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

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 217 207 233
Rank change year-on-year -10 +26 +58
Contract jobs citing Data Mapping 156 108 108
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.16% 1.07% 0.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.29% 1.17% 0.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 86 64
10th Percentile £358 £338 £400
25th Percentile £425 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £615 £675 £588
90th Percentile £700 £788 £688
UK median daily rate £513 £538 £500
% change year-on-year -4.65% +7.50% -6.98%

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 12,115 9,249 11,517
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 89.85% 91.73% 87.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,685 6,242 7,713
10th Percentile £356 £325 £325
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £507 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -3.43% -2.33%
75th Percentile £620 £625 £638
90th Percentile £724 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 691 280 402
10th Percentile £16.70 £12.62 £17.52
25th Percentile £31.25 £18.89 £30.88
Median hourly rate £53.90 £34.48 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +56.32% -19.81% -14.00%
75th Percentile £71.91 £65.00 £65.20
90th Percentile £85.00 £71.27 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £40.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -37.90% -4.71%

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 August 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 (6.41%) Confluence
1 10 (6.41%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.64%) Anypoint
2 1 (0.64%) CMS
2 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.64%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
Applications
1 12 (7.69%) MS Visio
2 4 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.64%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (3.85%) Aladdin
1 6 (3.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.92%) Infor LN
2 3 (1.92%) SimCorp Dimension
3 2 (1.28%) Maximo
4 1 (0.64%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.64%) Loan IQ
4 1 (0.64%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.64%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.64%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.64%) SAP APO
4 1 (0.64%) SAP FS
4 1 (0.64%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.64%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (0.64%) SAP R/3
4 1 (0.64%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 19 (12.18%) Azure
2 14 (8.97%) Power Platform
3 13 (8.33%) GCP
4 8 (5.13%) Boomi
4 8 (5.13%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (5.13%) Snowflake
5 7 (4.49%) AWS
6 6 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (3.21%) GitHub
8 4 (2.56%) Azure Data Factory
8 4 (2.56%) SaaS
9 3 (1.92%) AtomSphere
9 3 (1.92%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 3 (1.92%) SuccessFactors
10 2 (1.28%) Collibra
10 2 (1.28%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (1.28%) Figma
10 2 (1.28%) Lucidchart
10 2 (1.28%) PowerApps
10 2 (1.28%) Salsify
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.92%) SSL
2 1 (0.64%) AMQP
2 1 (0.64%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (12.18%) Data Warehouse
2 15 (9.62%) Metadata
3 12 (7.69%) Power BI
4 11 (7.05%) Data Lake
5 7 (4.49%) SQL Server
6 4 (2.56%) Relational Database
7 3 (1.92%) Oracle Database
8 2 (1.28%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (1.28%) DataStage
8 2 (1.28%) Delta Lake
8 2 (1.28%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (1.28%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 2 (1.28%) Parquet
8 2 (1.28%) Power Query
8 2 (1.28%) Semantic Layer
8 2 (1.28%) Spark SQL
8 2 (1.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.64%) OLTP
9 1 (0.64%) Oracle Database 10g
9 1 (0.64%) Oracle Database 11g
Development Applications
1 13 (8.33%) JIRA
2 3 (1.92%) Git
2 3 (1.92%) Postman
3 2 (1.28%) Balsamiq
4 1 (0.64%) Flyway
4 1 (0.64%) GitLab
4 1 (0.64%) Hudson
4 1 (0.64%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.64%) Liquibase
4 1 (0.64%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.64%) Robot Framework
General
1 52 (33.33%) Finance
2 49 (31.41%) Social Skills
3 26 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (10.90%) Banking
5 16 (10.26%) Legal
6 12 (7.69%) Public Sector
6 12 (7.69%) Retail
7 7 (4.49%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (3.21%) Local Government
