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

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 235 207 232
Rank change year-on-year -28 +25 +93
Contract jobs citing Data Mapping 134 108 110
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.98% 1.05% 0.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.10% 1.15% 0.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 87 68
10th Percentile £356 £350 £359
25th Percentile £425 £456 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £593 £500
Median % change year-on-year -15.61% +18.50% -8.05%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £578
90th Percentile £700 £788 £681
UK median daily rate £511 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +10.00% -5.88%

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 12,215 9,394 12,599
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 89.67% 91.71% 87.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,815 6,379 8,505
10th Percentile £350 £325 £325
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.46% -2.38% -2.78%
75th Percentile £619 £630 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £518 £501 £525
% change year-on-year +3.40% -4.67% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 649 270 535
10th Percentile £16.98 £12.62 £15.50
25th Percentile £33.00 £19.07 £25.50
Median hourly rate £57.50 £35.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +64.29% -18.60% -18.10%
75th Percentile £71.91 £65.00 £62.00
90th Percentile £85.25 £72.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +74.79% -34.02% -4.70%

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 11 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 (7.46%) SharePoint
2 8 (5.97%) Confluence
3 1 (0.75%) Anypoint
3 1 (0.75%) CMS
3 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.75%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
Applications
1 14 (10.45%) MS Visio
2 3 (2.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (4.48%) Aladdin
2 5 (3.73%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (2.24%) SimCorp Dimension
4 2 (1.49%) Infor LN
4 2 (1.49%) Maximo
5 1 (0.75%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.75%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.75%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.75%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.75%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.75%) SAP APO
5 1 (0.75%) SAP FS
5 1 (0.75%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.75%) SAP R/3
5 1 (0.75%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 16 (11.94%) Azure
2 13 (9.70%) GCP
3 11 (8.21%) Power Platform
4 9 (6.72%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (5.22%) Boomi
6 6 (4.48%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (3.73%) GitHub
7 5 (3.73%) Snowflake
8 4 (2.99%) Azure Data Factory
8 4 (2.99%) SaaS
8 4 (2.99%) SuccessFactors
9 3 (2.24%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (1.49%) AtomSphere
10 2 (1.49%) Collibra
10 2 (1.49%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (1.49%) Entra ID
10 2 (1.49%) Figma
10 2 (1.49%) Lucidchart
10 2 (1.49%) PowerApps
10 2 (1.49%) Salsify
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.49%) SSL
2 1 (0.75%) AMQP
2 1 (0.75%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (11.19%) Metadata
2 14 (10.45%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (6.72%) Power BI
4 5 (3.73%) Data Lake
4 5 (3.73%) Relational Database
4 5 (3.73%) SQL Server
5 3 (2.24%) Oracle Database
6 2 (1.49%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (1.49%) DataStage
6 2 (1.49%) Delta Lake
6 2 (1.49%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (1.49%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.49%) Parquet
6 2 (1.49%) Power Query
6 2 (1.49%) Spark SQL
6 2 (1.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.75%) Oracle Database 10g
7 1 (0.75%) Oracle Database 11g
7 1 (0.75%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.75%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 13 (9.70%) JIRA
2 3 (2.24%) Git
2 3 (2.24%) Postman
3 2 (1.49%) Balsamiq
4 1 (0.75%) Hudson
4 1 (0.75%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.75%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.75%) Robot Framework
General
1 43 (32.09%) Social Skills
2 40 (29.85%) Finance
3 25 (18.66%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (11.94%) Legal
5 14 (10.45%) Public Sector
6 12 (8.96%) Banking
