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 25 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 212 106 115
Rank change year-on-year -106 +9 +26
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 735 840 788
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.34% 2.55% 2.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.59% 2.81% 2.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 430 526 459
10th Percentile £313 £325 £315
25th Percentile £400 £400 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £579 £638
90th Percentile £694 £700 £766
UK excluding London median daily rate £451 £463 £475
% change year-on-year -2.59% -2.63% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 47 53
10th Percentile £21.08 £20.62 £24.57
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% +44.44%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 -
90th Percentile £70.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £54.40 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -16.31% - +52.94%

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 46,295 29,870 32,935
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.37% 90.52% 85.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,040 18,573 20,019
10th Percentile £325 £300 £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 £627 £625 £638
90th Percentile £730 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,185 1,844 1,407
10th Percentile £13.72 £14.33 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.25 £17.33 £20.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -40.82% -
75th Percentile £67.25 £43.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £65.25 £74.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.03 £22.50 £43.00
% change year-on-year +77.91% -47.67% +1.18%

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 25 September 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 25 September 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 25 September 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 -101 652 £475 - 1,739
UK excluding London -90 354 £451 -2.59% 1,008
London -93 311 £488 -2.50% 950
Work from Home -67 220 £500 +11.11% 696
North of England -55 103 £439 +3.29% 207
Midlands -40 83 £539 +6.21% 161
South East -63 67 £452 -14.00% 236
West Midlands -39 61 £558 +7.21% 103
North West -43 48 £513 +25.00% 94
South West -32 46 £463 -38.33% 110
Yorkshire -46 44 £451 +12.75% 79
East of England -48 30 £565 +7.62% 116
Scotland -49 29 £410 -18.00% 103
East Midlands -5 22 £375 -6.25% 58
North East -37 12 £375 -11.76% 35
Northern Ireland +2 2 - - 52
Wales -15 2 £356 +13.55% 39

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 22 (2.99%) Confluence
2 18 (2.45%) Apache Spark
3 13 (1.77%) SharePoint
4 10 (1.36%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (1.36%) ArcGIS
5 5 (0.68%) Apache Superset
5 5 (0.68%) CMS
5 5 (0.68%) Oracle Workflow
5 5 (0.68%) Palantir Foundry
6 4 (0.54%) Apache
6 4 (0.54%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.27%) Oracle Application Server
7 2 (0.27%) SAS
8 1 (0.14%) nginx
8 1 (0.14%) R Markdown
Applications
1 126 (17.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (1.77%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (1.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.95%) Adobe Illustrator
4 7 (0.95%) Spreadsheet
5 6 (0.82%) CPLEX
6 5 (0.68%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.68%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.41%) Adobe Premiere
7 3 (0.41%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.41%) InDesign
7 3 (0.41%) 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 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.14%) Final Cut Pro
Business Applications
1 10 (1.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.22%) Remedy ITSM
3 8 (1.09%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.68%) Primavera
5 2 (0.27%) Aladdin
5 2 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.27%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.14%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.14%) iTrent
