Visualisation Contract Job Trends in England

Visualization
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Visualisation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 157 93 137
Rank change year-on-year -64 +44 +10
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 687 657 628
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.63% 2.69% 1.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.91% 2.94% 1.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 430 401 436
10th Percentile £325 £321 £313
25th Percentile £401 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £463 £493
Median % change year-on-year +5.41% -6.09% -1.89%
75th Percentile £586 £575 £581
90th Percentile £725 £675 £675
UK median daily rate £488 £463 £480
% change year-on-year +5.41% -3.65% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 40 38
10th Percentile £20.81 £22.45 £36.20
25th Percentile £38.88 £31.60 £46.18
Median hourly rate £62.00 £36.24 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +71.08% -39.60% -4.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £55.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £66.37 £73.28
UK median hourly rate £60.50 £36.24 £60.00
% change year-on-year +66.94% -39.60% -4.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 35,948 22,351 32,031
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.10% 91.35% 85.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,764 14,463 20,809
10th Percentile £325 £303 £300
25th Percentile £413 £407 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +0.99% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,246 1,016 2,371
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.81
25th Percentile £20.75 £18.12 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.00 £28.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +67.86% -25.33% +4.17%
75th Percentile £68.00 £58.75 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £27.28 £36.50
% change year-on-year +61.14% -25.26% +1.39%

Visualisation
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Visualisation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Visualisation job vacancy trend in England

Visualisation
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Visualisation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Visualisation

Visualisation
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Visualisation in England over the 6 months to 10 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Visualisation in England

Visualisation
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Visualisation.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Visualisation

Visualisation
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Visualisation in England over the 6 months to 10 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Visualisation in England

Visualisation
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Visualisation within the England region over the 6 months to 10 June 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
London -50 367 £488 -2.50% 140
North of England -63 105 £438 -3.74% 87
Midlands -58 61 £520 +30.00% 46
North West -23 56 £420 -9.19% 57
South East -53 56 £500 -9.09% 82
West Midlands -46 48 £550 +33.33% 32
South West -15 45 £475 +7.47% 43
Yorkshire -52 44 £463 +15.63% 23
East of England -35 26 £565 +2.73% 22
East Midlands -29 13 £488 +30.00% 14
North East -28 6 £448 -8.21% 9
Visualisation
UK

