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 3 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 170 97 137
Rank change year-on-year -73 +40 +17
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 769 732 723
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.57% 2.54% 1.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.86% 2.80% 1.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 474 452 482
10th Percentile £325 £318 £313
25th Percentile £402 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £463 £478
Median % change year-on-year +5.41% -3.14% -4.50%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £575
90th Percentile £709 £675 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +5.56% - -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 38 42
10th Percentile £21.49 £22.36 £20.58
25th Percentile £33.06 £31.51 £41.25
Median hourly rate £60.50 £34.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +75.36% -42.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67.86 £53.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £69.11 £70.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £34.43 £65.00
% change year-on-year +88.79% -47.03% -

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 41,363 26,184 36,825
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.68% 91.01% 85.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,810 16,717 23,641
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,496 1,118 2,535
10th Percentile £14.64 £14.20 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.98 £17.87 £16.00
Median hourly rate £42.69 £27.85 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +53.27% -23.70% +1.39%
75th Percentile £67.84 £57.19 £60.75
90th Percentile £81.14 £73.75 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +78.93% -34.02% +8.91%

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 3 June 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 3 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Visualisation in the UK

Visualisation
Top 16 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 3 June 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 -63 684 £488 +3.45% 526
London -47 364 £488 -2.50% 237
UK excluding London -66 320 £475 +5.56% 361
Work from Home -16 256 £491 +9.17% 265
North of England -63 102 £444 -4.11% 98
Midlands -47 62 £520 +30.00% 53
South East -42 56 £500 -9.09% 100
North West -22 55 £413 -10.81% 51
South West -16 48 £475 - 53
West Midlands -50 48 £550 +33.33% 33
Yorkshire -56 43 £463 +15.63% 34
Scotland -3 27 £400 -10.51% 18
East of England -40 26 £565 -5.83% 28
East Midlands -26 14 £488 +30.00% 20
North East -34 7 £420 -13.85% 16
Northern Ireland +2 2 £463 +8.82% 11

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 45 (5.85%) Apache Spark
2 20 (2.60%) Apache
3 17 (2.21%) Apache Airflow
4 16 (2.08%) Confluence
5 14 (1.82%) SharePoint
6 11 (1.43%) Apache Superset
7 5 (0.65%) CMS
8 4 (0.52%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.52%) OpenStack
8 4 (0.52%) SAS
9 3 (0.39%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.26%) GeoServer
10 2 (0.26%) Luigi
10 2 (0.26%) Smallworld
11 1 (0.13%) Oracle Application Server
11 1 (0.13%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.13%) R Markdown
11 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 121 (15.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (2.34%) MS Visio
3 14 (1.82%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (1.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (1.17%) Chatbot
6 8 (1.04%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (1.04%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.65%) Adobe Illustrator
7 5 (0.65%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.26%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.26%) CPLEX
8 2 (0.26%) EPLAN
8 2 (0.26%) InDesign
8 2 (0.26%) Notion
9 1 (0.13%) 3ds Max
9 1 (0.13%) Maya
9 1 (0.13%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 21 (2.73%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.43%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.91%) Remedy ITSM
4 5 (0.65%) Primavera
5 4 (0.52%) Adobe Campaign
6 3 (0.39%) Eloqua
6 3 (0.39%) iTrent
6 3 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.26%) IntelliMatch
7 2 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.26%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.13%) Advent Geneva
8 1 (0.13%) FLEXCUBE
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.13%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.13%) ResourceLink
8 1 (0.13%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.13%) SAP MDM
8 1 (0.13%) Sprinklr
8 1 (0.13%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 357 (46.42%) Power Platform
2 153 (19.90%) Azure
3 132 (17.17%) AWS
4 53 (6.89%) Snowflake
5 50 (6.50%) GCP
6 42 (5.46%) Azure Data Factory
7 26 (3.38%) Serverless
8 25 (3.25%) Azure DevOps
9 24 (3.12%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 22 (2.86%) dbt
11 21 (2.73%) Amazon S3
12 20 (2.60%) Power Automate
13 19 (2.47%) GitHub
14 18 (2.34%) AWS Lambda
15 16 (2.08%) PowerApps
16 10 (1.30%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 10 (1.30%) Dynamics 365
16 10 (1.30%) Microsoft 365
16 10 (1.30%) SaaS
16 10 (1.30%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.69%) TCP/IP
2 12 (1.56%) Ethernet
3 6 (0.78%) Firewall
4 4 (0.52%) DNS
5 3 (0.39%) Wireless
6 2 (0.26%) DHCP
6 2 (0.26%) Fibre Channel
6 2 (0.26%) Internet
6 2 (0.26%) Network Security
6 2 (0.26%) PCoIP
6 2 (0.26%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (0.26%) SAN
6 2 (0.26%) SMS
7 1 (0.13%) Intranet
7 1 (0.13%) LAN
7 1 (0.13%) Modbus
7 1 (0.13%) SNMP
7 1 (0.13%) SSH
7 1 (0.13%) VPN
7 1 (0.13%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 351 (45.64%) Power BI
2 178 (23.15%) Tableau
3 103 (13.39%) Data Warehouse
4 48 (6.24%) Relational Database
5 43 (5.59%) Big Data
6 41 (5.33%) Metadata
6 41 (5.33%) Power Query
7 37 (4.81%) SQL Server
8 33 (4.29%) Looker
9 30 (3.90%) Data Lake
10 29 (3.77%) PostgreSQL
11 27 (3.51%) Hadoop
12 26 (3.38%) BigQuery
13 19 (2.47%) NoSQL
14 16 (2.08%) Snowflake Schema
15 14 (1.82%) Geospatial Data
15 14 (1.82%) Star Schema
16 12 (1.56%) Oracle Reports
17 11 (1.43%) MySQL
17 11 (1.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 50 (6.50%) Git
2 38 (4.94%) JIRA
3 13 (1.69%) Visual Studio
4 12 (1.56%) Eclipse
5 8 (1.04%) Jenkins
5 8 (1.04%) MLflow
6 5 (0.65%) GitLab
7 4 (0.52%) ERwin
8 3 (0.39%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.39%) Terragrunt
9 2 (0.26%) Charles Proxy
9 2 (0.26%) JMeter
9 2 (0.26%) Selenium
9 2 (0.26%) WebDriver
10 1 (0.13%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.13%) Flyway
10 1 (0.13%) git-flow
10 1 (0.13%) JUnit
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle Forms
10 1 (0.13%) TeamCity
General
1 249 (32.38%) Analytical Skills
2 233 (30.30%) Social Skills
3 196 (25.49%) Finance
4 68 (8.84%) Public Sector
5 64 (8.32%) Banking
6 38 (4.94%) Retail
7 35 (4.55%) Marketing
8 26 (3.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 20 (2.60%) Documentation Skills
10 16 (2.08%) Publishing
11 15 (1.95%) Pharmaceutical
12 14 (1.82%) Manufacturing
12 14 (1.82%) Military
13 13 (1.69%) Investment Banking
13 13 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
14 12 (1.56%) Law
15 9 (1.17%) Organisational Skills
16 8 (1.04%) Front Office
16 8 (1.04%) Legal
17 6 (0.78%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 208 (27.05%) Analyst
2 117 (15.21%) Data Analyst
3 109 (14.17%) Data Engineer
4 103 (13.39%) Developer
5 92 (11.96%) Senior
6 48 (6.24%) Lead
7 46 (5.98%) Business Analyst
7 46 (5.98%) Consultant
7 46 (5.98%) Data Scientist
8 33 (4.29%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 31 (4.03%) Architect
10 27 (3.51%) Senior Data Engineer
11 26 (3.38%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 23 (2.99%) Power BI Developer
13 20 (2.60%) Designer
14 18 (2.34%) Data Manager
15 17 (2.21%) SAP Consultant
16 15 (1.95%) Data Business Analyst
16 15 (1.95%) Senior Analyst
16 15 (1.95%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (5.98%) Pandas
1 46 (5.98%) React
2 33 (4.29%) Kafka
3 31 (4.03%) REST
4 25 (3.25%) Node.js
5 23 (2.99%) NumPy
6 22 (2.86%) scikit-learn
7 20 (2.60%) PySpark
8 18 (2.34%) .NET
9 16 (2.08%) AngularJS
9 16 (2.08%) HTML
9 16 (2.08%) JSON
9 16 (2.08%) Matplotlib
10 15 (1.95%) Web Services
11 14 (1.82%) CSS
11 14 (1.82%) TensorFlow
12 13 (1.69%) Elastic Stack
12 13 (1.69%) OpenTelemetry
12 13 (1.69%) Seaborn
12 13 (1.69%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 53 (6.89%) Data Structures
2 30 (3.90%) Cloud Native
3 26 (3.38%) Algorithms
3 26 (3.38%) Analytical Mindset
4 23 (2.99%) Management Information System
5 22 (2.86%) Product Ownership
6 14 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
7 13 (1.69%) Distributed Systems
7 13 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
8 12 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
9 10 (1.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 10 (1.30%) Virtual Team
10 8 (1.04%) AI Agents
10 8 (1.04%) Derivative
10 8 (1.04%) Life Science
10 8 (1.04%) Marketing Technology
10 8 (1.04%) PKI
10 8 (1.04%) Reference Data
11 7 (0.91%) Hybrid Cloud
11 7 (0.91%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 28 (3.64%) Linux
2 27 (3.51%) Windows
3 6 (0.78%) Apple iOS
3 6 (0.78%) Unix
3 6 (0.78%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.39%) Android
4 3 (0.39%) Mac OS
4 3 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 380 (49.41%) Business Intelligence
2 364 (47.33%) Data Visualisation
3 326 (42.39%) Analytics
4 223 (29.00%) Data Modelling
5 205 (26.66%) Decision-Making
6 201 (26.14%) Agile
7 199 (25.88%) Problem-Solving
8 149 (19.38%) Data Pipeline
9 147 (19.12%) Actionable Insight
10 146 (18.99%) AI
11 134 (17.43%) Validation
12 128 (16.64%) ETL
13 127 (16.51%) Data Science
14 124 (16.12%) Dashboard Development
15 120 (15.60%) Data Analysis
16 116 (15.08%) Data Governance
17 115 (14.95%) Data Engineering
18 107 (13.91%) Continuous Improvement
19 100 (13.00%) CI/CD
20 96 (12.48%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 388 (50.46%) SQL
2 286 (37.19%) Python
3 76 (9.88%) R
4 53 (6.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 50 (6.50%) JavaScript
6 39 (5.07%) Java
7 36 (4.68%) C#
7 36 (4.68%) TypeScript
8 21 (2.73%) PowerShell
9 19 (2.47%) C++
10 16 (2.08%) Scala
11 9 (1.17%) Perl
11 9 (1.17%) VBA
12 7 (0.91%) Bash
12 7 (0.91%) PL/SQL
12 7 (0.91%) T-SQL
13 6 (0.78%) Rust
14 4 (0.52%) MATLAB
15 3 (0.39%) LookML
15 3 (0.39%) PromQL
Qualifications
1 154 (20.03%) Security Cleared
2 126 (16.38%) SC Cleared
3 79 (10.27%) Degree
4 19 (2.47%) BPSS Clearance
4 19 (2.47%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (2.34%) Master's Degree
6 15 (1.95%) DV Cleared
7 14 (1.82%) Azure Certification
8 8 (1.04%) PMI Certification
9 6 (0.78%) AWS Certification
10 5 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (0.52%) MBA
11 4 (0.52%) Tableau Certification
11 4 (0.52%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 3 (0.39%) CBAP
12 3 (0.39%) SnowPro
13 2 (0.26%) IIBA
13 2 (0.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 2 (0.26%) NCDA
13 2 (0.26%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 150 (19.51%) Data Quality
2 49 (6.37%) QA
3 27 (3.51%) GDPR
4 23 (2.99%) PMO
5 20 (2.60%) Accessibility
6 13 (1.69%) Actionable Recommendations
7 7 (0.91%) SLA
8 5 (0.65%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 4 (0.52%) WCAG
10 3 (0.39%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.26%) Disclosure Scotland
11 2 (0.26%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.26%) ISO 8583
11 2 (0.26%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.26%) NIST
12 1 (0.13%) COBIT
12 1 (0.13%) GRC
12 1 (0.13%) ISO 14001
12 1 (0.13%) P3O
12 1 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 25 (3.25%) Docker
2 13 (1.69%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.52%) HDFS
4 4 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.52%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.26%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.26%) VMware Workstation
5 2 (0.26%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 34 (4.42%) Kubernetes
1 34 (4.42%) Terraform
2 24 (3.12%) Grafana
3 18 (2.34%) Prometheus
4 15 (1.95%) Ansible
4 15 (1.95%) Kibana
5 9 (1.17%) logstash
6 8 (1.04%) SCCM
7 7 (0.91%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 2 (0.26%) Cilium
8 2 (0.26%) Packer
8 2 (0.26%) vMotion
8 2 (0.26%) vRealize
9 1 (0.13%) Fluentd
9 1 (0.13%) Istio
9 1 (0.13%) Kubeflow
9 1 (0.13%) Network Intrusion Detection System
9 1 (0.13%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.13%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 115 (14.95%) Microsoft
2 83 (10.79%) Databricks
3 45 (5.85%) Google
3 45 (5.85%) SAP
4 35 (4.55%) Oracle
5 22 (2.86%) ServiceNow
6 15 (1.95%) Adobe
6 15 (1.95%) Sage
7 13 (1.69%) Salesforce
7 13 (1.69%) Splunk
8 12 (1.56%) Dynatrace
9 10 (1.30%) Informatica
10 8 (1.04%) Alteryx
10 8 (1.04%) Amplitude
10 8 (1.04%) Remedy
11 6 (0.78%) Apple
11 6 (0.78%) BMC
11 6 (0.78%) OpenAI
11 6 (0.78%) VMware
12 5 (0.65%) Cognos