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 13 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 96 133
Rank change year-on-year -38 +37 +8
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 856 781 782
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.00% 2.65% 1.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.32% 2.93% 2.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 538 533 532
10th Percentile £330 £325 £313
25th Percentile £413 £400 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -3.15%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £575
90th Percentile £732 £685 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £495 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 25 50
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.55 £20.27
25th Percentile £26.74 £22.72 £29.72
Median hourly rate £61.25 £32.81 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +86.68% -28.95% -28.95%
75th Percentile £65.00 £58.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £73.22 £71.33
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £31.41 £46.18
% change year-on-year +106.97% -31.99% -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 36,854 26,627 38,581
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.05% 90.37% 86.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,339 16,995 25,088
10th Percentile £313 £306 £300
25th Percentile £413 £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 £725 £744 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -2.04% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,197 898 2,338
10th Percentile £14.82 £15.48 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.00 £16.06
Median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - -7.14%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.36 £32.50 £31.50
% change year-on-year -15.82% +3.17% -10.00%

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 13 March 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 13 March 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 13 March 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 -35 747 £500 +5.26% 555
London -32 415 £500 -2.91% 208
UK excluding London -45 337 £495 +10.00% 481
Work from Home -12 281 £500 +5.26% 194
North of England -56 108 £475 +2.70% 119
Midlands -34 66 £500 +25.31% 83
North West -37 57 £420 -11.58% 59
West Midlands -37 53 £500 +21.21% 39
South East -34 52 £500 +11.11% 153
Yorkshire -30 48 £500 +21.95% 41
South West -16 44 £600 +26.32% 42
East of England -30 33 £500 +11.11% 40
Scotland +3 29 £450 - 20
East Midlands -26 13 £525 +47.47% 44
Northern Ireland -2 6 £531 +6.25% 13
North East -20 6 £438 -2.78% 20
Wales -11 3 - - 23

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 56 (6.54%) Apache Spark
2 33 (3.86%) Confluence
3 25 (2.92%) Apache
4 22 (2.57%) Apache Airflow
5 21 (2.45%) SharePoint
6 8 (0.93%) Jupyter
7 6 (0.70%) SAS
8 5 (0.58%) Apache Superset
8 5 (0.58%) GeoServer
8 5 (0.58%) OpenStack
8 5 (0.58%) Palantir Foundry
8 5 (0.58%) Smallworld
9 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.23%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.23%) CMS
10 2 (0.23%) Luigi
11 1 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 1 (0.12%) Apache Pig
11 1 (0.12%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.12%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 121 (14.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (1.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 15 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
4 14 (1.64%) MS Visio
5 12 (1.40%) Chatbot
6 8 (0.93%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.47%) Adobe Illustrator
7 4 (0.47%) Photoshop
7 4 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.23%) InDesign
9 1 (0.12%) 3ds Max
9 1 (0.12%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.12%) Blender
9 1 (0.12%) CPLEX
9 1 (0.12%) Maya
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
9 1 (0.12%) Revit
9 1 (0.12%) SOLIDWORKS
9 1 (0.12%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 14 (1.64%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.47%) Adobe Campaign
4 3 (0.35%) Eloqua
4 3 (0.35%) Primavera
4 3 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.23%) IntelliMatch
5 2 (0.23%) iTrent
