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

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 207 104 120
Rank change year-on-year -103 +16 +19
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 744 830 770
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.36% 2.51% 2.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.61% 2.78% 2.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 437 509 451
10th Percentile £320 £324 £313
25th Percentile £400 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% -5.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £638
90th Percentile £694 £690 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £450 £465
% change year-on-year +5.56% -3.23% -3.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 51 52
10th Percentile £21.08 £22.84 £24.53
25th Percentile £28.31 £33.25 £41.25
Median hourly rate £50.00 £50.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - -23.08% +52.94%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 -
90th Percentile £70.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £54.00 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year -13.60% -3.85% +60.14%

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 46,152 29,871 33,024
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.59% 90.49% 85.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,085 18,553 20,430
10th Percentile £325 £300 £311
25th Percentile £425 £403 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
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 3,056 1,793 1,507
10th Percentile £13.85 £14.23 £14.70
25th Percentile £17.44 £17.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% +1.92%
75th Percentile £67.50 £44.78 £65.00
90th Percentile £79.50 £67.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.03 £22.58 £43.00
% change year-on-year +77.32% -47.50% +7.50%

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 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 12 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 12 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 -109 666 £488 +2.63% 1,028
UK excluding London -92 353 £475 +5.56% 629
London -80 323 £488 -2.50% 546
Work from Home -63 227 £500 +14.94% 549
North of England -70 98 £451 +6.12% 132
Midlands -40 87 £539 +6.16% 91
South East -46 69 £465 -15.45% 155
West Midlands -43 63 £550 +4.76% 41
North West -35 49 £525 +28.83% 61
South West -28 48 £450 -30.77% 88
Yorkshire -57 43 £466 +12.85% 47
East of England -40 28 £565 +5.12% 75
Scotland -46 28 £415 -17.00% 56
East Midlands -8 24 £375 -6.25% 50
North East -44 7 £400 -5.88% 25
Northern Ireland +2 2 - - 20

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 (2.82%) Confluence
2 18 (2.42%) Apache Spark
3 13 (1.75%) SharePoint
4 11 (1.48%) Apache Airflow
5 10 (1.34%) ArcGIS
6 8 (1.08%) Apache Superset
7 6 (0.81%) Apache
8 5 (0.67%) CMS
8 5 (0.67%) Oracle Workflow
8 5 (0.67%) Palantir Foundry
9 4 (0.54%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.27%) Oracle Application Server
10 2 (0.27%) SAS
11 1 (0.13%) nginx
11 1 (0.13%) R Markdown
Applications
1 127 (17.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (2.15%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (1.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (1.34%) Spreadsheet
5 7 (0.94%) Adobe Illustrator
5 7 (0.94%) CPLEX
5 7 (0.94%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.67%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.67%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.40%) Adobe Premiere
7 3 (0.40%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.40%) InDesign
8 2 (0.27%) Adobe After Effects
8 2 (0.27%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.27%) EPLAN
8 2 (0.27%) Notion
9 1 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.13%) Final Cut Pro
Business Applications
1 10 (1.34%) Dynamics CRM
1 10 (1.34%) Remedy ITSM
2 8 (1.08%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.67%) Primavera
4 2 (0.27%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.27%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.13%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.13%) iTrent
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
