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

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 15 19
Rank change year-on-year +3 +4 -8
Contract jobs citing Migration 392 174 142
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 11.15% 9.57% 7.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.11% 10.84% 9.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 286 119 101
10th Percentile £363 £300 £358
25th Percentile £425 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £519 £520
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% -0.29% +2.97%
75th Percentile £650 £613 £638
90th Percentile £725 £725 £738
England median daily rate £525 £520 £535
% change year-on-year +0.96% -2.80% -2.73%
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 £53.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -52.55% -24.29%

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 2,991 1,605 1,556
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 85.07% 88.28% 81.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,835 1,033 1,014
10th Percentile £313 £235 £255
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £576 £588 £626
90th Percentile £675 £663 £725
England median daily rate £525 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 207 103 40
10th Percentile £13.45 £12.62 £14.14
25th Percentile £17.64 £16.07 £15.13
Median hourly rate £29.60 £24.34 £22.05
Median % change year-on-year +21.61% +10.41% -19.84%
75th Percentile £53.75 £35.30 £35.63
90th Percentile £68.70 £50.00 £55.03
England median hourly rate £42.30 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.19% -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 11 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 11 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 11 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 +5 126 £515 - 9
Birmingham +7 104 £500 -6.10% 47
Warwickshire +2 64 £513 -10.87% 15
Coventry -18 23 £413 +15.79% 1
Wolverhampton +5 18 - - 1
Staffordshire 0 18 £800 +77.78% 5
Worcestershire +9 9 £450 - 12
Dudley - 4 £375 -
Solihull -24 2 £475 -9.52% 2
Sutton Coldfield - 2 £425 - 2
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 (14.29%) SAS
2 25 (6.38%) Confluence
3 19 (4.85%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.53%) Tuxedo
5 4 (1.02%) Apache
5 4 (1.02%) Oracle Workflow
6 3 (0.77%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.51%) CloudStack
7 2 (0.51%) OpenROAD
7 2 (0.51%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 8 (2.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.53%) Spreadsheet
3 5 (1.28%) Notepad++
4 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.26%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 18 (4.59%) Unit4 Business World
2 16 (4.08%) Teamcenter
3 12 (3.06%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.77%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.77%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (0.77%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.77%) ResourceLink
6 2 (0.51%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.51%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.51%) 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 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 (30.36%) Azure
2 102 (26.02%) AWS
3 24 (6.12%) Power Platform
4 22 (5.61%) Azure Data Factory
5 12 (3.06%) Azure DevOps
5 12 (3.06%) GCP
6 10 (2.55%) Entra ID
6 10 (2.55%) PaaS
6 10 (2.55%) Serverless
7 9 (2.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 9 (2.30%) OpenShift
8 8 (2.04%) Azure Storage
8 8 (2.04%) OCI
8 8 (2.04%) Snowflake
9 7 (1.79%) Azure Functions
9 7 (1.79%) GitHub
9 7 (1.79%) Microsoft 365
10 5 (1.28%) GitHub Copilot
11 4 (1.02%) Azure Key Vault
11 4 (1.02%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.34%) DNS
2 9 (2.30%) DHCP
2 9 (2.30%) Network Security
3 8 (2.04%) SAN
4 7 (1.79%) DMZ
