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 7 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 116 102 123
Rank change year-on-year -14 +21 +24
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 890 851 924
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.45% 2.38% 2.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.76% 2.72% 2.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 553 521 614
10th Percentile £343 £325 £311
25th Percentile £408 £401 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £523
Median % change year-on-year - -4.31% -2.88%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £619
90th Percentile £725 £765 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £454 £475
% change year-on-year +10.13% -4.42% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 50 74
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.25 £22.61
25th Percentile £30.94 £29.00 £33.00
Median hourly rate £61.25 £49.34 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +24.14% +6.84% -28.95%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
90th Percentile - - £63.38
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year - +40.75% -28.95%

All Process and 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 32,247 31,236 40,271
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 88.88% 87.47% 88.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,285 18,990 26,947
10th Percentile £300 £308 £310
25th Percentile £405 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.50% -3.09%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,090 1,084 1,559
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.25 £14.36
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.19 £18.94
Median hourly rate £25.13 £33.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.86% -22.35% +21.43%
75th Percentile £45.46 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.50 £74.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.63 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -30.37% -23.53% +30.77%

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 7 December 2025.

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 7 December 2025.

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 7 December 2025. 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 -7 766 £500 - 588
London -17 404 £500 -9.09% 135
UK excluding London +8 395 £500 +10.13% 557
Work from Home -33 256 £500 - 740
North of England -29 112 £445 -1.11% 100
Midlands +2 74 £525 +27.27% 105
South East 0 62 £500 +3.73% 176
West Midlands +9 61 £525 +27.27% 60
Yorkshire -11 59 £500 +11.11% 34
Scotland +27 55 £500 -3.61% 20
North West -18 50 £410 -8.23% 58
East of England -16 47 £525 +16.15% 72
South West -11 41 £750 +57.89% 78
East Midlands -17 13 £413 -2.94% 42
Wales -4 5 - - 15
North East -14 5 £400 -20.00% 8
Northern Ireland -15 5 £600 +20.00% 3

