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

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 171 104 142
Rank change year-on-year -67 +38 +13
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 772 744 725
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.55% 2.54% 1.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.83% 2.79% 1.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 477 458 482
10th Percentile £328 £315 £313
25th Percentile £403 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £463 £478
Median % change year-on-year +5.41% -3.14% -4.50%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £575
90th Percentile £705 £675 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +5.56% - -2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 40 42
10th Percentile £21.72 £22.45 £20.58
25th Percentile £35.09 £31.60 £41.25
Median hourly rate £61.50 £36.24 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +69.70% -39.60% -4.00%
75th Percentile £69.28 £55.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £66.37 £70.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £36.97 £65.00
% change year-on-year +75.82% -43.12% +1.56%

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 42,104 26,621 36,920
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.75% 90.94% 85.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,283 16,896 23,594
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.49% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,537 1,167 2,565
10th Percentile £14.68 £14.20 £12.75
25th Percentile £20.00 £17.87 £16.00
Median hourly rate £43.96 £27.50 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.85% -24.66% +1.67%
75th Percentile £67.89 £56.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £81.24 £73.75 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +78.93% -34.02% +8.91%

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 9 June 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 9 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Visualisation in the UK

Visualisation
Top 16 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 9 June 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 -67 690 £488 +4.84% 382
London -39 367 £488 -2.50% 143
UK excluding London -74 320 £475 +5.56% 300
Work from Home -24 257 £491 +9.17% 150
North of England -62 106 £438 -3.85% 87
Midlands -55 62 £525 +31.25% 46
North West -20 57 £420 -9.19% 54
South East -42 56 £500 -9.09% 86
West Midlands -52 49 £550 +33.33% 29
South West -17 47 £475 - 47
Yorkshire -56 44 £463 +15.63% 26
Scotland -13 26 £413 -8.03% 8
East of England -43 25 £565 -5.83% 19
East Midlands -30 13 £488 +30.00% 17
North East -30 6 £448 -8.21% 9
Northern Ireland 0 1 £463 +8.82% 8

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 42 (5.44%) Apache Spark
2 18 (2.33%) Apache
3 17 (2.20%) Confluence
4 16 (2.07%) Apache Airflow
5 14 (1.81%) SharePoint
6 11 (1.42%) Apache Superset
7 5 (0.65%) CMS
8 4 (0.52%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.52%) OpenStack
8 4 (0.52%) SAS
9 3 (0.39%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (0.39%) Palantir Foundry
10 2 (0.26%) GeoServer
10 2 (0.26%) Luigi
10 2 (0.26%) Smallworld
11 1 (0.13%) Oracle Application Server
11 1 (0.13%) R Markdown
11 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 123 (15.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (2.33%) MS Visio
3 14 (1.81%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (1.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (1.17%) Chatbot
6 8 (1.04%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (1.04%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.65%) Adobe Illustrator
7 5 (0.65%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.26%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.26%) CPLEX
8 2 (0.26%) EPLAN
8 2 (0.26%) InDesign
8 2 (0.26%) Notion
9 1 (0.13%) 3ds Max
9 1 (0.13%) Maya
9 1 (0.13%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 21 (2.72%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.42%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.91%) Primavera
3 7 (0.91%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.52%) Adobe Campaign
5 3 (0.39%) Eloqua
5 3 (0.39%) iTrent
5 3 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.26%) IntelliMatch
6 2 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.26%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.13%) Advent Geneva
7 1 (0.13%) FLEXCUBE
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.13%) ResourceLink
7 1 (0.13%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.13%) SAP MDM
7 1 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.13%) Sprinklr
7 1 (0.13%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 365 (47.28%) Power Platform
2 155 (20.08%) Azure
3 133 (17.23%) AWS
4 52 (6.74%) Snowflake
5 48 (6.22%) GCP
6 43 (5.57%) Azure Data Factory
7 27 (3.50%) Azure DevOps
7 27 (3.50%) Serverless
8 25 (3.24%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 23 (2.98%) dbt
10 22 (2.85%) Amazon S3
11 21 (2.72%) GitHub
12 19 (2.46%) AWS Lambda
12 19 (2.46%) Power Automate
13 16 (2.07%) PowerApps
14 11 (1.42%) Adobe Analytics
15 10 (1.30%) Amazon EC2
15 10 (1.30%) Microsoft 365
15 10 (1.30%) SaaS
15 10 (1.30%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.68%) TCP/IP
2 12 (1.55%) Ethernet
3 6 (0.78%) Firewall
4 4 (0.52%) DNS
5 3 (0.39%) Wireless
6 2 (0.26%) DHCP
6 2 (0.26%) Fibre Channel
6 2 (0.26%) Internet
6 2 (0.26%) Network Security
6 2 (0.26%) PCoIP
6 2 (0.26%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (0.26%) SAN
6 2 (0.26%) SMS
7 1 (0.13%) Intranet
7 1 (0.13%) LAN
7 1 (0.13%) Modbus
7 1 (0.13%) SNMP
7 1 (0.13%) SSH
7 1 (0.13%) VPN
7 1 (0.13%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 359 (46.50%) Power BI
2 175 (22.67%) Tableau
3 104 (13.47%) Data Warehouse
4 50 (6.48%) Relational Database
5 47 (6.09%) Power Query
6 42 (5.44%) Big Data
7 41 (5.31%) Metadata
8 36 (4.66%) SQL Server
9 33 (4.27%) Data Lake
10 32 (4.15%) Looker
11 28 (3.63%) PostgreSQL
12 26 (3.37%) Hadoop
13 25 (3.24%) BigQuery
14 19 (2.46%) NoSQL
15 16 (2.07%) Snowflake Schema
16 14 (1.81%) Geospatial Data
16 14 (1.81%) Star Schema
17 12 (1.55%) Oracle Reports
18 11 (1.42%) MySQL
18 11 (1.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 51 (6.61%) Git
2 39 (5.05%) JIRA
3 13 (1.68%) Visual Studio
4 12 (1.55%) Eclipse
5 9 (1.17%) Jenkins
6 8 (1.04%) MLflow
7 6 (0.78%) GitLab
8 4 (0.52%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.52%) ERwin
9 3 (0.39%) Terragrunt
10 2 (0.26%) Charles Proxy
10 2 (0.26%) JMeter
10 2 (0.26%) Selenium
10 2 (0.26%) WebDriver
11 1 (0.13%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.13%) Flyway
11 1 (0.13%) git-flow
11 1 (0.13%) JUnit
11 1 (0.13%) Oracle Forms
11 1 (0.13%) TeamCity
General
1 253 (32.77%) Analytical Skills
2 237 (30.70%) Social Skills
3 193 (25.00%) Finance
4 68 (8.81%) Public Sector
5 62 (8.03%) Banking
6 37 (4.79%) Retail
7 36 (4.66%) Marketing
8 27 (3.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 21 (2.72%) Documentation Skills
10 16 (2.07%) Publishing
11 14 (1.81%) Manufacturing
11 14 (1.81%) Military
11 14 (1.81%) Pharmaceutical
12 13 (1.68%) Investment Banking
12 13 (1.68%) Law
12 13 (1.68%) Presentation Skills
13 9 (1.17%) Organisational Skills
14 8 (1.04%) Front Office
14 8 (1.04%) Legal
15 6 (0.78%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 205 (26.55%) Analyst
2 113 (14.64%) Data Analyst
3 111 (14.38%) Data Engineer
4 106 (13.73%) Developer
5 90 (11.66%) Senior
6 47 (6.09%) Consultant
7 46 (5.96%) Data Scientist
7 46 (5.96%) Lead
8 43 (5.57%) Business Analyst
9 36 (4.66%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 32 (4.15%) Architect
11 27 (3.50%) Senior Data Engineer
12 26 (3.37%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 26 (3.37%) Power BI Developer
13 19 (2.46%) Designer
14 17 (2.20%) Data Manager
