Data Mapping Contract Job Trends

Data Mapping
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Data Mapping skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 312 323 382
Rank change year-on-year +11 +59 +62
Contract jobs citing Data Mapping 324 214 211
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.75% 0.73% 0.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.87% 0.81% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 230 145 142
10th Percentile £350 £368 £319
25th Percentile £413 £438 £457
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £523
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +0.48% +0.48%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £588
90th Percentile £700 £703 £673
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £81.00 - £45.98
Median hourly rate £82.29 - £46.23
75th Percentile £85.36 - £46.48
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £82.29 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,207 26,505 38,501
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 90.41% 86.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,564 17,019 25,049
10th Percentile £313 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £610 £638 £638
90th Percentile £721 £744 £744
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -2.04% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,206 924 2,336
10th Percentile £14.93 £15.25 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £20.99 £16.05
Median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - -7.14%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.52 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.41 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £31.64 £31.50
% change year-on-year -13.08% +0.44% -10.00%

Data Mapping
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Data Mapping job vacancy trend in the UK

Data Mapping
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Data Mapping.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Data Mapping

Data Mapping
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Mapping over the 6 months to 18 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Mapping in the UK

Data Mapping
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Data Mapping.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Data Mapping

Data Mapping
Top 15 Contract Job Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 18 March 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
England -15 282 £525 -4.55% 51
London +43 186 £540 -1.82% 26
Work from Home -9 109 £500 -9.09% 32
UK excluding London -60 101 £500 -4.76% 38
South East -37 25 £621 +46.56% 17
North of England -60 23 £453 -22.98% 4
South West - 17 £525 - 3
Midlands -62 16 £542 -0.64% 11
Scotland +15 13 £450 -10.00%
West Midlands -56 13 £542 +3.14% 6
North West -39 12 £453 -29.84% 2
Yorkshire -51 11 £406 -24.42% 2
East of England -33 5 £434 -21.18% 1
Wales -5 2 £438 +21.53% 2
East Midlands -41 2 £450 -17.43% 5

