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

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 221 203 229
Rank change year-on-year -18 +26 +90
Contract jobs citing Data Mapping 145 105 110
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.07% 1.03% 0.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.19% 1.13% 0.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 83 66
10th Percentile £358 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £453 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £593 £500
Median % change year-on-year -15.61% +18.50% -6.98%
75th Percentile £624 £706 £584
90th Percentile £700 £788 £684
UK median daily rate £501 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -9.00% +10.00% -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 12,153 9,293 12,393
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 89.75% 91.58% 87.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,769 6,290 8,383
10th Percentile £354 £325 £325
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.96% -2.86% -2.42%
75th Percentile £620 £630 £638
90th Percentile £720 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 655 270 502
10th Percentile £17.01 £12.62 £15.52
25th Percentile £34.55 £18.66 £25.50
Median hourly rate £57.50 £34.48 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +66.76% -19.81% -14.00%
75th Percentile £71.95 £65.00 £62.38
90th Percentile £85.25 £72.50 £74.95
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +74.79% -34.02% -5.88%

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 17 July 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 10 (6.90%) Confluence
1 10 (6.90%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.69%) Anypoint
2 1 (0.69%) CMS
2 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.69%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
Applications
1 13 (8.97%) MS Visio
2 3 (2.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (4.14%) Aladdin
2 5 (3.45%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (2.07%) Infor LN
3 3 (2.07%) SimCorp Dimension
4 2 (1.38%) Maximo
5 1 (0.69%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.69%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.69%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.69%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.69%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.69%) SAP APO
5 1 (0.69%) SAP FS
5 1 (0.69%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.69%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.69%) SAP R/3
5 1 (0.69%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 19 (13.10%) Azure
2 15 (10.34%) GCP
3 12 (8.28%) Power Platform
4 9 (6.21%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (5.52%) Boomi
6 6 (4.14%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (4.14%) Snowflake
7 5 (3.45%) GitHub
8 4 (2.76%) AWS
8 4 (2.76%) Azure Data Factory
8 4 (2.76%) SaaS
8 4 (2.76%) SuccessFactors
9 3 (2.07%) AtomSphere
9 3 (2.07%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (1.38%) Collibra
10 2 (1.38%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (1.38%) Figma
10 2 (1.38%) Lucidchart
10 2 (1.38%) PowerApps
10 2 (1.38%) Salsify
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.07%) SSL
2 1 (0.69%) AMQP
2 1 (0.69%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (10.34%) Data Warehouse
1 15 (10.34%) Metadata
2 10 (6.90%) Power BI
3 6 (4.14%) Data Lake
3 6 (4.14%) SQL Server
4 5 (3.45%) Relational Database
5 3 (2.07%) Oracle Database
6 2 (1.38%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (1.38%) DataStage
6 2 (1.38%) Delta Lake
6 2 (1.38%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (1.38%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.38%) Parquet
6 2 (1.38%) Power Query
6 2 (1.38%) Spark SQL
6 2 (1.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.69%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.69%) Oracle Database 10g
7 1 (0.69%) Oracle Database 11g
7 1 (0.69%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 15 (10.34%) JIRA
2 3 (2.07%) Git
2 3 (2.07%) Postman
3 2 (1.38%) Balsamiq
4 1 (0.69%) Hudson
4 1 (0.69%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.69%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.69%) Robot Framework
General
1 47 (32.41%) Social Skills
2 44 (30.34%) Finance
3 26 (17.93%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (11.72%) Legal
5 14 (9.66%) Public Sector
6 12 (8.28%) Banking
