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 27 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 101 77 94
Rank change year-on-year -24 +17 +4
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 40 43 46
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 1.62% 1.84% 1.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.84% 2.17% 1.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 33 30
10th Percentile £301 £406 £374
25th Percentile £358 £438 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £439 £500 £581
Median % change year-on-year -12.25% -13.98% +29.17%
75th Percentile £500 £550 £647
90th Percentile £575 £623 £675
England median daily rate £540 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -1.82% - +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 £65.00 £64.00 £85.00
% change year-on-year +1.56% -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 2,170 1,978 2,368
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 88.14% 84.67% 88.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,445 1,067 1,625
10th Percentile £213 £294 £270
25th Percentile £358 £390 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £600
90th Percentile £674 £653 £675
England median daily rate £501 £525 £548
% change year-on-year -4.67% -4.11% -0.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 185 121 155
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.25 £16.10
25th Percentile £19.29 £23.48 £18.00
Median hourly rate £29.60 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.43% - +50.80%
75th Percentile £47.12 £51.91 £46.53
90th Percentile £70.93 £69.75 £64.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.43 £45.00
% change year-on-year -29.01% -21.27% +23.29%

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 27 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 27 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 -19 19 £436 -10.51% 18
Cheshire -17 10 £360 -31.43% 11
Lancashire - 7 £450 - 11
Cumbria +9 1 £600 +9.09% 1
Merseyside -5 1 £600 +14.29% 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 3 (7.50%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (7.50%) SharePoint
2 2 (5.00%) Confluence
3 1 (2.50%) Moodle
3 1 (2.50%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (2.50%) MS Visio
1 1 (2.50%) Spreadsheet
1 1 (2.50%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 3 (7.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (2.50%) ENOVIA
2 1 (2.50%) MIS ActiveH
2 1 (2.50%) SAP ERP
2 1 (2.50%) SAP HR
2 1 (2.50%) SAP SD
2 1 (2.50%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 4 (10.00%) Azure
2 3 (7.50%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (7.50%) SaaS
3 2 (5.00%) Azure Event Grid
3 2 (5.00%) Azure Functions
3 2 (5.00%) Azure Logic Apps
3 2 (5.00%) Azure Monitor
3 2 (5.00%) OCI
3 2 (5.00%) Serverless
4 1 (2.50%) AWS
4 1 (2.50%) Azure Stack
4 1 (2.50%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (2.50%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.50%) GCP
4 1 (2.50%) OneDrive
4 1 (2.50%) Smartsheet
4 1 (2.50%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.50%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 2 (5.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.50%) Data Lake
2 1 (2.50%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.50%) DB2
2 1 (2.50%) IMS/DB
2 1 (2.50%) Metadata
2 1 (2.50%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 1 (2.50%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 3 (7.50%) JIRA
2 1 (2.50%) LSMW
General
1 13 (32.50%) Social Skills
2 12 (30.00%) Finance
3 5 (12.50%) Banking
3 5 (12.50%) Legal
4 4 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (10.00%) Public Sector
5 2 (5.00%) Local Government
6 1 (2.50%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.50%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.50%) Marketing
6 1 (2.50%) Retail
6 1 (2.50%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 6 (15.00%) Developer
1 6 (15.00%) Project Manager
2 5 (12.50%) Consultant
3 4 (10.00%) Lead
3 4 (10.00%) Salesforce Developer
4 3 (7.50%) Analyst
4 3 (7.50%) Azure Engineer
4 3 (7.50%) Delivery Manager
4 3 (7.50%) Senior
4 3 (7.50%) Test Engineer
5 2 (5.00%) Business Analyst
5 2 (5.00%) Business Systems Analyst
5 2 (5.00%) Cloud Engineer
5 2 (5.00%) DBA
5 2 (5.00%) SAP Consultant
6 1 (2.50%) Cloud Consultant
6 1 (2.50%) Data Migration Lead
6 1 (2.50%) Migration Manager
6 1 (2.50%) Node.js Developer
6 1 (2.50%) Performance Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (10.00%) Lightning Web Components
2 2 (5.00%) ARM Templates
3 1 (2.50%) .NET
3 1 (2.50%) .NET Core
3 1 (2.50%) HTML
3 1 (2.50%) Node.js
3 1 (2.50%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (2.50%) RESTful
3 1 (2.50%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 7 (17.50%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (10.00%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (7.50%) Low-Code
4 2 (5.00%) Cloud Native
4 2 (5.00%) Data Centre
4 2 (5.00%) Private Cloud
4 2 (5.00%) Robotics
5 1 (2.50%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (2.50%) Data Structures
5 1 (2.50%) FMCG
5 1 (2.50%) Housing Association
5 1 (2.50%) IBM Mainframe
5 1 (2.50%) Learning Management System
5 1 (2.50%) Mainframe
5 1 (2.50%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.50%) NHS
5 1 (2.50%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.50%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.50%) Linux
1 1 (2.50%) MVS
1 1 (2.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (2.50%) Windows
1 1 (2.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (100.00%) Migration
2 10 (25.00%) Validation
3 9 (22.50%) Agile
4 8 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
5 7 (17.50%) Change Management
5 7 (17.50%) Project Management
6 6 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (15.00%) Project Delivery
7 4 (10.00%) CRM
7 4 (10.00%) Data Management
7 4 (10.00%) Project Governance
7 4 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 4 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (7.50%) Cybersecurity
8 3 (7.50%) Data Integration
8 3 (7.50%) Data Mapping
8 3 (7.50%) Data Validation
8 3 (7.50%) Regression Testing
8 3 (7.50%) Test Automation
8 3 (7.50%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 5 (12.50%) SQL
2 4 (10.00%) Apex Code
3 3 (7.50%) Python
4 2 (5.00%) Bicep
4 2 (5.00%) PowerShell
4 2 (5.00%) T-SQL
5 1 (2.50%) Bash
5 1 (2.50%) Java
5 1 (2.50%) JCL
5 1 (2.50%) Perl
5 1 (2.50%) PL/1
Qualifications
1 5 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 4 (10.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.50%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (2.50%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (17.50%) Data Quality
2 4 (10.00%) Accessibility
3 3 (7.50%) QA
4 1 (2.50%) PMO
4 1 (2.50%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (2.50%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.50%) Time Sharing Option
1 1 (2.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (5.00%) Terraform
2 1 (2.50%) CA Endevor
Vendors
1 7 (17.50%) Microsoft
2 6 (15.00%) SAP
3 5 (12.50%) Salesforce
4 2 (5.00%) Databricks
4 2 (5.00%) Oracle
5 1 (2.50%) Alteryx
5 1 (2.50%) Cisco
5 1 (2.50%) Citrix
5 1 (2.50%) DocuSign
5 1 (2.50%) EXASOL
5 1 (2.50%) IBM
5 1 (2.50%) PTC
5 1 (2.50%) Red Hat
5 1 (2.50%) Saba
5 1 (2.50%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
5 1 (2.50%) Siemens
5 1 (2.50%) Syncsort
5 1 (2.50%) VMware