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 26 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 104 124
Rank change year-on-year -9 +20 +25
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 907 838 905
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.52% 2.30% 1.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.81% 2.64% 2.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 571 507 596
10th Percentile £325 £325 £300
25th Percentile £400 £401 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £511
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% -2.20% -5.32%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £619
90th Percentile £738 £756 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 48 74
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.25 £22.61
25th Percentile £34.16 £27.88 £33.00
Median hourly rate £61.25 £49.34 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +24.14% +6.84% -28.95%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
90th Percentile - - £64.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year - +40.75% -28.95%

All Process and 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 32,237 31,694 40,485
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 89.44% 86.89% 88.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,185 19,077 27,186
10th Percentile £300 £310 £308
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.41% -3.18%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,109 1,149 1,555
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.22 £14.31
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.24 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +27.14%
75th Percentile £45.46 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.50 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.85 £32.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -29.69% -26.97% +48.33%

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 26 November 2025.

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 26 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Visualisation in the UK

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 Visualisation within the UK over the 6 months to 26 November 2025. 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 -3 787 £490 -2.00% 466
London -12 411 £500 -9.09% 188
UK excluding London +18 410 £500 +11.11% 390
Work from Home -19 263 £500 - 237
North of England -26 119 £425 -5.56% 52
Midlands +8 76 £520 +28.00% 64
South East +12 68 £500 +3.95% 170
Yorkshire 0 66 £450 - 15
West Midlands +17 63 £525 +31.25% 36
Scotland +21 55 £500 -2.44% 12
North West -22 49 £408 -8.79% 32
East of England -16 47 £525 +23.53% 36
South West -5 38 £750 +57.89% 55
East Midlands -12 13 £411 -3.24% 28
Northern Ireland -12 6 £600 +20.00% 7
Wales -6 5 - - 8
North East -20 4 £413 -8.33% 7

