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 6 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 282 318 355
Rank change year-on-year +36 +37 +35
Contract jobs citing Data Mapping 482 257 223
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.89% 0.79% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.05% 0.87% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 338 178 146
10th Percentile £350 £348 £374
25th Percentile £425 £407 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £535 £505
Median % change year-on-year -3.04% +5.89% -6.00%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £613
90th Percentile £700 £788 £681
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 1
10th Percentile £32.13 - -
25th Percentile - - £45.98
Median hourly rate £40.00 - £46.23
75th Percentile - - £46.48
90th Percentile £62.68 - -
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 45,698 29,569 32,758
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.55% 90.41% 85.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,932 18,352 20,483
10th Percentile £325 £300 £311
25th Percentile £425 £403 £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 2,947 1,755 1,552
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.20 £14.42
25th Percentile £17.63 £17.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £42.69
Median % change year-on-year +63.02% -41.09% +2.13%
75th Percentile £67.89 £45.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £67.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.40 £22.63 £43.00
% change year-on-year +87.36% -47.37% +12.13%

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 6 September 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 6 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Mapping in the UK

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 6 September 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 +6 385 £537 - 144
London +11 236 £550 - 97
Work from Home +19 186 £500 -9.09% 57
UK excluding London -33 158 £475 -5.00% 68
North of England -47 45 £466 -3.12% 14
Midlands -41 32 £490 -8.84% 12
North West -35 28 £451 -16.11% 6
South West -18 27 £538 +13.16% 11
South East -73 23 £700 +33.33% 24
Scotland -19 22 £345 -26.44% 2
West Midlands -38 17 £400 -5.88% 3
Yorkshire -33 15 £519 +69.44% 4
East Midlands -11 13 £490 -9.89% 9
East of England -18 9 £420 +0.12% 7
North East -39 2 £444 +1.43% 5
Wales -17 1 £475 -

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 37 (7.68%) Confluence
2 11 (2.28%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.62%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 2 (0.41%) Apache
4 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.41%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.21%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.21%) CMS
5 1 (0.21%) SAS
5 1 (0.21%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 29 (6.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (5.39%) MS Visio
3 8 (1.66%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (1.45%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.21%) Mingle
Business Applications
1 15 (3.11%) Aladdin
1 15 (3.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (1.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.45%) NetSuite
3 6 (1.24%) Maximo
4 5 (1.04%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 4 (0.83%) Oracle Payables
5 4 (0.83%) Oracle Receivables
5 4 (0.83%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.62%) Infor LN
6 3 (0.62%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.62%) Oracle General Ledger
6 3 (0.62%) Teamcenter
7 2 (0.41%) IBM Operational Decision Manager
7 2 (0.41%) MultiFonds