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 43 (4.83%) Apache Spark
2 37 (4.16%) Confluence
3 35 (3.93%) Apache
4 28 (3.15%) Apache Airflow
5 26 (2.92%) SharePoint
6 15 (1.69%) WebLogic
7 12 (1.35%) SAS
8 8 (0.90%) Apache Pig
9 7 (0.79%) Jupyter
10 3 (0.34%) GeoServer
10 3 (0.34%) Smallworld
11 2 (0.22%) Apache Superset
11 2 (0.22%) CMS
12 1 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 1 (0.11%) Cloud Foundry
12 1 (0.11%) Drupal
12 1 (0.11%) Headless CMS
12 1 (0.11%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.11%) PowerFactory
12 1 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 124 (13.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (3.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 26 (2.92%) Microsoft Office
4 11 (1.24%) MS Visio
4 11 (1.24%) Siemens NX
5 7 (0.79%) Chatbot
6 6 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.45%) Navisworks
7 4 (0.45%) Revit
8 3 (0.34%) Adobe Captivate
8 3 (0.34%) Maya
8 3 (0.34%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.34%) ProjectWise
9 2 (0.22%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.22%) Simulink
10 1 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.11%) CINEMA 4D
10 1 (0.11%) InDesign
10 1 (0.11%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 11 (1.24%) Teamcenter
2 6 (0.67%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.45%) Aladdin
3 4 (0.45%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.34%) Bloomberg AIM
5 2 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.11%) Actimize
6 1 (0.11%) Endur
6 1 (0.11%) Maximo
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.11%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.11%) Shopify
6 1 (0.11%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 387 (43.48%) Power Platform
2 204 (22.92%) Azure
3 154 (17.30%) AWS
4 78 (8.76%) GCP
5 49 (5.51%) Snowflake
6 40 (4.49%) Azure Data Factory
7 32 (3.60%) Power Automate
8 31 (3.48%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 31 (3.48%) Serverless
9 30 (3.37%) PowerApps
10 26 (2.92%) dbt
11 25 (2.81%) AWS Lambda
11 25 (2.81%) Azure DevOps
12 19 (2.13%) Amazon S3
12 19 (2.13%) GitHub
13 18 (2.02%) Cloud Computing
14 16 (1.80%) Azure Monitor
15 15 (1.69%) Google Analytics
16 13 (1.46%) Figma
17 10 (1.12%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 23 (2.58%) TCP/IP
2 21 (2.36%) Ethernet
3 4 (0.45%) 2G
3 4 (0.45%) 5G
3 4 (0.45%) Internet
3 4 (0.45%) SNMP
4 3 (0.34%) Kerberos
4 3 (0.34%) MQTT
4 3 (0.34%) SSH
5 2 (0.22%) Firewall
5 2 (0.22%) LTE
5 2 (0.22%) Mobile Backhaul
5 2 (0.22%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (0.22%) SSL
5 2 (0.22%) VoIP
6 1 (0.11%) 4G
6 1 (0.11%) DNS
6 1 (0.11%) DSL
6 1 (0.11%) NAS
6 1 (0.11%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 384 (43.15%) Power BI
2 184 (20.67%) Tableau
3 102 (11.46%) Data Warehouse
4 60 (6.74%) Relational Database
5 51 (5.73%) Power Query
6 47 (5.28%) Big Data
7 35 (3.93%) Data Lake
7 35 (3.93%) Hadoop
8 32 (3.60%) SQL Server
9 31 (3.48%) Looker
10 28 (3.15%) BigQuery
11 26 (2.92%) PostgreSQL
12 23 (2.58%) Metadata
13 19 (2.13%) Data Mining
13 19 (2.13%) Elasticsearch
14 18 (2.02%) Azure SQL Database
15 15 (1.69%) NoSQL
16 14 (1.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 13 (1.46%) MySQL
17 13 (1.46%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 58 (6.52%) Git
2 52 (5.84%) JIRA
3 23 (2.58%) Visual Studio
4 21 (2.36%) Eclipse
5 16 (1.80%) Jenkins
6 7 (0.79%) Gradle
6 7 (0.79%) Storybook
6 7 (0.79%) Xcode
7 5 (0.56%) Cypress.io
7 5 (0.56%) JUnit
8 4 (0.45%) MLflow
8 4 (0.45%) Selenium
9 3 (0.34%) webpack
10 2 (0.22%) Postman
11 1 (0.11%) git-flow
11 1 (0.11%) REST Assured
11 1 (0.11%) Snyk
11 1 (0.11%) Sonatype Nexus
11 1 (0.11%) Terragrunt
11 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 371 (41.69%) Social Skills
2 247 (27.75%) Analytical Skills
3 221 (24.83%) Finance
4 80 (8.99%) Public Sector
5 76 (8.54%) Banking
6 38 (4.27%) Presentation Skills
7 32 (3.60%) Manufacturing
7 32 (3.60%) Marketing
8 29 (3.26%) Military
9 24 (2.70%) Investment Banking
10 23 (2.58%) Retail
11 19 (2.13%) Front Office
11 19 (2.13%) Legal
12 16 (1.80%) Telecoms
13 15 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
13 15 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
13 15 (1.69%) Publishing
14 14 (1.57%) Organisational Skills
15 13 (1.46%) Aerospace
16 11 (1.24%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 233 (26.18%) Analyst
2 138 (15.51%) Data Analyst
2 138 (15.51%) Developer
3 94 (10.56%) Senior
4 88 (9.89%) Data Engineer
5 73 (8.20%) Architect
6 60 (6.74%) Data Scientist
7 53 (5.96%) Lead
8 46 (5.17%) Consultant
9 45 (5.06%) Business Analyst
9 45 (5.06%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 40 (4.49%) Senior Analyst
11 36 (4.04%) Power BI Developer
12 32 (3.60%) Software Engineer
13 22 (2.47%) Solutions Architect
14 19 (2.13%) C# Software Engineer
14 19 (2.13%) Python Engineer