1 388 (52.15%) Power Platform
2 144 (19.35%) Azure
3 102 (13.71%) AWS
4 55 (7.39%) Snowflake
5 48 (6.45%) GCP
6 41 (5.51%) Azure DevOps
7 32 (4.30%) GitHub
8 30 (4.03%) Power Automate
9 28 (3.76%) Azure Data Factory
10 27 (3.63%) PowerApps
11 26 (3.49%) Serverless
12 22 (2.96%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 19 (2.55%) Amazon S3
13 19 (2.55%) dbt
14 15 (2.02%) Google Analytics
15 13 (1.75%) Adobe Analytics
16 12 (1.61%) Dynamics 365
16 12 (1.61%) Microsoft 365
17 11 (1.48%) Microsoft Copilot
18 10 (1.34%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.21%) Ethernet
1 9 (1.21%) TCP/IP
2 6 (0.81%) Wireless
3 5 (0.67%) HTTP
3 5 (0.67%) SNMP
4 4 (0.54%) Broadband
4 4 (0.54%) SD-WAN
4 4 (0.54%) WAN
5 3 (0.40%) VPN
6 2 (0.27%) 2G
6 2 (0.27%) 3G
6 2 (0.27%) 4G
6 2 (0.27%) 5G
6 2 (0.27%) DHCP
6 2 (0.27%) DNS
6 2 (0.27%) Network Security
6 2 (0.27%) PCoIP
6 2 (0.27%) Radio Access Network
6 2 (0.27%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (0.13%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 381 (51.21%) Power BI
2 147 (19.76%) Tableau
3 81 (10.89%) Data Warehouse
4 66 (8.87%) Power Query
5 48 (6.45%) Relational Database
6 41 (5.51%) Data Lake
7 29 (3.90%) Big Data
7 29 (3.90%) SQL Server
8 28 (3.76%) Metadata
9 25 (3.36%) Looker
10 24 (3.23%) PostgreSQL
11 23 (3.09%) BigQuery
12 20 (2.69%) Oracle Reports
13 18 (2.42%) Star Schema
14 15 (2.02%) Qlik Sense
15 14 (1.88%) GIS
16 13 (1.75%) Amazon Athena
16 13 (1.75%) QlikView
17 12 (1.61%) Parquet
17 12 (1.61%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 48 (6.45%) Git
2 42 (5.65%) JIRA
3 10 (1.34%) Visual Studio
4 9 (1.21%) Eclipse
5 6 (0.81%) GitLab
6 5 (0.67%) Oracle Forms
7 4 (0.54%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.40%) JMeter
9 2 (0.27%) Charles Proxy
9 2 (0.27%) Jenkins
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%) Jasmine
10 1 (0.13%) JUnit
10 1 (0.13%) LoadRunner
10 1 (0.13%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.13%) Terragrunt
General
1 266 (35.75%) Analytical Skills
2 255 (34.27%) Social Skills
3 162 (21.77%) Finance
4 85 (11.42%) Public Sector
5 60 (8.06%) Banking
6 28 (3.76%) Marketing
7 27 (3.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 24 (3.23%) Military
8 24 (3.23%) Retail
9 18 (2.42%) Manufacturing
10 16 (2.15%) Presentation Skills
11 15 (2.02%) Organisational Skills
12 13 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
12 13 (1.75%) Investment Banking
13 10 (1.34%) Law
13 10 (1.34%) Local Government
14 9 (1.21%) Aerospace
14 9 (1.21%) Influencing Skills
15 8 (1.08%) Pharmaceutical
15 8 (1.08%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 198 (26.61%) Analyst
2 112 (15.05%) Developer
3 111 (14.92%) Data Analyst
4 93 (12.50%) Data Engineer
5 90 (12.10%) Senior
6 45 (6.05%) Consultant
7 43 (5.78%) Lead
8 38 (5.11%) Data Scientist
9 35 (4.70%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 31 (4.17%) Architect
11 29 (3.90%) Power BI Developer
12 28 (3.76%) Business Analyst
13 26 (3.49%) Senior Data Engineer
14 24 (3.23%) Designer
15 20 (2.69%) Python Developer
16 18 (2.42%) Business Intelligence Analyst
16 18 (2.42%) Data Architect
16 18 (2.42%) Data Manager
16 18 (2.42%) Performance Analyst
17 17 (2.28%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (5.38%) REST
1 40 (5.38%) Terraform
2 31 (4.17%) Pandas
3 29 (3.90%) React
4 26 (3.49%) CSS
5 24 (3.23%) HTML
6 23 (3.09%) PySpark
7 22 (2.96%) Kafka
8 20 (2.69%) NumPy
9 17 (2.28%) scikit-learn
10 16 (2.15%) Web Services
11 15 (2.02%) .NET
12 13 (1.75%) Flask
13 11 (1.48%) Node.js
14 10 (1.34%) JSON
14 10 (1.34%) PyTorch
14 10 (1.34%) TensorFlow
15 9 (1.21%) SOAP
15 9 (1.21%) Vue
16 8 (1.08%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 60 (8.06%) Data Structures
2 33 (4.44%) Management Information System
3 27 (3.63%) Cloud Native
3 27 (3.63%) Onboarding
4 22 (2.96%) Analytical Mindset
5 20 (2.69%) Algorithms
5 20 (2.69%) Legacy Systems
6 19 (2.55%) Product Ownership
7 17 (2.28%) Distributed Systems
8 15 (2.02%) AI Agents
9 14 (1.88%) Data Protection Act
10 13 (1.75%) Reference Data
10 13 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
