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

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 15 17
Rank change year-on-year +4 +2 -4
Contract jobs citing Migration 390 169 136
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 11.34% 9.74% 7.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.38% 11.02% 8.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 288 115 96
10th Percentile £363 £313 £358
25th Percentile £424 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £519 £520
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% -0.29% -0.95%
75th Percentile £641 £600 £632
90th Percentile £725 £688 £738
England median daily rate £525 £515 £530
% change year-on-year +1.94% -2.83% -3.64%
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 £67.50
% change year-on-year +59.05% -62.74% -3.57%

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 2,914 1,534 1,549
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 84.76% 88.41% 81.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,801 978 1,022
10th Percentile £313 £235 £250
25th Percentile £408 £387 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £492 £508
Median % change year-on-year -3.46% -3.05% +1.50%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £625
90th Percentile £671 £650 £725
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 190 104 56
10th Percentile £13.44 £12.62 £13.09
25th Percentile £17.74 £15.02 £14.93
Median hourly rate £30.50 £24.34 £21.30
Median % change year-on-year +25.31% +14.30% -22.56%
75th Percentile £53.75 £35.14 £35.63
90th Percentile £70.26 £50.00 £53.75
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -40.82% -

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 27 August 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 27 August 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 27 August 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 +10 126 £515 - 9
Birmingham +6 101 £498 -5.24% 26
Warwickshire -2 65 £525 -8.70% 5
Coventry -14 26 £475 +4.97%
Wolverhampton +5 19 - -
Staffordshire -3 12 £800 +77.78% 6
Dudley - 7 £375 -
Worcestershire +2 6 £450 - 6
Solihull -17 2 £475 -9.52% 1
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 57 (14.62%) SAS
2 26 (6.67%) Confluence
3 20 (5.13%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.54%) Tuxedo
5 4 (1.03%) Apache
5 4 (1.03%) Oracle Workflow
6 3 (0.77%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.77%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.51%) CloudStack
7 2 (0.51%) OpenROAD
8 1 (0.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 5 (1.28%) Notepad++
2 4 (1.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.77%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.26%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 18 (4.62%) Unit4 Business World
2 16 (4.10%) Teamcenter
3 13 (3.33%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.77%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.77%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (0.77%) Remedy ITSM
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 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 (30.51%) Azure
2 99 (25.38%) AWS
3 25 (6.41%) Power Platform
4 23 (5.90%) Azure Data Factory
5 12 (3.08%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (2.82%) PaaS
7 10 (2.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 10 (2.56%) GCP
7 10 (2.56%) Serverless
8 9 (2.31%) Entra ID
8 9 (2.31%) OpenShift
9 8 (2.05%) Azure Storage
9 8 (2.05%) Snowflake
10 7 (1.79%) Azure Functions
10 7 (1.79%) GitHub
10 7 (1.79%) OCI
11 6 (1.54%) Microsoft 365
12 5 (1.28%) GitHub Copilot
13 4 (1.03%) Azure Key Vault
13 4 (1.03%) Matillion
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.10%) DNS
2 10 (2.56%) SAN
3 9 (2.31%) Network Security
