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

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 114 100 124
Rank change year-on-year -14 +24 +27
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 894 850 908
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.48% 2.32% 1.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.77% 2.67% 2.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 566 517 596
10th Percentile £329 £325 £300
25th Percentile £401 £400 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.05% - -7.41%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £614
90th Percentile £738 £756 £706
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 49 75
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.25 £22.65
25th Percentile £35.93 £28.50 £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 - - £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 32,259 31,857 40,400
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 89.36% 87.03% 88.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,239 19,190 27,102
10th Percentile £300 £310 £308
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.41% -3.18%
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 2,092 1,151 1,562
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.22 £14.36
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.25 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £43.88
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -20.24% +25.37%
75th Percentile £45.46 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.50 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.74 £32.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -30.05% -26.97% +39.06%

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 28 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 28 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 28 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 0 775 £492 -1.60% 439
London -16 404 £500 -9.09% 196
UK excluding London +18 403 £500 +11.11% 395
Work from Home -28 258 £500 - 215
North of England -24 118 £425 -5.56% 51
Midlands +7 71 £525 +27.27% 67
South East +17 68 £500 +3.73% 180
Yorkshire -5 65 £450 - 10
West Midlands -4 58 £525 +27.27% 37
Scotland +20 55 £500 -2.44% 12
North West -24 49 £408 -6.27% 34
East of England -17 47 £525 +16.67% 38
South West -1 38 £750 +57.89% 46
East Midlands -11 13 £411 -3.24% 30
Wales -4 5 - - 10
Northern Ireland -12 5 £600 +20.00% 4
North East -18 4 £413 -8.33% 9

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 (4.59%) Confluence
2 37 (4.14%) Apache Spark
3 33 (3.69%) Apache
4 29 (3.24%) Apache Airflow
5 26 (2.91%) SharePoint
6 15 (1.68%) WebLogic
7 13 (1.45%) SAS
8 8 (0.89%) Apache Pig
9 7 (0.78%) Jupyter
10 3 (0.34%) GeoServer
10 3 (0.34%) 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
1 134 (14.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (3.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 26 (2.91%) Microsoft Office
4 15 (1.68%) MS Visio
5 11 (1.23%) Siemens NX
6 7 (0.78%) Chatbot
7 6 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.45%) Adobe Captivate
8 4 (0.45%) Maya
8 4 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
8 4 (0.45%) Navisworks
8 4 (0.45%) Revit
9 3 (0.34%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.34%) ProjectWise
10 2 (0.22%) Adobe Illustrator
10 2 (0.22%) Maple
10 2 (0.22%) Simulink
11 1 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 1 (0.11%) Oracle Smart View
11 1 (0.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (1.23%) Teamcenter
2 6 (0.67%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.45%) Aladdin
3 4 (0.45%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.34%) Bloomberg AIM
5 2 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.11%) Actimize
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%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.11%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.11%) Shopify
6 1 (0.11%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 381 (42.62%) Power Platform
2 202 (22.60%) Azure
3 156 (17.45%) AWS
4 81 (9.06%) GCP
5 50 (5.59%) Snowflake
6 38 (4.25%) Azure Data Factory
7 31 (3.47%) Serverless
8 30 (3.36%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 29 (3.24%) dbt
9 29 (3.24%) Power Automate
10 27 (3.02%) Azure DevOps
11 26 (2.91%) AWS Lambda
11 26 (2.91%) PowerApps
12 20 (2.24%) Amazon S3
13 19 (2.13%) GitHub
14 17 (1.90%) Cloud Computing
15 16 (1.79%) Azure Monitor
16 13 (1.45%) Figma
16 13 (1.45%) Google Analytics
17 12 (1.34%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 24 (2.68%) TCP/IP
2 22 (2.46%) 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 (0.22%) 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%) HTTP
6 1 (0.11%) LAN
6 1 (0.11%) NAS
6 1 (0.11%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 376 (42.06%) Power BI
2 181 (20.25%) Tableau
3 103 (11.52%) Data Warehouse
4 58 (6.49%) Relational Database
5 47 (5.26%) Power Query
6 46 (5.15%) Big Data
7 36 (4.03%) Data Lake
8 34 (3.80%) Hadoop
9 32 (3.58%) SQL Server
10 31 (3.47%) BigQuery
10 31 (3.47%) Looker
11 25 (2.80%) Metadata
12 24 (2.68%) PostgreSQL
13 20 (2.24%) Data Mining
14 16 (1.79%) Azure SQL Database
14 16 (1.79%) Elasticsearch
14 16 (1.79%) NoSQL
15 13 (1.45%) Oracle Reports
15 13 (1.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 11 (1.23%) Apache Hive
Development Applications
1 54 (6.04%) JIRA
2 51 (5.70%) Git
3 24 (2.68%) Visual Studio
4 22 (2.46%) Eclipse
5 14 (1.57%) Jenkins
6 7 (0.78%) Gradle
6 7 (0.78%) Storybook
6 7 (0.78%) Xcode
7 6 (0.67%) Cypress.io
7 6 (0.67%) JUnit
8 4 (0.45%) MLflow
8 4 (0.45%) Selenium
9 3 (0.34%) webpack
10 2 (0.22%) Postman
11 1 (0.11%) git-flow
11 1 (0.11%) Snyk
11 1 (0.11%) Sonatype Nexus
11 1 (0.11%) Terragrunt
11 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio Coded UI
11 1 (0.11%) Vite
General
1 374 (41.83%) Social Skills
2 254 (28.41%) Analytical Skills
3 223 (24.94%) Finance
4 81 (9.06%) Banking
5 80 (8.95%) Public Sector
6 42 (4.70%) Presentation Skills
7 33 (3.69%) Manufacturing
7 33 (3.69%) Marketing
8 30 (3.36%) Military
9 27 (3.02%) Investment Banking
10 25 (2.80%) Retail
11 20 (2.24%) Front Office
12 18 (2.01%) Legal
12 18 (2.01%) Telecoms
13 15 (1.68%) Organisational Skills
14 14 (1.57%) Influencing Skills
14 14 (1.57%) Publishing
15 13 (1.45%) Aerospace
15 13 (1.45%) Documentation Skills
16 12 (1.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 242 (27.07%) Analyst
2 144 (16.11%) Data Analyst
3 139 (15.55%) Developer
4 90 (10.07%) Senior
5 86 (9.62%) Data Engineer
6 74 (8.28%) Architect
7 54 (6.04%) Data Scientist
7 54 (6.04%) Lead
8 49 (5.48%) Business Analyst
9 45 (5.03%) Consultant
10 41 (4.59%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 39 (4.36%) Senior Analyst
12 32 (3.58%) Power BI Developer
13 30 (3.36%) Software Engineer
14 22 (2.46%) Solutions Architect
15 20 (2.24%) C# Software Engineer
16 19 (2.13%) Python Engineer
17 18 (2.01%) Designer
17 18 (2.01%) Power BI Analyst
17 18 (2.01%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (4.36%) Pandas
2 38 (4.25%) React
3 34 (3.80%) scikit-learn
4 31 (3.47%) Node.js
4 31 (3.47%) NumPy
5 29 (3.24%) Web Services
6 26 (2.91%) PySpark
7 21 (2.35%) CSS
7 21 (2.35%) D3.js
7 21 (2.35%) REST
8 20 (2.24%) AngularJS
9 19 (2.13%) Kafka
10 17 (1.90%) HTML
10 17 (1.90%) Plotly
11 15 (1.68%) OAuth
12 14 (1.57%) Elastic Stack
12 14 (1.57%) TensorFlow
12 14 (1.57%) Vue
13 11 (1.23%) Matplotlib
14 10 (1.12%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 65 (7.27%) Algorithms
2 37 (4.14%) Analytical Mindset
3 27 (3.02%) Cloud Native
4 25 (2.80%) Product Ownership
5 24 (2.68%) Data Structures
6 21 (2.35%) Management Information System
7 19 (2.13%) Onboarding
8 14 (1.57%) Legacy Systems
8 14 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
9 13 (1.45%) CMDB
9 13 (1.45%) Data Centre
10 12 (1.34%) Virtual Team
11 10 (1.12%) Distributed Computing
12 9 (1.01%) Data Protection Act
12 9 (1.01%) Hedge funds
13 8 (0.89%) Animation
13 8 (0.89%) Mobile App
13 8 (0.89%) SCADA
14 7 (0.78%) Low-Code
14 7 (0.78%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 62 (6.94%) Linux
2 45 (5.03%) Windows
3 32 (3.58%) Unix
4 8 (0.89%) Android
5 7 (0.78%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.22%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.11%) Mac OS
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
1 428 (47.87%) Data Visualisation
2 413 (46.20%) Business Intelligence
3 333 (37.25%) Analytics
4 240 (26.85%) Data Modelling
5 218 (24.38%) Data Analysis
6 216 (24.16%) Decision-Making
7 213 (23.83%) Agile
8 204 (22.82%) Problem-Solving
9 153 (17.11%) Actionable Insight
10 148 (16.55%) Data Science
11 137 (15.32%) Machine Learning
12 129 (14.43%) ETL
13 122 (13.65%) AI
14 115 (12.86%) Data Pipeline
15 106 (11.86%) Stakeholder Management
16 98 (10.96%) Data Governance
17 97 (10.85%) Validation
18 95 (10.63%) Continuous Improvement
19 94 (10.51%) CI/CD
20 88 (9.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 404 (45.19%) SQL
2 312 (34.90%) Python
3 69 (7.72%) JavaScript
4 54 (6.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 53 (5.93%) R
6 43 (4.81%) C++
7 36 (4.03%) Java
8 33 (3.69%) C#
9 29 (3.24%) TypeScript
10 19 (2.13%) Scala
11 14 (1.57%) Bash
12 11 (1.23%) PowerShell
13 10 (1.12%) PL/SQL
14 8 (0.89%) Go
14 8 (0.89%) VBA
15 7 (0.78%) MATLAB
15 7 (0.78%) PHP
15 7 (0.78%) T-SQL
16 5 (0.56%) Groovy
17 4 (0.45%) C
Qualifications
1 157 (17.56%) Security Cleared
2 125 (13.98%) SC Cleared
3 101 (11.30%) Degree
4 40 (4.47%) Master's Degree
5 23 (2.57%) Computer Science Degree
6 18 (2.01%) CISSP
7 15 (1.68%) Azure Certification
7 15 (1.68%) CISM
8 14 (1.57%) BPSS Clearance
9 13 (1.45%) PhD
10 10 (1.12%) DV Cleared
11 9 (1.01%) ITIL Certification
11 9 (1.01%) TOGAF Certification
12 7 (0.78%) CFA
12 7 (0.78%) PMI Certification
13 6 (0.67%) AWS Certification
14 5 (0.56%) CBAP
14 5 (0.56%) CEH
15 4 (0.45%) ACCA
16 3 (0.34%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 130 (14.54%) Data Quality
2 55 (6.15%) Accessibility
3 33 (3.69%) QA
4 30 (3.36%) GDPR
5 8 (0.89%) Actionable Recommendations
6 7 (0.78%) WCAG
7 6 (0.67%) Disclosure Scotland
7 6 (0.67%) HIPAA
7 6 (0.67%) PMO
8 5 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (0.45%) ISO 19650
9 4 (0.45%) MiFID
9 4 (0.45%) NIST
9 4 (0.45%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.34%) EMIR
10 3 (0.34%) 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 33 (3.69%) Docker
2 10 (1.12%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.11%) HDFS
4 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 36 (4.03%) Terraform
2 28 (3.13%) Kubernetes
3 20 (2.24%) Kibana
4 18 (2.01%) Grafana
5 14 (1.57%) logstash
6 12 (1.34%) Ansible
7 4 (0.45%) Argo
7 4 (0.45%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.11%) Cacti
8 1 (0.11%) collectd
8 1 (0.11%) Fluentd
8 1 (0.11%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.11%) QRadar
8 1 (0.11%) Rsyslog
8 1 (0.11%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 1 (0.11%) SysTrack
8 1 (0.11%) Thomson Reuters DACS
8 1 (0.11%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 179 (20.02%) Microsoft
2 58 (6.49%) Oracle
3 52 (5.82%) Databricks
4 45 (5.03%) Google
5 43 (4.81%) Splunk
6 31 (3.47%) ServiceNow
7 30 (3.36%) Salesforce
8 26 (2.91%) Dynatrace
9 20 (2.24%) SAP
10 19 (2.13%) AppDynamics
10 19 (2.13%) Cisco
11 16 (1.79%) BiZZdesign
12 15 (1.68%) Foundry
13 13 (1.45%) OpenAI
14 12 (1.34%) CyberArk
15 11 (1.23%) Adobe
15 11 (1.23%) Centrify
15 11 (1.23%) Palantir
16 10 (1.12%) Siemens
17 9 (1.01%) Bloomberg