Data Migration Contracts in the North West

Data Migration
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring Data Migration skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Migration over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 76 114
Rank change year-on-year +8 +38 -5
Contract jobs citing Data Migration 56 57 39
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 2.85% 2.10% 1.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.17% 2.46% 1.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 43 30
10th Percentile £376 £450 £398
25th Percentile £441 £482 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £525 £488
Median % change year-on-year +1.14% +7.69% -2.50%
75th Percentile £683 £600 £563
90th Percentile £700 £643 £680
England median daily rate £529 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -3.82% +2.33% +2.38%

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 1,766 2,317 2,735
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 89.96% 85.25% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,156 1,457 1,921
10th Percentile £300 £306 £315
25th Percentile £391 £401 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £553 £588 £588
90th Percentile £661 £680 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 97 262 140
10th Percentile £13.88 £11.00 £16.24
25th Percentile £22.72 £14.00 £22.34
Median hourly rate £30.40 £26.39 £35.02
Median % change year-on-year +15.20% -24.63% +53.91%
75th Percentile £63.40 £46.18 £48.91
90th Percentile £84.80 £66.61 £66.00
England median hourly rate £28.53 £37.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -23.93% - +50.00%

Data Migration
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Data Migration as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Data Migration in the North West

Data Migration
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Migration in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Data Migration in the North West

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 31 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Migration in the North West

Data Migration
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Migration in the North West.

Hourly rate trend 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 31 May 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 +7 28 £550 +4.76% 22
Cheshire +15 24 £517 +16.44% 8
Lancashire -5 2 £425 -15.00% 3
Merseyside -1 1 - - 2
Data Migration
England

Data Migration
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (3.57%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.79%) BizTalk Server
2 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.79%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (5.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.79%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (17.86%) Oracle EBS
2 7 (12.50%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.79%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (1.79%) NetSuite
3 1 (1.79%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 1 (1.79%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (1.79%) SAP HR
3 1 (1.79%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 7 (12.50%) AWS
2 5 (8.93%) Azure
3 4 (7.14%) Power Platform
4 3 (5.36%) SaaS
5 2 (3.57%) Amazon ELB
6 1 (1.79%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (1.79%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.79%) OCI
6 1 (1.79%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.79%) OpenShift
6 1 (1.79%) Serverless
6 1 (1.79%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.79%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (16.07%) SQL Server
2 5 (8.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (7.14%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (7.14%) Power BI
4 3 (5.36%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (5.36%) Tableau
5 2 (3.57%) Metadata
5 2 (3.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (1.79%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (1.79%) BigQuery
6 1 (1.79%) DTS
6 1 (1.79%) GIS
6 1 (1.79%) Looker
6 1 (1.79%) MSDE
6 1 (1.79%) MySQL
6 1 (1.79%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 6 (10.71%) Git
2 5 (8.93%) JIRA
3 1 (1.79%) Flyway
3 1 (1.79%) Liquibase
3 1 (1.79%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 25 (44.64%) Social Skills
2 14 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (19.64%) Finance
3 11 (19.64%) Pharmaceutical
4 8 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
5 7 (12.50%) Legal
6 6 (10.71%) Manufacturing
7 4 (7.14%) Banking
8 1 (1.79%) Automotive
8 1 (1.79%) Corporate Banking
8 1 (1.79%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.79%) Local Government
8 1 (1.79%) Marketing
8 1 (1.79%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.79%) Retail
8 1 (1.79%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 11 (19.64%) Data Engineer
2 10 (17.86%) Migration Engineer
3 8 (14.29%) Data Migration Engineer
4 7 (12.50%) Architect
5 6 (10.71%) Analyst
5 6 (10.71%) Lead
6 4 (7.14%) AWS Architect
6 4 (7.14%) Business Analyst
6 4 (7.14%) Consultant
6 4 (7.14%) Data Migration Expert
7 3 (5.36%) Associate Director
7 3 (5.36%) Cloud Architect
7 3 (5.36%) Data Analyst
7 3 (5.36%) Data Consultant
7 3 (5.36%) Finance Manager
7 3 (5.36%) Finance Systems Manager
7 3 (5.36%) Project Manager
7 3 (5.36%) Solutions Architect
8 2 (3.57%) Data Migration Lead
8 2 (3.57%) Migration Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.57%) Kafka
1 2 (3.57%) Pandas
2 1 (1.79%) .NET
2 1 (1.79%) ASP.NET
2 1 (1.79%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (1.79%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 12 (21.43%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (5.36%) Data Structures
2 3 (5.36%) Public Cloud
2 3 (5.36%) Robotics
3 2 (3.57%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (3.57%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.57%) Taxonomies
4 1 (1.79%) Blockchain
4 1 (1.79%) Clustering
4 1 (1.79%) Credit Risk
4 1 (1.79%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.79%) EMC VNX
4 1 (1.79%) Enterprise Storage
4 1 (1.79%) IBM XIV
4 1 (1.79%) IoT
4 1 (1.79%) Private Cloud
4 1 (1.79%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.79%) Windows
1 1 (1.79%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (100.00%) Migration
2 21 (37.50%) ETL
3 18 (32.14%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (23.21%) User Acceptance Testing
5 12 (21.43%) Data Management
5 12 (21.43%) Data Modelling
6 11 (19.64%) Validation
7 10 (17.86%) Data Mapping
8 9 (16.07%) Information Architecture
9 8 (14.29%) Knowledge Transfer
10 7 (12.50%) Data Design
10 7 (12.50%) Project Management
11 6 (10.71%) Data Governance
11 6 (10.71%) ERP
11 6 (10.71%) Use Case
12 5 (8.93%) Business Intelligence
12 5 (8.93%) Data Cleansing
12 5 (8.93%) DevOps
12 5 (8.93%) Stakeholder Management
12 5 (8.93%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 24 (42.86%) SQL
2 10 (17.86%) PL/SQL
3 7 (12.50%) Python
4 4 (7.14%) Bash
4 4 (7.14%) PowerShell
5 2 (3.57%) Java
6 1 (1.79%) ABAP
6 1 (1.79%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (7.14%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (5.36%) SC Cleared
2 3 (5.36%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.57%) Degree
4 1 (1.79%) ACCA
4 1 (1.79%) AWS Certification
4 1 (1.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 1 (1.79%) CIPD
4 1 (1.79%) SAP Certification
4 1 (1.79%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.93%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.79%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.79%) GDPR
2 1 (1.79%) PMO
2 1 (1.79%) QA
System Software
1 2 (3.57%) Docker
2 1 (1.79%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (10.71%) Ansible
1 6 (10.71%) Kubernetes
2 4 (7.14%) Progress Chef
3 2 (3.57%) Terraform
4 1 (1.79%) Grafana
4 1 (1.79%) Prometheus
4 1 (1.79%) SCSM
Vendors
1 16 (28.57%) Oracle
2 15 (26.79%) SAP
3 6 (10.71%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.79%) Ariba
4 1 (1.79%) EMC
4 1 (1.79%) IBM
4 1 (1.79%) Red Hat
4 1 (1.79%) Remedy
4 1 (1.79%) SolarWinds
4 1 (1.79%) VMware