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

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 152 104 137
Rank change year-on-year -48 +33 +20
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 788 744 740
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.67% 2.54% 1.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.98% 2.79% 1.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 481 484 492
10th Percentile £331 £338 £313
25th Percentile £413 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £575 £580
90th Percentile £725 £675 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £455 £451
% change year-on-year +4.51% +0.72% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 31 40
10th Percentile £22.27 £22.00 £20.50
25th Percentile £44.06 £23.86 £37.88
Median hourly rate £62.50 £33.11 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +88.76% -42.42% -11.54%
75th Percentile £70.18 £53.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £65.00 £71.93
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £31.64 £60.00
% change year-on-year +105.44% -47.27% -7.69%

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 39,853 26,632 37,270
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.47% 90.92% 86.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,078 17,168 24,015
10th Percentile £319 £306 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £630 £638
90th Percentile £725 £745 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £481 £500
% change year-on-year +1.46% -3.90% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,383 1,080 2,442
10th Percentile £14.84 £14.63 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.91 £18.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £41.56 £29.00 £35.83
Median % change year-on-year +43.29% -19.06% -0.47%
75th Percentile £67.13 £61.69 £60.00
90th Percentile £79.40 £75.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £44.00 £27.57 £37.50
% change year-on-year +59.59% -26.48% +7.14%

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 4 May 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 4 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Visualisation in the UK

Visualisation
Top 16 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 4 May 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 -54 694 £488 +2.63% 474
London -44 364 £489 -2.25% 208
UK excluding London -54 326 £475 +4.51% 336
Work from Home -22 258 £488 +8.21% 231
North of England -50 103 £453 -2.16% 75
Midlands -40 66 £494 +19.70% 52
North West -25 58 £420 -11.58% 42
South East -29 57 £500 - 115
West Midlands -44 46 £500 +19.40% 29
South West -29 44 £475 - 49
Yorkshire -36 41 £463 +7.56% 19
East of England -45 33 £565 +18.95% 31
Scotland -18 24 £440 -2.22% 9
East Midlands -18 20 £441 +20.23% 23
North East -24 7 £420 -6.67% 14
Northern Ireland +1 2 £463 +8.82% 1

