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 3 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 114 102 118
Rank change year-on-year -12 +16 +29
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 888 844 924
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.45% 2.36% 2.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.75% 2.70% 2.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 558 516 615
10th Percentile £336 £325 £308
25th Percentile £405 £400 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year - -3.85% -3.70%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £618
90th Percentile £732 £758 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 48 73
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.25 £22.57
25th Percentile £32.00 £30.00 £33.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £52.50 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% +13.69% -28.95%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
90th Percentile - - £63.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year - +40.75% -28.95%

All Process and 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 32,257 31,288 39,893
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 89.04% 87.36% 88.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,268 18,944 26,694
10th Percentile £300 £309 £310
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.50% -3.09%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £744 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,091 1,103 1,539
10th Percentile £14.61 £15.23 £14.36
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.19 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -25.71% +25.00%
75th Percentile £45.61 £63.42 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.50 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.85 £32.39 £43.95
% change year-on-year -29.45% -26.30% +40.82%

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 3 December 2025.

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 3 December 2025.

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 3 December 2025. 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 -10 766 £495 -1.00% 514
London -15 402 £500 -9.09% 185
UK excluding London +9 394 £500 +11.11% 480
Work from Home -28 255 £500 - 308
North of England -34 112 £438 -2.78% 80
Midlands +8 73 £525 +27.27% 77
South East +18 66 £500 +3.73% 193
Yorkshire 0 61 £492 +9.33% 20
West Midlands +8 59 £525 +27.27% 45
Scotland +23 54 £500 -3.61% 17
North West -33 47 £410 -5.69% 51
East of England -18 46 £525 +16.15% 50
South West +1 39 £750 +57.89% 57
East Midlands -15 14 £410 -3.53% 31
Wales -9 5 - - 12
Northern Ireland -14 4 £613 +22.50% 4
North East -18 4 £413 -8.33% 10

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 40 (4.50%) Confluence
2 39 (4.39%) Apache Spark
3 33 (3.72%) Apache
4 28 (3.15%) Apache Airflow
4 28 (3.15%) SharePoint
5 15 (1.69%) WebLogic
6 13 (1.46%) SAS
7 8 (0.90%) Apache Pig
8 7 (0.79%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.34%) GeoServer
9 3 (0.34%) Smallworld
10 2 (0.23%) Apache Superset
10 2 (0.23%) CMS
11 1 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 1 (0.11%) Cloud Foundry
11 1 (0.11%) Drupal
11 1 (0.11%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.11%) PowerFactory
11 1 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 129 (14.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 34 (3.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 27 (3.04%) Microsoft Office
4 11 (1.24%) MS Visio
4 11 (1.24%) Siemens NX
5 7 (0.79%) Chatbot
6 6 (0.68%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.45%) Navisworks
7 4 (0.45%) Revit
8 3 (0.34%) Adobe Captivate
8 3 (0.34%) Maya
8 3 (0.34%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.34%) ProjectWise
9 2 (0.23%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.23%) Maple
9 2 (0.23%) Simulink
10 1 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (1.24%) Teamcenter
2 6 (0.68%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.45%) Aladdin
3 4 (0.45%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.34%) Bloomberg AIM
5 2 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.11%) Actimize
6 1 (0.11%) Endur
6 1 (0.11%) Maximo
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.11%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.11%) Shopify
6 1 (0.11%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 386 (43.47%) Power Platform
2 206 (23.20%) Azure
3 157 (17.68%) AWS
4 79 (8.90%) GCP
5 49 (5.52%) Snowflake
6 40 (4.50%) Azure Data Factory
7 32 (3.60%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 32 (3.60%) Power Automate
8 31 (3.49%) PowerApps
8 31 (3.49%) Serverless
9 27 (3.04%) dbt
10 25 (2.82%) AWS Lambda
10 25 (2.82%) Azure DevOps
11 20 (2.25%) Amazon S3
12 19 (2.14%) GitHub
13 18 (2.03%) Cloud Computing
14 16 (1.80%) Azure Monitor
15 15 (1.69%) Google Analytics
16 13 (1.46%) Figma
17 10 (1.13%) Amazon SageMaker
Communications & Networking
1 24 (2.70%) TCP/IP
2 22 (2.48%) Ethernet
3 4 (0.45%) 2G
3 4 (0.45%) 5G
3 4 (0.45%) Internet
3 4 (0.45%) SNMP
4 3 (0.34%) Kerberos
4 3 (0.34%) MQTT
4 3 (0.34%) SSH
5 2 (0.23%) Firewall
5 2 (0.23%) LTE
5 2 (0.23%) Mobile Backhaul
5 2 (0.23%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (0.23%) SSL
5 2 (0.23%) VoIP
6 1 (0.11%) 4G
6 1 (0.11%) DNS
6 1 (0.11%) DSL
6 1 (0.11%) NAS
6 1 (0.11%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 383 (43.13%) Power BI
2 182 (20.50%) Tableau
3 101 (11.37%) Data Warehouse
4 59 (6.64%) Relational Database
5 51 (5.74%) Power Query
6 46 (5.18%) Big Data
7 35 (3.94%) Data Lake
8 34 (3.83%) Hadoop
9 30 (3.38%) Looker
9 30 (3.38%) SQL Server
10 29 (3.27%) BigQuery
11 24 (2.70%) Metadata
11 24 (2.70%) PostgreSQL
12 20 (2.25%) Data Mining
13 17 (1.91%) Azure SQL Database
13 17 (1.91%) NoSQL
14 16 (1.80%) Elasticsearch
15 14 (1.58%) Oracle Reports
16 13 (1.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 11 (1.24%) Apache Hive
Development Applications
1 57 (6.42%) Git
2 54 (6.08%) JIRA
3 24 (2.70%) Visual Studio
4 22 (2.48%) Eclipse
5 15 (1.69%) Jenkins
6 7 (0.79%) Gradle
6 7 (0.79%) Storybook
6 7 (0.79%) Xcode
7 6 (0.68%) JUnit
8 5 (0.56%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.45%) MLflow
9 4 (0.45%) Selenium
10 3 (0.34%) webpack
11 2 (0.23%) Postman
12 1 (0.11%) git-flow
12 1 (0.11%) GitLab
12 1 (0.11%) Snyk
12 1 (0.11%) Sonatype Nexus
12 1 (0.11%) Terragrunt
12 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 375 (42.23%) Social Skills
2 248 (27.93%) Analytical Skills
3 223 (25.11%) Finance
4 80 (9.01%) Public Sector
5 77 (8.67%) Banking
6 39 (4.39%) Presentation Skills
7 33 (3.72%) Manufacturing
7 33 (3.72%) Marketing
8 30 (3.38%) Military
9 25 (2.82%) Investment Banking
10 23 (2.59%) Retail
11 19 (2.14%) Front Office
11 19 (2.14%) Legal
12 18 (2.03%) Telecoms
13 15 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
13 15 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
13 15 (1.69%) Publishing
14 14 (1.58%) Organisational Skills
15 13 (1.46%) Aerospace
16 12 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 236 (26.58%) Analyst
2 139 (15.65%) Data Analyst
3 138 (15.54%) Developer
4 89 (10.02%) Senior
5 87 (9.80%) Data Engineer
6 73 (8.22%) Architect
7 57 (6.42%) Data Scientist
8 51 (5.74%) Lead
9 46 (5.18%) Business Analyst
9 46 (5.18%) Consultant
10 45 (5.07%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 39 (4.39%) Senior Analyst
12 36 (4.05%) Power BI Developer
13 33 (3.72%) Software Engineer
14 22 (2.48%) Solutions Architect
15 20 (2.25%) C# Software Engineer
16 19 (2.14%) Python Engineer
17 18 (2.03%) Integration Architect
17 18 (2.03%) Power BI Analyst
17 18 (2.03%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (4.50%) Pandas
2 39 (4.39%) React
3 35 (3.94%) scikit-learn
4 33 (3.72%) Node.js
5 32 (3.60%) NumPy
6 29 (3.27%) Web Services
7 26 (2.93%) PySpark
8 20 (2.25%) AngularJS
8 20 (2.25%) CSS
8 20 (2.25%) D3.js
8 20 (2.25%) Kafka
8 20 (2.25%) REST
9 17 (1.91%) Plotly
10 15 (1.69%) OAuth
11 14 (1.58%) Elastic Stack
11 14 (1.58%) HTML
11 14 (1.58%) TensorFlow
11 14 (1.58%) Vue
12 12 (1.35%) Matplotlib
13 11 (1.24%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 65 (7.32%) Algorithms
2 38 (4.28%) Analytical Mindset
3 28 (3.15%) Cloud Native
4 26 (2.93%) Product Ownership
5 25 (2.82%) Data Structures
6 19 (2.14%) Onboarding
7 18 (2.03%) Management Information System
8 15 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
9 14 (1.58%) Self-Motivation
10 12 (1.35%) Virtual Team
11 11 (1.24%) CMDB
11 11 (1.24%) Data Centre
12 10 (1.13%) Distributed Computing
13 9 (1.01%) Data Protection Act
13 9 (1.01%) Hedge funds
14 8 (0.90%) Mobile App
14 8 (0.90%) SCADA
15 7 (0.79%) Animation
15 7 (0.79%) NHS
16 6 (0.68%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 64 (7.21%) Linux
2 48 (5.41%) Windows
3 32 (3.60%) Unix
4 8 (0.90%) Android
5 7 (0.79%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.23%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.23%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.11%) VMS
7 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 421 (47.41%) Business Intelligence
1 421 (47.41%) Data Visualisation
2 334 (37.61%) Analytics
3 245 (27.59%) Data Modelling
4 218 (24.55%) Decision-Making
5 216 (24.32%) Data Analysis
6 214 (24.10%) Agile
7 204 (22.97%) Problem-Solving
8 155 (17.45%) Actionable Insight
9 150 (16.89%) Data Science
10 136 (15.32%) Machine Learning
11 124 (13.96%) AI
12 121 (13.63%) ETL
13 116 (13.06%) Data Pipeline
14 111 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
15 100 (11.26%) Data Governance
15 100 (11.26%) Validation
16 97 (10.92%) Continuous Improvement
17 95 (10.70%) CI/CD
18 86 (9.68%) Dashboard Development
Programming Languages
1 405 (45.61%) SQL
2 317 (35.70%) Python
3 66 (7.43%) JavaScript
4 60 (6.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 60 (6.76%) R
5 44 (4.95%) C++
6 36 (4.05%) Java
7 34 (3.83%) C#
8 30 (3.38%) TypeScript
9 21 (2.36%) Scala
10 13 (1.46%) Bash
11 12 (1.35%) PowerShell
12 10 (1.13%) PL/SQL
13 9 (1.01%) VBA
14 8 (0.90%) Go
15 7 (0.79%) Groovy
15 7 (0.79%) MATLAB
15 7 (0.79%) PHP
15 7 (0.79%) T-SQL
16 4 (0.45%) C
Qualifications
1 157 (17.68%) Security Cleared
2 124 (13.96%) SC Cleared
3 99 (11.15%) Degree
4 41 (4.62%) Master's Degree
5 24 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
6 19 (2.14%) CISSP
7 17 (1.91%) Azure Certification
8 16 (1.80%) CISM
9 14 (1.58%) BPSS Clearance
9 14 (1.58%) PhD
10 11 (1.24%) DV Cleared
11 10 (1.13%) TOGAF Certification
12 9 (1.01%) ITIL Certification
13 7 (0.79%) CFA
13 7 (0.79%) PMI Certification
14 6 (0.68%) AWS Certification
14 6 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
15 5 (0.56%) CBAP
15 5 (0.56%) CEH
16 4 (0.45%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 130 (14.64%) Data Quality
2 53 (5.97%) Accessibility
3 34 (3.83%) QA
4 33 (3.72%) GDPR
5 8 (0.90%) Actionable Recommendations
6 7 (0.79%) PMO
6 7 (0.79%) WCAG
7 6 (0.68%) Disclosure Scotland
7 6 (0.68%) HIPAA
8 5 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (0.45%) ISO 19650
9 4 (0.45%) MiFID
9 4 (0.45%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.34%) EMIR
10 3 (0.34%) NIST
10 3 (0.34%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.23%) Dodd-Frank
11 2 (0.23%) FIPS 140-2
11 2 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 2 (0.23%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 34 (3.83%) Docker
2 11 (1.24%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.11%) HDFS
4 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 35 (3.94%) Terraform
2 28 (3.15%) Kubernetes
3 20 (2.25%) Kibana
4 18 (2.03%) Grafana
5 14 (1.58%) logstash
6 12 (1.35%) Ansible
7 4 (0.45%) Argo
7 4 (0.45%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.23%) SysTrack
9 1 (0.11%) Cacti
9 1 (0.11%) collectd
9 1 (0.11%) Fluentd
9 1 (0.11%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.11%) QRadar
9 1 (0.11%) Rsyslog
9 1 (0.11%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 1 (0.11%) Thomson Reuters DACS
9 1 (0.11%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 179 (20.16%) Microsoft
2 59 (6.64%) Oracle
3 54 (6.08%) Databricks
4 45 (5.07%) Google
5 43 (4.84%) Splunk
6 33 (3.72%) ServiceNow
7 30 (3.38%) Salesforce
8 26 (2.93%) Dynatrace
9 20 (2.25%) SAP
10 19 (2.14%) AppDynamics
10 19 (2.14%) Cisco
11 17 (1.91%) BiZZdesign
12 15 (1.69%) Foundry
13 13 (1.46%) CyberArk
13 13 (1.46%) OpenAI
14 12 (1.35%) Centrify
15 11 (1.24%) Palantir
16 10 (1.13%) Adobe
16 10 (1.13%) Siemens
17 9 (1.01%) Bloomberg