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 18 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 230 206 227
Rank change year-on-year -24 +21 +84
Contract jobs citing Data Visualisation 435 427 514
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.23% 1.18% 1.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.37% 1.37% 1.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 282 281 350
10th Percentile £313 £331 £300
25th Percentile £381 £402 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -2.91%
75th Percentile £550 £613 £600
90th Percentile £671 £738 £703
UK excluding London median daily rate £445 £450 £475
% change year-on-year -1.11% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 10 22
10th Percentile £19.50 £24.03 £21.38
25th Percentile £31.25 £27.13 £25.54
Median hourly rate £40.73 £33.88 £35.13
Median % change year-on-year +20.24% -3.56% -0.35%
75th Percentile £63.75 £42.50 £49.69
90th Percentile £75.80 £53.75 £67.13
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.25 £32.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year +11.54% +22.64% -24.29%

All Process and 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 31,777 31,113 41,385
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 89.78% 86.30% 88.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,898 18,698 27,863
10th Percentile £300 £310 £308
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,100 1,096 1,595
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.10 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.12 £19.03
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -20.45% +25.71%
75th Percentile £44.77 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.00 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.63 £33.93 £44.50
% change year-on-year -33.30% -23.75% +53.45%

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 18 November 2025.

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 18 November 2025.

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 18 November 2025. 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 -26 373 £450 -10.00% 434
London -8 216 £475 -9.52% 258
UK excluding London 0 180 £445 -1.11% 214
Work from Home -14 128 £475 -0.84% 302
North of England -35 60 £375 -16.67% 34
South East +12 41 £525 +7.47% 76
Yorkshire -20 33 £325 -27.78% 9
Scotland +13 25 £450 -16.28% 16
North West -33 25 £388 -13.70% 21
Midlands -30 22 £475 +15.15% 41
West Midlands -25 14 £511 +27.69% 22
East of England -12 13 £525 +23.53% 15
South West -5 10 £400 -30.43% 18
East Midlands -16 8 £413 -17.50% 19
Wales - 6 £183 - 9
Northern Ireland -18 4 £475 -5.00% 7
North East -9 2 £400 -28.89% 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 17 (3.91%) Apache Spark
2 15 (3.45%) Confluence
3 13 (2.99%) Apache Airflow
3 13 (2.99%) SharePoint
4 8 (1.84%) Apache
4 8 (1.84%) Apache Pig
5 5 (1.15%) Jupyter
5 5 (1.15%) SAS
6 1 (0.23%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.23%) IIS
Applications
1 67 (15.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (4.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 14 (3.22%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (1.61%) Chatbot
5 5 (1.15%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.46%) Maple
6 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.46%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.23%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.23%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.23%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.23%) Blender
7 1 (0.23%) CINEMA 4D
7 1 (0.23%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.23%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (0.69%) Payment Gateway
1 3 (0.69%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.46%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.23%) Actimize
