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 21 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 69 73
Rank change year-on-year +8 +4 +34
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 108 55 60
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 3.29% 2.81% 2.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.95% 3.12% 2.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 41 45
10th Percentile £386 £400 £450
25th Percentile £413 £456 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £558 £688 £600
90th Percentile £583 £700 £648
England median daily rate £525 £529 £550
% change year-on-year -0.76% -3.82% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £13.95 - -
Median hourly rate £56.00 - -
75th Percentile £76.00 - -
90th Percentile £78.70 - -
England median hourly rate £40.00 £62.50 £75.00
% change year-on-year -36.00% -16.67% +233.33%

All Process & 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 2,733 1,765 2,280
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 83.20% 90.05% 85.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,657 1,148 1,451
10th Percentile £299 £300 £308
25th Percentile £385 £390 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £584 £563 £588
90th Percentile £666 £663 £689
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 232 105 255
10th Percentile £17.13 £15.34 £10.97
25th Percentile £25.38 £22.75 £13.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £31.76 £25.60
Median % change year-on-year +73.17% +24.06% -26.89%
75th Percentile £74.26 £63.00 £46.03
90th Percentile £85.00 £84.06 £62.50
England median hourly rate £46.80 £28.75 £36.50
% change year-on-year +62.78% -21.23% -0.11%

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 21 May 2026.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Migration in the North West over the 6 months to 21 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Migration in the North West

