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

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 96 128
Rank change year-on-year -37 +32 +17
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 843 773 776
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.92% 2.65% 1.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.24% 2.93% 2.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 528 521 526
10th Percentile £330 £325 £313
25th Percentile £413 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -3.38%
75th Percentile £592 £588 £575
90th Percentile £725 £675 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £450 £459
% change year-on-year +8.33% -1.91% -3.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 30 47
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.93 £19.68
25th Percentile £28.63 £25.25 £27.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £32.23 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +93.95% -30.22% -28.95%
75th Percentile £65.00 £53.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £66.37 £71.55
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £31.64 £46.18
% change year-on-year +105.44% -31.49% -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 37,633 26,370 38,295
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.88% 90.52% 86.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,862 17,096 24,871
10th Percentile £313 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £743 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -1.28% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,214 936 2,338
10th Percentile £14.96 £15.20 £12.85
25th Percentile £18.50 £20.75 £16.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £32.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.47%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.50 £57.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.35 £71.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.61 £31.76 £31.25
% change year-on-year -6.77% +1.63% -13.19%

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 24 March 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 24 March 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 24 March 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 -49 732 £500 +5.26% 464
London -35 408 £500 -2.44% 171
UK excluding London -49 332 £488 +8.33% 388
Work from Home -23 279 £500 +7.53% 177
North of England -54 106 £475 +2.70% 86
Midlands -35 66 £500 +21.21% 75
North West -28 58 £420 -9.19% 47
South East -28 55 £500 +11.11% 129
West Midlands -40 50 £500 +21.21% 35
Yorkshire -42 45 £515 +23.23% 26
South West -33 35 £488 +2.63% 44
East of England -30 33 £500 +11.11% 23
Scotland +2 31 £450 - 16
East Midlands -21 16 £488 +34.85% 40
Northern Ireland -2 6 £531 +1.19% 11
North East -24 6 £438 -2.78% 15
Wales -12 3 - - 16

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 54 (6.41%) Apache Spark
2 33 (3.91%) Confluence
3 26 (3.08%) Apache
4 22 (2.61%) Apache Airflow
4 22 (2.61%) SharePoint
5 7 (0.83%) Apache Superset
5 7 (0.83%) Jupyter
6 6 (0.71%) SAS
7 5 (0.59%) GeoServer
7 5 (0.59%) OpenStack
7 5 (0.59%) Smallworld
8 3 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.36%) Palantir Foundry
9 2 (0.24%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.24%) CMS
9 2 (0.24%) Luigi
10 1 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.12%) Drupal
10 1 (0.12%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 122 (14.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (2.02%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (2.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 16 (1.90%) MS Visio
4 12 (1.42%) Chatbot
5 10 (1.19%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.47%) Adobe Illustrator
7 4 (0.47%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.24%) CPLEX
8 2 (0.24%) InDesign
9 1 (0.12%) 3ds Max
9 1 (0.12%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.12%) Blender
9 1 (0.12%) CINEMA 4D
9 1 (0.12%) Maya
9 1 (0.12%) Revit
9 1 (0.12%) SOLIDWORKS
9 1 (0.12%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 14 (1.66%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.59%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.47%) Adobe Campaign
4 3 (0.36%) Eloqua
4 3 (0.36%) Primavera
4 3 (0.36%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.24%) IntelliMatch
