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

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 105 129
Rank change year-on-year -16 +24 +17
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 847 774 817
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.34% 2.46% 1.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.66% 2.77% 2.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 536 478 545
10th Percentile £343 £325 £313
25th Percentile £407 £400 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £496 £513
Median % change year-on-year +0.78% -3.19% -4.21%
75th Percentile £600 £612 £613
90th Percentile £734 £722 £692
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £455 £475
% change year-on-year +10.01% -4.32% -3.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 33 60
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.25 £27.60
25th Percentile £29.31 £22.72 £35.47
Median hourly rate £63.75 £39.68 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +60.66% -14.08% -28.95%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.75 £49.31
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 31,821 27,941 37,669
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 87.79% 88.66% 87.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,057 16,962 24,992
10th Percentile £304 £306 £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 £614 £638 £650
90th Percentile £723 £744 £742
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,969 885 1,593
10th Percentile £14.60 £15.62 £14.18
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.48 £18.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.25 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.00% -20.38% +16.41%
75th Percentile £56.00 £61.76 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.49 £74.82 £77.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.83 £30.11 £43.90
% change year-on-year -20.86% -31.42% +59.64%

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 12 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 12 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 12 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 -15 732 £500 - 639
London -22 385 £500 -4.76% 146
UK excluding London -8 367 £500 +10.01% 613
Work from Home -21 254 £500 - 219
North of England -35 108 £425 -8.11% 117
Midlands -6 72 £525 +31.25% 90
West Midlands +2 58 £525 +29.23% 37
South East +4 56 £500 +29.70% 201
Yorkshire -7 52 £500 +17.65% 47
North West -38 51 £400 -13.51% 53
Scotland +19 46 £500 +1.27% 28
South West -8 42 £750 +57.89% 75
East of England -26 39 £525 +13.02% 82
East Midlands -17 14 £404 +13.41% 52
North East -17 7 £400 -25.58% 17
Northern Ireland -11 6 £531 +6.25% 12
Wales -6 4 - - 27

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 (5.55%) Apache Spark
2 41 (4.84%) Confluence
3 39 (4.60%) Apache
4 27 (3.19%) Apache Airflow
5 19 (2.24%) SharePoint
6 15 (1.77%) WebLogic
7 11 (1.30%) SAS
8 8 (0.94%) Apache Pig
8 8 (0.94%) Jupyter
9 5 (0.59%) GeoServer
9 5 (0.59%) Smallworld
10 2 (0.24%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.24%) CMS
10 2 (0.24%) Luigi
11 1 (0.12%) Drupal
11 1 (0.12%) IIS
11 1 (0.12%) Oracle Application Server
11 1 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 121 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (2.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 13 (1.53%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (1.42%) MS Visio
5 9 (1.06%) Siemens NX
6 6 (0.71%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.59%) Microsoft Project
8 4 (0.47%) Navisworks
8 4 (0.47%) Revit
8 4 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
9 3 (0.35%) ProjectWise
10 2 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
10 2 (0.24%) Photoshop
11 1 (0.12%) Adobe After Effects
11 1 (0.12%) Blender
11 1 (0.12%) InDesign
11 1 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
11 1 (0.12%) Simulink
11 1 (0.12%) SPSS
11 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (1.06%) Teamcenter
2 6 (0.71%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.47%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.24%) Primavera