7 9 (6.21%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (6.21%) Retail
8 5 (3.45%) Manufacturing
9 4 (2.76%) Law
10 3 (2.07%) Billing
10 3 (2.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (2.07%) Local Government
10 3 (2.07%) Marketing
10 3 (2.07%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (1.38%) Front Office
11 2 (1.38%) German Language
11 2 (1.38%) Investment Banking
11 2 (1.38%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.38%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 75 (51.72%) Analyst
2 58 (40.00%) Business Analyst
3 30 (20.69%) Data Analyst
4 22 (15.17%) Lead
5 20 (13.79%) Data Business Analyst
6 14 (9.66%) Senior
7 12 (8.28%) Developer
8 11 (7.59%) Data Engineer
8 11 (7.59%) Technical Analyst
9 8 (5.52%) Technical Business Analyst
9 8 (5.52%) Transformation Analyst
10 7 (4.83%) Senior Analyst
10 7 (4.83%) Senior Business Analyst
11 6 (4.14%) Architect
11 6 (4.14%) Migration Engineer
12 5 (3.45%) Data Migration Engineer
12 5 (3.45%) Integration Analyst
12 5 (3.45%) Senior Data Engineer
12 5 (3.45%) SQL Analyst
12 5 (3.45%) SQL Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (10.34%) JSON
2 12 (8.28%) XML
3 10 (6.90%) Middleware
3 10 (6.90%) REST
4 8 (5.52%) SOAP
5 6 (4.14%) EDI
6 4 (2.76%) Web Services
7 3 (2.07%) EDIFACT
7 3 (2.07%) FHIR
7 3 (2.07%) Lightning Web Components
7 3 (2.07%) OAuth
7 3 (2.07%) OAuth2
7 3 (2.07%) PySpark
7 3 (2.07%) Swagger
7 3 (2.07%) XSLT
8 2 (1.38%) OpenAPI
9 1 (0.69%) Great Expectations
9 1 (0.69%) Kafka
9 1 (0.69%) Pandas
9 1 (0.69%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 32 (22.07%) Data Structures
2 16 (11.03%) Legacy Systems
3 11 (7.59%) Product Ownership
4 8 (5.52%) Onboarding
5 7 (4.83%) Reference Data
6 6 (4.14%) Management Information System
7 3 (2.07%) Derivative
7 3 (2.07%) LIMS
7 3 (2.07%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.38%) Data Fabric
8 2 (1.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (1.38%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (1.38%) Mobile App
8 2 (1.38%) NHS
8 2 (1.38%) Reinsurance
8 2 (1.38%) Taxonomies
9 1 (0.69%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.69%) Fixed Income
9 1 (0.69%) Freedom of Information
9 1 (0.69%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.45%) Unix
1 5 (3.45%) Windows
2 4 (2.76%) Linux
3 2 (1.38%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (38.62%) Migration
2 55 (37.93%) Agile
3 54 (37.24%) Data Modelling
4 39 (26.90%) Validation
5 37 (25.52%) Data Migration
6 35 (24.14%) Workshop Facilitation
7 33 (22.76%) Requirements Gathering
8 32 (22.07%) Stakeholder Management
9 27 (18.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 26 (17.93%) Business Analysis
10 26 (17.93%) ETL
10 26 (17.93%) User Acceptance Testing
11 24 (16.55%) Data Governance
11 24 (16.55%) Data Transformation
11 24 (16.55%) Problem-Solving
11 24 (16.55%) User Stories
12 23 (15.86%) Data Analysis
13 18 (12.41%) Data Protection
14 17 (11.72%) Data Validation
15 16 (11.03%) AI
Programming Languages
1 53 (36.55%) SQL
2 10 (6.90%) Python
3 3 (2.07%) Apex Code
3 3 (2.07%) Groovy
3 3 (2.07%) JavaScript
3 3 (2.07%) T-SQL
4 2 (1.38%) Java
4 2 (1.38%) MUMPS
5 1 (0.69%) DataWeave
5 1 (0.69%) Perl
5 1 (0.69%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.69%) R
5 1 (0.69%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 11 (7.59%) Security Cleared
2 8 (5.52%) Degree
3 7 (4.83%) SC Cleared
4 5 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.69%) CBAP
5 1 (0.69%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.69%) IIBA
5 1 (0.69%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (22.76%) Data Quality
2 21 (14.48%) GDPR
3 14 (9.66%) QA
4 3 (2.07%) Accessibility
4 3 (2.07%) HL7
5 2 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.69%) AIFMD
6 1 (0.69%) Basel II
6 1 (0.69%) CDISC
6 1 (0.69%) COBIT
6 1 (0.69%) EMIR
6 1 (0.69%) FATCA
6 1 (0.69%) GMP
6 1 (0.69%) MiFID
6 1 (0.69%) NIST
6 1 (0.69%) Solvency II
System Software
1 2 (1.38%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 21 (14.48%) Microsoft
2 14 (9.66%) SAP
3 13 (8.97%) Databricks
3 13 (8.97%) Google
4 12 (8.28%) Oracle
5 7 (4.83%) ServiceNow
6 5 (3.45%) MuleSoft
6 5 (3.45%) Salesforce
7 4 (2.76%) Ariba
7 4 (2.76%) SimCorp
7 4 (2.76%) Workday
8 3 (2.07%) AppDynamics
8 3 (2.07%) Baan
8 3 (2.07%) IBM
8 3 (2.07%) Infor
8 3 (2.07%) Informatica
8 3 (2.07%) ION Trading
8 3 (2.07%) Murex
8 3 (2.07%) Palantir
8 3 (2.07%) Splunk