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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 102 126
Rank change year-on-year -10 +24 +19
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 758 690 705
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.39% 2.45% 1.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.70% 2.77% 2.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 470 443 470
10th Percentile £341 £332 £313
25th Percentile £403 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -2.33%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £738 £762 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £520
% change year-on-year - -3.85% -3.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 32 59
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.25 £32.32
25th Percentile £31.19 £25.63 £35.32
Median hourly rate £65.00 £46.18 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +40.75% - -28.95%
75th Percentile - £65.00 £48.92
90th Percentile £82.25 - £64.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £39.68 £46.18
% change year-on-year +63.81% -14.08% -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 28,064 24,952 32,014
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.52% 88.77% 88.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,908 15,353 21,703
10th Percentile £304 £310 £306
25th Percentile £408 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £645 £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 1,766 818 1,417
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £14.39
25th Percentile £17.96 £20.30 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -22.22% +26.76%
75th Percentile £56.69 £64.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -26.97% +27.14%

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 1 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 1 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 1 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 -22 404 £500 -4.76% 372
North of England -43 110 £434 -6.22% 108
Midlands 0 73 £520 +26.06% 95
West Midlands +3 59 £525 +27.27% 58
South East +10 57 £500 +25.00% 178
Yorkshire -23 53 £507 +12.67% 43
North West -31 53 £405 -12.43% 54
South West +1 42 £750 +57.89% 71
East of England -23 40 £525 +15.64% 85
East Midlands -15 14 £404 +13.41% 34
North East -17 6 £400 -27.27% 12
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 35 (4.62%) Apache Spark
1 35 (4.62%) Confluence
2 30 (3.96%) Apache
3 17 (2.24%) Apache Airflow
4 15 (1.98%) SharePoint
5 14 (1.85%) WebLogic
6 10 (1.32%) SAS
7 8 (1.06%) Apache Pig
8 6 (0.79%) Jupyter
9 4 (0.53%) GeoServer
9 4 (0.53%) Smallworld
10 2 (0.26%) Apache Superset
11 1 (0.13%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.13%) CMS
11 1 (0.13%) Drupal
11 1 (0.13%) IIS
11 1 (0.13%) Oracle Application Server
11 1 (0.13%) PowerFactory
11 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 115 (15.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (3.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 12 (1.58%) MS Visio
4 11 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
4 11 (1.45%) Siemens NX
5 7 (0.92%) Chatbot
6 5 (0.66%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.53%) Navisworks
7 4 (0.53%) Revit
7 4 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.40%) ProjectWise
9 2 (0.26%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.26%) Photoshop
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%) Simulink
10 1 (0.13%) SPSS
10 1 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (1.45%) Teamcenter
2 5 (0.66%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.53%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.26%) Primavera
5 1 (0.13%) Actimize
5 1 (0.13%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.13%) Endur
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
Cloud Services
1 332 (43.80%) Power Platform
