Migration Engineer Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Migration Engineer
North West > Cheshire

The median Migration Engineer daily rate in Cheshire is £494, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 July 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Migration Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 0.13% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 - -
North West median daily rate £500 £633 £344
% change year-on-year -20.95% +84.00% -44.56%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Cheshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cheshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Cheshire with a recognized job title 703 536 519
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.24% 90.85% 94.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 403 392 356
10th Percentile £313 £308 £297
25th Percentile £402 £358 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £472 £430 £475
Median % change year-on-year +9.90% -9.58% -6.31%
75th Percentile £588 £537 £575
90th Percentile £650 £640 £634
North West median daily rate £485 £450 £484
% change year-on-year +7.78% -6.98% -3.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 30 36
10th Percentile £15.83 £12.82 £13.49
25th Percentile £17.25 £29.58 £15.69
Median hourly rate £32.23 £32.70 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.45% -6.57% +14.60%
75th Percentile £83.75 £49.69 £43.75
90th Percentile £85.00 £86.00 -
North West median hourly rate £48.40 £29.01 £29.00
% change year-on-year +66.84% +0.03% +5.45%

Migration Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Migration Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Migration Engineer job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Migration Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Migration Engineer job vacancies in Cheshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Migration Engineer job vacancies in Cheshire

Migration Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Migration Engineer job vacancies in Cheshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Migration Engineer job vacancies in Cheshire

Migration Engineer
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 Migration Engineer within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 12 July 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
Knutsford - 1 £494 -
Migration Engineer
North West

Migration Engineer Skill Set
Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire

For the 6 months to 12 July 2026, Migration Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Cheshire region featuring Migration Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AIX
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) GRC
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) HPUX
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) RBAC
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (100.00%) RHCE
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Runbook
1 1 (100.00%) Security Hardening
1 1 (100.00%) Solaris
1 1 (100.00%) Storage Management
1 1 (100.00%) SUSE
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation

Migration Engineer Skill Set
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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) AIX
1 1 (100.00%) HPUX
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Solaris
1 1 (100.00%) SUSE
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) RBAC
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Runbook
1 1 (100.00%) Security Hardening
1 1 (100.00%) Storage Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GRC
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat