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 2 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 320 310 381
Rank change year-on-year -10 +71 +56
Contract jobs citing Data Mapping 310 222 212
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.75% 0.74% 0.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.87% 0.82% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 215 149 143
10th Percentile £350 £373 £351
25th Percentile £413 £450 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £523
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +0.48% +1.46%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £593
90th Percentile £700 £688 £685
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £81.00 - -
75th Percentile £82.09 - -
90th Percentile £84.05 - -
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 35,800 27,183 38,766
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.50% 90.06% 86.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,707 16,972 25,287
10th Percentile £313 £305 £300
25th Percentile £412 £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 £723 £740 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £482 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -2.13% -1.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,144 882 2,256
10th Percentile £14.65 £15.62 £13.25
25th Percentile £18.24 £21.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £27.61 £32.50 £33.03
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -1.61% -5.62%
75th Percentile £63.75 £64.50 £59.44
90th Percentile £73.46 £75.48 £72.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £32.00 £34.36
% change year-on-year -21.41% -6.85% -1.84%

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 2 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 2 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 -15 267 £525 -3.67% 73
London +20 174 £540 +2.86% 30
Work from Home -9 105 £494 -10.23% 50
UK excluding London -55 99 £500 -4.76% 57
North of England -57 25 £500 -13.04% 11
South East -26 20 £596 +40.29% 25
South West - 17 £525 - 6
Midlands -61 16 £496 -9.04% 4
Scotland +20 14 £447 -8.31% 2
North West -37 14 £525 -18.60% 4
West Midlands -53 13 £542 +3.14% 2
Yorkshire -53 11 £494 -8.14% 6
East of England -38 5 £434 -21.18% 6
Wales -3 2 £438 +21.53% 2
East Midlands -35 2 £450 -17.43% 2

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 (4.19%) Confluence
2 9 (2.90%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
3 6 (1.94%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.97%) CMS
4 3 (0.97%) Oracle Workflow
5 2 (0.65%) Appian
5 2 (0.65%) SAS
6 1 (0.32%) Anypoint
Applications
1 27 (8.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (6.77%) MS Visio
3 15 (4.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.94%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 18 (5.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (4.84%) Oracle EBS
3 7 (2.26%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (1.61%) Finacle
4 5 (1.61%) Oracle ERP
4 5 (1.61%) SAP ERP
5 4 (1.29%) Oracle Payables
5 4 (1.29%) Oracle Receivables
5 4 (1.29%) SAP R/3
6 3 (0.97%) Oracle EBS R12
6 3 (0.97%) SAP Payroll
6 3 (0.97%) SAP SD
6 3 (0.97%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.65%) IntelliMatch
7 2 (0.65%) Maximo
7 2 (0.65%) Oracle Applications
7 2 (0.65%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (0.65%) SAP CO
7 2 (0.65%) SAP HCM
7 2 (0.65%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 41 (13.23%) Azure
2 26 (8.39%) Power Platform
3 18 (5.81%) AWS
4 16 (5.16%) OCI
5 11 (3.55%) Dynamics 365
6 10 (3.23%) Boomi
6 10 (3.23%) GCP
7 9 (2.90%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (2.58%) SaaS
9 7 (2.26%) Azure Data Factory
10 5 (1.61%) Azure Logic Apps
10 5 (1.61%) Snowflake
11 4 (1.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 4 (1.29%) SuccessFactors
12 3 (0.97%) AtomSphere
12 3 (0.97%) Collibra
12 3 (0.97%) Entra ID
12 3 (0.97%) Intacct
12 3 (0.97%) iPaaS
12 3 (0.97%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.32%) AMQP
1 1 (0.32%) DKIM
1 1 (0.32%) DMARC
1 1 (0.32%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (6.77%) Metadata
2 18 (5.81%) Power BI
3 15 (4.84%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (3.87%) SQL Server
5 11 (3.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 7 (2.26%) BigQuery
7 5 (1.61%) Data Lake
8 4 (1.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (1.29%) Tableau
9 3 (0.97%) DataStage
9 3 (0.97%) Oracle Reports
9 3 (0.97%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.97%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 2 (0.65%) DB2
10 2 (0.65%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.65%) PostgreSQL
11 1 (0.32%) Big Data
11 1 (0.32%) Informix
11 1 (0.32%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 1 (0.32%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 22 (7.10%) JIRA
2 5 (1.61%) Git
3 2 (0.65%) Cucumber
3 2 (0.65%) GitLab
3 2 (0.65%) JUnit
3 2 (0.65%) Maven
3 2 (0.65%) Mockito
3 2 (0.65%) Postman
3 2 (0.65%) Selenium
4 1 (0.32%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.32%) Hudson
4 1 (0.32%) IBM UrbanCode
4 1 (0.32%) Rational DOORS
