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

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 231 218 269
Rank change year-on-year -13 +51 +73
Contract jobs citing Data Mapping 108 86 93
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.92% 0.85% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.04% 0.94% 0.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 69 61
10th Percentile £360 £373 £363
25th Percentile £427 £423 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £515
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +6.80% -0.96%
75th Percentile £588 £650 £575
90th Percentile £700 £778 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £538 £523
% change year-on-year -6.98% +2.87% -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 10,402 9,127 13,962
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 88.67% 90.46% 87.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,796 6,262 9,316
10th Percentile £350 £331 £325
25th Percentile £418 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -3.67%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £638
90th Percentile £726 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 469 212 544
10th Percentile £17.00 £14.20 £14.42
25th Percentile £25.50 £21.19 £23.40
Median hourly rate £57.50 £39.02 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +47.36% +2.36% -30.89%
75th Percentile £68.75 £65.25 £60.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £77.25 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £31.88 £32.50
% change year-on-year +11.36% -1.91% -10.48%

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 31 March 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 (4.63%) Confluence
2 3 (2.78%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
2 3 (2.78%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.85%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.93%) Anypoint
4 1 (0.93%) CMS
4 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 14 (12.96%) MS Visio
2 6 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (3.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (2.78%) Oracle EBS
1 3 (2.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.85%) Aladdin
2 2 (1.85%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (1.85%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.85%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (1.85%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (1.85%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (1.85%) SAP R/3
3 1 (0.93%) Maximo
3 1 (0.93%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.93%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.93%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.93%) SAP APO
3 1 (0.93%) SAP HCM
3 1 (0.93%) SAP IBP
3 1 (0.93%) SAP Payroll
3 1 (0.93%) SimCorp Dimension
3 1 (0.93%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 14 (12.96%) Azure
2 12 (11.11%) GCP
3 8 (7.41%) Power Platform
4 7 (6.48%) Boomi
5 5 (4.63%) OCI
6 4 (3.70%) SuccessFactors
7 3 (2.78%) AtomSphere
7 3 (2.78%) AWS
7 3 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (2.78%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (2.78%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (1.85%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (1.85%) Collibra
8 2 (1.85%) Entra ID
8 2 (1.85%) Google Tag Manager
8 2 (1.85%) Google Workspace
8 2 (1.85%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.93%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.93%) Google Docs
9 1 (0.93%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.93%) AMQP
1 1 (0.93%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (8.33%) Metadata
2 5 (4.63%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (4.63%) Power BI
3 4 (3.70%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.85%) BigQuery
4 2 (1.85%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.93%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.93%) DataStage
5 1 (0.93%) Delta Lake
5 1 (0.93%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.93%) Parquet
5 1 (0.93%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 8 (7.41%) JIRA
2 2 (1.85%) Git
3 1 (0.93%) Hudson
General
1 41 (37.96%) Social Skills
2 38 (35.19%) Finance
3 25 (23.15%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (16.67%) Banking
5 15 (13.89%) Documentation Skills
6 10 (9.26%) Investment Banking
6 10 (9.26%) Legal