2 177 (23.35%) Azure
3 134 (17.68%) AWS
4 66 (8.71%) GCP
5 37 (4.88%) Azure Data Factory
5 37 (4.88%) Snowflake
6 26 (3.43%) Azure DevOps
6 26 (3.43%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 24 (3.17%) Serverless
8 23 (3.03%) Power Automate
9 21 (2.77%) dbt
10 20 (2.64%) GitHub
10 20 (2.64%) PowerApps
11 19 (2.51%) AWS Lambda
12 15 (1.98%) Azure Monitor
12 15 (1.98%) Cloud Computing
13 14 (1.85%) Amazon S3
14 13 (1.72%) Figma
15 11 (1.45%) Google Analytics
16 8 (1.06%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.24%) TCP/IP
2 16 (2.11%) 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 (0.26%) LTE
5 2 (0.26%) Mobile Backhaul
5 2 (0.26%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (0.26%) SMS
5 2 (0.26%) SSH
5 2 (0.26%) SSL
5 2 (0.26%) VoIP
6 1 (0.13%) 4G
6 1 (0.13%) LAN
6 1 (0.13%) NAS
6 1 (0.13%) Network Security
6 1 (0.13%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 331 (43.67%) Power BI
2 150 (19.79%) Tableau
3 86 (11.35%) Data Warehouse
4 39 (5.15%) Relational Database
5 37 (4.88%) Power Query
6 35 (4.62%) Big Data
7 29 (3.83%) Hadoop
8 28 (3.69%) Data Lake
9 27 (3.56%) Metadata
10 25 (3.30%) Looker
10 25 (3.30%) SQL Server
11 21 (2.77%) BigQuery
12 20 (2.64%) Data Mining
13 18 (2.37%) Azure SQL Database
14 17 (2.24%) PostgreSQL
15 13 (1.72%) Oracle Reports
16 12 (1.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 11 (1.45%) Apache Hive
17 11 (1.45%) MySQL
17 11 (1.45%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 50 (6.60%) JIRA
2 46 (6.07%) Git
3 18 (2.37%) Visual Studio
4 17 (2.24%) Jenkins
5 16 (2.11%) Eclipse
6 7 (0.92%) Gradle
6 7 (0.92%) Storybook
6 7 (0.92%) Xcode
7 3 (0.40%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.26%) GitLab
8 2 (0.26%) Selenium
8 2 (0.26%) Terragrunt
8 2 (0.26%) webpack
9 1 (0.13%) Ant
9 1 (0.13%) NUnit
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.13%) Postman
9 1 (0.13%) Snyk
9 1 (0.13%) Visual Studio Coded UI
9 1 (0.13%) Vite
General
1 311 (41.03%) Social Skills
2 217 (28.63%) Analytical Skills
3 179 (23.61%) Finance
4 68 (8.97%) Public Sector
5 66 (8.71%) Banking
6 31 (4.09%) Marketing
7 29 (3.83%) Presentation Skills
8 24 (3.17%) Military
9 23 (3.03%) Retail
10 22 (2.90%) Publishing
11 21 (2.77%) Manufacturing
12 18 (2.37%) Legal
13 17 (2.24%) Investment Banking
14 16 (2.11%) Front Office
15 15 (1.98%) Aerospace
15 15 (1.98%) Documentation Skills
16 13 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
17 11 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
17 11 (1.45%) Pharmaceutical
18 10 (1.32%) Law
Job Titles
1 188 (24.80%) Analyst
2 121 (15.96%) Developer
3 104 (13.72%) Data Analyst
4 74 (9.76%) Senior
5 72 (9.50%) Architect
6 64 (8.44%) Data Engineer
7 55 (7.26%) Data Scientist
8 50 (6.60%) Lead
9 43 (5.67%) Business Analyst
10 36 (4.75%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 36 (4.75%) Consultant
11 29 (3.83%) Senior Analyst
12 28 (3.69%) Power BI Developer
12 28 (3.69%) Software Engineer
13 24 (3.17%) Solutions Architect
14 19 (2.51%) Report Analyst
15 18 (2.37%) Integration Architect
16 16 (2.11%) SQL Analyst
17 15 (1.98%) SQL Data Analyst
18 14 (1.85%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (4.75%) Pandas
2 29 (3.83%) Node.js
2 29 (3.83%) PySpark
2 29 (3.83%) scikit-learn
3 28 (3.69%) React
4 27 (3.56%) NumPy
5 22 (2.90%) Web Services
6 20 (2.64%) Kafka
7 19 (2.51%) D3.js
8 17 (2.24%) Plotly
9 16 (2.11%) HTML
10 15 (1.98%) CSS
10 15 (1.98%) REST
11 14 (1.85%) AngularJS
11 14 (1.85%) OAuth
12 11 (1.45%) Matplotlib
12 11 (1.45%) Oracle Fusion
12 11 (1.45%) TensorFlow
12 11 (1.45%) Vue
13 10 (1.32%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 44 (5.80%) Algorithms
2 39 (5.15%) Analytical Mindset
3 27 (3.56%) Product Ownership
4 25 (3.30%) Cloud Native
5 23 (3.03%) Management Information System
6 20 (2.64%) Data Structures
7 18 (2.37%) Legacy Systems
8 14 (1.85%) Onboarding
9 9 (1.19%) Data Centre
