Database Migration Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Database Migration
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring Database Migration skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Database Migration 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 0.14% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
75th Percentile £475 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £431 £450 £488
% change year-on-year -4.33% -7.69% -7.14%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cheshire

Database Migration falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 634 409 442
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 89.04% 95.34% 86.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 466 266 300
10th Percentile £313 £298 £311
25th Percentile £368 £358 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £471 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.51% -5.75% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £564 £561
90th Percentile £653 £639 £625
North West median daily rate £455 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -4.21% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 33 32
10th Percentile £13.88 £19.41 £14.00
25th Percentile £20.44 £24.18 £16.41
Median hourly rate £23.50 £32.50 £25.14
Median % change year-on-year -27.69% +29.30% +8.57%
75th Percentile £43.00 £77.50 £38.50
90th Percentile £85.80 £86.00 £43.75
North West median hourly rate £45.00 £32.00 £23.86
% change year-on-year +40.63% +34.14% -36.39%

Database Migration
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Database Migration relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Database Migration job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Database Migration
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Database Migration.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Database Migration

Database Migration
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Database Migration within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 22 March 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Chester - 1 £450 -
Database Migration
North West

Database Migration
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Sybase ASE
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Investment Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) DBA
1 1 (100.00%) Sybase DBA
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Database Security
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Resource Allocation
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Shell Script
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Sybase