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

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 171 104 133
Rank change year-on-year -67 +29 +18
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 783 756 758
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.55% 2.54% 1.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.83% 2.79% 2.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 474 470 497
10th Percentile £325 £315 £313
25th Percentile £402 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £463 £490
Median % change year-on-year +3.24% -5.61% -2.00%
75th Percentile £582 £575 £575
90th Percentile £696 £675 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +5.56% - -2.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 43 47
10th Percentile £19.05 £23.00 £20.95
25th Percentile £31.50 £31.64 £41.88
Median hourly rate £60.50 £46.18 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +31.01% -23.03% -
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £65.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £48.09 £65.00
% change year-on-year +29.96% -26.02% +4.00%

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 42,754 27,087 37,306
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.83% 91.00% 85.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,630 17,192 23,755
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.46% -3.79% -4.55%
75th Percentile £620 £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 2,570 1,249 2,608
10th Percentile £14.80 £14.20 £12.75
25th Percentile £20.02 £17.87 £16.02
Median hourly rate £43.96 £26.21 £37.18
Median % change year-on-year +67.72% -29.51% +6.14%
75th Percentile £68.00 £55.25 £61.30
90th Percentile £81.32 £73.75 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +78.93% -34.02% +17.29%

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 18 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 18 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Visualisation in the UK

Visualisation
Top 15 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 18 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 -61 703 £480 +1.32% 305
London -41 367 £488 -2.50% 105
UK excluding London -69 335 £475 +5.56% 275
Work from Home -27 259 £488 +8.33% 100
North of England -49 114 £438 -3.74% 70
North West -13 63 £430 -7.03% 51
Midlands -47 63 £538 +34.38% 51
South East -36 62 £470 -14.55% 77
West Midlands -43 49 £538 +28.36% 26
South West -19 46 £475 +10.59% 35
Yorkshire -56 46 £459 +14.69% 15
Scotland -16 27 £413 -8.03% 4
East of England -39 27 £565 -5.83% 24
East Midlands -23 14 £544 +45.00% 25
North East -40 6 £448 -0.56% 6

