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

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 230 194 254
Rank change year-on-year -36 +60 +79
Contract jobs citing Data Mapping 111 110 95
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.91% 1.13% 0.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.03% 1.24% 0.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 89 54
10th Percentile £363 £360 £294
25th Percentile £436 £458 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £575
90th Percentile £700 £788 £684
UK median daily rate £507 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -7.91% +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 10,727 8,887 13,145
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 88.34% 91.37% 88.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,909 6,106 8,800
10th Percentile £350 £337 £325
25th Percentile £420 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £523 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.39% -0.48% -2.78%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £505 £516 £525
% change year-on-year -2.13% -1.71% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 512 210 568
10th Percentile £17.66 £13.85 £14.96
25th Percentile £31.19 £19.00 £25.50
Median hourly rate £57.50 £38.52 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +49.27% -10.42% -19.40%
75th Percentile £70.00 £66.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £83.70 £75.00 £75.25
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £28.60 £36.50
% change year-on-year +48.60% -21.64% +1.39%

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 May 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 7 (6.31%) Confluence
2 3 (2.70%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
3 2 (1.80%) Oracle Workflow
3 2 (1.80%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.90%) Anypoint
4 1 (0.90%) CMS
4 1 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 13 (11.71%) MS Visio
2 3 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (3.60%) Aladdin
1 4 (3.60%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (2.70%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (1.80%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (1.80%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (1.80%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (1.80%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (1.80%) SAP R/3
3 2 (1.80%) SimCorp Dimension
4 1 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.90%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.90%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.90%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.90%) SAP APO
4 1 (0.90%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.90%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 15 (13.51%) GCP
2 12 (10.81%) Azure
3 8 (7.21%) Power Platform
4 5 (4.50%) Boomi
4 5 (4.50%) OCI
5 4 (3.60%) SuccessFactors
6 3 (2.70%) Azure Data Factory
6 3 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (2.70%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (2.70%) PowerApps
6 3 (2.70%) Snowflake
7 2 (1.80%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (1.80%) Collibra
7 2 (1.80%) Entra ID
7 2 (1.80%) GitHub
7 2 (1.80%) Google Workspace
7 2 (1.80%) SaaS
8 1 (0.90%) iPaaS
8 1 (0.90%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.90%) AMQP
1 1 (0.90%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (9.91%) Metadata
2 5 (4.50%) Power BI
3 4 (3.60%) SQL Server
4 3 (2.70%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (2.70%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.80%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (1.80%) BigQuery
5 2 (1.80%) Delta Lake
5 2 (1.80%) Parquet
5 2 (1.80%) Spark SQL
5 2 (1.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.90%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.90%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.90%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 10 (9.01%) JIRA
2 3 (2.70%) Git
3 1 (0.90%) Hudson
General
1 39 (35.14%) Social Skills
2 35 (31.53%) Finance