4 8 (2.05%) DHCP
5 7 (1.79%) DMZ
5 7 (1.79%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
5 7 (1.79%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 5 (1.28%) PuTTY
6 5 (1.28%) WinSCP
7 4 (1.03%) NAS
8 3 (0.77%) Firewall
9 2 (0.51%) Structured Cabling
10 1 (0.26%) Fibre Channel
10 1 (0.26%) iSCSI
10 1 (0.26%) LAN
10 1 (0.26%) Modbus
10 1 (0.26%) SMS
10 1 (0.26%) SMTP
10 1 (0.26%) VPN
10 1 (0.26%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (21.28%) Data Warehouse
2 35 (8.97%) Data Lake
3 24 (6.15%) SAS Enterprise Guide
4 22 (5.64%) Oracle Reports
5 21 (5.38%) Power BI
5 21 (5.38%) SAS Visual Analytics
6 19 (4.87%) Base SAS
7 16 (4.10%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 16 (4.10%) Metadata
8 12 (3.08%) Oracle Database
9 11 (2.82%) Relational Database
9 11 (2.82%) SQL Server
10 9 (2.31%) Ingres
10 9 (2.31%) NoSQL
10 9 (2.31%) Pentaho
11 8 (2.05%) MySQL
12 7 (1.79%) BusinessObjects
13 6 (1.54%) RDBMS
14 5 (1.28%) SAS Data Integration Studio
15 4 (1.03%) DataStage
Development Applications
1 53 (13.59%) JIRA
2 32 (8.21%) Git
3 25 (6.41%) Zephyr
4 21 (5.38%) Postman
5 14 (3.59%) GitLab
6 11 (2.82%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 11 (2.82%) Bitbucket
7 6 (1.54%) 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%) Cypress.io
11 1 (0.26%) Gatling
11 1 (0.26%) REST Assured
General
1 94 (24.10%) Social Skills
2 69 (17.69%) Finance
2 69 (17.69%) Public Sector
3 37 (9.49%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (3.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 14 (3.59%) Influencing Skills
5 12 (3.08%) Banking
5 12 (3.08%) Police
6 10 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (2.05%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (1.54%) Retail
9 5 (1.28%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.03%) Billing
10 4 (1.03%) Legal
11 3 (0.77%) Local Government
11 3 (0.77%) Military
11 3 (0.77%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.51%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.51%) Law
13 1 (0.26%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 60 (15.38%) Architect
2 57 (14.62%) Senior
3 55 (14.10%) Data Engineer
4 28 (7.18%) Analyst
4 28 (7.18%) Data Architect
4 28 (7.18%) Developer
5 26 (6.67%) Lead
6 25 (6.41%) Project Manager
7 21 (5.38%) Senior Data Engineer
8 18 (4.62%) Accountant
8 18 (4.62%) Senior Developer
8 18 (4.62%) Systems Accountant
9 17 (4.36%) SAS Architect
10 13 (3.33%) Azure Engineer
10 13 (3.33%) Tester
11 11 (2.82%) JIRA Engineer
11 11 (2.82%) QA Tester
11 11 (2.82%) Release Manager
11 11 (2.82%) Solutions Architect
11 11 (2.82%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (3.59%) Terraform
2 11 (2.82%) Oracle Fusion
3 7 (1.79%) REST
4 6 (1.54%) PySpark
5 5 (1.28%) ADO
5 5 (1.28%) COM
5 5 (1.28%) ODBC
6 4 (1.03%) SOAP
7 3 (0.77%) .NET
7 3 (0.77%) JMS
7 3 (0.77%) SAP Fiori
8 2 (0.51%) Elastic Stack
8 2 (0.51%) Middleware
9 1 (0.26%) ASP.NET
9 1 (0.26%) ISPF
9 1 (0.26%) JSON
9 1 (0.26%) Node.js
9 1 (0.26%) OpenID
9 1 (0.26%) SAML
9 1 (0.26%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 31 (7.95%) Cloud Native
2 30 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
3 22 (5.64%) Data Structures
4 16 (4.10%) Low-Code
5 13 (3.33%) Hybrid Cloud
5 13 (3.33%) Management Information System
6 12 (3.08%) Data Centre
7 10 (2.56%) Product Ownership
7 10 (2.56%) Public Cloud
8 9 (2.31%) Onboarding
9 6 (1.54%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (1.54%) Autonomous Agent
9 6 (1.54%) Clustering
9 6 (1.54%) Enterprise Cloud
10 5 (1.28%) Linux Command Line
11 4 (1.03%) Legacy Applications
11 4 (1.03%) Private Cloud
11 4 (1.03%) SCADA
11 4 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (0.77%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 19 (4.87%) Windows
2 15 (3.85%) Unix
