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

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 236 197 224
Rank change year-on-year -39 +27 +91
Contract jobs citing Data Visualisation 433 463 502
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.20% 1.27% 1.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.34% 1.46% 1.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 278 305 340
10th Percentile £314 £331 £300
25th Percentile £381 £405 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £482 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.42% -3.60% -3.85%
75th Percentile £569 £613 £602
90th Percentile £672 £713 £703
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £453 £475
% change year-on-year -0.55% -4.74% -
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% -29.76%
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% -15.15%

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 32,237 31,694 40,485
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 89.44% 86.89% 88.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,185 19,077 27,186
10th Percentile £300 £310 £308
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.41% -3.18%
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 2,109 1,149 1,555
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.22 £14.31
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.24 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +27.14%
75th Percentile £45.46 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.50 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.85 £32.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -29.69% -26.97% +48.33%

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 26 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 26 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 26 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 -24 373 £456 -5.42% 245
London -27 217 £475 -5.00% 103
UK excluding London -19 177 £450 -0.55% 200
Work from Home -34 125 £475 - 131
North of England -43 62 £375 -16.67% 22
South East +4 39 £600 +21.21% 86
Yorkshire -17 34 £325 -27.78% 7
North West -31 26 £388 -14.27% 14
Scotland +3 24 £450 -16.28% 7
Midlands -26 22 £500 +19.40% 37
West Midlands -17 13 £511 +27.69% 19
East of England -12 12 £525 +23.53% 18
South West -8 10 £400 -30.43% 26
East Midlands -11 9 £413 -17.50% 18
Wales - 5 - - 4
Northern Ireland -14 4 £475 -5.00% 5
North East -10 2 £400 -28.89% 3

