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

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 15 20
Rank change year-on-year +4 +5 -3
Contract jobs citing Migration 357 119 112
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 11.12% 8.64% 5.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.30% 9.75% 6.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 257 78 93
10th Percentile £350 £321 £363
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% -4.76% +2.64%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £650
90th Percentile £680 £643 £845
England median daily rate £520 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -0.95% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £19.34 - -
25th Percentile £19.82 - -
Median hourly rate £23.83 - -
75th Percentile £25.15 - -
90th Percentile £39.45 - -
England median hourly rate £25.15 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year - -37.13% -41.61%

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 2,685 1,221 1,610
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 83.64% 88.67% 83.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,738 795 1,077
10th Percentile £313 £197 £275
25th Percentile £404 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £485 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.06% -3.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £578 £625
90th Percentile £675 £663 £750
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.25% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 126 57 117
10th Percentile £14.82 - £11.10
25th Percentile £22.50 £12.62 £14.13
Median hourly rate £33.99 £19.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +78.89% -15.56% +3.73%
75th Percentile £67.19 £28.18 £40.50
90th Percentile £72.54 £50.00 £58.75
England median hourly rate £46.43 £28.18 £36.50
% change year-on-year +64.76% -22.79% -2.46%

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 May 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 May 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 May 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 +10 102 £470 +4.44% 10
Birmingham +6 100 £479 -8.86% 24
Warwickshire -4 59 £563 +7.14% 12
Coventry +4 38 £475 +2.70% 2
Staffordshire +2 9 £431 +7.81% 1
Wolverhampton - 8 - - 4
Solihull -11 5 £347 -17.01% 1
Worcestershire - 4 £638 - 2
Dudley - 3 £400 -
Herefordshire - 3 £375 -
Sutton Coldfield - 2 £425 - 1
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 47 (13.17%) SAS
2 33 (9.24%) Confluence
3 15 (4.20%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (1.96%) SharePoint
5 4 (1.12%) Oracle Workflow
6 3 (0.84%) Apache
7 2 (0.56%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.56%) CloudStack
8 1 (0.28%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.28%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 6 (1.68%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (1.68%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (1.40%) Notepad++
3 3 (0.84%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 16 (4.48%) Teamcenter
2 11 (3.08%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.68%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (1.40%) Unit4 Business World
5 3 (0.84%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.28%) Maximo
6 1 (0.28%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 82 (22.97%) AWS
2 72 (20.17%) Azure
3 23 (6.44%) Power Platform
4 18 (5.04%) OpenShift
5 12 (3.36%) Azure Data Factory
6 10 (2.80%) GCP
6 10 (2.80%) Microsoft 365
7 9 (2.52%) GitHub
8 8 (2.24%) Amazon S3
8 8 (2.24%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (2.24%) PaaS
8 8 (2.24%) Serverless
8 8 (2.24%) Snowflake
9 7 (1.96%) Entra ID
10 6 (1.68%) dbt
11 5 (1.40%) AWS Lambda
11 5 (1.40%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 5 (1.40%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (1.40%) IaaS
12 3 (0.84%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.24%) DNS
2 7 (1.96%) SAN
3 5 (1.40%) PuTTY
3 5 (1.40%) WinSCP
4 4 (1.12%) BIG-IP
4 4 (1.12%) NAS
5 3 (0.84%) DHCP
5 3 (0.84%) Firewall
6 2 (0.56%) SSL
