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

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 16 18
Rank change year-on-year +3 +2 -4
Contract jobs citing Migration 408 200 152
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 11.39% 10.57% 8.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.43% 11.73% 9.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 303 127 110
10th Percentile £375 £308 £342
25th Percentile £414 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £519 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.66% +3.80% -
75th Percentile £635 £606 £623
90th Percentile £700 £725 £726
England median daily rate £537 £520 £525
% change year-on-year +3.27% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 0
10th Percentile £21.17 - -
25th Percentile £23.38 - -
Median hourly rate £25.00 £25.15 -
Median % change year-on-year -0.60% - -
75th Percentile £25.50 - -
90th Percentile £37.50 £43.09 -
England median hourly rate £35.00 £25.15 £34.00
% change year-on-year +39.17% -26.03% -47.49%

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 3,037 1,705 1,557
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 84.76% 90.07% 83.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,862 1,080 980
10th Percentile £315 £263 £227
25th Percentile £413 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £514
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -2.68% +2.75%
75th Percentile £582 £588 £625
90th Percentile £675 £688 £725
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 225 116 40
10th Percentile £13.45 £12.62 £14.66
25th Percentile £17.43 £16.45 £15.44
Median hourly rate £22.50 £23.70 £23.05
Median % change year-on-year -5.04% +2.80% -16.18%
75th Percentile £43.96 £31.00 £35.00
90th Percentile £55.00 £50.00 £52.78
England median hourly rate £38.72 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +53.96% -40.82% -5.56%

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 15 October 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 15 October 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 15 October 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 +4 143 £480 -4.00% 16
Birmingham +3 97 £500 -4.76% 65
Warwickshire +1 64 £500 -13.04% 5
Coventry -13 25 £413 +3.13% 11
Staffordshire +2 24 £713 +117.56% 6
Wolverhampton +5 18 - - 4
Worcestershire +13 9 £450 - 9
Dudley - 4 £375 -
Herefordshire +5 3 - -
Solihull -22 2 £475 -9.52% 4
Sutton Coldfield - 2 £425 -
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 58 (14.22%) SAS
2 35 (8.58%) Confluence
3 10 (2.45%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.47%) Tuxedo
5 4 (0.98%) Apache
6 2 (0.49%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.49%) CloudStack
6 2 (0.49%) CMS
6 2 (0.49%) OpenROAD
6 2 (0.49%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.47%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.49%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 18 (4.41%) SAP S/4HANA
1 18 (4.41%) Unit4 Business World
2 6 (1.47%) Teamcenter
3 4 (0.98%) ResourceLink
4 3 (0.74%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.74%) Oracle Financials
4 3 (0.74%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.74%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 2 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.49%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.49%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.49%) Oracle Payroll
5 2 (0.49%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.25%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.25%) SAP FI-CA
6 1 (0.25%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.25%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 109 (26.72%) Azure
2 104 (25.49%) AWS
3 22 (5.39%) Power Platform
4 21 (5.15%) Azure Data Factory
5 16 (3.92%) Azure DevOps
6 15 (3.68%) GCP
7 12 (2.94%) OCI
8 11 (2.70%) Entra ID
8 11 (2.70%) GitHub
9 8 (1.96%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 8 (1.96%) Serverless
10 7 (1.72%) Azure Storage
10 7 (1.72%) GitHub Copilot
10 7 (1.72%) Snowflake
11 6 (1.47%) Azure Functions
11 6 (1.47%) Dynamics 365
