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

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 337 218 226
Rank change year-on-year -119 +8 +59
Contract jobs citing Data Visualisation 364 395 427
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.68% 1.19% 1.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.80% 1.32% 1.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 210 256 294
10th Percentile £339 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £387 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £455 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -9.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £550 £613
90th Percentile £701 £631 £717
UK excluding London median daily rate £470 £445 £450
% change year-on-year +5.62% -1.11% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 14 9
10th Percentile £22.67 £19.80 £35.25
25th Percentile £42.50 £31.64 £41.25
Median hourly rate £68.75 £33.56 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +104.89% -21.05% +31.58%
75th Percentile £70.00 £50.05 £53.75
90th Percentile £82.25 £60.75 £54.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 £31.64 £32.50
% change year-on-year +121.24% -2.65% +22.64%

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 45,268 29,990 33,185
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.86% 90.46% 85.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,853 18,764 21,291
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £420 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £729 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,826 1,696 1,837
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.20 £14.05
25th Percentile £18.89 £17.30 £18.35
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £40.94
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -38.57% -3.67%
75th Percentile £68.00 £48.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £68.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £22.63 £42.50
% change year-on-year +94.26% -46.75% +13.33%

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 10 August 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 10 August 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 10 August 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 -111 334 £488 +7.73% 329
UK excluding London -76 171 £470 +5.62% 169
London -114 159 £513 +4.59% 189
Work from Home -37 119 £463 +8.82% 135
North of England -50 55 £440 +11.96% 41
Midlands -28 41 £400 -3.03% 31
South East -71 35 £550 -2.22% 47
North West -23 32 £438 +26.50% 25
West Midlands -34 26 £445 +4.71% 23
South West -34 21 £475 +5.56% 29
Yorkshire -49 20 £500 +26.98% 13
East Midlands -4 15 £375 -9.09% 8
East of England -17 14 £463 -0.80% 13
Scotland -20 10 £450 -10.00% 5
North East -41 4 £375 -16.67% 3

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 11 (3.02%) Apache Spark
2 6 (1.65%) Apache Superset
2 6 (1.65%) Confluence
3 5 (1.37%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.10%) Oracle Workflow
4 4 (1.10%) Palantir Foundry
5 3 (0.82%) Apache
5 3 (0.82%) Jupyter
6 2 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.55%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.27%) SAS
Applications
1 66 (18.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.65%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 6 (1.65%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (0.82%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.55%) CPLEX
4 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.27%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.27%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 9 (2.47%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (1.65%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.10%) Adobe Campaign
3 4 (1.10%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.82%) Eloqua
5 2 (0.55%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.27%) Advent Geneva
