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 4 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 212 110 119
Rank change year-on-year -102 +9 +21
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 726 800 759
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.35% 2.48% 1.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.60% 2.74% 2.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 431 487 446
10th Percentile £325 £318 £313
25th Percentile £400 £400 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £470 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.72% -6.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £600 £558 £620
90th Percentile £700 £675 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £450 £470
% change year-on-year +5.56% -4.26% -1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 50 51
10th Percentile £19.98 £22.76 £24.50
25th Percentile £28.25 £33.25 £43.72
Median hourly rate £50.00 £50.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - -23.08% +56.46%
75th Percentile £67.50 £65.00 -
90th Percentile £70.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £52.67 £56.25 £65.00
% change year-on-year -6.37% -13.46% +60.32%

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 45,398 29,222 32,553
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.63% 90.44% 85.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,773 18,158 20,413
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 2,911 1,744 1,558
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.20 £14.41
25th Percentile £17.72 £17.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +63.02% -40.82% +2.41%
75th Percentile £67.84 £46.01 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £67.18 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £22.63 £43.00
% change year-on-year +87.80% -47.37% +12.13%

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 4 September 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 4 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Visualisation in the UK

Visualisation
Top 16 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 4 September 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 -96 656 £488 +2.63% 1,370
UK excluding London -85 339 £475 +5.56% 725
London -77 324 £488 -2.50% 830
Work from Home -58 223 £500 +13.06% 519
North of England -72 100 £451 +8.02% 151
Midlands -41 81 £549 +7.38% 111
South East -61 66 £470 -14.55% 154
West Midlands -44 61 £558 +6.19% 60
North West -33 51 £500 +23.46% 92
South West -26 47 £450 -5.26% 101
Yorkshire -52 44 £451 +12.75% 40
East of England -39 25 £565 +5.12% 87
Scotland -40 25 £420 -6.67% 73
East Midlands -16 20 £375 -6.25% 51
North East -38 6 £410 -6.29% 19
Northern Ireland +3 2 - - 37

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%) Apache Airflow
3 10 (1.38%) ArcGIS
4 9 (1.24%) Apache Superset
5 6 (0.83%) Apache
6 5 (0.69%) CMS
6 5 (0.69%) Oracle Workflow
6 5 (0.69%) Palantir Foundry
7 4 (0.55%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.28%) Oracle Application Server
8 2 (0.28%) SAS
9 1 (0.14%) nginx
9 1 (0.14%) R Markdown
Applications
1 119 (16.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (1.93%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (1.24%) Spreadsheet
4 7 (0.96%) CPLEX
4 7 (0.96%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.69%) Adobe Illustrator
5 5 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.69%) Photoshop
6 3 (0.41%) InDesign
7 2 (0.28%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.28%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.28%) EPLAN
7 2 (0.28%) Notion
8 1 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.14%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.14%) Final Cut Pro
Business Applications
1 10 (1.38%) Dynamics CRM
1 10 (1.38%) Remedy ITSM
2 9 (1.24%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.69%) Primavera