9 9 (1.19%) Data Protection Act
9 9 (1.19%) PMI
10 8 (1.06%) Mobile App
10 8 (1.06%) Reference Data
11 7 (0.92%) Reinsurance
11 7 (0.92%) Replication
12 6 (0.79%) Life Science
12 6 (0.79%) Mainframe
12 6 (0.79%) NHS
12 6 (0.79%) Virtual Team
13 5 (0.66%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 48 (6.33%) Linux
2 39 (5.15%) Windows
3 27 (3.56%) Unix
4 8 (1.06%) Android
5 7 (0.92%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.40%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.26%) 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
1 368 (48.55%) Business Intelligence
2 352 (46.44%) Data Visualisation
3 275 (36.28%) Analytics
4 196 (25.86%) Data Modelling
5 190 (25.07%) Decision-Making
6 184 (24.27%) Data Analysis
7 172 (22.69%) Problem-Solving
8 163 (21.50%) Agile
9 138 (18.21%) Actionable Insight
10 131 (17.28%) Data Science
11 106 (13.98%) Machine Learning
12 103 (13.59%) AI
13 102 (13.46%) ETL
14 95 (12.53%) Stakeholder Management
15 94 (12.40%) Data Governance
16 93 (12.27%) Data Pipeline
17 88 (11.61%) Validation
18 87 (11.48%) Continuous Improvement
19 81 (10.69%) Dashboard Development
20 77 (10.16%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 342 (45.12%) SQL
2 248 (32.72%) Python
3 56 (7.39%) JavaScript
4 53 (6.99%) R
5 43 (5.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 35 (4.62%) C++
7 33 (4.35%) Java
8 32 (4.22%) C#
9 26 (3.43%) TypeScript
10 23 (3.03%) Scala
11 16 (2.11%) PowerShell
12 12 (1.58%) Bash
13 10 (1.32%) PL/SQL
14 8 (1.06%) T-SQL
14 8 (1.06%) VBA
15 7 (0.92%) Go
15 7 (0.92%) Groovy
15 7 (0.92%) PHP
16 6 (0.79%) Perl
17 4 (0.53%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 157 (20.71%) Security Cleared
2 125 (16.49%) SC Cleared
3 74 (9.76%) Degree
4 33 (4.35%) Master's Degree
5 19 (2.51%) Computer Science Degree
6 18 (2.37%) CISSP
7 16 (2.11%) Azure Certification
8 15 (1.98%) CISM
9 13 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
9 13 (1.72%) DV Cleared
10 12 (1.58%) PhD
10 12 (1.58%) PMI Certification
11 10 (1.32%) TOGAF Certification
12 8 (1.06%) CFA
13 7 (0.92%) AWS Certification
14 5 (0.66%) CBAP
14 5 (0.66%) CEH
15 4 (0.53%) MBA
15 4 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
16 3 (0.40%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 114 (15.04%) Data Quality
2 52 (6.86%) Accessibility
3 33 (4.35%) QA
4 29 (3.83%) GDPR
5 12 (1.58%) Actionable Recommendations
5 12 (1.58%) PMO
6 6 (0.79%) HIPAA
6 6 (0.79%) WCAG
7 4 (0.53%) ISO 19650
7 4 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.53%) MiFID
7 4 (0.53%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.53%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.40%) EMIR
9 2 (0.26%) Basel III
9 2 (0.26%) Dodd-Frank
9 2 (0.26%) FIPS 140-2
9 2 (0.26%) GxP
9 2 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.26%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 32 (4.22%) Docker
2 9 (1.19%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.40%) HDFS
4 2 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 34 (4.49%) Terraform
2 30 (3.96%) Kubernetes
3 16 (2.11%) Kibana
4 14 (1.85%) Ansible
5 11 (1.45%) Grafana
6 9 (1.19%) logstash
7 5 (0.66%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.53%) Argo
9 3 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.26%) 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%) QRadar
11 1 (0.13%) Rsyslog
11 1 (0.13%) Thomson Reuters DACS
11 1 (0.13%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 129 (17.02%) Microsoft
2 53 (6.99%) Oracle
3 49 (6.46%) Databricks
4 38 (5.01%) Splunk
5 36 (4.75%) Google
6 29 (3.83%) Salesforce
7 21 (2.77%) Dynatrace
8 19 (2.51%) Cisco
9 18 (2.37%) AppDynamics
10 16 (2.11%) ServiceNow
11 15 (1.98%) BiZZdesign
11 15 (1.98%) SAP
12 13 (1.72%) CyberArk
13 12 (1.58%) Centrify
13 12 (1.58%) OpenAI
14 11 (1.45%) Foundry
15 10 (1.32%) Siemens
16 8 (1.06%) Alteryx
16 8 (1.06%) Talend
17 7 (0.92%) Palantir