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 3 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 154 138 162
Rank change year-on-year -16 +24 +120
Permanent jobs citing Data Migration 69 108 63
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.88% 1.64% 1.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.08% 1.83% 1.39%
Number of salaries quoted 53 47 52
10th Percentile £51,500 - £37,993
25th Percentile £56,250 £38,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +58.82% -15.00% -23.08%
75th Percentile £76,250 £66,875 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,250 £81,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +13.04% -11.54% +1.77%

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 6,368 5,908 4,525
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.55% 89.75% 88.88%
Number of salaries quoted 3,512 2,599 3,742
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,695
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 3 January 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 3 January 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 -14 47 £70,000 +64.71% 34
East Midlands -2 19 £63,750 +15.91% 22
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 4 (5.80%) SharePoint
2 3 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.45%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 7 (10.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (4.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 16 (23.19%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (7.25%) NetSuite
3 3 (4.35%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (2.90%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (2.90%) SAP ERP
4 2 (2.90%) SAP MM
5 1 (1.45%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (1.45%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (1.45%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (1.45%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (1.45%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 24 (34.78%) Azure
2 22 (31.88%) Dynamics 365
3 19 (27.54%) Power Platform
4 13 (18.84%) PowerApps
5 11 (15.94%) Azure DevOps
5 11 (15.94%) Power Automate
6 8 (11.59%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (10.14%) SaaS
8 4 (5.80%) Entra ID
9 3 (4.35%) OCI
9 3 (4.35%) PaaS
10 2 (2.90%) AWS
10 2 (2.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (2.90%) Google Workspace
11 1 (1.45%) Asana
11 1 (1.45%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (1.45%) Azure Monitor
11 1 (1.45%) dbt
11 1 (1.45%) GCP
11 1 (1.45%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.80%) VPN
2 3 (4.35%) DHCP
2 3 (4.35%) DNS
2 3 (4.35%) LAN
2 3 (4.35%) WAN
2 3 (4.35%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (1.45%) Firewall
3 1 (1.45%) NAS
3 1 (1.45%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (13.04%) Power BI
2 3 (4.35%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (4.35%) MySQL
2 3 (4.35%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.90%) Oracle Database
4 1 (1.45%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (1.45%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.45%) Looker
4 1 (1.45%) Metadata
4 1 (1.45%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 1 (1.45%) Oracle ODI
4 1 (1.45%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (2.90%) JIRA
2 1 (1.45%) Git
2 1 (1.45%) LoadRunner
2 1 (1.45%) SoapUI
General
1 15 (21.74%) Social Skills
2 14 (20.29%) Finance
3 12 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (11.59%) Retail
5 7 (10.14%) Influencing Skills
5 7 (10.14%) Manufacturing
6 5 (7.25%) Local Government
7 4 (5.80%) Banking
7 4 (5.80%) Fire and Rescue
7 4 (5.80%) Legal
8 3 (4.35%) Aerospace
8 3 (4.35%) Health Technology
8 3 (4.35%) Marketing
9 2 (2.90%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (2.90%) Electronics
9 2 (2.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (2.90%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (2.90%) Public Sector
10 1 (1.45%) Billing
10 1 (1.45%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (21.74%) Developer
2 12 (17.39%) Lead
3 9 (13.04%) Analyst
3 9 (13.04%) Dynamics 365 Developer
4 8 (11.59%) Architect
4 8 (11.59%) CRM Developer
4 8 (11.59%) Dynamics CRM Developer
5 7 (10.14%) Data Migration Specialist
5 7 (10.14%) Migration Specialist
6 6 (8.70%) Consultant
6 6 (8.70%) Senior
7 5 (7.25%) Applications Developer
7 5 (7.25%) Automation Developer
7 5 (7.25%) C# Application Developer
7 5 (7.25%) C# Developer
7 5 (7.25%) Lead Developer
7 5 (7.25%) Power Apps Developer
8 4 (5.80%) Administrator
8 4 (5.80%) Business Change Analyst
8 4 (5.80%) Change Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (14.49%) .NET
2 8 (11.59%) .NET Framework
3 5 (7.25%) Oracle Fusion
4 3 (4.35%) REST
4 3 (4.35%) SOAP
5 1 (1.45%) HTML
5 1 (1.45%) JSON
5 1 (1.45%) Kafka
5 1 (1.45%) ODBC
Miscellaneous
1 9 (13.04%) Enterprise Software
2 5 (7.25%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (5.80%) NHS
4 3 (4.35%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.90%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (2.90%) Driving Licence
5 2 (2.90%) FMCG
5 2 (2.90%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.45%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.45%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.45%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.45%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.45%) IoT
6 1 (1.45%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.45%) Replication
6 1 (1.45%) SCADA
6 1 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.45%) Linux
1 1 (1.45%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (100.00%) Migration
2 27 (39.13%) Agile
3 19 (27.54%) Problem-Solving
4 18 (26.09%) CRM
5 17 (24.64%) ERP
6 14 (20.29%) CI/CD
6 14 (20.29%) DevOps
7 13 (18.84%) Business Intelligence
8 12 (17.39%) Stakeholder Management
9 9 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
9 9 (13.04%) Continuous Integration
9 9 (13.04%) Data Integration
9 9 (13.04%) SOA
9 9 (13.04%) Validation
10 8 (11.59%) Data Governance
10 8 (11.59%) Data Modelling
10 8 (11.59%) ETL
11 6 (8.70%) Data Architecture
11 6 (8.70%) Data Management
11 6 (8.70%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 15 (21.74%) C#
1 15 (21.74%) SQL
2 9 (13.04%) TypeScript
3 5 (7.25%) PL/SQL
4 3 (4.35%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (1.45%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.45%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (10.14%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (8.70%) Degree
3 4 (5.80%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (4.35%) SC Cleared
4 3 (4.35%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.45%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.45%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.45%) PMP
5 1 (1.45%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 1 (1.45%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.14%) QA
2 4 (5.80%) Data Quality
2 4 (5.80%) GDPR
3 3 (4.35%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (4.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (2.90%) ISO 20022
5 1 (1.45%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (1.45%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.45%) Docker
1 1 (1.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (4.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.90%) Terraform
3 1 (1.45%) Ansible
Vendors
1 18 (26.09%) Microsoft
2 10 (14.49%) Oracle
3 8 (11.59%) SAP
4 4 (5.80%) Cisco
5 3 (4.35%) Google
5 3 (4.35%) Meraki
6 1 (1.45%) Databricks
6 1 (1.45%) Dynatrace
6 1 (1.45%) IFS
6 1 (1.45%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.45%) VMware