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 9 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 198 110 119
Rank change year-on-year -88 +9 +28
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 765 792 754
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.43% 2.39% 1.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.68% 2.64% 2.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 454 485 475
10th Percentile £325 £313 £313
25th Percentile £400 £394 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.70% -7.50% -2.91%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £612
90th Percentile £698 £675 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £450 £459
% change year-on-year +5.56% -1.91% -3.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 46 57
10th Percentile £21.08 £22.67 £21.25
25th Percentile £29.96 £32.69 £41.25
Median hourly rate £60.50 £50.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.00% -23.08% +44.44%
75th Percentile £68.75 £65.00 -
90th Percentile £73.75 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.00 £50.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +24.00% -23.08% +48.57%

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 45,550 29,973 33,247
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.00% 90.45% 85.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,063 18,757 21,325
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £420 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.02%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £730 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,827 1,692 1,840
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.20 £14.00
25th Percentile £19.25 £17.30 £18.25
Median hourly rate £43.50 £25.15 £40.94
Median % change year-on-year +72.96% -38.57% -3.67%
75th Percentile £68.00 £48.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £68.00 £74.59
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £22.63 £42.27
% change year-on-year +94.26% -46.47% +12.73%

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 9 August 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 9 August 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 9 August 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 -76 700 £475 +2.70% 689
UK excluding London -61 354 £475 +5.56% 443
London -72 348 £475 -5.00% 330
Work from Home -44 244 £500 +16.82% 230
North of England -48 106 £455 +5.81% 115
Midlands -39 85 £515 +21.18% 75
South East -57 65 £450 -18.18% 118
West Midlands -39 64 £550 +6.70% 47
North West -27 52 £473 +5.70% 59
Yorkshire -38 49 £471 +17.81% 40
South West -23 46 £463 +2.78% 53
East of England -27 34 £565 +2.73% 50
Scotland -24 25 £394 -14.86% 24
East Midlands -6 21 £375 -6.25% 28
North East -44 6 £410 -8.89% 17

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 21 (2.75%) Apache Spark
2 17 (2.22%) Confluence
3 13 (1.70%) SharePoint
4 11 (1.44%) Apache Superset
5 10 (1.31%) ArcGIS
6 8 (1.05%) Apache
6 8 (1.05%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (0.65%) CMS
7 5 (0.65%) Palantir Foundry
8 4 (0.52%) Jupyter
8 4 (0.52%) Oracle Workflow
8 4 (0.52%) SAS
9 2 (0.26%) Oracle Application Server
10 1 (0.13%) R Markdown
Applications
1 121 (15.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (1.83%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (1.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (1.31%) MS Visio
5 8 (1.05%) CPLEX
5 8 (1.05%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.78%) Chatbot
6 6 (0.78%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.52%) Adobe Illustrator
7 4 (0.52%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.39%) InDesign
9 2 (0.26%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.26%) EPLAN
9 2 (0.26%) Notion
10 1 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 13 (1.70%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.44%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (1.31%) Remedy ITSM
4 5 (0.65%) Primavera
5 4 (0.52%) Adobe Campaign
6 3 (0.39%) Eloqua
6 3 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.26%) Aladdin
7 2 (0.26%) IntelliMatch
7 2 (0.26%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.13%) Advent Geneva
