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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 203 106 119
Rank change year-on-year -97 +13 +22
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 738 833 767
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 430 518 450
10th Percentile £320 £325 £313
25th Percentile £400 £400 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% -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 45,839 29,816 32,769
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.46% 90.52% 85.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,855 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 3,070 1,799 1,460
10th Percentile £13.84 £14.25 £14.84
25th Percentile £17.36 £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 £41.56 £22.63 £43.00
% change year-on-year +83.63% -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 16 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 16 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 16 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 -99 661 £488 +2.63% 1,980
UK excluding London -89 354 £475 +2.70% 1,037
London -89 318 £488 -2.50% 1,160
Work from Home -61 225 £500 +11.86% 786
North of England -72 98 £450 +5.88% 233
Midlands -31 87 £539 +6.95% 153
South East -57 69 £475 -13.64% 233
West Midlands -49 62 £550 +6.80% 89
North West -33 48 £525 +28.83% 121
South West -37 48 £450 -40.00% 122
Yorkshire -58 43 £451 +6.12% 82
East of England -41 29 £565 +5.12% 113
Scotland -45 28 £415 -17.00% 111
East Midlands -1 25 £375 -6.25% 64
North East -37 8 £375 -11.76% 32
Northern Ireland +3 2 - - 50

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 (2.85%) Confluence
2 17 (2.30%) Apache Spark
3 13 (1.76%) SharePoint
4 10 (1.36%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (1.36%) ArcGIS
5 7 (0.95%) Apache Superset
6 5 (0.68%) Apache
6 5 (0.68%) CMS
6 5 (0.68%) Oracle Workflow
6 5 (0.68%) Palantir Foundry
7 4 (0.54%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.27%) Oracle Application Server
8 2 (0.27%) SAS
9 1 (0.14%) nginx
9 1 (0.14%) R Markdown
Applications
1 125 (16.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (2.03%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (1.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.22%) Spreadsheet
5 7 (0.95%) Adobe Illustrator
5 7 (0.95%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.81%) CPLEX
7 5 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
7 5 (0.68%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.41%) Adobe Premiere
8 3 (0.41%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.41%) 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 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.14%) Final Cut Pro
Business Applications
1 10 (1.36%) Dynamics CRM
1 10 (1.36%) Remedy ITSM
2 8 (1.08%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.68%) 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 (0.14%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.14%) iTrent
5 1 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.14%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.14%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.14%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.14%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 388 (52.57%) Power Platform
2 139 (18.83%) Azure
3 101 (13.69%) AWS
4 55 (7.45%) Snowflake
5 50 (6.78%) GCP
6 40 (5.42%) Azure DevOps
7 31 (4.20%) GitHub
7 31 (4.20%) Power Automate
8 27 (3.66%) PowerApps
9 26 (3.52%) Serverless
10 25 (3.39%) Azure Data Factory
11 22 (2.98%) Amazon S3
12 20 (2.71%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 19 (2.57%) dbt
14 17 (2.30%) Google Analytics
15 15 (2.03%) Adobe Analytics
