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

6 months to
4 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 94 135
Rank change year-on-year -35 +41 +7
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 889 799 786
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.11% 2.66% 1.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.44% 2.95% 2.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 558 542 528
10th Percentile £331 £325 £313
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.31%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £738 £700 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +11.11% - -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 27 51
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.70 £20.47
25th Percentile £27.94 £23.86 £31.38
Median hourly rate £62.50 £32.81 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +90.49% -28.95% -28.95%
75th Percentile £65.00 £56.25 £60.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £64.25 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £32.81 £46.18
% change year-on-year +98.11% -28.95% -28.95%

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 36,453 27,072 38,415
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.50% 90.11% 86.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,124 16,979 25,034
10th Percentile £313 £305 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -2.13% -1.40% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,168 886 2,250
10th Percentile £14.64 £15.62 £13.25
25th Percentile £18.25 £21.05 £16.13
Median hourly rate £27.94 £32.50 £32.85
Median % change year-on-year -14.03% -1.05% -6.16%
75th Percentile £63.75 £64.31 £58.75
90th Percentile £73.46 £75.13 £71.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £31.76 £33.50
% change year-on-year -20.81% -5.19% -4.29%

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 4 March 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 4 March 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 4 March 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 -35 769 £500 +4.17% 634
London -34 426 £500 -3.85% 178
UK excluding London -27 359 £500 +11.11% 583
Work from Home -17 287 £500 +2.56% 214
North of England -51 108 £475 +2.70% 143
Midlands -30 68 £500 +25.63% 106
West Midlands -26 55 £500 +23.08% 50
North West -42 55 £420 -10.40% 67
South West -12 50 £650 +44.44% 67
South East -15 50 £500 +14.29% 147
Yorkshire -34 50 £507 +19.29% 55
Scotland +11 42 £475 +4.11% 24
East of England -28 37 £513 +12.89% 65
East Midlands -27 13 £450 +26.40% 55
Northern Ireland -4 6 £531 +6.25% 15
North East -19 6 £438 -10.26% 23
Wales -8 3 - - 34

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 54 (6.07%) Apache Spark
2 34 (3.82%) Confluence
3 24 (2.70%) Apache
3 24 (2.70%) Apache Airflow
4 20 (2.25%) SharePoint
5 8 (0.90%) Jupyter
6 6 (0.67%) SAS
7 5 (0.56%) GeoServer
7 5 (0.56%) OpenStack
7 5 (0.56%) Palantir Foundry
7 5 (0.56%) Smallworld
8 3 (0.34%) Apache Superset
8 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.22%) Apache Pig
9 2 (0.22%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.22%) CMS
9 2 (0.22%) Luigi
10 1 (0.11%) Drupal
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle Application Server
10 1 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 117 (13.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (2.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 14 (1.57%) Microsoft Office
4 13 (1.46%) MS Visio
5 12 (1.35%) Chatbot
6 8 (0.90%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.45%) Adobe Illustrator
7 4 (0.45%) Photoshop
7 4 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.22%) InDesign
8 2 (0.22%) Navisworks
8 2 (0.22%) Revit
9 1 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.11%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.11%) Blender
9 1 (0.11%) CINEMA 4D
9 1 (0.11%) CPLEX
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle Smart View
9 1 (0.11%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 14 (1.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.45%) Adobe Campaign
4 3 (0.34%) Eloqua
4 3 (0.34%) Primavera
5 2 (0.22%) IntelliMatch
5 2 (0.22%) iTrent
5 2 (0.22%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.11%) Advent Geneva
