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

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 203 102 115
Rank change year-on-year -101 +13 +27
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 735 838 779
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.34% 2.54% 2.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.59% 2.81% 2.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 427 524 452
10th Percentile £315 £325 £319
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £576 £638
90th Percentile £694 £700 £767
UK excluding London median daily rate £458 £463 £475
% change year-on-year -0.97% -2.63% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 47 53
10th Percentile £21.08 £20.62 £24.57
25th Percentile £28.50 £33.25 £41.25
Median hourly rate £51.25 £50.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -23.08% +44.44%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 -
90th Percentile £70.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £54.40 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -16.31% - +52.94%

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 46,342 29,835 32,681
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.41% 90.50% 85.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,074 18,533 19,873
10th Percentile £325 £300 £309
25th Percentile £425 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £626 £625 £638
90th Percentile £730 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,192 1,836 1,405
10th Percentile £13.74 £14.31 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.25 £17.32 £20.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% -
75th Percentile £67.25 £43.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £65.25 £74.65
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £22.32 £43.00
% change year-on-year +79.25% -48.10% +1.18%

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 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 24 September 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 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 -99 651 £475 - 1,748
UK excluding London -94 352 £458 -0.97% 1,003
London -80 312 £486 -2.75% 958
Work from Home -75 223 £500 +11.11% 677
North of England -61 101 £445 +4.71% 208
Midlands -42 82 £549 +8.23% 161
South East -56 67 £452 -14.00% 230
West Midlands -47 60 £565 +7.62% 101
South West -32 47 £450 -40.00% 117
North West -42 47 £525 +28.05% 93
Yorkshire -44 44 £451 +12.75% 83
East of England -45 30 £565 +7.62% 111
Scotland -45 29 £410 -18.00% 104
East Midlands -12 22 £375 -6.25% 60
North East -39 11 £400 -5.88% 33
Northern Ireland +3 2 - - 46
Wales -14 2 £356 -16.18% 39

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 22 (2.99%) Confluence
2 19 (2.59%) Apache Spark
3 13 (1.77%) SharePoint
4 10 (1.36%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (1.36%) ArcGIS
5 5 (0.68%) Apache Superset
5 5 (0.68%) CMS
5 5 (0.68%) Oracle Workflow
5 5 (0.68%) Palantir Foundry
6 4 (0.54%) Apache
6 4 (0.54%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.27%) Oracle Application Server
7 2 (0.27%) SAS
8 1 (0.14%) nginx
8 1 (0.14%) R Markdown
Applications
1 127 (17.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (1.77%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (1.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.09%) Spreadsheet
5 7 (0.95%) Adobe Illustrator
6 6 (0.82%) CPLEX
7 5 (0.68%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.68%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.41%) Adobe Premiere
8 3 (0.41%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.41%) InDesign
8 3 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
9 2 (0.27%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.27%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.27%) EPLAN
9 2 (0.27%) Notion
10 1 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.14%) Final Cut Pro
Business Applications
1 10 (1.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.22%) Remedy ITSM
3 8 (1.09%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.68%) Primavera
5 2 (0.27%) Aladdin