General
1 132 (42.58%) Finance
2 122 (39.35%) Social Skills
3 66 (21.29%) Analytical Skills
4 56 (18.06%) Banking
5 38 (12.26%) Documentation Skills
6 27 (8.71%) Public Sector
7 15 (4.84%) Legal
8 14 (4.52%) Investment Banking
9 10 (3.23%) Retail
10 8 (2.58%) Law
11 7 (2.26%) Manufacturing
11 7 (2.26%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (2.26%) Pharmaceutical
11 7 (2.26%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (1.94%) Back Office
12 6 (1.94%) Financial Institution
12 6 (1.94%) Marketing
13 5 (1.61%) Front Office
13 5 (1.61%) Private Banking
14 4 (1.29%) Police
Job Titles
1 139 (44.84%) Analyst
2 93 (30.00%) Business Analyst
3 58 (18.71%) Data Analyst
3 58 (18.71%) Lead
4 27 (8.71%) Data Business Analyst
5 24 (7.74%) Consultant
6 20 (6.45%) Architect
6 20 (6.45%) Senior
7 18 (5.81%) Data Migration Lead
8 16 (5.16%) Data Engineer
9 13 (4.19%) Banking Analyst
9 13 (4.19%) Data Architect
9 13 (4.19%) Developer
10 10 (3.23%) Banking Business Analyst
11 9 (2.90%) Identity and Access Management Analyst
11 9 (2.90%) Identity Management Analyst
11 9 (2.90%) Migration Analyst
11 9 (2.90%) Senior Analyst
11 9 (2.90%) Technical Analyst
11 9 (2.90%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (5.81%) XML
2 17 (5.48%) Oracle Fusion
3 14 (4.52%) REST
4 11 (3.55%) SOAP
5 10 (3.23%) JSON
6 9 (2.90%) Middleware
7 8 (2.58%) SAP TM
8 7 (2.26%) .NET
8 7 (2.26%) HTML
9 5 (1.61%) EDI
10 4 (1.29%) Gherkin
10 4 (1.29%) OAuth
10 4 (1.29%) XSLT
11 3 (0.97%) FHIR
11 3 (0.97%) OAuth2
11 3 (0.97%) React
11 3 (0.97%) Spring
11 3 (0.97%) Spring Boot
12 2 (0.65%) JPA
12 2 (0.65%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 56 (18.06%) Data Structures
2 46 (14.84%) Legacy Systems
3 20 (6.45%) Onboarding
4 15 (4.84%) Reference Data
5 13 (4.19%) Product Ownership
6 9 (2.90%) Data Protection Act
7 6 (1.94%) Taxonomies
8 5 (1.61%) NHS
9 4 (1.29%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.29%) Fixed Income
9 4 (1.29%) Management Information System
10 3 (0.97%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (0.97%) Educational Technology
10 3 (0.97%) Equities
10 3 (0.97%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 3 (0.97%) LIMS
11 2 (0.65%) Data Centre
11 2 (0.65%) Low-Code
11 2 (0.65%) Marketing Technology
11 2 (0.65%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.65%) Unix
2 1 (0.32%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (48.06%) Migration
2 107 (34.52%) Data Migration
3 103 (33.23%) Stakeholder Management
4 92 (29.68%) Validation
5 82 (26.45%) Data Modelling
6 73 (23.55%) Agile
7 58 (18.71%) ETL
8 56 (18.06%) Data Analysis
8 56 (18.06%) Workshop Facilitation
9 55 (17.74%) Requirements Gathering
10 53 (17.10%) Data Cleansing
10 53 (17.10%) Data Governance
11 51 (16.45%) Data Transformation
12 49 (15.81%) Business Analysis
12 49 (15.81%) User Acceptance Testing
13 48 (15.48%) Problem-Solving
14 42 (13.55%) ERP
15 39 (12.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 32 (10.32%) Data Management
17 29 (9.35%) Impact Assessments
Programming Languages
1 65 (20.97%) SQL
2 12 (3.87%) Python
3 10 (3.23%) JavaScript
4 9 (2.90%) PL/SQL
5 5 (1.61%) C#
5 5 (1.61%) Java
6 3 (0.97%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.65%) Shell Script
7 2 (0.65%) VBA
8 1 (0.32%) ABAP
8 1 (0.32%) C
8 1 (0.32%) DataWeave
8 1 (0.32%) Groovy
8 1 (0.32%) Korn
8 1 (0.32%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.32%) R
8 1 (0.32%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.32%) VB
Qualifications
1 51 (16.45%) Security Cleared
2 37 (11.94%) SC Cleared
3 21 (6.77%) Degree
4 7 (2.26%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (1.94%) CBAP
5 6 (1.94%) IIBA
6 4 (1.29%) PMI Certification
7 3 (0.97%) PMP
8 2 (0.65%) Oracle Certification
9 1 (0.32%) ACCA
9 1 (0.32%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.32%) CCA
9 1 (0.32%) CFA
9 1 (0.32%) CIMA
9 1 (0.32%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.32%) MBA
9 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (20.32%) Data Quality
2 31 (10.00%) QA
3 27 (8.71%) GDPR
4 8 (2.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (2.26%) COBIT
5 7 (2.26%) NIST
6 4 (1.29%) ISO 20022
6 4 (1.29%) ISO 8583
6 4 (1.29%) SLA
7 3 (0.97%) GMP
7 3 (0.97%) GxP
7 3 (0.97%) HL7
8 2 (0.65%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (0.65%) GRC
8 2 (0.65%) PMO
8 2 (0.65%) SEPA
8 2 (0.65%) WCAG
9 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.32%) IFRS
9 1 (0.32%) NCSC
System Software
1 3 (0.97%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.32%) Docker
2 1 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (0.97%) Kubernetes
1 3 (0.97%) Terraform
2 2 (0.65%) Grafana
2 2 (0.65%) Kibana
2 2 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.32%) Ansible
Vendors
1 48 (15.48%) Microsoft
2 46 (14.84%) SAP
3 43 (13.87%) Oracle
4 13 (4.19%) Avaloq
5 10 (3.23%) Databricks
6 9 (2.90%) Salesforce
6 9 (2.90%) Workday
7 8 (2.58%) GoldenSource
7 8 (2.58%) ServiceNow
8 7 (2.26%) Google
8 7 (2.26%) MuleSoft
8 7 (2.26%) Temenos
9 6 (1.94%) Dell
9 6 (1.94%) IBM
10 5 (1.61%) Ariba
10 5 (1.61%) Informatica
10 5 (1.61%) Murex
11 4 (1.29%) Alteryx
11 4 (1.29%) Talend
11 4 (1.29%) Teradata