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

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 167 108 128
Rank change year-on-year -59 +20 +9
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 713 671 682
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.60% 2.51% 1.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.88% 2.77% 2.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 440 407 457
10th Percentile £325 £315 £313
25th Percentile £401 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £465 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.15% -7.00% -
75th Percentile £582 £581 £600
90th Percentile £725 £689 £688
UK median daily rate £475 £463 £490
% change year-on-year +2.70% -5.61% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 46 52
10th Percentile £17.97 £23.75 £30.80
25th Percentile £29.23 £31.67 £45.26
Median hourly rate £52.50 £46.34 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.29% -28.71% +30.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.75 -
90th Percentile £73.75 £65.00 £67.25
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £46.34 £62.50
% change year-on-year +7.90% -25.86% +35.34%

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 37,991 24,251 31,775
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.46% 90.90% 85.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,934 15,590 20,626
10th Percentile £325 £300 £305
25th Percentile £419 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £524 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.65% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £645
90th Percentile £729 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £517 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +2.28% -3.81% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,364 1,224 2,273
10th Percentile £15.32 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £20.88 £17.98 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% -4.70%
75th Percentile £68.75 £54.81 £61.60
90th Percentile £82.25 £72.20 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% -6.25%

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 July 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 July 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 July 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 -49 371 £488 -2.50% 212
North of England -51 115 £450 +1.12% 96
Midlands -42 74 £525 +31.25% 69
South East -51 64 £470 -14.55% 99
North West -13 63 £444 -2.42% 53
West Midlands -47 53 £550 +31.34% 36
Yorkshire -39 47 £459 +13.27% 28
South West -27 45 £450 +10.02% 50
East of England -44 23 £520 -3.26% 36
East Midlands -7 21 £431 +15.00% 33
North East -41 6 £410 -8.89% 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 26 (3.65%) Apache Spark
2 14 (1.96%) Apache
2 14 (1.96%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.82%) Confluence
4 11 (1.54%) Apache Airflow
4 11 (1.54%) Apache Superset
5 6 (0.84%) ArcGIS
6 5 (0.70%) CMS
6 5 (0.70%) Palantir Foundry
6 5 (0.70%) SAS
7 4 (0.56%) OpenStack
8 3 (0.42%) Jupyter
8 3 (0.42%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.14%) R Markdown
Applications
1 103 (14.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (1.96%) MS Visio
3 13 (1.82%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (1.26%) Chatbot
4 9 (1.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.26%) Spreadsheet
5 7 (0.98%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.84%) Adobe Illustrator
6 6 (0.84%) CPLEX
6 6 (0.84%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.42%) InDesign
8 2 (0.28%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.28%) EPLAN
8 2 (0.28%) Notion
9 1 (0.14%) 3ds Max
9 1 (0.14%) Maya
9 1 (0.14%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 18 (2.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.26%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (1.12%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.56%) Adobe Campaign
5 3 (0.42%) Eloqua
5 3 (0.42%) iTrent
5 3 (0.42%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.28%) Primavera
7 1 (0.14%) Advent Geneva
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.14%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.14%) ResourceLink
