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 16 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 283 300 357
Rank change year-on-year +17 +57 +35
Contract jobs citing Data Mapping 479 270 218
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.89% 0.82% 0.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.05% 0.90% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 343 188 143
10th Percentile £350 £350 £375
25th Percentile £425 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £550 £501
Median % change year-on-year -5.73% +9.89% -6.88%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £613
90th Percentile £700 £788 £693
UK excluding London median daily rate £495 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -5.71% +10.53% -10.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 1
10th Percentile £35.28 - -
25th Percentile - - £45.98
Median hourly rate £40.00 - £46.23
75th Percentile £85.36 - £46.48
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 - -

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 45,559 29,946 33,160
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.84% 90.50% 85.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,021 18,667 21,209
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £423 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.31%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,840 1,725 1,823
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.20 £14.05
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.30 £18.25
Median hourly rate £42.13 £25.15 £40.94
Median % change year-on-year +67.50% -38.57% -1.35%
75th Percentile £68.00 £48.75 £64.25
90th Percentile £81.32 £68.00 £74.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £23.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year +91.13% -45.88% +13.33%

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 16 August 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
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Mapping over the 6 months to 16 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Mapping in the UK

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 16 August 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 -3 392 £537 -2.36% 109
London +15 239 £550 -4.35% 66
Work from Home -7 168 £500 -13.04% 51
UK excluding London -37 164 £495 -5.71% 55
North of England -61 44 £485 -15.69% 12
Midlands -34 32 £490 -8.84% 12
South West -26 29 £530 +11.58% 8
North West -32 27 £470 -25.69% 7
South East -72 27 £700 +40.00% 13
Scotland -1 24 £372 -17.33% 2
West Midlands -46 17 £400 -5.88% 6
Yorkshire -39 15 £519 +69.44% 3
East Midlands -12 13 £490 -9.89% 6
East of England -18 9 £420 -21.46% 6
North East -39 2 £444 -17.44% 3

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 36 (7.52%) Confluence
2 12 (2.51%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.84%) CMS
4 3 (0.63%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.42%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.21%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.21%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.21%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
6 1 (0.21%) SAS
Applications
1 25 (5.22%) Microsoft Excel
1 25 (5.22%) MS Visio
2 7 (1.46%) Spreadsheet
3 6 (1.25%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 17 (3.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (2.92%) Aladdin
3 7 (1.46%) NetSuite
4 6 (1.25%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (1.25%) Maximo
5 5 (1.04%) Oracle EBS
5 5 (1.04%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 5 (1.04%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.63%) Infor LN
