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

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 315 200 249
Rank change year-on-year -115 +49 +83
Contract jobs citing Data Visualisation 368 400 414
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.74% 1.37% 0.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.87% 1.50% 1.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 221 258 292
10th Percentile £358 £325 £313
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £458 £500
Median % change year-on-year +9.11% -8.35% -
75th Percentile £588 £556 £575
90th Percentile £700 £652 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £425 £450
% change year-on-year +11.76% -5.56% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 15 9
10th Percentile £20.20 £21.10 £22.72
25th Percentile £33.06 £31.56 £41.25
Median hourly rate £55.00 £33.11 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +66.11% -22.09% +31.58%
75th Percentile £82.25 £53.75 £47.50
90th Percentile £83.45 £72.85 £50.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £74.00 £32.23 £20.16
% change year-on-year +129.64% +59.85% -16.83%

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 42,104 26,621 36,920
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.75% 90.94% 85.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,283 16,896 23,594
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.49% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,537 1,167 2,565
10th Percentile £14.68 £14.20 £12.75
25th Percentile £20.00 £17.87 £16.00
Median hourly rate £43.96 £27.50 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.85% -24.66% +1.67%
75th Percentile £67.89 £56.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £81.24 £73.75 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +78.93% -34.02% +8.91%

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 June 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 June 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 9 June 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 -108 338 £500 +9.11% 148
London -89 177 £513 -0.24% 59
UK excluding London -88 155 £475 +11.76% 114
Work from Home -53 128 £494 +9.72% 70
North of England -64 49 £438 -1.02% 37
South East -49 35 £520 +4.00% 34
Midlands -50 33 £469 +13.64% 18
North West -21 29 £420 -3.17% 27
West Midlands -47 24 £500 +17.65% 11
South West -30 20 £475 +16.14% 13
Yorkshire -63 17 £500 +25.00% 8
East of England -37 10 £463 +15.63% 6
Scotland -10 9 £450 -10.00% 2
East Midlands -29 9 £385 -6.38% 7
North East -27 3 £400 -23.81% 3
Northern Ireland +3 1 £463 +32.14% 6

