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

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 147 99 145
Rank change year-on-year -48 +46 +1
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 833 757 739
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.82% 2.59% 1.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.13% 2.86% 1.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 519 503 495
10th Percentile £328 £330 £321
25th Percentile £413 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.16% -5.00% -0.94%
75th Percentile £589 £588 £575
90th Percentile £725 £675 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £484 £452 £459
% change year-on-year +7.02% -1.47% -3.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 29 39
10th Percentile £18.91 £22.67 £20.49
25th Percentile £35.56 £26.25 £27.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £33.11 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +88.76% -28.30% -28.95%
75th Percentile £67.50 £58.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £67.74 £73.20
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £32.23 £55.00
% change year-on-year +101.71% -41.41% -15.38%

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 39,019 26,482 37,961
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.25% 90.62% 86.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,692 17,180 24,590
10th Percentile £315 £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 £744 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £487 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -0.10% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,316 1,006 2,380
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.99 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.38 £19.05 £16.00
Median hourly rate £36.71 £31.04 £33.07
Median % change year-on-year +18.27% -6.12% -8.15%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.75 £57.58
90th Percentile £77.75 £75.38 £70.66
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.00 £29.12 £33.03
% change year-on-year +27.08% -11.86% -6.76%

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 11 April 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 11 April 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 11 April 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 -38 732 £492 +3.58% 455
London -36 407 £496 -0.85% 160
UK excluding London -54 324 £484 +7.02% 379
Work from Home -21 272 £488 +5.41% 170
North of England -60 97 £463 - 87
Midlands -28 71 £500 +21.21% 80
North West -18 59 £420 -10.40% 46
South East -37 52 £500 +5.26% 118
West Midlands -39 52 £500 +19.40% 37
South West -31 40 £488 +2.63% 42
East of England -32 36 £545 +17.33% 25
Yorkshire -44 35 £480 +12.94% 26
Scotland -4 27 £463 +1.37% 15
East Midlands -25 19 £450 +22.62% 43
North East -22 6 £438 -10.26% 17
Northern Ireland -1 3 £463 +8.82% 9
Wales -13 1 - - 15

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 50 (6.00%) Apache Spark
2 25 (3.00%) Apache
3 21 (2.52%) Confluence
4 20 (2.40%) Apache Airflow
4 20 (2.40%) SharePoint
5 11 (1.32%) Apache Superset
6 7 (0.84%) Jupyter
7 6 (0.72%) SAS
8 5 (0.60%) OpenStack
9 3 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.24%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.24%) CMS
10 2 (0.24%) GeoServer
10 2 (0.24%) Luigi
10 2 (0.24%) Palantir Foundry
10 2 (0.24%) Smallworld
11 1 (0.12%) Drupal
11 1 (0.12%) Oracle Application Server
11 1 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 122 (14.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (2.16%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (2.04%) MS Visio
4 15 (1.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 13 (1.56%) Chatbot
6 10 (1.20%) Microsoft Project
7 9 (1.08%) Spreadsheet
8 5 (0.60%) Adobe Illustrator
8 5 (0.60%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.24%) CPLEX
9 2 (0.24%) InDesign
10 1 (0.12%) 3ds Max
10 1 (0.12%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.12%) Blender
10 1 (0.12%) CINEMA 4D
10 1 (0.12%) Maya
10 1 (0.12%) SOLIDWORKS
10 1 (0.12%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 14 (1.68%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.48%) Adobe Campaign
3 4 (0.48%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.36%) Eloqua
