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 15 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 212 105 111
Rank change year-on-year -107 +6 +21
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 755 850 809
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.37% 2.56% 2.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.61% 2.83% 2.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 442 534 474
10th Percentile £313 £325 £313
25th Percentile £400 £400 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -2.44%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £638
90th Percentile £688 £701 £773
UK excluding London median daily rate £457 £470 £450
% change year-on-year -2.82% +4.44% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 51 54
10th Percentile £21.71 £18.50 £22.00
25th Percentile £28.50 £33.25 £40.07
Median hourly rate £50.00 £50.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - -23.08% +44.44%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 -
90th Percentile £70.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £53.70 £63.75 £65.00
% change year-on-year -15.76% -1.92% +44.44%

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 46,870 30,047 32,387
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.76% 90.49% 86.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,156 18,700 19,515
10th Percentile £325 £294 £308
25th Percentile £425 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.42%
75th Percentile £638 £623 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,444 1,888 1,247
10th Percentile £13.53 £14.38 £15.00
25th Percentile £16.94 £17.30 £20.12
Median hourly rate £37.50 £25.15 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +49.11% -37.13% -10.11%
75th Percentile £65.00 £42.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.18 £65.25 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £22.27 £40.33
% change year-on-year +68.43% -44.79% -8.14%

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 15 October 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 15 October 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 15 October 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 -104 658 £475 -3.06% 246
UK excluding London -98 353 £457 -2.82% 216
London -76 328 £488 -2.50% 85
Work from Home -73 229 £505 +12.22% 138
North of England -80 98 £438 +3.06% 46
Midlands -37 84 £542 +6.85% 41
West Midlands -37 67 £550 +4.76% 27
South East -69 64 £419 -20.19% 61
North West -42 47 £463 +13.50% 21
South West -33 45 £475 -36.67% 36
Yorkshire -63 40 £476 +5.67% 15
Scotland -33 37 £425 -10.53% 11
East of England -40 28 £515 +1.98% 18
East Midlands -9 17 £362 -9.38% 14
North East -29 12 £350 -22.22% 10
Wales -15 3 £356 +13.55% 4
Northern Ireland -1 2 - - 5

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 (2.78%) Apache Spark
2 20 (2.65%) Confluence
3 13 (1.72%) Apache Airflow
3 13 (1.72%) SharePoint
4 11 (1.46%) ArcGIS
5 10 (1.32%) Apache
6 5 (0.66%) CMS
6 5 (0.66%) Oracle Workflow
6 5 (0.66%) Palantir Foundry
6 5 (0.66%) SAS
7 4 (0.53%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.26%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.13%) Apache Superset
9 1 (0.13%) Appian
9 1 (0.13%) FactoryTalk
9 1 (0.13%) GeoServer
9 1 (0.13%) nginx
Applications
1 131 (17.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (1.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (0.79%) Adobe Illustrator
4 6 (0.79%) CPLEX
4 6 (0.79%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.53%) Photoshop
6 3 (0.40%) Adobe Premiere
6 3 (0.40%) InDesign
6 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.40%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.26%) Adobe After Effects
7 2 (0.26%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.26%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.26%) EPLAN
7 2 (0.26%) Notion
8 1 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.13%) Final Cut Pro
8 1 (0.13%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 8 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
1 8 (1.06%) Remedy ITSM
1 8 (1.06%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.66%) Primavera
3 2 (0.26%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.26%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 2 (0.26%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.13%) Actimize
