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 14 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 161 104 135
Rank change year-on-year -57 +31 +18
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 765 730 748
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.61% 2.52% 1.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.91% 2.77% 2.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 467 469 497
10th Percentile £326 £334 £313
25th Percentile £406 £400 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £575 £580
90th Percentile £722 £675 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £463 £450
% change year-on-year +2.70% +2.78% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 30 42
10th Percentile £21.77 £22.45 £20.58
25th Percentile £37.69 £27.19 £41.25
Median hourly rate £62.50 £34.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +81.16% -42.50% -7.69%
75th Percentile £69.28 £53.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £66.37 £70.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £31.64 £65.00
% change year-on-year +105.44% -51.32% -

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 40,111 26,361 36,876
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.33% 90.96% 86.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,183 16,941 23,723
10th Percentile £325 £305 £300
25th Percentile £413 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £516 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.13% -1.71% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £626 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £479 £500
% change year-on-year +2.71% -4.20% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,380 1,073 2,431
10th Percentile £14.89 £14.41 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.91 £18.38 £16.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £28.60 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +48.60% -21.64% +1.39%
75th Percentile £67.25 £60.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.78 £38.00
% change year-on-year +74.59% -32.17% +8.57%

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 14 May 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 14 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Visualisation in the UK

Visualisation
Top 16 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 14 May 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 -53 676 £488 +2.63% 443
London -50 357 £488 - 197
UK excluding London -66 313 £475 +2.70% 317
Work from Home -22 251 £488 +8.33% 156
North of England -57 96 £463 - 84
Midlands -32 64 £500 +21.21% 54
North West -25 53 £441 -4.59% 45
South East -36 53 £505 -8.18% 87
South West -20 48 £500 +5.26% 42
West Midlands -38 46 £500 +19.40% 24
Yorkshire -48 39 £463 +6.32% 24
East of England -44 30 £565 +2.73% 24
Scotland -6 23 £430 -4.44% 18
East Midlands -20 18 £488 +27.12% 30
North East -23 7 £420 -13.85% 15
Northern Ireland +1 2 £463 -8.64% 2

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 49 (6.41%) Apache Spark
2 20 (2.61%) Apache
3 18 (2.35%) Confluence
4 16 (2.09%) SharePoint
5 14 (1.83%) Apache Airflow
6 11 (1.44%) Apache Superset
7 5 (0.65%) OpenStack
8 3 (0.39%) CMS
8 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.39%) SAS
9 2 (0.26%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.26%) GeoServer
9 2 (0.26%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.26%) Luigi
9 2 (0.26%) Smallworld
10 1 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.13%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle Application Server
10 1 (0.13%) R Markdown
10 1 (0.13%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 112 (14.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (2.48%) MS Visio
3 16 (2.09%) Microsoft Office
4 13 (1.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (1.18%) Chatbot
6 8 (1.05%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (1.05%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.65%) Adobe Illustrator
7 5 (0.65%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.26%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.26%) CPLEX
8 2 (0.26%) EPLAN
8 2 (0.26%) InDesign
8 2 (0.26%) Notion
9 1 (0.13%) 3ds Max
9 1 (0.13%) Maya
9 1 (0.13%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 19 (2.48%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.78%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.52%) Adobe Campaign
5 3 (0.39%) Eloqua
5 3 (0.39%) iTrent