11 6 (1.47%) PaaS
12 5 (1.23%) Cloud Computing
12 5 (1.23%) Microsoft 365
12 5 (1.23%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 19 (4.66%) DNS
2 12 (2.94%) Network Security
3 11 (2.70%) DHCP
4 8 (1.96%) DMZ
4 8 (1.96%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 8 (1.96%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 6 (1.47%) Firewall
5 6 (1.47%) SAN
6 5 (1.23%) Ethernet VPN
6 5 (1.23%) VSAN
7 4 (0.98%) NX-OS
7 4 (0.98%) VXLAN
8 3 (0.74%) BGP
8 3 (0.74%) NAS
8 3 (0.74%) TACACS
9 2 (0.49%) LAN
9 2 (0.49%) Structured Cabling
9 2 (0.49%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.49%) VPN
9 2 (0.49%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (17.40%) Data Warehouse
2 37 (9.07%) Data Lake
3 25 (6.13%) Oracle Reports
4 20 (4.90%) Base SAS
5 18 (4.41%) Power BI
6 17 (4.17%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
6 17 (4.17%) Pentaho
7 15 (3.68%) SAS Enterprise Guide
8 14 (3.43%) Relational Database
9 12 (2.94%) SAS Visual Analytics
10 10 (2.45%) Metadata
11 9 (2.21%) Ingres
11 9 (2.21%) NoSQL
11 9 (2.21%) SQL Server
12 8 (1.96%) MySQL
13 7 (1.72%) Oracle Database
14 6 (1.47%) Oracle BI Publisher
14 6 (1.47%) RDBMS
15 4 (0.98%) DataStage
15 4 (0.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 66 (16.18%) JIRA
2 46 (11.27%) Git
3 23 (5.64%) Zephyr
4 19 (4.66%) Postman
5 15 (3.68%) GitLab
6 12 (2.94%) Jenkins
7 10 (2.45%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 10 (2.45%) Bitbucket
8 5 (1.23%) Oracle Forms
8 5 (1.23%) Team Foundation Server
9 4 (0.98%) Selenium
10 3 (0.74%) Cucumber
10 3 (0.74%) Gatling
10 3 (0.74%) JUnit
10 3 (0.74%) Yeoman
11 2 (0.49%) Eclipse
11 2 (0.49%) Hudson
11 2 (0.49%) SonarQube
12 1 (0.25%) Artifactory
12 1 (0.25%) Maven
General
1 108 (26.47%) Social Skills
2 70 (17.16%) Public Sector
3 67 (16.42%) Finance
4 52 (12.75%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (3.43%) Influencing Skills
6 12 (2.94%) Police
7 11 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (2.21%) Manufacturing
8 9 (2.21%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (1.96%) Retail
10 7 (1.72%) Banking
10 7 (1.72%) Legal
11 6 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (1.23%) General Ledger
13 4 (0.98%) Marketing
14 3 (0.74%) Billing
14 3 (0.74%) Local Government
14 3 (0.74%) Military
14 3 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (0.74%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 69 (16.91%) Architect
2 55 (13.48%) Data Engineer
3 45 (11.03%) Senior
4 44 (10.78%) Analyst
5 34 (8.33%) Lead
6 29 (7.11%) Data Architect
7 23 (5.64%) Accountant
7 23 (5.64%) Systems Accountant
8 21 (5.15%) Project Manager
9 19 (4.66%) Developer
10 18 (4.41%) SAS Architect
11 17 (4.17%) Test Analyst
12 16 (3.92%) Senior Data Engineer
13 13 (3.19%) Azure Engineer
13 13 (3.19%) Technical Architect
13 13 (3.19%) Tester
14 12 (2.94%) Consultant
14 12 (2.94%) QA Tester
15 11 (2.70%) Solutions Architect
16 10 (2.45%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (5.88%) REST
2 23 (5.64%) Oracle Fusion
3 17 (4.17%) SOAP
4 16 (3.92%) Terraform
5 9 (2.21%) OpenAPI
5 9 (2.21%) Swagger
6 7 (1.72%) JSON
7 6 (1.47%) React
8 5 (1.23%) .NET
8 5 (1.23%) ADO
8 5 (1.23%) COM
8 5 (1.23%) ODBC
8 5 (1.23%) Playwright
8 5 (1.23%) PySpark
8 5 (1.23%) SAP Fiori
9 3 (0.74%) Gherkin
9 3 (0.74%) RabbitMQ
9 3 (0.74%) SAP PI
9 3 (0.74%) YAML
10 2 (0.49%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 30 (7.35%) Data Structures
2 27 (6.62%) Legacy Systems
3 25 (6.13%) Cloud Native
4 21 (5.15%) Data Centre
5 19 (4.66%) Product Ownership
6 16 (3.92%) Management Information System
7 14 (3.43%) Onboarding
8 13 (3.19%) Enterprise Software
8 13 (3.19%) Hybrid Cloud
9 10 (2.45%) Public Cloud
10 9 (2.21%) Low-Code
11 7 (1.72%) Enterprise Cloud
12 6 (1.47%) Autonomous Agent
13 5 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
13 5 (1.23%) Private Cloud
13 5 (1.23%) SCADA
14 4 (0.98%) Data Protection Act
14 4 (0.98%) Legacy Applications
14 4 (0.98%) Reference Data
15 3 (0.74%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 32 (7.84%) Windows
2 13 (3.19%) Linux
