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

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 214 105 115
Rank change year-on-year -109 +10 +28
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 742 820 771
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.36% 2.53% 2.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.61% 2.79% 2.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 435 506 451
10th Percentile £320 £325 £313
25th Percentile £400 £400 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% -5.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £633
90th Percentile £694 £700 £765
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £463 £465
% change year-on-year +2.70% -0.54% -2.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 49 53
10th Percentile £21.08 £22.68 £24.57
25th Percentile £28.50 £33.25 £41.25
Median hourly rate £52.50 £50.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -23.08% +52.94%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 -
90th Percentile £70.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year -12.00% -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 45,945 29,375 32,666
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.44% 90.50% 85.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,954 18,237 20,159
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £425 £403 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,063 1,777 1,475
10th Percentile £13.85 £14.23 £14.84
25th Percentile £17.42 £17.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% +1.18%
75th Percentile £67.47 £43.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £79.00 £66.70 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.08 £22.50 £43.00
% change year-on-year +78.13% -47.67% +6.17%

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 15 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 15 September 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 15 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 -104 664 £488 +2.63% 1,910
UK excluding London -97 354 £475 +2.70% 987
London -75 321 £488 -2.50% 1,130
Work from Home -67 228 £500 +14.94% 761
North of England -69 96 £451 +6.00% 218
Midlands -33 87 £539 +6.21% 148
South East -50 70 £470 -14.55% 215
West Midlands -47 62 £550 +4.76% 87
North West -34 48 £525 +28.83% 110
South West -38 48 £450 -40.00% 118
Yorkshire -45 42 £451 +9.33% 77
East of England -47 30 £565 +5.12% 115
Scotland -39 28 £415 -17.00% 105
East Midlands -2 25 £375 -6.25% 61
North East -37 7 £400 -5.88% 32
Northern Ireland +3 2 - - 47

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 17 (2.29%) Apache Spark
3 13 (1.75%) SharePoint
4 11 (1.48%) Apache Airflow
5 10 (1.35%) ArcGIS
6 7 (0.94%) Apache Superset
7 5 (0.67%) Apache
7 5 (0.67%) CMS
7 5 (0.67%) Oracle Workflow
7 5 (0.67%) Palantir Foundry
8 4 (0.54%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.27%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (0.27%) SAS
10 1 (0.13%) nginx
10 1 (0.13%) R Markdown
Applications
1 127 (17.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (2.16%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (1.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.21%) Spreadsheet
5 7 (0.94%) Adobe Illustrator
5 7 (0.94%) CPLEX
5 7 (0.94%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.67%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.67%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.40%) Adobe Premiere
7 3 (0.40%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.40%) InDesign
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
Business Applications
1 10 (1.35%) Dynamics CRM
1 10 (1.35%) Remedy ITSM
2 8 (1.08%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.67%) Primavera
4 2 (0.27%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.27%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.13%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.13%) iTrent
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
1 387 (52.16%) Power Platform
2 141 (19.00%) Azure
3 100 (13.48%) AWS
4 55 (7.41%) Snowflake
5 49 (6.60%) GCP
6 41 (5.53%) Azure DevOps
7 32 (4.31%) GitHub
8 31 (4.18%) Power Automate
9 27 (3.64%) PowerApps
10 26 (3.50%) Azure Data Factory
10 26 (3.50%) Serverless
11 21 (2.83%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 20 (2.70%) Amazon S3
13 19 (2.56%) dbt
14 16 (2.16%) Google Analytics
15 13 (1.75%) Adobe Analytics
16 12 (1.62%) Dynamics 365
16 12 (1.62%) Microsoft 365
17 11 (1.48%) Microsoft Copilot
18 10 (1.35%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.35%) Ethernet
1 10 (1.35%) TCP/IP
2 6 (0.81%) Wireless
3 5 (0.67%) HTTP
3 5 (0.67%) SNMP
4 4 (0.54%) Broadband
4 4 (0.54%) SD-WAN
4 4 (0.54%) WAN
5 3 (0.40%) 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 (0.13%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 380 (51.21%) Power BI
2 145 (19.54%) Tableau
3 79 (10.65%) Data Warehouse
4 65 (8.76%) Power Query
5 48 (6.47%) Relational Database
6 41 (5.53%) Data Lake
7 29 (3.91%) Metadata
7 29 (3.91%) SQL Server
8 28 (3.77%) Big Data
9 25 (3.37%) BigQuery
9 25 (3.37%) Looker
10 24 (3.23%) PostgreSQL
11 19 (2.56%) Oracle Reports
12 18 (2.43%) Star Schema
13 16 (2.16%) Qlik Sense
14 14 (1.89%) Amazon Athena
14 14 (1.89%) GIS
14 14 (1.89%) QlikView
15 12 (1.62%) Parquet
15 12 (1.62%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 48 (6.47%) Git
2 43 (5.80%) JIRA
3 11 (1.48%) Visual Studio
4 10 (1.35%) Eclipse
5 6 (0.81%) GitLab
6 5 (0.67%) Oracle Forms
7 4 (0.54%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.40%) JMeter
9 2 (0.27%) Charles Proxy
9 2 (0.27%) Jenkins
9 2 (0.27%) Selenium
9 2 (0.27%) WebDriver
10 1 (0.13%) Flyway
10 1 (0.13%) Gatling
10 1 (0.13%) MLflow
10 1 (0.13%) NeoLoad
10 1 (0.13%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.13%) Storybook
10 1 (0.13%) Terragrunt
10 1 (0.13%) Vite
General
1 263 (35.44%) Analytical Skills
2 257 (34.64%) Social Skills
3 163 (21.97%) Finance
4 85 (11.46%) Public Sector
5 60 (8.09%) Banking
6 27 (3.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 26 (3.50%) Marketing
8 25 (3.37%) Military
9 24 (3.23%) Retail
10 19 (2.56%) Manufacturing
11 18 (2.43%) Presentation Skills
12 15 (2.02%) Organisational Skills
13 13 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
13 13 (1.75%) Investment Banking
14 9 (1.21%) Aerospace
14 9 (1.21%) Influencing Skills
14 9 (1.21%) Law
14 9 (1.21%) Local Government
15 8 (1.08%) Telecoms
16 7 (0.94%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 198 (26.68%) Analyst
2 116 (15.63%) Developer
3 110 (14.82%) Data Analyst
4 90 (12.13%) Data Engineer
4 90 (12.13%) Senior
5 44 (5.93%) Consultant
6 43 (5.80%) Lead
7 37 (4.99%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 37 (4.99%) Data Scientist
8 31 (4.18%) Architect
9 30 (4.04%) Power BI Developer
10 28 (3.77%) Business Analyst
11 26 (3.50%) Senior Data Engineer
12 24 (3.23%) Designer
13 19 (2.56%) Python Developer
14 18 (2.43%) Business Intelligence Analyst
14 18 (2.43%) Data Architect
14 18 (2.43%) Data Manager
14 18 (2.43%) Performance Analyst
15 17 (2.29%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (5.39%) REST
1 40 (5.39%) Terraform
2 29 (3.91%) React
3 28 (3.77%) Pandas
4 26 (3.50%) CSS
5 24 (3.23%) HTML
6 23 (3.10%) PySpark
7 22 (2.96%) Kafka
8 18 (2.43%) NumPy
9 17 (2.29%) Web Services
10 15 (2.02%) .NET
10 15 (2.02%) scikit-learn
11 13 (1.75%) Flask
12 12 (1.62%) Node.js
13 10 (1.35%) JSON
14 9 (1.21%) PyTorch
14 9 (1.21%) SOAP
14 9 (1.21%) TensorFlow
14 9 (1.21%) Vue
15 8 (1.08%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 61 (8.22%) Data Structures
2 32 (4.31%) Management Information System
3 27 (3.64%) Cloud Native
3 27 (3.64%) Onboarding
4 22 (2.96%) Analytical Mindset
5 20 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
6 19 (2.56%) Algorithms
6 19 (2.56%) Product Ownership
7 17 (2.29%) Distributed Systems
8 15 (2.02%) AI Agents
8 15 (2.02%) Data Protection Act
9 13 (1.75%) Reference Data
9 13 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