5 3 (0.39%) Primavera
6 2 (0.26%) IntelliMatch
6 2 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.26%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.13%) Advent Geneva
7 1 (0.13%) FLEXCUBE
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.13%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.13%) SAP MDM
7 1 (0.13%) Shopify
7 1 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.13%) Sprinklr
7 1 (0.13%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 349 (45.62%) Power Platform
2 153 (20.00%) Azure
3 136 (17.78%) AWS
4 55 (7.19%) GCP
5 47 (6.14%) Azure Data Factory
6 42 (5.49%) Snowflake
7 28 (3.66%) Serverless
8 27 (3.53%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 25 (3.27%) Azure DevOps
10 23 (3.01%) Power Automate
11 21 (2.75%) Amazon S3
12 19 (2.48%) AWS Lambda
12 19 (2.48%) dbt
13 18 (2.35%) GitHub
14 16 (2.09%) PowerApps
15 10 (1.31%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 10 (1.31%) Amazon EC2
15 10 (1.31%) Google Workspace
15 10 (1.31%) Microsoft 365
15 10 (1.31%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.70%) TCP/IP
2 12 (1.57%) Ethernet
3 6 (0.78%) Firewall
4 4 (0.52%) DNS
5 3 (0.39%) Wireless
6 2 (0.26%) DHCP
6 2 (0.26%) Fibre Channel
6 2 (0.26%) Internet
6 2 (0.26%) Network Security
6 2 (0.26%) PCoIP
6 2 (0.26%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (0.26%) SAN
6 2 (0.26%) SMS
7 1 (0.13%) Intranet
7 1 (0.13%) LAN
7 1 (0.13%) Modbus
7 1 (0.13%) Reverse Proxy
7 1 (0.13%) SSH
7 1 (0.13%) VPN
7 1 (0.13%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 346 (45.23%) Power BI
2 176 (23.01%) Tableau
3 98 (12.81%) Data Warehouse
4 45 (5.88%) Big Data
4 45 (5.88%) Relational Database
5 40 (5.23%) Metadata
6 36 (4.71%) Looker
6 36 (4.71%) Power Query
7 35 (4.58%) SQL Server
8 30 (3.92%) Hadoop
9 29 (3.79%) BigQuery
10 27 (3.53%) Data Lake
10 27 (3.53%) PostgreSQL
11 20 (2.61%) NoSQL
12 15 (1.96%) Snowflake Schema
13 14 (1.83%) Elasticsearch
13 14 (1.83%) Geospatial Data
13 14 (1.83%) Oracle Reports
13 14 (1.83%) Star Schema
14 12 (1.57%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 58 (7.58%) Git
2 39 (5.10%) JIRA
3 13 (1.70%) Visual Studio
4 12 (1.57%) Eclipse
5 11 (1.44%) Jenkins
6 8 (1.05%) MLflow
7 4 (0.52%) ERwin
7 4 (0.52%) GitLab
8 3 (0.39%) Selenium
9 2 (0.26%) Charles Proxy
9 2 (0.26%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.26%) JMeter
9 2 (0.26%) Postman
9 2 (0.26%) Terragrunt
9 2 (0.26%) WebDriver
10 1 (0.13%) Flyway
10 1 (0.13%) git-flow
10 1 (0.13%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.13%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.13%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 241 (31.50%) Social Skills
2 238 (31.11%) Analytical Skills
3 201 (26.27%) Finance
4 78 (10.20%) Public Sector
5 57 (7.45%) Banking
6 37 (4.84%) Retail
7 32 (4.18%) Marketing
8 28 (3.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 20 (2.61%) Documentation Skills
10 15 (1.96%) Military
10 15 (1.96%) Publishing
11 14 (1.83%) Pharmaceutical
11 14 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
12 13 (1.70%) Law
13 10 (1.31%) Legal
14 9 (1.18%) Front Office
14 9 (1.18%) Investment Banking
14 9 (1.18%) Manufacturing
14 9 (1.18%) Organisational Skills
15 8 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 203 (26.54%) Analyst
2 110 (14.38%) Data Engineer
3 108 (14.12%) Data Analyst
4 102 (13.33%) Developer
5 101 (13.20%) Senior
6 53 (6.93%) Data Scientist
7 51 (6.67%) Lead
8 49 (6.41%) Business Analyst
9 43 (5.62%) Consultant
10 36 (4.71%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 35 (4.58%) Architect
12 26 (3.40%) Power BI Developer
12 26 (3.40%) Senior Data Engineer
13 22 (2.88%) Senior Analyst
14 21 (2.75%) Business Intelligence Analyst
15 20 (2.61%) Software Engineer
16 19 (2.48%) Designer
17 17 (2.22%) Data Business Analyst
17 17 (2.22%) SAP Consultant
18 16 (2.09%) Performance Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (6.01%) Pandas
1 46 (6.01%) React
2 34 (4.44%) Kafka
3 28 (3.66%) REST
4 27 (3.53%) Node.js
5 24 (3.14%) NumPy
6 23 (3.01%) scikit-learn
7 21 (2.75%) PySpark
8 18 (2.35%) .NET
9 16 (2.09%) AngularJS
9 16 (2.09%) Elastic Stack
9 16 (2.09%) Matplotlib
10 15 (1.96%) JSON
10 15 (1.96%) Web Services
11 13 (1.70%) Seaborn
11 13 (1.70%) TensorFlow
11 13 (1.70%) Vue
12 12 (1.57%) CSS
12 12 (1.57%) OpenTelemetry
12 12 (1.57%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 50 (6.54%) Data Structures
2 31 (4.05%) Cloud Native
3 27 (3.53%) Algorithms
