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 18 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 99 134
Rank change year-on-year -22 +35 +18
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 860 792 809
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.32% 2.49% 1.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.64% 2.81% 2.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 550 496 530
10th Percentile £341 £325 £313
25th Percentile £408 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.45% -2.39% -5.66%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £600
90th Percentile £738 £723 £694
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 34 63
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.25 £25.55
25th Percentile £25.21 £23.16 £35.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £46.18 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +35.34% - -28.95%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £65.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £46.18 £46.18
% change year-on-year +40.75% - -28.95%

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 32,565 28,230 37,893
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 87.70% 88.92% 87.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,598 17,153 25,051
10th Percentile £304 £308 £304
25th Percentile £406 £413 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £650
90th Percentile £723 £743 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,982 906 1,726
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.62 £14.15
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.80 £17.54
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -18.75% +17.96%
75th Percentile £56.69 £62.50 £63.75
90th Percentile £68.75 £74.81 £75.46
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.00 £30.78 £40.28
% change year-on-year -22.03% -23.58% +46.45%

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 18 January 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 18 January 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 18 January 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 -22 746 £500 - 587
London -14 403 £500 -4.08% 155
UK excluding London -6 364 £500 +11.11% 550
Work from Home -26 256 £500 - 209
North of England -43 104 £413 -10.81% 118
Midlands -3 76 £520 +30.65% 80
West Midlands +7 64 £525 +29.23% 34
South East +2 55 £500 +30.38% 186
Yorkshire -19 51 £500 +17.65% 45
North West -38 48 £393 -15.03% 57
Scotland +20 46 £500 +1.27% 27
South West +6 42 £750 +53.85% 59
East of England -27 37 £525 +16.15% 64
East Midlands -20 12 £395 +12.86% 45
North East -25 7 £400 -23.81% 17
Northern Ireland -11 6 £531 +6.25% 10
Wales -5 4 - - 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 47 (5.47%) Apache Spark
2 41 (4.77%) Confluence
3 39 (4.53%) Apache
4 28 (3.26%) Apache Airflow
5 20 (2.33%) SharePoint
6 15 (1.74%) WebLogic
7 10 (1.16%) SAS
8 8 (0.93%) Apache Pig
8 8 (0.93%) Jupyter
9 5 (0.58%) GeoServer
9 5 (0.58%) Smallworld
10 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
11 2 (0.23%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.23%) CMS
11 2 (0.23%) Luigi
11 2 (0.23%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 1 (0.12%) Apache Superset
12 1 (0.12%) Headless CMS
12 1 (0.12%) PowerFactory
Applications
1 124 (14.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (2.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 14 (1.63%) MS Visio
4 13 (1.51%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (0.70%) Chatbot
5 6 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.47%) Navisworks
6 4 (0.47%) Revit
6 4 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.35%) ProjectWise
7 3 (0.35%) Siemens NX
8 2 (0.23%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.23%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.12%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.12%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.12%) Blender
9 1 (0.12%) CINEMA 4D
9 1 (0.12%) InDesign
9 1 (0.12%) SPSS
9 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (0.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.47%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.35%) Primavera
3 3 (0.35%) Teamcenter
