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

6 months to
27 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 209 102 109
Rank change year-on-year -107 +7 +18
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 774 884 789
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.41% 2.62% 2.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.65% 2.90% 2.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 460 557 467
10th Percentile £313 £325 £320
25th Percentile £400 £400 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -2.44%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £638
90th Percentile £694 £708 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £470 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -1.05% +5.56% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 49 50
10th Percentile £22.98 £18.25 £21.93
25th Percentile £28.25 £33.25 £30.88
Median hourly rate £45.20 £50.00 £63.75
Median % change year-on-year -9.60% -21.57% +38.05%
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
27 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills 46,934 30,446 31,516
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 85.50% 90.41% 86.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,187 18,947 18,943
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £425 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £620 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,575 1,954 1,140
10th Percentile £13.50 £14.38 £15.00
25th Percentile £16.62 £17.30 £20.12
Median hourly rate £35.00 £25.13 £37.39
Median % change year-on-year +39.29% -32.80% -13.38%
75th Percentile £65.00 £42.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £66.35 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.00 £22.27 £36.58
% change year-on-year +57.20% -39.14% -13.92%

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 27 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 27 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 27 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 -103 673 £484 +1.84% 293
UK excluding London -99 361 £470 -1.05% 269
London -83 333 £500 - 73
Work from Home -68 245 £518 +10.40% 134
North of England -79 98 £439 +3.29% 58
Midlands -27 91 £542 +6.80% 45
West Midlands -27 75 £550 +4.76% 22
South East -68 66 £419 -16.20% 69
North West -36 49 £450 +10.43% 32
South West -38 47 £475 -36.67% 43
Yorkshire -55 37 £500 +11.11% 19
Scotland -44 33 £423 -15.50% 15
East of England -33 29 £515 +1.98% 28
East Midlands -14 16 £362 -10.49% 23
North East -31 13 £350 -17.65% 7
Wales -12 3 £356 +95.21% 7
Northern Ireland +2 2 - - 7

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%414
2Analytics48.8%378
3Data Visualisation48.6%376
4Data Modelling29.7%230
5Decision-Making29.1%225
6Agile27.3%211
7AI23.4%181
8Stakeholder Management21.8%169
9Data Analysis21.3%165
9Problem-Solving21.3%165
11Actionable Insight19.0%147
12Continuous Improvement17.3%134
13Dashboard Development16.9%131
14Validation16.5%128
15Data Engineering15.8%122
16Data Pipeline15.5%120
17Stakeholder Engagement15.2%118
18Data Science14.9%115
19Data Governance14.7%114
20ETL13.7%106