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 19 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 349 222 225
Rank change year-on-year -127 +3 +49
Contract jobs citing Data Visualisation 359 394 428
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.67% 1.20% 1.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.79% 1.33% 1.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 204 254 293
10th Percentile £343 £308 £326
25th Percentile £405 £388 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £468 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.28% -6.50% -
75th Percentile £603 £550 £613
90th Percentile £721 £625 £719
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £450 £450
% change year-on-year - - -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 14 9
10th Percentile £23.93 £19.80 £35.25
25th Percentile £28.25 £31.64 £41.25
Median hourly rate £58.50 £33.56 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +74.34% -21.05% +31.58%
75th Percentile £70.00 £50.05 £53.75
90th Percentile £82.25 £60.75 £54.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 £31.64 £32.50
% change year-on-year +121.24% -2.65% +18.92%

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 45,377 29,691 33,202
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.71% 90.48% 85.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,881 18,495 21,183
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £425 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.58%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £727 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,839 1,731 1,775
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.20 £14.00
25th Percentile £18.38 £17.30 £18.15
Median hourly rate £41.56 £25.15 £40.94
Median % change year-on-year +65.23% -38.57% +0.61%
75th Percentile £68.00 £49.63 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.05 £68.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £23.30 £42.50
% change year-on-year +88.67% -45.18% +18.88%

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 19 August 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 19 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Visualisation in the UK

Data Visualisation
Top 15 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 19 August 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 -112 329 £488 +5.98% 530
UK excluding London -67 171 £450 - 283
London -115 153 £525 +5.00% 319
Work from Home -51 120 £473 +5.00% 221
North of England -71 55 £438 +10.47% 72
Midlands -20 40 £400 -3.03% 32
North West -35 32 £438 +17.11% 40
South East -72 32 £550 -4.35% 72
West Midlands -41 25 £455 -2.41% 22
South West -31 24 £450 - 44
Yorkshire -53 20 £480 +23.87% 22
East Midlands -9 15 £375 -9.09% 10
East of England -26 15 £463 -11.90% 23
Scotland -23 10 £430 -14.00% 25
North East -37 4 £375 -16.67% 10

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 10 (2.79%) Apache Spark
2 7 (1.95%) Confluence
3 6 (1.67%) Apache Superset
4 4 (1.11%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.11%) Oracle Workflow
4 4 (1.11%) Palantir Foundry
5 3 (0.84%) Apache
5 3 (0.84%) Jupyter
5 3 (0.84%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.56%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.28%) SAS
Applications
1 62 (17.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.23%) Spreadsheet
3 6 (1.67%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.84%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.56%) CPLEX
5 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.28%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.28%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.28%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 9 (2.51%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.11%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.56%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.28%) Advent Geneva
