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 29 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 219 113 118
Rank change year-on-year -106 +5 +25
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 726 804 767
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.35% 2.44% 1.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.59% 2.70% 2.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 431 488 459
10th Percentile £325 £317 £313
25th Percentile £400 £400 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £471 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -5.75% -3.85%
75th Percentile £600 £561 £620
90th Percentile £700 £675 £721
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 49 51
10th Percentile £21.08 £22.68 £24.50
25th Percentile £28.25 £33.25 £43.72
Median hourly rate £51.25 £50.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -23.08% +44.44%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £54.00 £50.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +8.00% -23.08% +56.46%

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 45,621 29,800 32,930
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.64% 90.44% 85.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,920 18,562 20,756
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £425 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,892 1,765 1,620
10th Percentile £14.10 £14.21 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.85 £17.30 £18.50
Median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £42.03
Median % change year-on-year +63.02% -40.16% +0.31%
75th Percentile £67.84 £47.12 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £67.15 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.11 £22.63 £43.00
% change year-on-year +90.48% -47.37% +14.67%

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 29 August 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 29 August 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 29 August 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 -92 662 £488 +3.17% 1,298
UK excluding London -85 335 £475 +5.56% 717
London -74 331 £488 -2.50% 771
Work from Home -50 219 £500 +11.86% 467
North of England -72 100 £451 +7.90% 166
Midlands -41 81 £539 +6.16% 104
South East -59 64 £470 -14.55% 152
West Midlands -41 60 £558 +6.19% 55
North West -47 51 £498 +22.09% 92
South West -20 46 £450 -5.26% 106
Yorkshire -54 44 £451 +12.75% 52
East of England -39 27 £565 +5.12% 76
Scotland -35 24 £418 -16.50% 73
East Midlands -8 21 £375 -6.25% 49
North East -39 6 £410 -8.89% 24

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 19 (2.62%) Apache Spark
1 19 (2.62%) Confluence
2 12 (1.65%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.38%) ArcGIS
4 9 (1.24%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (1.10%) Apache Superset
6 6 (0.83%) Apache
7 5 (0.69%) CMS
7 5 (0.69%) Palantir Foundry
8 4 (0.55%) Jupyter
8 4 (0.55%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.28%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (0.28%) SAS
10 1 (0.14%) nginx
10 1 (0.14%) R Markdown
Applications
1 118 (16.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (2.07%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (2.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (1.24%) Spreadsheet
4 8 (1.10%) MS Visio
5 7 (0.96%) CPLEX
6 5 (0.69%) Adobe Illustrator
6 5 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.69%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.41%) InDesign
8 2 (0.28%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.28%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.28%) EPLAN
8 2 (0.28%) Notion
9 1 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.14%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.14%) Final Cut Pro
Business Applications
1 10 (1.38%) Dynamics CRM
1 10 (1.38%) Remedy ITSM
1 10 (1.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.69%) Primavera
3 3 (0.41%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.28%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.14%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.14%) iTrent
5 1 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.14%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.14%) ResourceLink
5 1 (0.14%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.14%) SAP MDM
5 1 (0.14%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.14%) Sprinklr
5 1 (0.14%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 374 (51.52%) Power Platform
2 146 (20.11%) Azure
3 105 (14.46%) AWS
4 51 (7.02%) Snowflake
5 48 (6.61%) GCP
6 38 (5.23%) Azure DevOps
7 32 (4.41%) Azure Data Factory
8 28 (3.86%) GitHub
8 28 (3.86%) Power Automate
9 25 (3.44%) Serverless
10 24 (3.31%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 24 (3.31%) PowerApps
11 19 (2.62%) Amazon S3
11 19 (2.62%) dbt
12 13 (1.79%) Google Analytics
13 12 (1.65%) Adobe Analytics
14 11 (1.52%) Microsoft 365
15 10 (1.38%) Dynamics 365
15 10 (1.38%) SaaS
16 8 (1.10%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.69%) Wireless
2 4 (0.55%) Ethernet
2 4 (0.55%) HTTP
2 4 (0.55%) SNMP
2 4 (0.55%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.41%) SD-WAN
3 3 (0.41%) VPN
3 3 (0.41%) WAN
4 2 (0.28%) 2G
4 2 (0.28%) 3G
4 2 (0.28%) 4G
4 2 (0.28%) 5G
4 2 (0.28%) Broadband
4 2 (0.28%) DHCP
4 2 (0.28%) DNS
4 2 (0.28%) Network Security
4 2 (0.28%) PCoIP
4 2 (0.28%) Radio Access Network
4 2 (0.28%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (0.14%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 367 (50.55%) Power BI
2 151 (20.80%) Tableau
3 88 (12.12%) Data Warehouse
4 57 (7.85%) Power Query
5 48 (6.61%) Relational Database
6 41 (5.65%) Data Lake
7 32 (4.41%) Metadata
8 30 (4.13%) Big Data
8 30 (4.13%) SQL Server
9 25 (3.44%) Looker
10 24 (3.31%) PostgreSQL
11 23 (3.17%) BigQuery
12 19 (2.62%) Oracle Reports
13 17 (2.34%) Star Schema
14 14 (1.93%) GIS
14 14 (1.93%) Snowflake Schema
15 13 (1.79%) Qlik Sense
15 13 (1.79%) QlikView
16 12 (1.65%) Amazon Athena
16 12 (1.65%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 45 (6.20%) Git
2 40 (5.51%) JIRA
3 6 (0.83%) GitLab
4 5 (0.69%) Visual Studio
5 4 (0.55%) Cypress.io
5 4 (0.55%) Eclipse
5 4 (0.55%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.55%) Oracle Forms
6 3 (0.41%) JMeter
7 2 (0.28%) Charles Proxy
7 2 (0.28%) Selenium
7 2 (0.28%) WebDriver
8 1 (0.14%) Flyway
8 1 (0.14%) Gatling
8 1 (0.14%) Jasmine
8 1 (0.14%) JUnit
8 1 (0.14%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.14%) NeoLoad
8 1 (0.14%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.14%) Terragrunt
General
1 258 (35.54%) Analytical Skills
2 240 (33.06%) Social Skills
3 160 (22.04%) Finance
4 81 (11.16%) Public Sector
5 62 (8.54%) Banking
6 28 (3.86%) Marketing
7 24 (3.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 23 (3.17%) Retail
9 18 (2.48%) Military
10 15 (2.07%) Presentation Skills
11 13 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
11 13 (1.79%) Investment Banking
11 13 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
12 12 (1.65%) Manufacturing
13 10 (1.38%) Law
13 10 (1.38%) Pharmaceutical
14 9 (1.24%) Local Government
14 9 (1.24%) Publishing
14 9 (1.24%) Telecoms
15 7 (0.96%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 191 (26.31%) Analyst
2 107 (14.74%) Data Analyst
3 105 (14.46%) Developer
4 96 (13.22%) Data Engineer
5 88 (12.12%) Senior
6 45 (6.20%) Lead
7 44 (6.06%) Consultant
8 38 (5.23%) Data Scientist
9 34 (4.68%) Architect
10 33 (4.55%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 28 (3.86%) Business Analyst
11 28 (3.86%) Power BI Developer
12 25 (3.44%) Senior Data Engineer
13 24 (3.31%) Designer
14 21 (2.89%) Python Developer
15 19 (2.62%) Business Intelligence Analyst
15 19 (2.62%) Data Architect
15 19 (2.62%) Data Manager
16 17 (2.34%) Performance Analyst
17 15 (2.07%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (5.51%) Terraform
2 38 (5.23%) REST
3 32 (4.41%) Pandas
4 31 (4.27%) React
5 26 (3.58%) CSS
6 24 (3.31%) HTML
7 22 (3.03%) Kafka
8 21 (2.89%) PySpark
9 19 (2.62%) NumPy
10 17 (2.34%) scikit-learn
11 15 (2.07%) .NET
12 13 (1.79%) Flask
13 11 (1.52%) PyTorch
13 11 (1.52%) TensorFlow
13 11 (1.52%) Web Services
14 10 (1.38%) JSON
14 10 (1.38%) Vue
15 9 (1.24%) AngularJS
15 9 (1.24%) SOAP
16 8 (1.10%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 61 (8.40%) Data Structures
2 30 (4.13%) Management Information System
3 29 (3.99%) Cloud Native
4 25 (3.44%) Onboarding
5 21 (2.89%) Algorithms
5 21 (2.89%) Legacy Systems
6 20 (2.75%) Analytical Mindset
7 18 (2.48%) Product Ownership
8 17 (2.34%) Distributed Systems
9 14 (1.93%) AI Agents
9 14 (1.93%) Data Protection Act
9 14 (1.93%) Self-Motivation
10 13 (1.79%) Reference Data
11 10 (1.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 10 (1.38%) PKI
12 9 (1.24%) Clustering
12 9 (1.24%) Virtual Team
13 8 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
13 8 (1.10%) NHS
14 7 (0.96%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 27 (3.72%) Windows
2 15 (2.07%) Linux
3 13 (1.79%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.83%) Unix
5 4 (0.55%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.41%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.28%) Android
8 1 (0.14%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 386 (53.17%) Business Intelligence
2 363 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
3 355 (48.90%) Analytics
4 207 (28.51%) Data Modelling
5 195 (26.86%) Decision-Making
6 178 (24.52%) Agile
7 176 (24.24%) Problem-Solving
8 160 (22.04%) AI
9 140 (19.28%) Data Analysis
10 132 (18.18%) Actionable Insight
10 132 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
11 124 (17.08%) Continuous Improvement
12 116 (15.98%) ETL
13 115 (15.84%) Data Pipeline
13 115 (15.84%) Validation
14 114 (15.70%) Dashboard Development
14 114 (15.70%) Data Engineering
14 114 (15.70%) Data Science
15 110 (15.15%) Data Governance
16 95 (13.09%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 358 (49.31%) SQL
2 266 (36.64%) Python
3 66 (9.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 59 (8.13%) R
5 43 (5.92%) JavaScript
6 42 (5.79%) Java
7 31 (4.27%) C#
8 25 (3.44%) TypeScript
9 17 (2.34%) PowerShell
10 12 (1.65%) Scala
11 11 (1.52%) PL/SQL
11 11 (1.52%) T-SQL
12 9 (1.24%) Bash
12 9 (1.24%) C++
12 9 (1.24%) VBA
13 5 (0.69%) Cypher
13 5 (0.69%) Search Processing Language
14 4 (0.55%) Gremlin
14 4 (0.55%) MATLAB
15 3 (0.41%) Korn
Qualifications
1 151 (20.80%) Security Cleared
2 106 (14.60%) SC Cleared
3 82 (11.29%) Degree
4 20 (2.75%) BPSS Clearance
5 18 (2.48%) DV Cleared
6 17 (2.34%) Azure Certification
6 17 (2.34%) Computer Science Degree
7 13 (1.79%) Master's Degree
8 11 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (0.55%) PhD
9 4 (0.55%) Postgraduate
9 4 (0.55%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 4 (0.55%) Tableau Certification
10 3 (0.41%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.41%) SnowPro
11 2 (0.28%) APMG
11 2 (0.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.28%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 1 (0.14%) Numerate Degree
12 1 (0.14%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 166 (22.87%) Data Quality
2 49 (6.75%) QA
3 29 (3.99%) GDPR
4 25 (3.44%) Accessibility
5 17 (2.34%) PMO
6 8 (1.10%) Actionable Recommendations
7 6 (0.83%) GMP
8 5 (0.69%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 5 (0.69%) GRC
8 5 (0.69%) WCAG
9 4 (0.55%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 4 (0.55%) GxP
9 4 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 17025
10 2 (0.28%) Basel III
10 2 (0.28%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.28%) Solvency II
11 1 (0.14%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.14%) NCSC
11 1 (0.14%) NIST
11 1 (0.14%) P3O
System Software
1 24 (3.31%) Docker
2 17 (2.34%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.28%) Microsoft App-V
4 2 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.28%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.28%) VMware Workstation
4 2 (0.28%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (2.34%) Grafana
2 15 (2.07%) Kubernetes
3 8 (1.10%) SCCM
4 7 (0.96%) Ansible
5 6 (0.83%) Kibana
5 6 (0.83%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.41%) Podman
7 2 (0.28%) Istio
7 2 (0.28%) Packer
8 1 (0.14%) Argo
8 1 (0.14%) Fluentd
8 1 (0.14%) logstash
8 1 (0.14%) Network Intrusion Detection System
8 1 (0.14%) QRadar
8 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.14%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 137 (18.87%) Microsoft
2 68 (9.37%) Databricks
3 42 (5.79%) Oracle
4 40 (5.51%) SAP
5 33 (4.55%) Google
6 29 (3.99%) ServiceNow
7 20 (2.75%) Dynatrace
8 15 (2.07%) Adobe
8 15 (2.07%) Splunk
9 13 (1.79%) Salesforce
10 11 (1.52%) Alteryx
11 10 (1.38%) Remedy
12 9 (1.24%) BMC
13 8 (1.10%) Palantir
14 6 (0.83%) Informatica
14 6 (0.83%) SnapLogic
15 5 (0.69%) Foundry
16 4 (0.55%) Solace
16 4 (0.55%) VMware
16 4 (0.55%) Workday