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

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 215 103 119
Rank change year-on-year -112 +16 +25
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 735 826 758
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.35% 2.50% 1.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.59% 2.77% 2.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 437 503 442
10th Percentile £323 £320 £313
25th Percentile £400 £400 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% -5.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £628
90th Percentile £696 £688 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £450 £453
% change year-on-year +5.56% -0.55% -5.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 50 51
10th Percentile £19.98 £22.76 £24.50
25th Percentile £28.25 £33.25 £41.25
Median hourly rate £50.00 £50.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - -23.08% +56.46%
75th Percentile £67.50 £65.00 -
90th Percentile £70.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £52.67 £56.25 £65.00
% change year-on-year -6.37% -13.46% +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 46,112 29,840 32,750
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.63% 90.46% 85.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,098 18,520 20,299
10th Percentile £325 £300 £312
25th Percentile £425 £403 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
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 3,038 1,780 1,507
10th Percentile £13.87 £14.23 £14.70
25th Percentile £17.38 £17.30 £20.12
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% +2.87%
75th Percentile £67.50 £45.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £67.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.03 £22.63 £43.00
% change year-on-year +76.89% -47.37% +8.65%

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 10 September 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 10 September 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 10 September 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 -95 662 £488 +2.63% 1,258
UK excluding London -95 344 £475 +5.56% 706
London -79 326 £488 -2.50% 742
Work from Home -60 224 £500 +14.29% 505
North of England -69 98 £451 +8.02% 147
Midlands -49 84 £539 +6.16% 109
South East -53 69 £470 -14.55% 145
West Midlands -40 62 £550 +4.76% 57
North West -43 49 £500 +23.46% 77
South West -28 47 £450 -18.18% 97
Yorkshire -57 43 £466 +16.38% 48
Scotland -63 26 £420 -16.00% 83
East of England -48 25 £565 +5.12% 79
East Midlands -10 22 £375 -6.25% 52
North East -46 7 £400 -8.57% 23
Northern Ireland +3 2 - - 33

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 19 (2.59%) Confluence
2 18 (2.45%) Apache Spark
3 13 (1.77%) SharePoint
4 10 (1.36%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (1.36%) ArcGIS
5 9 (1.22%) Apache Superset
6 6 (0.82%) Apache
7 5 (0.68%) CMS
7 5 (0.68%) Oracle Workflow
7 5 (0.68%) Palantir Foundry
8 4 (0.54%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.27%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (0.27%) SAS
10 1 (0.14%) nginx
10 1 (0.14%) R Markdown
Applications
1 125 (17.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (1.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.22%) Spreadsheet
5 7 (0.95%) Adobe Illustrator
5 7 (0.95%) CPLEX
5 7 (0.95%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.68%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.41%) Adobe Premiere
7 3 (0.41%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.41%) InDesign
8 2 (0.27%) Adobe After Effects
8 2 (0.27%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.27%) EPLAN
8 2 (0.27%) Notion
9 1 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.14%) Final Cut Pro
Business Applications
1 10 (1.36%) Dynamics CRM
1 10 (1.36%) Remedy ITSM
2 8 (1.09%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.68%) Primavera
4 2 (0.27%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.27%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.14%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.14%) iTrent
5 1 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.14%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.14%) ResourceLink
