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 3 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 96 132
Rank change year-on-year -26 +36 +15
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 873 811 825
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.25% 2.63% 1.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.59% 2.94% 2.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 558 514 557
10th Percentile £348 £325 £313
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £496 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.78% -0.77% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £606 £590
90th Percentile £738 £724 £685
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £455 £469
% change year-on-year +10.01% -3.04% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 30 58
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.11 £25.10
25th Percentile £23.03 £24.63 £33.50
Median hourly rate £59.50 £33.66 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +76.79% -27.12% -28.95%
75th Percentile £65.00 £59.00 £52.27
90th Percentile £82.25 £65.00 £67.10
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £35.25 £46.18
% change year-on-year +84.40% -23.67% -28.95%

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 33,753 27,550 39,300
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 87.16% 89.25% 87.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,385 16,677 25,860
10th Percentile £306 £306 £300
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £719 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £498 £500
% change year-on-year -3.66% -0.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,027 862 2,114
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.62 £13.29
25th Percentile £17.69 £21.00 £16.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -7.14% +8.53%
75th Percentile £58.75 £62.50 £61.13
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £31.50 £35.50
% change year-on-year -20.63% -11.27% +22.41%

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 3 February 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 3 February 2026.

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 3 February 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 -33 754 £500 - 528
London -26 405 £513 -1.91% 229
UK excluding London -27 366 £500 +10.01% 414
Work from Home -24 270 £500 - 225
North of England -52 108 £438 -5.41% 99
Midlands -11 79 £515 +29.40% 80
West Midlands +9 67 £525 +29.23% 42
South East 0 59 £500 +25.00% 145
North West -40 54 £405 -12.43% 57
Yorkshire -25 48 £522 +22.76% 35
Scotland +18 45 £500 +11.11% 20
South West -14 42 £750 +57.89% 43
East of England -37 31 £525 +15.64% 18
East Midlands -25 12 £423 +20.71% 38
North East -20 9 £425 -19.05% 8
Northern Ireland -8 6 £531 +6.25% 5
Wales -3 3 - - 11

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 52 (5.96%) Apache Spark
2 43 (4.93%) Confluence
3 29 (3.32%) Apache
4 27 (3.09%) Apache Airflow
5 22 (2.52%) SharePoint
6 10 (1.15%) SAS
7 8 (0.92%) Apache Pig
7 8 (0.92%) Jupyter
8 7 (0.80%) Palantir Foundry
9 6 (0.69%) WebLogic
10 5 (0.57%) GeoServer
10 5 (0.57%) OpenStack
10 5 (0.57%) Smallworld
11 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
12 2 (0.23%) ArcGIS
12 2 (0.23%) CMS
12 2 (0.23%) Luigi
13 1 (0.11%) Apache Superset
13 1 (0.11%) Headless CMS
13 1 (0.11%) PowerFactory
Applications
1 125 (14.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (2.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 16 (1.83%) MS Visio
4 14 (1.60%) Microsoft Office
5 7 (0.80%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.69%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.46%) Navisworks
8 4 (0.46%) Revit
9 3 (0.34%) ProjectWise
10 2 (0.23%) Adobe Illustrator
10 2 (0.23%) Photoshop
11 1 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
11 1 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 1 (0.11%) Blender
11 1 (0.11%) CINEMA 4D
11 1 (0.11%) InDesign
11 1 (0.11%) Oracle Smart View
11 1 (0.11%) SPSS
11 1 (0.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (1.15%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.46%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.34%) Primavera
4 2 (0.23%) iTrent
4 2 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.11%) Actimize
