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

6 months to
3 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 245 185 245
Rank change year-on-year -60 +60 +75
Contract jobs citing Data Visualisation 422 455 440
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.09% 1.47% 0.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.25% 1.65% 1.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 261 302 309
10th Percentile £325 £325 £313
25th Percentile £400 £400 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -0.40%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £575
90th Percentile £671 £675 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 11 18
10th Percentile £17.95 £24.50 £19.50
25th Percentile £25.21 £25.50 £25.60
Median hourly rate £45.00 £32.81 £33.66
Median % change year-on-year +37.15% -2.53% -47.81%
75th Percentile £70.71 £53.75 £47.50
90th Percentile £84.00 £82.25 £49.13
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £34.03 £30.50
% change year-on-year +24.89% +11.57% +50.10%

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 33,753 27,550 39,300
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 87.16% 89.25% 87.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,385 16,677 25,860
10th Percentile £306 £306 £300
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £719 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £498 £500
% change year-on-year -3.66% -0.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,027 862 2,114
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.62 £13.29
25th Percentile £17.69 £21.00 £16.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -7.14% +8.53%
75th Percentile £58.75 £62.50 £61.13
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £31.50 £35.50
% change year-on-year -20.63% -11.27% +22.41%

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 3 February 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 3 February 2026.

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 3 February 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 -69 366 £481 +1.32% 243
London -44 210 £496 -0.80% 121
UK excluding London -60 166 £475 +5.56% 176
Work from Home -44 129 £500 +11.11% 119
North of England -59 56 £400 -19.38% 35
Midlands -39 35 £500 +21.21% 37
North West -34 33 £405 -12.90% 24
South East -16 29 £511 +2.25% 74
West Midlands -23 26 £500 +21.21% 23
Yorkshire -43 19 £375 -14.29% 10
Scotland +8 18 £420 -6.67% 6
East of England -22 14 £525 +27.27% 5
East Midlands -23 9 £395 +57.68% 14
South West -34 7 £394 -10.80% 17
Northern Ireland -9 5 £463 -7.50% 4
North East -18 4 £400 -27.27% 1
Wales +4 3 - - 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 23 (5.45%) Apache Spark
2 17 (4.03%) Confluence
3 13 (3.08%) Apache Airflow
3 13 (3.08%) SharePoint
4 12 (2.84%) Apache
5 8 (1.90%) Apache Pig
6 5 (1.18%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.47%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.47%) SAS
8 1 (0.24%) IIS
Applications
1 62 (14.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (3.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (2.37%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (1.18%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.95%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.47%) Adobe Illustrator
7 2 (0.47%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.24%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.24%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.24%) Blender
8 1 (0.24%) CINEMA 4D
8 1 (0.24%) InDesign
8 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.24%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.47%) iTrent
1 2 (0.47%) Salesforce CRM
1 2 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.24%) Actimize
2 1 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.24%) Summit
