Hybrid/Remote Journey Map Contract Job Trends

Journey Mapping
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Journey Map skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 288 264 310
Rank change year-on-year -24 +46 +74
Contract jobs citing Journey Map 80 39 26
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.59% 0.39% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% 0.43% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 22 20
10th Percentile £408 £355 £400
25th Percentile £450 £364 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £439 £473
Median % change year-on-year +19.73% -7.20% -10.00%
75th Percentile £581 £519 £528
90th Percentile £615 £599 £557
UK median daily rate £520 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +9.42% -5.00% -8.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £97.25 - -
Median hourly rate £99.50 - -
75th Percentile £101.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £99.50 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Journey Map 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 12,124 9,132 11,334
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 89.98% 91.87% 87.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,635 6,121 7,558
10th Percentile £356 £325 £325
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £503 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.48% -4.29% -2.33%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £719 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 703 283 373
10th Percentile £16.62 £12.62 £18.31
25th Percentile £30.26 £18.17 £30.75
Median hourly rate £50.00 £34.48 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +45.01% -19.81% -14.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £65.03
90th Percentile £85.00 £69.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.56 £25.15 £40.94
% change year-on-year +65.23% -38.57% +0.61%

Journey Map
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Journey Map and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Journey Map job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Journey Map
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Journey Map.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Journey Map

Journey Map
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Journey Map over the 6 months to 19 August 2026.

Journey Map daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Journey Map
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Journey Map.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Journey Map

Journey Map
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 7 (8.75%) Confluence
2 3 (3.75%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.25%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (2.50%) Chatbot
1 2 (2.50%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.25%) Adobe XD
2 1 (1.25%) Sketch
2 1 (1.25%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (1.25%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (1.25%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 13 (16.25%) Figma
2 6 (7.50%) Miro
2 6 (7.50%) Pendo
3 3 (3.75%) Adobe Analytics
3 3 (3.75%) Azure
3 3 (3.75%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (3.75%) WhatsApp
4 2 (2.50%) GitHub
4 2 (2.50%) Google Workspace
4 2 (2.50%) Lucidchart
4 2 (2.50%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (2.50%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.25%) AWS
5 1 (1.25%) Google Ads
5 1 (1.25%) Google Tag Manager
5 1 (1.25%) SaaS
5 1 (1.25%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 1 (1.25%) Salesforce Service Cloud
5 1 (1.25%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.50%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.25%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 12 (15.00%) JIRA
2 2 (2.50%) Balsamiq
General
1 41 (51.25%) Public Sector
2 36 (45.00%) Social Skills
3 10 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (11.25%) Finance
5 5 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (5.00%) Military
7 3 (3.75%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (3.75%) Local Government
8 2 (2.50%) Banking
8 2 (2.50%) Games
8 2 (2.50%) Marketing
8 2 (2.50%) Retail
8 2 (2.50%) Retail Banking
9 1 (1.25%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.25%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.25%) Publishing
9 1 (1.25%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 39 (48.75%) Designer
2 34 (42.50%) Service Designer
3 17 (21.25%) User Researcher
4 11 (13.75%) Analyst
5 9 (11.25%) Lead
6 8 (10.00%) Business Analyst
7 7 (8.75%) Senior
8 4 (5.00%) Technical Analyst
8 4 (5.00%) Technical Business Analyst
9 3 (3.75%) Consultant
9 3 (3.75%) Digital User Researcher
9 3 (3.75%) Lead Designer
9 3 (3.75%) Lead Service Designer
9 3 (3.75%) Senior Analyst
9 3 (3.75%) Senior Business Analyst
9 3 (3.75%) Senior Designer
10 2 (2.50%) Product Designer
10 2 (2.50%) Senior Product Designer
10 2 (2.50%) Senior Technical Business Analyst
10 2 (2.50%) User Experience Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.50%) OpenAPI
1 2 (2.50%) Swagger
2 1 (1.25%) AngularJS
2 1 (1.25%) Django
2 1 (1.25%) Lightning Web Components
2 1 (1.25%) Middleware
2 1 (1.25%) OAuth
2 1 (1.25%) React
2 1 (1.25%) REST
2 1 (1.25%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 10 (12.50%) Product Ownership
2 7 (8.75%) Onboarding
3 2 (2.50%) AI Agents
3 2 (2.50%) Mobile App
3 2 (2.50%) NHS
3 2 (2.50%) Social Media
3 2 (2.50%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.25%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.25%) CMDB
4 1 (1.25%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (67.50%) Service Design
2 50 (62.50%) Workshop Facilitation
3 46 (57.50%) Agile
4 45 (56.25%) User Research
5 39 (48.75%) Stakeholder Management
6 33 (41.25%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 22 (27.50%) User Experience
8 21 (26.25%) Continuous Improvement
8 21 (26.25%) Qualitative Research
9 17 (21.25%) Digital Transformation Programme
10 16 (20.00%) Inclusive Design
10 16 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 14 (17.50%) Actionable Insight
11 14 (17.50%) Usability Testing
11 14 (17.50%) Wireframes
12 13 (16.25%) AI
12 13 (16.25%) Decision-Making
12 13 (16.25%) Roadmaps
13 12 (15.00%) Interaction Design
14 11 (13.75%) Customer Journey Map
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.25%) Apex Code
1 1 (1.25%) JavaScript
1 1 (1.25%) Python
1 1 (1.25%) SQL
1 1 (1.25%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 23 (28.75%) Security Cleared
2 15 (18.75%) SC Cleared
3 7 (8.75%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (6.25%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (27.50%) Accessibility
2 10 (12.50%) WCAG
3 2 (2.50%) Actionable Recommendations
3 2 (2.50%) PMO
3 2 (2.50%) QA
4 1 (1.25%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.25%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (2.50%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (1.25%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (5.00%) Adobe
2 3 (3.75%) Google
2 3 (3.75%) Microsoft
3 2 (2.50%) Salesforce
3 2 (2.50%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.25%) BMC
4 1 (1.25%) Glassbox
4 1 (1.25%) HubSpot
4 1 (1.25%) OpenAI
4 1 (1.25%) PTC
4 1 (1.25%) Remedy
4 1 (1.25%) SAP
4 1 (1.25%) WooCommerce
4 1 (1.25%) Zoho