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 12 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 338 224 218
Rank change year-on-year -114 -6 +39
Contract jobs citing Data Visualisation 374 404 436
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.69% 1.22% 1.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.81% 1.35% 1.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 214 257 286
10th Percentile £334 £313 £322
25th Percentile £403 £388 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £455 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -9.00% -
75th Percentile £609 £550 £638
90th Percentile £709 £641 £768
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £425 £450
% change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 17 11
10th Percentile £21.40 £16.90 £24.50
25th Percentile £28.19 £31.64 £30.88
Median hourly rate £48.75 £34.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +43.38% -20.00% +31.54%
75th Percentile £70.00 £53.75 £51.25
90th Percentile £73.38 £64.15 £53.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.00 £31.64 £26.17
% change year-on-year +95.95% +20.92% -7.08%

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 46,152 29,871 33,024
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.59% 90.49% 85.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,085 18,553 20,430
10th Percentile £325 £300 £311
25th Percentile £425 £403 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,056 1,793 1,507
10th Percentile £13.85 £14.23 £14.70
25th Percentile £17.44 £17.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% +1.92%
75th Percentile £67.50 £44.78 £65.00
90th Percentile £79.50 £67.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.03 £22.58 £43.00
% change year-on-year +77.32% -47.50% +7.50%

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 12 September 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 12 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Visualisation in the UK

Data Visualisation
Top 16 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 12 September 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 -120 333 £488 +7.14% 419
UK excluding London -87 178 £450 +5.88% 198
London -111 157 £514 +4.85% 273
Work from Home -53 125 £475 +11.76% 202
North of England -78 50 £438 +13.03% 42
Midlands -25 44 £420 +1.82% 28
South East -57 36 £550 -8.33% 65
North West -36 30 £438 +16.80% 17
West Midlands -32 27 £470 -7.39% 17
South West -28 25 £475 +18.75% 25
East Midlands -9 17 £375 -9.09% 11
Yorkshire -63 16 £480 +23.87% 16
Scotland -31 14 £410 -18.00% 11
East of England -24 12 - - 17
North East -41 5 £350 -12.50% 9
Northern Ireland +4 2 - - 7

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 8 (2.14%) Apache Spark
2 6 (1.60%) Apache Superset
3 5 (1.34%) Confluence
3 5 (1.34%) Oracle Workflow
4 4 (1.07%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.07%) Palantir Foundry
5 3 (0.80%) Apache
5 3 (0.80%) Jupyter
5 3 (0.80%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.53%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.27%) SAS
Applications
1 69 (18.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.41%) Spreadsheet
3 6 (1.60%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (1.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.27%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.27%) CPLEX
6 1 (0.27%) InDesign
6 1 (0.27%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (2.41%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (1.34%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.07%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.27%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.27%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (0.27%) iTrent
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.27%) Primavera
4 1 (0.27%) Raiser’s Edge