5 2 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.27%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.14%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.14%) iTrent
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.14%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.14%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.14%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.14%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 391 (53.20%) Power Platform
2 135 (18.37%) Azure
3 102 (13.88%) AWS
4 57 (7.76%) Snowflake
5 50 (6.80%) GCP
6 38 (5.17%) Azure DevOps
7 29 (3.95%) GitHub
8 28 (3.81%) Power Automate
9 26 (3.54%) PowerApps
10 25 (3.40%) Azure Data Factory
11 23 (3.13%) Amazon S3
12 22 (2.99%) Serverless
13 20 (2.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 19 (2.59%) dbt
14 19 (2.59%) Google Analytics
15 16 (2.18%) Adobe Analytics
16 11 (1.50%) Dynamics 365
16 11 (1.50%) Microsoft 365
16 11 (1.50%) Microsoft Copilot
17 10 (1.36%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.36%) Ethernet
1 10 (1.36%) TCP/IP
2 6 (0.82%) Wireless
3 5 (0.68%) HTTP
3 5 (0.68%) SNMP
4 4 (0.54%) Broadband
4 4 (0.54%) SD-WAN
4 4 (0.54%) WAN
5 3 (0.41%) 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 (0.14%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 384 (52.24%) Power BI
2 145 (19.73%) Tableau
3 75 (10.20%) Data Warehouse
4 67 (9.12%) Power Query
5 46 (6.26%) Relational Database
6 42 (5.71%) Data Lake
7 29 (3.95%) Metadata
8 27 (3.67%) SQL Server
9 26 (3.54%) Big Data
10 25 (3.40%) BigQuery
11 21 (2.86%) Looker
11 21 (2.86%) PostgreSQL
12 19 (2.59%) Amazon Athena
12 19 (2.59%) Qlik Sense
13 17 (2.31%) Oracle Reports
14 15 (2.04%) QlikView
14 15 (2.04%) Star Schema
15 14 (1.90%) GIS
16 12 (1.63%) Snowflake Schema
17 11 (1.50%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 46 (6.26%) Git
2 43 (5.85%) JIRA
3 11 (1.50%) Visual Studio
4 10 (1.36%) Eclipse
5 5 (0.68%) GitLab
5 5 (0.68%) Oracle Forms
6 4 (0.54%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.41%) JMeter
8 2 (0.27%) Charles Proxy
8 2 (0.27%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.27%) Selenium
8 2 (0.27%) WebDriver
9 1 (0.14%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.14%) Flyway
9 1 (0.14%) Gatling
9 1 (0.14%) Jasmine
9 1 (0.14%) JUnit
9 1 (0.14%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.14%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.14%) Terragrunt
General
1 266 (36.19%) Social Skills
2 259 (35.24%) Analytical Skills
3 169 (22.99%) Finance
4 89 (12.11%) Public Sector
5 59 (8.03%) Banking
6 28 (3.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 25 (3.40%) Military
8 24 (3.27%) Marketing
9 23 (3.13%) Retail
10 20 (2.72%) Manufacturing
11 17 (2.31%) Presentation Skills
12 13 (1.77%) Organisational Skills
13 12 (1.63%) Documentation Skills
13 12 (1.63%) Investment Banking
13 12 (1.63%) Local Government
14 11 (1.50%) Aerospace
14 11 (1.50%) Influencing Skills
15 8 (1.09%) Law
15 8 (1.09%) Pharmaceutical
15 8 (1.09%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 200 (27.21%) Analyst
2 114 (15.51%) Data Analyst
3 111 (15.10%) Developer
4 90 (12.24%) Data Engineer
5 81 (11.02%) Senior
6 42 (5.71%) Consultant
6 42 (5.71%) Lead
7 38 (5.17%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 35 (4.76%) Data Scientist
9 30 (4.08%) Architect
9 30 (4.08%) Power BI Developer
10 26 (3.54%) Business Analyst
10 26 (3.54%) Senior Data Engineer
11 24 (3.27%) Designer
12 22 (2.99%) Performance Analyst
13 18 (2.45%) Data Architect
13 18 (2.45%) Data Manager
14 16 (2.18%) Report Analyst
15 15 (2.04%) Business Intelligence Analyst
15 15 (2.04%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (5.17%) REST
1 38 (5.17%) Terraform
2 26 (3.54%) CSS
2 26 (3.54%) Pandas
2 26 (3.54%) React
3 24 (3.27%) HTML
4 23 (3.13%) PySpark
5 20 (2.72%) Kafka
6 16 (2.18%) Web Services
7 15 (2.04%) NumPy
8 14 (1.90%) scikit-learn
9 12 (1.63%) .NET
10 10 (1.36%) Flask
10 10 (1.36%) JSON
10 10 (1.36%) Node.js
11 9 (1.22%) PyTorch
11 9 (1.22%) TensorFlow
12 8 (1.09%) Plotly
12 8 (1.09%) Redux
12 8 (1.09%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 58 (7.89%) Data Structures
2 32 (4.35%) Management Information System
3 29 (3.95%) Onboarding
