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 15 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 317 217 230
Rank change year-on-year -100 +13 +63
Contract jobs citing Data Visualisation 382 401 445
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.73% 1.24% 1.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.85% 1.37% 1.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 229 257 310
10th Percentile £350 £315 £313
25th Percentile £429 £388 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £455 £500
Median % change year-on-year +9.89% -9.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £550 £602
90th Percentile £690 £664 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £435 £450
% change year-on-year +9.20% -3.33% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 15 10
10th Percentile £18.04 £21.10 £23.58
25th Percentile £29.75 £31.56 £32.50
Median hourly rate £47.50 £33.11 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +43.46% -22.09% +40.59%
75th Percentile £71.88 £46.36 £43.75
90th Percentile £82.25 £56.75 £49.38
UK excluding London median hourly rate £52.50 £31.64 £24.43
% change year-on-year +65.93% +29.51% -4.20%

All Process & 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 44,765 29,340 36,482
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.08% 90.42% 85.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,853 18,476 23,295
10th Percentile £325 £300 £304
25th Percentile £418 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £624 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,647 1,521 2,449
10th Percentile £14.94 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £20.09 £17.61 £16.25
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -34.02% -4.70%
75th Percentile £68.50 £52.50 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.70 £70.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.25 £24.64 £38.12
% change year-on-year +83.64% -35.36% -0.99%

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 15 July 2026.

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 15 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Visualisation in the UK

Data Visualisation
Top 15 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 15 July 2026. 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 -97 345 £494 +8.52% 284
UK excluding London -91 172 £475 +9.20% 249
London -88 169 £523 +4.50% 90
Work from Home -50 131 £488 +11.81% 217
North of England -55 58 £438 -0.45% 63
Midlands -35 41 £420 +1.82% 47
South East -58 39 £523 -7.11% 61
North West -24 35 £438 +16.80% 33
West Midlands -49 26 £450 +5.88% 26
South West -30 22 £475 +16.14% 20
Yorkshire -56 20 £500 +16.28% 21
East Midlands -7 15 £375 -8.81% 21
Scotland -17 11 £463 -7.50% 20
East of England -30 6 £463 +15.63% 28
North East -38 4 £375 -16.67% 9

