Hybrid/Remote Data Mapping Contract Job Trends

Data Mapping
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Data Mapping skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 229 202 259
Rank change year-on-year -27 +57 +78
Contract jobs citing Data Mapping 109 95 97
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.92% 0.94% 0.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.04% 1.03% 0.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 76 61
10th Percentile £356 £356 £363
25th Percentile £425 £423 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £555 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.91% +11.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £620 £650 £575
90th Percentile £700 £788 £675
UK median daily rate £513 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -6.82% +4.76% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 10,511 9,191 13,680
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 88.62% 90.72% 87.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,809 6,308 9,123
10th Percentile £350 £332 £325
25th Percentile £415 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.90% - -2.82%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £760 £745
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 494 225 540
10th Percentile £17.07 £14.20 £14.40
25th Percentile £27.20 £20.45 £23.58
Median hourly rate £57.50 £39.04 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +47.28% +2.41% -30.69%
75th Percentile £70.00 £66.00 £57.81
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.00 £75.25
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £30.79 £33.07
% change year-on-year +20.16% -6.87% -8.79%

Data Mapping
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Mapping and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Data Mapping job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Data Mapping
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Data Mapping.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Data Mapping

Data Mapping
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Data Mapping over the 6 months to 14 April 2026.

Data Mapping daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Data Mapping
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Data Mapping.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Data Mapping