4 1 (0.28%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.28%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (0.28%) iTrent
4 1 (0.28%) Primavera
4 1 (0.28%) Raiser’s Edge
4 1 (0.28%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 210 (58.50%) Power Platform
2 70 (19.50%) Azure
3 54 (15.04%) AWS
4 25 (6.96%) GCP
5 19 (5.29%) Snowflake
6 16 (4.46%) Azure Data Factory
6 16 (4.46%) Azure DevOps
7 14 (3.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 14 (3.90%) Power Automate
8 12 (3.34%) Serverless
9 11 (3.06%) Amazon S3
10 10 (2.79%) GitHub
10 10 (2.79%) PowerApps
11 9 (2.51%) Microsoft 365
12 7 (1.95%) AWS Lambda
12 7 (1.95%) Google Analytics
13 6 (1.67%) Adobe Analytics
13 6 (1.67%) dbt
13 6 (1.67%) OCI
14 5 (1.39%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.11%) HTTP
2 3 (0.84%) Wireless
3 2 (0.56%) Broadband
4 1 (0.28%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.28%) Firewall
4 1 (0.28%) Internet
4 1 (0.28%) Intranet
4 1 (0.28%) Modbus
4 1 (0.28%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 210 (58.50%) Power BI
2 87 (24.23%) Tableau
3 62 (17.27%) Data Warehouse
4 37 (10.31%) Power Query
5 33 (9.19%) Relational Database
6 23 (6.41%) Metadata
7 22 (6.13%) SQL Server
8 21 (5.85%) Data Lake
9 15 (4.18%) Looker
9 15 (4.18%) Oracle Reports
10 13 (3.62%) PostgreSQL
11 12 (3.34%) BigQuery
12 11 (3.06%) Big Data
13 9 (2.51%) Qlik Sense
13 9 (2.51%) QlikView
13 9 (2.51%) Star Schema
14 8 (2.23%) Data Mining
14 8 (2.23%) PowerPivot
14 8 (2.23%) Snowflake Schema
14 8 (2.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 17 (4.74%) JIRA
2 10 (2.79%) Git
3 4 (1.11%) Oracle Forms
4 3 (0.84%) Cypress.io
4 3 (0.84%) GitLab
5 2 (0.56%) Charles Proxy
6 1 (0.28%) Flyway
6 1 (0.28%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.28%) JUnit
6 1 (0.28%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.28%) Storybook
6 1 (0.28%) Terragrunt
6 1 (0.28%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.28%) Vite
General
1 131 (36.49%) Analytical Skills
2 124 (34.54%) Social Skills
3 95 (26.46%) Finance
4 40 (11.14%) Public Sector
5 30 (8.36%) Banking
6 11 (3.06%) Marketing
7 9 (2.51%) Military
8 8 (2.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (2.23%) Investment Banking
8 8 (2.23%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (1.95%) Law
10 6 (1.67%) Retail
11 5 (1.39%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (1.39%) Pharmaceutical
11 5 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.11%) Front Office
12 4 (1.11%) Local Government
13 3 (0.84%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.84%) Billing
13 3 (0.84%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 89 (24.79%) Analyst
2 56 (15.60%) Developer
3 52 (14.48%) Senior
4 51 (14.21%) Data Analyst
5 49 (13.65%) Data Engineer
6 28 (7.80%) Consultant
7 24 (6.69%) Architect
7 24 (6.69%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 22 (6.13%) Data Scientist
8 22 (6.13%) Power BI Developer
9 19 (5.29%) Lead
10 15 (4.18%) Data Architect
10 15 (4.18%) Designer
11 14 (3.90%) Senior Data Engineer
12 13 (3.62%) Analytics Consultant
13 11 (3.06%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 11 (3.06%) Data Visualisation Specialist
14 10 (2.79%) Data Consultant
14 10 (2.79%) Senior Analyst
15 9 (2.51%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (8.36%) REST
2 16 (4.46%) React
3 14 (3.90%) CSS
4 13 (3.62%) HTML
5 12 (3.34%) Pandas
6 11 (3.06%) .NET
7 10 (2.79%) TensorFlow
8 9 (2.51%) PyTorch
9 8 (2.23%) Oracle Fusion
9 8 (2.23%) SOAP
10 7 (1.95%) Kafka
10 7 (1.95%) Middleware
10 7 (1.95%) Web Services
11 6 (1.67%) PySpark
11 6 (1.67%) Redux
11 6 (1.67%) scikit-learn
11 6 (1.67%) Spring
11 6 (1.67%) Spring Boot
12 5 (1.39%) OpenFin
12 5 (1.39%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 26 (7.24%) Data Structures
2 22 (6.13%) Management Information System
3 13 (3.62%) Algorithms
3 13 (3.62%) Cloud Native