4 3 (0.36%) iTrent
4 3 (0.36%) Primavera
5 2 (0.24%) IntelliMatch
5 2 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.24%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.12%) Advent Geneva
6 1 (0.12%) Maximo
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%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.12%) Sprinklr
6 1 (0.12%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 370 (44.42%) Power Platform
2 173 (20.77%) Azure
3 158 (18.97%) AWS
4 59 (7.08%) GCP
5 52 (6.24%) Azure Data Factory
6 42 (5.04%) Snowflake
7 39 (4.68%) Serverless
8 30 (3.60%) AWS Lambda
9 29 (3.48%) Amazon S3
10 28 (3.36%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 25 (3.00%) Azure DevOps
11 25 (3.00%) dbt
11 25 (3.00%) Power Automate
12 18 (2.16%) PowerApps
13 15 (1.80%) GitHub
14 13 (1.56%) Google Workspace
15 12 (1.44%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 12 (1.44%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 11 (1.32%) Amazon EC2
16 11 (1.32%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.80%) TCP/IP
2 14 (1.68%) Ethernet
3 6 (0.72%) Firewall
4 3 (0.36%) Wireless
5 2 (0.24%) 2G
5 2 (0.24%) 5G
5 2 (0.24%) DNS
5 2 (0.24%) Fibre Channel
5 2 (0.24%) Internet
5 2 (0.24%) LTE
5 2 (0.24%) Mobile Backhaul
5 2 (0.24%) Network Security
5 2 (0.24%) SAN
5 2 (0.24%) SMS
5 2 (0.24%) SNMP
5 2 (0.24%) VoIP
6 1 (0.12%) DSL
6 1 (0.12%) Intranet
6 1 (0.12%) LAN
6 1 (0.12%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 369 (44.30%) Power BI
2 174 (20.89%) Tableau
3 110 (13.21%) Data Warehouse
4 46 (5.52%) Big Data
5 44 (5.28%) Relational Database
6 43 (5.16%) Metadata
7 40 (4.80%) Power Query
8 33 (3.96%) Looker
9 32 (3.84%) SQL Server
10 30 (3.60%) Hadoop
11 29 (3.48%) Data Lake
12 27 (3.24%) BigQuery
13 25 (3.00%) PostgreSQL
14 21 (2.52%) Oracle Reports
15 20 (2.40%) NoSQL
16 19 (2.28%) Elasticsearch
17 17 (2.04%) Snowflake Schema
18 16 (1.92%) MySQL
19 15 (1.80%) Star Schema
20 14 (1.68%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 58 (6.96%) Git
2 40 (4.80%) JIRA
3 18 (2.16%) Jenkins
4 15 (1.80%) Visual Studio
5 14 (1.68%) Eclipse
6 8 (0.96%) MLflow
7 4 (0.48%) ERwin
7 4 (0.48%) GitLab
8 3 (0.36%) Terragrunt
9 2 (0.24%) Charles Proxy
9 2 (0.24%) Postman
10 1 (0.12%) git-flow
10 1 (0.12%) NUnit
10 1 (0.12%) Selenium
10 1 (0.12%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.12%) SpecFlow
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
1 300 (36.01%) Social Skills
2 255 (30.61%) Analytical Skills
3 229 (27.49%) Finance
4 95 (11.40%) Public Sector
5 62 (7.44%) Banking
6 40 (4.80%) Retail
7 34 (4.08%) Marketing
8 24 (2.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 23 (2.76%) Documentation Skills
10 19 (2.28%) Presentation Skills
10 19 (2.28%) Publishing
11 18 (2.16%) Military
12 16 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
13 14 (1.68%) Front Office
13 14 (1.68%) Law
14 12 (1.44%) Influencing Skills
15 11 (1.32%) Pharmaceutical
16 10 (1.20%) Legal
17 9 (1.08%) Investment Banking
18 8 (0.96%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 214 (25.69%) Analyst
2 131 (15.73%) Developer
3 116 (13.93%) Data Analyst
4 114 (13.69%) Senior
5 106 (12.73%) Data Engineer
6 57 (6.84%) Data Scientist
7 56 (6.72%) Lead
8 48 (5.76%) Business Analyst
9 47 (5.64%) Consultant
10 42 (5.04%) Architect
10 42 (5.04%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 35 (4.20%) Senior Analyst
12 30 (3.60%) Power BI Developer
13 23 (2.76%) Senior Data Engineer
14 22 (2.64%) Business Intelligence Analyst
14 22 (2.64%) Software Engineer
15 19 (2.28%) Data Business Analyst
15 19 (2.28%) Designer
16 16 (1.92%) Performance Analyst
16 16 (1.92%) Senior Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (6.84%) Pandas
2 48 (5.76%) React
3 37 (4.44%) NumPy
4 35 (4.20%) Kafka
5 33 (3.96%) scikit-learn
6 31 (3.72%) Node.js
7 30 (3.60%) REST
8 26 (3.12%) AngularJS
9 23 (2.76%) PySpark
10 22 (2.64%) Web Services
11 21 (2.52%) Elastic Stack
11 21 (2.52%) Plotly
11 21 (2.52%) Vue
12 20 (2.40%) Matplotlib
13 19 (2.28%) .NET
14 17 (2.04%) Seaborn
15 15 (1.80%) JSON
15 15 (1.80%) TensorFlow
16 13 (1.56%) OpenTelemetry
16 13 (1.56%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 41 (4.92%) Data Structures
2 37 (4.44%) Algorithms
3 35 (4.20%) Cloud Native
4 26 (3.12%) Product Ownership
