Visualisation Contract Job Trends

Visualization
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs citing Visualisation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 211 104 107
Rank change year-on-year -107 +3 +19
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 765 875 806
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.39% 2.61% 2.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.63% 2.89% 2.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 450 549 477
10th Percentile £313 £325 £325
25th Percentile £400 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £588 £638
90th Percentile £694 £707 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £470 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -1.05% +5.56% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 51 51
10th Percentile £22.67 £18.25 £22.00
25th Percentile £28.25 £33.25 £31.00
Median hourly rate £45.20 £50.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.60% -20.00% +35.52%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £52.83 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -18.72% - +42.58%

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 citing process or methodology skills.

6 months to
23 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills 47,025 30,309 32,016
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 85.24% 90.44% 86.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,250 18,893 19,250
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £425 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £623 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,553 1,929 1,190
10th Percentile £13.50 £14.38 £15.00
25th Percentile £16.72 £17.30 £20.12
Median hourly rate £35.82 £25.08 £38.75
Median % change year-on-year +42.85% -35.29% -10.23%
75th Percentile £65.00 £42.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £79.00 £65.25 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.11 £22.27 £39.68
% change year-on-year +57.67% -43.89% -6.64%

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 23 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 for jobs citing Visualisation over the 6 months to 23 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 23 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
Job Ads
Past 6 Months
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -103 664 £480 +1.05% 1,033
UK excluding London -91 357 £470 -1.05% 564
London -88 331 £488 -2.50% 541
Work from Home -71 241 £515 +11.35% 492
North of England -78 95 £445 +4.71% 129
Midlands -33 87 £541 +6.60% 98
West Midlands -36 71 £550 +4.67% 71
South East -60 67 £452 -9.70% 116
South West -29 47 £475 -36.67% 58
North West -47 46 £456 +11.96% 80
Yorkshire -60 37 £500 +11.11% 37
Scotland -41 36 £425 -10.53% 64
East of England -42 28 £515 +1.98% 50
East Midlands -12 16 £362 -10.49% 27
North East -30 13 £350 -22.22% 12
Wales -12 3 £356 +95.21% 18
Northern Ireland -2 2 - - 37

Visualisation Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Business Intelligence53.7%411
2Analytics48.6%372
3Data Visualisation48.2%369
4Data Modelling29.7%227
5Decision-Making28.8%220
6Agile26.9%206
7AI23.4%179
8Data Analysis21.7%166
9Stakeholder Management21.6%165
10Problem-Solving21.3%163
11Actionable Insight19.1%146
12Continuous Improvement17.4%133
12Dashboard Development17.4%133
14Validation16.7%128
15Data Pipeline15.7%120
16Data Engineering15.3%117
17Data Governance14.9%114
18Stakeholder Engagement14.8%113
19Data Science14.4%110
20ETL13.6%104