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 14 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 188 110 116
Rank change year-on-year -78 +6 +30
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 681 680 662
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.49% 2.46% 1.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.76% 2.71% 2.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 401 412 427
10th Percentile £320 £300 £313
25th Percentile £400 £393 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.86% -7.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £613
90th Percentile £713 £675 £719
UK median daily rate £486 £463 £500
% change year-on-year +5.14% -7.50% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 44 52
10th Percentile £21.08 £25.24 £31.75
25th Percentile £29.96 £33.06 £46.18
Median hourly rate £60.50 £50.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.00% -23.08% +44.44%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 -
90th Percentile £73.75 - -
UK median hourly rate £60.50 £50.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +21.00% -23.08% +56.46%

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 38,785 25,097 28,627
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.06% 90.81% 85.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,091 16,007 18,621
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £756
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,533 1,429 1,649
10th Percentile £14.48 £14.20 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.34 £17.87 £18.50
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +2.87%
75th Percentile £68.75 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.30 £25.15 £41.50
% change year-on-year +68.19% -39.40% -2.35%

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 14 August 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 14 August 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 14 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
London -63 328 £488 -2.50% 328
North of England -52 103 £450 +5.26% 101
Midlands -30 85 £528 +24.24% 70
West Midlands -41 64 £550 +5.77% 44
South East -59 64 £450 -18.18% 122
North West -25 52 £473 +5.70% 54
South West -23 49 £450 - 58
Yorkshire -43 46 £471 +17.81% 33
East of England -26 35 £565 +2.73% 44
East Midlands -14 21 £375 -6.25% 26
North East -44 6 £410 -8.89% 15
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 18 (2.64%) Apache Spark
1 18 (2.64%) Confluence
2 10 (1.47%) ArcGIS
3 9 (1.32%) Apache Superset
3 9 (1.32%) SharePoint
4 8 (1.17%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (1.03%) Apache
6 5 (0.73%) CMS
6 5 (0.73%) Palantir Foundry
7 4 (0.59%) Jupyter
7 4 (0.59%) SAS
8 2 (0.29%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.15%) nginx
9 1 (0.15%) R Markdown
Applications
1 102 (14.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (1.91%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.47%) MS Visio
4 8 (1.17%) CPLEX
4 8 (1.17%) Spreadsheet
5 7 (1.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 6 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.59%) Adobe Illustrator
7 4 (0.59%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.59%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.44%) InDesign
9 2 (0.29%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.29%) EPLAN
9 2 (0.29%) Notion
10 1 (0.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 10 (1.47%) Dynamics CRM
1 10 (1.47%) Remedy ITSM
1 10 (1.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.59%) Adobe Campaign
3 3 (0.44%) Eloqua
3 3 (0.44%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.29%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.15%) Advent Geneva
5 1 (0.15%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.15%) iTrent
5 1 (0.15%) Primavera
5 1 (0.15%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.15%) ResourceLink
5 1 (0.15%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.15%) SAP MDM
5 1 (0.15%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.15%) Sprinklr
