Visualisation Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Visualization
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Visualisation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 115 122 154
Rank change year-on-year +7 +32 -10
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 385 298 302
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 2.12% 1.99% 1.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.47% 2.29% 1.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 232 156 194
10th Percentile £358 £302 £280
25th Percentile £405 £374 £371
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £488
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -7.69% -0.51%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £579
90th Percentile £763 £638 £646
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £524
% change year-on-year - -4.53% -2.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 28 52
10th Percentile £23.25 £21.35 £23.36
25th Percentile £47.50 £28.74 £33.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £54.34 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +19.62% +17.67% -28.95%
75th Percentile - £65.00 -
90th Percentile £69.50 - £50.00
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £46.18 £46.18
% change year-on-year +35.34% - -28.95%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Visualisation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,617 13,041 17,394
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 86.01% 86.97% 88.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,535 7,668 11,224
10th Percentile £220 £235 £250
25th Percentile £375 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £477 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.60% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,767 762 1,227
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.50 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.03 £17.72
Median hourly rate £23.50 £32.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.69% -26.97% +39.06%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.01 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £71.25 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.33
% change year-on-year -22.62% -24.99% +23.80%

Visualisation
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Visualisation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Visualisation job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Visualisation
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Visualisation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Visualisation

Visualisation
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Visualisation in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Visualisation in the UK excluding London

Visualisation
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Visualisation.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Visualisation

Visualisation
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Visualisation in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Visualisation in the UK excluding London

Visualisation
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Visualisation within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 19 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England -26 112 £438 -2.78% 171
Midlands -6 73 £525 +27.27% 125
South East -1 60 £500 +25.00% 219
West Midlands +1 59 £525 +27.27% 76
Yorkshire -9 59 £500 +11.11% 74
Scotland +23 52 £500 +1.27% 34
North West -25 50 £405 -7.95% 84
East of England -24 43 £525 +16.15% 121
South West -2 40 £750 +53.85% 115
East Midlands -15 14 £404 +13.41% 44
Northern Ireland -13 6 £531 +6.25% 5
Wales 0 5 - - 23
North East -17 5 £400 -27.27% 14
Visualisation
UK

