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

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 197 101 116
Rank change year-on-year -96 +15 +21
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 658 711 667
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.43% 2.58% 2.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.69% 2.84% 2.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 386 436 405
10th Percentile £314 £317 £313
25th Percentile £400 £400 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £638
90th Percentile £700 £700 £775
UK median daily rate £488 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +2.63% -5.00% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 47 51
10th Percentile £20.53 £27.80 £30.50
25th Percentile £28.31 £33.25 £46.18
Median hourly rate £52.83 £50.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.67% -23.08% +44.44%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 -
90th Percentile £70.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £50.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - -23.08% +48.57%

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 38,948 25,051 28,234
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.68% 90.90% 86.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,873 15,912 17,703
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £648
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,701 1,483 1,330
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.25 £14.84
25th Percentile £17.85 £17.65 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -1.71%
75th Percentile £68.00 £48.73 £66.58
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% +1.18%

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 14 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 14 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 14 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 -80 320 £488 -2.50% 921
North of England -74 95 £451 +6.00% 194
Midlands -33 86 £549 +8.28% 120
South East -43 69 £465 -15.45% 190
West Midlands -42 62 £550 +4.76% 63
North West -41 48 £525 +28.83% 93
South West -35 46 £450 -40.00% 114
Yorkshire -49 41 £451 +9.33% 72
East of England -46 30 £565 +5.12% 86
East Midlands -8 24 £375 -6.25% 57
North East -38 7 £400 -5.88% 30
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 20 (3.04%) Confluence
2 15 (2.28%) Apache Spark
3 11 (1.67%) Apache Airflow
3 11 (1.67%) SharePoint
4 10 (1.52%) ArcGIS
5 7 (1.06%) Apache Superset
6 5 (0.76%) Apache
6 5 (0.76%) CMS
6 5 (0.76%) Palantir Foundry
7 4 (0.61%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.30%) Oracle Application Server
8 2 (0.30%) SAS
9 1 (0.15%) nginx
9 1 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.15%) R Markdown
Applications
1 108 (16.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (2.43%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (1.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.37%) Spreadsheet
5 7 (1.06%) Adobe Illustrator
5 7 (1.06%) CPLEX
5 7 (1.06%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.76%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.46%) Adobe Premiere
7 3 (0.46%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.46%) InDesign
8 2 (0.30%) Adobe After Effects
8 2 (0.30%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.30%) EPLAN
8 2 (0.30%) Notion
9 1 (0.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.15%) Final Cut Pro
Business Applications
1 10 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
1 10 (1.52%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (0.91%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.30%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.30%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.15%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (0.15%) iTrent
4 1 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.15%) Primavera
4 1 (0.15%) Raiser’s Edge