16 12 (1.63%) Dynamics 365
16 12 (1.63%) Microsoft 365
17 11 (1.49%) Microsoft Copilot
18 10 (1.36%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.36%) Ethernet
1 10 (1.36%) TCP/IP
2 6 (0.81%) Wireless
3 5 (0.68%) HTTP
3 5 (0.68%) SNMP
4 4 (0.54%) Broadband
4 4 (0.54%) SD-WAN
4 4 (0.54%) WAN
5 3 (0.41%) 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 (0.14%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 381 (51.63%) Power BI
2 143 (19.38%) Tableau
3 77 (10.43%) Data Warehouse
4 64 (8.67%) Power Query
5 46 (6.23%) Relational Database
6 41 (5.56%) Data Lake
7 29 (3.93%) Metadata
8 28 (3.79%) SQL Server
9 26 (3.52%) Big Data
10 25 (3.39%) BigQuery
11 24 (3.25%) Looker
12 23 (3.12%) PostgreSQL
13 19 (2.57%) Oracle Reports
14 17 (2.30%) Star Schema
15 16 (2.17%) Amazon Athena
15 16 (2.17%) Qlik Sense
16 14 (1.90%) GIS
16 14 (1.90%) QlikView
17 12 (1.63%) Parquet
17 12 (1.63%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 46 (6.23%) Git
2 43 (5.83%) JIRA
3 11 (1.49%) Visual Studio
4 10 (1.36%) Eclipse
5 6 (0.81%) GitLab
6 5 (0.68%) Oracle Forms
7 4 (0.54%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.41%) JMeter
9 2 (0.27%) Charles Proxy
9 2 (0.27%) Jenkins
9 2 (0.27%) Selenium
9 2 (0.27%) WebDriver
10 1 (0.14%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.14%) Flyway
10 1 (0.14%) Gatling
10 1 (0.14%) Jasmine
10 1 (0.14%) JUnit
10 1 (0.14%) LoadRunner
10 1 (0.14%) NeoLoad
10 1 (0.14%) SonarQube
General
1 261 (35.37%) Analytical Skills
2 257 (34.82%) Social Skills
3 166 (22.49%) Finance
4 85 (11.52%) Public Sector
5 60 (8.13%) Banking
6 27 (3.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 27 (3.66%) Marketing
7 25 (3.39%) Military
8 24 (3.25%) Retail
9 19 (2.57%) Manufacturing
10 18 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
11 15 (2.03%) Organisational Skills
12 13 (1.76%) Documentation Skills
12 13 (1.76%) Investment Banking
13 9 (1.22%) Aerospace
13 9 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
13 9 (1.22%) Law
13 9 (1.22%) Local Government
14 8 (1.08%) Pharmaceutical
14 8 (1.08%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 199 (26.96%) Analyst
2 115 (15.58%) Developer
3 110 (14.91%) Data Analyst
4 90 (12.20%) Data Engineer
5 88 (11.92%) Senior
6 44 (5.96%) Consultant
7 43 (5.83%) Lead
8 37 (5.01%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 34 (4.61%) Data Scientist
10 31 (4.20%) Architect
11 30 (4.07%) Power BI Developer
12 28 (3.79%) Business Analyst
13 26 (3.52%) Senior Data Engineer
14 24 (3.25%) Designer
15 19 (2.57%) Performance Analyst
16 18 (2.44%) Business Intelligence Analyst
16 18 (2.44%) Data Architect
16 18 (2.44%) Data Manager
16 18 (2.44%) Python Developer
17 17 (2.30%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (5.42%) REST
1 40 (5.42%) Terraform
2 28 (3.79%) React
3 26 (3.52%) CSS
3 26 (3.52%) Pandas
4 24 (3.25%) HTML
5 23 (3.12%) PySpark
6 20 (2.71%) Kafka
7 17 (2.30%) Web Services
8 16 (2.17%) NumPy
9 15 (2.03%) .NET
10 14 (1.90%) scikit-learn
11 12 (1.63%) Flask
11 12 (1.63%) Node.js
12 10 (1.36%) JSON
13 9 (1.22%) PyTorch
13 9 (1.22%) SOAP
13 9 (1.22%) TensorFlow
13 9 (1.22%) Vue
14 8 (1.08%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 59 (7.99%) Data Structures
2 32 (4.34%) Management Information System
3 27 (3.66%) Cloud Native
3 27 (3.66%) Onboarding
4 22 (2.98%) Analytical Mindset
5 20 (2.71%) Legacy Systems
6 19 (2.57%) Product Ownership
7 16 (2.17%) AI Agents
7 16 (2.17%) Data Protection Act
8 15 (2.03%) Distributed Systems
9 14 (1.90%) Algorithms
10 13 (1.76%) Reference Data
11 12 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
12 10 (1.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 10 (1.36%) PKI
12 10 (1.36%) Virtual Team