6 1 (0.27%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.27%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.27%) iTrent
6 1 (0.27%) Primavera
6 1 (0.27%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.27%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 215 (59.07%) Power Platform
2 73 (20.05%) Azure
3 58 (15.93%) AWS
4 23 (6.32%) GCP
5 18 (4.95%) Azure DevOps
5 18 (4.95%) Serverless
5 18 (4.95%) Snowflake
6 16 (4.40%) Azure Data Factory
6 16 (4.40%) Power Automate
7 14 (3.85%) Amazon S3
7 14 (3.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 11 (3.02%) AWS Lambda
8 11 (3.02%) PowerApps
9 9 (2.47%) Amazon EC2
9 9 (2.47%) GitHub
9 9 (2.47%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 8 (2.20%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 8 (2.20%) Microsoft 365
11 6 (1.65%) Dynamics 365
11 6 (1.65%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.10%) HTTP
2 3 (0.82%) Wireless
3 1 (0.27%) Broadband
3 1 (0.27%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.27%) Firewall
3 1 (0.27%) Internet
3 1 (0.27%) Intranet
3 1 (0.27%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 215 (59.07%) Power BI
2 93 (25.55%) Tableau
3 60 (16.48%) Data Warehouse
4 39 (10.71%) Relational Database
5 36 (9.89%) Power Query
6 22 (6.04%) Metadata
6 22 (6.04%) SQL Server
7 18 (4.95%) Data Lake
8 16 (4.40%) Looker
9 15 (4.12%) Oracle Reports
10 13 (3.57%) Big Data
11 12 (3.30%) PostgreSQL
12 11 (3.02%) Amazon RDS
12 11 (3.02%) BigQuery
13 9 (2.47%) Data Mining
13 9 (2.47%) QlikView
13 9 (2.47%) Star Schema
14 8 (2.20%) PowerPivot
14 8 (2.20%) Snowflake Schema
14 8 (2.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 14 (3.85%) JIRA
2 10 (2.75%) Git
3 4 (1.10%) Oracle Forms
4 3 (0.82%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.55%) Charles Proxy
5 2 (0.55%) GitLab
6 1 (0.27%) Flyway
6 1 (0.27%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.27%) JUnit
6 1 (0.27%) Postman
6 1 (0.27%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.27%) Storybook
6 1 (0.27%) Terragrunt
6 1 (0.27%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.27%) Vite
General
1 133 (36.54%) Analytical Skills
2 126 (34.62%) Social Skills
3 100 (27.47%) Finance
4 49 (13.46%) Public Sector
5 28 (7.69%) Banking
6 17 (4.67%) Marketing
7 9 (2.47%) Military
7 9 (2.47%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (2.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (1.92%) Law
10 6 (1.65%) Investment Banking
10 6 (1.65%) Retail
11 5 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.10%) Aerospace
12 4 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.82%) Billing
13 3 (0.82%) Front Office
13 3 (0.82%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (0.82%) Publishing
14 2 (0.55%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 101 (27.75%) Analyst
2 61 (16.76%) Data Analyst
3 60 (16.48%) Developer
4 47 (12.91%) Senior
5 45 (12.36%) Data Engineer
6 26 (7.14%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 26 (7.14%) Consultant
7 23 (6.32%) Architect
7 23 (6.32%) Data Scientist
7 23 (6.32%) Power BI Developer
8 17 (4.67%) Business Intelligence Analyst
8 17 (4.67%) Lead
9 15 (4.12%) Business Analyst
9 15 (4.12%) Designer
10 13 (3.57%) Data Architect
11 12 (3.30%) Analytics Consultant
11 12 (3.30%) Senior Data Engineer
12 11 (3.02%) Performance Analyst
13 10 (2.75%) Data Visualisation Specialist
14 9 (2.47%) Data Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (7.69%) REST
2 15 (4.12%) React
3 14 (3.85%) CSS
4 12 (3.30%) .NET
4 12 (3.30%) HTML
4 12 (3.30%) Pandas
5 11 (3.02%) TensorFlow
6 10 (2.75%) PyTorch
7 8 (2.20%) Oracle Fusion
7 8 (2.20%) SOAP
8 7 (1.92%) Middleware
8 7 (1.92%) Web Services
9 6 (1.65%) PySpark
9 6 (1.65%) scikit-learn
9 6 (1.65%) Spring
9 6 (1.65%) Spring Boot
10 5 (1.37%) AngularJS
10 5 (1.37%) Kafka
10 5 (1.37%) Matplotlib
10 5 (1.37%) OpenFin
Miscellaneous
1 27 (7.42%) Data Structures
2 22 (6.04%) Management Information System
3 14 (3.85%) Algorithms
