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 13 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 200 127 231
Rank change year-on-year -73 +104 +15
Permanent jobs citing Data Migration 59 93 70
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.50% 1.91% 0.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 2.13% 0.77%
Number of salaries quoted 51 52 60
10th Percentile £51,250 - £37,375
25th Percentile £52,500 £38,750 £47,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.82% +10.00% -23.08%
75th Percentile £76,875 £71,563 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £108,500 £73,750
England median annual salary £63,000 £62,500 £58,750
% change year-on-year +0.80% +6.38% -9.62%

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 8,752 4,365 9,108
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 74.29% 89.76% 82.47%
Number of salaries quoted 5,147 2,590 7,040
10th Percentile £28,250 £28,225 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £34,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,251 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +7.90% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,640 £65,000 £62,200
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +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 13 April 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 13 April 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 -38 49 £67,000 +27.62% 21
East Midlands -48 9 £62,500 +4.17% 12
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 (15.25%) SharePoint
2 8 (13.56%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (8.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (11.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (10.17%) NetSuite
3 5 (8.47%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (3.39%) SAP MM
5 1 (1.69%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (1.69%) Exchequer
5 1 (1.69%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (1.69%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (1.69%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (1.69%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (1.69%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (1.69%) SAP CO
5 1 (1.69%) SAP ERP
5 1 (1.69%) SAP FI
5 1 (1.69%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (1.69%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 17 (28.81%) Azure
2 12 (20.34%) Dynamics 365
3 9 (15.25%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (13.56%) Entra ID
4 8 (13.56%) Power Platform
5 4 (6.78%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (6.78%) Power Automate
6 3 (5.08%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 3 (5.08%) SaaS
7 2 (3.39%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (3.39%) OCI
7 2 (3.39%) PowerApps
8 1 (1.69%) Asana
8 1 (1.69%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (1.69%) Copilot Studio
8 1 (1.69%) Google Docs
8 1 (1.69%) Google Workspace
8 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (1.69%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (11.86%) DHCP
1 7 (11.86%) DNS
1 7 (11.86%) LAN
1 7 (11.86%) VPN
1 7 (11.86%) WAN
1 7 (11.86%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (10.17%) Power BI
2 3 (5.08%) Metadata
2 3 (5.08%) SQL Server
3 2 (3.39%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (3.39%) Data Lake
3 2 (3.39%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.69%) ZAP BI
Development Applications
1 2 (3.39%) JIRA
2 1 (1.69%) Burp Suite
2 1 (1.69%) Cucumber
2 1 (1.69%) Cypress.io
2 1 (1.69%) Gatling
2 1 (1.69%) GitLab
2 1 (1.69%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.69%) JMeter
2 1 (1.69%) LoadRunner
2 1 (1.69%) Postman
2 1 (1.69%) REST Assured
2 1 (1.69%) Selenium
2 1 (1.69%) SonarQube
General
1 20 (33.90%) Social Skills
2 18 (30.51%) Finance
3 13 (22.03%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (20.34%) Manufacturing
5 8 (13.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (10.17%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (5.08%) Retail
8 2 (3.39%) Aerospace
8 2 (3.39%) Marketing
9 1 (1.69%) Banking
9 1 (1.69%) Billing
9 1 (1.69%) Electronics
9 1 (1.69%) Law
9 1 (1.69%) Legal
9 1 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (18.64%) Senior
2 9 (15.25%) Consultant
3 8 (13.56%) Analyst
3 8 (13.56%) IT Engineer
4 7 (11.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 7 (11.86%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
4 7 (11.86%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
4 7 (11.86%) Operations Engineer
5 6 (10.17%) Data Migration Specialist
5 6 (10.17%) Migration Specialist
5 6 (10.17%) Project Manager
5 6 (10.17%) Senior Consultant
6 5 (8.47%) Architect
7 4 (6.78%) Administrator
7 4 (6.78%) Developer
7 4 (6.78%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
7 4 (6.78%) Lead
7 4 (6.78%) SAP Manager
7 4 (6.78%) SAP Project Manager
7 4 (6.78%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.39%) .NET
2 1 (1.69%) .NET Framework
2 1 (1.69%) EDI
2 1 (1.69%) Kafka
2 1 (1.69%) ODBC
2 1 (1.69%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.69%) Playwright
2 1 (1.69%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.17%) Driving Licence
2 4 (6.78%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (5.08%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.39%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (3.39%) FMCG
5 1 (1.69%) AI Agents
5 1 (1.69%) Augmented Reality
5 1 (1.69%) Blockchain
5 1 (1.69%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.69%) Legacy Code
5 1 (1.69%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.69%) N-Tier
5 1 (1.69%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.69%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.69%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.39%) Linux
2 1 (1.69%) Kali Linux
2 1 (1.69%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (100.00%) Migration
2 26 (44.07%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (27.12%) ERP
4 14 (23.73%) Stakeholder Management
5 13 (22.03%) Agile
6 11 (18.64%) CRM
6 11 (18.64%) User Acceptance Testing
6 11 (18.64%) Validation
7 10 (16.95%) Continuous Improvement
8 9 (15.25%) Performance Optimisation
8 9 (15.25%) Requirements Gathering
9 8 (13.56%) Business Intelligence
9 8 (13.56%) Decision-Making
9 8 (13.56%) Project Delivery
10 7 (11.86%) Business Strategy
10 7 (11.86%) DevOps
10 7 (11.86%) Disaster Recovery
10 7 (11.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 7 (11.86%) ITIL
10 7 (11.86%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 10 (16.95%) SQL
2 5 (8.47%) C#
3 2 (3.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 2 (3.39%) JavaScript
3 2 (3.39%) Python
4 1 (1.69%) Java
4 1 (1.69%) JCL
4 1 (1.69%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.69%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 8 (13.56%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (11.86%) BPSS Clearance
2 7 (11.86%) Degree
2 7 (11.86%) SC Cleared
2 7 (11.86%) Security Cleared
3 6 (10.17%) PMI Certification
3 6 (10.17%) PMP
4 1 (1.69%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.69%) CBAP
4 1 (1.69%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.69%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (1.69%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (1.69%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (11.86%) Cyber Essentials
1 7 (11.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 7 (11.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (8.47%) Data Quality
3 3 (5.08%) GDPR
3 3 (5.08%) QA
4 1 (1.69%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (1.69%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (11.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.69%) Ansible
2 1 (1.69%) Grafana
2 1 (1.69%) HP Fortify
2 1 (1.69%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (1.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 23 (38.98%) Microsoft
2 15 (25.42%) SAP
3 7 (11.86%) Cisco
3 7 (11.86%) Meraki
4 4 (6.78%) Oracle
5 2 (3.39%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.69%) AppDynamics
6 1 (1.69%) Databricks
6 1 (1.69%) Google
6 1 (1.69%) IFS
6 1 (1.69%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.69%) Splunk
6 1 (1.69%) Veracode