2 13 (3.19%) Windows Server
3 11 (2.70%) Unix
4 7 (1.72%) AIX
5 4 (0.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.98%) Solaris
6 3 (0.74%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
7 2 (0.49%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.49%) macOS
7 2 (0.49%) SUSE
7 2 (0.49%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.25%) HPUX
8 1 (0.25%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (34.07%) Data Migration
2 109 (26.72%) Agile
3 92 (22.55%) Validation
4 90 (22.06%) Stakeholder Management
5 89 (21.81%) ETL
6 79 (19.36%) CI/CD
7 69 (16.91%) DevOps
8 63 (15.44%) User Acceptance Testing
9 61 (14.95%) Data Modelling
9 61 (14.95%) Test Automation
10 59 (14.46%) Problem-Solving
11 51 (12.50%) Data Pipeline
12 47 (11.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 46 (11.27%) Analytics
14 43 (10.54%) Technical Leadership
15 41 (10.05%) Data Integration
16 37 (9.07%) Continuous Improvement
16 37 (9.07%) Lakehouse
17 36 (8.82%) Integration Patterns
18 33 (8.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 85 (20.83%) SQL
2 55 (13.48%) Python
3 21 (5.15%) Java
4 11 (2.70%) JavaScript
5 10 (2.45%) PL/SQL
6 8 (1.96%) VB
6 8 (1.96%) VB6
7 7 (1.72%) PowerShell
8 6 (1.47%) C
8 6 (1.47%) Shell Script
9 5 (1.23%) C#
10 3 (0.74%) Bicep
10 3 (0.74%) Perl
10 3 (0.74%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.49%) Bash
11 2 (0.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.49%) ProC
12 1 (0.25%) ABAP
12 1 (0.25%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.25%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 141 (34.56%) Security Cleared
2 129 (31.62%) SC Cleared
3 32 (7.84%) ISTQB
4 21 (5.15%) BPSS Clearance
5 13 (3.19%) AWS Certification
6 10 (2.45%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 9 (2.21%) ACCA
7 9 (2.21%) CIMA
8 8 (1.96%) Azure Certification
8 8 (1.96%) Degree
9 6 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (0.98%) SAS Certification
11 3 (0.74%) CCAB
11 3 (0.74%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.49%) CCNP
12 2 (0.49%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.49%) CISSP
12 2 (0.49%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 1 (0.25%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (13.97%) Data Quality
2 42 (10.29%) QA
3 14 (3.43%) GDPR
4 7 (1.72%) Accessibility
5 4 (0.98%) WCAG
6 3 (0.74%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (0.74%) Basel III
7 2 (0.49%) NIST
7 2 (0.49%) PMO
7 2 (0.49%) SLA
8 1 (0.25%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (0.25%) GRC
8 1 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 27 (6.62%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (3.92%) vSphere
3 14 (3.43%) Active Directory
3 14 (3.43%) Docker
4 10 (2.45%) VMware ESXi
5 8 (1.96%) VMware NSX
6 5 (1.23%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.98%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.74%) Firmware
8 3 (0.74%) PowerHA
9 2 (0.49%) Ceph
10 1 (0.25%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.25%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 31 (7.60%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.96%) Ansible
3 5 (1.23%) Grafana
3 5 (1.23%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.74%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 2 (0.49%) Check_MK
5 2 (0.49%) NetBackup
5 2 (0.49%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.25%) Control-M
6 1 (0.25%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.25%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.25%) Kibana
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.25%) PowerCLI
6 1 (0.25%) SCCM
6 1 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.25%) vMotion
Vendors
1 79 (19.36%) Oracle
2 58 (14.22%) Microsoft
3 32 (7.84%) VMware
4 27 (6.62%) SAP
5 22 (5.39%) Denodo
6 20 (4.90%) Databricks
7 12 (2.94%) Talend
8 11 (2.70%) Atlassian
9 10 (2.45%) IBM
10 8 (1.96%) Cisco
10 8 (1.96%) F5
11 7 (1.72%) Actian
11 7 (1.72%) ServiceNow
12 6 (1.47%) Google
12 6 (1.47%) Red Hat
12 6 (1.47%) SYSPRO
13 5 (1.23%) Commvault
13 5 (1.23%) Veeam
14 4 (0.98%) Netezza
14 4 (0.98%) Salesforce