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 38 (4.85%) Apache Spark
2 16 (2.04%) Apache Airflow
2 16 (2.04%) Confluence
2 16 (2.04%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.79%) Apache
4 11 (1.40%) Apache Superset
5 5 (0.64%) CMS
5 5 (0.64%) SAS
6 4 (0.51%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.51%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.38%) Jupyter
7 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.38%) Palantir Foundry
8 2 (0.26%) GeoServer
8 2 (0.26%) Luigi
8 2 (0.26%) Smallworld
9 1 (0.13%) R Markdown
9 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 123 (15.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (2.30%) MS Visio
3 14 (1.79%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (1.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (1.15%) Chatbot
5 9 (1.15%) Spreadsheet
6 8 (1.02%) Microsoft Project
7 6 (0.77%) CPLEX
8 5 (0.64%) Adobe Illustrator
8 5 (0.64%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.26%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.26%) EPLAN
9 2 (0.26%) InDesign
9 2 (0.26%) Notion
10 1 (0.13%) 3ds Max
10 1 (0.13%) Maya
10 1 (0.13%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 21 (2.68%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.40%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (1.02%) Primavera
4 7 (0.89%) Remedy ITSM
5 4 (0.51%) Adobe Campaign
6 3 (0.38%) Eloqua
6 3 (0.38%) iTrent
6 3 (0.38%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.26%) IntelliMatch
7 2 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.26%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.13%) Advent Geneva
8 1 (0.13%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.13%) ResourceLink
8 1 (0.13%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.13%) SAP MDM
8 1 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.13%) Sprinklr
8 1 (0.13%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 383 (48.91%) Power Platform
2 162 (20.69%) Azure
3 134 (17.11%) AWS
4 56 (7.15%) Snowflake
5 49 (6.26%) GCP
6 41 (5.24%) Azure Data Factory
7 29 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
8 26 (3.32%) Serverless
9 25 (3.19%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 23 (2.94%) dbt
11 21 (2.68%) Amazon S3
11 21 (2.68%) GitHub
12 19 (2.43%) Power Automate
13 18 (2.30%) AWS Lambda
14 17 (2.17%) PowerApps
15 12 (1.53%) Adobe Analytics
16 11 (1.40%) SaaS
17 10 (1.28%) Amazon EC2
17 10 (1.28%) Dynamics 365
17 10 (1.28%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.66%) TCP/IP
2 12 (1.53%) Ethernet
3 5 (0.64%) Firewall
4 4 (0.51%) DNS
5 3 (0.38%) Wireless
6 2 (0.26%) DHCP
6 2 (0.26%) Fibre Channel
6 2 (0.26%) PCoIP
6 2 (0.26%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (0.26%) SAN
7 1 (0.13%) Internet
7 1 (0.13%) Intranet
7 1 (0.13%) Modbus
7 1 (0.13%) Network Security
7 1 (0.13%) Reverse Proxy
7 1 (0.13%) SNMP
7 1 (0.13%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 377 (48.15%) Power BI
2 179 (22.86%) Tableau
3 103 (13.15%) Data Warehouse
4 52 (6.64%) Relational Database
5 51 (6.51%) Power Query
6 43 (5.49%) Big Data
7 42 (5.36%) Metadata
8 36 (4.60%) SQL Server
9 35 (4.47%) Data Lake
10 31 (3.96%) Looker
10 31 (3.96%) PostgreSQL
11 27 (3.45%) BigQuery
12 25 (3.19%) Hadoop
13 22 (2.81%) NoSQL
14 17 (2.17%) Snowflake Schema
15 16 (2.04%) Star Schema
16 13 (1.66%) Geospatial Data
17 11 (1.40%) MySQL
17 11 (1.40%) Oracle Reports
17 11 (1.40%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 51 (6.51%) Git
2 38 (4.85%) JIRA
3 13 (1.66%) Visual Studio
4 12 (1.53%) Eclipse
5 8 (1.02%) Jenkins
5 8 (1.02%) MLflow
6 6 (0.77%) GitLab
7 4 (0.51%) Cypress.io
7 4 (0.51%) ERwin
8 3 (0.38%) Terragrunt
9 2 (0.26%) Charles Proxy
9 2 (0.26%) JMeter
9 2 (0.26%) Selenium
9 2 (0.26%) WebDriver
10 1 (0.13%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.13%) Flyway
10 1 (0.13%) git-flow
10 1 (0.13%) Postman
10 1 (0.13%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.13%) TeamCity
General
1 254 (32.44%) Analytical Skills
2 247 (31.55%) Social Skills
3 195 (24.90%) Finance
4 74 (9.45%) Public Sector
5 62 (7.92%) Banking
6 42 (5.36%) Retail
7 35 (4.47%) Marketing
8 27 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 21 (2.68%) Documentation Skills
10 17 (2.17%) Publishing
11 16 (2.04%) Military
12 15 (1.92%) Manufacturing
13 13 (1.66%) Law
13 13 (1.66%) Presentation Skills
14 12 (1.53%) Investment Banking
14 12 (1.53%) Pharmaceutical
15 9 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
16 8 (1.02%) Legal
17 7 (0.89%) Front Office
17 7 (0.89%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 209 (26.69%) Analyst
2 119 (15.20%) Data Analyst
3 114 (14.56%) Developer
4 108 (13.79%) Data Engineer
5 86 (10.98%) Senior
6 50 (6.39%) Consultant
7 47 (6.00%) Data Scientist
7 47 (6.00%) Lead
8 42 (5.36%) Business Analyst
9 41 (5.24%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 32 (4.09%) Power BI Developer
11 31 (3.96%) Architect
12 28 (3.58%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 26 (3.32%) Senior Data Engineer
14 18 (2.30%) Data Manager
15 17 (2.17%) SAP Consultant
16 16 (2.04%) Designer
