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

6 months to
27 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 209 104 113
Rank change year-on-year -105 +9 +27
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 726 848 795
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.33% 2.57% 2.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.58% 2.83% 2.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 423 526 462
10th Percentile £313 £325 £315
25th Percentile £400 £400 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £579 £638
90th Percentile £694 £700 £767
UK excluding London median daily rate £458 £463 £451
% change year-on-year -0.97% +2.49% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 49 53
10th Percentile £21.08 £21.33 £24.57
25th Percentile £28.50 £33.25 £41.25
Median hourly rate £50.00 £50.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - -23.08% +44.44%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 -
90th Percentile £70.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £54.40 £63.75 £65.00
% change year-on-year -14.67% -1.92% +56.46%

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 46,089 29,922 32,856
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.33% 90.54% 85.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,886 18,587 19,900
10th Percentile £325 £295 £308
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 £630 £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 3,201 1,858 1,386
10th Percentile £13.70 £14.29 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.23 £17.30 £20.12
Median hourly rate £39.50 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +57.06% -40.82% -
75th Percentile £65.88 £43.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £65.00 £74.44
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £22.50 £43.00
% change year-on-year +77.78% -47.67% +1.18%

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 27 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 27 September 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 27 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 -98 644 £475 - 1,357
UK excluding London -93 348 £458 -0.97% 758
London -83 309 £488 -2.50% 733
Work from Home -66 221 £500 +11.11% 590
North of England -67 101 £439 +5.15% 152
Midlands -35 80 £549 +8.28% 121
South East -60 68 £452 -17.91% 183
West Midlands -45 59 £558 +7.21% 79
North West -45 48 £513 +25.77% 75
South West -27 45 £450 -40.00% 81
Yorkshire -58 42 £480 +20.00% 58
East of England -36 29 £565 +7.62% 84
Scotland -47 29 £410 -18.00% 75
East Midlands -10 21 £375 -6.25% 42
North East -31 12 £375 -11.76% 19
Northern Ireland +1 2 - - 46
Wales -15 2 £356 +13.55% 28

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 22 (3.03%) Confluence
2 18 (2.48%) Apache Spark
3 13 (1.79%) SharePoint
4 10 (1.38%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (1.38%) ArcGIS
5 5 (0.69%) CMS
5 5 (0.69%) Oracle Workflow
5 5 (0.69%) Palantir Foundry
6 4 (0.55%) Apache
6 4 (0.55%) Apache Superset
6 4 (0.55%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.28%) Oracle Application Server
7 2 (0.28%) SAS
8 1 (0.14%) nginx
Applications
1 124 (17.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (1.52%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (0.96%) Adobe Illustrator
5 6 (0.83%) CPLEX
5 6 (0.83%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.69%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.69%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.41%) Adobe Premiere
7 3 (0.41%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.41%) InDesign
7 3 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.28%) Adobe After Effects
8 2 (0.28%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.28%) EPLAN
8 2 (0.28%) Notion
9 1 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.14%) Final Cut Pro
9 1 (0.14%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 10 (1.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.24%) Remedy ITSM
3 8 (1.10%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.69%) Primavera
5 2 (0.28%) Aladdin
5 2 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.28%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.14%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.14%) iTrent
