Data Migration Job Trends in the Midlands

Data Migration
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Data Migration skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 173 117 216
Rank change year-on-year -56 +99 +49
Permanent jobs citing Data Migration 69 111 71
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.69% 2.13% 0.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.90% 2.31% 0.86%
Number of salaries quoted 54 56 59
10th Percentile £42,575 - £37,250
25th Percentile £52,813 £38,750 £46,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.62% +5.00% -25.93%
75th Percentile £77,188 £80,625 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £107,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £59,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% +1.69% -9.23%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Midlands

Data Migration falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,696 4,812 8,248
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 77.22% 92.27% 84.39%
Number of salaries quoted 4,390 2,557 6,541
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £34,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +8.25% -7.62%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,050 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

Data Migration
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Migration relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Data Migration job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Data Migration
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Data Migration.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Data Migration

Data Migration
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Migration in the Midlands over the 6 months to 14 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Migration in the Midlands

Data Migration
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Migration within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 March 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands -35 55 £67,000 +41.05% 22
East Midlands -30 13 £62,500 -10.71% 8
Data Migration
England

Data Migration
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the 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 9 (13.04%) SharePoint
2 8 (11.59%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.45%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 6 (8.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 12 (17.39%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (8.70%) NetSuite
3 2 (2.90%) SAP ERP
3 2 (2.90%) SAP MM
3 2 (2.90%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (1.45%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (1.45%) Exchequer
4 1 (1.45%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (1.45%) Raiser’s Edge
4 1 (1.45%) SAP CO
4 1 (1.45%) SAP FI
4 1 (1.45%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (1.45%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 23 (33.33%) Azure
2 19 (27.54%) Dynamics 365
3 15 (21.74%) Power Platform
4 12 (17.39%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (13.04%) Power Automate
6 8 (11.59%) Entra ID
6 8 (11.59%) PowerApps
7 7 (10.14%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (7.25%) SaaS
9 3 (4.35%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 3 (4.35%) PaaS
10 2 (2.90%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (2.90%) OCI
11 1 (1.45%) Asana
11 1 (1.45%) Azure Logic Apps
11 1 (1.45%) Azure Monitor
11 1 (1.45%) Copilot Studio
11 1 (1.45%) Google Docs
11 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Copilot
11 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 7 (10.14%) DHCP
1 7 (10.14%) DNS
1 7 (10.14%) LAN
1 7 (10.14%) VPN
1 7 (10.14%) WAN
1 7 (10.14%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (14.49%) Power BI
2 3 (4.35%) Metadata
2 3 (4.35%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.90%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (2.90%) Data Lake
3 2 (2.90%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (2.90%) Oracle Database
4 1 (1.45%) Looker
4 1 (1.45%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 1 (1.45%) Oracle ODI
4 1 (1.45%) ZAP BI
Development Applications
1 2 (2.90%) JIRA
1 2 (2.90%) LoadRunner
2 1 (1.45%) Burp Suite
2 1 (1.45%) Cucumber
2 1 (1.45%) Cypress.io
2 1 (1.45%) Gatling
2 1 (1.45%) Git
2 1 (1.45%) GitLab
2 1 (1.45%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.45%) JMeter
2 1 (1.45%) Postman
2 1 (1.45%) REST Assured
2 1 (1.45%) Selenium
2 1 (1.45%) SoapUI
2 1 (1.45%) SonarQube
General
1 25 (36.23%) Social Skills
2 17 (24.64%) Finance
3 11 (15.94%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (15.94%) Manufacturing
