Visualisation Contracts

Visualization
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Visualisation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Visualisation over the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 108 132 155
Rank change year-on-year +24 +23 -4
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 721 744 984
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.47% 1.75% 1.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.72% 2.03% 1.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 458 496 604
10th Percentile £339 £313 £315
25th Percentile £401 £401 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -0.05% -4.71%
75th Percentile £575 £580 £638
90th Percentile £675 £675 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £463 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +2.78% -5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 42 57
10th Percentile £22.54 £20.58 £23.65
25th Percentile £30.00 £41.25 £37.75
Median hourly rate £34.50 £60.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -42.50% -7.69% +44.00%
75th Percentile £53.75 £65.00 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.96 £70.63 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.23 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -50.42% - +36.84%

All Process and 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 26,547 36,622 51,397
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 91.04% 86.09% 89.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,007 23,613 35,611
10th Percentile £303 £300 £325
25th Percentile £409 £413 £439
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +3.77%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,109 2,439 1,690
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.75 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.13 £16.00 £15.77
Median hourly rate £27.64 £36.50 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.27% +1.39% +40.19%
75th Percentile £59.90 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £38.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -33.82% +8.57% +75.00%

Visualisation
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Visualisation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Visualisation in the UK

Visualisation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Visualisation.

Daily rate trend for Visualisation in the UK

Visualisation
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Visualisation over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Visualisation in the UK

Visualisation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Visualisation.

Hourly rate trend for Visualisation in the UK

Visualisation
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Visualisation over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Visualisation in the UK

Visualisation
Top 17 Contract 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 21 May 2025. 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 +34 622 £475 -5.00% 1,656
London +27 371 £500 - 998
UK excluding London +31 272 £463 +2.78% 928
Work from Home +2 232 £450 -8.16% 926
North of England +29 86 £463 -0.27% 217
North West +10 42 £463 -2.63% 124
East of England +33 39 £550 +22.22% 81
Midlands +3 39 £413 -2.94% 147
South West +39 36 £475 -10.80% 77
Scotland -10 33 £450 -0.55% 72
Yorkshire +19 32 £443 -6.84% 63
South East +26 31 £550 +22.22% 308
West Midlands 0 31 £413 -17.50% 86
North East -1 12 £525 +27.89% 34
East Midlands +8 8 £384 -4.13% 55
Wales +3 6 £318 +98.44% 20
Northern Ireland -7 2 £506 +26.56% 21

