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

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 16 24
Rank change year-on-year +7 +8 -6
Contract jobs citing Migration 347 115 109
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 10.94% 8.41% 5.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.14% 9.46% 6.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 249 75 89
10th Percentile £350 £350 £360
25th Percentile £402 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £588 £591 £650
90th Percentile £678 £660 £850
England median daily rate £520 £529 £525
% change year-on-year -1.70% +0.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £19.34 - -
25th Percentile £19.82 - -
Median hourly rate £23.83 - -
75th Percentile £25.15 - -
90th Percentile £39.45 - -
England median hourly rate £25.15 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year - -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 2,641 1,216 1,578
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 83.29% 88.95% 83.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,703 797 1,053
10th Percentile £313 £195 £275
25th Percentile £404 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £492
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +1.73% -4.10%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £625
90th Percentile £675 £671 £750
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 117 53 114
10th Percentile £14.82 - £11.08
25th Percentile £22.50 £12.62 £14.03
Median hourly rate £34.38 £18.74 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +83.43% -16.71% +7.30%
75th Percentile £67.84 £26.51 £40.38
90th Percentile £72.54 £50.00 £58.00
England median hourly rate £46.11 £29.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year +58.98% -20.55% -0.73%

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 22 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 22 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 22 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 +1 99 £482 -8.19% 27
Shropshire +8 96 £470 +4.44% 8
Warwickshire -4 57 £575 - 10
Coventry +5 38 £475 +2.70% 2
Staffordshire +2 9 £431 +7.81%
Wolverhampton - 8 - - 4
Solihull -12 5 £347 -17.01% 1
Worcestershire - 4 £638 - 1
Dudley - 3 £400 -
Herefordshire - 3 £375 -
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 42 (12.10%) SAS
2 32 (9.22%) Confluence
3 15 (4.32%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (2.02%) SharePoint
5 4 (1.15%) Oracle Workflow
6 3 (0.86%) Apache
7 2 (0.58%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.58%) CloudStack
8 1 (0.29%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 8 (2.31%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (1.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.44%) Notepad++
3 3 (0.86%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 16 (4.61%) Teamcenter
2 11 (3.17%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (1.73%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (1.44%) Unit4 Business World
5 3 (0.86%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.29%) Maximo
6 1 (0.29%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 78 (22.48%) AWS
2 72 (20.75%) Azure
3 23 (6.63%) Power Platform
4 18 (5.19%) OpenShift
5 12 (3.46%) Azure Data Factory
5 12 (3.46%) GCP
6 10 (2.88%) Microsoft 365
7 9 (2.59%) Entra ID
7 9 (2.59%) GitHub
8 8 (2.31%) Amazon S3
8 8 (2.31%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (2.31%) PaaS
8 8 (2.31%) Serverless
8 8 (2.31%) Snowflake
9 6 (1.73%) dbt
10 5 (1.44%) AWS Lambda
10 5 (1.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 5 (1.44%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (1.44%) IaaS
11 3 (0.86%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.02%) DNS
1 7 (2.02%) SAN
2 5 (1.44%) PuTTY
2 5 (1.44%) WinSCP
3 4 (1.15%) BIG-IP
3 4 (1.15%) NAS
4 3 (0.86%) Firewall
5 2 (0.58%) DHCP
5 2 (0.58%) SSL
5 2 (0.58%) Structured Cabling
5 2 (0.58%) WAAS
