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

 6 months to
28 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 351 230 201
Rank change year-on-year -121 -29 +50
Contract jobs citing Data Visualisation 360 395 452
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.66% 1.20% 1.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.79% 1.33% 1.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 204 262 297
10th Percentile £315 £313 £337
25th Percentile £400 £387 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £605 £550 £638
90th Percentile £709 £650 £768
UK excluding London median daily rate £438 £425 £475
% change year-on-year +3.06% -10.53% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 15 11
10th Percentile £22.35 £16.10 £24.50
25th Percentile £28.25 £27.05 £30.88
Median hourly rate £50.00 £38.96 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +28.34% -8.33% +26.26%
75th Percentile £70.00 £60.63 £51.25
90th Percentile £72.25 £64.35 £53.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £54.40 £27.67 £26.17
% change year-on-year +96.60% +5.75% -1.26%

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 45,850 29,737 32,777
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.30% 90.62% 85.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,722 18,491 19,844
10th Percentile £325 £294 £308
25th Percentile £425 £403 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £630 £625 £638
90th Percentile £730 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,198 1,854 1,372
10th Percentile £13.69 £14.25 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.23 £17.30 £20.12
Median hourly rate £39.00 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +55.07% -40.82% -1.16%
75th Percentile £65.60 £43.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.72 £65.00 £74.49
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £22.32 £43.00
% change year-on-year +79.25% -48.10% +1.18%

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 September 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 September 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 28 September 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 -111 318 £475 +4.97% 692
UK excluding London -84 177 £438 +3.06% 362
London -120 145 £513 +4.59% 395
Work from Home -49 119 £450 +0.33% 296
North of England -76 53 £425 +9.68% 70
Midlands -23 40 £420 -17.16% 63
South East -57 37 £550 -8.33% 94
North West -49 29 £438 +16.80% 27
West Midlands -29 27 £470 -8.56% 44
South West -24 22 £463 +15.63% 39
Yorkshire -62 15 £460 +18.71% 30
Scotland -36 14 £405 -14.74% 27
East Midlands -11 13 £300 -27.27% 19
East of England -20 13 £465 -11.43% 32
North East -29 10 £350 -12.50% 13
Northern Ireland +4 2 - - 26
Wales -16 2 £356 +95.21% 16

