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 9 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 355 232 209
Rank change year-on-year -123 -23 +27
Contract jobs citing Data Visualisation 365 392 460
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.67% 1.18% 1.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.79% 1.31% 1.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 206 264 305
10th Percentile £323 £313 £325
25th Percentile £400 £387 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £455 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.40% -9.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £575 £638
90th Percentile £697 £675 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £438 £425 £450
% change year-on-year +2.94% -5.56% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 16 10
10th Percentile £22.35 £16.50 £24.03
25th Percentile £28.13 £28.21 £30.69
Median hourly rate £47.50 £38.23 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +24.25% -4.43% +23.76%
75th Percentile £70.00 £59.06 £47.50
90th Percentile - £64.25 £53.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £54.40 £30.00 £26.17
% change year-on-year +81.33% +14.66% -0.32%

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 46,102 30,004 32,672
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.59% 90.46% 86.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,718 18,629 19,703
10th Percentile £325 £294 £308
25th Percentile £425 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £638 £623 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,326 1,885 1,303
10th Percentile £13.58 £14.33 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.00 £17.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £25.15 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +49.11% -37.13% -8.31%
75th Percentile £65.00 £43.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.52 £65.00 £73.95
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £22.27 £41.25
% change year-on-year +68.43% -46.02% -2.94%

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 9 October 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 9 October 2026.

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 9 October 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 -112 320 £475 +4.40% 903
UK excluding London -84 174 £438 +2.94% 411
London -122 154 £523 +4.50% 571
Work from Home -54 123 £456 +1.39% 374
North of England -71 49 £425 +13.33% 77
Midlands -23 39 £455 -10.26% 73
South East -63 33 £525 -12.50% 108
West Midlands -27 28 £470 -8.56% 54
South West -13 26 £475 +18.75% 33
North West -45 26 £438 +14.89% 37
Scotland -31 17 £415 -12.63% 38
Yorkshire -55 13 £440 +25.71% 27
East of England -28 12 £465 -11.43% 38
East Midlands -16 11 £252 -38.79% 19
North East -30 11 £350 -12.50% 13
Northern Ireland +5 2 - - 35
Wales -13 2 £356 +95.21% 13