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 14 (3.66%) Apache Spark
2 8 (2.09%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.83%) Confluence
4 6 (1.57%) Apache Superset
5 4 (1.05%) Apache
5 4 (1.05%) Oracle Workflow
5 4 (1.05%) Palantir Foundry
6 3 (0.79%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.79%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.52%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.26%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.26%) SAS
Applications
1 60 (15.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (1.83%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (1.57%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (1.31%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.26%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.26%) CPLEX
7 1 (0.26%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 8 (2.09%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (1.31%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.05%) Adobe Campaign
3 4 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.79%) Eloqua
5 2 (0.52%) iTrent
5 2 (0.52%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.26%) Advent Geneva
6 1 (0.26%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.26%) Primavera
6 1 (0.26%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.26%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 228 (59.69%) Power Platform
2 80 (20.94%) Azure
3 72 (18.85%) AWS
4 25 (6.54%) GCP
5 21 (5.50%) Snowflake
6 17 (4.45%) Amazon S3
6 17 (4.45%) Azure Data Factory
6 17 (4.45%) Serverless
7 16 (4.19%) Azure DevOps
8 14 (3.66%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 13 (3.40%) Power Automate
10 11 (2.88%) AWS Lambda
10 11 (2.88%) dbt
11 10 (2.62%) GitHub
12 9 (2.36%) Amazon EC2
12 9 (2.36%) Microsoft 365
12 9 (2.36%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 8 (2.09%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 8 (2.09%) PowerApps
14 6 (1.57%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.05%) HTTP
2 3 (0.79%) Wireless
3 1 (0.26%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.26%) Firewall
3 1 (0.26%) Internet
3 1 (0.26%) Intranet
3 1 (0.26%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 228 (59.69%) Power BI
2 101 (26.44%) Tableau
3 68 (17.80%) Data Warehouse
4 38 (9.95%) Relational Database
5 35 (9.16%) Power Query
6 25 (6.54%) SQL Server
7 22 (5.76%) Looker
8 21 (5.50%) Data Lake
9 18 (4.71%) Big Data
9 18 (4.71%) Metadata
10 16 (4.19%) BigQuery
11 15 (3.93%) Oracle Reports
11 15 (3.93%) PostgreSQL
12 12 (3.14%) Hadoop
13 11 (2.88%) Amazon RDS
14 10 (2.62%) Snowflake Schema
15 8 (2.09%) NoSQL
15 8 (2.09%) PowerPivot
15 8 (2.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 7 (1.83%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 15 (3.93%) JIRA
2 11 (2.88%) Git
3 4 (1.05%) Oracle Forms
4 3 (0.79%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.52%) Charles Proxy
5 2 (0.52%) ERwin
5 2 (0.52%) GitLab
5 2 (0.52%) Terragrunt
6 1 (0.26%) Flyway
6 1 (0.26%) JUnit
6 1 (0.26%) Postman
6 1 (0.26%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.26%) Storybook
6 1 (0.26%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.26%) Vite
General
1 137 (35.86%) Analytical Skills
2 134 (35.08%) Social Skills
3 111 (29.06%) Finance
4 55 (14.40%) Public Sector
5 33 (8.64%) Banking
6 18 (4.71%) Marketing
7 12 (3.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (2.36%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (2.36%) Retail
9 8 (2.09%) Military
10 7 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (1.57%) Investment Banking
11 6 (1.57%) Law
11 6 (1.57%) Pharmaceutical
12 4 (1.05%) Aerospace
12 4 (1.05%) Front Office
12 4 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.79%) Billing
13 3 (0.79%) Legal
13 3 (0.79%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 121 (31.68%) Analyst
2 76 (19.90%) Data Analyst
3 60 (15.71%) Developer
4 50 (13.09%) Senior
5 47 (12.30%) Data Engineer
6 29 (7.59%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 26 (6.81%) Data Scientist
8 23 (6.02%) Business Intelligence Analyst
8 23 (6.02%) Consultant
8 23 (6.02%) Power BI Developer
9 20 (5.24%) Architect
10 19 (4.97%) Business Analyst
11 17 (4.45%) Lead
12 13 (3.40%) Senior Data Engineer
13 11 (2.88%) Data Business Analyst
13 11 (2.88%) Performance Analyst
14 10 (2.62%) Analytics Consultant
14 10 (2.62%) Senior Analyst
15 9 (2.36%) Data Architect
15 9 (2.36%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (6.81%) REST
