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

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 16 20
Rank change year-on-year -2 +4 -2
Contract jobs citing Migration 221 143 136
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 9.58% 8.94% 7.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.14% 10.32% 9.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 145 112 102
10th Percentile £313 £327 £394
25th Percentile £450 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £511 £538
Median % change year-on-year +0.54% -4.88% +10.82%
75th Percentile £588 £603 £643
90th Percentile £688 £700 £750
England median daily rate £515 £545 £550
% change year-on-year -5.60% -0.91% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 5 0
10th Percentile £21.46 £16.85 -
25th Percentile £22.12 £17.00 -
Median hourly rate £25.15 £18.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +39.72% - -
75th Percentile - £20.24 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £25.15 £22.00 £62.75
% change year-on-year +14.32% -64.94% -0.40%

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 1,984 1,385 1,499
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 86.00% 86.56% 84.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,254 862 997
10th Percentile £263 £220 £275
25th Percentile £402 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £612 £600
90th Percentile £675 £724 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 47 58
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.70 £14.77
25th Percentile £16.25 £16.51 £17.73
Median hourly rate £20.00 £21.59 £27.63
Median % change year-on-year -7.36% -21.85% +59.52%
75th Percentile £27.21 £34.38 £54.06
90th Percentile £35.60 £52.50 £69.13
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +27.14%

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 7 January 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 7 January 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 7 January 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
Birmingham -2 76 £482 -8.19% 22
Shropshire -1 54 £515 -8.73% 8
Warwickshire +2 33 £588 -7.84% 13
Staffordshire +5 14 £425 -4.23% 4
Coventry -13 11 £505 +1.00% 2
Herefordshire -12 6 - - 2
Solihull -5 4 £425 +6.25% 1
Wolverhampton +6 3 - - 1
Worcestershire -20 3 - - 11
Kingswinford - 3 £775 -
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 32 (14.48%) SAS
2 18 (8.14%) SharePoint
3 11 (4.98%) Confluence
4 9 (4.07%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (3.62%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (1.81%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.90%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.90%) FileNet
8 1 (0.45%) HCL Notes
8 1 (0.45%) JBoss
Applications
1 10 (4.52%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (1.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.45%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.45%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.81%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (1.81%) Workday HCM
2 3 (1.36%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.90%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.90%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.90%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.90%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 2 (0.90%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.90%) SAP PM
3 2 (0.90%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.45%) Maximo
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.45%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.45%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 51 (23.08%) Azure
2 42 (19.00%) AWS
3 20 (9.05%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (5.88%) Dynamics 365
5 12 (5.43%) GCP
5 12 (5.43%) Power Platform
6 11 (4.98%) PaaS
7 9 (4.07%) GitHub
8 8 (3.62%) OpenShift
9 7 (3.17%) Entra ID
10 6 (2.71%) OneDrive