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 51 (6.47%) Apache Spark
2 21 (2.66%) Apache
3 19 (2.41%) Confluence
4 16 (2.03%) Apache Airflow
4 16 (2.03%) SharePoint
5 11 (1.40%) Apache Superset
6 5 (0.63%) OpenStack
7 4 (0.51%) SAS
8 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.25%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.25%) GeoServer
9 2 (0.25%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.25%) Luigi
9 2 (0.25%) Smallworld
10 1 (0.13%) CMS
10 1 (0.13%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle Application Server
10 1 (0.13%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.13%) R Markdown
10 1 (0.13%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 119 (15.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (2.41%) MS Visio
3 17 (2.16%) Microsoft Office
4 14 (1.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (1.27%) Chatbot
6 9 (1.14%) Microsoft Project
6 9 (1.14%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.63%) Adobe Illustrator
7 5 (0.63%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.25%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.25%) CPLEX
8 2 (0.25%) EPLAN
8 2 (0.25%) InDesign
8 2 (0.25%) Notion
9 1 (0.13%) 3ds Max
9 1 (0.13%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.13%) Blender
9 1 (0.13%) Maya
9 1 (0.13%) SOLIDWORKS
9 1 (0.13%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 18 (2.28%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.63%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.51%) Adobe Campaign
5 3 (0.38%) Eloqua
5 3 (0.38%) iTrent
5 3 (0.38%) Primavera
6 2 (0.25%) IntelliMatch
6 2 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.25%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.13%) Advent Geneva
7 1 (0.13%) FLEXCUBE
7 1 (0.13%) Maximo
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.13%) SAP MDM
7 1 (0.13%) Shopify
7 1 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.13%) Sprinklr
7 1 (0.13%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 362 (45.94%) Power Platform
2 160 (20.30%) Azure
3 137 (17.39%) AWS
4 60 (7.61%) GCP
5 49 (6.22%) Azure Data Factory
6 38 (4.82%) Snowflake
7 29 (3.68%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 28 (3.55%) Serverless
9 25 (3.17%) Azure DevOps
10 24 (3.05%) Power Automate
11 22 (2.79%) Amazon S3
12 19 (2.41%) AWS Lambda
13 17 (2.16%) dbt
14 16 (2.03%) GitHub
15 15 (1.90%) PowerApps
16 12 (1.52%) Google Workspace
17 11 (1.40%) Microsoft 365
18 10 (1.27%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 10 (1.27%) Amazon EC2
18 10 (1.27%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.90%) TCP/IP
2 14 (1.78%) Ethernet
3 6 (0.76%) Firewall
4 3 (0.38%) Wireless
5 2 (0.25%) DNS
5 2 (0.25%) Fibre Channel
5 2 (0.25%) Internet
5 2 (0.25%) Network Security
5 2 (0.25%) SAN
5 2 (0.25%) SMS
6 1 (0.13%) 5G
6 1 (0.13%) Intranet
6 1 (0.13%) LAN
6 1 (0.13%) LTE
6 1 (0.13%) Mobile Backhaul
6 1 (0.13%) Modbus
6 1 (0.13%) SNMP
6 1 (0.13%) VoIP
6 1 (0.13%) VPN
6 1 (0.13%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 361 (45.81%) Power BI
2 182 (23.10%) Tableau
3 100 (12.69%) Data Warehouse
4 45 (5.71%) Big Data
4 45 (5.71%) Relational Database
5 41 (5.20%) Metadata
6 39 (4.95%) Power Query
7 34 (4.31%) Looker
7 34 (4.31%) SQL Server
8 31 (3.93%) Hadoop
9 30 (3.81%) Data Lake
10 29 (3.68%) BigQuery
11 26 (3.30%) PostgreSQL
12 22 (2.79%) NoSQL
13 17 (2.16%) Oracle Reports
14 15 (1.90%) Star Schema
15 14 (1.78%) Elasticsearch
15 14 (1.78%) Geospatial Data
15 14 (1.78%) Snowflake Schema
16 13 (1.65%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 58 (7.36%) Git
2 40 (5.08%) JIRA
3 15 (1.90%) Visual Studio
4 14 (1.78%) Eclipse
5 12 (1.52%) Jenkins
6 8 (1.02%) MLflow
7 4 (0.51%) ERwin
7 4 (0.51%) GitLab
8 3 (0.38%) Selenium
9 2 (0.25%) Charles Proxy
9 2 (0.25%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.25%) JMeter
9 2 (0.25%) Postman
9 2 (0.25%) Terragrunt
9 2 (0.25%) WebDriver
10 1 (0.13%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.13%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.13%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.13%) SpecFlow
10 1 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 270 (34.26%) Social Skills
2 247 (31.35%) Analytical Skills
3 211 (26.78%) Finance
4 82 (10.41%) Public Sector
5 57 (7.23%) Banking
6 39 (4.95%) Retail
7 35 (4.44%) Marketing
8 25 (3.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 22 (2.79%) Documentation Skills
10 19 (2.41%) Presentation Skills
11 18 (2.28%) Military
12 15 (1.90%) Organisational Skills
13 14 (1.78%) Law
13 14 (1.78%) Publishing
14 13 (1.65%) Pharmaceutical
15 10 (1.27%) Front Office
16 9 (1.14%) Legal
16 9 (1.14%) Manufacturing
17 8 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
17 8 (1.02%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 206 (26.14%) Analyst
2 112 (14.21%) Developer
3 109 (13.83%) Data Analyst
3 109 (13.83%) Data Engineer
4 103 (13.07%) Senior
5 59 (7.49%) Data Scientist
6 53 (6.73%) Lead
7 49 (6.22%) Business Analyst
8 43 (5.46%) Consultant
9 40 (5.08%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 34 (4.31%) Architect
11 29 (3.68%) Power BI Developer