Visualisation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 39 (5.41%) Apache Spark
2 23 (3.19%) SharePoint
3 22 (3.05%) Apache
3 22 (3.05%) Confluence
4 21 (2.91%) Apache Airflow
5 18 (2.50%) SAS
6 3 (0.42%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.42%) nginx
6 3 (0.42%) Oracle Workflow
6 3 (0.42%) R Markdown
7 2 (0.28%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.14%) IBM Domino
8 1 (0.14%) Oracle Application Server
8 1 (0.14%) TPMS
Applications
1 84 (11.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (2.50%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (2.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 16 (2.22%) Oracle Smart View
4 9 (1.25%) MS Visio
5 6 (0.83%) Sketch
6 5 (0.69%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 5 (0.69%) SketchUp
7 4 (0.55%) Adobe XD
7 4 (0.55%) AutoCAD
7 4 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.28%) Notepad++
9 1 (0.14%) Adobe Captivate
9 1 (0.14%) Maya
9 1 (0.14%) Siemens NX
9 1 (0.14%) SOLIDWORKS
9 1 (0.14%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 5 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.42%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.42%) Oracle Financials
3 2 (0.28%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.28%) Shopify
3 2 (0.28%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.14%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.14%) Magento
4 1 (0.14%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.14%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.14%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.14%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.14%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.14%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 304 (42.16%) Power Platform
2 162 (22.47%) Azure
3 146 (20.25%) AWS
4 60 (8.32%) GCP
5 56 (7.77%) Azure Data Factory
6 35 (4.85%) Snowflake
7 34 (4.72%) Amazon S3
8 30 (4.16%) GitHub
9 29 (4.02%) dbt
10 27 (3.74%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 27 (3.74%) Serverless
11 24 (3.33%) Cloud Computing
12 23 (3.19%) AWS Lambda
13 22 (3.05%) Azure Machine Learning
14 21 (2.91%) OCI
15 19 (2.64%) PowerApps
16 18 (2.50%) Microsoft 365
16 18 (2.50%) Power Automate
17 17 (2.36%) Azure DevOps
18 13 (1.80%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.69%) DNS
2 4 (0.55%) Ethernet
2 4 (0.55%) NAS
2 4 (0.55%) SAN
2 4 (0.55%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.28%) Wireless
4 1 (0.14%) Firewall
4 1 (0.14%) Intranet
4 1 (0.14%) Modbus
4 1 (0.14%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 304 (42.16%) Power BI
2 200 (27.74%) Tableau
3 117 (16.23%) Data Warehouse
4 46 (6.38%) Big Data
5 42 (5.83%) Relational Database
6 39 (5.41%) Data Lake
7 38 (5.27%) Hadoop
8 37 (5.13%) SQL Server
9 36 (4.99%) PostgreSQL
10 32 (4.44%) BigQuery
10 32 (4.44%) Metadata
11 30 (4.16%) NoSQL
11 30 (4.16%) Oracle Reports
12 27 (3.74%) MongoDB
13 23 (3.19%) Power Query
14 22 (3.05%) Amazon Redshift
15 21 (2.91%) Looker
16 20 (2.77%) Data Mining
17 19 (2.64%) Neo4j
17 19 (2.64%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 37 (5.13%) JIRA
2 31 (4.30%) Git
3 14 (1.94%) GitLab
4 8 (1.11%) Jenkins
5 6 (0.83%) JUnit
5 6 (0.83%) Oracle Forms
6 5 (0.69%) Terragrunt
6 5 (0.69%) Visual Studio
7 4 (0.55%) Eclipse
7 4 (0.55%) Liquibase
8 3 (0.42%) ERwin
8 3 (0.42%) JMeter
8 3 (0.42%) Postman
8 3 (0.42%) REST Assured
8 3 (0.42%) Selenium
8 3 (0.42%) TestNG
8 3 (0.42%) Travis CI
9 2 (0.28%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 2 (0.28%) webpack
General
1 280 (38.83%) Social Skills
2 198 (27.46%) Analytical Skills
3 172 (23.86%) Finance
4 66 (9.15%) Public Sector
5 57 (7.91%) Banking
6 34 (4.72%) Marketing
7 33 (4.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 32 (4.44%) Presentation Skills
9 26 (3.61%) Retail
10 23 (3.19%) Organisational Skills
11 13 (1.80%) Telecoms
12 11 (1.53%) Local Government
12 11 (1.53%) Military
13 10 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
13 10 (1.39%) Financial Institution
14 9 (1.25%) Investment Banking
14 9 (1.25%) Legal
15 8 (1.11%) Influencing Skills
15 8 (1.11%) Retail Banking
16 7 (0.97%) Games
Job Titles
1 188 (26.07%) Analyst
2 131 (18.17%) Developer
3 116 (16.09%) Data Analyst
4 91 (12.62%) Data Engineer
5 84 (11.65%) Senior
6 56 (7.77%) Data Scientist
7 53 (7.35%) Architect
8 35 (4.85%) Lead
9 33 (4.58%) Data Architect
10 29 (4.02%) Business Analyst
11 26 (3.61%) Power BI Developer
11 26 (3.61%) Senior Developer
12 25 (3.47%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 25 (3.47%) Consultant
13 21 (2.91%) Report Analyst
14 19 (2.64%) Senior Data Engineer
15 16 (2.22%) Business Intelligence Analyst
15 16 (2.22%) Data Manager
16 14 (1.94%) Report Writer
16 14 (1.94%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (8.32%) React
2 43 (5.96%) Pandas
