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

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 334 217 232
Rank change year-on-year -117 +15 +64
Contract jobs citing Data Visualisation 384 395 426
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.72% 1.20% 1.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.85% 1.33% 1.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 228 248 293
10th Percentile £355 £314 £313
25th Percentile £428 £394 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £461 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.52% -7.85% -
75th Percentile £600 £550 £603
90th Percentile £691 £662 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £446 £450
% change year-on-year +6.50% -0.89% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 14 8
10th Percentile £25.75 £19.80 £34.75
25th Percentile £41.25 £31.64 £40.00
Median hourly rate £62.00 £33.56 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +84.77% -21.05% +40.59%
75th Percentile £70.00 £50.05 £50.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £57.25 £54.13
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 £31.64 £32.50
% change year-on-year +121.24% -2.65% +27.45%

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 45,137 29,773 34,561
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.05% 90.43% 85.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,973 18,705 22,228
10th Percentile £325 £300 £308
25th Percentile £419 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.14%
75th Percentile £625 £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 2,675 1,607 2,050
10th Percentile £14.81 £14.20 £13.50
25th Percentile £20.00 £17.33 £17.50
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -37.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £82.80 £68.75 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £23.57 £40.00
% change year-on-year +86.55% -41.09% -

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 July 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 26 July 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 26 July 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 -95 348 £500 +9.59% 163
UK excluding London -78 177 £475 +6.50% 107
London -101 167 £525 +5.00% 78
Work from Home -35 131 £488 +8.70% 66
North of England -61 58 £438 +9.50% 25
Midlands -28 43 £420 +1.82% 22
South East -72 38 £538 -4.44% 34
North West -25 35 £438 +23.38% 17
West Midlands -35 28 £450 +5.88% 15
South West -31 21 £475 +10.59% 16
Yorkshire -52 20 £500 +21.21% 6
East Midlands -9 15 £375 -9.09% 7
Scotland -21 11 £463 -7.50% 4
East of England -26 11 £463 +13.50% 5
North East -41 4 £375 -16.67% 2

