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

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 154 106 137
Rank change year-on-year -48 +31 +5
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 680 609 621
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.65% 2.54% 1.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.94% 2.78% 1.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 419 385 437
10th Percentile £325 £350 £313
25th Percentile £401 £402 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% -5.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £588
90th Percentile £728 £675 £680
UK median daily rate £488 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +2.63% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 33 38
10th Percentile £20.75 £22.54 £27.30
25th Percentile £37.69 £30.00 £46.18
Median hourly rate £62.50 £34.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +81.16% -42.50% -7.69%
75th Percentile £72.99 £53.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.96 £73.28
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £34.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +81.16% -42.50% -7.69%

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 34,973 21,894 31,367
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.68% 91.30% 86.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,266 14,295 20,565
10th Percentile £325 £305 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £510 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -0.49% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,148 929 2,246
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.42 £12.92
25th Percentile £20.50 £18.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £46.11 £29.00 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +58.98% -20.55% -0.73%
75th Percentile £68.00 £62.24 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.44 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £28.18 £36.05
% change year-on-year +50.82% -21.82% +0.13%

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 22 May 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 22 May 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 22 May 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 -37 358 £488 -2.50% 187
North of England -57 98 £453 -2.16% 83
Midlands -44 66 £494 +23.44% 50
South East -33 55 £505 -8.18% 84
North West -31 54 £420 -9.19% 42
South West -16 48 £500 +5.26% 51
West Midlands -39 48 £500 +21.21% 30
Yorkshire -44 40 £463 +4.52% 28
East of England -39 27 £565 +2.73% 22
East Midlands -16 18 £488 +30.00% 20
North East -33 7 £420 -20.00% 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 34 (5.00%) Apache Spark
2 18 (2.65%) Confluence
3 15 (2.21%) Apache
4 11 (1.62%) Apache Superset
4 11 (1.62%) SharePoint
5 10 (1.47%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.74%) OpenStack
7 4 (0.59%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.44%) CMS
8 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.44%) SAS
9 2 (0.29%) GeoServer
9 2 (0.29%) Smallworld
10 1 (0.15%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.15%) Luigi
10 1 (0.15%) Oracle Application Server
10 1 (0.15%) R Markdown
10 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
Applications
1 99 (14.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (2.79%) MS Visio
3 15 (2.21%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (1.32%) Chatbot
4 9 (1.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (1.18%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (1.18%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.74%) Adobe Illustrator
6 5 (0.74%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.29%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.29%) CPLEX
7 2 (0.29%) EPLAN
7 2 (0.29%) InDesign
7 2 (0.29%) Notion
8 1 (0.15%) 3ds Max
8 1 (0.15%) Maya
8 1 (0.15%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 17 (2.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.88%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.59%) Adobe Campaign
5 3 (0.44%) Eloqua
5 3 (0.44%) iTrent
5 3 (0.44%) Primavera
6 2 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.15%) Advent Geneva
7 1 (0.15%) FLEXCUBE