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.14%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.14%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.14%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.14%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 389 (52.93%) Power Platform
2 131 (17.82%) Azure
3 100 (13.61%) AWS
4 57 (7.76%) Snowflake
5 47 (6.39%) GCP
6 38 (5.17%) Azure DevOps
7 29 (3.95%) GitHub
8 28 (3.81%) Power Automate
9 26 (3.54%) PowerApps
10 25 (3.40%) Azure Data Factory
11 23 (3.13%) Amazon S3
12 22 (2.99%) Serverless
13 20 (2.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 19 (2.59%) dbt
14 19 (2.59%) Google Analytics
15 14 (1.90%) Adobe Analytics
16 11 (1.50%) Dynamics 365
16 11 (1.50%) Microsoft 365
16 11 (1.50%) Microsoft Copilot
17 10 (1.36%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.36%) Ethernet
1 10 (1.36%) TCP/IP
2 6 (0.82%) Wireless
3 5 (0.68%) HTTP
3 5 (0.68%) SNMP
4 4 (0.54%) Broadband
4 4 (0.54%) SD-WAN
4 4 (0.54%) WAN
5 3 (0.41%) VPN
6 2 (0.27%) 2G
6 2 (0.27%) 3G
6 2 (0.27%) 4G
6 2 (0.27%) 5G
6 2 (0.27%) DHCP
6 2 (0.27%) DNS
6 2 (0.27%) Network Security
6 2 (0.27%) PCoIP
6 2 (0.27%) Radio Access Network
6 2 (0.27%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (0.14%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 382 (51.97%) Power BI
2 145 (19.73%) Tableau
3 75 (10.20%) Data Warehouse
4 66 (8.98%) Power Query
5 45 (6.12%) Relational Database
6 40 (5.44%) Data Lake
7 29 (3.95%) Metadata
8 27 (3.67%) Big Data
8 27 (3.67%) SQL Server
9 24 (3.27%) BigQuery
10 21 (2.86%) Looker
10 21 (2.86%) PostgreSQL
11 19 (2.59%) Amazon Athena
11 19 (2.59%) Qlik Sense
12 17 (2.31%) Oracle Reports
13 15 (2.04%) QlikView
13 15 (2.04%) Star Schema
14 14 (1.90%) GIS
15 12 (1.63%) Snowflake Schema
16 10 (1.36%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 46 (6.26%) Git
2 44 (5.99%) JIRA
3 11 (1.50%) Visual Studio
4 10 (1.36%) Eclipse
5 5 (0.68%) GitLab
5 5 (0.68%) Oracle Forms
6 4 (0.54%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.41%) JMeter
8 2 (0.27%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.27%) Selenium
8 2 (0.27%) WebDriver
9 1 (0.14%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.14%) Flyway
9 1 (0.14%) Gatling
9 1 (0.14%) Jasmine
9 1 (0.14%) JUnit
9 1 (0.14%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.14%) NeoLoad
9 1 (0.14%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.14%) Terragrunt
General
1 266 (36.19%) Social Skills
2 257 (34.97%) Analytical Skills
3 165 (22.45%) Finance
4 89 (12.11%) Public Sector
5 60 (8.16%) Banking
6 27 (3.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 25 (3.40%) Military
8 23 (3.13%) Retail
9 22 (2.99%) Marketing
10 20 (2.72%) Manufacturing
11 17 (2.31%) Presentation Skills
12 13 (1.77%) Local Government
12 13 (1.77%) Organisational Skills
13 12 (1.63%) Documentation Skills
13 12 (1.63%) Investment Banking
14 11 (1.50%) Aerospace
14 11 (1.50%) Influencing Skills
15 8 (1.09%) Law
15 8 (1.09%) Pharmaceutical
15 8 (1.09%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 201 (27.35%) Analyst
2 114 (15.51%) Data Analyst
3 111 (15.10%) Developer
4 88 (11.97%) Data Engineer
5 81 (11.02%) Senior
6 41 (5.58%) Consultant
6 41 (5.58%) Lead
7 38 (5.17%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 36 (4.90%) Data Scientist
9 30 (4.08%) Power BI Developer
10 29 (3.95%) Architect
11 26 (3.54%) Business Analyst
11 26 (3.54%) Designer
11 26 (3.54%) Senior Data Engineer
12 22 (2.99%) Performance Analyst
13 18 (2.45%) Data Architect
13 18 (2.45%) Data Manager
14 16 (2.18%) Report Analyst
15 15 (2.04%) Business Intelligence Analyst
15 15 (2.04%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (5.17%) REST
2 37 (5.03%) Terraform
3 27 (3.67%) React
4 26 (3.54%) Pandas
5 25 (3.40%) CSS
6 23 (3.13%) HTML
6 23 (3.13%) PySpark
7 20 (2.72%) Kafka
8 16 (2.18%) Web Services
9 15 (2.04%) NumPy
10 14 (1.90%) scikit-learn
11 12 (1.63%) .NET
12 10 (1.36%) Flask
12 10 (1.36%) Node.js
13 9 (1.22%) PyTorch
13 9 (1.22%) TensorFlow
14 8 (1.09%) JSON
14 8 (1.09%) Plotly
14 8 (1.09%) Redux
14 8 (1.09%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 58 (7.89%) Data Structures
2 33 (4.49%) Management Information System
3 28 (3.81%) Onboarding
4 25 (3.40%) Cloud Native
5 22 (2.99%) Analytical Mindset
5 22 (2.99%) Legacy Systems
6 18 (2.45%) Data Protection Act
7 17 (2.31%) Product Ownership
8 16 (2.18%) AI Agents
9 15 (2.04%) Algorithms
10 14 (1.90%) Distributed Systems
11 13 (1.77%) Reference Data
12 11 (1.50%) Self-Motivation
13 10 (1.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 10 (1.36%) Virtual Team
14 9 (1.22%) PKI
15 8 (1.09%) Clustering
15 8 (1.09%) NHS
16 7 (0.95%) Driving Licence
16 7 (0.95%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 33 (4.49%) Windows
2 20 (2.72%) Linux
3 13 (1.77%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.82%) Unix
5 5 (0.68%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.41%) Android
6 3 (0.41%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.14%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 397 (54.01%) Business Intelligence
2 366 (49.80%) Data Visualisation
3 362 (49.25%) Analytics
4 208 (28.30%) Data Modelling
5 206 (28.03%) Decision-Making
6 197 (26.80%) Agile
7 169 (22.99%) Problem-Solving
8 168 (22.86%) AI
9 151 (20.54%) Data Analysis
10 146 (19.86%) Stakeholder Management
11 139 (18.91%) Actionable Insight
12 127 (17.28%) Validation
13 124 (16.87%) Continuous Improvement
14 117 (15.92%) Dashboard Development
15 114 (15.51%) Data Governance
16 113 (15.37%) Data Engineering
16 113 (15.37%) Data Pipeline
17 111 (15.10%) Data Science
17 111 (15.10%) ETL
18 95 (12.93%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 363 (49.39%) SQL
2 257 (34.97%) Python
3 73 (9.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 52 (7.07%) R
5 49 (6.67%) JavaScript
6 38 (5.17%) Java
7 36 (4.90%) C#
8 23 (3.13%) TypeScript
9 17 (2.31%) PowerShell
10 14 (1.90%) C++
11 13 (1.77%) T-SQL
12 11 (1.50%) Scala
13 10 (1.36%) PL/SQL
14 8 (1.09%) Bash
15 7 (0.95%) VBA
16 6 (0.82%) Cypher
16 6 (0.82%) Search Processing Language
17 5 (0.68%) Gremlin
18 3 (0.41%) Korn
18 3 (0.41%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 152 (20.68%) Security Cleared
2 112 (15.24%) SC Cleared
3 82 (11.16%) Degree
4 27 (3.67%) BPSS Clearance
5 18 (2.45%) DV Cleared
6 16 (2.18%) Azure Certification
7 13 (1.77%) Computer Science Degree
8 12 (1.63%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (1.09%) Master's Degree
10 5 (0.68%) PhD
11 4 (0.54%) Postgraduate
11 4 (0.54%) Six Sigma Green Belt
12 3 (0.41%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.41%) PMI Certification
12 3 (0.41%) PMP
12 3 (0.41%) SnowPro
13 2 (0.27%) APMG
13 2 (0.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.27%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 1 (0.14%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 187 (25.44%) Data Quality
2 45 (6.12%) QA
3 27 (3.67%) GDPR
4 26 (3.54%) Accessibility
5 13 (1.77%) PMO
6 11 (1.50%) Actionable Recommendations
7 7 (0.95%) GMP
8 5 (0.68%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 5 (0.68%) GRC
8 5 (0.68%) GxP
8 5 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 17025
8 5 (0.68%) WCAG
9 3 (0.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 2 (0.27%) Basel III
10 2 (0.27%) Solvency II
11 1 (0.14%) COBIT
11 1 (0.14%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.14%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.14%) ISO 14001
11 1 (0.14%) P3O
System Software
1 22 (2.99%) Docker
2 16 (2.18%) 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 (0.14%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 16 (2.18%) Grafana
2 14 (1.90%) Kubernetes
3 9 (1.22%) Kibana
4 8 (1.09%) SCCM
5 6 (0.82%) Ansible
6 5 (0.68%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.54%) Podman
8 2 (0.27%) Istio
8 2 (0.27%) Packer
8 2 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.14%) Argo
9 1 (0.14%) Fluentd
9 1 (0.14%) logstash
9 1 (0.14%) Network Intrusion Detection System
9 1 (0.14%) QRadar
Vendors
1 154 (20.95%) Microsoft
2 68 (9.25%) Databricks
3 46 (6.26%) SAP
4 38 (5.17%) Oracle
5 37 (5.03%) Google
6 27 (3.67%) ServiceNow
7 19 (2.59%) Adobe
7 19 (2.59%) Dynatrace
7 19 (2.59%) Splunk
8 14 (1.90%) Salesforce
9 12 (1.63%) Alteryx
9 12 (1.63%) Palantir
10 9 (1.22%) Informatica
10 9 (1.22%) Remedy
11 8 (1.09%) BMC
12 6 (0.82%) SnapLogic
13 5 (0.68%) Foundry
14 4 (0.54%) Ariba
14 4 (0.54%) UiPath
14 4 (0.54%) VMware