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 8 (2.22%) Apache Spark
2 5 (1.39%) Confluence
2 5 (1.39%) Oracle Workflow
3 4 (1.11%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.11%) Palantir Foundry
4 3 (0.83%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.56%) Apache Superset
5 2 (0.56%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.56%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.28%) Apache
6 1 (0.28%) SAS
Applications
1 67 (18.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.67%) Spreadsheet
3 4 (1.11%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.28%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.28%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.28%) CPLEX
5 1 (0.28%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 8 (2.22%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (1.39%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.11%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.28%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.28%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (0.28%) iTrent
4 1 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.28%) Primavera
4 1 (0.28%) Raiser’s Edge
4 1 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 226 (62.78%) Power Platform
2 65 (18.06%) Azure
3 47 (13.06%) AWS
4 22 (6.11%) GCP
5 19 (5.28%) Snowflake
6 18 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
7 14 (3.89%) Power Automate
8 13 (3.61%) GitHub
8 13 (3.61%) PowerApps
9 12 (3.33%) Azure Data Factory
9 12 (3.33%) Google Analytics
10 11 (3.06%) Amazon S3
11 9 (2.50%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 9 (2.50%) Serverless
12 8 (2.22%) Microsoft 365
12 8 (2.22%) Microsoft Copilot
13 6 (1.67%) Adobe Analytics
13 6 (1.67%) Copilot Studio
13 6 (1.67%) Dynamics 365
13 6 (1.67%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.39%) HTTP
2 4 (1.11%) Broadband
3 1 (0.28%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (0.28%) Network Security
3 1 (0.28%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 225 (62.50%) Power BI
2 82 (22.78%) Tableau
3 53 (14.72%) Data Warehouse
4 46 (12.78%) Power Query
5 29 (8.06%) Relational Database
6 21 (5.83%) SQL Server
7 20 (5.56%) Data Lake
8 17 (4.72%) Metadata
9 13 (3.61%) Looker
9 13 (3.61%) Oracle Reports
10 12 (3.33%) BigQuery
11 11 (3.06%) Star Schema
12 10 (2.78%) PostgreSQL
13 9 (2.50%) Amazon Athena
13 9 (2.50%) Qlik Sense
14 8 (2.22%) Big Data
14 8 (2.22%) Data Mining
14 8 (2.22%) QlikView
15 7 (1.94%) BusinessObjects
15 7 (1.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 13 (3.61%) Git
1 13 (3.61%) JIRA
2 5 (1.39%) Oracle Forms
3 3 (0.83%) Cypress.io
3 3 (0.83%) GitLab
4 1 (0.28%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.28%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.28%) Flyway
4 1 (0.28%) Jasmine
4 1 (0.28%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.28%) JUnit
4 1 (0.28%) REST Assured
4 1 (0.28%) Storybook
4 1 (0.28%) Terragrunt
4 1 (0.28%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.28%) Vite
General
1 131 (36.39%) Analytical Skills
2 128 (35.56%) Social Skills
3 84 (23.33%) Finance
4 46 (12.78%) Public Sector
5 33 (9.17%) Banking
6 12 (3.33%) Military
7 10 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (2.22%) Investment Banking
8 8 (2.22%) Retail
9 7 (1.94%) Local Government
10 6 (1.67%) Aerospace
10 6 (1.67%) Marketing
10 6 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (1.67%) Pharmaceutical
11 5 (1.39%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.11%) Law
12 4 (1.11%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.83%) Front Office
13 3 (0.83%) Police
13 3 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 95 (26.39%) Analyst
2 61 (16.94%) Developer
3 56 (15.56%) Data Analyst
4 45 (12.50%) Senior
5 40 (11.11%) Data Engineer
6 28 (7.78%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 26 (7.22%) Consultant
8 24 (6.67%) Power BI Developer
9 21 (5.83%) Architect
10 18 (5.00%) Data Scientist
10 18 (5.00%) Lead
11 15 (4.17%) Data Architect
12 14 (3.89%) Designer
12 14 (3.89%) Performance Analyst
13 12 (3.33%) Senior Data Engineer
14 11 (3.06%) Data Visualisation Specialist
15 10 (2.78%) Analytics Consultant
15 10 (2.78%) Data Consultant
16 9 (2.50%) Senior Analyst
17 8 (2.22%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (7.50%) REST
2 18 (5.00%) React
3 15 (4.17%) CSS
4 13 (3.61%) HTML
5 11 (3.06%) Pandas
6 10 (2.78%) .NET
7 9 (2.50%) TensorFlow
8 8 (2.22%) PyTorch
8 8 (2.22%) Redux
8 8 (2.22%) scikit-learn
9 7 (1.94%) SOAP
9 7 (1.94%) Terraform
10 6 (1.67%) Middleware
10 6 (1.67%) Oracle Fusion
10 6 (1.67%) Web Services
10 6 (1.67%) XML
11 5 (1.39%) .NET Framework
11 5 (1.39%) NumPy
11 5 (1.39%) PySpark
11 5 (1.39%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 26 (7.22%) Data Structures
2 25 (6.94%) Management Information System
3 13 (3.61%) Analytical Mindset
4 12 (3.33%) Reference Data
5 11 (3.06%) Legacy Systems
5 11 (3.06%) Onboarding
6 10 (2.78%) Product Ownership
7 9 (2.50%) Data Protection Act
8 8 (2.22%) Algorithms
8 8 (2.22%) Clustering
8 8 (2.22%) PKI
8 8 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (1.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 6 (1.67%) Cloud Native
10 6 (1.67%) Life Science
11 5 (1.39%) CMDB
11 5 (1.39%) Distributed Systems
11 5 (1.39%) LIMS
12 4 (1.11%) Fixed Income
12 4 (1.11%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 15 (4.17%) Windows
2 13 (3.61%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.11%) Unix
4 3 (0.83%) Linux
5 1 (0.28%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 360 (100.00%) Visualisation
2 229 (63.61%) Business Intelligence
3 185 (51.39%) Analytics
4 127 (35.28%) Data Modelling
5 113 (31.39%) Decision-Making
6 97 (26.94%) Agile
7 92 (25.56%) Problem-Solving
8 85 (23.61%) AI
9 71 (19.72%) Actionable Insight
10 70 (19.44%) Stakeholder Management
11 68 (18.89%) Data Analysis
12 65 (18.06%) Dashboard Development
13 58 (16.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 57 (15.83%) Continuous Improvement
15 55 (15.28%) ETL
16 53 (14.72%) Data Governance
16 53 (14.72%) Data Pipeline
16 53 (14.72%) Validation
17 50 (13.89%) Data Science
18 47 (13.06%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 182 (50.56%) SQL
2 108 (30.00%) Python
3 53 (14.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 28 (7.78%) R
5 25 (6.94%) JavaScript
6 20 (5.56%) Java
7 19 (5.28%) C#
8 16 (4.44%) TypeScript
9 13 (3.61%) PowerShell
10 10 (2.78%) Scala
11 6 (1.67%) T-SQL
12 4 (1.11%) VBA
13 3 (0.83%) Bash
13 3 (0.83%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.56%) C++
14 2 (0.56%) Go
14 2 (0.56%) Korn
14 2 (0.56%) MATLAB
14 2 (0.56%) Ruby
14 2 (0.56%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 87 (24.17%) Security Cleared
2 57 (15.83%) SC Cleared
3 43 (11.94%) Degree
4 13 (3.61%) DV Cleared
5 9 (2.50%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (1.67%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (1.39%) PhD
8 4 (1.11%) Postgraduate
9 2 (0.56%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.56%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.28%) APMG
10 1 (0.28%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.28%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (24.72%) Data Quality
2 22 (6.11%) QA
3 14 (3.89%) Accessibility
4 12 (3.33%) GDPR
5 7 (1.94%) GMP
6 5 (1.39%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 5 (1.39%) GxP
6 5 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 17025
6 5 (1.39%) PMO
7 4 (1.11%) GRC
7 4 (1.11%) WCAG
8 3 (0.83%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.83%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 2 (0.56%) Basel III
10 1 (0.28%) COBIT
10 1 (0.28%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 10 (2.78%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.39%) Docker
3 1 (0.28%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 6 (1.67%) Kibana
2 4 (1.11%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.83%) Ansible
4 2 (0.56%) Grafana
4 2 (0.56%) SCCM
5 1 (0.28%) QRadar
5 1 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 84 (23.33%) Microsoft
2 26 (7.22%) Oracle
3 24 (6.67%) SAP
4 22 (6.11%) Google
5 19 (5.28%) ServiceNow
6 18 (5.00%) Databricks
7 9 (2.50%) Splunk
8 8 (2.22%) BMC
8 8 (2.22%) Remedy
9 7 (1.94%) Adobe
9 7 (1.94%) Informatica
10 6 (1.67%) Alteryx
11 5 (1.39%) Palantir
12 4 (1.11%) Amplitude
12 4 (1.11%) Ariba
12 4 (1.11%) Foundry
12 4 (1.11%) Salesforce
13 3 (0.83%) Bloomberg
13 3 (0.83%) Brio
13 3 (0.83%) Solace
803 Data Visualisation jobs Nationwide