Visualisation Contracts

Visualization
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Visualisation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Visualisation over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 132 155 151
Rank change year-on-year +23 -4 0
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 744 984 1,637
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.75% 1.72% 1.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.03% 1.91% 2.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 496 604 1,063
10th Percentile £313 £315 £363
25th Percentile £401 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.05% -4.71% +5.00%
75th Percentile £580 £638 £638
90th Percentile £675 £725 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 57 63
10th Percentile £20.58 £23.65 £18.98
25th Percentile £41.25 £37.75 £35.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £65.00 £45.14
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +44.00% +28.97%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £70.63 £78.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year - +36.84% +126.19%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Visualisation is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,622 51,397 80,021
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.09% 89.76% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,613 35,611 56,174
10th Percentile £300 £325 £344
25th Percentile £413 £439 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £480
% change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,439 1,690 1,913
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.77 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +7.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.54%

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 20 May 2024.

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 20 May 2024.

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 20 May 2024. 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 +8 624 £500 -4.08% 699
London +20 353 £500 -11.31% 380
UK excluding London -2 294 £450 -5.26% 394
Work from Home +41 279 £490 -2.00% 304
North of England +23 76 £464 -2.37% 88
Midlands +2 53 £425 -11.46% 65
South East +2 47 £450 -7.69% 131
Scotland +45 45 £453 +14.85% 24
West Midlands +3 41 £500 +8.11% 50
North West +1 41 £475 +5.56% 55
South West -26 35 £533 +12.11% 42
East of England -8 33 £450 - 34
Yorkshire +20 27 £475 -5.00% 22
East Midlands +22 11 £400 -33.33% 15
North East +21 10 £411 -0.48% 11
Wales +24 5 £160 - 9
Northern Ireland +5 4 £400 -8.57% 11

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 20 (2.69%) Confluence
2 16 (2.15%) Apache Spark
3 14 (1.88%) SAS
3 14 (1.88%) SharePoint
4 8 (1.08%) Apache
5 7 (0.94%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (0.94%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.40%) Tornado
7 2 (0.27%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.13%) Apache Pulsar
8 1 (0.13%) CMS
8 1 (0.13%) GeoServer
8 1 (0.13%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.13%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.13%) OpenStack
Applications
1 67 (9.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (3.09%) MS Visio
3 18 (2.42%) Sketch
4 12 (1.61%) Microsoft Office
5 9 (1.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 7 (0.94%) Simulink
7 6 (0.81%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (0.81%) SPSS
8 5 (0.67%) Adobe Illustrator
8 5 (0.67%) Photoshop
9 4 (0.54%) InVision
10 3 (0.40%) Adobe XD
11 2 (0.27%) 3ds Max
11 2 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 2 (0.27%) Chatbot
11 2 (0.27%) CINEMA 4D
11 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
11 2 (0.27%) Trello
12 1 (0.13%) InDesign
12 1 (0.13%) Maya
Business Applications
1 6 (0.81%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (0.67%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.40%) MIS ActiveH
4 3 (0.40%) NEC Housing
4 3 (0.40%) SAP BPC
5 2 (0.27%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.27%) Sprinklr
6 1 (0.13%) Cognos Business Intelligence
6 1 (0.13%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.13%) OPENHousing
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle iProcurement
6 1 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.13%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.13%) SmartPlant
6 1 (0.13%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 315 (42.34%) Power Platform
2 160 (21.51%) Azure
3 70 (9.41%) AWS
4 44 (5.91%) GCP
5 36 (4.84%) Power Automate
6 35 (4.70%) Azure Data Factory
7 31 (4.17%) PowerApps
8 23 (3.09%) Snowflake
9 22 (2.96%) Figma
9 22 (2.96%) Google Analytics
10 20 (2.69%) Azure DevOps
10 20 (2.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 15 (2.02%) Microsoft 365
12 13 (1.75%) GitHub
13 12 (1.61%) Cloud Computing
13 12 (1.61%) Google Data Studio
14 11 (1.48%) OCI
14 11 (1.48%) SaaS
15 10 (1.34%) Google Workspace
16 9 (1.21%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 19 (2.55%) TCP/IP
2 12 (1.61%) DNS
3 11 (1.48%) Ethernet
4 8 (1.08%) DHCP
5 7 (0.94%) Radio Access Network
6 5 (0.67%) 2G
6 5 (0.67%) 3G
6 5 (0.67%) 4G
6 5 (0.67%) 5G
7 3 (0.40%) Cisco Nexus
7 3 (0.40%) Firewall
7 3 (0.40%) SNMP
7 3 (0.40%) Wireless
8 2 (0.27%) AMQP
8 2 (0.27%) Internet
8 2 (0.27%) Modbus
8 2 (0.27%) MQTT
8 2 (0.27%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (0.27%) XCAP
9 1 (0.13%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 314 (42.20%) Power BI
2 166 (22.31%) Tableau
3 101 (13.58%) Data Warehouse
4 65 (8.74%) SQL Server
5 47 (6.32%) Data Lake
6 39 (5.24%) Big Data
7 32 (4.30%) Data Mining
8 31 (4.17%) Relational Database
9 25 (3.36%) Power Query
10 23 (3.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 22 (2.96%) Looker
11 22 (2.96%) Metadata
12 21 (2.82%) BusinessObjects
13 20 (2.69%) Hadoop
14 19 (2.55%) Qlik Sense
15 18 (2.42%) NoSQL
16 15 (2.02%) BigQuery
17 14 (1.88%) Azure SQL Database
17 14 (1.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 13 (1.75%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 44 (5.91%) JIRA
2 28 (3.76%) Git
3 16 (2.15%) Visual Studio
4 11 (1.48%) Eclipse
5 7 (0.94%) Jenkins
6 6 (0.81%) GitLab
6 6 (0.81%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 5 (0.67%) RStudio
8 4 (0.54%) Artifactory
8 4 (0.54%) Sonatype Nexus
9 3 (0.40%) ERwin
9 3 (0.40%) Visual Studio Code
10 2 (0.27%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 2 (0.27%) Axure RP
10 2 (0.27%) ER Studio
10 2 (0.27%) Maven
10 2 (0.27%) Postman
11 1 (0.13%) CA Release Automation
11 1 (0.13%) SpecFlow
11 1 (0.13%) Storybook
General
1 239 (32.12%) Social Skills
2 225 (30.24%) Analytical Skills
3 183 (24.60%) Finance
4 65 (8.74%) Public Sector
5 61 (8.20%) Banking
6 43 (5.78%) Presentation Skills
7 36 (4.84%) Marketing
8 26 (3.49%) Pharmaceutical
9 23 (3.09%) Retail
10 18 (2.42%) Manufacturing
11 15 (2.02%) Investment Banking
12 13 (1.75%) Military
13 12 (1.61%) Front Office
13 12 (1.61%) Legal
14 10 (1.34%) Influencing Skills
15 9 (1.21%) Advertising
16 8 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 8 (1.08%) Local Government
16 8 (1.08%) Telecoms
17 6 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 219 (29.44%) Analyst
2 145 (19.49%) Data Analyst
3 127 (17.07%) Developer
4 82 (11.02%) Senior
5 65 (8.74%) Data Scientist
6 58 (7.80%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 55 (7.39%) Data Engineer
8 53 (7.12%) Power BI Developer
9 45 (6.05%) Architect
10 41 (5.51%) Senior Analyst
11 33 (4.44%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 30 (4.03%) Business Analyst
12 30 (4.03%) Designer
13 28 (3.76%) Consultant
14 26 (3.49%) Senior Data Analyst
15 25 (3.36%) Lead
16 23 (3.09%) Software Engineer
