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

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 198 107 116
Rank change year-on-year -91 +9 +23
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 657 697 667
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.44% 2.53% 2.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.70% 2.78% 2.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 390 423 408
10th Percentile £325 £313 £313
25th Percentile £400 £394 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £625
90th Percentile £710 £675 £738
UK median daily rate £491 £473 £500
% change year-on-year +3.97% -5.50% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 47 49
10th Percentile £19.43 £27.80 £29.50
25th Percentile £28.25 £33.25 £46.18
Median hourly rate £51.25 £50.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -23.08% +44.44%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £50.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - -23.08% +44.44%

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 38,738 25,035 28,393
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.83% 90.79% 85.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,882 15,942 18,107
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £631 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £753
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,595 1,467 1,443
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.25 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.87 £18.63
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +1.18%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.09 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +63.39% -40.82% +2.41%

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 September 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 September 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 September 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 -79 324 £494 -1.25% 787
North of England -63 99 £451 +9.88% 152
Midlands -45 82 £550 +8.28% 98
South East -52 66 £470 -14.55% 147
West Midlands -48 61 £558 +6.19% 54
North West -44 50 £498 +22.09% 91
South West -18 47 £450 -5.26% 104
Yorkshire -46 44 £451 +12.75% 42
East of England -39 26 £565 +5.12% 75
East Midlands -8 21 £375 -6.25% 44
North East -46 6 £410 -6.29% 20
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 18 (2.74%) Confluence
2 16 (2.44%) Apache Spark
3 10 (1.52%) ArcGIS
3 10 (1.52%) SharePoint
4 9 (1.37%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (1.22%) Apache Superset
6 6 (0.91%) Apache
7 5 (0.76%) CMS
7 5 (0.76%) Palantir Foundry
8 4 (0.61%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.30%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (0.30%) SAS
10 1 (0.15%) nginx
10 1 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.15%) R Markdown
Applications
1 104 (15.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (2.28%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (1.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.37%) Spreadsheet
5 8 (1.22%) MS Visio
6 7 (1.07%) CPLEX
7 5 (0.76%) Adobe Illustrator
7 5 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
7 5 (0.76%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.46%) InDesign
9 2 (0.30%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.30%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.30%) EPLAN
9 2 (0.30%) Notion
10 1 (0.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.15%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.15%) Final Cut Pro
Business Applications
1 10 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
1 10 (1.52%) Remedy ITSM
2 7 (1.07%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.46%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.30%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.15%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.15%) iTrent
5 1 (0.15%) Primavera
5 1 (0.15%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.15%) ResourceLink
5 1 (0.15%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.15%) SAP MDM