Visualisation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 31 (8.05%) Apache
2 26 (6.75%) Apache Spark
3 21 (5.45%) Confluence
4 14 (3.64%) Apache Airflow
4 14 (3.64%) WebLogic
5 9 (2.34%) SAS
5 9 (2.34%) SharePoint
6 7 (1.82%) Apache Pig
7 3 (0.78%) GeoServer
7 3 (0.78%) Smallworld
8 2 (0.52%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.26%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.26%) IIS
9 1 (0.26%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.26%) PowerFactory
Applications
1 49 (12.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (3.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (2.86%) Siemens NX
4 10 (2.60%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.78%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.78%) Navisworks
5 3 (0.78%) Revit
5 3 (0.78%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.52%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.52%) ProjectWise
6 2 (0.52%) Simulink
7 1 (0.26%) Adobe Captivate
7 1 (0.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.26%) Maya
7 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.26%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 11 (2.86%) Teamcenter
2 5 (1.30%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.52%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.26%) Maximo
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.26%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.26%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 137 (35.58%) Power Platform
2 81 (21.04%) Azure
3 69 (17.92%) AWS
4 35 (9.09%) GCP
5 16 (4.16%) Snowflake
6 15 (3.90%) Power Automate
7 14 (3.64%) Azure Monitor
8 13 (3.38%) PowerApps
9 9 (2.34%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (2.08%) Cloud Computing
11 7 (1.82%) Azure Data Factory
11 7 (1.82%) Figma
11 7 (1.82%) GitHub
12 6 (1.56%) AWS Lambda
12 6 (1.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 6 (1.56%) Serverless
13 5 (1.30%) Amazon S3
13 5 (1.30%) dbt
13 5 (1.30%) Google Analytics
14 4 (1.04%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 19 (4.94%) TCP/IP
2 18 (4.68%) Ethernet
3 4 (1.04%) 2G
3 4 (1.04%) 5G
4 3 (0.78%) Kerberos
4 3 (0.78%) MQTT
5 2 (0.52%) LTE
5 2 (0.52%) Mobile Backhaul
5 2 (0.52%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (0.52%) VoIP
6 1 (0.26%) 4G
6 1 (0.26%) DSL
6 1 (0.26%) Firewall
6 1 (0.26%) NAS
6 1 (0.26%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 136 (35.32%) Power BI
2 61 (15.84%) Tableau
3 41 (10.65%) Data Warehouse
4 32 (8.31%) Big Data
4 32 (8.31%) Relational Database
5 29 (7.53%) Hadoop
6 20 (5.19%) Elasticsearch
7 17 (4.42%) Power Query
8 16 (4.16%) Data Mining
9 11 (2.86%) Apache Hive
9 11 (2.86%) Data Lake
10 9 (2.34%) Metadata
11 7 (1.82%) Pentaho
11 7 (1.82%) PostgreSQL
12 6 (1.56%) Impala
12 6 (1.56%) SQL Server
13 5 (1.30%) BigQuery
13 5 (1.30%) Looker
14 4 (1.04%) MongoDB
14 4 (1.04%) Spotfire
Development Applications
1 31 (8.05%) JIRA
2 27 (7.01%) Git
3 18 (4.68%) Eclipse
3 18 (4.68%) Visual Studio
4 7 (1.82%) Jenkins
5 6 (1.56%) Gradle
5 6 (1.56%) Storybook
5 6 (1.56%) Xcode
6 3 (0.78%) MLflow
7 2 (0.52%) JUnit
7 2 (0.52%) Selenium
7 2 (0.52%) webpack
8 1 (0.26%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.26%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.26%) GitLab
8 1 (0.26%) Postman
8 1 (0.26%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 147 (38.18%) Social Skills
2 91 (23.64%) Analytical Skills
3 72 (18.70%) Finance
4 28 (7.27%) Banking
4 28 (7.27%) Public Sector
5 25 (6.49%) Presentation Skills
6 24 (6.23%) Manufacturing
7 23 (5.97%) Military
8 15 (3.90%) Aerospace
9 9 (2.34%) Telecoms
10 8 (2.08%) Investment Banking
11 6 (1.56%) Law
11 6 (1.56%) Legal
11 6 (1.56%) Marketing
11 6 (1.56%) Retail
12 5 (1.30%) Billing
12 5 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.78%) Publishing
15 2 (0.52%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 86 (22.34%) Analyst
2 65 (16.88%) Data Analyst
3 54 (14.03%) Architect
3 54 (14.03%) Developer
4 39 (10.13%) Data Engineer
5 24 (6.23%) Lead
6 22 (5.71%) Data Scientist
6 22 (5.71%) Senior
6 22 (5.71%) Software Engineer
7 19 (4.94%) Solutions Architect
8 18 (4.68%) Integration Architect
9 17 (4.42%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 16 (4.16%) C# Software Engineer
11 14 (3.64%) Power BI Developer
12 12 (3.12%) Business Analyst
12 12 (3.12%) C++ Software Engineer
12 12 (3.12%) Platform Engineer
13 11 (2.86%) Cloud Engineer
