Server Migrations Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Server Migration
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Server Migrations skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 223 158 186
Rank change year-on-year -65 +28 +35
Contract jobs citing Server Migrations 1 2 5
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.019% 0.060% 0.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.022% 0.068% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 4
10th Percentile - - £342
25th Percentile £638 £325 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £350 £414
Median % change year-on-year +92.86% -15.41% -21.19%
75th Percentile £713 £375 £439
90th Percentile - - £468
England median daily rate £650 £443 £444
% change year-on-year +46.89% -0.28% -6.58%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of England

Server Migrations 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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,617 2,949 4,292
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 87.26% 88.93% 87.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,028 1,768 2,713
10th Percentile £255 £261 £275
25th Percentile £373 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £471 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.84% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £575 £587
90th Percentile £650 £650 £672
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 277 142 314
10th Percentile £15.30 £15.22 £11.77
25th Percentile £21.30 £19.00 £13.99
Median hourly rate £42.69 £28.13 £22.31
Median % change year-on-year +51.77% +26.09% -14.21%
75th Percentile £60.61 £46.18 £46.18
90th Percentile £74.26 £77.23 £53.75
England median hourly rate £26.61 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -23.99% - -

Server Migrations
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Server Migrations relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Server Migrations job vacancy trend in the North of England

Server Migrations
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Server Migrations.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Server Migrations

Server Migrations
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Server Migrations.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Server Migrations

Server Migrations
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Server Migrations within the North of England region over the 6 months to 20 February 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
North West - 1 £675 - 1
Server Migrations
England

Server Migrations
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Automation Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Automation Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) FMCG
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Siemens