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.14%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.14%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.14%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.14%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 383 (52.75%) Power Platform
2 128 (17.63%) Azure
3 98 (13.50%) AWS
4 57 (7.85%) Snowflake
5 46 (6.34%) GCP
6 38 (5.23%) Azure DevOps
7 30 (4.13%) GitHub
8 27 (3.72%) Power Automate
9 25 (3.44%) PowerApps
10 24 (3.31%) Azure Data Factory
11 23 (3.17%) Amazon S3
12 22 (3.03%) Serverless
13 19 (2.62%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 19 (2.62%) Google Analytics
14 18 (2.48%) dbt
15 14 (1.93%) Adobe Analytics
16 11 (1.52%) Dynamics 365
16 11 (1.52%) Microsoft 365
16 11 (1.52%) Microsoft Copilot
17 10 (1.38%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.38%) Ethernet
1 10 (1.38%) TCP/IP
2 5 (0.69%) HTTP
2 5 (0.69%) SNMP
2 5 (0.69%) Wireless
3 4 (0.55%) Broadband
3 4 (0.55%) SD-WAN
3 4 (0.55%) WAN
4 3 (0.41%) VPN
5 2 (0.28%) 2G
5 2 (0.28%) 3G
5 2 (0.28%) 4G
5 2 (0.28%) 5G
5 2 (0.28%) DHCP
5 2 (0.28%) DNS
5 2 (0.28%) Network Security
5 2 (0.28%) PCoIP
5 2 (0.28%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (0.28%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.14%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 376 (51.79%) Power BI
2 143 (19.70%) Tableau
3 74 (10.19%) Data Warehouse
4 66 (9.09%) Power Query
5 44 (6.06%) Relational Database
6 40 (5.51%) Data Lake
7 28 (3.86%) Metadata
8 26 (3.58%) Big Data
8 26 (3.58%) SQL Server
9 24 (3.31%) BigQuery
10 21 (2.89%) Looker
11 20 (2.75%) PostgreSQL
12 19 (2.62%) Amazon Athena
12 19 (2.62%) Qlik Sense
13 17 (2.34%) Oracle Reports
14 15 (2.07%) QlikView
14 15 (2.07%) Star Schema
15 14 (1.93%) GIS
16 12 (1.65%) Snowflake Schema
17 10 (1.38%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 45 (6.20%) Git
2 41 (5.65%) JIRA
3 11 (1.52%) Visual Studio
4 10 (1.38%) Eclipse
5 5 (0.69%) GitLab
5 5 (0.69%) Oracle Forms
6 4 (0.55%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.41%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.41%) JMeter
8 2 (0.28%) Selenium
8 2 (0.28%) WebDriver
9 1 (0.14%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.14%) Crashlytics
9 1 (0.14%) fastlane
9 1 (0.14%) Flyway
9 1 (0.14%) Gatling
9 1 (0.14%) Gradle
9 1 (0.14%) Jasmine
9 1 (0.14%) NeoLoad
9 1 (0.14%) SonarQube
General
1 262 (36.09%) Social Skills
2 255 (35.12%) Analytical Skills
3 164 (22.59%) Finance
4 88 (12.12%) Public Sector
5 60 (8.26%) Banking
6 27 (3.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 25 (3.44%) Military
8 23 (3.17%) Marketing
8 23 (3.17%) Retail
9 20 (2.75%) Manufacturing
10 17 (2.34%) Presentation Skills
11 13 (1.79%) Local Government
11 13 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
12 12 (1.65%) Investment Banking
13 11 (1.52%) Aerospace
13 11 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
13 11 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
14 9 (1.24%) Pharmaceutical
15 8 (1.10%) Publishing
16 7 (0.96%) Law
Job Titles
1 200 (27.55%) Analyst
2 114 (15.70%) Data Analyst
3 110 (15.15%) Developer
4 84 (11.57%) Data Engineer
5 80 (11.02%) Senior
6 41 (5.65%) Lead
7 40 (5.51%) Consultant
8 38 (5.23%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 36 (4.96%) Data Scientist
10 30 (4.13%) Power BI Developer
11 28 (3.86%) Architect
12 26 (3.58%) Business Analyst
12 26 (3.58%) Senior Data Engineer
13 25 (3.44%) Designer
14 22 (3.03%) Performance Analyst
15 18 (2.48%) Data Manager
16 17 (2.34%) Data Architect
17 16 (2.20%) Report Analyst
18 15 (2.07%) Business Intelligence Analyst
18 15 (2.07%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (5.23%) REST
2 37 (5.10%) Terraform
3 27 (3.72%) React
4 26 (3.58%) Pandas
5 25 (3.44%) CSS
6 23 (3.17%) HTML
6 23 (3.17%) PySpark
7 19 (2.62%) Kafka
8 16 (2.20%) Web Services
9 15 (2.07%) NumPy
10 14 (1.93%) scikit-learn
11 11 (1.52%) .NET
12 10 (1.38%) Flask
12 10 (1.38%) Node.js
13 9 (1.24%) PyTorch
13 9 (1.24%) TensorFlow
14 8 (1.10%) JSON
14 8 (1.10%) Redux
14 8 (1.10%) SOAP
15 7 (0.96%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 58 (7.99%) Data Structures
2 33 (4.55%) Management Information System
3 28 (3.86%) Onboarding
4 24 (3.31%) Cloud Native
5 22 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
6 20 (2.75%) Analytical Mindset
7 16 (2.20%) AI Agents
