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 2 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 15 18
Rank change year-on-year +3 +3 -5
Contract jobs citing Migration 385 170 139
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 11.19% 9.76% 7.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.19% 11.07% 8.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 284 113 99
10th Percentile £363 £317 £356
25th Percentile £425 £423 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £519 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +3.70% -4.76%
75th Percentile £650 £613 £629
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 £67.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -62.46% -4.29%

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 2,919 1,536 1,552
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 84.85% 88.17% 81.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,791 980 1,014
10th Percentile £313 £250 £250
25th Percentile £413 £400 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £477 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year -4.60% -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £625
90th Percentile £675 £650 £725
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 196 102 50
10th Percentile £13.45 £12.62 £13.14
25th Percentile £17.72 £15.34 £14.78
Median hourly rate £30.25 £24.34 £22.05
Median % change year-on-year +24.26% +10.41% -19.84%
75th Percentile £53.75 £35.45 £35.00
90th Percentile £70.11 £50.00 £55.03
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +1.18%

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 2 September 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 2 September 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 2 September 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 +9 125 £515 - 10
Birmingham +3 102 £500 -4.76% 57
Warwickshire 0 64 £513 -10.87% 12
Coventry -17 24 £425 -6.08% 1
Wolverhampton +5 18 - -
Staffordshire -3 12 £800 +77.78% 6
Worcestershire +8 8 £450 - 8
Dudley - 5 £375 -
Solihull -24 2 £475 -9.52% 2
Sutton Coldfield - 2 £425 - 3
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 (14.55%) SAS
2 25 (6.49%) Confluence
3 19 (4.94%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.56%) Tuxedo
5 4 (1.04%) Apache
5 4 (1.04%) Oracle Workflow
6 3 (0.78%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.78%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.52%) CloudStack
7 2 (0.52%) OpenROAD
8 1 (0.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 5 (1.30%) Notepad++
2 4 (1.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.78%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.26%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 18 (4.68%) Unit4 Business World
2 16 (4.16%) Teamcenter
3 12 (3.12%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.78%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.78%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (0.78%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.52%) Oracle Payroll
7 1 (0.26%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.26%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.26%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.26%) SAP PP
7 1 (0.26%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 119 (30.91%) Azure
2 100 (25.97%) AWS
3 24 (6.23%) Power Platform
4 22 (5.71%) Azure Data Factory
5 12 (3.12%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (2.86%) GCP
7 10 (2.60%) Entra ID
7 10 (2.60%) PaaS
7 10 (2.60%) Serverless
8 9 (2.34%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 9 (2.34%) OpenShift
9 8 (2.08%) Azure Storage
9 8 (2.08%) Snowflake
10 7 (1.82%) Azure Functions
10 7 (1.82%) GitHub
10 7 (1.82%) Microsoft 365
10 7 (1.82%) OCI
11 5 (1.30%) GitHub Copilot
12 4 (1.04%) Azure Key Vault
12 4 (1.04%) Matillion
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.16%) DNS
2 9 (2.34%) Network Security
3 8 (2.08%) DHCP
3 8 (2.08%) SAN
4 7 (1.82%) DMZ