3 21 (18.92%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (16.22%) Banking
5 15 (13.51%) Documentation Skills
6 14 (12.61%) Legal
7 13 (11.71%) Public Sector
8 9 (8.11%) Investment Banking
9 4 (3.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (3.60%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (3.60%) Retail
10 3 (2.70%) Financial Institution
10 3 (2.70%) Law
10 3 (2.70%) Local Government
11 2 (1.80%) Billing
11 2 (1.80%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.80%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (1.80%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.90%) Aviation
12 1 (0.90%) Military
Job Titles
1 53 (47.75%) Analyst
2 39 (35.14%) Business Analyst
3 25 (22.52%) Lead
4 23 (20.72%) Data Analyst
5 13 (11.71%) Data Business Analyst
6 8 (7.21%) Banking Analyst
6 8 (7.21%) Banking Business Analyst
6 8 (7.21%) Data Engineer
6 8 (7.21%) Identity and Access Management Analyst
6 8 (7.21%) Identity Management Analyst
6 8 (7.21%) Senior
7 6 (5.41%) Integration Engineer
8 5 (4.50%) Migration Engineer
9 4 (3.60%) Architect
9 4 (3.60%) Consultant
9 4 (3.60%) Data Architect
9 4 (3.60%) Data Migration Engineer
9 4 (3.60%) Senior Analyst
9 4 (3.60%) Senior Business Analyst
10 3 (2.70%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (7.21%) XML
2 7 (6.31%) Oracle Fusion
3 5 (4.50%) JSON
4 4 (3.60%) Middleware
5 2 (1.80%) EDI
5 2 (1.80%) PySpark
5 2 (1.80%) REST
5 2 (1.80%) SOAP
6 1 (0.90%) FHIR
6 1 (0.90%) JMS
6 1 (0.90%) Murex MxML
6 1 (0.90%) RAML
6 1 (0.90%) RESTful
6 1 (0.90%) Web Services
6 1 (0.90%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 20 (18.02%) Data Structures
2 6 (5.41%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (4.50%) Reference Data
4 4 (3.60%) Onboarding
4 4 (3.60%) Product Ownership
5 3 (2.70%) NHS
6 2 (1.80%) Data Fabric
7 1 (0.90%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.90%) Credit Risk
7 1 (0.90%) Derivative
7 1 (0.90%) Fixed Income
7 1 (0.90%) Freedom of Information
7 1 (0.90%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.90%) Reinsurance
7 1 (0.90%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.90%) HPUX
1 1 (0.90%) Linux
1 1 (0.90%) Unix
1 1 (0.90%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (42.34%) Migration
2 32 (28.83%) Data Modelling
2 32 (28.83%) Stakeholder Management
3 31 (27.93%) Agile
3 31 (27.93%) Validation
4 27 (24.32%) Data Migration
5 21 (18.92%) Workshop Facilitation
6 20 (18.02%) ETL
7 19 (17.12%) Business Analysis
7 19 (17.12%) Data Governance
8 16 (14.41%) Problem-Solving
8 16 (14.41%) Requirements Gathering
9 14 (12.61%) Data Protection
9 14 (12.61%) Data Transformation
9 14 (12.61%) User Acceptance Testing
10 13 (11.71%) Data Analysis
10 13 (11.71%) Data Cleansing
11 12 (10.81%) Data Validation
11 12 (10.81%) User Stories
12 11 (9.91%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 28 (25.23%) SQL
2 8 (7.21%) Python
3 2 (1.80%) T-SQL
4 1 (0.90%) DataWeave
4 1 (0.90%) Java
4 1 (0.90%) R
Qualifications
1 14 (12.61%) Security Cleared
2 5 (4.50%) BPSS Clearance
2 5 (4.50%) Degree
2 5 (4.50%) SC Cleared
3 2 (1.80%) Oracle Certification
4 1 (0.90%) IIBA
4 1 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (20.72%) Data Quality
2 19 (17.12%) GDPR
3 12 (10.81%) QA
4 4 (3.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (2.70%) COBIT
5 3 (2.70%) NIST
6 1 (0.90%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.90%) AIFMD
6 1 (0.90%) Basel II
6 1 (0.90%) EMIR
6 1 (0.90%) FATCA
6 1 (0.90%) GMP
6 1 (0.90%) GxP
6 1 (0.90%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.90%) HL7
6 1 (0.90%) IFRS
6 1 (0.90%) MiFID
6 1 (0.90%) Solvency II
System Software
1 2 (1.80%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (0.90%) Terraform
Vendors
1 18 (16.22%) Microsoft
2 15 (13.51%) Google
3 13 (11.71%) SAP
4 12 (10.81%) Oracle
5 9 (8.11%) Databricks
6 6 (5.41%) Workday
7 5 (4.50%) MuleSoft
7 5 (4.50%) ServiceNow
8 3 (2.70%) Ariba
8 3 (2.70%) Salesforce
9 2 (1.80%) Dell
9 2 (1.80%) IDERA
9 2 (1.80%) Informatica
9 2 (1.80%) Murex
9 2 (1.80%) SimCorp
9 2 (1.80%) Talend
10 1 (0.90%) Alteryx
10 1 (0.90%) Charles River
10 1 (0.90%) IBM
10 1 (0.90%) Qualtrics