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 19 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 179 114 129
Rank change year-on-year -65 +15 +13
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 793 786 773
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.50% 2.40% 1.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.76% 2.65% 2.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 480 472 509
10th Percentile £325 £313 £313
25th Percentile £402 £398 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £461 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.98% -7.75% -
75th Percentile £588 £575 £600
90th Percentile £701 £675 £690
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £447 £465
% change year-on-year +6.26% -3.87% +0.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 45 51
10th Percentile £18.29 £23.50 £21.25
25th Percentile £29.96 £31.64 £41.25
Median hourly rate £54.50 £46.18 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.02% -28.95% +40.75%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.75 -
90th Percentile £73.75 £65.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £60.50 £50.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +21.00% -23.08% +40.75%

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 45,064 29,610 35,929
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.08% 90.35% 85.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,992 18,619 23,013
10th Percentile £325 £300 £305
25th Percentile £419 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.54%
75th Percentile £625 £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 2,660 1,563 2,287
10th Percentile £14.85 £14.20 £13.00
25th Percentile £20.00 £17.40 £16.71
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -34.02% -9.24%
75th Percentile £68.50 £51.14 £62.00
90th Percentile £82.38 £70.00 £73.35
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £24.34 £38.12
% change year-on-year +84.92% -36.16% -6.05%

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 19 July 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 19 July 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 19 July 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 -68 710 £475 +2.70% 362
London -48 359 £485 -3.00% 131
UK excluding London -71 354 £475 +6.26% 286
Work from Home -29 263 £500 +16.82% 97
North of England -46 114 £445 -0.78% 82
Midlands -31 80 £550 +37.50% 50
South East -60 62 £470 -14.55% 80
North West -27 61 £444 -1.33% 41
West Midlands -45 58 £550 +35.38% 26
Yorkshire -44 48 £455 +7.06% 25
South West -28 46 £450 +10.02% 39
East of England -25 30 £565 +2.73% 24
Scotland -29 28 £425 -5.56% 10
East Midlands -7 22 £431 +7.81% 24
North East -36 7 £420 -6.67% 18

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 31 (3.91%) Apache Spark
2 16 (2.02%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.77%) Confluence
4 12 (1.51%) Apache
5 11 (1.39%) Apache Superset
6 9 (1.13%) Apache Airflow
6 9 (1.13%) ArcGIS
7 5 (0.63%) CMS
7 5 (0.63%) Palantir Foundry
7 5 (0.63%) SAS
8 4 (0.50%) Oracle Workflow
9 3 (0.38%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.38%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.13%) R Markdown
Applications
1 121 (15.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (1.77%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 12 (1.51%) MS Visio
4 9 (1.13%) Chatbot
4 9 (1.13%) Spreadsheet
5 6 (0.76%) Adobe Illustrator
5 6 (0.76%) CPLEX
5 6 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (0.76%) Photoshop
6 4 (0.50%) InDesign
7 2 (0.25%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.25%) EPLAN
7 2 (0.25%) Notion
8 1 (0.13%) 3ds Max
8 1 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.13%) Maya
8 1 (0.13%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 18 (2.27%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.13%) Remedy ITSM
3 5 (0.63%) Primavera
4 4 (0.50%) Adobe Campaign
5 3 (0.38%) Eloqua
5 3 (0.38%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.25%) Aladdin
6 2 (0.25%) IntelliMatch
6 2 (0.25%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.13%) Advent Geneva
7 1 (0.13%) iTrent
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.13%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.13%) ResourceLink