7 2 (0.41%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.41%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (0.41%) SAP HR
7 2 (0.41%) SAP Payroll
7 2 (0.41%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 71 (14.73%) Azure
2 43 (8.92%) Power Platform
3 28 (5.81%) AWS
4 23 (4.77%) Azure DevOps
5 20 (4.15%) GCP
5 20 (4.15%) Snowflake
6 16 (3.32%) Boomi
7 15 (3.11%) Dynamics 365
8 14 (2.90%) Azure Data Factory
9 12 (2.49%) GitHub
10 11 (2.28%) Microsoft Purview
11 10 (2.07%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 10 (2.07%) Microsoft 365
11 10 (2.07%) SaaS
11 10 (2.07%) SuccessFactors
12 9 (1.87%) AtomSphere
13 8 (1.66%) Serverless
14 7 (1.45%) Entra ID
14 7 (1.45%) GitHub Actions
15 6 (1.24%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.83%) Firewall
1 4 (0.83%) SSL
2 1 (0.21%) FTP
2 1 (0.21%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (10.58%) Data Warehouse
2 40 (8.30%) Metadata
3 37 (7.68%) Power BI
4 34 (7.05%) Data Lake
5 16 (3.32%) Relational Database
6 13 (2.70%) Elasticsearch
6 13 (2.70%) Oracle Database
6 13 (2.70%) SQL Server
7 11 (2.28%) Delta Lake
8 10 (2.07%) PostgreSQL
9 9 (1.87%) Semantic Layer
10 8 (1.66%) Db2
10 8 (1.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 7 (1.45%) Amazon Redshift
11 7 (1.45%) Azure SQL Database
11 7 (1.45%) DynamoDB
11 7 (1.45%) MongoDB
11 7 (1.45%) NoSQL
12 6 (1.24%) Amazon Athena
12 6 (1.24%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 54 (11.20%) JIRA
2 6 (1.24%) Git
3 5 (1.04%) Postman
4 4 (0.83%) Cypress.io
4 4 (0.83%) Gatling
4 4 (0.83%) Oracle Forms
5 2 (0.41%) Balsamiq
5 2 (0.41%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.41%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.21%) ERwin
6 1 (0.21%) Flyway
6 1 (0.21%) GitLab
6 1 (0.21%) Liquibase
6 1 (0.21%) LSMW
6 1 (0.21%) NUnit
6 1 (0.21%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (0.21%) Rational Rhapsody
6 1 (0.21%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.21%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.21%) Subversion
General
1 157 (32.57%) Finance
2 155 (32.16%) Social Skills
3 93 (19.29%) Analytical Skills
4 69 (14.32%) Banking
5 33 (6.85%) Public Sector
6 29 (6.02%) Legal
7 25 (5.19%) Retail
8 21 (4.36%) Documentation Skills
8 21 (4.36%) Manufacturing
9 10 (2.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (2.07%) Marketing
10 9 (1.87%) Investment Banking
11 8 (1.66%) Front Office
11 8 (1.66%) General Ledger
12 7 (1.45%) Law
12 7 (1.45%) Local Government
13 6 (1.24%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (1.24%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (1.04%) Billing
14 5 (1.04%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 211 (43.78%) Analyst
2 135 (28.01%) Business Analyst
3 93 (19.29%) Data Analyst
4 62 (12.86%) Lead
5 56 (11.62%) Data Business Analyst
6 41 (8.51%) Architect
7 36 (7.47%) Developer
8 35 (7.26%) Consultant
9 34 (7.05%) Senior
10 30 (6.22%) Data Engineer
11 27 (5.60%) Data Architect
12 26 (5.39%) Technical Analyst
13 20 (4.15%) Technical Business Analyst
14 18 (3.73%) Business Systems Analyst
15 17 (3.53%) Data Consultant
15 17 (3.53%) SQL Analyst
15 17 (3.53%) SQL Data Analyst
16 16 (3.32%) Data Migration Lead
16 16 (3.32%) Senior Analyst
17 14 (2.90%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (10.37%) JSON
2 45 (9.34%) REST
3 39 (8.09%) XML
4 31 (6.43%) SOAP
5 30 (6.22%) Middleware
6 22 (4.56%) Oracle Fusion
7 16 (3.32%) Web Services
8 13 (2.70%) OAuth
9 11 (2.28%) FHIR
10 9 (1.87%) Kafka
10 9 (1.87%) OAuth2
10 9 (1.87%) XSLT
11 8 (1.66%) EDI
11 8 (1.66%) Terraform
12 6 (1.24%) PySpark
12 6 (1.24%) SAML
13 5 (1.04%) Lightning Web Components
13 5 (1.04%) Playwright
14 4 (0.83%) GraphQL