5 25 (3.00%) Management Information System
6 24 (2.88%) Analytical Mindset
7 15 (1.80%) Self-Motivation
8 13 (1.56%) Virtual Team
9 11 (1.32%) Data Protection Act
9 11 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
10 10 (1.20%) Onboarding
11 9 (1.08%) Distributed Systems
11 9 (1.08%) Marketing Technology
12 8 (0.96%) AI Agents
12 8 (0.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 8 (0.96%) PMI
13 7 (0.84%) Derivative
13 7 (0.84%) Hybrid Cloud
13 7 (0.84%) NHS
13 7 (0.84%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 36 (4.32%) Linux
2 27 (3.24%) Windows
3 12 (1.44%) Unix
4 5 (0.60%) Mac OS
5 4 (0.48%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.24%) Android
7 2 (0.24%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 418 (50.18%) Data Visualisation
2 414 (49.70%) Business Intelligence
3 340 (40.82%) Analytics
4 244 (29.29%) Data Modelling
5 223 (26.77%) Problem-Solving
6 221 (26.53%) Decision-Making
7 208 (24.97%) Agile
8 171 (20.53%) Actionable Insight
9 162 (19.45%) Data Analysis
10 144 (17.29%) Data Pipeline
10 144 (17.29%) Data Science
11 135 (16.21%) AI
12 130 (15.61%) Validation
13 126 (15.13%) ETL
14 124 (14.89%) Data Governance
15 118 (14.17%) Dashboard Development
16 112 (13.45%) Data Engineering
17 106 (12.73%) CI/CD
18 101 (12.12%) Machine Learning
19 97 (11.64%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 398 (47.78%) SQL
2 293 (35.17%) Python
3 74 (8.88%) R
4 57 (6.84%) JavaScript
5 55 (6.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 41 (4.92%) C#
7 31 (3.72%) TypeScript
8 29 (3.48%) Java
9 25 (3.00%) C++
10 21 (2.52%) Scala
11 17 (2.04%) PowerShell
12 13 (1.56%) VBA
13 9 (1.08%) Perl
14 7 (0.84%) Bash
14 7 (0.84%) PL/SQL
15 6 (0.72%) PHP
15 6 (0.72%) Rust
15 6 (0.72%) T-SQL
16 5 (0.60%) Groovy
17 4 (0.48%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 169 (20.29%) Security Cleared
2 137 (16.45%) SC Cleared
3 76 (9.12%) Degree
4 25 (3.00%) Master's Degree
5 21 (2.52%) Computer Science Degree
6 19 (2.28%) BPSS Clearance
7 16 (1.92%) Azure Certification
8 11 (1.32%) DV Cleared
9 9 (1.08%) PMI Certification
10 7 (0.84%) AWS Certification
11 6 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (0.60%) CISM
12 5 (0.60%) CISSP
13 4 (0.48%) MBA
13 4 (0.48%) PhD
13 4 (0.48%) Tableau Certification
13 4 (0.48%) TOGAF Certification
14 3 (0.36%) CBAP
14 3 (0.36%) CFA
15 2 (0.24%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 154 (18.49%) Data Quality
2 50 (6.00%) QA
3 33 (3.96%) Accessibility
4 26 (3.12%) GDPR
5 25 (3.00%) PMO
6 17 (2.04%) Actionable Recommendations
7 7 (0.84%) SLA
8 6 (0.72%) WCAG
9 5 (0.60%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 4 (0.48%) Disclosure Scotland
10 4 (0.48%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.24%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.24%) ISO 8583
11 2 (0.24%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.24%) NIST
11 2 (0.24%) PERC
12 1 (0.12%) EMIR
12 1 (0.12%) ISO 14001
12 1 (0.12%) P3O
12 1 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 32 (3.84%) Docker
2 8 (0.96%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.48%) HDFS
4 2 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.24%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 47 (5.64%) Kubernetes
2 38 (4.56%) Terraform
3 26 (3.12%) Kibana
4 21 (2.52%) Grafana
5 20 (2.40%) Ansible
6 18 (2.16%) logstash
6 18 (2.16%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.84%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 5 (0.60%) SCCM
9 3 (0.36%) SysTrack
10 2 (0.24%) Cilium
10 2 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.24%) vMotion
10 2 (0.24%) vRealize
11 1 (0.12%) Cacti
11 1 (0.12%) collectd
11 1 (0.12%) HP ALM
11 1 (0.12%) Network Intrusion Detection System
11 1 (0.12%) PowerCLI
11 1 (0.12%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 135 (16.21%) Microsoft
2 76 (9.12%) Databricks
3 50 (6.00%) Google
4 41 (4.92%) Oracle
5 33 (3.96%) SAP
6 27 (3.24%) ServiceNow
7 23 (2.76%) Salesforce
8 18 (2.16%) Splunk
9 17 (2.04%) Sage
10 14 (1.68%) Adobe
11 10 (1.20%) Dynatrace
12 9 (1.08%) Cisco
13 8 (0.96%) Amplitude
13 8 (0.96%) Informatica
14 7 (0.84%) BiZZdesign
14 7 (0.84%) Cognos
14 7 (0.84%) MicroStrategy
14 7 (0.84%) OpenAI
15 6 (0.72%) AppDynamics
15 6 (0.72%) Apple