7 1 (0.13%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.13%) SAP MDM
7 1 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.13%) Sprinklr
7 1 (0.13%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 394 (49.68%) Power Platform
2 165 (20.81%) Azure
3 126 (15.89%) AWS
4 54 (6.81%) Snowflake
5 45 (5.67%) GCP
6 41 (5.17%) Azure Data Factory
7 37 (4.67%) Azure DevOps
8 29 (3.66%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 26 (3.28%) GitHub
10 25 (3.15%) Power Automate
10 25 (3.15%) Serverless
11 23 (2.90%) dbt
12 21 (2.65%) Amazon S3
13 20 (2.52%) PowerApps
14 16 (2.02%) AWS Lambda
15 12 (1.51%) Adobe Analytics
15 12 (1.51%) Google Analytics
16 11 (1.39%) Amazon SageMaker
16 11 (1.39%) Microsoft 365
17 10 (1.26%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.64%) TCP/IP
2 12 (1.51%) Ethernet
3 4 (0.50%) DNS
3 4 (0.50%) Firewall
3 4 (0.50%) HTTP
4 3 (0.38%) Wireless
5 2 (0.25%) 2G
5 2 (0.25%) 3G
5 2 (0.25%) 4G
5 2 (0.25%) 5G
5 2 (0.25%) DHCP
5 2 (0.25%) Fibre Channel
5 2 (0.25%) PCoIP
5 2 (0.25%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (0.25%) Remote Desktop
5 2 (0.25%) SAN
6 1 (0.13%) Internet
6 1 (0.13%) Intranet
6 1 (0.13%) Modbus
6 1 (0.13%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 387 (48.80%) Power BI
2 174 (21.94%) Tableau
3 95 (11.98%) Data Warehouse
4 53 (6.68%) Power Query
5 52 (6.56%) Relational Database
6 40 (5.04%) Big Data
7 33 (4.16%) Data Lake
8 32 (4.04%) Looker
8 32 (4.04%) Metadata
8 32 (4.04%) SQL Server
9 27 (3.40%) BigQuery
9 27 (3.40%) PostgreSQL
10 21 (2.65%) Hadoop
11 17 (2.14%) Star Schema
12 16 (2.02%) Oracle Reports
13 15 (1.89%) NoSQL
13 15 (1.89%) Snowflake Schema
14 13 (1.64%) QlikView
15 11 (1.39%) Amazon RDS
15 11 (1.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 54 (6.81%) Git
2 38 (4.79%) JIRA
3 13 (1.64%) Visual Studio
4 12 (1.51%) Eclipse
5 7 (0.88%) Jenkins
6 6 (0.76%) MLflow
7 5 (0.63%) GitLab
8 4 (0.50%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.50%) Oracle Forms
9 2 (0.25%) Charles Proxy
9 2 (0.25%) JMeter
9 2 (0.25%) Selenium
9 2 (0.25%) WebDriver
10 1 (0.13%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.13%) Flyway
10 1 (0.13%) git-flow
10 1 (0.13%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.13%) Storybook
10 1 (0.13%) Terragrunt
10 1 (0.13%) Vite
General
1 258 (32.53%) Analytical Skills
2 252 (31.78%) Social Skills
3 194 (24.46%) Finance
4 89 (11.22%) Public Sector
5 60 (7.57%) Banking
6 39 (4.92%) Marketing
7 31 (3.91%) Retail
8 30 (3.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 19 (2.40%) Documentation Skills
9 19 (2.40%) Military
10 18 (2.27%) Manufacturing
11 16 (2.02%) Presentation Skills
12 12 (1.51%) Pharmaceutical
13 11 (1.39%) Investment Banking
13 11 (1.39%) Law
14 10 (1.26%) Publishing
15 9 (1.13%) Organisational Skills
16 8 (1.01%) Telecoms
17 7 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
18 6 (0.76%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 221 (27.87%) Analyst
2 132 (16.65%) Data Analyst
3 113 (14.25%) Developer
4 110 (13.87%) Data Engineer
5 80 (10.09%) Senior
6 53 (6.68%) Data Scientist
6 53 (6.68%) Lead
7 44 (5.55%) Consultant
8 41 (5.17%) Business Analyst
8 41 (5.17%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 32 (4.04%) Architect
10 31 (3.91%) Power BI Developer
11 28 (3.53%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 22 (2.77%) Senior Data Engineer
13 20 (2.52%) Designer
14 18 (2.27%) Data Manager
15 17 (2.14%) Performance Analyst
16 16 (2.02%) Data Architect
17 14 (1.77%) Python Developer
18 13 (1.64%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (5.55%) Pandas
2 41 (5.17%) React
3 37 (4.67%) REST
4 31 (3.91%) Kafka
5 24 (3.03%) NumPy
6 20 (2.52%) .NET
6 20 (2.52%) Node.js
6 20 (2.52%) PySpark
7 19 (2.40%) scikit-learn
7 19 (2.40%) Web Services
8 16 (2.02%) JSON
9 15 (1.89%) AngularJS
9 15 (1.89%) CSS
10 14 (1.77%) OpenTelemetry
11 13 (1.64%) Apache Avro
12 12 (1.51%) HTML
13 11 (1.39%) FastAPI
13 11 (1.39%) Seaborn
14 10 (1.26%) GeoJSON
14 10 (1.26%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 62 (7.82%) Data Structures
2 31 (3.91%) Algorithms
3 30 (3.78%) Cloud Native
4 23 (2.90%) Analytical Mindset
5 22 (2.77%) Management Information System
6 20 (2.52%) Product Ownership
7 18 (2.27%) Distributed Systems
8 17 (2.14%) Legacy Systems
9 16 (2.02%) Self-Motivation