6 1 (0.11%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.11%) Maximo
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.11%) Shopify
6 1 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.11%) Sprinklr
6 1 (0.11%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 378 (42.52%) Power Platform
2 174 (19.57%) Azure
3 164 (18.45%) AWS
4 62 (6.97%) GCP
5 51 (5.74%) Azure Data Factory
6 43 (4.84%) Snowflake
7 38 (4.27%) Serverless
8 30 (3.37%) AWS Lambda
9 29 (3.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 28 (3.15%) Amazon S3
11 27 (3.04%) dbt
12 24 (2.70%) Power Automate
13 21 (2.36%) Azure DevOps
14 20 (2.25%) PowerApps
15 17 (1.91%) GitHub
16 13 (1.46%) Cloud Computing
16 13 (1.46%) Google Workspace
17 12 (1.35%) Google Analytics
18 11 (1.24%) Amazon EC2
18 11 (1.24%) Amazon SageMaker
Communications & Networking
1 18 (2.02%) TCP/IP
2 16 (1.80%) Ethernet
3 6 (0.67%) Firewall
4 4 (0.45%) 2G
4 4 (0.45%) 5G
5 3 (0.34%) Kerberos
6 2 (0.22%) DNS
6 2 (0.22%) Fibre Channel
6 2 (0.22%) LTE
6 2 (0.22%) Mobile Backhaul
6 2 (0.22%) Network Security
6 2 (0.22%) Radio Access Network
6 2 (0.22%) SAN
6 2 (0.22%) SMS
6 2 (0.22%) SNMP
6 2 (0.22%) VoIP
7 1 (0.11%) DSL
7 1 (0.11%) Internet
7 1 (0.11%) Reverse Proxy
7 1 (0.11%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 377 (42.41%) Power BI
2 169 (19.01%) Tableau
3 99 (11.14%) Data Warehouse
4 49 (5.51%) Big Data
5 46 (5.17%) Relational Database
6 37 (4.16%) Hadoop
7 35 (3.94%) Looker
7 35 (3.94%) Power Query
8 34 (3.82%) Data Lake
8 34 (3.82%) Metadata
9 28 (3.15%) BigQuery
10 27 (3.04%) SQL Server
11 25 (2.81%) Elasticsearch
12 21 (2.36%) PostgreSQL
13 18 (2.02%) NoSQL
14 16 (1.80%) Geospatial Data
14 16 (1.80%) Oracle Reports
15 15 (1.69%) Snowflake Schema
16 14 (1.57%) Azure SQL Database
16 14 (1.57%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 59 (6.64%) Git
2 48 (5.40%) JIRA
3 18 (2.02%) Jenkins
4 17 (1.91%) Visual Studio
5 16 (1.80%) Eclipse
6 10 (1.12%) MLflow
7 4 (0.45%) ERwin
8 3 (0.34%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.34%) GitLab
8 3 (0.34%) Terragrunt
9 2 (0.22%) git-flow
9 2 (0.22%) Postman
9 2 (0.22%) Selenium
10 1 (0.11%) Claude Code
10 1 (0.11%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.11%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.11%) TeamCity
10 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio Coded UI
10 1 (0.11%) Vite
10 1 (0.11%) webpack
General
1 328 (36.90%) Social Skills
2 239 (26.88%) Finance
3 234 (26.32%) Analytical Skills
4 90 (10.12%) Public Sector
5 75 (8.44%) Banking
6 39 (4.39%) Retail
7 31 (3.49%) Marketing
8 24 (2.70%) Publishing
9 22 (2.47%) Documentation Skills
9 22 (2.47%) Military
10 21 (2.36%) Presentation Skills
11 20 (2.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 16 (1.80%) Front Office
12 16 (1.80%) Influencing Skills
13 15 (1.69%) Manufacturing
14 14 (1.57%) Pharmaceutical
15 13 (1.46%) Investment Banking
16 12 (1.35%) Organisational Skills
17 11 (1.24%) Legal
18 8 (0.90%) Law
Job Titles
1 226 (25.42%) Analyst
2 132 (14.85%) Developer
3 130 (14.62%) Data Analyst
4 108 (12.15%) Senior
5 97 (10.91%) Data Engineer
6 70 (7.87%) Architect
7 67 (7.54%) Lead
8 59 (6.64%) Data Scientist
9 52 (5.85%) Consultant
10 47 (5.29%) Business Analyst
10 47 (5.29%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 37 (4.16%) Senior Analyst
12 33 (3.71%) Power BI Developer
13 28 (3.15%) Software Engineer
14 24 (2.70%) Solutions Architect
15 23 (2.59%) Senior Data Engineer
16 22 (2.47%) Designer
17 21 (2.36%) Data Business Analyst
18 20 (2.25%) Business Intelligence Analyst
19 17 (1.91%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (5.74%) Pandas
2 49 (5.51%) React
3 35 (3.94%) scikit-learn
4 33 (3.71%) Node.js
4 33 (3.71%) NumPy
5 31 (3.49%) Kafka
6 30 (3.37%) PySpark
7 26 (2.92%) Elastic Stack
8 24 (2.70%) AngularJS
8 24 (2.70%) REST
9 22 (2.47%) Vue
10 21 (2.36%) Web Services
11 18 (2.02%) Plotly
12 17 (1.91%) Matplotlib
12 17 (1.91%) TensorFlow
13 15 (1.69%) OAuth
14 14 (1.57%) .NET
14 14 (1.57%) JSON
14 14 (1.57%) Seaborn
15 12 (1.35%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 43 (4.84%) Algorithms
2 39 (4.39%) Cloud Native
3 29 (3.26%) Product Ownership
4 28 (3.15%) Data Structures
5 27 (3.04%) Analytical Mindset
6 24 (2.70%) Management Information System
7 16 (1.80%) Legacy Systems
7 16 (1.80%) Virtual Team
8 13 (1.46%) Data Protection Act
8 13 (1.46%) Onboarding
8 13 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (1.01%) Distributed Systems
10 8 (0.90%) AI Agents
10 8 (0.90%) CMDB
10 8 (0.90%) Distributed Computing
10 8 (0.90%) Hybrid Cloud
10 8 (0.90%) Life Science
10 8 (0.90%) Marketing Technology
10 8 (0.90%) PMI
11 7 (0.79%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 40 (4.50%) Linux
2 28 (3.15%) Windows
3 14 (1.57%) Unix
4 5 (0.56%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.22%) Android
6 2 (0.22%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.11%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 413 (46.46%) Business Intelligence
2 412 (46.34%) Data Visualisation
3 337 (37.91%) Analytics
4 240 (27.00%) Data Modelling
5 230 (25.87%) Problem-Solving
6 229 (25.76%) Decision-Making
7 221 (24.86%) Agile
8 177 (19.91%) Data Analysis
9 172 (19.35%) Actionable Insight
10 151 (16.99%) Data Pipeline
11 149 (16.76%) Data Science
12 132 (14.85%) AI
13 131 (14.74%) ETL
14 120 (13.50%) Machine Learning
15 117 (13.16%) Data Governance
15 117 (13.16%) Validation
16 108 (12.15%) Stakeholder Management
17 107 (12.04%) Dashboard Development
18 106 (11.92%) Data Engineering
19 101 (11.36%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 397 (44.66%) SQL
2 312 (35.10%) Python
3 68 (7.65%) R
4 62 (6.97%) JavaScript
5 51 (5.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 37 (4.16%) C#
7 31 (3.49%) TypeScript
8 30 (3.37%) C++
8 30 (3.37%) Java
9 20 (2.25%) Scala
10 16 (1.80%) PowerShell
11 11 (1.24%) VBA
12 10 (1.12%) Bash
13 9 (1.01%) Perl
14 7 (0.79%) Groovy
15 6 (0.67%) PHP
16 5 (0.56%) PL/SQL
17 4 (0.45%) C
17 4 (0.45%) T-SQL
18 3 (0.34%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 180 (20.25%) Security Cleared
2 147 (16.54%) SC Cleared
3 93 (10.46%) Degree
4 36 (4.05%) Master's Degree
5 21 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
6 20 (2.25%) BPSS Clearance
7 18 (2.02%) Azure Certification
8 16 (1.80%) CISM
8 16 (1.80%) CISSP
9 11 (1.24%) DV Cleared
9 11 (1.24%) PhD
10 10 (1.12%) PMI Certification
10 10 (1.12%) TOGAF Certification
11 9 (1.01%) AWS Certification
12 6 (0.67%) ITIL Certification
12 6 (0.67%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (0.56%) MBA
14 4 (0.45%) CBAP
14 4 (0.45%) CFA
14 4 (0.45%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 147 (16.54%) Data Quality
2 50 (5.62%) Accessibility
3 46 (5.17%) QA
4 27 (3.04%) GDPR
5 19 (2.14%) PMO
6 17 (1.91%) Actionable Recommendations
7 7 (0.79%) SLA
8 6 (0.67%) WCAG
9 4 (0.45%) Disclosure Scotland
10 3 (0.34%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 3 (0.34%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.22%) Dodd-Frank
11 2 (0.22%) EMIR
11 2 (0.22%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.22%) ISO 19650
11 2 (0.22%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.22%) ISO 8583
11 2 (0.22%) NIST
11 2 (0.22%) PERC
11 2 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 36 (4.05%) Docker
2 7 (0.79%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.56%) HDFS
4 3 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.22%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 44 (4.95%) Terraform
2 43 (4.84%) Kubernetes
3 32 (3.60%) Kibana
4 23 (2.59%) logstash
5 22 (2.47%) Ansible
6 19 (2.14%) Grafana
7 17 (1.91%) Prometheus
8 7 (0.79%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 4 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.34%) SCCM
11 2 (0.22%) Cilium
11 2 (0.22%) SysTrack
11 2 (0.22%) vMotion
11 2 (0.22%) vRealize
12 1 (0.11%) Argo
12 1 (0.11%) HP ALM
12 1 (0.11%) Kubeflow
12 1 (0.11%) Network Intrusion Detection System
12 1 (0.11%) PowerCLI
12 1 (0.11%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 136 (15.30%) Microsoft
2 76 (8.55%) Databricks
3 50 (5.62%) Google
4 36 (4.05%) Oracle
5 26 (2.92%) ServiceNow
6 25 (2.81%) SAP
7 22 (2.47%) Salesforce
8 21 (2.36%) Splunk
9 18 (2.02%) BiZZdesign
10 15 (1.69%) Sage
11 14 (1.57%) Adobe
12 13 (1.46%) CyberArk
13 12 (1.35%) Centrify
14 9 (1.01%) Cisco
14 9 (1.01%) Dynatrace
15 8 (0.90%) Amplitude
15 8 (0.90%) OpenAI
16 7 (0.79%) Cognos
16 7 (0.79%) Informatica
16 7 (0.79%) MicroStrategy