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

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 199 215 226
Rank change year-on-year +16 +11 +61
Contract jobs citing Data Mapping 175 100 109
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.29% 1.01% 0.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.44% 1.10% 0.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 80 64
10th Percentile £350 £325 £400
25th Percentile £425 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £788 £591
90th Percentile £700 - £675
UK median daily rate £523 £537 £501
% change year-on-year -2.70% +7.29% -6.88%

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 12,188 9,098 11,315
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 89.99% 91.98% 87.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,679 6,092 7,535
10th Percentile £356 £325 £325
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £501 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.90% -4.67% -2.33%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £720 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 707 290 355
10th Percentile £16.62 £12.62 £17.81
25th Percentile £31.25 £17.99 £30.47
Median hourly rate £50.00 £34.57 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +44.65% -19.62% -14.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £66.25
90th Percentile £85.00 £68.88 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.92 £25.15 £40.50
% change year-on-year +66.68% -37.90% -2.41%

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 22 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 (5.71%) SharePoint
2 7 (4.00%) Confluence
3 1 (0.57%) Anypoint
3 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (6.29%) MS Visio
2 5 (2.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.29%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (3.43%) Aladdin
1 6 (3.43%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.71%) Infor LN
2 3 (1.71%) SimCorp Dimension
3 2 (1.14%) Maximo
4 1 (0.57%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.57%) Loan IQ
4 1 (0.57%) SAP APO
4 1 (0.57%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.57%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.57%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.57%) SAP FS
4 1 (0.57%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.57%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (0.57%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 19 (10.86%) Azure
2 16 (9.14%) Power Platform
3 13 (7.43%) GCP
4 10 (5.71%) Snowflake
5 8 (4.57%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (4.00%) AWS
6 7 (4.00%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (4.00%) Boomi
7 6 (3.43%) GitHub
8 5 (2.86%) SuccessFactors
9 4 (2.29%) Azure Data Factory
9 4 (2.29%) SaaS
10 3 (1.71%) AtomSphere
10 3 (1.71%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 2 (1.14%) Collibra
11 2 (1.14%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (1.14%) GitHub Actions
11 2 (1.14%) Lucidchart
11 2 (1.14%) PowerApps
11 2 (1.14%) Salsify
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.71%) SSL
2 1 (0.57%) AMQP
2 1 (0.57%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (12.00%) Data Warehouse
2 16 (9.14%) Data Lake
3 15 (8.57%) Metadata
3 15 (8.57%) Power BI
4 8 (4.57%) SQL Server
5 6 (3.43%) Relational Database
6 4 (2.29%) Semantic Layer
7 3 (1.71%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (1.71%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 3 (1.71%) Oracle Database
8 2 (1.14%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (1.14%) DataStage
8 2 (1.14%) Delta Lake
8 2 (1.14%) Electronic Patient Records
8 2 (1.14%) OLTP
8 2 (1.14%) Parquet
8 2 (1.14%) Power Query
8 2 (1.14%) Spark SQL
8 2 (1.14%) Tableau
9 1 (0.57%) Apache Iceberg
Development Applications
1 11 (6.29%) JIRA
2 3 (1.71%) Git
2 3 (1.71%) Postman
3 2 (1.14%) Balsamiq
4 1 (0.57%) Flyway
4 1 (0.57%) GitLab
4 1 (0.57%) Hudson
4 1 (0.57%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.57%) Liquibase
4 1 (0.57%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.57%) Rational Rhapsody
4 1 (0.57%) Robot Framework
General
1 56 (32.00%) Finance
2 53 (30.29%) Social Skills
3 29 (16.57%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (10.29%) Legal
5 17 (9.71%) Banking
6 13 (7.43%) Retail
7 12 (6.86%) Public Sector
8 7 (4.00%) Local Government
9 6 (3.43%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (2.86%) Manufacturing