5 2 (0.24%) iTrent
5 2 (0.24%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.12%) Actimize
6 1 (0.12%) Advent Geneva
6 1 (0.12%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.12%) Maximo
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.12%) ResourceLink
6 1 (0.12%) SAP MDM
6 1 (0.12%) Shopify
6 1 (0.12%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 362 (42.94%) Power Platform
2 168 (19.93%) Azure
3 156 (18.51%) AWS
4 57 (6.76%) GCP
5 51 (6.05%) Azure Data Factory
6 41 (4.86%) Snowflake
7 40 (4.74%) Serverless
8 33 (3.91%) AWS Lambda
9 30 (3.56%) Amazon S3
10 27 (3.20%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 25 (2.97%) dbt
11 25 (2.97%) Power Automate
12 23 (2.73%) Azure DevOps
13 19 (2.25%) PowerApps
14 17 (2.02%) GitHub
15 14 (1.66%) Amazon EC2
16 13 (1.54%) Google Workspace
16 13 (1.54%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 12 (1.42%) Google Analytics
18 11 (1.30%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.78%) TCP/IP
2 14 (1.66%) Ethernet
3 6 (0.71%) Firewall
4 4 (0.47%) 2G
4 4 (0.47%) 5G
5 3 (0.36%) Kerberos
6 2 (0.24%) DNS
6 2 (0.24%) Fibre Channel
6 2 (0.24%) Internet
6 2 (0.24%) LTE
6 2 (0.24%) Mobile Backhaul
6 2 (0.24%) Network Security
6 2 (0.24%) Radio Access Network
6 2 (0.24%) SAN
6 2 (0.24%) SMS
6 2 (0.24%) SNMP
6 2 (0.24%) VoIP
7 1 (0.12%) 4G
7 1 (0.12%) DSL
7 1 (0.12%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 361 (42.82%) Power BI
2 168 (19.93%) Tableau
3 102 (12.10%) Data Warehouse
4 47 (5.58%) Big Data
5 43 (5.10%) Relational Database
6 40 (4.74%) Metadata
7 37 (4.39%) Power Query
8 34 (4.03%) Hadoop
8 34 (4.03%) Looker
9 28 (3.32%) Data Lake
9 28 (3.32%) SQL Server
10 27 (3.20%) BigQuery
11 21 (2.49%) PostgreSQL
12 19 (2.25%) Elasticsearch
12 19 (2.25%) NoSQL
12 19 (2.25%) Oracle Reports
13 17 (2.02%) Geospatial Data
14 16 (1.90%) MySQL
15 15 (1.78%) Snowflake Schema
16 14 (1.66%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 58 (6.88%) Git
2 49 (5.81%) JIRA
3 18 (2.14%) Jenkins
4 15 (1.78%) Visual Studio
5 14 (1.66%) Eclipse
6 11 (1.30%) MLflow
7 4 (0.47%) ERwin
7 4 (0.47%) GitLab
8 3 (0.36%) Terragrunt
9 2 (0.24%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.24%) git-flow
9 2 (0.24%) Postman
10 1 (0.12%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.12%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.12%) NUnit
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle Forms
10 1 (0.12%) Selenium
10 1 (0.12%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.12%) SpecFlow
10 1 (0.12%) TeamCity
General
1 297 (35.23%) Social Skills
2 247 (29.30%) Analytical Skills
3 228 (27.05%) Finance
4 91 (10.79%) Public Sector
5 68 (8.07%) Banking
6 39 (4.63%) Retail
7 30 (3.56%) Marketing
8 24 (2.85%) Publishing
9 23 (2.73%) Documentation Skills
10 21 (2.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 18 (2.14%) Military
11 18 (2.14%) Presentation Skills
12 15 (1.78%) Front Office
13 13 (1.54%) Manufacturing
13 13 (1.54%) Pharmaceutical
14 12 (1.42%) Organisational Skills
15 11 (1.30%) Influencing Skills
15 11 (1.30%) Investment Banking
16 10 (1.19%) Law
16 10 (1.19%) Legal
Job Titles
1 218 (25.86%) Analyst
2 133 (15.78%) Developer
3 118 (14.00%) Data Analyst
4 111 (13.17%) Senior
5 96 (11.39%) Data Engineer
6 66 (7.83%) Lead
7 56 (6.64%) Data Scientist
8 54 (6.41%) Architect
9 48 (5.69%) Business Analyst
9 48 (5.69%) Consultant
10 44 (5.22%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 38 (4.51%) Senior Analyst
12 32 (3.80%) Power BI Developer
13 23 (2.73%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 23 (2.73%) Software Engineer
13 23 (2.73%) Solutions Architect
14 21 (2.49%) Senior Data Engineer
15 20 (2.37%) Designer
16 19 (2.25%) Data Business Analyst
17 16 (1.90%) Senior Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (7.00%) Pandas
2 49 (5.81%) React
3 39 (4.63%) NumPy
4 37 (4.39%) scikit-learn
5 32 (3.80%) Node.js
6 31 (3.68%) Kafka
7 27 (3.20%) AngularJS
7 27 (3.20%) REST
8 23 (2.73%) Vue
9 22 (2.61%) PySpark
10 21 (2.49%) Elastic Stack
10 21 (2.49%) Web Services
11 20 (2.37%) Matplotlib
12 19 (2.25%) Plotly
13 18 (2.14%) .NET
13 18 (2.14%) TensorFlow
14 17 (2.02%) Seaborn
15 14 (1.66%) OAuth
16 13 (1.54%) JSON
16 13 (1.54%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 42 (4.98%) Algorithms
2 39 (4.63%) Cloud Native