5 1 (0.15%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.15%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 336 (51.14%) Power Platform
2 134 (20.40%) Azure
3 95 (14.46%) AWS
4 43 (6.54%) GCP
5 39 (5.94%) Snowflake
6 35 (5.33%) Azure DevOps
7 29 (4.41%) Azure Data Factory
8 28 (4.26%) Power Automate
9 26 (3.96%) GitHub
10 25 (3.81%) Serverless
11 24 (3.65%) PowerApps
12 21 (3.20%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 19 (2.89%) Amazon S3
13 19 (2.89%) dbt
14 11 (1.67%) Google Analytics
15 10 (1.52%) Adobe Analytics
15 10 (1.52%) Dynamics 365
15 10 (1.52%) Microsoft 365
16 9 (1.37%) SaaS
17 8 (1.22%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.76%) Wireless
2 4 (0.61%) Ethernet
2 4 (0.61%) SNMP
2 4 (0.61%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.46%) Broadband
3 3 (0.46%) SD-WAN
3 3 (0.46%) VPN
3 3 (0.46%) WAN
4 2 (0.30%) 2G
4 2 (0.30%) 3G
4 2 (0.30%) 4G
4 2 (0.30%) 5G
4 2 (0.30%) DHCP
4 2 (0.30%) DNS
4 2 (0.30%) Network Security
4 2 (0.30%) PCoIP
4 2 (0.30%) Radio Access Network
4 2 (0.30%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (0.15%) Firewall
5 1 (0.15%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 329 (50.08%) Power BI
2 136 (20.70%) Tableau
3 77 (11.72%) Data Warehouse
4 49 (7.46%) Power Query
5 41 (6.24%) Relational Database
6 37 (5.63%) Data Lake
7 32 (4.87%) Metadata
8 25 (3.81%) SQL Server
9 22 (3.35%) Looker
10 21 (3.20%) PostgreSQL
11 20 (3.04%) BigQuery
12 17 (2.59%) Big Data
13 14 (2.13%) GIS
14 13 (1.98%) Oracle Reports
14 13 (1.98%) Star Schema
15 12 (1.83%) Amazon Athena
15 12 (1.83%) Parquet
15 12 (1.83%) Qlik Sense
15 12 (1.83%) QlikView
16 10 (1.52%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 39 (5.94%) JIRA
2 35 (5.33%) Git
3 6 (0.91%) GitLab
4 5 (0.76%) Visual Studio
5 4 (0.61%) Cypress.io
5 4 (0.61%) Eclipse
6 3 (0.46%) JMeter
7 2 (0.30%) Charles Proxy
7 2 (0.30%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.30%) Selenium
7 2 (0.30%) WebDriver
8 1 (0.15%) Flyway
8 1 (0.15%) Gatling
8 1 (0.15%) Jasmine
8 1 (0.15%) MLflow
8 1 (0.15%) NeoLoad
8 1 (0.15%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.15%) Storybook
8 1 (0.15%) Terragrunt
8 1 (0.15%) Vite
General
1 227 (34.55%) Analytical Skills
2 214 (32.57%) Social Skills
3 143 (21.77%) Finance
4 73 (11.11%) Public Sector
5 54 (8.22%) Banking
6 25 (3.81%) Marketing
7 22 (3.35%) Retail
8 21 (3.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 18 (2.74%) Military
10 13 (1.98%) Organisational Skills
10 13 (1.98%) Presentation Skills
11 10 (1.52%) Law
11 10 (1.52%) Manufacturing
12 9 (1.37%) Local Government
12 9 (1.37%) Pharmaceutical
12 9 (1.37%) Publishing
12 9 (1.37%) Telecoms
13 7 (1.07%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (1.07%) Investment Banking
14 6 (0.91%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 176 (26.79%) Analyst
2 103 (15.68%) Data Analyst
3 94 (14.31%) Developer
4 83 (12.63%) Data Engineer
4 83 (12.63%) Senior
5 39 (5.94%) Lead
6 33 (5.02%) Data Scientist
7 32 (4.87%) Architect
8 31 (4.72%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 30 (4.57%) Consultant
10 25 (3.81%) Business Analyst
10 25 (3.81%) Power BI Developer
11 24 (3.65%) Designer
12 22 (3.35%) Senior Data Engineer
13 19 (2.89%) Data Architect
13 19 (2.89%) Data Manager
13 19 (2.89%) Python Developer
14 17 (2.59%) Business Intelligence Analyst
15 15 (2.28%) Performance Analyst
15 15 (2.28%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (5.78%) Terraform
2 34 (5.18%) REST
3 32 (4.87%) Pandas
4 27 (4.11%) React
5 24 (3.65%) CSS
6 23 (3.50%) HTML
7 22 (3.35%) PySpark
8 19 (2.89%) NumPy
9 18 (2.74%) scikit-learn
10 13 (1.98%) Flask
10 13 (1.98%) Kafka
11 11 (1.67%) .NET
11 11 (1.67%) PyTorch
11 11 (1.67%) TensorFlow
12 9 (1.37%) JSON
12 9 (1.37%) Vue
13 8 (1.22%) AngularJS
13 8 (1.22%) FastAPI
13 8 (1.22%) Web Services
14 7 (1.07%) Plotly
Miscellaneous
1 49 (7.46%) Data Structures
2 28 (4.26%) Management Information System
3 25 (3.81%) Cloud Native
4 23 (3.50%) Onboarding
5 21 (3.20%) Analytical Mindset
5 21 (3.20%) Legacy Systems
6 19 (2.89%) Algorithms
7 17 (2.59%) Product Ownership
8 16 (2.44%) Distributed Systems
9 14 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
