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

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 240 182 245
Rank change year-on-year -58 +63 +92
Contract jobs citing Data Visualisation 409 447 417
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.10% 1.40% 0.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.26% 1.58% 1.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 254 292 286
10th Percentile £322 £330 £313
25th Percentile £393 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -0.40%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £600
90th Percentile £671 £675 £691
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £450 £500
% change year-on-year - -10.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 10 17
10th Percentile £22.86 £24.03 £23.63
25th Percentile £27.94 £27.13 £27.75
Median hourly rate £55.00 £43.88 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +25.36% +25.36% -45.74%
75th Percentile £79.37 £53.75 £47.50
90th Percentile £84.00 £82.25 £50.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £57.88 £32.32
% change year-on-year -13.61% +79.07% +65.74%

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 32,585 28,260 37,041
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 87.84% 88.76% 87.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,582 17,185 24,531
10th Percentile £304 £306 £304
25th Percentile £406 £413 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £614 £638 £650
90th Percentile £723 £742 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,992 898 1,578
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.62 £14.17
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.56 £18.04
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -19.75% +15.71%
75th Percentile £55.89 £62.24 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £75.00 £76.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.83 £30.45 £43.33
% change year-on-year -21.76% -29.73% +46.88%

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 15 January 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 15 January 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 15 January 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 -50 354 £475 - 222
London -42 204 £490 -2.00% 61
UK excluding London -51 161 £450 - 211
Work from Home -40 119 £500 +11.11% 64
North of England -37 56 £393 -20.79% 41
Midlands -25 29 £500 +21.21% 32
South East -8 28 £513 +14.85% 75
North West -29 27 £392 -17.58% 22
Yorkshire -32 25 £375 -11.76% 13
Scotland +7 18 £420 -12.95% 11
West Midlands -27 18 £500 +21.21% 15
East of England -19 16 £525 +23.53% 19
East Midlands -22 11 £404 -5.00% 16
South West -31 6 £450 -28.00% 27
Northern Ireland -12 5 £463 -7.50% 6
Wales 0 4 - - 6
North East -14 4 £400 -27.27% 6

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 22 (5.38%) Apache Spark
2 16 (3.91%) Confluence
3 13 (3.18%) Apache Airflow
4 12 (2.93%) Apache
5 11 (2.69%) SharePoint
6 8 (1.96%) Apache Pig
7 5 (1.22%) Jupyter
8 3 (0.73%) SAS
9 1 (0.24%) IIS
9 1 (0.24%) OpenStack
Applications
1 61 (14.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (4.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (1.47%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.73%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.49%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.49%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.49%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.24%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.24%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.24%) Blender
7 1 (0.24%) CINEMA 4D
7 1 (0.24%) InDesign
7 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.24%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.49%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.24%) Actimize
