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 8 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 99 141
Rank change year-on-year -42 +42 +6
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 736 662 618
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.88% 2.72% 1.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.19% 2.99% 1.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 460 442 429
10th Percentile £325 £332 £318
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.89% -5.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £583
90th Percentile £725 £675 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 28 37
10th Percentile £18.35 £22.65 £25.90
25th Percentile £31.50 £26.19 £42.50
Median hourly rate £62.50 £32.96 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +89.62% -28.63% -28.95%
75th Percentile £70.00 £59.25 £60.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £69.11 £73.95
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 33,535 22,134 32,375
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.78% 90.89% 86.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,490 14,584 21,356
10th Percentile £313 £313 £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 £614 £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 2,083 869 2,177
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.99 £12.92
25th Percentile £19.72 £19.00 £15.89
Median hourly rate £39.00 £32.50 £33.07
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -1.71% -11.83%
75th Percentile £65.60 £65.00 £58.69
90th Percentile £77.50 £75.65 £70.43
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £31.51 £33.00
% change year-on-year +14.25% -4.52% -11.17%

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 8 April 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 8 April 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 8 April 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 -39 408 £500 -0.05% 160
North of England -56 98 £463 - 87
Midlands -26 70 £500 +21.21% 80
North West -23 58 £420 -9.19% 46
South East -28 52 £500 +5.26% 118
West Midlands -42 52 £500 +19.40% 37
South West -30 42 £475 - 42
East of England -32 37 £545 +17.33% 25
Yorkshire -43 37 £490 +15.29% 26
East Midlands -16 18 £450 +22.62% 43
North East -24 6 £438 -2.78% 17
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 36 (4.89%) Apache Spark
2 21 (2.85%) Confluence
3 20 (2.72%) Apache
4 15 (2.04%) SharePoint
5 14 (1.90%) Apache Airflow
6 11 (1.49%) Apache Superset
7 6 (0.82%) Jupyter
7 6 (0.82%) SAS
8 5 (0.68%) OpenStack
9 3 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (0.41%) Palantir Foundry
10 2 (0.27%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.27%) GeoServer
10 2 (0.27%) Smallworld
11 1 (0.14%) CMS
11 1 (0.14%) Drupal
11 1 (0.14%) Luigi
11 1 (0.14%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.14%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.14%) WordPress
Applications
1 108 (14.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (2.31%) MS Visio
3 15 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (1.63%) Chatbot
4 12 (1.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (1.36%) Microsoft Project
6 9 (1.22%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.68%) Adobe Illustrator
7 5 (0.68%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.27%) CPLEX
8 2 (0.27%) InDesign
9 1 (0.14%) 3ds Max
9 1 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.14%) Maya
9 1 (0.14%) SOLIDWORKS
9 1 (0.14%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 14 (1.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.54%) Adobe Campaign
4 3 (0.41%) Eloqua
4 3 (0.41%) iTrent
4 3 (0.41%) Primavera
4 3 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.41%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.14%) Actimize
5 1 (0.14%) Advent Geneva
5 1 (0.14%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.14%) Maximo
5 1 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.14%) ResourceLink
5 1 (0.14%) SAP MDM
5 1 (0.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.14%) Sprinklr
5 1 (0.14%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 334 (45.38%) Power Platform
2 154 (20.92%) Azure
3 142 (19.29%) AWS
4 51 (6.93%) GCP
5 50 (6.79%) Azure Data Factory
6 40 (5.43%) Serverless
7 35 (4.76%) Snowflake
8 30 (4.08%) AWS Lambda
9 28 (3.80%) Amazon S3
10 25 (3.40%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 24 (3.26%) Azure DevOps
12 23 (3.13%) dbt
13 21 (2.85%) Power Automate
14 15 (2.04%) PowerApps
15 13 (1.77%) GitHub
16 12 (1.63%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 12 (1.63%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 11 (1.49%) Amazon EC2
17 11 (1.49%) Google Workspace
18 9 (1.22%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.04%) TCP/IP
2 14 (1.90%) Ethernet
3 6 (0.82%) Firewall
4 4 (0.54%) 2G
4 4 (0.54%) 5G
5 2 (0.27%) DNS
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%) VoIP
5 2 (0.27%) Wireless
6 1 (0.14%) DSL
6 1 (0.14%) Internet
6 1 (0.14%) Kerberos
6 1 (0.14%) LAN
6 1 (0.14%) Reverse Proxy
6 1 (0.14%) SSH
6 1 (0.14%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 333 (45.24%) Power BI
2 158 (21.47%) Tableau
3 100 (13.59%) Data Warehouse
4 41 (5.57%) Metadata
5 40 (5.43%) Relational Database
6 34 (4.62%) Power Query
7 29 (3.94%) SQL Server
8 27 (3.67%) Big Data
9 26 (3.53%) Data Lake
9 26 (3.53%) Looker
10 24 (3.26%) PostgreSQL
11 20 (2.72%) BigQuery
11 20 (2.72%) NoSQL
11 20 (2.72%) Oracle Reports
12 17 (2.31%) Hadoop
13 16 (2.17%) Snowflake Schema
14 15 (2.04%) Elasticsearch
14 15 (2.04%) MySQL
15 13 (1.77%) Geospatial Data
16 12 (1.63%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 41 (5.57%) Git
2 40 (5.43%) JIRA
3 18 (2.45%) Jenkins
4 15 (2.04%) Visual Studio
5 14 (1.90%) Eclipse
6 6 (0.82%) MLflow
7 4 (0.54%) ERwin
7 4 (0.54%) GitLab
8 3 (0.41%) Terragrunt
9 2 (0.27%) Charles Proxy
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%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.14%) SpecFlow
10 1 (0.14%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.14%) Visual Studio Coded UI
10 1 (0.14%) Vite
10 1 (0.14%) webpack
General
1 264 (35.87%) Social Skills
2 230 (31.25%) Analytical Skills
3 199 (27.04%) Finance
4 78 (10.60%) Public Sector
5 53 (7.20%) Banking
6 35 (4.76%) Retail
7 32 (4.35%) Marketing
8 22 (2.99%) Publishing
9 20 (2.72%) Documentation Skills
10 18 (2.45%) Military
11 17 (2.31%) Presentation Skills
12 14 (1.90%) Law
13 13 (1.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 12 (1.63%) Influencing Skills
14 12 (1.63%) Organisational Skills
15 11 (1.49%) Front Office
16 9 (1.22%) Legal
17 8 (1.09%) Telecoms
18 7 (0.95%) Pharmaceutical
19 6 (0.82%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 181 (24.59%) Analyst
2 115 (15.63%) Developer
3 100 (13.59%) Senior
4 98 (13.32%) Data Analyst
5 95 (12.91%) Data Engineer
6 54 (7.34%) Lead
7 44 (5.98%) Consultant
7 44 (5.98%) Data Scientist
8 42 (5.71%) Architect
9 39 (5.30%) Business Analyst
9 39 (5.30%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 26 (3.53%) Power BI Developer
10 26 (3.53%) Senior Analyst
11 22 (2.99%) Senior Data Engineer
12 21 (2.85%) Software Engineer
13 20 (2.72%) Business Intelligence Analyst
14 16 (2.17%) Data Business Analyst
14 16 (2.17%) Designer
15 15 (2.04%) Solutions Architect
16 14 (1.90%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (7.07%) Pandas
2 37 (5.03%) React
3 33 (4.48%) NumPy
4 32 (4.35%) Kafka
5 31 (4.21%) scikit-learn
6 26 (3.53%) Node.js
7 22 (2.99%) Web Services
8 21 (2.85%) PySpark
8 21 (2.85%) REST
9 20 (2.72%) Plotly
10 19 (2.58%) AngularJS
11 18 (2.45%) Matplotlib
12 17 (2.31%) Elastic Stack
13 16 (2.17%) Seaborn
14 15 (2.04%) JSON
15 14 (1.90%) TensorFlow
15 14 (1.90%) Vue
16 12 (1.63%) OpenTelemetry
16 12 (1.63%) PyTorch
17 11 (1.49%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 34 (4.62%) Cloud Native
1 34 (4.62%) Data Structures
2 28 (3.80%) Algorithms
3 26 (3.53%) Analytical Mindset
4 25 (3.40%) Management Information System
4 25 (3.40%) Product Ownership
5 12 (1.63%) Virtual Team
6 11 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
6 11 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (1.22%) Data Protection Act
