Data Visualisation Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Data Visualization
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Data Visualisation skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 212 216 272
Rank change year-on-year +4 +56 +18
Contract jobs citing Data Visualisation 160 162 159
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.05% 0.91% 0.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.18% 1.10% 0.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 102 104
10th Percentile £297 £266 £304
25th Percentile £372 £377 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £458 £475
Median % change year-on-year -6.01% -3.68% -
75th Percentile £525 £547 £569
90th Percentile £603 £611 £635
UK median daily rate £455 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -9.00% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 17
10th Percentile £16.90 £20.97 £16.41
25th Percentile £20.67 £22.69 £21.25
Median hourly rate £31.64 £26.17 £28.16
Median % change year-on-year +20.92% -7.08% -19.54%
75th Percentile - £30.27 £32.32
90th Percentile £34.57 £32.36 £49.25
UK median hourly rate £35.75 £42.50 £32.32
% change year-on-year -15.88% +31.50% -7.66%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Data 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 in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,584 14,732 19,159
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 89.17% 82.94% 88.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,164 8,537 12,631
10th Percentile £235 £247 £262
25th Percentile £368 £390 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £660 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,412 1,226 1,261
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.50 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.95 £18.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.50 £43.00 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -47.67% +6.17% +76.09%
75th Percentile £42.25 £66.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +47.06%

Data Visualisation
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Data Visualisation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Data Visualisation in the UK excluding London

Data Visualisation
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Data Visualisation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Data Visualisation

Data Visualisation
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Visualisation in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 15 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Visualisation in the UK excluding London

Data Visualisation
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Data Visualisation.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Data Visualisation

Data Visualisation
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Visualisation in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 15 September 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Visualisation in the UK excluding London

Data Visualisation
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Visualisation within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 15 September 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
North of England -20 54 £388 -13.89% 54
South East +31 34 £600 +20.60% 211
Yorkshire -8 34 £388 -13.89% 10
Scotland -2 22 £500 +7.53% 10
Midlands -16 19 £413 -2.94% 31
North West -19 19 £375 -15.64% 41
East of England +17 15 £525 -1.87% 18
South West +17 11 £400 -30.43% 26
West Midlands -14 10 £508 +23.03% 19
East Midlands -2 9 £413 -10.81% 12
Wales - 4 £304 - 1
North East -4 1 £400 -38.22% 3
Northern Ireland -17 1 £350 -12.50% 2
Data Visualisation
UK

