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

6 months to
6 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 124 94 135
Rank change year-on-year -30 +41 0
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 768 695 661
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.11% 2.72% 1.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.43% 3.01% 2.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 477 474 454
10th Percentile £325 £331 £313
25th Percentile £413 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £484 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.36% -3.25% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £583
90th Percentile £738 £734 £686
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 24 45
10th Percentile £18.25 £22.56 £25.72
25th Percentile £25.72 £25.75 £42.50
Median hourly rate £62.50 £33.66 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +85.71% -27.12% -28.95%
75th Percentile £65.00 £59.25 £60.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £64.63 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £32.81 £46.18
% change year-on-year +90.49% -28.95% -28.95%

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 31,620 23,110 32,887
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.89% 90.44% 87.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,216 14,677 21,786
10th Percentile £313 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £617 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,956 785 2,096
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.50 £13.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.24 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.60 £35.00 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.43% +2.94% -4.23%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £59.11
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.15 £71.90
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £32.50 £33.00
% change year-on-year -13.85% -1.52% -5.71%

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 6 March 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 6 March 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 6 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
London -32 428 £500 -3.85% 207
North of England -54 107 £475 +2.70% 132
Midlands -25 67 £500 +25.63% 90
North West -29 55 £420 -11.58% 64
West Midlands -22 54 £500 +23.08% 44
South West -10 50 £650 +44.44% 50
South East -29 50 £500 +14.29% 146
Yorkshire -33 49 £500 +17.65% 48
East of England -28 37 £500 +10.13% 53
East Midlands -20 13 £450 +26.40% 45
North East -19 6 £438 -10.26% 22
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 38 (4.95%) Apache Spark
2 32 (4.17%) Confluence
3 19 (2.47%) Apache
4 18 (2.34%) Apache Airflow
5 17 (2.21%) SharePoint
6 7 (0.91%) Jupyter
7 6 (0.78%) SAS
8 5 (0.65%) GeoServer
8 5 (0.65%) OpenStack
8 5 (0.65%) Smallworld
9 4 (0.52%) Palantir Foundry
10 3 (0.39%) Apache Superset
10 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
11 2 (0.26%) Apache Pig
11 2 (0.26%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.13%) CMS
12 1 (0.13%) Drupal
12 1 (0.13%) Oracle Application Server
12 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 102 (13.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (1.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 14 (1.82%) MS Visio
3 12 (1.56%) Chatbot
4 10 (1.30%) Microsoft Office
5 8 (1.04%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.52%) Adobe Illustrator
6 4 (0.52%) Photoshop
6 4 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.26%) InDesign
7 2 (0.26%) Navisworks
7 2 (0.26%) Revit
8 1 (0.13%) 3ds Max
8 1 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.13%) CPLEX
8 1 (0.13%) Maya
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.13%) ProjectWise
8 1 (0.13%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.13%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 13 (1.69%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.52%) Adobe Campaign
4 3 (0.39%) Eloqua
4 3 (0.39%) Primavera
5 2 (0.26%) iTrent
5 2 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.13%) Actimize
6 1 (0.13%) Advent Geneva
