Migration Job Trends in Cheshire

Migration
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring Migration skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 38 43
Rank change year-on-year -24 +5 +37
Permanent jobs citing Migration 13 19 21
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheshire 0.99% 3.35% 3.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.19% 3.75% 4.34%
Number of salaries quoted 9 11 14
10th Percentile £40,250 £32,750 £48,000
25th Percentile £41,750 £37,000 £48,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -20.83% +14.29%
75th Percentile £77,500 £53,750 £95,281
90th Percentile £79,200 £87,250 £100,000
North West median annual salary £53,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.95% -12.50% +9.09%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cheshire

Migration falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Cheshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,091 506 484
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 83.22% 89.24% 82.59%
Number of salaries quoted 434 254 395
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,500 £23,850
25th Percentile £35,000 £39,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,000 £58,750 £66,778
90th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £77,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,084 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% -0.79% -4.55%

Migration
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Migration relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Migration job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Migration
Salary Trend in Cheshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Migration.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Migration

Migration
Salary Histogram in Cheshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Migration in Cheshire over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Migration in Cheshire

Migration
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Migration within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Chester -5 7 £75,000 - 4
Wilmslow - 2 £45,000 - 1
Warrington -8 1 £84,000 +60.00%
Knutsford - 1 £37,500 - 2
Migration
North West

Migration
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (7.69%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Dynamics NAV
1 2 (15.38%) iTrent
2 1 (7.69%) Loan IQ
Cloud Services
1 3 (23.08%) Azure
2 2 (15.38%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (7.69%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (7.69%) Entra ID
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (7.69%) OneDrive
3 1 (7.69%) OpenShift
3 1 (7.69%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) Power BI
1 1 (7.69%) SQL Server
1 1 (7.69%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) CA Release Automation
1 1 (7.69%) Git
1 1 (7.69%) GitLab
1 1 (7.69%) Jenkins
1 1 (7.69%) Sonatype Nexus
1 1 (7.69%) TeamCity
General
1 9 (69.23%) Finance
2 5 (38.46%) Banking
3 4 (30.77%) Billing
3 4 (30.77%) Financial Institution
4 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
5 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Architect
2 4 (30.77%) Payments Architect
3 3 (23.08%) Consultant
4 2 (15.38%) HR Consultant
4 2 (15.38%) Implementation Consultant
4 2 (15.38%) Payroll Consultant
5 1 (7.69%) Cloud Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Data Consultant
5 1 (7.69%) Data Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Deployment Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) DevOps Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Dynamics 365 Specialist
5 1 (7.69%) Lead
5 1 (7.69%) Principal Architect
5 1 (7.69%) SAP Consultant
5 1 (7.69%) SAP Data Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) .NET
1 1 (7.69%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 4 (30.77%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 2 (15.38%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (7.69%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Linux
1 1 (7.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Agile
2 5 (38.46%) Data Migration
2 5 (38.46%) Validation
3 4 (30.77%) Business Analysis
3 4 (30.77%) Fintech
3 4 (30.77%) GAP Analysis
3 4 (30.77%) Requirements Gathering
3 4 (30.77%) Technical Leadership
4 3 (23.08%) AI
4 3 (23.08%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
4 3 (23.08%) ERP
4 3 (23.08%) Roadmaps
4 3 (23.08%) Software Engineering
5 2 (15.38%) Change Management
5 2 (15.38%) Data Integration
5 2 (15.38%) Decision-Making
5 2 (15.38%) Project Delivery
6 1 (7.69%) Data Science
6 1 (7.69%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 1 (7.69%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) Python
1 2 (15.38%) SQL
2 1 (7.69%) Bash
2 1 (7.69%) C#
2 1 (7.69%) Go
2 1 (7.69%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (30.77%) ISO 20022
1 4 (30.77%) SEPA
1 4 (30.77%) TARGET2
2 1 (7.69%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Grafana
1 1 (7.69%) Kubernetes
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) Databricks
3 1 (7.69%) Alteryx
3 1 (7.69%) SAP