Database Migration Contract Job Trends in the North West

Database Migration
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Database Migration skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 169 123 126
Rank change year-on-year -46 +3 +25
Contract jobs citing Database Migration 4 3 3
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.11% 0.14% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.16% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 3
10th Percentile £351 £380 -
25th Percentile £386 £388 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £428 £400 £488
Median % change year-on-year +6.88% -17.95% -7.14%
75th Percentile £528 £444 £494
90th Percentile £624 £470 -
England median daily rate £463 £463 £488
% change year-on-year - -5.13% -11.36%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North West

Database 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 3,070 1,889 2,168
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 83.42% 87.86% 84.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,811 1,231 1,332
10th Percentile £297 £270 £300
25th Percentile £400 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £450 £493
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -8.72% -1.40%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £585
90th Percentile £675 £671 £675
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 294 122 221
10th Percentile £17.25 £13.50 £10.95
25th Percentile £25.38 £18.92 £15.92
Median hourly rate £55.72 £28.88 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +92.97% +3.13% -4.44%
75th Percentile £76.00 £59.12 £48.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £74.88 £69.75
England median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +88.87% -37.13% -6.98%

Database Migration
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Database Migration job vacancy trend in the North West

Database Migration
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Database Migration
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Database Migration in the North West over the 6 months to 22 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Database Migration in the North West

Database Migration
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Database 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 Database Migration within the North West region over the 6 months to 22 July 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 -44 2 £381 -4.75% 1
Cheshire - 1 £450 -
Lancashire - 1 £675 - 2
Database Migration
England

Database 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) AWS
3 1 (25.00%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (50.00%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (50.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 2 (50.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle Database
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle Exadata
3 1 (25.00%) RDBMS
3 1 (25.00%) Relational Database
3 1 (25.00%) Sybase ASE
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Investment Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) DBA
2 2 (50.00%) SQL DBA
2 2 (50.00%) SQL Server DBA
3 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Lead
3 1 (25.00%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Sybase DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle GoldenGate
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Clustering
1 2 (50.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (25.00%) AIX
2 1 (25.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) DevOps
1 4 (100.00%) Migration
2 3 (75.00%) High Availability
3 2 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
3 2 (50.00%) CI/CD
3 2 (50.00%) Data Governance
3 2 (50.00%) Data Migration
3 2 (50.00%) Data Security
3 2 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
4 1 (25.00%) AI
4 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (25.00%) Database Security
4 1 (25.00%) Generative AI
4 1 (25.00%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (25.00%) Performance Optimisation
4 1 (25.00%) Resource Allocation
4 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (25.00%) SQL Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (50.00%) T-SQL
3 1 (25.00%) Python
3 1 (25.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Ansible
1 2 (50.00%) Failover Clustering
2 1 (25.00%) Data Guard
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle RMAN
2 1 (25.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle
2 1 (25.00%) Sybase