4 9 (13.04%) Influencing Skills
5 8 (11.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (7.25%) Legal
7 4 (5.80%) Fire and Rescue
7 4 (5.80%) Local Government
7 4 (5.80%) Retail
8 3 (4.35%) Aerospace
9 2 (2.90%) Electronics
9 2 (2.90%) Marketing
10 1 (1.45%) Banking
10 1 (1.45%) Billing
10 1 (1.45%) Law
10 1 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.45%) Public Sector
10 1 (1.45%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (17.39%) Analyst
1 12 (17.39%) Senior
2 11 (15.94%) Consultant
3 8 (11.59%) Developer
3 8 (11.59%) IT Engineer
4 7 (10.14%) Architect
4 7 (10.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 7 (10.14%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
4 7 (10.14%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
4 7 (10.14%) Operations Engineer
4 7 (10.14%) Senior Consultant
5 6 (8.70%) Data Migration Specialist
5 6 (8.70%) Dynamics 365 Developer
5 6 (8.70%) Lead
5 6 (8.70%) Migration Specialist
6 4 (5.80%) Administrator
6 4 (5.80%) Change Analyst
6 4 (5.80%) CRM Developer
6 4 (5.80%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
6 4 (5.80%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.25%) .NET
2 4 (5.80%) .NET Framework
3 3 (4.35%) REST
3 3 (4.35%) SOAP
4 2 (2.90%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (1.45%) EDI
5 1 (1.45%) JSON
5 1 (1.45%) Kafka
5 1 (1.45%) ODBC
5 1 (1.45%) Playwright
5 1 (1.45%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.70%) Driving Licence
2 4 (5.80%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (5.80%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (5.80%) NHS
3 3 (4.35%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.90%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (2.90%) Data Structures
4 2 (2.90%) FMCG
5 1 (1.45%) AI Agents
5 1 (1.45%) Augmented Reality
5 1 (1.45%) Blockchain
5 1 (1.45%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.45%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.45%) Legacy Code
5 1 (1.45%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.45%) N-Tier
5 1 (1.45%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.45%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.45%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.90%) Linux
2 1 (1.45%) Kali Linux
2 1 (1.45%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (100.00%) Migration
2 26 (37.68%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (28.99%) Agile
4 17 (24.64%) Stakeholder Management
5 16 (23.19%) ERP
6 15 (21.74%) CRM
7 12 (17.39%) Business Intelligence
7 12 (17.39%) Validation
8 10 (14.49%) DevOps
8 10 (14.49%) User Acceptance Testing
9 9 (13.04%) CI/CD
9 9 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
9 9 (13.04%) Performance Optimisation
9 9 (13.04%) Requirements Gathering
10 8 (11.59%) Decision-Making
11 7 (10.14%) Cloud Security
11 7 (10.14%) Disaster Recovery
11 7 (10.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 7 (10.14%) Roadmaps
11 7 (10.14%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 14 (20.29%) SQL
2 9 (13.04%) C#
3 4 (5.80%) JavaScript
3 4 (5.80%) TypeScript
4 3 (4.35%) Python
5 2 (2.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (2.90%) PL/SQL
6 1 (1.45%) Java
6 1 (1.45%) JCL
6 1 (1.45%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (15.94%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (11.59%) Degree
3 7 (10.14%) BPSS Clearance
3 7 (10.14%) SC Cleared
3 7 (10.14%) Security Cleared
4 3 (4.35%) PMI Certification
4 3 (4.35%) PMP
5 1 (1.45%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.45%) CBAP
5 1 (1.45%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.45%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (1.45%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 1 (1.45%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.14%) Cyber Essentials
1 7 (10.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 7 (10.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (7.25%) Data Quality
2 5 (7.25%) GDPR
2 5 (7.25%) QA
3 1 (1.45%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (1.45%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (10.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.45%) Ansible
2 1 (1.45%) Grafana
2 1 (1.45%) HP Fortify
2 1 (1.45%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (1.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 28 (40.58%) Microsoft
2 12 (17.39%) SAP
3 7 (10.14%) Cisco
3 7 (10.14%) Meraki
4 6 (8.70%) Oracle
5 2 (2.90%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.45%) AppDynamics
6 1 (1.45%) Databricks
6 1 (1.45%) Dynatrace
6 1 (1.45%) Google
6 1 (1.45%) IFS
6 1 (1.45%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.45%) Splunk
6 1 (1.45%) Veracode