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 5 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 71 68
Rank change year-on-year +2 -3 +30
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 122 57 52
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 3.25% 2.62% 2.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.92% 2.98% 2.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 44 37
10th Percentile £388 £337 £410
25th Percentile £413 £406 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +11.84% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £603 £626 £600
90th Percentile £639 £696 £635
England median daily rate £530 £525 £535
% change year-on-year +0.86% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 0 1
10th Percentile £17.15 - -
25th Percentile £29.96 - £63.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 - £66.50
75th Percentile £76.00 - £69.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £40.78 £60.00 £80.00
% change year-on-year -32.04% -25.00% +158.06%

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 3,116 1,913 2,032
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 82.96% 87.95% 84.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,817 1,228 1,233
10th Percentile £277 £279 £300
25th Percentile £400 £375 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £453 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.55% -9.35% -
75th Percentile £596 £575 £588
90th Percentile £675 £668 £675
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 318 126 180
10th Percentile £17.25 £13.50 £10.95
25th Percentile £25.38 £18.87 £16.06
Median hourly rate £50.00 £27.90 £32.75
Median % change year-on-year +79.20% -14.80% -0.76%
75th Percentile £73.94 £57.57 £51.91
90th Percentile £85.00 £74.38 £70.90
England median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +78.93% -40.82% -

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 5 August 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 5 August 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 5 August 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 +4 71 £513 -6.82% 18
Lancashire +10 23 £625 +42.86% 9
Cheshire -15 16 £413 -10.70% 14
Merseyside -16 4 £516 - 5
Cumbria -9 3 - -
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 4 (3.28%) Confluence
1 4 (3.28%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (0.82%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.82%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 27 (22.13%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (2.46%) SAP ERP
2 3 (2.46%) Unit4 Business World
3 2 (1.64%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.64%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.82%) FIS Private Capital Suite
4 1 (0.82%) Odoo
4 1 (0.82%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 1 (0.82%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.82%) SAP HR
4 1 (0.82%) SAP PM
4 1 (0.82%) SAP QM
4 1 (0.82%) Sonata
Cloud Services
1 23 (18.85%) AWS
2 18 (14.75%) Azure
3 12 (9.84%) OCI
4 9 (7.38%) Dynamics 365
5 8 (6.56%) Power Platform
6 7 (5.74%) Azure Data Factory
7 6 (4.92%) SaaS
8 5 (4.10%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (4.10%) Azure Service Bus
8 5 (4.10%) SuccessFactors
9 4 (3.28%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 4 (3.28%) Power Automate
9 4 (3.28%) PowerApps
10 3 (2.46%) GitHub
10 3 (2.46%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (2.46%) Serverless
11 2 (1.64%) Amazon ECS
11 2 (1.64%) AWS Lambda
11 2 (1.64%) Google Workspace
11 2 (1.64%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.82%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (11.48%) SQL Server
2 11 (9.02%) Oracle Database
2 11 (9.02%) Oracle Exadata
2 11 (9.02%) RDBMS
2 11 (9.02%) Relational Database
3 9 (7.38%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (5.74%) Power BI
5 6 (4.92%) Metadata
6 4 (3.28%) Data Lake
6 4 (3.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (3.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (2.46%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (1.64%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (1.64%) Data Mining
8 2 (1.64%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (1.64%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (0.82%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.82%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.82%) SAP HANA
9 1 (0.82%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 12 (9.84%) Git
2 11 (9.02%) GitLab
3 6 (4.92%) JIRA
4 3 (2.46%) Claude Code
5 2 (1.64%) Zephyr
6 1 (0.82%) Hudson
6 1 (0.82%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.82%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.82%) Toad
General
1 50 (40.98%) Finance
2 37 (30.33%) Social Skills