4 2 (0.28%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.28%) SAP Oil and Gas
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 BPC
5 1 (0.14%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.14%) SAP MDM
5 1 (0.14%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 377 (51.93%) Power Platform
2 147 (20.25%) Azure
3 103 (14.19%) AWS
4 53 (7.30%) Snowflake
5 49 (6.75%) GCP
6 41 (5.65%) Azure DevOps
7 31 (4.27%) Azure Data Factory
7 31 (4.27%) GitHub
7 31 (4.27%) Power Automate
8 27 (3.72%) PowerApps
9 26 (3.58%) Serverless
10 23 (3.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 19 (2.62%) Amazon S3
11 19 (2.62%) dbt
12 12 (1.65%) Adobe Analytics
12 12 (1.65%) Google Analytics
13 11 (1.52%) Dynamics 365
13 11 (1.52%) Microsoft 365
14 10 (1.38%) SaaS
15 9 (1.24%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.83%) Wireless
2 5 (0.69%) HTTP
2 5 (0.69%) SNMP
3 4 (0.55%) Ethernet
3 4 (0.55%) SD-WAN
3 4 (0.55%) TCP/IP
3 4 (0.55%) WAN
4 3 (0.41%) Broadband
4 3 (0.41%) VPN
5 2 (0.28%) 2G
5 2 (0.28%) 3G
5 2 (0.28%) 4G
5 2 (0.28%) 5G
5 2 (0.28%) DHCP
5 2 (0.28%) DNS
5 2 (0.28%) Network Security
5 2 (0.28%) PCoIP
5 2 (0.28%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (0.28%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.14%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 370 (50.96%) Power BI
2 147 (20.25%) Tableau
3 84 (11.57%) Data Warehouse
4 61 (8.40%) 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 24 (3.31%) Looker
9 24 (3.31%) PostgreSQL
10 23 (3.17%) BigQuery
11 20 (2.75%) Oracle Reports
12 15 (2.07%) Star Schema
13 14 (1.93%) GIS
14 13 (1.79%) Snowflake Schema
15 12 (1.65%) Amazon Athena
15 12 (1.65%) Parquet
15 12 (1.65%) Qlik Sense
16 11 (1.52%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 45 (6.20%) Git
2 40 (5.51%) JIRA
3 6 (0.83%) GitLab
4 5 (0.69%) Oracle Forms
4 5 (0.69%) Visual Studio
5 4 (0.55%) Cypress.io
5 4 (0.55%) Eclipse
6 3 (0.41%) JMeter
7 2 (0.28%) Charles Proxy
7 2 (0.28%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.28%) Selenium
7 2 (0.28%) WebDriver
8 1 (0.14%) Flyway
8 1 (0.14%) Jasmine
8 1 (0.14%) MLflow
8 1 (0.14%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.14%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.14%) Storybook
8 1 (0.14%) Terragrunt
8 1 (0.14%) Vite
General
1 261 (35.95%) Analytical Skills
2 243 (33.47%) Social Skills
3 158 (21.76%) Finance
4 80 (11.02%) Public Sector
5 60 (8.26%) Banking
6 27 (3.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 27 (3.72%) Marketing
7 23 (3.17%) Retail
8 18 (2.48%) Military
9 14 (1.93%) Organisational Skills
9 14 (1.93%) Presentation Skills
10 13 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
10 13 (1.79%) Investment Banking
11 12 (1.65%) Manufacturing
12 10 (1.38%) Law
12 10 (1.38%) Publishing
13 9 (1.24%) Local Government
13 9 (1.24%) Pharmaceutical
13 9 (1.24%) Telecoms
14 8 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 193 (26.58%) Analyst
2 109 (15.01%) Data Analyst
3 107 (14.74%) Developer
4 96 (13.22%) Data Engineer
5 87 (11.98%) Senior
6 45 (6.20%) Lead
7 44 (6.06%) Consultant
8 38 (5.23%) Data Scientist
9 33 (4.55%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 32 (4.41%) Architect
11 28 (3.86%) Power BI Developer
12 27 (3.72%) Business Analyst
13 25 (3.44%) Senior Data Engineer
14 24 (3.31%) Designer
15 20 (2.75%) Python Developer
16 19 (2.62%) Business Intelligence Analyst
16 19 (2.62%) Data Architect
16 19 (2.62%) Data Manager
17 17 (2.34%) Performance Analyst
18 15 (2.07%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (5.51%) REST
2 39 (5.37%) Terraform
3 32 (4.41%) Pandas
4 28 (3.86%) React
5 26 (3.58%) CSS
6 24 (3.31%) HTML
7 22 (3.03%) Kafka
7 22 (3.03%) PySpark
8 19 (2.62%) NumPy
9 18 (2.48%) scikit-learn
10 16 (2.20%) .NET
11 13 (1.79%) Flask
12 12 (1.65%) Web Services
13 11 (1.52%) PyTorch
13 11 (1.52%) TensorFlow
14 10 (1.38%) JSON
14 10 (1.38%) SOAP
15 9 (1.24%) Middleware
15 9 (1.24%) Vue