8 5 (3.21%) Manufacturing
9 4 (2.56%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (1.92%) Billing
10 3 (1.92%) Front Office
10 3 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.92%) Marketing
10 3 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.28%) German Language
11 2 (1.28%) Investment Banking
11 2 (1.28%) Publishing
11 2 (1.28%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 82 (52.56%) Analyst
2 64 (41.03%) Business Analyst
3 39 (25.00%) Data Analyst
4 28 (17.95%) Data Business Analyst
5 19 (12.18%) Lead
6 15 (9.62%) Senior
7 13 (8.33%) Developer
7 13 (8.33%) Technical Analyst
8 11 (7.05%) Data Engineer
9 10 (6.41%) Technical Business Analyst
10 9 (5.77%) SQL Analyst
10 9 (5.77%) SQL Data Analyst
11 8 (5.13%) Architect
11 8 (5.13%) Data Migration Specialist
11 8 (5.13%) Migration Specialist
11 8 (5.13%) Transformation Analyst
12 7 (4.49%) Senior Analyst
12 7 (4.49%) Senior Business Analyst
13 6 (3.85%) Migration Engineer
14 5 (3.21%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (9.62%) JSON
2 13 (8.33%) XML
3 10 (6.41%) Middleware
3 10 (6.41%) REST
4 8 (5.13%) SOAP
5 6 (3.85%) EDI
6 4 (2.56%) Web Services
7 3 (1.92%) EDIFACT
7 3 (1.92%) FHIR
7 3 (1.92%) Lightning Web Components
7 3 (1.92%) OAuth
7 3 (1.92%) OAuth2
7 3 (1.92%) PySpark
7 3 (1.92%) Swagger
7 3 (1.92%) XSLT
8 2 (1.28%) OpenAPI
9 1 (0.64%) Great Expectations
9 1 (0.64%) Pandas
9 1 (0.64%) RAML
9 1 (0.64%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 30 (19.23%) Data Structures
2 16 (10.26%) Legacy Systems
2 16 (10.26%) Product Ownership
3 7 (4.49%) Management Information System
3 7 (4.49%) Onboarding
3 7 (4.49%) Reference Data
4 5 (3.21%) LIMS
5 4 (2.56%) Derivative
5 4 (2.56%) Linux Command Line
6 3 (1.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 3 (1.92%) Legacy Applications
6 3 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.28%) Credit Risk
7 2 (1.28%) Data Fabric
7 2 (1.28%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.28%) NHS
7 2 (1.28%) Reinsurance
7 2 (1.28%) Taxonomies
8 1 (0.64%) Digital Media
8 1 (0.64%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (4.49%) Unix
1 7 (4.49%) Windows
2 6 (3.85%) Linux
3 2 (1.28%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (39.74%) Agile
2 61 (39.10%) Data Modelling
3 55 (35.26%) Migration
4 45 (28.85%) Validation
5 39 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
6 37 (23.72%) Data Migration
6 37 (23.72%) Stakeholder Management
7 36 (23.08%) Workshop Facilitation
8 34 (21.79%) Data Analysis
9 33 (21.15%) User Stories
10 32 (20.51%) Data Transformation
10 32 (20.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 31 (19.87%) Business Analysis
12 28 (17.95%) Data Governance
12 28 (17.95%) User Acceptance Testing
13 26 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
14 25 (16.03%) ETL
15 22 (14.10%) Data Validation
16 18 (11.54%) AI
16 18 (11.54%) Data Lineage
Programming Languages
1 66 (42.31%) SQL
2 10 (6.41%) Python
3 4 (2.56%) MUMPS
4 3 (1.92%) Apex Code
4 3 (1.92%) Groovy
4 3 (1.92%) Java
4 3 (1.92%) JavaScript
4 3 (1.92%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.64%) ABAP
5 1 (0.64%) DataWeave
5 1 (0.64%) Perl
5 1 (0.64%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.64%) R
5 1 (0.64%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 8 (5.13%) Security Cleared
2 7 (4.49%) Degree
3 6 (3.85%) SC Cleared
4 5 (3.21%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.64%) CBAP
5 1 (0.64%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.64%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (23.72%) Data Quality
2 22 (14.10%) GDPR
3 17 (10.90%) QA
4 3 (1.92%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.92%) HL7
5 2 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.64%) AIFMD
6 1 (0.64%) Basel II
6 1 (0.64%) CDISC
6 1 (0.64%) COBIT
6 1 (0.64%) EMIR
6 1 (0.64%) FATCA
6 1 (0.64%) GMP
6 1 (0.64%) GRC
6 1 (0.64%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.64%) MiFID
6 1 (0.64%) NIST
6 1 (0.64%) Solvency II
System Software
1 1 (0.64%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 19 (12.18%) Microsoft
2 14 (8.97%) SAP
3 13 (8.33%) Databricks
3 13 (8.33%) Oracle
4 11 (7.05%) Google
5 7 (4.49%) ServiceNow
6 5 (3.21%) MuleSoft
6 5 (3.21%) Salesforce
7 4 (2.56%) InterSystems
7 4 (2.56%) Murex
7 4 (2.56%) SimCorp
8 3 (1.92%) AppDynamics
8 3 (1.92%) Baan
8 3 (1.92%) IBM
8 3 (1.92%) Infor
8 3 (1.92%) Informatica
8 3 (1.92%) ION Trading
8 3 (1.92%) Palantir
8 3 (1.92%) Splunk
9 2 (1.28%) Talend