14 17 (2.20%) SAP Consultant
15 16 (2.07%) Performance Analyst
16 15 (1.94%) Software Engineer
17 13 (1.68%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (6.09%) React
2 45 (5.83%) Pandas
3 34 (4.40%) Kafka
4 31 (4.02%) REST
5 25 (3.24%) Node.js
6 23 (2.98%) NumPy
7 21 (2.72%) PySpark
7 21 (2.72%) scikit-learn
8 18 (2.33%) .NET
9 17 (2.20%) HTML
10 16 (2.07%) AngularJS
10 16 (2.07%) JSON
10 16 (2.07%) Matplotlib
11 15 (1.94%) CSS
11 15 (1.94%) Web Services
12 14 (1.81%) OpenTelemetry
13 13 (1.68%) Elastic Stack
13 13 (1.68%) Seaborn
13 13 (1.68%) TensorFlow
13 13 (1.68%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 53 (6.87%) Data Structures
2 31 (4.02%) Cloud Native
3 27 (3.50%) Analytical Mindset
4 26 (3.37%) Algorithms
5 22 (2.85%) Management Information System
5 22 (2.85%) Product Ownership
6 16 (2.07%) Legacy Systems
7 14 (1.81%) Distributed Systems
8 13 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
9 11 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
10 10 (1.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 10 (1.30%) Virtual Team
11 9 (1.17%) AI Agents
12 8 (1.04%) Derivative
12 8 (1.04%) Life Science
12 8 (1.04%) Marketing Technology
12 8 (1.04%) PKI
13 7 (0.91%) Hybrid Cloud
13 7 (0.91%) NHS
13 7 (0.91%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 28 (3.63%) Linux
1 28 (3.63%) Windows
2 6 (0.78%) Apple iOS
2 6 (0.78%) Unix
2 6 (0.78%) Windows Server
3 3 (0.39%) Android
3 3 (0.39%) Mac OS
3 3 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 389 (50.39%) Business Intelligence
2 368 (47.67%) Data Visualisation
3 335 (43.39%) Analytics
4 221 (28.63%) Data Modelling
5 211 (27.33%) Decision-Making
6 206 (26.68%) Agile
7 197 (25.52%) Problem-Solving
8 153 (19.82%) AI
9 148 (19.17%) Data Pipeline
10 147 (19.04%) Actionable Insight
11 136 (17.62%) Validation
12 129 (16.71%) Data Science
12 129 (16.71%) ETL
13 127 (16.45%) Dashboard Development
14 121 (15.67%) Data Engineering
15 117 (15.16%) Data Analysis
15 117 (15.16%) Data Governance
16 110 (14.25%) Continuous Improvement
17 103 (13.34%) CI/CD
18 96 (12.44%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 390 (50.52%) SQL
2 289 (37.44%) Python
3 75 (9.72%) R
4 57 (7.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 51 (6.61%) JavaScript
6 41 (5.31%) Java
7 37 (4.79%) C#
7 37 (4.79%) TypeScript
8 22 (2.85%) PowerShell
9 19 (2.46%) C++
10 16 (2.07%) Scala
11 10 (1.30%) VBA
12 9 (1.17%) Perl
13 8 (1.04%) PL/SQL
13 8 (1.04%) T-SQL
14 7 (0.91%) Bash
15 6 (0.78%) Rust
16 4 (0.52%) MATLAB
17 3 (0.39%) C
17 3 (0.39%) PromQL
Qualifications
1 157 (20.34%) Security Cleared
2 128 (16.58%) SC Cleared
3 82 (10.62%) Degree
4 19 (2.46%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (2.33%) BPSS Clearance
5 18 (2.33%) Master's Degree
6 16 (2.07%) Azure Certification
6 16 (2.07%) DV Cleared
7 7 (0.91%) PMI Certification
8 6 (0.78%) AWS Certification
8 6 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (0.52%) MBA
9 4 (0.52%) Tableau Certification
9 4 (0.52%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 3 (0.39%) CBAP
10 3 (0.39%) SnowPro
11 2 (0.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (0.26%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 2 (0.26%) VCP6
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 154 (19.95%) Data Quality
2 52 (6.74%) QA
3 27 (3.50%) GDPR
4 22 (2.85%) PMO
5 21 (2.72%) Accessibility
6 12 (1.55%) Actionable Recommendations
7 7 (0.91%) SLA
8 5 (0.65%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 4 (0.52%) WCAG
10 2 (0.26%) Disclosure Scotland
10 2 (0.26%) GRC
10 2 (0.26%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.26%) ISO 8583
10 2 (0.26%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.26%) NIST
10 2 (0.26%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.26%) Solvency II
11 1 (0.13%) Basel III
11 1 (0.13%) P3O
11 1 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 25 (3.24%) Docker
2 14 (1.81%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.52%) VMware NSX
5 3 (0.39%) HDFS
6 2 (0.26%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.26%) VMware Workstation
6 2 (0.26%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 36 (4.66%) Terraform
2 34 (4.40%) Kubernetes
3 25 (3.24%) Grafana
4 18 (2.33%) Prometheus
5 16 (2.07%) Ansible
6 15 (1.94%) Kibana
7 9 (1.17%) logstash
8 8 (1.04%) SCCM
9 7 (0.91%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 2 (0.26%) Cilium
10 2 (0.26%) Packer
10 2 (0.26%) vMotion
10 2 (0.26%) vRealize
11 1 (0.13%) Fluentd
11 1 (0.13%) Istio
11 1 (0.13%) Kubeflow
11 1 (0.13%) Network Intrusion Detection System
11 1 (0.13%) PowerCLI
11 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.13%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 119 (15.41%) Microsoft
2 84 (10.88%) Databricks
3 45 (5.83%) Google
3 45 (5.83%) SAP
4 36 (4.66%) Oracle
5 21 (2.72%) ServiceNow
6 19 (2.46%) Adobe
7 15 (1.94%) Sage
8 14 (1.81%) Salesforce
9 13 (1.68%) Splunk
10 12 (1.55%) Dynatrace
11 10 (1.30%) Informatica
12 8 (1.04%) Alteryx
12 8 (1.04%) Amplitude
12 8 (1.04%) Remedy
13 6 (0.78%) Apple
13 6 (0.78%) BMC
13 6 (0.78%) OpenAI
13 6 (0.78%) VMware
14 5 (0.65%) Cognos