5 2 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.12%) Advent Geneva
6 1 (0.12%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.12%) Maximo
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.12%) ResourceLink
6 1 (0.12%) SAP MDM
6 1 (0.12%) Shopify
6 1 (0.12%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 376 (43.93%) Power Platform
2 168 (19.63%) Azure
3 158 (18.46%) AWS
4 57 (6.66%) GCP
5 51 (5.96%) Azure Data Factory
6 41 (4.79%) Snowflake
7 37 (4.32%) Serverless
8 30 (3.50%) AWS Lambda
9 28 (3.27%) Amazon S3
9 28 (3.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 24 (2.80%) dbt
11 23 (2.69%) Power Automate
12 19 (2.22%) PowerApps
13 18 (2.10%) Azure DevOps
14 16 (1.87%) GitHub
15 13 (1.52%) Google Workspace
16 12 (1.40%) Amazon EC2
16 12 (1.40%) Cloud Computing
16 12 (1.40%) Google Analytics
17 11 (1.29%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.87%) TCP/IP
2 14 (1.64%) Ethernet
3 6 (0.70%) Firewall
4 4 (0.47%) 2G
4 4 (0.47%) 5G
5 3 (0.35%) Kerberos
6 2 (0.23%) DNS
6 2 (0.23%) Fibre Channel
6 2 (0.23%) LTE
6 2 (0.23%) Mobile Backhaul
6 2 (0.23%) Network Security
6 2 (0.23%) Radio Access Network
6 2 (0.23%) SAN
6 2 (0.23%) SMS
6 2 (0.23%) SNMP
6 2 (0.23%) VoIP
7 1 (0.12%) 4G
7 1 (0.12%) DSL
7 1 (0.12%) Internet
7 1 (0.12%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 375 (43.81%) Power BI
2 174 (20.33%) Tableau
3 103 (12.03%) Data Warehouse
4 48 (5.61%) Big Data
5 42 (4.91%) Relational Database
6 38 (4.44%) Metadata
7 37 (4.32%) Power Query
8 36 (4.21%) Hadoop
9 32 (3.74%) Looker
10 30 (3.50%) Data Lake
11 28 (3.27%) SQL Server
12 24 (2.80%) BigQuery
13 20 (2.34%) Elasticsearch
14 18 (2.10%) NoSQL
14 18 (2.10%) PostgreSQL
15 17 (1.99%) Geospatial Data
15 17 (1.99%) Oracle Reports
16 15 (1.75%) MySQL
16 15 (1.75%) Snowflake Schema
17 13 (1.52%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 58 (6.78%) Git
2 47 (5.49%) JIRA
3 18 (2.10%) Jenkins
4 15 (1.75%) Visual Studio
5 14 (1.64%) Eclipse
6 10 (1.17%) MLflow
7 4 (0.47%) ERwin
8 3 (0.35%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.35%) GitLab
8 3 (0.35%) Terragrunt
9 2 (0.23%) git-flow
9 2 (0.23%) Postman
9 2 (0.23%) Selenium
10 1 (0.12%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.12%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.12%) NUnit
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle Forms
10 1 (0.12%) SpecFlow
10 1 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.12%) TeamCity
General
1 307 (35.86%) Social Skills
2 241 (28.15%) Analytical Skills
3 233 (27.22%) Finance
4 91 (10.63%) Public Sector
5 66 (7.71%) Banking
6 38 (4.44%) Retail
7 30 (3.50%) Marketing
8 25 (2.92%) Publishing
9 22 (2.57%) Documentation Skills
10 21 (2.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 20 (2.34%) Military
11 20 (2.34%) Presentation Skills
12 16 (1.87%) Front Office
13 14 (1.64%) Manufacturing
13 14 (1.64%) Pharmaceutical
14 13 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
15 12 (1.40%) Legal
16 11 (1.29%) Investment Banking
16 11 (1.29%) Organisational Skills
17 9 (1.05%) Law
Job Titles
1 221 (25.82%) Analyst
2 132 (15.42%) Developer
3 126 (14.72%) Data Analyst
4 105 (12.27%) Senior
5 94 (10.98%) Data Engineer
6 70 (8.18%) Lead
7 62 (7.24%) Architect
8 56 (6.54%) Data Scientist
9 50 (5.84%) Consultant
10 47 (5.49%) Business Analyst
10 47 (5.49%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 36 (4.21%) Senior Analyst
12 34 (3.97%) Power BI Developer
13 26 (3.04%) Software Engineer
14 24 (2.80%) Solutions Architect
15 22 (2.57%) Business Intelligence Analyst
16 21 (2.45%) Designer
16 21 (2.45%) Senior Data Engineer
17 20 (2.34%) Data Business Analyst
18 16 (1.87%) Senior Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (6.43%) Pandas
2 48 (5.61%) React
3 37 (4.32%) scikit-learn
4 35 (4.09%) NumPy
5 30 (3.50%) Node.js
6 29 (3.39%) Kafka
7 26 (3.04%) PySpark
8 25 (2.92%) REST
9 24 (2.80%) AngularJS
10 22 (2.57%) Vue
11 21 (2.45%) Elastic Stack
12 20 (2.34%) Matplotlib
12 20 (2.34%) Web Services
13 19 (2.22%) Plotly
13 19 (2.22%) TensorFlow
14 16 (1.87%) Seaborn
15 15 (1.75%) .NET
15 15 (1.75%) OAuth
16 14 (1.64%) PyTorch
17 13 (1.52%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 42 (4.91%) Algorithms
2 36 (4.21%) Cloud Native
3 30 (3.50%) Data Structures
