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

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 89 134
Rank change year-on-year -49 +45 +5
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 732 677 640
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.96% 2.78% 1.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.26% 3.07% 1.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 454 455 448
10th Percentile £325 £331 £313
25th Percentile £413 £400 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £583
90th Percentile £725 £688 £678
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -3.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 27 40
10th Percentile £18.25 £22.63 £25.29
25th Percentile £26.23 £26.13 £42.50
Median hourly rate £62.50 £32.81 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +90.49% -28.95% -28.95%
75th Percentile £65.00 £56.25 £60.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £70.48 £71.93
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £32.23 £46.18
% change year-on-year +93.95% -30.22% -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 32,321 22,086 32,747
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.33% 90.81% 86.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,717 14,513 21,645
10th Percentile £313 £310 £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 £615 £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 1,977 834 2,155
10th Percentile £15.31 £15.00 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £20.67 £16.00
Median hourly rate £35.00 £33.00 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.06% - -12.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £58.70
90th Percentile £75.40 £77.41 £71.89
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year - - -9.47%

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 24 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 24 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 24 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 -35 408 £500 -2.44% 165
North of England -54 106 £475 +2.70% 83
Midlands -35 66 £500 +21.21% 72
North West -28 58 £420 -9.19% 45
South East -28 55 £500 +11.11% 126
West Midlands -40 50 £500 +21.21% 34
Yorkshire -42 45 £515 +23.23% 25
South West -33 35 £488 +2.63% 44
East of England -30 33 £500 +11.11% 22
East Midlands -21 16 £488 +34.85% 38
North East -24 6 £438 -2.78% 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 37 (5.05%) Apache Spark
2 31 (4.23%) Confluence
3 21 (2.87%) Apache
4 17 (2.32%) SharePoint
5 16 (2.19%) Apache Airflow
6 7 (0.96%) Apache Superset
7 6 (0.82%) Jupyter
7 6 (0.82%) SAS
8 5 (0.68%) GeoServer
8 5 (0.68%) OpenStack
8 5 (0.68%) Smallworld
9 3 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (0.41%) Palantir Foundry
10 2 (0.27%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.14%) CMS
11 1 (0.14%) Drupal
11 1 (0.14%) Oracle Application Server
11 1 (0.14%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.14%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.14%) WordPress
Applications
1 105 (14.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (2.19%) MS Visio
3 13 (1.78%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (1.64%) Chatbot
5 11 (1.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 10 (1.37%) Microsoft Project
7 6 (0.82%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.55%) Adobe Illustrator
8 4 (0.55%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.27%) CPLEX
9 2 (0.27%) InDesign
10 1 (0.14%) 3ds Max
10 1 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.14%) Maya
10 1 (0.14%) Navisworks
10 1 (0.14%) Revit
10 1 (0.14%) SOLIDWORKS
10 1 (0.14%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 14 (1.91%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.55%) Adobe Campaign
4 3 (0.41%) Eloqua
4 3 (0.41%) Primavera
4 3 (0.41%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.27%) iTrent
5 2 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.14%) Actimize
6 1 (0.14%) Advent Geneva
6 1 (0.14%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.14%) Maximo
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.14%) ResourceLink
6 1 (0.14%) SAP MDM
