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

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 200 146 267
Rank change year-on-year -54 +121 -78
Permanent jobs citing Data Migration 43 78 74
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.35% 1.57% 0.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.50% 1.76% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 35 53 58
10th Percentile £51,250 £33,150 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £43,750 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,000 £60,000 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year +11.67% +11.63% -17.31%
75th Percentile £76,250 £85,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £79,500 £108,750 £70,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -11.54%

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 8,556 4,427 10,911
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 69.43% 88.95% 79.04%
Number of salaries quoted 5,979 2,507 7,637
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,300 £49,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.69% +3.16% -9.52%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% +5.45% -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 12 June 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 12 June 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 -51 35 £65,000 +8.33% 13
East Midlands -40 7 £67,500 +17.39% 16
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 6 (13.95%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (13.95%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 4 (9.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (6.98%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (13.95%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (11.63%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (4.65%) NetSuite
3 2 (4.65%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (2.33%) Exchequer
4 1 (2.33%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (2.33%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (2.33%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (2.33%) Raiser’s Edge
4 1 (2.33%) SAP CO
4 1 (2.33%) SAP FI
4 1 (2.33%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 12 (27.91%) Azure
2 7 (16.28%) Dynamics 365
3 6 (13.95%) Entra ID
3 6 (13.95%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (13.95%) Power Platform
4 3 (6.98%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (6.98%) SaaS
5 2 (4.65%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (4.65%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (2.33%) Asana
6 1 (2.33%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (2.33%) Copilot Studio
6 1 (2.33%) Google Docs
6 1 (2.33%) Google Workspace
6 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (2.33%) OCI
6 1 (2.33%) PaaS
6 1 (2.33%) Power Automate
6 1 (2.33%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (11.63%) DHCP
1 5 (11.63%) DNS
1 5 (11.63%) LAN
1 5 (11.63%) VPN
1 5 (11.63%) WAN
1 5 (11.63%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.30%) Power BI
2 3 (6.98%) Metadata
3 2 (4.65%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (4.65%) Data Lake
3 2 (4.65%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (2.33%) Oracle Database
4 1 (2.33%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (2.33%) SQL Server
4 1 (2.33%) ZAP BI
Development Applications
1 4 (9.30%) JIRA
2 1 (2.33%) Burp Suite
2 1 (2.33%) Cucumber
2 1 (2.33%) Cypress.io
2 1 (2.33%) Gatling
2 1 (2.33%) GitLab
2 1 (2.33%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.33%) JMeter
2 1 (2.33%) LoadRunner
2 1 (2.33%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (2.33%) Postman
2 1 (2.33%) REST Assured
2 1 (2.33%) Selenium
2 1 (2.33%) SonarQube
General
1 18 (41.86%) Social Skills
2 12 (27.91%) Finance
3 11 (25.58%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (16.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (13.95%) Manufacturing
6 3 (6.98%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (4.65%) Billing
8 1 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (2.33%) Law
8 1 (2.33%) Legal
8 1 (2.33%) Public Sector
8 1 (2.33%) Retail
8 1 (2.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (23.26%) Senior
2 9 (20.93%) Consultant
3 8 (18.60%) Project Manager
4 7 (16.28%) Senior Consultant
5 5 (11.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (11.63%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
5 5 (11.63%) IT Engineer
5 5 (11.63%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (11.63%) Operations Engineer
6 4 (9.30%) Analyst
6 4 (9.30%) Architect
6 4 (9.30%) Data Migration Specialist
6 4 (9.30%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
6 4 (9.30%) Lead
6 4 (9.30%) Migration Specialist
6 4 (9.30%) SAP Manager
6 4 (9.30%) SAP Project Manager
7 3 (6.98%) Data Manager
7 3 (6.98%) Data Quality Manager
7 3 (6.98%) Quality Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.65%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (2.33%) .NET
2 1 (2.33%) EDI
2 1 (2.33%) Playwright
2 1 (2.33%) REST
2 1 (2.33%) SAP ALE
2 1 (2.33%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 7 (16.28%) Driving Licence
2 2 (4.65%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (4.65%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.33%) AI Agents
3 1 (2.33%) Augmented Reality
3 1 (2.33%) Blockchain
3 1 (2.33%) Data Structures
3 1 (2.33%) FMCG
3 1 (2.33%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (2.33%) Legacy Code
3 1 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.33%) Low-Code
3 1 (2.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.33%) N-Tier
3 1 (2.33%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.33%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.33%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.33%) Kali Linux
1 1 (2.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (100.00%) Migration
2 19 (44.19%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (32.56%) Agile
4 11 (25.58%) ERP
4 11 (25.58%) Requirements Gathering
4 11 (25.58%) Stakeholder Management
5 10 (23.26%) User Acceptance Testing
6 9 (20.93%) CRM
6 9 (20.93%) Validation
7 8 (18.60%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (18.60%) DevOps
7 8 (18.60%) Project Management
8 7 (16.28%) Business Intelligence
8 7 (16.28%) Decision-Making
8 7 (16.28%) Performance Optimisation
8 7 (16.28%) PRINCE2
9 6 (13.95%) ITIL
9 6 (13.95%) Project Delivery
9 6 (13.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 5 (11.63%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 9 (20.93%) SQL
2 2 (4.65%) C#
2 2 (4.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 2 (4.65%) JavaScript
2 2 (4.65%) PL/SQL
2 2 (4.65%) Python
3 1 (2.33%) Java
3 1 (2.33%) JCL
Qualifications
1 7 (16.28%) Security Cleared
2 6 (13.95%) BPSS Clearance
2 6 (13.95%) PMI Certification
2 6 (13.95%) PMP
2 6 (13.95%) SC Cleared
3 5 (11.63%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (9.30%) Degree
5 1 (2.33%) CBAP
5 1 (2.33%) Master's Degree
5 1 (2.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (2.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (11.63%) Cyber Essentials
1 5 (11.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 5 (11.63%) Data Quality
1 5 (11.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (9.30%) GDPR
3 3 (6.98%) QA
4 1 (2.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (2.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (11.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (4.65%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (2.33%) Grafana
3 1 (2.33%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 15 (34.88%) Microsoft
2 12 (27.91%) SAP
3 6 (13.95%) Oracle
4 5 (11.63%) Cisco
4 5 (11.63%) Meraki
5 3 (6.98%) ServiceNow
6 1 (2.33%) AppDynamics
6 1 (2.33%) Dell
6 1 (2.33%) Google
6 1 (2.33%) Salesforce
6 1 (2.33%) Splunk
6 1 (2.33%) Veracode