4 23 (3.01%) Analytical Mindset
4 23 (3.01%) Management Information System
5 19 (2.48%) Product Ownership
6 14 (1.83%) Legacy Systems
7 12 (1.57%) Data Protection Act
7 12 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
8 11 (1.44%) Distributed Systems
8 11 (1.44%) Virtual Team
9 10 (1.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 9 (1.18%) AI Agents
10 9 (1.18%) Marketing Technology
11 8 (1.05%) Derivative
11 8 (1.05%) PMI
12 7 (0.92%) Data Centre
12 7 (0.92%) Life Science
12 7 (0.92%) NHS
12 7 (0.92%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 30 (3.92%) Linux
1 30 (3.92%) Windows
2 6 (0.78%) Apple iOS
2 6 (0.78%) Unix
3 5 (0.65%) Mac OS
3 5 (0.65%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.39%) Android
4 3 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 377 (49.28%) Business Intelligence
2 359 (46.93%) Data Visualisation
3 315 (41.18%) Analytics
4 232 (30.33%) Data Modelling
5 211 (27.58%) Decision-Making
6 196 (25.62%) Agile
6 196 (25.62%) Problem-Solving
7 160 (20.92%) Actionable Insight
8 146 (19.08%) Data Pipeline
9 133 (17.39%) Validation
10 131 (17.12%) AI
11 126 (16.47%) Data Science
12 124 (16.21%) Data Governance
13 123 (16.08%) Data Analysis
14 118 (15.42%) ETL
15 116 (15.16%) Dashboard Development
16 113 (14.77%) Data Engineering
17 102 (13.33%) CI/CD
18 93 (12.16%) Machine Learning
19 89 (11.63%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 378 (49.41%) SQL
2 289 (37.78%) Python
3 84 (10.98%) R
4 51 (6.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 48 (6.27%) JavaScript
6 39 (5.10%) C#
7 38 (4.97%) TypeScript
8 37 (4.84%) Java
9 23 (3.01%) C++
9 23 (3.01%) PowerShell
10 19 (2.48%) Scala
11 13 (1.70%) VBA
12 9 (1.18%) Perl
13 8 (1.05%) T-SQL
14 7 (0.92%) PL/SQL
15 6 (0.78%) Bash
15 6 (0.78%) Rust
16 4 (0.52%) MATLAB
17 3 (0.39%) C
17 3 (0.39%) LookML
Qualifications
1 153 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 124 (16.21%) SC Cleared
3 75 (9.80%) Degree
4 21 (2.75%) Master's Degree
5 20 (2.61%) Computer Science Degree
6 19 (2.48%) BPSS Clearance
7 17 (2.22%) Azure Certification
8 15 (1.96%) DV Cleared
9 10 (1.31%) PMI Certification
10 8 (1.05%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (0.78%) AWS Certification
12 4 (0.52%) CBAP
12 4 (0.52%) MBA
12 4 (0.52%) Tableau Certification
12 4 (0.52%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 3 (0.39%) CISM
13 3 (0.39%) CISSP
13 3 (0.39%) SnowPro
14 2 (0.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 2 (0.26%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 142 (18.56%) Data Quality
2 50 (6.54%) QA
3 28 (3.66%) GDPR
4 24 (3.14%) PMO
5 22 (2.88%) Accessibility
6 15 (1.96%) Actionable Recommendations
7 7 (0.92%) SLA
8 5 (0.65%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 4 (0.52%) WCAG
10 3 (0.39%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.26%) Disclosure Scotland
11 2 (0.26%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.26%) ISO 8583
11 2 (0.26%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.26%) NIST
11 2 (0.26%) P3O
11 2 (0.26%) PERC
12 1 (0.13%) GRC
12 1 (0.13%) ISO 14001
12 1 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 28 (3.66%) Docker
2 14 (1.83%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.52%) HDFS
4 4 (0.52%) VMware NSX
5 3 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.26%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.26%) VMware Workstation
6 2 (0.26%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 38 (4.97%) Kubernetes
2 34 (4.44%) Terraform
3 22 (2.88%) Grafana
4 18 (2.35%) Kibana
5 17 (2.22%) Ansible
5 17 (2.22%) Prometheus
6 12 (1.57%) logstash
7 7 (0.92%) SCCM
7 7 (0.92%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 3 (0.39%) SysTrack
9 2 (0.26%) Cilium
9 2 (0.26%) Packer
9 2 (0.26%) vMotion
9 2 (0.26%) vRealize
10 1 (0.13%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.13%) Istio
10 1 (0.13%) Kubeflow
10 1 (0.13%) Network Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.13%) PowerCLI
10 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 115 (15.03%) Microsoft
2 80 (10.46%) Databricks
3 47 (6.14%) Google
4 42 (5.49%) SAP
5 35 (4.58%) Oracle
6 25 (3.27%) ServiceNow
7 16 (2.09%) Sage
8 15 (1.96%) Adobe
9 13 (1.70%) Salesforce
9 13 (1.70%) Splunk
10 9 (1.18%) Amplitude
10 9 (1.18%) Informatica
11 7 (0.92%) Remedy
12 6 (0.78%) Apple
12 6 (0.78%) Cognos
12 6 (0.78%) OpenAI
12 6 (0.78%) VMware
13 5 (0.65%) BiZZdesign
13 5 (0.65%) Bloomberg
13 5 (0.65%) BMC