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 12 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 15 19
Rank change year-on-year +2 +4 -5
Contract jobs citing Migration 394 198 152
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 11.13% 10.55% 8.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.13% 11.74% 9.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 295 128 110
10th Percentile £363 £300 £342
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £519 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.61% +3.75% -
75th Percentile £647 £603 £623
90th Percentile £704 £725 £726
England median daily rate £538 £520 £525
% change year-on-year +3.37% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 7 0
10th Percentile £20.44 - -
25th Percentile £22.09 - -
Median hourly rate £24.00 £25.15 -
Median % change year-on-year -4.57% - -
75th Percentile £25.50 - -
90th Percentile - £43.09 -
England median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £34.50
% change year-on-year +59.05% -27.10% -44.80%

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 3,000 1,686 1,563
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 84.72% 89.87% 83.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,843 1,074 984
10th Percentile £316 £259 £228
25th Percentile £413 £400 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £514
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -2.68% +2.75%
75th Percentile £585 £588 £625
90th Percentile £675 £683 £725
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 222 116 40
10th Percentile £13.45 £12.62 £14.66
25th Percentile £17.48 £16.30 £15.44
Median hourly rate £22.75 £23.03 £23.05
Median % change year-on-year -1.19% -0.11% -16.18%
75th Percentile £43.96 £31.00 £35.00
90th Percentile £59.28 £50.00 £52.78
England median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +59.05% -40.82% -5.56%

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 12 October 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
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 12 October 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 +2 134 £500 - 22
Birmingham +3 95 £500 -4.76% 69
Warwickshire 0 62 £500 -13.04% 10
Coventry -16 25 £413 +15.79% 15
Staffordshire +3 24 £713 +117.56% 5
Wolverhampton +5 18 - - 4
Worcestershire +12 9 £450 - 9
Dudley - 4 £375 -
Herefordshire +2 3 - - 2
Solihull -21 2 £475 -9.52% 5
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 48 (12.18%) SAS
2 34 (8.63%) Confluence
3 10 (2.54%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.52%) Tuxedo
5 4 (1.02%) Apache
6 2 (0.51%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.51%) CloudStack
6 2 (0.51%) CMS
6 2 (0.51%) OpenROAD
6 2 (0.51%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (2.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.52%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.51%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 18 (4.57%) Unit4 Business World
2 17 (4.31%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.52%) Teamcenter
4 4 (1.02%) ResourceLink
5 3 (0.76%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.76%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (0.76%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.51%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.51%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.51%) Oracle Payroll
6 2 (0.51%) SAP MM
6 2 (0.51%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (0.25%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.25%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.25%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.25%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.25%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.25%) SAP FI-CA
7 1 (0.25%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 107 (27.16%) Azure
2 94 (23.86%) AWS
3 24 (6.09%) Power Platform
4 21 (5.33%) Azure Data Factory
5 15 (3.81%) GCP
6 14 (3.55%) Azure DevOps
7 11 (2.79%) Entra ID
7 11 (2.79%) GitHub
7 11 (2.79%) OCI
8 8 (2.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 8 (2.03%) Serverless
9 7 (1.78%) Azure Storage