14 4 (0.83%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 79 (16.39%) Data Structures
2 52 (10.79%) Legacy Systems
3 39 (8.09%) Product Ownership
4 24 (4.98%) Onboarding
5 17 (3.53%) Management Information System
6 10 (2.07%) Derivative
6 10 (2.07%) Reference Data
7 8 (1.66%) Digital Media
7 8 (1.66%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 8 (1.66%) Legacy Applications
7 8 (1.66%) NHS
8 7 (1.45%) Cloud Native
8 7 (1.45%) Clustering
8 7 (1.45%) CMDB
8 7 (1.45%) LIMS
9 6 (1.24%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (1.24%) Linux Command Line
9 6 (1.24%) Mainframe
9 6 (1.24%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 13 (2.70%) Windows
2 9 (1.87%) Unix
3 8 (1.66%) Linux
4 3 (0.62%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.41%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 191 (39.63%) Migration
2 177 (36.72%) Data Modelling
3 169 (35.06%) Validation
4 152 (31.54%) Stakeholder Management
5 148 (30.71%) Agile
6 138 (28.63%) Data Migration
7 101 (20.95%) Data Analysis
8 89 (18.46%) ETL
9 87 (18.05%) Data Governance
9 87 (18.05%) Requirements Gathering
10 85 (17.63%) User Acceptance Testing
11 84 (17.43%) Data Transformation
12 81 (16.80%) Workshop Facilitation
13 76 (15.77%) Problem-Solving
13 76 (15.77%) User Stories
14 73 (15.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 68 (14.11%) Business Analysis
16 62 (12.86%) ERP
17 60 (12.45%) Data Validation
17 60 (12.45%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 189 (39.21%) SQL
2 26 (5.39%) Python
3 13 (2.70%) PL/SQL
4 12 (2.49%) Java
5 11 (2.28%) JavaScript
6 6 (1.24%) Groovy
6 6 (1.24%) MUMPS
7 5 (1.04%) Bicep
7 5 (1.04%) PowerShell
7 5 (1.04%) TypeScript
8 4 (0.83%) Apex Code
8 4 (0.83%) C#
8 4 (0.83%) Kotlin
9 3 (0.62%) ABAP
9 3 (0.62%) Kusto Query Language
9 3 (0.62%) R
9 3 (0.62%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.41%) C
10 2 (0.41%) C++
10 2 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 49 (10.17%) Security Cleared
2 35 (7.26%) SC Cleared
3 19 (3.94%) Degree
4 6 (1.24%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (1.04%) DV Cleared
6 3 (0.62%) CTC Cleared
6 3 (0.62%) IIBA
6 3 (0.62%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.41%) AWS Certification
7 2 (0.41%) CBAP
7 2 (0.41%) DBS Check
7 2 (0.41%) Oracle Certification
7 2 (0.41%) Postgraduate
8 1 (0.21%) CCA
8 1 (0.21%) CISA
8 1 (0.21%) CISSP
8 1 (0.21%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.21%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.21%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 141 (29.25%) Data Quality
2 43 (8.92%) QA
3 39 (8.09%) GDPR
4 10 (2.07%) HL7
5 6 (1.24%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.04%) Solvency II
7 4 (0.83%) GRC
8 2 (0.41%) DICOM
8 2 (0.41%) GMP
8 2 (0.41%) GxP
8 2 (0.41%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.21%) AIFMD
9 1 (0.21%) Basel II
9 1 (0.21%) CDISC
9 1 (0.21%) COREP
9 1 (0.21%) EMIR
9 1 (0.21%) FATCA
9 1 (0.21%) MiFID
9 1 (0.21%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 7 (1.45%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.41%) Docker
2 2 (0.41%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 3 (0.62%) Ansible
1 3 (0.62%) WMI
2 2 (0.41%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 75 (15.56%) Oracle
2 72 (14.94%) Microsoft
3 52 (10.79%) SAP
4 35 (7.26%) Databricks
5 21 (4.36%) ServiceNow
6 19 (3.94%) Salesforce
7 14 (2.90%) Google
8 12 (2.49%) IBM
9 9 (1.87%) Workday
10 8 (1.66%) Informatica
11 7 (1.45%) InterSystems
11 7 (1.45%) MuleSoft
11 7 (1.45%) Murex
11 7 (1.45%) Splunk
12 6 (1.24%) AppDynamics
13 5 (1.04%) SimCorp
14 4 (0.83%) Alteryx
14 4 (0.83%) Avaloq
14 4 (0.83%) Okta
14 4 (0.83%) OneTrust