5 1 (0.14%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.14%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.14%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 386 (52.52%) Power Platform
2 147 (20.00%) Azure
3 103 (14.01%) AWS
4 53 (7.21%) Snowflake
5 50 (6.80%) GCP
6 41 (5.58%) Azure DevOps
7 31 (4.22%) GitHub
8 30 (4.08%) Azure Data Factory
8 30 (4.08%) Power Automate
9 27 (3.67%) PowerApps
10 26 (3.54%) Serverless
11 22 (2.99%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 19 (2.59%) Amazon S3
12 19 (2.59%) dbt
13 15 (2.04%) Google Analytics
14 13 (1.77%) Adobe Analytics
15 12 (1.63%) Microsoft 365
16 11 (1.50%) Dynamics 365
16 11 (1.50%) Microsoft Copilot
17 10 (1.36%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.82%) Wireless
2 5 (0.68%) HTTP
2 5 (0.68%) SNMP
3 4 (0.54%) Broadband
3 4 (0.54%) Ethernet
3 4 (0.54%) SD-WAN
3 4 (0.54%) TCP/IP
3 4 (0.54%) WAN
4 3 (0.41%) 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%) 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
6 1 (0.14%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 379 (51.56%) Power BI
2 149 (20.27%) Tableau
3 83 (11.29%) Data Warehouse
4 64 (8.71%) Power Query
5 48 (6.53%) Relational Database
6 40 (5.44%) Data Lake
7 31 (4.22%) Metadata
8 30 (4.08%) SQL Server
9 29 (3.95%) Big Data
10 25 (3.40%) Looker
11 24 (3.27%) PostgreSQL
12 23 (3.13%) BigQuery
13 20 (2.72%) Oracle Reports
14 15 (2.04%) Star Schema
15 14 (1.90%) GIS
16 12 (1.63%) Amazon Athena
16 12 (1.63%) Parquet
16 12 (1.63%) Qlik Sense
16 12 (1.63%) Snowflake Schema
17 11 (1.50%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 47 (6.39%) Git
2 40 (5.44%) JIRA
3 6 (0.82%) GitLab
4 5 (0.68%) Oracle Forms
4 5 (0.68%) Visual Studio
5 4 (0.54%) Cypress.io
5 4 (0.54%) Eclipse
6 3 (0.41%) JMeter
7 2 (0.27%) Charles Proxy
7 2 (0.27%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.27%) Selenium
7 2 (0.27%) WebDriver
8 1 (0.14%) Jasmine
8 1 (0.14%) MLflow
8 1 (0.14%) Postman
8 1 (0.14%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.14%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.14%) Storybook
8 1 (0.14%) Terragrunt
8 1 (0.14%) Vite
General
1 269 (36.60%) Analytical Skills
2 247 (33.61%) Social Skills
3 159 (21.63%) Finance
4 84 (11.43%) Public Sector
5 60 (8.16%) Banking
6 28 (3.81%) Marketing
7 27 (3.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 23 (3.13%) Retail
9 18 (2.45%) Military
10 15 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
11 14 (1.90%) Manufacturing
11 14 (1.90%) Presentation Skills
12 13 (1.77%) Documentation Skills
12 13 (1.77%) Investment Banking
13 10 (1.36%) Local Government
13 10 (1.36%) Publishing
14 9 (1.22%) Law
14 9 (1.22%) Telecoms
15 8 (1.09%) Influencing Skills
15 8 (1.09%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 196 (26.67%) Analyst
2 111 (15.10%) Data Analyst
3 109 (14.83%) Developer
4 96 (13.06%) Data Engineer
5 89 (12.11%) Senior
6 44 (5.99%) Consultant
6 44 (5.99%) Lead
7 38 (5.17%) Data Scientist
8 33 (4.49%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 31 (4.22%) Architect
10 28 (3.81%) Power BI Developer
11 27 (3.67%) Business Analyst
12 25 (3.40%) Senior Data Engineer
13 24 (3.27%) Designer
14 20 (2.72%) Python Developer
15 19 (2.59%) Data Manager
16 18 (2.45%) Business Intelligence Analyst
16 18 (2.45%) Data Architect
16 18 (2.45%) Performance Analyst
17 15 (2.04%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (5.58%) REST
2 39 (5.31%) Terraform
3 33 (4.49%) Pandas
4 28 (3.81%) React
5 26 (3.54%) CSS
6 24 (3.27%) HTML
7 22 (2.99%) Kafka
7 22 (2.99%) PySpark
8 20 (2.72%) NumPy
9 19 (2.59%) scikit-learn
10 16 (2.18%) .NET
11 13 (1.77%) Flask
12 12 (1.63%) Web Services
13 11 (1.50%) PyTorch
13 11 (1.50%) TensorFlow
14 10 (1.36%) JSON
14 10 (1.36%) SOAP
15 9 (1.22%) Middleware
15 9 (1.22%) Vue
16 8 (1.09%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 59 (8.03%) Data Structures
2 32 (4.35%) Management Information System
3 27 (3.67%) Cloud Native
4 25 (3.40%) Onboarding
5 23 (3.13%) Analytical Mindset
6 21 (2.86%) Algorithms
6 21 (2.86%) Legacy Systems
7 19 (2.59%) Product Ownership
8 17 (2.31%) Distributed Systems
9 14 (1.90%) AI Agents
