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 19 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 322 331 370
Rank change year-on-year +9 +39 +76
Contract jobs citing Data Mapping 312 205 226
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.77% 0.67% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.88% 0.74% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 219 139 154
10th Percentile £350 £354 £352
25th Percentile £413 £436 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £523
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +0.48% -0.48%
75th Percentile £632 £631 £600
90th Percentile £700 £688 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £525 £489
% change year-on-year -4.76% +7.36% +7.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Median hourly rate £81.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £81.00 - -

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 35,377 27,631 38,379
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.89% 89.70% 87.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,416 17,028 25,083
10th Percentile £311 £306 £300
25th Percentile £410 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £720 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -2.04% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,136 844 2,147
10th Percentile £14.58 £15.62 £13.29
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.05 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.50 £32.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.54% -7.14% -
75th Percentile £60.00 £63.75 £60.32
90th Percentile £70.36 £75.00 £73.20
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £30.62 £35.00
% change year-on-year -17.85% -12.53% +5.26%

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 19 February 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 16 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 19 February 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 +25 273 £511 -2.62% 48
London +28 180 £504 -4.00% 19
Work from Home +1 110 £500 -4.76% 16
UK excluding London -25 96 £500 -4.76% 40
North of England -59 27 £494 -5.95% 6
South East -18 20 £618 +46.05% 23
South West - 16 £538 - 5
Midlands -69 15 £496 -7.34% 4
North West -22 14 £525 +8.70% 3
West Midlands -60 12 £542 +3.14% 3
Scotland +12 11 £436 -10.56% 2
Yorkshire -48 11 £494 -8.14% 3
East of England -35 5 £434 -21.18%
Wales -3 2 £438 +21.53%
North East -14 2 £438 -16.67%
East Midlands -28 2 £450 -17.43% 1