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.15%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.15%) ResourceLink
7 1 (0.15%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.15%) SAP MDM
7 1 (0.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.15%) Sprinklr
7 1 (0.15%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 312 (45.88%) Power Platform
2 137 (20.15%) Azure
3 121 (17.79%) AWS
4 48 (7.06%) GCP
5 43 (6.32%) Azure Data Factory
6 33 (4.85%) Snowflake
7 27 (3.97%) Serverless
8 24 (3.53%) Azure DevOps
9 23 (3.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 21 (3.09%) Amazon S3
11 20 (2.94%) Power Automate
12 18 (2.65%) AWS Lambda
12 18 (2.65%) dbt
13 16 (2.35%) GitHub
14 15 (2.21%) PowerApps
15 10 (1.47%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 10 (1.47%) Amazon EC2
15 10 (1.47%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 9 (1.32%) Google Workspace
16 9 (1.32%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.76%) TCP/IP
2 11 (1.62%) Ethernet
3 6 (0.88%) Firewall
4 4 (0.59%) DNS
5 3 (0.44%) Wireless
6 2 (0.29%) DHCP
6 2 (0.29%) Network Security
6 2 (0.29%) PCoIP
6 2 (0.29%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (0.29%) SMS
7 1 (0.15%) Internet
7 1 (0.15%) LAN
7 1 (0.15%) Modbus
7 1 (0.15%) Reverse Proxy
7 1 (0.15%) SSH
7 1 (0.15%) VPN
7 1 (0.15%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 308 (45.29%) Power BI
2 160 (23.53%) Tableau
3 94 (13.82%) Data Warehouse
4 44 (6.47%) Relational Database
5 40 (5.88%) Metadata
6 33 (4.85%) Power Query
6 33 (4.85%) SQL Server
7 32 (4.71%) Looker
8 27 (3.97%) PostgreSQL
9 26 (3.82%) Data Lake
10 24 (3.53%) BigQuery
11 23 (3.38%) Big Data
12 20 (2.94%) NoSQL
13 15 (2.21%) Hadoop
14 13 (1.91%) Elasticsearch
14 13 (1.91%) Geospatial Data
14 13 (1.91%) Oracle Reports
15 12 (1.76%) Snowflake Schema
16 10 (1.47%) RDBMS
16 10 (1.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 39 (5.74%) JIRA
2 34 (5.00%) Git
3 12 (1.76%) Visual Studio
4 11 (1.62%) Eclipse
5 10 (1.47%) Jenkins
6 6 (0.88%) MLflow
7 4 (0.59%) ERwin
7 4 (0.59%) GitLab
8 3 (0.44%) Selenium
9 2 (0.29%) Charles Proxy
9 2 (0.29%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.29%) JMeter
9 2 (0.29%) Terragrunt
9 2 (0.29%) WebDriver
10 1 (0.15%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.15%) Flyway
10 1 (0.15%) git-flow
10 1 (0.15%) Postman
10 1 (0.15%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.15%) SpecFlow
General
1 214 (31.47%) Analytical Skills
2 209 (30.74%) Social Skills
3 177 (26.03%) Finance
4 55 (8.09%) Public Sector
5 47 (6.91%) Banking
6 35 (5.15%) Retail
7 30 (4.41%) Marketing
8 17 (2.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 17 (2.50%) Publishing
9 14 (2.06%) Documentation Skills
10 13 (1.91%) Law
10 13 (1.91%) Military
11 11 (1.62%) Pharmaceutical
11 11 (1.62%) Presentation Skills
12 9 (1.32%) Legal
12 9 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
13 8 (1.18%) Manufacturing
14 7 (1.03%) Front Office
15 6 (0.88%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 173 (25.44%) Analyst
2 97 (14.26%) Data Analyst
3 93 (13.68%) Data Engineer
3 93 (13.68%) Developer
3 93 (13.68%) Senior
4 44 (6.47%) Lead
5 42 (6.18%) Data Scientist
6 40 (5.88%) Business Analyst
7 39 (5.74%) Consultant
8 35 (5.15%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 32 (4.71%) Architect
10 25 (3.68%) Senior Data Engineer
11 24 (3.53%) Power BI Developer
12 18 (2.65%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 17 (2.50%) Designer
14 16 (2.35%) Data Manager
14 16 (2.35%) Software Engineer
15 15 (2.21%) SAP Consultant
16 13 (1.91%) Senior Analyst
16 13 (1.91%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (6.32%) Pandas
2 40 (5.88%) React
3 27 (3.97%) Kafka
4 21 (3.09%) Node.js
4 21 (3.09%) NumPy
4 21 (3.09%) REST
4 21 (3.09%) scikit-learn
5 20 (2.94%) PySpark
6 16 (2.35%) JSON
7 15 (2.21%) CSS
7 15 (2.21%) Elastic Stack
7 15 (2.21%) HTML
8 14 (2.06%) Matplotlib
8 14 (2.06%) Web Services
9 12 (1.76%) Apache Avro
9 12 (1.76%) OpenTelemetry
9 12 (1.76%) Seaborn
9 12 (1.76%) TensorFlow
10 11 (1.62%) PyTorch
11 10 (1.47%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 39 (5.74%) Data Structures
2 27 (3.97%) Cloud Native
3 24 (3.53%) Analytical Mindset