4 1 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 228 (60.96%) Power Platform
2 70 (18.72%) Azure
3 52 (13.90%) AWS
4 25 (6.68%) GCP
5 20 (5.35%) Snowflake
6 19 (5.08%) Azure DevOps
7 17 (4.55%) Power Automate
8 15 (4.01%) PowerApps
9 14 (3.74%) GitHub
10 13 (3.48%) Azure Data Factory
11 12 (3.21%) Serverless
12 11 (2.94%) Amazon S3
13 10 (2.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 9 (2.41%) Microsoft 365
15 8 (2.14%) Google Analytics
15 8 (2.14%) Microsoft Copilot
16 7 (1.87%) Dynamics 365
17 6 (1.60%) Adobe Analytics
17 6 (1.60%) Copilot Studio
18 5 (1.34%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.34%) HTTP
2 4 (1.07%) Broadband
3 2 (0.53%) Wireless
4 1 (0.27%) Internet
4 1 (0.27%) Intranet
4 1 (0.27%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.27%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 227 (60.70%) Power BI
2 89 (23.80%) Tableau
3 56 (14.97%) Data Warehouse
4 45 (12.03%) Power Query
5 32 (8.56%) Relational Database
6 23 (6.15%) SQL Server
7 20 (5.35%) Data Lake
7 20 (5.35%) Metadata
8 16 (4.28%) Oracle Reports
9 14 (3.74%) Looker
10 13 (3.48%) PostgreSQL
11 12 (3.21%) BigQuery
12 11 (2.94%) Star Schema
13 9 (2.41%) Big Data
14 8 (2.14%) Data Mining
14 8 (2.14%) Qlik Sense
15 7 (1.87%) Parquet
15 7 (1.87%) PowerPivot
15 7 (1.87%) QlikView
15 7 (1.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 14 (3.74%) JIRA
2 12 (3.21%) Git
3 5 (1.34%) Oracle Forms
4 4 (1.07%) GitLab
5 3 (0.80%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.53%) Charles Proxy
7 1 (0.27%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.27%) Flyway
7 1 (0.27%) Jasmine
7 1 (0.27%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.27%) JUnit
7 1 (0.27%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.27%) Storybook
7 1 (0.27%) Terragrunt
7 1 (0.27%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.27%) Vite
General
1 141 (37.70%) Analytical Skills
2 134 (35.83%) Social Skills
3 93 (24.87%) Finance
4 41 (10.96%) Public Sector
5 33 (8.82%) Banking
6 12 (3.21%) Military
7 11 (2.94%) Marketing
8 10 (2.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (2.41%) Investment Banking
9 9 (2.41%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (2.14%) Retail
11 7 (1.87%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (1.60%) Aerospace
12 6 (1.60%) Law
13 4 (1.07%) Local Government
13 4 (1.07%) Manufacturing
13 4 (1.07%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (1.07%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (0.80%) Financial Institution
14 3 (0.80%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 93 (24.87%) Analyst
2 61 (16.31%) Developer
3 56 (14.97%) Data Analyst
4 51 (13.64%) Senior
5 46 (12.30%) Data Engineer
6 29 (7.75%) Consultant
7 26 (6.95%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 24 (6.42%) Power BI Developer
9 23 (6.15%) Architect
10 20 (5.35%) Lead
11 19 (5.08%) Data Scientist
12 15 (4.01%) Data Architect
13 14 (3.74%) Designer
14 12 (3.21%) Analytics Consultant
14 12 (3.21%) Data Visualisation Specialist
14 12 (3.21%) Senior Data Engineer
15 11 (2.94%) Data Consultant
15 11 (2.94%) Senior Analyst
16 10 (2.67%) Performance Analyst
17 9 (2.41%) Business Intelligence Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (8.29%) REST
2 18 (4.81%) React
3 16 (4.28%) CSS
4 14 (3.74%) HTML
5 12 (3.21%) .NET
6 11 (2.94%) Pandas
7 9 (2.41%) TensorFlow
7 9 (2.41%) Terraform
8 8 (2.14%) PyTorch
8 8 (2.14%) Redux
8 8 (2.14%) scikit-learn
8 8 (2.14%) SOAP
9 7 (1.87%) Middleware
9 7 (1.87%) Oracle Fusion
9 7 (1.87%) Web Services
10 6 (1.60%) Kafka
10 6 (1.60%) PySpark
10 6 (1.60%) Spring
10 6 (1.60%) Spring Boot
10 6 (1.60%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 29 (7.75%) Data Structures
2 26 (6.95%) Management Information System
3 13 (3.48%) Analytical Mindset
4 12 (3.21%) Cloud Native