4 7 (1.79%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 7 (1.79%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 5 (1.28%) PuTTY
5 5 (1.28%) WinSCP
6 4 (1.02%) Firewall
6 4 (1.02%) NAS
7 3 (0.77%) VSAN
8 2 (0.51%) Structured Cabling
9 1 (0.26%) BIG-IP
9 1 (0.26%) Fibre Channel
9 1 (0.26%) IPsec
9 1 (0.26%) iSCSI
9 1 (0.26%) LAN
9 1 (0.26%) Modbus
9 1 (0.26%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (20.92%) Data Warehouse
2 35 (8.93%) Data Lake
3 27 (6.89%) Oracle Reports
4 23 (5.87%) SAS Enterprise Guide
5 20 (5.10%) Power BI
5 20 (5.10%) SAS Visual Analytics
6 19 (4.85%) Base SAS
7 16 (4.08%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 16 (4.08%) Metadata
8 12 (3.06%) Relational Database
9 11 (2.81%) Oracle Database
9 11 (2.81%) SQL Server
10 9 (2.30%) Ingres
10 9 (2.30%) NoSQL
10 9 (2.30%) Pentaho
11 8 (2.04%) MySQL
12 7 (1.79%) BusinessObjects
13 6 (1.53%) RDBMS
14 5 (1.28%) SAS Data Integration Studio
15 4 (1.02%) DataStage
Development Applications
1 56 (14.29%) JIRA
2 33 (8.42%) Git
3 27 (6.89%) Zephyr
4 23 (5.87%) Postman
5 15 (3.83%) GitLab
6 8 (2.04%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 8 (2.04%) Bitbucket
7 7 (1.79%) Selenium
8 5 (1.28%) Jenkins
8 5 (1.28%) Oracle Forms
8 5 (1.28%) Team Foundation Server
9 3 (0.77%) Yeoman
10 2 (0.51%) Eclipse
10 2 (0.51%) Hudson
11 1 (0.26%) Artifactory
11 1 (0.26%) Cucumber
11 1 (0.26%) Cypress.io
11 1 (0.26%) JUnit
11 1 (0.26%) Maven
11 1 (0.26%) Mockito
General
1 94 (23.98%) Social Skills
2 68 (17.35%) Finance
2 68 (17.35%) Public Sector
3 39 (9.95%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 14 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
5 13 (3.32%) Police
6 10 (2.55%) Banking
7 9 (2.30%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (1.79%) Legal
8 7 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (1.53%) Manufacturing
9 6 (1.53%) Retail
10 4 (1.02%) Billing
11 3 (0.77%) Local Government
11 3 (0.77%) Military
12 2 (0.51%) General Ledger
12 2 (0.51%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.51%) Law
12 2 (0.51%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 62 (15.82%) Architect
2 58 (14.80%) Data Engineer
3 57 (14.54%) Senior
4 30 (7.65%) Lead
5 29 (7.40%) Analyst
6 28 (7.14%) Data Architect
7 26 (6.63%) Developer
8 21 (5.36%) Senior Data Engineer
9 20 (5.10%) Project Manager
10 18 (4.59%) Accountant
10 18 (4.59%) Senior Developer
10 18 (4.59%) Systems Accountant
11 17 (4.34%) SAS Architect
12 13 (3.32%) Azure Engineer
12 13 (3.32%) Tester
13 12 (3.06%) Test Analyst
14 11 (2.81%) QA Tester
14 11 (2.81%) Solutions Architect
15 10 (2.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 10 (2.55%) Release Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (4.34%) Oracle Fusion
2 15 (3.83%) Terraform
3 11 (2.81%) REST
4 7 (1.79%) SOAP
5 6 (1.53%) PySpark
6 5 (1.28%) ADO
6 5 (1.28%) COM
6 5 (1.28%) ODBC
7 4 (1.02%) .NET
7 4 (1.02%) SAP Fiori
8 3 (0.77%) JMS
9 2 (0.51%) Elastic Stack
9 2 (0.51%) Middleware
9 2 (0.51%) OAuth
9 2 (0.51%) OpenID
9 2 (0.51%) Playwright
9 2 (0.51%) SAP Core Interface
10 1 (0.26%) ARM Templates
10 1 (0.26%) GraalVM
10 1 (0.26%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 33 (8.42%) Legacy Systems
2 29 (7.40%) Cloud Native
3 26 (6.63%) Data Structures
4 14 (3.57%) Low-Code
5 13 (3.32%) Hybrid Cloud
5 13 (3.32%) Management Information System
5 13 (3.32%) Product Ownership
6 10 (2.55%) Data Centre
6 10 (2.55%) Public Cloud
7 9 (2.30%) Onboarding
8 6 (1.53%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (1.53%) Autonomous Agent
8 6 (1.53%) Enterprise Cloud
9 5 (1.28%) Linux Command Line
10 4 (1.02%) Clustering
10 4 (1.02%) Legacy Applications
10 4 (1.02%) Private Cloud
10 4 (1.02%) SCADA
11 3 (0.77%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (0.77%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 23 (5.87%) Windows
2 13 (3.32%) Unix
2 13 (3.32%) Windows Server
3 6 (1.53%) Linux
4 5 (1.28%) AIX