6 1 (0.29%) Fibre Channel
6 1 (0.29%) iSCSI
6 1 (0.29%) LAN
6 1 (0.29%) Modbus
6 1 (0.29%) Network Security
6 1 (0.29%) SMS
6 1 (0.29%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (13.83%) Data Warehouse
2 24 (6.92%) Oracle Reports
3 19 (5.48%) Power BI
3 19 (5.48%) SAS Enterprise Guide
4 12 (3.46%) Metadata
4 12 (3.46%) SAS Visual Analytics
5 8 (2.31%) Amazon Redshift
5 8 (2.31%) Elasticsearch
5 8 (2.31%) Oracle Database
6 7 (2.02%) BusinessObjects
6 7 (2.02%) Data Lake
7 6 (1.73%) SQL Server
8 5 (1.44%) Relational Database
8 5 (1.44%) SAS Data Integration Studio
9 4 (1.15%) NoSQL
9 4 (1.15%) Pentaho
9 4 (1.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.86%) Base SAS
10 3 (0.86%) Ingres
10 3 (0.86%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 56 (16.14%) JIRA
2 25 (7.20%) Zephyr
3 22 (6.34%) Git
3 22 (6.34%) Postman
4 10 (2.88%) GitLab
5 6 (1.73%) Selenium
6 5 (1.44%) Jenkins
7 4 (1.15%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 4 (1.15%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.86%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.58%) Hudson
9 2 (0.58%) Oracle Forms
10 1 (0.29%) GoCD
10 1 (0.29%) InstallShield
10 1 (0.29%) MSI
10 1 (0.29%) REST Assured
General
1 100 (28.82%) Social Skills
2 68 (19.60%) Finance
3 45 (12.97%) Public Sector
4 43 (12.39%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (4.32%) Documentation Skills
5 15 (4.32%) Police
6 12 (3.46%) Banking
7 10 (2.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (2.59%) Local Government
9 6 (1.73%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (1.73%) Retail
10 5 (1.44%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.15%) Legal
12 3 (0.86%) Law
13 2 (0.58%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.58%) General Ledger
13 2 (0.58%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.58%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.29%) Advertising
14 1 (0.29%) Billing
Job Titles
1 51 (14.70%) Analyst
2 48 (13.83%) Architect
3 41 (11.82%) Senior
4 29 (8.36%) Data Engineer
4 29 (8.36%) Project Manager
5 24 (6.92%) Business Analyst
5 24 (6.92%) Developer
6 16 (4.61%) Senior Developer
7 15 (4.32%) Data Architect
8 13 (3.75%) Accountant
8 13 (3.75%) Systems Accountant
8 13 (3.75%) Tester
9 12 (3.46%) QA Tester
9 12 (3.46%) Technical Architect
9 12 (3.46%) Test Analyst
10 11 (3.17%) Release Manager
10 11 (3.17%) Senior Data Engineer
11 10 (2.88%) Data Analyst
11 10 (2.88%) Lead
11 10 (2.88%) Splunk Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.88%) Elastic Stack
1 10 (2.88%) REST
2 9 (2.59%) Middleware
3 6 (1.73%) SailPoint
4 4 (1.15%) .NET
4 4 (1.15%) SOAP
5 3 (0.86%) JMS
5 3 (0.86%) OpenTelemetry
5 3 (0.86%) Oracle Fusion
5 3 (0.86%) SAML
6 2 (0.58%) ActiveX
6 2 (0.58%) ADO
6 2 (0.58%) COM
6 2 (0.58%) ODBC
6 2 (0.58%) PySpark
7 1 (0.29%) ISPF
7 1 (0.29%) LDAP
7 1 (0.29%) Spring
7 1 (0.29%) XML
7 1 (0.29%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 28 (8.07%) Cloud Native
2 27 (7.78%) Legacy Systems
3 13 (3.75%) Data Structures
3 13 (3.75%) Management Information System
3 13 (3.75%) Onboarding
4 12 (3.46%) Product Ownership
5 8 (2.31%) Data Centre
5 8 (2.31%) Low-Code
6 7 (2.02%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (1.73%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (1.44%) Linux Command Line
8 5 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.15%) Enterprise Cloud
9 4 (1.15%) Mainframe
9 4 (1.15%) Operational Technology
9 4 (1.15%) PKI
9 4 (1.15%) SCADA
10 3 (0.86%) AI Agents
10 3 (0.86%) Clustering
10 3 (0.86%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 18 (5.19%) Unix
2 17 (4.90%) Windows
3 13 (3.75%) Linux
4 8 (2.31%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.73%) Windows 10
6 4 (1.15%) Apple iOS
6 4 (1.15%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.86%) AIX
8 2 (0.58%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.29%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.29%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (25.36%) Data Migration