12 26 (3.30%) Senior Analyst
13 24 (3.05%) Senior Data Engineer
14 22 (2.79%) Software Engineer
15 21 (2.66%) Business Intelligence Analyst
16 19 (2.41%) Designer
17 18 (2.28%) Data Business Analyst
18 17 (2.16%) SAP Consultant
19 16 (2.03%) Senior Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (6.35%) Pandas
2 46 (5.84%) React
3 36 (4.57%) Kafka
4 29 (3.68%) Node.js
4 29 (3.68%) NumPy
4 29 (3.68%) scikit-learn
5 28 (3.55%) REST
6 22 (2.79%) PySpark
7 19 (2.41%) .NET
8 18 (2.28%) AngularJS
8 18 (2.28%) Matplotlib
9 17 (2.16%) TensorFlow
9 17 (2.16%) Web Services
10 16 (2.03%) Elastic Stack
10 16 (2.03%) JSON
11 15 (1.90%) PyTorch
11 15 (1.90%) Seaborn
12 14 (1.78%) Vue
13 13 (1.65%) HTML
14 12 (1.52%) Apache Avro
Miscellaneous
1 49 (6.22%) Data Structures
2 33 (4.19%) Algorithms
3 32 (4.06%) Cloud Native
4 24 (3.05%) Management Information System
5 22 (2.79%) Analytical Mindset
6 20 (2.54%) Product Ownership
7 14 (1.78%) Legacy Systems
8 13 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
9 12 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
9 12 (1.52%) Distributed Systems
10 11 (1.40%) Virtual Team
11 10 (1.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 9 (1.14%) AI Agents
12 9 (1.14%) Marketing Technology
13 8 (1.02%) Derivative
13 8 (1.02%) PMI
14 7 (0.89%) Life Science
14 7 (0.89%) NHS
14 7 (0.89%) Onboarding
14 7 (0.89%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 35 (4.44%) Linux
2 28 (3.55%) Windows
3 9 (1.14%) Unix
4 6 (0.76%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.63%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.51%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.38%) Android
7 3 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 399 (50.63%) Business Intelligence
2 380 (48.22%) Data Visualisation
3 326 (41.37%) Analytics
4 238 (30.20%) Data Modelling
5 216 (27.41%) Decision-Making
6 207 (26.27%) Agile
7 206 (26.14%) Problem-Solving
8 166 (21.07%) Actionable Insight
9 146 (18.53%) Data Pipeline
10 139 (17.64%) AI
11 136 (17.26%) Validation
12 135 (17.13%) Data Analysis
12 135 (17.13%) Data Science
13 127 (16.12%) Data Governance
14 122 (15.48%) Dashboard Development
15 121 (15.36%) ETL
16 116 (14.72%) Data Engineering
17 103 (13.07%) CI/CD
18 99 (12.56%) Machine Learning
19 91 (11.55%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 388 (49.24%) SQL
2 301 (38.20%) Python
3 85 (10.79%) R
4 56 (7.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 55 (6.98%) JavaScript
6 42 (5.33%) C#
7 38 (4.82%) Java
8 36 (4.57%) TypeScript
9 27 (3.43%) C++
10 21 (2.66%) Scala
11 20 (2.54%) PowerShell
12 13 (1.65%) VBA
13 9 (1.14%) Perl
14 7 (0.89%) PL/SQL
14 7 (0.89%) T-SQL
15 6 (0.76%) Rust
16 4 (0.51%) Bash
16 4 (0.51%) MATLAB
16 4 (0.51%) PHP
17 3 (0.38%) C
Qualifications
1 154 (19.54%) Security Cleared
2 124 (15.74%) SC Cleared
3 74 (9.39%) Degree
4 22 (2.79%) Master's Degree
5 20 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
6 19 (2.41%) BPSS Clearance
7 16 (2.03%) Azure Certification
8 12 (1.52%) DV Cleared
9 9 (1.14%) PMI Certification
10 6 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (0.51%) AWS Certification
11 4 (0.51%) CISM
11 4 (0.51%) CISSP
11 4 (0.51%) MBA
11 4 (0.51%) Tableau Certification
12 3 (0.38%) CBAP
12 3 (0.38%) PhD
12 3 (0.38%) SnowPro
12 3 (0.38%) TOGAF Certification
13 2 (0.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 143 (18.15%) Data Quality
2 53 (6.73%) QA
3 27 (3.43%) GDPR
4 25 (3.17%) PMO
5 21 (2.66%) Accessibility
6 15 (1.90%) Actionable Recommendations
7 7 (0.89%) SLA
8 5 (0.63%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 4 (0.51%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.38%) WCAG
11 2 (0.25%) Disclosure Scotland
11 2 (0.25%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.25%) ISO 8583
11 2 (0.25%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.25%) NIST
11 2 (0.25%) P3O
11 2 (0.25%) PERC
12 1 (0.13%) Basel III
12 1 (0.13%) ISO 14001
12 1 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 29 (3.68%) Docker
2 9 (1.14%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.51%) HDFS
4 3 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.25%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 42 (5.33%) Kubernetes
2 33 (4.19%) Terraform
3 24 (3.05%) Grafana
4 18 (2.28%) Kibana
5 17 (2.16%) Prometheus
6 15 (1.90%) Ansible
7 12 (1.52%) logstash
8 7 (0.89%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 5 (0.63%) SCCM
10 3 (0.38%) SysTrack
11 2 (0.25%) Cilium
11 2 (0.25%) vMotion
11 2 (0.25%) vRealize
12 1 (0.13%) Cacti
12 1 (0.13%) HP ALM
12 1 (0.13%) Istio
12 1 (0.13%) Network Intrusion Detection System
12 1 (0.13%) PowerCLI
12 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.13%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 127 (16.12%) Microsoft
2 76 (9.64%) Databricks
3 51 (6.47%) Google
4 40 (5.08%) SAP
5 38 (4.82%) Oracle
6 25 (3.17%) ServiceNow
7 21 (2.66%) Salesforce
8 17 (2.16%) Sage
9 14 (1.78%) Adobe
9 14 (1.78%) Splunk
10 9 (1.14%) Informatica
11 8 (1.02%) Amplitude
12 7 (0.89%) Cognos
13 6 (0.76%) Apple
13 6 (0.76%) BiZZdesign
13 6 (0.76%) OpenAI
13 6 (0.76%) Remedy
14 5 (0.63%) Bloomberg
14 5 (0.63%) Cisco
14 5 (0.63%) Solace