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 2 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 287 184 258
Rank change year-on-year -103 +74 +86
Contract jobs citing Data Visualisation 383 430 412
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.81% 1.47% 0.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.96% 1.61% 1.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 223 278 280
10th Percentile £344 £334 £313
25th Percentile £411 £400 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £458 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.38% -8.35% -0.20%
75th Percentile £563 £550 £575
90th Percentile £683 £638 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £450 £465
% change year-on-year +5.56% -3.23% -4.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 14 10
10th Percentile £19.84 £26.94 £23.58
25th Percentile £28.31 £31.64 £26.62
Median hourly rate £55.00 £34.18 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +60.91% -19.58% +31.58%
75th Percentile £82.25 £53.75 £46.56
90th Percentile £83.00 £75.20 £52.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £67.42 £32.23 £24.43
% change year-on-year +109.22% +31.91% -13.25%

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 40,021 26,651 37,570
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.60% 90.87% 86.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,214 17,176 24,190
10th Percentile £319 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £630 £638
90th Percentile £725 £745 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £485 £500
% change year-on-year +0.62% -3.10% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,391 1,063 2,453
10th Percentile £14.96 £14.63 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.91 £18.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £41.56 £29.00 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year +43.29% -18.31% -2.53%
75th Percentile £66.00 £61.87 £59.95
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.31 £27.94 £36.50
% change year-on-year +54.99% -23.45% +4.29%

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 2 May 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 2 May 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 2 May 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 -96 341 £488 +7.14% 207
London -110 176 £500 - 94
UK excluding London -79 163 £475 +5.56% 134
Work from Home -57 129 £494 +9.72% 99
North of England -56 45 £469 +2.18% 38
Midlands -48 40 £463 +8.82% 21
South East -37 36 £516 +3.25% 47
North West -30 28 £420 -13.50% 27
West Midlands -50 24 £500 +17.65% 10
East Midlands -25 16 £375 +2.18% 11
South West -43 16 £450 -5.26% 16
Yorkshire -48 14 £500 +14.94% 6
East of England -39 13 £475 +18.82% 9
Scotland -4 11 £495 -3.41% 2
North East -23 3 £400 -23.81% 5
Northern Ireland +5 2 £463 - 1

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 23 (6.01%) Apache Spark
2 16 (4.18%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.61%) Apache
4 7 (1.83%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (1.83%) Confluence
5 6 (1.57%) Apache Superset
6 2 (0.52%) OpenStack
Applications
1 66 (17.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (2.61%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (2.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.57%) MS Visio
4 6 (1.57%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.78%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.52%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.26%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.26%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.26%) Blender
7 1 (0.26%) CINEMA 4D
7 1 (0.26%) CPLEX
7 1 (0.26%) InDesign
7 1 (0.26%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 5 (1.31%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.04%) Adobe Campaign
2 4 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.04%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.78%) Eloqua