10 11 (1.48%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 10 (1.35%) PKI
11 10 (1.35%) Virtual Team
12 9 (1.21%) Clustering
13 8 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
14 7 (0.94%) Driving Licence
14 7 (0.94%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 34 (4.58%) Windows
2 20 (2.70%) Linux
3 14 (1.89%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.81%) Unix
5 4 (0.54%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.40%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.27%) Android
8 1 (0.13%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 397 (53.50%) Business Intelligence
2 371 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
3 360 (48.52%) Analytics
4 207 (27.90%) Data Modelling
5 202 (27.22%) Decision-Making
6 195 (26.28%) Agile
7 175 (23.58%) Problem-Solving
8 167 (22.51%) AI
9 152 (20.49%) Data Analysis
10 139 (18.73%) Stakeholder Management
11 135 (18.19%) Actionable Insight
12 130 (17.52%) Validation
13 129 (17.39%) Continuous Improvement
14 118 (15.90%) Dashboard Development
15 115 (15.50%) Data Pipeline
16 112 (15.09%) Data Engineering
16 112 (15.09%) Data Science
17 109 (14.69%) Data Governance
17 109 (14.69%) ETL
18 99 (13.34%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 360 (48.52%) SQL
2 266 (35.85%) Python
3 71 (9.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 56 (7.55%) R
5 52 (7.01%) JavaScript
6 42 (5.66%) Java
7 38 (5.12%) C#
8 24 (3.23%) TypeScript
9 19 (2.56%) PowerShell
10 14 (1.89%) C++
11 13 (1.75%) Scala
12 12 (1.62%) T-SQL
13 10 (1.35%) PL/SQL
14 9 (1.21%) VBA
15 8 (1.08%) Bash
16 6 (0.81%) Cypher
16 6 (0.81%) Search Processing Language
17 5 (0.67%) Gremlin
18 4 (0.54%) MATLAB
19 3 (0.40%) Korn
Qualifications
1 158 (21.29%) Security Cleared
2 115 (15.50%) SC Cleared
3 81 (10.92%) Degree
4 25 (3.37%) BPSS Clearance
5 20 (2.70%) DV Cleared
6 17 (2.29%) Azure Certification
7 15 (2.02%) Computer Science Degree
8 13 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (1.21%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.54%) PhD
10 4 (0.54%) Postgraduate
10 4 (0.54%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 3 (0.40%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.40%) SnowPro
12 2 (0.27%) APMG
12 2 (0.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.27%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.27%) PMP
12 2 (0.27%) Tableau Certification
12 2 (0.27%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 173 (23.32%) Data Quality
2 49 (6.60%) QA
3 28 (3.77%) Accessibility
3 28 (3.77%) GDPR
4 17 (2.29%) PMO
5 10 (1.35%) Actionable Recommendations
6 7 (0.94%) GMP
7 5 (0.67%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 5 (0.67%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 5 (0.67%) GRC
7 5 (0.67%) GxP
7 5 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 17025
7 5 (0.67%) WCAG
8 2 (0.27%) Basel III
8 2 (0.27%) Solvency II
9 1 (0.13%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.13%) NCSC
9 1 (0.13%) NIST
9 1 (0.13%) P3O
9 1 (0.13%) SOC 2
System Software
1 24 (3.23%) Docker
2 17 (2.29%) 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
Systems Management
1 17 (2.29%) Grafana
2 15 (2.02%) Kubernetes
3 8 (1.08%) Kibana
3 8 (1.08%) SCCM
4 6 (0.81%) Ansible
5 5 (0.67%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.54%) Podman
7 2 (0.27%) Istio
7 2 (0.27%) Packer
7 2 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.13%) Argo
8 1 (0.13%) Fluentd
8 1 (0.13%) logstash
8 1 (0.13%) Network Intrusion Detection System
8 1 (0.13%) QRadar
8 1 (0.13%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 156 (21.02%) Microsoft
2 70 (9.43%) Databricks
3 45 (6.06%) SAP
4 40 (5.39%) Oracle
5 36 (4.85%) Google
6 30 (4.04%) ServiceNow
7 20 (2.70%) Dynatrace
8 18 (2.43%) Adobe
9 17 (2.29%) Splunk
10 13 (1.75%) Salesforce
11 11 (1.48%) Alteryx
12 10 (1.35%) Palantir
12 10 (1.35%) Remedy
13 9 (1.21%) BMC
14 7 (0.94%) Informatica
15 6 (0.81%) SnapLogic
16 5 (0.67%) Foundry
17 4 (0.54%) Ariba
17 4 (0.54%) Solace
17 4 (0.54%) VMware