2 19 (4.97%) React
3 14 (3.66%) Pandas
4 12 (3.14%) CSS
5 11 (2.88%) .NET
6 9 (2.36%) HTML
6 9 (2.36%) Kafka
6 9 (2.36%) Spring
6 9 (2.36%) Spring Boot
7 7 (1.83%) Middleware
7 7 (1.83%) OpenFin
7 7 (1.83%) PySpark
7 7 (1.83%) SOAP
7 7 (1.83%) TensorFlow
7 7 (1.83%) Web Services
8 6 (1.57%) AngularJS
8 6 (1.57%) Electron
8 6 (1.57%) Oracle Fusion
8 6 (1.57%) PyTorch
8 6 (1.57%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 29 (7.59%) Data Structures
2 19 (4.97%) Algorithms
3 14 (3.66%) Product Ownership
4 13 (3.40%) Analytical Mindset
4 13 (3.40%) Cloud Native
5 12 (3.14%) Management Information System
5 12 (3.14%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (2.62%) Data Protection Act
7 8 (2.09%) Clustering
7 8 (2.09%) Distributed Systems
7 8 (2.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 8 (2.09%) Marketing Technology
7 8 (2.09%) PKI
8 7 (1.83%) Life Science
9 5 (1.31%) Onboarding
10 4 (1.05%) LIMS
10 4 (1.05%) NHS
11 3 (0.79%) Blog
11 3 (0.79%) CMDB
11 3 (0.79%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 12 (3.14%) Windows
1 12 (3.14%) Windows Server
2 4 (1.05%) Apple iOS
3 3 (0.79%) Unix
4 1 (0.26%) Android
4 1 (0.26%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 382 (100.00%) Visualisation
2 245 (64.14%) Business Intelligence
3 176 (46.07%) Analytics
4 147 (38.48%) Data Modelling
5 115 (30.10%) Agile
5 115 (30.10%) Decision-Making
6 101 (26.44%) Problem-Solving
7 79 (20.68%) Dashboard Development
8 77 (20.16%) ETL
9 76 (19.90%) AI
10 75 (19.63%) Actionable Insight
11 72 (18.85%) Data Analysis
12 66 (17.28%) Data Governance
12 66 (17.28%) Data Science
13 64 (16.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 63 (16.49%) Data Pipeline
15 62 (16.23%) Continuous Improvement
16 56 (14.66%) Stakeholder Management
16 56 (14.66%) Validation
17 50 (13.09%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 209 (54.71%) SQL
2 123 (32.20%) Python
3 42 (10.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 41 (10.73%) R
5 27 (7.07%) Java
6 24 (6.28%) JavaScript
7 17 (4.45%) TypeScript
8 16 (4.19%) C#
9 10 (2.62%) PowerShell
10 8 (2.09%) Scala
10 8 (2.09%) VBA
11 5 (1.31%) T-SQL
12 4 (1.05%) C++
12 4 (1.05%) MATLAB
12 4 (1.05%) PL/SQL
12 4 (1.05%) Rust
13 2 (0.52%) C
13 2 (0.52%) Korn
13 2 (0.52%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.26%) SAS Macro
Qualifications
1 90 (23.56%) Security Cleared
2 63 (16.49%) SC Cleared
3 43 (11.26%) Degree
4 14 (3.66%) DV Cleared
5 10 (2.62%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (1.57%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (1.57%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.52%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.26%) ACCA
8 1 (0.26%) APMG
8 1 (0.26%) CIMA
8 1 (0.26%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.26%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (0.26%) Six Sigma Black Belt
8 1 (0.26%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 1 (0.26%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (23.04%) Data Quality
2 27 (7.07%) QA
3 21 (5.50%) Accessibility
4 16 (4.19%) PMO
5 13 (3.40%) GDPR
6 6 (1.57%) Actionable Recommendations
6 6 (1.57%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 4 (1.05%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 4 (1.05%) GMP
7 4 (1.05%) GxP
7 4 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 17025
8 3 (0.79%) SLA
8 3 (0.79%) WCAG
9 2 (0.52%) GRC
9 2 (0.52%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.26%) Basel III
10 1 (0.26%) COBIT
10 1 (0.26%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.26%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 12 (3.14%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.31%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (2.88%) Terraform
2 7 (1.83%) Kibana
3 6 (1.57%) SCCM
4 5 (1.31%) Kubernetes
5 3 (0.79%) Ansible
5 3 (0.79%) Grafana
5 3 (0.79%) logstash
6 1 (0.26%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.26%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 64 (16.75%) Microsoft
2 31 (8.12%) Oracle
3 25 (6.54%) Databricks
4 22 (5.76%) Google
5 19 (4.97%) SAP
5 19 (4.97%) ServiceNow
6 10 (2.62%) Adobe
7 8 (2.09%) Amplitude
7 8 (2.09%) BMC
7 8 (2.09%) Remedy
8 6 (1.57%) Informatica
8 6 (1.57%) Salesforce
8 6 (1.57%) Solace
9 5 (1.31%) Alteryx
9 5 (1.31%) Palantir
10 4 (1.05%) Apple
10 4 (1.05%) Cognos
10 4 (1.05%) Foundry
11 3 (0.79%) Brio
11 3 (0.79%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud