Visualisation Contracts

Visualization
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Visualisation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Visualisation over the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 127 150
Rank change year-on-year +18 +23 +6
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 759 776 1,000
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.45% 1.79% 1.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.69% 2.10% 2.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 464 505 600
10th Percentile £313 £313 £313
25th Percentile £388 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.61% -2.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £625
90th Percentile £675 £675 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £453 £461
% change year-on-year -0.55% -1.90% -7.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 53 63
10th Percentile £23.50 £21.40 £21.25
25th Percentile £31.64 £41.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £46.18 £65.00 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -28.95% +40.75% +4.66%
75th Percentile £63.75 - £65.38
90th Percentile £65.00 £67.00 £68.20
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £65.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year -23.08% +40.75% +7.48%

All Process and 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 28,184 37,006 49,957
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.85% 85.27% 89.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,766 23,597 34,412
10th Percentile £300 £300 £325
25th Percentile £405 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.86% -4.55% +1.38%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,384 2,548 1,711
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.75 £11.87
25th Percentile £17.44 £16.06 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.93% +4.17% +38.46%
75th Percentile £53.88 £61.30 £64.81
90th Percentile £70.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.66 £38.12 £35.00
% change year-on-year -35.31% +8.91% +64.71%

Visualisation
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Visualisation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Visualisation in the UK

Visualisation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Visualisation.

Daily rate trend for Visualisation in the UK

Visualisation
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Visualisation over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Visualisation in the UK

Visualisation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Visualisation.

Hourly rate trend for Visualisation in the UK

Visualisation
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Visualisation over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Visualisation in the UK

Visualisation
Top 17 Contract 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 2 July 2025. 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 +14 656 £469 -6.25% 3,820
London +24 364 £500 - 2,513
UK excluding London +33 317 £450 -0.55% 1,512
Work from Home +5 227 £447 -8.78% 1,520
North of England +2 85 £450 - 373
Midlands +9 57 £400 -11.11% 219
South East +47 48 £550 +14.11% 406
Yorkshire +7 45 £403 -10.56% 130
East of England +30 42 £538 +25.00% 119
West Midlands +9 42 £419 -14.10% 136
Scotland 0 39 £450 -3.23% 159
South West +29 37 £430 -16.20% 175
North West -7 30 £463 +2.78% 211
East Midlands +8 15 £375 -9.09% 82
North East -2 10 £450 - 34
Wales +6 5 £393 +145.31% 42
Northern Ireland -9 4 £425 +6.25% 34

