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

6 months to
12 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 15 21
Rank change year-on-year +4 +6 -7
Contract jobs citing Migration 394 142 129
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 11.46% 8.81% 6.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.35% 9.94% 7.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 289 90 97
10th Percentile £350 £311 £363
25th Percentile £405 £411 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £506 £520
Median % change year-on-year -1.23% -2.64% +4.00%
75th Percentile £615 £600 £630
90th Percentile £683 £676 £743
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 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 £40.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -37.13% -40.96%

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 2,952 1,429 1,656
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 85.89% 88.70% 80.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,926 905 1,105
10th Percentile £313 £207 £263
25th Percentile £405 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.32% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £625
90th Percentile £673 £688 £725
England median daily rate £525 £514 £525
% change year-on-year +2.14% -2.10% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 148 97 108
10th Percentile £14.82 £12.62 £11.06
25th Percentile £20.31 £13.78 £14.00
Median hourly rate £33.99 £22.50 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +51.07% +18.42% -24.38%
75th Percentile £59.56 £33.88 £37.50
90th Percentile £72.54 £50.00 £57.00
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% -6.09%

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 12 July 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 12 July 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 12 July 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 +10 115 £474 +5.57% 8
Birmingham +8 103 £475 -9.52% 32
Warwickshire -4 73 £550 -4.35% 7
Coventry -3 42 £450 +12.50% 3
Wolverhampton +3 15 - - 2
Staffordshire +1 6 £550 +59.42% 10
Worcestershire -2 4 £638 - 3
Herefordshire -2 3 £375 -
Solihull -18 3 £419 -14.97% 2
Dudley - 3 £400 -
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 53 (13.45%) SAS
2 25 (6.35%) Confluence
3 22 (5.58%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.52%) Tuxedo
5 4 (1.02%) Oracle Workflow
6 3 (0.76%) Apache
6 3 (0.76%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.51%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.51%) CloudStack
8 1 (0.25%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 5 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (1.27%) Microsoft Project
1 5 (1.27%) Notepad++
2 2 (0.51%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 16 (4.06%) Teamcenter
2 13 (3.30%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (3.30%) Unit4 Business World
3 3 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.76%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.76%) Oracle Financials
3 3 (0.76%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.25%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 103 (26.14%) Azure
2 99 (25.13%) AWS
3 18 (4.57%) Power Platform
4 17 (4.31%) Azure Data Factory
5 14 (3.55%) GCP
5 14 (3.55%) Serverless
6 12 (3.05%) GitHub
6 12 (3.05%) OpenShift
7 11 (2.79%) PaaS
8 10 (2.54%) Azure DevOps
8 10 (2.54%) Microsoft 365
8 10 (2.54%) Snowflake
9 9 (2.28%) Azure Storage
9 9 (2.28%) Entra ID
10 8 (2.03%) Amazon S3
10 8 (2.03%) Azure Functions
10 8 (2.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 6 (1.52%) dbt
11 6 (1.52%) GitHub Copilot
12 5 (1.27%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.30%) DNS
2 7 (1.78%) SAN
3 5 (1.27%) DHCP
3 5 (1.27%) Network Security
3 5 (1.27%) PuTTY
3 5 (1.27%) WinSCP
4 4 (1.02%) BIG-IP
4 4 (1.02%) NAS
5 3 (0.76%) DMZ
5 3 (0.76%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
