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

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 355 238 204
Rank change year-on-year -117 -34 +37
Contract jobs citing Data Visualisation 366 388 449
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.67% 1.18% 1.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.79% 1.30% 1.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 209 260 298
10th Percentile £324 £313 £323
25th Percentile £400 £386 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £455 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.40% -9.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £575 £635
90th Percentile £694 £675 £771
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 17 10
10th Percentile £22.35 £16.90 £24.03
25th Percentile £28.13 £30.00 £30.69
Median hourly rate £47.50 £38.96 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.92% -2.60% +23.76%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.75 £47.50
90th Percentile - £72.65 £53.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £54.40 £31.25 £26.17
% change year-on-year +74.08% +19.43% -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 46,512 29,792 32,258
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.69% 90.47% 86.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,938 18,529 19,417
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 £737 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,382 1,881 1,250
10th Percentile £13.63 £14.38 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.00 £17.30 £20.03
Median hourly rate £37.50 £25.15 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +49.11% -37.13% -10.11%
75th Percentile £65.00 £42.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.54 £65.14 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £22.27 £40.33
% change year-on-year +68.43% -44.79% -7.83%

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 13 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 13 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 13 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 -123 319 £475 +4.40% 460
UK excluding London -77 175 £438 +2.94% 223
London -110 153 £515 +3.00% 284
Work from Home -52 122 £450 - 222
North of England -66 49 £425 +13.33% 48
Midlands -23 38 £455 -10.26% 40
South East -70 34 £538 -10.42% 52
West Midlands -32 28 £470 -8.56% 32
South West -15 26 £475 +18.75% 22
North West -44 26 £438 +14.89% 26
Scotland -31 18 £420 -11.58% 21
Yorkshire -56 13 £440 +25.71% 11
East of England -24 12 £465 -11.43% 21
North East -31 11 £350 -12.50% 11
East Midlands -8 10 £252 -38.79% 8
Northern Ireland +3 2 - - 17
Wales -18 2 £356 +95.21% 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 7 (1.91%) Apache Spark
2 5 (1.37%) Oracle Workflow
3 4 (1.09%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.09%) Confluence
3 4 (1.09%) Palantir Foundry
4 3 (0.82%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.55%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.55%) SAS
5 2 (0.55%) SharePoint
Applications
1 73 (19.95%) 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 (1.91%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (1.09%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.27%) Actimize
4 1 (0.27%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.27%) Integrated Workplace Management System
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
1 230 (62.84%) Power Platform
2 68 (18.58%) Azure
3 45 (12.30%) AWS
4 24 (6.56%) Snowflake
5 19 (5.19%) GCP
6 16 (4.37%) Azure DevOps
7 13 (3.55%) Google Analytics
8 12 (3.28%) GitHub
8 12 (3.28%) PowerApps
9 11 (3.01%) Azure Data Factory
9 11 (3.01%) Power Automate
10 10 (2.73%) Microsoft Copilot
11 9 (2.46%) Amazon S3
12 7 (1.91%) Adobe Analytics
12 7 (1.91%) Figma
13 6 (1.64%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 6 (1.64%) Copilot Studio
13 6 (1.64%) Microsoft 365
13 6 (1.64%) Serverless
14 5 (1.37%) Cloud Run
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.37%) HTTP
2 4 (1.09%) Broadband
3 1 (0.27%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (0.27%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 229 (62.57%) Power BI
2 83 (22.68%) Tableau
3 53 (14.48%) Power Query
4 46 (12.57%) Data Warehouse
5 26 (7.10%) Relational Database
6 22 (6.01%) Metadata
7 20 (5.46%) Data Lake
8 19 (5.19%) SQL Server
9 13 (3.55%) Looker
10 11 (3.01%) Oracle Reports
11 10 (2.73%) BigQuery
12 9 (2.46%) Big Data
12 9 (2.46%) PostgreSQL
12 9 (2.46%) Qlik Sense
12 9 (2.46%) Star Schema
13 8 (2.19%) BusinessObjects
13 8 (2.19%) Data Mining
14 7 (1.91%) Amazon Athena
14 7 (1.91%) QlikView
15 5 (1.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 14 (3.83%) JIRA
2 13 (3.55%) Git
3 5 (1.37%) Oracle Forms
4 3 (0.82%) Cypress.io
4 3 (0.82%) GitLab
5 2 (0.55%) Claude Code
5 2 (0.55%) MLflow
6 1 (0.27%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.27%) Flyway
6 1 (0.27%) Jasmine
6 1 (0.27%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.27%) JUnit
6 1 (0.27%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.27%) Storybook