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 16 (3.70%) Apache Spark
1 16 (3.70%) Confluence
2 14 (3.23%) SharePoint
3 13 (3.00%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (1.85%) Apache
4 8 (1.85%) Apache Pig
5 5 (1.15%) Jupyter
5 5 (1.15%) SAS
6 1 (0.23%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.23%) IIS
Applications
1 69 (15.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (5.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 14 (3.23%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (1.62%) Chatbot
5 5 (1.15%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.46%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.46%) Maple
6 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.46%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.46%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.23%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.23%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.23%) Blender
7 1 (0.23%) CINEMA 4D
7 1 (0.23%) InDesign
7 1 (0.23%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
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%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.23%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 230 (53.12%) Power Platform
2 111 (25.64%) Azure
3 69 (15.94%) AWS
4 45 (10.39%) GCP
5 31 (7.16%) Snowflake
6 22 (5.08%) Azure Data Factory
6 22 (5.08%) Azure DevOps
7 21 (4.85%) Power Automate
8 17 (3.93%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 17 (3.93%) PowerApps
8 17 (3.93%) Serverless
9 16 (3.70%) GitHub
10 15 (3.46%) dbt
11 14 (3.23%) AWS Lambda
12 12 (2.77%) Figma
13 11 (2.54%) Amazon S3
14 8 (1.85%) Cloud Computing
14 8 (1.85%) Microsoft 365
15 7 (1.62%) Google Analytics
16 6 (1.39%) Entra ID
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%) 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%) Internet
3 1 (0.23%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 228 (52.66%) Power BI
2 123 (28.41%) Tableau
3 62 (14.32%) Data Warehouse
4 42 (9.70%) Relational Database
5 30 (6.93%) Power Query
6 21 (4.85%) BigQuery
6 21 (4.85%) Data Lake
6 21 (4.85%) Looker
7 18 (4.16%) SQL Server
8 15 (3.46%) Big Data
9 13 (3.00%) Data Mining
9 13 (3.00%) Hadoop
9 13 (3.00%) Metadata
10 11 (2.54%) PostgreSQL
11 10 (2.31%) Azure SQL Database
12 8 (1.85%) Apache Hive
13 7 (1.62%) Snowflake Schema
14 6 (1.39%) Data Vault
14 6 (1.39%) Tableau Desktop
15 5 (1.15%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 35 (8.08%) Git
2 19 (4.39%) JIRA
3 7 (1.62%) Gradle
3 7 (1.62%) Storybook
3 7 (1.62%) Xcode
4 6 (1.39%) Jenkins
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%) Snyk
8 1 (0.23%) Terragrunt
8 1 (0.23%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.23%) Vite
General
1 189 (43.65%) Social Skills
2 135 (31.18%) Analytical Skills
3 130 (30.02%) Finance
4 47 (10.85%) Banking
5 44 (10.16%) Public Sector
6 19 (4.39%) Investment Banking
7 18 (4.16%) Marketing
8 17 (3.93%) Retail
9 16 (3.70%) Front Office
9 16 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
10 12 (2.77%) Manufacturing
11 11 (2.54%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (2.08%) Legal
12 9 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (1.85%) Pharmaceutical
14 7 (1.62%) Telecoms
15 5 (1.15%) Back Office
15 5 (1.15%) Billing
15 5 (1.15%) Military
16 4 (0.92%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 147 (33.95%) Analyst
2 95 (21.94%) Developer
3 93 (21.48%) Data Analyst
4 45 (10.39%) Senior
5 40 (9.24%) Data Engineer
6 28 (6.47%) Data Scientist
7 24 (5.54%) Business Analyst
7 24 (5.54%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 23 (5.31%) Senior Analyst
9 22 (5.08%) Architect
10 20 (4.62%) Lead
11 16 (3.70%) Power BI Developer
12 13 (3.00%) Consultant
13 12 (2.77%) Power BI Analyst
13 12 (2.77%) Senior Data Analyst
14 11 (2.54%) React Developer
14 11 (2.54%) Solutions Architect
14 11 (2.54%) SQL Analyst
14 11 (2.54%) SQL Data Analyst
15 10 (2.31%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (6.70%) React
2 23 (5.31%) Pandas
3 22 (5.08%) D3.js
4 18 (4.16%) scikit-learn
5 17 (3.93%) NumPy
6 16 (3.70%) AngularJS
7 15 (3.46%) Plotly
8 14 (3.23%) PySpark
9 13 (3.00%) REST
9 13 (3.00%) Vue
10 9 (2.08%) OAuth
11 8 (1.85%) Kafka
11 8 (1.85%) React Native
11 8 (1.85%) TensorFlow
12 7 (1.62%) CSS
12 7 (1.62%) GraphQL
12 7 (1.62%) HTML
12 7 (1.62%) Matplotlib
12 7 (1.62%) Node.js
12 7 (1.62%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 45 (10.39%) Algorithms
2 17 (3.93%) Product Ownership
3 13 (3.00%) Data Structures
4 11 (2.54%) Cloud Native
4 11 (2.54%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (2.31%) CMDB
5 10 (2.31%) Management Information System
6 9 (2.08%) Data Centre
6 9 (2.08%) Distributed Computing
6 9 (2.08%) Virtual Team
7 8 (1.85%) Mobile App
8 7 (1.62%) Analytical Mindset
8 7 (1.62%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (1.62%) Onboarding
9 6 (1.39%) Hedge funds
9 6 (1.39%) Reinsurance
10 5 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (1.15%) Genomics
10 5 (1.15%) Low-Code
10 5 (1.15%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.85%) Android
1 8 (1.85%) Unix
2 7 (1.62%) Apple iOS
2 7 (1.62%) Linux
3 1 (0.23%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 432 (99.77%) Visualisation
2 242 (55.89%) Business Intelligence
3 187 (43.19%) Analytics
4 118 (27.25%) Data Modelling
5 117 (27.02%) Data Analysis
6 115 (26.56%) Decision-Making
7 108 (24.94%) Agile
7 108 (24.94%) Problem-Solving
8 88 (20.32%) Actionable Insight
9 84 (19.40%) Machine Learning
10 80 (18.48%) Data Science
11 67 (15.47%) ETL
12 58 (13.39%) AI
13 56 (12.93%) Data Pipeline
13 56 (12.93%) Stakeholder Management
14 55 (12.70%) Dashboard Development
15 53 (12.24%) DevOps
16 48 (11.09%) Data Engineering
17 46 (10.62%) Data Management
17 46 (10.62%) Data-Driven Decision Making
Programming Languages
1 238 (54.97%) SQL
2 183 (42.26%) Python
3 35 (8.08%) JavaScript
4 28 (6.47%) R
5 27 (6.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 23 (5.31%) TypeScript
7 18 (4.16%) Java
8 15 (3.46%) Scala
9 6 (1.39%) PHP
10 5 (1.15%) Bash
10 5 (1.15%) C#
10 5 (1.15%) PL/SQL
10 5 (1.15%) VBA
11 4 (0.92%) LookML
11 4 (0.92%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.69%) C++
12 3 (0.69%) MATLAB
12 3 (0.69%) PowerShell
13 2 (0.46%) Go
13 2 (0.46%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 56 (12.93%) Degree
2 51 (11.78%) Security Cleared
3 39 (9.01%) SC Cleared
4 18 (4.16%) Master's Degree
5 14 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (1.85%) ITIL Certification
7 7 (1.62%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (1.39%) CFA
9 5 (1.15%) Azure Certification
10 4 (0.92%) CBAP
10 4 (0.92%) PMI Certification
11 3 (0.69%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.69%) Tableau Certification
12 2 (0.46%) ACCA
12 2 (0.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
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 63 (14.55%) Data Quality
2 30 (6.93%) Accessibility
3 18 (4.16%) QA
4 15 (3.46%) GDPR
5 6 (1.39%) WCAG
6 5 (1.15%) 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 19 (4.39%) Docker
2 5 (1.15%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 18 (4.16%) Terraform
2 14 (3.23%) Kubernetes
3 9 (2.08%) 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 92 (21.25%) Microsoft
2 29 (6.70%) Google
3 26 (6.00%) Databricks
4 19 (4.39%) Salesforce
5 15 (3.46%) ServiceNow
6 14 (3.23%) Oracle
7 13 (3.00%) OpenAI
8 12 (2.77%) Splunk
9 11 (2.54%) SAP
10 7 (1.62%) MicroStrategy
11 5 (1.15%) Adobe
11 5 (1.15%) Dataiku
12 4 (0.92%) Cognos
12 4 (0.92%) Informatica
12 4 (0.92%) TIBCO
13 3 (0.69%) Avaloq
13 3 (0.69%) Foundry
13 3 (0.69%) Hyperion
13 3 (0.69%) Palantir
13 3 (0.69%) Workday