3 12 (3.08%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.79%) AIX
5 6 (1.54%) Linux
6 3 (0.77%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.77%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.51%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.51%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.26%) HPUX
8 1 (0.26%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (28.21%) Data Migration
2 93 (23.85%) Agile
3 75 (19.23%) ETL
4 72 (18.46%) Validation
5 71 (18.21%) DevOps
6 67 (17.18%) CI/CD
7 63 (16.15%) Analytics
8 62 (15.90%) Stakeholder Management
9 55 (14.10%) Problem-Solving
10 53 (13.59%) Data Modelling
11 51 (13.08%) Test Automation
12 41 (10.51%) Data Pipeline
12 41 (10.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 41 (10.51%) Technical Leadership
13 36 (9.23%) User Acceptance Testing
14 35 (8.97%) Data Integration
15 33 (8.46%) Decision-Making
16 29 (7.44%) Continuous Improvement
16 29 (7.44%) Integration Testing
16 29 (7.44%) Scenario Testing
Programming Languages
1 68 (17.44%) SQL
2 38 (9.74%) Python
3 20 (5.13%) Java
4 12 (3.08%) PL/SQL
5 8 (2.05%) VB
5 8 (2.05%) VB6
6 7 (1.79%) C
6 7 (1.79%) JavaScript
6 7 (1.79%) PowerShell
7 6 (1.54%) Perl
7 6 (1.54%) Shell Script
8 4 (1.03%) Bash
8 4 (1.03%) T-SQL
9 3 (0.77%) REXX
10 2 (0.51%) Bicep
10 2 (0.51%) C#
10 2 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.51%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.51%) ProC
11 1 (0.26%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 119 (30.51%) Security Cleared
2 108 (27.69%) SC Cleared
3 23 (5.90%) ISTQB
4 11 (2.82%) BPSS Clearance
5 10 (2.56%) Azure Certification
6 6 (1.54%) AWS Certification
6 6 (1.54%) Degree
7 4 (1.03%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.03%) SAS Certification
8 3 (0.77%) CCNP
8 3 (0.77%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (0.77%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.51%) ACCA
9 2 (0.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.51%) CCAB
9 2 (0.51%) CIMA
9 2 (0.51%) CISSP
9 2 (0.51%) PMP
9 2 (0.51%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (0.26%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (12.31%) Data Quality
2 36 (9.23%) QA
3 3 (0.77%) Actionable Recommendations
3 3 (0.77%) Basel III
3 3 (0.77%) GDPR
4 2 (0.51%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.51%) 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 20 (5.13%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (3.33%) Active Directory
3 11 (2.82%) vSphere
4 8 (2.05%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (1.54%) Docker
5 6 (1.54%) Firmware
5 6 (1.54%) PowerHA
6 5 (1.28%) Ceph
6 5 (1.28%) Hyper-V
6 5 (1.28%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.51%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.26%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.26%) Job Entry Subsystem
8 1 (0.26%) NFS
8 1 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.26%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 27 (6.92%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.54%) Grafana
3 5 (1.28%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.77%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 2 (0.51%) Ansible
5 2 (0.51%) Check_MK
5 2 (0.51%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.51%) 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 81 (20.77%) Oracle
2 54 (13.85%) Microsoft
3 21 (5.38%) VMware
4 20 (5.13%) SAP
5 18 (4.62%) Databricks
5 18 (4.62%) Denodo
6 12 (3.08%) Atlassian
7 10 (2.56%) IBM
7 10 (2.56%) ServiceNow
8 9 (2.31%) Informatica
9 8 (2.05%) F5
10 7 (1.79%) Actian
10 7 (1.79%) OutSystems
11 6 (1.54%) Salesforce
11 6 (1.54%) SYSPRO
11 6 (1.54%) Talend
12 5 (1.28%) Cisco
12 5 (1.28%) Commvault
12 5 (1.28%) Splunk
12 5 (1.28%) Veeam