3 1 (0.23%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.23%) Endur
3 1 (0.23%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 1 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.23%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.23%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.23%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 228 (52.41%) Power Platform
2 109 (25.06%) Azure
3 70 (16.09%) AWS
4 43 (9.89%) GCP
5 31 (7.13%) Snowflake
6 23 (5.29%) Azure DevOps
7 21 (4.83%) Azure Data Factory
7 21 (4.83%) Power Automate
8 20 (4.60%) Serverless
9 17 (3.91%) AWS Lambda
9 17 (3.91%) GitHub
9 17 (3.91%) PowerApps
10 16 (3.68%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 15 (3.45%) dbt
12 14 (3.22%) Amazon S3
13 12 (2.76%) Figma
14 11 (2.53%) Cloud Computing
15 8 (1.84%) Microsoft 365
16 6 (1.38%) Amazon EMR
16 6 (1.38%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.69%) MQTT
1 3 (0.69%) SNMP
2 2 (0.46%) 2G
2 2 (0.46%) 5G
2 2 (0.46%) Internet
2 2 (0.46%) LTE
2 2 (0.46%) Mobile Backhaul
2 2 (0.46%) SSH
2 2 (0.46%) SSL
2 2 (0.46%) VoIP
3 1 (0.23%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 226 (51.95%) Power BI
2 127 (29.20%) Tableau
3 66 (15.17%) Data Warehouse
4 42 (9.66%) Relational Database
5 30 (6.90%) Power Query
6 21 (4.83%) BigQuery
6 21 (4.83%) Looker
7 20 (4.60%) Data Lake
8 18 (4.14%) Big Data
8 18 (4.14%) SQL Server
9 14 (3.22%) Hadoop
10 13 (2.99%) Data Mining
10 13 (2.99%) Metadata
11 11 (2.53%) PostgreSQL
12 10 (2.30%) Azure SQL Database
13 9 (2.07%) NoSQL
14 8 (1.84%) Apache Hive
15 7 (1.61%) Amazon Redshift
15 7 (1.61%) Oracle Reports
15 7 (1.61%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 35 (8.05%) Git
2 18 (4.14%) JIRA
3 10 (2.30%) Jenkins
4 7 (1.61%) Gradle
4 7 (1.61%) Storybook
4 7 (1.61%) Xcode
5 5 (1.15%) Cypress.io
6 4 (0.92%) MLflow
7 3 (0.69%) Selenium
7 3 (0.69%) webpack
8 1 (0.23%) Ant
8 1 (0.23%) git-flow
8 1 (0.23%) JMeter
8 1 (0.23%) Postman
8 1 (0.23%) Snyk
8 1 (0.23%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.23%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.23%) Terragrunt
8 1 (0.23%) Visual Studio
General
1 188 (43.22%) Social Skills
2 139 (31.95%) Analytical Skills
3 128 (29.43%) Finance
4 50 (11.49%) Banking
5 40 (9.20%) Public Sector
6 20 (4.60%) Investment Banking
6 20 (4.60%) Presentation Skills
7 17 (3.91%) Marketing
7 17 (3.91%) Retail
8 16 (3.68%) Front Office
9 12 (2.76%) Manufacturing
10 11 (2.53%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (2.53%) Organisational Skills
11 10 (2.30%) Telecoms
12 9 (2.07%) Legal
12 9 (2.07%) Pharmaceutical
13 5 (1.15%) Back Office
13 5 (1.15%) Billing
14 4 (0.92%) Financial Institution
14 4 (0.92%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 146 (33.56%) Analyst
2 95 (21.84%) Data Analyst
2 95 (21.84%) Developer
3 47 (10.80%) Senior
4 42 (9.66%) Data Engineer
5 26 (5.98%) Architect
5 26 (5.98%) Data Scientist
6 24 (5.52%) Business Analyst
6 24 (5.52%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 22 (5.06%) Senior Analyst
8 20 (4.60%) Lead
9 16 (3.68%) Power BI Developer
10 14 (3.22%) Consultant
11 12 (2.76%) Power BI Analyst
11 12 (2.76%) Senior Data Analyst
12 11 (2.53%) Data Architect
12 11 (2.53%) Solutions Architect
12 11 (2.53%) SQL Analyst
12 11 (2.53%) SQL Data Analyst
13 10 (2.30%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (6.44%) React
2 23 (5.29%) Pandas
3 22 (5.06%) D3.js
4 18 (4.14%) scikit-learn
5 17 (3.91%) NumPy
6 16 (3.68%) AngularJS
7 14 (3.22%) PySpark
8 13 (2.99%) Plotly
8 13 (2.99%) REST
8 13 (2.99%) Vue
9 12 (2.76%) Kafka
10 9 (2.07%) OAuth
11 8 (1.84%) React Native
11 8 (1.84%) TensorFlow
11 8 (1.84%) Web Services
12 7 (1.61%) CSS
12 7 (1.61%) GraphQL
12 7 (1.61%) HTML
12 7 (1.61%) SVG
12 7 (1.61%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 45 (10.34%) Algorithms
2 20 (4.60%) Product Ownership
3 15 (3.45%) Data Structures