4 2 (0.23%) iTrent
4 2 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.12%) Actimize
5 1 (0.12%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.12%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.12%) Maximo
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.12%) Shopify
5 1 (0.12%) Summit
5 1 (0.12%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 370 (43.02%) Power Platform
2 192 (22.33%) Azure
3 144 (16.74%) AWS
4 70 (8.14%) GCP
5 44 (5.12%) Azure Data Factory
5 44 (5.12%) Snowflake
6 32 (3.72%) Serverless
7 28 (3.26%) Azure DevOps
8 27 (3.14%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 26 (3.02%) AWS Lambda
9 26 (3.02%) Power Automate
10 23 (2.67%) dbt
10 23 (2.67%) PowerApps
11 21 (2.44%) GitHub
12 20 (2.33%) Amazon S3
13 16 (1.86%) Azure Monitor
14 14 (1.63%) Cloud Computing
15 12 (1.40%) Figma
15 12 (1.40%) Google Analytics
16 9 (1.05%) Amazon SageMaker
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.74%) TCP/IP
2 14 (1.63%) Ethernet
3 4 (0.47%) 2G
3 4 (0.47%) 5G
3 4 (0.47%) Internet
3 4 (0.47%) SNMP
4 3 (0.35%) Firewall
4 3 (0.35%) Kerberos
5 2 (0.23%) LTE
5 2 (0.23%) Mobile Backhaul
5 2 (0.23%) Network Security
5 2 (0.23%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (0.23%) SMS
5 2 (0.23%) SSH
5 2 (0.23%) SSL
5 2 (0.23%) VoIP
6 1 (0.12%) 4G
6 1 (0.12%) NAS
6 1 (0.12%) Reverse Proxy
6 1 (0.12%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 369 (42.91%) Power BI
2 160 (18.60%) Tableau
3 100 (11.63%) Data Warehouse
4 50 (5.81%) Relational Database
5 46 (5.35%) Big Data
6 42 (4.88%) Power Query
7 34 (3.95%) Hadoop
8 33 (3.84%) SQL Server
9 32 (3.72%) Metadata
10 31 (3.60%) Data Lake
11 29 (3.37%) Looker
12 27 (3.14%) PostgreSQL
13 25 (2.91%) BigQuery
14 21 (2.44%) Elasticsearch
15 19 (2.21%) Data Mining
16 16 (1.86%) Azure SQL Database
17 15 (1.74%) NoSQL
17 15 (1.74%) Oracle Reports
18 14 (1.63%) MySQL
19 13 (1.51%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 59 (6.86%) JIRA
2 57 (6.63%) Git
3 18 (2.09%) Jenkins
4 16 (1.86%) Visual Studio
5 14 (1.63%) Eclipse
6 7 (0.81%) Gradle
6 7 (0.81%) Storybook
6 7 (0.81%) Xcode
7 6 (0.70%) MLflow
8 5 (0.58%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.35%) ERwin
9 3 (0.35%) Selenium
9 3 (0.35%) Terragrunt
10 2 (0.23%) GitLab
10 2 (0.23%) JUnit
10 2 (0.23%) webpack
11 1 (0.12%) git-flow
11 1 (0.12%) Snyk
11 1 (0.12%) Sonatype Nexus
11 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 330 (38.37%) Social Skills
2 231 (26.86%) Analytical Skills
3 218 (25.35%) Finance
4 75 (8.72%) Banking
5 72 (8.37%) Public Sector
6 31 (3.60%) Retail
7 30 (3.49%) Marketing
8 28 (3.26%) Presentation Skills
9 22 (2.56%) Military
9 22 (2.56%) Publishing
10 20 (2.33%) Investment Banking
11 19 (2.21%) Legal
12 16 (1.86%) Front Office
13 15 (1.74%) Documentation Skills
14 14 (1.63%) Manufacturing
15 13 (1.51%) Influencing Skills
15 13 (1.51%) Pharmaceutical
16 12 (1.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 11 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
18 9 (1.05%) Law
Job Titles
1 209 (24.30%) Analyst
2 133 (15.47%) Developer
3 121 (14.07%) Data Analyst
4 97 (11.28%) Senior
5 88 (10.23%) Data Engineer
6 74 (8.60%) Architect
7 56 (6.51%) Data Scientist
8 50 (5.81%) Lead
9 49 (5.70%) Consultant
10 47 (5.47%) Business Analyst
11 46 (5.35%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 36 (4.19%) Senior Analyst
13 35 (4.07%) Power BI Developer
14 27 (3.14%) Software Engineer
15 26 (3.02%) Solutions Architect
16 22 (2.56%) Report Analyst
17 21 (2.44%) Designer
18 18 (2.09%) Integration Architect
18 18 (2.09%) SQL Analyst
19 16 (1.86%) SQL Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (4.77%) Pandas
1 41 (4.77%) React
2 33 (3.84%) scikit-learn
3 31 (3.60%) PySpark
4 29 (3.37%) Node.js
5 28 (3.26%) NumPy
6 24 (2.79%) Kafka
6 24 (2.79%) REST
7 21 (2.44%) Elastic Stack
7 21 (2.44%) Plotly
8 20 (2.33%) Web Services
9 19 (2.21%) AngularJS
10 18 (2.09%) D3.js
11 17 (1.98%) OAuth
12 16 (1.86%) HTML
12 16 (1.86%) TensorFlow
12 16 (1.86%) Vue
13 13 (1.51%) CSS
14 12 (1.40%) LangGraph
14 12 (1.40%) Matplotlib
Miscellaneous
1 44 (5.12%) Algorithms
2 33 (3.84%) Cloud Native
3 31 (3.60%) Analytical Mindset
4 28 (3.26%) Product Ownership