4 1 (0.15%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.15%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.15%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 338 (51.37%) Power Platform
2 131 (19.91%) Azure
3 93 (14.13%) AWS
4 42 (6.38%) GCP
5 41 (6.23%) Snowflake
6 36 (5.47%) Azure DevOps
7 28 (4.26%) GitHub
8 27 (4.10%) Power Automate
9 26 (3.95%) Azure Data Factory
10 25 (3.80%) Serverless
11 24 (3.65%) PowerApps
12 21 (3.19%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 19 (2.89%) Amazon S3
13 19 (2.89%) dbt
14 12 (1.82%) Google Analytics
15 11 (1.67%) Adobe Analytics
15 11 (1.67%) Dynamics 365
15 11 (1.67%) Microsoft 365
16 9 (1.37%) GitHub Actions
16 9 (1.37%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.52%) Ethernet
1 10 (1.52%) TCP/IP
2 6 (0.91%) Wireless
3 5 (0.76%) SNMP
4 4 (0.61%) Broadband
4 4 (0.61%) SD-WAN
4 4 (0.61%) WAN
5 3 (0.46%) VPN
6 2 (0.30%) 2G
6 2 (0.30%) 3G
6 2 (0.30%) 4G
6 2 (0.30%) 5G
6 2 (0.30%) DHCP
6 2 (0.30%) DNS
6 2 (0.30%) Network Security
6 2 (0.30%) PCoIP
6 2 (0.30%) Radio Access Network
6 2 (0.30%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (0.15%) Firewall
7 1 (0.15%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 331 (50.30%) Power BI
2 134 (20.36%) Tableau
3 72 (10.94%) Data Warehouse
4 52 (7.90%) Power Query
5 41 (6.23%) Relational Database
6 38 (5.78%) Data Lake
7 28 (4.26%) Metadata
8 24 (3.65%) SQL Server
9 23 (3.50%) Looker
10 21 (3.19%) PostgreSQL
11 20 (3.04%) BigQuery
12 16 (2.43%) Big Data
13 15 (2.28%) Star Schema
14 14 (2.13%) GIS
15 13 (1.98%) Amazon Athena
15 13 (1.98%) Qlik Sense
16 12 (1.82%) Oracle Reports
16 12 (1.82%) Parquet
16 12 (1.82%) QlikView
17 10 (1.52%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 41 (6.23%) JIRA
2 38 (5.78%) Git
3 11 (1.67%) Visual Studio
4 10 (1.52%) Eclipse
5 6 (0.91%) GitLab
6 4 (0.61%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.46%) JMeter
8 2 (0.30%) Charles Proxy
8 2 (0.30%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.30%) Selenium
8 2 (0.30%) WebDriver
9 1 (0.15%) Jasmine
9 1 (0.15%) MLflow
9 1 (0.15%) NeoLoad
9 1 (0.15%) Postman
9 1 (0.15%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.15%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.15%) Storybook
9 1 (0.15%) Terragrunt
9 1 (0.15%) Vite
General
1 225 (34.19%) Analytical Skills
1 225 (34.19%) Social Skills
2 141 (21.43%) Finance
3 76 (11.55%) Public Sector
4 52 (7.90%) Banking
5 24 (3.65%) Marketing
5 24 (3.65%) Military
6 22 (3.34%) Retail
7 21 (3.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 17 (2.58%) Presentation Skills
9 15 (2.28%) Manufacturing
9 15 (2.28%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (1.37%) Law
10 9 (1.37%) Local Government
11 8 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (1.22%) Telecoms
12 7 (1.06%) Aerospace
12 7 (1.06%) Pharmaceutical
13 6 (0.91%) Front Office
13 6 (0.91%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 174 (26.44%) Analyst
2 100 (15.20%) Data Analyst
3 98 (14.89%) Developer
4 87 (13.22%) Senior
5 78 (11.85%) Data Engineer
6 37 (5.62%) Lead
7 33 (5.02%) Data Scientist
8 32 (4.86%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 30 (4.56%) Architect
9 30 (4.56%) Consultant
10 26 (3.95%) Business Analyst
11 25 (3.80%) Power BI Developer
12 24 (3.65%) Designer
12 24 (3.65%) Senior Data Engineer
13 18 (2.74%) Data Architect
13 18 (2.74%) Data Manager
13 18 (2.74%) Python Developer
14 17 (2.58%) Senior Analyst
15 16 (2.43%) Business Intelligence Analyst
16 15 (2.28%) Performance Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (5.93%) Terraform
2 34 (5.17%) REST
3 28 (4.26%) Pandas
4 27 (4.10%) React
5 24 (3.65%) CSS
6 23 (3.50%) HTML
6 23 (3.50%) PySpark
7 18 (2.74%) NumPy
8 15 (2.28%) scikit-learn
9 13 (1.98%) Flask
9 13 (1.98%) Kafka
9 13 (1.98%) Web Services
10 12 (1.82%) Node.js
11 10 (1.52%) .NET
12 9 (1.37%) JSON
12 9 (1.37%) PyTorch
12 9 (1.37%) TensorFlow
12 9 (1.37%) Vue
13 8 (1.22%) AngularJS
13 8 (1.22%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 49 (7.45%) Data Structures