5 1 (0.12%) Actimize
5 1 (0.12%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.12%) Endur
5 1 (0.12%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.12%) iTrent
5 1 (0.12%) Maximo
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
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%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 353 (41.68%) Power Platform
2 189 (22.31%) Azure
3 144 (17.00%) AWS
4 66 (7.79%) GCP
5 43 (5.08%) Snowflake
6 42 (4.96%) Azure Data Factory
7 32 (3.78%) Serverless
8 27 (3.19%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 26 (3.07%) AWS Lambda
9 26 (3.07%) Azure DevOps
9 26 (3.07%) Power Automate
10 23 (2.72%) PowerApps
11 21 (2.48%) dbt
12 20 (2.36%) Amazon S3
12 20 (2.36%) GitHub
13 16 (1.89%) Azure Monitor
14 14 (1.65%) Cloud Computing
15 13 (1.53%) Figma
16 12 (1.42%) Google Analytics
17 9 (1.06%) Amazon SageMaker
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.89%) TCP/IP
2 15 (1.77%) 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
4 3 (0.35%) SSH
5 2 (0.24%) LTE
5 2 (0.24%) Mobile Backhaul
5 2 (0.24%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (0.24%) SMS
5 2 (0.24%) SSL
5 2 (0.24%) VoIP
6 1 (0.12%) 4G
6 1 (0.12%) DSL
6 1 (0.12%) NAS
6 1 (0.12%) Network Security
6 1 (0.12%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 352 (41.56%) Power BI
2 157 (18.54%) Tableau
3 95 (11.22%) Data Warehouse
4 49 (5.79%) Relational Database
5 48 (5.67%) Big Data
6 41 (4.84%) Power Query
7 36 (4.25%) Hadoop
8 29 (3.42%) Data Lake
8 29 (3.42%) Looker
9 28 (3.31%) Metadata
10 26 (3.07%) SQL Server
11 24 (2.83%) BigQuery
12 22 (2.60%) PostgreSQL
13 20 (2.36%) Data Mining
14 19 (2.24%) Elasticsearch
15 16 (1.89%) Azure SQL Database
16 14 (1.65%) Oracle Reports
17 13 (1.53%) Apache Hive
18 12 (1.42%) MySQL
18 12 (1.42%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 58 (6.85%) Git
2 56 (6.61%) JIRA
3 17 (2.01%) Jenkins
3 17 (2.01%) Visual Studio
4 15 (1.77%) Eclipse
5 7 (0.83%) Gradle
5 7 (0.83%) Storybook
5 7 (0.83%) Xcode
6 6 (0.71%) MLflow
7 5 (0.59%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.35%) Selenium
9 2 (0.24%) GitLab
9 2 (0.24%) JUnit
9 2 (0.24%) Terragrunt
9 2 (0.24%) webpack
10 1 (0.12%) Ant
10 1 (0.12%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.12%) Postman
10 1 (0.12%) Snyk
10 1 (0.12%) Vite
General
1 329 (38.84%) Social Skills
2 227 (26.80%) Analytical Skills
3 212 (25.03%) Finance
4 77 (9.09%) Banking
5 73 (8.62%) Public Sector
6 30 (3.54%) Marketing
7 29 (3.42%) Presentation Skills
8 26 (3.07%) Retail
9 23 (2.72%) Military
10 22 (2.60%) Publishing
11 21 (2.48%) Investment Banking
12 19 (2.24%) Manufacturing
13 17 (2.01%) Legal
14 16 (1.89%) Front Office
15 14 (1.65%) Documentation Skills
16 13 (1.53%) Aerospace
16 13 (1.53%) Influencing Skills
16 13 (1.53%) Pharmaceutical
17 12 (1.42%) Organisational Skills
18 11 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 205 (24.20%) Analyst
2 135 (15.94%) Developer
3 117 (13.81%) Data Analyst
4 92 (10.86%) Senior
5 83 (9.80%) Data Engineer
6 77 (9.09%) Architect
7 56 (6.61%) Data Scientist
8 48 (5.67%) Business Analyst
8 48 (5.67%) Lead
9 45 (5.31%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 45 (5.31%) Consultant
10 35 (4.13%) Power BI Developer
10 35 (4.13%) Senior Analyst
11 28 (3.31%) Software Engineer
12 26 (3.07%) Solutions Architect
13 21 (2.48%) Report Analyst
14 20 (2.36%) Designer
15 18 (2.13%) Integration Architect
15 18 (2.13%) Python Engineer
16 17 (2.01%) SQL Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (5.08%) Pandas
2 38 (4.49%) React
3 35 (4.13%) scikit-learn
4 30 (3.54%) Node.js
4 30 (3.54%) NumPy
5 29 (3.42%) PySpark
6 24 (2.83%) REST
7 21 (2.48%) Web Services
8 20 (2.36%) Kafka
8 20 (2.36%) Plotly
9 19 (2.24%) Elastic Stack
10 18 (2.13%) AngularJS
10 18 (2.13%) D3.js
11 17 (2.01%) OAuth
12 16 (1.89%) HTML
12 16 (1.89%) TensorFlow
13 15 (1.77%) Vue
14 13 (1.53%) CSS
14 13 (1.53%) Matplotlib
15 11 (1.30%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 48 (5.67%) Algorithms
2 35 (4.13%) Analytical Mindset
