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 23 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 104 130
Rank change year-on-year -7 +26 +22
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 908 843 913
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.54% 2.28% 1.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.84% 2.63% 2.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 572 510 601
10th Percentile £326 £325 £300
25th Percentile £400 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% - -7.41%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £617
90th Percentile £736 £752 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +9.33% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 48 75
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.25 £22.65
25th Percentile £34.43 £27.88 £33.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £49.34 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +26.67% +6.84% -28.95%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
90th Percentile - - £64.50
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 31,979 31,998 41,164
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 89.50% 86.61% 88.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,013 19,257 27,677
10th Percentile £300 £310 £308
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £532
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.22% -3.36%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £743 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,115 1,171 1,588
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.10 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.12 £19.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £43.85
Median % change year-on-year -26.03% -22.46% +25.29%
75th Percentile £45.46 £64.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.50 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.85 £32.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -29.69% -26.97% +48.33%

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 November 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 23 November 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 23 November 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 -6 789 £488 -2.45% 823
UK excluding London +25 412 £492 +9.33% 468
London -8 412 £500 -9.09% 451
Work from Home -15 267 £500 - 397
North of England -20 119 £425 -5.56% 86
Midlands +5 76 £515 +24.85% 81
South East +16 68 £500 +3.95% 163
Yorkshire +3 66 £450 - 28
West Midlands +19 64 £525 +29.23% 51
Scotland +19 56 £500 -2.44% 27
North West -24 49 £408 -8.32% 49
East of England -10 48 £525 +23.53% 47
South West -6 38 £750 +57.89% 53
East Midlands -11 12 £413 -2.94% 29
Northern Ireland -13 6 £600 +20.00% 11
Wales -4 5 - - 14
North East -18 4 £413 -8.33% 12

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 41 (4.52%) Confluence
2 35 (3.85%) Apache Spark
3 33 (3.63%) Apache
4 30 (3.30%) SharePoint
5 29 (3.19%) Apache Airflow
6 15 (1.65%) WebLogic
7 13 (1.43%) SAS
8 8 (0.88%) Apache Pig
9 7 (0.77%) Jupyter
10 3 (0.33%) GeoServer
10 3 (0.33%) Smallworld
11 2 (0.22%) Apache Superset
11 2 (0.22%) CMS
12 1 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 1 (0.11%) Cloud Foundry
12 1 (0.11%) Drupal
12 1 (0.11%) Headless CMS
12 1 (0.11%) PowerFactory
12 1 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 143 (15.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 38 (4.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 28 (3.08%) Microsoft Office
4 15 (1.65%) MS Visio
5 11 (1.21%) Siemens NX
6 7 (0.77%) Chatbot
6 7 (0.77%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.44%) Adobe Captivate
7 4 (0.44%) Maya
7 4 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.44%) Navisworks
7 4 (0.44%) Revit
8 3 (0.33%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.33%) ProjectWise
9 2 (0.22%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.22%) Maple
9 2 (0.22%) Simulink
10 1 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (1.21%) Teamcenter
2 6 (0.66%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.44%) Aladdin
3 4 (0.44%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.33%) Bloomberg AIM
4 3 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.11%) Actimize
6 1 (0.11%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.11%) Endur
6 1 (0.11%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 1 (0.11%) Maximo
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
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
1 392 (43.17%) Power Platform
2 204 (22.47%) Azure
3 152 (16.74%) AWS
4 80 (8.81%) GCP
5 50 (5.51%) Snowflake
6 41 (4.52%) Azure Data Factory
7 34 (3.74%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 32 (3.52%) Serverless
9 31 (3.41%) Power Automate
10 30 (3.30%) Azure DevOps
11 29 (3.19%) dbt
12 28 (3.08%) PowerApps
13 27 (2.97%) AWS Lambda
14 21 (2.31%) Amazon S3
15 19 (2.09%) Cloud Computing
15 19 (2.09%) GitHub
16 16 (1.76%) Azure Monitor
17 15 (1.65%) Microsoft 365
18 13 (1.43%) Figma
19 12 (1.32%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 25 (2.75%) TCP/IP
2 23 (2.53%) Ethernet
3 4 (0.44%) 2G
3 4 (0.44%) 5G
3 4 (0.44%) Internet
3 4 (0.44%) SNMP
4 3 (0.33%) Kerberos
4 3 (0.33%) MQTT
4 3 (0.33%) SSH
5 2 (0.22%) Firewall
5 2 (0.22%) LTE
5 2 (0.22%) Mobile Backhaul
5 2 (0.22%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (0.22%) SSL
5 2 (0.22%) VoIP
6 1 (0.11%) 4G
6 1 (0.11%) DSL
6 1 (0.11%) NAS
6 1 (0.11%) SAN
6 1 (0.11%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 385 (42.40%) Power BI
2 184 (20.26%) Tableau
3 104 (11.45%) Data Warehouse
4 59 (6.50%) Relational Database
5 50 (5.51%) Power Query
6 44 (4.85%) Big Data
7 37 (4.07%) Data Lake
8 33 (3.63%) SQL Server
9 32 (3.52%) BigQuery
9 32 (3.52%) Hadoop
9 32 (3.52%) Looker
10 26 (2.86%) Metadata
10 26 (2.86%) PostgreSQL
11 20 (2.20%) Data Mining
12 17 (1.87%) NoSQL
13 16 (1.76%) Azure SQL Database
13 16 (1.76%) Elasticsearch
14 13 (1.43%) Oracle Reports
14 13 (1.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 12 (1.32%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 55 (6.06%) JIRA
2 53 (5.84%) Git
3 24 (2.64%) Visual Studio
4 23 (2.53%) Eclipse
5 15 (1.65%) Jenkins
6 7 (0.77%) Gradle
6 7 (0.77%) Storybook
6 7 (0.77%) Xcode
7 6 (0.66%) Cypress.io
7 6 (0.66%) JUnit
8 4 (0.44%) MLflow
9 3 (0.33%) Selenium
9 3 (0.33%) webpack
10 2 (0.22%) Postman
11 1 (0.11%) git-flow
11 1 (0.11%) REST Assured
11 1 (0.11%) Snyk
11 1 (0.11%) Sonatype Nexus
11 1 (0.11%) Terragrunt
11 1 (0.11%) Vite
General
1 382 (42.07%) Social Skills
2 262 (28.85%) Analytical Skills
3 223 (24.56%) Finance
4 84 (9.25%) Banking
5 77 (8.48%) Public Sector
6 44 (4.85%) Presentation Skills
7 34 (3.74%) Manufacturing
7 34 (3.74%) Marketing
8 30 (3.30%) Military
9 28 (3.08%) Investment Banking
10 27 (2.97%) Retail
11 20 (2.20%) Front Office
12 19 (2.09%) Telecoms
13 17 (1.87%) Legal
13 17 (1.87%) Organisational Skills
14 14 (1.54%) Publishing
15 13 (1.43%) Aerospace
15 13 (1.43%) Documentation Skills
15 13 (1.43%) Influencing Skills
16 11 (1.21%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 251 (27.64%) Analyst
2 150 (16.52%) Data Analyst
3 143 (15.75%) Developer
4 91 (10.02%) Data Engineer
5 86 (9.47%) Senior
6 75 (8.26%) Architect
7 54 (5.95%) Lead
8 49 (5.40%) Business Analyst
8 49 (5.40%) Data Scientist
9 44 (4.85%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 43 (4.74%) Consultant
11 37 (4.07%) Senior Analyst
12 33 (3.63%) Power BI Developer
13 31 (3.41%) Software Engineer
14 22 (2.42%) Solutions Architect
15 21 (2.31%) C# Software Engineer
16 19 (2.09%) Python Engineer
17 18 (1.98%) Designer
17 18 (1.98%) Power BI Analyst
17 18 (1.98%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (4.30%) React
2 38 (4.19%) Pandas
3 33 (3.63%) Node.js
3 33 (3.63%) scikit-learn
4 30 (3.30%) NumPy
4 30 (3.30%) Web Services
5 29 (3.19%) PySpark
6 22 (2.42%) D3.js
7 21 (2.31%) AngularJS
7 21 (2.31%) CSS
7 21 (2.31%) REST
8 20 (2.20%) Kafka
9 17 (1.87%) HTML
9 17 (1.87%) Plotly
10 14 (1.54%) Elastic Stack
10 14 (1.54%) OAuth
10 14 (1.54%) TensorFlow
10 14 (1.54%) Vue
11 11 (1.21%) Matplotlib
12 10 (1.10%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 66 (7.27%) Algorithms
2 38 (4.19%) Analytical Mindset
3 28 (3.08%) Cloud Native
3 28 (3.08%) Product Ownership
4 26 (2.86%) Data Structures
5 22 (2.42%) Management Information System
6 18 (1.98%) Onboarding
7 15 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
8 14 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
9 13 (1.43%) CMDB
9 13 (1.43%) Data Centre
10 12 (1.32%) Virtual Team
11 10 (1.10%) Distributed Computing
12 9 (0.99%) Data Protection Act
12 9 (0.99%) Hedge funds
13 8 (0.88%) Animation
13 8 (0.88%) Mobile App
13 8 (0.88%) SCADA
14 7 (0.77%) Greenfield Project
14 7 (0.77%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 64 (7.05%) Linux
2 47 (5.18%) Windows
3 32 (3.52%) Unix
4 8 (0.88%) Android
5 7 (0.77%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.22%) 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
1 431 (47.47%) Data Visualisation
2 423 (46.59%) Business Intelligence
3 333 (36.67%) Analytics
4 248 (27.31%) Data Modelling
5 227 (25.00%) Data Analysis
6 220 (24.23%) Decision-Making
7 216 (23.79%) Agile
8 208 (22.91%) Problem-Solving
9 153 (16.85%) Actionable Insight
10 145 (15.97%) Data Science
11 132 (14.54%) Machine Learning
12 131 (14.43%) ETL
13 121 (13.33%) AI
14 113 (12.44%) Data Pipeline
15 104 (11.45%) Stakeholder Management
16 102 (11.23%) Validation
17 96 (10.57%) CI/CD
17 96 (10.57%) Data Governance
18 95 (10.46%) Continuous Improvement
19 89 (9.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 412 (45.37%) SQL
2 311 (34.25%) Python
3 70 (7.71%) JavaScript
4 57 (6.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 51 (5.62%) R
6 44 (4.85%) C++
7 37 (4.07%) Java
8 33 (3.63%) C#
9 30 (3.30%) TypeScript
10 20 (2.20%) Scala
11 14 (1.54%) Bash
12 10 (1.10%) PowerShell
13 9 (0.99%) PL/SQL
14 8 (0.88%) Go
15 7 (0.77%) MATLAB
15 7 (0.77%) PHP
15 7 (0.77%) VBA
16 6 (0.66%) T-SQL
17 5 (0.55%) Groovy
18 4 (0.44%) LookML
Qualifications
1 156 (17.18%) Security Cleared
2 126 (13.88%) SC Cleared
3 106 (11.67%) Degree
4 41 (4.52%) Master's Degree
5 23 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
6 18 (1.98%) CISSP
7 16 (1.76%) Azure Certification
8 15 (1.65%) CISM
9 14 (1.54%) BPSS Clearance
10 13 (1.43%) PhD
11 10 (1.10%) DV Cleared
12 9 (0.99%) ITIL Certification
12 9 (0.99%) TOGAF Certification
13 7 (0.77%) AWS Certification
13 7 (0.77%) CFA
13 7 (0.77%) PMI Certification
14 5 (0.55%) CBAP
14 5 (0.55%) CEH
15 4 (0.44%) ACCA
16 3 (0.33%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 135 (14.87%) Data Quality
2 56 (6.17%) Accessibility
3 33 (3.63%) QA
4 30 (3.30%) GDPR
5 8 (0.88%) Actionable Recommendations
5 8 (0.88%) PMO
6 7 (0.77%) WCAG
7 6 (0.66%) Disclosure Scotland
7 6 (0.66%) HIPAA
8 5 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (0.44%) ISO 19650
9 4 (0.44%) MiFID
9 4 (0.44%) NIST
9 4 (0.44%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.33%) EMIR
10 3 (0.33%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.22%) Dodd-Frank
11 2 (0.22%) GxP
11 2 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 2 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 34 (3.74%) Docker
2 9 (0.99%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.11%) HDFS
4 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 39 (4.30%) Terraform
2 29 (3.19%) Kubernetes
3 20 (2.20%) Kibana
4 18 (1.98%) Grafana
5 14 (1.54%) logstash
6 12 (1.32%) Ansible
7 4 (0.44%) Argo
7 4 (0.44%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.11%) Cacti
9 1 (0.11%) collectd
9 1 (0.11%) Fluentd
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
1 188 (20.70%) Microsoft
2 58 (6.39%) Oracle
3 53 (5.84%) Databricks
4 43 (4.74%) Google
4 43 (4.74%) Splunk
5 31 (3.41%) Salesforce
6 29 (3.19%) ServiceNow
7 26 (2.86%) Dynatrace
8 19 (2.09%) AppDynamics
8 19 (2.09%) Cisco
8 19 (2.09%) SAP
9 16 (1.76%) BiZZdesign
10 15 (1.65%) Foundry
11 13 (1.43%) OpenAI
12 12 (1.32%) CyberArk
13 11 (1.21%) Adobe
13 11 (1.21%) Centrify
13 11 (1.21%) Palantir
14 10 (1.10%) Siemens
15 9 (0.99%) Bloomberg