Visualisation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 30 (4.37%) Apache Spark
2 17 (2.47%) Confluence
3 14 (2.04%) Apache
4 13 (1.89%) Apache Airflow
5 11 (1.60%) Apache Superset
5 11 (1.60%) SharePoint
6 5 (0.73%) CMS
7 4 (0.58%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.58%) OpenStack
7 4 (0.58%) SAS
8 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.44%) Palantir Foundry
9 2 (0.29%) GeoServer
9 2 (0.29%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.29%) Smallworld
10 1 (0.15%) Luigi
10 1 (0.15%) R Markdown
10 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
Applications
1 105 (15.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (2.62%) MS Visio
3 13 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (1.31%) Chatbot
5 8 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (1.16%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (1.16%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.73%) Adobe Illustrator
6 5 (0.73%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.29%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.29%) CPLEX
7 2 (0.29%) EPLAN
7 2 (0.29%) InDesign
7 2 (0.29%) Notion
8 1 (0.15%) 3ds Max
8 1 (0.15%) Maya
8 1 (0.15%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 19 (2.77%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.60%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (1.02%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.58%) Adobe Campaign
4 4 (0.58%) Primavera
5 3 (0.44%) Eloqua
5 3 (0.44%) iTrent
5 3 (0.44%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.15%) Advent Geneva
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.15%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.15%) ResourceLink
6 1 (0.15%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.15%) SAP MDM
6 1 (0.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.15%) Sprinklr
6 1 (0.15%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 325 (47.31%) Power Platform
2 140 (20.38%) Azure
3 119 (17.32%) AWS
4 45 (6.55%) GCP
5 42 (6.11%) Azure Data Factory
6 40 (5.82%) Snowflake
7 27 (3.93%) Azure DevOps
7 27 (3.93%) Serverless
8 22 (3.20%) Amazon S3
8 22 (3.20%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 22 (3.20%) dbt
9 20 (2.91%) GitHub
10 19 (2.77%) AWS Lambda
11 18 (2.62%) Power Automate
12 16 (2.33%) PowerApps
13 10 (1.46%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 10 (1.46%) Amazon EC2
13 10 (1.46%) Dynamics 365
13 10 (1.46%) SaaS
13 10 (1.46%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.89%) TCP/IP
2 12 (1.75%) Ethernet
3 6 (0.87%) Firewall
4 4 (0.58%) DNS
5 3 (0.44%) Wireless
6 2 (0.29%) DHCP
6 2 (0.29%) Network Security
6 2 (0.29%) PCoIP
6 2 (0.29%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (0.29%) SMS
7 1 (0.15%) Internet
7 1 (0.15%) LAN
7 1 (0.15%) Modbus
7 1 (0.15%) Reverse Proxy
7 1 (0.15%) SNMP
7 1 (0.15%) SSH
7 1 (0.15%) VPN
7 1 (0.15%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 319 (46.43%) Power BI
2 159 (23.14%) Tableau
3 97 (14.12%) Data Warehouse
4 48 (6.99%) Relational Database
5 42 (6.11%) Power Query
6 41 (5.97%) Metadata
7 32 (4.66%) Data Lake
7 32 (4.66%) SQL Server
8 30 (4.37%) Looker
9 27 (3.93%) PostgreSQL
10 23 (3.35%) BigQuery
11 22 (3.20%) Big Data
12 19 (2.77%) NoSQL
13 13 (1.89%) Geospatial Data
13 13 (1.89%) Hadoop
14 12 (1.75%) Snowflake Schema
15 11 (1.60%) Amazon RDS
15 11 (1.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 10 (1.46%) MySQL
16 10 (1.46%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 39 (5.68%) JIRA
2 32 (4.66%) Git
3 13 (1.89%) Visual Studio
4 12 (1.75%) Eclipse
5 9 (1.31%) Jenkins
6 6 (0.87%) GitLab
6 6 (0.87%) MLflow
7 4 (0.58%) Cypress.io
7 4 (0.58%) ERwin
8 3 (0.44%) Terragrunt
9 2 (0.29%) Charles Proxy
9 2 (0.29%) JMeter
9 2 (0.29%) Selenium
9 2 (0.29%) WebDriver
10 1 (0.15%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.15%) Flyway
10 1 (0.15%) git-flow
10 1 (0.15%) JUnit
10 1 (0.15%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.15%) TeamCity
General
1 221 (32.17%) Analytical Skills
2 210 (30.57%) Social Skills
3 177 (25.76%) Finance
4 52 (7.57%) Banking
4 52 (7.57%) Public Sector
5 36 (5.24%) Retail
6 34 (4.95%) Marketing
7 17 (2.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 16 (2.33%) Publishing
9 13 (1.89%) Law
9 13 (1.89%) Military
10 12 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
10 12 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
11 11 (1.60%) Pharmaceutical
12 10 (1.46%) Manufacturing
13 9 (1.31%) Organisational Skills
14 7 (1.02%) Front Office
14 7 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
14 7 (1.02%) Investment Banking
14 7 (1.02%) Legal
Job Titles
1 177 (25.76%) Analyst
2 100 (14.56%) Data Analyst
3 96 (13.97%) Data Engineer
4 94 (13.68%) Developer
5 82 (11.94%) Senior
6 42 (6.11%) Lead
7 38 (5.53%) Consultant
8 37 (5.39%) Business Analyst
9 36 (5.24%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 34 (4.95%) Data Scientist
11 31 (4.51%) Architect
12 26 (3.78%) Power BI Developer
13 25 (3.64%) Senior Data Engineer
14 22 (3.20%) Business Intelligence Analyst
15 17 (2.47%) Data Manager
15 17 (2.47%) Designer
16 15 (2.18%) SAP Consultant
17 14 (2.04%) Software Engineer
18 13 (1.89%) Transformation Consultant
19 12 (1.75%) Performance Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (5.97%) React
2 40 (5.82%) Pandas
3 25 (3.64%) Kafka
4 24 (3.49%) REST
5 20 (2.91%) Node.js
5 20 (2.91%) NumPy
5 20 (2.91%) PySpark
6 19 (2.77%) scikit-learn
7 17 (2.47%) HTML
8 16 (2.33%) JSON
9 15 (2.18%) CSS
9 15 (2.18%) Web Services
10 14 (2.04%) OpenTelemetry
11 13 (1.89%) Matplotlib
12 12 (1.75%) Apache Avro
12 12 (1.75%) Seaborn
12 12 (1.75%) TensorFlow
13 11 (1.60%) .NET
13 11 (1.60%) PyTorch
14 10 (1.46%) Plotly
Miscellaneous
1 40 (5.82%) Data Structures
2 29 (4.22%) Cloud Native
3 27 (3.93%) Analytical Mindset
4 22 (3.20%) Management Information System
5 19 (2.77%) Product Ownership
6 18 (2.62%) Algorithms
7 16 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
8 13 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
8 13 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
9 11 (1.60%) Data Protection Act
10 10 (1.46%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 10 (1.46%) Virtual Team
11 8 (1.16%) Derivative
11 8 (1.16%) Life Science
11 8 (1.16%) Marketing Technology
11 8 (1.16%) PKI
12 7 (1.02%) AI Agents
12 7 (1.02%) Hybrid Cloud
12 7 (1.02%) Reference Data
13 6 (0.87%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 25 (3.64%) Windows
2 23 (3.35%) Linux
3 6 (0.87%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.73%) Apple iOS
4 5 (0.73%) Unix
5 2 (0.29%) Android
5 2 (0.29%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.15%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 344 (50.07%) Business Intelligence
2 338 (49.20%) Data Visualisation
3 290 (42.21%) Analytics
4 207 (30.13%) Data Modelling
5 182 (26.49%) Agile
6 180 (26.20%) Decision-Making
6 180 (26.20%) Problem-Solving
7 138 (20.09%) AI
8 134 (19.51%) Actionable Insight
9 130 (18.92%) Validation
10 120 (17.47%) Data Pipeline
11 116 (16.89%) ETL
12 113 (16.45%) Dashboard Development
13 112 (16.30%) Data Science
14 108 (15.72%) Data Engineering
15 103 (14.99%) Data Analysis
16 101 (14.70%) Continuous Improvement
17 100 (14.56%) Data Governance
18 96 (13.97%) CI/CD
19 85 (12.37%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 346 (50.36%) SQL
2 242 (35.23%) Python
3 62 (9.02%) R
4 56 (8.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 44 (6.40%) JavaScript
6 40 (5.82%) Java
7 36 (5.24%) C#
8 31 (4.51%) TypeScript
9 19 (2.77%) C++
9 19 (2.77%) PowerShell
10 15 (2.18%) Scala
11 10 (1.46%) VBA
12 9 (1.31%) T-SQL
13 7 (1.02%) Perl
13 7 (1.02%) PL/SQL
14 6 (0.87%) Rust
15 4 (0.58%) Bash
15 4 (0.58%) MATLAB
16 3 (0.44%) C
16 3 (0.44%) PromQL
Qualifications
1 126 (18.34%) Security Cleared
2 99 (14.41%) SC Cleared
3 74 (10.77%) Degree
4 19 (2.77%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (2.62%) BPSS Clearance
6 16 (2.33%) Master's Degree
7 15 (2.18%) Azure Certification
7 15 (2.18%) DV Cleared
8 7 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (1.02%) PMI Certification
9 6 (0.87%) AWS Certification
10 4 (0.58%) MBA
10 4 (0.58%) Tableau Certification
11 3 (0.44%) CBAP
12 2 (0.29%) APMG
12 2 (0.29%) IIBA
12 2 (0.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (0.29%) PMP
12 2 (0.29%) Six Sigma Green Belt
12 2 (0.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 141 (20.52%) Data Quality
2 46 (6.70%) QA
3 27 (3.93%) GDPR
4 21 (3.06%) PMO
5 18 (2.62%) Accessibility
6 8 (1.16%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (0.73%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 5 (0.73%) SLA
8 4 (0.58%) WCAG
9 2 (0.29%) GRC
9 2 (0.29%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.29%) NIST
9 2 (0.29%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.29%) Solvency II
10 1 (0.15%) Basel III
10 1 (0.15%) COBIT
10 1 (0.15%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.15%) P3O
10 1 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 23 (3.35%) Docker
2 12 (1.75%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.29%) HDFS
4 2 (0.29%) Microsoft App-V
4 2 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.29%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 35 (5.09%) Terraform
2 32 (4.66%) Kubernetes
3 17 (2.47%) Prometheus
4 14 (2.04%) Grafana
5 13 (1.89%) Ansible
6 11 (1.60%) Kibana
7 8 (1.16%) SCCM
8 7 (1.02%) logstash
8 7 (1.02%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 2 (0.29%) Cilium
9 2 (0.29%) Packer
10 1 (0.15%) Fluentd
10 1 (0.15%) Istio
10 1 (0.15%) Kubeflow
10 1 (0.15%) Network Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.15%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 110 (16.01%) Microsoft
2 71 (10.33%) Databricks
3 43 (6.26%) SAP
4 41 (5.97%) Google
5 30 (4.37%) Oracle
6 18 (2.62%) ServiceNow
7 16 (2.33%) Adobe
8 15 (2.18%) Sage
9 13 (1.89%) Splunk
10 12 (1.75%) Salesforce
11 11 (1.60%) Dynatrace
12 10 (1.46%) Informatica
13 8 (1.16%) Amplitude
14 7 (1.02%) Remedy
15 6 (0.87%) Alteryx
15 6 (0.87%) Apple
15 6 (0.87%) BMC
15 6 (0.87%) OpenAI
16 5 (0.73%) Cognos
16 5 (0.73%) Solace