3 30 (3.54%) Cloud Native
4 27 (3.19%) Product Ownership
5 23 (2.72%) Data Structures
6 22 (2.60%) Management Information System
7 17 (2.01%) Legacy Systems
7 17 (2.01%) Onboarding
8 12 (1.42%) Virtual Team
9 11 (1.30%) Data Centre
9 11 (1.30%) Data Protection Act
10 10 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
11 9 (1.06%) CMDB
11 9 (1.06%) NHS
11 9 (1.06%) PMI
12 8 (0.94%) Distributed Computing
12 8 (0.94%) Reference Data
13 7 (0.83%) Mobile App
13 7 (0.83%) Replication
14 6 (0.71%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 56 (6.61%) Linux
2 39 (4.60%) Windows
3 33 (3.90%) Unix
4 8 (0.94%) Android
5 7 (0.83%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.59%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.24%) 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
1 401 (47.34%) Data Visualisation
2 392 (46.28%) Business Intelligence
3 310 (36.60%) Analytics
4 225 (26.56%) Data Modelling
5 206 (24.32%) Decision-Making
6 202 (23.85%) Problem-Solving
7 194 (22.90%) Agile
8 189 (22.31%) Data Analysis
9 146 (17.24%) Data Science
10 141 (16.65%) Actionable Insight
11 121 (14.29%) Data Pipeline
12 120 (14.17%) Machine Learning
13 111 (13.11%) ETL
14 110 (12.99%) AI
15 108 (12.75%) Stakeholder Management
16 102 (12.04%) Data Governance
17 95 (11.22%) Continuous Improvement
18 92 (10.86%) Validation
19 85 (10.04%) DevOps
20 81 (9.56%) Dashboard Development
Programming Languages
1 382 (45.10%) SQL
2 291 (34.36%) Python
3 60 (7.08%) R
4 58 (6.85%) JavaScript
5 52 (6.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 35 (4.13%) Java
7 34 (4.01%) C++
8 33 (3.90%) C#
9 28 (3.31%) TypeScript
10 26 (3.07%) Scala
11 18 (2.13%) PowerShell
12 12 (1.42%) Bash
13 10 (1.18%) PL/SQL
14 9 (1.06%) VBA
15 7 (0.83%) Go
15 7 (0.83%) Groovy
15 7 (0.83%) PHP
16 6 (0.71%) Perl
16 6 (0.71%) T-SQL
17 4 (0.47%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 161 (19.01%) Security Cleared
2 128 (15.11%) SC Cleared
3 81 (9.56%) Degree
4 35 (4.13%) Master's Degree
5 20 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
6 18 (2.13%) CISSP
7 17 (2.01%) Azure Certification
7 17 (2.01%) BPSS Clearance
8 15 (1.77%) CISM
9 13 (1.53%) DV Cleared
10 12 (1.42%) PhD
11 11 (1.30%) PMI Certification
12 10 (1.18%) TOGAF Certification
13 7 (0.83%) AWS Certification
13 7 (0.83%) CFA
13 7 (0.83%) ITIL Certification
14 5 (0.59%) CBAP
14 5 (0.59%) CEH
14 5 (0.59%) MBA
14 5 (0.59%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 118 (13.93%) Data Quality
2 53 (6.26%) Accessibility
3 36 (4.25%) QA
4 29 (3.42%) GDPR
5 14 (1.65%) Actionable Recommendations
6 13 (1.53%) PMO
7 7 (0.83%) WCAG
8 5 (0.59%) HIPAA
9 4 (0.47%) Disclosure Scotland
9 4 (0.47%) ISO 19650
9 4 (0.47%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.47%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.35%) EMIR
10 3 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 3 (0.35%) MiFID
11 2 (0.24%) Dodd-Frank
11 2 (0.24%) FIPS 140-2
11 2 (0.24%) GxP
11 2 (0.24%) NIST
11 2 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 33 (3.90%) Docker
2 7 (0.83%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.59%) HDFS
4 2 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 39 (4.60%) Terraform
2 33 (3.90%) Kubernetes
3 26 (3.07%) Kibana
4 17 (2.01%) logstash
5 13 (1.53%) Ansible
6 12 (1.42%) Grafana
7 6 (0.71%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.47%) Argo
9 3 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.24%) SysTrack
11 1 (0.12%) Cacti
11 1 (0.12%) collectd
11 1 (0.12%) Fluentd
11 1 (0.12%) HP ALM
11 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Intune
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
1 140 (16.53%) Microsoft
2 59 (6.97%) Databricks
3 55 (6.49%) Oracle
4 40 (4.72%) Google
5 39 (4.60%) Splunk
6 34 (4.01%) Salesforce
7 31 (3.66%) ServiceNow
8 22 (2.60%) Dynatrace
9 20 (2.36%) Cisco
10 19 (2.24%) AppDynamics
11 16 (1.89%) BiZZdesign
11 16 (1.89%) SAP
12 14 (1.65%) OpenAI
13 13 (1.53%) CyberArk
14 12 (1.42%) Centrify
14 12 (1.42%) Foundry
15 9 (1.06%) Siemens
16 8 (0.94%) Alteryx
16 8 (0.94%) Palantir
17 7 (0.83%) Talend