11 5 (2.26%) SuccessFactors
12 4 (1.81%) Azure Data Factory
12 4 (1.81%) Azure DevOps
12 4 (1.81%) Power Automate
13 3 (1.36%) Amazon S3
13 3 (1.36%) GitHub Actions
13 3 (1.36%) IaaS
13 3 (1.36%) Intacct
14 2 (0.90%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.17%) DNS
1 7 (3.17%) Firewall
1 7 (3.17%) SSL
2 6 (2.71%) HTTP
2 6 (2.71%) TCP/IP
3 5 (2.26%) BIG-IP
3 5 (2.26%) DMZ
3 5 (2.26%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
3 5 (2.26%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 5 (2.26%) Wireshark
4 2 (0.90%) LAN
4 2 (0.90%) Network Security
4 2 (0.90%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.90%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.45%) DHCP
5 1 (0.45%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.45%) SAN
5 1 (0.45%) SMS
5 1 (0.45%) VPN
5 1 (0.45%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (10.86%) SAS Enterprise Guide
2 22 (9.95%) Elasticsearch
3 10 (4.52%) SAS Visual Analytics
4 8 (3.62%) Oracle Database
5 5 (2.26%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (2.26%) DataStage
5 5 (2.26%) Power BI
5 5 (2.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (1.81%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (1.81%) SAS Data Integration Studio
6 4 (1.81%) SQL Server
7 3 (1.36%) MongoDB
7 3 (1.36%) Oracle Reports
8 2 (0.90%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.90%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.45%) MySQL
9 1 (0.45%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.45%) SAP HANA
9 1 (0.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 18 (8.14%) JIRA
2 9 (4.07%) GitLab
3 5 (2.26%) Fiddler
4 4 (1.81%) Git
4 4 (1.81%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.90%) CircleCI
5 2 (0.90%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.90%) Gatling
5 2 (0.90%) JUnit
5 2 (0.90%) Maven
5 2 (0.90%) Mockito
5 2 (0.90%) Selenium
6 1 (0.45%) AdminStudio
6 1 (0.45%) Bitbucket Server
6 1 (0.45%) CA Release Automation
6 1 (0.45%) GoCD
6 1 (0.45%) InstallShield
6 1 (0.45%) MSI
6 1 (0.45%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.45%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 82 (37.10%) Social Skills
2 47 (21.27%) Finance
3 30 (13.57%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (12.22%) Public Sector
5 16 (7.24%) Documentation Skills
6 8 (3.62%) Law
7 7 (3.17%) Legal
8 6 (2.71%) Banking
9 5 (2.26%) Investment Banking
9 5 (2.26%) Manufacturing
9 5 (2.26%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.36%) Billing
11 3 (1.36%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.90%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.90%) Automotive
12 2 (0.90%) General Ledger
13 1 (0.45%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.45%) Police
Job Titles
1 28 (12.67%) Analyst
2 21 (9.50%) Business Analyst
3 20 (9.05%) Release Manager
4 18 (8.14%) Architect
5 17 (7.69%) Site Reliability Engineer
5 17 (7.69%) Splunk Engineer
6 15 (6.79%) Project Manager
6 15 (6.79%) Senior
7 12 (5.43%) Consultant
7 12 (5.43%) Lead
7 12 (5.43%) Site Engineer
8 10 (4.52%) Engagement Manager
9 8 (3.62%) SAP Manager
10 7 (3.17%) Network Engineer
10 7 (3.17%) Senior Manager
10 7 (3.17%) Technical Architect
11 6 (2.71%) Infrastructure Consultant
11 6 (2.71%) IT Consultant
11 6 (2.71%) Solutions Architect
11 6 (2.71%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (9.50%) Elastic Stack
2 7 (3.17%) Oracle Fusion
3 5 (2.26%) Spring Boot
4 4 (1.81%) .NET
4 4 (1.81%) Playwright
4 4 (1.81%) SailPoint
4 4 (1.81%) SAML
4 4 (1.81%) Spring
5 3 (1.36%) HTML
5 3 (1.36%) JSON
5 3 (1.36%) Middleware
5 3 (1.36%) OAuth
5 3 (1.36%) OAuth2
5 3 (1.36%) SAP Fiori
5 3 (1.36%) XML
6 2 (0.90%) GraphQL
6 2 (0.90%) JPA
6 2 (0.90%) React
6 2 (0.90%) SAP PI
6 2 (0.90%) Spring Batch
Miscellaneous
1 18 (8.14%) Onboarding
2 17 (7.69%) Management Information System
3 11 (4.98%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (3.17%) Data Protection Act
