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

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 210 106 119
Rank change year-on-year -104 +13 +22
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 743 833 767
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.36% 2.53% 2.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.61% 2.79% 2.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 434 518 450
10th Percentile £322 £325 £313
25th Percentile £400 £400 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £486 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.37% -5.00% -2.44%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £638
90th Percentile £694 £700 £765
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £463 £470
% change year-on-year +2.70% -1.60% -1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 49 53
10th Percentile £21.08 £22.68 £24.57
25th Percentile £28.50 £33.25 £41.25
Median hourly rate £51.25 £50.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -23.08% +56.46%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 -
90th Percentile £70.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £54.70 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year -12.48% -3.85% +60.14%

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 46,183 29,816 32,769
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.50% 90.52% 85.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,080 18,531 20,147
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% -2.78%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £730 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,092 1,799 1,460
10th Percentile £13.85 £14.25 £14.84
25th Percentile £17.42 £17.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% +1.18%
75th Percentile £67.50 £44.68 £65.00
90th Percentile £79.00 £67.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.71 £22.63 £43.00
% change year-on-year +84.31% -47.37% +5.81%

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 September 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 September 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 17 September 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 -98 665 £488 +2.63% 1,612
UK excluding London -96 357 £475 +2.70% 869
London -88 319 £488 -2.50% 917
Work from Home -59 228 £500 +11.86% 613
North of England -73 100 £450 +5.88% 181
Midlands -38 87 £539 +6.95% 140
South East -59 69 £475 -13.64% 204
West Midlands -50 62 £550 +6.80% 78
North West -30 48 £525 +28.83% 84
South West -34 48 £450 -40.00% 100
Yorkshire -59 43 £451 +6.12% 70
Scotland -45 29 £420 -16.00% 84
East of England -48 29 £565 +5.12% 103
East Midlands +2 25 £375 -6.25% 62
North East -37 10 £410 -3.53% 29
Northern Ireland +2 2 - - 39

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 21 (2.83%) Confluence
2 18 (2.42%) Apache Spark
3 14 (1.88%) SharePoint
4 10 (1.35%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (1.35%) ArcGIS
5 7 (0.94%) Apache Superset
6 5 (0.67%) Apache
6 5 (0.67%) CMS
6 5 (0.67%) Oracle Workflow
6 5 (0.67%) Palantir Foundry
7 4 (0.54%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.27%) Oracle Application Server
8 2 (0.27%) SAS
9 1 (0.13%) nginx
9 1 (0.13%) R Markdown
Applications
1 126 (16.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (2.02%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (1.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.21%) Spreadsheet
5 7 (0.94%) Adobe Illustrator
5 7 (0.94%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.81%) CPLEX
7 5 (0.67%) Microsoft Project
7 5 (0.67%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.40%) Adobe Premiere
8 3 (0.40%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.40%) InDesign
9 2 (0.27%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.27%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.27%) EPLAN
9 2 (0.27%) Notion
10 1 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.13%) Final Cut Pro
Business Applications
1 10 (1.35%) Dynamics CRM
1 10 (1.35%) Remedy ITSM
2 8 (1.08%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.67%) Primavera
4 2 (0.27%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.27%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.13%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.13%) iTrent
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.13%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.13%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.13%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.13%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 390 (52.49%) Power Platform
2 140 (18.84%) Azure
3 104 (14.00%) AWS
4 55 (7.40%) Snowflake
5 51 (6.86%) GCP
6 40 (5.38%) Azure DevOps
7 31 (4.17%) GitHub
7 31 (4.17%) Power Automate
8 27 (3.63%) PowerApps
9 26 (3.50%) Serverless
10 25 (3.36%) Azure Data Factory
11 23 (3.10%) Amazon S3
12 20 (2.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 19 (2.56%) dbt
14 17 (2.29%) Google Analytics
15 15 (2.02%) Adobe Analytics
16 12 (1.62%) Dynamics 365
16 12 (1.62%) Microsoft 365
17 11 (1.48%) Microsoft Copilot
18 10 (1.35%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.35%) Ethernet
1 10 (1.35%) TCP/IP
2 6 (0.81%) Wireless
3 5 (0.67%) HTTP
3 5 (0.67%) SNMP
4 4 (0.54%) Broadband
4 4 (0.54%) SD-WAN
4 4 (0.54%) WAN
5 3 (0.40%) VPN
6 2 (0.27%) 2G
6 2 (0.27%) 3G
6 2 (0.27%) 4G
6 2 (0.27%) 5G
6 2 (0.27%) DHCP
6 2 (0.27%) DNS
6 2 (0.27%) Network Security
6 2 (0.27%) PCoIP
6 2 (0.27%) Radio Access Network
6 2 (0.27%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (0.13%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 383 (51.55%) Power BI
2 144 (19.38%) Tableau
3 78 (10.50%) Data Warehouse
4 66 (8.88%) Power Query
5 47 (6.33%) Relational Database
6 42 (5.65%) Data Lake
7 29 (3.90%) Metadata
7 29 (3.90%) SQL Server
8 26 (3.50%) Big Data
9 25 (3.36%) BigQuery
10 24 (3.23%) Looker
11 23 (3.10%) PostgreSQL
12 19 (2.56%) Oracle Reports
13 17 (2.29%) Amazon Athena
13 17 (2.29%) Qlik Sense
13 17 (2.29%) Star Schema
14 15 (2.02%) QlikView
15 14 (1.88%) GIS
16 12 (1.62%) Parquet
16 12 (1.62%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 47 (6.33%) Git
2 43 (5.79%) JIRA
3 11 (1.48%) Visual Studio
4 10 (1.35%) Eclipse
5 6 (0.81%) GitLab
6 5 (0.67%) Oracle Forms
7 4 (0.54%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.40%) JMeter
9 2 (0.27%) Charles Proxy
9 2 (0.27%) Jenkins
9 2 (0.27%) Selenium
9 2 (0.27%) WebDriver
10 1 (0.13%) Flyway
10 1 (0.13%) Gatling
10 1 (0.13%) Jasmine
10 1 (0.13%) NeoLoad
10 1 (0.13%) Postman
10 1 (0.13%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.13%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.13%) Terragrunt
General
1 262 (35.26%) Analytical Skills
2 259 (34.86%) Social Skills
3 168 (22.61%) Finance
4 86 (11.57%) Public Sector
5 61 (8.21%) Banking
6 27 (3.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 27 (3.63%) Marketing
7 25 (3.36%) Military
8 24 (3.23%) Retail
9 20 (2.69%) Manufacturing
10 18 (2.42%) Presentation Skills
11 15 (2.02%) Organisational Skills
12 13 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
12 13 (1.75%) Investment Banking
13 9 (1.21%) Aerospace
13 9 (1.21%) Influencing Skills
13 9 (1.21%) Law
13 9 (1.21%) Local Government
14 8 (1.08%) Pharmaceutical
14 8 (1.08%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 200 (26.92%) Analyst
2 115 (15.48%) Developer
3 111 (14.94%) Data Analyst
4 94 (12.65%) Data Engineer
5 88 (11.84%) Senior
6 44 (5.92%) Consultant
7 43 (5.79%) Lead
8 37 (4.98%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 34 (4.58%) Data Scientist
10 31 (4.17%) Architect
11 30 (4.04%) Power BI Developer
12 29 (3.90%) Business Analyst
13 26 (3.50%) Senior Data Engineer
14 24 (3.23%) Designer
15 19 (2.56%) Performance Analyst
16 18 (2.42%) Business Intelligence Analyst
16 18 (2.42%) Data Architect
16 18 (2.42%) Data Manager
16 18 (2.42%) Python Developer
17 17 (2.29%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (5.38%) REST
1 40 (5.38%) Terraform
2 28 (3.77%) React
3 27 (3.63%) Pandas
4 26 (3.50%) CSS
5 24 (3.23%) HTML
5 24 (3.23%) PySpark
6 20 (2.69%) Kafka
7 17 (2.29%) Web Services
8 16 (2.15%) NumPy
9 15 (2.02%) .NET
10 14 (1.88%) scikit-learn
11 12 (1.62%) Flask
11 12 (1.62%) Node.js
12 10 (1.35%) JSON
13 9 (1.21%) PyTorch
13 9 (1.21%) SOAP
13 9 (1.21%) TensorFlow
13 9 (1.21%) Vue
14 8 (1.08%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 60 (8.08%) Data Structures
2 32 (4.31%) Management Information System
3 28 (3.77%) Cloud Native
3 28 (3.77%) Onboarding
4 22 (2.96%) Analytical Mindset
4 22 (2.96%) Legacy Systems
5 19 (2.56%) Product Ownership
6 16 (2.15%) AI Agents
6 16 (2.15%) Data Protection Act
7 15 (2.02%) Algorithms
7 15 (2.02%) Distributed Systems
8 13 (1.75%) Reference Data
9 12 (1.62%) Self-Motivation
10 10 (1.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 10 (1.35%) PKI
10 10 (1.35%) Virtual Team
11 9 (1.21%) Clustering
12 8 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
13 7 (0.94%) Driving Licence
13 7 (0.94%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 34 (4.58%) Windows
2 21 (2.83%) Linux
3 14 (1.88%) Windows Server
4 7 (0.94%) Unix
5 4 (0.54%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.40%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.27%) Android
8 1 (0.13%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 398 (53.57%) Business Intelligence
2 373 (50.20%) Data Visualisation
3 363 (48.86%) Analytics
4 209 (28.13%) Data Modelling
5 202 (27.19%) Decision-Making
6 197 (26.51%) Agile
7 176 (23.69%) Problem-Solving
8 168 (22.61%) AI
9 152 (20.46%) Data Analysis
10 140 (18.84%) Stakeholder Management
11 134 (18.03%) Actionable Insight
12 130 (17.50%) Validation
13 129 (17.36%) Continuous Improvement
14 120 (16.15%) Dashboard Development
15 115 (15.48%) Data Pipeline
16 113 (15.21%) Data Engineering
17 112 (15.07%) Data Governance
18 111 (14.94%) ETL
19 110 (14.80%) Data Science
20 98 (13.19%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 364 (48.99%) SQL
2 264 (35.53%) Python
3 71 (9.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 53 (7.13%) R
5 52 (7.00%) JavaScript
6 41 (5.52%) Java
7 38 (5.11%) C#
8 23 (3.10%) TypeScript
9 19 (2.56%) PowerShell
10 14 (1.88%) C++
11 13 (1.75%) Scala
12 12 (1.62%) T-SQL
13 10 (1.35%) PL/SQL
14 9 (1.21%) VBA
15 8 (1.08%) Bash
16 6 (0.81%) Cypher
16 6 (0.81%) Search Processing Language
17 5 (0.67%) Gremlin
18 4 (0.54%) MATLAB
19 3 (0.40%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 157 (21.13%) Security Cleared
2 115 (15.48%) SC Cleared
3 81 (10.90%) Degree
4 25 (3.36%) BPSS Clearance
5 20 (2.69%) DV Cleared
6 17 (2.29%) Azure Certification
7 14 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
8 12 (1.62%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (1.08%) Master's Degree
10 5 (0.67%) PhD
11 4 (0.54%) Postgraduate
11 4 (0.54%) Six Sigma Green Belt
12 3 (0.40%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.40%) SnowPro
13 2 (0.27%) APMG
13 2 (0.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.27%) PMI Certification
13 2 (0.27%) PMP
13 2 (0.27%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 1 (0.13%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 177 (23.82%) Data Quality
2 48 (6.46%) QA
3 29 (3.90%) GDPR
4 27 (3.63%) Accessibility
5 17 (2.29%) PMO
6 10 (1.35%) Actionable Recommendations
7 7 (0.94%) GMP
8 5 (0.67%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 5 (0.67%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 5 (0.67%) GRC
8 5 (0.67%) GxP
8 5 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 17025
8 5 (0.67%) WCAG
9 2 (0.27%) Basel III
9 2 (0.27%) Solvency II
10 1 (0.13%) COBIT
10 1 (0.13%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.13%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.13%) NCSC
10 1 (0.13%) NIST
System Software
1 22 (2.96%) Docker
2 17 (2.29%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.27%) Microsoft App-V
4 2 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.27%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.27%) VMware Workstation
4 2 (0.27%) vSphere
5 1 (0.13%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 17 (2.29%) Grafana
2 14 (1.88%) Kubernetes
3 9 (1.21%) Kibana
4 8 (1.08%) SCCM
5 6 (0.81%) Ansible
6 5 (0.67%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.54%) Podman
8 2 (0.27%) Istio
8 2 (0.27%) Packer
8 2 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.13%) Argo
9 1 (0.13%) Fluentd
9 1 (0.13%) logstash
9 1 (0.13%) Network Intrusion Detection System
9 1 (0.13%) QRadar
9 1 (0.13%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 156 (21.00%) Microsoft
2 70 (9.42%) Databricks
3 45 (6.06%) SAP
4 40 (5.38%) Oracle
5 39 (5.25%) Google
6 30 (4.04%) ServiceNow
7 20 (2.69%) Adobe
7 20 (2.69%) Dynatrace
8 18 (2.42%) Splunk
9 14 (1.88%) Salesforce
10 12 (1.62%) Alteryx
11 10 (1.35%) Palantir
11 10 (1.35%) Remedy
12 9 (1.21%) BMC
12 9 (1.21%) Informatica
13 6 (0.81%) SnapLogic
14 5 (0.67%) Foundry
15 4 (0.54%) Amplitude
15 4 (0.54%) Ariba
15 4 (0.54%) VMware