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 24 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 167 105 131
Rank change year-on-year -62 +26 +16
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 779 758 754
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.53% 2.52% 1.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.80% 2.77% 2.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 473 472 492
10th Percentile £325 £313 £313
25th Percentile £403 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £463 £490
Median % change year-on-year +4.86% -5.61% -2.00%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £575
90th Percentile £719 £675 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £450 £453
% change year-on-year +5.56% -0.55% -2.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 43 50
10th Percentile £19.05 £23.00 £21.18
25th Percentile £29.96 £31.64 £43.42
Median hourly rate £52.50 £46.18 £60.50
Median % change year-on-year +13.69% -23.67% +18.05%
75th Percentile £65.00 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.45 £65.00 £65.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £60.50 £48.09 £65.00
% change year-on-year +25.81% -26.02% +18.18%

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 43,234 27,342 36,961
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.93% 91.04% 85.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,976 17,315 23,545
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £502 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.09% -4.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £620 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,595 1,301 2,587
10th Percentile £14.82 £14.20 £12.65
25th Percentile £20.09 £17.79 £16.06
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% +7.14%
75th Percentile £68.00 £55.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £81.25 £72.50 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £44.50 £25.08 £38.12
% change year-on-year +77.47% -34.22% +17.29%

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 24 June 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 24 June 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 24 June 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 -70 700 £485 +2.65% 359
London -46 366 £488 -2.50% 111
UK excluding London -77 334 £475 +5.56% 323
Work from Home -34 256 £498 +10.56% 88
North of England -54 117 £444 -3.22% 80
North West -22 66 £435 -5.95% 49
South East -42 64 £470 -14.55% 95
Midlands -47 63 £538 +34.38% 62
West Midlands -49 49 £538 +28.36% 28
South West -22 46 £475 +16.14% 42
Yorkshire -46 46 £459 +14.69% 21
Scotland -23 26 £425 -5.56% 8
East of England -44 22 £565 +2.73% 33
East Midlands -18 14 £544 +45.00% 34
North East -39 6 £448 -0.56% 13

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 34 (4.36%) Apache Spark
2 17 (2.18%) SharePoint
3 16 (2.05%) Confluence
4 15 (1.93%) Apache Airflow
5 13 (1.67%) Apache
6 11 (1.41%) Apache Superset
7 5 (0.64%) ArcGIS
7 5 (0.64%) CMS
7 5 (0.64%) Jupyter
7 5 (0.64%) Palantir Foundry
7 5 (0.64%) SAS
8 4 (0.51%) OpenStack
9 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.26%) GeoServer
10 2 (0.26%) Luigi
10 2 (0.26%) Smallworld
11 1 (0.13%) R Markdown
Applications
1 120 (15.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (2.31%) MS Visio
3 14 (1.80%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (1.16%) Chatbot
5 9 (1.16%) Spreadsheet
6 8 (1.03%) Microsoft Project
7 6 (0.77%) CPLEX
8 5 (0.64%) Adobe Illustrator
8 5 (0.64%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.26%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.26%) EPLAN
9 2 (0.26%) InDesign
9 2 (0.26%) Notion
10 1 (0.13%) 3ds Max
10 1 (0.13%) Maya
10 1 (0.13%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 22 (2.82%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.41%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (1.03%) Primavera
4 7 (0.90%) Remedy ITSM
5 4 (0.51%) Adobe Campaign
6 3 (0.39%) Eloqua
6 3 (0.39%) iTrent
6 3 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.26%) IntelliMatch
7 2 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.26%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.13%) Advent Geneva
8 1 (0.13%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.13%) ResourceLink
