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

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 97 131
Rank change year-on-year -39 +34 +10
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 857 789 797
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.02% 2.67% 1.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.35% 2.96% 2.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 540 539 539
10th Percentile £331 £325 £313
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -3.15%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £738 £700 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +11.11% - -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 26 51
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.63 £20.47
25th Percentile £26.74 £23.29 £31.69
Median hourly rate £61.25 £33.66 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +81.99% -27.12% -28.95%
75th Percentile £65.00 £60.25 £60.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £65.00 £71.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £32.81 £46.18
% change year-on-year +98.11% -28.95% -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 36,537 26,694 38,745
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.12% 90.29% 86.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,174 17,018 25,183
10th Percentile £313 £306 £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 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -2.28% -1.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,160 902 2,347
10th Percentile £14.64 £15.51 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.00 £16.06
Median hourly rate £29.61 £32.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.89% - -7.14%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £74.26 £77.10 £71.80
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.55 £31.76 £31.80
% change year-on-year -16.40% -0.13% -9.14%

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 10 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 10 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 10 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 -34 748 £500 +3.36% 557
London -31 417 £500 -3.85% 154
UK excluding London -42 338 £500 +11.11% 478
Work from Home -21 278 £500 +5.26% 184
North of England -49 108 £475 +2.70% 118
Midlands -34 66 £500 +25.31% 86
North West -36 57 £420 -11.58% 61
West Midlands -36 52 £500 +21.21% 42
South East -25 51 £500 +11.11% 139
Yorkshire -31 48 £500 +19.76% 39
South West -16 44 £600 +29.73% 46
East of England -37 34 £500 +10.13% 47
Scotland +1 31 £463 +1.37% 16
East Midlands -23 14 £525 +47.47% 43
Northern Ireland -3 6 £531 +6.25% 15
North East -19 6 £438 -10.26% 20
Wales -6 3 - - 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 55 (6.42%) Apache Spark
2 34 (3.97%) Confluence
3 24 (2.80%) Apache
4 23 (2.68%) Apache Airflow
5 21 (2.45%) SharePoint
6 8 (0.93%) Jupyter
7 6 (0.70%) SAS
8 5 (0.58%) GeoServer
8 5 (0.58%) OpenStack
8 5 (0.58%) Palantir Foundry
8 5 (0.58%) Smallworld
9 3 (0.35%) Apache Superset
9 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.23%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.23%) CMS
10 2 (0.23%) Luigi
11 1 (0.12%) Drupal
11 1 (0.12%) Oracle Application Server
11 1 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 119 (13.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (2.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 15 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
4 14 (1.63%) MS Visio
5 12 (1.40%) Chatbot
6 8 (0.93%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.47%) Adobe Illustrator
7 4 (0.47%) Photoshop
7 4 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.23%) 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%) CPLEX
9 1 (0.12%) Maya
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
9 1 (0.12%) Revit
9 1 (0.12%) SOLIDWORKS
9 1 (0.12%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 14 (1.63%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.47%) Adobe Campaign
4 3 (0.35%) Eloqua
4 3 (0.35%) Primavera
4 3 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.23%) IntelliMatch
5 2 (0.23%) iTrent
5 2 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.12%) Advent Geneva
6 1 (0.12%) Maximo
