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 21 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 320 356 385
Rank change year-on-year +36 +29 +59
Contract jobs citing Data Mapping 286 171 234
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.76% 0.54% 0.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.87% 0.61% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 202 115 163
10th Percentile £350 £350 £389
25th Percentile £415 £433 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -
75th Percentile £638 £600 £600
90th Percentile £700 £688 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
Median hourly rate £81.00 - £86.66
UK excluding London median hourly rate £81.00 - £86.66

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 33,018 28,000 37,979
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 87.63% 88.93% 87.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,947 16,996 25,071
10th Percentile £305 £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 £645
90th Percentile £720 £743 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,000 892 1,828
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.62 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.69 £21.00 £17.10
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -13.33% +17.19%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.50 £62.50
90th Percentile £69.37 £74.99 £75.05
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.55 £30.78 £40.00
% change year-on-year -20.24% -23.05% +53.85%

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 21 January 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 21 January 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 +34 248 £525 - 29
London +46 154 £550 +4.76% 16
Work from Home +12 105 £500 -4.76% 14
UK excluding London -21 98 £481 -8.33% 24
North of England -32 31 £488 -7.14% 3
Midlands -45 18 £450 -14.29% 3
South East -16 17 £575 +36.00% 12
West Midlands -36 15 £496 -5.57% 3
Yorkshire -38 15 £325 -38.10% 2
North West -28 14 £588 +6.82% 1
Scotland +20 12 £447 -10.60% 2
South West -2 12 £525 +23.53% 2
East of England -24 6 £427 -18.67%
East Midlands -30 3 £375 -31.19%
North East -13 2 £438 -16.67%
Wales - 2 £438 - 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 8 (2.80%) Confluence
2 6 (2.10%) nginx
2 6 (2.10%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
3 5 (1.75%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.40%) Anypoint
5 3 (1.05%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.70%) SAS
7 1 (0.35%) Appian
Applications
1 34 (11.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (8.04%) MS Visio
3 18 (6.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.40%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 23 (8.04%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (3.85%) 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
6 2 (0.70%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.70%) Loan IQ
6 2 (0.70%) Maximo
6 2 (0.70%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.70%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.70%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (0.70%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.70%) SAP HCM
6 2 (0.70%) SAP Travel Management
6 2 (0.70%) Temenos T24
6 2 (0.70%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 35 (12.24%) Power Platform
2 31 (10.84%) Azure
3 18 (6.29%) AWS
4 14 (4.90%) Dynamics 365
5 12 (4.20%) OCI
6 10 (3.50%) Azure Logic Apps
7 8 (2.80%) GCP
7 8 (2.80%) Serverless
8 7 (2.45%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (2.45%) Boomi
8 7 (2.45%) SaaS
9 6 (2.10%) Amazon EventBridge
9 6 (2.10%) Amazon SQS
9 6 (2.10%) AWS Lambda
9 6 (2.10%) Snowflake
10 5 (1.75%) GitHub
10 5 (1.75%) Power Automate
10 5 (1.75%) PowerApps
11 4 (1.40%) Azure Data Factory
11 4 (1.40%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.35%) DKIM
1 1 (0.35%) DMARC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (8.74%) Power BI
2 17 (5.94%) Metadata
3 15 (5.24%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (4.20%) SQL Server
5 8 (2.80%) BigQuery
5 8 (2.80%) Relational Database
6 6 (2.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 6 (2.10%) Tableau
7 3 (1.05%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.70%) DataStage
8 2 (0.70%) DB2
8 2 (0.70%) Power Query
8 2 (0.70%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 2 (0.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.35%) Informix
9 1 (0.35%) MS Access
9 1 (0.35%) MySQL
9 1 (0.35%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.35%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 19 (6.64%) JIRA
2 5 (1.75%) Git
3 3 (1.05%) Postman
4 2 (0.70%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.70%) GitLab
4 2 (0.70%) JUnit
4 2 (0.70%) Maven
4 2 (0.70%) Mockito
4 2 (0.70%) Selenium
5 1 (0.35%) SpecFlow