8 1 (0.13%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.13%) SAP MDM
8 1 (0.13%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.13%) Sprinklr
8 1 (0.13%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 383 (49.17%) Power Platform
2 163 (20.92%) Azure
3 132 (16.94%) AWS
4 53 (6.80%) Snowflake
5 49 (6.29%) GCP
6 41 (5.26%) Azure Data Factory
7 30 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
8 26 (3.34%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 26 (3.34%) Serverless
9 23 (2.95%) dbt
9 23 (2.95%) GitHub
10 21 (2.70%) Amazon S3
10 21 (2.70%) Power Automate
11 19 (2.44%) PowerApps
12 18 (2.31%) AWS Lambda
13 12 (1.54%) Adobe Analytics
14 11 (1.41%) Microsoft 365
14 11 (1.41%) SaaS
15 10 (1.28%) Amazon EC2
15 10 (1.28%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.67%) TCP/IP
2 12 (1.54%) Ethernet
3 4 (0.51%) DNS
3 4 (0.51%) Firewall
4 3 (0.39%) Wireless
5 2 (0.26%) DHCP
5 2 (0.26%) Fibre Channel
5 2 (0.26%) PCoIP
5 2 (0.26%) Remote Desktop
5 2 (0.26%) SAN
6 1 (0.13%) 2G
6 1 (0.13%) 3G
6 1 (0.13%) 4G
6 1 (0.13%) 5G
6 1 (0.13%) Internet
6 1 (0.13%) Intranet
6 1 (0.13%) Modbus
6 1 (0.13%) Radio Access Network
6 1 (0.13%) Reverse Proxy
6 1 (0.13%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 377 (48.40%) Power BI
2 178 (22.85%) Tableau
3 101 (12.97%) Data Warehouse
4 51 (6.55%) Power Query
4 51 (6.55%) Relational Database
5 39 (5.01%) Big Data
6 37 (4.75%) Metadata
7 35 (4.49%) SQL Server
8 34 (4.36%) Data Lake
9 32 (4.11%) Looker
10 31 (3.98%) PostgreSQL
11 27 (3.47%) BigQuery
12 22 (2.82%) Hadoop
12 22 (2.82%) NoSQL
13 17 (2.18%) Snowflake Schema
14 16 (2.05%) Star Schema
15 13 (1.67%) Geospatial Data
16 11 (1.41%) MySQL
16 11 (1.41%) Oracle Reports
16 11 (1.41%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 50 (6.42%) Git
2 41 (5.26%) JIRA
3 13 (1.67%) Visual Studio
4 12 (1.54%) Eclipse
5 8 (1.03%) Jenkins
5 8 (1.03%) MLflow
6 6 (0.77%) GitLab
7 4 (0.51%) Cypress.io
7 4 (0.51%) ERwin
8 3 (0.39%) Terragrunt
9 2 (0.26%) Charles Proxy
9 2 (0.26%) JMeter
9 2 (0.26%) Selenium
9 2 (0.26%) WebDriver
10 1 (0.13%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.13%) Flyway
10 1 (0.13%) git-flow
10 1 (0.13%) JUnit
10 1 (0.13%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.13%) TeamCity
General
1 250 (32.09%) Analytical Skills
2 249 (31.96%) Social Skills
3 194 (24.90%) Finance
4 75 (9.63%) Public Sector
5 62 (7.96%) Banking
6 41 (5.26%) Retail
7 36 (4.62%) Marketing
8 29 (3.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 20 (2.57%) Documentation Skills
10 17 (2.18%) Manufacturing
11 16 (2.05%) Military
12 14 (1.80%) Presentation Skills
13 12 (1.54%) Investment Banking
13 12 (1.54%) Law
13 12 (1.54%) Pharmaceutical
14 11 (1.41%) Publishing
15 9 (1.16%) Organisational Skills
16 8 (1.03%) Legal
17 7 (0.90%) Front Office
17 7 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 213 (27.34%) Analyst
2 123 (15.79%) Data Analyst
3 109 (13.99%) Developer
4 107 (13.74%) Data Engineer
5 85 (10.91%) Senior
6 49 (6.29%) Consultant
7 47 (6.03%) Data Scientist
8 45 (5.78%) Lead
9 43 (5.52%) Business Analyst
10 40 (5.13%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 31 (3.98%) Architect
11 31 (3.98%) Power BI Developer
12 28 (3.59%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 26 (3.34%) Senior Data Engineer
14 18 (2.31%) Data Manager
15 17 (2.18%) SAP Consultant
16 16 (2.05%) Designer
16 16 (2.05%) Performance Analyst
17 14 (1.80%) Data Business Analyst
18 13 (1.67%) Transformation Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (6.16%) React
2 40 (5.13%) Pandas
3 35 (4.49%) Kafka
4 31 (3.98%) REST
5 23 (2.95%) NumPy
6 22 (2.82%) Node.js
7 19 (2.44%) PySpark
8 18 (2.31%) .NET
8 18 (2.31%) scikit-learn
9 17 (2.18%) AngularJS
10 15 (1.93%) CSS
10 15 (1.93%) JSON
10 15 (1.93%) Web Services
11 14 (1.80%) HTML
11 14 (1.80%) OpenTelemetry
12 13 (1.67%) Vue
13 12 (1.54%) Apache Avro
13 12 (1.54%) Matplotlib
14 11 (1.41%) Elastic Stack
14 11 (1.41%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 60 (7.70%) Data Structures
2 31 (3.98%) Cloud Native
3 29 (3.72%) Algorithms
4 24 (3.08%) Analytical Mindset
5 20 (2.57%) Product Ownership
6 17 (2.18%) Management Information System
7 16 (2.05%) Distributed Systems
7 16 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