4 1 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.13%) Raiser’s Edge
4 1 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.13%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.13%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.13%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 394 (52.19%) Power Platform
2 135 (17.88%) Azure
3 105 (13.91%) AWS
4 61 (8.08%) Snowflake
5 42 (5.56%) GCP
6 35 (4.64%) Azure DevOps
7 28 (3.71%) GitHub
8 27 (3.58%) Power Automate
8 27 (3.58%) PowerApps
9 21 (2.78%) Azure Data Factory
10 20 (2.65%) Google Analytics
11 19 (2.52%) Amazon S3
12 17 (2.25%) dbt
12 17 (2.25%) Microsoft Copilot
12 17 (2.25%) Serverless
13 15 (1.99%) Adobe Analytics
13 15 (1.99%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 11 (1.46%) Dynamics 365
15 10 (1.32%) SaaS
16 9 (1.19%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.32%) Ethernet
1 10 (1.32%) TCP/IP
2 5 (0.66%) HTTP
2 5 (0.66%) SNMP
3 4 (0.53%) Broadband
3 4 (0.53%) SD-WAN
3 4 (0.53%) WAN
3 4 (0.53%) Wireless
4 3 (0.40%) VPN
5 2 (0.26%) 2G
5 2 (0.26%) 3G
5 2 (0.26%) 4G
5 2 (0.26%) 5G
5 2 (0.26%) DHCP
5 2 (0.26%) DNS
5 2 (0.26%) Network Security
5 2 (0.26%) PCoIP
5 2 (0.26%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (0.26%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.13%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 387 (51.26%) Power BI
2 139 (18.41%) Tableau
3 74 (9.80%) Power Query
4 67 (8.87%) Data Warehouse
5 43 (5.70%) Data Lake
6 42 (5.56%) Relational Database
7 37 (4.90%) Metadata
8 26 (3.44%) SQL Server
9 25 (3.31%) Big Data
10 23 (3.05%) Looker
11 22 (2.91%) BigQuery
12 21 (2.78%) Qlik Sense
13 17 (2.25%) PostgreSQL
14 15 (1.99%) Amazon Athena
14 15 (1.99%) GIS
15 14 (1.85%) Oracle Reports
15 14 (1.85%) QlikView
16 13 (1.72%) BusinessObjects
16 13 (1.72%) Star Schema
17 10 (1.32%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 40 (5.30%) Git
1 40 (5.30%) JIRA
2 11 (1.46%) Visual Studio
3 10 (1.32%) Eclipse
3 10 (1.32%) GitLab
4 5 (0.66%) Oracle Forms
5 3 (0.40%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.40%) JMeter
5 3 (0.40%) MLflow
6 2 (0.26%) Claude Code
6 2 (0.26%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.26%) Selenium
6 2 (0.26%) WebDriver
7 1 (0.13%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.13%) Gradle
7 1 (0.13%) Jasmine
7 1 (0.13%) JUnit
7 1 (0.13%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.13%) NeoLoad
7 1 (0.13%) Xcode
General
1 278 (36.82%) Analytical Skills
2 272 (36.03%) Social Skills
3 164 (21.72%) Finance
4 96 (12.72%) Public Sector
5 61 (8.08%) Banking
6 26 (3.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 25 (3.31%) Marketing
7 25 (3.31%) Military
8 21 (2.78%) Manufacturing
9 20 (2.65%) Retail
10 16 (2.12%) Presentation Skills
11 14 (1.85%) Aerospace
11 14 (1.85%) Local Government
12 12 (1.59%) Influencing Skills
12 12 (1.59%) Investment Banking
13 11 (1.46%) Documentation Skills
14 10 (1.32%) Pharmaceutical
14 10 (1.32%) Publishing
15 9 (1.19%) Organisational Skills
16 6 (0.79%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 212 (28.08%) Analyst
2 123 (16.29%) Data Analyst
3 113 (14.97%) Developer
4 79 (10.46%) Senior
5 76 (10.07%) Data Engineer
6 52 (6.89%) Lead
7 41 (5.43%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 41 (5.43%) Consultant
8 40 (5.30%) Data Scientist
9 32 (4.24%) Power BI Developer
10 27 (3.58%) Architect
11 26 (3.44%) Senior Data Engineer
12 25 (3.31%) Performance Analyst
13 24 (3.18%) Business Analyst
14 23 (3.05%) Designer
15 18 (2.38%) Report Analyst
16 17 (2.25%) Business Intelligence Analyst
16 17 (2.25%) Data Architect
17 16 (2.12%) Data Manager
17 16 (2.12%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (5.03%) REST
2 37 (4.90%) Terraform
3 25 (3.31%) CSS
3 25 (3.31%) HTML
4 24 (3.18%) Pandas
4 24 (3.18%) PySpark
5 23 (3.05%) React
6 18 (2.38%) Kafka
7 17 (2.25%) NumPy
8 16 (2.12%) Web Services
9 14 (1.85%) scikit-learn
10 11 (1.46%) JSON
11 10 (1.32%) .NET
11 10 (1.32%) Flask
11 10 (1.32%) Node.js
12 9 (1.19%) TensorFlow
13 8 (1.06%) PyTorch
13 8 (1.06%) Redux
13 8 (1.06%) SOAP
14 7 (0.93%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 52 (6.89%) Data Structures
2 36 (4.77%) Management Information System
3 28 (3.71%) Onboarding
4 22 (2.91%) Cloud Native
5 21 (2.78%) Analytical Mindset
