Data Mapping Contracts in Scotland

Data Mapping
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Data Mapping skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Mapping over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 121 159
Rank change year-on-year +12 +38 -2
Contract jobs citing Data Mapping 7 8 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.43% 0.36% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.46% 0.41% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 3 3
10th Percentile £413 £269 £415
25th Percentile £438 £342 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -23.85%
75th Percentile - £491 £494
90th Percentile £505 £493 £498
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +4.76% - +5.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Data Mapping 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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,518 1,963 2,651
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 93.42% 88.54% 92.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 920 1,196 1,908
10th Percentile £263 £229 £263
25th Percentile £375 £400 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% - +2.15%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £556
90th Percentile £606 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 94 54
10th Percentile £16.19 £12.36 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.00 £11.51
Median hourly rate £21.59 £19.34 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +11.66% +9.11% -55.69%
75th Percentile £24.66 £40.94 £53.75
90th Percentile £51.48 £60.75 £66.09
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Data Mapping as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Data Mapping in Scotland

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Mapping in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Data Mapping in Scotland

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Mapping in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Data Mapping in Scotland

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Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Mapping within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 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
Glasgow - 6 £488 - 4
Edinburgh 0 1 £513 +132.15% 1
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UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) Azure
1 3 (42.86%) Azure DevOps
1 3 (42.86%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) MS Access
1 1 (14.29%) QlikView
1 1 (14.29%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) JIRA
General
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Banking
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Investment Banking
2 1 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Analyst
2 6 (85.71%) Business Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Banking Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Data Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Data Structures
2 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Agile
1 3 (42.86%) Backlog Management
1 3 (42.86%) Data Modelling
1 3 (42.86%) Data Security
1 3 (42.86%) DevOps
1 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (42.86%) Waterfall
2 2 (28.57%) Business Analysis
2 2 (28.57%) Data Analysis
2 2 (28.57%) Data Governance
2 2 (28.57%) SDLC
2 2 (28.57%) Six Sigma
2 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (14.29%) Data Cleansing
3 1 (14.29%) Data Management
3 1 (14.29%) Data Migration
3 1 (14.29%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) Migration
3 1 (14.29%) Translating Business Requirements
3 1 (14.29%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Python
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
1 1 (14.29%) VBA
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) Data Quality
1 3 (42.86%) GDPR
2 2 (28.57%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Alteryx