5 3 (0.76%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 3 (0.76%) Firewall
6 2 (0.51%) Structured Cabling
6 2 (0.51%) WAAS
7 1 (0.25%) Fibre Channel
7 1 (0.25%) iSCSI
7 1 (0.25%) LAN
7 1 (0.25%) Modbus
7 1 (0.25%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (18.53%) Data Warehouse
2 32 (8.12%) Oracle Reports
3 25 (6.35%) SAS Enterprise Guide
4 21 (5.33%) Data Lake
5 20 (5.08%) SAS Visual Analytics
6 17 (4.31%) Base SAS
6 17 (4.31%) Power BI
7 14 (3.55%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 13 (3.30%) Oracle Database
9 12 (3.05%) Metadata
10 11 (2.79%) SQL Server
11 10 (2.54%) Ingres
12 9 (2.28%) Relational Database
13 8 (2.03%) Amazon Redshift
13 8 (2.03%) RDBMS
14 7 (1.78%) BusinessObjects
15 5 (1.27%) SAS Data Integration Studio
16 4 (1.02%) NoSQL
16 4 (1.02%) Pentaho
17 2 (0.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 54 (13.71%) JIRA
2 37 (9.39%) Git
3 32 (8.12%) Zephyr
4 26 (6.60%) Postman
5 14 (3.55%) GitLab
6 8 (2.03%) Jenkins
6 8 (2.03%) Team Foundation Server
7 7 (1.78%) Oracle Forms
8 6 (1.52%) Selenium
9 4 (1.02%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 4 (1.02%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.76%) Yeoman
11 2 (0.51%) Eclipse
11 2 (0.51%) Hudson
12 1 (0.25%) Artifactory
12 1 (0.25%) Cypress.io
12 1 (0.25%) Gatling
12 1 (0.25%) InstallShield
12 1 (0.25%) MSI
12 1 (0.25%) REST Assured
General
1 95 (24.11%) Social Skills
2 85 (21.57%) Finance
3 59 (14.97%) Public Sector
4 36 (9.14%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (4.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (3.81%) Police
7 14 (3.55%) Banking
8 11 (2.79%) Documentation Skills
9 10 (2.54%) Retail
10 9 (2.28%) Influencing Skills
10 9 (2.28%) Local Government
11 7 (1.78%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (1.52%) Legal
13 4 (1.02%) Manufacturing
14 3 (0.76%) Law
15 2 (0.51%) Aerospace
15 2 (0.51%) Billing
15 2 (0.51%) General Ledger
15 2 (0.51%) Investment Banking
16 1 (0.25%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 61 (15.48%) Architect
2 56 (14.21%) Senior
3 45 (11.42%) Data Engineer
4 37 (9.39%) Analyst
5 31 (7.87%) Project Manager
6 28 (7.11%) Developer
7 25 (6.35%) Data Architect
8 21 (5.33%) Accountant
8 21 (5.33%) Systems Accountant
9 20 (5.08%) Lead
10 19 (4.82%) Tester
11 18 (4.57%) QA Tester
11 18 (4.57%) Senior Data Engineer
12 17 (4.31%) Senior Developer
13 16 (4.06%) SAS Architect
14 14 (3.55%) Technical Architect
15 12 (3.05%) Test Analyst
16 11 (2.79%) Business Analyst
16 11 (2.79%) Release Manager
17 10 (2.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.54%) REST
2 7 (1.78%) ADO
2 7 (1.78%) COM
2 7 (1.78%) Middleware
2 7 (1.78%) ODBC
2 7 (1.78%) Oracle Fusion
3 5 (1.27%) PySpark
4 4 (1.02%) SailPoint
4 4 (1.02%) SOAP
5 3 (0.76%) Elastic Stack
5 3 (0.76%) JMS
5 3 (0.76%) OpenTelemetry
6 2 (0.51%) .NET
6 2 (0.51%) ActiveX
6 2 (0.51%) SAP Fiori
7 1 (0.25%) ASP.NET
7 1 (0.25%) CSS
7 1 (0.25%) HTML
7 1 (0.25%) JDBC
7 1 (0.25%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 30 (7.61%) Cloud Native
2 29 (7.36%) Legacy Systems
3 13 (3.30%) Data Structures
3 13 (3.30%) Low-Code
3 13 (3.30%) Onboarding
4 12 (3.05%) Hybrid Cloud
4 12 (3.05%) Product Ownership
5 9 (2.28%) Data Centre
6 8 (2.03%) Analytical Mindset
7 7 (1.78%) Enterprise Cloud
8 6 (1.52%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.27%) Linux Command Line
9 5 (1.27%) Public Cloud
9 5 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.02%) Legacy Applications
10 4 (1.02%) Operational Technology
10 4 (1.02%) SCADA
11 3 (0.76%) Clustering
11 3 (0.76%) Distributed Systems
11 3 (0.76%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 21 (5.33%) Windows
2 13 (3.30%) Unix
3 11 (2.79%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.52%) Linux
4 6 (1.52%) Windows 10
5 4 (1.02%) Apple iOS
5 4 (1.02%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.76%) AIX
7 2 (0.51%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.25%) HPUX
