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

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 17 21
Rank change year-on-year +2 +4 -1
Contract jobs citing Migration 241 141 130
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 9.98% 9.09% 7.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.67% 10.33% 8.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 104 102
10th Percentile £313 £325 £388
25th Percentile £419 £417 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £519 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.72% -1.19% +10.53%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £643
90th Percentile £683 £700 £750
England median daily rate £522 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -5.09% - +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 5 0
10th Percentile £21.42 £16.85 -
25th Percentile £21.46 £17.00 -
Median hourly rate £25.15 £18.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +39.72% - -
75th Percentile - £20.24 -
90th Percentile £34.12 - -
England median hourly rate £24.00 £20.38 £40.00
% change year-on-year +17.79% -49.06% -38.46%

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 2,066 1,365 1,536
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 85.51% 88.01% 84.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,336 841 1,008
10th Percentile £275 £210 £275
25th Percentile £405 £400 £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £488
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +7.69% -2.50%
75th Percentile £588 £605 £600
90th Percentile £675 £700 £688
England median daily rate £501 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.53% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 49 97
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.70 £13.22
25th Percentile £16.21 £16.26 £17.50
Median hourly rate £20.98 £21.59 £24.60
Median % change year-on-year -2.83% -12.24% +38.90%
75th Percentile £25.67 £33.54 £48.75
90th Percentile £35.60 £52.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year -26.03% -6.85% +4.29%

