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 26 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 168 101 129
Rank change year-on-year -67 +28 +14
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 695 662 657
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.60% 2.63% 1.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.88% 2.87% 2.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 432 410 447
10th Percentile £325 £317 £313
25th Percentile £402 £395 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £486 £464 £490
Median % change year-on-year +4.85% -5.36% -2.00%
75th Percentile £583 £575 £588
90th Percentile £736 £676 £675
UK median daily rate £486 £463 £490
% change year-on-year +5.14% -5.61% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 43 46
10th Percentile £18.91 £23.00 £41.25
25th Percentile £29.96 £31.64 £46.20
Median hourly rate £54.50 £46.18 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.02% -28.95% +6.12%
75th Percentile £65.00 £61.25 -
90th Percentile £77.15 £65.00 £66.25
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £46.18 £60.50
% change year-on-year +13.69% -23.67% +18.05%

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 37,044 23,037 31,936
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.35% 91.39% 85.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,386 14,872 20,693
10th Percentile £325 £300 £304
25th Percentile £417 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £729 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £502 £525
% change year-on-year +2.54% -4.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,321 1,118 2,341
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.87 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +88.87% -34.02% +8.48%
75th Percentile £68.55 £55.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £82.25 £72.50 £72.90
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% +7.14%

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 26 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 26 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 26 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 -39 366 £488 -2.50% 145
North of England -46 115 £450 - 88
North West -18 65 £438 -5.30% 56
South East -42 62 £465 -15.45% 94
Midlands -58 62 £550 +37.50% 60
West Midlands -52 48 £550 +31.34% 28
South West -22 47 £475 +16.14% 38
Yorkshire -44 46 £459 +13.98% 23
East of England -46 22 £565 +2.73% 37
East Midlands -10 14 £544 +45.00% 32
North East -36 5 £448 -0.56% 11
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 25 (3.60%) Apache Spark
2 14 (2.01%) Confluence
2 14 (2.01%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.87%) Apache
3 13 (1.87%) Apache Airflow
4 11 (1.58%) Apache Superset
5 5 (0.72%) ArcGIS
5 5 (0.72%) CMS
5 5 (0.72%) Palantir Foundry
5 5 (0.72%) SAS
6 4 (0.58%) Jupyter
6 4 (0.58%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.14%) GeoServer
8 1 (0.14%) Luigi
8 1 (0.14%) R Markdown
8 1 (0.14%) Smallworld
Applications
1 104 (14.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (2.30%) MS Visio
3 13 (1.87%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (1.29%) Chatbot
4 9 (1.29%) Spreadsheet
5 8 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 7 (1.01%) Microsoft Project
7 6 (0.86%) Adobe Illustrator
7 6 (0.86%) CPLEX
7 6 (0.86%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.43%) InDesign
9 2 (0.29%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.29%) EPLAN
9 2 (0.29%) Notion
10 1 (0.14%) 3ds Max
10 1 (0.14%) Maya
10 1 (0.14%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 20 (2.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.44%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (1.01%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.58%) Adobe Campaign
5 3 (0.43%) Eloqua
5 3 (0.43%) iTrent
5 3 (0.43%) Primavera
5 3 (0.43%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.14%) Advent Geneva
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.14%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.14%) ResourceLink
6 1 (0.14%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.14%) SAP MDM
6 1 (0.14%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.14%) Sprinklr
6 1 (0.14%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 340 (48.92%) Power Platform
2 146 (21.01%) Azure
3 118 (16.98%) AWS
4 46 (6.62%) GCP
5 42 (6.04%) Snowflake
6 40 (5.76%) Azure Data Factory
7 29 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
8 25 (3.60%) Serverless
9 24 (3.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 22 (3.17%) dbt
10 22 (3.17%) GitHub
11 21 (3.02%) Amazon S3
11 21 (3.02%) Power Automate
12 19 (2.73%) PowerApps
13 17 (2.45%) AWS Lambda
14 10 (1.44%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 10 (1.44%) Amazon EC2
14 10 (1.44%) Dynamics 365
14 10 (1.44%) Microsoft 365
14 10 (1.44%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.87%) TCP/IP
2 12 (1.73%) Ethernet
3 4 (0.58%) DNS
3 4 (0.58%) Firewall
4 3 (0.43%) Wireless
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%) PCoIP
5 2 (0.29%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (0.29%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.14%) Modbus
6 1 (0.14%) Network Security
6 1 (0.14%) Reverse Proxy
6 1 (0.14%) SNMP
6 1 (0.14%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 334 (48.06%) Power BI
2 162 (23.31%) Tableau
3 96 (13.81%) Data Warehouse
4 49 (7.05%) Relational Database
5 47 (6.76%) Power Query
6 35 (5.04%) Metadata
7 33 (4.75%) Data Lake
8 31 (4.46%) Looker
9 30 (4.32%) SQL Server
10 29 (4.17%) PostgreSQL
11 26 (3.74%) BigQuery
12 21 (3.02%) NoSQL
13 20 (2.88%) Big Data
14 13 (1.87%) Snowflake Schema
15 11 (1.58%) Amazon RDS
15 11 (1.58%) Geospatial Data
15 11 (1.58%) Hadoop
15 11 (1.58%) PowerPivot
15 11 (1.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 10 (1.44%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 39 (5.61%) JIRA
2 33 (4.75%) Git
3 13 (1.87%) Visual Studio
4 12 (1.73%) Eclipse
5 8 (1.15%) Jenkins
6 6 (0.86%) MLflow
7 5 (0.72%) GitLab
8 4 (0.58%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.58%) ERwin
9 3 (0.43%) Terragrunt
10 2 (0.29%) Charles Proxy
10 2 (0.29%) JMeter
10 2 (0.29%) Selenium
10 2 (0.29%) WebDriver
11 1 (0.14%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.14%) Flyway
11 1 (0.14%) git-flow
11 1 (0.14%) JUnit
11 1 (0.14%) Storybook
11 1 (0.14%) Vite
General
1 215 (30.94%) Analytical Skills
1 215 (30.94%) Social Skills
2 178 (25.61%) Finance
3 58 (8.35%) Public Sector
4 52 (7.48%) Banking
5 39 (5.61%) Retail
6 35 (5.04%) Marketing
7 18 (2.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 15 (2.16%) Military
9 13 (1.87%) Manufacturing
9 13 (1.87%) Presentation Skills
10 12 (1.73%) Law
11 11 (1.58%) Documentation Skills
11 11 (1.58%) Pharmaceutical
11 11 (1.58%) Publishing
12 9 (1.29%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (1.01%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (1.01%) Legal
13 7 (1.01%) Telecoms
14 6 (0.86%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 186 (26.76%) Analyst
2 113 (16.26%) Data Analyst
3 96 (13.81%) Data Engineer
4 93 (13.38%) Developer
5 82 (11.80%) Senior
6 40 (5.76%) Lead
7 39 (5.61%) Consultant
8 38 (5.47%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 36 (5.18%) Data Scientist
10 35 (5.04%) Business Analyst
11 30 (4.32%) Power BI Developer
12 29 (4.17%) Architect
13 25 (3.60%) Senior Data Engineer
14 24 (3.45%) Business Intelligence Analyst
15 17 (2.45%) Data Manager
15 17 (2.45%) Designer
16 15 (2.16%) SAP Consultant
17 13 (1.87%) Software Engineer
17 13 (1.87%) Transformation Consultant
18 12 (1.73%) Data Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (5.90%) React
2 39 (5.61%) Pandas
3 27 (3.88%) Kafka
4 26 (3.74%) REST
5 22 (3.17%) NumPy
6 19 (2.73%) PySpark
7 17 (2.45%) scikit-learn
8 16 (2.30%) Node.js
9 15 (2.16%) JSON
9 15 (2.16%) Web Services
10 14 (2.01%) CSS
10 14 (2.01%) OpenTelemetry
11 13 (1.87%) HTML
12 12 (1.73%) Apache Avro
13 11 (1.58%) AngularJS
13 11 (1.58%) Matplotlib
13 11 (1.58%) RESTful
14 10 (1.44%) .NET
14 10 (1.44%) Spring
14 10 (1.44%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 48 (6.91%) Data Structures
2 29 (4.17%) Cloud Native
3 24 (3.45%) Analytical Mindset
4 22 (3.17%) Algorithms
5 19 (2.73%) Product Ownership
