OutSystems
8 5 (1.85%) Red Hat
8 5 (1.85%) Workday
9 4 (1.48%) Atlassian
9 4 (1.48%) F5
9 4 (1.48%) IBM
9 4 (1.48%) Okta
9 4 (1.48%) Palo Alto
9 4 (1.48%) Sage
9 4 (1.48%) Talend
10 3 (1.11%) Citrix
10 3 (1.11%) Cognos