5 1 (0.11%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.11%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.11%) Maximo
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.11%) Shopify
5 1 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.11%) Summit
5 1 (0.11%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 375 (42.96%) Power Platform
2 186 (21.31%) Azure
3 150 (17.18%) AWS
4 68 (7.79%) GCP
5 47 (5.38%) Azure Data Factory
6 42 (4.81%) Snowflake
7 30 (3.44%) Serverless
8 28 (3.21%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 26 (2.98%) Azure DevOps
9 26 (2.98%) dbt
9 26 (2.98%) Power Automate
10 23 (2.63%) AWS Lambda
10 23 (2.63%) PowerApps
11 21 (2.41%) Amazon S3
12 20 (2.29%) GitHub
13 15 (1.72%) Cloud Computing
14 13 (1.49%) Google Analytics
15 10 (1.15%) Figma
16 9 (1.03%) Amazon SageMaker
16 9 (1.03%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.49%) TCP/IP
2 11 (1.26%) Ethernet
3 4 (0.46%) 2G
3 4 (0.46%) 5G
3 4 (0.46%) Firewall
3 4 (0.46%) SNMP
4 3 (0.34%) Internet
4 3 (0.34%) Kerberos
4 3 (0.34%) SAN
4 3 (0.34%) SSH
5 2 (0.23%) Fibre Channel
5 2 (0.23%) LTE
5 2 (0.23%) Mobile Backhaul
5 2 (0.23%) Network Security
5 2 (0.23%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (0.23%) SMS
5 2 (0.23%) SSL
5 2 (0.23%) VoIP
6 1 (0.11%) 4G
6 1 (0.11%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 374 (42.84%) Power BI
2 164 (18.79%) Tableau
3 95 (10.88%) Data Warehouse
4 51 (5.84%) Big Data
5 44 (5.04%) Relational Database
6 41 (4.70%) Power Query
7 38 (4.35%) Hadoop
8 33 (3.78%) Metadata
9 32 (3.67%) SQL Server
10 31 (3.55%) Data Lake
11 28 (3.21%) Looker
12 26 (2.98%) BigQuery
12 26 (2.98%) Elasticsearch
13 22 (2.52%) PostgreSQL
14 19 (2.18%) Data Mining
15 16 (1.83%) Azure SQL Database
15 16 (1.83%) NoSQL
15 16 (1.83%) Oracle Reports
16 14 (1.60%) Snowflake Schema
17 13 (1.49%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 61 (6.99%) JIRA
2 59 (6.76%) Git
3 18 (2.06%) Jenkins
4 13 (1.49%) Visual Studio
5 11 (1.26%) Eclipse
6 7 (0.80%) MLflow
7 5 (0.57%) Cypress.io
7 5 (0.57%) Gradle
7 5 (0.57%) Storybook
7 5 (0.57%) Xcode
8 4 (0.46%) ERwin
9 3 (0.34%) Terragrunt
10 2 (0.23%) GitLab
10 2 (0.23%) Selenium
11 1 (0.11%) git-flow
11 1 (0.11%) Sonatype Nexus
11 1 (0.11%) SpecFlow
11 1 (0.11%) Team Foundation Server
11 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio Coded UI
11 1 (0.11%) webpack
General
1 319 (36.54%) Social Skills
2 224 (25.66%) Analytical Skills
3 219 (25.09%) Finance
4 82 (9.39%) Banking
5 74 (8.48%) Public Sector
6 31 (3.55%) Retail
7 28 (3.21%) Marketing
8 22 (2.52%) Presentation Skills
8 22 (2.52%) Publishing
9 19 (2.18%) Investment Banking
9 19 (2.18%) Military
10 18 (2.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 18 (2.06%) Legal
11 17 (1.95%) Front Office
12 16 (1.83%) Documentation Skills
13 14 (1.60%) Influencing Skills
14 11 (1.26%) Organisational Skills
14 11 (1.26%) Pharmaceutical
15 8 (0.92%) Law
15 8 (0.92%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 211 (24.17%) Analyst
2 136 (15.58%) Developer
3 119 (13.63%) Data Analyst
4 99 (11.34%) Senior
5 90 (10.31%) Data Engineer
6 77 (8.82%) Architect
7 59 (6.76%) Data Scientist
8 54 (6.19%) Lead
9 52 (5.96%) Consultant
10 51 (5.84%) Business Analyst
11 47 (5.38%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 35 (4.01%) Power BI Developer
12 35 (4.01%) Senior Analyst
13 30 (3.44%) Solutions Architect
14 24 (2.75%) Software Engineer
15 22 (2.52%) Designer
16 20 (2.29%) Report Analyst
17 19 (2.18%) Data Business Analyst
17 19 (2.18%) Senior Data Engineer
18 18 (2.06%) SQL Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (5.04%) React
2 43 (4.93%) Pandas
3 33 (3.78%) scikit-learn
4 30 (3.44%) Node.js
5 29 (3.32%) PySpark
6 28 (3.21%) NumPy
7 26 (2.98%) Elastic Stack
8 25 (2.86%) REST
9 24 (2.75%) Kafka
10 21 (2.41%) AngularJS
11 20 (2.29%) Vue
12 19 (2.18%) OAuth
13 18 (2.06%) Plotly
14 16 (1.83%) HTML
14 16 (1.83%) TensorFlow
14 16 (1.83%) Web Services
15 13 (1.49%) CSS
15 13 (1.49%) D3.js
15 13 (1.49%) Matplotlib
16 12 (1.37%) LangGraph
Miscellaneous
1 45 (5.15%) Algorithms
2 36 (4.12%) Cloud Native
3 28 (3.21%) Analytical Mindset
3 28 (3.21%) Product Ownership
4 27 (3.09%) Management Information System