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 (4.62%) Apache Spark
2 10 (2.72%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.17%) Confluence
4 6 (1.63%) Apache
4 6 (1.63%) Apache Superset
5 5 (1.36%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.54%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.54%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.27%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.27%) OpenStack
Applications
1 65 (17.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (1.90%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (1.63%) MS Visio
5 5 (1.36%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.27%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.27%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 6 (1.63%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (1.36%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.09%) Adobe Campaign
3 4 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.82%) Eloqua
4 3 (0.82%) iTrent
5 2 (0.54%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.27%) Advent Geneva
6 1 (0.27%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.27%) Sprinklr
6 1 (0.27%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 210 (57.07%) Power Platform
2 79 (21.47%) Azure
3 70 (19.02%) AWS
4 26 (7.07%) GCP
5 22 (5.98%) Snowflake
6 17 (4.62%) Amazon S3
6 17 (4.62%) Serverless
7 16 (4.35%) Azure Data Factory
8 13 (3.53%) Azure DevOps
8 13 (3.53%) Power Automate
9 12 (3.26%) dbt
10 11 (2.99%) AWS Lambda
10 11 (2.99%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 9 (2.45%) Amazon EC2
11 9 (2.45%) GitHub
11 9 (2.45%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 8 (2.17%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 8 (2.17%) Microsoft 365
12 8 (2.17%) PowerApps
13 5 (1.36%) Matillion
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.82%) Wireless
2 1 (0.27%) Ethernet
2 1 (0.27%) Firewall
2 1 (0.27%) Internet
2 1 (0.27%) Intranet
2 1 (0.27%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 210 (57.07%) Power BI
2 107 (29.08%) Tableau
3 70 (19.02%) Data Warehouse
4 33 (8.97%) Relational Database
5 28 (7.61%) Power Query
6 25 (6.79%) Metadata
7 24 (6.52%) SQL Server
8 23 (6.25%) Looker
9 21 (5.71%) Data Lake
10 17 (4.62%) Big Data
11 16 (4.35%) BigQuery
12 14 (3.80%) PostgreSQL
13 13 (3.53%) Hadoop
14 11 (2.99%) Amazon RDS
14 11 (2.99%) Snowflake Schema
15 9 (2.45%) NoSQL
15 9 (2.45%) Oracle Reports
16 8 (2.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 7 (1.90%) MySQL
17 7 (1.90%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 15 (4.08%) Git
1 15 (4.08%) JIRA
2 4 (1.09%) ERwin
3 3 (0.82%) Cypress.io
3 3 (0.82%) Terragrunt
4 2 (0.54%) Charles Proxy
4 2 (0.54%) GitLab
5 1 (0.27%) Flyway
5 1 (0.27%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.27%) JUnit
5 1 (0.27%) Postman
5 1 (0.27%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.27%) Visual Studio
General
1 135 (36.68%) Analytical Skills
2 127 (34.51%) Social Skills
3 109 (29.62%) Finance
4 42 (11.41%) Public Sector
5 32 (8.70%) Banking
6 19 (5.16%) Marketing
7 14 (3.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 12 (3.26%) Retail
9 9 (2.45%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (2.45%) Publishing
10 8 (2.17%) Law
11 7 (1.90%) Investment Banking
12 6 (1.63%) Front Office
12 6 (1.63%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (1.63%) Pharmaceutical
13 5 (1.36%) Automotive
14 4 (1.09%) Legal
15 3 (0.82%) Aerospace
15 3 (0.82%) Manufacturing
15 3 (0.82%) Military
Job Titles
1 116 (31.52%) Analyst
2 71 (19.29%) Data Analyst
3 55 (14.95%) Developer
4 50 (13.59%) Senior
5 44 (11.96%) Data Engineer
6 26 (7.07%) Data Scientist
7 23 (6.25%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 22 (5.98%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 21 (5.71%) Architect
9 21 (5.71%) Business Analyst
10 18 (4.89%) Consultant
11 16 (4.35%) Power BI Developer
12 12 (3.26%) Data Business Analyst
13 11 (2.99%) Lead
13 11 (2.99%) Senior Analyst
13 11 (2.99%) Senior Data Engineer
14 10 (2.72%) Performance Analyst
14 10 (2.72%) Solutions Architect
15 8 (2.17%) Data Manager
15 8 (2.17%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (5.98%) React
2 20 (5.43%) REST
3 15 (4.08%) Pandas
4 12 (3.26%) CSS
5 11 (2.99%) Kafka
6 9 (2.45%) AngularJS
6 9 (2.45%) HTML
7 8 (2.17%) .NET
8 7 (1.90%) Spring
8 7 (1.90%) Spring Boot
9 6 (1.63%) PySpark
9 6 (1.63%) RESTful
9 6 (1.63%) TensorFlow
9 6 (1.63%) Vue
10 5 (1.36%) Electron
10 5 (1.36%) Matplotlib
10 5 (1.36%) OpenFin
10 5 (1.36%) Seaborn
11 4 (1.09%) Elastic Stack
11 4 (1.09%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 27 (7.34%) Data Structures
2 16 (4.35%) Algorithms
2 16 (4.35%) Cloud Native
2 16 (4.35%) Management Information System
2 16 (4.35%) Product Ownership
3 15 (4.08%) Analytical Mindset
4 10 (2.72%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (2.17%) Data Protection Act
5 8 (2.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 8 (2.17%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (2.17%) Marketing Technology
6 7 (1.90%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (1.90%) Life Science
6 7 (1.90%) Reference Data
7 6 (1.63%) Clustering
7 6 (1.63%) PKI
8 4 (1.09%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (1.09%) Derivative
8 4 (1.09%) NHS
8 4 (1.09%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.63%) Windows
1 6 (1.63%) Windows Server
2 4 (1.09%) Apple iOS
3 3 (0.82%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.54%) Linux
5 1 (0.27%) Android
5 1 (0.27%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 368 (100.00%) Visualisation
2 229 (62.23%) Business Intelligence
3 162 (44.02%) Analytics
4 141 (38.32%) Data Modelling
5 117 (31.79%) Agile
6 115 (31.25%) Decision-Making
7 102 (27.72%) Problem-Solving
8 79 (21.47%) Actionable Insight
9 76 (20.65%) AI
10 72 (19.57%) Dashboard Development
10 72 (19.57%) ETL
11 69 (18.75%) Data Science
12 64 (17.39%) Data Pipeline
13 63 (17.12%) Data Governance
14 61 (16.58%) Data Analysis
15 59 (16.03%) Continuous Improvement
16 55 (14.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 49 (13.32%) Validation
18 48 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management
19 47 (12.77%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 207 (56.25%) SQL
2 122 (33.15%) Python
3 38 (10.33%) R
4 31 (8.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 26 (7.07%) Java
6 25 (6.79%) JavaScript
7 17 (4.62%) TypeScript
8 15 (4.08%) C#
9 14 (3.80%) PowerShell
10 11 (2.99%) Scala
11 8 (2.17%) VBA
12 6 (1.63%) Perl
12 6 (1.63%) Rust
13 5 (1.36%) T-SQL
14 4 (1.09%) C++
14 4 (1.09%) MATLAB
14 4 (1.09%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.54%) C
15 2 (0.54%) Korn
16 1 (0.27%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 72 (19.57%) Security Cleared
2 56 (15.22%) SC Cleared
3 44 (11.96%) Degree
4 12 (3.26%) DV Cleared
5 11 (2.99%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (1.63%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (1.63%) Master's Degree
7 3 (0.82%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.54%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.27%) ACCA
9 1 (0.27%) CFA
9 1 (0.27%) CIMA
9 1 (0.27%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.27%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.27%) PMP
9 1 (0.27%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (0.27%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 1 (0.27%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 1 (0.27%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (23.37%) Data Quality
2 29 (7.88%) QA
3 18 (4.89%) Accessibility
4 15 (4.08%) PMO
5 12 (3.26%) GDPR
6 9 (2.45%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (1.36%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 3 (0.82%) SLA
8 3 (0.82%) WCAG
9 2 (0.54%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.27%) Basel III
10 1 (0.27%) COBIT
10 1 (0.27%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.27%) GRC
10 1 (0.27%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 10 (2.72%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.36%) Docker
3 1 (0.27%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 14 (3.80%) Terraform
2 8 (2.17%) Kibana
3 6 (1.63%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.63%) SCCM
4 5 (1.36%) Grafana
5 3 (0.82%) Ansible
5 3 (0.82%) logstash
5 3 (0.82%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.27%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 54 (14.67%) Microsoft
2 28 (7.61%) Databricks
3 26 (7.07%) Google
4 21 (5.71%) Oracle
5 18 (4.89%) SAP
6 15 (4.08%) ServiceNow
7 9 (2.45%) Adobe
8 8 (2.17%) Amplitude
8 8 (2.17%) Salesforce
9 6 (1.63%) Apple
9 6 (1.63%) BMC
9 6 (1.63%) Remedy
10 5 (1.36%) Alteryx
10 5 (1.36%) Informatica
10 5 (1.36%) Solace
11 4 (1.09%) Cognos
12 3 (0.82%) Brio
12 3 (0.82%) MicroStrategy
12 3 (0.82%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 2 (0.54%) Palantir