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

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 17 20
Rank change year-on-year 0 +3 -1
Contract jobs citing Migration 232 145 135
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 9.80% 9.27% 7.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.45% 10.61% 8.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 155 110 103
10th Percentile £313 £325 £388
25th Percentile £450 £413 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £519 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.05% -1.19% +10.53%
75th Percentile £594 £610 £641
90th Percentile £688 £700 £750
England median daily rate £515 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.36% - +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 5 0
10th Percentile £21.44 £16.85 -
25th Percentile £21.79 £17.00 -
Median hourly rate £25.15 £18.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +39.72% - -
75th Percentile - £20.24 -
90th Percentile £29.63 - -
England median hourly rate £25.08 £22.00 £47.63
% change year-on-year +13.98% -53.81% -25.00%

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 2,026 1,367 1,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 85.56% 87.40% 84.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,298 853 1,006
10th Percentile £266 £214 £275
25th Percentile £405 £400 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £489
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +7.42% -2.25%
75th Percentile £588 £612 £600
90th Percentile £675 £713 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 87 47 84
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.70 £13.50
25th Percentile £16.19 £16.51 £17.67
Median hourly rate £20.50 £21.59 £24.83
Median % change year-on-year -5.05% -13.03% +40.25%
75th Percentile £26.18 £33.65 £48.75
90th Percentile £35.60 £52.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £38.16
% change year-on-year -28.14% -8.27% +9.67%

