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

6 months to
17 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 212 105 109
Rank change year-on-year -107 +4 +19
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 762 863 811
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.38% 2.59% 2.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.62% 2.86% 2.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 445 544 478
10th Percentile £313 £325 £314
25th Percentile £400 £400 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.61% -2.45% -2.44%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £638
90th Percentile £688 £700 £771
UK excluding London median daily rate £465 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -2.11% +5.56% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 52 53
10th Percentile £22.67 £18.28 £22.00
25th Percentile £28.50 £33.06 £31.25
Median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -23.08% +44.44%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 -
90th Percentile £70.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £53.00 £63.75 £65.00
% change year-on-year -16.86% -1.92% +44.44%

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.

6 months to
17 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 46,912 30,155 32,241
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.87% 90.56% 86.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,167 18,750 19,390
10th Percentile £325 £300 £309
25th Percentile £425 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.42%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £736 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,500 1,913 1,230
10th Percentile £13.51 £14.38 £15.00
25th Percentile £16.75 £17.30 £20.12
Median hourly rate £37.24 £25.08 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +48.51% -37.31% -10.11%
75th Percentile £65.00 £42.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £65.25 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.24 £22.27 £40.33
% change year-on-year +67.26% -44.79% -8.14%

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 17 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 of jobs citing Visualisation over the 6 months to 17 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 17 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
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -100 663 £475 -2.61% 991
UK excluding London -99 357 £465 -2.11% 523
London -86 328 £488 -2.50% 548
Work from Home -74 238 £505 +12.22% 486
North of England -84 99 £438 +3.06% 112
Midlands -34 84 £542 +6.80% 92
West Midlands -36 67 £550 +4.76% 69
South East -62 66 £419 -18.24% 118
North West -39 48 £456 +11.96% 60
South West -30 47 £475 -36.67% 54
Yorkshire -54 40 £500 +11.11% 32
Scotland -32 36 £425 -10.53% 58
East of England -39 28 £515 +2.49% 47
East Midlands -9 17 £362 -9.38% 23
North East -34 12 £350 -22.22% 20
Wales -13 3 £356 +13.55% 11
Northern Ireland +1 2 - - 36

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 Intelligence54.1%412
2Analytics48.8%372
3Data Visualisation48.3%368
4Data Modelling29.7%226
5Decision-Making29.5%225
6Agile27.0%206
7AI22.8%174
8Problem-Solving21.9%167
9Data Analysis21.4%163
10Stakeholder Management21.3%162
11Actionable Insight19.6%149
12Dashboard Development17.8%136
13Continuous Improvement17.3%132
14Validation16.8%128
15Data Pipeline15.5%118
16Data Governance15.4%117
17Data Engineering15.0%114
18Stakeholder Engagement14.4%110
19Data Science14.2%108
20ETL13.6%104