17 17 (2.28%) Data Architect
17 17 (2.28%) Power BI Analyst
17 17 (2.28%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (4.03%) React
2 22 (2.96%) HTML
3 21 (2.82%) CSS
3 21 (2.82%) Node.js
3 21 (2.82%) PySpark
4 19 (2.55%) Pandas
5 18 (2.42%) Web Services
6 15 (2.02%) .NET
7 12 (1.61%) PyTorch
7 12 (1.61%) RESTful
7 12 (1.61%) TensorFlow
8 11 (1.48%) D3.js
8 11 (1.48%) Elastic Stack
9 10 (1.34%) JSON
9 10 (1.34%) NumPy
10 9 (1.21%) Flask
11 7 (0.94%) Kafka
12 6 (0.81%) Apache NiFi
12 6 (0.81%) CSS3
12 6 (0.81%) Matplotlib
Miscellaneous
1 33 (4.44%) Product Ownership
2 31 (4.17%) Management Information System
3 24 (3.23%) Algorithms
4 18 (2.42%) Data Structures
5 17 (2.28%) Self-Motivation
6 11 (1.48%) Linux Command Line
7 9 (1.21%) Social Media
8 8 (1.08%) IoT
9 7 (0.94%) Analytical Mindset
9 7 (0.94%) Life Science
9 7 (0.94%) NHS
10 6 (0.81%) Reference Data
11 5 (0.67%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (0.67%) Derivative
12 4 (0.54%) Data Centre
12 4 (0.54%) Equities
12 4 (0.54%) Legacy Systems
12 4 (0.54%) Mobile App
12 4 (0.54%) Renewable Energy
13 3 (0.40%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 50 (6.72%) Linux
2 42 (5.65%) Windows
3 14 (1.88%) Apple iOS
4 13 (1.75%) Unix
5 12 (1.61%) Android
6 10 (1.34%) Windows Server
7 9 (1.21%) Ubuntu
8 8 (1.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.13%) CentOS
9 1 (0.13%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 412 (55.38%) Data Visualisation
2 328 (44.09%) Business Intelligence
3 250 (33.60%) Analytics
4 214 (28.76%) Data Analysis
5 189 (25.40%) Data Modelling
6 171 (22.98%) Problem-Solving
7 169 (22.72%) Agile
8 129 (17.34%) ETL
9 126 (16.94%) Decision-Making
10 120 (16.13%) Data Science
11 86 (11.56%) Actionable Insight
12 81 (10.89%) Data Governance
13 74 (9.95%) Data Management
14 72 (9.68%) Machine Learning
15 69 (9.27%) Data Analytics
16 67 (9.01%) Stakeholder Management
17 66 (8.87%) Computer Science
18 64 (8.60%) Data Engineering
18 64 (8.60%) DevOps
19 58 (7.80%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 309 (41.53%) SQL
2 249 (33.47%) Python
3 60 (8.06%) R
4 45 (6.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 41 (5.51%) JavaScript
6 32 (4.30%) C#
6 32 (4.30%) Java
7 18 (2.42%) C++
8 16 (2.15%) TypeScript
9 14 (1.88%) MATLAB
9 14 (1.88%) T-SQL
10 11 (1.48%) Scala
11 9 (1.21%) C
11 9 (1.21%) PowerShell
12 5 (0.67%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.54%) Bash
13 4 (0.54%) Kusto Query Language
13 4 (0.54%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.40%) VBA
15 1 (0.13%) VB
Qualifications
1 101 (13.58%) Security Cleared
2 98 (13.17%) Degree
3 87 (11.69%) SC Cleared
4 40 (5.38%) Computer Science Degree
5 24 (3.23%) Master's Degree
6 15 (2.02%) DV Cleared
7 13 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
8 10 (1.34%) Azure Certification
9 7 (0.94%) Numerate Degree
10 6 (0.81%) PhD
10 6 (0.81%) Postgraduate
11 5 (0.67%) Tableau Certification
12 3 (0.40%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.40%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 3 (0.40%) CBAP
13 2 (0.27%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 2 (0.27%) CSPO
13 2 (0.27%) PMI Certification
14 1 (0.13%) FFIEC
14 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 102 (13.71%) Data Quality
2 31 (4.17%) QA
3 11 (1.48%) GDPR
4 10 (1.34%) NIST
5 9 (1.21%) Accessibility
5 9 (1.21%) PMO
6 7 (0.94%) Actionable Recommendations
7 6 (0.81%) GxP
8 3 (0.40%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 3 (0.40%) Disclosure Scotland
8 3 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.40%) SLA
9 2 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.13%) GRC
10 1 (0.13%) IFRS
10 1 (0.13%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 18 (2.42%) Docker
2 15 (2.02%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.21%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.08%) iptables
5 7 (0.94%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (0.94%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.13%) Apache Flume
6 1 (0.13%) HDFS
6 1 (0.13%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.13%) KVM
Systems Management
1 20 (2.69%) Kubernetes
2 12 (1.61%) Kibana
3 11 (1.48%) logstash
3 11 (1.48%) SCCM
4 7 (0.94%) Grafana
4 7 (0.94%) vCenter Server
5 5 (0.67%) Ansible
5 5 (0.67%) Terraform
6 2 (0.27%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.13%) CA Service Virtualization
7 1 (0.13%) Hadoop YARN
7 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.13%) Packer
7 1 (0.13%) QRadar
7 1 (0.13%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.13%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 124 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 47 (6.32%) Google
3 44 (5.91%) Databricks
4 37 (4.97%) Oracle
5 30 (4.03%) ServiceNow
6 25 (3.36%) Alteryx
7 24 (3.23%) SAP
8 13 (1.75%) Atlassian
9 11 (1.48%) Salesforce
9 11 (1.48%) Splunk
10 9 (1.21%) Adobe
10 9 (1.21%) VMware
11 8 (1.08%) Informatica
11 8 (1.08%) Veeam
12 6 (0.81%) Dataiku
12 6 (0.81%) Foundry
12 6 (0.81%) Palantir
12 6 (0.81%) Trillium
13 5 (0.67%) Facebook
13 5 (0.67%) Twitter