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

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 194 212 217
Rank change year-on-year +18 +5 +68
Contract jobs citing Data Mapping 191 102 115
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.40% 1.03% 0.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.55% 1.12% 1.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 135 80 70
10th Percentile £350 £348 £400
25th Percentile £411 £413 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £544 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% -9.09%
75th Percentile £584 £722 £588
90th Percentile £688 £788 £677
UK median daily rate £520 £533 £500
% change year-on-year -2.35% +6.45% -8.00%

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 12,289 9,116 11,113
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 90.37% 92.23% 87.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,679 6,053 7,173
10th Percentile £356 £325 £325
25th Percentile £425 £413 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.96% -3.81% -2.33%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £713 £740 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 740 280 312
10th Percentile £15.81 £12.62 £18.50
25th Percentile £28.00 £19.15 £29.63
Median hourly rate £47.50 £35.95 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +32.15% -16.41% -14.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £66.61
90th Percentile £85.00 £68.53 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% +2.87%

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 10 September 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 (5.24%) SharePoint
2 9 (4.71%) Confluence
3 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.52%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 13 (6.81%) MS Visio
2 7 (3.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.09%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (1.57%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (2.62%) Aladdin
1 5 (2.62%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.57%) Infor LN
2 3 (1.57%) SAP Payroll
3 2 (1.05%) Cerner Millennium
3 2 (1.05%) Maximo
3 2 (1.05%) Oracle Assets
3 2 (1.05%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (1.05%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (1.05%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (1.05%) SimCorp Dimension
4 1 (0.52%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.52%) Loan IQ
4 1 (0.52%) SAP APO
4 1 (0.52%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.52%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.52%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.52%) SAP FS
4 1 (0.52%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.52%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 21 (10.99%) Azure
2 18 (9.42%) Power Platform
3 11 (5.76%) GCP
4 10 (5.24%) Snowflake
5 9 (4.71%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (4.19%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (3.66%) AWS
8 6 (3.14%) Boomi
8 6 (3.14%) GitHub
9 5 (2.62%) SuccessFactors
10 4 (2.09%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (2.09%) SaaS
11 3 (1.57%) AtomSphere
11 3 (1.57%) Azure Data Factory
11 3 (1.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 2 (1.05%) Collibra
12 2 (1.05%) Figma
12 2 (1.05%) GitHub Actions
12 2 (1.05%) PowerApps
12 2 (1.05%) Salsify
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.57%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (12.57%) Data Warehouse
2 17 (8.90%) Power BI
3 16 (8.38%) Data Lake
4 15 (7.85%) Metadata
5 8 (4.19%) Relational Database
5 8 (4.19%) SQL Server
6 5 (2.62%) Oracle Database
7 4 (2.09%) Semantic Layer
8 3 (1.57%) Delta Lake
8 3 (1.57%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (1.57%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 3 (1.57%) Tableau
9 2 (1.05%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (1.05%) DataStage
9 2 (1.05%) OLTP
9 2 (1.05%) Parquet
9 2 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (1.05%) Power Query
9 2 (1.05%) Spark SQL
10 1 (0.52%) Apache Iceberg
Development Applications
1 13 (6.81%) JIRA
2 3 (1.57%) Postman
3 2 (1.05%) Balsamiq
3 2 (1.05%) Git
4 1 (0.52%) Flyway
4 1 (0.52%) GitLab
4 1 (0.52%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.52%) Liquibase
4 1 (0.52%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.52%) Rational Rhapsody
4 1 (0.52%) Robot Framework
General
1 64 (33.51%) Finance
2 62 (32.46%) Social Skills
3 31 (16.23%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (9.95%) Banking
4 19 (9.95%) Legal
5 15 (7.85%) Public Sector
