Migration Job Trends in the West Midlands

Migration
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Migration skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 58 103
Rank change year-on-year -32 +45 -54
Permanent jobs citing Migration 141 135 118
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 1.58% 4.19% 2.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.26% 4.80% 2.55%
Number of salaries quoted 83 102 65
10th Percentile £45,250 £41,250 £39,400
25th Percentile £55,300 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% -2.44%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £86,500 £94,875 £79,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% -3.57% +7.69%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,234 2,813 4,622
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 69.77% 87.22% 81.52%
Number of salaries quoted 4,525 1,730 2,221
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £30,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £68,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.32%

Migration
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Migration job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Migration
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Migration

Migration
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Migration in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 10 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Migration in the West Midlands

Migration
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Migration within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 10 October 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
Birmingham -21 89 £62,500 -10.71% 88
Staffordshire +7 13 £55,000 -12.00% 9
Shropshire -9 13 £62,500 -12.28% 32
Warwickshire -18 8 £57,500 -11.54% 16
Coventry -14 5 £78,750 +50.00% 18
Worcestershire -24 5 £60,000 +17.07% 13
Sutton Coldfield - 4 £72,500 -
Herefordshire -17 2 £75,000 -6.25% 2
Migration
England

Migration
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West 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 15 (10.64%) SharePoint
2 9 (6.38%) Apache
3 8 (5.67%) IIS
3 8 (5.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (5.67%) nginx
4 7 (4.96%) CICS
5 2 (1.42%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (1.42%) Confluence
5 2 (1.42%) SAS
6 1 (0.71%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.71%) CMS
6 1 (0.71%) Documentum
6 1 (0.71%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 3 (2.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.42%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 17 (12.06%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (4.26%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (2.13%) NetSuite
4 2 (1.42%) SAP CO
4 2 (1.42%) SAP FI
4 2 (1.42%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.71%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.71%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.71%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.71%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.71%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 57 (40.43%) Azure
2 27 (19.15%) Entra ID
2 27 (19.15%) Microsoft 365
3 22 (15.60%) AWS
4 14 (9.93%) Microsoft Copilot
5 12 (8.51%) Power Automate
5 12 (8.51%) Power Platform
6 11 (7.80%) Dynamics 365
7 10 (7.09%) Azure DevOps
8 9 (6.38%) SaaS
9 8 (5.67%) GCP
10 7 (4.96%) GitHub
10 7 (4.96%) GitHub Actions
10 7 (4.96%) Microsoft Purview
11 5 (3.55%) Azure Databricks
11 5 (3.55%) OCI
11 5 (3.55%) PowerApps
12 4 (2.84%) IaaS
12 4 (2.84%) OneDrive
12 4 (2.84%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 28 (19.86%) Firewall
2 21 (14.89%) DNS
3 13 (9.22%) DHCP
4 12 (8.51%) LAN
4 12 (8.51%) WAN
5 9 (6.38%) Network Security
6 8 (5.67%) VLAN
6 8 (5.67%) Wireless
7 6 (4.26%) BGP
7 6 (4.26%) Cisco Nexus
7 6 (4.26%) OSPF
7 6 (4.26%) Structured Cabling
7 6 (4.26%) TCP/IP
8 5 (3.55%) VPN
9 4 (2.84%) EIGRP
9 4 (2.84%) Ethernet VPN
9 4 (2.84%) HSRP
9 4 (2.84%) VRRP
9 4 (2.84%) VXLAN
10 3 (2.13%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.67%) Relational Database
2 7 (4.96%) Db2
2 7 (4.96%) Metadata
2 7 (4.96%) SQL Server
3 5 (3.55%) Metadata Repository
3 5 (3.55%) RDBMS
3 5 (3.55%) Star Schema
4 4 (2.84%) Data Lake
4 4 (2.84%) Oracle Reports
4 4 (2.84%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (2.84%) Power BI
5 3 (2.13%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (2.13%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.42%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (1.42%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.71%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.71%) Big Data
7 1 (0.71%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.71%) Pentaho
7 1 (0.71%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 7 (4.96%) Git
1 7 (4.96%) Jenkins
1 7 (4.96%) JIRA
2 4 (2.84%) Hudson
2 4 (2.84%) Sonatype Nexus
3 3 (2.13%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.71%) LSMW
4 1 (0.71%) Oracle Forms
General
1 61 (43.26%) Social Skills
2 37 (26.24%) Finance
3 23 (16.31%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (14.89%) Public Sector
5 15 (10.64%) Manufacturing
6 14 (9.93%) Legal
7 12 (8.51%) Retail
8 8 (5.67%) Law
9 7 (4.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (4.96%) Marketing
10 6 (4.26%) Banking
10 6 (4.26%) Telecoms