6 1 (0.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.14%) Sprinklr
6 1 (0.14%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 324 (44.26%) Power Platform
2 149 (20.36%) Azure
3 137 (18.72%) AWS
4 51 (6.97%) GCP
5 48 (6.56%) Azure Data Factory
6 37 (5.05%) Serverless
7 36 (4.92%) Snowflake
8 30 (4.10%) AWS Lambda
9 26 (3.55%) Amazon S3
10 24 (3.28%) dbt
11 23 (3.14%) Azure DevOps
11 23 (3.14%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 21 (2.87%) Power Automate
13 16 (2.19%) GitHub
13 16 (2.19%) PowerApps
14 13 (1.78%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 11 (1.50%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 11 (1.50%) Amazon EC2
15 11 (1.50%) Google Workspace
16 10 (1.37%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.05%) TCP/IP
2 14 (1.91%) Ethernet
3 6 (0.82%) Firewall
4 4 (0.55%) 2G
4 4 (0.55%) 5G
5 3 (0.41%) Kerberos
6 2 (0.27%) DNS
6 2 (0.27%) LTE
6 2 (0.27%) Mobile Backhaul
6 2 (0.27%) Network Security
6 2 (0.27%) Radio Access Network
6 2 (0.27%) SMS
6 2 (0.27%) VoIP
7 1 (0.14%) 4G
7 1 (0.14%) DSL
7 1 (0.14%) Internet
7 1 (0.14%) LAN
7 1 (0.14%) Modbus
7 1 (0.14%) Reverse Proxy
7 1 (0.14%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 323 (44.13%) Power BI
2 148 (20.22%) Tableau
3 91 (12.43%) Data Warehouse
4 39 (5.33%) Metadata
5 37 (5.05%) Relational Database
6 31 (4.23%) Power Query
7 30 (4.10%) Big Data
8 28 (3.83%) Looker
9 26 (3.55%) SQL Server
10 25 (3.42%) Data Lake
11 21 (2.87%) BigQuery
11 21 (2.87%) Hadoop
12 20 (2.73%) PostgreSQL
13 18 (2.46%) NoSQL
13 18 (2.46%) Oracle Reports
14 16 (2.19%) Geospatial Data
15 15 (2.05%) Elasticsearch
15 15 (2.05%) MySQL
16 14 (1.91%) Snowflake Schema
17 13 (1.78%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 47 (6.42%) JIRA
2 42 (5.74%) Git
3 18 (2.46%) Jenkins
4 15 (2.05%) Visual Studio
5 14 (1.91%) Eclipse
6 6 (0.82%) MLflow
7 4 (0.55%) ERwin
7 4 (0.55%) GitLab
8 3 (0.41%) Terragrunt
9 2 (0.27%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.27%) Postman
10 1 (0.14%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.14%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.14%) git-flow
10 1 (0.14%) Oracle Forms
10 1 (0.14%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.14%) SpecFlow
10 1 (0.14%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.14%) TeamCity
10 1 (0.14%) webpack
General
1 261 (35.66%) Social Skills
2 220 (30.05%) Analytical Skills
3 197 (26.91%) Finance
4 74 (10.11%) Public Sector
5 54 (7.38%) Banking
6 35 (4.78%) Retail
7 28 (3.83%) Marketing
8 24 (3.28%) Publishing
9 21 (2.87%) Documentation Skills
10 18 (2.46%) Military
11 16 (2.19%) Presentation Skills
12 13 (1.78%) Front Office
13 12 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 11 (1.50%) Influencing Skills
15 10 (1.37%) Law
16 9 (1.23%) Legal
16 9 (1.23%) Manufacturing
16 9 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
16 9 (1.23%) Pharmaceutical
17 7 (0.96%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 182 (24.86%) Analyst
2 115 (15.71%) Developer
3 96 (13.11%) Data Analyst
3 96 (13.11%) Senior
4 89 (12.16%) Data Engineer
5 61 (8.33%) Lead
6 49 (6.69%) Architect
7 44 (6.01%) Consultant
7 44 (6.01%) Data Scientist
8 40 (5.46%) Business Analyst
8 40 (5.46%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 29 (3.96%) Senior Analyst
10 27 (3.69%) Power BI Developer
11 22 (3.01%) Software Engineer
11 22 (3.01%) Solutions Architect
12 21 (2.87%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 20 (2.73%) Senior Data Engineer
14 16 (2.19%) Data Business Analyst
15 15 (2.05%) Designer
16 14 (1.91%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (6.97%) Pandas
2 38 (5.19%) React
3 35 (4.78%) NumPy
4 32 (4.37%) scikit-learn
5 30 (4.10%) Kafka
6 27 (3.69%) Node.js
7 21 (2.87%) Web Services
8 20 (2.73%) PySpark
9 19 (2.60%) AngularJS
10 18 (2.46%) Matplotlib
10 18 (2.46%) Plotly
10 18 (2.46%) REST
11 17 (2.32%) Elastic Stack
12 16 (2.19%) Seaborn
13 15 (2.05%) Vue
14 14 (1.91%) TensorFlow
15 13 (1.78%) JSON
16 11 (1.50%) PyTorch
17 10 (1.37%) .NET
17 10 (1.37%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 36 (4.92%) Cloud Native
2 29 (3.96%) Algorithms
2 29 (3.96%) Data Structures
3 28 (3.83%) Analytical Mindset
