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 23 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 181 117 127
Rank change year-on-year -64 +10 +21
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 784 784 766
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.49% 2.40% 1.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.75% 2.66% 2.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 474 467 500
10th Percentile £325 £313 £313
25th Percentile £401 £397 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £455 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.40% -9.00% -
75th Percentile £583 £575 £601
90th Percentile £700 £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £464 £447 £459
% change year-on-year +3.75% -2.56% -0.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 44 51
10th Percentile £20.80 £24.75 £21.25
25th Percentile £29.96 £31.94 £41.25
Median hourly rate £55.00 £50.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -23.08% +40.75%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 -
90th Percentile £73.75 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £60.50 £50.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +21.00% -23.08% +40.75%

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 44,826 29,510 35,120
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.01% 90.34% 85.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,774 18,532 22,551
10th Percentile £325 £300 £306
25th Percentile £419 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.11%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,642 1,578 2,152
10th Percentile £14.82 £14.20 £13.25
25th Percentile £20.01 £17.46 £17.00
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -36.33% -7.06%
75th Percentile £68.55 £50.94 £62.76
90th Percentile £83.00 £69.13 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £24.34 £40.00
% change year-on-year +84.88% -39.15% -1.45%

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 23 July 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 23 July 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 23 July 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 -63 707 £475 +3.49% 456
London -54 359 £475 -5.00% 213
UK excluding London -64 349 £464 +3.75% 292
Work from Home -42 256 £500 +17.23% 160
North of England -45 110 £440 -1.57% 78
Midlands -34 82 £525 +29.63% 52
South East -59 62 £475 -13.64% 82
West Midlands -41 60 £550 +33.33% 32
North West -18 59 £450 +0.67% 42
Yorkshire -47 47 £453 +5.23% 22
South West -27 45 £450 +10.02% 44
East of England -34 30 £565 +2.73% 23
Scotland -18 26 £400 -11.11% 7
East Midlands -7 22 £431 +7.81% 20
North East -40 5 £400 -11.11% 16

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 29 (3.70%) Apache Spark
2 16 (2.04%) Confluence
2 16 (2.04%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.53%) Apache
4 11 (1.40%) Apache Superset
5 9 (1.15%) ArcGIS
6 8 (1.02%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (0.64%) CMS
7 5 (0.64%) Palantir Foundry
8 4 (0.51%) Jupyter
8 4 (0.51%) Oracle Workflow
8 4 (0.51%) SAS
9 2 (0.26%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.13%) R Markdown
Applications
1 118 (15.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (1.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 13 (1.66%) Microsoft Office
4 10 (1.28%) MS Visio
5 9 (1.15%) Chatbot
5 9 (1.15%) Spreadsheet
6 8 (1.02%) CPLEX
7 6 (0.77%) Adobe Illustrator
7 6 (0.77%) Microsoft Project
7 6 (0.77%) Photoshop
8 4 (0.51%) InDesign
9 2 (0.26%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.26%) EPLAN
9 2 (0.26%) Notion
10 1 (0.13%) 3ds Max
10 1 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.13%) Maya
10 1 (0.13%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 17 (2.17%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.28%) Remedy ITSM
3 9 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.64%) Primavera
5 4 (0.51%) Adobe Campaign
6 3 (0.38%) Eloqua
6 3 (0.38%) 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%) iTrent
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.13%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.13%) ResourceLink
8 1 (0.13%) SAP MDM
8 1 (0.13%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.13%) Sprinklr
8 1 (0.13%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 387 (49.36%) Power Platform
2 161 (20.54%) Azure
3 119 (15.18%) AWS
4 53 (6.76%) Snowflake
5 45 (5.74%) GCP
6 41 (5.23%) Azure Data Factory
7 38 (4.85%) Azure DevOps
8 30 (3.83%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 25 (3.19%) GitHub
9 25 (3.19%) Power Automate
9 25 (3.19%) Serverless
10 24 (3.06%) dbt
11 21 (2.68%) Amazon S3
12 20 (2.55%) PowerApps
13 16 (2.04%) AWS Lambda
14 13 (1.66%) Google Analytics
15 12 (1.53%) Adobe Analytics
16 11 (1.40%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 11 (1.40%) Amazon EC2
16 11 (1.40%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.66%) TCP/IP
2 12 (1.53%) Ethernet
3 4 (0.51%) DNS
3 4 (0.51%) Firewall
3 4 (0.51%) HTTP
4 3 (0.38%) Wireless
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%) PCoIP
5 2 (0.26%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (0.26%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.13%) Internet
6 1 (0.13%) Intranet
6 1 (0.13%) Modbus
6 1 (0.13%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 380 (48.47%) Power BI
2 170 (21.68%) Tableau
3 96 (12.24%) Data Warehouse
4 53 (6.76%) Power Query
5 52 (6.63%) Relational Database
6 39 (4.97%) Big Data
7 34 (4.34%) Data Lake
8 32 (4.08%) Looker
8 32 (4.08%) SQL Server
9 30 (3.83%) Metadata
10 27 (3.44%) BigQuery
11 26 (3.32%) PostgreSQL
12 17 (2.17%) Hadoop
13 16 (2.04%) Star Schema
14 15 (1.91%) NoSQL
14 15 (1.91%) Oracle Reports
14 15 (1.91%) Snowflake Schema
15 13 (1.66%) QlikView
16 12 (1.53%) Amazon RDS
16 12 (1.53%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 51 (6.51%) Git
2 39 (4.97%) JIRA
3 13 (1.66%) Visual Studio
4 12 (1.53%) Eclipse
5 7 (0.89%) Jenkins
6 5 (0.64%) GitLab
6 5 (0.64%) MLflow
7 4 (0.51%) Cypress.io
7 4 (0.51%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (0.26%) Charles Proxy
8 2 (0.26%) JMeter
8 2 (0.26%) Selenium
8 2 (0.26%) WebDriver
9 1 (0.13%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.13%) Flyway
9 1 (0.13%) git-flow
9 1 (0.13%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.13%) Storybook
9 1 (0.13%) Terragrunt
9 1 (0.13%) Vite
General
1 261 (33.29%) Analytical Skills
2 251 (32.02%) Social Skills
3 190 (24.23%) Finance
4 84 (10.71%) Public Sector
5 61 (7.78%) Banking
6 38 (4.85%) Marketing
7 31 (3.95%) Retail
8 29 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 19 (2.42%) Documentation Skills
9 19 (2.42%) Military
10 18 (2.30%) Manufacturing
11 17 (2.17%) Presentation Skills
12 12 (1.53%) Pharmaceutical
13 11 (1.40%) Investment Banking
13 11 (1.40%) Law
14 10 (1.28%) Publishing
15 9 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
16 8 (1.02%) Telecoms
17 7 (0.89%) Influencing Skills
18 6 (0.77%) Legal
Job Titles
1 215 (27.42%) Analyst
2 131 (16.71%) Data Analyst
3 109 (13.90%) Data Engineer
3 109 (13.90%) Developer
4 81 (10.33%) Senior
5 52 (6.63%) Lead
6 51 (6.51%) Data Scientist
7 43 (5.48%) Consultant
8 41 (5.23%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 39 (4.97%) Business Analyst
10 32 (4.08%) Architect
11 31 (3.95%) Power BI Developer
12 27 (3.44%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 21 (2.68%) Senior Data Engineer
14 20 (2.55%) Designer
15 18 (2.30%) Data Manager
16 17 (2.17%) Performance Analyst
17 16 (2.04%) Data Architect
18 14 (1.79%) Python Developer
19 13 (1.66%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (5.48%) Pandas
2 38 (4.85%) React
3 37 (4.72%) REST
4 30 (3.83%) Kafka
5 23 (2.93%) NumPy
6 21 (2.68%) PySpark
7 19 (2.42%) scikit-learn
7 19 (2.42%) Web Services
8 18 (2.30%) .NET
8 18 (2.30%) Node.js
9 17 (2.17%) JSON
10 15 (1.91%) CSS
11 14 (1.79%) Apache Avro
11 14 (1.79%) OpenTelemetry
12 12 (1.53%) AngularJS
12 12 (1.53%) HTML
13 11 (1.40%) PyTorch
13 11 (1.40%) TensorFlow
14 10 (1.28%) GeoJSON
14 10 (1.28%) Seaborn
Miscellaneous
1 64 (8.16%) Data Structures
2 31 (3.95%) Cloud Native
3 28 (3.57%) Algorithms
4 23 (2.93%) Analytical Mindset
5 21 (2.68%) Management Information System
6 20 (2.55%) Product Ownership
7 19 (2.42%) Distributed Systems
8 18 (2.30%) Legacy Systems
9 16 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
