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

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 212 105 109
Rank change year-on-year -107 +4 +24
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 747 845 807
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.37% 2.56% 2.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.62% 2.82% 2.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 430 531 474
10th Percentile £313 £325 £313
25th Percentile £400 £400 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -1.23%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £638
90th Percentile £694 £701 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £465 £450
% change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 50 52
10th Percentile £22.35 £18.48 £24.53
25th Percentile £28.50 £33.25 £41.25
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 £54.40 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year -12.96% -3.85% +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 46,126 29,916 32,545
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.57% 90.50% 85.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,740 18,573 19,640
10th Percentile £325 £295 £308
25th Percentile £425 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £638 £623 £638
90th Percentile £736 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,322 1,863 1,307
10th Percentile £13.63 £14.38 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.00 £17.30 £20.12
Median hourly rate £37.50 £25.15 £40.33
Median % change year-on-year +49.11% -37.63% -7.56%
75th Percentile £65.00 £43.21 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.95 £65.23 £74.44
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £22.32 £42.50
% change year-on-year +68.05% -47.49% -

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 8 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 8 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 8 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 -98 654 £475 -3.06% 1,891
UK excluding London -92 352 £450 -3.23% 1,063
London -85 324 £480 -4.00% 1,021
Work from Home -76 226 £500 +11.11% 722
North of England -67 98 £438 +3.06% 221
Midlands -42 81 £528 +4.09% 174
South East -59 66 £419 -20.19% 278
West Midlands -42 62 £550 +4.76% 113
South West -31 46 £475 -36.67% 104
North West -37 46 £500 +22.70% 112
Yorkshire -56 40 £476 +6.85% 75
Scotland -31 36 £423 -11.05% 103
East of England -48 28 £515 -1.90% 110
East Midlands -10 19 £362 -9.38% 61
North East -32 13 £350 -17.65% 35
Wales -10 3 £356 +13.55% 30
Northern Ireland +5 2 - - 57

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 (2.81%) Confluence
2 20 (2.68%) Apache Spark
3 13 (1.74%) SharePoint
4 10 (1.34%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (1.34%) ArcGIS
5 6 (0.80%) Apache
6 5 (0.67%) CMS
6 5 (0.67%) Oracle Workflow
6 5 (0.67%) Palantir Foundry
7 4 (0.54%) Jupyter
8 3 (0.40%) SAS
9 2 (0.27%) Oracle Application Server
10 1 (0.13%) Apache Superset
10 1 (0.13%) nginx
Applications
1 125 (16.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (1.47%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (1.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (0.80%) Adobe Illustrator
3 6 (0.80%) CPLEX
3 6 (0.80%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.54%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.54%) Photoshop
5 3 (0.40%) Adobe Premiere
5 3 (0.40%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.40%) InDesign
5 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.27%) Adobe After Effects
6 2 (0.27%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.27%) EPLAN
6 2 (0.27%) Notion
7 1 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.13%) Final Cut Pro
7 1 (0.13%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 9 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.07%) Remedy ITSM
2 8 (1.07%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.67%) Primavera
4 2 (0.27%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.27%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 2 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.27%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.13%) Actimize
