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

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 316 359 375
Rank change year-on-year +43 +16 +84
Contract jobs citing Data Mapping 296 182 236
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.76% 0.58% 0.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.88% 0.65% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 208 118 164
10th Percentile £371 £332 £370
25th Percentile £419 £432 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £523
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +0.48% -0.48%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £600
90th Percentile £700 £688 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £525 £490
% change year-on-year -4.76% +7.14% +9.19%
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 33,821 28,022 39,068
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 87.29% 89.12% 87.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,401 17,008 25,726
10th Percentile £305 £307 £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 £720 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,033 874 2,031
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.62 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.60 £21.00 £16.78
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £35.96
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -9.62% +12.38%
75th Percentile £58.00 £62.50 £62.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £74.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.71 £30.62 £36.50
% change year-on-year -19.29% -16.12% +31.77%

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 31 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 31 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 +36 258 £525 - 37
London +41 164 £525 - 19
Work from Home +24 110 £500 -4.76% 14
UK excluding London -18 96 £500 -4.76% 30
North of England -38 27 £500 -4.76% 7
South East -15 19 £596 +41.03% 14
Midlands -43 18 £496 -5.57% 3
West Midlands -40 15 £496 -5.57% 3
North West -23 14 £588 +4.44% 2
South West -7 13 £525 +23.53% 3
Scotland +16 11 £447 -10.60% 3
Yorkshire -38 11 £494 -5.95% 5
East of England -21 6 £427 -17.69%
North East -16 2 £438 -16.67%
East Midlands -25 2 - -
Wales - 2 £438 -

