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

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 334 220 231
Rank change year-on-year -114 +11 +68
Contract jobs citing Data Visualisation 379 393 424
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.72% 1.20% 1.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.84% 1.33% 1.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 221 247 290
10th Percentile £363 £314 £313
25th Percentile £429 £394 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £459 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.93% -8.20% -
75th Percentile £600 £550 £601
90th Percentile £713 £664 £689
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% +31.58%
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% +25.00%

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 44,902 29,618 34,312
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.94% 90.44% 85.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,798 18,592 22,057
10th Percentile £325 £300 £308
25th Percentile £420 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.10% -4.76% -3.67%
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 2,679 1,619 2,026
10th Percentile £14.79 £14.20 £13.56
25th Percentile £20.06 £17.33 £17.55
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 £82.39 £68.75 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £23.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +87.06% -41.25% -

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 28 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 28 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 28 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 -100 344 £500 +9.59% 172
UK excluding London -74 171 £475 +6.50% 120
London -91 170 £525 +5.00% 79
Work from Home -42 129 £488 +9.06% 72
North of England -57 57 £438 +9.50% 27
Midlands -33 39 £420 +1.82% 24
South East -66 38 £538 -4.44% 37
North West -26 34 £437 +22.96% 18
West Midlands -38 24 £450 +5.88% 16
South West -31 20 £475 +10.59% 21
Yorkshire -47 20 £500 +21.21% 7
East Midlands -8 15 £375 -9.09% 8
East of England -21 11 £463 +13.50% 6
Scotland -23 11 £463 -7.50% 4
North East -39 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 (3.43%) Apache Spark
2 8 (2.11%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.58%) Apache Superset
3 6 (1.58%) Confluence
4 4 (1.06%) Oracle Workflow
4 4 (1.06%) Palantir Foundry
5 3 (0.79%) Apache
5 3 (0.79%) Jupyter
6 2 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.53%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.26%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.26%) SAS
Applications
1 62 (16.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (1.58%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.58%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.79%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.53%) CPLEX
5 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.26%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.26%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 9 (2.37%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (1.06%) Adobe Campaign
2 4 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.06%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.79%) Eloqua
4 2 (0.53%) 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
1 215 (56.73%) Power Platform
2 76 (20.05%) Azure
3 65 (17.15%) AWS
4 26 (6.86%) GCP
5 20 (5.28%) Snowflake
6 17 (4.49%) Serverless
7 16 (4.22%) Azure DevOps
8 15 (3.96%) Amazon S3
8 15 (3.96%) Azure Data Factory
8 15 (3.96%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 13 (3.43%) Power Automate
10 11 (2.90%) AWS Lambda
11 10 (2.64%) GitHub
12 9 (2.37%) Amazon EC2
12 9 (2.37%) Microsoft 365
12 9 (2.37%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 8 (2.11%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 8 (2.11%) PowerApps
14 7 (1.85%) dbt
15 6 (1.58%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.06%) HTTP
2 3 (0.79%) 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
1 215 (56.73%) Power BI
2 98 (25.86%) Tableau
3 63 (16.62%) Data Warehouse
4 39 (10.29%) Relational Database
5 35 (9.23%) Power Query
6 23 (6.07%) Looker
6 23 (6.07%) SQL Server
7 20 (5.28%) Data Lake
7 20 (5.28%) Metadata
8 16 (4.22%) Big Data
8 16 (4.22%) BigQuery
9 14 (3.69%) Oracle Reports
9 14 (3.69%) PostgreSQL
10 11 (2.90%) Amazon RDS
11 10 (2.64%) Hadoop
12 9 (2.37%) Star Schema
13 8 (2.11%) Data Mining
13 8 (2.11%) QlikView
13 8 (2.11%) Snowflake Schema
13 8 (2.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 14 (3.69%) JIRA
2 11 (2.90%) Git
3 4 (1.06%) Oracle Forms
4 3 (0.79%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.53%) Charles Proxy
5 2 (0.53%) GitLab
6 1 (0.26%) Flyway
6 1 (0.26%) Jenkins
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
1 138 (36.41%) Analytical Skills
2 134 (35.36%) Social Skills
3 106 (27.97%) Finance
4 51 (13.46%) Public Sector
5 34 (8.97%) Banking
6 18 (4.75%) Marketing
7 10 (2.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (2.37%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (2.11%) Military
9 8 (2.11%) Retail
10 7 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (1.58%) Investment Banking
11 6 (1.58%) Law
11 6 (1.58%) Pharmaceutical
12 4 (1.06%) Aerospace
12 4 (1.06%) Front Office