9 14 (1.90%) Data Protection Act
9 14 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
10 13 (1.77%) Reference Data
11 11 (1.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 10 (1.36%) PKI
12 10 (1.36%) Virtual Team
13 9 (1.22%) Clustering
14 8 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
14 8 (1.09%) NHS
15 7 (0.95%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 28 (3.81%) Windows
2 14 (1.90%) Linux
2 14 (1.90%) Windows Server
3 6 (0.82%) Unix
4 4 (0.54%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.41%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.27%) Android
7 1 (0.14%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 396 (53.88%) Business Intelligence
2 375 (51.02%) Data Visualisation
3 361 (49.12%) Analytics
4 208 (28.30%) Data Modelling
5 202 (27.48%) Decision-Making
6 185 (25.17%) Agile
7 175 (23.81%) Problem-Solving
8 165 (22.45%) AI
9 151 (20.54%) Data Analysis
10 137 (18.64%) Stakeholder Management
11 133 (18.10%) Actionable Insight
12 128 (17.41%) Continuous Improvement
13 119 (16.19%) Validation
14 117 (15.92%) Dashboard Development
14 117 (15.92%) Data Pipeline
15 116 (15.78%) Data Science
16 115 (15.65%) Data Engineering
17 112 (15.24%) Data Governance
18 111 (15.10%) ETL
19 97 (13.20%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 364 (49.52%) SQL
2 271 (36.87%) Python
3 70 (9.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 58 (7.89%) R
5 44 (5.99%) JavaScript
6 41 (5.58%) Java
7 32 (4.35%) C#
8 23 (3.13%) TypeScript
9 19 (2.59%) PowerShell
10 12 (1.63%) Scala
11 11 (1.50%) PL/SQL
11 11 (1.50%) T-SQL
12 9 (1.22%) VBA
13 8 (1.09%) Bash
13 8 (1.09%) C++
14 6 (0.82%) Cypher
14 6 (0.82%) Search Processing Language
15 5 (0.68%) Gremlin
16 4 (0.54%) MATLAB
17 3 (0.41%) Korn
Qualifications
1 155 (21.09%) Security Cleared
2 111 (15.10%) SC Cleared
3 83 (11.29%) Degree
4 23 (3.13%) BPSS Clearance
5 18 (2.45%) DV Cleared
6 17 (2.31%) Azure Certification
6 17 (2.31%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (1.63%) Microsoft Certification
8 11 (1.50%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.54%) PhD
9 4 (0.54%) Postgraduate
9 4 (0.54%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 3 (0.41%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.41%) SnowPro
10 3 (0.41%) Tableau Certification
11 2 (0.27%) APMG
11 2 (0.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.27%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 1 (0.14%) CEH
12 1 (0.14%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 173 (23.54%) Data Quality
2 49 (6.67%) QA
3 30 (4.08%) GDPR
4 27 (3.67%) Accessibility
5 16 (2.18%) PMO
6 9 (1.22%) Actionable Recommendations
7 7 (0.95%) GMP
8 5 (0.68%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 5 (0.68%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 5 (0.68%) GRC
8 5 (0.68%) GxP
8 5 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 17025
8 5 (0.68%) WCAG
9 2 (0.27%) Basel III
9 2 (0.27%) Solvency II
10 1 (0.14%) COBIT
10 1 (0.14%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.14%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.14%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.14%) P3O
System Software
1 23 (3.13%) Docker
2 17 (2.31%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.54%) 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 18 (2.45%) Grafana
2 14 (1.90%) Kubernetes
3 8 (1.09%) SCCM
4 7 (0.95%) Kibana
5 6 (0.82%) Ansible
5 6 (0.82%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.54%) Podman
7 2 (0.27%) Istio
7 2 (0.27%) Packer
7 2 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.14%) Argo
8 1 (0.14%) Fluentd
8 1 (0.14%) logstash
8 1 (0.14%) Network Intrusion Detection System
8 1 (0.14%) QRadar
8 1 (0.14%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 148 (20.14%) Microsoft
2 70 (9.52%) Databricks
3 42 (5.71%) SAP
4 41 (5.58%) Oracle
5 36 (4.90%) Google
6 30 (4.08%) ServiceNow
7 20 (2.72%) Dynatrace
8 18 (2.45%) Adobe
9 17 (2.31%) Splunk
10 12 (1.63%) Salesforce
11 11 (1.50%) Alteryx
12 10 (1.36%) Remedy
13 9 (1.22%) BMC
14 8 (1.09%) Palantir
15 6 (0.82%) Informatica
15 6 (0.82%) SnapLogic
16 5 (0.68%) Foundry
17 4 (0.54%) Ariba
17 4 (0.54%) Solace
17 4 (0.54%) Workday