Data Migration Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Data Migration
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Data Migration skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 56 63
Rank change year-on-year -16 +7 +8
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 21 31 38
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 1.80% 2.88% 2.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.01% 3.21% 2.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 23 29
10th Percentile £300 £406 £405
25th Percentile £384 £438 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £451 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.95% -5.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £479 £594 £606
90th Percentile £575 £623 £675
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £525
% change year-on-year -5.26% -9.52% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £66.50 -
North West median hourly rate £64.63 £66.50 -
% change year-on-year -2.81% - -

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 1,046 967 1,369
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 89.79% 89.70% 88.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 703 581 978
10th Percentile £303 £294 £296
25th Percentile £373 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £585 £575 £588
90th Percentile £650 £675 £675
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 39 48
10th Percentile £17.30 £15.98 £15.74
25th Percentile £19.52 £22.75 £17.37
Median hourly rate £22.82 £32.50 £24.75
Median % change year-on-year -29.80% +31.31% -33.65%
75th Percentile £53.94 £44.38 £57.19
90th Percentile £64.13 £65.00 £76.10
North West median hourly rate £32.50 £32.01 £35.50
% change year-on-year +1.53% -9.83% +37.54%

Data Migration
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Data Migration job vacancy trend in Manchester

Data Migration
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Data Migration.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Data Migration

Data Migration
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Migration in Manchester over the 6 months to 16 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Migration in Manchester

Data Migration
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Data Migration.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Data Migration

Data Migration
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 (4.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (4.76%) MS Visio
1 1 (4.76%) Spreadsheet
1 1 (4.76%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 2 (9.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (4.76%) ENOVIA
2 1 (4.76%) MIS ActiveH
2 1 (4.76%) SAP ERP
2 1 (4.76%) SAP HR
2 1 (4.76%) SAP SD
2 1 (4.76%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 3 (14.29%) AWS
2 2 (9.52%) Azure
3 1 (4.76%) Azure Stack
3 1 (4.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (4.76%) GCP
3 1 (4.76%) OCI
3 1 (4.76%) Smartsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.76%) Amazon Redshift
1 1 (4.76%) Data Lake
1 1 (4.76%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (4.76%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) JIRA
General
1 5 (23.81%) Public Sector
1 5 (23.81%) Social Skills
2 3 (14.29%) Finance
3 2 (9.52%) Legal
3 2 (9.52%) Local Government
4 1 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (4.76%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.76%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 3 (14.29%) Consultant
1 3 (14.29%) Project Manager
1 3 (14.29%) Test Engineer
2 2 (9.52%) Analyst
2 2 (9.52%) Architect
2 2 (9.52%) Data Architect
2 2 (9.52%) Developer
2 2 (9.52%) Implementation Manager
2 2 (9.52%) Senior
2 2 (9.52%) Senior Developer
2 2 (9.52%) Senior Software Developer
2 2 (9.52%) Software Developer
3 1 (4.76%) Azure Data Engineer
3 1 (4.76%) Business Systems Analyst
3 1 (4.76%) Data Analyst
3 1 (4.76%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (4.76%) Implementation Consultant
3 1 (4.76%) Migration Consultant
3 1 (4.76%) SAP Consultant
3 1 (4.76%) SAP HR Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) .NET
1 1 (4.76%) .NET Core
1 1 (4.76%) HTML
1 1 (4.76%) Node.js
1 1 (4.76%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 5 (23.81%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (14.29%) Low-Code
3 1 (4.76%) Data Centre
3 1 (4.76%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (4.76%) FMCG
3 1 (4.76%) Housing Association
3 1 (4.76%) NHS
3 1 (4.76%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (100.00%) Migration
2 6 (28.57%) Agile
2 6 (28.57%) Validation
3 5 (23.81%) Change Management
4 4 (19.05%) Data Integration
4 4 (19.05%) Project Management
4 4 (19.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (19.05%) User Acceptance Testing
5 3 (14.29%) Data Validation
5 3 (14.29%) ETL
5 3 (14.29%) Regression Testing
5 3 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (14.29%) Test Automation
5 3 (14.29%) Test Scripting
6 2 (9.52%) Case Management
6 2 (9.52%) Contingency Planning
6 2 (9.52%) Data Conversion
6 2 (9.52%) Data Mapping
6 2 (9.52%) ERP
6 2 (9.52%) Re-Platforming
Programming Languages
1 3 (14.29%) Python
2 2 (9.52%) SQL
3 1 (4.76%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 2 (9.52%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (19.05%) Accessibility
2 3 (14.29%) QA
3 2 (9.52%) Data Quality
4 1 (4.76%) PMO
4 1 (4.76%) WCAG
Vendors
1 4 (19.05%) SAP
2 2 (9.52%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.76%) Alteryx
3 1 (4.76%) Databricks
3 1 (4.76%) DocuSign
3 1 (4.76%) Oracle
3 1 (4.76%) PTC
3 1 (4.76%) Siemens