4 7 (3.17%) Data Structures
5 6 (2.71%) Cloud Native
5 6 (2.71%) Data Centre
5 6 (2.71%) PKI
6 3 (1.36%) Product Ownership
7 2 (0.90%) Driving Licence
7 2 (0.90%) Legacy Applications
7 2 (0.90%) Mainframe
8 1 (0.45%) CMDB
8 1 (0.45%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.45%) HP Storage
8 1 (0.45%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.45%) PDA
8 1 (0.45%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 22 (9.95%) Windows
2 17 (7.69%) Linux
3 13 (5.88%) Unix
4 10 (4.52%) Windows 10
5 6 (2.71%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.90%) VMS
7 1 (0.45%) AIX
7 1 (0.45%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.45%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (24.43%) Data Migration
2 51 (23.08%) DevOps
2 51 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
3 44 (19.91%) CI/CD
4 39 (17.65%) Agile
5 37 (16.74%) Problem-Solving
5 37 (16.74%) Validation
6 35 (15.84%) Change Management
7 27 (12.22%) Analytics
8 26 (11.76%) Containerisation
8 26 (11.76%) User Acceptance Testing
9 25 (11.31%) Data Integration
10 24 (10.86%) Configuration Management
10 24 (10.86%) Project Management
10 24 (10.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 23 (10.41%) Data Modelling
12 20 (9.05%) Observability
12 20 (9.05%) Site Reliability Engineering
13 18 (8.14%) Data Ingestion
13 18 (8.14%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 23 (10.41%) Python
2 19 (8.60%) SQL
3 17 (7.69%) Bash
4 12 (5.43%) Java
5 6 (2.71%) PowerShell
6 4 (1.81%) Bicep
7 3 (1.36%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.90%) Apex Code
8 2 (0.90%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.45%) ABAP
9 1 (0.45%) C#
9 1 (0.45%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.45%) Perl
9 1 (0.45%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.45%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 57 (25.79%) Security Cleared
2 51 (23.08%) SC Cleared
3 20 (9.05%) Degree
4 15 (6.79%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (2.71%) IIBA
6 5 (2.26%) AWS Certification
6 5 (2.26%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (1.81%) CISM
7 4 (1.81%) CISSP
8 3 (1.36%) ACCA
8 3 (1.36%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.36%) CIMA
8 3 (1.36%) PMI Certification
8 3 (1.36%) PMP
9 1 (0.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.45%) CCNA
9 1 (0.45%) CCNP
9 1 (0.45%) CCSA
9 1 (0.45%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.43%) QA
2 9 (4.07%) GDPR
3 3 (1.36%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.36%) PMO
3 3 (1.36%) WCAG
4 2 (0.90%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.45%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.45%) SLA
System Software
1 25 (11.31%) Docker
2 16 (7.24%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.81%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.36%) vSphere
5 2 (0.90%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.45%) Firmware
6 1 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 38 (17.19%) Kubernetes
2 25 (11.31%) Kibana
3 23 (10.41%) Ansible
4 12 (5.43%) Puppet
5 8 (3.62%) Terraform
6 7 (3.17%) logstash
6 7 (3.17%) SCCM
7 5 (2.26%) Grafana
8 3 (1.36%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.90%) BMC PATROL
9 2 (0.90%) SCOM
10 1 (0.45%) Argo
10 1 (0.45%) NetBackup
10 1 (0.45%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.45%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.45%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.45%) WSUS
Vendors
1 49 (22.17%) Microsoft
2 37 (16.74%) Oracle
3 24 (10.86%) Splunk
4 17 (7.69%) SAP
5 11 (4.98%) ServiceNow
6 8 (3.62%) IBM
7 6 (2.71%) NetApp
7 6 (2.71%) Workday
8 5 (2.26%) Adobe
8 5 (2.26%) Blue Coat
8 5 (2.26%) F5
8 5 (2.26%) McAfee
8 5 (2.26%) VMware
9 4 (1.81%) Databricks
9 4 (1.81%) Guidewire
9 4 (1.81%) Okta
9 4 (1.81%) Sage
10 3 (1.36%) Ariba
10 3 (1.36%) CheckPoint
10 3 (1.36%) Red Hat