6 3 (0.63%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 3 (0.63%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.63%) SAP R/3
6 3 (0.63%) SimCorp Dimension
7 2 (0.42%) Finacle
7 2 (0.42%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
7 2 (0.42%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 2 (0.42%) SAP HR
7 2 (0.42%) SAP Payroll
7 2 (0.42%) Shopify
7 2 (0.42%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 70 (14.61%) Azure
2 39 (8.14%) Power Platform
3 28 (5.85%) AWS
4 21 (4.38%) GCP
5 20 (4.18%) Boomi
6 18 (3.76%) Azure DevOps
7 17 (3.55%) Azure Data Factory
7 17 (3.55%) Snowflake
8 12 (2.51%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 11 (2.30%) Dynamics 365
9 11 (2.30%) GitHub
9 11 (2.30%) Microsoft Purview
9 11 (2.30%) SaaS
9 11 (2.30%) SuccessFactors
10 10 (2.09%) Microsoft 365
11 9 (1.88%) AtomSphere
12 8 (1.67%) OCI
13 7 (1.46%) Entra ID
13 7 (1.46%) GitHub Actions
13 7 (1.46%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.84%) Firewall
1 4 (0.84%) SSL
2 1 (0.21%) AMQP
2 1 (0.21%) FTP
2 1 (0.21%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (9.60%) Data Warehouse
2 38 (7.93%) Metadata
3 34 (7.10%) Power BI
4 32 (6.68%) Data Lake
5 14 (2.92%) Relational Database
5 14 (2.92%) SQL Server
6 13 (2.71%) Elasticsearch
6 13 (2.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 11 (2.30%) Oracle Database
8 10 (2.09%) Delta Lake
9 9 (1.88%) Db2
9 9 (1.88%) PostgreSQL
10 8 (1.67%) Semantic Layer
11 7 (1.46%) Amazon Redshift
11 7 (1.46%) Azure SQL Database
11 7 (1.46%) DynamoDB
11 7 (1.46%) MongoDB
11 7 (1.46%) NoSQL
11 7 (1.46%) Oracle Reports
11 7 (1.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 49 (10.23%) JIRA
2 7 (1.46%) Git
3 5 (1.04%) Postman
4 4 (0.84%) Cypress.io
4 4 (0.84%) Gatling
4 4 (0.84%) Oracle Forms
5 3 (0.63%) Rational DOORS
6 2 (0.42%) Balsamiq
6 2 (0.42%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.21%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.21%) ER Studio
7 1 (0.21%) ERwin
7 1 (0.21%) Flyway
7 1 (0.21%) GitLab
7 1 (0.21%) Hudson
7 1 (0.21%) IBM UrbanCode
7 1 (0.21%) Liquibase
7 1 (0.21%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.21%) Selenium
7 1 (0.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 162 (33.82%) Social Skills
2 157 (32.78%) Finance
3 95 (19.83%) Analytical Skills
4 68 (14.20%) Banking
5 35 (7.31%) Public Sector
6 27 (5.64%) Legal
7 25 (5.22%) Retail
8 23 (4.80%) Documentation Skills
9 19 (3.97%) Manufacturing
10 10 (2.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (2.09%) Marketing
11 9 (1.88%) Law
12 8 (1.67%) Local Government
13 7 (1.46%) Pharmaceutical
13 7 (1.46%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (1.25%) Billing
14 6 (1.25%) Front Office
14 6 (1.25%) Investment Banking
14 6 (1.25%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (0.84%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 208 (43.42%) Analyst
2 133 (27.77%) Business Analyst
3 93 (19.42%) Data Analyst
4 65 (13.57%) Lead
5 56 (11.69%) Data Business Analyst
6 40 (8.35%) Architect
7 38 (7.93%) Developer
8 34 (7.10%) Senior
9 31 (6.47%) Data Engineer
10 28 (5.85%) Data Architect
11 27 (5.64%) Consultant
12 26 (5.43%) Technical Analyst
13 19 (3.97%) Business Systems Analyst
13 19 (3.97%) Technical Business Analyst
14 18 (3.76%) Data Migration Lead
15 15 (3.13%) Senior Analyst
16 14 (2.92%) Migration Engineer
16 14 (2.92%) SQL Analyst
16 14 (2.92%) SQL Data Analyst
16 14 (2.92%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (10.65%) JSON
2 47 (9.81%) REST
3 40 (8.35%) XML
4 33 (6.89%) SOAP
5 30 (6.26%) Middleware
6 19 (3.97%) Oracle Fusion
7 15 (3.13%) Web Services
8 13 (2.71%) OAuth
9 9 (1.88%) FHIR
9 9 (1.88%) OAuth2
9 9 (1.88%) XSLT
10 8 (1.67%) EDI
10 8 (1.67%) Kafka
11 6 (1.25%) SAML
