Visualisation Contract Job Trends

Visualization
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Visualisation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 198 107 119
Rank change year-on-year -91 +12 +26
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 748 799 764
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.40% 2.41% 1.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.65% 2.67% 2.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 443 484 474
10th Percentile £325 £313 £313
25th Percentile £400 £394 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.41% -7.50% -3.85%
75th Percentile £600 £563 £613
90th Percentile £700 £675 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £450 £465
% change year-on-year +5.56% -3.23% -2.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 47 58
10th Percentile £21.08 £22.70 £21.25
25th Percentile £29.23 £32.88 £41.25
Median hourly rate £60.50 £50.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.00% -23.08% +52.94%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 -
90th Percentile £73.75 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.00 £50.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +24.00% -23.08% +60.14%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

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 45,350 29,954 33,125
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.75% 90.50% 85.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,857 18,668 21,203
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £424 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.31%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,845 1,726 1,796
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.20 £14.03
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.31 £18.23
Median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £40.97
Median % change year-on-year +67.00% -38.61% -1.28%
75th Percentile £68.00 £48.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £68.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £23.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year +91.13% -45.88% +13.33%

Visualisation
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Visualisation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Visualisation job vacancy trend in the UK

Visualisation
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Visualisation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Visualisation

Visualisation
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Visualisation over the 6 months to 17 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Visualisation in the UK

Visualisation
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Visualisation.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Visualisation

Visualisation
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Visualisation over the 6 months to 17 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Visualisation in the UK

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 Visualisation within the UK over the 6 months to 17 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 -75 687 £488 +5.41% 974
UK excluding London -73 358 £475 +5.56% 589
London -70 326 £488 -2.50% 526
Work from Home -52 230 £500 +16.21% 359
North of England -61 106 £457 +6.22% 148
Midlands -31 85 £528 +17.33% 89
South East -52 67 £450 -14.29% 140
West Midlands -40 64 £550 +4.76% 51
North West -21 53 £495 +10.74% 78
South West -17 49 £450 - 83
Yorkshire -37 48 £471 +17.81% 49
East of England -27 35 £565 +2.73% 61
Scotland -28 23 £425 -6.85% 40
East Midlands -10 21 £375 -6.25% 38
North East -44 6 £410 -8.89% 22