3 3 (0.78%) iTrent
4 1 (0.26%) Advent Geneva
4 1 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.26%) Sprinklr
4 1 (0.26%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 213 (55.61%) Power Platform
2 88 (22.98%) Azure
3 69 (18.02%) AWS
4 31 (8.09%) GCP
5 21 (5.48%) Azure Data Factory
6 20 (5.22%) Power Automate
6 20 (5.22%) Snowflake
7 16 (4.18%) Amazon S3
7 16 (4.18%) Serverless
8 14 (3.66%) PowerApps
9 13 (3.39%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 12 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
11 11 (2.87%) dbt
12 10 (2.61%) AWS Lambda
12 10 (2.61%) Microsoft 365
13 9 (2.35%) Amazon EC2
13 9 (2.35%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 8 (2.09%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 7 (1.83%) GitHub
16 5 (1.31%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.78%) Wireless
2 1 (0.26%) 2G
2 1 (0.26%) 5G
2 1 (0.26%) Ethernet
2 1 (0.26%) Firewall
2 1 (0.26%) Internet
2 1 (0.26%) Intranet
2 1 (0.26%) LTE
2 1 (0.26%) Mobile Backhaul
2 1 (0.26%) Modbus
2 1 (0.26%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 213 (55.61%) Power BI
2 117 (30.55%) Tableau
3 66 (17.23%) Data Warehouse
4 30 (7.83%) Relational Database
5 23 (6.01%) Metadata
5 23 (6.01%) Power Query
6 22 (5.74%) Looker
7 21 (5.48%) SQL Server
8 20 (5.22%) Big Data
9 19 (4.96%) Data Lake
10 15 (3.92%) BigQuery
10 15 (3.92%) Hadoop
11 11 (2.87%) NoSQL
11 11 (2.87%) Snowflake Schema
12 10 (2.61%) Amazon RDS
12 10 (2.61%) Oracle Reports
12 10 (2.61%) PostgreSQL
13 8 (2.09%) MySQL
14 7 (1.83%) Elasticsearch
14 7 (1.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 26 (6.79%) Git
2 13 (3.39%) JIRA
3 4 (1.04%) ERwin
3 4 (1.04%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.52%) Charles Proxy
4 2 (0.52%) Cypress.io
4 2 (0.52%) Terragrunt
5 1 (0.26%) GitLab
5 1 (0.26%) Postman
5 1 (0.26%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.26%) Vite
5 1 (0.26%) webpack
General
1 144 (37.60%) Social Skills
2 134 (34.99%) Analytical Skills
3 117 (30.55%) Finance
4 51 (13.32%) Public Sector
5 26 (6.79%) Banking
6 22 (5.74%) Marketing
7 15 (3.92%) Retail
8 14 (3.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 14 (3.66%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (2.35%) Law
10 7 (1.83%) Front Office
10 7 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (1.83%) Pharmaceutical
10 7 (1.83%) Publishing
11 5 (1.31%) Automotive
11 5 (1.31%) Legal
11 5 (1.31%) Military
12 4 (1.04%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.78%) Investment Banking
13 3 (0.78%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 118 (30.81%) Analyst
2 71 (18.54%) Data Analyst
3 57 (14.88%) Senior
4 56 (14.62%) Developer
5 45 (11.75%) Data Engineer
6 36 (9.40%) Data Scientist
7 20 (5.22%) Business Analyst
7 20 (5.22%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 18 (4.70%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 17 (4.44%) Consultant
9 17 (4.44%) Senior Analyst
10 16 (4.18%) Architect
11 13 (3.39%) Data Business Analyst
11 13 (3.39%) Lead
12 12 (3.13%) Power BI Developer
13 10 (2.61%) Performance Analyst
14 9 (2.35%) Senior Data Engineer
14 9 (2.35%) Solutions Architect
15 8 (2.09%) Senior Data Scientist
16 7 (1.83%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (5.74%) React
2 20 (5.22%) Pandas
3 17 (4.44%) REST
4 15 (3.92%) Kafka
5 11 (2.87%) AngularJS
6 10 (2.61%) scikit-learn
7 9 (2.35%) .NET
8 8 (2.09%) CSS
8 8 (2.09%) NumPy
8 8 (2.09%) PySpark
8 8 (2.09%) TensorFlow
9 7 (1.83%) Elastic Stack
9 7 (1.83%) Matplotlib
9 7 (1.83%) Plotly
9 7 (1.83%) Seaborn
9 7 (1.83%) Vue
10 6 (1.57%) HTML
10 6 (1.57%) RESTful
10 6 (1.57%) Spring
10 6 (1.57%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 23 (6.01%) Data Structures
2 21 (5.48%) Algorithms
3 16 (4.18%) Cloud Native
3 16 (4.18%) Management Information System
4 12 (3.13%) Analytical Mindset
4 12 (3.13%) Product Ownership
5 8 (2.09%) Data Protection Act