13 11 (2.86%) Monitoring Engineer
14 10 (2.60%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (5.71%) Node.js
2 21 (5.45%) Web Services
3 18 (4.68%) Elastic Stack
4 16 (4.16%) Pandas
5 14 (3.64%) scikit-learn
6 11 (2.86%) REST
7 10 (2.60%) D3.js
7 10 (2.60%) TensorFlow
8 9 (2.34%) NumPy
8 9 (2.34%) OAuth
8 9 (2.34%) React
9 7 (1.82%) PySpark
9 7 (1.82%) React Native
10 6 (1.56%) SVG
11 5 (1.30%) AngularJS
11 5 (1.30%) Kafka
11 5 (1.30%) PyTorch
11 5 (1.30%) RESTful
12 4 (1.04%) Apache NiFi
12 4 (1.04%) Matplotlib
Miscellaneous
1 29 (7.53%) Algorithms
2 17 (4.42%) Analytical Mindset
3 15 (3.90%) Cloud Native
4 11 (2.86%) Legacy Systems
5 10 (2.60%) CMDB
5 10 (2.60%) Data Centre
5 10 (2.60%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (2.08%) Data Structures
6 8 (2.08%) Product Ownership
6 8 (2.08%) Virtual Team
7 7 (1.82%) Distributed Computing
7 7 (1.82%) Mobile App
8 6 (1.56%) Management Information System
8 6 (1.56%) Onboarding
9 5 (1.30%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.30%) Low-Code
9 5 (1.30%) Mainframe
9 5 (1.30%) Replication
10 4 (1.04%) Equities
10 4 (1.04%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 54 (14.03%) Linux
2 38 (9.87%) Windows
3 26 (6.75%) Unix
4 6 (1.56%) Android
4 6 (1.56%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.52%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 171 (44.42%) Data Visualisation
2 167 (43.38%) Business Intelligence
3 139 (36.10%) Analytics
4 96 (24.94%) Data Modelling
5 95 (24.68%) Decision-Making
6 94 (24.42%) Agile
7 90 (23.38%) Data Analysis
8 85 (22.08%) Problem-Solving
9 60 (15.58%) Actionable Insight
10 54 (14.03%) Data Pipeline
11 53 (13.77%) Machine Learning
12 48 (12.47%) CI/CD
13 47 (12.21%) ETL
14 46 (11.95%) Data Science
15 43 (11.17%) Validation
16 39 (10.13%) Continuous Improvement
17 38 (9.87%) DevOps
17 38 (9.87%) Service Management
18 37 (9.61%) Software Engineering
19 35 (9.09%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 159 (41.30%) SQL
2 131 (34.03%) Python
3 29 (7.53%) JavaScript
4 28 (7.27%) R
5 27 (7.01%) C++
6 22 (5.71%) C#
7 20 (5.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 16 (4.16%) Java
9 13 (3.38%) TypeScript
10 12 (3.12%) Scala
11 7 (1.82%) Bash
12 4 (1.04%) PHP
12 4 (1.04%) PowerShell
12 4 (1.04%) Search Processing Language
13 3 (0.78%) C
13 3 (0.78%) MATLAB
13 3 (0.78%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.52%) Go
14 2 (0.52%) VBA
15 1 (0.26%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 82 (21.30%) Security Cleared
2 66 (17.14%) SC Cleared
3 50 (12.99%) Degree
4 30 (7.79%) Master's Degree
5 16 (4.16%) CISSP
6 15 (3.90%) CISM
7 13 (3.38%) Computer Science Degree
7 13 (3.38%) PhD
8 10 (2.60%) TOGAF Certification
9 8 (2.08%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (1.30%) DV Cleared
11 3 (0.78%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.52%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.52%) Postgraduate
13 1 (0.26%) ACCA
13 1 (0.26%) CEH
13 1 (0.26%) CIMA
13 1 (0.26%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.26%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (14.03%) Data Quality
2 16 (4.16%) Accessibility
3 11 (2.86%) GDPR
4 9 (2.34%) QA
5 7 (1.82%) Actionable Recommendations
6 5 (1.30%) Disclosure Scotland
7 4 (1.04%) HIPAA
7 4 (1.04%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.78%) ISO 19650
9 2 (0.52%) GRC
9 2 (0.52%) GxP
9 2 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.52%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.26%) NIST
10 1 (0.26%) P3O
10 1 (0.26%) PERC
10 1 (0.26%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 18 (4.68%) Docker
2 3 (0.78%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.78%) HDFS
3 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 21 (5.45%) Kibana
2 18 (4.68%) logstash
3 17 (4.42%) Kubernetes
4 15 (3.90%) Terraform
5 12 (3.12%) Grafana
6 8 (2.08%) Ansible
7 3 (0.78%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.26%) Argo
8 1 (0.26%) Fluentd
8 1 (0.26%) Rsyslog
Vendors
1 71 (18.44%) Microsoft
2 32 (8.31%) Splunk
3 29 (7.53%) Oracle
4 21 (5.45%) Databricks
4 21 (5.45%) ServiceNow
5 19 (4.94%) Dynatrace
6 18 (4.68%) AppDynamics
7 17 (4.42%) Cisco
8 15 (3.90%) BiZZdesign
9 14 (3.64%) Google
10 13 (3.38%) Salesforce
11 12 (3.12%) Centrify
11 12 (3.12%) CyberArk
12 10 (2.60%) Siemens
13 8 (2.08%) OpenAI
13 8 (2.08%) SAP
14 7 (1.82%) Talend
15 6 (1.56%) Denodo
16 5 (1.30%) Thycotic
17 4 (1.04%) TIBCO