11 5 (3.55%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (2.13%) Billing
12 3 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (2.13%) General Ledger
12 3 (2.13%) Local Government
13 2 (1.42%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.71%) Aerospace
14 1 (0.71%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (17.73%) Senior
2 19 (13.48%) Architect
3 16 (11.35%) Consultant
3 16 (11.35%) Developer
4 12 (8.51%) Analyst
4 12 (8.51%) Project Manager
5 10 (7.09%) Lead
6 9 (6.38%) Network Engineer
7 8 (5.67%) Technical Support
8 7 (4.96%) Applications Consultant
8 7 (4.96%) COBOL Consultant
8 7 (4.96%) Data Architect
8 7 (4.96%) Infrastructure Manager
8 7 (4.96%) Java Consultant
8 7 (4.96%) Mainframe Consultant
8 7 (4.96%) SAP Developer
8 7 (4.96%) Support Engineer
9 6 (4.26%) Data Engineer
9 6 (4.26%) Senior Analyst
9 6 (4.26%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (9.22%) .NET
2 11 (7.80%) Terraform
3 10 (7.09%) REST
4 9 (6.38%) SAP Fiori
4 9 (6.38%) SOAP
5 7 (4.96%) ISPF
5 7 (4.96%) Node.js
5 7 (4.96%) SAPUI5
5 7 (4.96%) Spring
5 7 (4.96%) Spring Boot
6 6 (4.26%) JDBC
6 6 (4.26%) OAuth
7 4 (2.84%) YAML
8 3 (2.13%) Oracle Fusion
8 3 (2.13%) React
8 3 (2.13%) Web Services
9 2 (1.42%) .NET Core
9 2 (1.42%) PySpark
9 2 (1.42%) Vue
9 2 (1.42%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 14 (9.93%) Enterprise Software
2 13 (9.22%) Cloud Native
2 13 (9.22%) Data Centre
3 9 (6.38%) Driving Licence
3 9 (6.38%) Onboarding
4 7 (4.96%) Legacy Applications
4 7 (4.96%) Mainframe
5 6 (4.26%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (3.55%) Greenfield Project
6 5 (3.55%) Operational Technology
6 5 (3.55%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (3.55%) Smartphone
6 5 (3.55%) Taxonomies
7 4 (2.84%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (2.84%) Management Information System
8 3 (2.13%) Data Structures
9 2 (1.42%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (1.42%) Online Gambling
9 2 (1.42%) Public Cloud
9 2 (1.42%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 29 (20.57%) Windows
2 21 (14.89%) Windows Server
3 15 (10.64%) Linux
4 9 (6.38%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.71%) AIX
5 1 (0.71%) CentOS
5 1 (0.71%) Debian
5 1 (0.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.71%) Solaris
5 1 (0.71%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (34.75%) Problem-Solving
2 42 (29.79%) Continuous Improvement
2 42 (29.79%) Data Migration
3 36 (25.53%) Agile
4 29 (20.57%) ERP
4 29 (20.57%) Stakeholder Management
5 24 (17.02%) Technical Leadership
6 23 (16.31%) Analytics
7 20 (14.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 19 (13.48%) CRM
8 19 (13.48%) DevOps
8 19 (13.48%) Roadmaps
9 18 (12.77%) AI
9 18 (12.77%) Business Intelligence
9 18 (12.77%) Disaster Recovery
9 18 (12.77%) Mentoring
10 17 (12.06%) Project Delivery
11 16 (11.35%) CI/CD
11 16 (11.35%) Data Management
11 16 (11.35%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 19 (13.48%) SQL
2 17 (12.06%) Java
3 16 (11.35%) PowerShell
4 15 (10.64%) Python
5 7 (4.96%) ABAP
5 7 (4.96%) COBOL
5 7 (4.96%) JCL
6 6 (4.26%) C#
7 2 (1.42%) Go
7 2 (1.42%) VB.NET
8 1 (0.71%) Bash
8 1 (0.71%) Bicep
8 1 (0.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.71%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.71%) R
8 1 (0.71%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 22 (15.60%) Security Cleared
2 21 (14.89%) SC Cleared
3 14 (9.93%) Degree
4 5 (3.55%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (2.84%) CCNA
5 4 (2.84%) CCNP
5 4 (2.84%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (2.84%) PMI Certification
5 4 (2.84%) PMP
5 4 (2.84%) SAP Certification
6 3 (2.13%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.42%) ACCA
7 2 (1.42%) CIMA
8 1 (0.71%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.71%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.71%) CBAP
8 1 (0.71%) CCA
8 1 (0.71%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.71%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.80%) Data Quality
2 8 (5.67%) SLA
3 4 (2.84%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (2.84%) QA
4 2 (1.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (1.42%) GDPR
5 1 (0.71%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.71%) GxP
5 1 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.71%) SOC 2
System Software
1 18 (12.77%) Active Directory
2 16 (11.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (4.26%) Hyper-V
3 6 (4.26%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (2.84%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (2.13%) vSphere
6 2 (1.42%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (4.96%) Ansible
2 5 (3.55%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (2.84%) Kubernetes
4 3 (2.13%) SCCM
5 2 (1.42%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.71%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.71%) NetBackup
6 1 (0.71%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.71%) Puppet
Vendors
1 43 (30.50%) Microsoft
2 20 (14.18%) SAP
3 16 (11.35%) VMware
4 15 (10.64%) Cisco
5 9 (6.38%) Oracle
6 8 (5.67%) Aruba
6 8 (5.67%) Citrix
6 8 (5.67%) SonicWALL
7 7 (4.96%) Meraki
8 6 (4.26%) Databricks
8 6 (4.26%) HP
8 6 (4.26%) iManage
9 4 (2.84%) Fortinet
10 3 (2.13%) Google
10 3 (2.13%) ServiceNow
11 2 (1.42%) Jedox
11 2 (1.42%) Workday
12 1 (0.71%) Dynatrace
12 1 (0.71%) YouTube
12 1 (0.71%) Zscaler