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 9 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 331 313 379
Rank change year-on-year -18 +66 +48
Contract jobs citing Data Mapping 334 221 216
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.73% 0.76% 0.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.85% 0.83% 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 241 151 140
10th Percentile £350 £358 £315
25th Percentile £414 £460 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £523
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +5.26% +0.48%
75th Percentile £638 £645 £602
90th Percentile £700 £750 £694
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +5.26%
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 39,074 26,483 37,997
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.36% 90.62% 86.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,751 17,195 24,633
10th Percentile £315 £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 £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £744 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £487 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -0.10% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,316 997 2,379
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.00 £12.79
25th Percentile £19.34 £20.00 £16.00
Median hourly rate £36.70 £31.64 £33.07
Median % change year-on-year +15.99% -4.31% -8.15%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.75 £57.91
90th Percentile £77.50 £75.80 £70.41
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.71 £30.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year +22.37% -9.09% -8.08%

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 9 April 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 9 April 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 -39 291 £530 -3.64% 101
London +16 182 £550 -6.38% 29
UK excluding London -62 113 £525 - 83
Work from Home -18 108 £500 -9.09% 22
South East -40 30 £670 +58.06% 24
South West - 22 £538 - 7
Midlands -62 20 £500 -8.26% 15
North of England -73 20 £455 -22.55% 22
West Midlands -55 14 £542 +3.14% 7
Scotland +16 13 £450 -10.00% 2
North West -34 13 £450 -30.23% 12
East of England -41 6 £454 -17.45% 10
Yorkshire -52 6 £500 -6.98% 7
East Midlands -37 5 £463 -15.53% 8
Wales -11 2 £438 +21.53% 3
North East -18 1 £363 -30.95% 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 14 (4.19%) Confluence
2 9 (2.69%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
3 6 (1.80%) SharePoint
4 5 (1.50%) Oracle Workflow
5 3 (0.90%) CMS
5 3 (0.90%) SAS
6 2 (0.60%) Appian
6 2 (0.60%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.30%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 21 (6.29%) MS Visio
2 18 (5.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (2.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (2.10%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.90%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (4.19%) Oracle EBS
2 11 (3.29%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (2.10%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (1.80%) Aladdin
4 6 (1.80%) Finacle
4 6 (1.80%) Oracle ERP
5 5 (1.50%) SAP ERP
6 4 (1.20%) Maximo
6 4 (1.20%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (1.20%) Oracle Receivables
6 4 (1.20%) SAP R/3
7 3 (0.90%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 3 (0.90%) Oracle General Ledger
7 3 (0.90%) SAP Payroll
8 2 (0.60%) Dynamics AX
8 2 (0.60%) IntelliMatch
8 2 (0.60%) SAP HCM
8 2 (0.60%) Teamcenter
8 2 (0.60%) Temenos T24
8 2 (0.60%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 52 (15.57%) Azure
2 31 (9.28%) Power Platform
3 17 (5.09%) AWS
3 17 (5.09%) OCI
4 16 (4.79%) GCP
5 12 (3.59%) Azure Data Factory
5 12 (3.59%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (3.29%) Dynamics 365
7 10 (2.99%) Boomi
8 9 (2.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 6 (1.80%) Collibra
9 6 (1.80%) SaaS
10 5 (1.50%) Azure Logic Apps
10 5 (1.50%) GitHub
10 5 (1.50%) SuccessFactors
11 4 (1.20%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (1.20%) PowerApps
11 4 (1.20%) Snowflake
12 3 (0.90%) AWS Lambda
12 3 (0.90%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.90%) Firewall
2 1 (0.30%) AMQP
2 1 (0.30%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (7.78%) Metadata
2 23 (6.89%) Power BI
3 16 (4.79%) SQL Server
4 15 (4.49%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (3.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 6 (1.80%) BigQuery
6 6 (1.80%) NoSQL
7 5 (1.50%) Azure SQL Database
7 5 (1.50%) Data Lake
7 5 (1.50%) Delta Lake
7 5 (1.50%) Oracle Database
7 5 (1.50%) Relational Database
8 4 (1.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (0.90%) DataStage
9 3 (0.90%) DB2
9 3 (0.90%) Electronic Patient Records
9 3 (0.90%) Oracle Reports
9 3 (0.90%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.90%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 3 (0.90%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 22 (6.59%) JIRA
2 5 (1.50%) Git
3 3 (0.90%) Rational DOORS
4 2 (0.60%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.60%) GitLab
4 2 (0.60%) JUnit
4 2 (0.60%) Maven
4 2 (0.60%) Mockito
4 2 (0.60%) Postman
4 2 (0.60%) Selenium
5 1 (0.30%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.30%) ER Studio
5 1 (0.30%) ERwin
5 1 (0.30%) Hudson
5 1 (0.30%) IBM UrbanCode