8 1 (0.25%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.25%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (26.65%) Data Migration
2 93 (23.60%) Agile
3 78 (19.80%) ETL
4 73 (18.53%) Validation
5 63 (15.99%) Analytics
5 63 (15.99%) CI/CD
5 63 (15.99%) DevOps
6 58 (14.72%) Problem-Solving
6 58 (14.72%) Stakeholder Management
7 54 (13.71%) Test Automation
8 51 (12.94%) Data Modelling
9 38 (9.64%) Data Pipeline
9 38 (9.64%) User Acceptance Testing
10 36 (9.14%) Technical Leadership
11 35 (8.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 34 (8.63%) Integration Testing
13 31 (7.87%) Data Integration
13 31 (7.87%) Decision-Making
13 31 (7.87%) Scenario Testing
13 31 (7.87%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 79 (20.05%) SQL
2 38 (9.64%) Python
3 12 (3.05%) PL/SQL
4 10 (2.54%) Java
5 9 (2.28%) VB
6 8 (2.03%) PowerShell
6 8 (2.03%) VB6
7 7 (1.78%) C
8 6 (1.52%) Bash
8 6 (1.52%) Shell Script
9 3 (0.76%) Bicep
9 3 (0.76%) Perl
9 3 (0.76%) REXX
10 2 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.51%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.51%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.51%) ProC
10 2 (0.51%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.51%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.25%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 119 (30.20%) Security Cleared
2 108 (27.41%) SC Cleared
3 22 (5.58%) ISTQB
4 8 (2.03%) Azure Certification
4 8 (2.03%) Degree
5 7 (1.78%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (1.52%) CCNP
7 5 (1.27%) AWS Certification
7 5 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.02%) SAS Certification
9 3 (0.76%) CISSP
9 3 (0.76%) PMP
9 3 (0.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 2 (0.51%) ACCA
10 2 (0.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.51%) CCAB
10 2 (0.51%) CIMA
11 1 (0.25%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 1 (0.25%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (11.68%) Data Quality
2 39 (9.90%) QA
3 6 (1.52%) GDPR
4 3 (0.76%) Accessibility
4 3 (0.76%) Basel III
4 3 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.76%) PMO
5 2 (0.51%) Government Security Classifications
5 2 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.25%) GRC
6 1 (0.25%) NCSC
6 1 (0.25%) NIST
6 1 (0.25%) SLA
6 1 (0.25%) WCAG
System Software
1 18 (4.57%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (4.06%) Active Directory
3 12 (3.05%) vSphere
4 8 (2.03%) Docker
5 7 (1.78%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (1.52%) Hyper-V
6 6 (1.52%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (1.27%) Ceph
8 3 (0.76%) Firmware
8 3 (0.76%) PowerHA
8 3 (0.76%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.51%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.25%) Job Entry Subsystem
10 1 (0.25%) KVM
10 1 (0.25%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.25%) NFS
10 1 (0.25%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 24 (6.09%) Kubernetes
2 13 (3.30%) Terraform
3 8 (2.03%) Grafana
4 6 (1.52%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (1.27%) Ansible
5 5 (1.27%) SCCM
6 4 (1.02%) vCenter Server
7 3 (0.76%) Argo
8 2 (0.51%) AirWatch
8 2 (0.51%) Check_MK
8 2 (0.51%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.51%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.25%) Control-M
9 1 (0.25%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.25%) Kibana
9 1 (0.25%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.25%) Puppet
9 1 (0.25%) SCOM
Vendors
1 83 (21.07%) Oracle
2 54 (13.71%) Microsoft
3 23 (5.84%) Databricks
3 23 (5.84%) SAP
4 19 (4.82%) ServiceNow
4 19 (4.82%) VMware
5 13 (3.30%) Denodo
6 9 (2.28%) Cisco
6 9 (2.28%) Splunk
6 9 (2.28%) Talend
7 8 (2.03%) Informatica
8 7 (1.78%) Actian
8 7 (1.78%) F5
8 7 (1.78%) OutSystems
9 5 (1.27%) Salesforce
10 4 (1.02%) Atlassian
10 4 (1.02%) BeyondTrust
10 4 (1.02%) Palo Alto
10 4 (1.02%) Red Hat
10 4 (1.02%) Sage