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 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 324 358 357
Rank change year-on-year +34 -1 +105
Contract jobs citing Data Mapping 279 190 254
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.76% 0.56% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.86% 0.63% 0.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 187 130 179
10th Percentile £350 £375 £393
25th Percentile £413 £425 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £511 £523
Median % change year-on-year -2.20% -2.15% -0.48%
75th Percentile £638 £609 £625
90th Percentile £700 £738 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £515
% change year-on-year -5.00% -2.91% +14.44%
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 and 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 32,537 30,122 39,072
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 88.36% 88.11% 88.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,461 18,405 26,081
10th Percentile £300 £306 £308
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £650
90th Percentile £723 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £477 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.60% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,095 985 1,517
10th Percentile £14.57 £15.62 £14.36
25th Percentile £17.52 £20.50 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.33
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -24.99% +23.80%
75th Percentile £50.00 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.50 £32.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.69% -26.97% +39.06%

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 19 December 2025.

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 19 December 2025. 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 +34 239 £500 -4.76% 36
London +39 145 £515 -6.36% 21
Work from Home +12 102 £500 - 21
UK excluding London 0 99 £475 -5.00% 28
North of England -32 32 £488 +18.18% 8
South East -18 18 £575 +35.29% 14
North West -22 17 £550 +33.39% 4
Midlands -44 15 £450 -14.29% 5
Scotland +13 14 £436 -12.80%
Yorkshire -30 13 £306 -41.71% 4
West Midlands -35 12 £450 -14.29% 4
South West +3 11 £525 +23.53% 1
East of England -24 7 £427 -18.67%
East Midlands -19 3 £375 -31.19% 1
Wales - 2 £425 -
North East - 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 9 (3.23%) Confluence
2 6 (2.15%) Anypoint
2 6 (2.15%) nginx
2 6 (2.15%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
3 5 (1.79%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.36%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.36%) SAS
Applications
1 34 (12.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (7.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 20 (7.17%) MS Visio
3 5 (1.79%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 26 (9.32%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (3.58%) Oracle EBS
3 7 (2.51%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (1.43%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (1.08%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (1.08%) SAP Payroll
5 3 (1.08%) Workday HCM
6 2 (0.72%) Aladdin
6 2 (0.72%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.72%) Endur
6 2 (0.72%) FIS Private Capital Suite
6 2 (0.72%) Loan IQ
6 2 (0.72%) Maximo
6 2 (0.72%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.72%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (0.72%) Oracle EBS R12
6 2 (0.72%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (0.72%) SAP HCM
6 2 (0.72%) SAP Travel Management
6 2 (0.72%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 37 (13.26%) Power Platform
2 32 (11.47%) Azure
3 21 (7.53%) AWS
4 15 (5.38%) Dynamics 365
5 10 (3.58%) Azure Logic Apps
5 10 (3.58%) OCI
5 10 (3.58%) Serverless
6 8 (2.87%) Amazon SQS
6 8 (2.87%) AWS Lambda
6 8 (2.87%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (2.87%) GCP
7 7 (2.51%) Boomi
8 6 (2.15%) Amazon EventBridge
8 6 (2.15%) SaaS
8 6 (2.15%) Snowflake
9 5 (1.79%) GitHub
9 5 (1.79%) Power Automate
9 5 (1.79%) PowerApps
10 4 (1.43%) AtomSphere
10 4 (1.43%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.36%) DKIM
1 1 (0.36%) DMARC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (9.68%) Power BI
2 17 (6.09%) Data Warehouse
2 17 (6.09%) Metadata
3 15 (5.38%) SQL Server
4 9 (3.23%) Tableau
5 8 (2.87%) BigQuery
6 7 (2.51%) Relational Database
7 4 (1.43%) Data Lake
7 4 (1.43%) DB2
7 4 (1.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.72%) Data Vault
8 2 (0.72%) DataStage
8 2 (0.72%) IMS/DB
8 2 (0.72%) Oracle Reports
8 2 (0.72%) Power Query
9 1 (0.36%) MS Access
9 1 (0.36%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.36%) SAP BW
9 1 (0.36%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (0.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 19 (6.81%) JIRA
2 5 (1.79%) Git
3 3 (1.08%) Postman
4 2 (0.72%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.72%) GitLab
4 2 (0.72%) JUnit
4 2 (0.72%) Maven
4 2 (0.72%) Mockito
4 2 (0.72%) Selenium
5 1 (0.36%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.36%) Liquibase
5 1 (0.36%) SpecFlow
General
1 113 (40.50%) Finance