10 12 (1.83%) Data Protection Act
10 12 (1.83%) Reference Data
11 11 (1.67%) AI Agents
12 10 (1.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 10 (1.52%) PKI
13 9 (1.37%) Clustering
13 9 (1.37%) Virtual Team
14 8 (1.22%) NHS
15 7 (1.07%) Driving Licence
15 7 (1.07%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 23 (3.50%) Windows
2 12 (1.83%) Linux
3 10 (1.52%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.76%) Unix
5 4 (0.61%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.46%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.30%) Android
8 1 (0.15%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 342 (52.05%) Business Intelligence
2 333 (50.68%) Data Visualisation
3 317 (48.25%) Analytics
4 183 (27.85%) Data Modelling
5 172 (26.18%) Decision-Making
6 167 (25.42%) Agile
7 159 (24.20%) Problem-Solving
8 144 (21.92%) AI
9 131 (19.94%) Data Analysis
10 127 (19.33%) Actionable Insight
11 119 (18.11%) Continuous Improvement
12 116 (17.66%) Stakeholder Management
13 109 (16.59%) Data Science
14 103 (15.68%) Validation
15 102 (15.53%) Data Engineering
16 101 (15.37%) Data Governance
16 101 (15.37%) Data Pipeline
16 101 (15.37%) ETL
17 96 (14.61%) Dashboard Development
18 87 (13.24%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 317 (48.25%) SQL
2 239 (36.38%) Python
3 61 (9.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 51 (7.76%) R
5 41 (6.24%) Java
5 41 (6.24%) JavaScript
6 28 (4.26%) C#
7 22 (3.35%) TypeScript
8 16 (2.44%) PowerShell
9 11 (1.67%) PL/SQL
9 11 (1.67%) Scala
9 11 (1.67%) T-SQL
10 9 (1.37%) VBA
11 8 (1.22%) C++
12 7 (1.07%) Bash
13 5 (0.76%) Cypher
14 4 (0.61%) Gremlin
14 4 (0.61%) MATLAB
15 3 (0.46%) Korn
15 3 (0.46%) Rust
Qualifications
1 130 (19.79%) Security Cleared
2 86 (13.09%) SC Cleared
3 77 (11.72%) Degree
4 18 (2.74%) BPSS Clearance
4 18 (2.74%) DV Cleared
5 17 (2.59%) Azure Certification
6 15 (2.28%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (1.67%) Master's Degree
8 10 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (0.61%) PhD
9 4 (0.61%) Postgraduate
9 4 (0.61%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 3 (0.46%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.46%) Tableau Certification
11 2 (0.30%) APMG
11 2 (0.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.30%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 1 (0.15%) CEH
12 1 (0.15%) IIBA
12 1 (0.15%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 161 (24.51%) Data Quality
2 40 (6.09%) QA
3 29 (4.41%) GDPR
4 25 (3.81%) Accessibility
5 15 (2.28%) PMO
6 8 (1.22%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (0.76%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 5 (0.76%) GRC
7 5 (0.76%) WCAG
8 3 (0.46%) GMP
9 2 (0.30%) Basel III
9 2 (0.30%) Solvency II
10 1 (0.15%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 1 (0.15%) COBIT
10 1 (0.15%) GxP
10 1 (0.15%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.15%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 17025
10 1 (0.15%) P3O
10 1 (0.15%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 23 (3.50%) Docker
2 15 (2.28%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.30%) Microsoft App-V
4 2 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.30%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 13 (1.98%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.22%) Grafana
2 8 (1.22%) SCCM
3 6 (0.91%) Ansible
3 6 (0.91%) Prometheus
4 5 (0.76%) Kibana
5 3 (0.46%) Podman
6 2 (0.30%) Istio
6 2 (0.30%) Packer
7 1 (0.15%) Argo
7 1 (0.15%) Fluentd
7 1 (0.15%) logstash
7 1 (0.15%) Network Intrusion Detection System
7 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.15%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 123 (18.72%) Microsoft
2 58 (8.83%) Databricks
3 37 (5.63%) SAP
4 32 (4.87%) Oracle
5 30 (4.57%) Google
6 28 (4.26%) ServiceNow
7 18 (2.74%) Dynatrace
8 13 (1.98%) Adobe
9 11 (1.67%) Alteryx
9 11 (1.67%) Salesforce
9 11 (1.67%) Splunk
10 10 (1.52%) Remedy
11 9 (1.37%) BMC
12 8 (1.22%) Palantir
13 6 (0.91%) Informatica
13 6 (0.91%) SnapLogic
14 5 (0.76%) Foundry
15 4 (0.61%) Solace
15 4 (0.61%) UiPath
15 4 (0.61%) Workday