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 13 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 305 302 358
Rank change year-on-year -3 +56 +65
Contract jobs citing Data Mapping 381 238 233
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.76% 0.81% 0.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.90% 0.89% 0.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 270 166 148
10th Percentile £350 £357 £361
25th Percentile £413 £463 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.68% +10.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £591
90th Percentile £714 £788 £666
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £538 £494
% change year-on-year -6.98% +8.86% -1.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 1
10th Percentile £33.70 - -
25th Percentile - - £45.98
Median hourly rate £40.00 - £46.23
75th Percentile £85.36 - £46.48
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £61.79 - -

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 42,415 26,864 37,189
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.78% 91.03% 85.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,461 17,061 23,740
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.99% -3.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,543 1,206 2,581
10th Percentile £14.71 £14.20 £12.75
25th Percentile £20.00 £17.87 £16.00
Median hourly rate £43.96 £27.13 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +62.06% -25.68% +1.67%
75th Percentile £68.00 £56.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £81.25 £73.75 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +74.79% -34.02% +9.23%

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 13 June 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 13 June 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 13 June 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 -24 324 £540 -1.82% 71
London +25 213 £550 -4.35% 44
UK excluding London -69 124 £500 -6.98% 48
Work from Home -54 116 £500 -15.61% 37
South East -56 26 £700 +27.27% 18
North of England -59 26 £481 -12.50% 12
South West +1 24 £530 +16.48% 4
Scotland -3 21 £358 -26.56% 6
Midlands -54 21 £495 -10.00% 6
North West -36 15 £455 -28.06% 11
West Midlands -51 13 £538 -15.69% 3
Yorkshire -50 10 £519 +6.41% 1
East Midlands -20 6 £463 -15.91% 3
East of England -28 6 £475 -26.92% 3
Wales -13 1 £450 +25.00% 1
North East -36 1 £363 -30.95%

