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

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 14 25
Rank change year-on-year +5 +11 -8
Contract jobs citing Migration 344 126 108
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 10.91% 9.39% 5.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.11% 10.60% 6.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 247 81 87
10th Percentile £348 £400 £363
25th Percentile £400 £448 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £487 £525 £563
Median % change year-on-year -7.24% -6.67% +12.50%
75th Percentile £575 £613 £669
90th Percentile £673 £675 £850
England median daily rate £513 £534 £525
% change year-on-year -3.94% +1.62% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 0
10th Percentile £19.34 £16.83 -
25th Percentile £20.77 £16.94 -
Median hourly rate £23.04 £18.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +27.99% - -
75th Percentile £25.15 £19.31 -
90th Percentile £33.73 £19.87 -
England median hourly rate £23.83 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year -5.27% -37.13% -41.61%

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 2,624 1,189 1,610
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 83.25% 88.60% 84.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,711 779 1,065
10th Percentile £306 £195 £275
25th Percentile £402 £381 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -2.68%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £625
90th Percentile £675 £675 £750
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 56 115
10th Percentile £14.82 £12.62 £11.09
25th Percentile £21.49 £13.49 £14.00
Median hourly rate £33.99 £18.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +88.83% -20.00% +21.62%
75th Percentile £67.84 £22.49 £40.25
90th Percentile £72.54 £39.61 £57.75
England median hourly rate £46.47 £29.15 £36.50
% change year-on-year +59.40% -20.14% -2.14%

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 8 May 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 8 May 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 8 May 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 +4 103 £482 -8.19% 18
Shropshire +4 91 £469 -2.29% 7
Warwickshire -5 54 £575 -8.00% 10
Coventry +2 40 £475 +2.70% 4
Staffordshire +1 11 £400 - 3
Herefordshire -2 5 £375 -
Solihull -11 5 £347 -24.67% 2
Worcestershire - 4 £638 - 1
Dudley - 3 £400 -
Wolverhampton - 3 - - 3
Sutton Coldfield - 2 £425 - 2
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 36 (10.47%) SAS
2 32 (9.30%) Confluence
3 13 (3.78%) Apache Airflow
3 13 (3.78%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.16%) Oracle Workflow
5 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.58%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.29%) Apache
7 1 (0.29%) HCL Notes
7 1 (0.29%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 9 (2.62%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (1.45%) Notepad++
3 4 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.58%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 16 (4.65%) Teamcenter
2 11 (3.20%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.74%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.58%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.58%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.29%) Maximo
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 74 (21.51%) AWS
2 68 (19.77%) Azure
3 23 (6.69%) Power Platform
4 17 (4.94%) OpenShift
5 15 (4.36%) Microsoft 365
6 13 (3.78%) GCP
7 12 (3.49%) Azure Data Factory
8 11 (3.20%) Entra ID
8 11 (3.20%) GitHub
9 9 (2.62%) Amazon S3
10 8 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (2.33%) PaaS
10 8 (2.33%) Serverless
11 6 (1.74%) dbt
11 6 (1.74%) Dynamics 365
11 6 (1.74%) Snowflake
12 5 (1.45%) AWS Lambda
12 5 (1.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 4 (1.16%) Microsoft Purview
14 3 (0.87%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.03%) DNS