4 27 (3.69%) Management Information System
5 23 (3.14%) Product Ownership
6 16 (2.19%) Legacy Systems
7 11 (1.50%) Virtual Team
8 9 (1.23%) Onboarding
8 9 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (1.09%) Distributed Systems
9 8 (1.09%) Marketing Technology
9 8 (1.09%) PMI
10 7 (0.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 7 (0.96%) Hybrid Cloud
10 7 (0.96%) Life Science
10 7 (0.96%) Reference Data
11 6 (0.82%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (0.82%) Distributed Computing
11 6 (0.82%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 30 (4.10%) Linux
2 25 (3.42%) Windows
3 11 (1.50%) Unix
4 4 (0.55%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.27%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.14%) Android
6 1 (0.14%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 359 (49.04%) Business Intelligence
2 352 (48.09%) Data Visualisation
3 281 (38.39%) Analytics
4 211 (28.83%) Data Modelling
5 196 (26.78%) Decision-Making
6 192 (26.23%) Problem-Solving
7 172 (23.50%) Agile
8 152 (20.77%) Actionable Insight
9 145 (19.81%) Data Analysis
10 120 (16.39%) AI
11 118 (16.12%) Data Science
12 115 (15.71%) ETL
13 114 (15.57%) Data Pipeline
14 113 (15.44%) Validation
15 107 (14.62%) Dashboard Development
16 103 (14.07%) Data Governance
17 98 (13.39%) Data Engineering
18 88 (12.02%) Machine Learning
19 84 (11.48%) Continuous Improvement
20 83 (11.34%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 336 (45.90%) SQL
2 240 (32.79%) Python
3 57 (7.79%) R
4 44 (6.01%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 43 (5.87%) JavaScript
6 35 (4.78%) C#
7 27 (3.69%) Java
8 25 (3.42%) C++
9 24 (3.28%) TypeScript
10 16 (2.19%) Scala
11 14 (1.91%) PowerShell
12 11 (1.50%) VBA
13 7 (0.96%) Groovy
13 7 (0.96%) Perl
14 6 (0.82%) PHP
15 5 (0.68%) PL/SQL
16 4 (0.55%) Bash
16 4 (0.55%) Rust
16 4 (0.55%) T-SQL
17 3 (0.41%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 137 (18.72%) Security Cleared
2 106 (14.48%) SC Cleared
3 79 (10.79%) Degree
4 33 (4.51%) Master's Degree
5 23 (3.14%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (2.19%) BPSS Clearance
6 16 (2.19%) CISM
6 16 (2.19%) CISSP
7 15 (2.05%) Azure Certification
8 11 (1.50%) DV Cleared
9 10 (1.37%) PhD
9 10 (1.37%) TOGAF Certification
10 9 (1.23%) PMI Certification
11 8 (1.09%) AWS Certification
12 4 (0.55%) CBAP
12 4 (0.55%) CFA
12 4 (0.55%) MBA
12 4 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (0.55%) Tableau Certification
13 2 (0.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (18.58%) Data Quality
2 44 (6.01%) QA
3 36 (4.92%) Accessibility
4 24 (3.28%) GDPR
5 22 (3.01%) PMO
6 12 (1.64%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (0.68%) SLA
7 5 (0.68%) WCAG
8 4 (0.55%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 2 (0.27%) Dodd-Frank
10 2 (0.27%) EMIR
10 2 (0.27%) NIST
11 1 (0.14%) Basel III
11 1 (0.14%) GRC
11 1 (0.14%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.14%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.14%) MiFID
11 1 (0.14%) P3O
11 1 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 31 (4.23%) Docker
2 6 (0.82%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.27%) HDFS
4 1 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 41 (5.60%) Kubernetes
2 37 (5.05%) Terraform
3 21 (2.87%) Kibana
4 18 (2.46%) Ansible
5 16 (2.19%) Grafana
5 16 (2.19%) Prometheus
6 14 (1.91%) logstash
7 7 (0.96%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 4 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.41%) SCCM
9 3 (0.41%) SysTrack
10 2 (0.27%) Cilium
11 1 (0.14%) Cacti
11 1 (0.14%) HP ALM
11 1 (0.14%) Kubeflow
11 1 (0.14%) Network Intrusion Detection System
11 1 (0.14%) Thomson Reuters DACS
11 1 (0.14%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 105 (14.34%) Microsoft
2 66 (9.02%) Databricks
3 46 (6.28%) Google
4 34 (4.64%) Oracle
5 24 (3.28%) SAP
6 19 (2.60%) Salesforce
7 18 (2.46%) BiZZdesign
8 17 (2.32%) ServiceNow
9 16 (2.19%) Sage
9 16 (2.19%) Splunk
10 13 (1.78%) CyberArk
11 12 (1.64%) Centrify
12 10 (1.37%) Adobe
13 8 (1.09%) Amplitude
13 8 (1.09%) Dynatrace
14 7 (0.96%) Bloomberg
14 7 (0.96%) Cisco
14 7 (0.96%) Informatica
14 7 (0.96%) MicroStrategy
15 6 (0.82%) Cognos