Data Mapping
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 14 (4.32%) Confluence
2 9 (2.78%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
3 6 (1.85%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.93%) CMS
4 3 (0.93%) Oracle Workflow
4 3 (0.93%) SAS
5 2 (0.62%) Appian
6 1 (0.31%) Anypoint
Applications
1 25 (7.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (6.48%) MS Visio
3 14 (4.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.85%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.93%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 16 (4.94%) Oracle EBS
2 10 (3.09%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (2.16%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (1.85%) Finacle
4 6 (1.85%) Oracle ERP
5 5 (1.54%) SAP ERP
6 4 (1.23%) Aladdin
6 4 (1.23%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (1.23%) Oracle Receivables
6 4 (1.23%) SAP R/3
7 3 (0.93%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 3 (0.93%) Oracle EBS R12
7 3 (0.93%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 3 (0.93%) SAP Payroll
8 2 (0.62%) Dynamics AX
8 2 (0.62%) Maximo
8 2 (0.62%) Oracle Applications
8 2 (0.62%) Oracle General Ledger
8 2 (0.62%) SAP HCM
8 2 (0.62%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 49 (15.12%) Azure
2 30 (9.26%) Power Platform
3 18 (5.56%) AWS
4 17 (5.25%) OCI
5 13 (4.01%) Azure DevOps
5 13 (4.01%) Dynamics 365
6 12 (3.70%) Azure Data Factory
6 12 (3.70%) GCP
7 11 (3.40%) Boomi
8 8 (2.47%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 7 (2.16%) SaaS
10 5 (1.54%) Azure Logic Apps
10 5 (1.54%) Snowflake
11 4 (1.23%) Collibra
11 4 (1.23%) GitHub
11 4 (1.23%) SuccessFactors
12 3 (0.93%) AtomSphere
12 3 (0.93%) Intacct
12 3 (0.93%) iPaaS
12 3 (0.93%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.93%) Firewall
2 1 (0.31%) AMQP
2 1 (0.31%) DKIM
2 1 (0.31%) DMARC
2 1 (0.31%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (7.10%) Metadata
2 21 (6.48%) Power BI
3 17 (5.25%) Data Warehouse
4 13 (4.01%) SQL Server
4 13 (4.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 7 (2.16%) BigQuery
6 5 (1.54%) Data Lake
6 5 (1.54%) NoSQL
7 4 (1.23%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (1.23%) Delta Lake
7 4 (1.23%) Oracle Database
7 4 (1.23%) Relational Database
7 4 (1.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (0.93%) DataStage
8 3 (0.93%) Electronic Patient Records
8 3 (0.93%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (0.93%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 3 (0.93%) Tableau
9 2 (0.62%) MySQL
9 2 (0.62%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 24 (7.41%) JIRA
2 6 (1.85%) Git
3 3 (0.93%) Rational DOORS
4 2 (0.62%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.62%) GitLab
4 2 (0.62%) JUnit
4 2 (0.62%) Maven
4 2 (0.62%) Mockito
4 2 (0.62%) Postman
4 2 (0.62%) Selenium
5 1 (0.31%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.31%) Hudson
5 1 (0.31%) IBM UrbanCode
5 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 139 (42.90%) Finance
2 129 (39.81%) Social Skills
3 67 (20.68%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (17.59%) Banking
5 39 (12.04%) Documentation Skills
6 33 (10.19%) Public Sector
7 18 (5.56%) Legal
8 13 (4.01%) Retail
9 12 (3.70%) Investment Banking
10 9 (2.78%) Law
10 9 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (2.16%) Financial Institution
11 7 (2.16%) Manufacturing
11 7 (2.16%) Pharmaceutical
12 6 (1.85%) Back Office
12 6 (1.85%) Marketing
12 6 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (1.85%) Private Banking
13 4 (1.23%) Police
13 4 (1.23%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 140 (43.21%) Analyst
2 96 (29.63%) Business Analyst
3 67 (20.68%) Lead
4 60 (18.52%) Data Analyst
5 31 (9.57%) Data Business Analyst
6 22 (6.79%) Architect
7 21 (6.48%) Senior
8 20 (6.17%) Data Engineer
8 20 (6.17%) Data Migration Lead
9 15 (4.63%) Data Architect
9 15 (4.63%) Developer
10 14 (4.32%) Consultant
11 12 (3.70%) Banking Analyst
12 10 (3.09%) Migration Analyst
13 9 (2.78%) Banking Business Analyst
13 9 (2.78%) Migration Engineer
13 9 (2.78%) Senior Analyst
13 9 (2.78%) Senior Business Analyst