5 3 (0.77%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.77%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.51%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.51%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.26%) HPUX
7 1 (0.26%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (30.10%) Data Migration
2 93 (23.72%) Agile
3 83 (21.17%) ETL
4 75 (19.13%) Validation
5 68 (17.35%) DevOps
6 65 (16.58%) Stakeholder Management
7 64 (16.33%) CI/CD
8 61 (15.56%) Analytics
9 55 (14.03%) Problem-Solving
10 53 (13.52%) Test Automation
11 52 (13.27%) Data Modelling
12 43 (10.97%) Technical Leadership
13 42 (10.71%) Lakehouse
14 41 (10.46%) Data Pipeline
15 39 (9.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 38 (9.69%) User Acceptance Testing
17 35 (8.93%) Data Integration
18 33 (8.42%) Integration Testing
19 32 (8.16%) Continuous Improvement
19 32 (8.16%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 71 (18.11%) SQL
2 38 (9.69%) Python
3 21 (5.36%) Java
4 15 (3.83%) PL/SQL
5 8 (2.04%) JavaScript
5 8 (2.04%) VB
5 8 (2.04%) VB6
6 7 (1.79%) C
6 7 (1.79%) PowerShell
7 6 (1.53%) Shell Script
8 4 (1.02%) Bash
8 4 (1.02%) Perl
9 3 (0.77%) C#
9 3 (0.77%) REXX
9 3 (0.77%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.51%) Bicep
10 2 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.51%) ProC
11 1 (0.26%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.26%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 124 (31.63%) Security Cleared
2 114 (29.08%) SC Cleared
3 23 (5.87%) ISTQB
4 13 (3.32%) BPSS Clearance
5 10 (2.55%) Azure Certification
6 6 (1.53%) AWS Certification
6 6 (1.53%) Degree
7 4 (1.02%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.02%) SAS Certification
8 3 (0.77%) ACCA
8 3 (0.77%) CCAB
8 3 (0.77%) CCNP
8 3 (0.77%) CIMA
8 3 (0.77%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (0.77%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.51%) CISSP
9 2 (0.51%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (0.26%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.26%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (12.50%) Data Quality
2 39 (9.95%) QA
3 3 (0.77%) Accessibility
3 3 (0.77%) Actionable Recommendations
3 3 (0.77%) Basel III
3 3 (0.77%) GDPR
4 2 (0.51%) PMO
4 2 (0.51%) WCAG
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
System Software
1 21 (5.36%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (3.83%) vSphere
3 14 (3.57%) Active Directory
4 9 (2.30%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (1.53%) Docker
6 5 (1.28%) Ceph
6 5 (1.28%) Hyper-V
6 5 (1.28%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (1.02%) Firmware
7 4 (1.02%) PowerHA
7 4 (1.02%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.51%) Oracle RAC
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 29 (7.40%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.79%) Grafana
3 5 (1.28%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.77%) Ansible
4 3 (0.77%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 2 (0.51%) Check_MK
5 2 (0.51%) Control-M
5 2 (0.51%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.51%) SCCM
6 1 (0.26%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.26%) Argo
6 1 (0.26%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.26%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.26%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.26%) Kibana
6 1 (0.26%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.26%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 88 (22.45%) Oracle
2 56 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 25 (6.38%) VMware
4 21 (5.36%) Databricks
5 19 (4.85%) SAP
6 18 (4.59%) Denodo
7 9 (2.30%) Atlassian
7 9 (2.30%) IBM
7 9 (2.30%) Informatica
8 8 (2.04%) F5
8 8 (2.04%) ServiceNow
8 8 (2.04%) Talend
9 7 (1.79%) Actian
10 6 (1.53%) Salesforce
10 6 (1.53%) SYSPRO
11 5 (1.28%) Cisco
11 5 (1.28%) Commvault
11 5 (1.28%) OutSystems
11 5 (1.28%) Splunk
11 5 (1.28%) Veeam