5 25 (2.86%) Data Structures
6 18 (2.06%) Onboarding
7 17 (1.95%) Legacy Systems
8 11 (1.26%) Data Protection Act
8 11 (1.26%) PMI
8 11 (1.26%) Virtual Team
9 10 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
10 9 (1.03%) CMDB
10 9 (1.03%) Data Centre
10 9 (1.03%) Reference Data
11 8 (0.92%) NHS
11 8 (0.92%) Security Posture
12 7 (0.80%) AI Agents
12 7 (0.80%) Distributed Computing
13 6 (0.69%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 43 (4.93%) Linux
2 27 (3.09%) Windows
3 22 (2.52%) Unix
4 6 (0.69%) Android
5 5 (0.57%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.57%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.23%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.11%) VMS
8 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 421 (48.22%) Data Visualisation
2 406 (46.51%) Business Intelligence
3 323 (37.00%) Analytics
4 230 (26.35%) Data Modelling
5 218 (24.97%) Decision-Making
6 216 (24.74%) Problem-Solving
7 208 (23.83%) Agile
8 182 (20.85%) Data Analysis
9 157 (17.98%) Actionable Insight
10 145 (16.61%) Data Science
11 136 (15.58%) Data Pipeline
12 124 (14.20%) AI
12 124 (14.20%) ETL
13 119 (13.63%) Machine Learning
14 116 (13.29%) Data Governance
14 116 (13.29%) Stakeholder Management
15 101 (11.57%) Validation
16 99 (11.34%) DevOps
17 96 (11.00%) Data Engineering
18 94 (10.77%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 382 (43.76%) SQL
2 295 (33.79%) Python
3 59 (6.76%) JavaScript
4 58 (6.64%) R
5 53 (6.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 36 (4.12%) Java
7 32 (3.67%) TypeScript
8 30 (3.44%) C#
9 29 (3.32%) Scala
10 25 (2.86%) C++
11 20 (2.29%) PowerShell
12 14 (1.60%) Bash
13 13 (1.49%) VBA
14 9 (1.03%) PL/SQL
15 8 (0.92%) Perl
16 7 (0.80%) Groovy
16 7 (0.80%) PHP
17 6 (0.69%) T-SQL
18 4 (0.46%) LookML
18 4 (0.46%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 165 (18.90%) Security Cleared
2 134 (15.35%) SC Cleared
3 82 (9.39%) Degree
4 33 (3.78%) Master's Degree
5 21 (2.41%) Computer Science Degree
6 20 (2.29%) Azure Certification
7 19 (2.18%) CISSP
8 18 (2.06%) BPSS Clearance
9 16 (1.83%) CISM
10 13 (1.49%) DV Cleared
10 13 (1.49%) PMI Certification
11 11 (1.26%) PhD
12 10 (1.15%) TOGAF Certification
13 9 (1.03%) AWS Certification
14 7 (0.80%) CFA
14 7 (0.80%) ITIL Certification
15 6 (0.69%) CBAP
16 5 (0.57%) CEH
16 5 (0.57%) MBA
16 5 (0.57%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 131 (15.01%) Data Quality
2 51 (5.84%) Accessibility
3 43 (4.93%) QA
4 31 (3.55%) GDPR
5 15 (1.72%) Actionable Recommendations
5 15 (1.72%) PMO
6 7 (0.80%) WCAG
7 5 (0.57%) Disclosure Scotland
7 5 (0.57%) HIPAA
8 4 (0.46%) ISO 19650
8 4 (0.46%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.46%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.34%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 3 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.34%) NIST
10 2 (0.23%) Dodd-Frank
10 2 (0.23%) EMIR
10 2 (0.23%) FIPS 140-2
10 2 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.23%) SLA
System Software
1 40 (4.58%) Docker
2 6 (0.69%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.57%) HDFS
4 3 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.23%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 47 (5.38%) Terraform
2 42 (4.81%) Kubernetes
3 33 (3.78%) Kibana
4 24 (2.75%) logstash
5 22 (2.52%) Ansible
6 15 (1.72%) Grafana
7 9 (1.03%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.23%) SCCM
9 2 (0.23%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 2 (0.23%) SysTrack
9 2 (0.23%) vMotion
9 2 (0.23%) vRealize
10 1 (0.11%) Argo
10 1 (0.11%) Cacti
10 1 (0.11%) collectd
10 1 (0.11%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.11%) Network Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.11%) PowerCLI
10 1 (0.11%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 145 (16.61%) Microsoft
2 64 (7.33%) Databricks
3 43 (4.93%) Google
4 41 (4.70%) Oracle
5 32 (3.67%) Salesforce
5 32 (3.67%) Splunk
6 29 (3.32%) ServiceNow
7 19 (2.18%) SAP
8 18 (2.06%) BiZZdesign
9 15 (1.72%) OpenAI
10 13 (1.49%) Cisco
10 13 (1.49%) CyberArk
10 13 (1.49%) Dynatrace
11 12 (1.37%) Centrify
11 12 (1.37%) Foundry
12 10 (1.15%) AppDynamics
12 10 (1.15%) Sage
13 8 (0.92%) Adobe
13 8 (0.92%) Palantir
13 8 (0.92%) Talend