Data Visualisation Contract Job Trends

Data Visualization
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Data Visualisation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 215 209 235
Rank change year-on-year -6 +26 +87
Contract jobs citing Data Visualisation 446 432 510
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.26% 1.18% 1.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.40% 1.37% 1.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 291 283 350
10th Percentile £313 £341 £300
25th Percentile £383 £409 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.35% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £575 £633 £600
90th Percentile £675 £734 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £445 £450 £475
% change year-on-year -1.11% -5.26% -1.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 11 23
10th Percentile £19.50 £24.50 £21.50
25th Percentile £31.25 £28.25 £25.69
Median hourly rate £40.73 £35.25 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.55% +0.71% -
75th Percentile £63.75 £46.25 £48.13
90th Percentile £75.80 £53.75 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.25 £32.50 £29.40
% change year-on-year +11.54% +10.54% -16.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Data 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,960 31,635 41,181
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 89.93% 86.21% 88.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,027 19,055 27,781
10th Percentile £295 £310 £308
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.41% -3.18%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,098 1,126 1,593
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.10 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.12 £18.95
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £43.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -19.54% +24.29%
75th Percentile £44.40 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.00 £73.53 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.63 £33.00 £43.90
% change year-on-year -31.42% -24.83% +48.81%

Data Visualisation
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Visualisation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Data Visualisation job vacancy trend in the UK

Data Visualisation
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Data Visualisation
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Visualisation over the 6 months to 14 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Visualisation in the UK

Data Visualisation
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Data Visualisation
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Visualisation over the 6 months to 14 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Visualisation in the UK

Data Visualisation
Top 17 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Visualisation within the UK over the 6 months to 14 November 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
England -19 384 £455 -9.00% 472
London -4 226 £475 -9.52% 277
UK excluding London -7 180 £445 -1.11% 241
Work from Home -14 128 £463 -2.63% 241
North of England -42 59 £373 -17.22% 53
South East +10 42 £563 +16.70% 84
Yorkshire -19 33 £325 -27.78% 12
Scotland +6 25 £450 -9.09% 17
North West -34 24 £381 -15.65% 37
Midlands -26 22 £475 +15.15% 41
West Midlands -28 14 £511 +27.69% 22
East of England -11 13 £525 +23.53% 14
South West -6 10 £400 -30.43% 22
East Midlands -13 8 £413 -17.50% 19
Wales - 6 £183 - 7
Northern Ireland -16 4 £475 -5.00% 5
North East -12 2 £400 -30.43% 5