11 11 (1.48%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 10 (1.34%) PKI
12 10 (1.34%) Virtual Team
13 9 (1.21%) Clustering
14 8 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
14 8 (1.08%) NHS
15 7 (0.94%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 33 (4.44%) Windows
2 19 (2.55%) Linux
3 14 (1.88%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.81%) Unix
5 4 (0.54%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.40%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.27%) Android
8 1 (0.13%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 398 (53.49%) Business Intelligence
2 374 (50.27%) Data Visualisation
3 360 (48.39%) Analytics
4 208 (27.96%) Data Modelling
5 205 (27.55%) Decision-Making
6 193 (25.94%) Agile
7 176 (23.66%) Problem-Solving
8 166 (22.31%) AI
9 153 (20.56%) Data Analysis
10 138 (18.55%) Stakeholder Management
11 136 (18.28%) Actionable Insight
12 129 (17.34%) Validation
13 128 (17.20%) Continuous Improvement
14 120 (16.13%) Dashboard Development
15 117 (15.73%) Data Science
16 116 (15.59%) Data Pipeline
17 113 (15.19%) Data Engineering
18 112 (15.05%) Data Governance
19 111 (14.92%) ETL
20 98 (13.17%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 364 (48.92%) SQL
2 272 (36.56%) Python
3 72 (9.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 58 (7.80%) R
5 51 (6.85%) JavaScript
6 42 (5.65%) Java
7 37 (4.97%) C#
8 24 (3.23%) TypeScript
9 19 (2.55%) PowerShell
10 13 (1.75%) C++
11 12 (1.61%) Scala
11 12 (1.61%) T-SQL
12 10 (1.34%) PL/SQL
13 9 (1.21%) VBA
14 8 (1.08%) Bash
15 6 (0.81%) Cypher
15 6 (0.81%) Search Processing Language
16 5 (0.67%) Gremlin
17 4 (0.54%) MATLAB
18 3 (0.40%) Korn
Qualifications
1 157 (21.10%) Security Cleared
2 114 (15.32%) SC Cleared
3 84 (11.29%) Degree
4 25 (3.36%) BPSS Clearance
5 20 (2.69%) DV Cleared
6 17 (2.28%) Azure Certification
6 17 (2.28%) Computer Science Degree
7 13 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
8 10 (1.34%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.54%) PhD
9 4 (0.54%) Postgraduate
9 4 (0.54%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 3 (0.40%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.40%) SnowPro
11 2 (0.27%) APMG
11 2 (0.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.27%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.27%) PMP
11 2 (0.27%) Tableau Certification
11 2 (0.27%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 174 (23.39%) Data Quality
2 49 (6.59%) QA
3 28 (3.76%) Accessibility
3 28 (3.76%) GDPR
4 15 (2.02%) PMO
5 10 (1.34%) Actionable Recommendations
6 7 (0.94%) GMP
7 5 (0.67%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 5 (0.67%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 5 (0.67%) GRC
7 5 (0.67%) GxP
7 5 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 17025
7 5 (0.67%) WCAG
8 2 (0.27%) Basel III
8 2 (0.27%) Solvency II
9 1 (0.13%) COBIT
9 1 (0.13%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.13%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.13%) NCSC
9 1 (0.13%) P3O
System Software
1 24 (3.23%) Docker
2 17 (2.28%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.27%) Microsoft App-V
4 2 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.27%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.27%) VMware Workstation
4 2 (0.27%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (2.28%) Grafana
2 15 (2.02%) Kubernetes
3 8 (1.08%) SCCM
4 7 (0.94%) Kibana
5 6 (0.81%) Ansible
6 5 (0.67%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.54%) Podman
8 2 (0.27%) Istio
8 2 (0.27%) Packer
8 2 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.13%) Argo
9 1 (0.13%) Fluentd
9 1 (0.13%) logstash
9 1 (0.13%) Network Intrusion Detection System
9 1 (0.13%) QRadar
9 1 (0.13%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 156 (20.97%) Microsoft
2 72 (9.68%) Databricks
3 44 (5.91%) SAP
4 41 (5.51%) Oracle
5 35 (4.70%) Google
6 30 (4.03%) ServiceNow
7 20 (2.69%) Dynatrace
8 18 (2.42%) Adobe
9 17 (2.28%) Splunk
10 13 (1.75%) Salesforce
11 11 (1.48%) Alteryx
12 10 (1.34%) Palantir
12 10 (1.34%) Remedy
13 9 (1.21%) BMC
14 7 (0.94%) Informatica
15 6 (0.81%) SnapLogic
16 5 (0.67%) Foundry
17 4 (0.54%) Ariba
17 4 (0.54%) Solace
17 4 (0.54%) VMware