13 9 (2.78%) Technical Analyst
13 9 (2.78%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (6.79%) Oracle Fusion
2 18 (5.56%) XML
3 13 (4.01%) REST
4 10 (3.09%) JSON
4 10 (3.09%) SOAP
5 9 (2.78%) Middleware
6 7 (2.16%) .NET
7 6 (1.85%) HTML
8 5 (1.54%) EDI
8 5 (1.54%) Kafka
9 4 (1.23%) Gherkin
9 4 (1.23%) OAuth
10 3 (0.93%) FHIR
10 3 (0.93%) OAuth2
10 3 (0.93%) React
10 3 (0.93%) RESTful
10 3 (0.93%) Spring
10 3 (0.93%) Spring Boot
10 3 (0.93%) XSLT
11 2 (0.62%) GraalVM
Miscellaneous
1 64 (19.75%) Data Structures
2 48 (14.81%) Legacy Systems
3 16 (4.94%) Onboarding
4 15 (4.63%) Reference Data
5 12 (3.70%) Product Ownership
6 9 (2.78%) Data Protection Act
7 7 (2.16%) NHS
7 7 (2.16%) Taxonomies
8 4 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (1.23%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.23%) Management Information System
9 3 (0.93%) Educational Technology
9 3 (0.93%) Fixed Income
9 3 (0.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 3 (0.93%) IoT
9 3 (0.93%) LIMS
9 3 (0.93%) Reinsurance
9 3 (0.93%) SCADA
10 2 (0.62%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.62%) Unix
1 2 (0.62%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 168 (51.85%) Migration
2 121 (37.35%) Data Migration
3 106 (32.72%) Stakeholder Management
4 98 (30.25%) Data Modelling
4 98 (30.25%) Validation
5 76 (23.46%) Agile
6 68 (20.99%) ETL
7 58 (17.90%) Data Cleansing
8 57 (17.59%) Data Transformation
8 57 (17.59%) Requirements Gathering
9 56 (17.28%) Data Governance
10 55 (16.98%) Data Analysis
11 52 (16.05%) Workshop Facilitation
12 51 (15.74%) User Acceptance Testing
13 48 (14.81%) Problem-Solving
14 46 (14.20%) Business Analysis
14 46 (14.20%) ERP
15 43 (13.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 35 (10.80%) Data Management
17 30 (9.26%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 78 (24.07%) SQL
2 14 (4.32%) Python
3 9 (2.78%) JavaScript
4 8 (2.47%) PL/SQL
5 5 (1.54%) C#
6 4 (1.23%) Java
6 4 (1.23%) T-SQL
7 3 (0.93%) Bicep
8 2 (0.62%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.31%) ABAP
9 1 (0.31%) C
9 1 (0.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.31%) DataWeave
9 1 (0.31%) Groovy
9 1 (0.31%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.31%) R
9 1 (0.31%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.31%) VBA
Qualifications
1 52 (16.05%) Security Cleared
2 35 (10.80%) SC Cleared
3 20 (6.17%) Degree
4 10 (3.09%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (1.85%) CBAP
5 6 (1.85%) IIBA
6 4 (1.23%) PMI Certification
7 3 (0.93%) PMP
8 2 (0.62%) Oracle Certification
9 1 (0.31%) ACCA
9 1 (0.31%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.31%) CCA
9 1 (0.31%) CFA
9 1 (0.31%) CIMA
9 1 (0.31%) CTC Cleared
9 1 (0.31%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.31%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.31%) MBA
9 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (23.46%) Data Quality
2 35 (10.80%) QA
3 33 (10.19%) GDPR
4 11 (3.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (2.16%) COBIT
5 7 (2.16%) NIST
6 4 (1.23%) ISO 20022
6 4 (1.23%) ISO 8583
6 4 (1.23%) SLA
7 3 (0.93%) GMP
7 3 (0.93%) GxP
7 3 (0.93%) HL7
8 2 (0.62%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.62%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (0.62%) GRC
8 2 (0.62%) PMO
8 2 (0.62%) SEPA
8 2 (0.62%) Solvency II
8 2 (0.62%) WCAG
9 1 (0.31%) NCSC
System Software
1 3 (0.93%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.31%) Docker
2 1 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (1.85%) Terraform
2 3 (0.93%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.62%) Grafana
3 2 (0.62%) Kibana
3 2 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.31%) Ansible
Vendors
1 53 (16.36%) Microsoft
2 52 (16.05%) Oracle
3 42 (12.96%) SAP
4 15 (4.63%) Databricks
5 13 (4.01%) Avaloq
6 10 (3.09%) GoldenSource
7 9 (2.78%) Google
7 9 (2.78%) Informatica
7 9 (2.78%) Salesforce
8 8 (2.47%) MuleSoft
8 8 (2.47%) ServiceNow
8 8 (2.47%) Temenos
9 7 (2.16%) Workday
10 6 (1.85%) Dell
10 6 (1.85%) IBM
11 5 (1.54%) Ariba
11 5 (1.54%) Murex
11 5 (1.54%) Sage
11 5 (1.54%) Talend
12 4 (1.23%) Alteryx