4 26 (3.54%) Cloud Native
5 22 (2.99%) Analytical Mindset
5 22 (2.99%) Legacy Systems
6 18 (2.45%) Data Protection Act
7 17 (2.31%) Product Ownership
8 16 (2.18%) AI Agents
9 15 (2.04%) Algorithms
9 15 (2.04%) Distributed Systems
10 13 (1.77%) Reference Data
11 11 (1.50%) Self-Motivation
12 10 (1.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 10 (1.36%) Virtual Team
13 9 (1.22%) PKI
14 8 (1.09%) Clustering
14 8 (1.09%) NHS
15 7 (0.95%) Derivative
15 7 (0.95%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 33 (4.49%) Windows
2 20 (2.72%) Linux
3 13 (1.77%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.82%) Unix
5 5 (0.68%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.41%) Android
6 3 (0.41%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.14%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 398 (54.15%) Business Intelligence
2 366 (49.80%) Data Visualisation
3 363 (49.39%) Analytics
4 208 (28.30%) Data Modelling
5 205 (27.89%) Decision-Making
6 198 (26.94%) Agile
7 169 (22.99%) Problem-Solving
8 166 (22.59%) AI
9 152 (20.68%) Data Analysis
10 143 (19.46%) Stakeholder Management
11 139 (18.91%) Actionable Insight
12 129 (17.55%) Validation
13 126 (17.14%) Continuous Improvement
14 118 (16.05%) Dashboard Development
15 114 (15.51%) Data Engineering
15 114 (15.51%) Data Pipeline
16 112 (15.24%) Data Governance
17 110 (14.97%) ETL
18 109 (14.83%) Data Science
19 96 (13.06%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 367 (49.93%) SQL
2 259 (35.24%) Python
3 74 (10.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 53 (7.21%) R
5 51 (6.94%) JavaScript
6 39 (5.31%) Java
7 36 (4.90%) C#
8 23 (3.13%) TypeScript
9 17 (2.31%) PowerShell
10 14 (1.90%) C++
11 13 (1.77%) T-SQL
12 12 (1.63%) Scala
13 10 (1.36%) PL/SQL
14 8 (1.09%) Bash
15 7 (0.95%) VBA
16 6 (0.82%) Cypher
16 6 (0.82%) Search Processing Language
17 5 (0.68%) Gremlin
18 3 (0.41%) Go
18 3 (0.41%) Korn
Qualifications
1 153 (20.82%) Security Cleared
2 112 (15.24%) SC Cleared
3 83 (11.29%) Degree
4 27 (3.67%) BPSS Clearance
5 18 (2.45%) DV Cleared
6 17 (2.31%) Azure Certification
7 13 (1.77%) Computer Science Degree
8 12 (1.63%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (1.09%) Master's Degree
10 5 (0.68%) PhD
11 4 (0.54%) Postgraduate
11 4 (0.54%) Six Sigma Green Belt
12 3 (0.41%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.41%) PMI Certification
12 3 (0.41%) PMP
12 3 (0.41%) SnowPro
13 2 (0.27%) APMG
13 2 (0.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.27%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 1 (0.14%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 186 (25.31%) Data Quality
2 45 (6.12%) QA
3 30 (4.08%) GDPR
4 26 (3.54%) Accessibility
5 14 (1.90%) PMO
6 10 (1.36%) Actionable Recommendations
7 7 (0.95%) GMP
8 5 (0.68%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 5 (0.68%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 5 (0.68%) GRC
8 5 (0.68%) GxP
8 5 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 17025
8 5 (0.68%) WCAG
9 2 (0.27%) Basel III
9 2 (0.27%) Solvency II
10 1 (0.14%) COBIT
10 1 (0.14%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.14%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.14%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.14%) P3O
System Software
1 22 (2.99%) Docker
2 16 (2.18%) 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
5 1 (0.14%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 17 (2.31%) Grafana
2 15 (2.04%) Kubernetes
3 9 (1.22%) Kibana
4 8 (1.09%) SCCM
5 6 (0.82%) Ansible
6 5 (0.68%) 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 (0.14%) Argo
9 1 (0.14%) Fluentd
9 1 (0.14%) logstash
9 1 (0.14%) Network Intrusion Detection System
9 1 (0.14%) QRadar
Vendors
1 153 (20.82%) Microsoft
2 68 (9.25%) Databricks
3 47 (6.39%) SAP
4 39 (5.31%) Google
5 38 (5.17%) Oracle
6 26 (3.54%) ServiceNow
7 21 (2.86%) Adobe
8 20 (2.72%) Dynatrace
9 19 (2.59%) Splunk
10 14 (1.90%) Salesforce
11 12 (1.63%) Alteryx
11 12 (1.63%) Palantir
12 9 (1.22%) Informatica
12 9 (1.22%) Remedy
13 8 (1.09%) BMC
14 6 (0.82%) SnapLogic
15 5 (0.68%) Foundry
16 4 (0.54%) Ariba
16 4 (0.54%) UiPath
16 4 (0.54%) VMware