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 contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 305 221 235
Rank change year-on-year -84 +14 +43
Contract jobs citing Data Visualisation 169 153 150
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.62% 1.01% 0.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.76% 1.13% 0.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 97 99
10th Percentile £340 £291 £280
25th Percentile £400 £363 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £445 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.62% -1.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £525 £541
90th Percentile £663 £600 £603
UK median daily rate £488 £455 £500
% change year-on-year +7.14% -9.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 7 1
10th Percentile £22.46 £21.10 -
25th Percentile £46.25 £27.24 £31.25
Median hourly rate £70.00 £31.64 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +121.24% -2.65% +22.64%
75th Percentile £71.88 £33.05 £33.75
90th Percentile £82.25 £36.26 -
UK median hourly rate £64.75 £33.56 £42.50
% change year-on-year +92.97% -21.05% +31.58%

All Process & 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 22,379 13,577 15,236
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 81.65% 89.25% 83.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,112 8,198 9,145
10th Percentile £300 £240 £250
25th Percentile £406 £369 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £594 £575 £600
90th Percentile £688 £650 £688
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,423 1,309 1,574
10th Percentile £14.11 £13.85 £13.69
25th Percentile £18.32 £17.00 £16.50
Median hourly rate £43.96 £23.10 £41.25
Median % change year-on-year +90.30% -44.00% +7.56%
75th Percentile £68.00 £46.18 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £70.16 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £40.50
% change year-on-year +68.99% -37.90% -4.71%

Data Visualisation
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Visualisation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Data Visualisation job vacancy trend 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 8 August 2026.

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 8 August 2026.

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 8 August 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
North of England -70 54 £439 +11.70% 37
Midlands -30 40 £400 -3.03% 27
South East -61 36 £550 -2.22% 50
North West -27 31 £438 +26.50% 21
West Midlands -37 25 £445 +4.71% 20
South West -37 21 £475 +5.56% 23
Yorkshire -48 20 £500 +26.98% 13
East Midlands -6 15 £375 -9.09% 7
East of England -17 13 £463 -0.80% 16
Scotland -20 10 £450 -10.00% 6
North East -42 4 £375 -16.67% 3
Data Visualisation
UK

Data Visualisation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 6 (3.55%) Apache Superset
2 4 (2.37%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.78%) Apache
3 3 (1.78%) Confluence
3 3 (1.78%) Jupyter
3 3 (1.78%) Palantir Foundry
3 3 (1.78%) SharePoint
Applications
1 33 (19.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.78%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.78%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.18%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.59%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (5.33%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (2.37%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.78%) Adobe Campaign
4 2 (1.18%) Eloqua
4 2 (1.18%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.59%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.59%) iTrent
5 1 (0.59%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 112 (66.27%) Power Platform
2 34 (20.12%) Azure
3 22 (13.02%) AWS
4 13 (7.69%) Power Automate
5 11 (6.51%) Snowflake
6 10 (5.92%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (5.33%) Azure Data Factory
8 8 (4.73%) PowerApps
9 7 (4.14%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 7 (4.14%) Serverless
10 5 (2.96%) Matillion
10 5 (2.96%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (2.37%) Amazon S3
11 4 (2.37%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (2.37%) GCP
11 4 (2.37%) GitHub
12 3 (1.78%) Azure Functions
12 3 (1.78%) Azure Monitor
12 3 (1.78%) Google Analytics
12 3 (1.78%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.59%) Broadband
1 1 (0.59%) Ethernet
1 1 (0.59%) Firewall
1 1 (0.59%) Internet
1 1 (0.59%) Intranet
1 1 (0.59%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (66.27%) Power BI
2 37 (21.89%) Tableau
3 20 (11.83%) Data Warehouse
4 17 (10.06%) Power Query
4 17 (10.06%) Relational Database
4 17 (10.06%) SQL Server
5 12 (7.10%) Metadata
6 9 (5.33%) Data Lake
7 8 (4.73%) Data Mining
8 6 (3.55%) Big Data
9 5 (2.96%) Oracle Reports
9 5 (2.96%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (2.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (2.37%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 4 (2.37%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 4 (2.37%) QlikView
11 3 (1.78%) Amazon Athena
11 3 (1.78%) Parquet
11 3 (1.78%) Qlik Sense
11 3 (1.78%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 9 (5.33%) JIRA
2 3 (1.78%) Git
3 1 (0.59%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.59%) GitLab
3 1 (0.59%) REST Assured
General
1 56 (33.14%) Analytical Skills
2 55 (32.54%) Social Skills
3 31 (18.34%) Finance
4 16 (9.47%) Public Sector
5 8 (4.73%) Banking
6 7 (4.14%) Law
6 7 (4.14%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (2.37%) Aerospace
7 4 (2.37%) Marketing
7 4 (2.37%) Military
8 3 (1.78%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.18%) Automotive
9 2 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.18%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.18%) Police
10 1 (0.59%) Billing
10 1 (0.59%) Electronics
10 1 (0.59%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.59%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.59%) Retail
Job Titles
1 45 (26.63%) Analyst
2 29 (17.16%) Data Analyst
2 29 (17.16%) Developer
3 22 (13.02%) Senior
4 19 (11.24%) Data Engineer
5 16 (9.47%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 14 (8.28%) Architect
6 14 (8.28%) Power BI Developer
7 10 (5.92%) Consultant
7 10 (5.92%) Data Architect
8 8 (4.73%) Business Analyst
8 8 (4.73%) Data Visualisation Specialist
9 6 (3.55%) Data Consultant
9 6 (3.55%) Data Scientist
9 6 (3.55%) Senior Data Engineer
10 4 (2.37%) Administrator
10 4 (2.37%) Business Data Analyst
10 4 (2.37%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 4 (2.37%) Data Manager
10 4 (2.37%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (10.06%) REST
2 6 (3.55%) PyTorch
2 6 (3.55%) TensorFlow
3 4 (2.37%) .NET
3 4 (2.37%) CSS
3 4 (2.37%) HTML
3 4 (2.37%) Matplotlib
3 4 (2.37%) Plotly
3 4 (2.37%) PySpark
3 4 (2.37%) Seaborn
4 3 (1.78%) AngularJS
4 3 (1.78%) Pandas
5 2 (1.18%) Jest
5 2 (1.18%) Node.js
5 2 (1.18%) NumPy
6 1 (0.59%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.59%) HTML5
6 1 (0.59%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.59%) RESTful
6 1 (0.59%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 16 (9.47%) Management Information System
2 9 (5.33%) Clustering
2 9 (5.33%) PKI
3 8 (4.73%) Cloud Native
3 8 (4.73%) Data Structures
3 8 (4.73%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (4.14%) Product Ownership
4 7 (4.14%) Reference Data
5 6 (3.55%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (2.96%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (2.37%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.37%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.78%) Algorithms
8 3 (1.78%) Blog
8 3 (1.78%) CMDB
8 3 (1.78%) Marketing Technology
8 3 (1.78%) NHS
9 2 (1.18%) Housing Association
9 2 (1.18%) Life Science
9 2 (1.18%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 9 (5.33%) Windows
1 9 (5.33%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.59%) Linux
2 1 (0.59%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 169 (100.00%) Visualisation
2 115 (68.05%) Business Intelligence
3 83 (49.11%) Analytics
4 57 (33.73%) Data Modelling
5 47 (27.81%) Agile
6 43 (25.44%) Decision-Making
7 42 (24.85%) Problem-Solving
8 32 (18.93%) Continuous Improvement
8 32 (18.93%) Data Analysis
9 29 (17.16%) Actionable Insight
10 28 (16.57%) AI
11 27 (15.98%) Data Engineering
11 27 (15.98%) Stakeholder Management
12 26 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 26 (15.38%) Validation
13 25 (14.79%) Data Governance
14 24 (14.20%) Data Pipeline
15 23 (13.61%) Dashboard Development
15 23 (13.61%) Data Analytics
15 23 (13.61%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 74 (43.79%) SQL
2 38 (22.49%) Python
3 17 (10.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 14 (8.28%) JavaScript
5 13 (7.69%) R
6 10 (5.92%) C#
6 10 (5.92%) Java
7 9 (5.33%) PowerShell
8 3 (1.78%) C++
8 3 (1.78%) MATLAB
8 3 (1.78%) Rust
8 3 (1.78%) T-SQL
9 2 (1.18%) VBA
10 1 (0.59%) C
10 1 (0.59%) Scala
10 1 (0.59%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 42 (24.85%) Security Cleared
2 20 (11.83%) Degree
2 20 (11.83%) SC Cleared
3 12 (7.10%) DV Cleared
4 3 (1.78%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (1.78%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.18%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.18%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.59%) APMG
6 1 (0.59%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.59%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (0.59%) Six Sigma Black Belt
6 1 (0.59%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (21.89%) Data Quality
2 12 (7.10%) QA
3 6 (3.55%) GDPR
4 4 (2.37%) PMO
5 3 (1.78%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.18%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (1.18%) GRC
6 2 (1.18%) WCAG
7 1 (0.59%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.59%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.59%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.59%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 9 (5.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.59%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.18%) Kibana
2 1 (0.59%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 37 (21.89%) Microsoft
2 16 (9.47%) SAP
2 16 (9.47%) ServiceNow
3 13 (7.69%) Oracle
4 9 (5.33%) BMC
4 9 (5.33%) Remedy
5 8 (4.73%) Databricks
6 5 (2.96%) Informatica
7 4 (2.37%) Google
7 4 (2.37%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.78%) Adobe
8 3 (1.78%) Brio
8 3 (1.78%) Foundry
8 3 (1.78%) Palantir
9 2 (1.18%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 1 (0.59%) Allen-Bradley
10 1 (0.59%) OneLogin
10 1 (0.59%) Rockwell
10 1 (0.59%) UiPath
10 1 (0.59%) Workday