7 9 (1.22%) Distributed Systems
7 9 (1.22%) Onboarding
8 8 (1.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 8 (1.09%) Marketing Technology
8 8 (1.09%) PMI
9 7 (0.95%) Hybrid Cloud
9 7 (0.95%) Reference Data
10 6 (0.82%) AI Agents
10 6 (0.82%) IoT
11 5 (0.68%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 30 (4.08%) Linux
2 25 (3.40%) Windows
3 11 (1.49%) Unix
4 4 (0.54%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.27%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.27%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.14%) Android
6 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 370 (50.27%) Business Intelligence
2 368 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
3 294 (39.95%) Analytics
4 221 (30.03%) Data Modelling
5 196 (26.63%) Problem-Solving
6 192 (26.09%) Decision-Making
7 172 (23.37%) Agile
8 155 (21.06%) Actionable Insight
9 143 (19.43%) Data Analysis
10 123 (16.71%) Data Science
11 122 (16.58%) Validation
12 120 (16.30%) AI
12 120 (16.30%) Data Pipeline
13 119 (16.17%) ETL
14 109 (14.81%) Dashboard Development
15 107 (14.54%) Data Governance
16 103 (13.99%) Data Engineering
17 93 (12.64%) CI/CD
18 90 (12.23%) Continuous Improvement
19 83 (11.28%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 351 (47.69%) SQL
2 248 (33.70%) Python
3 61 (8.29%) R
4 48 (6.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 47 (6.39%) JavaScript
6 38 (5.16%) C#
7 28 (3.80%) Java
8 25 (3.40%) C++
9 23 (3.13%) TypeScript
10 18 (2.45%) Scala
11 15 (2.04%) PowerShell
12 12 (1.63%) VBA
13 7 (0.95%) Perl
14 6 (0.82%) Groovy
14 6 (0.82%) PHP
14 6 (0.82%) PL/SQL
14 6 (0.82%) Rust
15 5 (0.68%) T-SQL
16 4 (0.54%) Bash
16 4 (0.54%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 145 (19.70%) Security Cleared
2 113 (15.35%) SC Cleared
3 68 (9.24%) Degree
4 23 (3.13%) Master's Degree
5 21 (2.85%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (2.31%) BPSS Clearance
7 15 (2.04%) Azure Certification
8 12 (1.63%) DV Cleared
9 9 (1.22%) PMI Certification
10 7 (0.95%) AWS Certification
10 7 (0.95%) CISM
10 7 (0.95%) CISSP
11 5 (0.68%) PhD
11 5 (0.68%) TOGAF Certification
12 4 (0.54%) MBA
12 4 (0.54%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (0.54%) Tableau Certification
13 3 (0.41%) CBAP
13 3 (0.41%) CFA
14 2 (0.27%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 141 (19.16%) Data Quality
2 48 (6.52%) QA
3 34 (4.62%) Accessibility
4 28 (3.80%) GDPR
5 23 (3.13%) PMO
6 12 (1.63%) Actionable Recommendations
7 6 (0.82%) WCAG
8 5 (0.68%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 5 (0.68%) SLA
9 4 (0.54%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.27%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.27%) NIST
11 1 (0.14%) Basel III
11 1 (0.14%) Dodd-Frank
11 1 (0.14%) EMIR
11 1 (0.14%) GRC
11 1 (0.14%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.14%) ISO 14001
11 1 (0.14%) PERC
11 1 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 30 (4.08%) Docker
2 7 (0.95%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.27%) HDFS
3 2 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 45 (6.11%) Kubernetes
2 38 (5.16%) Terraform
3 21 (2.85%) Kibana
4 18 (2.45%) Ansible
5 17 (2.31%) Prometheus
6 16 (2.17%) Grafana
7 14 (1.90%) logstash
8 7 (0.95%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 4 (0.54%) SCCM
10 3 (0.41%) SysTrack
11 2 (0.27%) Cilium
11 2 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.14%) Cacti
12 1 (0.14%) Fluentd
12 1 (0.14%) HP ALM
12 1 (0.14%) Kubeflow
12 1 (0.14%) Network Intrusion Detection System
12 1 (0.14%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 112 (15.22%) Microsoft
2 68 (9.24%) Databricks
3 43 (5.84%) Google
4 37 (5.03%) Oracle
5 30 (4.08%) SAP
6 20 (2.72%) ServiceNow
7 19 (2.58%) Salesforce
8 18 (2.45%) Splunk
9 17 (2.31%) Sage
10 12 (1.63%) Adobe
11 10 (1.36%) Dynatrace
12 9 (1.22%) BiZZdesign
13 8 (1.09%) Amplitude
13 8 (1.09%) Informatica
14 7 (0.95%) Cisco
14 7 (0.95%) Cognos
14 7 (0.95%) MicroStrategy
15 6 (0.82%) AppDynamics
15 6 (0.82%) CyberArk
15 6 (0.82%) OpenAI