7 16 (2.20%) Data Protection Act
7 16 (2.20%) Product Ownership
8 15 (2.07%) Algorithms
9 14 (1.93%) Distributed Systems
10 13 (1.79%) Reference Data
11 11 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
12 10 (1.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 9 (1.24%) PKI
13 9 (1.24%) Virtual Team
14 8 (1.10%) Clustering
14 8 (1.10%) NHS
15 7 (0.96%) Derivative
15 7 (0.96%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 33 (4.55%) Windows
2 20 (2.75%) Linux
3 13 (1.79%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.83%) Unix
5 5 (0.69%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.55%) Android
7 3 (0.41%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.14%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 391 (53.86%) Business Intelligence
2 363 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
3 359 (49.45%) Analytics
4 206 (28.37%) Data Modelling
5 203 (27.96%) Decision-Making
6 195 (26.86%) Agile
7 170 (23.42%) AI
8 164 (22.59%) Problem-Solving
9 150 (20.66%) Data Analysis
10 146 (20.11%) Stakeholder Management
11 138 (19.01%) Actionable Insight
12 124 (17.08%) Validation
13 122 (16.80%) Continuous Improvement
14 118 (16.25%) Dashboard Development
15 112 (15.43%) Data Governance
16 111 (15.29%) Data Engineering
17 110 (15.15%) Data Science
18 109 (15.01%) Data Pipeline
18 109 (15.01%) ETL
19 94 (12.95%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 360 (49.59%) SQL
2 253 (34.85%) Python
3 73 (10.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 49 (6.75%) JavaScript
4 49 (6.75%) R
5 37 (5.10%) Java
6 35 (4.82%) C#
7 23 (3.17%) TypeScript
8 17 (2.34%) PowerShell
9 13 (1.79%) C++
9 13 (1.79%) T-SQL
10 11 (1.52%) Scala
11 10 (1.38%) PL/SQL
12 8 (1.10%) Bash
13 7 (0.96%) VBA
14 6 (0.83%) Cypher
15 5 (0.69%) Gremlin
15 5 (0.69%) Search Processing Language
16 3 (0.41%) Go
16 3 (0.41%) Korn
Qualifications
1 153 (21.07%) Security Cleared
2 112 (15.43%) SC Cleared
3 82 (11.29%) Degree
4 28 (3.86%) BPSS Clearance
5 18 (2.48%) DV Cleared
6 16 (2.20%) Azure Certification
7 13 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
8 12 (1.65%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (1.10%) Master's Degree
10 6 (0.83%) PhD
11 4 (0.55%) Postgraduate
12 3 (0.41%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.41%) PMI Certification
12 3 (0.41%) PMP
12 3 (0.41%) Six Sigma Green Belt
12 3 (0.41%) SnowPro
13 2 (0.28%) APMG
13 2 (0.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.28%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.28%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 184 (25.34%) Data Quality
2 45 (6.20%) QA
3 26 (3.58%) Accessibility
3 26 (3.58%) GDPR
4 13 (1.79%) PMO
5 11 (1.52%) Actionable Recommendations
6 7 (0.96%) GMP
7 5 (0.69%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 5 (0.69%) GRC
7 5 (0.69%) GxP
7 5 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 17025
8 4 (0.55%) WCAG
9 3 (0.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 2 (0.28%) Basel III
10 2 (0.28%) Solvency II
11 1 (0.14%) COBIT
11 1 (0.14%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.14%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.14%) IFRS
11 1 (0.14%) P3O
System Software
1 22 (3.03%) Docker
2 15 (2.07%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.28%) Microsoft App-V
4 2 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.28%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.28%) VMware Workstation
4 2 (0.28%) vSphere
5 1 (0.14%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 16 (2.20%) Grafana
2 13 (1.79%) Kubernetes
3 9 (1.24%) Kibana
4 7 (0.96%) SCCM
5 6 (0.83%) Ansible
6 4 (0.55%) Podman
6 4 (0.55%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.28%) Istio
7 2 (0.28%) Packer
7 2 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.14%) Argo
8 1 (0.14%) logstash
8 1 (0.14%) Network Intrusion Detection System
8 1 (0.14%) QRadar
Vendors
1 149 (20.52%) Microsoft
2 67 (9.23%) Databricks
3 46 (6.34%) SAP
4 38 (5.23%) Oracle
5 37 (5.10%) Google
6 25 (3.44%) ServiceNow
7 19 (2.62%) Adobe
7 19 (2.62%) Dynatrace
8 17 (2.34%) Splunk
9 14 (1.93%) Salesforce
10 12 (1.65%) Alteryx
10 12 (1.65%) Palantir
11 9 (1.24%) Informatica
11 9 (1.24%) Remedy
12 8 (1.10%) BMC
13 6 (0.83%) SnapLogic
14 5 (0.69%) Foundry
15 4 (0.55%) Amplitude
15 4 (0.55%) Ariba
15 4 (0.55%) VMware