6 1 (0.13%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.13%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.13%) Maximo
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.13%) Sprinklr
6 1 (0.13%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 340 (44.27%) Power Platform
2 153 (19.92%) Azure
3 142 (18.49%) AWS
4 54 (7.03%) GCP
5 48 (6.25%) Azure Data Factory
6 38 (4.95%) Snowflake
7 35 (4.56%) Serverless
8 27 (3.52%) AWS Lambda
9 26 (3.39%) dbt
10 25 (3.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 24 (3.13%) Amazon S3
12 21 (2.73%) Azure DevOps
13 19 (2.47%) Power Automate
14 16 (2.08%) PowerApps
15 15 (1.95%) GitHub
16 13 (1.69%) Cloud Computing
17 11 (1.43%) Google Workspace
18 10 (1.30%) Virtual Private Cloud
19 9 (1.17%) Amazon CloudWatch
20 8 (1.04%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 18 (2.34%) TCP/IP
2 16 (2.08%) Ethernet
3 6 (0.78%) Firewall
4 4 (0.52%) 2G
4 4 (0.52%) 5G
5 3 (0.39%) Kerberos
6 2 (0.26%) DNS
6 2 (0.26%) LTE
6 2 (0.26%) Mobile Backhaul
6 2 (0.26%) Network Security
6 2 (0.26%) Radio Access Network
6 2 (0.26%) SMS
6 2 (0.26%) VoIP
7 1 (0.13%) 4G
7 1 (0.13%) Internet
7 1 (0.13%) LAN
7 1 (0.13%) Modbus
7 1 (0.13%) Reverse Proxy
7 1 (0.13%) SSH
7 1 (0.13%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 339 (44.14%) Power BI
2 153 (19.92%) Tableau
3 90 (11.72%) Data Warehouse
4 36 (4.69%) Relational Database
5 33 (4.30%) Big Data
5 33 (4.30%) Metadata
6 30 (3.91%) Data Lake
6 30 (3.91%) Power Query
7 29 (3.78%) Looker
8 27 (3.52%) Hadoop
9 25 (3.26%) SQL Server
10 21 (2.73%) BigQuery
11 18 (2.34%) PostgreSQL
12 17 (2.21%) NoSQL
13 16 (2.08%) Elasticsearch
14 15 (1.95%) Geospatial Data
14 15 (1.95%) Oracle Reports
15 14 (1.82%) Azure SQL Database
15 14 (1.82%) Data Mining
15 14 (1.82%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 46 (5.99%) JIRA
2 43 (5.60%) Git
3 18 (2.34%) Jenkins
4 17 (2.21%) Visual Studio
5 16 (2.08%) Eclipse
6 5 (0.65%) MLflow
7 4 (0.52%) ERwin
8 3 (0.39%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.39%) GitLab
8 3 (0.39%) Terragrunt
9 2 (0.26%) Postman
10 1 (0.13%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.13%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.13%) Claude Code
10 1 (0.13%) git-flow
10 1 (0.13%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.13%) SpecFlow
10 1 (0.13%) Visual Studio Coded UI
10 1 (0.13%) Vite
10 1 (0.13%) webpack
General
1 289 (37.63%) Social Skills
2 211 (27.47%) Analytical Skills
3 209 (27.21%) Finance
4 73 (9.51%) Public Sector
5 60 (7.81%) Banking
6 35 (4.56%) Retail
7 29 (3.78%) Marketing
8 24 (3.13%) Publishing
9 23 (2.99%) Military
10 20 (2.60%) Documentation Skills
10 20 (2.60%) Presentation Skills
11 16 (2.08%) Influencing Skills
12 14 (1.82%) Front Office
13 12 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 11 (1.43%) Legal
15 10 (1.30%) Manufacturing
16 9 (1.17%) Organisational Skills
16 9 (1.17%) Pharmaceutical
17 8 (1.04%) Investment Banking
17 8 (1.04%) Law
Job Titles
1 189 (24.61%) Analyst
2 115 (14.97%) Developer
3 103 (13.41%) Data Analyst
4 90 (11.72%) Senior
5 87 (11.33%) Data Engineer
6 66 (8.59%) Architect
7 63 (8.20%) Lead
8 50 (6.51%) Data Scientist
9 45 (5.86%) Consultant
10 42 (5.47%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 40 (5.21%) Business Analyst
12 29 (3.78%) Power BI Developer
13 28 (3.65%) Senior Analyst
14 27 (3.52%) Software Engineer
15 23 (2.99%) Solutions Architect
16 20 (2.60%) Senior Data Engineer
17 18 (2.34%) Business Intelligence Analyst
18 17 (2.21%) Data Business Analyst
19 16 (2.08%) Designer
19 16 (2.08%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (5.60%) Pandas
2 38 (4.95%) React
3 30 (3.91%) scikit-learn
4 29 (3.78%) Kafka
4 29 (3.78%) NumPy
5 28 (3.65%) Node.js
6 27 (3.52%) PySpark
7 21 (2.73%) Web Services
8 17 (2.21%) Elastic Stack
8 17 (2.21%) Plotly
9 16 (2.08%) AngularJS
10 15 (1.95%) Matplotlib
10 15 (1.95%) REST
11 14 (1.82%) JSON
11 14 (1.82%) Vue
12 13 (1.69%) Seaborn
12 13 (1.69%) TensorFlow
13 11 (1.43%) HTML
14 10 (1.30%) PyTorch
15 9 (1.17%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 34 (4.43%) Cloud Native
2 32 (4.17%) Algorithms
3 27 (3.52%) Analytical Mindset
3 27 (3.52%) Product Ownership
4 24 (3.13%) Management Information System