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 13 (4.17%) Confluence
2 9 (2.88%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
3 6 (1.92%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.96%) CMS
4 3 (0.96%) Oracle Workflow
5 2 (0.64%) Appian
5 2 (0.64%) SAS
Applications
1 29 (9.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (7.69%) MS Visio
3 17 (5.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.64%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 17 (5.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (4.49%) Oracle EBS
3 7 (2.24%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (1.28%) Finacle
4 4 (1.28%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (1.28%) Oracle Payables
4 4 (1.28%) Oracle Receivables
4 4 (1.28%) SAP ERP
4 4 (1.28%) SAP R/3
5 3 (0.96%) Oracle EBS R12
5 3 (0.96%) SAP Payroll
5 3 (0.96%) SAP SD
5 3 (0.96%) Workday HCM
6 2 (0.64%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.64%) Endur
6 2 (0.64%) Maximo
6 2 (0.64%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (0.64%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.64%) SAP Travel Management
6 2 (0.64%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 43 (13.78%) Azure
2 28 (8.97%) Power Platform
3 18 (5.77%) AWS
4 15 (4.81%) Dynamics 365
4 15 (4.81%) OCI
5 10 (3.21%) Azure Logic Apps
5 10 (3.21%) GCP
6 9 (2.88%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (2.88%) Boomi
7 7 (2.24%) SaaS
8 6 (1.92%) Azure Data Factory
9 5 (1.60%) Entra ID
9 5 (1.60%) Power Automate
9 5 (1.60%) PowerApps
9 5 (1.60%) Snowflake
10 4 (1.28%) Azure Monitor
10 4 (1.28%) Microsoft 365
11 3 (0.96%) AtomSphere
11 3 (0.96%) Intacct
11 3 (0.96%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.32%) DKIM
1 1 (0.32%) DMARC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (6.41%) Metadata
2 17 (5.45%) Power BI
3 14 (4.49%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (3.53%) SQL Server
5 10 (3.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 7 (2.24%) BigQuery
7 4 (1.28%) Data Lake
7 4 (1.28%) Tableau
8 3 (0.96%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (0.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.64%) DataStage
9 2 (0.64%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.64%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.64%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.64%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 1 (0.32%) Big Data
10 1 (0.32%) DB2
10 1 (0.32%) MS Access
10 1 (0.32%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 1 (0.32%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 22 (7.05%) JIRA
2 4 (1.28%) Git
2 4 (1.28%) Postman
3 2 (0.64%) Cucumber
3 2 (0.64%) GitLab
3 2 (0.64%) JUnit
3 2 (0.64%) Maven
3 2 (0.64%) Mockito
3 2 (0.64%) Selenium
4 1 (0.32%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.32%) SpecFlow
General
1 135 (43.27%) Finance
2 118 (37.82%) Social Skills
3 65 (20.83%) Analytical Skills
4 54 (17.31%) Banking
5 40 (12.82%) Documentation Skills
6 30 (9.62%) Public Sector
7 15 (4.81%) Investment Banking
8 13 (4.17%) Legal
9 9 (2.88%) Retail
10 8 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (2.24%) Law
11 7 (2.24%) Manufacturing
12 6 (1.92%) Back Office
12 6 (1.92%) Financial Institution
12 6 (1.92%) Marketing
12 6 (1.92%) Pharmaceutical
12 6 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (1.60%) Front Office
14 4 (1.28%) Police
14 4 (1.28%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 143 (45.83%) Analyst
2 98 (31.41%) Business Analyst
3 57 (18.27%) Data Analyst
4 54 (17.31%) Lead
5 27 (8.65%) Data Business Analyst
6 24 (7.69%) Consultant
6 24 (7.69%) Senior
7 20 (6.41%) Architect
8 17 (5.45%) Data Engineer
9 16 (5.13%) Developer
10 15 (4.81%) Data Migration Lead
11 14 (4.49%) Banking Analyst
12 13 (4.17%) Data Architect
13 11 (3.53%) Banking Business Analyst
14 10 (3.21%) Identity and Access Management Analyst
14 10 (3.21%) Identity Management Analyst
14 10 (3.21%) Technical Business Analyst
15 9 (2.88%) Senior Analyst
15 9 (2.88%) Senior Business Analyst
15 9 (2.88%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (6.73%) XML
2 17 (5.45%) Oracle Fusion
3 16 (5.13%) REST
4 13 (4.17%) JSON
5 9 (2.88%) SOAP
6 8 (2.56%) Middleware
6 8 (2.56%) SAP TM
6 8 (2.56%) XSLT
7 7 (2.24%) .NET
7 7 (2.24%) HTML
7 7 (2.24%) OAuth
8 5 (1.60%) EDI
9 4 (1.28%) Gherkin
9 4 (1.28%) OAuth2
10 3 (0.96%) FHIR
10 3 (0.96%) Kafka
10 3 (0.96%) Playwright
10 3 (0.96%) React
10 3 (0.96%) Spring
10 3 (0.96%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 58 (18.59%) Data Structures
2 43 (13.78%) Legacy Systems
3 18 (5.77%) Onboarding
4 14 (4.49%) Reference Data
5 11 (3.53%) Product Ownership
6 9 (2.88%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (1.60%) NHS
8 4 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.28%) Fixed Income
8 4 (1.28%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.28%) Taxonomies
9 3 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (0.96%) Educational Technology
9 3 (0.96%) Equities
9 3 (0.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 3 (0.96%) LIMS
9 3 (0.96%) Low-Code
9 3 (0.96%) Reinsurance
10 2 (0.64%) Data Centre
10 2 (0.64%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.64%) Unix
2 1 (0.32%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 145 (46.47%) Migration
2 106 (33.97%) Data Migration
3 98 (31.41%) Stakeholder Management
4 90 (28.85%) Validation
5 82 (26.28%) Data Modelling
6 70 (22.44%) Agile
7 59 (18.91%) ETL
8 58 (18.59%) Data Analysis
9 55 (17.63%) Requirements Gathering
10 54 (17.31%) Workshop Facilitation
11 53 (16.99%) Data Governance
11 53 (16.99%) Data Transformation
12 51 (16.35%) Business Analysis
12 51 (16.35%) Data Cleansing
13 49 (15.71%) User Acceptance Testing
14 45 (14.42%) Problem-Solving
15 44 (14.10%) ERP
16 43 (13.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 37 (11.86%) Data Management
18 29 (9.29%) Impact Assessments
Programming Languages
1 63 (20.19%) SQL
2 16 (5.13%) Python
3 10 (3.21%) JavaScript
4 9 (2.88%) C#
5 6 (1.92%) Java
5 6 (1.92%) PL/SQL
6 5 (1.60%) PowerShell
7 2 (0.64%) Shell Script
7 2 (0.64%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.64%) VBA
8 1 (0.32%) ABAP
8 1 (0.32%) C
8 1 (0.32%) Groovy
8 1 (0.32%) Korn
8 1 (0.32%) R
8 1 (0.32%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.32%) VB
Qualifications
1 51 (16.35%) Security Cleared
2 37 (11.86%) SC Cleared
3 23 (7.37%) Degree
4 7 (2.24%) BPSS Clearance
4 7 (2.24%) CBAP
4 7 (2.24%) IIBA
5 4 (1.28%) PMI Certification
6 2 (0.64%) Oracle Certification
6 2 (0.64%) PMP
7 1 (0.32%) ACCA
7 1 (0.32%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.32%) CCA
7 1 (0.32%) CFA
7 1 (0.32%) CIMA
7 1 (0.32%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.32%) MBA
7 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (20.19%) Data Quality
2 32 (10.26%) QA
3 23 (7.37%) GDPR
4 8 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (2.24%) COBIT
5 7 (2.24%) NIST
6 4 (1.28%) SLA
7 3 (0.96%) GMP
7 3 (0.96%) GxP
7 3 (0.96%) HL7
7 3 (0.96%) ISO 20022
7 3 (0.96%) ISO 8583
8 2 (0.64%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (0.64%) GRC
8 2 (0.64%) PMO
8 2 (0.64%) WCAG
9 1 (0.32%) Basel III
9 1 (0.32%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.32%) NCSC
9 1 (0.32%) SEPA
System Software
1 3 (0.96%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.32%) Docker
2 1 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (0.96%) Kubernetes
1 3 (0.96%) Terraform
2 2 (0.64%) Grafana
2 2 (0.64%) Kibana
2 2 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.32%) Ansible
Vendors
1 48 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 44 (14.10%) SAP
3 41 (13.14%) Oracle
4 12 (3.85%) Avaloq
5 11 (3.53%) Databricks
6 9 (2.88%) Salesforce
6 9 (2.88%) Workday
7 8 (2.56%) ServiceNow
8 7 (2.24%) GoldenSource
9 6 (1.92%) Google
9 6 (1.92%) MuleSoft
9 6 (1.92%) Temenos
10 5 (1.60%) Ariba
10 5 (1.60%) Dell
10 5 (1.60%) IBM
10 5 (1.60%) Informatica
10 5 (1.60%) Murex
11 4 (1.28%) Sage
11 4 (1.28%) Talend
11 4 (1.28%) Teradata