8 1 (0.13%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 1 (0.13%) iTrent
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
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%) Sprinklr
8 1 (0.13%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 390 (50.98%) Power Platform
2 156 (20.39%) Azure
3 115 (15.03%) AWS
4 52 (6.80%) Snowflake
5 46 (6.01%) GCP
6 39 (5.10%) Azure Data Factory
6 39 (5.10%) Azure DevOps
7 30 (3.92%) Serverless
8 29 (3.79%) Power Automate
9 28 (3.66%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 27 (3.53%) GitHub
11 23 (3.01%) PowerApps
12 20 (2.61%) Amazon S3
13 17 (2.22%) dbt
14 16 (2.09%) AWS Lambda
15 13 (1.70%) Google Analytics
16 12 (1.57%) Adobe Analytics
17 11 (1.44%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 11 (1.44%) Amazon EC2
17 11 (1.44%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.57%) Ethernet
2 11 (1.44%) TCP/IP
3 4 (0.52%) HTTP
3 4 (0.52%) Wireless
4 2 (0.26%) 2G
4 2 (0.26%) 3G
4 2 (0.26%) 4G
4 2 (0.26%) 5G
4 2 (0.26%) DHCP
4 2 (0.26%) DNS
4 2 (0.26%) Firewall
4 2 (0.26%) PCoIP
4 2 (0.26%) Radio Access Network
4 2 (0.26%) Remote Desktop
4 2 (0.26%) SNMP
4 2 (0.26%) VPN
5 1 (0.13%) Internet
5 1 (0.13%) Intranet
5 1 (0.13%) Modbus
5 1 (0.13%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 383 (50.07%) Power BI
2 160 (20.92%) Tableau
3 94 (12.29%) Data Warehouse
4 58 (7.58%) Power Query
5 54 (7.06%) Relational Database
6 34 (4.44%) Metadata
7 33 (4.31%) Big Data
7 33 (4.31%) Data Lake
8 31 (4.05%) Looker
8 31 (4.05%) SQL Server
9 27 (3.53%) PostgreSQL
10 24 (3.14%) BigQuery
11 20 (2.61%) Oracle Reports
12 16 (2.09%) Star Schema
13 13 (1.70%) GIS
13 13 (1.70%) QlikView
13 13 (1.70%) Snowflake Schema
14 12 (1.57%) Amazon RDS
14 12 (1.57%) Parquet
14 12 (1.57%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 48 (6.27%) Git
2 42 (5.49%) JIRA
3 13 (1.70%) Visual Studio
4 12 (1.57%) Eclipse
5 8 (1.05%) Jenkins
6 6 (0.78%) GitLab
7 5 (0.65%) MLflow
8 4 (0.52%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.52%) Oracle Forms
9 3 (0.39%) JMeter
10 2 (0.26%) Charles Proxy
10 2 (0.26%) Selenium
10 2 (0.26%) WebDriver
11 1 (0.13%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.13%) Flyway
11 1 (0.13%) Gatling
11 1 (0.13%) git-flow
11 1 (0.13%) NeoLoad
11 1 (0.13%) Storybook
11 1 (0.13%) Vite
General
1 259 (33.86%) Analytical Skills
2 252 (32.94%) Social Skills
3 179 (23.40%) Finance
4 84 (10.98%) Public Sector
5 56 (7.32%) Banking
6 34 (4.44%) Marketing
7 27 (3.53%) Retail
8 25 (3.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 21 (2.75%) Military
10 18 (2.35%) Presentation Skills
11 17 (2.22%) Documentation Skills
11 17 (2.22%) Manufacturing
12 12 (1.57%) Law
13 11 (1.44%) Investment Banking
14 10 (1.31%) Pharmaceutical
14 10 (1.31%) Publishing
15 9 (1.18%) Organisational Skills
15 9 (1.18%) Telecoms
16 5 (0.65%) Local Government
16 5 (0.65%) Police
Job Titles
1 204 (26.67%) Analyst
2 119 (15.56%) Data Analyst
3 114 (14.90%) Developer
4 103 (13.46%) Data Engineer
5 82 (10.72%) Senior
6 50 (6.54%) Lead
7 47 (6.14%) Data Scientist
8 43 (5.62%) Consultant
9 39 (5.10%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 37 (4.84%) Business Analyst
11 32 (4.18%) Architect
12 31 (4.05%) Power BI Developer
13 25 (3.27%) Business Intelligence Analyst
14 24 (3.14%) Designer
15 20 (2.61%) Senior Data Engineer
16 19 (2.48%) Data Manager
17 18 (2.35%) Data Architect
17 18 (2.35%) Python Developer
18 16 (2.09%) Performance Analyst
19 14 (1.83%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (5.23%) Pandas
2 37 (4.84%) REST
3 31 (4.05%) React
4 24 (3.14%) Kafka
5 23 (3.01%) NumPy
6 21 (2.75%) CSS
6 21 (2.75%) PySpark
7 20 (2.61%) scikit-learn
8 19 (2.48%) HTML
8 19 (2.48%) Web Services
9 17 (2.22%) .NET
10 16 (2.09%) Node.js
11 14 (1.83%) JSON
12 12 (1.57%) PyTorch
12 12 (1.57%) TensorFlow
13 11 (1.44%) Apache Avro
13 11 (1.44%) OpenTelemetry
14 10 (1.31%) AngularJS
14 10 (1.31%) Flask
14 10 (1.31%) Matplotlib
Miscellaneous
1 61 (7.97%) Data Structures
2 31 (4.05%) Cloud Native
3 28 (3.66%) Management Information System
4 25 (3.27%) Algorithms
5 21 (2.75%) Analytical Mindset
5 21 (2.75%) Legacy Systems
5 21 (2.75%) Product Ownership