10 5 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (2.29%) Front Office
11 4 (2.29%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (1.71%) Billing
12 3 (1.71%) Investment Banking
12 3 (1.71%) Marketing
12 3 (1.71%) Publishing
13 2 (1.14%) German Language
13 2 (1.14%) Law
Job Titles
1 87 (49.71%) Analyst
2 68 (38.86%) Business Analyst
3 47 (26.86%) Data Analyst
4 34 (19.43%) Data Business Analyst
5 22 (12.57%) Lead
6 15 (8.57%) Developer
6 15 (8.57%) Senior
6 15 (8.57%) Technical Analyst
7 12 (6.86%) Data Engineer
7 12 (6.86%) SQL Analyst
7 12 (6.86%) SQL Data Analyst
7 12 (6.86%) Technical Business Analyst
8 9 (5.14%) Architect
8 9 (5.14%) Data Migration Specialist
8 9 (5.14%) Migration Specialist
9 8 (4.57%) Transformation Analyst
10 7 (4.00%) Migration Engineer
10 7 (4.00%) Senior Data Engineer
11 6 (3.43%) Consultant
11 6 (3.43%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (9.14%) JSON
2 13 (7.43%) REST
2 13 (7.43%) XML
3 11 (6.29%) Middleware
4 10 (5.71%) SOAP
5 7 (4.00%) FHIR
6 6 (3.43%) EDI
7 5 (2.86%) Lightning Web Components
7 5 (2.86%) Web Services
8 4 (2.29%) OAuth
9 3 (1.71%) EDIFACT
9 3 (1.71%) OAuth2
9 3 (1.71%) PySpark
9 3 (1.71%) Swagger
9 3 (1.71%) XSLT
10 2 (1.14%) Kafka
10 2 (1.14%) OpenAPI
10 2 (1.14%) RESTful
11 1 (0.57%) Great Expectations
11 1 (0.57%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 29 (16.57%) Data Structures
2 19 (10.86%) Legacy Systems
2 19 (10.86%) Product Ownership
3 10 (5.71%) Management Information System
4 9 (5.14%) Onboarding
5 6 (3.43%) LIMS
5 6 (3.43%) Reference Data
6 5 (2.86%) Derivative
6 5 (2.86%) Linux Command Line
7 4 (2.29%) Legacy Applications
8 3 (1.71%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (1.71%) NHS
8 3 (1.71%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.14%) Credit Risk
9 2 (1.14%) Data Fabric
9 2 (1.14%) Fixed Income
9 2 (1.14%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (1.14%) Mobile App
9 2 (1.14%) Reinsurance
9 2 (1.14%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 8 (4.57%) Unix
1 8 (4.57%) Windows
2 7 (4.00%) Linux
3 2 (1.14%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (40.00%) Agile
2 69 (39.43%) Data Modelling
2 69 (39.43%) Migration
3 51 (29.14%) Validation
4 50 (28.57%) Data Migration
5 46 (26.29%) Stakeholder Management
6 44 (25.14%) Requirements Gathering
7 42 (24.00%) Workshop Facilitation
8 40 (22.86%) Data Analysis
9 39 (22.29%) User Stories
10 37 (21.14%) Data Transformation
11 36 (20.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 34 (19.43%) Data Governance
13 32 (18.29%) Business Analysis
14 29 (16.57%) ETL
15 28 (16.00%) User Acceptance Testing
16 26 (14.86%) Problem-Solving
17 24 (13.71%) Data Validation
18 22 (12.57%) Translating Business Requirements
19 19 (10.86%) Data Cleansing
Programming Languages
1 81 (46.29%) SQL
2 14 (8.00%) Python
3 5 (2.86%) MUMPS
4 4 (2.29%) Apex Code
4 4 (2.29%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.71%) Groovy
5 3 (1.71%) Java
5 3 (1.71%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.57%) ABAP
6 1 (0.57%) C#
6 1 (0.57%) DataWeave
6 1 (0.57%) Perl
6 1 (0.57%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.57%) R
6 1 (0.57%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 8 (4.57%) Security Cleared
2 7 (4.00%) Degree
3 6 (3.43%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.57%) CBAP
5 1 (0.57%) CCA
5 1 (0.57%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.57%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (25.71%) Data Quality
2 22 (12.57%) GDPR
3 20 (11.43%) QA
4 7 (4.00%) HL7
5 3 (1.71%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.14%) DICOM
7 1 (0.57%) AIFMD
7 1 (0.57%) Basel II
7 1 (0.57%) CDISC
7 1 (0.57%) EMIR
7 1 (0.57%) FATCA
7 1 (0.57%) GMP
7 1 (0.57%) GRC
7 1 (0.57%) IFRS
7 1 (0.57%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.57%) MiFID
7 1 (0.57%) NCSC
7 1 (0.57%) Solvency II
Systems Management
1 1 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 18 (10.29%) Microsoft
1 18 (10.29%) SAP
2 13 (7.43%) Databricks
3 11 (6.29%) Google
4 10 (5.71%) Oracle
5 7 (4.00%) ServiceNow
6 6 (3.43%) Salesforce
7 5 (2.86%) InterSystems
8 4 (2.29%) MuleSoft
8 4 (2.29%) Murex
8 4 (2.29%) SimCorp
9 3 (1.71%) AppDynamics
9 3 (1.71%) Baan
9 3 (1.71%) Infor
9 3 (1.71%) ION Trading
9 3 (1.71%) Palantir
9 3 (1.71%) Splunk
10 2 (1.14%) Ariba
10 2 (1.14%) Dell
10 2 (1.14%) Informatica