4 12 (3.21%) Product Ownership
4 12 (3.21%) Reference Data
5 11 (2.94%) Algorithms
6 10 (2.67%) Legacy Systems
6 10 (2.67%) Onboarding
7 9 (2.41%) Clustering
7 9 (2.41%) PKI
7 9 (2.41%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (2.14%) Data Protection Act
8 8 (2.14%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 7 (1.87%) Distributed Systems
10 6 (1.60%) Life Science
11 5 (1.34%) CMDB
11 5 (1.34%) LIMS
12 4 (1.07%) Mobile App
12 4 (1.07%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 16 (4.28%) Windows
2 14 (3.74%) Windows Server
3 3 (0.80%) Unix
4 2 (0.53%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.53%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 374 (100.00%) Visualisation
2 233 (62.30%) Business Intelligence
3 187 (50.00%) Analytics
4 132 (35.29%) Data Modelling
5 116 (31.02%) Decision-Making
6 101 (27.01%) Agile
7 97 (25.94%) Problem-Solving
8 81 (21.66%) AI
9 70 (18.72%) Dashboard Development
10 68 (18.18%) Actionable Insight
10 68 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
11 67 (17.91%) Data Analysis
12 65 (17.38%) Continuous Improvement
13 57 (15.24%) Data Pipeline
13 57 (15.24%) ETL
13 57 (15.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 56 (14.97%) Data Governance
14 56 (14.97%) Data Science
15 54 (14.44%) Validation
16 51 (13.64%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 191 (51.07%) SQL
2 118 (31.55%) Python
3 49 (13.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 33 (8.82%) R
5 28 (7.49%) JavaScript
6 25 (6.68%) Java
7 21 (5.61%) C#
8 17 (4.55%) TypeScript
9 15 (4.01%) PowerShell
10 11 (2.94%) Scala
11 7 (1.87%) VBA
12 6 (1.60%) T-SQL
13 4 (1.07%) MATLAB
13 4 (1.07%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.80%) Bash
14 3 (0.80%) C++
14 3 (0.80%) Rust
15 2 (0.53%) Go
15 2 (0.53%) Ruby
15 2 (0.53%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 88 (23.53%) Security Cleared
2 56 (14.97%) SC Cleared
3 45 (12.03%) Degree
4 15 (4.01%) DV Cleared
5 8 (2.14%) BPSS Clearance
5 8 (2.14%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (1.34%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (1.07%) Postgraduate
8 3 (0.80%) Azure Certification
8 3 (0.80%) PhD
9 1 (0.27%) APMG
9 1 (0.27%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.27%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 1 (0.27%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 1 (0.27%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (24.06%) Data Quality
2 22 (5.88%) QA
3 17 (4.55%) Accessibility
4 13 (3.48%) GDPR
5 7 (1.87%) GMP
5 7 (1.87%) PMO
6 5 (1.34%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 5 (1.34%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 5 (1.34%) GxP
6 5 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 17025
7 4 (1.07%) GRC
7 4 (1.07%) WCAG
8 3 (0.80%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.53%) Basel III
10 1 (0.27%) COBIT
10 1 (0.27%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.27%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.27%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 12 (3.21%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.34%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (1.34%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.07%) Kibana
3 3 (0.80%) Ansible
3 3 (0.80%) Grafana
3 3 (0.80%) SCCM
4 1 (0.27%) QRadar
4 1 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.27%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 87 (23.26%) Microsoft
2 29 (7.75%) Oracle
3 26 (6.95%) SAP
4 23 (6.15%) ServiceNow
5 21 (5.61%) Databricks
6 20 (5.35%) Google
7 9 (2.41%) BMC
7 9 (2.41%) Remedy
8 7 (1.87%) Adobe
8 7 (1.87%) Splunk
9 5 (1.34%) Alteryx
9 5 (1.34%) Informatica
9 5 (1.34%) Palantir
10 4 (1.07%) Amplitude
10 4 (1.07%) Ariba
10 4 (1.07%) Foundry
10 4 (1.07%) Salesforce
10 4 (1.07%) Solace
11 3 (0.80%) Bloomberg
11 3 (0.80%) Brio