12 5 (1.04%) Lightning Web Components
12 5 (1.04%) Playwright
12 5 (1.04%) PySpark
13 4 (0.84%) GraphQL
13 4 (0.84%) JWT
13 4 (0.84%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 80 (16.70%) Data Structures
2 58 (12.11%) Legacy Systems
3 39 (8.14%) Product Ownership
4 19 (3.97%) Onboarding
5 14 (2.92%) Management Information System
6 8 (1.67%) Digital Media
6 8 (1.67%) Reference Data
7 7 (1.46%) Cloud Native
7 7 (1.46%) Clustering
7 7 (1.46%) CMDB
7 7 (1.46%) Legacy Applications
7 7 (1.46%) LIMS
8 6 (1.25%) Derivative
8 6 (1.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 6 (1.25%) Mainframe
9 5 (1.04%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (1.04%) IoT
9 5 (1.04%) Linux Command Line
9 5 (1.04%) NHS
9 5 (1.04%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 12 (2.51%) Windows
2 8 (1.67%) Unix
3 7 (1.46%) Linux
4 3 (0.63%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.42%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 198 (41.34%) Migration
2 167 (34.86%) Data Modelling
3 160 (33.40%) Validation
4 145 (30.27%) Data Migration
5 143 (29.85%) Agile
6 141 (29.44%) Stakeholder Management
7 93 (19.42%) ETL
8 89 (18.58%) Data Analysis
9 82 (17.12%) Requirements Gathering
9 82 (17.12%) User Acceptance Testing
10 81 (16.91%) Data Transformation
10 81 (16.91%) Workshop Facilitation
11 80 (16.70%) Data Governance
12 78 (16.28%) Problem-Solving
13 76 (15.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 69 (14.41%) User Stories
15 59 (12.32%) Data Cleansing
15 59 (12.32%) ERP
15 59 (12.32%) Translating Business Requirements
16 57 (11.90%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 173 (36.12%) SQL
2 24 (5.01%) Python
3 14 (2.92%) PL/SQL
4 12 (2.51%) Java
5 11 (2.30%) JavaScript
6 6 (1.25%) Groovy
7 5 (1.04%) Bicep
7 5 (1.04%) MUMPS
7 5 (1.04%) PowerShell
7 5 (1.04%) T-SQL
7 5 (1.04%) TypeScript
8 4 (0.84%) Apex Code
8 4 (0.84%) Kotlin
9 3 (0.63%) ABAP
9 3 (0.63%) C#
9 3 (0.63%) Kusto Query Language
9 3 (0.63%) R
10 2 (0.42%) C
10 2 (0.42%) C++
10 2 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 53 (11.06%) Security Cleared
2 40 (8.35%) SC Cleared
3 16 (3.34%) Degree
4 9 (1.88%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (0.63%) CTC Cleared
5 3 (0.63%) DBS Check
5 3 (0.63%) DV Cleared
5 3 (0.63%) IIBA
5 3 (0.63%) PMI Certification
6 2 (0.42%) CBAP
6 2 (0.42%) Oracle Certification
6 2 (0.42%) PMP
6 2 (0.42%) Postgraduate
7 1 (0.21%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.21%) CCA
7 1 (0.21%) CISA
7 1 (0.21%) CISSP
7 1 (0.21%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (0.21%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 124 (25.89%) Data Quality
2 48 (10.02%) QA
3 45 (9.39%) GDPR
4 9 (1.88%) HL7
5 7 (1.46%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.04%) Solvency II
7 4 (0.84%) ISO 20022
8 3 (0.63%) GRC
8 3 (0.63%) SEPA
9 2 (0.42%) DICOM
9 2 (0.42%) GMP
9 2 (0.42%) GxP
9 2 (0.42%) ISO 8583
9 2 (0.42%) NIST
9 2 (0.42%) SNOMED CT
10 1 (0.21%) Basel II
10 1 (0.21%) CDISC
10 1 (0.21%) COBIT
10 1 (0.21%) MiFID
System Software
1 7 (1.46%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.42%) Docker
2 2 (0.42%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 6 (1.25%) Terraform
2 3 (0.63%) Ansible
2 3 (0.63%) WMI
3 2 (0.42%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 77 (16.08%) Oracle
2 66 (13.78%) Microsoft
3 53 (11.06%) SAP
4 32 (6.68%) Databricks
5 22 (4.59%) Salesforce
6 21 (4.38%) ServiceNow
7 16 (3.34%) IBM
8 15 (3.13%) Google
9 12 (2.51%) MuleSoft
10 11 (2.30%) Informatica
11 10 (2.09%) Workday
12 7 (1.46%) Murex
13 6 (1.25%) AppDynamics
13 6 (1.25%) Dell
13 6 (1.25%) InterSystems
13 6 (1.25%) Splunk
14 5 (1.04%) Talend
15 4 (0.84%) Okta
15 4 (0.84%) OneTrust
15 4 (0.84%) webMethods