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 (2.94%) Apache Spark
2 19 (2.54%) Confluence
3 11 (1.47%) SharePoint
4 10 (1.34%) ArcGIS
5 9 (1.20%) Apache Airflow
5 9 (1.20%) Apache Superset
6 7 (0.94%) Apache
7 5 (0.67%) CMS
7 5 (0.67%) Palantir Foundry
8 4 (0.53%) Jupyter
8 4 (0.53%) Oracle Workflow
8 4 (0.53%) SAS
9 2 (0.27%) Oracle Application Server
10 1 (0.13%) nginx
10 1 (0.13%) R Markdown
Applications
1 117 (15.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (1.87%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (1.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (1.34%) MS Visio
5 8 (1.07%) CPLEX
5 8 (1.07%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.80%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.53%) Adobe Illustrator
7 4 (0.53%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.53%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.40%) InDesign
9 2 (0.27%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.27%) EPLAN
9 2 (0.27%) Notion
10 1 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 12 (1.60%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (1.34%) Remedy ITSM
3 5 (0.67%) Primavera
4 4 (0.53%) Adobe Campaign
5 3 (0.40%) Eloqua
5 3 (0.40%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.27%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.13%) Advent Geneva
7 1 (0.13%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.13%) iTrent
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.13%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.13%) ResourceLink
7 1 (0.13%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.13%) SAP MDM
7 1 (0.13%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (0.13%) Sprinklr
7 1 (0.13%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 377 (50.40%) Power Platform
2 151 (20.19%) Azure
3 111 (14.84%) AWS
4 49 (6.55%) Snowflake
5 47 (6.28%) GCP
6 38 (5.08%) Azure DevOps
7 37 (4.95%) Azure Data Factory
8 29 (3.88%) Serverless
9 28 (3.74%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 28 (3.74%) Power Automate
10 25 (3.34%) GitHub
11 23 (3.07%) PowerApps
12 18 (2.41%) Amazon S3
12 18 (2.41%) dbt
13 14 (1.87%) Google Analytics
14 13 (1.74%) Adobe Analytics
15 12 (1.60%) AWS Lambda
16 11 (1.47%) Microsoft 365
17 10 (1.34%) Dynamics 365
18 9 (1.20%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.60%) Ethernet
2 11 (1.47%) TCP/IP
3 4 (0.53%) HTTP
3 4 (0.53%) Wireless
4 3 (0.40%) Firewall
4 3 (0.40%) VPN
5 2 (0.27%) 2G
5 2 (0.27%) 3G
5 2 (0.27%) 4G
5 2 (0.27%) 5G
5 2 (0.27%) Broadband
5 2 (0.27%) DHCP
5 2 (0.27%) DNS
5 2 (0.27%) Network Security
5 2 (0.27%) PCoIP
5 2 (0.27%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (0.27%) Remote Desktop
5 2 (0.27%) SNMP
6 1 (0.13%) Modbus
6 1 (0.13%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 371 (49.60%) Power BI
2 148 (19.79%) Tableau
3 96 (12.83%) Data Warehouse
4 59 (7.89%) Power Query
5 52 (6.95%) Relational Database
6 37 (4.95%) Data Lake
7 34 (4.55%) Metadata
8 32 (4.28%) Big Data
9 31 (4.14%) SQL Server
10 26 (3.48%) Looker
10 26 (3.48%) PostgreSQL
11 22 (2.94%) BigQuery
12 19 (2.54%) Oracle Reports
13 15 (2.01%) Star Schema
14 14 (1.87%) GIS
15 13 (1.74%) Qlik Sense
15 13 (1.74%) QlikView
15 13 (1.74%) Snowflake Schema
16 12 (1.60%) Parquet
17 11 (1.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 46 (6.15%) Git
2 45 (6.02%) JIRA
3 13 (1.74%) Visual Studio
4 12 (1.60%) Eclipse
5 8 (1.07%) Jenkins
6 7 (0.94%) GitLab
7 4 (0.53%) Cypress.io
7 4 (0.53%) Oracle Forms
8 3 (0.40%) JMeter
9 2 (0.27%) Charles Proxy
9 2 (0.27%) MLflow
9 2 (0.27%) Selenium
9 2 (0.27%) WebDriver
10 1 (0.13%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.13%) Flyway
10 1 (0.13%) Gatling
10 1 (0.13%) git-flow
10 1 (0.13%) NeoLoad
10 1 (0.13%) Storybook
10 1 (0.13%) Vite
General
1 247 (33.02%) Analytical Skills
2 242 (32.35%) Social Skills
3 168 (22.46%) Finance
4 77 (10.29%) Public Sector
5 56 (7.49%) Banking
6 34 (4.55%) Marketing
7 26 (3.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 24 (3.21%) Retail
9 21 (2.81%) Military
10 20 (2.67%) Presentation Skills
11 15 (2.01%) Manufacturing
12 12 (1.60%) Documentation Skills
12 12 (1.60%) Investment Banking
12 12 (1.60%) Law
13 10 (1.34%) Organisational Skills
14 9 (1.20%) Pharmaceutical
14 9 (1.20%) Telecoms
15 8 (1.07%) Publishing
16 7 (0.94%) Local Government
17 6 (0.80%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 194 (25.94%) Analyst
2 111 (14.84%) Developer
3 110 (14.71%) Data Analyst
4 100 (13.37%) Data Engineer
5 86 (11.50%) Senior
6 51 (6.82%) Lead
7 43 (5.75%) Consultant
8 42 (5.61%) Data Scientist
9 37 (4.95%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 32 (4.28%) Architect
10 32 (4.28%) Business Analyst
11 30 (4.01%) Power BI Developer
12 24 (3.21%) Designer
13 23 (3.07%) Senior Data Engineer
14 21 (2.81%) Python Developer
15 19 (2.54%) Business Intelligence Analyst
15 19 (2.54%) Data Architect
15 19 (2.54%) Data Manager
16 15 (2.01%) Senior Analyst
17 14 (1.87%) Performance Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (5.21%) REST