Data Visualisation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 19 (4.26%) Apache Spark
2 15 (3.36%) Confluence
3 13 (2.91%) Apache Airflow
3 13 (2.91%) SharePoint
4 8 (1.79%) Apache
4 8 (1.79%) Apache Pig
5 5 (1.12%) Jupyter
5 5 (1.12%) SAS
6 1 (0.22%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.22%) IIS
Applications
1 69 (15.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (4.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 14 (3.14%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (1.57%) Chatbot
5 5 (1.12%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.45%) Maple
6 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.45%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.22%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.22%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.22%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.22%) Blender
7 1 (0.22%) CINEMA 4D
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.22%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.22%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.67%) Payment Gateway
2 3 (0.67%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.45%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.22%) Actimize
4 1 (0.22%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.22%) Endur
4 1 (0.22%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 1 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.22%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.22%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.22%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 232 (52.02%) Power Platform
2 111 (24.89%) Azure
3 71 (15.92%) AWS
4 43 (9.64%) GCP
5 33 (7.40%) Snowflake
6 23 (5.16%) Azure DevOps
7 22 (4.93%) Power Automate
8 21 (4.71%) Azure Data Factory
8 21 (4.71%) Serverless
9 18 (4.04%) AWS Lambda
10 17 (3.81%) GitHub
10 17 (3.81%) PowerApps
11 16 (3.59%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 16 (3.59%) dbt
12 15 (3.36%) Amazon S3
13 12 (2.69%) Figma
14 11 (2.47%) Cloud Computing
15 8 (1.79%) Microsoft 365
16 6 (1.35%) Amazon EMR
16 6 (1.35%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.67%) MQTT
1 3 (0.67%) SNMP
2 2 (0.45%) 2G
2 2 (0.45%) 5G
2 2 (0.45%) Internet
2 2 (0.45%) LTE
2 2 (0.45%) Mobile Backhaul
2 2 (0.45%) SSH
2 2 (0.45%) SSL
2 2 (0.45%) VoIP
3 1 (0.22%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 230 (51.57%) Power BI
2 132 (29.60%) Tableau
3 67 (15.02%) Data Warehouse
4 42 (9.42%) Relational Database
5 30 (6.73%) Power Query
6 21 (4.71%) BigQuery
6 21 (4.71%) Looker
7 20 (4.48%) Data Lake
8 19 (4.26%) SQL Server
9 18 (4.04%) Big Data
10 14 (3.14%) Hadoop
11 13 (2.91%) Data Mining
11 13 (2.91%) Metadata
12 11 (2.47%) PostgreSQL
13 10 (2.24%) Azure SQL Database
13 10 (2.24%) Oracle Reports
14 9 (2.02%) NoSQL
15 8 (1.79%) Apache Hive
16 7 (1.57%) GIS
16 7 (1.57%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 38 (8.52%) Git
2 18 (4.04%) JIRA
3 10 (2.24%) Jenkins
4 7 (1.57%) Gradle
4 7 (1.57%) Storybook
4 7 (1.57%) Xcode
5 5 (1.12%) Cypress.io
6 4 (0.90%) MLflow
7 3 (0.67%) Selenium
7 3 (0.67%) webpack
8 1 (0.22%) Ant
8 1 (0.22%) git-flow
8 1 (0.22%) JMeter
8 1 (0.22%) Postman
8 1 (0.22%) Snyk
8 1 (0.22%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.22%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.22%) Terragrunt
8 1 (0.22%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.22%) Vite
General
1 193 (43.27%) Social Skills
2 143 (32.06%) Analytical Skills
3 132 (29.60%) Finance
4 51 (11.43%) Banking
5 39 (8.74%) Public Sector
6 22 (4.93%) Presentation Skills
7 20 (4.48%) Investment Banking
8 18 (4.04%) Retail
9 17 (3.81%) Marketing
10 16 (3.59%) Front Office
11 13 (2.91%) Organisational Skills
12 12 (2.69%) Manufacturing
12 12 (2.69%) Telecoms
13 11 (2.47%) Influencing Skills
14 9 (2.02%) Legal
14 9 (2.02%) Pharmaceutical
15 5 (1.12%) Back Office
15 5 (1.12%) Billing
16 4 (0.90%) Local Government
16 4 (0.90%) Military
Job Titles
1 150 (33.63%) Analyst
2 100 (22.42%) Data Analyst
3 96 (21.52%) Developer
4 47 (10.54%) Senior
5 43 (9.64%) Data Engineer
6 28 (6.28%) Architect
7 26 (5.83%) Data Scientist
8 24 (5.38%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 23 (5.16%) Business Analyst
10 21 (4.71%) Senior Analyst
11 20 (4.48%) Lead
12 16 (3.59%) Power BI Developer
13 15 (3.36%) Consultant
14 13 (2.91%) Data Architect
15 12 (2.69%) Power BI Analyst
15 12 (2.69%) Senior Data Analyst
15 12 (2.69%) Solutions Architect
