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 20 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 98 131
Rank change year-on-year -21 +33 +12
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 748 680 683
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.34% 2.57% 1.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.66% 2.88% 2.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 469 441 447
10th Percentile £325 £325 £319
25th Percentile £405 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% -4.21%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £615
90th Percentile £738 £738 £697
UK median daily rate £500 £496 £500
% change year-on-year +0.78% -0.77% -5.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 29 59
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.25 £27.45
25th Percentile £24.66 £26.00 £35.32
Median hourly rate £63.75 £46.50 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +37.10% +0.69% -28.95%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £82.25 - £65.00
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £46.18 £46.18
% change year-on-year +35.34% - -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 28,150 23,642 32,326
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.12% 89.29% 87.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,007 14,469 21,732
10th Percentile £304 £310 £300
25th Percentile £409 £413 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £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 1,749 768 1,647
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £14.10
25th Percentile £17.89 £21.00 £17.68
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -12.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £57.50 £64.50 £63.75
90th Percentile £69.49 £75.00 £75.42
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £38.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% -14.47% +16.92%

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 20 January 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 20 January 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 20 January 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 -20 405 £500 -4.31% 144
North of England -45 103 £411 -11.08% 116
Midlands +3 76 £520 +30.65% 79
West Midlands +11 64 £525 +29.23% 37
South East +1 56 £500 +30.38% 175
Yorkshire -20 51 £500 +17.65% 42
North West -36 47 £392 -15.35% 59
South West +6 42 £750 +53.85% 52
East of England -30 37 £525 +16.15% 54
East Midlands -26 12 £395 +12.86% 41
North East -22 7 £400 -23.81% 16
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 37 (4.95%) Confluence
2 33 (4.41%) Apache Spark
3 29 (3.88%) Apache
4 18 (2.41%) Apache Airflow
5 17 (2.27%) SharePoint
6 14 (1.87%) WebLogic
7 9 (1.20%) SAS
8 8 (1.07%) Apache Pig
9 7 (0.94%) Jupyter
10 5 (0.67%) GeoServer
10 5 (0.67%) Smallworld
11 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
12 2 (0.27%) ArcGIS
12 2 (0.27%) OpenStack
13 1 (0.13%) CMS
13 1 (0.13%) Drupal
13 1 (0.13%) IIS
13 1 (0.13%) Luigi
13 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
13 1 (0.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 112 (14.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (2.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 14 (1.87%) MS Visio
4 9 (1.20%) Microsoft Office
5 7 (0.94%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.80%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.53%) Navisworks
7 4 (0.53%) Revit
7 4 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.40%) ProjectWise
9 2 (0.27%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.27%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.27%) Siemens NX
10 1 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.13%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.13%) InDesign
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.13%) SPSS
10 1 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (0.94%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.53%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.40%) Primavera
4 2 (0.27%) iTrent
4 2 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.27%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.13%) Actimize