16 8 (1.10%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 60 (8.26%) Data Structures
2 33 (4.55%) Management Information System
3 27 (3.72%) Cloud Native
4 25 (3.44%) Onboarding
5 21 (2.89%) Algorithms
5 21 (2.89%) Analytical Mindset
5 21 (2.89%) Legacy Systems
6 19 (2.62%) Product Ownership
7 17 (2.34%) Distributed Systems
8 14 (1.93%) Data Protection Act
9 13 (1.79%) AI Agents
9 13 (1.79%) Reference Data
9 13 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
10 11 (1.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 10 (1.38%) PKI
11 10 (1.38%) Virtual Team
12 9 (1.24%) Clustering
13 8 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
13 8 (1.10%) NHS
14 7 (0.96%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 28 (3.86%) Windows
2 14 (1.93%) Linux
2 14 (1.93%) Windows Server
3 6 (0.83%) Unix
4 4 (0.55%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.41%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.28%) Android
7 1 (0.14%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 387 (53.31%) Business Intelligence
2 367 (50.55%) Data Visualisation
3 355 (48.90%) Analytics
4 210 (28.93%) Data Modelling
5 197 (27.13%) Decision-Making
6 181 (24.93%) Agile
7 172 (23.69%) Problem-Solving
8 162 (22.31%) AI
9 145 (19.97%) Data Analysis
10 131 (18.04%) Stakeholder Management
11 130 (17.91%) Actionable Insight
12 124 (17.08%) Continuous Improvement
13 118 (16.25%) Data Pipeline
14 116 (15.98%) Validation
15 114 (15.70%) Dashboard Development
15 114 (15.70%) Data Engineering
15 114 (15.70%) Data Science
16 112 (15.43%) ETL
17 110 (15.15%) Data Governance
18 95 (13.09%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 359 (49.45%) SQL
2 266 (36.64%) Python
3 69 (9.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 58 (7.99%) R
5 43 (5.92%) JavaScript
6 41 (5.65%) Java
7 32 (4.41%) C#
8 23 (3.17%) TypeScript
9 19 (2.62%) PowerShell
10 12 (1.65%) Scala
10 12 (1.65%) T-SQL
11 11 (1.52%) PL/SQL
12 9 (1.24%) VBA
13 8 (1.10%) Bash
13 8 (1.10%) C++
14 6 (0.83%) Search Processing Language
15 5 (0.69%) Cypher
16 4 (0.55%) Gremlin
16 4 (0.55%) MATLAB
17 3 (0.41%) Korn
Qualifications
1 153 (21.07%) Security Cleared
2 109 (15.01%) SC Cleared
3 82 (11.29%) Degree
4 21 (2.89%) BPSS Clearance
5 18 (2.48%) DV Cleared
6 17 (2.34%) Azure Certification
6 17 (2.34%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (1.65%) Microsoft Certification
8 11 (1.52%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.55%) PhD
9 4 (0.55%) Postgraduate
9 4 (0.55%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 3 (0.41%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.41%) SnowPro
10 3 (0.41%) Tableau Certification
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%) CEH
12 1 (0.14%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 172 (23.69%) Data Quality
2 49 (6.75%) QA
3 29 (3.99%) GDPR
4 25 (3.44%) Accessibility
5 16 (2.20%) PMO
6 8 (1.10%) Actionable Recommendations
7 7 (0.96%) GMP
8 5 (0.69%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 5 (0.69%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 5 (0.69%) GRC
8 5 (0.69%) GxP
8 5 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 17025
8 5 (0.69%) WCAG
9 2 (0.28%) Basel III
9 2 (0.28%) Solvency II
10 1 (0.14%) COBIT
10 1 (0.14%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.14%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.14%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.14%) P3O
System Software
1 23 (3.17%) 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 18 (2.48%) Grafana
2 14 (1.93%) Kubernetes
3 8 (1.10%) SCCM
4 7 (0.96%) Kibana
5 6 (0.83%) Ansible
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
1 142 (19.56%) Microsoft
2 70 (9.64%) Databricks
3 41 (5.65%) Oracle
3 41 (5.65%) SAP
4 33 (4.55%) Google
5 30 (4.13%) ServiceNow
6 20 (2.75%) Dynatrace
7 15 (2.07%) Adobe
8 14 (1.93%) Splunk
9 12 (1.65%) 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