7 1 (0.14%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.14%) SAP MDM
7 1 (0.14%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (0.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.14%) Sprinklr
7 1 (0.14%) Summit
7 1 (0.14%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 355 (49.79%) Power Platform
2 153 (21.46%) Azure
3 120 (16.83%) AWS
4 47 (6.59%) GCP
5 42 (5.89%) Snowflake
6 41 (5.75%) Azure Data Factory
7 35 (4.91%) Azure DevOps
8 26 (3.65%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 24 (3.37%) Power Automate
9 24 (3.37%) Serverless
10 23 (3.23%) dbt
10 23 (3.23%) GitHub
11 21 (2.95%) Amazon S3
12 20 (2.81%) PowerApps
13 16 (2.24%) AWS Lambda
14 10 (1.40%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 10 (1.40%) Amazon SageMaker
14 10 (1.40%) Dynamics 365
14 10 (1.40%) Microsoft 365
14 10 (1.40%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.82%) TCP/IP
2 12 (1.68%) Ethernet
3 4 (0.56%) DNS
3 4 (0.56%) Firewall
4 3 (0.42%) Wireless
5 2 (0.28%) 2G
5 2 (0.28%) 3G
5 2 (0.28%) 4G
5 2 (0.28%) 5G
5 2 (0.28%) DHCP
5 2 (0.28%) PCoIP
5 2 (0.28%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (0.28%) 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
1 349 (48.95%) Power BI
2 164 (23.00%) Tableau
3 96 (13.46%) Data Warehouse
4 50 (7.01%) Power Query
4 50 (7.01%) Relational Database
5 35 (4.91%) SQL Server
6 33 (4.63%) Data Lake
7 32 (4.49%) Metadata
8 30 (4.21%) Looker
9 29 (4.07%) PostgreSQL
10 26 (3.65%) BigQuery
11 21 (2.95%) Big Data
12 20 (2.81%) NoSQL
13 12 (1.68%) Hadoop
13 12 (1.68%) Snowflake Schema
13 12 (1.68%) Star Schema
14 11 (1.54%) Amazon RDS
14 11 (1.54%) PowerPivot
14 11 (1.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 10 (1.40%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 38 (5.33%) JIRA
2 35 (4.91%) Git
3 13 (1.82%) Visual Studio
4 12 (1.68%) Eclipse
5 8 (1.12%) Jenkins
6 5 (0.70%) GitLab
6 5 (0.70%) MLflow
7 4 (0.56%) Cypress.io
7 4 (0.56%) ERwin
8 2 (0.28%) Charles Proxy
8 2 (0.28%) JMeter
8 2 (0.28%) Selenium
8 2 (0.28%) Terragrunt
8 2 (0.28%) WebDriver
9 1 (0.14%) Flyway
9 1 (0.14%) JUnit
9 1 (0.14%) Postman
9 1 (0.14%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.14%) Storybook
9 1 (0.14%) Vite
General
1 220 (30.86%) Analytical Skills
2 219 (30.72%) Social Skills
3 184 (25.81%) Finance
4 66 (9.26%) Public Sector
5 52 (7.29%) Banking
6 37 (5.19%) Marketing
7 36 (5.05%) Retail
8 18 (2.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 16 (2.24%) Military
10 14 (1.96%) Manufacturing
11 13 (1.82%) Presentation Skills
12 11 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
12 11 (1.54%) Law
12 11 (1.54%) Pharmaceutical
13 10 (1.40%) Publishing
14 9 (1.26%) Organisational Skills
15 7 (0.98%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (0.98%) Legal
15 7 (0.98%) Telecoms
16 6 (0.84%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 192 (26.93%) Analyst
2 118 (16.55%) Data Analyst
3 101 (14.17%) Data Engineer
4 97 (13.60%) Developer
5 83 (11.64%) Senior
6 43 (6.03%) Lead
7 42 (5.89%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 41 (5.75%) Data Scientist
9 36 (5.05%) Consultant
10 35 (4.91%) Business Analyst
11 32 (4.49%) Power BI Developer
12 31 (4.35%) Architect
13 27 (3.79%) Senior Data Engineer
14 25 (3.51%) Business Intelligence Analyst
15 18 (2.52%) Designer
16 16 (2.24%) Data Manager
17 14 (1.96%) Data Architect
18 13 (1.82%) Python Developer
18 13 (1.82%) SAP Consultant
19 12 (1.68%) Performance Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (5.89%) Pandas
2 37 (5.19%) React
3 27 (3.79%) REST
4 26 (3.65%) Kafka
5 24 (3.37%) NumPy
6 20 (2.81%) PySpark
7 19 (2.66%) scikit-learn
8 15 (2.10%) JSON
8 15 (2.10%) Node.js
8 15 (2.10%) Web Services
9 14 (1.96%) CSS
9 14 (1.96%) OpenTelemetry
10 12 (1.68%) Apache Avro
11 11 (1.54%) AngularJS
11 11 (1.54%) HTML
11 11 (1.54%) Spring
11 11 (1.54%) Spring Boot
12 10 (1.40%) GeoJSON
12 10 (1.40%) Matplotlib
12 10 (1.40%) Seaborn
Miscellaneous
1 48 (6.73%) Data Structures
2 32 (4.49%) Cloud Native
3 24 (3.37%) Algorithms
3 24 (3.37%) Analytical Mindset
4 19 (2.66%) Product Ownership