Data Visualisation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 7 (4.38%) SAS
2 6 (3.75%) Apache Pig
3 5 (3.13%) Apache Spark
4 4 (2.50%) SharePoint
5 3 (1.88%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (1.25%) Apache
6 2 (1.25%) Confluence
7 1 (0.63%) IIS
Applications
1 38 (23.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (6.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (3.75%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.25%) Chatbot
4 2 (1.25%) Maple
4 2 (1.25%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.25%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.63%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 3 (1.88%) Payment Gateway
1 3 (1.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.25%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.63%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 1 (0.63%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.63%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 87 (54.38%) Power Platform
2 39 (24.38%) Azure
3 16 (10.00%) AWS
4 10 (6.25%) GCP
5 8 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (5.00%) Snowflake
6 7 (4.38%) GitHub
7 6 (3.75%) Azure Data Factory
7 6 (3.75%) Figma
8 5 (3.13%) AWS Lambda
8 5 (3.13%) Power Automate
8 5 (3.13%) Serverless
9 4 (2.50%) Adobe Analytics
9 4 (2.50%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 4 (2.50%) PowerApps
10 3 (1.88%) Amazon EMR
10 3 (1.88%) Amazon Kinesis
10 3 (1.88%) Amazon S3
10 3 (1.88%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (1.88%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.88%) MQTT
2 1 (0.63%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 86 (53.75%) Power BI
2 44 (27.50%) Tableau
3 27 (16.88%) Data Warehouse
4 22 (13.75%) Relational Database
5 18 (11.25%) Power Query
6 11 (6.88%) Hadoop
7 8 (5.00%) Big Data
7 8 (5.00%) Data Mining
7 8 (5.00%) SQL Server
8 6 (3.75%) Apache Hive
8 6 (3.75%) Data Lake
8 6 (3.75%) Metadata
9 5 (3.13%) BigQuery
9 5 (3.13%) Looker
9 5 (3.13%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (2.50%) NoSQL
10 4 (2.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (1.88%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (1.88%) QlikView
11 3 (1.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 8 (5.00%) Git
2 6 (3.75%) Gradle
2 6 (3.75%) Storybook
2 6 (3.75%) Xcode
3 5 (3.13%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.88%) JIRA
5 2 (1.25%) Cypress.io
5 2 (1.25%) Selenium
5 2 (1.25%) webpack
6 1 (0.63%) Postman
6 1 (0.63%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.63%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.63%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 66 (41.25%) Social Skills
2 57 (35.63%) Analytical Skills
3 40 (25.00%) Finance
4 19 (11.88%) Banking
5 11 (6.88%) Public Sector
6 8 (5.00%) Investment Banking
6 8 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (3.75%) Marketing
7 6 (3.75%) Retail
8 5 (3.13%) Legal
8 5 (3.13%) Local Government
8 5 (3.13%) Manufacturing
9 4 (2.50%) Billing
10 3 (1.88%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.88%) Retail Banking
11 2 (1.25%) Automotive
11 2 (1.25%) Corporate Banking
11 2 (1.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.25%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 52 (32.50%) Analyst
2 39 (24.38%) Developer
3 37 (23.13%) Data Analyst
4 15 (9.38%) Architect
5 14 (8.75%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 14 (8.75%) Data Engineer
6 13 (8.13%) Power BI Developer
7 12 (7.50%) Data Scientist
7 12 (7.50%) Senior
8 11 (6.88%) Lead
9 8 (5.00%) Business Analyst
9 8 (5.00%) React Developer
10 7 (4.38%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
10 7 (4.38%) Solutions Architect
11 6 (3.75%) Data Manager
11 6 (3.75%) Senior Analyst
12 5 (3.13%) Data Architect
12 5 (3.13%) Power BI Analyst
13 4 (2.50%) Analytics Manager
13 4 (2.50%) Insight Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (6.25%) D3.js
2 7 (4.38%) React Native
3 6 (3.75%) OAuth
3 6 (3.75%) SVG
4 5 (3.13%) Kafka
4 5 (3.13%) React
5 4 (2.50%) Pandas
5 4 (2.50%) PySpark
5 4 (2.50%) scikit-learn
6 3 (1.88%) JSON
6 3 (1.88%) NumPy
6 3 (1.88%) RESTful
6 3 (1.88%) Web Services
7 2 (1.25%) Apollo GraphQL
7 2 (1.25%) Django
7 2 (1.25%) GraphQL
7 2 (1.25%) Matplotlib
7 2 (1.25%) Playwright
7 2 (1.25%) REST
7 2 (1.25%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 17 (10.63%) Algorithms
2 7 (4.38%) CMDB
2 7 (4.38%) Data Centre
2 7 (4.38%) Mobile App
2 7 (4.38%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (3.75%) Low-Code
3 6 (3.75%) Product Ownership
4 5 (3.13%) Virtual Team
5 4 (2.50%) Cloud Native
5 4 (2.50%) Data Structures
5 4 (2.50%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (2.50%) Mainframe
6 3 (1.88%) Distributed Computing
6 3 (1.88%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (1.88%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.25%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.25%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.25%) IoT
7 2 (1.25%) NHS
7 2 (1.25%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.75%) Android
1 6 (3.75%) Apple iOS
2 3 (1.88%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 160 (100.00%) Visualisation
2 88 (55.00%) Business Intelligence
3 73 (45.63%) Analytics
4 51 (31.88%) Data Analysis
5 50 (31.25%) Decision-Making
6 46 (28.75%) Data Modelling
7 43 (26.88%) Problem-Solving
8 41 (25.63%) Agile
9 35 (21.88%) Actionable Insight
10 33 (20.63%) Data Science
11 28 (17.50%) Machine Learning
12 26 (16.25%) ETL
13 24 (15.00%) DevOps
14 22 (13.75%) Data-Driven Decision Making
15 21 (13.13%) Artificial Intelligence
15 21 (13.13%) Dashboard Development
16 20 (12.50%) Data Governance
17 19 (11.88%) Data Pipeline
18 18 (11.25%) Data Management
19 16 (10.00%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 91 (56.88%) SQL
2 56 (35.00%) Python
3 16 (10.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 12 (7.50%) R
4 12 (7.50%) Scala
5 11 (6.88%) Java
6 8 (5.00%) TypeScript
7 4 (2.50%) JavaScript
8 2 (1.25%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.63%) C++
9 1 (0.63%) LookML
9 1 (0.63%) Ruby
9 1 (0.63%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (13.13%) Degree
2 9 (5.63%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (3.75%) Master's Degree
3 6 (3.75%) Security Cleared
4 5 (3.13%) ITIL Certification
5 4 (2.50%) SC Cleared
6 3 (1.88%) AWS Certification
6 3 (1.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (1.25%) ACCA
7 2 (1.25%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.25%) CIMA
7 2 (1.25%) PhD
8 1 (0.63%) ISACA
8 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.63%) SAP Certification
8 1 (0.63%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (18.13%) Data Quality
2 11 (6.88%) Accessibility
3 7 (4.38%) GDPR
4 4 (2.50%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (1.88%) Disclosure Scotland
6 2 (1.25%) GRC
6 2 (1.25%) WCAG
7 1 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.63%) HL7
7 1 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (3.13%) Docker
2 1 (0.63%) Firmware
2 1 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (3.13%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.88%) Grafana
3 2 (1.25%) HP Data Protector
3 2 (1.25%) Kibana
3 2 (1.25%) NetBackup
4 1 (0.63%) logstash
4 1 (0.63%) Oracle RMAN
4 1 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 34 (21.25%) Microsoft
2 10 (6.25%) SAP
3 9 (5.63%) Google
3 9 (5.63%) OpenAI
4 8 (5.00%) Salesforce
4 8 (5.00%) ServiceNow
5 7 (4.38%) Oracle
5 7 (4.38%) Splunk
6 6 (3.75%) Databricks
7 5 (3.13%) Teradata
8 4 (2.50%) Adobe
9 2 (1.25%) Cognos
9 2 (1.25%) Dell
9 2 (1.25%) Hyperion
9 2 (1.25%) Informatica
9 2 (1.25%) TIBCO
9 2 (1.25%) Veritas
9 2 (1.25%) Workday
10 1 (0.63%) IFS
10 1 (0.63%) Netlify