9 7 (1.78%) GitHub Copilot
9 7 (1.78%) Snowflake
10 6 (1.52%) Azure Functions
10 6 (1.52%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (1.52%) PaaS
11 5 (1.27%) Cloud Computing
11 5 (1.27%) Microsoft 365
11 5 (1.27%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 19 (4.82%) DNS
2 12 (3.05%) Network Security
3 11 (2.79%) DHCP
4 8 (2.03%) DMZ
4 8 (2.03%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 8 (2.03%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 6 (1.52%) Firewall
5 6 (1.52%) SAN
6 5 (1.27%) Ethernet VPN
6 5 (1.27%) VSAN
7 4 (1.02%) NX-OS
7 4 (1.02%) VXLAN
8 3 (0.76%) BGP
8 3 (0.76%) NAS
8 3 (0.76%) TACACS
9 2 (0.51%) LAN
9 2 (0.51%) Structured Cabling
9 2 (0.51%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.51%) VPN
9 2 (0.51%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (19.80%) Data Warehouse
2 39 (9.90%) Data Lake
3 29 (7.36%) Oracle Reports
4 20 (5.08%) Base SAS
4 20 (5.08%) Power BI
5 17 (4.31%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
6 15 (3.81%) SAS Enterprise Guide
7 14 (3.55%) Relational Database
8 13 (3.30%) Pentaho
9 12 (3.05%) Metadata
9 12 (3.05%) SAS Visual Analytics
10 11 (2.79%) NoSQL
11 9 (2.28%) Ingres
11 9 (2.28%) SQL Server
12 8 (2.03%) MySQL
13 7 (1.78%) Oracle Database
14 6 (1.52%) Oracle BI Publisher
14 6 (1.52%) RDBMS
15 4 (1.02%) DataStage
15 4 (1.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 65 (16.50%) JIRA
2 40 (10.15%) Git
3 28 (7.11%) Zephyr
4 24 (6.09%) Postman
5 15 (3.81%) GitLab
6 10 (2.54%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 10 (2.54%) Bitbucket
7 9 (2.28%) Selenium
8 6 (1.52%) Jenkins
9 5 (1.27%) Oracle Forms
9 5 (1.27%) Team Foundation Server
10 3 (0.76%) Cucumber
10 3 (0.76%) Gatling
10 3 (0.76%) JUnit
10 3 (0.76%) Yeoman
11 2 (0.51%) Eclipse
11 2 (0.51%) Hudson
11 2 (0.51%) SonarQube
12 1 (0.25%) Cypress.io
12 1 (0.25%) Maven
General
1 104 (26.40%) Social Skills
2 68 (17.26%) Public Sector
3 66 (16.75%) Finance
4 48 (12.18%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (4.06%) Influencing Skills
6 12 (3.05%) Police
7 11 (2.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (2.28%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (2.03%) Manufacturing
9 8 (2.03%) Retail
10 7 (1.78%) Banking
10 7 (1.78%) Legal
11 6 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (1.27%) General Ledger
13 4 (1.02%) Marketing
14 3 (0.76%) Billing
14 3 (0.76%) Local Government
14 3 (0.76%) Military
14 3 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (0.76%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 71 (18.02%) Architect
2 49 (12.44%) Data Engineer
3 44 (11.17%) Senior
4 38 (9.64%) Analyst
5 34 (8.63%) Lead
6 31 (7.87%) Data Architect
7 23 (5.84%) Accountant
7 23 (5.84%) Systems Accountant
8 21 (5.33%) Project Manager
9 19 (4.82%) Developer
10 18 (4.57%) SAS Architect
11 16 (4.06%) Senior Data Engineer
11 16 (4.06%) Test Analyst
12 13 (3.30%) Azure Engineer
12 13 (3.30%) Technical Architect
12 13 (3.30%) Tester
13 12 (3.05%) QA Tester
14 11 (2.79%) Consultant
14 11 (2.79%) Solutions Architect
15 10 (2.54%) JIRA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (5.84%) Oracle Fusion
2 22 (5.58%) REST
3 16 (4.06%) Terraform
4 15 (3.81%) SOAP
5 7 (1.78%) JSON
5 7 (1.78%) OpenAPI
5 7 (1.78%) Swagger
6 6 (1.52%) React
7 5 (1.27%) .NET
7 5 (1.27%) ADO
7 5 (1.27%) COM
7 5 (1.27%) ODBC
7 5 (1.27%) Playwright
7 5 (1.27%) PySpark
7 5 (1.27%) SAP Fiori
8 3 (0.76%) Gherkin
8 3 (0.76%) RabbitMQ
8 3 (0.76%) SAP PI
8 3 (0.76%) YAML
9 2 (0.51%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 30 (7.61%) Data Structures
2 27 (6.85%) Legacy Systems
3 22 (5.58%) Cloud Native
4 20 (5.08%) Data Centre
5 16 (4.06%) Management Information System
6 15 (3.81%) Product Ownership
7 13 (3.30%) Hybrid Cloud
8 12 (3.05%) Onboarding
9 10 (2.54%) Public Cloud
10 9 (2.28%) Enterprise Software
10 9 (2.28%) Low-Code
11 8 (2.03%) Autonomous Agent
12 6 (1.52%) Enterprise Cloud
13 5 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
13 5 (1.27%) Private Cloud
13 5 (1.27%) SCADA
14 4 (1.02%) Data Protection Act
14 4 (1.02%) Legacy Applications
14 4 (1.02%) Reference Data