2 5 (1.45%) PuTTY
2 5 (1.45%) WinSCP
3 4 (1.16%) BIG-IP
3 4 (1.16%) SAN
4 2 (0.58%) SSL
4 2 (0.58%) WAAS
5 1 (0.29%) DHCP
5 1 (0.29%) Fibre Channel
5 1 (0.29%) Firewall
5 1 (0.29%) iSCSI
5 1 (0.29%) LAN
5 1 (0.29%) NAS
5 1 (0.29%) Network Security
5 1 (0.29%) SMS
5 1 (0.29%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (13.08%) Data Warehouse
2 25 (7.27%) Oracle Reports
3 18 (5.23%) Power BI
4 16 (4.65%) SAS Enterprise Guide
5 12 (3.49%) Metadata
6 10 (2.91%) Elasticsearch
7 9 (2.62%) Amazon Redshift
7 9 (2.62%) SAS Visual Analytics
8 8 (2.33%) Oracle Database
9 7 (2.03%) BusinessObjects
9 7 (2.03%) SQL Server
10 5 (1.45%) Data Lake
10 5 (1.45%) Relational Database
10 5 (1.45%) SAS Data Integration Studio
11 4 (1.16%) Amazon RDS
11 4 (1.16%) NoSQL
11 4 (1.16%) Pentaho
11 4 (1.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 3 (0.87%) Ingres
12 3 (0.87%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 56 (16.28%) JIRA
2 25 (7.27%) Zephyr
3 22 (6.40%) Git
3 22 (6.40%) Postman
4 11 (3.20%) GitLab
5 6 (1.74%) Selenium
6 5 (1.45%) Jenkins
7 4 (1.16%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 4 (1.16%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.87%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.58%) Hudson
9 2 (0.58%) InstallShield
9 2 (0.58%) MSI
9 2 (0.58%) Oracle Forms
10 1 (0.29%) AdminStudio
10 1 (0.29%) Gatling
10 1 (0.29%) GoCD
10 1 (0.29%) REST Assured
General
1 108 (31.40%) Social Skills
2 63 (18.31%) Finance
3 44 (12.79%) Public Sector
4 42 (12.21%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (4.36%) Documentation Skills
5 15 (4.36%) Police
6 11 (3.20%) Banking
7 9 (2.62%) Local Government
8 8 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (2.03%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (1.74%) Legal
10 6 (1.74%) Retail
11 4 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.87%) Law
13 2 (0.58%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.58%) General Ledger
13 2 (0.58%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.29%) Billing
14 1 (0.29%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 52 (15.12%) Analyst
2 43 (12.50%) Architect
2 43 (12.50%) Senior
3 29 (8.43%) Data Engineer
4 28 (8.14%) Project Manager
5 25 (7.27%) Developer
6 24 (6.98%) Business Analyst
7 16 (4.65%) Senior Developer
8 13 (3.78%) Tester
9 12 (3.49%) Data Architect
9 12 (3.49%) QA Tester
9 12 (3.49%) Test Analyst
10 11 (3.20%) Consultant
10 11 (3.20%) Data Analyst
10 11 (3.20%) Lead
10 11 (3.20%) Release Manager
10 11 (3.20%) Senior Data Engineer
11 10 (2.91%) Splunk Engineer
12 9 (2.62%) Migration Specialist
12 9 (2.62%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.91%) Elastic Stack
1 10 (2.91%) REST
2 9 (2.62%) Middleware
3 7 (2.03%) SailPoint
4 4 (1.16%) .NET
4 4 (1.16%) SAML
4 4 (1.16%) SOAP
5 3 (0.87%) JMS
5 3 (0.87%) OpenTelemetry
6 2 (0.58%) ActiveX
6 2 (0.58%) ADO
6 2 (0.58%) COM
6 2 (0.58%) ODBC
6 2 (0.58%) Oracle Fusion
6 2 (0.58%) PySpark
6 2 (0.58%) Spring
7 1 (0.29%) ISPF
7 1 (0.29%) RESTful
7 1 (0.29%) Software Packaging
7 1 (0.29%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (7.85%) Legacy Systems
2 26 (7.56%) Cloud Native
3 14 (4.07%) Data Structures
4 13 (3.78%) Onboarding
5 12 (3.49%) Management Information System
5 12 (3.49%) Product Ownership
6 8 (2.33%) Low-Code
7 5 (1.45%) Data Centre
7 5 (1.45%) Linux Command Line
7 5 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (1.16%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (1.16%) Mainframe
8 4 (1.16%) PKI
9 3 (0.87%) AI Agents
9 3 (0.87%) Clustering
9 3 (0.87%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (0.87%) Operational Technology
9 3 (0.87%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 17 (4.94%) Unix
2 14 (4.07%) Windows
3 10 (2.91%) Linux
4 8 (2.33%) Windows 10
5 4 (1.16%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.87%) AIX