2 26 (3.95%) Management Information System
2 26 (3.95%) Onboarding
3 25 (3.80%) Cloud Native
4 22 (3.34%) Analytical Mindset
5 20 (3.04%) Legacy Systems
6 18 (2.74%) Product Ownership
7 17 (2.58%) Algorithms
8 16 (2.43%) Distributed Systems
9 13 (1.98%) AI Agents
9 13 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
10 12 (1.82%) Data Protection Act
10 12 (1.82%) Reference Data
11 10 (1.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 10 (1.52%) PKI
11 10 (1.52%) Virtual Team
12 9 (1.37%) Clustering
13 7 (1.06%) Driving Licence
13 7 (1.06%) Life Science
13 7 (1.06%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 29 (4.41%) Windows
2 18 (2.74%) 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
1 344 (52.28%) Business Intelligence
2 328 (49.85%) Data Visualisation
3 315 (47.87%) Analytics
4 176 (26.75%) Agile
4 176 (26.75%) Data Modelling
4 176 (26.75%) Decision-Making
5 158 (24.01%) Problem-Solving
6 148 (22.49%) AI
7 137 (20.82%) Data Analysis
8 130 (19.76%) Actionable Insight
9 120 (18.24%) Continuous Improvement
10 119 (18.09%) Stakeholder Management
11 112 (17.02%) Validation
12 107 (16.26%) Data Science
13 101 (15.35%) Data Pipeline
14 100 (15.20%) Dashboard Development
14 100 (15.20%) Data Engineering
15 99 (15.05%) Data Governance
16 97 (14.74%) ETL
17 90 (13.68%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 314 (47.72%) SQL
2 239 (36.32%) Python
3 62 (9.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 50 (7.60%) R
5 49 (7.45%) JavaScript
6 42 (6.38%) Java
7 34 (5.17%) C#
8 22 (3.34%) TypeScript
9 16 (2.43%) PowerShell
10 14 (2.13%) C++
11 12 (1.82%) T-SQL
12 11 (1.67%) Scala
13 10 (1.52%) PL/SQL
14 9 (1.37%) VBA
15 7 (1.06%) Bash
16 6 (0.91%) Cypher
17 5 (0.76%) Gremlin
18 4 (0.61%) MATLAB
18 4 (0.61%) Search Processing Language
19 3 (0.46%) Korn
Qualifications
1 130 (19.76%) Security Cleared
2 88 (13.37%) SC Cleared
3 74 (11.25%) Degree
4 20 (3.04%) BPSS Clearance
4 20 (3.04%) DV Cleared
5 17 (2.58%) Azure Certification
6 13 (1.98%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (1.67%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (1.37%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.61%) PhD
9 4 (0.61%) Postgraduate
9 4 (0.61%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 3 (0.46%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.30%) APMG
11 2 (0.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.30%) Tableau Certification
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
1 159 (24.16%) Data Quality
2 39 (5.93%) QA
3 28 (4.26%) Accessibility
3 28 (4.26%) GDPR
4 14 (2.13%) PMO
5 10 (1.52%) Actionable Recommendations
6 5 (0.76%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 5 (0.76%) GRC
6 5 (0.76%) WCAG
7 3 (0.46%) GMP
8 2 (0.30%) Basel III
8 2 (0.30%) Solvency II
9 1 (0.15%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 1 (0.15%) COBIT
9 1 (0.15%) GxP
9 1 (0.15%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.15%) ISO 14001
9 1 (0.15%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 17025
9 1 (0.15%) P3O
System Software
1 24 (3.65%) 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 14 (2.13%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.22%) Grafana
2 8 (1.22%) SCCM
3 6 (0.91%) Ansible
3 6 (0.91%) Kibana
4 5 (0.76%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.61%) Podman
6 2 (0.30%) Istio
6 2 (0.30%) Packer
6 2 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
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%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 138 (20.97%) Microsoft
2 59 (8.97%) Databricks
3 39 (5.93%) SAP
4 30 (4.56%) Google
5 29 (4.41%) Oracle
5 29 (4.41%) ServiceNow
6 18 (2.74%) Dynatrace
7 16 (2.43%) Adobe
8 12 (1.82%) Splunk
9 11 (1.67%) Alteryx
10 10 (1.52%) Remedy
10 10 (1.52%) Salesforce
11 9 (1.37%) BMC
12 8 (1.22%) Palantir
13 7 (1.06%) Informatica
14 6 (0.91%) SnapLogic
15 5 (0.76%) Foundry
16 4 (0.61%) Ariba
16 4 (0.61%) Solace
16 4 (0.61%) UiPath