Data Mapping
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 4 (3.67%) Confluence
2 3 (2.75%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
2 3 (2.75%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.83%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.92%) Anypoint
4 1 (0.92%) CMS
4 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 13 (11.93%) MS Visio
2 4 (3.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (2.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (3.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (2.75%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (1.83%) Aladdin
3 2 (1.83%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (1.83%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.83%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (1.83%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (1.83%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (1.83%) SAP R/3
4 1 (0.92%) Maximo
4 1 (0.92%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.92%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.92%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.92%) SAP APO
4 1 (0.92%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.92%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.92%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (0.92%) SimCorp Dimension
4 1 (0.92%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 15 (13.76%) GCP
2 14 (12.84%) Azure
3 8 (7.34%) Power Platform
4 6 (5.50%) Boomi
5 5 (4.59%) OCI
5 5 (4.59%) SuccessFactors
6 3 (2.75%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (2.75%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (2.75%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (2.75%) PowerApps
7 2 (1.83%) AWS
7 2 (1.83%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (1.83%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (1.83%) Collibra
7 2 (1.83%) Entra ID
7 2 (1.83%) GitHub
7 2 (1.83%) Google Tag Manager
7 2 (1.83%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.92%) Google Docs
8 1 (0.92%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.92%) AMQP
1 1 (0.92%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (9.17%) Metadata
2 5 (4.59%) Power BI
3 4 (3.67%) SQL Server
4 3 (2.75%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.83%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (1.83%) BigQuery
5 2 (1.83%) Delta Lake
5 2 (1.83%) Parquet
5 2 (1.83%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.83%) Spark SQL
5 2 (1.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.92%) DataStage
6 1 (0.92%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 7 (6.42%) JIRA
2 3 (2.75%) Git
3 1 (0.92%) Hudson
General
1 39 (35.78%) Social Skills
2 34 (31.19%) Finance
3 26 (23.85%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (16.51%) Banking
5 14 (12.84%) Documentation Skills
6 13 (11.93%) Legal
7 11 (10.09%) Public Sector
8 10 (9.17%) Investment Banking
9 5 (4.59%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (3.67%) Financial Institution
10 4 (3.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (3.67%) Retail
11 3 (2.75%) Law
11 3 (2.75%) Manufacturing
11 3 (2.75%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (1.83%) Back Office
12 2 (1.83%) Marketing
12 2 (1.83%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.92%) Local Government
13 1 (0.92%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 52 (47.71%) Analyst
2 39 (35.78%) Business Analyst
3 24 (22.02%) Lead
4 21 (19.27%) Data Analyst
5 13 (11.93%) Data Business Analyst
6 9 (8.26%) Banking Analyst
7 8 (7.34%) Banking Business Analyst
7 8 (7.34%) Data Engineer
7 8 (7.34%) Identity and Access Management Analyst
7 8 (7.34%) Identity Management Analyst
8 7 (6.42%) Senior
9 6 (5.50%) Integration Engineer
10 5 (4.59%) Migration Engineer
11 4 (3.67%) Architect
11 4 (3.67%) Consultant
11 4 (3.67%) Data Architect
11 4 (3.67%) Data Migration Engineer
11 4 (3.67%) Senior Business Analyst
12 3 (2.75%) Lead Business Analyst
12 3 (2.75%) SAP Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (8.26%) XML
2 7 (6.42%) Oracle Fusion
3 6 (5.50%) JSON
4 5 (4.59%) Middleware
5 3 (2.75%) EDI
5 3 (2.75%) REST
5 3 (2.75%) SOAP
6 2 (1.83%) FHIR
6 2 (1.83%) HTML
6 2 (1.83%) PySpark
6 2 (1.83%) XSLT
7 1 (0.92%) .NET
7 1 (0.92%) Gherkin
7 1 (0.92%) JMS
7 1 (0.92%) Murex MxML
7 1 (0.92%) RAML
7 1 (0.92%) RESTful
7 1 (0.92%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 21 (19.27%) Data Structures
2 4 (3.67%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (3.67%) Onboarding
2 4 (3.67%) Reference Data
3 3 (2.75%) NHS
4 2 (1.83%) Data Fabric
4 2 (1.83%) Marketing Technology
4 2 (1.83%) Mobile App
4 2 (1.83%) Product Ownership
4 2 (1.83%) Reinsurance
5 1 (0.92%) Algorithms
5 1 (0.92%) Credit Risk
5 1 (0.92%) Derivative
5 1 (0.92%) Fixed Income
5 1 (0.92%) Freedom of Information
5 1 (0.92%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.92%) Market Risk
5 1 (0.92%) Public Cloud
5 1 (0.92%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.92%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (42.20%) Migration
2 33 (30.28%) Stakeholder Management
3 31 (28.44%) Agile
4 30 (27.52%) Validation
5 29 (26.61%) Data Modelling
6 28 (25.69%) Data Migration
7 20 (18.35%) ETL
7 20 (18.35%) Workshop Facilitation
8 19 (17.43%) Requirements Gathering
9 17 (15.60%) Business Analysis
9 17 (15.60%) Data Governance
9 17 (15.60%) Problem-Solving
10 15 (13.76%) Data Cleansing
11 14 (12.84%) Data Protection
11 14 (12.84%) Data Transformation
11 14 (12.84%) User Acceptance Testing
12 11 (10.09%) Data Analysis
12 11 (10.09%) User Stories
13 10 (9.17%) Data Management
13 10 (9.17%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 24 (22.02%) SQL
2 7 (6.42%) Python
3 2 (1.83%) JavaScript
3 2 (1.83%) R
4 1 (0.92%) DataWeave
4 1 (0.92%) Java
4 1 (0.92%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (12.84%) Security Cleared
2 7 (6.42%) Degree
3 5 (4.59%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (3.67%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.83%) Oracle Certification
6 1 (0.92%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.92%) IIBA
6 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (22.02%) Data Quality
2 17 (15.60%) GDPR
3 12 (11.01%) QA
4 4 (3.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (2.75%) COBIT
5 3 (2.75%) NIST
6 2 (1.83%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (1.83%) HL7
7 1 (0.92%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.92%) FATCA
7 1 (0.92%) GMP
7 1 (0.92%) GxP
7 1 (0.92%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.92%) IFRS
7 1 (0.92%) Solvency II
System Software
1 2 (1.83%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.83%) Terraform
2 1 (0.92%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 18 (16.51%) Microsoft
2 15 (13.76%) Google
2 15 (13.76%) SAP
3 11 (10.09%) Oracle
4 6 (5.50%) Databricks
4 6 (5.50%) MuleSoft
4 6 (5.50%) Workday
5 5 (4.59%) ServiceNow
6 4 (3.67%) Ariba
6 4 (3.67%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.83%) Adobe
7 2 (1.83%) Dell
7 2 (1.83%) IBM
7 2 (1.83%) IDERA
7 2 (1.83%) Informatica
7 2 (1.83%) Murex
7 2 (1.83%) OneTrust
7 2 (1.83%) Talend
7 2 (1.83%) Tealium
8 1 (0.92%) Qualtrics