Data Migration Contract Job Trends in the North West

Data Migration
England > North West

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

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 95 75 98
Rank change year-on-year -20 +23 +6
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 41 46 39
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 1.71% 1.94% 1.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.95% 2.32% 1.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 34 24
10th Percentile £300 £406 £366
25th Percentile £354 £438 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £429 £475 £588
Median % change year-on-year -9.68% -19.15% +30.56%
75th Percentile £500 £550 £641
90th Percentile £575 £613 £675
England median daily rate £550 £541 £550
% change year-on-year +1.62% -1.59% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £59.76 - -
25th Percentile £59.78 £63.25 -
Median hourly rate £64.63 £66.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -2.81% - -
75th Percentile £71.85 £69.75 -
90th Percentile £73.30 - -
England median hourly rate £64.63 £64.00 £85.00
% change year-on-year +0.98% -24.71% +34.92%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,103 1,980 2,428
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 87.73% 83.65% 88.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,382 1,076 1,670
10th Percentile £215 £294 £270
25th Percentile £360 £399 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +1.01%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £593
90th Percentile £678 £656 £673
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 190 110 166
10th Percentile £15.18 £16.82 £15.75
25th Percentile £19.07 £24.18 £18.00
Median hourly rate £29.27 £40.16 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.12% +14.75% +45.83%
75th Percentile £45.46 £55.79 £46.18
90th Percentile £70.29 £70.90 £63.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -32.93% -15.73% +27.14%

Data Migration
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Data Migration job vacancy trend in the North West

Data Migration
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Data Migration.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Data Migration

Data Migration
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Migration in the North West over the 6 months to 6 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Migration in the North West

Data Migration
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Data Migration.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Data Migration

Data Migration
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 North West region over the 6 months to 6 November 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
Manchester -23 16 £425 -10.53% 21
Cheshire -20 14 £359 -24.42% 3
Lancashire - 7 £450 - 13
Cumbria +6 1 £600 +9.09% 3
Merseyside +1 1 £600 - 1
Data Migration
England

Data Migration
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 3 (7.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (4.88%) Confluence
2 2 (4.88%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.44%) Moodle
3 1 (2.44%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (2.44%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (7.32%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (2.44%) MIS ActiveH
2 1 (2.44%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 1 (2.44%) SAP ERP
2 1 (2.44%) SAP HR
2 1 (2.44%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 6 (14.63%) SaaS
2 4 (9.76%) Azure
3 3 (7.32%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (7.32%) OCI
4 2 (4.88%) Azure Event Grid
4 2 (4.88%) Azure Functions
4 2 (4.88%) Azure Logic Apps
4 2 (4.88%) Azure Monitor
4 2 (4.88%) Serverless
5 1 (2.44%) AWS
5 1 (2.44%) Azure Stack
5 1 (2.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (2.44%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.44%) GCP
5 1 (2.44%) OneDrive
5 1 (2.44%) Smartsheet
5 1 (2.44%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.44%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.88%) Azure SQL Database
1 2 (4.88%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.44%) Data Lake
2 1 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.44%) DB2
2 1 (2.44%) IMS/DB
2 1 (2.44%) Metadata
2 1 (2.44%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 1 (2.44%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 3 (7.32%) JIRA
2 1 (2.44%) LSMW
General
1 14 (34.15%) Social Skills
2 13 (31.71%) Finance
3 5 (12.20%) Banking
3 5 (12.20%) Legal
4 4 (9.76%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (9.76%) Public Sector
5 2 (4.88%) Local Government
6 1 (2.44%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.44%) Marketing
6 1 (2.44%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (2.44%) Retail
6 1 (2.44%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 8 (19.51%) Lead
2 6 (14.63%) Developer
2 6 (14.63%) Project Manager
3 4 (9.76%) Consultant
3 4 (9.76%) Salesforce Developer
4 3 (7.32%) Azure Engineer
4 3 (7.32%) Delivery Manager
4 3 (7.32%) Senior
4 3 (7.32%) Test Engineer
5 2 (4.88%) Analyst
5 2 (4.88%) Business Analyst
5 2 (4.88%) Business Systems Analyst
5 2 (4.88%) Cloud Engineer
5 2 (4.88%) Data Migration Lead
5 2 (4.88%) DBA
5 2 (4.88%) SAP Consultant
5 2 (4.88%) Technical Leader
6 1 (2.44%) Architect
6 1 (2.44%) Programme Manager
6 1 (2.44%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.76%) Lightning Web Components
2 2 (4.88%) ARM Templates
2 2 (4.88%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (2.44%) .NET
3 1 (2.44%) .NET Core
3 1 (2.44%) HTML
3 1 (2.44%) Node.js
3 1 (2.44%) RESTful
3 1 (2.44%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 6 (14.63%) Legacy Systems
2 5 (12.20%) Robotics
3 4 (9.76%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (7.32%) Low-Code
5 2 (4.88%) Cloud Native
5 2 (4.88%) Data Centre
5 2 (4.88%) Private Cloud
6 1 (2.44%) Data Structures
6 1 (2.44%) Housing Association
6 1 (2.44%) IBM Mainframe
6 1 (2.44%) Learning Management System
6 1 (2.44%) Mainframe
6 1 (2.44%) Management Information System
6 1 (2.44%) NHS
6 1 (2.44%) Onboarding
6 1 (2.44%) Product Ownership
6 1 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.44%) Linux
1 1 (2.44%) MVS
1 1 (2.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (2.44%) Windows
1 1 (2.44%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (100.00%) Migration
2 10 (24.39%) Validation
3 9 (21.95%) Agile
4 8 (19.51%) User Acceptance Testing
5 7 (17.07%) Data Management
5 7 (17.07%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (17.07%) Project Governance
6 6 (14.63%) Project Delivery
6 6 (14.63%) Project Management
7 5 (12.20%) Change Management
8 4 (9.76%) CRM
9 3 (7.32%) Contract Management
9 3 (7.32%) Data Governance
9 3 (7.32%) Data Validation
9 3 (7.32%) ERP
9 3 (7.32%) ETL
9 3 (7.32%) Regression Testing
9 3 (7.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 3 (7.32%) Test Automation
9 3 (7.32%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 5 (12.20%) SQL
2 4 (9.76%) Apex Code
3 2 (4.88%) Bicep
3 2 (4.88%) PowerShell
3 2 (4.88%) Python
3 2 (4.88%) T-SQL
4 1 (2.44%) Bash
4 1 (2.44%) Java
4 1 (2.44%) JCL
4 1 (2.44%) Perl
4 1 (2.44%) PL/1
Qualifications
1 5 (12.20%) Security Cleared
2 4 (9.76%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.44%) ACCA
3 1 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (2.44%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (17.07%) Data Quality
2 4 (9.76%) Accessibility
3 3 (7.32%) QA
4 1 (2.44%) PMO
4 1 (2.44%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (2.44%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.44%) Time Sharing Option
1 1 (2.44%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (4.88%) Terraform
2 1 (2.44%) CA Endevor
Vendors
1 7 (17.07%) Microsoft
2 6 (14.63%) SAP
3 5 (12.20%) Salesforce
4 4 (9.76%) Oracle
5 2 (4.88%) Databricks
6 1 (2.44%) Cisco
6 1 (2.44%) Citrix
6 1 (2.44%) DocuSign
6 1 (2.44%) EXASOL
6 1 (2.44%) IBM
6 1 (2.44%) Red Hat
6 1 (2.44%) Saba
6 1 (2.44%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6 1 (2.44%) Syncsort
6 1 (2.44%) VMware