16 11 (2.47%) SQL Analyst
16 11 (2.47%) SQL Data Analyst
17 10 (2.24%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (6.28%) React
2 23 (5.16%) Pandas
3 22 (4.93%) D3.js
4 18 (4.04%) scikit-learn
5 17 (3.81%) NumPy
6 16 (3.59%) AngularJS
7 14 (3.14%) PySpark
8 13 (2.91%) Plotly
8 13 (2.91%) REST
8 13 (2.91%) Vue
9 12 (2.69%) Kafka
10 9 (2.02%) OAuth
11 8 (1.79%) React Native
11 8 (1.79%) TensorFlow
11 8 (1.79%) Web Services
12 7 (1.57%) GraphQL
12 7 (1.57%) Matplotlib
12 7 (1.57%) Node.js
12 7 (1.57%) SVG
12 7 (1.57%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 47 (10.54%) Algorithms
2 20 (4.48%) Product Ownership
3 15 (3.36%) Data Structures
3 15 (3.36%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (3.14%) Cloud Native
5 13 (2.91%) Management Information System
6 11 (2.47%) Distributed Computing
7 10 (2.24%) CMDB
8 9 (2.02%) Data Centre
8 9 (2.02%) Virtual Team
9 8 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
9 8 (1.79%) Mobile App
10 7 (1.57%) Analytical Mindset
10 7 (1.57%) Onboarding
11 6 (1.35%) Genomics
11 6 (1.35%) Greenfield Project
11 6 (1.35%) Hedge funds
11 6 (1.35%) Low-Code
11 6 (1.35%) Reinsurance
12 5 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 9 (2.02%) Linux
2 8 (1.79%) Android
3 7 (1.57%) Apple iOS
3 7 (1.57%) Unix
4 1 (0.22%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 445 (99.78%) Visualisation
2 248 (55.61%) Business Intelligence
3 191 (42.83%) Analytics
4 124 (27.80%) Data Modelling
5 119 (26.68%) Data Analysis
6 117 (26.23%) Problem-Solving
7 113 (25.34%) Agile
8 111 (24.89%) Decision-Making
9 88 (19.73%) Actionable Insight
10 86 (19.28%) Machine Learning
11 85 (19.06%) Data Science
12 72 (16.14%) ETL
13 62 (13.90%) Data Pipeline
14 58 (13.00%) DevOps
15 57 (12.78%) AI
16 53 (11.88%) CI/CD
16 53 (11.88%) Dashboard Development
16 53 (11.88%) Stakeholder Management
17 52 (11.66%) Data Management
18 51 (11.43%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 249 (55.83%) SQL
2 188 (42.15%) Python
3 34 (7.62%) JavaScript
4 30 (6.73%) R
5 27 (6.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 22 (4.93%) TypeScript
7 21 (4.71%) Java
8 18 (4.04%) Scala
9 5 (1.12%) Bash
9 5 (1.12%) C#
9 5 (1.12%) PHP
9 5 (1.12%) PL/SQL
9 5 (1.12%) T-SQL
10 4 (0.90%) LookML
10 4 (0.90%) VBA
11 3 (0.67%) C++
11 3 (0.67%) MATLAB
11 3 (0.67%) PowerShell
12 2 (0.45%) Google Apps Script
12 2 (0.45%) VB
Qualifications
1 62 (13.90%) Degree
2 49 (10.99%) Security Cleared
3 38 (8.52%) SC Cleared
4 19 (4.26%) Master's Degree
5 17 (3.81%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (1.79%) ITIL Certification
7 6 (1.35%) AWS Certification
7 6 (1.35%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (1.35%) CFA
8 5 (1.12%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 5 (1.12%) Azure Certification
9 4 (0.90%) CBAP
9 4 (0.90%) PMI Certification
10 3 (0.67%) Tableau Certification
11 2 (0.45%) ACCA
11 2 (0.45%) CEH
11 2 (0.45%) CIMA
11 2 (0.45%) CISSP
11 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.45%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (15.25%) Data Quality
2 29 (6.50%) Accessibility
3 17 (3.81%) QA
4 14 (3.14%) GDPR
5 6 (1.35%) WCAG
6 4 (0.90%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.67%) EMIR
7 3 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.67%) MiFID
7 3 (0.67%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.45%) Disclosure Scotland
8 2 (0.45%) Dodd-Frank
8 2 (0.45%) FIPS 140-2
8 2 (0.45%) GRC
8 2 (0.45%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 2 (0.45%) NIST
8 2 (0.45%) PMO
9 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 21 (4.71%) Docker
2 5 (1.12%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 18 (4.04%) Terraform
2 16 (3.59%) Kubernetes
3 8 (1.79%) Grafana
4 3 (0.67%) Ansible
4 3 (0.67%) Kibana
5 1 (0.22%) collectd
5 1 (0.22%) logstash
5 1 (0.22%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.22%) QRadar
5 1 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.22%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 1 (0.22%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 99 (22.20%) Microsoft
2 28 (6.28%) Databricks
2 28 (6.28%) Google
3 19 (4.26%) Oracle
3 19 (4.26%) Salesforce
4 14 (3.14%) ServiceNow
5 13 (2.91%) OpenAI
6 12 (2.69%) SAP
6 12 (2.69%) Splunk
7 7 (1.57%) MicroStrategy
8 5 (1.12%) Dataiku
9 4 (0.90%) Adobe
9 4 (0.90%) Cognos
9 4 (0.90%) Informatica
9 4 (0.90%) TIBCO
10 3 (0.67%) Citrix
10 3 (0.67%) Hyperion
10 3 (0.67%) Palantir
10 3 (0.67%) Talend
10 3 (0.67%) Workday