4 28 (3.27%) Analytical Mindset
5 25 (2.92%) Management Information System
6 24 (2.80%) Product Ownership
7 17 (1.99%) Legacy Systems
8 14 (1.64%) Virtual Team
9 11 (1.29%) Onboarding
9 11 (1.29%) Self-Motivation
10 9 (1.05%) Data Protection Act
10 9 (1.05%) Distributed Computing
10 9 (1.05%) Marketing Technology
11 8 (0.93%) AI Agents
11 8 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
11 8 (0.93%) Life Science
11 8 (0.93%) PMI
12 7 (0.82%) Equities
12 7 (0.82%) Reference Data
13 6 (0.70%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 36 (4.21%) Linux
2 26 (3.04%) Windows
3 12 (1.40%) Unix
4 5 (0.58%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.23%) Android
6 2 (0.23%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.12%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 412 (48.13%) Business Intelligence
2 409 (47.78%) Data Visualisation
3 334 (39.02%) Analytics
4 238 (27.80%) Data Modelling
5 227 (26.52%) Decision-Making
5 227 (26.52%) Problem-Solving
6 209 (24.42%) Agile
7 174 (20.33%) Data Analysis
8 172 (20.09%) Actionable Insight
9 146 (17.06%) Data Pipeline
10 142 (16.59%) Data Science
11 129 (15.07%) ETL
12 124 (14.49%) AI
13 118 (13.79%) Data Governance
14 114 (13.32%) Machine Learning
14 114 (13.32%) Validation
15 109 (12.73%) Dashboard Development
16 102 (11.92%) Data Engineering
17 97 (11.33%) Stakeholder Management
18 93 (10.86%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 396 (46.26%) SQL
2 300 (35.05%) Python
3 68 (7.94%) R
4 57 (6.66%) JavaScript
5 51 (5.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 35 (4.09%) C#
7 30 (3.50%) TypeScript
8 27 (3.15%) C++
8 27 (3.15%) Java
9 19 (2.22%) Scala
10 14 (1.64%) PowerShell
11 11 (1.29%) VBA
12 9 (1.05%) Perl
13 8 (0.93%) Bash
14 7 (0.82%) Groovy
15 6 (0.70%) PHP
16 5 (0.58%) PL/SQL
16 5 (0.58%) T-SQL
17 4 (0.47%) C
17 4 (0.47%) PromQL
Qualifications
1 173 (20.21%) Security Cleared
2 139 (16.24%) SC Cleared
3 93 (10.86%) Degree
4 37 (4.32%) Master's Degree
5 22 (2.57%) Computer Science Degree
6 19 (2.22%) BPSS Clearance
7 16 (1.87%) Azure Certification
7 16 (1.87%) CISM
7 16 (1.87%) CISSP
8 11 (1.29%) DV Cleared
9 10 (1.17%) PhD
9 10 (1.17%) TOGAF Certification
10 9 (1.05%) AWS Certification
10 9 (1.05%) PMI Certification
11 5 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (0.47%) CBAP
12 4 (0.47%) CFA
12 4 (0.47%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (0.47%) MBA
12 4 (0.47%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 156 (18.22%) Data Quality
2 47 (5.49%) QA
3 46 (5.37%) Accessibility
4 26 (3.04%) GDPR
5 21 (2.45%) PMO
6 17 (1.99%) Actionable Recommendations
7 7 (0.82%) SLA
8 6 (0.70%) WCAG
9 4 (0.47%) Disclosure Scotland
9 4 (0.47%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.35%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 2 (0.23%) Dodd-Frank
11 2 (0.23%) EMIR
11 2 (0.23%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.23%) ISO 8583
11 2 (0.23%) NIST
11 2 (0.23%) PERC
11 2 (0.23%) Software Quality Assurance
12 1 (0.12%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 35 (4.09%) Docker
2 7 (0.82%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.58%) HDFS
4 3 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.23%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 42 (4.91%) Kubernetes
2 40 (4.67%) Terraform
3 27 (3.15%) Kibana
4 21 (2.45%) Ansible
5 19 (2.22%) Grafana
6 18 (2.10%) logstash
7 17 (1.99%) Prometheus
8 7 (0.82%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 4 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.35%) SCCM
11 2 (0.23%) Cilium
11 2 (0.23%) SysTrack
11 2 (0.23%) vMotion
11 2 (0.23%) vRealize
12 1 (0.12%) HP ALM
12 1 (0.12%) Kubeflow
12 1 (0.12%) Network Intrusion Detection System
12 1 (0.12%) PowerCLI
12 1 (0.12%) Thomson Reuters DACS
12 1 (0.12%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 129 (15.07%) Microsoft
2 73 (8.53%) Databricks
3 52 (6.07%) Google
4 38 (4.44%) Oracle
5 26 (3.04%) SAP
6 23 (2.69%) Salesforce
7 21 (2.45%) ServiceNow
8 19 (2.22%) Splunk
9 18 (2.10%) BiZZdesign
10 16 (1.87%) Sage
11 13 (1.52%) Adobe
11 13 (1.52%) CyberArk
12 12 (1.40%) Centrify
13 9 (1.05%) Cisco
14 8 (0.93%) Amplitude
14 8 (0.93%) Dynatrace
14 8 (0.93%) OpenAI
15 7 (0.82%) Cognos
15 7 (0.82%) Informatica
15 7 (0.82%) MicroStrategy