Migration Contracts in Manchester

Migration
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester requiring Migration skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Migration over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 19 17
Rank change year-on-year +4 -2 +5
Contract jobs citing Migration 90 100 145
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 10.10% 7.00% 8.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.31% 8.05% 8.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 73 119
10th Percentile £366 £405 £363
25th Percentile £447 £463 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £503 £520
Median % change year-on-year -0.50% -3.37% +8.05%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £595
90th Percentile £666 £670 £675
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 6
10th Percentile £18.92 £89.20 -
25th Percentile £22.93 £91.00 -
Median hourly rate £52.08 £98.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -46.86% +40.00% -
75th Percentile £87.13 £103.00 -
90th Percentile £91.85 £103.60 -
North West median hourly rate £28.75 £16.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +79.69% -77.14% +11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 796 1,242 1,638
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 89.34% 86.91% 91.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 555 850 1,192
10th Percentile £300 £325 £313
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.40% - -
75th Percentile £575 £598 £600
90th Percentile £675 £694 £675
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 75 52
10th Percentile £15.84 £12.44 £16.64
25th Percentile £24.25 £13.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £26.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +130.77% -25.71% +93.83%
75th Percentile £73.75 £60.63 £45.00
90th Percentile £85.35 £73.70 £70.00
North West median hourly rate £31.88 £24.15 £36.00
% change year-on-year +32.04% -32.93% +52.90%

Migration
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Migration in Manchester

Migration
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Migration in Manchester

Migration
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

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

Daily rate histogram for Migration in Manchester

Migration
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for Migration in Manchester

Migration
Hourly Rate Histogram in Manchester

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Migration in Manchester over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Migration in Manchester

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 Migration within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 16 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 - 3
Stockport - 1 - - 1
Migration
North West