5 16 (2.24%) Distributed Systems
5 16 (2.24%) Management Information System
6 15 (2.10%) Self-Motivation
7 12 (1.68%) Legacy Systems
8 11 (1.54%) Data Protection Act
8 11 (1.54%) Virtual Team
9 10 (1.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 9 (1.26%) Onboarding
10 9 (1.26%) PKI
11 8 (1.12%) Life Science
11 8 (1.12%) Marketing Technology
12 7 (0.98%) AI Agents
12 7 (0.98%) Clustering
12 7 (0.98%) Derivative
12 7 (0.98%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 26 (3.65%) Windows
2 23 (3.23%) Linux
3 7 (0.98%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.84%) Unix
5 5 (0.70%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.28%) Android
7 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 372 (52.17%) Business Intelligence
2 347 (48.67%) Data Visualisation
3 316 (44.32%) Analytics
4 217 (30.43%) Data Modelling
5 185 (25.95%) Decision-Making
6 184 (25.81%) Agile
7 177 (24.82%) Problem-Solving
8 158 (22.16%) AI
9 143 (20.06%) Actionable Insight
10 138 (19.35%) Validation
11 132 (18.51%) Data Pipeline
12 127 (17.81%) Data Analysis
12 127 (17.81%) Data Science
13 126 (17.67%) ETL
14 117 (16.41%) Dashboard Development
15 116 (16.27%) Data Engineering
16 109 (15.29%) Continuous Improvement
17 103 (14.45%) Data Governance
18 97 (13.60%) CI/CD
19 94 (13.18%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 357 (50.07%) SQL
2 263 (36.89%) Python
3 68 (9.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 64 (8.98%) R
5 39 (5.47%) Java
5 39 (5.47%) JavaScript
6 32 (4.49%) C#
7 30 (4.21%) TypeScript
8 17 (2.38%) C++
9 13 (1.82%) PowerShell
10 12 (1.68%) Scala
11 11 (1.54%) VBA
12 10 (1.40%) T-SQL
13 8 (1.12%) PL/SQL
14 5 (0.70%) Bash
15 4 (0.56%) Cypher
15 4 (0.56%) Gremlin
15 4 (0.56%) MATLAB
15 4 (0.56%) Rust
16 3 (0.42%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 136 (19.07%) Security Cleared
2 98 (13.74%) SC Cleared
3 77 (10.80%) Degree
4 21 (2.95%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (2.52%) BPSS Clearance
6 16 (2.24%) DV Cleared
7 15 (2.10%) Azure Certification
8 14 (1.96%) Master's Degree
9 8 (1.12%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (0.70%) Tableau Certification
11 4 (0.56%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.42%) CBAP
12 3 (0.42%) PMI Certification
13 2 (0.28%) ACCA
13 2 (0.28%) APMG
13 2 (0.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.28%) CIMA
13 2 (0.28%) IIBA
13 2 (0.28%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 2 (0.28%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 161 (22.58%) Data Quality
2 45 (6.31%) QA
3 30 (4.21%) GDPR
4 22 (3.09%) Accessibility
5 19 (2.66%) PMO
6 6 (0.84%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 5 (0.70%) SLA
8 4 (0.56%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (0.56%) WCAG
9 3 (0.42%) GRC
10 2 (0.28%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.28%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.28%) Solvency II
11 1 (0.14%) Basel III
11 1 (0.14%) COBIT
11 1 (0.14%) ISO 14001
11 1 (0.14%) NIST
11 1 (0.14%) P3O
11 1 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 25 (3.51%) Docker
2 13 (1.82%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.28%) Microsoft App-V
4 2 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.28%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 32 (4.49%) Kubernetes
1 32 (4.49%) Terraform
2 16 (2.24%) Prometheus
3 14 (1.96%) Ansible
4 13 (1.82%) Grafana
5 11 (1.54%) Kibana
6 8 (1.12%) logstash
6 8 (1.12%) SCCM
7 7 (0.98%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 3 (0.42%) Podman
9 2 (0.28%) Cilium
9 2 (0.28%) 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%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.14%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 119 (16.69%) Microsoft
2 72 (10.10%) Databricks
3 45 (6.31%) SAP
4 39 (5.47%) Google
5 35 (4.91%) Oracle
6 21 (2.95%) ServiceNow
7 16 (2.24%) Adobe
8 14 (1.96%) Splunk
9 13 (1.82%) Dynatrace
9 13 (1.82%) Sage
10 11 (1.54%) Informatica
10 11 (1.54%) Salesforce
11 9 (1.26%) Alteryx
12 8 (1.12%) Amplitude
12 8 (1.12%) Palantir
12 8 (1.12%) Remedy
13 7 (0.98%) BMC
14 5 (0.70%) Cognos
14 5 (0.70%) Foundry
14 5 (0.70%) Solace