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 13 (3.39%) Apache Spark
2 8 (2.08%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.82%) Confluence
4 6 (1.56%) Apache Superset
5 4 (1.04%) Oracle Workflow
5 4 (1.04%) Palantir Foundry
6 3 (0.78%) Apache
6 3 (0.78%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.52%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.52%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.26%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.26%) SAS
Applications
1 64 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.82%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (1.56%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.78%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.52%) CPLEX
5 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.26%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.26%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 9 (2.34%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (1.04%) Adobe Campaign
2 4 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.04%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.78%) Eloqua
4 2 (0.52%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.26%) Advent Geneva
5 1 (0.26%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.26%) iTrent
5 1 (0.26%) Primavera
5 1 (0.26%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.26%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 220 (57.29%) Power Platform
2 76 (19.79%) Azure
3 68 (17.71%) AWS
4 24 (6.25%) GCP
5 18 (4.69%) Snowflake
6 17 (4.43%) Amazon S3
6 17 (4.43%) Serverless
7 16 (4.17%) Azure Data Factory
7 16 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
8 15 (3.91%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 13 (3.39%) Power Automate
10 11 (2.86%) AWS Lambda
11 9 (2.34%) Amazon EC2
11 9 (2.34%) dbt
11 9 (2.34%) GitHub
11 9 (2.34%) Microsoft 365
11 9 (2.34%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 8 (2.08%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 8 (2.08%) PowerApps
13 6 (1.56%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.04%) HTTP
2 3 (0.78%) Wireless
3 1 (0.26%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.26%) Firewall
3 1 (0.26%) Internet
3 1 (0.26%) Intranet
3 1 (0.26%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 220 (57.29%) Power BI
2 101 (26.30%) Tableau
3 63 (16.41%) Data Warehouse
4 38 (9.90%) Relational Database
5 35 (9.11%) Power Query
6 24 (6.25%) SQL Server
7 21 (5.47%) Looker
8 20 (5.21%) Data Lake
8 20 (5.21%) Metadata
9 16 (4.17%) Big Data
9 16 (4.17%) BigQuery
10 14 (3.65%) Oracle Reports
11 13 (3.39%) PostgreSQL
12 11 (2.86%) Amazon RDS
13 10 (2.60%) Hadoop
14 9 (2.34%) Star Schema
15 8 (2.08%) Data Mining
15 8 (2.08%) QlikView
15 8 (2.08%) Snowflake Schema
15 8 (2.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 15 (3.91%) JIRA
2 11 (2.86%) Git
3 4 (1.04%) Oracle Forms
4 3 (0.78%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.52%) Charles Proxy
5 2 (0.52%) GitLab
6 1 (0.26%) Flyway
6 1 (0.26%) JUnit
6 1 (0.26%) Postman
6 1 (0.26%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.26%) Storybook
6 1 (0.26%) Terragrunt
6 1 (0.26%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.26%) Vite
General
1 140 (36.46%) Analytical Skills
2 133 (34.64%) Social Skills
3 107 (27.86%) Finance
4 54 (14.06%) Public Sector
5 33 (8.59%) Banking
6 18 (4.69%) Marketing
7 10 (2.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (2.34%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (2.08%) Military
10 7 (1.82%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (1.82%) Retail
11 6 (1.56%) Investment Banking
11 6 (1.56%) Law
11 6 (1.56%) Pharmaceutical
12 4 (1.04%) Aerospace
12 4 (1.04%) Front Office
12 4 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.78%) Legal
13 3 (0.78%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.78%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 114 (29.69%) Analyst
2 73 (19.01%) Data Analyst
3 56 (14.58%) Developer
4 51 (13.28%) Data Engineer
4 51 (13.28%) Senior
5 27 (7.03%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 27 (7.03%) Data Scientist
6 24 (6.25%) Architect
7 23 (5.99%) Consultant
8 22 (5.73%) Power BI Developer
9 19 (4.95%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 18 (4.69%) Business Analyst
11 17 (4.43%) Lead
12 13 (3.39%) Senior Data Engineer
13 11 (2.86%) Data Architect
13 11 (2.86%) Designer
13 11 (2.86%) Performance Analyst
14 10 (2.60%) Analytics Consultant
14 10 (2.60%) Data Business Analyst
15 9 (2.34%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (7.03%) REST
2 18 (4.69%) React
3 14 (3.65%) Pandas
4 12 (3.13%) CSS
5 11 (2.86%) .NET
6 10 (2.60%) TensorFlow
7 9 (2.34%) HTML
7 9 (2.34%) PyTorch
8 8 (2.08%) Kafka
8 8 (2.08%) Spring
8 8 (2.08%) Spring Boot
9 7 (1.82%) Middleware
9 7 (1.82%) OpenFin
9 7 (1.82%) PySpark
9 7 (1.82%) SOAP
9 7 (1.82%) Web Services
10 6 (1.56%) Electron
10 6 (1.56%) Oracle Fusion
11 5 (1.30%) AngularJS
11 5 (1.30%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 29 (7.55%) Data Structures
2 17 (4.43%) Algorithms
2 17 (4.43%) Management Information System
3 14 (3.65%) Cloud Native
3 14 (3.65%) Product Ownership
4 12 (3.13%) Analytical Mindset
4 12 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (2.86%) Data Protection Act
6 9 (2.34%) Clustering
6 9 (2.34%) Distributed Systems
6 9 (2.34%) PKI
7 8 (2.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 8 (2.08%) Marketing Technology
7 8 (2.08%) Reference Data
8 7 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (1.82%) Life Science
8 7 (1.82%) Onboarding
9 4 (1.04%) AI Agents
9 4 (1.04%) LIMS
9 4 (1.04%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 13 (3.39%) Windows
1 13 (3.39%) Windows Server
2 4 (1.04%) Apple iOS
3 3 (0.78%) Unix
4 1 (0.26%) Android
4 1 (0.26%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 384 (100.00%) Visualisation
2 238 (61.98%) Business Intelligence
3 181 (47.14%) Analytics
4 145 (37.76%) Data Modelling
5 114 (29.69%) Agile
6 110 (28.65%) Decision-Making
7 101 (26.30%) Problem-Solving
8 79 (20.57%) Dashboard Development
9 73 (19.01%) Actionable Insight
9 73 (19.01%) AI
9 73 (19.01%) ETL
10 70 (18.23%) Data Analysis
11 66 (17.19%) Data Science
12 63 (16.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 62 (16.15%) Data Governance
13 62 (16.15%) Data Pipeline
14 60 (15.63%) Continuous Improvement
15 56 (14.58%) Validation
16 53 (13.80%) Stakeholder Management
17 50 (13.02%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 211 (54.95%) SQL
2 124 (32.29%) Python
3 41 (10.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 39 (10.16%) R
5 24 (6.25%) Java
5 24 (6.25%) JavaScript
6 17 (4.43%) TypeScript
7 16 (4.17%) C#
8 11 (2.86%) PowerShell
9 8 (2.08%) Scala
9 8 (2.08%) VBA
10 5 (1.30%) T-SQL
11 4 (1.04%) C++
11 4 (1.04%) MATLAB
11 4 (1.04%) PL/SQL
11 4 (1.04%) Rust
12 2 (0.52%) C
12 2 (0.52%) Korn
12 2 (0.52%) Ruby
13 1 (0.26%) SAS Macro
Qualifications
1 95 (24.74%) Security Cleared
2 67 (17.45%) SC Cleared
3 45 (11.72%) Degree
4 15 (3.91%) DV Cleared
5 10 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (1.82%) Master's Degree
7 6 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.52%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.52%) PhD
9 1 (0.26%) APMG
9 1 (0.26%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 1 (0.26%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (0.26%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 1 (0.26%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 1 (0.26%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (21.61%) Data Quality
2 25 (6.51%) QA
3 21 (5.47%) Accessibility
4 16 (4.17%) PMO
5 11 (2.86%) GDPR
6 6 (1.56%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (1.30%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 4 (1.04%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 4 (1.04%) GMP
8 4 (1.04%) GxP
8 4 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 17025
9 3 (0.78%) SLA
9 3 (0.78%) WCAG
10 2 (0.52%) Basel III
10 2 (0.52%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.26%) COBIT
11 1 (0.26%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.26%) GRC
11 1 (0.26%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 13 (3.39%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.04%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (2.34%) Terraform
2 7 (1.82%) Kibana
3 6 (1.56%) SCCM
4 4 (1.04%) Kubernetes
5 3 (0.78%) Grafana
5 3 (0.78%) logstash
6 2 (0.52%) Ansible
7 1 (0.26%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.26%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 63 (16.41%) Microsoft
2 29 (7.55%) Oracle
3 24 (6.25%) Databricks
4 20 (5.21%) ServiceNow
5 19 (4.95%) Google
5 19 (4.95%) SAP
6 10 (2.60%) Adobe
7 9 (2.34%) BMC
7 9 (2.34%) Remedy
8 8 (2.08%) Amplitude
9 6 (1.56%) Informatica
9 6 (1.56%) Salesforce
9 6 (1.56%) Solace
10 5 (1.30%) Alteryx
10 5 (1.30%) Palantir
11 4 (1.04%) Apple
11 4 (1.04%) Foundry
12 3 (0.78%) Brio
12 3 (0.78%) Cognos
12 3 (0.78%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud