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 31 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 286 189 284
Rank change year-on-year -97 +95 +1
Contract jobs citing Data Visualisation 150 149 116
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.67% 1.18% 0.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.81% 1.31% 0.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 97 82
10th Percentile £353 £319 £308
25th Percentile £396 £375 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -10.53% -5.00%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £550
90th Percentile £575 £630 £625
UK median daily rate £485 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +7.78% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 9 3
10th Percentile £18.81 £30.18 £17.60
25th Percentile £24.66 £31.64 £20.16
Median hourly rate £63.67 £32.81 £24.43
Median % change year-on-year +94.06% +34.30% -13.25%
75th Percentile £82.63 £36.38 £28.84
90th Percentile £84.00 £82.25 £31.49
UK median hourly rate £49.75 £33.11 £36.50
% change year-on-year +50.26% -9.29% -27.01%

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 18,491 11,400 17,980
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 82.49% 90.40% 85.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,234 7,265 10,972
10th Percentile £270 £244 £237
25th Percentile £400 £378 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.51% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £580 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £669 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,936 750 1,947
10th Percentile £14.38 £14.99 £12.36
25th Percentile £18.48 £18.51 £15.13
Median hourly rate £33.00 £31.50 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - -12.50%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £58.70
90th Percentile £77.50 £76.34 £70.56
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £31.88 £32.50
% change year-on-year +11.36% -1.91% -10.48%

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 31 March 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 31 March 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 31 March 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 -68 42 £469 +3.59% 32
Midlands -47 37 £450 +7.46% 32
South East -44 29 £511 +12.05% 47
North West -28 26 £441 -3.02% 23
West Midlands -46 24 £475 +11.76% 14
East of England -40 14 £463 +15.77% 6
East Midlands -28 13 £395 +7.63% 18
Yorkshire -53 13 £500 +21.95% 7
Scotland -3 12 £450 -10.00% 6
South West -43 11 £450 -5.26% 12
Northern Ireland 0 4 £463 -11.90% 3
North East -17 3 £400 -23.81% 3
Wales -12 1 - - 1
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 10 (6.67%) Apache Spark
2 8 (5.33%) Apache
2 8 (5.33%) SharePoint
3 5 (3.33%) Apache Superset
4 3 (2.00%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (1.33%) Confluence
5 2 (1.33%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.67%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.67%) SAS
Applications
1 31 (20.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (4.67%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (2.00%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (1.33%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.67%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.67%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (2.00%) Adobe Campaign
2 2 (1.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.33%) Eloqua
3 1 (0.67%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.67%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.67%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 74 (49.33%) Power Platform
2 23 (15.33%) Azure
3 20 (13.33%) AWS
4 14 (9.33%) Power Automate
5 12 (8.00%) PowerApps
6 10 (6.67%) GCP
7 6 (4.00%) Snowflake
8 5 (3.33%) Amazon S3
9 4 (2.67%) Azure Data Factory
9 4 (2.67%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (2.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 4 (2.67%) Serverless
10 3 (2.00%) Copilot Studio
10 3 (2.00%) dbt
11 2 (1.33%) Azure Functions
11 2 (1.33%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (1.33%) Google Workspace
11 2 (1.33%) Microsoft 365
11 2 (1.33%) OneDrive
12 1 (0.67%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.33%) 2G
1 2 (1.33%) 5G
1 2 (1.33%) LTE
1 2 (1.33%) Mobile Backhaul
1 2 (1.33%) VoIP
2 1 (0.67%) Ethernet
2 1 (0.67%) Firewall
2 1 (0.67%) Internet
2 1 (0.67%) Intranet
2 1 (0.67%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (49.33%) Power BI
2 34 (22.67%) Tableau
3 21 (14.00%) Data Warehouse
4 16 (10.67%) Relational Database
5 10 (6.67%) Big Data
5 10 (6.67%) Metadata
6 9 (6.00%) Power Query
7 7 (4.67%) Data Lake
7 7 (4.67%) Hadoop
8 6 (4.00%) Elasticsearch
8 6 (4.00%) SQL Server
9 4 (2.67%) Data Mining
9 4 (2.67%) QlikView
9 4 (2.67%) Snowflake Schema
10 3 (2.00%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (2.00%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 3 (2.00%) Impala
10 3 (2.00%) Oracle Reports
10 3 (2.00%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (2.00%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 7 (4.67%) Git
2 5 (3.33%) JIRA
3 1 (0.67%) GitLab
General
1 54 (36.00%) Social Skills
2 43 (28.67%) Analytical Skills
3 32 (21.33%) Finance
4 16 (10.67%) Public Sector
5 12 (8.00%) Banking
6 7 (4.67%) Law
6 7 (4.67%) Publishing
7 6 (4.00%) Marketing
8 4 (2.67%) Investment Banking
8 4 (2.67%) Military
8 4 (2.67%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (2.00%) Aerospace
9 3 (2.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.00%) Manufacturing
9 3 (2.00%) Retail
10 2 (1.33%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.33%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.67%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.67%) Polish Language
11 1 (0.67%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 53 (35.33%) Analyst
2 32 (21.33%) Data Analyst
3 31 (20.67%) Developer
4 15 (10.00%) Senior
5 11 (7.33%) Data Engineer
6 10 (6.67%) Data Scientist
7 9 (6.00%) Senior Analyst
8 8 (5.33%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 7 (4.67%) Business Analyst
10 6 (4.00%) Applications Engineer
10 6 (4.00%) Architect
10 6 (4.00%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 6 (4.00%) Consultant
10 6 (4.00%) Lead
10 6 (4.00%) Power BI Developer
10 6 (4.00%) SIEM Engineer
11 5 (3.33%) Data Business Analyst
11 5 (3.33%) SQL Analyst
12 4 (2.67%) Perl Developer
12 4 (2.67%) Tableau Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.67%) Pandas
1 7 (4.67%) REST
2 6 (4.00%) Elastic Stack
3 5 (3.33%) TensorFlow
4 4 (2.67%) .NET
4 4 (2.67%) AngularJS
4 4 (2.67%) Plotly
5 3 (2.00%) Akka
5 3 (2.00%) Matplotlib
5 3 (2.00%) NumPy
5 3 (2.00%) React
5 3 (2.00%) scikit-learn
5 3 (2.00%) Seaborn
6 2 (1.33%) Node.js
6 2 (1.33%) PySpark
6 2 (1.33%) PyTorch
6 2 (1.33%) RESTful
7 1 (0.67%) ASP.NET
7 1 (0.67%) Vue
7 1 (0.67%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 12 (8.00%) Management Information System
2 8 (5.33%) Legacy Systems
2 8 (5.33%) Product Ownership
3 7 (4.67%) Cloud Native
4 5 (3.33%) Reference Data
4 5 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (2.67%) Algorithms
5 4 (2.67%) CMDB
6 3 (2.00%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (2.00%) IoT
6 3 (2.00%) Marketing Technology
6 3 (2.00%) Security Posture
6 3 (2.00%) Virtual Team
7 2 (1.33%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.33%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.33%) Equities
7 2 (1.33%) Life Science
7 2 (1.33%) NHS
7 2 (1.33%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.33%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 7 (4.67%) Linux
2 4 (2.67%) Unix
3 2 (1.33%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.67%) Windows
4 1 (0.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (100.00%) Visualisation
2 92 (61.33%) Business Intelligence
3 60 (40.00%) Analytics
4 45 (30.00%) Data Modelling
4 45 (30.00%) Decision-Making
5 44 (29.33%) Agile
5 44 (29.33%) Problem-Solving
6 37 (24.67%) Actionable Insight
7 35 (23.33%) Data Analysis
8 27 (18.00%) Dashboard Development
9 25 (16.67%) Data Pipeline
10 22 (14.67%) ETL
11 21 (14.00%) Data Science
12 19 (12.67%) Continuous Improvement
12 19 (12.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 19 (12.67%) Stakeholder Management
13 18 (12.00%) Performance Tuning
14 16 (10.67%) Data Governance
14 16 (10.67%) Machine Learning
15 14 (9.33%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 78 (52.00%) SQL
2 48 (32.00%) Python
3 15 (10.00%) R
4 11 (7.33%) C#
4 11 (7.33%) Java
5 9 (6.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 7 (4.67%) PowerShell
7 6 (4.00%) JavaScript
7 6 (4.00%) Perl
7 6 (4.00%) VBA
8 4 (2.67%) PHP
9 3 (2.00%) Scala
9 3 (2.00%) T-SQL
10 2 (1.33%) MATLAB
10 2 (1.33%) Rust
10 2 (1.33%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.67%) C
11 1 (0.67%) C++
11 1 (0.67%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 19 (12.67%) Security Cleared
2 17 (11.33%) Degree
3 13 (8.67%) SC Cleared
4 5 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (2.67%) Master's Degree
6 3 (2.00%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.33%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.67%) ACCA
8 1 (0.67%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.67%) CIMA
8 1 (0.67%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.67%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (0.67%) Six Sigma Black Belt
8 1 (0.67%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (22.67%) Data Quality
2 11 (7.33%) QA
3 5 (3.33%) Accessibility
4 4 (2.67%) PMO
5 2 (1.33%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (1.33%) GDPR
5 2 (1.33%) ISO 9001
5 2 (1.33%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.33%) SLA
6 1 (0.67%) ISO 14001
6 1 (0.67%) P3O
6 1 (0.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (3.33%) Docker
2 2 (1.33%) HDFS
3 1 (0.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (6.00%) Kibana
2 7 (4.67%) Kubernetes
3 6 (4.00%) logstash
4 4 (2.67%) Grafana
5 3 (2.00%) Ansible
5 3 (2.00%) Terraform
6 2 (1.33%) SCCM
7 1 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 25 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 13 (8.67%) Databricks
3 11 (7.33%) ServiceNow
4 7 (4.67%) Oracle
5 6 (4.00%) Salesforce
6 4 (2.67%) Adobe
7 3 (2.00%) Cognos
7 3 (2.00%) Google
7 3 (2.00%) SAP
8 2 (1.33%) Brio
8 2 (1.33%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 1 (0.67%) Allen-Bradley
9 1 (0.67%) Alteryx
9 1 (0.67%) Anaplan
9 1 (0.67%) BMC
9 1 (0.67%) Informatica
9 1 (0.67%) Kepware
9 1 (0.67%) Remedy
9 1 (0.67%) Rockwell
9 1 (0.67%) Talend