5 8 (2.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 8 (2.09%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (2.09%) Marketing Technology
5 8 (2.09%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (1.83%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (1.83%) Reference Data
7 6 (1.57%) Life Science
8 5 (1.31%) Clustering
9 4 (1.04%) AI Agents
9 4 (1.04%) Cyber Threat
9 4 (1.04%) Derivative
9 4 (1.04%) PKI
10 3 (0.78%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 8 (2.09%) Linux
2 6 (1.57%) Unix
3 4 (1.04%) Apple iOS
3 4 (1.04%) Windows
3 4 (1.04%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.78%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.26%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 383 (100.00%) Visualisation
2 238 (62.14%) Business Intelligence
3 163 (42.56%) Analytics
4 146 (38.12%) Data Modelling
5 118 (30.81%) Decision-Making
6 114 (29.77%) Agile
7 109 (28.46%) Problem-Solving
8 92 (24.02%) Actionable Insight
9 76 (19.84%) Data Science
10 73 (19.06%) AI
11 72 (18.80%) Data Governance
12 71 (18.54%) Dashboard Development
13 70 (18.28%) Data Analysis
14 68 (17.75%) ETL
15 67 (17.49%) Data Pipeline
16 56 (14.62%) Machine Learning
17 51 (13.32%) Continuous Improvement
18 49 (12.79%) Stakeholder Management
19 48 (12.53%) Data Engineering
20 47 (12.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 215 (56.14%) SQL
2 144 (37.60%) Python
3 47 (12.27%) R
4 28 (7.31%) JavaScript
5 27 (7.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 24 (6.27%) Java
7 16 (4.18%) TypeScript
8 15 (3.92%) C#
9 14 (3.66%) Scala
10 11 (2.87%) PowerShell
11 10 (2.61%) VBA
12 6 (1.57%) Perl
12 6 (1.57%) Rust
13 5 (1.31%) T-SQL
14 4 (1.04%) C++
14 4 (1.04%) MATLAB
14 4 (1.04%) PHP
14 4 (1.04%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.52%) C
15 2 (0.52%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 76 (19.84%) Security Cleared
2 59 (15.40%) SC Cleared
3 40 (10.44%) Degree
4 14 (3.66%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (1.83%) DV Cleared
5 7 (1.83%) Master's Degree
6 6 (1.57%) Azure Certification
6 6 (1.57%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.52%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.26%) ACCA
9 1 (0.26%) APMP
9 1 (0.26%) CFA
9 1 (0.26%) CIMA
9 1 (0.26%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.26%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.26%) PMP
9 1 (0.26%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 1 (0.26%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 1 (0.26%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (21.93%) Data Quality
2 32 (8.36%) QA
3 19 (4.96%) Accessibility
4 17 (4.44%) PMO
5 15 (3.92%) GDPR
6 10 (2.61%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (1.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 3 (0.78%) SLA
9 2 (0.52%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.52%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.52%) WCAG
10 1 (0.26%) Basel III
10 1 (0.26%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.26%) GRC
10 1 (0.26%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.26%) P3O
10 1 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 12 (3.13%) Docker
2 8 (2.09%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.52%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 14 (3.66%) Kubernetes
1 14 (3.66%) Terraform
2 11 (2.87%) Kibana
3 9 (2.35%) Grafana
4 6 (1.57%) logstash
5 5 (1.31%) SCCM
6 3 (0.78%) Ansible
6 3 (0.78%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.26%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 67 (17.49%) Microsoft
2 29 (7.57%) Google
3 28 (7.31%) Databricks
4 19 (4.96%) Oracle
5 16 (4.18%) SAP
6 15 (3.92%) Salesforce
7 14 (3.66%) ServiceNow
8 9 (2.35%) Adobe
9 8 (2.09%) Amplitude
10 6 (1.57%) Apple
10 6 (1.57%) Cognos
11 5 (1.31%) Solace
12 4 (1.04%) BMC
12 4 (1.04%) IBM
12 4 (1.04%) Informatica
12 4 (1.04%) Remedy
12 4 (1.04%) Sage
13 3 (0.78%) Brio
13 3 (0.78%) Murex
13 3 (0.78%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud