Visualisation Contract Job Trends

Visualization
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Visualisation skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 106 119 141
Rank change year-on-year +13 +22 +18
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 833 767 936
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.53% 2.01% 1.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.79% 2.34% 2.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 518 450 585
10th Percentile £325 £313 £321
25th Percentile £400 £412 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -2.44% -6.82%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £623
90th Percentile £700 £765 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £463 £470 £475
% change year-on-year -1.60% -1.05% -3.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 53 72
10th Percentile £22.68 £24.57 £21.47
25th Percentile £33.25 £41.25 £32.30
Median hourly rate £50.00 £65.00 £41.55
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +56.46% -6.38%
75th Percentile £65.00 - £46.18
90th Percentile - - £65.68
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £40.59
% change year-on-year -3.85% +60.14% -4.49%

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 29,811 32,761 44,191
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.51% 85.67% 89.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,528 20,142 30,042
10th Percentile £300 £309 £313
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,799 1,460 1,542
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.84 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.00 £18.64
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +47.01%
75th Percentile £44.68 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.63 £43.00 £40.64
% change year-on-year -47.37% +5.81% +76.70%

Visualisation
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Visualisation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Visualisation 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 17 September 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 17 September 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 17 September 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 +16 722 £475 -5.00% 963
UK excluding London +16 377 £463 -1.60% 675
London +14 376 £500 -9.09% 527
Work from Home -17 235 £447 -10.60% 428
North of England -12 100 £425 -5.56% 110
Midlands +22 77 £504 +11.89% 87
West Midlands +22 61 £515 +8.42% 53
South East +28 58 £550 +14.35% 341
Yorkshire +5 57 £425 -5.56% 27
Scotland +15 51 £500 +13.64% 28
East of England +11 48 £538 +7.50% 43
South West +10 39 £750 +50.00% 60
North West -20 37 £408 -8.32% 78
East Midlands -2 16 £400 -11.11% 33
North East -14 6 £425 -26.09% 6
Wales +5 5 £425 -32.00% 6
Northern Ireland -15 3 £469 +17.19% 10

Visualisation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 39 (4.68%) Apache Spark
2 30 (3.60%) Apache
3 29 (3.48%) SharePoint
4 26 (3.12%) Apache Airflow
5 25 (3.00%) Confluence
6 18 (2.16%) SAS
7 14 (1.68%) WebLogic
8 8 (0.96%) Apache Pig
9 4 (0.48%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.36%) Apache Superset
10 3 (0.36%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.12%) Cloud Foundry
11 1 (0.12%) IIS
11 1 (0.12%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Exchange
11 1 (0.12%) PowerFactory
Applications
1 121 (14.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (4.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 29 (3.48%) Microsoft Office
4 16 (1.92%) MS Visio
5 11 (1.32%) Siemens NX
6 6 (0.72%) Adobe Captivate
6 6 (0.72%) Maya
7 5 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.36%) Navisworks
8 3 (0.36%) Oracle Smart View
8 3 (0.36%) ProjectWise
8 3 (0.36%) Revit
8 3 (0.36%) Sketch
9 2 (0.24%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.24%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.24%) Maple
9 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
9 2 (0.24%) Simulink
10 1 (0.12%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.12%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 11 (1.32%) Teamcenter
2 6 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.72%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.60%) Aladdin
4 3 (0.36%) Bloomberg AIM
4 3 (0.36%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.36%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.12%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.12%) Endur
6 1 (0.12%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 1 (0.12%) Magento
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.12%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.12%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 337 (40.46%) Power Platform
2 203 (24.37%) Azure
3 136 (16.33%) AWS
4 79 (9.48%) GCP
5 57 (6.84%) Snowflake
6 43 (5.16%) Azure Data Factory
7 39 (4.68%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 35 (4.20%) dbt
9 33 (3.96%) Azure DevOps
10 28 (3.36%) Power Automate
11 25 (3.00%) PowerApps
12 20 (2.40%) GitHub
12 20 (2.40%) Serverless
13 17 (2.04%) AWS Lambda
14 16 (1.92%) Cloud Computing
14 16 (1.92%) Microsoft 365
15 15 (1.80%) Amazon S3
15 15 (1.80%) Azure Monitor
15 15 (1.80%) Figma
16 10 (1.20%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 20 (2.40%) TCP/IP
2 19 (2.28%) Ethernet
3 5 (0.60%) Internet
4 3 (0.36%) MQTT
4 3 (0.36%) SSH
5 2 (0.24%) Firewall
5 2 (0.24%) SNMP
5 2 (0.24%) SSL
6 1 (0.12%) DNS
6 1 (0.12%) HTTP
6 1 (0.12%) LAN
6 1 (0.12%) NAS
6 1 (0.12%) SAN
6 1 (0.12%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 330 (39.62%) Power BI
2 191 (22.93%) Tableau
3 104 (12.48%) Data Warehouse
4 54 (6.48%) Relational Database
5 45 (5.40%) Big Data
5 45 (5.40%) Power Query
6 40 (4.80%) SQL Server
7 39 (4.68%) BigQuery
8 38 (4.56%) Hadoop
9 34 (4.08%) Looker
10 30 (3.60%) NoSQL
11 25 (3.00%) Data Lake
12 24 (2.88%) PostgreSQL
13 21 (2.52%) Geospatial Data
14 19 (2.28%) Data Mining
14 19 (2.28%) GIS
14 19 (2.28%) Metadata
15 16 (1.92%) MongoDB
16 15 (1.80%) Amazon Redshift
16 15 (1.80%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 44 (5.28%) Git
2 43 (5.16%) JIRA
3 20 (2.40%) Visual Studio
4 19 (2.28%) Eclipse
5 11 (1.32%) Jenkins
5 11 (1.32%) JUnit
6 7 (0.84%) Gradle
6 7 (0.84%) Storybook
6 7 (0.84%) Xcode
7 6 (0.72%) GitLab
8 5 (0.60%) Cypress.io
8 5 (0.60%) Terragrunt
9 3 (0.36%) Liquibase
9 3 (0.36%) Postman
9 3 (0.36%) Selenium
10 2 (0.24%) GDB
10 2 (0.24%) JMeter
10 2 (0.24%) REST Assured
10 2 (0.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 2 (0.24%) webpack
General
1 329 (39.50%) Social Skills
2 237 (28.45%) Analytical Skills
3 198 (23.77%) Finance
4 65 (7.80%) Banking
5 60 (7.20%) Public Sector
6 47 (5.64%) Presentation Skills
7 43 (5.16%) Marketing
8 29 (3.48%) Manufacturing
9 24 (2.88%) Retail
9 24 (2.88%) Telecoms
10 21 (2.52%) Military
11 20 (2.40%) Investment Banking
12 19 (2.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 19 (2.28%) Organisational Skills
13 14 (1.68%) Legal
14 12 (1.44%) Local Government
14 12 (1.44%) Pharmaceutical
15 11 (1.32%) Aerospace
15 11 (1.32%) Automotive
15 11 (1.32%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 251 (30.13%) Analyst
2 154 (18.49%) Data Analyst
3 123 (14.77%) Developer
4 93 (11.16%) Data Engineer
5 79 (9.48%) Senior
6 66 (7.92%) Architect
7 54 (6.48%) Data Scientist
8 47 (5.64%) Business Analyst
9 34 (4.08%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 32 (3.84%) Lead
11 31 (3.72%) Consultant
12 26 (3.12%) Power BI Developer
12 26 (3.12%) Senior Analyst
13 23 (2.76%) Software Engineer
14 20 (2.40%) Data Architect
15 19 (2.28%) C# Software Engineer
16 18 (2.16%) Business Intelligence Analyst
16 18 (2.16%) Power BI Analyst
16 18 (2.16%) Technical Analyst
17 17 (2.04%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (4.08%) Pandas
1 34 (4.08%) React
2 32 (3.84%) CSS
3 30 (3.60%) scikit-learn
4 28 (3.36%) Node.js
5 26 (3.12%) HTML
6 25 (3.00%) PySpark
7 24 (2.88%) Web Services
8 23 (2.76%) NumPy
9 19 (2.28%) REST
9 19 (2.28%) TensorFlow
10 16 (1.92%) D3.js
10 16 (1.92%) Kafka
10 16 (1.92%) Matplotlib
11 13 (1.56%) AngularJS
11 13 (1.56%) PyTorch
12 12 (1.44%) Django
12 12 (1.44%) Seaborn
12 12 (1.44%) Spring
13 11 (1.32%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 68 (8.16%) Algorithms
2 25 (3.00%) Analytical Mindset
3 22 (2.64%) Product Ownership
4 20 (2.40%) Management Information System
5 19 (2.28%) Data Structures
6 18 (2.16%) Self-Motivation
7 17 (2.04%) Onboarding
8 14 (1.68%) Cloud Native
8 14 (1.68%) Virtual Team
9 13 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
10 11 (1.32%) Data Centre
10 11 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
11 10 (1.20%) CMDB
11 10 (1.20%) Greenfield Project
11 10 (1.20%) Reinsurance
12 9 (1.08%) NHS
13 8 (0.96%) Distributed Computing
13 8 (0.96%) Low-Code
13 8 (0.96%) Mobile App
13 8 (0.96%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 51 (6.12%) Linux
2 40 (4.80%) Windows
3 23 (2.76%) Unix
4 9 (1.08%) Android
4 9 (1.08%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.12%) VMS
5 1 (0.12%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 401 (48.14%) Data Visualisation
2 361 (43.34%) Business Intelligence
3 290 (34.81%) Analytics
4 230 (27.61%) Data Modelling
5 208 (24.97%) Data Analysis
6 205 (24.61%) Decision-Making
7 192 (23.05%) Agile
8 175 (21.01%) Problem-Solving
9 152 (18.25%) Data Science
10 145 (17.41%) Actionable Insight
11 128 (15.37%) Machine Learning
12 122 (14.65%) ETL
13 103 (12.36%) Data Pipeline
14 102 (12.24%) Artificial Intelligence
15 100 (12.00%) CI/CD
16 94 (11.28%) Data Governance
17 92 (11.04%) Continuous Improvement
18 90 (10.80%) DevOps
19 89 (10.68%) Validation
20 82 (9.84%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 408 (48.98%) SQL
2 303 (36.37%) Python
3 65 (7.80%) R
4 62 (7.44%) JavaScript
5 54 (6.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 46 (5.52%) Java
7 38 (4.56%) C++
8 31 (3.72%) TypeScript
9 28 (3.36%) C#
10 19 (2.28%) Scala
11 15 (1.80%) PowerShell
12 11 (1.32%) Bash
13 9 (1.08%) MATLAB
14 8 (0.96%) Go
15 7 (0.84%) PL/SQL
15 7 (0.84%) T-SQL
16 5 (0.60%) PHP
16 5 (0.60%) VBA
17 4 (0.48%) LookML
17 4 (0.48%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 125 (15.01%) Security Cleared
2 97 (11.64%) Degree
3 96 (11.52%) SC Cleared
4 30 (3.60%) Master's Degree
5 26 (3.12%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (1.92%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (1.44%) Azure Certification
8 10 (1.20%) PhD
9 8 (0.96%) DV Cleared
10 6 (0.72%) CEH
10 6 (0.72%) ITIL Certification
10 6 (0.72%) PMI Certification
11 5 (0.60%) CISSP
12 4 (0.48%) AWS Certification
12 4 (0.48%) CBAP
12 4 (0.48%) CFA
13 3 (0.36%) ACCA
13 3 (0.36%) GIAC
13 3 (0.36%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (0.36%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 124 (14.89%) Data Quality
2 37 (4.44%) Accessibility
3 26 (3.12%) GDPR
4 24 (2.88%) QA
5 9 (1.08%) Actionable Recommendations
6 8 (0.96%) PMO
7 7 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.60%) HIPAA
9 4 (0.48%) Disclosure Scotland
9 4 (0.48%) NIST
9 4 (0.48%) SOC 2
9 4 (0.48%) WCAG
10 3 (0.36%) GxP
10 3 (0.36%) ISO 19650
10 3 (0.36%) MiFID
11 2 (0.24%) FIPS 140-2
11 2 (0.24%) GRC
11 2 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 2 (0.24%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 26 (3.12%) Docker
2 9 (1.08%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.12%) Firmware
4 1 (0.12%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 36 (4.32%) Terraform
2 24 (2.88%) Kubernetes
3 19 (2.28%) Grafana
4 13 (1.56%) Kibana
5 11 (1.32%) logstash
6 6 (0.72%) Ansible
7 4 (0.48%) Argo
7 4 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (0.48%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.24%) HP Data Protector
8 2 (0.24%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.12%) Fluentd
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle RMAN
9 1 (0.12%) QRadar
9 1 (0.12%) Rsyslog
9 1 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.12%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 178 (21.37%) Microsoft
2 63 (7.56%) Oracle
3 44 (5.28%) Databricks
4 43 (5.16%) Splunk
5 42 (5.04%) Google
6 25 (3.00%) ServiceNow
7 24 (2.88%) Dynatrace
8 23 (2.76%) SAP
9 22 (2.64%) Salesforce
10 17 (2.04%) Adobe
11 15 (1.80%) Talend
12 14 (1.68%) AppDynamics
12 14 (1.68%) Cisco
13 12 (1.44%) OpenAI
14 11 (1.32%) Alteryx
15 10 (1.20%) Siemens
16 9 (1.08%) Autodesk
17 8 (0.96%) Foundry
18 7 (0.84%) Informatica
18 7 (0.84%) MicroStrategy