2 86 (24.78%) Agile
3 69 (19.88%) DevOps
4 64 (18.44%) Stakeholder Management
5 61 (17.58%) ETL
6 57 (16.43%) Validation
7 56 (16.14%) CI/CD
7 56 (16.14%) Problem-Solving
8 51 (14.70%) Analytics
9 48 (13.83%) Data Modelling
10 39 (11.24%) Test Automation
11 37 (10.66%) User Acceptance Testing
12 31 (8.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 28 (8.07%) Data Integration
14 27 (7.78%) Change Management
14 27 (7.78%) Data Pipeline
14 27 (7.78%) Integration Testing
15 26 (7.49%) Containerisation
16 25 (7.20%) End-to-End Testing
16 25 (7.20%) Scenario Testing
Programming Languages
1 58 (16.71%) SQL
2 33 (9.51%) Python
3 14 (4.03%) Bash
4 10 (2.88%) Java
5 8 (2.31%) PL/SQL
5 8 (2.31%) PowerShell
6 6 (1.73%) Shell Script
7 3 (0.86%) Bicep
7 3 (0.86%) Perl
7 3 (0.86%) REXX
7 3 (0.86%) VB
8 2 (0.58%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.58%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.58%) VB6
9 1 (0.29%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.29%) C
9 1 (0.29%) JCL
9 1 (0.29%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.29%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.29%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 95 (27.38%) Security Cleared
2 87 (25.07%) SC Cleared
3 15 (4.32%) Degree
3 15 (4.32%) ISTQB
4 11 (3.17%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (2.02%) Azure Certification
5 7 (2.02%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (2.02%) CISSP
5 7 (2.02%) IIBA
6 6 (1.73%) CCNP
7 5 (1.44%) CISM
7 5 (1.44%) PMP
8 4 (1.15%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.86%) PMI Certification
9 3 (0.86%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 2 (0.58%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.58%) SAS Certification
11 1 (0.29%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 1 (0.29%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (8.65%) QA
2 27 (7.78%) Data Quality
3 14 (4.03%) GDPR
4 4 (1.15%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.15%) PMO
5 2 (0.58%) Government Security Classifications
5 2 (0.58%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (0.58%) WCAG
6 1 (0.29%) NCSC
6 1 (0.29%) NIST
System Software
1 16 (4.61%) Docker
2 13 (3.75%) Active Directory
3 11 (3.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (2.59%) vSphere
5 7 (2.02%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (1.44%) Ceph
7 3 (0.86%) Firmware
7 3 (0.86%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.86%) PowerHA
7 3 (0.86%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.86%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.58%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.29%) Job Entry Subsystem
9 1 (0.29%) KVM
9 1 (0.29%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.29%) NFS
9 1 (0.29%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.29%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 33 (9.51%) Kubernetes
2 15 (4.32%) Ansible
3 13 (3.75%) Terraform
4 9 (2.59%) Grafana
5 8 (2.31%) Kibana
5 8 (2.31%) Puppet
6 5 (1.44%) SCCM
7 4 (1.15%) Argo
7 4 (1.15%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (1.15%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.86%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.58%) AirWatch
9 2 (0.58%) Check_MK
9 2 (0.58%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.29%) Control-M
10 1 (0.29%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.29%) PowerCLI
10 1 (0.29%) SCOM
Vendors
1 61 (17.58%) Oracle
2 50 (14.41%) Microsoft
3 21 (6.05%) ServiceNow
4 20 (5.76%) SAP
5 17 (4.90%) Databricks
6 16 (4.61%) Splunk
7 12 (3.46%) VMware
8 9 (2.59%) Cisco
8 9 (2.59%) Denodo
9 8 (2.31%) Informatica
9 8 (2.31%) Talend
10 7 (2.02%) OutSystems
11 5 (1.44%) Salesforce
12 4 (1.15%) Atlassian
12 4 (1.15%) BeyondTrust
12 4 (1.15%) IBM
12 4 (1.15%) Palo Alto
12 4 (1.15%) Pure Storage
12 4 (1.15%) Red Hat
12 4 (1.15%) Sage