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

6 months to
22 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 213 101 110
Rank change year-on-year -112 +9 +15
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 762 865 807
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.38% 2.58% 2.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.62% 2.85% 2.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 448 542 477
10th Percentile £313 £325 £325
25th Percentile £400 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £588 £638
90th Percentile £694 £701 £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 74 51 53
10th Percentile £22.03 £18.25 £22.00
25th Percentile £28.31 £33.25 £31.25
Median hourly rate £45.20 £50.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.60% -23.08% +40.94%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 -
90th Percentile £70.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £53.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -18.46% - +42.58%

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
22 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 46,961 30,310 32,091
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.17% 90.50% 86.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,235 18,875 19,314
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £425 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £623 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,512 1,924 1,195
10th Percentile £13.51 £14.38 £15.00
25th Percentile £16.74 £17.30 £20.12
Median hourly rate £37.02 £25.08 £38.50
Median % change year-on-year +47.64% -34.87% -10.81%
75th Percentile £65.00 £42.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £65.25 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.00 £22.27 £39.68
% change year-on-year +61.69% -43.89% -6.64%

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 22 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 22 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 22 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 -107 660 £480 +1.05% 1,020
UK excluding London -100 355 £470 -1.05% 546
London -82 327 £494 -1.25% 552
Work from Home -70 242 £505 +9.19% 501
North of England -78 95 £445 +4.71% 132
Midlands -35 85 £542 +6.80% 91
West Midlands -33 69 £550 +4.76% 69
South East -61 66 £438 -12.40% 112
South West -26 48 £475 -36.67% 52
North West -45 46 £456 +11.96% 81
Yorkshire -62 37 £500 +11.73% 36
Scotland -36 36 £425 -10.53% 66
East of England -36 28 £515 +1.98% 45
East Midlands -13 16 £362 -10.49% 22
North East -30 13 £350 -22.22% 15
Wales -13 3 £356 +13.55% 17
Northern Ireland 0 2 - - 37

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 Intelligence53.9%411
2Analytics49.1%374
3Data Visualisation48.6%370
4Data Modelling30.1%229
5Decision-Making29.0%221
6Agile27.0%206
7AI23.5%179
8Data Analysis21.5%164
8Problem-Solving21.5%164
8Stakeholder Management21.5%164
11Actionable Insight19.0%145
12Dashboard Development17.7%135
13Continuous Improvement17.6%134
14Validation16.7%127
15Data Pipeline15.6%119
16Data Governance15.4%117
17Data Engineering15.1%115
18Stakeholder Engagement14.7%112
19Data Science14.3%109
20ETL13.4%102