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 21 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 21 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 21 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 77 £482 -8.19% 22
Shropshire -6 55 £515 -8.28% 9
Warwickshire +6 43 £600 -4.00% 13
Staffordshire +2 13 £425 +6.25% 4
Coventry -9 13 £325 -39.53% 11
Herefordshire -13 6 - - 1
Solihull -5 5 £347 -9.41% 3
Wolverhampton +5 3 - - 1
Kingswinford - 3 £775 -
Worcestershire -20 1 - - 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 34 (14.66%) SAS
2 16 (6.90%) SharePoint
3 11 (4.74%) Confluence
4 9 (3.88%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (3.45%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (1.72%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.86%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.43%) FileNet
8 1 (0.43%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 9 (3.88%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.43%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.43%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.72%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (1.72%) Workday HCM
2 2 (0.86%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.86%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.86%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (0.86%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (0.86%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 2 (0.86%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.43%) Maximo
3 1 (0.43%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.43%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.43%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.43%) SAP HR
3 1 (0.43%) SAP PM
3 1 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 51 (21.98%) Azure
2 40 (17.24%) AWS
3 20 (8.62%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (4.74%) Dynamics 365
4 11 (4.74%) GCP
4 11 (4.74%) Power Platform
5 9 (3.88%) Entra ID
5 9 (3.88%) PaaS
6 8 (3.45%) GitHub
7 7 (3.02%) OpenShift
8 6 (2.59%) OneDrive
9 5 (2.16%) Azure Data Factory
9 5 (2.16%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (1.72%) SuccessFactors
11 3 (1.29%) Azure AKS
11 3 (1.29%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (1.29%) Intacct
11 3 (1.29%) Power Automate
12 2 (0.86%) Azure API Management
12 2 (0.86%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.02%) DNS
1 7 (3.02%) SSL
2 6 (2.59%) BIG-IP
2 6 (2.59%) Firewall
2 6 (2.59%) HTTP
2 6 (2.59%) TCP/IP
3 5 (2.16%) DMZ
3 5 (2.16%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
3 5 (2.16%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 5 (2.16%) Wireshark
4 2 (0.86%) LAN
4 2 (0.86%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.86%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.43%) DHCP
5 1 (0.43%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.43%) SAN
5 1 (0.43%) SMS
5 1 (0.43%) VPN
5 1 (0.43%) WAN
5 1 (0.43%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (10.78%) SAS Enterprise Guide
2 23 (9.91%) Elasticsearch
3 10 (4.31%) SAS Visual Analytics
4 9 (3.88%) Oracle Database
5 5 (2.16%) Power BI
5 5 (2.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (1.72%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (1.72%) SAS Data Integration Studio
6 4 (1.72%) SQL Server
7 3 (1.29%) MongoDB
7 3 (1.29%) Oracle Reports
7 3 (1.29%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.86%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.43%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.43%) DataStage
9 1 (0.43%) Ingres
9 1 (0.43%) MySQL
9 1 (0.43%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 17 (7.33%) JIRA
2 8 (3.45%) GitLab
3 5 (2.16%) Fiddler
4 4 (1.72%) Git
5 3 (1.29%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.86%) CircleCI
6 2 (0.86%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.86%) Gatling
6 2 (0.86%) JUnit
6 2 (0.86%) Maven
6 2 (0.86%) Mockito
6 2 (0.86%) Selenium
7 1 (0.43%) AdminStudio
7 1 (0.43%) GoCD
7 1 (0.43%) Hudson
7 1 (0.43%) InstallShield
7 1 (0.43%) MSI
7 1 (0.43%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.43%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 82 (35.34%) Social Skills
2 51 (21.98%) Finance
3 32 (13.79%) Public Sector
4 31 (13.36%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (7.33%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (3.02%) Law
6 7 (3.02%) Legal
6 7 (3.02%) Police
7 6 (2.59%) Banking
8 5 (2.16%) Investment Banking
8 5 (2.16%) Manufacturing
8 5 (2.16%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.29%) Billing
10 3 (1.29%) General Ledger
10 3 (1.29%) Local Government
10 3 (1.29%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.86%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.86%) Automotive
12 1 (0.43%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 28 (12.07%) Analyst
2 24 (10.34%) Architect
3 22 (9.48%) Business Analyst
4 21 (9.05%) Release Manager
5 19 (8.19%) Site Reliability Engineer
5 19 (8.19%) Splunk Engineer
6 16 (6.90%) Project Manager
6 16 (6.90%) Senior
7 14 (6.03%) Site Engineer
8 12 (5.17%) Lead
8 12 (5.17%) Technical Architect
9 11 (4.74%) Consultant
10 10 (4.31%) Engagement Manager
11 9 (3.88%) Solutions Architect
12 8 (3.45%) Migration Analyst
12 8 (3.45%) Network Engineer
13 7 (3.02%) SAP Manager
13 7 (3.02%) Senior Manager
14 6 (2.59%) Migration Engineer
14 6 (2.59%) Systems Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (9.48%) Elastic Stack
2 7 (3.02%) Oracle Fusion
3 4 (1.72%) .NET
3 4 (1.72%) Middleware
3 4 (1.72%) Playwright
3 4 (1.72%) SailPoint
3 4 (1.72%) SAML
3 4 (1.72%) Spring
3 4 (1.72%) Spring Boot
4 3 (1.29%) JSON
4 3 (1.29%) OAuth
4 3 (1.29%) OAuth2
5 2 (0.86%) Gherkin
5 2 (0.86%) HTML
5 2 (0.86%) JDBC
5 2 (0.86%) JPA
5 2 (0.86%) OpenID
5 2 (0.86%) React
5 2 (0.86%) SAP PI
5 2 (0.86%) Spring Batch
Miscellaneous
1 22 (9.48%) Management Information System
2 18 (7.76%) Legacy Systems
2 18 (7.76%) Onboarding
3 7 (3.02%) Data Structures
4 6 (2.59%) Cloud Native
4 6 (2.59%) Data Protection Act
4 6 (2.59%) PKI
5 5 (2.16%) Data Centre
5 5 (2.16%) Product Ownership
6 2 (0.86%) Driving Licence
6 2 (0.86%) Legacy Applications
6 2 (0.86%) Mainframe
6 2 (0.86%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.43%) CMDB
7 1 (0.43%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.43%) HP Storage
7 1 (0.43%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 19 (8.19%) Windows
2 17 (7.33%) Linux
3 14 (6.03%) Unix
4 10 (4.31%) Windows 10
5 6 (2.59%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.86%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.43%) AIX
7 1 (0.43%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.43%) Solaris
7 1 (0.43%) VMS
7 1 (0.43%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (23.71%) Stakeholder Management
2 53 (22.84%) Data Migration
2 53 (22.84%) DevOps
3 45 (19.40%) CI/CD
4 42 (18.10%) Validation
5 41 (17.67%) Agile
6 38 (16.38%) Problem-Solving
7 37 (15.95%) Change Management
8 30 (12.93%) User Acceptance Testing
9 28 (12.07%) Analytics
9 28 (12.07%) Containerisation
9 28 (12.07%) Data Integration
10 25 (10.78%) Configuration Management
10 25 (10.78%) Data Modelling
10 25 (10.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 24 (10.34%) Project Management
12 22 (9.48%) ERP
12 22 (9.48%) Observability
12 22 (9.48%) Site Reliability Engineering
13 20 (8.62%) Data Ingestion
Programming Languages
1 24 (10.34%) Python
2 19 (8.19%) Bash
2 19 (8.19%) SQL
3 10 (4.31%) Java
4 7 (3.02%) PowerShell
5 5 (2.16%) Bicep
6 2 (0.86%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.86%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.43%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.43%) C#
7 1 (0.43%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.43%) VB
7 1 (0.43%) VB6
7 1 (0.43%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 56 (24.14%) Security Cleared
2 51 (21.98%) SC Cleared
3 21 (9.05%) Degree
4 16 (6.90%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (3.02%) IIBA
6 6 (2.59%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (1.72%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.72%) CISM
7 4 (1.72%) CISSP
8 3 (1.29%) ACCA
8 3 (1.29%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.29%) CIMA
8 3 (1.29%) PMP
9 2 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.86%) CCNP
9 2 (0.86%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.86%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.43%) CCNA
10 1 (0.43%) CCSA
10 1 (0.43%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.17%) QA
2 10 (4.31%) GDPR
3 3 (1.29%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.29%) PMO
3 3 (1.29%) WCAG
4 2 (0.86%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.86%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.43%) SLA
System Software
1 27 (11.64%) Docker
2 17 (7.33%) Active Directory
3 5 (2.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.29%) vSphere
5 2 (0.86%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.43%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.43%) Firmware
6 1 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 39 (16.81%) Kubernetes
2 26 (11.21%) Kibana
3 25 (10.78%) Ansible
4 14 (6.03%) Puppet
5 8 (3.45%) Terraform
6 7 (3.02%) logstash
6 7 (3.02%) SCCM
7 5 (2.16%) Grafana
8 4 (1.72%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.86%) BMC PATROL
9 2 (0.86%) SCOM
10 1 (0.43%) AirWatch
10 1 (0.43%) Argo
10 1 (0.43%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.43%) NetBackup
10 1 (0.43%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.43%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.43%) WSUS
Vendors
1 48 (20.69%) Microsoft
2 39 (16.81%) Oracle
3 25 (10.78%) Splunk
4 15 (6.47%) SAP
5 11 (4.74%) ServiceNow
6 6 (2.59%) F5
6 6 (2.59%) NetApp
6 6 (2.59%) VMware
6 6 (2.59%) Workday
7 5 (2.16%) Blue Coat
7 5 (2.16%) McAfee
8 4 (1.72%) CheckPoint
8 4 (1.72%) Cisco
8 4 (1.72%) Databricks
8 4 (1.72%) Guidewire
8 4 (1.72%) Okta
8 4 (1.72%) Sage
9 3 (1.29%) Adobe
9 3 (1.29%) IBM
10 2 (0.86%) Remedy