5 1 (0.13%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.13%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.13%) Maximo
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.13%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 335 (44.79%) Power Platform
2 174 (23.26%) Azure
3 129 (17.25%) AWS
4 62 (8.29%) GCP
5 38 (5.08%) Azure Data Factory
6 34 (4.55%) Snowflake
7 26 (3.48%) Azure DevOps
8 25 (3.34%) Serverless
9 22 (2.94%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 22 (2.94%) dbt
10 21 (2.81%) GitHub
11 20 (2.67%) AWS Lambda
11 20 (2.67%) Power Automate
12 18 (2.41%) PowerApps
13 15 (2.01%) Azure Monitor
13 15 (2.01%) Cloud Computing
14 14 (1.87%) Amazon S3
15 12 (1.60%) Figma
16 10 (1.34%) Google Analytics
17 7 (0.94%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.01%) TCP/IP
2 14 (1.87%) Ethernet
3 4 (0.53%) 2G
3 4 (0.53%) 5G
3 4 (0.53%) Internet
4 3 (0.40%) Firewall
4 3 (0.40%) Kerberos
4 3 (0.40%) SNMP
5 2 (0.27%) LTE
5 2 (0.27%) Mobile Backhaul
5 2 (0.27%) Network Security
5 2 (0.27%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (0.27%) SMS
5 2 (0.27%) SSH
5 2 (0.27%) SSL
5 2 (0.27%) VoIP
6 1 (0.13%) 4G
6 1 (0.13%) LAN
6 1 (0.13%) NAS
6 1 (0.13%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 334 (44.65%) Power BI
2 145 (19.39%) Tableau
3 83 (11.10%) Data Warehouse
4 38 (5.08%) Relational Database
5 35 (4.68%) Power Query
6 32 (4.28%) Big Data
7 31 (4.14%) Metadata
8 30 (4.01%) SQL Server
9 27 (3.61%) Data Lake
10 26 (3.48%) Hadoop
11 24 (3.21%) Looker
12 23 (3.07%) PostgreSQL
13 20 (2.67%) BigQuery
14 19 (2.54%) Data Mining
15 16 (2.14%) Azure SQL Database
16 14 (1.87%) Oracle Reports
17 13 (1.74%) NoSQL
18 12 (1.60%) MySQL
18 12 (1.60%) Snowflake Schema
19 11 (1.47%) Apache Hive
Development Applications
1 56 (7.49%) JIRA
2 43 (5.75%) Git
3 18 (2.41%) Jenkins
4 16 (2.14%) Visual Studio
5 14 (1.87%) Eclipse
6 7 (0.94%) Gradle
6 7 (0.94%) Storybook
6 7 (0.94%) Xcode
7 3 (0.40%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.40%) ERwin
7 3 (0.40%) Terragrunt
8 2 (0.27%) GitLab
8 2 (0.27%) Selenium
8 2 (0.27%) webpack
9 1 (0.13%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.13%) NUnit
9 1 (0.13%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.13%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.13%) TeamCity
General
1 294 (39.30%) Social Skills
2 208 (27.81%) Analytical Skills
3 182 (24.33%) Finance
4 64 (8.56%) Public Sector
5 61 (8.16%) Banking
6 28 (3.74%) Marketing
6 28 (3.74%) Retail
7 27 (3.61%) Presentation Skills
8 22 (2.94%) Military
8 22 (2.94%) Publishing
9 19 (2.54%) Legal
10 15 (2.01%) Documentation Skills
10 15 (2.01%) Front Office
11 14 (1.87%) Investment Banking
12 13 (1.74%) Influencing Skills
13 10 (1.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 10 (1.34%) Manufacturing
13 10 (1.34%) Pharmaceutical
14 9 (1.20%) Law
15 8 (1.07%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 181 (24.20%) Analyst
2 119 (15.91%) Developer
3 100 (13.37%) Data Analyst
4 82 (10.96%) Senior
5 69 (9.22%) Data Engineer
6 68 (9.09%) Architect
7 52 (6.95%) Data Scientist
8 48 (6.42%) Lead
9 43 (5.75%) Business Analyst
10 39 (5.21%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 39 (5.21%) Consultant
11 30 (4.01%) Senior Analyst
12 29 (3.88%) Power BI Developer
13 26 (3.48%) Software Engineer
14 25 (3.34%) Solutions Architect
15 21 (2.81%) Report Analyst
16 18 (2.41%) Integration Architect
17 16 (2.14%) SQL Analyst
18 15 (2.01%) Data Business Analyst
18 15 (2.01%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (4.28%) Pandas
1 32 (4.28%) React
2 29 (3.88%) PySpark
3 28 (3.74%) scikit-learn
4 27 (3.61%) Node.js
5 24 (3.21%) NumPy
6 23 (3.07%) Kafka
7 20 (2.67%) Web Services
8 18 (2.41%) D3.js
8 18 (2.41%) Plotly
9 16 (2.14%) REST
10 15 (2.01%) AngularJS
10 15 (2.01%) OAuth
11 14 (1.87%) HTML
12 13 (1.74%) Vue
13 12 (1.60%) CSS
13 12 (1.60%) Elastic Stack
13 12 (1.60%) TensorFlow
14 11 (1.47%) Matplotlib
14 11 (1.47%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 37 (4.95%) Algorithms
2 30 (4.01%) Analytical Mindset
3 29 (3.88%) Cloud Native
4 26 (3.48%) Product Ownership