4 12 (3.34%) Reference Data
5 11 (3.06%) Legacy Systems
5 11 (3.06%) Product Ownership
5 11 (3.06%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (2.79%) Analytical Mindset
7 9 (2.51%) Clustering
7 9 (2.51%) Data Protection Act
7 9 (2.51%) PKI
8 7 (1.95%) Distributed Systems
8 7 (1.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 7 (1.95%) Onboarding
9 6 (1.67%) Life Science
10 5 (1.39%) CMDB
10 5 (1.39%) Fixed Income
10 5 (1.39%) Mobile App
11 4 (1.11%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 14 (3.90%) Windows
2 13 (3.62%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.11%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.84%) Unix
5 2 (0.56%) Linux
6 1 (0.28%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 359 (100.00%) Visualisation
2 215 (59.89%) Business Intelligence
3 177 (49.30%) Analytics
4 129 (35.93%) Data Modelling
5 107 (29.81%) Decision-Making
6 101 (28.13%) Problem-Solving
7 96 (26.74%) Agile
8 76 (21.17%) AI
9 64 (17.83%) ETL
10 62 (17.27%) Dashboard Development
11 61 (16.99%) Actionable Insight
11 61 (16.99%) Data Analysis
12 58 (16.16%) Continuous Improvement
12 58 (16.16%) Stakeholder Management
13 57 (15.88%) Data Governance
14 56 (15.60%) Data Science
14 56 (15.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 55 (15.32%) Data Pipeline
16 50 (13.93%) Data Engineering
17 49 (13.65%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 185 (51.53%) SQL
2 110 (30.64%) Python
3 44 (12.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 32 (8.91%) R
5 26 (7.24%) JavaScript
6 24 (6.69%) Java
7 18 (5.01%) C#
8 16 (4.46%) TypeScript
9 12 (3.34%) PowerShell
10 11 (3.06%) Scala
11 8 (2.23%) VBA
12 5 (1.39%) MATLAB
12 5 (1.39%) PL/SQL
12 5 (1.39%) T-SQL
13 4 (1.11%) Rust
14 3 (0.84%) Bash
14 3 (0.84%) C++
15 2 (0.56%) Korn
15 2 (0.56%) Ruby
15 2 (0.56%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 81 (22.56%) Security Cleared
2 50 (13.93%) SC Cleared
3 46 (12.81%) Degree
4 15 (4.18%) DV Cleared
5 8 (2.23%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (1.39%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.11%) Master's Degree
7 4 (1.11%) Postgraduate
8 3 (0.84%) Azure Certification
8 3 (0.84%) PhD
9 1 (0.28%) APMG
9 1 (0.28%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 1 (0.28%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (0.28%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 1 (0.28%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 1 (0.28%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (21.73%) Data Quality
2 20 (5.57%) QA
3 16 (4.46%) Accessibility
4 13 (3.62%) GDPR
5 10 (2.79%) PMO
6 4 (1.11%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 4 (1.11%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 4 (1.11%) GMP
6 4 (1.11%) GRC
6 4 (1.11%) GxP
6 4 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 17025
7 3 (0.84%) WCAG
8 2 (0.56%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.56%) Basel III
9 1 (0.28%) COBIT
9 1 (0.28%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.28%) ISO 14001
9 1 (0.28%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 13 (3.62%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.39%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (3.06%) Terraform
2 5 (1.39%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.11%) Kibana
3 4 (1.11%) SCCM
4 3 (0.84%) Grafana
5 2 (0.56%) Ansible
6 1 (0.28%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.28%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 68 (18.94%) Microsoft
2 29 (8.08%) Oracle
3 24 (6.69%) ServiceNow
4 23 (6.41%) Databricks
5 22 (6.13%) Google
5 22 (6.13%) SAP
6 9 (2.51%) BMC
6 9 (2.51%) Remedy
7 7 (1.95%) Adobe
8 6 (1.67%) Informatica
9 5 (1.39%) Alteryx
9 5 (1.39%) Amplitude
9 5 (1.39%) Palantir
10 4 (1.11%) Apple
10 4 (1.11%) Foundry
10 4 (1.11%) Solace
11 3 (0.84%) Bloomberg
11 3 (0.84%) Salesforce
11 3 (0.84%) Splunk
12 2 (0.56%) ESRI