4 7 (1.82%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 7 (1.82%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 5 (1.30%) PuTTY
5 5 (1.30%) WinSCP
6 4 (1.04%) NAS
7 3 (0.78%) Firewall
8 2 (0.52%) Structured Cabling
9 1 (0.26%) Fibre Channel
9 1 (0.26%) iSCSI
9 1 (0.26%) LAN
9 1 (0.26%) Modbus
9 1 (0.26%) SMS
9 1 (0.26%) SMTP
9 1 (0.26%) VPN
9 1 (0.26%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (21.56%) Data Warehouse
2 35 (9.09%) Data Lake
3 24 (6.23%) Oracle Reports
4 23 (5.97%) SAS Enterprise Guide
5 20 (5.19%) Power BI
5 20 (5.19%) SAS Visual Analytics
6 19 (4.94%) Base SAS
7 16 (4.16%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 16 (4.16%) Metadata
8 11 (2.86%) Oracle Database
8 11 (2.86%) Relational Database
8 11 (2.86%) SQL Server
9 9 (2.34%) Ingres
9 9 (2.34%) NoSQL
9 9 (2.34%) Pentaho
10 8 (2.08%) MySQL
11 7 (1.82%) BusinessObjects
12 6 (1.56%) RDBMS
13 5 (1.30%) SAS Data Integration Studio
14 4 (1.04%) DataStage
Development Applications
1 52 (13.51%) JIRA
2 32 (8.31%) Git
3 27 (7.01%) Zephyr
4 23 (5.97%) Postman
5 14 (3.64%) GitLab
6 8 (2.08%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 8 (2.08%) Bitbucket
7 6 (1.56%) Selenium
8 5 (1.30%) Jenkins
8 5 (1.30%) Oracle Forms
8 5 (1.30%) Team Foundation Server
9 3 (0.78%) Yeoman
10 2 (0.52%) Eclipse
10 2 (0.52%) Hudson
11 1 (0.26%) Artifactory
11 1 (0.26%) Cypress.io
11 1 (0.26%) Gatling
11 1 (0.26%) REST Assured
General
1 92 (23.90%) Social Skills
2 68 (17.66%) Finance
2 68 (17.66%) Public Sector
3 37 (9.61%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (3.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 14 (3.64%) Influencing Skills
5 12 (3.12%) Police
6 10 (2.60%) Banking
6 10 (2.60%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (1.56%) Manufacturing
8 6 (1.56%) Retail
9 5 (1.30%) Legal
10 4 (1.04%) Billing
11 3 (0.78%) Local Government
11 3 (0.78%) Military
12 2 (0.52%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.52%) Law
12 2 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.26%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 61 (15.84%) Architect
2 57 (14.81%) Data Engineer
3 56 (14.55%) Senior
4 30 (7.79%) Analyst
5 28 (7.27%) Data Architect
6 26 (6.75%) Developer
6 26 (6.75%) Lead
7 21 (5.45%) Project Manager
7 21 (5.45%) Senior Data Engineer
8 18 (4.68%) Accountant
8 18 (4.68%) Senior Developer
8 18 (4.68%) Systems Accountant
9 17 (4.42%) SAS Architect
10 13 (3.38%) Azure Engineer
10 13 (3.38%) Tester
11 12 (3.12%) Test Analyst
12 11 (2.86%) QA Tester
12 11 (2.86%) Solutions Architect
12 11 (2.86%) Technical Architect
13 10 (2.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.90%) Terraform
2 11 (2.86%) Oracle Fusion
3 7 (1.82%) REST
4 6 (1.56%) PySpark
5 5 (1.30%) ADO
5 5 (1.30%) COM
5 5 (1.30%) ODBC
6 4 (1.04%) SAP Fiori
6 4 (1.04%) SOAP
7 3 (0.78%) .NET
7 3 (0.78%) JMS
8 2 (0.52%) Elastic Stack
8 2 (0.52%) Middleware
8 2 (0.52%) SAP Core Interface
9 1 (0.26%) ARM Templates
9 1 (0.26%) IDoc
9 1 (0.26%) Lightning Web Components
9 1 (0.26%) OpenTelemetry
9 1 (0.26%) Playwright
9 1 (0.26%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 31 (8.05%) Cloud Native
2 30 (7.79%) Legacy Systems
3 23 (5.97%) Data Structures
4 16 (4.16%) Low-Code
5 13 (3.38%) Hybrid Cloud
5 13 (3.38%) Management Information System
6 10 (2.60%) Data Centre
6 10 (2.60%) Product Ownership
6 10 (2.60%) Public Cloud
7 9 (2.34%) Onboarding
8 6 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (1.56%) Autonomous Agent
8 6 (1.56%) Enterprise Cloud
9 5 (1.30%) Linux Command Line
10 4 (1.04%) Clustering
10 4 (1.04%) Legacy Applications
10 4 (1.04%) Private Cloud
10 4 (1.04%) SCADA
11 3 (0.78%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (0.78%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 20 (5.19%) Windows
2 13 (3.38%) Unix
2 13 (3.38%) Windows Server
3 6 (1.56%) Linux
4 5 (1.30%) AIX
5 3 (0.78%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.78%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.52%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.52%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.26%) HPUX
