Data Mapping Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Data Mapping
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring Data Mapping skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Data Mapping 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 0.60% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.77% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £416 - -
25th Percentile £422 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 - -
75th Percentile £447 - -
90th Percentile £449 - -
Wales median daily rate £438 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 259 274 293
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 78.25% 87.26% 87.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 183 156 218
10th Percentile £206 £177 £166
25th Percentile £290 £229 £221
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% - -10.53%
75th Percentile £513 £578 £588
90th Percentile £638 £697 £650
Wales median daily rate £413 £425 £418
% change year-on-year -2.94% +1.80% -12.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 35 22
10th Percentile £12.98 £17.17 £17.10
25th Percentile £15.96 £20.12 £21.34
Median hourly rate £19.19 £25.00 £29.83
Median % change year-on-year -23.24% -16.20% +49.84%
75th Percentile £26.75 £34.38 £53.44
90th Percentile £85.00 £41.25 £55.25
Wales median hourly rate £18.18 £25.00 £29.83
% change year-on-year -27.28% -16.20% +63.87%

Data Mapping
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Mapping relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Data Mapping job vacancy trend in South Wales

Data Mapping
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Data Mapping.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Data Mapping

Data Mapping
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

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 South Wales region over the 6 months to 10 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cardiff - 2 £438 - 1
Data Mapping
Wales

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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 1 (50.00%) GCP
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Data Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) GCP Data Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) GCP Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Data Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) R
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Google