12 4 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.79%) Billing
13 3 (0.79%) Legal
13 3 (0.79%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 108 (28.50%) Analyst
2 68 (17.94%) Data Analyst
3 58 (15.30%) Developer
4 51 (13.46%) Senior
5 49 (12.93%) Data Engineer
6 28 (7.39%) Data Scientist
7 27 (7.12%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 24 (6.33%) Consultant
9 22 (5.80%) Architect
9 22 (5.80%) Power BI Developer
10 19 (5.01%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 17 (4.49%) Business Analyst
11 17 (4.49%) Lead
12 13 (3.43%) Senior Data Engineer
13 12 (3.17%) Designer
14 11 (2.90%) Data Architect
14 11 (2.90%) Performance Analyst
15 10 (2.64%) Analytics Consultant
15 10 (2.64%) Data Business Analyst
16 9 (2.37%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (7.12%) REST
2 18 (4.75%) React
3 13 (3.43%) CSS
3 13 (3.43%) Pandas
4 12 (3.17%) .NET
5 11 (2.90%) TensorFlow
6 10 (2.64%) HTML
6 10 (2.64%) PyTorch
7 8 (2.11%) Kafka
7 8 (2.11%) Spring
7 8 (2.11%) Spring Boot
8 7 (1.85%) Middleware
8 7 (1.85%) OpenFin
8 7 (1.85%) PySpark
8 7 (1.85%) SOAP
8 7 (1.85%) Web Services
9 6 (1.58%) Electron
9 6 (1.58%) Oracle Fusion
9 6 (1.58%) scikit-learn
10 5 (1.32%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 28 (7.39%) Data Structures
2 17 (4.49%) Algorithms
3 16 (4.22%) Management Information System
4 14 (3.69%) Cloud Native
5 13 (3.43%) Product Ownership
6 12 (3.17%) Analytical Mindset
6 12 (3.17%) Self-Motivation
7 11 (2.90%) Data Protection Act
8 9 (2.37%) Clustering
8 9 (2.37%) Distributed Systems
8 9 (2.37%) PKI
9 8 (2.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 8 (2.11%) Marketing Technology
10 7 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
10 7 (1.85%) Life Science
10 7 (1.85%) Onboarding
10 7 (1.85%) Reference Data
11 4 (1.06%) AI Agents
11 4 (1.06%) LIMS
11 4 (1.06%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 14 (3.69%) Windows
2 13 (3.43%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.06%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.79%) Unix
5 2 (0.53%) Linux
6 1 (0.26%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 379 (100.00%) Visualisation
2 234 (61.74%) Business Intelligence
3 181 (47.76%) Analytics
4 142 (37.47%) Data Modelling
5 114 (30.08%) Agile
6 111 (29.29%) Decision-Making
7 99 (26.12%) Problem-Solving
8 74 (19.53%) Dashboard Development
9 73 (19.26%) AI
10 72 (19.00%) Actionable Insight
11 68 (17.94%) Data Analysis
11 68 (17.94%) Data Science
12 67 (17.68%) ETL
13 63 (16.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 61 (16.09%) Data Governance
15 60 (15.83%) Data Pipeline
16 59 (15.57%) Continuous Improvement
17 54 (14.25%) Validation
18 53 (13.98%) Stakeholder Management
19 51 (13.46%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 204 (53.83%) SQL
2 123 (32.45%) Python
3 41 (10.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 40 (10.55%) R
5 25 (6.60%) JavaScript
6 24 (6.33%) Java
7 17 (4.49%) C#
7 17 (4.49%) TypeScript
8 12 (3.17%) PowerShell
9 9 (2.37%) Scala
10 7 (1.85%) VBA
11 5 (1.32%) MATLAB
11 5 (1.32%) T-SQL
12 4 (1.06%) C++
12 4 (1.06%) PL/SQL
12 4 (1.06%) Rust
13 2 (0.53%) Bash
13 2 (0.53%) C
13 2 (0.53%) Korn
13 2 (0.53%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 91 (24.01%) Security Cleared
2 64 (16.89%) SC Cleared
3 46 (12.14%) Degree
4 15 (3.96%) DV Cleared
5 10 (2.64%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (1.85%) Master's Degree
7 6 (1.58%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.79%) PhD
9 2 (0.53%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.26%) APMG
10 1 (0.26%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 1 (0.26%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 1 (0.26%) Six Sigma Black Belt
10 1 (0.26%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 1 (0.26%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (21.11%) Data Quality
2 23 (6.07%) QA
3 21 (5.54%) Accessibility
4 15 (3.96%) PMO
5 11 (2.90%) GDPR
6 6 (1.58%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (1.32%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 4 (1.06%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 4 (1.06%) GMP
8 4 (1.06%) GxP
8 4 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 17025
9 3 (0.79%) SLA
9 3 (0.79%) WCAG
10 2 (0.53%) Basel III
11 1 (0.26%) COBIT
11 1 (0.26%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.26%) GRC
11 1 (0.26%) ISO 14001
11 1 (0.26%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 13 (3.43%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.32%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (2.64%) Terraform
2 8 (2.11%) Kibana
3 6 (1.58%) SCCM
4 5 (1.32%) Kubernetes
5 3 (0.79%) Ansible
5 3 (0.79%) Grafana
5 3 (0.79%) logstash
6 1 (0.26%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.26%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 61 (16.09%) Microsoft
2 29 (7.65%) Oracle
3 25 (6.60%) Databricks
4 20 (5.28%) ServiceNow
5 19 (5.01%) Google
5 19 (5.01%) SAP
6 10 (2.64%) Adobe
7 9 (2.37%) BMC
7 9 (2.37%) Remedy
8 8 (2.11%) Amplitude
9 6 (1.58%) Informatica
9 6 (1.58%) Salesforce
9 6 (1.58%) Solace
10 5 (1.32%) Alteryx
10 5 (1.32%) Palantir
11 4 (1.06%) Apple
11 4 (1.06%) Foundry
12 3 (0.79%) Brio
12 3 (0.79%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 2 (0.53%) Nexthink