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 41 (4.52%) Confluence
2 35 (3.86%) Apache Spark
3 33 (3.64%) Apache
4 30 (3.31%) SharePoint
5 29 (3.20%) Apache Airflow
6 15 (1.65%) WebLogic
7 13 (1.43%) SAS
8 8 (0.88%) Apache Pig
9 7 (0.77%) Jupyter
10 3 (0.33%) GeoServer
10 3 (0.33%) Smallworld
11 2 (0.22%) Apache Superset
11 2 (0.22%) CMS
12 1 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 1 (0.11%) Cloud Foundry
12 1 (0.11%) Drupal
12 1 (0.11%) Headless CMS
12 1 (0.11%) PowerFactory
12 1 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 142 (15.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (4.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 27 (2.98%) Microsoft Office
4 15 (1.65%) MS Visio
5 11 (1.21%) Siemens NX
6 7 (0.77%) Chatbot
6 7 (0.77%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.44%) Adobe Captivate
7 4 (0.44%) Maya
7 4 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.44%) Navisworks
7 4 (0.44%) Revit
8 3 (0.33%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.33%) ProjectWise
9 2 (0.22%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.22%) Maple
9 2 (0.22%) Simulink
10 1 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (1.21%) Teamcenter
2 6 (0.66%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.44%) Aladdin
3 4 (0.44%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.33%) Bloomberg AIM
4 3 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.11%) Actimize
6 1 (0.11%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.11%) Endur
6 1 (0.11%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 1 (0.11%) Maximo
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.11%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.11%) Shopify
6 1 (0.11%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 389 (42.89%) Power Platform
2 205 (22.60%) Azure
3 154 (16.98%) AWS
4 83 (9.15%) GCP
5 50 (5.51%) Snowflake
6 40 (4.41%) Azure Data Factory
7 33 (3.64%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 31 (3.42%) Power Automate
8 31 (3.42%) Serverless
9 29 (3.20%) Azure DevOps
9 29 (3.20%) dbt
10 28 (3.09%) PowerApps
11 26 (2.87%) AWS Lambda
12 20 (2.21%) Amazon S3
13 19 (2.09%) GitHub
14 18 (1.98%) Cloud Computing
15 16 (1.76%) Azure Monitor
16 15 (1.65%) Microsoft 365
17 13 (1.43%) Figma
17 13 (1.43%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 24 (2.65%) TCP/IP
2 22 (2.43%) Ethernet
3 4 (0.44%) 2G
3 4 (0.44%) 5G
3 4 (0.44%) Internet
3 4 (0.44%) SNMP
4 3 (0.33%) Kerberos
4 3 (0.33%) MQTT
4 3 (0.33%) SSH
5 2 (0.22%) Firewall
5 2 (0.22%) LTE
5 2 (0.22%) Mobile Backhaul
5 2 (0.22%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (0.22%) SSL
5 2 (0.22%) VoIP
6 1 (0.11%) 4G
6 1 (0.11%) DSL
6 1 (0.11%) NAS
6 1 (0.11%) SAN
6 1 (0.11%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 382 (42.12%) Power BI
2 183 (20.18%) Tableau
3 103 (11.36%) Data Warehouse
4 59 (6.50%) Relational Database
5 48 (5.29%) Power Query
6 44 (4.85%) Big Data
7 37 (4.08%) Data Lake
8 33 (3.64%) BigQuery
8 33 (3.64%) Looker
8 33 (3.64%) SQL Server
9 32 (3.53%) Hadoop
10 26 (2.87%) Metadata
10 26 (2.87%) PostgreSQL
11 20 (2.21%) Data Mining
12 16 (1.76%) Azure SQL Database
12 16 (1.76%) Elasticsearch
12 16 (1.76%) NoSQL
13 13 (1.43%) Oracle Reports
13 13 (1.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 11 (1.21%) Apache Hive
Development Applications
1 55 (6.06%) JIRA
2 52 (5.73%) Git
3 24 (2.65%) Visual Studio
4 22 (2.43%) Eclipse
5 14 (1.54%) Jenkins
6 7 (0.77%) Gradle
6 7 (0.77%) Storybook
6 7 (0.77%) Xcode
7 6 (0.66%) Cypress.io
7 6 (0.66%) JUnit
8 4 (0.44%) MLflow
8 4 (0.44%) Selenium
9 3 (0.33%) webpack
10 2 (0.22%) Postman
11 1 (0.11%) git-flow
11 1 (0.11%) REST Assured
11 1 (0.11%) Snyk
11 1 (0.11%) Sonatype Nexus
11 1 (0.11%) Terragrunt
11 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 381 (42.01%) Social Skills
2 262 (28.89%) Analytical Skills
3 224 (24.70%) Finance
4 81 (8.93%) Banking
5 79 (8.71%) Public Sector
6 42 (4.63%) Presentation Skills
7 34 (3.75%) Manufacturing
7 34 (3.75%) Marketing
8 30 (3.31%) Military
9 27 (2.98%) Investment Banking
10 25 (2.76%) Retail
11 20 (2.21%) Front Office
12 18 (1.98%) Telecoms
13 17 (1.87%) Legal
14 16 (1.76%) Organisational Skills
15 14 (1.54%) Publishing
16 13 (1.43%) Aerospace
16 13 (1.43%) Documentation Skills
16 13 (1.43%) Influencing Skills
17 11 (1.21%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 250 (27.56%) Analyst
2 149 (16.43%) Data Analyst
3 142 (15.66%) Developer
4 90 (9.92%) Data Engineer
4 90 (9.92%) Senior
5 74 (8.16%) Architect
6 54 (5.95%) Lead
7 51 (5.62%) Data Scientist
8 49 (5.40%) Business Analyst
9 43 (4.74%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 43 (4.74%) Consultant
10 39 (4.30%) Senior Analyst
11 32 (3.53%) Power BI Developer
12 30 (3.31%) Software Engineer
13 22 (2.43%) Solutions Architect
