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

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 213 233 262
Rank change year-on-year +20 +29 +123
Contract jobs citing Data Mapping 104 81 117
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.03% 0.73% 0.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.13% 0.82% 0.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 52 86
10th Percentile £355 £401 £450
25th Percentile £413 £439 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +1.20%
75th Percentile £588 £609 £630
90th Percentile £696 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £511 £523
% change year-on-year -2.20% -2.15% -0.48%

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 9,167 9,921 14,490
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 90.51% 89.43% 88.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,039 6,219 9,874
10th Percentile £331 £325 £346
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £638
90th Percentile £720 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 323 195 362
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.36 £19.25
25th Percentile £20.43 £22.25 £26.00
Median hourly rate £45.46 £35.25 £51.75
Median % change year-on-year +28.96% -31.88% -10.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.13 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £86.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -23.53% +21.43%

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 4 January 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 5 (4.81%) nginx
2 3 (2.88%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.92%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
4 1 (0.96%) Anypoint
4 1 (0.96%) Confluence
4 1 (0.96%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 13 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 13 (12.50%) MS Visio
2 6 (5.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 9 (8.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.92%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (1.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.92%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (1.92%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (1.92%) SAP SD
2 2 (1.92%) SAP Travel Management
2 2 (1.92%) Workday HCM
3 1 (0.96%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.96%) Endur
3 1 (0.96%) Loan IQ
3 1 (0.96%) Maximo
3 1 (0.96%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.96%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.96%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.96%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.96%) SAP HCM
3 1 (0.96%) SAP Payroll
3 1 (0.96%) SAP R/3
Cloud Services
1 13 (12.50%) Azure
2 11 (10.58%) AWS
2 11 (10.58%) Power Platform
3 9 (8.65%) Serverless
4 7 (6.73%) Amazon SQS
4 7 (6.73%) AWS Lambda
5 6 (5.77%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (4.81%) Amazon EventBridge
6 5 (4.81%) Azure Logic Apps
6 5 (4.81%) GCP
6 5 (4.81%) GitHub
7 4 (3.85%) Azure Monitor
7 4 (3.85%) Power Automate
7 4 (3.85%) PowerApps
8 3 (2.88%) AtomSphere
8 3 (2.88%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (2.88%) Boomi
8 3 (2.88%) OCI
9 2 (1.92%) Azure Event Grid
9 2 (1.92%) Azure Service Bus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.73%) Power BI
2 6 (5.77%) Metadata
2 6 (5.77%) Relational Database
3 5 (4.81%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (2.88%) BigQuery
4 3 (2.88%) SQL Server
5 2 (1.92%) DB2
6 1 (0.96%) DataStage
6 1 (0.96%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.96%) IMS/DB
6 1 (0.96%) Power Query
6 1 (0.96%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.96%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.96%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (8.65%) JIRA
2 2 (1.92%) Postman
General
1 38 (36.54%) Finance
2 34 (32.69%) Social Skills
3 18 (17.31%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (14.42%) Banking
5 11 (10.58%) Documentation Skills
5 11 (10.58%) Investment Banking
6 7 (6.73%) Public Sector
7 5 (4.81%) Digital Healthcare
8 4 (3.85%) Back Office
9 3 (2.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.88%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (2.88%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.92%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.92%) Legal
