Data Migration Contracts in Manchester

Data Migration
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester requiring Data Migration skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Migration over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 51 98
Rank change year-on-year +1 +47 -17
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 29 45 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 3.13% 2.97% 1.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.49% 3.41% 1.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 37 17
10th Percentile £435 £496 £390
25th Percentile £455 £500 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +10.53% -5.00%
75th Percentile £665 £600 £563
90th Percentile £700 £650 £600
North West median daily rate £537 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +2.29% +5.00% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

Data 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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 830 1,321 1,738
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 89.63% 87.08% 91.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 577 898 1,273
10th Percentile £300 £319 £315
25th Percentile £400 £407 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.40% - +1.73%
75th Percentile £575 £595 £594
90th Percentile £675 £694 £663
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 73 61
10th Percentile £15.18 £12.42 £14.65
25th Percentile £19.25 £13.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £24.19 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year +34.35% -35.15% +140.65%
75th Percentile £63.75 £57.50 £47.50
90th Percentile £77.00 £72.50 £70.00
North West median hourly rate £31.88 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +51.81% -40.00% +70.82%

Data Migration
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing Data Migration as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Data Migration in Manchester

Data Migration
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Migration in Manchester.

Daily rate trend for Data Migration in Manchester

Data Migration
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Migration in Manchester over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Migration in Manchester

Data Migration
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Migration in Manchester.

Hourly rate trend for Data Migration in Manchester

Data Migration
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Migration within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Altrincham - 1 £525 -
Stockport - 1 - - 3
Data Migration
North West

Data Migration
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (3.45%) SAS
1 1 (3.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.45%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (34.48%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (10.34%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (3.45%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (3.45%) SAP HR
3 1 (3.45%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 5 (17.24%) Power Platform
2 4 (13.79%) AWS
2 4 (13.79%) Azure
3 2 (6.90%) Amazon ELB
4 1 (3.45%) OneDrive
4 1 (3.45%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (17.24%) Power BI
2 3 (10.34%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (10.34%) Tableau
3 2 (6.90%) SQL Server
3 2 (6.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (3.45%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (3.45%) Data Lake
4 1 (3.45%) MySQL
4 1 (3.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Flyway
1 1 (3.45%) JIRA
1 1 (3.45%) Liquibase
1 1 (3.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 15 (51.72%) Social Skills
2 8 (27.59%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (27.59%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (6.90%) Finance
4 1 (3.45%) Automotive
4 1 (3.45%) Banking
4 1 (3.45%) Corporate Banking
4 1 (3.45%) Investment Banking
4 1 (3.45%) Local Government
4 1 (3.45%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.45%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.45%) Retail
4 1 (3.45%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 10 (34.48%) Migration Engineer
2 9 (31.03%) Data Engineer
3 8 (27.59%) Data Migration Engineer
4 6 (20.69%) Analyst
5 4 (13.79%) Business Analyst
6 3 (10.34%) Architect
6 3 (10.34%) Data Analyst
7 2 (6.90%) AWS Architect
7 2 (6.90%) Cloud Architect
7 2 (6.90%) Consultant
7 2 (6.90%) Data Migration Analyst
7 2 (6.90%) Developer
7 2 (6.90%) Migration Analyst
7 2 (6.90%) Project Manager
7 2 (6.90%) SAP Analyst
7 2 (6.90%) SAP Business Analyst
8 1 (3.45%) HR Analyst
8 1 (3.45%) Migration Manager
8 1 (3.45%) Oracle Data Migration Consultant
8 1 (3.45%) Workstream Lead
Miscellaneous
1 10 (34.48%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (6.90%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.45%) Credit Risk
3 1 (3.45%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.45%) Data Structures
3 1 (3.45%) EMC VNX
3 1 (3.45%) Enterprise Storage
3 1 (3.45%) IBM XIV
3 1 (3.45%) IoT
3 1 (3.45%) Mainframe
3 1 (3.45%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (100.00%) Migration
2 14 (48.28%) ETL
3 12 (41.38%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (37.93%) User Acceptance Testing
5 10 (34.48%) Data Mapping
5 10 (34.48%) Validation
6 9 (31.03%) Data Modelling
7 8 (27.59%) Knowledge Transfer
8 6 (20.69%) Data Governance
9 5 (17.24%) Business Intelligence
9 5 (17.24%) Stakeholder Management
10 4 (13.79%) Data Management
10 4 (13.79%) Use Case
11 3 (10.34%) Disaster Recovery
11 3 (10.34%) Requirements Gathering
12 2 (6.90%) Architectural Design
12 2 (6.90%) Data Strategy
12 2 (6.90%) Decision-Making
12 2 (6.90%) Epics
12 2 (6.90%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 17 (58.62%) SQL
2 10 (34.48%) PL/SQL
3 1 (3.45%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (10.34%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (6.90%) SC Cleared
2 2 (6.90%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.45%) CIPD
3 1 (3.45%) Degree
3 1 (3.45%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (13.79%) Data Quality
2 2 (6.90%) Accessibility
3 1 (3.45%) GDPR
3 1 (3.45%) PMO
3 1 (3.45%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (3.45%) SCSM
Vendors
1 10 (34.48%) Oracle
2 6 (20.69%) Microsoft
3 3 (10.34%) SAP
4 1 (3.45%) BMC
4 1 (3.45%) EMC
4 1 (3.45%) IBM
4 1 (3.45%) Remedy
4 1 (3.45%) SolarWinds