2 101 (36.20%) Social Skills
3 61 (21.86%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (12.90%) Banking
5 33 (11.83%) Documentation Skills
6 29 (10.39%) Public Sector
7 11 (3.94%) Investment Banking
8 10 (3.58%) Presentation Skills
9 9 (3.23%) Legal
9 9 (3.23%) Marketing
10 7 (2.51%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (2.15%) Back Office
11 6 (2.15%) Digital Healthcare
11 6 (2.15%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.79%) Billing
12 5 (1.79%) Retail
13 4 (1.43%) Front Office
13 4 (1.43%) General Ledger
13 4 (1.43%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (1.43%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 133 (47.67%) Analyst
2 83 (29.75%) Business Analyst
3 58 (20.79%) Data Analyst
4 31 (11.11%) Consultant
5 28 (10.04%) Lead
6 24 (8.60%) Data Business Analyst
7 20 (7.17%) Developer
8 15 (5.38%) Senior
9 14 (5.02%) Architect
10 13 (4.66%) Management Consultant
11 12 (4.30%) SAP Consultant
11 12 (4.30%) Technical Business Analyst
12 11 (3.94%) Data Engineer
12 11 (3.94%) Technical Analyst
13 10 (3.58%) Banking Analyst
14 9 (3.23%) Implementation Analyst
14 9 (3.23%) SAP SD Consultant
15 8 (2.87%) Data Architect
16 7 (2.51%) Integration Developer
16 7 (2.51%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (8.96%) JSON
2 22 (7.89%) XML
3 21 (7.53%) REST
4 14 (5.02%) HTML
4 14 (5.02%) SOAP
5 13 (4.66%) SAP TM
6 12 (4.30%) OAuth
7 11 (3.94%) Oracle Fusion
8 9 (3.23%) OAuth2
9 7 (2.51%) RESTful
9 7 (2.51%) XSLT
10 6 (2.15%) Middleware
11 5 (1.79%) .NET
12 4 (1.43%) Gherkin
12 4 (1.43%) Kafka
12 4 (1.43%) React
13 3 (1.08%) FHIR
13 3 (1.08%) Playwright
13 3 (1.08%) Spring
13 3 (1.08%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 41 (14.70%) Data Structures
2 26 (9.32%) Legacy Systems
3 16 (5.73%) Onboarding
4 12 (4.30%) Data Protection Act
5 9 (3.23%) Reference Data
6 8 (2.87%) Analytical Mindset
7 7 (2.51%) Cloud Native
7 7 (2.51%) Data Centre
7 7 (2.51%) Mainframe
7 7 (2.51%) Product Ownership
8 6 (2.15%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.43%) Reinsurance
10 3 (1.08%) Educational Technology
10 3 (1.08%) Equities
10 3 (1.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 3 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (1.08%) Low-Code
10 3 (1.08%) NHS
11 2 (0.72%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.72%) MVS
1 2 (0.72%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (34.41%) Migration
2 74 (26.52%) Agile
3 73 (26.16%) Data Migration
3 73 (26.16%) Data Modelling
4 63 (22.58%) Stakeholder Management
5 61 (21.86%) Validation
6 57 (20.43%) Data Analysis
7 50 (17.92%) Data Governance
8 43 (15.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 42 (15.05%) Data Cleansing
9 42 (15.05%) User Acceptance Testing
10 39 (13.98%) Problem-Solving
10 39 (13.98%) Workshop Facilitation
11 37 (13.26%) ETL
12 36 (12.90%) Business Analysis
13 35 (12.54%) Data Transformation
13 35 (12.54%) Requirements Gathering
14 34 (12.19%) Business Intelligence
15 33 (11.83%) User Stories
16 31 (11.11%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 73 (26.16%) SQL
2 24 (8.60%) Python
3 12 (4.30%) Java
4 10 (3.58%) JavaScript
5 8 (2.87%) C#
6 5 (1.79%) PowerShell
7 4 (1.43%) PL/SQL
7 4 (1.43%) VBA
8 2 (0.72%) JCL
8 2 (0.72%) Korn
8 2 (0.72%) PL/1
8 2 (0.72%) Shell Script
8 2 (0.72%) VB
9 1 (0.36%) C
9 1 (0.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.36%) R
9 1 (0.36%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 40 (14.34%) Security Cleared
2 32 (11.47%) SC Cleared
3 27 (9.68%) Degree
4 7 (2.51%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (1.79%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.43%) PMI Certification
7 3 (1.08%) CBAP
8 2 (0.72%) ACCA
8 2 (0.72%) CIMA
8 2 (0.72%) Oracle Certification
8 2 (0.72%) PMP
9 1 (0.36%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.36%) CFA
9 1 (0.36%) IIBA
9 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (18.64%) Data Quality
2 27 (9.68%) QA
3 22 (7.89%) GDPR
4 5 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.43%) COBIT
5 4 (1.43%) NIST
6 3 (1.08%) GMP
6 3 (1.08%) GxP
6 3 (1.08%) HL7
6 3 (1.08%) IFRS
7 2 (0.72%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.72%) GRC
7 2 (0.72%) WCAG
8 1 (0.36%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.36%) Basel III
8 1 (0.36%) FATCA
8 1 (0.36%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.36%) MiFID
8 1 (0.36%) NCSC
8 1 (0.36%) PMO
System Software
1 10 (3.58%) Docker
2 2 (0.72%) Time Sharing Option
3 1 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (1.79%) Kibana
2 4 (1.43%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.43%) Terraform
3 2 (0.72%) CA Endevor
3 2 (0.72%) Grafana
3 2 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.36%) Ansible
Vendors
1 42 (15.05%) Microsoft
2 39 (13.98%) SAP
3 29 (10.39%) Oracle
4 10 (3.58%) Salesforce
5 9 (3.23%) MuleSoft
6 8 (2.87%) Databricks
7 7 (2.51%) Workday
8 5 (1.79%) Pega
8 5 (1.79%) ServiceNow
9 4 (1.43%) Avaloq
9 4 (1.43%) IBM
9 4 (1.43%) Sage
9 4 (1.43%) Teradata
10 3 (1.08%) Ariba
10 3 (1.08%) Atlassian
10 3 (1.08%) Dell
10 3 (1.08%) GoldenSource
10 3 (1.08%) Google
10 3 (1.08%) Informatica
11 2 (0.72%) Syncsort