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.12%) SAP MDM
6 1 (0.12%) Shopify
6 1 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.12%) Sprinklr
6 1 (0.12%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 372 (43.41%) Power Platform
2 164 (19.14%) Azure
3 153 (17.85%) AWS
4 56 (6.53%) GCP
5 48 (5.60%) Azure Data Factory
6 41 (4.78%) Snowflake
7 36 (4.20%) Serverless
8 29 (3.38%) AWS Lambda
9 27 (3.15%) Amazon S3
9 27 (3.15%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 24 (2.80%) dbt
10 24 (2.80%) Power Automate
11 19 (2.22%) Azure DevOps
11 19 (2.22%) PowerApps
12 16 (1.87%) GitHub
13 13 (1.52%) Google Workspace
14 12 (1.40%) Cloud Computing
14 12 (1.40%) Google Analytics
15 11 (1.28%) Amazon EC2
16 10 (1.17%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.87%) TCP/IP
2 14 (1.63%) Ethernet
3 6 (0.70%) Firewall
4 4 (0.47%) 2G
4 4 (0.47%) 5G
5 3 (0.35%) Kerberos
6 2 (0.23%) DNS
6 2 (0.23%) Fibre Channel
6 2 (0.23%) LTE
6 2 (0.23%) Mobile Backhaul
6 2 (0.23%) Network Security
6 2 (0.23%) Radio Access Network
6 2 (0.23%) SAN
6 2 (0.23%) SMS
6 2 (0.23%) SNMP
6 2 (0.23%) VoIP
7 1 (0.12%) 4G
7 1 (0.12%) LAN
7 1 (0.12%) Modbus
7 1 (0.12%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 371 (43.29%) Power BI
2 169 (19.72%) Tableau
3 99 (11.55%) Data Warehouse
4 48 (5.60%) Big Data
5 42 (4.90%) Relational Database
6 37 (4.32%) Hadoop
7 35 (4.08%) Metadata
7 35 (4.08%) Power Query
8 34 (3.97%) Looker
9 31 (3.62%) Data Lake
10 27 (3.15%) SQL Server
11 25 (2.92%) BigQuery
12 20 (2.33%) Elasticsearch
13 19 (2.22%) PostgreSQL
14 18 (2.10%) NoSQL
15 16 (1.87%) Geospatial Data
15 16 (1.87%) Oracle Reports
16 15 (1.75%) Snowflake Schema
17 13 (1.52%) Data Mining
17 13 (1.52%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 59 (6.88%) Git
2 48 (5.60%) JIRA
3 18 (2.10%) Jenkins
4 15 (1.75%) Visual Studio
5 14 (1.63%) Eclipse
6 10 (1.17%) MLflow
7 4 (0.47%) ERwin
8 3 (0.35%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.35%) GitLab
8 3 (0.35%) Terragrunt
9 2 (0.23%) git-flow
9 2 (0.23%) Postman
9 2 (0.23%) Selenium
10 1 (0.12%) NUnit
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle Forms
10 1 (0.12%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.12%) TeamCity
10 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio Coded UI
10 1 (0.12%) webpack
General
1 314 (36.64%) Social Skills
2 236 (27.54%) Finance
3 232 (27.07%) Analytical Skills
4 90 (10.50%) Public Sector
5 71 (8.28%) Banking
6 39 (4.55%) Retail
7 29 (3.38%) Marketing
8 23 (2.68%) Publishing
9 22 (2.57%) Documentation Skills
10 21 (2.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 21 (2.45%) Military
11 20 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
12 16 (1.87%) Front Office
13 14 (1.63%) Influencing Skills
13 14 (1.63%) Manufacturing
14 13 (1.52%) Pharmaceutical
15 12 (1.40%) Investment Banking
15 12 (1.40%) Legal
16 11 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
17 9 (1.05%) Law
Job Titles
1 224 (26.14%) Analyst
2 130 (15.17%) Developer
3 126 (14.70%) Data Analyst
4 105 (12.25%) Senior
5 90 (10.50%) Data Engineer
6 68 (7.93%) Lead
7 65 (7.58%) Architect
8 58 (6.77%) Data Scientist
9 49 (5.72%) Consultant
10 47 (5.48%) Business Analyst
11 46 (5.37%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 37 (4.32%) Senior Analyst
13 32 (3.73%) Power BI Developer
14 26 (3.03%) Software Engineer
15 24 (2.80%) Solutions Architect
16 22 (2.57%) Designer
17 21 (2.45%) Business Intelligence Analyst
17 21 (2.45%) Senior Data Engineer
18 20 (2.33%) Data Business Analyst
19 17 (1.98%) Senior Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (5.95%) Pandas
2 48 (5.60%) React
3 35 (4.08%) scikit-learn
4 33 (3.85%) NumPy
5 31 (3.62%) Node.js
6 30 (3.50%) Kafka
7 27 (3.15%) PySpark
8 24 (2.80%) AngularJS
8 24 (2.80%) REST
9 22 (2.57%) Vue
10 21 (2.45%) Elastic Stack
11 19 (2.22%) Web Services
12 18 (2.10%) Plotly
13 17 (1.98%) Matplotlib
13 17 (1.98%) TensorFlow
14 15 (1.75%) OAuth
15 14 (1.63%) .NET
15 14 (1.63%) JSON
15 14 (1.63%) Seaborn
16 12 (1.40%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 42 (4.90%) Algorithms
2 36 (4.20%) Cloud Native
3 29 (3.38%) Data Structures
4 27 (3.15%) Analytical Mindset
5 26 (3.03%) Product Ownership
6 24 (2.80%) Management Information System
7 16 (1.87%) Legacy Systems