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 21 May 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
Manchester -10 53 £500 -9.09% 18
Lancashire +14 27 £425 - 4
Cheshire -15 20 £425 -22.73% 5
Cumbria - 3 - -
Merseyside -16 2 - - 2
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 2 (1.85%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.93%) Confluence
2 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.93%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 34 (31.48%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (2.78%) SAP ERP
2 3 (2.78%) Unit4 Business World
3 2 (1.85%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.93%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.93%) Odoo
4 1 (0.93%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.93%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 13 (12.04%) Azure
2 11 (10.19%) AWS
3 7 (6.48%) Dynamics 365
4 6 (5.56%) Azure Data Factory
5 5 (4.63%) SaaS
6 4 (3.70%) Azure Service Bus
6 4 (3.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 4 (3.70%) Power Platform
6 4 (3.70%) SuccessFactors
7 3 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.85%) GitHub
8 2 (1.85%) Google Workspace
8 2 (1.85%) OCI
8 2 (1.85%) Serverless
8 2 (1.85%) Snowflake
9 1 (0.93%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (0.93%) GitHub Copilot
9 1 (0.93%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.93%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.93%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (9.26%) SQL Server
2 5 (4.63%) Metadata
3 4 (3.70%) Data Lake
3 4 (3.70%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (3.70%) Power BI
4 2 (1.85%) Data Mining
4 2 (1.85%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.93%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.93%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.93%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.93%) Oracle Exadata
5 1 (0.93%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.93%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.93%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (2.78%) Claude Code
1 3 (2.78%) Git
2 1 (0.93%) GitLab
2 1 (0.93%) Hudson
2 1 (0.93%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.93%) JIRA
2 1 (0.93%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 50 (46.30%) Finance
2 33 (30.56%) Social Skills
3 19 (17.59%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (11.11%) Public Sector
5 6 (5.56%) Manufacturing
6 4 (3.70%) Advertising
6 4 (3.70%) Marketing
7 3 (2.78%) Billing
7 3 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.85%) Legal
8 2 (1.85%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (1.85%) Retail
9 1 (0.93%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.93%) Banking
9 1 (0.93%) Cantonese Language
9 1 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.93%) Mandarin Language
9 1 (0.93%) Military
9 1 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (19.44%) Consultant
2 20 (18.52%) Project Manager
3 16 (14.81%) Analyst
4 15 (13.89%) SAP Consultant
5 14 (12.96%) Finance Manager
6 13 (12.04%) Finance Project Manager
6 13 (12.04%) Transformation Consultant
7 12 (11.11%) Lead
7 12 (11.11%) Senior
8 8 (7.41%) Architect
9 7 (6.48%) Developer
10 6 (5.56%) Data Analyst
10 6 (5.56%) Migration Engineer
10 6 (5.56%) Software Engineer
11 5 (4.63%) Cloud Engineer
11 5 (4.63%) Cloud Software Engineer
11 5 (4.63%) Data Consultant
11 5 (4.63%) Data Migration Analyst
11 5 (4.63%) Senior Manager
11 5 (4.63%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.63%) Spring
1 5 (4.63%) Spring Boot
2 4 (3.70%) React
3 3 (2.78%) .NET
3 3 (2.78%) .NET Core
3 3 (2.78%) AngularJS
3 3 (2.78%) RabbitMQ
3 3 (2.78%) RESTful
3 3 (2.78%) YAML
4 2 (1.85%) .NET Framework
4 2 (1.85%) Entity Framework
4 2 (1.85%) REST
5 1 (0.93%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.93%) Middleware
5 1 (0.93%) OpenTelemetry
5 1 (0.93%) Oracle GoldenGate
5 1 (0.93%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 17 (15.74%) Legacy Systems
2 6 (5.56%) Data Protection Act
3 5 (4.63%) Data Structures
4 4 (3.70%) Cloud Native
4 4 (3.70%) Marketing Technology
4 4 (3.70%) Onboarding
4 4 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.85%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.93%) Data Fabric
6 1 (0.93%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.93%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.93%) Reinsurance
6 1 (0.93%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.85%) Linux
2 1 (0.93%) AIX
2 1 (0.93%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (100.00%) Migration
2 52 (48.15%) Validation
3 39 (36.11%) ERP
4 37 (34.26%) Problem-Solving
5 31 (28.70%) Change Management
5 31 (28.70%) Project Management
5 31 (28.70%) Workshop Facilitation
6 26 (24.07%) Business Transformation
7 22 (20.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 17 (15.74%) CI/CD
9 15 (13.89%) ETL
10 14 (12.96%) SAP Implementation
10 14 (12.96%) User Acceptance Testing
11 13 (12.04%) Use Case
11 13 (12.04%) Visualisation
12 12 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
13 9 (8.33%) Agile
13 9 (8.33%) AI
13 9 (8.33%) Data Governance
13 9 (8.33%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 15 (13.89%) SQL
2 6 (5.56%) Python
3 5 (4.63%) Java
4 3 (2.78%) C#
5 1 (0.93%) Bash
5 1 (0.93%) Korn
5 1 (0.93%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.93%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (6.48%) Security Cleared
2 4 (3.70%) SC Cleared
3 2 (1.85%) Degree
4 1 (0.93%) Azure Certification
4 1 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.93%) OCP
4 1 (0.93%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (15.74%) Data Quality
2 9 (8.33%) GDPR
3 4 (3.70%) PERC
4 3 (2.78%) PMO
5 2 (1.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.93%) QA
6 1 (0.93%) Solvency II
System Software
1 3 (2.78%) Docker
2 1 (0.93%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.93%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (0.93%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.93%) VMware NSX
2 1 (0.93%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (5.56%) Terraform
2 2 (1.85%) Ansible
2 2 (1.85%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.93%) Argo
3 1 (0.93%) Data Guard
3 1 (0.93%) Grafana
3 1 (0.93%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (0.93%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 44 (40.74%) SAP
2 14 (12.96%) Sage
3 8 (7.41%) Microsoft
4 6 (5.56%) Google
5 5 (4.63%) Databricks
5 5 (4.63%) Oracle
5 5 (4.63%) Salesforce
6 4 (3.70%) Pega
6 4 (3.70%) Tealium
6 4 (3.70%) TikTok
7 3 (2.78%) Guidewire
7 3 (2.78%) LabWare
8 2 (1.85%) Infor
8 2 (1.85%) MuleSoft
9 1 (0.93%) EXASOL
9 1 (0.93%) OpenText
9 1 (0.93%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.93%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.93%) Siebel
9 1 (0.93%) Splunk