5 25 (3.34%) Management Information System
6 19 (2.54%) Data Structures
7 17 (2.27%) Legacy Systems
8 15 (2.01%) Onboarding
9 10 (1.34%) PMI
10 9 (1.20%) Data Centre
11 8 (1.07%) Data Protection Act
11 8 (1.07%) Reference Data
12 7 (0.94%) Mobile App
12 7 (0.94%) Replication
13 6 (0.80%) Life Science
13 6 (0.80%) Mainframe
13 6 (0.80%) NHS
13 6 (0.80%) Reinsurance
14 5 (0.67%) Genomics
14 5 (0.67%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 45 (6.02%) Linux
2 36 (4.81%) Windows
3 27 (3.61%) Unix
4 8 (1.07%) Android
5 7 (0.94%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.53%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.27%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.13%) VMS
8 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 365 (48.80%) Business Intelligence
2 355 (47.46%) Data Visualisation
3 274 (36.63%) Analytics
4 188 (25.13%) Decision-Making
5 187 (25.00%) Data Modelling
6 173 (23.13%) Problem-Solving
7 172 (22.99%) Data Analysis
8 156 (20.86%) Agile
9 139 (18.58%) Actionable Insight
10 130 (17.38%) Data Science
11 108 (14.44%) AI
12 103 (13.77%) Stakeholder Management
13 98 (13.10%) Data Pipeline
13 98 (13.10%) ETL
13 98 (13.10%) Machine Learning
14 96 (12.83%) Data Governance
15 94 (12.57%) Validation
16 92 (12.30%) Continuous Improvement
17 83 (11.10%) DevOps
18 77 (10.29%) Dashboard Development
Programming Languages
1 337 (45.05%) SQL
2 235 (31.42%) Python
3 54 (7.22%) JavaScript
4 50 (6.68%) R
5 44 (5.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 34 (4.55%) Java
7 32 (4.28%) C++
8 30 (4.01%) C#
9 28 (3.74%) TypeScript
10 26 (3.48%) Scala
11 16 (2.14%) PowerShell
12 11 (1.47%) Bash
13 10 (1.34%) PL/SQL
13 10 (1.34%) VBA
14 7 (0.94%) Go
14 7 (0.94%) Groovy
14 7 (0.94%) PHP
15 6 (0.80%) Perl
15 6 (0.80%) T-SQL
16 4 (0.53%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 148 (19.79%) Security Cleared
2 119 (15.91%) SC Cleared
3 72 (9.63%) Degree
4 29 (3.88%) Master's Degree
5 19 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
6 18 (2.41%) Azure Certification
6 18 (2.41%) CISSP
7 15 (2.01%) CISM
8 13 (1.74%) BPSS Clearance
8 13 (1.74%) DV Cleared
9 12 (1.60%) PMI Certification
10 11 (1.47%) PhD
11 10 (1.34%) TOGAF Certification
12 7 (0.94%) AWS Certification
12 7 (0.94%) CFA
13 5 (0.67%) CBAP
13 5 (0.67%) CEH
13 5 (0.67%) MBA
14 3 (0.40%) GIAC
14 3 (0.40%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 116 (15.51%) Data Quality
2 51 (6.82%) Accessibility
3 35 (4.68%) QA
4 30 (4.01%) GDPR
5 13 (1.74%) Actionable Recommendations
5 13 (1.74%) PMO
6 6 (0.80%) WCAG
7 5 (0.67%) HIPAA
8 4 (0.53%) ISO 19650
8 4 (0.53%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.53%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.40%) NIST
10 2 (0.27%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 2 (0.27%) Dodd-Frank
10 2 (0.27%) EMIR
10 2 (0.27%) FIPS 140-2
10 2 (0.27%) GxP
10 2 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.27%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 33 (4.41%) Docker
2 7 (0.94%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.40%) HDFS
4 2 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 36 (4.81%) Terraform
2 34 (4.55%) Kubernetes
3 18 (2.41%) Kibana
4 14 (1.87%) Ansible
5 11 (1.47%) Grafana
6 10 (1.34%) logstash
7 5 (0.67%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.53%) Argo
9 3 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.27%) SysTrack
11 1 (0.13%) Cacti
11 1 (0.13%) Fluentd
11 1 (0.13%) HP ALM
11 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Intune
11 1 (0.13%) Network Intrusion Detection System
11 1 (0.13%) QRadar
11 1 (0.13%) Rsyslog
11 1 (0.13%) Thomson Reuters DACS
11 1 (0.13%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 123 (16.44%) Microsoft
2 52 (6.95%) Oracle
3 51 (6.82%) Databricks
4 38 (5.08%) Splunk
5 36 (4.81%) Google
6 30 (4.01%) Salesforce
7 21 (2.81%) Dynatrace
8 19 (2.54%) Cisco
9 18 (2.41%) AppDynamics
10 17 (2.27%) SAP
11 16 (2.14%) BiZZdesign
12 15 (2.01%) ServiceNow
13 13 (1.74%) CyberArk
14 12 (1.60%) Centrify
14 12 (1.60%) OpenAI
15 11 (1.47%) Foundry
16 8 (1.07%) Alteryx
16 8 (1.07%) Talend
17 7 (0.94%) Informatica
17 7 (0.94%) Palantir