2 1 (0.24%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 221 (52.37%) Power Platform
2 102 (24.17%) Azure
3 71 (16.82%) AWS
4 38 (9.00%) GCP
5 26 (6.16%) Snowflake
6 20 (4.74%) Azure Data Factory
6 20 (4.74%) Power Automate
7 18 (4.27%) PowerApps
8 16 (3.79%) dbt
8 16 (3.79%) GitHub
9 14 (3.32%) Azure DevOps
9 14 (3.32%) Serverless
10 12 (2.84%) Amazon S3
11 11 (2.61%) AWS Lambda
12 10 (2.37%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 10 (2.37%) Figma
13 9 (2.13%) Cloud Computing
14 7 (1.66%) Microsoft 365
15 6 (1.42%) Amazon SageMaker
15 6 (1.42%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.71%) SNMP
2 2 (0.47%) 2G
2 2 (0.47%) 5G
2 2 (0.47%) LTE
2 2 (0.47%) Mobile Backhaul
2 2 (0.47%) SSH
2 2 (0.47%) SSL
2 2 (0.47%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 221 (52.37%) Power BI
2 115 (27.25%) Tableau
3 62 (14.69%) Data Warehouse
4 33 (7.82%) Relational Database
5 22 (5.21%) Power Query
6 18 (4.27%) Big Data
6 18 (4.27%) Looker
7 17 (4.03%) Data Lake
7 17 (4.03%) Metadata
8 16 (3.79%) Hadoop
8 16 (3.79%) SQL Server
9 15 (3.55%) BigQuery
10 11 (2.61%) Data Mining
10 11 (2.61%) Snowflake Schema
11 10 (2.37%) Apache Hive
11 10 (2.37%) Azure SQL Database
12 8 (1.90%) Data Vault
12 8 (1.90%) MySQL
12 8 (1.90%) NoSQL
13 7 (1.66%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 37 (8.77%) Git
2 22 (5.21%) JIRA
3 9 (2.13%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.18%) Gradle
4 5 (1.18%) Storybook
4 5 (1.18%) Xcode
5 4 (0.95%) Cypress.io
5 4 (0.95%) ERwin
5 4 (0.95%) MLflow
6 3 (0.71%) Terragrunt
7 1 (0.24%) Ant
7 1 (0.24%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.24%) git-flow
7 1 (0.24%) JMeter
7 1 (0.24%) Selenium
7 1 (0.24%) Snyk
7 1 (0.24%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.24%) Vite
7 1 (0.24%) webpack
General
1 178 (42.18%) Social Skills
2 127 (30.09%) Analytical Skills
3 123 (29.15%) Finance
4 47 (11.14%) Banking
5 40 (9.48%) Public Sector
6 20 (4.74%) Retail
7 16 (3.79%) Front Office
7 16 (3.79%) Marketing
8 14 (3.32%) Investment Banking
9 12 (2.84%) Influencing Skills
10 9 (2.13%) Legal
10 9 (2.13%) Publishing
11 8 (1.90%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (1.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (1.66%) Manufacturing
12 7 (1.66%) Pharmaceutical
12 7 (1.66%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (1.42%) Back Office
14 5 (1.18%) Law
14 5 (1.18%) Military
Job Titles
1 125 (29.62%) Analyst
2 88 (20.85%) Developer
3 78 (18.48%) Data Analyst
4 49 (11.61%) Senior
5 34 (8.06%) Data Engineer
5 34 (8.06%) Data Scientist
6 29 (6.87%) Architect
7 27 (6.40%) Business Analyst
7 27 (6.40%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 20 (4.74%) Senior Analyst
9 18 (4.27%) Solutions Architect
10 16 (3.79%) Power BI Developer
11 13 (3.08%) Lead
12 12 (2.84%) Designer
13 11 (2.61%) Consultant
13 11 (2.61%) SQL Analyst
14 10 (2.37%) Data Business Analyst
15 9 (2.13%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
15 9 (2.13%) Report Analyst
15 9 (2.13%) SQL Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (6.87%) React
2 27 (6.40%) Pandas
3 19 (4.50%) scikit-learn
4 17 (4.03%) AngularJS
5 16 (3.79%) NumPy
6 15 (3.55%) Vue
7 14 (3.32%) Plotly
7 14 (3.32%) REST
8 13 (3.08%) D3.js
8 13 (3.08%) Kafka
9 9 (2.13%) PySpark
9 9 (2.13%) TensorFlow
10 8 (1.90%) WebSockets
11 7 (1.66%) CSS
11 7 (1.66%) HTML
11 7 (1.66%) Matplotlib
11 7 (1.66%) OAuth
11 7 (1.66%) RESTful
12 6 (1.42%) .NET
12 6 (1.42%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 34 (8.06%) Algorithms
2 21 (4.98%) Product Ownership
3 15 (3.55%) Cloud Native
3 15 (3.55%) Management Information System
4 12 (2.84%) Data Structures
5 10 (2.37%) Analytical Mindset
6 9 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
6 9 (2.13%) Reference Data
7 8 (1.90%) CMDB
7 8 (1.90%) Onboarding
7 8 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (1.42%) Distributed Computing