13 9 (1.22%) Clustering
14 8 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
15 7 (0.95%) Driving Licence
15 7 (0.95%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 34 (4.61%) Windows
2 20 (2.71%) Linux
3 14 (1.90%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.81%) Unix
5 4 (0.54%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.41%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.27%) Android
8 1 (0.14%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 396 (53.66%) Business Intelligence
2 370 (50.14%) Data Visualisation
3 361 (48.92%) Analytics
4 205 (27.78%) Data Modelling
5 202 (27.37%) Decision-Making
6 196 (26.56%) Agile
7 175 (23.71%) Problem-Solving
8 168 (22.76%) AI
9 151 (20.46%) Data Analysis
10 138 (18.70%) Stakeholder Management
11 134 (18.16%) Actionable Insight
12 129 (17.48%) Continuous Improvement
13 128 (17.34%) Validation
14 119 (16.12%) Dashboard Development
15 113 (15.31%) Data Pipeline
16 112 (15.18%) Data Engineering
17 109 (14.77%) Data Governance
17 109 (14.77%) Data Science
18 108 (14.63%) ETL
19 97 (13.14%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 359 (48.64%) SQL
2 263 (35.64%) Python
3 70 (9.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 53 (7.18%) R
5 52 (7.05%) JavaScript
6 41 (5.56%) Java
7 38 (5.15%) C#
8 23 (3.12%) TypeScript
9 19 (2.57%) PowerShell
10 14 (1.90%) C++
11 13 (1.76%) Scala
12 12 (1.63%) T-SQL
13 10 (1.36%) PL/SQL
14 9 (1.22%) VBA
15 8 (1.08%) Bash
16 6 (0.81%) Cypher
16 6 (0.81%) Search Processing Language
17 5 (0.68%) Gremlin
18 4 (0.54%) MATLAB
19 3 (0.41%) Korn
Qualifications
1 156 (21.14%) Security Cleared
2 114 (15.45%) SC Cleared
3 81 (10.98%) Degree
4 25 (3.39%) BPSS Clearance
5 20 (2.71%) DV Cleared
6 17 (2.30%) Azure Certification
7 14 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
8 12 (1.63%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (1.08%) Master's Degree
10 5 (0.68%) PhD
11 4 (0.54%) Postgraduate
11 4 (0.54%) Six Sigma Green Belt
12 3 (0.41%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.41%) 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 (0.14%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 174 (23.58%) Data Quality
2 48 (6.50%) QA
3 28 (3.79%) GDPR
4 27 (3.66%) Accessibility
5 17 (2.30%) PMO
6 10 (1.36%) Actionable Recommendations
7 7 (0.95%) GMP
8 5 (0.68%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 5 (0.68%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 5 (0.68%) GRC
8 5 (0.68%) GxP
8 5 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 17025
8 5 (0.68%) WCAG
9 2 (0.27%) Basel III
9 2 (0.27%) Solvency II
10 1 (0.14%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.14%) NCSC
10 1 (0.14%) NIST
10 1 (0.14%) P3O
10 1 (0.14%) SOC 2
System Software
1 22 (2.98%) Docker
2 17 (2.30%) 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
Systems Management
1 17 (2.30%) Grafana
2 14 (1.90%) Kubernetes
3 8 (1.08%) Kibana
3 8 (1.08%) SCCM
4 6 (0.81%) Ansible
5 5 (0.68%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.54%) Podman
7 2 (0.27%) Istio
7 2 (0.27%) Packer
7 2 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.14%) Argo
8 1 (0.14%) Fluentd
8 1 (0.14%) logstash
8 1 (0.14%) Network Intrusion Detection System
8 1 (0.14%) QRadar
8 1 (0.14%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 154 (20.87%) Microsoft
2 70 (9.49%) Databricks
3 45 (6.10%) SAP
4 40 (5.42%) Oracle
5 38 (5.15%) Google
6 30 (4.07%) ServiceNow
7 20 (2.71%) Adobe
7 20 (2.71%) Dynatrace
8 18 (2.44%) Splunk
9 14 (1.90%) Salesforce
10 11 (1.49%) Alteryx
11 10 (1.36%) Palantir
11 10 (1.36%) Remedy
12 9 (1.22%) BMC
13 7 (0.95%) Informatica
14 6 (0.81%) SnapLogic
15 5 (0.68%) Foundry
16 4 (0.54%) Ariba
16 4 (0.54%) UiPath
16 4 (0.54%) VMware