3 16 (13.11%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (10.66%) Manufacturing
5 9 (7.38%) Public Sector
6 7 (5.74%) Retail
7 5 (4.10%) Marketing
8 4 (3.28%) Advertising
8 4 (3.28%) Banking
8 4 (3.28%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (2.46%) Legal
9 3 (2.46%) Military
10 2 (1.64%) Aerospace
10 2 (1.64%) Automotive
10 2 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.82%) Billing
11 1 (0.82%) Cantonese Language
11 1 (0.82%) Mandarin Language
11 1 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (17.21%) Senior
2 19 (15.57%) Analyst
3 16 (13.11%) Consultant
4 14 (11.48%) Project Manager
5 11 (9.02%) Lead
6 9 (7.38%) Business Analyst
6 9 (7.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 9 (7.38%) SAP Consultant
6 9 (7.38%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 8 (6.56%) Architect
7 8 (6.56%) Software Engineer
8 7 (5.74%) Data Analyst
8 7 (5.74%) Developer
8 7 (5.74%) Finance Manager
8 7 (5.74%) Migration Engineer
9 6 (4.92%) Cloud Engineer
9 6 (4.92%) Cloud Software Engineer
9 6 (4.92%) Finance Project Manager
9 6 (4.92%) Transformation Consultant
10 5 (4.10%) Data Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (9.02%) Oracle GoldenGate
2 7 (5.74%) Spring
2 7 (5.74%) Spring Boot
3 5 (4.10%) React
4 3 (2.46%) .NET
4 3 (2.46%) .NET Core
4 3 (2.46%) AngularJS
4 3 (2.46%) RabbitMQ
4 3 (2.46%) RESTful
4 3 (2.46%) YAML
5 2 (1.64%) .NET Framework
5 2 (1.64%) Entity Framework
5 2 (1.64%) REST
6 1 (0.82%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.82%) EDI
6 1 (0.82%) HTML5 Canvas
6 1 (0.82%) Kafka
6 1 (0.82%) Middleware
6 1 (0.82%) Node.js
6 1 (0.82%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 18 (14.75%) Legacy Systems
2 11 (9.02%) Public Cloud
3 9 (7.38%) Data Protection Act
4 8 (6.56%) Data Structures
5 4 (3.28%) Cloud Native
5 4 (3.28%) Marketing Technology
5 4 (3.28%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (2.46%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (2.46%) Low-Code
6 3 (2.46%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.64%) AS400
7 2 (1.64%) Clustering
7 2 (1.64%) iSeries
7 2 (1.64%) Reinsurance
7 2 (1.64%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.82%) Data Fabric
8 1 (0.82%) Digital Wallet
8 1 (0.82%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.82%) Microsoft Licensing
8 1 (0.82%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 12 (9.84%) Linux
2 11 (9.02%) AIX
3 2 (1.64%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (100.00%) Migration
2 36 (29.51%) Validation
3 31 (25.41%) ERP
4 29 (23.77%) CI/CD
5 24 (19.67%) Problem-Solving
6 21 (17.21%) Stakeholder Management
7 20 (16.39%) Infrastructure as Code
7 20 (16.39%) User Acceptance Testing
8 18 (14.75%) Project Management
9 17 (13.93%) ETL
10 16 (13.11%) Change Management
10 16 (13.11%) DevOps
10 16 (13.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 15 (12.30%) Agile
11 15 (12.30%) AI
11 15 (12.30%) Data Governance
11 15 (12.30%) Workshop Facilitation
12 14 (11.48%) Data Modelling
13 12 (9.84%) Business Transformation
13 12 (9.84%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 24 (19.67%) SQL
2 7 (5.74%) Java
2 7 (5.74%) Python
3 5 (4.10%) T-SQL
4 4 (3.28%) C#
5 3 (2.46%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.82%) Bash
6 1 (0.82%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.82%) Korn
Qualifications
1 14 (11.48%) Security Cleared
2 9 (7.38%) SC Cleared
3 2 (1.64%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (1.64%) Degree
4 1 (0.82%) Azure Certification
4 1 (0.82%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.82%) DV Cleared
4 1 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.82%) OCP
4 1 (0.82%) Oracle Certification
4 1 (0.82%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (18.85%) Data Quality
2 14 (11.48%) GDPR
3 4 (3.28%) PERC
4 3 (2.46%) QA
5 2 (1.64%) PMO
5 2 (1.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (1.64%) Solvency II
6 1 (0.82%) NCSC
System Software
1 11 (9.02%) Oracle RAC
2 4 (3.28%) Docker
3 1 (0.82%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.82%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.82%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (13.93%) Terraform
2 12 (9.84%) Ansible
3 11 (9.02%) Data Guard
3 11 (9.02%) Oracle RMAN
4 3 (2.46%) Kubernetes
5 2 (1.64%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.82%) Argo
6 1 (0.82%) Grafana
6 1 (0.82%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 37 (30.33%) SAP
2 15 (12.30%) Oracle
3 10 (8.20%) Microsoft
4 8 (6.56%) Sage
5 7 (5.74%) Databricks
5 7 (5.74%) Salesforce
6 6 (4.92%) Google
7 4 (3.28%) Pega
7 4 (3.28%) Tealium
7 4 (3.28%) TikTok
8 3 (2.46%) Alteryx
8 3 (2.46%) Ariba
8 3 (2.46%) DocuSign
9 2 (1.64%) IBM
9 2 (1.64%) IFS
9 2 (1.64%) Infor
9 2 (1.64%) MuleSoft
9 2 (1.64%) OpenText
10 1 (0.82%) EXASOL
10 1 (0.82%) ServiceNow