10 2 (1.92%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.92%) Marketing
11 1 (0.96%) Corporate Banking
11 1 (0.96%) Dutch Language
11 1 (0.96%) German Language
11 1 (0.96%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 47 (45.19%) Analyst
2 34 (32.69%) Business Analyst
3 19 (18.27%) Data Analyst
4 15 (14.42%) Developer
5 12 (11.54%) Consultant
5 12 (11.54%) Data Business Analyst
6 9 (8.65%) Banking Analyst
6 9 (8.65%) Lead
7 8 (7.69%) Banking Business Analyst
7 8 (7.69%) Identity and Access Management Analyst
7 8 (7.69%) Identity Management Analyst
8 7 (6.73%) Integration Developer
9 6 (5.77%) Management Consultant
9 6 (5.77%) Pensions Analyst
9 6 (5.77%) SAP Consultant
9 6 (5.77%) SAP SD Consultant
10 5 (4.81%) Implementation Analyst
10 5 (4.81%) Integration Engineer
10 5 (4.81%) Senior
11 4 (3.85%) Asset Management Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (12.50%) REST
1 13 (12.50%) XML
2 12 (11.54%) JSON
3 9 (8.65%) SOAP
4 8 (7.69%) HTML
5 7 (6.73%) OAuth
6 6 (5.77%) SAP TM
6 6 (5.77%) XSLT
7 5 (4.81%) OAuth2
7 5 (4.81%) Oracle Fusion
7 5 (4.81%) RESTful
8 2 (1.92%) ADO
8 2 (1.92%) EDI
8 2 (1.92%) FHIR
8 2 (1.92%) React
9 1 (0.96%) .NET
9 1 (0.96%) Gherkin
9 1 (0.96%) Middleware
9 1 (0.96%) Spring
9 1 (0.96%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 11 (10.58%) Data Structures
2 9 (8.65%) Onboarding
3 6 (5.77%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (4.81%) Cloud Native
4 5 (4.81%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (2.88%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (2.88%) Reference Data
6 2 (1.92%) Mainframe
6 2 (1.92%) Marketing Technology
6 2 (1.92%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.92%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.96%) Credit Risk
7 1 (0.96%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.96%) Educational Technology
7 1 (0.96%) e-Learning
7 1 (0.96%) IBM Mainframe
7 1 (0.96%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.96%) Market Risk
7 1 (0.96%) NHS
7 1 (0.96%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.96%) MVS
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (28.85%) Agile
1 30 (28.85%) Stakeholder Management
2 26 (25.00%) Migration
3 19 (18.27%) Data Migration
4 18 (17.31%) Data Modelling
5 17 (16.35%) Validation
6 16 (15.38%) ETL
6 16 (15.38%) Requirements Gathering
7 15 (14.42%) Business Analysis
7 15 (14.42%) Workshop Facilitation
8 14 (13.46%) Data Governance
9 13 (12.50%) Data Analysis
9 13 (12.50%) Data Cleansing
9 13 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
9 13 (12.50%) User Stories
10 12 (11.54%) Data Transformation
11 11 (10.58%) ERP
11 11 (10.58%) Problem-Solving
12 10 (9.62%) Analytics
12 10 (9.62%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 15 (14.42%) SQL
2 11 (10.58%) Python
3 7 (6.73%) Java
4 4 (3.85%) C#
4 4 (3.85%) JavaScript
4 4 (3.85%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.96%) JCL
5 1 (0.96%) Korn
5 1 (0.96%) PL/1
5 1 (0.96%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.96%) R
5 1 (0.96%) VB
5 1 (0.96%) VBA
Qualifications
1 19 (18.27%) Security Cleared
2 14 (13.46%) Degree
3 12 (11.54%) SC Cleared
4 5 (4.81%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.92%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.92%) Oracle Certification
6 1 (0.96%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.96%) CBAP
6 1 (0.96%) IIBA
6 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (17.31%) Data Quality
2 5 (4.81%) QA
3 4 (3.85%) GDPR
4 2 (1.92%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 2 (1.92%) COBIT
4 2 (1.92%) HL7
4 2 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.92%) NIST
5 1 (0.96%) GMP
5 1 (0.96%) GxP
5 1 (0.96%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.96%) IFRS
System Software
1 7 (6.73%) Docker
2 1 (0.96%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 3 (2.88%) Terraform
2 2 (1.92%) Kibana
3 1 (0.96%) CA Endevor
Vendors
1 14 (13.46%) SAP
2 13 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 7 (6.73%) Oracle
4 6 (5.77%) Salesforce
5 5 (4.81%) Pega
5 5 (4.81%) ServiceNow
6 4 (3.85%) Workday
7 3 (2.88%) Google
8 2 (1.92%) Adobe
8 2 (1.92%) IBM
8 2 (1.92%) MuleSoft
8 2 (1.92%) OneTrust
8 2 (1.92%) Tealium
9 1 (0.96%) Ariba
9 1 (0.96%) Cognos
9 1 (0.96%) Databricks
9 1 (0.96%) Informatica
9 1 (0.96%) Murex
9 1 (0.96%) OpenLink
9 1 (0.96%) Xceptor