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 20 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 205 113 115
Rank change year-on-year -92 +2 +28
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 730 796 771
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.36% 2.42% 1.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.61% 2.68% 2.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 427 489 475
10th Percentile £325 £313 £313
25th Percentile £400 £394 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.41% -7.50% -3.85%
75th Percentile £600 £571 £613
90th Percentile £700 £675 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £473 £450 £465
% change year-on-year +5.00% -3.23% -2.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 47 57
10th Percentile £21.08 £22.70 £21.25
25th Percentile £28.50 £32.88 £41.25
Median hourly rate £55.00 £50.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -23.08% +44.44%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 -
90th Percentile £70.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £60.50 £50.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +21.00% -23.08% +56.46%

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 requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 45,331 29,700 33,127
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.72% 90.46% 85.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,838 18,524 21,130
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £425 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.58%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £730 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,836 1,729 1,767
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.20 £14.00
25th Percentile £18.31 £17.33 £18.14
Median hourly rate £41.63 £25.15 £40.94
Median % change year-on-year +65.54% -38.57% -0.24%
75th Percentile £67.99 £49.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £24.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year +83.17% -43.53% +17.65%

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 20 August 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 of jobs citing Visualisation over the 6 months to 20 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Visualisation in the UK

Visualisation
Top 15 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 20 August 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
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -88 670 £488 +3.17% 675
UK excluding London -82 345 £473 +5.00% 446
London -73 325 £488 -2.50% 340
Work from Home -59 224 £500 +16.21% 208
North of England -53 102 £450 +4.65% 102
Midlands -42 83 £539 +12.54% 59
West Midlands -46 62 £550 +4.76% 35
South East -51 61 £450 -18.18% 128
North West -20 51 £473 +5.70% 56
South West -14 48 £450 - 66
Yorkshire -45 46 £466 +16.38% 34
East of England -26 35 £565 +5.12% 48
Scotland -33 23 £425 -5.56% 30
East Midlands -11 21 £375 -6.25% 24
North East -40 6 £410 -8.89% 14

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 19 (2.60%) Apache Spark
1 19 (2.60%) Confluence
2 11 (1.51%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.37%) ArcGIS
4 9 (1.23%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (1.23%) Apache Superset
5 6 (0.82%) Apache
6 5 (0.68%) CMS
6 5 (0.68%) Palantir Foundry
7 4 (0.55%) Jupyter
7 4 (0.55%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.27%) Oracle Application Server
8 2 (0.27%) SAS
9 1 (0.14%) nginx
9 1 (0.14%) R Markdown
Applications
1 117 (16.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (2.05%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (1.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (1.37%) MS Visio
5 9 (1.23%) Spreadsheet
6 8 (1.10%) CPLEX
7 6 (0.82%) Microsoft Project
8 4 (0.55%) Adobe Illustrator
8 4 (0.55%) Chatbot
8 4 (0.55%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.41%) InDesign
10 2 (0.27%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.27%) EPLAN
10 2 (0.27%) Notion
11 1 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 11 (1.51%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.37%) Remedy ITSM
3 9 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.68%) Primavera
5 3 (0.41%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.27%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.14%) Advent Geneva
7 1 (0.14%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.14%) iTrent
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.14%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.14%) ResourceLink
7 1 (0.14%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.14%) SAP MDM
7 1 (0.14%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (0.14%) Sprinklr
7 1 (0.14%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 369 (50.55%) Power Platform
2 147 (20.14%) Azure
3 106 (14.52%) AWS
4 48 (6.58%) Snowflake
5 45 (6.16%) GCP
6 37 (5.07%) Azure DevOps
7 35 (4.79%) Azure Data Factory
8 28 (3.84%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 26 (3.56%) Power Automate
10 25 (3.42%) Serverless
11 24 (3.29%) GitHub
12 22 (3.01%) PowerApps
13 18 (2.47%) dbt
14 17 (2.33%) Amazon S3
15 14 (1.92%) Google Analytics
16 13 (1.78%) Adobe Analytics
17 11 (1.51%) Microsoft 365
18 9 (1.23%) AWS Lambda
18 9 (1.23%) Dynamics 365
19 8 (1.10%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.64%) Ethernet
2 11 (1.51%) TCP/IP
3 4 (0.55%) HTTP
3 4 (0.55%) Wireless
4 3 (0.41%) Firewall
4 3 (0.41%) VPN
5 2 (0.27%) 2G
5 2 (0.27%) 3G
5 2 (0.27%) 4G
5 2 (0.27%) 5G
5 2 (0.27%) Broadband
5 2 (0.27%) DHCP
5 2 (0.27%) DNS
5 2 (0.27%) Network Security
5 2 (0.27%) PCoIP
5 2 (0.27%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (0.27%) Remote Desktop
5 2 (0.27%) SNMP
6 1 (0.14%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.14%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 363 (49.73%) Power BI
2 143 (19.59%) Tableau
3 91 (12.47%) Data Warehouse
4 59 (8.08%) Power Query
5 48 (6.58%) Relational Database
6 38 (5.21%) Data Lake
7 32 (4.38%) Metadata
8 31 (4.25%) SQL Server
9 30 (4.11%) Big Data
10 25 (3.42%) PostgreSQL
11 24 (3.29%) Looker
12 22 (3.01%) BigQuery
13 19 (2.60%) Oracle Reports
14 15 (2.05%) Star Schema
15 14 (1.92%) GIS
16 13 (1.78%) Qlik Sense
16 13 (1.78%) QlikView
16 13 (1.78%) Snowflake Schema
17 12 (1.64%) Parquet
18 11 (1.51%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 44 (6.03%) Git
1 44 (6.03%) JIRA
2 13 (1.78%) Visual Studio
3 12 (1.64%) Eclipse
4 6 (0.82%) GitLab
5 5 (0.68%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.55%) Cypress.io
6 4 (0.55%) Oracle Forms
7 3 (0.41%) JMeter
8 2 (0.27%) Charles Proxy
8 2 (0.27%) Selenium
8 2 (0.27%) WebDriver
9 1 (0.14%) Flyway
9 1 (0.14%) Gatling
9 1 (0.14%) MLflow
9 1 (0.14%) NeoLoad
9 1 (0.14%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.14%) Storybook
9 1 (0.14%) Terragrunt
9 1 (0.14%) Vite
General
1 248 (33.97%) Analytical Skills
2 242 (33.15%) Social Skills
3 166 (22.74%) Finance
4 74 (10.14%) Public Sector
5 59 (8.08%) Banking
6 28 (3.84%) Marketing
7 25 (3.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 24 (3.29%) Retail
9 22 (3.01%) Military
10 21 (2.88%) Presentation Skills
11 15 (2.05%) Manufacturing
12 13 (1.78%) Investment Banking
13 12 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
13 12 (1.64%) Law
14 11 (1.51%) Organisational Skills
14 11 (1.51%) Pharmaceutical
15 9 (1.23%) Telecoms
16 8 (1.10%) Publishing
17 7 (0.96%) Local Government
18 6 (0.82%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 188 (25.75%) Analyst
2 107 (14.66%) Developer
3 103 (14.11%) Data Analyst
4 98 (13.42%) Data Engineer
5 87 (11.92%) Senior
6 48 (6.58%) Lead
7 42 (5.75%) Consultant
8 39 (5.34%) Data Scientist
9 36 (4.93%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 32 (4.38%) Architect
11 29 (3.97%) Business Analyst
11 29 (3.97%) Power BI Developer
12 24 (3.29%) Designer
12 24 (3.29%) Senior Data Engineer
13 21 (2.88%) Python Developer
14 19 (2.60%) Business Intelligence Analyst
14 19 (2.60%) Data Architect
14 19 (2.60%) Data Manager
15 15 (2.05%) Senior Analyst
16 14 (1.92%) Performance Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (5.62%) Terraform
2 38 (5.21%) REST
3 34 (4.66%) Pandas
4 31 (4.25%) React
5 25 (3.42%) CSS
6 23 (3.15%) HTML
7 22 (3.01%) Kafka
8 21 (2.88%) PySpark
9 20 (2.74%) NumPy
10 18 (2.47%) Web Services
11 16 (2.19%) scikit-learn
12 14 (1.92%) Node.js
13 13 (1.78%) .NET
13 13 (1.78%) Flask
14 11 (1.51%) PyTorch
14 11 (1.51%) TensorFlow
15 10 (1.37%) JSON
15 10 (1.37%) Vue
16 9 (1.23%) SOAP
17 8 (1.10%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 57 (7.81%) Data Structures
2 29 (3.97%) Management Information System
3 28 (3.84%) Cloud Native
4 21 (2.88%) Algorithms
4 21 (2.88%) Legacy Systems
5 20 (2.74%) Analytical Mindset
6 18 (2.47%) Onboarding
7 17 (2.33%) Distributed Systems
7 17 (2.33%) Product Ownership
8 15 (2.05%) Data Protection Act
9 14 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
10 13 (1.78%) AI Agents
10 13 (1.78%) Reference Data
11 11 (1.51%) Virtual Team
12 10 (1.37%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 10 (1.37%) PKI
13 9 (1.23%) Clustering
13 9 (1.23%) Derivative
14 7 (0.96%) Driving Licence
14 7 (0.96%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 35 (4.79%) Windows
2 23 (3.15%) Linux
3 13 (1.78%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.82%) Apple iOS
4 6 (0.82%) Unix
5 3 (0.41%) Android
5 3 (0.41%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.14%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 381 (52.19%) Business Intelligence
2 357 (48.90%) Data Visualisation
3 351 (48.08%) Analytics
4 211 (28.90%) Data Modelling
5 192 (26.30%) Decision-Making
6 186 (25.48%) Agile
7 182 (24.93%) Problem-Solving
8 159 (21.78%) AI
9 138 (18.90%) Data Analysis
10 131 (17.95%) Actionable Insight
11 125 (17.12%) Validation
12 121 (16.58%) Continuous Improvement
12 121 (16.58%) Stakeholder Management
13 117 (16.03%) ETL
14 116 (15.89%) Data Science
15 113 (15.48%) Data Pipeline
16 110 (15.07%) Data Governance
17 108 (14.79%) Data Engineering
18 107 (14.66%) Dashboard Development
19 94 (12.88%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 358 (49.04%) SQL
2 266 (36.44%) Python
3 69 (9.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 57 (7.81%) R
5 50 (6.85%) JavaScript
6 41 (5.62%) Java
7 37 (5.07%) C#
8 27 (3.70%) TypeScript
9 17 (2.33%) C++
10 16 (2.19%) PowerShell
11 12 (1.64%) Scala
12 11 (1.51%) PL/SQL
13 10 (1.37%) T-SQL
13 10 (1.37%) VBA
14 8 (1.10%) Bash
15 5 (0.68%) Cypher
15 5 (0.68%) MATLAB
16 4 (0.55%) Gremlin
16 4 (0.55%) Rust
16 4 (0.55%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 152 (20.82%) Security Cleared
2 109 (14.93%) SC Cleared
3 85 (11.64%) Degree
4 21 (2.88%) BPSS Clearance
5 19 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (2.60%) DV Cleared
6 17 (2.33%) Azure Certification
7 14 (1.92%) Master's Degree
8 9 (1.23%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (0.68%) Postgraduate
10 4 (0.55%) PhD
10 4 (0.55%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 4 (0.55%) Tableau Certification
11 3 (0.41%) SnowPro
12 2 (0.27%) APMG
12 2 (0.27%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.27%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 1 (0.14%) DBS Check
13 1 (0.14%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 158 (21.64%) Data Quality
2 46 (6.30%) QA
3 28 (3.84%) GDPR
4 22 (3.01%) Accessibility
5 18 (2.47%) PMO
6 6 (0.82%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (0.68%) GRC
8 4 (0.55%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 4 (0.55%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 4 (0.55%) GMP
8 4 (0.55%) GxP
8 4 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 17025
8 4 (0.55%) WCAG
9 2 (0.27%) Basel III
9 2 (0.27%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.27%) SLA
9 2 (0.27%) Solvency II
10 1 (0.14%) COBIT
10 1 (0.14%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.14%) P3O
System Software
1 23 (3.15%) Docker
2 18 (2.47%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.27%) Microsoft App-V
4 2 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.27%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.27%) VMware Workstation
4 2 (0.27%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (2.33%) Grafana
2 15 (2.05%) Kubernetes
3 9 (1.23%) SCCM
4 6 (0.82%) Ansible
4 6 (0.82%) Kibana
4 6 (0.82%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.41%) Podman
6 2 (0.27%) Istio
6 2 (0.27%) Packer
6 2 (0.27%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 1 (0.14%) Fluentd
7 1 (0.14%) logstash
7 1 (0.14%) Network Intrusion Detection System
7 1 (0.14%) QRadar
7 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.14%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 138 (18.90%) Microsoft
2 70 (9.59%) Databricks
3 44 (6.03%) Oracle
4 43 (5.89%) SAP
5 40 (5.48%) Google
6 32 (4.38%) ServiceNow
7 21 (2.88%) Dynatrace
8 16 (2.19%) Adobe
9 13 (1.78%) Splunk
10 11 (1.51%) Alteryx
10 11 (1.51%) Salesforce
11 10 (1.37%) Remedy
12 9 (1.23%) BMC
13 8 (1.10%) Palantir
14 7 (0.96%) Informatica
15 5 (0.68%) Amplitude
15 5 (0.68%) Foundry
16 4 (0.55%) Sage
16 4 (0.55%) UiPath
16 4 (0.55%) Workday