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.13%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.13%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.13%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.13%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 390 (52.21%) Power Platform
2 132 (17.67%) Azure
3 99 (13.25%) AWS
4 56 (7.50%) Snowflake
5 46 (6.16%) GCP
6 36 (4.82%) Azure DevOps
7 31 (4.15%) GitHub
8 27 (3.61%) Power Automate
8 27 (3.61%) PowerApps
9 22 (2.95%) Azure Data Factory
10 20 (2.68%) Amazon S3
10 20 (2.68%) Google Analytics
11 18 (2.41%) dbt
11 18 (2.41%) Serverless
12 15 (2.01%) Adobe Analytics
12 15 (2.01%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 14 (1.87%) Microsoft Copilot
14 11 (1.47%) Dynamics 365
15 10 (1.34%) Microsoft 365
15 10 (1.34%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.34%) Ethernet
1 10 (1.34%) TCP/IP
2 5 (0.67%) HTTP
2 5 (0.67%) SNMP
2 5 (0.67%) Wireless
3 4 (0.54%) Broadband
3 4 (0.54%) SD-WAN
3 4 (0.54%) WAN
4 3 (0.40%) VPN
5 2 (0.27%) 2G
5 2 (0.27%) 3G
5 2 (0.27%) 4G
5 2 (0.27%) 5G
5 2 (0.27%) DHCP
5 2 (0.27%) DNS
5 2 (0.27%) Network Security
5 2 (0.27%) PCoIP
5 2 (0.27%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (0.27%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.13%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 383 (51.27%) Power BI
2 141 (18.88%) Tableau
3 74 (9.91%) Power Query
4 67 (8.97%) Data Warehouse
5 41 (5.49%) Data Lake
5 41 (5.49%) Relational Database
6 36 (4.82%) Metadata
7 26 (3.48%) SQL Server
8 24 (3.21%) Big Data
9 23 (3.08%) BigQuery
9 23 (3.08%) Looker
10 21 (2.81%) Qlik Sense
11 17 (2.28%) PostgreSQL
12 16 (2.14%) Amazon Athena
13 15 (2.01%) Oracle Reports
14 14 (1.87%) GIS
14 14 (1.87%) QlikView
14 14 (1.87%) Star Schema
15 10 (1.34%) BusinessObjects
16 9 (1.20%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 42 (5.62%) Git
2 41 (5.49%) JIRA
3 11 (1.47%) Visual Studio
4 10 (1.34%) Eclipse
5 7 (0.94%) GitLab
6 5 (0.67%) Oracle Forms
7 4 (0.54%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.40%) Jenkins
8 3 (0.40%) JMeter
9 2 (0.27%) Claude Code
9 2 (0.27%) MLflow
9 2 (0.27%) Selenium
9 2 (0.27%) WebDriver
10 1 (0.13%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.13%) Flyway
10 1 (0.13%) Gatling
10 1 (0.13%) Gradle
10 1 (0.13%) Jasmine
10 1 (0.13%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.13%) Xcode
General
1 271 (36.28%) Analytical Skills
2 268 (35.88%) Social Skills
3 164 (21.95%) Finance
4 95 (12.72%) Public Sector
5 59 (7.90%) Banking
6 28 (3.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 25 (3.35%) Military
8 22 (2.95%) Retail
9 21 (2.81%) Manufacturing
9 21 (2.81%) Marketing
10 15 (2.01%) Aerospace
10 15 (2.01%) Presentation Skills
11 13 (1.74%) Local Government
12 12 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
12 12 (1.61%) Investment Banking
13 11 (1.47%) Pharmaceutical
14 10 (1.34%) Organisational Skills
14 10 (1.34%) Publishing
15 9 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
16 7 (0.94%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 206 (27.58%) Analyst
2 117 (15.66%) Data Analyst
3 114 (15.26%) Developer
4 79 (10.58%) Senior
5 78 (10.44%) Data Engineer
6 48 (6.43%) Lead
7 42 (5.62%) Consultant
8 41 (5.49%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 39 (5.22%) Data Scientist
10 33 (4.42%) Power BI Developer
11 27 (3.61%) Architect
12 26 (3.48%) Business Analyst
12 26 (3.48%) Senior Data Engineer
13 24 (3.21%) Designer
14 23 (3.08%) Performance Analyst
15 18 (2.41%) Report Analyst
16 17 (2.28%) Data Architect
16 17 (2.28%) Data Manager
17 15 (2.01%) Business Intelligence Analyst
17 15 (2.01%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (5.09%) REST
2 37 (4.95%) Terraform
3 27 (3.61%) React
4 25 (3.35%) CSS
4 25 (3.35%) HTML
5 24 (3.21%) Pandas
6 23 (3.08%) PySpark
7 18 (2.41%) Kafka
8 16 (2.14%) NumPy
8 16 (2.14%) Web Services
9 14 (1.87%) scikit-learn
10 10 (1.34%) .NET
10 10 (1.34%) Flask
10 10 (1.34%) JSON
10 10 (1.34%) Node.js
11 9 (1.20%) TensorFlow
12 8 (1.07%) PyTorch
12 8 (1.07%) Redux
12 8 (1.07%) SOAP
13 7 (0.94%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 53 (7.10%) Data Structures
2 36 (4.82%) Management Information System
3 28 (3.75%) Onboarding
4 22 (2.95%) Cloud Native
4 22 (2.95%) Legacy Systems
5 21 (2.81%) Analytical Mindset