4 14 (3.22%) Cloud Native
5 13 (2.99%) Self-Motivation
6 11 (2.53%) Management Information System
7 10 (2.30%) CMDB
8 9 (2.07%) Data Centre
8 9 (2.07%) Distributed Computing
8 9 (2.07%) Virtual Team
9 8 (1.84%) Mobile App
10 7 (1.61%) Analytical Mindset
10 7 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
10 7 (1.61%) Onboarding
11 6 (1.38%) Genomics
11 6 (1.38%) Hedge funds
11 6 (1.38%) Low-Code
11 6 (1.38%) Reinsurance
12 5 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
12 5 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 10 (2.30%) Linux
2 8 (1.84%) Android
2 8 (1.84%) Unix
3 7 (1.61%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.23%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 434 (99.77%) Visualisation
2 242 (55.63%) Business Intelligence
3 186 (42.76%) Analytics
4 122 (28.05%) Data Modelling
5 117 (26.90%) Data Analysis
6 113 (25.98%) Agile
6 113 (25.98%) Problem-Solving
7 109 (25.06%) Decision-Making
8 84 (19.31%) Actionable Insight
8 84 (19.31%) Machine Learning
9 83 (19.08%) Data Science
10 71 (16.32%) ETL
11 59 (13.56%) Data Pipeline
12 58 (13.33%) AI
12 58 (13.33%) DevOps
13 54 (12.41%) Dashboard Development
14 53 (12.18%) Stakeholder Management
15 51 (11.72%) CI/CD
15 51 (11.72%) Data Engineering
16 50 (11.49%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 242 (55.63%) SQL
2 185 (42.53%) Python
3 34 (7.82%) JavaScript
4 30 (6.90%) R
5 27 (6.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 22 (5.06%) TypeScript
7 21 (4.83%) Java
8 18 (4.14%) Scala
9 6 (1.38%) PHP
10 5 (1.15%) Bash
10 5 (1.15%) C#
10 5 (1.15%) PL/SQL
10 5 (1.15%) T-SQL
11 4 (0.92%) LookML
12 3 (0.69%) C++
12 3 (0.69%) MATLAB
12 3 (0.69%) PowerShell
12 3 (0.69%) VBA
13 2 (0.46%) Go
13 2 (0.46%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 60 (13.79%) Degree
2 48 (11.03%) Security Cleared
3 37 (8.51%) SC Cleared
4 19 (4.37%) Master's Degree
5 17 (3.91%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (1.84%) ITIL Certification
7 7 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (1.38%) AWS Certification
8 6 (1.38%) CFA
9 5 (1.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 5 (1.15%) Azure Certification
10 4 (0.92%) CBAP
10 4 (0.92%) PMI Certification
11 3 (0.69%) Tableau Certification
12 2 (0.46%) ACCA
12 2 (0.46%) CEH
12 2 (0.46%) CIMA
12 2 (0.46%) CISSP
12 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.46%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (15.63%) Data Quality
2 29 (6.67%) Accessibility
3 16 (3.68%) QA
4 14 (3.22%) GDPR
5 6 (1.38%) WCAG
6 4 (0.92%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.69%) EMIR
7 3 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.69%) MiFID
7 3 (0.69%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.46%) Disclosure Scotland
8 2 (0.46%) Dodd-Frank
8 2 (0.46%) FIPS 140-2
8 2 (0.46%) GRC
8 2 (0.46%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 2 (0.46%) NIST
8 2 (0.46%) PMO
9 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 22 (5.06%) Docker
2 5 (1.15%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 18 (4.14%) Terraform
2 17 (3.91%) Kubernetes
3 9 (2.07%) Grafana
4 3 (0.69%) Ansible
4 3 (0.69%) Kibana
5 1 (0.23%) collectd
5 1 (0.23%) logstash
5 1 (0.23%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.23%) QRadar
5 1 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.23%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 1 (0.23%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 95 (21.84%) Microsoft
2 28 (6.44%) Google
3 26 (5.98%) Databricks
4 19 (4.37%) Salesforce
5 16 (3.68%) Oracle
6 14 (3.22%) ServiceNow
7 13 (2.99%) OpenAI
8 12 (2.76%) Splunk
9 11 (2.53%) SAP
10 7 (1.61%) MicroStrategy
11 5 (1.15%) Dataiku
12 4 (0.92%) Adobe
12 4 (0.92%) Cognos
12 4 (0.92%) Informatica
12 4 (0.92%) TIBCO
13 3 (0.69%) Avaloq
13 3 (0.69%) Citrix
13 3 (0.69%) Foundry
13 3 (0.69%) Hyperion
13 3 (0.69%) Palantir