9 16 (2.04%) Virtual Team
10 14 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
11 12 (1.53%) Onboarding
12 11 (1.40%) AI Agents
12 11 (1.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 11 (1.40%) PKI
13 9 (1.15%) Clustering
14 8 (1.02%) Life Science
14 8 (1.02%) Marketing Technology
14 8 (1.02%) Reference Data
15 7 (0.89%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 33 (4.21%) Windows
2 25 (3.19%) Linux
3 13 (1.66%) Windows Server
4 7 (0.89%) Unix
5 6 (0.77%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.38%) Android
7 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 413 (52.68%) Business Intelligence
2 380 (48.47%) Data Visualisation
3 374 (47.70%) Analytics
4 242 (30.87%) Data Modelling
5 210 (26.79%) Agile
6 204 (26.02%) Decision-Making
7 196 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
8 167 (21.30%) AI
9 149 (19.01%) Actionable Insight
10 145 (18.49%) Validation
11 142 (18.11%) Data Pipeline
12 140 (17.86%) Data Analysis
13 139 (17.73%) Data Science
14 134 (17.09%) Dashboard Development
15 133 (16.96%) ETL
16 124 (15.82%) Data Engineering
17 120 (15.31%) Continuous Improvement
18 117 (14.92%) Data Governance
19 106 (13.52%) Stakeholder Management
20 104 (13.27%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 403 (51.40%) SQL
2 304 (38.78%) Python
3 72 (9.18%) R
4 66 (8.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 45 (5.74%) JavaScript
6 39 (4.97%) Java
7 38 (4.85%) C#
8 33 (4.21%) TypeScript
9 17 (2.17%) C++
10 16 (2.04%) PowerShell
11 10 (1.28%) Scala
11 10 (1.28%) T-SQL
12 8 (1.02%) PL/SQL
12 8 (1.02%) VBA
13 6 (0.77%) Bash
14 4 (0.51%) Cypher
14 4 (0.51%) Gremlin
14 4 (0.51%) MATLAB
14 4 (0.51%) Rust
15 3 (0.38%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 176 (22.45%) Security Cleared
2 130 (16.58%) SC Cleared
3 86 (10.97%) Degree
4 22 (2.81%) BPSS Clearance
5 19 (2.42%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (2.42%) DV Cleared
6 17 (2.17%) Master's Degree
7 16 (2.04%) Azure Certification
8 9 (1.15%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (0.51%) Tableau Certification
10 3 (0.38%) PhD
10 3 (0.38%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 3 (0.38%) SnowPro
11 2 (0.26%) ACCA
11 2 (0.26%) APMG
11 2 (0.26%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.26%) CBAP
11 2 (0.26%) CIMA
11 2 (0.26%) IIBA
11 2 (0.26%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 164 (20.92%) Data Quality
2 53 (6.76%) QA
3 29 (3.70%) GDPR
4 27 (3.44%) Accessibility
5 20 (2.55%) PMO
6 11 (1.40%) Actionable Recommendations
7 7 (0.89%) SLA
8 5 (0.64%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 4 (0.51%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 4 (0.51%) GMP
9 4 (0.51%) GxP
9 4 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 17025
9 4 (0.51%) WCAG
10 2 (0.26%) Basel III
10 2 (0.26%) GRC
10 2 (0.26%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.26%) ISO 8583
10 2 (0.26%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.26%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.26%) Solvency II
System Software
1 19 (2.42%) Docker
2 17 (2.17%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.64%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
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
Systems Management
1 30 (3.83%) Terraform
2 24 (3.06%) Kubernetes
3 21 (2.68%) Grafana
4 17 (2.17%) Prometheus
5 10 (1.28%) Ansible
5 10 (1.28%) Kibana
6 8 (1.02%) SCCM
7 7 (0.89%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 5 (0.64%) logstash
9 3 (0.38%) Podman
10 2 (0.26%) Cilium
10 2 (0.26%) Packer
11 1 (0.13%) Fluentd
11 1 (0.13%) Istio
11 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.13%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 135 (17.22%) Microsoft
2 76 (9.69%) Databricks
3 46 (5.87%) SAP
4 44 (5.61%) Oracle
5 42 (5.36%) Google
6 26 (3.32%) ServiceNow
7 20 (2.55%) Adobe
8 18 (2.30%) Splunk
9 16 (2.04%) Dynatrace
10 14 (1.79%) Salesforce
11 11 (1.40%) Alteryx
11 11 (1.40%) Remedy
12 9 (1.15%) BMC
12 9 (1.15%) Sage
13 8 (1.02%) Amplitude
13 8 (1.02%) Informatica
13 8 (1.02%) Palantir
14 6 (0.77%) Solace
15 5 (0.64%) Foundry
16 4 (0.51%) VMware