6 13 (6.81%) Retail
7 7 (3.66%) Local Government
8 6 (3.14%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (2.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (2.62%) Manufacturing
9 5 (2.62%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (2.09%) Front Office
11 3 (1.57%) Billing
11 3 (1.57%) General Ledger
11 3 (1.57%) Investment Banking
11 3 (1.57%) Marketing
11 3 (1.57%) Military
11 3 (1.57%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (1.57%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 95 (49.74%) Analyst
2 73 (38.22%) Business Analyst
3 50 (26.18%) Data Analyst
4 34 (17.80%) Data Business Analyst
5 24 (12.57%) Lead
6 15 (7.85%) Senior
7 14 (7.33%) Technical Analyst
8 13 (6.81%) Developer
8 13 (6.81%) SQL Analyst
8 13 (6.81%) SQL Data Analyst
9 12 (6.28%) Consultant
9 12 (6.28%) Technical Business Analyst
10 11 (5.76%) Data Engineer
11 9 (4.71%) Architect
11 9 (4.71%) Transformation Analyst
12 8 (4.19%) Data Migration Specialist
12 8 (4.19%) Migration Specialist
13 7 (3.66%) Migration Engineer
13 7 (3.66%) SAP Consultant
14 6 (3.14%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (7.33%) JSON
2 12 (6.28%) REST
3 11 (5.76%) Middleware
3 11 (5.76%) XML
4 9 (4.71%) SOAP
5 7 (3.66%) FHIR
6 6 (3.14%) EDI
6 6 (3.14%) Web Services
7 5 (2.62%) Lightning Web Components
8 4 (2.09%) OAuth
8 4 (2.09%) Oracle Fusion
8 4 (2.09%) PySpark
9 3 (1.57%) EDIFACT
9 3 (1.57%) OAuth2
9 3 (1.57%) Swagger
9 3 (1.57%) XSLT
10 2 (1.05%) Kafka
10 2 (1.05%) OpenAPI
11 1 (0.52%) Pandas
11 1 (0.52%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 33 (17.28%) Data Structures
2 21 (10.99%) Legacy Systems
3 19 (9.95%) Product Ownership
4 12 (6.28%) Management Information System
5 10 (5.24%) Onboarding
6 7 (3.66%) LIMS
7 6 (3.14%) Linux Command Line
8 5 (2.62%) Derivative
8 5 (2.62%) Legacy Applications
8 5 (2.62%) Reference Data
9 4 (2.09%) NHS
10 3 (1.57%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 3 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (1.05%) Credit Risk
11 2 (1.05%) Data Fabric
11 2 (1.05%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (1.05%) Mobile App
11 2 (1.05%) Reinsurance
11 2 (1.05%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 9 (4.71%) Unix
1 9 (4.71%) Windows
2 8 (4.19%) Linux
3 2 (1.05%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (43.46%) Migration
2 73 (38.22%) Data Modelling
3 69 (36.13%) Agile
4 65 (34.03%) Validation
5 58 (30.37%) Data Migration
6 57 (29.84%) Stakeholder Management
7 49 (25.65%) Requirements Gathering
8 46 (24.08%) Data Analysis
9 42 (21.99%) User Stories
9 42 (21.99%) Workshop Facilitation
10 40 (20.94%) Data Transformation
11 38 (19.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 36 (18.85%) Data Governance
13 35 (18.32%) User Acceptance Testing
14 34 (17.80%) Business Analysis
15 31 (16.23%) ETL
16 30 (15.71%) Data Validation
17 29 (15.18%) Problem-Solving
18 24 (12.57%) ERP
18 24 (12.57%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 88 (46.07%) SQL
2 14 (7.33%) Python
3 6 (3.14%) MUMPS
4 4 (2.09%) Apex Code
4 4 (2.09%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.57%) Groovy
5 3 (1.57%) Java
6 2 (1.05%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.52%) ABAP
7 1 (0.52%) C#
7 1 (0.52%) Perl
7 1 (0.52%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.52%) R
7 1 (0.52%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 10 (5.24%) Degree
2 9 (4.71%) Security Cleared
3 7 (3.66%) SC Cleared
4 3 (1.57%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.52%) CBAP
5 1 (0.52%) CCA
5 1 (0.52%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.52%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (27.75%) Data Quality
2 20 (10.47%) GDPR
3 19 (9.95%) QA
4 7 (3.66%) HL7
5 3 (1.57%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.05%) DICOM
7 1 (0.52%) AIFMD
7 1 (0.52%) Basel II
7 1 (0.52%) CDISC
7 1 (0.52%) COREP
7 1 (0.52%) EMIR
7 1 (0.52%) FATCA
7 1 (0.52%) GMP
7 1 (0.52%) GRC
7 1 (0.52%) IFRS
7 1 (0.52%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.52%) MiFID
7 1 (0.52%) NCSC
7 1 (0.52%) Solvency II
Systems Management
1 1 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 24 (12.57%) Microsoft
2 23 (12.04%) SAP
3 17 (8.90%) Oracle
4 14 (7.33%) Databricks
5 9 (4.71%) Google
6 7 (3.66%) Salesforce
6 7 (3.66%) ServiceNow
7 6 (3.14%) InterSystems
8 4 (2.09%) Murex
9 3 (1.57%) Alteryx
9 3 (1.57%) AppDynamics
9 3 (1.57%) Baan
9 3 (1.57%) Infor
9 3 (1.57%) ION Trading
9 3 (1.57%) Palantir
9 3 (1.57%) SimCorp
9 3 (1.57%) Splunk
10 2 (1.05%) Bloomberg
10 2 (1.05%) MuleSoft
10 2 (1.05%) NetCracker