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 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 28 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 28 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 -1 80 £475 -8.43% 12
Shropshire -8 57 £515 -8.28% 8
Warwickshire +12 47 £575 -8.00% 10
Coventry -7 14 £325 -39.53% 7
Staffordshire +1 12 £400 - 3
Herefordshire -14 7 £375 - 2
Solihull -4 5 £347 -29.14% 2
Wolverhampton +5 3 - -
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 34 (14.11%) SAS
2 16 (6.64%) SharePoint
3 11 (4.56%) Confluence
4 9 (3.73%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (2.90%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (1.66%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.83%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.41%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 9 (3.73%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.41%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.41%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.66%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (1.66%) Workday HCM
2 2 (0.83%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.83%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.83%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (0.83%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (0.83%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 2 (0.83%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.83%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.41%) Maximo
3 1 (0.41%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.41%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.41%) Oracle General Ledger
Cloud Services
1 51 (21.16%) Azure
2 43 (17.84%) AWS
3 20 (8.30%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (4.98%) GCP
5 10 (4.15%) Entra ID
5 10 (4.15%) Power Platform
6 9 (3.73%) Dynamics 365
6 9 (3.73%) GitHub
7 8 (3.32%) PaaS
8 7 (2.90%) OpenShift
9 6 (2.49%) OneDrive
10 5 (2.07%) Azure Data Factory
10 5 (2.07%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (1.66%) Amazon S3
11 4 (1.66%) SuccessFactors
12 3 (1.24%) Azure AKS
12 3 (1.24%) dbt
12 3 (1.24%) GitHub Actions
12 3 (1.24%) Intacct
12 3 (1.24%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.32%) DNS
2 7 (2.90%) SSL
3 6 (2.49%) BIG-IP
3 6 (2.49%) Firewall
3 6 (2.49%) HTTP
3 6 (2.49%) TCP/IP
4 5 (2.07%) DMZ
4 5 (2.07%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 5 (2.07%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 5 (2.07%) Wireshark
5 2 (0.83%) LAN
5 2 (0.83%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.83%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.41%) DHCP
6 1 (0.41%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.41%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.41%) SMS
6 1 (0.41%) VPN
6 1 (0.41%) WAN
6 1 (0.41%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (10.37%) SAS Enterprise Guide
2 23 (9.54%) Elasticsearch
3 10 (4.15%) SAS Visual Analytics
4 9 (3.73%) Oracle Database
5 5 (2.07%) Power BI
5 5 (2.07%) SQL Server
6 4 (1.66%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (1.66%) Amazon Redshift
6 4 (1.66%) SAS Data Integration Studio
6 4 (1.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (1.24%) MongoDB
7 3 (1.24%) Oracle Reports
7 3 (1.24%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (1.24%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.83%) Ingres
8 2 (0.83%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.41%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.41%) Metadata
9 1 (0.41%) MySQL
9 1 (0.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 16 (6.64%) JIRA
2 8 (3.32%) GitLab
3 5 (2.07%) Fiddler
3 5 (2.07%) Git
4 3 (1.24%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.83%) CircleCI
5 2 (0.83%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.83%) Gatling
5 2 (0.83%) JUnit
5 2 (0.83%) Maven
5 2 (0.83%) Mockito
5 2 (0.83%) Selenium
5 2 (0.83%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.41%) AdminStudio
6 1 (0.41%) GoCD
6 1 (0.41%) Hudson
6 1 (0.41%) InstallShield
6 1 (0.41%) MSI
6 1 (0.41%) Oracle Forms
General
1 81 (33.61%) Social Skills
2 53 (21.99%) Finance
3 32 (13.28%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (12.86%) Public Sector
5 17 (7.05%) Documentation Skills
6 10 (4.15%) Police
7 8 (3.32%) Law
8 7 (2.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (2.49%) Banking
9 6 (2.49%) Legal
10 5 (2.07%) Investment Banking
10 5 (2.07%) Manufacturing
10 5 (2.07%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.66%) Local Government
12 3 (1.24%) Billing
12 3 (1.24%) General Ledger
12 3 (1.24%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.83%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.83%) Automotive
14 1 (0.41%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 33 (13.69%) Analyst
2 23 (9.54%) Architect
3 22 (9.13%) Business Analyst
4 21 (8.71%) Release Manager
5 19 (7.88%) Site Reliability Engineer
5 19 (7.88%) Splunk Engineer
6 17 (7.05%) Senior
7 16 (6.64%) Project Manager
8 14 (5.81%) Site Engineer
9 12 (4.98%) Consultant
9 12 (4.98%) Lead
10 11 (4.56%) Technical Architect
11 10 (4.15%) Engagement Manager
12 8 (3.32%) Migration Analyst
12 8 (3.32%) Network Engineer
12 8 (3.32%) Solutions Architect
13 7 (2.90%) Accountant
13 7 (2.90%) SAP Manager
13 7 (2.90%) Senior Manager
13 7 (2.90%) Systems Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (9.13%) Elastic Stack
2 7 (2.90%) Oracle Fusion
3 5 (2.07%) Middleware
3 5 (2.07%) SailPoint
3 5 (2.07%) SAML
3 5 (2.07%) Spring
4 4 (1.66%) .NET
4 4 (1.66%) Playwright
4 4 (1.66%) Spring Boot
5 3 (1.24%) HTML
5 3 (1.24%) JDBC
5 3 (1.24%) JSON
5 3 (1.24%) OAuth
5 3 (1.24%) OAuth2
5 3 (1.24%) OpenID
5 3 (1.24%) React
6 2 (0.83%) Gherkin
6 2 (0.83%) JPA
6 2 (0.83%) REST
6 2 (0.83%) Spring Batch
Miscellaneous
1 22 (9.13%) Management Information System
2 20 (8.30%) Legacy Systems
3 18 (7.47%) Onboarding
4 8 (3.32%) Data Structures
5 6 (2.49%) Cloud Native
5 6 (2.49%) PKI
6 4 (1.66%) Data Centre
6 4 (1.66%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (1.66%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.24%) Legacy Applications
8 2 (0.83%) Driving Licence
8 2 (0.83%) Mainframe
8 2 (0.83%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.41%) CMDB
9 1 (0.41%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.41%) HP Storage
9 1 (0.41%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 18 (7.47%) Windows
2 17 (7.05%) Linux
3 14 (5.81%) Unix
4 10 (4.15%) Windows 10
5 7 (2.90%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.83%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.41%) AIX
7 1 (0.41%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.41%) Solaris
7 1 (0.41%) VMS
7 1 (0.41%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (22.82%) Stakeholder Management
2 54 (22.41%) DevOps
3 51 (21.16%) Data Migration
4 46 (19.09%) CI/CD
4 46 (19.09%) Validation
5 41 (17.01%) Agile
6 40 (16.60%) Problem-Solving
7 37 (15.35%) Change Management
8 33 (13.69%) Analytics
9 31 (12.86%) User Acceptance Testing
10 28 (11.62%) Containerisation
10 28 (11.62%) Data Integration
11 25 (10.37%) Configuration Management
11 25 (10.37%) Data Modelling
11 25 (10.37%) Project Management
11 25 (10.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 23 (9.54%) ERP
13 22 (9.13%) Observability
13 22 (9.13%) Site Reliability Engineering
14 20 (8.30%) Data Ingestion
Programming Languages
1 24 (9.96%) Python
2 22 (9.13%) SQL
3 19 (7.88%) Bash
4 10 (4.15%) Java
5 5 (2.07%) Bicep
5 5 (2.07%) PowerShell
6 3 (1.24%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.83%) PL/SQL
7 2 (0.83%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.41%) C#
8 1 (0.41%) VB
8 1 (0.41%) VB6
8 1 (0.41%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 54 (22.41%) Security Cleared
2 51 (21.16%) SC Cleared
3 21 (8.71%) Degree
4 16 (6.64%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (2.90%) IIBA
6 6 (2.49%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (1.66%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.66%) CISM
7 4 (1.66%) CISSP
8 3 (1.24%) ACCA
8 3 (1.24%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.24%) CIMA
8 3 (1.24%) PMP
9 2 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.83%) CCNP
9 2 (0.83%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.83%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.41%) CCNA
10 1 (0.41%) CCSA
10 1 (0.41%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.39%) QA
2 10 (4.15%) GDPR
3 5 (2.07%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.66%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.24%) PMO
5 3 (1.24%) WCAG
6 2 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.83%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.41%) NCSC
7 1 (0.41%) NIST
7 1 (0.41%) SLA
System Software
1 27 (11.20%) Docker
2 17 (7.05%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.66%) vSphere
5 2 (0.83%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.41%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.41%) Firmware
6 1 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 39 (16.18%) Kubernetes
2 26 (10.79%) Kibana
3 25 (10.37%) Ansible
4 14 (5.81%) Puppet
5 8 (3.32%) Terraform
6 7 (2.90%) logstash
6 7 (2.90%) SCCM
7 5 (2.07%) Grafana
8 4 (1.66%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (1.24%) SCOM
10 2 (0.83%) BMC PATROL
11 1 (0.41%) AirWatch
11 1 (0.41%) Argo
11 1 (0.41%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.41%) NetBackup
11 1 (0.41%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.41%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.41%) WSUS
Vendors
1 49 (20.33%) Microsoft
2 39 (16.18%) Oracle
3 26 (10.79%) Splunk
4 15 (6.22%) SAP
5 11 (4.56%) ServiceNow
6 7 (2.90%) VMware
7 6 (2.49%) F5
7 6 (2.49%) NetApp
7 6 (2.49%) Workday
8 5 (2.07%) Blue Coat
8 5 (2.07%) Cisco
8 5 (2.07%) McAfee
9 4 (1.66%) CheckPoint
9 4 (1.66%) Databricks
9 4 (1.66%) Guidewire
9 4 (1.66%) Okta
9 4 (1.66%) Sage
10 2 (0.83%) Dynatrace
10 2 (0.83%) Palo Alto
10 2 (0.83%) Virgin Media