10 14 (1.77%) Data Protection Act
10 14 (1.77%) Virtual Team
11 11 (1.39%) AI Agents
12 10 (1.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 10 (1.26%) Onboarding
12 10 (1.26%) PKI
13 8 (1.01%) Clustering
13 8 (1.01%) Life Science
13 8 (1.01%) Marketing Technology
14 7 (0.88%) Hybrid Cloud
14 7 (0.88%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 34 (4.29%) Windows
2 27 (3.40%) Linux
3 12 (1.51%) Windows Server
4 7 (0.88%) Unix
5 6 (0.76%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.38%) Android
6 3 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 418 (52.71%) Business Intelligence
2 380 (47.92%) Data Visualisation
3 372 (46.91%) Analytics
4 237 (29.89%) Data Modelling
5 210 (26.48%) Agile
6 209 (26.36%) Decision-Making
7 198 (24.97%) Problem-Solving
8 165 (20.81%) AI
9 150 (18.92%) Actionable Insight
10 146 (18.41%) Data Pipeline
10 146 (18.41%) Validation
11 142 (17.91%) Data Analysis
12 138 (17.40%) Data Science
13 134 (16.90%) ETL
14 133 (16.77%) Dashboard Development
15 122 (15.38%) Data Engineering
16 119 (15.01%) Data Governance
17 118 (14.88%) Continuous Improvement
18 106 (13.37%) Machine Learning
18 106 (13.37%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 408 (51.45%) SQL
2 309 (38.97%) Python
3 76 (9.58%) R
4 66 (8.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 47 (5.93%) JavaScript
6 39 (4.92%) Java
7 37 (4.67%) C#
8 35 (4.41%) TypeScript
9 17 (2.14%) C++
9 17 (2.14%) PowerShell
10 11 (1.39%) Scala
11 10 (1.26%) T-SQL
11 10 (1.26%) VBA
12 8 (1.01%) Bash
12 8 (1.01%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.50%) Cypher
13 4 (0.50%) Gremlin
13 4 (0.50%) MATLAB
13 4 (0.50%) Rust
14 3 (0.38%) Korn
Qualifications
1 180 (22.70%) Security Cleared
2 136 (17.15%) SC Cleared
3 85 (10.72%) Degree
4 22 (2.77%) BPSS Clearance
5 18 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (2.14%) DV Cleared
7 16 (2.02%) Azure Certification
7 16 (2.02%) Master's Degree
8 9 (1.13%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (0.63%) Tableau Certification
10 4 (0.50%) AWS Certification
10 4 (0.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 3 (0.38%) CBAP
11 3 (0.38%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 3 (0.38%) SnowPro
12 2 (0.25%) APMG
12 2 (0.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.25%) IIBA
12 2 (0.25%) NCDA
12 2 (0.25%) VCP6
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 163 (20.55%) Data Quality
2 54 (6.81%) QA
3 28 (3.53%) GDPR
4 27 (3.40%) Accessibility
5 20 (2.52%) PMO
6 11 (1.39%) Actionable Recommendations
7 7 (0.88%) SLA
8 5 (0.63%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 4 (0.50%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 4 (0.50%) GMP
9 4 (0.50%) GxP
9 4 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 17025
9 4 (0.50%) WCAG
10 2 (0.25%) Basel III
10 2 (0.25%) GRC
10 2 (0.25%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.25%) ISO 8583
10 2 (0.25%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.25%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.25%) Solvency II
System Software
1 22 (2.77%) Docker
2 16 (2.02%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.50%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.25%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.25%) VMware Workstation
6 2 (0.25%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 33 (4.16%) Terraform
2 27 (3.40%) Kubernetes
3 23 (2.90%) Grafana
4 16 (2.02%) Prometheus
5 15 (1.89%) Ansible
6 11 (1.39%) Kibana
7 8 (1.01%) SCCM
8 7 (0.88%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 6 (0.76%) logstash
10 3 (0.38%) Podman
11 2 (0.25%) Cilium
11 2 (0.25%) Packer
11 2 (0.25%) vMotion
11 2 (0.25%) vRealize
12 1 (0.13%) Fluentd
12 1 (0.13%) Istio
12 1 (0.13%) Kubeflow
12 1 (0.13%) PowerCLI
12 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.13%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 138 (17.40%) Microsoft
2 78 (9.84%) Databricks
3 47 (5.93%) SAP
4 45 (5.67%) Oracle
5 43 (5.42%) Google
6 25 (3.15%) ServiceNow
7 20 (2.52%) Adobe
8 17 (2.14%) Splunk
9 16 (2.02%) Dynatrace
10 14 (1.77%) Salesforce
11 11 (1.39%) Alteryx
11 11 (1.39%) Sage
12 10 (1.26%) Remedy
13 8 (1.01%) Amplitude
13 8 (1.01%) BMC
13 8 (1.01%) Informatica
13 8 (1.01%) Palantir
14 6 (0.76%) Solace
14 6 (0.76%) VMware
15 5 (0.63%) Foundry