6 17 (2.45%) Management Information System
7 15 (2.16%) Distributed Systems
7 15 (2.16%) Self-Motivation
8 12 (1.73%) Data Protection Act
8 12 (1.73%) Legacy Systems
9 10 (1.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 10 (1.44%) Virtual Team
10 8 (1.15%) Derivative
10 8 (1.15%) Life Science
10 8 (1.15%) Marketing Technology
10 8 (1.15%) PKI
11 7 (1.01%) Hybrid Cloud
12 6 (0.86%) Clustering
12 6 (0.86%) NHS
12 6 (0.86%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 25 (3.60%) Windows
2 23 (3.31%) Linux
3 6 (0.86%) Unix
3 6 (0.86%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.72%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.29%) Android
6 1 (0.14%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 359 (51.65%) Business Intelligence
2 342 (49.21%) Data Visualisation
3 308 (44.32%) Analytics
4 204 (29.35%) Data Modelling
5 184 (26.47%) Decision-Making
6 182 (26.19%) Agile
7 178 (25.61%) Problem-Solving
8 149 (21.44%) AI
9 138 (19.86%) Validation
10 137 (19.71%) Actionable Insight
11 128 (18.42%) Data Pipeline
12 122 (17.55%) ETL
13 121 (17.41%) Data Science
14 117 (16.83%) Data Analysis
15 116 (16.69%) Dashboard Development
16 108 (15.54%) Data Engineering
17 106 (15.25%) Continuous Improvement
18 101 (14.53%) Data Governance
19 96 (13.81%) CI/CD
20 87 (12.52%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 346 (49.78%) SQL
2 256 (36.83%) Python
3 64 (9.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 62 (8.92%) R
5 41 (5.90%) JavaScript
6 37 (5.32%) Java
7 32 (4.60%) TypeScript
8 31 (4.46%) C#
9 17 (2.45%) C++
10 13 (1.87%) PowerShell
10 13 (1.87%) Scala
11 10 (1.44%) VBA
12 9 (1.29%) T-SQL
13 7 (1.01%) PL/SQL
14 6 (0.86%) Rust
15 5 (0.72%) Bash
16 4 (0.58%) MATLAB
17 3 (0.43%) C
17 3 (0.43%) PromQL
17 3 (0.43%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 124 (17.84%) Security Cleared
2 94 (13.53%) SC Cleared
3 75 (10.79%) Degree
4 20 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (2.59%) BPSS Clearance
6 15 (2.16%) DV Cleared
7 14 (2.01%) Master's Degree
8 13 (1.87%) Azure Certification
9 8 (1.15%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (0.58%) AWS Certification
10 4 (0.58%) PMI Certification
10 4 (0.58%) Tableau Certification
11 3 (0.43%) CBAP
12 2 (0.29%) APMG
12 2 (0.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.29%) IIBA
12 2 (0.29%) MBA
12 2 (0.29%) Six Sigma Green Belt
12 2 (0.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 1 (0.14%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 153 (22.01%) Data Quality
2 48 (6.91%) QA
3 29 (4.17%) GDPR
4 19 (2.73%) Accessibility
4 19 (2.73%) PMO
5 6 (0.86%) Actionable Recommendations
6 5 (0.72%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 5 (0.72%) SLA
7 4 (0.58%) WCAG
8 3 (0.43%) GRC
9 2 (0.29%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.29%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.29%) Solvency II
10 1 (0.14%) COBIT
10 1 (0.14%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.14%) NIST
10 1 (0.14%) P3O
10 1 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 23 (3.31%) Docker
2 12 (1.73%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.72%) 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 33 (4.75%) Terraform
2 32 (4.60%) Kubernetes
3 17 (2.45%) Prometheus
4 14 (2.01%) Grafana
5 13 (1.87%) Ansible
6 10 (1.44%) Kibana
7 8 (1.15%) SCCM
8 7 (1.01%) logstash
8 7 (1.01%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 2 (0.29%) Cilium
9 2 (0.29%) Packer
10 1 (0.14%) Fluentd
10 1 (0.14%) Istio
10 1 (0.14%) Kubeflow
10 1 (0.14%) Network Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.14%) Podman
10 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.14%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 112 (16.12%) Microsoft
2 69 (9.93%) Databricks
3 45 (6.47%) SAP
4 41 (5.90%) Google
5 32 (4.60%) Oracle
6 20 (2.88%) ServiceNow
7 16 (2.30%) Adobe
8 15 (2.16%) Sage
9 14 (2.01%) Splunk
10 12 (1.73%) Salesforce
11 11 (1.58%) Dynatrace
11 11 (1.58%) Informatica
12 8 (1.15%) Alteryx
12 8 (1.15%) Amplitude
12 8 (1.15%) Palantir
13 7 (1.01%) Remedy
14 6 (0.86%) Apple
14 6 (0.86%) BMC
15 5 (0.72%) Cognos
15 5 (0.72%) Foundry