6 1 (0.27%) Terragrunt
6 1 (0.27%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.27%) Vite
General
1 141 (38.52%) Analytical Skills
2 130 (35.52%) Social Skills
3 86 (23.50%) Finance
4 48 (13.11%) Public Sector
5 35 (9.56%) Banking
6 12 (3.28%) Military
7 9 (2.46%) Marketing
8 8 (2.19%) Investment Banking
8 8 (2.19%) Retail
9 7 (1.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (1.91%) Local Government
9 7 (1.91%) Pharmaceutical
10 6 (1.64%) Aerospace
10 6 (1.64%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (1.37%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.09%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.82%) Police
13 3 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.55%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 100 (27.32%) Analyst
2 62 (16.94%) Developer
3 56 (15.30%) Data Analyst
4 42 (11.48%) Senior
5 36 (9.84%) Data Engineer
6 31 (8.47%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 27 (7.38%) Power BI Developer
8 25 (6.83%) Consultant
9 21 (5.74%) Data Scientist
9 21 (5.74%) Lead
10 20 (5.46%) Architect
11 16 (4.37%) Performance Analyst
12 15 (4.10%) Data Architect
13 14 (3.83%) Designer
14 12 (3.28%) Senior Data Engineer
15 10 (2.73%) Analytics Consultant
15 10 (2.73%) Data Visualisation Specialist
15 10 (2.73%) Report Analyst
15 10 (2.73%) Senior Analyst
16 8 (2.19%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (6.83%) REST
2 17 (4.64%) React
3 15 (4.10%) CSS
3 15 (4.10%) HTML
4 10 (2.73%) Pandas
5 9 (2.46%) .NET
5 9 (2.46%) scikit-learn
5 9 (2.46%) TensorFlow
6 8 (2.19%) PyTorch
6 8 (2.19%) Redux
7 7 (1.91%) 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 (1.09%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 25 (6.83%) Management Information System
2 24 (6.56%) Data Structures
3 13 (3.55%) Analytical Mindset
4 12 (3.28%) Reference Data
5 11 (3.01%) Legacy Systems
5 11 (3.01%) Onboarding
5 11 (3.01%) Product Ownership
6 9 (2.46%) Data Protection Act
7 8 (2.19%) Clustering
8 7 (1.91%) Algorithms
8 7 (1.91%) PKI
9 6 (1.64%) Cloud Native
9 6 (1.64%) CMDB
9 6 (1.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 6 (1.64%) Life Science
10 5 (1.37%) LIMS
10 5 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (1.09%) Fixed Income
11 4 (1.09%) Mobile App
11 4 (1.09%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 14 (3.83%) Windows
2 12 (3.28%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.09%) Unix
4 3 (0.82%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 366 (100.00%) Visualisation
2 232 (63.39%) Business Intelligence
3 189 (51.64%) Analytics
4 127 (34.70%) Data Modelling
5 121 (33.06%) Decision-Making
6 99 (27.05%) Agile
7 94 (25.68%) Problem-Solving
8 84 (22.95%) AI
9 77 (21.04%) Stakeholder Management
10 73 (19.95%) Data Analysis
11 71 (19.40%) Actionable Insight
11 71 (19.40%) Dashboard Development
12 63 (17.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 60 (16.39%) Continuous Improvement
14 54 (14.75%) Validation
15 50 (13.66%) Data Pipeline
15 50 (13.66%) ETL
16 49 (13.39%) Data Governance
16 49 (13.39%) Data Science
17 47 (12.84%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 184 (50.27%) SQL
2 114 (31.15%) Python
3 58 (15.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 25 (6.83%) R
5 23 (6.28%) JavaScript
6 18 (4.92%) Java
7 17 (4.64%) C#
8 14 (3.83%) TypeScript
9 12 (3.28%) PowerShell
10 7 (1.91%) Scala
11 4 (1.09%) T-SQL
11 4 (1.09%) VBA
12 3 (0.82%) Bash
12 3 (0.82%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.82%) Search Processing Language
13 2 (0.55%) C++
13 2 (0.55%) Go
13 2 (0.55%) Korn
13 2 (0.55%) Ruby
13 2 (0.55%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 87 (23.77%) Security Cleared
2 58 (15.85%) SC Cleared
3 45 (12.30%) Degree
4 12 (3.28%) DV Cleared
5 10 (2.73%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (1.64%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (1.64%) PhD
7 5 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.09%) 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 96 (26.23%) Data Quality
2 22 (6.01%) QA
3 12 (3.28%) Accessibility
4 11 (3.01%) GDPR
5 8 (2.19%) PMO
6 7 (1.91%) GMP
7 5 (1.37%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 5 (1.37%) GxP
7 5 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 17025
8 4 (1.09%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (1.09%) GRC
8 4 (1.09%) WCAG
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
11 1 (0.27%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 8 (2.19%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.09%) 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 77 (21.04%) Microsoft
2 23 (6.28%) Oracle
3 22 (6.01%) Google
4 20 (5.46%) Databricks
5 19 (5.19%) SAP
6 18 (4.92%) ServiceNow
7 11 (3.01%) Splunk
8 8 (2.19%) Adobe
9 7 (1.91%) BMC
9 7 (1.91%) Remedy
10 6 (1.64%) Alteryx
10 6 (1.64%) Informatica
10 6 (1.64%) Salesforce
11 5 (1.37%) Palantir
12 4 (1.09%) Amplitude
12 4 (1.09%) Ariba
12 4 (1.09%) Foundry
13 3 (0.82%) Bloomberg
14 2 (0.55%) ESRI
14 2 (0.55%) MicroStrategy