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

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 327 343 383
Rank change year-on-year +16 +40 +73
Contract jobs citing Data Mapping 286 189 236
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.73% 0.61% 0.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.84% 0.68% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 200 125 165
10th Percentile £350 £342 £357
25th Percentile £425 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £523
Median % change year-on-year - +0.48% -0.48%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £600
90th Percentile £700 £688 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £525 £489
% change year-on-year - +7.36% +8.97%
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 33,986 27,793 39,321
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 87.08% 89.38% 87.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,549 16,924 25,862
10th Percentile £306 £306 £300
25th Percentile £406 £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 £716 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £477 £496 £500
% change year-on-year -3.88% -0.80% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,070 859 2,130
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.62 £13.29
25th Percentile £17.69 £21.00 £16.35
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -7.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £58.75 £63.50 £61.13
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £31.51 £35.00
% change year-on-year -20.20% -9.97% +11.43%

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 7 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 7 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 +11 251 £540 +2.86% 57
London +47 167 £550 +4.76% 27
Work from Home +10 103 £500 -4.76% 22
UK excluding London -44 86 £525 - 37
North of England -49 26 £500 -6.98% 10
South East -19 16 £625 +47.83% 15
Midlands -52 15 £496 -7.34% 4
North West -25 13 £625 +11.11% 6
West Midlands -44 12 £542 +3.14% 4
South West - 12 £538 - 4
Yorkshire -45 11 £494 -8.14% 4
Scotland +16 9 £449 -10.30% 3
East of England -29 6 £427 -17.69% 1
Wales +2 2 £438 +21.53%
North East -14 2 £438 -16.67%
East Midlands -30 2 £450 -17.43%

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 8 (2.80%) Confluence
2 7 (2.45%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
3 6 (2.10%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.05%) Oracle Workflow
5 2 (0.70%) Appian
5 2 (0.70%) SAS
6 1 (0.35%) Anypoint
Applications
1 26 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (7.69%) MS Visio
3 16 (5.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (2.45%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 18 (6.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (4.20%) Oracle EBS
3 7 (2.45%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (1.40%) Finacle
4 4 (1.40%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (1.40%) Oracle Payables
4 4 (1.40%) Oracle Receivables
5 3 (1.05%) Oracle EBS R12
5 3 (1.05%) SAP ERP
5 3 (1.05%) SAP Payroll
5 3 (1.05%) Workday HCM
6 2 (0.70%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.70%) Endur
6 2 (0.70%) Maximo
6 2 (0.70%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (0.70%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.70%) SAP SD
6 2 (0.70%) SAP Travel Management
6 2 (0.70%) Temenos T24
6 2 (0.70%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 34 (11.89%) Azure
2 25 (8.74%) Power Platform
3 15 (5.24%) Dynamics 365
4 13 (4.55%) AWS
4 13 (4.55%) OCI
5 10 (3.50%) Azure Logic Apps
5 10 (3.50%) GCP
6 7 (2.45%) Boomi
6 7 (2.45%) SaaS
7 6 (2.10%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (1.75%) Azure Data Factory
8 5 (1.75%) Power Automate
8 5 (1.75%) PowerApps
8 5 (1.75%) Snowflake
9 4 (1.40%) Azure Monitor
9 4 (1.40%) Microsoft 365
9 4 (1.40%) SuccessFactors
10 3 (1.05%) dbt
10 3 (1.05%) Entra ID
10 3 (1.05%) Intacct
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.35%) DKIM
1 1 (0.35%) DMARC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (6.64%) Metadata
2 15 (5.24%) Data Warehouse
2 15 (5.24%) Power BI
3 11 (3.85%) SQL Server
4 8 (2.80%) BigQuery
5 7 (2.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (1.05%) Data Lake
6 3 (1.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (1.05%) Tableau
7 2 (0.70%) DataStage
7 2 (0.70%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.70%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.70%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.70%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.35%) Big Data
8 1 (0.35%) Data Vault
8 1 (0.35%) Dremio
8 1 (0.35%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.35%) Looker
8 1 (0.35%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 16 (5.59%) JIRA
2 4 (1.40%) Git
2 4 (1.40%) Postman
3 2 (0.70%) Cucumber
3 2 (0.70%) GitLab
3 2 (0.70%) JUnit
3 2 (0.70%) Maven
3 2 (0.70%) Mockito
3 2 (0.70%) Selenium
4 1 (0.35%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.35%) SpecFlow
General
1 127 (44.41%) Finance
2 105 (36.71%) Social Skills
3 56 (19.58%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (16.08%) Banking
5 37 (12.94%) Documentation Skills
6 28 (9.79%) Public Sector
7 14 (4.90%) Investment Banking
8 12 (4.20%) Legal
9 9 (3.15%) Retail
10 7 (2.45%) Manufacturing
10 7 (2.45%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (2.10%) Back Office
11 6 (2.10%) Financial Institution
11 6 (2.10%) Marketing
11 6 (2.10%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (1.75%) Front Office
12 5 (1.75%) Law
12 5 (1.75%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (1.40%) Private Banking
13 4 (1.40%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 123 (43.01%) Analyst
2 86 (30.07%) Business Analyst
3 50 (17.48%) Lead
4 49 (17.13%) Data Analyst
5 28 (9.79%) Consultant
6 21 (7.34%) Data Business Analyst
7 17 (5.94%) Senior
8 15 (5.24%) Architect
8 15 (5.24%) Data Migration Lead
8 15 (5.24%) Developer
9 14 (4.90%) Data Engineer
10 12 (4.20%) Banking Analyst
10 12 (4.20%) Technical Business Analyst
11 11 (3.85%) Technical Analyst
12 10 (3.50%) Management Consultant
13 9 (3.15%) Banking Business Analyst
13 9 (3.15%) Data Architect
13 9 (3.15%) Identity and Access Management Analyst
13 9 (3.15%) Identity Management Analyst
13 9 (3.15%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (6.99%) XML
2 15 (5.24%) Oracle Fusion
2 15 (5.24%) REST
3 12 (4.20%) JSON
4 10 (3.50%) SAP TM
5 8 (2.80%) SOAP
5 8 (2.80%) XSLT
6 7 (2.45%) HTML
6 7 (2.45%) Middleware
6 7 (2.45%) OAuth
7 6 (2.10%) .NET
8 4 (1.40%) EDI
8 4 (1.40%) Gherkin
9 3 (1.05%) FHIR
9 3 (1.05%) Kafka
9 3 (1.05%) OAuth2
9 3 (1.05%) Playwright
9 3 (1.05%) React
9 3 (1.05%) Spring
9 3 (1.05%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 56 (19.58%) Data Structures
2 37 (12.94%) Legacy Systems
3 18 (6.29%) Onboarding
4 14 (4.90%) Reference Data
5 10 (3.50%) Product Ownership
6 8 (2.80%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (1.75%) NHS
8 4 (1.40%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.40%) Fixed Income
8 4 (1.40%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.05%) Educational Technology
9 3 (1.05%) Equities
9 3 (1.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 3 (1.05%) Low-Code
9 3 (1.05%) Reinsurance
9 3 (1.05%) Taxonomies
10 2 (0.70%) Credit Risk
10 2 (0.70%) Market Risk
10 2 (0.70%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.70%) Unix
2 1 (0.35%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (43.01%) Migration
2 91 (31.82%) Data Migration
3 84 (29.37%) Stakeholder Management
4 80 (27.97%) Data Modelling
5 77 (26.92%) Validation
6 68 (23.78%) Agile
7 56 (19.58%) Workshop Facilitation
8 52 (18.18%) Data Analysis
9 50 (17.48%) Data Governance
9 50 (17.48%) User Acceptance Testing
10 49 (17.13%) Requirements Gathering
11 48 (16.78%) Data Cleansing
11 48 (16.78%) ETL
12 47 (16.43%) Data Transformation
13 46 (16.08%) Business Analysis
14 45 (15.73%) ERP
15 43 (15.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 37 (12.94%) Problem-Solving
17 35 (12.24%) Data Management
18 27 (9.44%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 60 (20.98%) SQL
2 13 (4.55%) Python
3 10 (3.50%) JavaScript
4 8 (2.80%) C#
5 6 (2.10%) Java
6 5 (1.75%) PL/SQL
6 5 (1.75%) PowerShell
7 2 (0.70%) Shell Script
7 2 (0.70%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.70%) VBA
8 1 (0.35%) C
8 1 (0.35%) Groovy
8 1 (0.35%) Korn
8 1 (0.35%) R
8 1 (0.35%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.35%) VB
Qualifications
1 44 (15.38%) Security Cleared
2 32 (11.19%) SC Cleared
3 23 (8.04%) Degree
4 7 (2.45%) CBAP
4 7 (2.45%) IIBA
5 4 (1.40%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (1.40%) PMI Certification
6 2 (0.70%) Oracle Certification
6 2 (0.70%) PMP
7 1 (0.35%) ACCA
7 1 (0.35%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.35%) CCA
7 1 (0.35%) CFA
7 1 (0.35%) CIMA
7 1 (0.35%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.35%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.35%) MBA
7 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (19.93%) Data Quality
2 26 (9.09%) QA
3 21 (7.34%) GDPR
4 6 (2.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.75%) COBIT
5 5 (1.75%) NIST
6 3 (1.05%) GMP
6 3 (1.05%) GxP
6 3 (1.05%) HL7
7 2 (0.70%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.70%) GRC
7 2 (0.70%) PMO
7 2 (0.70%) SLA
7 2 (0.70%) WCAG
8 1 (0.35%) Basel III
8 1 (0.35%) FATCA
8 1 (0.35%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.35%) IFRS
8 1 (0.35%) MiFID
8 1 (0.35%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (0.35%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.35%) Docker
1 1 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (1.05%) Kubernetes
1 3 (1.05%) Terraform
2 2 (0.70%) Grafana
2 2 (0.70%) Kibana
3 1 (0.35%) Ansible
3 1 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 45 (15.73%) Microsoft
2 39 (13.64%) SAP
3 31 (10.84%) Oracle
4 12 (4.20%) Avaloq
5 11 (3.85%) Databricks
6 8 (2.80%) Workday
7 7 (2.45%) GoldenSource
7 7 (2.45%) ServiceNow
8 6 (2.10%) Google
8 6 (2.10%) Salesforce
8 6 (2.10%) Temenos
9 5 (1.75%) Ariba
9 5 (1.75%) Murex
10 4 (1.40%) MuleSoft
10 4 (1.40%) Sage
10 4 (1.40%) Teradata
11 3 (1.05%) Atlassian
11 3 (1.05%) Dell
12 2 (0.70%) Adobe
12 2 (0.70%) Informatica