14 20 (2.21%) C# Software Engineer
15 19 (2.09%) Python Engineer
16 18 (1.98%) Designer
16 18 (1.98%) Power BI Analyst
16 18 (1.98%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (4.30%) React
2 38 (4.19%) Pandas
3 33 (3.64%) scikit-learn
4 32 (3.53%) Node.js
5 30 (3.31%) NumPy
6 29 (3.20%) Web Services
7 28 (3.09%) PySpark
8 22 (2.43%) D3.js
9 21 (2.32%) AngularJS
9 21 (2.32%) CSS
9 21 (2.32%) REST
10 19 (2.09%) Kafka
11 17 (1.87%) HTML
11 17 (1.87%) Plotly
12 15 (1.65%) OAuth
13 14 (1.54%) Elastic Stack
13 14 (1.54%) TensorFlow
13 14 (1.54%) Vue
14 11 (1.21%) Matplotlib
15 10 (1.10%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 66 (7.28%) Algorithms
2 38 (4.19%) Analytical Mindset
3 27 (2.98%) Cloud Native
4 26 (2.87%) Product Ownership
5 25 (2.76%) Data Structures
6 22 (2.43%) Management Information System
7 19 (2.09%) Onboarding
8 14 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
8 14 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
9 13 (1.43%) CMDB
9 13 (1.43%) Data Centre
10 12 (1.32%) Virtual Team
11 10 (1.10%) Distributed Computing
12 9 (0.99%) Data Protection Act
12 9 (0.99%) Hedge funds
13 8 (0.88%) Animation
13 8 (0.88%) Mobile App
13 8 (0.88%) SCADA
14 7 (0.77%) Low-Code
15 6 (0.66%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 62 (6.84%) Linux
2 45 (4.96%) Windows
3 32 (3.53%) Unix
4 8 (0.88%) Android
5 7 (0.77%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.22%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.11%) VMS
7 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 432 (47.63%) Data Visualisation
2 420 (46.31%) Business Intelligence
3 332 (36.60%) Analytics
4 245 (27.01%) Data Modelling
5 227 (25.03%) Data Analysis
6 222 (24.48%) Decision-Making
7 214 (23.59%) Agile
8 208 (22.93%) Problem-Solving
9 155 (17.09%) Actionable Insight
10 146 (16.10%) Data Science
11 134 (14.77%) Machine Learning
12 131 (14.44%) ETL
13 121 (13.34%) AI
14 113 (12.46%) Data Pipeline
15 107 (11.80%) Stakeholder Management
16 100 (11.03%) Validation
17 96 (10.58%) Continuous Improvement
18 95 (10.47%) Data Governance
19 94 (10.36%) CI/CD
20 88 (9.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 409 (45.09%) SQL
2 313 (34.51%) Python
3 70 (7.72%) JavaScript
4 55 (6.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 51 (5.62%) R
6 43 (4.74%) C++
7 36 (3.97%) Java
8 33 (3.64%) C#
9 30 (3.31%) TypeScript
10 19 (2.09%) Scala
11 14 (1.54%) Bash
12 11 (1.21%) PowerShell
13 10 (1.10%) PL/SQL
14 8 (0.88%) Go
14 8 (0.88%) VBA
15 7 (0.77%) MATLAB
15 7 (0.77%) PHP
15 7 (0.77%) T-SQL
16 5 (0.55%) Groovy
17 4 (0.44%) LookML
Qualifications
1 156 (17.20%) Security Cleared
2 125 (13.78%) SC Cleared
3 104 (11.47%) Degree
4 41 (4.52%) Master's Degree
5 23 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
6 18 (1.98%) CISSP
7 15 (1.65%) Azure Certification
7 15 (1.65%) CISM
8 14 (1.54%) BPSS Clearance
9 13 (1.43%) PhD
10 10 (1.10%) DV Cleared
11 9 (0.99%) ITIL Certification
11 9 (0.99%) TOGAF Certification
12 7 (0.77%) CFA
12 7 (0.77%) PMI Certification
13 6 (0.66%) AWS Certification
14 5 (0.55%) CBAP
14 5 (0.55%) CEH
15 4 (0.44%) ACCA
16 3 (0.33%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 133 (14.66%) Data Quality
2 56 (6.17%) Accessibility
3 33 (3.64%) QA
4 30 (3.31%) GDPR
5 8 (0.88%) Actionable Recommendations
6 7 (0.77%) PMO
6 7 (0.77%) WCAG
7 6 (0.66%) Disclosure Scotland
7 6 (0.66%) HIPAA
8 5 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (0.44%) ISO 19650
9 4 (0.44%) MiFID
9 4 (0.44%) NIST
9 4 (0.44%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.33%) EMIR
10 3 (0.33%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.22%) Dodd-Frank
11 2 (0.22%) FIPS 140-2
11 2 (0.22%) GRC
11 2 (0.22%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 33 (3.64%) Docker
2 9 (0.99%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.11%) HDFS
4 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 38 (4.19%) Terraform
2 28 (3.09%) Kubernetes
3 20 (2.21%) Kibana
4 18 (1.98%) Grafana
5 14 (1.54%) logstash
6 12 (1.32%) Ansible
7 4 (0.44%) Argo
7 4 (0.44%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.11%) Cacti
9 1 (0.11%) collectd
9 1 (0.11%) Fluentd
9 1 (0.11%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.11%) QRadar
9 1 (0.11%) Rsyslog
9 1 (0.11%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 1 (0.11%) Thomson Reuters DACS
9 1 (0.11%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 184 (20.29%) Microsoft
2 58 (6.39%) Oracle
3 53 (5.84%) Databricks
4 45 (4.96%) Google
5 43 (4.74%) Splunk
6 31 (3.42%) Salesforce
7 30 (3.31%) ServiceNow
8 26 (2.87%) Dynatrace
9 19 (2.09%) AppDynamics
9 19 (2.09%) Cisco
9 19 (2.09%) SAP
10 16 (1.76%) BiZZdesign
11 15 (1.65%) Foundry
12 13 (1.43%) OpenAI
13 12 (1.32%) CyberArk
14 11 (1.21%) Adobe
14 11 (1.21%) Centrify
14 11 (1.21%) Palantir
15 10 (1.10%) Siemens
16 9 (0.99%) Bloomberg