6 17 (2.22%) Distributed Systems
6 17 (2.22%) Onboarding
7 16 (2.09%) Self-Motivation
8 13 (1.70%) AI Agents
8 13 (1.70%) Data Protection Act
8 13 (1.70%) Virtual Team
9 10 (1.31%) Reference Data
10 9 (1.18%) Clustering
10 9 (1.18%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 9 (1.18%) PKI
11 8 (1.05%) Marketing Technology
11 8 (1.05%) NHS
12 7 (0.92%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 34 (4.44%) Windows
2 24 (3.14%) Linux
3 13 (1.70%) Windows Server
4 7 (0.92%) Unix
5 6 (0.78%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.39%) Android
7 2 (0.26%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 409 (53.46%) Business Intelligence
2 370 (48.37%) Analytics
2 370 (48.37%) Data Visualisation
3 231 (30.20%) Data Modelling
4 205 (26.80%) Agile
5 200 (26.14%) Decision-Making
6 192 (25.10%) Problem-Solving
7 157 (20.52%) AI
8 138 (18.04%) Data Analysis
9 136 (17.78%) Validation
10 135 (17.65%) Actionable Insight
11 130 (16.99%) Data Pipeline
11 130 (16.99%) Data Science
12 125 (16.34%) ETL
13 124 (16.21%) Dashboard Development
14 123 (16.08%) Continuous Improvement
15 118 (15.42%) Stakeholder Management
16 115 (15.03%) Data Engineering
17 112 (14.64%) Data Governance
18 97 (12.68%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 390 (50.98%) SQL
2 286 (37.39%) Python
3 69 (9.02%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 67 (8.76%) R
5 50 (6.54%) JavaScript
6 39 (5.10%) C#
7 38 (4.97%) Java
8 26 (3.40%) TypeScript
9 17 (2.22%) C++
9 17 (2.22%) PowerShell
10 11 (1.44%) Scala
11 10 (1.31%) PL/SQL
11 10 (1.31%) T-SQL
12 7 (0.92%) Bash
12 7 (0.92%) VBA
13 5 (0.65%) Cypher
13 5 (0.65%) MATLAB
13 5 (0.65%) Search Processing Language
14 4 (0.52%) Gremlin
14 4 (0.52%) Rust
Qualifications
1 171 (22.35%) Security Cleared
2 125 (16.34%) SC Cleared
3 85 (11.11%) Degree
4 24 (3.14%) BPSS Clearance
5 20 (2.61%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (2.61%) DV Cleared
6 17 (2.22%) Azure Certification
7 16 (2.09%) Master's Degree
8 9 (1.18%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (0.52%) PhD
9 4 (0.52%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 4 (0.52%) Tableau Certification
10 3 (0.39%) SnowPro
11 2 (0.26%) APMG
11 2 (0.26%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.26%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 1 (0.13%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.13%) Numerate Degree
12 1 (0.13%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 170 (22.22%) Data Quality
2 51 (6.67%) QA
3 26 (3.40%) GDPR
4 22 (2.88%) Accessibility
5 19 (2.48%) PMO
6 9 (1.18%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (0.65%) SLA
8 4 (0.52%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 4 (0.52%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 4 (0.52%) GMP
8 4 (0.52%) GRC
8 4 (0.52%) GxP
8 4 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 17025
8 4 (0.52%) WCAG
9 2 (0.26%) Basel III
9 2 (0.26%) ISO 20022
9 2 (0.26%) ISO 8583
9 2 (0.26%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.26%) Solvency II
10 1 (0.13%) COBIT
System Software
1 25 (3.27%) Docker
2 18 (2.35%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.26%) Microsoft App-V
4 2 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.26%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.26%) VMware Workstation
4 2 (0.26%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 37 (4.84%) Terraform
2 20 (2.61%) Kubernetes
3 19 (2.48%) Grafana
4 12 (1.57%) Prometheus
5 8 (1.05%) SCCM
6 7 (0.92%) Ansible
6 7 (0.92%) Kibana
7 4 (0.52%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 3 (0.39%) Podman
9 2 (0.26%) Packer
10 1 (0.13%) Fluentd
10 1 (0.13%) Istio
10 1 (0.13%) logstash
10 1 (0.13%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 137 (17.91%) Microsoft
2 71 (9.28%) Databricks
3 50 (6.54%) Oracle
4 46 (6.01%) SAP
5 40 (5.23%) Google
6 30 (3.92%) ServiceNow
7 21 (2.75%) Dynatrace
8 19 (2.48%) Adobe
9 17 (2.22%) Splunk
10 15 (1.96%) Salesforce
11 11 (1.44%) Alteryx
12 10 (1.31%) Remedy
13 9 (1.18%) BMC
14 8 (1.05%) Amplitude
14 8 (1.05%) Palantir
15 7 (0.92%) Informatica
16 6 (0.78%) Sage
17 5 (0.65%) Foundry
18 4 (0.52%) Brio
18 4 (0.52%) VMware