5 1 (0.15%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 336 (49.34%) Power Platform
2 145 (21.29%) Azure
3 105 (15.42%) AWS
4 43 (6.31%) GCP
5 38 (5.58%) Snowflake
6 36 (5.29%) Azure Data Factory
6 36 (5.29%) Azure DevOps
7 28 (4.11%) Power Automate
7 28 (4.11%) Serverless
8 27 (3.96%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 24 (3.52%) GitHub
10 23 (3.38%) PowerApps
11 18 (2.64%) Amazon S3
11 18 (2.64%) dbt
12 13 (1.91%) AWS Lambda
13 12 (1.76%) Google Analytics
14 11 (1.62%) Adobe Analytics
15 10 (1.47%) Dynamics 365
16 9 (1.32%) Microsoft 365
16 9 (1.32%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.76%) Ethernet
2 11 (1.62%) TCP/IP
3 4 (0.59%) Wireless
4 3 (0.44%) Firewall
5 2 (0.29%) 2G
5 2 (0.29%) 3G
5 2 (0.29%) 4G
5 2 (0.29%) 5G
5 2 (0.29%) DHCP
5 2 (0.29%) DNS
5 2 (0.29%) PCoIP
5 2 (0.29%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (0.29%) Remote Desktop
5 2 (0.29%) SNMP
5 2 (0.29%) VPN
6 1 (0.15%) Broadband
6 1 (0.15%) Modbus
6 1 (0.15%) Network Security
6 1 (0.15%) Reverse Proxy
6 1 (0.15%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 330 (48.46%) Power BI
2 139 (20.41%) Tableau
3 89 (13.07%) Data Warehouse
4 52 (7.64%) Power Query
5 46 (6.75%) Relational Database
6 35 (5.14%) Data Lake
7 34 (4.99%) Metadata
8 27 (3.96%) SQL Server
9 25 (3.67%) Looker
10 23 (3.38%) PostgreSQL
11 19 (2.79%) BigQuery
12 18 (2.64%) Big Data
13 14 (2.06%) GIS
13 14 (2.06%) Star Schema
14 13 (1.91%) QlikView
15 12 (1.76%) Oracle Reports
15 12 (1.76%) Parquet
15 12 (1.76%) Qlik Sense
16 11 (1.62%) PowerPivot
16 11 (1.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 43 (6.31%) JIRA
2 36 (5.29%) Git
3 13 (1.91%) Visual Studio
4 12 (1.76%) Eclipse
5 8 (1.17%) Jenkins
6 6 (0.88%) GitLab
7 4 (0.59%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.44%) JMeter
9 2 (0.29%) Charles Proxy
9 2 (0.29%) MLflow
9 2 (0.29%) Selenium
9 2 (0.29%) WebDriver
10 1 (0.15%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.15%) Flyway
10 1 (0.15%) Gatling
10 1 (0.15%) git-flow
10 1 (0.15%) LoadRunner
10 1 (0.15%) Storybook
10 1 (0.15%) Terragrunt
10 1 (0.15%) Vite
General
1 214 (31.42%) Social Skills
2 213 (31.28%) Analytical Skills
3 152 (22.32%) Finance
4 69 (10.13%) Public Sector
5 48 (7.05%) Banking
6 32 (4.70%) Marketing
7 24 (3.52%) Retail
8 22 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 20 (2.94%) Military
10 18 (2.64%) Presentation Skills
11 13 (1.91%) Manufacturing
12 12 (1.76%) Law
13 10 (1.47%) Organisational Skills
14 9 (1.32%) Telecoms
15 8 (1.17%) Pharmaceutical
15 8 (1.17%) Publishing
16 7 (1.03%) Local Government
17 6 (0.88%) Front Office
17 6 (0.88%) Investment Banking
18 5 (0.73%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 181 (26.58%) Analyst
2 108 (15.86%) Data Analyst
3 97 (14.24%) Developer
4 88 (12.92%) Data Engineer
5 83 (12.19%) Senior
6 42 (6.17%) Lead
7 36 (5.29%) Data Scientist
8 35 (5.14%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 32 (4.70%) Architect
10 31 (4.55%) Business Analyst
10 31 (4.55%) Consultant
11 27 (3.96%) Power BI Developer
12 24 (3.52%) Designer
13 21 (3.08%) Senior Data Engineer
14 19 (2.79%) Data Architect
14 19 (2.79%) Data Manager
15 18 (2.64%) Business Intelligence Analyst
15 18 (2.64%) Python Developer
16 16 (2.35%) Senior Analyst
17 13 (1.91%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (5.29%) Pandas
2 34 (4.99%) REST
3 30 (4.41%) React
4 22 (3.23%) NumPy
4 22 (3.23%) PySpark
5 21 (3.08%) CSS
6 20 (2.94%) HTML
7 16 (2.35%) scikit-learn
8 15 (2.20%) Node.js
8 15 (2.20%) Web Services
9 13 (1.91%) Kafka
10 12 (1.76%) PyTorch
10 12 (1.76%) TensorFlow
11 11 (1.62%) Flask
11 11 (1.62%) JSON
12 8 (1.17%) AngularJS
12 8 (1.17%) FastAPI
12 8 (1.17%) Matplotlib
12 8 (1.17%) Seaborn
12 8 (1.17%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 48 (7.05%) Data Structures
2 28 (4.11%) Cloud Native
3 27 (3.96%) Management Information System
4 20 (2.94%) Algorithms
4 20 (2.94%) Legacy Systems
5 19 (2.79%) Analytical Mindset
5 19 (2.79%) Product Ownership
6 17 (2.50%) Distributed Systems