16 16 (2.04%) Performance Analyst
17 14 (1.79%) Software Engineer
18 13 (1.66%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (6.00%) React
2 42 (5.36%) Pandas
3 35 (4.47%) Kafka
4 32 (4.09%) REST
5 25 (3.19%) NumPy
6 24 (3.07%) Node.js
7 21 (2.68%) PySpark
8 20 (2.55%) scikit-learn
9 18 (2.30%) .NET
10 17 (2.17%) AngularJS
10 17 (2.17%) HTML
11 15 (1.92%) CSS
11 15 (1.92%) Web Services
12 14 (1.79%) JSON
12 14 (1.79%) Matplotlib
12 14 (1.79%) OpenTelemetry
13 13 (1.66%) PyTorch
13 13 (1.66%) Seaborn
13 13 (1.66%) TensorFlow
13 13 (1.66%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 59 (7.54%) Data Structures
2 31 (3.96%) Cloud Native
3 29 (3.70%) Algorithms
4 25 (3.19%) Analytical Mindset
5 21 (2.68%) Management Information System
6 20 (2.55%) Product Ownership
7 16 (2.04%) Distributed Systems
7 16 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
7 16 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
8 13 (1.66%) Data Protection Act
9 10 (1.28%) Virtual Team
10 9 (1.15%) AI Agents
10 9 (1.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 8 (1.02%) Derivative
11 8 (1.02%) Life Science
11 8 (1.02%) Marketing Technology
11 8 (1.02%) PKI
12 7 (0.89%) Hybrid Cloud
12 7 (0.89%) Onboarding
12 7 (0.89%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 28 (3.58%) Linux
1 28 (3.58%) Windows
2 8 (1.02%) Unix
3 6 (0.77%) Apple iOS
3 6 (0.77%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.38%) Android
4 3 (0.38%) Mac OS
4 3 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 406 (51.85%) Business Intelligence
2 379 (48.40%) Data Visualisation
3 352 (44.96%) Analytics
4 228 (29.12%) Data Modelling
5 212 (27.08%) Decision-Making
6 205 (26.18%) Agile
7 202 (25.80%) Problem-Solving
8 158 (20.18%) AI
9 151 (19.28%) Data Pipeline
10 149 (19.03%) Actionable Insight
11 140 (17.88%) Validation
12 132 (16.86%) Data Science
12 132 (16.86%) ETL
13 130 (16.60%) Dashboard Development
14 124 (15.84%) Data Analysis
15 119 (15.20%) Data Engineering
16 117 (14.94%) Data Governance
17 115 (14.69%) Continuous Improvement
18 105 (13.41%) CI/CD
19 98 (12.52%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 396 (50.57%) SQL
2 297 (37.93%) Python
3 78 (9.96%) R
4 65 (8.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 51 (6.51%) JavaScript
6 43 (5.49%) Java
7 39 (4.98%) C#
8 38 (4.85%) TypeScript
9 22 (2.81%) PowerShell
10 19 (2.43%) C++
11 15 (1.92%) Scala
12 10 (1.28%) VBA
13 9 (1.15%) Perl
13 9 (1.15%) T-SQL
14 8 (1.02%) Bash
15 7 (0.89%) PL/SQL
16 6 (0.77%) Rust
17 4 (0.51%) MATLAB
18 3 (0.38%) C
18 3 (0.38%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 158 (20.18%) Security Cleared
2 127 (16.22%) SC Cleared
3 84 (10.73%) Degree
4 19 (2.43%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (2.30%) BPSS Clearance
5 18 (2.30%) Master's Degree
6 15 (1.92%) DV Cleared
7 13 (1.66%) Azure Certification
8 7 (0.89%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (0.64%) PMI Certification
10 4 (0.51%) AWS Certification
10 4 (0.51%) MBA
10 4 (0.51%) Tableau Certification
10 4 (0.51%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 3 (0.38%) CBAP
11 3 (0.38%) SnowPro
12 2 (0.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.26%) IIBA
12 2 (0.26%) NCDA
12 2 (0.26%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 156 (19.92%) Data Quality
2 54 (6.90%) QA
3 30 (3.83%) GDPR
4 21 (2.68%) Accessibility
4 21 (2.68%) PMO
5 13 (1.66%) Actionable Recommendations
6 7 (0.89%) SLA
7 5 (0.64%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 4 (0.51%) WCAG
9 2 (0.26%) Disclosure Scotland
9 2 (0.26%) GRC
9 2 (0.26%) ISO 20022
9 2 (0.26%) ISO 8583
9 2 (0.26%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.26%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.26%) Solvency II
10 1 (0.13%) COBIT
10 1 (0.13%) NIST
10 1 (0.13%) P3O
10 1 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 24 (3.07%) Docker
2 14 (1.79%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.51%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.26%) HDFS
5 2 (0.26%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.26%) VMware Workstation
5 2 (0.26%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 33 (4.21%) Kubernetes
1 33 (4.21%) Terraform
2 24 (3.07%) Grafana
3 17 (2.17%) Prometheus
4 15 (1.92%) Ansible
5 13 (1.66%) Kibana
6 8 (1.02%) SCCM
7 7 (0.89%) logstash
7 7 (0.89%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 2 (0.26%) Cilium
8 2 (0.26%) Packer
8 2 (0.26%) vMotion
8 2 (0.26%) vRealize
9 1 (0.13%) Fluentd
9 1 (0.13%) Istio
9 1 (0.13%) Kubeflow
9 1 (0.13%) Network Intrusion Detection System
9 1 (0.13%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.13%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 126 (16.09%) Microsoft
2 80 (10.22%) Databricks
3 46 (5.87%) Google
3 46 (5.87%) SAP
4 39 (4.98%) Oracle
5 22 (2.81%) ServiceNow
6 18 (2.30%) Adobe
7 15 (1.92%) Sage
7 15 (1.92%) Salesforce
7 15 (1.92%) Splunk
8 12 (1.53%) Dynatrace
9 11 (1.40%) Informatica
10 9 (1.15%) Alteryx
11 8 (1.02%) Amplitude
11 8 (1.02%) Remedy
12 6 (0.77%) Apple
12 6 (0.77%) BMC
12 6 (0.77%) OpenAI
12 6 (0.77%) VMware
13 5 (0.64%) Cognos