15 3 (0.76%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 32 (8.12%) Windows
2 13 (3.30%) Linux
2 13 (3.30%) Windows Server
3 11 (2.79%) Unix
4 7 (1.78%) AIX
5 4 (1.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.02%) Solaris
6 3 (0.76%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
7 2 (0.51%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.51%) macOS
7 2 (0.51%) SUSE
7 2 (0.51%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.25%) HPUX
8 1 (0.25%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (34.01%) Data Migration
2 103 (26.14%) Agile
3 87 (22.08%) Stakeholder Management
4 85 (21.57%) ETL
5 81 (20.56%) Validation
6 70 (17.77%) CI/CD
7 63 (15.99%) Problem-Solving
7 63 (15.99%) Test Automation
8 62 (15.74%) DevOps
9 58 (14.72%) Data Modelling
10 51 (12.94%) User Acceptance Testing
11 48 (12.18%) Analytics
12 45 (11.42%) Technical Leadership
13 42 (10.66%) Data Pipeline
14 41 (10.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 39 (9.90%) Lakehouse
16 35 (8.88%) Continuous Improvement
16 35 (8.88%) Integration Testing
17 33 (8.38%) Integration Patterns
17 33 (8.38%) Scenario Testing
Programming Languages
1 74 (18.78%) SQL
2 44 (11.17%) Python
3 23 (5.84%) Java
4 11 (2.79%) JavaScript
5 10 (2.54%) PL/SQL
6 8 (2.03%) VB
6 8 (2.03%) VB6
7 7 (1.78%) PowerShell
8 6 (1.52%) C
9 5 (1.27%) C#
9 5 (1.27%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.76%) Bicep
10 3 (0.76%) Perl
10 3 (0.76%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.51%) Bash
11 2 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.51%) ProC
12 1 (0.25%) Ada
12 1 (0.25%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.25%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 132 (33.50%) Security Cleared
2 121 (30.71%) SC Cleared
3 28 (7.11%) ISTQB
4 20 (5.08%) BPSS Clearance
5 8 (2.03%) ACCA
5 8 (2.03%) AWS Certification
5 8 (2.03%) Azure Certification
5 8 (2.03%) CIMA
5 8 (2.03%) Degree
6 7 (1.78%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 6 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.02%) SAS Certification
9 3 (0.76%) CCAB
9 3 (0.76%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.51%) CCNP
10 2 (0.51%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.51%) CISSP
10 2 (0.51%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 1 (0.25%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (13.45%) Data Quality
2 41 (10.41%) QA
3 7 (1.78%) Accessibility
3 7 (1.78%) GDPR
4 4 (1.02%) WCAG
5 3 (0.76%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (0.76%) Basel III
6 2 (0.51%) NIST
7 1 (0.25%) Government Security Classifications
7 1 (0.25%) GRC
7 1 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.25%) PMO
7 1 (0.25%) SLA
System Software
1 27 (6.85%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (4.06%) vSphere
3 14 (3.55%) Active Directory
4 10 (2.54%) VMware ESXi
5 8 (2.03%) Docker
5 8 (2.03%) VMware NSX
6 5 (1.27%) Hyper-V
7 4 (1.02%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.76%) Firmware
8 3 (0.76%) PowerHA
9 2 (0.51%) Ceph
10 1 (0.25%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.25%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 25 (6.35%) Kubernetes
2 8 (2.03%) Ansible
3 5 (1.27%) Grafana
3 5 (1.27%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.76%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 2 (0.51%) Check_MK
5 2 (0.51%) NetBackup
5 2 (0.51%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.25%) Control-M
6 1 (0.25%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.25%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.25%) Kibana
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.25%) PowerCLI
6 1 (0.25%) SCCM
6 1 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.25%) vMotion
Vendors
1 83 (21.07%) Oracle
2 57 (14.47%) Microsoft
3 32 (8.12%) VMware
4 26 (6.60%) SAP
5 20 (5.08%) Databricks
6 19 (4.82%) Denodo
7 11 (2.79%) Atlassian
8 10 (2.54%) IBM
9 9 (2.28%) Talend
10 8 (2.03%) Cisco
10 8 (2.03%) F5
11 7 (1.78%) Actian
11 7 (1.78%) ServiceNow
12 6 (1.52%) Google
12 6 (1.52%) Red Hat
12 6 (1.52%) SYSPRO
13 5 (1.27%) Commvault
13 5 (1.27%) Veeam
14 4 (1.02%) Cognos
14 4 (1.02%) Informatica