7 16 (2.35%) Onboarding
8 15 (2.20%) Self-Motivation
9 13 (1.91%) Data Protection Act
10 12 (1.76%) Reference Data
11 11 (1.62%) AI Agents
11 11 (1.62%) Virtual Team
12 10 (1.47%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 10 (1.47%) PKI
13 9 (1.32%) Clustering
14 8 (1.17%) Derivative
14 8 (1.17%) Marketing Technology
15 7 (1.03%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 29 (4.26%) Windows
2 22 (3.23%) Linux
3 9 (1.32%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.88%) Unix
5 5 (0.73%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.29%) Android
6 2 (0.29%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.15%) Robot Operating System
7 1 (0.15%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 354 (51.98%) Business Intelligence
2 333 (48.90%) Data Visualisation
3 322 (47.28%) Analytics
4 202 (29.66%) Data Modelling
5 186 (27.31%) Agile
6 172 (25.26%) Decision-Making
7 169 (24.82%) Problem-Solving
8 143 (21.00%) AI
9 126 (18.50%) Actionable Insight
10 125 (18.36%) Data Analysis
11 117 (17.18%) Data Science
11 117 (17.18%) Validation
12 116 (17.03%) Continuous Improvement
13 110 (16.15%) ETL
14 108 (15.86%) Data Pipeline
15 105 (15.42%) Stakeholder Management
16 103 (15.12%) Data Governance
17 97 (14.24%) Dashboard Development
17 97 (14.24%) Data Engineering
18 94 (13.80%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 333 (48.90%) SQL
2 248 (36.42%) Python
3 66 (9.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 52 (7.64%) R
5 47 (6.90%) JavaScript
6 40 (5.87%) Java
7 33 (4.85%) C#
8 25 (3.67%) TypeScript
9 17 (2.50%) C++
10 16 (2.35%) PowerShell
11 12 (1.76%) Scala
12 11 (1.62%) PL/SQL
13 10 (1.47%) T-SQL
14 8 (1.17%) VBA
15 6 (0.88%) Bash
16 5 (0.73%) Cypher
16 5 (0.73%) MATLAB
17 4 (0.59%) Gremlin
17 4 (0.59%) Rust
18 3 (0.44%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 142 (20.85%) Security Cleared
2 98 (14.39%) SC Cleared
3 83 (12.19%) Degree
4 20 (2.94%) BPSS Clearance
4 20 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
4 20 (2.94%) DV Cleared
5 17 (2.50%) Azure Certification
6 14 (2.06%) Master's Degree
7 9 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (0.59%) PhD
8 4 (0.59%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 4 (0.59%) Tableau Certification
9 3 (0.44%) Postgraduate
10 2 (0.29%) APMG
10 2 (0.29%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 1 (0.15%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.15%) Numerate Degree
11 1 (0.15%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 156 (22.91%) Data Quality
2 43 (6.31%) QA
3 28 (4.11%) GDPR
4 20 (2.94%) Accessibility
5 15 (2.20%) PMO
6 7 (1.03%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (0.59%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 4 (0.59%) GRC
7 4 (0.59%) WCAG
8 2 (0.29%) Basel III
8 2 (0.29%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.29%) SLA
8 2 (0.29%) Solvency II
9 1 (0.15%) COBIT
9 1 (0.15%) ISO 14001
9 1 (0.15%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.15%) NCSC
9 1 (0.15%) NIST
9 1 (0.15%) P3O
System Software
1 24 (3.52%) Docker
2 16 (2.35%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
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 39 (5.73%) Terraform
2 16 (2.35%) Kubernetes
3 11 (1.62%) Grafana
4 8 (1.17%) Prometheus
4 8 (1.17%) SCCM
5 7 (1.03%) Ansible
6 6 (0.88%) Kibana
7 3 (0.44%) Podman
8 2 (0.29%) Istio
8 2 (0.29%) Packer
8 2 (0.29%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 1 (0.15%) Fluentd
9 1 (0.15%) logstash
9 1 (0.15%) Network Intrusion Detection System
9 1 (0.15%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 123 (18.06%) Microsoft
2 61 (8.96%) Databricks
3 41 (6.02%) SAP
4 39 (5.73%) Oracle
5 35 (5.14%) Google
6 28 (4.11%) ServiceNow
7 19 (2.79%) Dynatrace
8 18 (2.64%) Adobe
9 12 (1.76%) Salesforce
10 11 (1.62%) Splunk
11 10 (1.47%) Alteryx
11 10 (1.47%) Remedy
12 9 (1.32%) BMC
13 8 (1.17%) Palantir
14 7 (1.03%) Informatica
15 6 (0.88%) Amplitude
16 5 (0.73%) Foundry
16 5 (0.73%) Sage
17 4 (0.59%) Bloomberg
17 4 (0.59%) Solace