15 18 (2.02%) Integration Architect
15 18 (2.02%) Power BI Analyst
15 18 (2.02%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (4.61%) Pandas
2 38 (4.27%) React
3 36 (4.04%) scikit-learn
4 32 (3.60%) Node.js
4 32 (3.60%) NumPy
5 28 (3.15%) Web Services
6 26 (2.92%) PySpark
7 20 (2.25%) D3.js
7 20 (2.25%) Kafka
7 20 (2.25%) REST
8 19 (2.13%) AngularJS
8 19 (2.13%) CSS
9 17 (1.91%) Elastic Stack
9 17 (1.91%) Plotly
10 15 (1.69%) OAuth
10 15 (1.69%) TensorFlow
11 14 (1.57%) HTML
11 14 (1.57%) Vue
12 12 (1.35%) Matplotlib
13 11 (1.24%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 62 (6.97%) Algorithms
2 38 (4.27%) Analytical Mindset
3 27 (3.03%) Cloud Native
3 27 (3.03%) Product Ownership
4 24 (2.70%) Data Structures
5 20 (2.25%) Onboarding
6 18 (2.02%) Management Information System
7 15 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
8 14 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
9 13 (1.46%) Virtual Team
10 11 (1.24%) CMDB
11 10 (1.12%) Data Centre
11 10 (1.12%) Distributed Computing
12 9 (1.01%) Data Protection Act
12 9 (1.01%) Hedge funds
13 8 (0.90%) Mobile App
13 8 (0.90%) SCADA
14 7 (0.79%) Animation
14 7 (0.79%) NHS
14 7 (0.79%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 64 (7.19%) Linux
2 47 (5.28%) Windows
3 32 (3.60%) Unix
4 8 (0.90%) Android
5 7 (0.79%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.22%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.22%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.11%) VMS
7 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 423 (47.53%) Data Visualisation
2 422 (47.42%) Business Intelligence
3 337 (37.87%) Analytics
4 253 (28.43%) Data Modelling
5 214 (24.04%) Data Analysis
6 213 (23.93%) Decision-Making
7 209 (23.48%) Agile
8 207 (23.26%) Problem-Solving
9 158 (17.75%) Actionable Insight
10 151 (16.97%) Data Science
11 135 (15.17%) Machine Learning
12 121 (13.60%) AI
12 121 (13.60%) Data Pipeline
12 121 (13.60%) ETL
13 110 (12.36%) Stakeholder Management
14 101 (11.35%) Data Governance
15 98 (11.01%) Validation
16 96 (10.79%) Continuous Improvement
17 91 (10.22%) CI/CD
18 86 (9.66%) Dashboard Development
Programming Languages
1 409 (45.96%) SQL
2 320 (35.96%) Python
3 64 (7.19%) JavaScript
4 63 (7.08%) R
5 61 (6.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 43 (4.83%) C++
7 35 (3.93%) Java
8 34 (3.82%) C#
9 29 (3.26%) TypeScript
10 22 (2.47%) Scala
11 13 (1.46%) Bash
12 12 (1.35%) PowerShell
13 10 (1.12%) PL/SQL
14 9 (1.01%) VBA
15 8 (0.90%) Go
15 8 (0.90%) T-SQL
16 7 (0.79%) Groovy
16 7 (0.79%) PHP
17 6 (0.67%) MATLAB
18 4 (0.45%) C
Qualifications
1 158 (17.75%) Security Cleared
2 125 (14.04%) SC Cleared
3 98 (11.01%) Degree
4 42 (4.72%) Master's Degree
5 25 (2.81%) Computer Science Degree
6 19 (2.13%) CISSP
7 17 (1.91%) Azure Certification
8 16 (1.80%) CISM
9 15 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
10 14 (1.57%) PhD
11 11 (1.24%) DV Cleared
12 10 (1.12%) TOGAF Certification
13 9 (1.01%) ITIL Certification
13 9 (1.01%) PMI Certification
14 7 (0.79%) CFA
15 6 (0.67%) AWS Certification
15 6 (0.67%) CBAP
15 6 (0.67%) Microsoft Certification
16 5 (0.56%) CEH
17 3 (0.34%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 133 (14.94%) Data Quality
2 54 (6.07%) Accessibility
3 34 (3.82%) GDPR
3 34 (3.82%) QA
4 9 (1.01%) Actionable Recommendations
5 8 (0.90%) PMO
6 7 (0.79%) WCAG
7 6 (0.67%) Disclosure Scotland
7 6 (0.67%) HIPAA
8 5 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (0.45%) ISO 19650
9 4 (0.45%) MiFID
9 4 (0.45%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.45%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.34%) EMIR
10 3 (0.34%) NIST
11 2 (0.22%) Dodd-Frank
11 2 (0.22%) FIPS 140-2
11 2 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 2 (0.22%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 35 (3.93%) Docker
2 10 (1.12%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.22%) HDFS
3 2 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 35 (3.93%) Terraform
2 30 (3.37%) Kubernetes
3 23 (2.58%) Kibana
4 17 (1.91%) Grafana
4 17 (1.91%) logstash
5 13 (1.46%) Ansible
6 4 (0.45%) Argo
6 4 (0.45%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.22%) SysTrack
9 1 (0.11%) Cacti
9 1 (0.11%) collectd
9 1 (0.11%) Fluentd
9 1 (0.11%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.11%) QRadar
9 1 (0.11%) Rsyslog
9 1 (0.11%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 1 (0.11%) Thomson Reuters DACS
9 1 (0.11%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 174 (19.55%) Microsoft
2 57 (6.40%) Databricks
3 56 (6.29%) Oracle
4 44 (4.94%) Google
5 42 (4.72%) Splunk
6 34 (3.82%) ServiceNow
7 30 (3.37%) Salesforce
8 25 (2.81%) Dynatrace
9 19 (2.13%) AppDynamics
9 19 (2.13%) Cisco
10 18 (2.02%) SAP
11 17 (1.91%) BiZZdesign
12 15 (1.69%) Foundry
13 13 (1.46%) CyberArk
13 13 (1.46%) OpenAI
14 12 (1.35%) Centrify
15 11 (1.24%) Palantir
16 10 (1.12%) Adobe
16 10 (1.12%) Siemens
17 9 (1.01%) Bloomberg