2 1 (0.24%) Endur
2 1 (0.24%) iTrent
2 1 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.24%) Summit
2 1 (0.24%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 208 (50.86%) Power Platform
2 103 (25.18%) Azure
3 64 (15.65%) AWS
4 37 (9.05%) GCP
5 25 (6.11%) Snowflake
6 20 (4.89%) Power Automate
7 19 (4.65%) Azure Data Factory
8 18 (4.40%) PowerApps
9 17 (4.16%) Azure DevOps
9 17 (4.16%) GitHub
10 16 (3.91%) Serverless
11 13 (3.18%) AWS Lambda
12 12 (2.93%) Figma
13 11 (2.69%) dbt
14 10 (2.44%) Amazon S3
14 10 (2.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 8 (1.96%) Cloud Computing
16 6 (1.47%) Google Analytics
17 5 (1.22%) Google Workspace
17 5 (1.22%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.73%) SNMP
2 2 (0.49%) 2G
2 2 (0.49%) 5G
2 2 (0.49%) LTE
2 2 (0.49%) Mobile Backhaul
2 2 (0.49%) SSH
2 2 (0.49%) SSL
2 2 (0.49%) VoIP
3 1 (0.24%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 208 (50.86%) Power BI
2 113 (27.63%) Tableau
3 60 (14.67%) Data Warehouse
4 38 (9.29%) Relational Database
5 23 (5.62%) Power Query
6 17 (4.16%) Big Data
6 17 (4.16%) Data Lake
6 17 (4.16%) Looker
7 15 (3.67%) Hadoop
7 15 (3.67%) Metadata
7 15 (3.67%) SQL Server
8 14 (3.42%) BigQuery
9 11 (2.69%) Data Mining
10 10 (2.44%) Apache Hive
10 10 (2.44%) Azure SQL Database
11 9 (2.20%) Snowflake Schema
12 7 (1.71%) Data Vault
13 6 (1.47%) MySQL
13 6 (1.47%) PostgreSQL
14 5 (1.22%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 41 (10.02%) Git
2 21 (5.13%) JIRA
3 9 (2.20%) Jenkins
4 7 (1.71%) Gradle
4 7 (1.71%) Storybook
4 7 (1.71%) Xcode
5 4 (0.98%) Cypress.io
5 4 (0.98%) MLflow
6 2 (0.49%) ERwin
6 2 (0.49%) Selenium
6 2 (0.49%) Terragrunt
6 2 (0.49%) webpack
7 1 (0.24%) Ant
7 1 (0.24%) git-flow
7 1 (0.24%) JMeter
7 1 (0.24%) Snyk
7 1 (0.24%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.24%) Vite
General
1 177 (43.28%) Social Skills
2 125 (30.56%) Analytical Skills
3 123 (30.07%) Finance
4 42 (10.27%) Banking
5 39 (9.54%) Public Sector
6 19 (4.65%) Retail
7 17 (4.16%) Marketing
8 16 (3.91%) Front Office
9 15 (3.67%) Investment Banking
10 11 (2.69%) Influencing Skills
11 10 (2.44%) Legal
12 9 (2.20%) Presentation Skills
12 9 (2.20%) Publishing
13 8 (1.96%) Manufacturing
13 8 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (1.96%) Pharmaceutical
14 6 (1.47%) Back Office
15 5 (1.22%) Billing
15 5 (1.22%) Law
15 5 (1.22%) Military
Job Titles
1 119 (29.10%) Analyst
2 94 (22.98%) Developer
3 76 (18.58%) Data Analyst
4 49 (11.98%) Senior
5 36 (8.80%) Data Scientist
6 32 (7.82%) Data Engineer
7 26 (6.36%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 25 (6.11%) Architect
9 24 (5.87%) Business Analyst
10 20 (4.89%) Senior Analyst
11 17 (4.16%) Power BI Developer
12 14 (3.42%) Solutions Architect
13 13 (3.18%) Lead
14 12 (2.93%) Designer
15 11 (2.69%) Consultant
15 11 (2.69%) SQL Analyst
16 10 (2.44%) React Developer
16 10 (2.44%) Report Analyst
16 10 (2.44%) Senior Data Analyst
16 10 (2.44%) SQL Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (7.33%) React
2 26 (6.36%) Pandas
3 20 (4.89%) scikit-learn
4 18 (4.40%) D3.js
5 17 (4.16%) AngularJS
5 17 (4.16%) NumPy
6 15 (3.67%) REST
6 15 (3.67%) Vue
7 14 (3.42%) Plotly
8 12 (2.93%) Kafka
9 11 (2.69%) PySpark
10 9 (2.20%) OAuth
10 9 (2.20%) TensorFlow
11 8 (1.96%) WebSockets
12 7 (1.71%) CSS
12 7 (1.71%) HTML
12 7 (1.71%) React Native
12 7 (1.71%) SVG
13 6 (1.47%) GraphQL
13 6 (1.47%) LangGraph
Miscellaneous
1 37 (9.05%) Algorithms
2 20 (4.89%) Product Ownership
3 14 (3.42%) Cloud Native
4 12 (2.93%) Management Information System
5 11 (2.69%) Data Structures
6 9 (2.20%) Analytical Mindset
6 9 (2.20%) Data Centre
6 9 (2.20%) Legacy Systems
7 8 (1.96%) CMDB
7 8 (1.96%) Onboarding
7 8 (1.96%) Reference Data
