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 26 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 167 111 133
Rank change year-on-year -56 +22 +29
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 774 714 744
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.59% 2.50% 1.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.89% 2.74% 2.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 473 448 503
10th Percentile £325 £329 £313
25th Percentile £403 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £575 £579
90th Percentile £720 £675 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +5.56% - -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 36 42
10th Percentile £21.51 £22.61 £20.58
25th Percentile £34.62 £31.10 £41.25
Median hourly rate £60.50 £34.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +75.36% -42.50% -7.69%
75th Percentile £70.71 £55.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £71.85 £70.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £32.96 £65.00
% change year-on-year +97.21% -49.29% -

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 40,998 26,034 36,602
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.45% 91.02% 85.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,676 16,714 23,582
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.49% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £498 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +4.74% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,430 1,064 2,485
10th Percentile £14.80 £14.20 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.91 £18.12 £16.00
Median hourly rate £42.28 £27.45 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year +54.01% -23.75% -3.49%
75th Percentile £67.50 £57.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.01 £74.63 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £44.35 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +76.32% -32.93% +7.14%

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 26 May 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 26 May 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 26 May 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 -55 687 £488 +2.63% 449
London -47 366 £488 -2.50% 209
UK excluding London -70 317 £475 +5.56% 312
Work from Home -17 250 £488 +8.33% 157
North of England -59 99 £455 -1.62% 82
Midlands -44 64 £494 +21.54% 46
North West -23 55 £420 -9.19% 42
South East -43 54 £500 -4.76% 80
South West -18 49 £500 +5.26% 46
West Midlands -47 48 £500 +19.40% 27
Yorkshire -50 40 £469 +7.76% 27
East of England -46 27 £565 +2.73% 25
Scotland -8 25 £430 -4.44% 21
East Midlands -25 16 £488 +30.00% 19
North East -27 7 £420 -20.00% 16
Northern Ireland +2 2 £463 -8.64% 5

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 48 (6.20%) Apache Spark
2 19 (2.45%) Apache
3 17 (2.20%) Confluence
3 17 (2.20%) SharePoint
4 15 (1.94%) Apache Airflow
5 11 (1.42%) Apache Superset
6 5 (0.65%) OpenStack
7 4 (0.52%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.52%) CMS
8 3 (0.39%) Jupyter
8 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.39%) SAS
9 2 (0.26%) GeoServer
9 2 (0.26%) Luigi
9 2 (0.26%) Smallworld
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle Application Server
10 1 (0.13%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.13%) R Markdown
10 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 115 (14.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (2.45%) MS Visio
3 16 (2.07%) Microsoft Office
4 13 (1.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (1.16%) Chatbot
6 8 (1.03%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (1.03%) 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 20 (2.58%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.29%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.78%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.52%) Adobe Campaign
5 3 (0.39%) Eloqua
5 3 (0.39%) iTrent
5 3 (0.39%) Primavera
6 2 (0.26%) IntelliMatch
6 2 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.26%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.13%) Advent Geneva
7 1 (0.13%) FLEXCUBE
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.13%) ResourceLink
7 1 (0.13%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.13%) SAP MDM
7 1 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.13%) Sprinklr
7 1 (0.13%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 363 (46.90%) Power Platform
2 156 (20.16%) Azure
3 136 (17.57%) AWS
4 51 (6.59%) GCP
5 48 (6.20%) Snowflake
6 45 (5.81%) Azure Data Factory
7 27 (3.49%) Serverless
8 26 (3.36%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 25 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
10 24 (3.10%) Power Automate
11 21 (2.71%) Amazon S3
12 20 (2.58%) dbt
13 19 (2.45%) GitHub
13 19 (2.45%) PowerApps
14 18 (2.33%) AWS Lambda
15 10 (1.29%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 10 (1.29%) Amazon EC2
15 10 (1.29%) Google Analytics
15 10 (1.29%) Microsoft 365
15 10 (1.29%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.55%) TCP/IP
2 11 (1.42%) 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%) Reverse Proxy
7 1 (0.13%) SSH
7 1 (0.13%) VPN
7 1 (0.13%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 358 (46.25%) Power BI
2 182 (23.51%) Tableau
3 102 (13.18%) Data Warehouse
4 47 (6.07%) Relational Database
5 44 (5.68%) Big Data
6 41 (5.30%) Metadata
6 41 (5.30%) Power Query
7 37 (4.78%) SQL Server
8 36 (4.65%) Looker
9 29 (3.75%) Hadoop
9 29 (3.75%) PostgreSQL
10 28 (3.62%) BigQuery
11 27 (3.49%) Data Lake
12 20 (2.58%) NoSQL
13 17 (2.20%) Snowflake Schema
14 14 (1.81%) Elasticsearch
14 14 (1.81%) Geospatial Data
14 14 (1.81%) Oracle Reports
14 14 (1.81%) Star Schema
15 12 (1.55%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 57 (7.36%) Git
2 39 (5.04%) JIRA
3 11 (1.42%) Eclipse
3 11 (1.42%) Visual Studio
4 10 (1.29%) Jenkins
5 8 (1.03%) MLflow
6 4 (0.52%) ERwin
6 4 (0.52%) GitLab
7 3 (0.39%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.39%) Terragrunt
8 2 (0.26%) Charles Proxy
8 2 (0.26%) JMeter
8 2 (0.26%) Selenium
8 2 (0.26%) WebDriver
9 1 (0.13%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.13%) JUnit
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.13%) Postman
9 1 (0.13%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.13%) TeamCity
General
1 242 (31.27%) Analytical Skills
2 239 (30.88%) Social Skills
3 203 (26.23%) Finance
4 71 (9.17%) Public Sector
5 63 (8.14%) Banking
6 38 (4.91%) Retail
7 31 (4.01%) Marketing
8 28 (3.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 20 (2.58%) Documentation Skills
10 17 (2.20%) Publishing
11 15 (1.94%) Pharmaceutical
12 13 (1.68%) Investment Banking
12 13 (1.68%) Law
12 13 (1.68%) Military
12 13 (1.68%) Presentation Skills
13 11 (1.42%) Manufacturing
14 10 (1.29%) Legal
15 9 (1.16%) Organisational Skills
16 8 (1.03%) Front Office
16 8 (1.03%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 206 (26.61%) Analyst
2 115 (14.86%) Data Analyst
3 108 (13.95%) Data Engineer
3 108 (13.95%) Developer
4 97 (12.53%) Senior
5 53 (6.85%) Data Scientist
6 51 (6.59%) Lead
7 47 (6.07%) Business Analyst
8 45 (5.81%) Consultant
9 37 (4.78%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 33 (4.26%) Architect
11 27 (3.49%) Power BI Developer
11 27 (3.49%) Senior Data Engineer
12 24 (3.10%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 20 (2.58%) Designer
14 17 (2.20%) Data Manager
14 17 (2.20%) SAP Consultant
14 17 (2.20%) Senior Analyst
14 17 (2.20%) Senior Data Scientist
14 17 (2.20%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (6.07%) Pandas
1 47 (6.07%) React
2 35 (4.52%) Kafka
3 29 (3.75%) REST
4 26 (3.36%) Node.js
5 24 (3.10%) NumPy
6 23 (2.97%) scikit-learn
7 21 (2.71%) PySpark
8 18 (2.33%) .NET
9 16 (2.07%) AngularJS
9 16 (2.07%) CSS
9 16 (2.07%) Elastic Stack
9 16 (2.07%) HTML
9 16 (2.07%) JSON
9 16 (2.07%) Matplotlib
10 14 (1.81%) Web Services
11 13 (1.68%) Seaborn
11 13 (1.68%) TensorFlow
11 13 (1.68%) Vue
12 12 (1.55%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 53 (6.85%) Data Structures
2 29 (3.75%) Cloud Native
3 27 (3.49%) Algorithms
3 27 (3.49%) Analytical Mindset
4 23 (2.97%) Product Ownership
5 22 (2.84%) Management Information System
6 15 (1.94%) Legacy Systems
7 13 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
8 12 (1.55%) Data Protection Act
9 11 (1.42%) Distributed Systems
10 10 (1.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 10 (1.29%) Virtual Team
11 8 (1.03%) AI Agents
11 8 (1.03%) Derivative
11 8 (1.03%) Marketing Technology
11 8 (1.03%) Reference Data
12 7 (0.90%) Data Centre
12 7 (0.90%) Hybrid Cloud
12 7 (0.90%) Onboarding
12 7 (0.90%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 29 (3.75%) Windows
2 28 (3.62%) Linux
3 6 (0.78%) Apple iOS
4 5 (0.65%) Mac OS
4 5 (0.65%) Unix
4 5 (0.65%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.39%) Android
5 3 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 387 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 373 (48.19%) Data Visualisation
3 328 (42.38%) Analytics
4 232 (29.97%) Data Modelling
5 215 (27.78%) Decision-Making
6 202 (26.10%) Agile
6 202 (26.10%) Problem-Solving
7 157 (20.28%) Actionable Insight
8 147 (18.99%) Data Pipeline
9 143 (18.48%) AI
10 134 (17.31%) Validation
11 132 (17.05%) Data Science
12 128 (16.54%) Data Governance
13 123 (15.89%) ETL
14 122 (15.76%) Dashboard Development
14 122 (15.76%) Data Analysis
15 112 (14.47%) Data Engineering
16 100 (12.92%) CI/CD
17 96 (12.40%) Continuous Improvement
18 95 (12.27%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 390 (50.39%) SQL
2 290 (37.47%) Python
3 85 (10.98%) R
4 57 (7.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 48 (6.20%) JavaScript
6 39 (5.04%) Java
7 37 (4.78%) TypeScript
8 35 (4.52%) C#
9 22 (2.84%) PowerShell
10 20 (2.58%) C++
11 19 (2.45%) Scala
12 10 (1.29%) VBA
13 9 (1.16%) Perl
14 7 (0.90%) Bash
14 7 (0.90%) T-SQL
15 6 (0.78%) PL/SQL
15 6 (0.78%) Rust
16 4 (0.52%) MATLAB
17 3 (0.39%) C
17 3 (0.39%) LookML
Qualifications
1 149 (19.25%) Security Cleared
2 120 (15.50%) SC Cleared
3 79 (10.21%) Degree
4 21 (2.71%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (2.58%) Master's Degree
6 19 (2.45%) BPSS Clearance
7 17 (2.20%) Azure Certification
8 15 (1.94%) DV Cleared
9 9 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (1.16%) PMI Certification
10 6 (0.78%) AWS Certification
11 4 (0.52%) CBAP
11 4 (0.52%) MBA
11 4 (0.52%) Tableau Certification
11 4 (0.52%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 3 (0.39%) SnowPro
13 2 (0.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.26%) IIBA
13 2 (0.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 2 (0.26%) VCP6
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 151 (19.51%) Data Quality
2 50 (6.46%) QA
3 29 (3.75%) GDPR
4 24 (3.10%) PMO
5 21 (2.71%) Accessibility
6 13 (1.68%) Actionable Recommendations
7 7 (0.90%) 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
11 2 (0.26%) PERC
12 1 (0.13%) COBIT
12 1 (0.13%) GRC
12 1 (0.13%) P3O
12 1 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 26 (3.36%) Docker
2 14 (1.81%) 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 36 (4.65%) Kubernetes
2 35 (4.52%) Terraform
3 23 (2.97%) Grafana
4 18 (2.33%) Kibana
5 17 (2.20%) Prometheus
6 16 (2.07%) Ansible
7 12 (1.55%) logstash
8 8 (1.03%) SCCM
9 7 (0.90%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 3 (0.39%) SysTrack
11 2 (0.26%) Cilium
11 2 (0.26%) Packer
11 2 (0.26%) vMotion
11 2 (0.26%) vRealize
12 1 (0.13%) Fluentd
12 1 (0.13%) Istio
12 1 (0.13%) Kubeflow
12 1 (0.13%) Network Intrusion Detection System
12 1 (0.13%) PowerCLI
12 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 115 (14.86%) Microsoft
2 84 (10.85%) Databricks
3 48 (6.20%) Google
4 43 (5.56%) SAP
5 37 (4.78%) Oracle
6 24 (3.10%) ServiceNow
7 16 (2.07%) Sage
8 15 (1.94%) Adobe
9 13 (1.68%) Splunk
10 12 (1.55%) Salesforce
11 10 (1.29%) Amplitude
12 9 (1.16%) Informatica
13 8 (1.03%) Alteryx
14 7 (0.90%) Remedy
15 6 (0.78%) Apple
15 6 (0.78%) Cognos
15 6 (0.78%) Dynatrace
15 6 (0.78%) OpenAI
15 6 (0.78%) VMware
16 5 (0.65%) BMC