4 22 (3.24%) Management Information System
5 20 (2.94%) Algorithms
5 20 (2.94%) Product Ownership
6 14 (2.06%) Legacy Systems
7 12 (1.76%) Self-Motivation
8 11 (1.62%) Data Protection Act
9 10 (1.47%) Distributed Systems
9 10 (1.47%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 10 (1.47%) Virtual Team
10 8 (1.18%) Derivative
10 8 (1.18%) Marketing Technology
10 8 (1.18%) Reference Data
11 7 (1.03%) AI Agents
11 7 (1.03%) Hybrid Cloud
11 7 (1.03%) PKI
11 7 (1.03%) PMI
12 6 (0.88%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 26 (3.82%) Windows
2 22 (3.24%) Linux
3 5 (0.74%) Apple iOS
3 5 (0.74%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.59%) Mac OS
4 4 (0.59%) Unix
5 2 (0.29%) Android
6 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.15%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 334 (49.12%) Business Intelligence
2 333 (48.97%) Data Visualisation
3 276 (40.59%) Analytics
4 215 (31.62%) Data Modelling
5 186 (27.35%) Decision-Making
6 178 (26.18%) Problem-Solving
7 170 (25.00%) Agile
8 147 (21.62%) Actionable Insight
9 124 (18.24%) AI
9 124 (18.24%) Validation
10 118 (17.35%) Data Pipeline
11 113 (16.62%) Data Science
12 111 (16.32%) Dashboard Development
12 111 (16.32%) ETL
13 107 (15.74%) Data Governance
14 105 (15.44%) Data Analysis
15 99 (14.56%) Data Engineering
16 91 (13.38%) CI/CD
17 88 (12.94%) Continuous Improvement
18 81 (11.91%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 333 (48.97%) SQL
2 239 (35.15%) Python
3 68 (10.00%) R
4 50 (7.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 42 (6.18%) JavaScript
6 39 (5.74%) Java
7 34 (5.00%) C#
8 31 (4.56%) TypeScript
9 20 (2.94%) C++
9 20 (2.94%) PowerShell
10 18 (2.65%) Scala
11 10 (1.47%) VBA
12 8 (1.18%) T-SQL
13 7 (1.03%) Perl
13 7 (1.03%) PL/SQL
14 6 (0.88%) Rust
15 4 (0.59%) Bash
15 4 (0.59%) MATLAB
16 3 (0.44%) C
16 3 (0.44%) PromQL
Qualifications
1 122 (17.94%) Security Cleared
2 93 (13.68%) SC Cleared
3 71 (10.44%) Degree
4 20 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (2.65%) BPSS Clearance
5 18 (2.65%) Master's Degree
6 15 (2.21%) Azure Certification
6 15 (2.21%) DV Cleared
7 9 (1.32%) PMI Certification
8 6 (0.88%) AWS Certification
8 6 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (0.59%) CBAP
9 4 (0.59%) MBA
9 4 (0.59%) Tableau Certification
10 2 (0.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.29%) CISM
10 2 (0.29%) IIBA
10 2 (0.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (0.29%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 2 (0.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 139 (20.44%) Data Quality
2 47 (6.91%) QA
3 27 (3.97%) GDPR
4 22 (3.24%) PMO
5 18 (2.65%) Accessibility
6 8 (1.18%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (0.74%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 5 (0.74%) SLA
8 3 (0.44%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.44%) WCAG
9 2 (0.29%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.29%) NIST
9 2 (0.29%) P3O
10 1 (0.15%) Basel III
10 1 (0.15%) COBIT
10 1 (0.15%) GRC
10 1 (0.15%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.15%) PERC
10 1 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 25 (3.68%) Docker
2 12 (1.76%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.29%) HDFS
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 35 (5.15%) Kubernetes
2 34 (5.00%) Terraform
3 17 (2.50%) Prometheus
4 16 (2.35%) Kibana
5 14 (2.06%) Ansible
6 13 (1.91%) Grafana
7 12 (1.76%) logstash
8 8 (1.18%) SCCM
9 7 (1.03%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 3 (0.44%) SysTrack
11 2 (0.29%) Cilium
11 2 (0.29%) Packer
12 1 (0.15%) Fluentd
12 1 (0.15%) HP ALM
12 1 (0.15%) Istio
12 1 (0.15%) Kubeflow
12 1 (0.15%) Network Intrusion Detection System
12 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 101 (14.85%) Microsoft
2 68 (10.00%) Databricks
3 42 (6.18%) Google
4 39 (5.74%) SAP
5 30 (4.41%) Oracle
6 21 (3.09%) ServiceNow
7 16 (2.35%) Sage
8 13 (1.91%) Splunk
9 12 (1.76%) Adobe
10 11 (1.62%) Salesforce
11 10 (1.47%) Amplitude
12 9 (1.32%) Informatica
13 6 (0.88%) Apple
13 6 (0.88%) Cognos
13 6 (0.88%) Dynatrace
13 6 (0.88%) OpenAI
13 6 (0.88%) Remedy
14 5 (0.74%) BMC
14 5 (0.74%) Solace
15 4 (0.59%) Bloomberg