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 (2.70%) Confluence
2 7 (2.36%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
3 6 (2.03%) nginx
3 6 (2.03%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.01%) Oracle Workflow
5 2 (0.68%) Anypoint
5 2 (0.68%) Appian
5 2 (0.68%) SAS
Applications
1 31 (10.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (7.43%) MS Visio
3 17 (5.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (2.36%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.68%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 22 (7.43%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (4.05%) Oracle EBS
3 7 (2.36%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (1.35%) Finacle
4 4 (1.35%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (1.35%) Oracle Payables
4 4 (1.35%) Oracle Receivables
5 3 (1.01%) Oracle EBS R12
5 3 (1.01%) SAP ERP
5 3 (1.01%) SAP Payroll
5 3 (1.01%) Workday HCM
6 2 (0.68%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.68%) Endur
6 2 (0.68%) Maximo
6 2 (0.68%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.68%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (0.68%) SAP SD
6 2 (0.68%) SAP Travel Management
6 2 (0.68%) Temenos T24
6 2 (0.68%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 32 (10.81%) Azure
2 29 (9.80%) Power Platform
3 18 (6.08%) AWS
4 14 (4.73%) Dynamics 365
5 13 (4.39%) OCI
6 10 (3.38%) Azure Logic Apps
6 10 (3.38%) GCP
7 8 (2.70%) Boomi
7 8 (2.70%) Serverless
8 7 (2.36%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (2.36%) SaaS
9 6 (2.03%) Amazon EventBridge
9 6 (2.03%) Amazon SQS
9 6 (2.03%) AWS Lambda
9 6 (2.03%) Snowflake
10 5 (1.69%) GitHub
10 5 (1.69%) Power Automate
10 5 (1.69%) PowerApps
11 4 (1.35%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (1.35%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.34%) DKIM
1 1 (0.34%) DMARC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (6.42%) Power BI
2 17 (5.74%) Metadata
3 15 (5.07%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (3.72%) SQL Server
5 9 (3.04%) Relational Database
6 8 (2.70%) BigQuery
7 6 (2.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 6 (2.03%) Tableau
8 3 (1.01%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.68%) DataStage
9 2 (0.68%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.68%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.34%) Big Data
10 1 (0.34%) Electronic Patient Records
10 1 (0.34%) Looker
10 1 (0.34%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 1 (0.34%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.34%) SAP BW
10 1 (0.34%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 20 (6.76%) JIRA
2 5 (1.69%) Git
3 4 (1.35%) Postman
4 2 (0.68%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.68%) GitLab
4 2 (0.68%) JUnit
4 2 (0.68%) Maven
4 2 (0.68%) Mockito
4 2 (0.68%) Selenium
5 1 (0.34%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.34%) SpecFlow
General
1 128 (43.24%) Finance
2 109 (36.82%) Social Skills
3 59 (19.93%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (15.88%) Banking
5 37 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
6 34 (11.49%) Public Sector
7 14 (4.73%) Investment Banking
8 12 (4.05%) Legal
9 9 (3.04%) Retail
10 8 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (2.36%) Manufacturing
11 7 (2.36%) Marketing
11 7 (2.36%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (2.03%) Back Office
12 6 (2.03%) Digital Healthcare
12 6 (2.03%) Financial Institution
13 5 (1.69%) Law
13 5 (1.69%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (1.35%) Front Office
14 4 (1.35%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 129 (43.58%) Analyst
2 87 (29.39%) Business Analyst
3 53 (17.91%) Data Analyst
4 50 (16.89%) Lead
5 32 (10.81%) Consultant
6 23 (7.77%) Data Business Analyst
7 20 (6.76%) Developer
8 17 (5.74%) Senior
9 15 (5.07%) Data Migration Lead
10 14 (4.73%) Architect
10 14 (4.73%) Data Engineer
11 13 (4.39%) Management Consultant
12 12 (4.05%) Banking Analyst
12 12 (4.05%) SAP Consultant
12 12 (4.05%) Technical Business Analyst
13 11 (3.72%) Technical Analyst
14 9 (3.04%) Banking Business Analyst
14 9 (3.04%) Identity and Access Management Analyst
14 9 (3.04%) Identity Management Analyst
14 9 (3.04%) SAP SD Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (9.46%) XML
2 21 (7.09%) JSON
2 21 (7.09%) REST
3 15 (5.07%) Oracle Fusion
3 15 (5.07%) SOAP
4 13 (4.39%) HTML
4 13 (4.39%) OAuth
4 13 (4.39%) SAP TM
5 9 (3.04%) OAuth2
6 8 (2.70%) Middleware
6 8 (2.70%) RESTful
6 8 (2.70%) XSLT
7 5 (1.69%) .NET
8 4 (1.35%) EDI
8 4 (1.35%) Gherkin
9 3 (1.01%) FHIR
9 3 (1.01%) Kafka
9 3 (1.01%) Playwright
9 3 (1.01%) React
9 3 (1.01%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 58 (19.59%) Data Structures
2 37 (12.50%) Legacy Systems
3 18 (6.08%) Onboarding
4 11 (3.72%) Data Protection Act
4 11 (3.72%) Reference Data
5 10 (3.38%) Product Ownership
6 7 (2.36%) Cloud Native
7 5 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (1.69%) NHS
8 4 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.35%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.01%) Data Centre
9 3 (1.01%) Educational Technology
9 3 (1.01%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 3 (1.01%) Low-Code
9 3 (1.01%) Reinsurance
9 3 (1.01%) Taxonomies
10 2 (0.68%) Credit Risk
10 2 (0.68%) Equities
10 2 (0.68%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.68%) Unix
2 1 (0.34%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (40.88%) Migration
2 90 (30.41%) Data Migration
3 85 (28.72%) Stakeholder Management
4 83 (28.04%) Data Modelling
5 78 (26.35%) Agile
6 76 (25.68%) Validation
7 58 (19.59%) Workshop Facilitation
8 55 (18.58%) Data Governance
9 54 (18.24%) Data Analysis
10 49 (16.55%) User Acceptance Testing
11 48 (16.22%) Data Cleansing
11 48 (16.22%) Requirements Gathering
12 47 (15.88%) Data Transformation
12 47 (15.88%) ETL
13 45 (15.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 44 (14.86%) Business Analysis
15 43 (14.53%) ERP
16 38 (12.84%) Problem-Solving
17 34 (11.49%) User Stories
18 32 (10.81%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 66 (22.30%) SQL
2 20 (6.76%) Python
3 10 (3.38%) Java
3 10 (3.38%) JavaScript
4 8 (2.70%) C#
5 5 (1.69%) PowerShell
6 4 (1.35%) PL/SQL
7 2 (0.68%) Shell Script
7 2 (0.68%) VBA
8 1 (0.34%) C
8 1 (0.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.34%) Groovy
8 1 (0.34%) Korn
8 1 (0.34%) R
8 1 (0.34%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.34%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.34%) VB
Qualifications
1 47 (15.88%) Security Cleared
2 35 (11.82%) SC Cleared
3 29 (9.80%) Degree
4 7 (2.36%) CBAP
4 7 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
4 7 (2.36%) IIBA
5 5 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.35%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.68%) Oracle Certification
7 2 (0.68%) PMP
8 1 (0.34%) ACCA
8 1 (0.34%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.34%) CFA
8 1 (0.34%) CIMA
8 1 (0.34%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.34%) MBA
8 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (20.61%) Data Quality
2 27 (9.12%) QA
3 22 (7.43%) GDPR
4 6 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.69%) COBIT
5 5 (1.69%) NIST
6 3 (1.01%) GMP
6 3 (1.01%) GxP
6 3 (1.01%) HL7
7 2 (0.68%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.68%) GRC
7 2 (0.68%) SLA
7 2 (0.68%) WCAG
8 1 (0.34%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.34%) FATCA
8 1 (0.34%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.34%) IFRS
8 1 (0.34%) MiFID
8 1 (0.34%) NCSC
8 1 (0.34%) PMO
System Software
1 7 (2.36%) Docker
2 1 (0.34%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (1.01%) Kubernetes
1 3 (1.01%) Terraform
2 2 (0.68%) Grafana
2 2 (0.68%) Kibana
3 1 (0.34%) Ansible
3 1 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 44 (14.86%) SAP
2 41 (13.85%) Microsoft
3 31 (10.47%) Oracle
4 12 (4.05%) Avaloq
5 9 (3.04%) Salesforce
5 9 (3.04%) Workday
6 8 (2.70%) Databricks
7 7 (2.36%) GoldenSource
7 7 (2.36%) ServiceNow
8 6 (2.03%) Google
8 6 (2.03%) Temenos
9 5 (1.69%) Ariba
9 5 (1.69%) MuleSoft
9 5 (1.69%) Pega
10 4 (1.35%) Dell
10 4 (1.35%) Sage
10 4 (1.35%) Teradata
11 3 (1.01%) Atlassian
11 3 (1.01%) Murex
12 2 (0.68%) OpenLink