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 6 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (5.56%) SharePoint
3 3 (3.33%) Confluence
4 1 (1.11%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.11%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (11.11%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (4.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (4.44%) Unit4 Business World
3 2 (2.22%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (1.11%) Elite 3E
4 1 (1.11%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 1 (1.11%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (1.11%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 13 (14.44%) AWS
2 12 (13.33%) Azure
3 5 (5.56%) Power Platform
4 3 (3.33%) Amazon ELB
4 3 (3.33%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (3.33%) OneDrive
5 2 (2.22%) Entra ID
5 2 (2.22%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (1.11%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (1.11%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.11%) GCP
6 1 (1.11%) SaaS
6 1 (1.11%) Serverless
6 1 (1.11%) Slack
6 1 (1.11%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.22%) DHCP
1 2 (2.22%) DNS
1 2 (2.22%) SD-WAN
1 2 (2.22%) WAN
2 1 (1.11%) Firewall
2 1 (1.11%) MPLS
2 1 (1.11%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (12.22%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (11.11%) Relational Database
3 5 (5.56%) Power BI
4 3 (3.33%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (3.33%) SQL Server
4 3 (3.33%) Tableau
5 2 (2.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (1.11%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (1.11%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (1.11%) MySQL
6 1 (1.11%) Power Query
6 1 (1.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 11 (12.22%) Liquibase
2 10 (11.11%) Gradle
2 10 (11.11%) Jenkins
2 10 (11.11%) JUnit
2 10 (11.11%) Mockito
3 5 (5.56%) GitLab
4 4 (4.44%) JIRA
5 1 (1.11%) Appium
5 1 (1.11%) Flyway
5 1 (1.11%) Postman
5 1 (1.11%) ScriptRunner
5 1 (1.11%) Selenium
5 1 (1.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (1.11%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (1.11%) WebDriver
General
1 32 (35.56%) Social Skills
2 18 (20.00%) Finance
2 18 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 11 (12.22%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (12.22%) Manufacturing
4 10 (11.11%) Electronics
4 10 (11.11%) Marketing
4 10 (11.11%) Telecoms
5 9 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (5.56%) Banking
7 3 (3.33%) Retail
8 2 (2.22%) Aviation
8 2 (2.22%) Legal
9 1 (1.11%) Automotive
9 1 (1.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.11%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.11%) Law
9 1 (1.11%) Local Government
9 1 (1.11%) Retail Banking
9 1 (1.11%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 15 (16.67%) Architect
2 14 (15.56%) Migration Engineer
3 12 (13.33%) Analyst
4 9 (10.00%) Business Analyst
5 8 (8.89%) Data Engineer
5 8 (8.89%) Data Migration Engineer
6 7 (7.78%) Project Manager
7 6 (6.67%) Developer
7 6 (6.67%) Lead
7 6 (6.67%) Software Engineer
8 5 (5.56%) Java Developer
8 5 (5.56%) Java Engineer
8 5 (5.56%) Java Software Engineer
8 5 (5.56%) React Developer
8 5 (5.56%) SC Cleared Java Developer
8 5 (5.56%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
8 5 (5.56%) Test Manager
9 4 (4.44%) Data Analyst
9 4 (4.44%) Migration Manager
9 4 (4.44%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (13.33%) Kafka
2 10 (11.11%) OpenAPI
2 10 (11.11%) React
2 10 (11.11%) Spring
2 10 (11.11%) Spring Boot
2 10 (11.11%) Swagger
3 4 (4.44%) OAuth
3 4 (4.44%) OAuth2
4 3 (3.33%) REST
5 1 (1.11%) Ajax
5 1 (1.11%) Chai
5 1 (1.11%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (1.11%) RabbitMQ
5 1 (1.11%) SAML
5 1 (1.11%) SOAP
5 1 (1.11%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 10 (11.11%) Legacy Systems
2 8 (8.89%) Data Centre
3 3 (3.33%) Onboarding
3 3 (3.33%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.22%) Digital Wallet
4 2 (2.22%) EMV
4 2 (2.22%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (2.22%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 2 (2.22%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.11%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.11%) Credit Risk
5 1 (1.11%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.11%) EMC VNX
5 1 (1.11%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (1.11%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.11%) IBM XIV
5 1 (1.11%) IoT
5 1 (1.11%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.11%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 6 (6.67%) Windows
2 3 (3.33%) Linux
2 3 (3.33%) Windows Server
3 2 (2.22%) Android
3 2 (2.22%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.11%) HPUX
4 1 (1.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.11%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (31.11%) Data Migration
2 22 (24.44%) Agile
3 18 (20.00%) DevOps
4 17 (18.89%) Problem-Solving
5 16 (17.78%) Stakeholder Management
6 15 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
6 15 (16.67%) Software Engineering
7 14 (15.56%) ETL
8 13 (14.44%) Containerisation
9 12 (13.33%) Data Modelling
9 12 (13.33%) Microservices
9 12 (13.33%) Validation
10 11 (12.22%) Knowledge Transfer
10 11 (12.22%) User Acceptance Testing
11 10 (11.11%) CI/CD
11 10 (11.11%) Data Mapping
11 10 (11.11%) Digital Marketing
11 10 (11.11%) Programme Management
11 10 (11.11%) TDD
12 9 (10.00%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 26 (28.89%) SQL
2 15 (16.67%) Java
3 10 (11.11%) PL/SQL
3 10 (11.11%) TypeScript
4 1 (1.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (1.11%) Groovy
4 1 (1.11%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 18 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 18 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (3.33%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (1.11%) ACCA
3 1 (1.11%) Azure Certification
3 1 (1.11%) CIPD
3 1 (1.11%) DBS Check
3 1 (1.11%) Degree
3 1 (1.11%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.67%) QA
2 4 (4.44%) Data Quality
3 3 (3.33%) GDPR
4 2 (2.22%) ISO 20022
4 2 (2.22%) ISO 8583
4 2 (2.22%) PCI DSS
4 2 (2.22%) PSD2
4 2 (2.22%) SEPA
5 1 (1.11%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.11%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (1.11%) PMO
System Software
1 10 (11.11%) Docker
2 5 (5.56%) Active Directory
3 2 (2.22%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (1.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (3.33%) Kubernetes
1 3 (3.33%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (2.22%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.11%) Ansible
3 1 (1.11%) SCSM
3 1 (1.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 16 (17.78%) Microsoft
2 15 (16.67%) SAP
3 11 (12.22%) Oracle
4 4 (4.44%) MuleSoft
5 3 (3.33%) VMware
6 2 (2.22%) Atlassian
6 2 (2.22%) Citrix
6 2 (2.22%) ForgeRock
6 2 (2.22%) IBM
6 2 (2.22%) ServiceNow
6 2 (2.22%) SolarWinds
7 1 (1.11%) Cisco
7 1 (1.11%) EMC
7 1 (1.11%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.11%) Meraki
7 1 (1.11%) Remedy
7 1 (1.11%) SendGrid
7 1 (1.11%) Splunk
7 1 (1.11%) Sun