7 1 (0.26%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (28.57%) Data Migration
2 91 (23.64%) Agile
3 78 (20.26%) ETL
4 71 (18.44%) Validation
5 67 (17.40%) DevOps
6 63 (16.36%) CI/CD
7 62 (16.10%) Stakeholder Management
8 61 (15.84%) Analytics
9 54 (14.03%) Problem-Solving
10 52 (13.51%) Data Modelling
10 52 (13.51%) Test Automation
11 42 (10.91%) Lakehouse
12 41 (10.65%) Data Pipeline
12 41 (10.65%) Technical Leadership
13 40 (10.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 37 (9.61%) User Acceptance Testing
15 35 (9.09%) Data Integration
16 32 (8.31%) Decision-Making
16 32 (8.31%) Integration Testing
17 31 (8.05%) Scenario Testing
Programming Languages
1 68 (17.66%) SQL
2 38 (9.87%) Python
3 20 (5.19%) Java
4 12 (3.12%) PL/SQL
5 8 (2.08%) VB
5 8 (2.08%) VB6
6 7 (1.82%) C
6 7 (1.82%) JavaScript
6 7 (1.82%) PowerShell
7 6 (1.56%) Shell Script
8 4 (1.04%) Bash
8 4 (1.04%) Perl
9 3 (0.78%) REXX
9 3 (0.78%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.52%) Bicep
10 2 (0.52%) C#
10 2 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.52%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.52%) ProC
11 1 (0.26%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 120 (31.17%) Security Cleared
2 110 (28.57%) SC Cleared
3 23 (5.97%) ISTQB
4 12 (3.12%) BPSS Clearance
5 10 (2.60%) Azure Certification
6 6 (1.56%) AWS Certification
6 6 (1.56%) Degree
7 4 (1.04%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.04%) SAS Certification
8 3 (0.78%) CCNP
8 3 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (0.78%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.52%) ACCA
9 2 (0.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.52%) CCAB
9 2 (0.52%) CIMA
9 2 (0.52%) CISSP
9 2 (0.52%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (0.26%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.26%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (12.21%) Data Quality
2 36 (9.35%) QA
3 3 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
3 3 (0.78%) Basel III
3 3 (0.78%) GDPR
4 2 (0.52%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.52%) PMO
5 1 (0.26%) Government Security Classifications
5 1 (0.26%) GRC
5 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.26%) NIST
5 1 (0.26%) SLA
5 1 (0.26%) WCAG
System Software
1 21 (5.45%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (3.64%) Active Directory
3 13 (3.38%) vSphere
4 9 (2.34%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (1.56%) Docker
6 5 (1.30%) Ceph
6 5 (1.30%) Hyper-V
6 5 (1.30%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (1.04%) Firmware
7 4 (1.04%) PowerHA
8 2 (0.52%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.52%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.26%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.26%) Job Entry Subsystem
9 1 (0.26%) NFS
9 1 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 27 (7.01%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.56%) Grafana
3 5 (1.30%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.78%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 2 (0.52%) Ansible
5 2 (0.52%) Check_MK
5 2 (0.52%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.52%) SCCM
6 1 (0.26%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.26%) Argo
6 1 (0.26%) Control-M
6 1 (0.26%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.26%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.26%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.26%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.26%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 82 (21.30%) Oracle
2 54 (14.03%) Microsoft
3 23 (5.97%) VMware
4 20 (5.19%) Databricks
5 19 (4.94%) SAP
6 18 (4.68%) Denodo
7 10 (2.60%) ServiceNow
8 9 (2.34%) Atlassian
8 9 (2.34%) Informatica
9 8 (2.08%) F5
9 8 (2.08%) IBM
9 8 (2.08%) Talend
10 7 (1.82%) Actian
10 7 (1.82%) OutSystems
11 6 (1.56%) Salesforce
11 6 (1.56%) SYSPRO
12 5 (1.30%) Cisco
12 5 (1.30%) Commvault
12 5 (1.30%) Splunk
12 5 (1.30%) Veeam