8 15 (1.75%) Virtual Team
9 12 (1.40%) Onboarding
10 11 (1.28%) Data Protection Act
10 11 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (0.93%) AI Agents
11 8 (0.93%) Distributed Computing
11 8 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
11 8 (0.93%) Life Science
11 8 (0.93%) Marketing Technology
11 8 (0.93%) PMI
12 7 (0.82%) Equities
12 7 (0.82%) NHS
12 7 (0.82%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 37 (4.32%) Linux
2 26 (3.03%) Windows
3 13 (1.52%) Unix
4 5 (0.58%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.23%) Android
6 2 (0.23%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.12%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 406 (47.37%) Business Intelligence
2 405 (47.26%) Data Visualisation
3 325 (37.92%) Analytics
4 234 (27.30%) Data Modelling
5 228 (26.60%) Problem-Solving
6 226 (26.37%) Decision-Making
7 207 (24.15%) Agile
8 176 (20.54%) Data Analysis
9 173 (20.19%) Actionable Insight
10 143 (16.69%) Data Pipeline
11 140 (16.34%) Data Science
12 127 (14.82%) ETL
13 125 (14.59%) AI
14 115 (13.42%) Machine Learning
14 115 (13.42%) Validation
15 114 (13.30%) Data Governance
16 105 (12.25%) Dashboard Development
17 102 (11.90%) Stakeholder Management
18 99 (11.55%) Data Engineering
19 96 (11.20%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 388 (45.27%) SQL
2 296 (34.54%) Python
3 67 (7.82%) R
4 58 (6.77%) JavaScript
5 49 (5.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 35 (4.08%) C#
7 30 (3.50%) TypeScript
8 28 (3.27%) C++
8 28 (3.27%) Java
9 19 (2.22%) Scala
10 15 (1.75%) PowerShell
11 11 (1.28%) VBA
12 9 (1.05%) Bash
12 9 (1.05%) Perl
13 7 (0.82%) Groovy
14 6 (0.70%) PHP
15 5 (0.58%) PL/SQL
15 5 (0.58%) T-SQL
16 4 (0.47%) C
17 3 (0.35%) Rust
Qualifications
1 172 (20.07%) Security Cleared
2 139 (16.22%) SC Cleared
3 90 (10.50%) Degree
4 35 (4.08%) Master's Degree
5 21 (2.45%) Computer Science Degree
6 19 (2.22%) BPSS Clearance
7 16 (1.87%) Azure Certification
7 16 (1.87%) CISM
7 16 (1.87%) CISSP
8 11 (1.28%) DV Cleared
9 10 (1.17%) PhD
9 10 (1.17%) TOGAF Certification
10 9 (1.05%) AWS Certification
10 9 (1.05%) PMI Certification
11 6 (0.70%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (0.58%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (0.47%) CBAP
13 4 (0.47%) CFA
13 4 (0.47%) MBA
13 4 (0.47%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 148 (17.27%) Data Quality
2 48 (5.60%) Accessibility
3 47 (5.48%) QA
4 25 (2.92%) GDPR
5 20 (2.33%) PMO
6 17 (1.98%) Actionable Recommendations
7 7 (0.82%) SLA
8 6 (0.70%) WCAG
9 4 (0.47%) Disclosure Scotland
9 4 (0.47%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.35%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 2 (0.23%) Dodd-Frank
11 2 (0.23%) EMIR
11 2 (0.23%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.23%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.23%) ISO 8583
11 2 (0.23%) NIST
11 2 (0.23%) PERC
11 2 (0.23%) Software Quality Assurance
12 1 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 35 (4.08%) Docker
2 7 (0.82%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.58%) HDFS
4 3 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.23%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 42 (4.90%) Kubernetes
2 41 (4.78%) Terraform
3 27 (3.15%) Kibana
4 22 (2.57%) Ansible
5 18 (2.10%) Grafana
5 18 (2.10%) logstash
6 16 (1.87%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.82%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 4 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.35%) SCCM
10 2 (0.23%) Cilium
10 2 (0.23%) SysTrack
10 2 (0.23%) vMotion
10 2 (0.23%) vRealize
11 1 (0.12%) HP ALM
11 1 (0.12%) Kubeflow
11 1 (0.12%) Network Intrusion Detection System
11 1 (0.12%) PowerCLI
11 1 (0.12%) Thomson Reuters DACS
11 1 (0.12%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 129 (15.05%) Microsoft
2 72 (8.40%) Databricks
3 50 (5.83%) Google
4 37 (4.32%) Oracle
5 25 (2.92%) SAP
6 23 (2.68%) Salesforce
7 22 (2.57%) ServiceNow
8 21 (2.45%) Splunk
9 18 (2.10%) BiZZdesign
10 16 (1.87%) Sage
11 14 (1.63%) Adobe
12 13 (1.52%) CyberArk
13 12 (1.40%) Centrify
14 9 (1.05%) Cisco
15 8 (0.93%) Amplitude
15 8 (0.93%) Dynatrace
15 8 (0.93%) OpenAI
16 7 (0.82%) Cognos
16 7 (0.82%) Informatica
16 7 (0.82%) MicroStrategy