5 23 (2.99%) Data Structures
6 16 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
7 11 (1.43%) Data Protection Act
7 11 (1.43%) Onboarding
7 11 (1.43%) Virtual Team
8 8 (1.04%) Hybrid Cloud
8 8 (1.04%) PMI
9 7 (0.91%) Distributed Systems
9 7 (0.91%) Life Science
9 7 (0.91%) Marketing Technology
9 7 (0.91%) Reference Data
10 6 (0.78%) AI Agents
10 6 (0.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 6 (0.78%) IoT
10 6 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 33 (4.30%) Linux
2 26 (3.39%) Windows
3 11 (1.43%) Unix
4 4 (0.52%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.13%) Android
5 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.13%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 370 (48.18%) Business Intelligence
2 355 (46.22%) Data Visualisation
3 281 (36.59%) Analytics
4 210 (27.34%) Data Modelling
5 200 (26.04%) Decision-Making
6 194 (25.26%) Problem-Solving
7 175 (22.79%) Agile
8 156 (20.31%) Data Analysis
9 154 (20.05%) Actionable Insight
10 129 (16.80%) Data Science
11 122 (15.89%) AI
12 120 (15.63%) Data Pipeline
12 120 (15.63%) ETL
13 112 (14.58%) Validation
14 103 (13.41%) Data Governance
15 101 (13.15%) Dashboard Development
16 100 (13.02%) Machine Learning
17 98 (12.76%) Data Engineering
18 97 (12.63%) Stakeholder Management
19 91 (11.85%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 340 (44.27%) SQL
2 250 (32.55%) Python
3 55 (7.16%) R
4 53 (6.90%) JavaScript
5 43 (5.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 35 (4.56%) C#
7 30 (3.91%) C++
8 28 (3.65%) Java
9 25 (3.26%) TypeScript
10 18 (2.34%) Scala
11 13 (1.69%) PowerShell
12 10 (1.30%) VBA
13 7 (0.91%) Groovy
13 7 (0.91%) Perl
14 6 (0.78%) Bash
14 6 (0.78%) PHP
15 5 (0.65%) PL/SQL
16 4 (0.52%) C
16 4 (0.52%) T-SQL
17 3 (0.39%) Rust
Qualifications
1 156 (20.31%) Security Cleared
2 125 (16.28%) SC Cleared
3 82 (10.68%) Degree
4 32 (4.17%) Master's Degree
5 21 (2.73%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (2.21%) Azure Certification
7 16 (2.08%) BPSS Clearance
7 16 (2.08%) CISM
7 16 (2.08%) CISSP
8 11 (1.43%) DV Cleared
8 11 (1.43%) PhD
9 10 (1.30%) PMI Certification
9 10 (1.30%) TOGAF Certification
10 9 (1.17%) AWS Certification
11 5 (0.65%) MBA
12 4 (0.52%) CBAP
12 4 (0.52%) CFA
12 4 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (0.52%) Postgraduate
13 2 (0.26%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 132 (17.19%) Data Quality
2 46 (5.99%) Accessibility
3 45 (5.86%) QA
4 26 (3.39%) GDPR
5 18 (2.34%) PMO
6 12 (1.56%) Actionable Recommendations
7 6 (0.78%) WCAG
8 5 (0.65%) SLA
9 4 (0.52%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.39%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 2 (0.26%) Dodd-Frank
11 2 (0.26%) EMIR
11 2 (0.26%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.26%) ISO 19650
11 2 (0.26%) NIST
11 2 (0.26%) Software Quality Assurance
12 1 (0.13%) Basel III
12 1 (0.13%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.13%) MiFID
12 1 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 30 (3.91%) Docker
2 7 (0.91%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.39%) HDFS
4 1 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 40 (5.21%) Kubernetes
1 40 (5.21%) Terraform
2 22 (2.86%) Kibana
3 20 (2.60%) Ansible
4 15 (1.95%) Grafana
4 15 (1.95%) Prometheus
5 14 (1.82%) logstash
6 7 (0.91%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 4 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.39%) SCCM
9 2 (0.26%) Cilium
9 2 (0.26%) SysTrack
10 1 (0.13%) Cacti
10 1 (0.13%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.13%) Kubeflow
10 1 (0.13%) Network Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.13%) Thomson Reuters DACS
10 1 (0.13%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 112 (14.58%) Microsoft
2 67 (8.72%) Databricks
3 43 (5.60%) Google
4 33 (4.30%) Oracle
5 23 (2.99%) SAP
6 22 (2.86%) Splunk
7 19 (2.47%) Salesforce
8 18 (2.34%) BiZZdesign
9 15 (1.95%) Sage
10 14 (1.82%) ServiceNow
11 13 (1.69%) CyberArk
12 12 (1.56%) Adobe
12 12 (1.56%) Centrify
13 9 (1.17%) Dynatrace
14 8 (1.04%) Amplitude
15 7 (0.91%) Bloomberg
15 7 (0.91%) Cisco
15 7 (0.91%) Cognos
15 7 (0.91%) Informatica
15 7 (0.91%) MicroStrategy