7 8 (7.41%) Public Sector
8 4 (3.70%) Back Office
8 4 (3.70%) Financial Institution
8 4 (3.70%) Law
8 4 (3.70%) Retail
9 3 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.85%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.85%) Marketing
10 2 (1.85%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.93%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.93%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 53 (49.07%) Analyst
2 40 (37.04%) Business Analyst
3 20 (18.52%) Lead
4 19 (17.59%) Data Analyst
5 13 (12.04%) Data Business Analyst
6 9 (8.33%) Banking Analyst
7 8 (7.41%) Banking Business Analyst
7 8 (7.41%) Identity and Access Management Analyst
7 8 (7.41%) Identity Management Analyst
8 7 (6.48%) Data Engineer
8 7 (6.48%) Developer
8 7 (6.48%) Senior
9 6 (5.56%) Integration Engineer
10 5 (4.63%) Architect
10 5 (4.63%) Data Architect
11 4 (3.70%) Asset Management Analyst
11 4 (3.70%) Asset Management Business Analyst
11 4 (3.70%) Integration Developer
11 4 (3.70%) Migration Engineer
11 4 (3.70%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (6.48%) Oracle Fusion
2 6 (5.56%) XML
3 4 (3.70%) JSON
3 4 (3.70%) REST
3 4 (3.70%) SOAP
4 3 (2.78%) EDI
4 3 (2.78%) Middleware
5 2 (1.85%) FHIR
5 2 (1.85%) HTML
6 1 (0.93%) .NET
6 1 (0.93%) Gherkin
6 1 (0.93%) JMS
6 1 (0.93%) Kafka
6 1 (0.93%) PySpark
6 1 (0.93%) RAML
6 1 (0.93%) React
6 1 (0.93%) RESTful
6 1 (0.93%) Spring
6 1 (0.93%) Spring Boot
6 1 (0.93%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 21 (19.44%) Data Structures
2 5 (4.63%) Onboarding
2 5 (4.63%) Reference Data
3 4 (3.70%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (2.78%) NHS
5 2 (1.85%) Marketing Technology
5 2 (1.85%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.85%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.85%) Reinsurance
6 1 (0.93%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.93%) Data Fabric
6 1 (0.93%) Derivative
6 1 (0.93%) Educational Technology
6 1 (0.93%) e-Learning
6 1 (0.93%) Fixed Income
6 1 (0.93%) Freedom of Information
6 1 (0.93%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.93%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.93%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (38.89%) Migration
2 34 (31.48%) Stakeholder Management
3 30 (27.78%) Agile
4 28 (25.93%) Validation
5 27 (25.00%) Data Migration
5 27 (25.00%) Data Modelling
6 20 (18.52%) ETL
6 20 (18.52%) Requirements Gathering
7 19 (17.59%) Workshop Facilitation
8 18 (16.67%) Business Analysis
8 18 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
9 16 (14.81%) Data Governance
10 14 (12.96%) Data Cleansing
10 14 (12.96%) Data Transformation
10 14 (12.96%) User Acceptance Testing
11 12 (11.11%) Data Analysis
11 12 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 12 (11.11%) User Stories
12 11 (10.19%) Data Integration
13 10 (9.26%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 24 (22.22%) SQL
2 6 (5.56%) Python
3 3 (2.78%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.85%) R
5 1 (0.93%) DataWeave
5 1 (0.93%) Java
5 1 (0.93%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (12.96%) Security Cleared
2 8 (7.41%) Degree
3 5 (4.63%) BPSS Clearance
3 5 (4.63%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.85%) Oracle Certification
5 1 (0.93%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.93%) IIBA
5 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (20.37%) Data Quality
2 14 (12.96%) GDPR
3 12 (11.11%) QA
4 4 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (2.78%) COBIT
5 3 (2.78%) NIST
6 2 (1.85%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (1.85%) HL7
7 1 (0.93%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.93%) FATCA
7 1 (0.93%) GMP
7 1 (0.93%) GxP
7 1 (0.93%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.93%) IFRS
7 1 (0.93%) Solvency II
System Software
1 2 (1.85%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.85%) Terraform
2 1 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 18 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 13 (12.04%) SAP
3 12 (11.11%) Google
4 11 (10.19%) Oracle
5 6 (5.56%) MuleSoft
6 5 (4.63%) Databricks
6 5 (4.63%) Salesforce
6 5 (4.63%) ServiceNow
6 5 (4.63%) Workday
7 3 (2.78%) Ariba
8 2 (1.85%) Adobe
8 2 (1.85%) IBM
8 2 (1.85%) IDERA
8 2 (1.85%) Informatica
8 2 (1.85%) Murex
8 2 (1.85%) OneTrust
8 2 (1.85%) Talend
8 2 (1.85%) Tealium
9 1 (0.93%) Dell
9 1 (0.93%) Qualtrics