6 17 (2.28%) AI Agents
7 16 (2.14%) Product Ownership
8 15 (2.01%) Data Protection Act
9 14 (1.87%) Algorithms
10 13 (1.74%) Distributed Systems
10 13 (1.74%) Reference Data
11 10 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
11 10 (1.34%) Virtual Team
12 9 (1.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 9 (1.20%) NHS
13 8 (1.07%) Clustering
13 8 (1.07%) Enterprise Software
13 8 (1.07%) PKI
14 7 (0.94%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 32 (4.28%) Windows
2 22 (2.95%) Linux
3 12 (1.61%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.80%) Unix
5 5 (0.67%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.54%) Android
7 3 (0.40%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.13%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 401 (53.68%) Business Intelligence
2 366 (49.00%) Data Visualisation
3 362 (48.46%) Analytics
4 218 (29.18%) Data Modelling
5 214 (28.65%) Decision-Making
6 201 (26.91%) Agile
7 175 (23.43%) AI
8 168 (22.49%) Problem-Solving
9 160 (21.42%) Data Analysis
10 151 (20.21%) Stakeholder Management
11 139 (18.61%) Actionable Insight
12 130 (17.40%) Validation
13 129 (17.27%) Dashboard Development
14 128 (17.14%) Continuous Improvement
15 115 (15.39%) Data Governance
16 111 (14.86%) Data Pipeline
17 109 (14.59%) Data Science
18 105 (14.06%) Data Engineering
18 105 (14.06%) ETL
19 100 (13.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 365 (48.86%) SQL
2 255 (34.14%) Python
3 77 (10.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 47 (6.29%) JavaScript
4 47 (6.29%) R
5 37 (4.95%) Java
6 33 (4.42%) C#
7 21 (2.81%) TypeScript
8 16 (2.14%) PowerShell
9 13 (1.74%) C++
10 11 (1.47%) T-SQL
11 10 (1.34%) Bash
11 10 (1.34%) PL/SQL
12 9 (1.20%) Scala
13 6 (0.80%) Cypher
13 6 (0.80%) Gremlin
13 6 (0.80%) VBA
14 5 (0.67%) Search Processing Language
15 4 (0.54%) Korn
16 3 (0.40%) Go
Qualifications
1 164 (21.95%) Security Cleared
2 123 (16.47%) SC Cleared
3 88 (11.78%) Degree
4 32 (4.28%) BPSS Clearance
5 18 (2.41%) DV Cleared
6 16 (2.14%) Azure Certification
7 13 (1.74%) Computer Science Degree
8 12 (1.61%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (1.07%) Master's Degree
10 7 (0.94%) PhD
11 5 (0.67%) PMI Certification
11 5 (0.67%) PMP
12 4 (0.54%) Postgraduate
13 3 (0.40%) AWS Certification
13 3 (0.40%) DBS Check
13 3 (0.40%) Six Sigma Green Belt
14 2 (0.27%) APMG
14 2 (0.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 2 (0.27%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 1 (0.13%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 198 (26.51%) Data Quality
2 45 (6.02%) QA
3 25 (3.35%) GDPR
4 24 (3.21%) Accessibility
5 16 (2.14%) PMO
6 12 (1.61%) Actionable Recommendations
7 7 (0.94%) GMP
8 5 (0.67%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 5 (0.67%) GRC
8 5 (0.67%) GxP
8 5 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 17025
9 4 (0.54%) WCAG
10 3 (0.40%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 2 (0.27%) Basel III
11 2 (0.27%) Solvency II
12 1 (0.13%) CDISC
12 1 (0.13%) COBIT
12 1 (0.13%) Disclosure Scotland
12 1 (0.13%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.13%) P3O
System Software
1 21 (2.81%) Docker
2 14 (1.87%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.27%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.27%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.27%) VMware Workstation
5 2 (0.27%) vSphere
6 1 (0.13%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 14 (1.87%) Grafana
2 13 (1.74%) Kubernetes
3 11 (1.47%) Kibana
4 8 (1.07%) Ansible
5 7 (0.94%) SCCM
6 4 (0.54%) Podman
6 4 (0.54%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.40%) Argo
7 3 (0.40%) logstash
8 2 (0.27%) Istio
8 2 (0.27%) Packer
8 2 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.13%) Network Intrusion Detection System
9 1 (0.13%) QRadar
Vendors
1 148 (19.81%) Microsoft
2 67 (8.97%) Databricks
3 43 (5.76%) SAP
4 38 (5.09%) Google
4 38 (5.09%) Oracle
5 25 (3.35%) ServiceNow
6 20 (2.68%) Adobe
7 19 (2.54%) Dynatrace
8 18 (2.41%) Splunk
9 14 (1.87%) Palantir
9 14 (1.87%) Salesforce
10 11 (1.47%) Alteryx
11 8 (1.07%) Informatica
11 8 (1.07%) Remedy
12 7 (0.94%) BMC
12 7 (0.94%) SnapLogic
13 5 (0.67%) Foundry
14 4 (0.54%) Ariba
14 4 (0.54%) UiPath
14 4 (0.54%) VMware