8 13 (1.67%) Data Protection Act
9 12 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
10 10 (1.28%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 10 (1.28%) Virtual Team
11 8 (1.03%) Derivative
11 8 (1.03%) Life Science
11 8 (1.03%) Marketing Technology
11 8 (1.03%) PKI
12 7 (0.90%) AI Agents
12 7 (0.90%) Hybrid Cloud
12 7 (0.90%) Onboarding
13 6 (0.77%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 28 (3.59%) Windows
2 27 (3.47%) Linux
3 7 (0.90%) Unix
4 6 (0.77%) Apple iOS
4 6 (0.77%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.39%) Android
5 3 (0.39%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 406 (52.12%) Business Intelligence
2 376 (48.27%) Data Visualisation
3 355 (45.57%) Analytics
4 222 (28.50%) Data Modelling
5 214 (27.47%) Decision-Making
6 209 (26.83%) Agile
7 198 (25.42%) Problem-Solving
8 162 (20.80%) AI
9 150 (19.26%) Data Pipeline
10 148 (19.00%) Actionable Insight
11 143 (18.36%) Validation
12 134 (17.20%) Data Science
13 130 (16.69%) Data Analysis
13 130 (16.69%) ETL
14 128 (16.43%) Dashboard Development
15 120 (15.40%) Data Engineering
16 118 (15.15%) Data Governance
17 116 (14.89%) Continuous Improvement
18 106 (13.61%) CI/CD
19 98 (12.58%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 390 (50.06%) SQL
2 295 (37.87%) Python
3 75 (9.63%) R
4 65 (8.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 50 (6.42%) JavaScript
6 39 (5.01%) TypeScript
7 37 (4.75%) Java
8 32 (4.11%) C#
9 17 (2.18%) C++
9 17 (2.18%) PowerShell
10 15 (1.93%) Scala
11 10 (1.28%) VBA
12 9 (1.16%) T-SQL
13 8 (1.03%) Bash
14 7 (0.90%) PL/SQL
15 6 (0.77%) Rust
16 4 (0.51%) MATLAB
16 4 (0.51%) Perl
17 3 (0.39%) C
17 3 (0.39%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 157 (20.15%) Security Cleared
2 125 (16.05%) SC Cleared
3 86 (11.04%) Degree
4 20 (2.57%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (2.31%) BPSS Clearance
5 18 (2.31%) Master's Degree
6 15 (1.93%) DV Cleared
7 14 (1.80%) Azure Certification
8 8 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (0.64%) PMI Certification
10 4 (0.51%) AWS Certification
10 4 (0.51%) MBA
10 4 (0.51%) Tableau Certification
10 4 (0.51%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 3 (0.39%) CBAP
11 3 (0.39%) SnowPro
12 2 (0.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.26%) NCDA
12 2 (0.26%) Six Sigma Green Belt
12 2 (0.26%) VCP6
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 160 (20.54%) Data Quality
2 54 (6.93%) QA
3 29 (3.72%) GDPR
4 21 (2.70%) Accessibility
4 21 (2.70%) PMO
5 11 (1.41%) Actionable Recommendations
6 7 (0.90%) SLA
7 5 (0.64%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 4 (0.51%) WCAG
9 3 (0.39%) GRC
10 2 (0.26%) Disclosure Scotland
10 2 (0.26%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.26%) ISO 8583
10 2 (0.26%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.26%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.26%) Solvency II
11 1 (0.13%) COBIT
11 1 (0.13%) ISO 14001
11 1 (0.13%) P3O
11 1 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 24 (3.08%) Docker
2 14 (1.80%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.51%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.26%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.26%) VMware Workstation
5 2 (0.26%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 33 (4.24%) Kubernetes
1 33 (4.24%) Terraform
2 24 (3.08%) Grafana
3 17 (2.18%) Prometheus
4 15 (1.93%) Ansible
5 13 (1.67%) Kibana
6 8 (1.03%) SCCM
7 7 (0.90%) logstash
7 7 (0.90%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 2 (0.26%) Cilium
8 2 (0.26%) Packer
8 2 (0.26%) vMotion
8 2 (0.26%) vRealize
9 1 (0.13%) Fluentd
9 1 (0.13%) Istio
9 1 (0.13%) Kubeflow
9 1 (0.13%) Network Intrusion Detection System
9 1 (0.13%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.13%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 128 (16.43%) Microsoft
2 78 (10.01%) Databricks
3 48 (6.16%) SAP
4 46 (5.91%) Google
5 38 (4.88%) Oracle
6 23 (2.95%) ServiceNow
7 18 (2.31%) Adobe
8 16 (2.05%) Salesforce
9 15 (1.93%) Sage
9 15 (1.93%) Splunk
10 12 (1.54%) Dynatrace
11 11 (1.41%) Informatica
12 10 (1.28%) Alteryx
13 8 (1.03%) Amplitude
13 8 (1.03%) Palantir
13 8 (1.03%) Remedy
14 6 (0.77%) Apple
14 6 (0.77%) BMC
14 6 (0.77%) VMware
15 5 (0.64%) Cognos