5 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 134 (40.12%) Finance
2 132 (39.52%) Social Skills
3 71 (21.26%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (17.07%) Banking
5 40 (11.98%) Documentation Skills
6 37 (11.08%) Public Sector
7 25 (7.49%) Legal
8 14 (4.19%) Retail
9 12 (3.59%) Investment Banking
10 10 (2.99%) Law
11 8 (2.40%) Financial Institution
11 8 (2.40%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (2.40%) Pharmaceutical
11 8 (2.40%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (1.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (1.80%) Manufacturing
12 6 (1.80%) Private Banking
13 5 (1.50%) Marketing
14 4 (1.20%) Front Office
14 4 (1.20%) Police
Job Titles
1 136 (40.72%) Analyst
2 96 (28.74%) Business Analyst
3 76 (22.75%) Lead
4 56 (16.77%) Data Analyst
5 28 (8.38%) Data Business Analyst
6 24 (7.19%) Senior
7 22 (6.59%) Data Migration Lead
8 21 (6.29%) Architect
8 21 (6.29%) Data Engineer
9 15 (4.49%) Data Architect
10 14 (4.19%) Developer
11 12 (3.59%) Banking Analyst
11 12 (3.59%) Consultant
12 11 (3.29%) Migration Engineer
13 10 (2.99%) Migration Analyst
14 9 (2.69%) Data Migration Analyst
14 9 (2.69%) Data Migration Engineer
14 9 (2.69%) Integration Engineer
14 9 (2.69%) Senior Analyst
14 9 (2.69%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (6.89%) Oracle Fusion
2 22 (6.59%) XML
3 16 (4.79%) Middleware
3 16 (4.79%) REST
4 15 (4.49%) JSON
5 10 (2.99%) SOAP
6 8 (2.40%) .NET
7 7 (2.10%) HTML
8 5 (1.50%) EDI
8 5 (1.50%) RESTful
9 4 (1.20%) Gherkin
9 4 (1.20%) JDBC
9 4 (1.20%) Kafka
9 4 (1.20%) OAuth
10 3 (0.90%) FHIR
10 3 (0.90%) OAuth2
10 3 (0.90%) Web Services
10 3 (0.90%) XSLT
11 2 (0.60%) GraalVM
11 2 (0.60%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 69 (20.66%) Data Structures
2 49 (14.67%) Legacy Systems
3 15 (4.49%) Onboarding
4 14 (4.19%) Reference Data
5 11 (3.29%) Product Ownership
6 8 (2.40%) Data Protection Act
7 7 (2.10%) NHS
7 7 (2.10%) Taxonomies
8 5 (1.50%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (1.50%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.20%) Cloud Native
9 4 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.20%) Fixed Income
10 3 (0.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 3 (0.90%) IoT
10 3 (0.90%) LIMS
10 3 (0.90%) Reinsurance
10 3 (0.90%) SCADA
11 2 (0.60%) Marketing Technology
11 2 (0.60%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.60%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 181 (54.19%) Migration
2 127 (38.02%) Data Migration
3 111 (33.23%) Data Modelling
3 111 (33.23%) Stakeholder Management
4 107 (32.04%) Validation
5 80 (23.95%) Agile
6 73 (21.86%) ETL
7 60 (17.96%) Data Cleansing
7 60 (17.96%) Data Governance
8 57 (17.07%) Data Transformation
9 56 (16.77%) Workshop Facilitation
10 55 (16.47%) Requirements Gathering
11 53 (15.87%) User Acceptance Testing
12 51 (15.27%) Problem-Solving
13 50 (14.97%) Data Analysis
13 50 (14.97%) ERP
14 46 (13.77%) Business Analysis
15 41 (12.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 34 (10.18%) Data Management
17 31 (9.28%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 84 (25.15%) SQL
2 20 (5.99%) Python
3 9 (2.69%) JavaScript
4 7 (2.10%) Java
5 6 (1.80%) C#
5 6 (1.80%) PL/SQL
6 5 (1.50%) T-SQL
7 3 (0.90%) Bicep
7 3 (0.90%) C
8 2 (0.60%) C++
8 2 (0.60%) R
9 1 (0.30%) ABAP
9 1 (0.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.30%) DataWeave
9 1 (0.30%) Groovy
9 1 (0.30%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.30%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.30%) VBA
Qualifications
1 55 (16.47%) Security Cleared
2 37 (11.08%) SC Cleared
3 19 (5.69%) Degree
4 11 (3.29%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (1.80%) CBAP
5 6 (1.80%) IIBA
6 5 (1.50%) PMI Certification
7 4 (1.20%) PMP
8 2 (0.60%) CTC Cleared
8 2 (0.60%) Oracle Certification
9 1 (0.30%) ACCA
9 1 (0.30%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.30%) CCA
9 1 (0.30%) CFA
9 1 (0.30%) CIMA
9 1 (0.30%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.30%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.30%) MBA
9 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (24.85%) Data Quality
2 36 (10.78%) GDPR
3 35 (10.48%) QA
4 12 (3.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (2.10%) COBIT
5 7 (2.10%) NIST
6 4 (1.20%) GMP
6 4 (1.20%) GxP
6 4 (1.20%) ISO 20022
6 4 (1.20%) ISO 8583
6 4 (1.20%) SLA
7 3 (0.90%) HL7
7 3 (0.90%) Solvency II
8 2 (0.60%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.60%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (0.60%) GRC
8 2 (0.60%) PMO
8 2 (0.60%) SEPA
8 2 (0.60%) WCAG
9 1 (0.30%) NCSC
System Software
1 3 (0.90%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.60%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.30%) Docker
3 1 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (1.80%) Terraform
2 3 (0.90%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.60%) Grafana
3 2 (0.60%) Kibana
4 1 (0.30%) Ansible
4 1 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 57 (17.07%) Oracle
2 52 (15.57%) Microsoft
3 47 (14.07%) SAP
4 16 (4.79%) Databricks
5 15 (4.49%) Google
6 13 (3.89%) Avaloq
7 10 (2.99%) GoldenSource
8 9 (2.69%) Salesforce
9 8 (2.40%) IBM
9 8 (2.40%) Informatica
9 8 (2.40%) MuleSoft
9 8 (2.40%) ServiceNow
9 8 (2.40%) Temenos
10 7 (2.10%) Workday
11 6 (1.80%) Dell
11 6 (1.80%) Murex
12 5 (1.50%) Alteryx
12 5 (1.50%) Ariba
13 4 (1.20%) Talend
13 4 (1.20%) Teradata