5 21 (2.78%) Legacy Systems
6 16 (2.12%) AI Agents
6 16 (2.12%) Data Protection Act
6 16 (2.12%) Product Ownership
7 13 (1.72%) Algorithms
7 13 (1.72%) Distributed Systems
7 13 (1.72%) Reference Data
8 10 (1.32%) Virtual Team
9 9 (1.19%) Clustering
9 9 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
9 9 (1.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 9 (1.19%) NHS
9 9 (1.19%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (1.06%) PKI
11 6 (0.79%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 32 (4.24%) Windows
2 22 (2.91%) Linux
3 12 (1.59%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.79%) Unix
5 4 (0.53%) Android
5 4 (0.53%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.40%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.13%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 408 (54.04%) Business Intelligence
2 366 (48.48%) Data Visualisation
3 365 (48.34%) Analytics
4 221 (29.27%) Decision-Making
5 218 (28.87%) Data Modelling
6 201 (26.62%) Agile
7 175 (23.18%) AI
8 167 (22.12%) Problem-Solving
9 161 (21.32%) Data Analysis
10 160 (21.19%) Stakeholder Management
11 145 (19.21%) Actionable Insight
12 133 (17.62%) Dashboard Development
13 131 (17.35%) Validation
14 128 (16.95%) Continuous Improvement
15 114 (15.10%) Data Pipeline
16 112 (14.83%) Data Governance
17 110 (14.57%) Data Engineering
18 106 (14.04%) Data Science
19 105 (13.91%) ETL
19 105 (13.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 368 (48.74%) SQL
2 258 (34.17%) Python
3 77 (10.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 47 (6.23%) R
5 44 (5.83%) JavaScript
6 40 (5.30%) Java
7 32 (4.24%) C#
8 17 (2.25%) TypeScript
9 16 (2.12%) PowerShell
10 13 (1.72%) C++
11 10 (1.32%) Bash
11 10 (1.32%) T-SQL
12 9 (1.19%) PL/SQL
13 8 (1.06%) Scala
14 7 (0.93%) Search Processing Language
15 6 (0.79%) Cypher
15 6 (0.79%) Gremlin
15 6 (0.79%) VBA
16 4 (0.53%) Korn
17 3 (0.40%) Go
Qualifications
1 168 (22.25%) Security Cleared
2 127 (16.82%) SC Cleared
3 90 (11.92%) Degree
4 34 (4.50%) BPSS Clearance
5 19 (2.52%) DV Cleared
6 17 (2.25%) Azure Certification
7 13 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
8 12 (1.59%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (1.19%) Master's Degree
10 8 (1.06%) PhD
11 5 (0.66%) PMI Certification
11 5 (0.66%) PMP
12 4 (0.53%) Postgraduate
13 3 (0.40%) AWS Certification
13 3 (0.40%) DBS Check
14 2 (0.26%) APMG
14 2 (0.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 2 (0.26%) Six Sigma Green Belt
14 2 (0.26%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 1 (0.13%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 203 (26.89%) Data Quality
2 42 (5.56%) QA
3 25 (3.31%) GDPR
4 24 (3.18%) Accessibility
5 16 (2.12%) PMO
6 13 (1.72%) Actionable Recommendations
7 7 (0.93%) GMP
8 5 (0.66%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 5 (0.66%) GRC
8 5 (0.66%) GxP
8 5 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 17025
9 4 (0.53%) WCAG
10 3 (0.40%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 2 (0.26%) Basel III
11 2 (0.26%) Solvency II
12 1 (0.13%) Disclosure Scotland
12 1 (0.13%) ISO 13485
12 1 (0.13%) NCSC
12 1 (0.13%) NIST
12 1 (0.13%) P3O
System Software
1 19 (2.52%) Docker
2 13 (1.72%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.26%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.26%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.26%) VMware Workstation
5 2 (0.26%) vSphere
6 1 (0.13%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 18 (2.38%) Grafana
2 16 (2.12%) Kubernetes
3 11 (1.46%) Kibana
4 8 (1.06%) Ansible
5 7 (0.93%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.79%) SCCM
7 4 (0.53%) Podman
8 3 (0.40%) Argo
8 3 (0.40%) logstash
9 2 (0.26%) Packer
9 2 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.13%) Istio
10 1 (0.13%) Network Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.13%) QRadar
Vendors
1 148 (19.60%) Microsoft
2 70 (9.27%) Databricks
3 44 (5.83%) SAP
4 39 (5.17%) Oracle
5 38 (5.03%) Google
6 23 (3.05%) ServiceNow
7 20 (2.65%) Adobe
7 20 (2.65%) Splunk
8 19 (2.52%) Dynatrace
9 17 (2.25%) Salesforce
10 14 (1.85%) Palantir
11 12 (1.59%) Alteryx
12 8 (1.06%) Informatica
12 8 (1.06%) Remedy
13 7 (0.93%) BMC
13 7 (0.93%) SnapLogic
14 5 (0.66%) Foundry
15 4 (0.53%) Cloudera
15 4 (0.53%) VMware
15 4 (0.53%) Workday