Visualisation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 38 (5.01%) SharePoint
2 36 (4.74%) Apache Spark
3 25 (3.29%) Apache Airflow
4 23 (3.03%) Confluence
5 20 (2.64%) Apache
6 15 (1.98%) SAS
7 4 (0.53%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.40%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.26%) R Markdown
10 1 (0.13%) IBM Domino
10 1 (0.13%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.13%) TPMS
Applications
1 98 (12.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (4.08%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (3.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (2.11%) Oracle Smart View
5 10 (1.32%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.79%) Adobe Captivate
6 6 (0.79%) Maya
7 5 (0.66%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (0.40%) Sketch
8 3 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.26%) Maple
9 2 (0.26%) SketchUp
9 2 (0.26%) SOLIDWORKS
10 1 (0.13%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.13%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.13%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.13%) Siemens NX
10 1 (0.13%) Simulink
10 1 (0.13%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 7 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.66%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (0.40%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (0.40%) Oracle Financials
3 3 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.26%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.26%) Shopify
4 2 (0.26%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.13%) Bloomberg AIM
5 1 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.13%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 1 (0.13%) Magento
5 1 (0.13%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.13%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.13%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 333 (43.87%) Power Platform
2 171 (22.53%) Azure
3 119 (15.68%) AWS
4 68 (8.96%) GCP
5 51 (6.72%) Azure Data Factory
6 43 (5.67%) Snowflake
7 34 (4.48%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 34 (4.48%) dbt
8 32 (4.22%) Cloud Computing
9 26 (3.43%) PowerApps
10 24 (3.16%) OCI
10 24 (3.16%) Power Automate
11 23 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
12 22 (2.90%) Amazon S3
13 21 (2.77%) Azure DevOps
13 21 (2.77%) Serverless
14 19 (2.50%) GitHub
15 18 (2.37%) AWS Lambda
16 13 (1.71%) Azure Machine Learning
17 12 (1.58%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.45%) Ethernet
1 11 (1.45%) TCP/IP
2 4 (0.53%) NAS
2 4 (0.53%) SAN
3 3 (0.40%) MQTT
4 2 (0.26%) DNS
4 2 (0.26%) Internet
4 2 (0.26%) Wireless
5 1 (0.13%) Intranet
5 1 (0.13%) Modbus
5 1 (0.13%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 327 (43.08%) Power BI
2 202 (26.61%) Tableau
3 117 (15.42%) Data Warehouse
4 47 (6.19%) Relational Database
5 45 (5.93%) Big Data
6 39 (5.14%) SQL Server
7 38 (5.01%) BigQuery
8 34 (4.48%) Hadoop
8 34 (4.48%) Power Query
9 33 (4.35%) Data Lake
9 33 (4.35%) NoSQL
10 31 (4.08%) Oracle Reports
11 29 (3.82%) Looker
12 26 (3.43%) Metadata
12 26 (3.43%) MongoDB
13 23 (3.03%) PostgreSQL
14 19 (2.50%) Amazon Redshift
14 19 (2.50%) GIS
15 18 (2.37%) Geospatial Data
15 18 (2.37%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 37 (4.87%) JIRA
2 29 (3.82%) Git
3 11 (1.45%) Eclipse
3 11 (1.45%) Visual Studio
4 10 (1.32%) GitLab
5 9 (1.19%) Jenkins
5 9 (1.19%) JUnit
6 6 (0.79%) Oracle Forms
7 5 (0.66%) Terragrunt
8 4 (0.53%) Liquibase
8 4 (0.53%) Postman
8 4 (0.53%) Selenium
9 3 (0.40%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.40%) ERwin
9 3 (0.40%) JMeter
9 3 (0.40%) REST Assured
9 3 (0.40%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 3 (0.40%) TestNG
9 3 (0.40%) Travis CI
10 2 (0.26%) GDB
General
1 326 (42.95%) Social Skills
2 222 (29.25%) Analytical Skills
3 189 (24.90%) Finance
4 60 (7.91%) Public Sector
5 59 (7.77%) Banking
6 44 (5.80%) Presentation Skills
7 32 (4.22%) Marketing
8 30 (3.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 26 (3.43%) Retail
10 22 (2.90%) Telecoms
11 21 (2.77%) Organisational Skills
12 16 (2.11%) Military
13 15 (1.98%) Local Government
14 13 (1.71%) Games
14 13 (1.71%) Manufacturing
15 11 (1.45%) Investment Banking
16 10 (1.32%) Automotive
16 10 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
16 10 (1.32%) Financial Institution
16 10 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 232 (30.57%) Analyst
2 141 (18.58%) Data Analyst
3 124 (16.34%) Developer
4 100 (13.18%) Data Engineer
5 95 (12.52%) Senior
6 50 (6.59%) Architect
7 43 (5.67%) Lead
8 39 (5.14%) Business Analyst
8 39 (5.14%) Data Scientist
9 34 (4.48%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 29 (3.82%) Data Architect
10 29 (3.82%) Power BI Developer
11 24 (3.16%) Senior Developer
12 23 (3.03%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 23 (3.03%) Senior Analyst
13 22 (2.90%) Consultant
14 20 (2.64%) Senior Data Engineer
15 17 (2.24%) Software Engineer