6 3 (0.87%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.87%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.29%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.29%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (26.16%) Agile
2 89 (25.87%) Data Migration
3 66 (19.19%) DevOps
4 65 (18.90%) Stakeholder Management
5 62 (18.02%) ETL
6 58 (16.86%) CI/CD
7 57 (16.57%) Problem-Solving
8 53 (15.41%) Validation
9 51 (14.83%) Analytics
10 49 (14.24%) Data Modelling
11 40 (11.63%) Test Automation
12 35 (10.17%) User Acceptance Testing
13 29 (8.43%) Change Management
13 29 (8.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 28 (8.14%) Integration Testing
15 27 (7.85%) Data Pipeline
16 26 (7.56%) Data Integration
16 26 (7.56%) End-to-End Testing
17 25 (7.27%) Scenario Testing
17 25 (7.27%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 64 (18.60%) SQL
2 33 (9.59%) Python
3 14 (4.07%) Bash
4 12 (3.49%) Java
5 9 (2.62%) PowerShell
6 8 (2.33%) PL/SQL
7 6 (1.74%) Shell Script
8 3 (0.87%) Bicep
8 3 (0.87%) Perl
8 3 (0.87%) REXX
8 3 (0.87%) VB
9 2 (0.58%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.58%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.58%) VB6
9 2 (0.58%) VBScript
10 1 (0.29%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.29%) C
10 1 (0.29%) C#
10 1 (0.29%) C++
10 1 (0.29%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 91 (26.45%) Security Cleared
2 83 (24.13%) SC Cleared
3 15 (4.36%) ISTQB
4 14 (4.07%) Degree
5 10 (2.91%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (2.03%) IIBA
7 6 (1.74%) CISSP
8 5 (1.45%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (1.45%) CISM
8 5 (1.45%) PMP
9 4 (1.16%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.16%) CCNP
9 4 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.87%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.58%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.29%) CBAP
12 1 (0.29%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 1 (0.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 1 (0.29%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (9.30%) QA
2 25 (7.27%) Data Quality
3 14 (4.07%) GDPR
4 5 (1.45%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.16%) PMO
6 2 (0.58%) Government Security Classifications
6 2 (0.58%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.58%) WCAG
7 1 (0.29%) NCSC
7 1 (0.29%) NIST
7 1 (0.29%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (5.23%) Docker
2 16 (4.65%) Active Directory
3 7 (2.03%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (2.03%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.74%) vSphere
5 5 (1.45%) Ceph
6 3 (0.87%) Firmware
6 3 (0.87%) PowerHA
6 3 (0.87%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.58%) BitLocker
7 2 (0.58%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.58%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.29%) Job Entry Subsystem
8 1 (0.29%) KVM
8 1 (0.29%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.29%) NFS
8 1 (0.29%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 30 (8.72%) Kubernetes
2 15 (4.36%) Ansible
3 13 (3.78%) Terraform
4 11 (3.20%) Kibana
5 8 (2.33%) Grafana
5 8 (2.33%) Puppet
6 6 (1.74%) SCCM
7 5 (1.45%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (1.16%) Argo
8 4 (1.16%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.58%) AirWatch
9 2 (0.58%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.58%) logstash
10 1 (0.29%) Control-M
10 1 (0.29%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.29%) PowerCLI
10 1 (0.29%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.29%) SCOM
10 1 (0.29%) WSUS
Vendors
1 61 (17.73%) Oracle
2 53 (15.41%) Microsoft
3 21 (6.10%) ServiceNow
4 20 (5.81%) SAP
5 18 (5.23%) Splunk
6 15 (4.36%) Databricks
7 9 (2.62%) Denodo
8 8 (2.33%) Informatica
8 8 (2.33%) Talend
8 8 (2.33%) VMware
9 7 (2.03%) Cisco
9 7 (2.03%) OutSystems
10 5 (1.45%) Salesforce
11 4 (1.16%) Atlassian
11 4 (1.16%) F5
11 4 (1.16%) IBM
11 4 (1.16%) Palo Alto
11 4 (1.16%) Pure Storage
11 4 (1.16%) Red Hat
11 4 (1.16%) Sage