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 20 (5.25%) Confluence
2 6 (1.57%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.05%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
3 4 (1.05%) Oracle Workflow
4 3 (0.79%) CMS
4 3 (0.79%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 2 (0.52%) Appian
5 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.52%) SAS
6 1 (0.26%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.26%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 22 (5.77%) Microsoft Excel
1 22 (5.77%) MS Visio
2 8 (2.10%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.79%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 16 (4.20%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (2.36%) Aladdin
2 9 (2.36%) Oracle EBS
3 7 (1.84%) SAP ERP
4 6 (1.57%) Finacle
4 6 (1.57%) Maximo
4 6 (1.57%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 3 (0.79%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 3 (0.79%) IntelliMatch
5 3 (0.79%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.79%) Oracle Receivables
5 3 (0.79%) SAP R/3
5 3 (0.79%) SimCorp Dimension
6 2 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.52%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.52%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.52%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.52%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (0.52%) SAP Payroll
6 2 (0.52%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 53 (13.91%) Azure
2 27 (7.09%) Power Platform
3 17 (4.46%) AWS
3 17 (4.46%) GCP
4 16 (4.20%) Azure Data Factory
5 13 (3.41%) Boomi
6 10 (2.62%) OCI
6 10 (2.62%) SaaS
7 9 (2.36%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (2.10%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 8 (2.10%) Microsoft Purview
9 7 (1.84%) SuccessFactors
10 6 (1.57%) Collibra
10 6 (1.57%) GitHub
11 5 (1.31%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (1.31%) Microsoft 365
11 5 (1.31%) Snowflake
12 4 (1.05%) Entra ID
12 4 (1.05%) GitHub Actions
13 3 (0.79%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.79%) Firewall
2 1 (0.26%) AMQP
2 1 (0.26%) FTP
2 1 (0.26%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (7.09%) Metadata
2 25 (6.56%) Power BI
3 21 (5.51%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (2.62%) Relational Database
4 10 (2.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 9 (2.36%) SQL Server
6 8 (2.10%) Oracle Database
6 8 (2.10%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (1.84%) Data Lake
7 7 (1.84%) Db2
7 7 (1.84%) Delta Lake
7 7 (1.84%) NoSQL
8 6 (1.57%) Tableau
9 5 (1.31%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (1.05%) DataStage
10 4 (1.05%) DynamoDB
10 4 (1.05%) MongoDB
11 3 (0.79%) Oracle Reports
11 3 (0.79%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 3 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 35 (9.19%) JIRA
2 5 (1.31%) Postman
3 4 (1.05%) Cypress.io
3 4 (1.05%) Gatling
4 3 (0.79%) Git
4 3 (0.79%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.26%) ER Studio
5 1 (0.26%) ERwin
5 1 (0.26%) Hudson
5 1 (0.26%) IBM UrbanCode
5 1 (0.26%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.26%) LSMW
5 1 (0.26%) NUnit
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.26%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 148 (38.85%) Finance
2 138 (36.22%) Social Skills
3 73 (19.16%) Analytical Skills
4 72 (18.90%) Banking
5 42 (11.02%) Public Sector
6 30 (7.87%) Documentation Skills
7 22 (5.77%) Legal
8 11 (2.89%) Retail
9 10 (2.62%) Investment Banking
9 10 (2.62%) Law
10 9 (2.36%) Manufacturing
10 9 (2.36%) Marketing
11 7 (1.84%) Front Office
11 7 (1.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (1.84%) Private Banking
12 6 (1.57%) Pharmaceutical
12 6 (1.57%) Police
13 5 (1.31%) Financial Institution
13 5 (1.31%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (1.31%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 159 (41.73%) Analyst
2 94 (24.67%) Business Analyst
3 82 (21.52%) Lead
4 70 (18.37%) Data Analyst
5 29 (7.61%) Data Business Analyst
6 28 (7.35%) Data Engineer
6 28 (7.35%) Senior
7 27 (7.09%) Data Migration Lead
8 20 (5.25%) Developer
9 19 (4.99%) Architect
10 16 (4.20%) Consultant
11 14 (3.67%) Migration Engineer
12 13 (3.41%) Data Migration Engineer
12 13 (3.41%) Senior Analyst
13 12 (3.15%) Data Architect
13 12 (3.15%) Migration Manager
13 12 (3.15%) Systems Analyst
14 11 (2.89%) Data Migration Analyst
14 11 (2.89%) Senior Business Analyst
14 11 (2.89%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (8.14%) XML
2 30 (7.87%) JSON
3 24 (6.30%) REST
4 22 (5.77%) Middleware
4 22 (5.77%) Oracle Fusion
5 17 (4.46%) SOAP
6 8 (2.10%) Web Services
7 7 (1.84%) EDI
7 7 (1.84%) XSLT
8 5 (1.31%) RESTful
9 4 (1.05%) .NET
9 4 (1.05%) JDBC
9 4 (1.05%) OAuth
9 4 (1.05%) Playwright
10 3 (0.79%) FHIR
10 3 (0.79%) JWT
10 3 (0.79%) Kafka
10 3 (0.79%) OAuth2
10 3 (0.79%) PySpark
10 3 (0.79%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 71 (18.64%) Data Structures
2 60 (15.75%) Legacy Systems
3 17 (4.46%) Product Ownership
3 17 (4.46%) Reference Data
4 15 (3.94%) Onboarding
5 8 (2.10%) Taxonomies
6 7 (1.84%) Management Information System
7 6 (1.57%) Data Protection Act
7 6 (1.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 5 (1.31%) Clustering
8 5 (1.31%) Fixed Income
8 5 (1.31%) Mainframe
8 5 (1.31%) NHS
9 4 (1.05%) Derivative
9 4 (1.05%) Distributed Architecture
9 4 (1.05%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (1.05%) Reinsurance
10 3 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (0.79%) Cloud Native
10 3 (0.79%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.31%) Windows
2 2 (0.52%) HPUX
2 2 (0.52%) Linux
2 2 (0.52%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 196 (51.44%) Migration
2 142 (37.27%) Validation
3 134 (35.17%) Data Migration
4 117 (30.71%) Data Modelling
5 115 (30.18%) Stakeholder Management
6 91 (23.88%) Agile
7 85 (22.31%) ETL
8 69 (18.11%) Data Transformation
8 69 (18.11%) User Acceptance Testing
9 65 (17.06%) Problem-Solving
10 63 (16.54%) Data Governance
11 61 (16.01%) Requirements Gathering
12 58 (15.22%) Data Analysis
13 57 (14.96%) ERP
14 56 (14.70%) Data Cleansing
14 56 (14.70%) Workshop Facilitation
15 52 (13.65%) Data Validation
16 43 (11.29%) Business Analysis
16 43 (11.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 41 (10.76%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 109 (28.61%) SQL
2 23 (6.04%) Python
3 11 (2.89%) PL/SQL
4 10 (2.62%) Java
5 7 (1.84%) T-SQL
6 6 (1.57%) JavaScript
7 5 (1.31%) TypeScript
8 4 (1.05%) Kotlin
9 3 (0.79%) Bicep
9 3 (0.79%) C#
9 3 (0.79%) Kusto Query Language
9 3 (0.79%) R
10 2 (0.52%) C
10 2 (0.52%) C++
10 2 (0.52%) Groovy
10 2 (0.52%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.26%) ABAP
11 1 (0.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.26%) DataWeave
11 1 (0.26%) Korn
Qualifications
1 49 (12.86%) Security Cleared
2 35 (9.19%) SC Cleared
3 16 (4.20%) Degree
4 9 (2.36%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (1.84%) IIBA
6 6 (1.57%) CBAP
7 4 (1.05%) PMI Certification
8 3 (0.79%) CTC Cleared
8 3 (0.79%) PMP
9 1 (0.26%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.26%) CCA
9 1 (0.26%) CFA
9 1 (0.26%) CISA
9 1 (0.26%) CISSP
9 1 (0.26%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.26%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.26%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.26%) MBA
9 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.26%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 110 (28.87%) Data Quality
2 36 (9.45%) GDPR
3 35 (9.19%) QA
4 8 (2.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.31%) ISO 20022
5 5 (1.31%) NIST
5 5 (1.31%) Solvency II
6 4 (1.05%) COBIT
6 4 (1.05%) ISO 8583
6 4 (1.05%) SLA
7 3 (0.79%) GRC
7 3 (0.79%) HL7
7 3 (0.79%) SEPA
8 2 (0.52%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.52%) GMP
8 2 (0.52%) GxP
8 2 (0.52%) SNOMED CT
9 1 (0.26%) Basel II
9 1 (0.26%) MiFID
9 1 (0.26%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (1.05%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.52%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.26%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (1.31%) Terraform
2 1 (0.26%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 67 (17.59%) Oracle
2 53 (13.91%) Microsoft
3 52 (13.65%) SAP
4 27 (7.09%) Databricks
5 16 (4.20%) Google
6 14 (3.67%) IBM
6 14 (3.67%) Salesforce
7 12 (3.15%) Avaloq
8 10 (2.62%) ServiceNow
8 10 (2.62%) Workday
9 9 (2.36%) MuleSoft
10 8 (2.10%) GoldenSource
10 8 (2.10%) Informatica
10 8 (2.10%) Temenos
11 7 (1.84%) Dell
11 7 (1.84%) Murex
12 5 (1.31%) AppDynamics
12 5 (1.31%) Splunk
12 5 (1.31%) Talend
13 4 (1.05%) Alteryx