6 2 (0.56%) Structured Cabling
6 2 (0.56%) WAAS
7 1 (0.28%) Fibre Channel
7 1 (0.28%) iSCSI
7 1 (0.28%) LAN
7 1 (0.28%) Modbus
7 1 (0.28%) Network Security
7 1 (0.28%) SMS
7 1 (0.28%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (15.13%) Data Warehouse
2 28 (7.84%) Oracle Reports
3 21 (5.88%) SAS Enterprise Guide
4 19 (5.32%) Power BI
5 12 (3.36%) Metadata
5 12 (3.36%) SAS Visual Analytics
6 9 (2.52%) Data Lake
6 9 (2.52%) Oracle Database
7 8 (2.24%) Amazon Redshift
8 7 (1.96%) Base SAS
8 7 (1.96%) BusinessObjects
8 7 (1.96%) Elasticsearch
9 6 (1.68%) SQL Server
10 5 (1.40%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 5 (1.40%) Relational Database
10 5 (1.40%) SAS Data Integration Studio
11 4 (1.12%) NoSQL
11 4 (1.12%) Pentaho
11 4 (1.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 3 (0.84%) Ingres
Development Applications
1 61 (17.09%) JIRA
2 29 (8.12%) Zephyr
3 23 (6.44%) Git
3 23 (6.44%) Postman
4 14 (3.92%) GitLab
5 8 (2.24%) Jenkins
6 6 (1.68%) Selenium
7 4 (1.12%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 4 (1.12%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.84%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.56%) Hudson
9 2 (0.56%) Oracle Forms
10 1 (0.28%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.28%) GoCD
10 1 (0.28%) InstallShield
10 1 (0.28%) MSI
10 1 (0.28%) REST Assured
General
1 103 (28.85%) Social Skills
2 67 (18.77%) Finance
3 46 (12.89%) Public Sector
4 40 (11.20%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (4.48%) Documentation Skills
6 15 (4.20%) Police
7 14 (3.92%) Banking
8 11 (3.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (2.52%) Local Government
10 6 (1.68%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (1.68%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (1.68%) Retail
11 4 (1.12%) Legal
12 3 (0.84%) Law
13 2 (0.56%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.56%) Billing
13 2 (0.56%) General Ledger
13 2 (0.56%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.56%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.28%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 51 (14.29%) Architect
2 49 (13.73%) Analyst
3 40 (11.20%) Senior
4 29 (8.12%) Data Engineer
4 29 (8.12%) Project Manager
5 26 (7.28%) Developer
6 22 (6.16%) Business Analyst
7 17 (4.76%) Data Architect
7 17 (4.76%) Tester
8 16 (4.48%) QA Tester
8 16 (4.48%) Senior Developer
9 13 (3.64%) Accountant
9 13 (3.64%) Systems Accountant
10 12 (3.36%) Technical Architect
10 12 (3.36%) Test Analyst
11 11 (3.08%) Lead
11 11 (3.08%) Release Manager
11 11 (3.08%) Senior Data Engineer
12 10 (2.80%) Consultant
12 10 (2.80%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.80%) REST
2 9 (2.52%) Elastic Stack
2 9 (2.52%) Middleware
3 4 (1.12%) .NET
3 4 (1.12%) SailPoint
3 4 (1.12%) SOAP
4 3 (0.84%) JMS
4 3 (0.84%) OpenTelemetry
4 3 (0.84%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (0.56%) ActiveX
5 2 (0.56%) ADO
5 2 (0.56%) COM
5 2 (0.56%) ODBC
5 2 (0.56%) PySpark
6 1 (0.28%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.28%) ASP.NET Web API
6 1 (0.28%) Itk
6 1 (0.28%) Lightning Web Components
6 1 (0.28%) React
6 1 (0.28%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 29 (8.12%) Legacy Systems
2 28 (7.84%) Cloud Native
3 13 (3.64%) Data Structures
4 12 (3.36%) Management Information System
4 12 (3.36%) Product Ownership
5 11 (3.08%) Onboarding
6 8 (2.24%) Data Centre
6 8 (2.24%) Hybrid Cloud
6 8 (2.24%) Low-Code
7 6 (1.68%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (1.40%) Linux Command Line
8 5 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.12%) Enterprise Cloud
9 4 (1.12%) Mainframe
9 4 (1.12%) Operational Technology
9 4 (1.12%) PKI
9 4 (1.12%) SCADA
10 3 (0.84%) Clustering
10 3 (0.84%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (0.84%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 19 (5.32%) Unix
1 19 (5.32%) Windows
2 13 (3.64%) Linux
3 9 (2.52%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.68%) Windows 10
5 4 (1.12%) Apple iOS
5 4 (1.12%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.84%) AIX