3 37 (5.13%) TensorFlow
4 36 (4.99%) scikit-learn
5 35 (4.85%) NumPy
6 31 (4.30%) PyTorch
7 30 (4.16%) Plotly
8 21 (2.91%) CSS
8 21 (2.91%) Matplotlib
9 19 (2.64%) Oracle Fusion
10 18 (2.50%) Node.js
11 17 (2.36%) AngularJS
11 17 (2.36%) HTML
11 17 (2.36%) PySpark
11 17 (2.36%) REST
12 16 (2.22%) Seaborn
13 13 (1.80%) RESTful
14 11 (1.53%) Kafka
14 11 (1.53%) SciPy
15 9 (1.25%) OpenCV
Miscellaneous
1 56 (7.77%) Algorithms
2 23 (3.19%) Data Structures
3 18 (2.50%) Management Information System
4 17 (2.36%) Product Ownership
5 15 (2.08%) Analytical Mindset
5 15 (2.08%) Data Protection Act
6 14 (1.94%) Self-Motivation
7 11 (1.53%) Legacy Systems
7 11 (1.53%) NHS
8 10 (1.39%) Cloud Native
8 10 (1.39%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 9 (1.25%) Onboarding
9 9 (1.25%) Security Posture
10 8 (1.11%) Derivative
10 8 (1.11%) Reference Data
10 8 (1.11%) Virtual Team
11 7 (0.97%) IoT
11 7 (0.97%) Replication
12 6 (0.83%) Cyber Security Posture
12 6 (0.83%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 18 (2.50%) Linux
2 13 (1.80%) Windows
3 8 (1.11%) Unix
4 5 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.42%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.28%) Android
6 2 (0.28%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.14%) Amazon Linux
7 1 (0.14%) SUSE
7 1 (0.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 406 (56.31%) Data Visualisation
2 322 (44.66%) Business Intelligence
3 253 (35.09%) Analytics
4 214 (29.68%) Problem-Solving
5 210 (29.13%) Data Analysis
6 184 (25.52%) Data Modelling
7 179 (24.83%) Decision-Making
8 149 (20.67%) Data Science
9 142 (19.69%) Agile
10 119 (16.50%) ETL
11 118 (16.37%) Machine Learning
12 117 (16.23%) Actionable Insight
13 111 (15.40%) Data Pipeline
14 98 (13.59%) Data Governance
15 85 (11.79%) Data Integration
16 84 (11.65%) CI/CD
17 83 (11.51%) Artificial Intelligence
18 76 (10.54%) Data Engineering
19 72 (9.99%) Data Analytics
20 71 (9.85%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 370 (51.32%) SQL
2 262 (36.34%) Python
3 75 (10.40%) JavaScript
4 73 (10.12%) R
5 41 (5.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 23 (3.19%) Java
7 21 (2.91%) TypeScript
8 20 (2.77%) C#
9 15 (2.08%) PowerShell
10 13 (1.80%) Scala
11 12 (1.66%) T-SQL
12 9 (1.25%) C++
12 9 (1.25%) PL/SQL
13 6 (0.83%) VBA
14 5 (0.69%) Bash
15 4 (0.55%) MATLAB
15 4 (0.55%) PHP
15 4 (0.55%) Shell Script
15 4 (0.55%) SPARQL
16 2 (0.28%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 145 (20.11%) Security Cleared
2 104 (14.42%) SC Cleared
3 96 (13.31%) Degree
4 26 (3.61%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (2.77%) Master's Degree
6 17 (2.36%) PhD
7 8 (1.11%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (0.97%) ITIL Certification
9 6 (0.83%) Azure Certification
9 6 (0.83%) DV Cleared
10 5 (0.69%) PMI Certification
11 4 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (0.55%) Numerate Degree
11 4 (0.55%) PMP
12 3 (0.42%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 3 (0.42%) CEH
12 3 (0.42%) CISSP
12 3 (0.42%) ISTQB
13 2 (0.28%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 133 (18.45%) Data Quality
2 36 (4.99%) Accessibility
3 29 (4.02%) GDPR
4 28 (3.88%) QA
5 18 (2.50%) Actionable Recommendations
6 6 (0.83%) WCAG
7 5 (0.69%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 5 (0.69%) Disclosure Scotland
7 5 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.55%) PMO
9 3 (0.42%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.28%) GxP
11 1 (0.14%) Dodd-Frank
11 1 (0.14%) EMIR
11 1 (0.14%) GRC
11 1 (0.14%) MiFID
11 1 (0.14%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 23 (3.19%) Docker
2 6 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (0.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.55%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 3 (0.42%) Active Directory
6 2 (0.28%) HDFS
7 1 (0.14%) Firmware
7 1 (0.14%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 36 (4.99%) Terraform
2 30 (4.16%) Kubernetes
3 16 (2.22%) Kibana
4 11 (1.53%) Grafana
5 7 (0.97%) Ansible
5 7 (0.97%) logstash
6 6 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (0.69%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.69%) SCCM
8 4 (0.55%) Istio
8 4 (0.55%) Kustomize
9 3 (0.42%) Puppet
10 2 (0.28%) HP Data Protector
10 2 (0.28%) NetBackup
11 1 (0.14%) Argo
11 1 (0.14%) Oracle RMAN
11 1 (0.14%) Rancher
11 1 (0.14%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 113 (15.67%) Microsoft
2 70 (9.71%) Databricks
3 59 (8.18%) Oracle
4 50 (6.93%) Google
5 28 (3.88%) SAP
6 26 (3.61%) Adobe
7 24 (3.33%) ServiceNow
8 13 (1.80%) Alteryx
9 12 (1.66%) Salesforce
9 12 (1.66%) Splunk
10 9 (1.25%) Informatica
10 9 (1.25%) Talend
11 7 (0.97%) Ariba
11 7 (0.97%) Dynatrace
11 7 (0.97%) Teradata
12 6 (0.83%) Foundry
12 6 (0.83%) OpenAI
12 6 (0.83%) Palantir
12 6 (0.83%) Veritas
13 5 (0.69%) Red Hat