General
1 121 (42.31%) Finance
2 106 (37.06%) Social Skills
3 62 (21.68%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (16.08%) Banking
5 35 (12.24%) Documentation Skills
6 32 (11.19%) Public Sector
7 14 (4.90%) Investment Banking
8 10 (3.50%) Presentation Skills
9 9 (3.15%) Retail
10 8 (2.80%) Marketing
11 7 (2.45%) Legal
11 7 (2.45%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (2.10%) Back Office
12 6 (2.10%) Digital Healthcare
12 6 (2.10%) Financial Institution
12 6 (2.10%) Manufacturing
13 5 (1.75%) Billing
13 5 (1.75%) Front Office
13 5 (1.75%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (1.40%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 130 (45.45%) Analyst
2 84 (29.37%) Business Analyst
3 56 (19.58%) Data Analyst
4 40 (13.99%) Lead
5 31 (10.84%) Consultant
6 22 (7.69%) Data Business Analyst
7 19 (6.64%) Developer
8 16 (5.59%) Senior
9 14 (4.90%) Data Engineer
10 13 (4.55%) Architect
10 13 (4.55%) Management Consultant
11 12 (4.20%) Banking Analyst
11 12 (4.20%) SAP Consultant
11 12 (4.20%) Technical Business Analyst
12 11 (3.85%) Technical Analyst
13 10 (3.50%) Data Migration Lead
14 9 (3.15%) Banking Business Analyst
14 9 (3.15%) Identity and Access Management Analyst
14 9 (3.15%) Identity Management Analyst
14 9 (3.15%) SAP SD Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (8.74%) XML
2 21 (7.34%) REST
3 20 (6.99%) JSON
4 14 (4.90%) HTML
4 14 (4.90%) Oracle Fusion
4 14 (4.90%) SOAP
5 13 (4.55%) SAP TM
6 12 (4.20%) OAuth
7 9 (3.15%) OAuth2
8 7 (2.45%) Middleware
8 7 (2.45%) RESTful
8 7 (2.45%) XSLT
9 5 (1.75%) .NET
10 4 (1.40%) EDI
10 4 (1.40%) Gherkin
11 3 (1.05%) Kafka
11 3 (1.05%) Playwright
11 3 (1.05%) React
11 3 (1.05%) Spring
11 3 (1.05%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 51 (17.83%) Data Structures
2 36 (12.59%) Legacy Systems
3 17 (5.94%) Onboarding
4 11 (3.85%) Data Protection Act
4 11 (3.85%) Reference Data
5 7 (2.45%) Analytical Mindset
5 7 (2.45%) Cloud Native
5 7 (2.45%) Data Centre
5 7 (2.45%) Product Ownership
6 5 (1.75%) Mainframe
6 5 (1.75%) Management Information System
6 5 (1.75%) NHS
7 4 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.40%) Reinsurance
8 3 (1.05%) Educational Technology
8 3 (1.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (1.05%) Low-Code
9 2 (0.70%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (0.70%) Fixed Income
9 2 (0.70%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.70%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (36.71%) Migration
2 82 (28.67%) Data Migration
3 78 (27.27%) Data Modelling
4 76 (26.57%) Agile
5 75 (26.22%) Stakeholder Management
6 69 (24.13%) Validation
7 58 (20.28%) Data Analysis
8 52 (18.18%) Data Governance
9 50 (17.48%) Workshop Facilitation
10 46 (16.08%) Data Transformation
11 45 (15.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 44 (15.38%) User Acceptance Testing
13 43 (15.03%) ETL
14 42 (14.69%) Data Cleansing
15 40 (13.99%) Business Analysis
16 39 (13.64%) Requirements Gathering
17 38 (13.29%) ERP
17 38 (13.29%) Problem-Solving
18 32 (11.19%) Business Intelligence
19 31 (10.84%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 66 (23.08%) SQL
2 21 (7.34%) Python
3 11 (3.85%) Java
4 10 (3.50%) JavaScript
5 8 (2.80%) C#
6 5 (1.75%) PL/SQL
6 5 (1.75%) PowerShell
7 4 (1.40%) VBA
8 2 (0.70%) Shell Script
8 2 (0.70%) VB
9 1 (0.35%) C
9 1 (0.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.35%) Korn
9 1 (0.35%) R
9 1 (0.35%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.35%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 42 (14.69%) Security Cleared
2 31 (10.84%) SC Cleared
3 26 (9.09%) Degree
4 7 (2.45%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.40%) PMI Certification
7 3 (1.05%) CBAP
7 3 (1.05%) IIBA
8 2 (0.70%) Oracle Certification
8 2 (0.70%) PMP
9 1 (0.35%) ACCA
9 1 (0.35%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.35%) CFA
9 1 (0.35%) CIMA
9 1 (0.35%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.35%) MBA
9 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (20.98%) Data Quality
2 27 (9.44%) QA
3 20 (6.99%) GDPR
4 5 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.40%) COBIT
5 4 (1.40%) 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%) WCAG
8 1 (0.35%) Accessibility
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
8 1 (0.35%) PMO
System Software
1 7 (2.45%) Docker
2 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 40 (13.99%) SAP
2 38 (13.29%) Microsoft
3 31 (10.84%) Oracle
4 12 (4.20%) Avaloq
5 9 (3.15%) Salesforce
6 8 (2.80%) Databricks
7 7 (2.45%) GoldenSource
7 7 (2.45%) MuleSoft
8 6 (2.10%) ServiceNow
8 6 (2.10%) Temenos
8 6 (2.10%) Workday
9 5 (1.75%) Pega
10 4 (1.40%) Google
10 4 (1.40%) Sage
10 4 (1.40%) Teradata
11 3 (1.05%) Ariba
11 3 (1.05%) Atlassian
11 3 (1.05%) Dell
11 3 (1.05%) Informatica
11 3 (1.05%) Murex