16 16 (2.11%) Data Manager
16 16 (2.11%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (5.14%) React
2 32 (4.22%) Pandas
3 30 (3.95%) CSS
4 27 (3.56%) scikit-learn
4 27 (3.56%) TensorFlow
5 24 (3.16%) NumPy
6 23 (3.03%) HTML
7 21 (2.77%) PySpark
7 21 (2.77%) PyTorch
8 20 (2.64%) Matplotlib
9 19 (2.50%) Oracle Fusion
10 18 (2.37%) REST
11 17 (2.24%) Node.js
11 17 (2.24%) Plotly
11 17 (2.24%) Web Services
12 16 (2.11%) AngularJS
13 15 (1.98%) Seaborn
14 14 (1.84%) Kafka
15 11 (1.45%) Unreal Engine
16 10 (1.32%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 63 (8.30%) Algorithms
2 25 (3.29%) Data Structures
3 22 (2.90%) Product Ownership
4 19 (2.50%) Management Information System
5 16 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
6 13 (1.71%) Cloud Native
7 12 (1.58%) Analytical Mindset
8 10 (1.32%) Onboarding
8 10 (1.32%) Virtual Team
9 9 (1.19%) Data Protection Act
9 9 (1.19%) IoT
10 8 (1.05%) Distributed Computing
10 8 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
10 8 (1.05%) NHS
10 8 (1.05%) Replication
10 8 (1.05%) Security Posture
11 7 (0.92%) Greenfield Project
12 6 (0.79%) Animation
12 6 (0.79%) Cyber Security Posture
12 6 (0.79%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 26 (3.43%) Linux
2 21 (2.77%) Windows
3 7 (0.92%) Unix
4 4 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.40%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.26%) Android
6 2 (0.26%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 409 (53.89%) Data Visualisation
2 346 (45.59%) Business Intelligence
3 272 (35.84%) Analytics
4 214 (28.19%) Data Analysis
5 208 (27.40%) Data Modelling
6 204 (26.88%) Problem-Solving
7 199 (26.22%) Decision-Making
8 172 (22.66%) Agile
9 133 (17.52%) Actionable Insight
10 130 (17.13%) ETL
11 125 (16.47%) Data Science
12 117 (15.42%) Machine Learning
13 102 (13.44%) Data Pipeline
14 99 (13.04%) Data Governance
15 90 (11.86%) CI/CD
16 84 (11.07%) Artificial Intelligence
17 83 (10.94%) Data Engineering
17 83 (10.94%) Data Integration
18 79 (10.41%) Data Management
19 78 (10.28%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 398 (52.44%) SQL
2 264 (34.78%) Python
3 67 (8.83%) R
4 63 (8.30%) JavaScript
5 49 (6.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 35 (4.61%) Java
7 26 (3.43%) C#
8 23 (3.03%) C++
9 15 (1.98%) TypeScript
10 14 (1.84%) PowerShell
11 13 (1.71%) Scala
12 10 (1.32%) PL/SQL
13 9 (1.19%) T-SQL
14 6 (0.79%) MATLAB
15 5 (0.66%) Bash
16 4 (0.53%) PHP
16 4 (0.53%) Shell Script
16 4 (0.53%) VBA
17 2 (0.26%) Perl
17 2 (0.26%) VB
Qualifications
1 111 (14.62%) Security Cleared
2 106 (13.97%) Degree
3 82 (10.80%) SC Cleared
4 28 (3.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (3.03%) Master's Degree
6 15 (1.98%) PhD
7 9 (1.19%) Azure Certification
7 9 (1.19%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (0.79%) AWS Certification
8 6 (0.79%) DV Cleared
8 6 (0.79%) PMI Certification
9 5 (0.66%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (0.53%) CISSP
10 4 (0.53%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (0.53%) PMP
10 4 (0.53%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 3 (0.40%) ACCA
11 3 (0.40%) CBAP
11 3 (0.40%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 134 (17.65%) Data Quality
2 30 (3.95%) Accessibility
3 29 (3.82%) QA
4 26 (3.43%) GDPR
5 15 (1.98%) Actionable Recommendations
6 7 (0.92%) Disclosure Scotland
7 6 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (0.79%) PMO
8 4 (0.53%) WCAG
9 3 (0.40%) NIST
10 2 (0.26%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 2 (0.26%) GRC
10 2 (0.26%) GxP
11 1 (0.13%) COSHH
11 1 (0.13%) EMIR
11 1 (0.13%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.13%) HL7
11 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.13%) MiFID
11 1 (0.13%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 21 (2.77%) Docker
2 7 (0.92%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.53%) Veritas Cluster Server
4 4 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.13%) Firmware
5 1 (0.13%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 35 (4.61%) Terraform
2 22 (2.90%) Kubernetes
3 16 (2.11%) Grafana
4 13 (1.71%) Kibana
5 8 (1.05%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (0.92%) logstash
7 5 (0.66%) Ansible
7 5 (0.66%) SCCM
8 3 (0.40%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.40%) Puppet
9 2 (0.26%) HP Data Protector
9 2 (0.26%) Istio
9 2 (0.26%) Kustomize
9 2 (0.26%) NetBackup
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle RMAN
10 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 151 (19.89%) Microsoft
2 63 (8.30%) Databricks
3 53 (6.98%) Oracle
4 48 (6.32%) Google
5 30 (3.95%) SAP
6 26 (3.43%) ServiceNow
7 25 (3.29%) Adobe
8 14 (1.84%) Splunk
9 13 (1.71%) Salesforce
10 9 (1.19%) Alteryx
10 9 (1.19%) Dynatrace
10 9 (1.19%) Foundry
10 9 (1.19%) Palantir
10 9 (1.19%) Talend
11 8 (1.05%) Teradata
12 7 (0.92%) Ariba
12 7 (0.92%) Informatica
13 6 (0.79%) Autodesk
13 6 (0.79%) MicroStrategy
13 6 (0.79%) Veritas