2 34 (4.55%) Pandas
3 30 (4.01%) React
4 24 (3.21%) CSS
5 23 (3.07%) HTML
6 22 (2.94%) Kafka
6 22 (2.94%) PySpark
7 20 (2.67%) NumPy
8 19 (2.54%) Web Services
9 16 (2.14%) scikit-learn
10 15 (2.01%) Node.js
11 13 (1.74%) .NET
11 13 (1.74%) Flask
12 12 (1.60%) PyTorch
12 12 (1.60%) TensorFlow
13 11 (1.47%) JSON
14 10 (1.34%) Vue
15 9 (1.20%) SOAP
16 8 (1.07%) Middleware
16 8 (1.07%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 59 (7.89%) Data Structures
2 30 (4.01%) Management Information System
3 29 (3.88%) Cloud Native
4 23 (3.07%) Algorithms
5 21 (2.81%) Legacy Systems
6 20 (2.67%) Analytical Mindset
6 20 (2.67%) Product Ownership
7 18 (2.41%) Distributed Systems
7 18 (2.41%) Onboarding
8 14 (1.87%) Data Protection Act
8 14 (1.87%) Self-Motivation
9 13 (1.74%) AI Agents
9 13 (1.74%) Reference Data
10 11 (1.47%) Virtual Team
11 10 (1.34%) PKI
12 9 (1.20%) Clustering
12 9 (1.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 8 (1.07%) Derivative
13 8 (1.07%) Marketing Technology
14 7 (0.94%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 35 (4.68%) Windows
2 24 (3.21%) Linux
3 13 (1.74%) Windows Server
4 7 (0.94%) Unix
5 6 (0.80%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.40%) Android
6 3 (0.40%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.13%) Robot Operating System
7 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 397 (53.07%) Business Intelligence
2 365 (48.80%) Data Visualisation
3 361 (48.26%) Analytics
4 224 (29.95%) Data Modelling
5 200 (26.74%) Agile
6 194 (25.94%) Decision-Making
7 184 (24.60%) Problem-Solving
8 157 (20.99%) AI
9 138 (18.45%) Data Analysis
10 132 (17.65%) Actionable Insight
11 128 (17.11%) Validation
12 123 (16.44%) Data Science
13 122 (16.31%) Continuous Improvement
14 121 (16.18%) Stakeholder Management
15 120 (16.04%) ETL
16 119 (15.91%) Data Pipeline
17 113 (15.11%) Data Governance
18 112 (14.97%) Dashboard Development
19 110 (14.71%) Data Engineering
20 100 (13.37%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 368 (49.20%) SQL
2 272 (36.36%) Python
3 70 (9.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 61 (8.16%) R
5 52 (6.95%) JavaScript
6 40 (5.35%) Java
7 37 (4.95%) C#
8 26 (3.48%) TypeScript
9 17 (2.27%) C++
9 17 (2.27%) PowerShell
10 13 (1.74%) Scala
11 11 (1.47%) PL/SQL
12 10 (1.34%) T-SQL
12 10 (1.34%) VBA
13 8 (1.07%) Bash
14 5 (0.67%) Cypher
14 5 (0.67%) MATLAB
14 5 (0.67%) Search Processing Language
15 4 (0.53%) Gremlin
15 4 (0.53%) Rust
Qualifications
1 161 (21.52%) Security Cleared
2 117 (15.64%) SC Cleared
3 86 (11.50%) Degree
4 21 (2.81%) BPSS Clearance
5 20 (2.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (2.67%) DV Cleared
6 17 (2.27%) Azure Certification
7 15 (2.01%) Master's Degree
8 9 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (0.53%) PhD
9 4 (0.53%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 4 (0.53%) Tableau Certification
10 3 (0.40%) Postgraduate
10 3 (0.40%) SnowPro
11 2 (0.27%) APMG
11 2 (0.27%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.27%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 1 (0.13%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.13%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 163 (21.79%) Data Quality
2 51 (6.82%) QA
3 28 (3.74%) GDPR
4 22 (2.94%) Accessibility
5 18 (2.41%) PMO
6 7 (0.94%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (0.67%) GRC
8 4 (0.53%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 4 (0.53%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 4 (0.53%) GMP
8 4 (0.53%) GxP
8 4 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 17025
8 4 (0.53%) WCAG
9 2 (0.27%) Basel III
9 2 (0.27%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.27%) SLA
9 2 (0.27%) Solvency II
10 1 (0.13%) COBIT
10 1 (0.13%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.13%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 26 (3.48%) Docker
2 18 (2.41%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.27%) Microsoft App-V
4 2 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.27%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.27%) VMware Workstation
4 2 (0.27%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 43 (5.75%) Terraform
2 19 (2.54%) Grafana
3 17 (2.27%) Kubernetes
4 9 (1.20%) SCCM
5 8 (1.07%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.94%) Ansible
7 6 (0.80%) Kibana
8 3 (0.40%) Podman
9 2 (0.27%) Istio
9 2 (0.27%) Packer
9 2 (0.27%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 1 (0.13%) Fluentd
10 1 (0.13%) logstash
10 1 (0.13%) Network Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.13%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 140 (18.72%) Microsoft
2 69 (9.22%) Databricks
3 49 (6.55%) Oracle
4 44 (5.88%) SAP
5 40 (5.35%) Google
6 32 (4.28%) ServiceNow
7 21 (2.81%) Dynatrace
8 20 (2.67%) Adobe
9 14 (1.87%) Salesforce
10 13 (1.74%) Splunk
11 10 (1.34%) Alteryx
11 10 (1.34%) Remedy
12 9 (1.20%) BMC
13 8 (1.07%) Palantir
14 7 (0.94%) Informatica
15 6 (0.80%) Amplitude
16 5 (0.67%) Foundry
16 5 (0.67%) Sage
17 4 (0.53%) Solace
17 4 (0.53%) VMware