7 2 (0.56%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.28%) HPUX
8 1 (0.28%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.28%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (26.05%) Data Migration
2 90 (25.21%) Agile
3 67 (18.77%) DevOps
4 66 (18.49%) ETL
5 65 (18.21%) Stakeholder Management
6 58 (16.25%) Validation
7 57 (15.97%) CI/CD
8 56 (15.69%) Problem-Solving
9 51 (14.29%) Analytics
10 48 (13.45%) Data Modelling
11 44 (12.32%) Test Automation
12 36 (10.08%) User Acceptance Testing
13 33 (9.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 31 (8.68%) Integration Testing
15 29 (8.12%) End-to-End Testing
15 29 (8.12%) Scenario Testing
15 29 (8.12%) System Testing
16 28 (7.84%) Data Integration
16 28 (7.84%) Test Scripting
17 27 (7.56%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 64 (17.93%) SQL
2 35 (9.80%) Python
3 13 (3.64%) Bash
4 11 (3.08%) Java
5 9 (2.52%) PL/SQL
6 8 (2.24%) PowerShell
7 6 (1.68%) Shell Script
8 3 (0.84%) Bicep
8 3 (0.84%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.84%) Perl
8 3 (0.84%) REXX
8 3 (0.84%) VB
9 2 (0.56%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.56%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.56%) VB6
10 1 (0.28%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.28%) C
10 1 (0.28%) JCL
10 1 (0.28%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.28%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 104 (29.13%) Security Cleared
2 96 (26.89%) SC Cleared
3 19 (5.32%) ISTQB
4 14 (3.92%) Degree
5 10 (2.80%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (1.96%) Azure Certification
6 7 (1.96%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (1.96%) CISSP
6 7 (1.96%) IIBA
7 6 (1.68%) CCNP
8 5 (1.40%) CISM
8 5 (1.40%) PMP
9 4 (1.12%) AWS Certification
9 4 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.84%) PMI Certification
10 3 (0.84%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 2 (0.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.56%) SAS Certification
12 1 (0.28%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 1 (0.28%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (8.96%) QA
2 30 (8.40%) Data Quality
3 14 (3.92%) GDPR
4 4 (1.12%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.12%) PMO
5 2 (0.56%) Basel III
5 2 (0.56%) Government Security Classifications
5 2 (0.56%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (0.56%) WCAG
6 1 (0.28%) NCSC
6 1 (0.28%) NIST
6 1 (0.28%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (4.20%) Docker
2 12 (3.36%) Active Directory
2 12 (3.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (2.80%) vSphere
4 7 (1.96%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (1.40%) Ceph
6 4 (1.12%) Hyper-V
6 4 (1.12%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.84%) Firmware
7 3 (0.84%) PowerHA
7 3 (0.84%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.56%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.28%) Job Entry Subsystem
9 1 (0.28%) KVM
9 1 (0.28%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.28%) NFS
9 1 (0.28%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 33 (9.24%) Kubernetes
2 14 (3.92%) Ansible
3 13 (3.64%) Terraform
4 9 (2.52%) Grafana
5 7 (1.96%) Kibana
5 7 (1.96%) Puppet
6 5 (1.40%) SCCM
7 4 (1.12%) Argo
7 4 (1.12%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (1.12%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.84%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.56%) AirWatch
9 2 (0.56%) Check_MK
9 2 (0.56%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.28%) Control-M
10 1 (0.28%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.28%) PowerCLI
10 1 (0.28%) SCOM
Vendors
1 68 (19.05%) Oracle
2 51 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 19 (5.32%) ServiceNow
4 18 (5.04%) SAP
5 17 (4.76%) Databricks
6 15 (4.20%) Splunk
7 13 (3.64%) VMware
8 11 (3.08%) Denodo
9 9 (2.52%) Cisco
9 9 (2.52%) Talend
10 8 (2.24%) Informatica
11 7 (1.96%) OutSystems
12 5 (1.40%) Salesforce
13 4 (1.12%) Atlassian
13 4 (1.12%) BeyondTrust
13 4 (1.12%) F5
13 4 (1.12%) IBM
13 4 (1.12%) Palo Alto
13 4 (1.12%) Red Hat
13 4 (1.12%) Sage