7 10 (7.46%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (5.97%) Retail
9 4 (2.99%) Law
9 4 (2.99%) Manufacturing
10 3 (2.24%) Billing
10 3 (2.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (2.24%) Investment Banking
10 3 (2.24%) Local Government
10 3 (2.24%) Marketing
10 3 (2.24%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (1.49%) Front Office
11 2 (1.49%) German Language
11 2 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.49%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 68 (50.75%) Analyst
2 52 (38.81%) Business Analyst
3 27 (20.15%) Data Analyst
4 21 (15.67%) Lead
5 18 (13.43%) Data Business Analyst
6 14 (10.45%) Senior
7 11 (8.21%) Data Engineer
8 10 (7.46%) Developer
9 7 (5.22%) Senior Analyst
9 7 (5.22%) Senior Business Analyst
9 7 (5.22%) Technical Analyst
10 6 (4.48%) Architect
10 6 (4.48%) Migration Engineer
10 6 (4.48%) Transformation Analyst
11 5 (3.73%) Data Migration Engineer
11 5 (3.73%) Senior Data Engineer
12 4 (2.99%) Consultant
12 4 (2.99%) Data Architect
12 4 (2.99%) Python Developer
12 4 (2.99%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (9.70%) JSON
2 11 (8.21%) XML
3 8 (5.97%) Middleware
3 8 (5.97%) REST
4 6 (4.48%) SOAP
5 5 (3.73%) EDI
6 3 (2.24%) PySpark
6 3 (2.24%) Swagger
6 3 (2.24%) Web Services
6 3 (2.24%) XSLT
7 2 (1.49%) EDIFACT
7 2 (1.49%) FHIR
7 2 (1.49%) Lightning Web Components
7 2 (1.49%) OAuth
7 2 (1.49%) OAuth2
7 2 (1.49%) OpenAPI
8 1 (0.75%) JMS
8 1 (0.75%) Oracle Fusion
8 1 (0.75%) RESTful
8 1 (0.75%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 30 (22.39%) Data Structures
2 15 (11.19%) Legacy Systems
3 8 (5.97%) Onboarding
3 8 (5.97%) Product Ownership
4 7 (5.22%) Reference Data
5 6 (4.48%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.24%) Derivative
7 2 (1.49%) Data Fabric
7 2 (1.49%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (1.49%) LIMS
7 2 (1.49%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.49%) NHS
7 2 (1.49%) Reinsurance
7 2 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.49%) Taxonomies
8 1 (0.75%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.75%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.75%) Legacy Code
8 1 (0.75%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (0.75%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.99%) Unix
1 4 (2.99%) Windows
2 3 (2.24%) Linux
3 2 (1.49%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (39.55%) Migration
2 50 (37.31%) Data Modelling
3 49 (36.57%) Agile
4 36 (26.87%) Validation
5 35 (26.12%) Data Migration
6 31 (23.13%) Requirements Gathering
7 30 (22.39%) Stakeholder Management
7 30 (22.39%) Workshop Facilitation
8 24 (17.91%) ETL
9 23 (17.16%) Business Analysis
9 23 (17.16%) Data Governance
9 23 (17.16%) Problem-Solving
9 23 (17.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 21 (15.67%) Data Transformation
10 21 (15.67%) User Acceptance Testing
11 20 (14.93%) Data Analysis
12 18 (13.43%) User Stories
13 17 (12.69%) Data Protection
14 16 (11.94%) Data Validation
15 14 (10.45%) AI
Programming Languages
1 47 (35.07%) SQL
2 10 (7.46%) Python
3 3 (2.24%) T-SQL
4 2 (1.49%) Apex Code
4 2 (1.49%) Groovy
4 2 (1.49%) Java
4 2 (1.49%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.75%) DataWeave
5 1 (0.75%) MUMPS
5 1 (0.75%) Perl
5 1 (0.75%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.75%) R
5 1 (0.75%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 11 (8.21%) Security Cleared
2 8 (5.97%) Degree
3 7 (5.22%) SC Cleared
4 5 (3.73%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.75%) CBAP
5 1 (0.75%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.75%) IIBA
5 1 (0.75%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (24.63%) Data Quality
2 20 (14.93%) GDPR
3 11 (8.21%) QA
4 3 (2.24%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.49%) HL7
5 2 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.75%) AIFMD
6 1 (0.75%) Basel II
6 1 (0.75%) CDISC
6 1 (0.75%) COBIT
6 1 (0.75%) EMIR
6 1 (0.75%) FATCA
6 1 (0.75%) GMP
6 1 (0.75%) MiFID
6 1 (0.75%) NIST
6 1 (0.75%) Solvency II
System Software
1 2 (1.49%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 21 (15.67%) Microsoft
2 13 (9.70%) Databricks
2 13 (9.70%) Google
2 13 (9.70%) SAP
3 11 (8.21%) Oracle
4 7 (5.22%) ServiceNow
5 5 (3.73%) MuleSoft
6 4 (2.99%) Salesforce
6 4 (2.99%) SimCorp
6 4 (2.99%) Workday
7 3 (2.24%) AppDynamics
7 3 (2.24%) Ariba
7 3 (2.24%) IBM
7 3 (2.24%) Informatica
7 3 (2.24%) Murex
7 3 (2.24%) Palantir
7 3 (2.24%) Splunk
8 2 (1.49%) Dell
8 2 (1.49%) IDERA
8 2 (1.49%) Talend