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 24 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 207 99 103
Rank change year-on-year -108 +4 +23
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 764 883 803
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.39% 2.63% 2.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.63% 2.90% 2.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 453 556 474
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 £704 £773
UK excluding London median daily rate £473 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -0.47% +5.56% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 50 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% +35.34%
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% - +40.75%

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
24 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills 46,983 30,411 31,936
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 85.28% 90.44% 86.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,218 18,943 19,207
10th Percentile £325 £299 £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 £622 £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 3,560 1,942 1,180
10th Percentile £13.50 £14.38 £15.00
25th Percentile £16.65 £17.30 £20.12
Median hourly rate £35.00 £25.15 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year +39.17% -33.82% -10.59%
75th Percentile £65.00 £42.79 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.00 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.00 £22.27 £37.50
% change year-on-year +57.20% -40.63% -11.76%

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 24 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 24 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 24 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 -104 665 £488 +2.63% 1,053
UK excluding London -95 357 £473 -0.47% 568
London -90 329 £494 -1.25% 560
Work from Home -64 239 £518 +11.89% 484
North of England -75 95 £445 +4.71% 132
Midlands -26 90 £542 +6.80% 96
West Midlands -31 74 £550 +4.76% 71
South East -66 66 £438 -12.40% 117
South West -26 47 £475 -36.67% 58
North West -45 47 £463 +13.50% 81
Yorkshire -64 36 £500 +11.11% 37
Scotland -44 33 £423 -15.50% 65
East of England -35 29 £515 +1.98% 49
East Midlands -13 16 £362 -10.49% 25
North East -29 13 £350 -17.65% 14
Wales -10 3 £356 +95.21% 19
Northern Ireland -1 2 - - 38

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 Intelligence53.5%409
2Analytics48.6%371
3Data Visualisation48.0%367
4Data Modelling29.6%226
5Decision-Making28.8%220
6Agile27.1%207
7AI23.3%178
8Stakeholder Management21.6%165
9Data Analysis21.3%163
10Problem-Solving20.9%160
11Actionable Insight18.8%144
12Continuous Improvement17.3%132
13Dashboard Development17.0%130
14Validation16.6%127
15Data Engineering15.6%119
16Data Pipeline15.4%118
17Stakeholder Engagement14.8%113
18Data Science14.7%112
19Data Governance14.5%111
20ETL13.4%102