7 8 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (1.71%) Distributed Computing
8 7 (1.71%) Mobile App
8 7 (1.71%) Virtual Team
9 6 (1.47%) Reinsurance
10 5 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (1.22%) Genomics
10 5 (1.22%) Hedge funds
10 5 (1.22%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 9 (2.20%) Linux
2 8 (1.96%) Android
2 8 (1.96%) Unix
3 7 (1.71%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.73%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.24%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 408 (99.76%) Visualisation
2 226 (55.26%) Business Intelligence
3 168 (41.08%) Analytics
4 112 (27.38%) Data Modelling
5 108 (26.41%) Agile
5 108 (26.41%) Problem-Solving
6 105 (25.67%) Decision-Making
7 95 (23.23%) Data Analysis
8 83 (20.29%) Data Science
9 82 (20.05%) Actionable Insight
10 77 (18.83%) Machine Learning
11 63 (15.40%) Data Pipeline
12 60 (14.67%) AI
12 60 (14.67%) Stakeholder Management
13 55 (13.45%) ETL
14 48 (11.74%) DevOps
15 43 (10.51%) Dashboard Development
16 42 (10.27%) CI/CD
16 42 (10.27%) Data Engineering
17 40 (9.78%) Storytelling
Programming Languages
1 224 (54.77%) SQL
2 171 (41.81%) Python
3 34 (8.31%) JavaScript
4 33 (8.07%) R
5 23 (5.62%) Java
6 22 (5.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 22 (5.38%) TypeScript
7 21 (5.13%) Scala
8 13 (3.18%) C#
9 8 (1.96%) PowerShell
10 7 (1.71%) VBA
11 6 (1.47%) Perl
11 6 (1.47%) PHP
12 4 (0.98%) Bash
12 4 (0.98%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.73%) LookML
13 3 (0.73%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.49%) Go
14 2 (0.49%) Google Apps Script
14 2 (0.49%) Rust
Qualifications
1 50 (12.22%) Security Cleared
2 48 (11.74%) Degree
3 35 (8.56%) SC Cleared
4 15 (3.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (3.42%) Master's Degree
6 8 (1.96%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (1.71%) Azure Certification
7 7 (1.71%) CFA
8 6 (1.47%) ITIL Certification
9 5 (1.22%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (0.98%) CBAP
10 4 (0.98%) PMI Certification
11 3 (0.73%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.73%) DV Cleared
11 3 (0.73%) Tableau Certification
12 2 (0.49%) APMP
12 2 (0.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.49%) CEH
12 2 (0.49%) CISSP
12 2 (0.49%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (15.40%) Data Quality
2 29 (7.09%) Accessibility
3 22 (5.38%) QA
4 13 (3.18%) GDPR
5 8 (1.96%) Actionable Recommendations
6 6 (1.47%) WCAG
7 4 (0.98%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.98%) PMO
8 3 (0.73%) EMIR
9 2 (0.49%) Dodd-Frank
9 2 (0.49%) FIPS 140-2
9 2 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.49%) MiFID
10 1 (0.24%) Basel III
10 1 (0.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.24%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.24%) P3O
System Software
1 22 (5.38%) Docker
2 3 (0.73%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.49%) HDFS
3 2 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 17 (4.16%) Kubernetes
1 17 (4.16%) Terraform
2 8 (1.96%) Grafana
2 8 (1.96%) Kibana
3 4 (0.98%) Ansible
4 3 (0.73%) logstash
4 3 (0.73%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.24%) collectd
5 1 (0.24%) QRadar
5 1 (0.24%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 1 (0.24%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 81 (19.80%) Microsoft
2 28 (6.85%) Google
3 27 (6.60%) Databricks
4 20 (4.89%) Salesforce
5 14 (3.42%) ServiceNow
6 13 (3.18%) OpenAI
7 12 (2.93%) Splunk
8 10 (2.44%) Oracle
9 7 (1.71%) MicroStrategy
10 6 (1.47%) SAP
11 5 (1.22%) Dataiku
12 4 (0.98%) Adobe
12 4 (0.98%) Cognos
13 3 (0.73%) Anaplan
13 3 (0.73%) Avaloq
13 3 (0.73%) IBM
13 3 (0.73%) Informatica
13 3 (0.73%) Murex
13 3 (0.73%) TIBCO
14 2 (0.49%) Workday