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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 213 104 108
Rank change year-on-year -109 +4 +28
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 743 837 800
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.36% 2.55% 2.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.61% 2.82% 2.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 431 523 468
10th Percentile £313 £325 £317
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -1.23%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £638
90th Percentile £694 £700 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £470 £451
% change year-on-year -4.26% +4.16% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 50 52
10th Percentile £22.03 £18.48 £24.53
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% +48.57%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 -
90th Percentile £70.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £54.40 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year -12.96% -3.85% +60.14%

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 46,176 29,707 32,376
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.50% 90.53% 85.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,774 18,450 19,527
10th Percentile £325 £297 £308
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 £638 £623 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,315 1,863 1,324
10th Percentile £13.69 £14.38 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.14 £17.30 £20.12
Median hourly rate £38.50 £25.15 £41.08
Median % change year-on-year +53.08% -38.77% -3.91%
75th Percentile £65.41 £43.21 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.40 £65.00 £74.31
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.72 £22.32 £42.50
% change year-on-year +73.52% -47.49% -

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 6 October 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 6 October 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 6 October 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 -98 650 £475 -1.30% 1,819
UK excluding London -97 356 £450 -4.26% 1,055
London -80 317 £480 -4.00% 965
Work from Home -74 226 £500 +11.11% 695
North of England -73 99 £438 +3.06% 229
Midlands -38 81 £539 +6.21% 173
South East -54 66 £419 -23.82% 273
West Midlands -45 62 £550 +5.77% 112
South West -27 47 £450 -40.00% 104
North West -40 47 £500 +22.70% 106
Yorkshire -55 40 £476 +9.31% 87
Scotland -35 37 £423 -11.05% 103
East of England -39 29 £565 +7.62% 106
East Midlands -5 19 £362 -9.38% 61
North East -30 13 £350 -17.65% 37
Wales -17 3 £356 +13.55% 29
Northern Ireland +2 2 - - 54

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 21 (2.83%) Confluence
2 20 (2.69%) Apache Spark
3 13 (1.75%) SharePoint
4 10 (1.35%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (1.35%) ArcGIS
5 5 (0.67%) Apache
5 5 (0.67%) CMS
5 5 (0.67%) Oracle Workflow
5 5 (0.67%) Palantir Foundry
6 4 (0.54%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.27%) Oracle Application Server
7 2 (0.27%) SAS
8 1 (0.13%) Apache Superset
8 1 (0.13%) nginx
Applications
1 125 (16.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (1.48%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (1.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (0.94%) Adobe Illustrator
4 6 (0.81%) CPLEX
4 6 (0.81%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.67%) Photoshop
6 4 (0.54%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.40%) Adobe Premiere
7 3 (0.40%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.40%) InDesign
7 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.27%) Adobe After Effects
8 2 (0.27%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.27%) EPLAN
8 2 (0.27%) Notion
9 1 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.13%) Final Cut Pro
9 1 (0.13%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 9 (1.21%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.08%) Remedy ITSM
2 8 (1.08%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.67%) Primavera
4 2 (0.27%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.27%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 2 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.27%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.13%) Actimize
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.13%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.13%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.13%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.13%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 391 (52.62%) Power Platform
2 129 (17.36%) Azure
3 98 (13.19%) AWS
4 58 (7.81%) Snowflake
5 47 (6.33%) GCP
6 36 (4.85%) Azure DevOps
7 31 (4.17%) GitHub
8 26 (3.50%) Power Automate
8 26 (3.50%) PowerApps
9 22 (2.96%) Azure Data Factory
10 21 (2.83%) Amazon S3
11 20 (2.69%) Google Analytics
12 19 (2.56%) Serverless
13 18 (2.42%) dbt
14 15 (2.02%) Adobe Analytics
14 15 (2.02%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 13 (1.75%) Microsoft Copilot
16 11 (1.48%) Dynamics 365
17 10 (1.35%) Microsoft 365
17 10 (1.35%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.35%) Ethernet
1 10 (1.35%) TCP/IP
2 5 (0.67%) HTTP
2 5 (0.67%) SNMP
2 5 (0.67%) Wireless
3 4 (0.54%) Broadband
3 4 (0.54%) SD-WAN
3 4 (0.54%) WAN
4 3 (0.40%) VPN
5 2 (0.27%) 2G
5 2 (0.27%) 3G
5 2 (0.27%) 4G
5 2 (0.27%) 5G
5 2 (0.27%) DHCP
5 2 (0.27%) DNS
5 2 (0.27%) Network Security
5 2 (0.27%) PCoIP
5 2 (0.27%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (0.27%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.13%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 384 (51.68%) Power BI
2 142 (19.11%) Tableau
3 72 (9.69%) Power Query
4 68 (9.15%) Data Warehouse
5 43 (5.79%) Relational Database
6 42 (5.65%) Data Lake
7 34 (4.58%) Metadata
8 25 (3.36%) Big Data
9 24 (3.23%) SQL Server
10 23 (3.10%) BigQuery
11 22 (2.96%) Looker
12 20 (2.69%) Qlik Sense
13 18 (2.42%) PostgreSQL
14 17 (2.29%) Amazon Athena
15 15 (2.02%) QlikView
16 14 (1.88%) GIS
16 14 (1.88%) Oracle Reports
16 14 (1.88%) Star Schema
17 10 (1.35%) BusinessObjects
17 10 (1.35%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 44 (5.92%) Git
2 40 (5.38%) JIRA
3 11 (1.48%) Visual Studio
4 10 (1.35%) Eclipse
5 7 (0.94%) GitLab
6 5 (0.67%) Oracle Forms
7 4 (0.54%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.40%) Jenkins
8 3 (0.40%) JMeter
9 2 (0.27%) Claude Code
9 2 (0.27%) Selenium
9 2 (0.27%) WebDriver
10 1 (0.13%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.13%) Crashlytics
10 1 (0.13%) Flyway
10 1 (0.13%) Gatling
10 1 (0.13%) Gradle
10 1 (0.13%) Jasmine
10 1 (0.13%) NeoLoad
10 1 (0.13%) SonarQube
General
1 270 (36.34%) Analytical Skills
2 267 (35.94%) Social Skills
3 164 (22.07%) Finance
4 94 (12.65%) Public Sector
5 58 (7.81%) Banking
6 26 (3.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 25 (3.36%) Military
8 23 (3.10%) Retail
9 22 (2.96%) Marketing
10 21 (2.83%) Manufacturing
11 16 (2.15%) Presentation Skills
12 14 (1.88%) Aerospace
13 13 (1.75%) Local Government
14 12 (1.62%) Investment Banking
15 11 (1.48%) Influencing Skills
16 10 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
16 10 (1.35%) Organisational Skills
16 10 (1.35%) Pharmaceutical
17 9 (1.21%) Publishing
18 6 (0.81%) Legal
Job Titles
1 205 (27.59%) Analyst
2 116 (15.61%) Data Analyst
3 114 (15.34%) Developer
4 80 (10.77%) Data Engineer
5 79 (10.63%) Senior
6 46 (6.19%) Lead
7 43 (5.79%) Consultant
8 41 (5.52%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 39 (5.25%) Data Scientist
10 33 (4.44%) Power BI Developer
11 27 (3.63%) Architect
11 27 (3.63%) Senior Data Engineer
12 26 (3.50%) Business Analyst
13 25 (3.36%) Designer
14 23 (3.10%) Performance Analyst
15 18 (2.42%) Data Manager
15 18 (2.42%) Report Analyst
16 17 (2.29%) Data Architect
17 15 (2.02%) Business Intelligence Analyst
17 15 (2.02%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (4.85%) Terraform
2 35 (4.71%) REST
3 27 (3.63%) React
4 25 (3.36%) CSS
5 24 (3.23%) HTML
5 24 (3.23%) Pandas
6 22 (2.96%) PySpark
7 19 (2.56%) Kafka
8 16 (2.15%) NumPy
9 15 (2.02%) Web Services
10 14 (1.88%) scikit-learn
11 10 (1.35%) .NET
11 10 (1.35%) Flask
11 10 (1.35%) Node.js
12 9 (1.21%) JSON
12 9 (1.21%) TensorFlow
13 8 (1.08%) PyTorch
13 8 (1.08%) Redux
14 7 (0.94%) FastAPI
14 7 (0.94%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 54 (7.27%) Data Structures
2 35 (4.71%) Management Information System
3 28 (3.77%) Onboarding
4 23 (3.10%) Legacy Systems
5 22 (2.96%) Cloud Native
6 21 (2.83%) Analytical Mindset
7 17 (2.29%) AI Agents
8 15 (2.02%) Data Protection Act
8 15 (2.02%) Product Ownership
9 14 (1.88%) Algorithms
10 13 (1.75%) Distributed Systems
10 13 (1.75%) Reference Data
11 11 (1.48%) Self-Motivation
12 10 (1.35%) Virtual Team
13 9 (1.21%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 9 (1.21%) NHS
14 8 (1.08%) Clustering
14 8 (1.08%) PKI
15 7 (0.94%) Derivative
15 7 (0.94%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 32 (4.31%) Windows
2 22 (2.96%) Linux
3 12 (1.62%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.81%) Unix
5 5 (0.67%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.54%) Android
7 3 (0.40%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.13%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 402 (54.10%) Business Intelligence
2 364 (48.99%) Data Visualisation
3 361 (48.59%) Analytics
4 215 (28.94%) Data Modelling
5 214 (28.80%) Decision-Making
6 198 (26.65%) Agile
7 173 (23.28%) AI
8 169 (22.75%) Problem-Solving
9 159 (21.40%) Data Analysis
10 149 (20.05%) Stakeholder Management
11 138 (18.57%) Actionable Insight
12 128 (17.23%) Dashboard Development
13 127 (17.09%) Validation
14 126 (16.96%) Continuous Improvement
15 114 (15.34%) Data Governance
16 111 (14.94%) Data Pipeline
17 110 (14.80%) Data Engineering
17 110 (14.80%) Data Science
18 108 (14.54%) ETL
19 100 (13.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 364 (48.99%) SQL
2 256 (34.45%) Python
3 76 (10.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 48 (6.46%) R
5 46 (6.19%) JavaScript
6 36 (4.85%) Java
7 33 (4.44%) C#
8 21 (2.83%) TypeScript
9 16 (2.15%) PowerShell
10 13 (1.75%) C++
11 11 (1.48%) T-SQL
12 10 (1.35%) Bash
12 10 (1.35%) Scala
13 9 (1.21%) PL/SQL
14 6 (0.81%) Cypher
14 6 (0.81%) Gremlin
14 6 (0.81%) VBA
15 5 (0.67%) Search Processing Language
16 4 (0.54%) Korn
17 3 (0.40%) Go
Qualifications
1 162 (21.80%) Security Cleared
2 121 (16.29%) SC Cleared
3 85 (11.44%) Degree
4 31 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
5 18 (2.42%) DV Cleared
6 16 (2.15%) Azure Certification
7 13 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
8 12 (1.62%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (1.08%) Master's Degree
10 7 (0.94%) PhD
11 4 (0.54%) PMI Certification
11 4 (0.54%) PMP
11 4 (0.54%) Postgraduate
12 3 (0.40%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.40%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.40%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 2 (0.27%) APMG
13 2 (0.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.27%) SnowPro
13 2 (0.27%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 195 (26.24%) Data Quality
2 45 (6.06%) QA
3 25 (3.36%) GDPR
4 24 (3.23%) Accessibility
5 16 (2.15%) PMO
6 12 (1.62%) Actionable Recommendations
7 7 (0.94%) GMP
8 5 (0.67%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 5 (0.67%) GRC
8 5 (0.67%) GxP
8 5 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 17025
9 4 (0.54%) WCAG
10 3 (0.40%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 2 (0.27%) Basel III
11 2 (0.27%) Solvency II
12 1 (0.13%) Disclosure Scotland
12 1 (0.13%) NCSC
12 1 (0.13%) NIST
12 1 (0.13%) P3O
12 1 (0.13%) SOC 2
System Software
1 21 (2.83%) Docker
2 14 (1.88%) 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 (0.13%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 15 (2.02%) Grafana
2 13 (1.75%) Kubernetes
3 11 (1.48%) Kibana
4 8 (1.08%) Ansible
5 7 (0.94%) SCCM
6 4 (0.54%) Podman
6 4 (0.54%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.40%) Argo
7 3 (0.40%) logstash
8 2 (0.27%) Istio
8 2 (0.27%) Packer
8 2 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.13%) Network Intrusion Detection System
9 1 (0.13%) QRadar
Vendors
1 147 (19.78%) Microsoft
2 63 (8.48%) Databricks
3 43 (5.79%) SAP
4 39 (5.25%) Google
5 36 (4.85%) Oracle
6 24 (3.23%) ServiceNow
7 20 (2.69%) Adobe
8 19 (2.56%) Dynatrace
9 18 (2.42%) Splunk
10 14 (1.88%) Salesforce
11 13 (1.75%) Palantir
12 11 (1.48%) Alteryx
13 9 (1.21%) Informatica
14 8 (1.08%) Remedy
15 7 (0.94%) BMC
16 6 (0.81%) SnapLogic
17 5 (0.67%) Foundry
18 4 (0.54%) Ariba
18 4 (0.54%) UiPath
18 4 (0.54%) VMware