3 34 (4.03%) Data Structures
4 28 (3.32%) Analytical Mindset
5 27 (3.20%) Management Information System
6 25 (2.97%) Product Ownership
7 16 (1.90%) Legacy Systems
8 14 (1.66%) Virtual Team
9 13 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
10 10 (1.19%) Onboarding
11 9 (1.07%) Distributed Computing
11 9 (1.07%) Marketing Technology
12 8 (0.95%) AI Agents
12 8 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
12 8 (0.95%) Distributed Systems
12 8 (0.95%) PMI
13 7 (0.83%) Equities
13 7 (0.83%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 7 (0.83%) Life Science
13 7 (0.83%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 36 (4.27%) Linux
2 27 (3.20%) Windows
3 13 (1.54%) Unix
4 5 (0.59%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.24%) Android
6 2 (0.24%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.24%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 409 (48.52%) Data Visualisation
2 404 (47.92%) Business Intelligence
3 333 (39.50%) Analytics
4 238 (28.23%) Data Modelling
5 228 (27.05%) Decision-Making
6 225 (26.69%) Problem-Solving
7 211 (25.03%) Agile
8 170 (20.17%) Actionable Insight
9 169 (20.05%) Data Analysis
10 141 (16.73%) Data Pipeline
11 140 (16.61%) Data Science
12 129 (15.30%) AI
13 122 (14.47%) ETL
14 120 (14.23%) Data Governance
15 119 (14.12%) Validation
16 113 (13.40%) Dashboard Development
17 110 (13.05%) Machine Learning
18 105 (12.46%) Data Engineering
19 99 (11.74%) CI/CD
20 93 (11.03%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 390 (46.26%) SQL
2 295 (34.99%) Python
3 72 (8.54%) R
4 52 (6.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 52 (6.17%) JavaScript
5 37 (4.39%) C#
6 30 (3.56%) TypeScript
7 28 (3.32%) Java
8 25 (2.97%) C++
9 18 (2.14%) Scala
10 16 (1.90%) PowerShell
11 12 (1.42%) VBA
12 9 (1.07%) Perl
13 7 (0.83%) Bash
13 7 (0.83%) Groovy
14 6 (0.71%) PHP
15 5 (0.59%) PL/SQL
16 4 (0.47%) LookML
16 4 (0.47%) Rust
16 4 (0.47%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 162 (19.22%) Security Cleared
2 129 (15.30%) SC Cleared
3 90 (10.68%) Degree
4 38 (4.51%) Master's Degree
5 23 (2.73%) Computer Science Degree
6 19 (2.25%) BPSS Clearance
7 16 (1.90%) Azure Certification
7 16 (1.90%) CISM
7 16 (1.90%) CISSP
8 11 (1.30%) DV Cleared
9 10 (1.19%) PhD
9 10 (1.19%) TOGAF Certification
10 9 (1.07%) PMI Certification
11 8 (0.95%) AWS Certification
12 6 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (0.47%) CBAP
13 4 (0.47%) CFA
13 4 (0.47%) MBA
13 4 (0.47%) Tableau Certification
14 3 (0.36%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 151 (17.91%) Data Quality
2 46 (5.46%) QA
3 39 (4.63%) Accessibility
4 25 (2.97%) GDPR
5 24 (2.85%) PMO
6 17 (2.02%) Actionable Recommendations
7 7 (0.83%) SLA
8 5 (0.59%) WCAG
9 4 (0.47%) Disclosure Scotland
9 4 (0.47%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.36%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 2 (0.24%) Dodd-Frank
11 2 (0.24%) EMIR
11 2 (0.24%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.24%) ISO 8583
11 2 (0.24%) NIST
11 2 (0.24%) PERC
12 1 (0.12%) Basel III
12 1 (0.12%) GRC
12 1 (0.12%) HIPAA
System Software
1 36 (4.27%) Docker
2 6 (0.71%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.47%) HDFS
4 3 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.24%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 43 (5.10%) Kubernetes
2 40 (4.74%) Terraform
3 26 (3.08%) Kibana
4 20 (2.37%) Ansible
5 19 (2.25%) Grafana
6 18 (2.14%) logstash
7 17 (2.02%) Prometheus
8 7 (0.83%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 4 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.36%) SCCM
10 3 (0.36%) SysTrack
11 2 (0.24%) Cilium
11 2 (0.24%) vMotion
11 2 (0.24%) vRealize
12 1 (0.12%) HP ALM
12 1 (0.12%) Kubeflow
12 1 (0.12%) Network Intrusion Detection System
12 1 (0.12%) PowerCLI
12 1 (0.12%) Thomson Reuters DACS
12 1 (0.12%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 129 (15.30%) Microsoft
2 72 (8.54%) Databricks
3 53 (6.29%) Google
4 38 (4.51%) Oracle
5 25 (2.97%) SAP
5 25 (2.97%) ServiceNow
6 22 (2.61%) Salesforce
7 18 (2.14%) BiZZdesign
8 16 (1.90%) Sage
8 16 (1.90%) Splunk
9 13 (1.54%) CyberArk
10 12 (1.42%) Adobe
10 12 (1.42%) Centrify
11 9 (1.07%) Cisco
12 8 (0.95%) Amplitude
12 8 (0.95%) Dynatrace
12 8 (0.95%) OpenAI
13 7 (0.83%) Bloomberg
13 7 (0.83%) Informatica
13 7 (0.83%) MicroStrategy