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 7 (1.92%) Apache Spark
2 5 (1.37%) Oracle Workflow
3 4 (1.10%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.10%) Confluence
3 4 (1.10%) Palantir Foundry
4 3 (0.82%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.55%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.55%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.27%) SAS
Applications
1 71 (19.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.37%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (0.82%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.27%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.27%) CPLEX
4 1 (0.27%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 7 (1.92%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.10%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.27%) Actimize
3 1 (0.27%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.27%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.27%) Primavera
3 1 (0.27%) Raiser’s Edge
3 1 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 230 (63.01%) Power Platform
2 69 (18.90%) Azure
3 46 (12.60%) AWS
4 23 (6.30%) Snowflake
5 20 (5.48%) GCP
6 16 (4.38%) Azure DevOps
7 13 (3.56%) GitHub
7 13 (3.56%) Google Analytics
8 12 (3.29%) PowerApps
9 11 (3.01%) Azure Data Factory
9 11 (3.01%) Power Automate
10 10 (2.74%) Microsoft Copilot
11 9 (2.47%) Amazon S3
12 7 (1.92%) Adobe Analytics
12 7 (1.92%) Figma
12 7 (1.92%) Microsoft 365
13 6 (1.64%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 6 (1.64%) Copilot Studio
13 6 (1.64%) Serverless
14 5 (1.37%) Azure Databricks
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.37%) HTTP
2 4 (1.10%) Broadband
3 1 (0.27%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (0.27%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 229 (62.74%) Power BI
2 82 (22.47%) Tableau
3 53 (14.52%) Power Query
4 47 (12.88%) Data Warehouse
5 26 (7.12%) Relational Database
6 21 (5.75%) Metadata
7 19 (5.21%) Data Lake
7 19 (5.21%) SQL Server
8 13 (3.56%) Looker
9 11 (3.01%) Oracle Reports
10 10 (2.74%) BigQuery
10 10 (2.74%) Star Schema
11 9 (2.47%) Big Data
11 9 (2.47%) PostgreSQL
11 9 (2.47%) Qlik Sense
12 8 (2.19%) BusinessObjects
12 8 (2.19%) Data Mining
13 7 (1.92%) Amazon Athena
13 7 (1.92%) QlikView
14 5 (1.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 13 (3.56%) Git
1 13 (3.56%) JIRA
2 5 (1.37%) Oracle Forms
3 3 (0.82%) Cypress.io
3 3 (0.82%) GitLab
4 2 (0.55%) Claude Code
4 2 (0.55%) MLflow
5 1 (0.27%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.27%) Flyway
5 1 (0.27%) Jasmine
5 1 (0.27%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.27%) JUnit
5 1 (0.27%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.27%) Storybook
5 1 (0.27%) Terragrunt
5 1 (0.27%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.27%) Vite
General
1 139 (38.08%) Analytical Skills
2 130 (35.62%) Social Skills
3 86 (23.56%) Finance
4 48 (13.15%) Public Sector
5 34 (9.32%) Banking
6 12 (3.29%) Military
7 9 (2.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (2.19%) Investment Banking
8 8 (2.19%) Marketing
8 8 (2.19%) Retail
9 7 (1.92%) Local Government
9 7 (1.92%) Pharmaceutical
10 6 (1.64%) Aerospace
10 6 (1.64%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (1.37%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.10%) Financial Institution
12 4 (1.10%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.82%) Front Office
13 3 (0.82%) Police
13 3 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 98 (26.85%) Analyst
2 63 (17.26%) Developer
3 55 (15.07%) Data Analyst
4 42 (11.51%) Senior
5 37 (10.14%) Data Engineer
6 31 (8.49%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 27 (7.40%) Power BI Developer
8 25 (6.85%) Consultant
9 21 (5.75%) Lead
10 20 (5.48%) Architect
10 20 (5.48%) Data Scientist
11 15 (4.11%) Data Architect
11 15 (4.11%) Performance Analyst
12 14 (3.84%) Designer
13 12 (3.29%) Senior Data Engineer
14 10 (2.74%) Analytics Consultant
14 10 (2.74%) Data Visualisation Specialist
14 10 (2.74%) Report Analyst
15 9 (2.47%) Senior Analyst
16 8 (2.19%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (6.85%) REST
2 18 (4.93%) React
3 15 (4.11%) CSS
3 15 (4.11%) HTML
4 10 (2.74%) Pandas
5 9 (2.47%) .NET
5 9 (2.47%) scikit-learn
5 9 (2.47%) TensorFlow
6 8 (2.19%) PyTorch
6 8 (2.19%) Redux
7 7 (1.92%) SOAP
8 6 (1.64%) Middleware
8 6 (1.64%) NumPy
8 6 (1.64%) Oracle Fusion
8 6 (1.64%) Terraform
8 6 (1.64%) Web Services
8 6 (1.64%) XML
9 5 (1.37%) .NET Framework
9 5 (1.37%) Playwright
10 4 (1.10%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 25 (6.85%) Management Information System
2 24 (6.58%) Data Structures
3 13 (3.56%) Analytical Mindset
4 12 (3.29%) Reference Data
5 11 (3.01%) Legacy Systems
5 11 (3.01%) Onboarding
6 10 (2.74%) Product Ownership
7 8 (2.19%) Data Protection Act
8 7 (1.92%) Algorithms
8 7 (1.92%) Clustering
8 7 (1.92%) PKI
9 6 (1.64%) CMDB
9 6 (1.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 6 (1.64%) Life Science
10 5 (1.37%) Cloud Native
10 5 (1.37%) LIMS
10 5 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (1.10%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (1.10%) Fixed Income
11 4 (1.10%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 14 (3.84%) Windows
2 12 (3.29%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.10%) Unix
4 3 (0.82%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 365 (100.00%) Visualisation
2 232 (63.56%) Business Intelligence
3 187 (51.23%) Analytics
4 128 (35.07%) Data Modelling
5 119 (32.60%) Decision-Making
6 97 (26.58%) Agile
7 93 (25.48%) Problem-Solving
8 85 (23.29%) AI
9 74 (20.27%) Stakeholder Management
10 72 (19.73%) Data Analysis
11 69 (18.90%) Actionable Insight
11 69 (18.90%) Dashboard Development
12 61 (16.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 60 (16.44%) Continuous Improvement
14 55 (15.07%) Validation
15 52 (14.25%) ETL
16 50 (13.70%) Data Pipeline
17 49 (13.42%) Data Governance
17 49 (13.42%) Data Science
18 47 (12.88%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 184 (50.41%) SQL
2 115 (31.51%) Python
3 58 (15.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 25 (6.85%) R
5 24 (6.58%) JavaScript
6 18 (4.93%) Java
7 17 (4.66%) C#
8 15 (4.11%) TypeScript
9 12 (3.29%) PowerShell
10 8 (2.19%) Scala
11 4 (1.10%) T-SQL
11 4 (1.10%) VBA
12 3 (0.82%) Bash
12 3 (0.82%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.55%) C++
13 2 (0.55%) Go
13 2 (0.55%) Korn
13 2 (0.55%) Ruby
13 2 (0.55%) Search Processing Language
13 2 (0.55%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 86 (23.56%) Security Cleared
2 57 (15.62%) SC Cleared
3 45 (12.33%) Degree
4 12 (3.29%) DV Cleared
5 9 (2.47%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (1.64%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (1.64%) PhD
7 5 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.10%) Postgraduate
9 3 (0.82%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.55%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.27%) APMG
11 1 (0.27%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.27%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (26.03%) Data Quality
2 21 (5.75%) QA
3 13 (3.56%) Accessibility
4 11 (3.01%) GDPR
5 8 (2.19%) PMO
6 7 (1.92%) GMP
7 5 (1.37%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 5 (1.37%) GxP
7 5 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 17025
8 4 (1.10%) GRC
8 4 (1.10%) WCAG
9 3 (0.82%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.82%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 2 (0.55%) Basel III
11 1 (0.27%) COBIT
11 1 (0.27%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 8 (2.19%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.10%) Docker
3 1 (0.27%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 6 (1.64%) Kibana
2 3 (0.82%) Ansible
2 3 (0.82%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.55%) Grafana
4 1 (0.27%) QRadar
4 1 (0.27%) SCCM
4 1 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 80 (21.92%) Microsoft
2 23 (6.30%) Oracle
3 22 (6.03%) Google
4 20 (5.48%) Databricks
4 20 (5.48%) SAP
5 18 (4.93%) ServiceNow
6 10 (2.74%) Splunk
7 8 (2.19%) Adobe
8 7 (1.92%) BMC
8 7 (1.92%) Remedy
9 6 (1.64%) Alteryx
9 6 (1.64%) Informatica
9 6 (1.64%) Salesforce
10 5 (1.37%) Palantir
11 4 (1.10%) Amplitude
11 4 (1.10%) Ariba
11 4 (1.10%) Foundry
12 3 (0.82%) Bloomberg
13 2 (0.55%) Solace
13 2 (0.55%) Tradeweb