3 14 (3.85%) Cloud Native
4 13 (3.57%) Product Ownership
5 12 (3.30%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (2.75%) Data Protection Act
7 9 (2.47%) Analytical Mindset
7 9 (2.47%) Clustering
7 9 (2.47%) Legacy Systems
7 9 (2.47%) PKI
7 9 (2.47%) Reference Data
8 8 (2.20%) Marketing Technology
9 7 (1.92%) Distributed Systems
9 7 (1.92%) Onboarding
10 6 (1.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 5 (1.37%) CMDB
11 5 (1.37%) NHS
12 4 (1.10%) Life Science
12 4 (1.10%) LIMS
Operating Systems
1 14 (3.85%) Windows
2 13 (3.57%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.10%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.82%) Unix
5 2 (0.55%) Linux
6 1 (0.27%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 364 (100.00%) Visualisation
2 226 (62.09%) Business Intelligence
3 175 (48.08%) Analytics
4 137 (37.64%) Data Modelling
5 109 (29.95%) Decision-Making
6 108 (29.67%) Agile
7 100 (27.47%) Problem-Solving
8 69 (18.96%) Dashboard Development
9 68 (18.68%) AI
10 67 (18.41%) ETL
11 62 (17.03%) Actionable Insight
12 60 (16.48%) Data Analysis
13 58 (15.93%) Continuous Improvement
13 58 (15.93%) Data Science
13 58 (15.93%) Stakeholder Management
14 57 (15.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 55 (15.11%) Data Governance
15 55 (15.11%) Data Pipeline
16 51 (14.01%) Validation
17 48 (13.19%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 192 (52.75%) SQL
2 108 (29.67%) Python
3 43 (11.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 34 (9.34%) R
5 27 (7.42%) JavaScript
6 22 (6.04%) Java
7 18 (4.95%) C#
8 14 (3.85%) TypeScript
9 12 (3.30%) PowerShell
10 9 (2.47%) Scala
11 7 (1.92%) VBA
12 5 (1.37%) MATLAB
12 5 (1.37%) T-SQL
13 4 (1.10%) PL/SQL
13 4 (1.10%) Rust
14 3 (0.82%) C++
15 2 (0.55%) Bash
15 2 (0.55%) Korn
15 2 (0.55%) Ruby
15 2 (0.55%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 87 (23.90%) Security Cleared
2 58 (15.93%) SC Cleared
3 44 (12.09%) Degree
4 15 (4.12%) DV Cleared
5 9 (2.47%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (1.65%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (1.37%) Master's Degree
8 3 (0.82%) Azure Certification
8 3 (0.82%) PhD
9 1 (0.27%) APMG
9 1 (0.27%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 1 (0.27%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (0.27%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 1 (0.27%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 1 (0.27%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (22.25%) Data Quality
2 23 (6.32%) QA
3 15 (4.12%) Accessibility
4 14 (3.85%) PMO
5 11 (3.02%) GDPR
6 4 (1.10%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 4 (1.10%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 4 (1.10%) GMP
6 4 (1.10%) GxP
6 4 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 17025
7 3 (0.82%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.82%) GRC
7 3 (0.82%) WCAG
8 2 (0.55%) Basel III
9 1 (0.27%) COBIT
9 1 (0.27%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.27%) ISO 14001
9 1 (0.27%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.27%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (3.57%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.37%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (2.47%) Terraform
2 5 (1.37%) Kibana
3 4 (1.10%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.10%) SCCM
4 3 (0.82%) Grafana
5 2 (0.55%) Ansible
6 1 (0.27%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.27%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 66 (18.13%) Microsoft
2 31 (8.52%) Oracle
3 22 (6.04%) Databricks
3 22 (6.04%) ServiceNow
4 21 (5.77%) SAP
5 18 (4.95%) Google
6 10 (2.75%) Adobe
7 9 (2.47%) BMC
7 9 (2.47%) Remedy
8 6 (1.65%) Informatica
8 6 (1.65%) Salesforce
9 5 (1.37%) Alteryx
9 5 (1.37%) Amplitude
9 5 (1.37%) Palantir
10 4 (1.10%) Apple
10 4 (1.10%) Brio
10 4 (1.10%) Foundry
10 4 (1.10%) Solace
11 3 (0.82%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 3 (0.82%) Splunk