5 25 (2.91%) Management Information System
6 23 (2.67%) Data Structures
7 18 (2.09%) Onboarding
8 17 (1.98%) Legacy Systems
9 11 (1.28%) Data Centre
9 11 (1.28%) Data Protection Act
10 10 (1.16%) PMI
10 10 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
10 10 (1.16%) Virtual Team
11 9 (1.05%) CMDB
11 9 (1.05%) NHS
12 8 (0.93%) Reference Data
13 7 (0.81%) Distributed Computing
13 7 (0.81%) Mobile App
13 7 (0.81%) Replication
14 6 (0.70%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 54 (6.28%) Linux
2 38 (4.42%) Windows
3 33 (3.84%) Unix
4 8 (0.93%) Android
5 7 (0.81%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.58%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.23%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.12%) VMS
8 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 409 (47.56%) Data Visualisation
2 405 (47.09%) Business Intelligence
3 321 (37.33%) Analytics
4 230 (26.74%) Data Modelling
5 211 (24.53%) Decision-Making
6 209 (24.30%) Problem-Solving
7 195 (22.67%) Agile
8 192 (22.33%) Data Analysis
9 154 (17.91%) Actionable Insight
10 148 (17.21%) Data Science
11 126 (14.65%) Data Pipeline
12 121 (14.07%) AI
13 118 (13.72%) Machine Learning
14 116 (13.49%) ETL
15 114 (13.26%) Stakeholder Management
16 108 (12.56%) Data Governance
17 102 (11.86%) Continuous Improvement
18 100 (11.63%) Validation
19 92 (10.70%) DevOps
20 87 (10.12%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 389 (45.23%) SQL
2 292 (33.95%) Python
3 59 (6.86%) R
4 58 (6.74%) JavaScript
5 56 (6.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 36 (4.19%) Java
7 32 (3.72%) C#
7 32 (3.72%) C++
8 30 (3.49%) TypeScript
9 28 (3.26%) Scala
10 18 (2.09%) PowerShell
11 12 (1.40%) Bash
12 10 (1.16%) PL/SQL
12 10 (1.16%) VBA
13 7 (0.81%) Go
13 7 (0.81%) Groovy
13 7 (0.81%) PHP
14 6 (0.70%) Perl
14 6 (0.70%) T-SQL
15 4 (0.47%) LookML
Qualifications
1 157 (18.26%) Security Cleared
2 126 (14.65%) SC Cleared
3 81 (9.42%) Degree
4 33 (3.84%) Master's Degree
5 21 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
6 19 (2.21%) Azure Certification
7 18 (2.09%) BPSS Clearance
7 18 (2.09%) CISSP
8 15 (1.74%) CISM
9 13 (1.51%) DV Cleared
10 12 (1.40%) PMI Certification
11 11 (1.28%) PhD
12 10 (1.16%) TOGAF Certification
13 7 (0.81%) AWS Certification
13 7 (0.81%) CFA
13 7 (0.81%) ITIL Certification
14 5 (0.58%) CBAP
14 5 (0.58%) CEH
14 5 (0.58%) MBA
14 5 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 130 (15.12%) Data Quality
2 53 (6.16%) Accessibility
3 38 (4.42%) QA
4 32 (3.72%) GDPR
5 14 (1.63%) Actionable Recommendations
5 14 (1.63%) PMO
6 7 (0.81%) WCAG
7 5 (0.58%) HIPAA
8 4 (0.47%) Disclosure Scotland
8 4 (0.47%) ISO 19650
8 4 (0.47%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.47%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.35%) NIST
10 2 (0.23%) Dodd-Frank
10 2 (0.23%) EMIR
10 2 (0.23%) FIPS 140-2
10 2 (0.23%) GxP
10 2 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.23%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 37 (4.30%) Docker
2 7 (0.81%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.58%) HDFS
4 2 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 41 (4.77%) Terraform
2 37 (4.30%) Kubernetes
3 28 (3.26%) Kibana
4 19 (2.21%) logstash
5 14 (1.63%) Ansible
6 12 (1.40%) Grafana
7 6 (0.70%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.47%) Argo
9 3 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.23%) SysTrack
11 1 (0.12%) Cacti
11 1 (0.12%) Fluentd
11 1 (0.12%) HP ALM
11 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Intune
11 1 (0.12%) Network Intrusion Detection System
11 1 (0.12%) QRadar
11 1 (0.12%) Rsyslog
11 1 (0.12%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 1 (0.12%) Thomson Reuters DACS
11 1 (0.12%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 144 (16.74%) Microsoft
2 64 (7.44%) Databricks
3 56 (6.51%) Oracle
4 42 (4.88%) Google
5 39 (4.53%) Splunk
6 33 (3.84%) Salesforce
7 31 (3.60%) ServiceNow
8 22 (2.56%) Dynatrace
9 20 (2.33%) Cisco
10 19 (2.21%) AppDynamics
11 17 (1.98%) SAP
12 16 (1.86%) BiZZdesign
13 15 (1.74%) OpenAI
14 13 (1.51%) CyberArk
15 12 (1.40%) Centrify
15 12 (1.40%) Foundry
16 8 (0.93%) Alteryx
16 8 (0.93%) Palantir
16 8 (0.93%) Talend
17 7 (0.81%) MicroStrategy