8 6 (1.42%) Virtual Team
9 5 (1.18%) Data Centre
9 5 (1.18%) Genomics
9 5 (1.18%) Hedge funds
9 5 (1.18%) Mobile App
9 5 (1.18%) Reinsurance
9 5 (1.18%) Security Posture
10 4 (0.95%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 9 (2.13%) Linux
2 8 (1.90%) Unix
3 6 (1.42%) Android
4 5 (1.18%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.71%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.24%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 421 (99.76%) Visualisation
2 238 (56.40%) Business Intelligence
3 171 (40.52%) Analytics
4 125 (29.62%) Data Modelling
5 115 (27.25%) Problem-Solving
6 113 (26.78%) Agile
6 113 (26.78%) Decision-Making
7 93 (22.04%) Data Analysis
8 89 (21.09%) Actionable Insight
9 83 (19.67%) Data Science
10 76 (18.01%) Machine Learning
11 69 (16.35%) AI
12 68 (16.11%) Stakeholder Management
13 64 (15.17%) ETL
14 63 (14.93%) Data Pipeline
15 51 (12.09%) Data Governance
16 50 (11.85%) Dashboard Development
17 48 (11.37%) DevOps
18 45 (10.66%) Data Management
19 44 (10.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 225 (53.32%) SQL
2 166 (39.34%) Python
3 34 (8.06%) JavaScript
4 30 (7.11%) R
5 24 (5.69%) Java
6 23 (5.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 21 (4.98%) Scala
8 18 (4.27%) TypeScript
9 13 (3.08%) C#
10 9 (2.13%) VBA
11 8 (1.90%) PowerShell
12 6 (1.42%) Perl
12 6 (1.42%) PHP
13 4 (0.95%) Bash
13 4 (0.95%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.71%) LookML
14 3 (0.71%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.47%) Google Apps Script
15 2 (0.47%) Rust
15 2 (0.47%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 57 (13.51%) Security Cleared
2 44 (10.43%) Degree
3 42 (9.95%) SC Cleared
4 14 (3.32%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (2.61%) Master's Degree
6 9 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (1.66%) Azure Certification
7 7 (1.66%) CFA
8 6 (1.42%) ITIL Certification
9 5 (1.18%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (0.95%) CBAP
10 4 (0.95%) PMI Certification
11 3 (0.71%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.71%) DV Cleared
11 3 (0.71%) Tableau Certification
12 2 (0.47%) APMP
12 2 (0.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.47%) CEH
12 2 (0.47%) CISSP
12 2 (0.47%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (16.59%) Data Quality
2 27 (6.40%) Accessibility
2 27 (6.40%) QA
3 16 (3.79%) GDPR
4 9 (2.13%) Actionable Recommendations
5 6 (1.42%) WCAG
6 5 (1.18%) PMO
7 4 (0.95%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.71%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 2 (0.47%) Dodd-Frank
9 2 (0.47%) EMIR
9 2 (0.47%) FIPS 140-2
9 2 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.47%) SLA
10 1 (0.24%) Basel III
10 1 (0.24%) GRC
10 1 (0.24%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.24%) MiFID
10 1 (0.24%) P3O
10 1 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 23 (5.45%) Docker
2 3 (0.71%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.47%) HDFS
3 2 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 19 (4.50%) Kubernetes
1 19 (4.50%) Terraform
2 11 (2.61%) Kibana
3 8 (1.90%) Grafana
4 6 (1.42%) Ansible
4 6 (1.42%) logstash
5 3 (0.71%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.47%) SCCM
7 1 (0.24%) collectd
7 1 (0.24%) QRadar
7 1 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.24%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 1 (0.24%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 83 (19.67%) Microsoft
2 31 (7.35%) Google
3 27 (6.40%) Databricks
4 20 (4.74%) Salesforce
5 14 (3.32%) ServiceNow
6 13 (3.08%) OpenAI
7 11 (2.61%) Splunk
8 10 (2.37%) Oracle
9 7 (1.66%) Cognos
9 7 (1.66%) MicroStrategy
10 6 (1.42%) SAP
11 5 (1.18%) Adobe
11 5 (1.18%) Dataiku
12 4 (0.95%) Murex
13 3 (0.71%) Anaplan
13 3 (0.71%) Avaloq
13 3 (0.71%) IBM
13 3 (0.71%) Sage
13 3 (0.71%) Talend
14 2 (0.47%) Workday