Data Transformation Job Trends in the Midlands

Data Transformation
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Data Transformation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 195 219 182
Rank change year-on-year +24 -37 +44
Permanent jobs citing Data Transformation 19 21 47
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.24% 0.33% 0.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.36% 0.95%
Number of salaries quoted 18 16 47
10th Percentile £51,750 £48,751 -
25th Percentile £56,500 £56,547 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,250 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.42% +14.29% -12.50%
75th Percentile £68,750 £66,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,500 £106,250 £77,500
England median annual salary £67,500 £75,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +25.00% -14.29%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Midlands

Data Transformation 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 6,328 5,757 4,965
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.33% 90.41% 86.63%
Number of salaries quoted 3,508 2,513 4,092
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £35,000
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 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Data Transformation
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Data Transformation job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Data Transformation
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Data Transformation

Data Transformation
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Transformation in the Midlands over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Transformation in the Midlands

Data Transformation
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 Transformation within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 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 +23 18 £64,500 +7.50% 9
East Midlands -9 1 £52,500 -44.74% 4
Data Transformation
England

Data Transformation
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 1 (5.26%) Apache Airflow
1 1 (5.26%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 12 (63.16%) Azure
2 6 (31.58%) AWS
3 4 (21.05%) Azure Data Factory
3 4 (21.05%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 3 (15.79%) Power Platform
5 2 (10.53%) GCP
6 1 (5.26%) Dataform
6 1 (5.26%) dbt
6 1 (5.26%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (5.26%) Power Automate
6 1 (5.26%) PowerApps
6 1 (5.26%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (26.32%) Data Lake
1 5 (26.32%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (21.05%) SQL Server
2 4 (21.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (15.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (10.53%) Power BI
5 1 (5.26%) Metadata
5 1 (5.26%) NoSQL
5 1 (5.26%) Power Query
5 1 (5.26%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) MLflow
General
1 9 (47.37%) Finance
2 8 (42.11%) Social Skills
3 5 (26.32%) Public Sector
4 4 (21.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (5.26%) Banking
5 1 (5.26%) Manufacturing
5 1 (5.26%) Police
Job Titles
1 8 (42.11%) Data Engineer
2 6 (31.58%) Senior
3 5 (26.32%) Senior Data Engineer
4 4 (21.05%) Lead
5 3 (15.79%) Developer
6 1 (5.26%) Azure Engineer
6 1 (5.26%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 1 (5.26%) Data Manager
6 1 (5.26%) ETL Developer
6 1 (5.26%) Head of Architecture
6 1 (5.26%) Head of Data Architecture
6 1 (5.26%) Integration Manager
6 1 (5.26%) Platform Manager
6 1 (5.26%) Power BI Developer
6 1 (5.26%) Risk Manager
6 1 (5.26%) Senior Manager
6 1 (5.26%) Senior Risk Manager
6 1 (5.26%) Senior Test Engineer
6 1 (5.26%) Technical Leader
6 1 (5.26%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (21.05%) EDI
2 1 (5.26%) .NET
2 1 (5.26%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 4 (21.05%) Legacy Systems
1 4 (21.05%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.26%) Data Structures
2 1 (5.26%) Linked Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (63.16%) ETL
2 9 (47.37%) Data Architecture
3 8 (42.11%) Data Governance
3 8 (42.11%) Data Pipeline
4 7 (36.84%) Business Intelligence
4 7 (36.84%) Data Integration
5 6 (31.58%) Agile
5 6 (31.58%) Analytics
5 6 (31.58%) Mentoring
6 5 (26.32%) Data Engineering
6 5 (26.32%) Data Strategy
6 5 (26.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 5 (26.32%) TOGAF
7 4 (21.05%) CRM
7 4 (21.05%) Data Management
7 4 (21.05%) Data Modelling
7 4 (21.05%) Data Security
7 4 (21.05%) PRINCE2
7 4 (21.05%) Project Management
7 4 (21.05%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (57.89%) SQL
2 4 (21.05%) T-SQL
3 3 (15.79%) Python
4 1 (5.26%) C#
4 1 (5.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (5.26%) Java
4 1 (5.26%) JavaScript
4 1 (5.26%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (21.05%) CITP
2 3 (15.79%) Security Cleared
3 2 (10.53%) SC Cleared
4 1 (5.26%) CISA
4 1 (5.26%) Degree
4 1 (5.26%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.79%) GDPR
2 2 (10.53%) Data Quality
3 1 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (5.26%) QA
System Software
1 2 (10.53%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (10.53%) Kubernetes
2 1 (5.26%) Ansible
Vendors
1 4 (21.05%) Planon
1 4 (21.05%) Salesforce
2 2 (10.53%) Databricks
2 2 (10.53%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.26%) Cognos
3 1 (5.26%) Informatica
3 1 (5.26%) SAP