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

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 92 132
Rank change year-on-year -31 +40 +13
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 748 697 686
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.30% 2.61% 1.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.61% 2.92% 2.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 469 450 455
10th Percentile £325 £331 £325
25th Percentile £406 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year - -1.96% -3.77%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £612
90th Percentile £738 £738 £695
UK median daily rate £500 £492 £500
% change year-on-year +1.66% -1.64% -5.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 31 59
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.25 £27.45
25th Percentile £23.03 £25.50 £35.32
Median hourly rate £62.50 £46.18 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +35.34% - -28.95%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.38 £50.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £65.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £35.25 £46.18
% change year-on-year +70.21% -23.67% -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 28,619 23,884 32,830
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.03% 89.35% 87.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,307 14,637 22,019
10th Percentile £305 £310 £300
25th Percentile £410 £413 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% -1.50% -3.09%
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 1,784 768 1,764
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.83 £20.94 £17.20
Median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.03% -9.33% +11.41%
75th Percentile £58.75 £63.75 £62.50
90th Percentile £69.89 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £36.42
% change year-on-year -22.62% -10.76% +16.69%

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 24 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 24 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 24 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 -21 403 £500 -4.31% 137
North of England -52 106 £419 -9.46% 168
Midlands 0 78 £525 +33.67% 134
West Midlands -3 67 £525 +31.25% 54
South East -1 56 £500 +30.38% 240
Yorkshire -32 50 £514 +20.94% 65
North West -42 50 £393 -15.03% 80
South West -7 42 £750 +50.00% 101
East of England -30 35 £525 +16.67% 105
East Midlands -26 11 £395 +12.86% 79
North East -21 9 £425 -19.05% 24
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 38 (5.08%) Confluence
2 34 (4.55%) Apache Spark
3 29 (3.88%) Apache
4 19 (2.54%) Apache Airflow
5 17 (2.27%) SharePoint
6 14 (1.87%) WebLogic
7 10 (1.34%) SAS
8 8 (1.07%) Apache Pig
9 7 (0.94%) Jupyter
10 5 (0.67%) GeoServer
10 5 (0.67%) Smallworld
11 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
11 3 (0.40%) OpenStack
12 2 (0.27%) ArcGIS
13 1 (0.13%) CMS
13 1 (0.13%) Drupal
13 1 (0.13%) IIS
13 1 (0.13%) Oracle Application Server
13 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
13 1 (0.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 115 (15.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (3.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 16 (2.14%) MS Visio
4 10 (1.34%) Microsoft Office
5 7 (0.94%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.67%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.53%) Navisworks
7 4 (0.53%) Revit
7 4 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.40%) ProjectWise
9 2 (0.27%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.27%) 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%) Siemens NX
10 1 (0.13%) SPSS
10 1 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (1.20%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.53%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.40%) Primavera
4 2 (0.27%) iTrent
4 2 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.13%) Actimize
5 1 (0.13%) Aladdin
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
5 1 (0.13%) Summit
5 1 (0.13%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 337 (45.05%) Power Platform
2 174 (23.26%) Azure
3 133 (17.78%) AWS
4 64 (8.56%) GCP
5 39 (5.21%) Azure Data Factory
6 35 (4.68%) Snowflake
7 27 (3.61%) Azure DevOps
8 25 (3.34%) Serverless
9 22 (2.94%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 22 (2.94%) dbt
9 22 (2.94%) GitHub
10 20 (2.67%) AWS Lambda
10 20 (2.67%) Power Automate
11 18 (2.41%) PowerApps
12 15 (2.01%) Amazon S3
12 15 (2.01%) Azure Monitor
12 15 (2.01%) Cloud Computing
13 12 (1.60%) Figma
14 11 (1.47%) Google Analytics
15 7 (0.94%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.87%) TCP/IP
2 13 (1.74%) 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
4 3 (0.40%) SSH
5 2 (0.27%) LTE
5 2 (0.27%) Mobile Backhaul
5 2 (0.27%) Network Security
5 2 (0.27%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (0.27%) SMS
5 2 (0.27%) SSL
5 2 (0.27%) VoIP
6 1 (0.13%) 4G
6 1 (0.13%) NAS
6 1 (0.13%) SAN
6 1 (0.13%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 336 (44.92%) Power BI
2 144 (19.25%) Tableau
3 84 (11.23%) Data Warehouse
4 37 (4.95%) Relational Database
5 35 (4.68%) Power Query
6 33 (4.41%) Metadata
7 32 (4.28%) Big Data
8 31 (4.14%) SQL Server
9 28 (3.74%) Hadoop
10 27 (3.61%) Data Lake
11 24 (3.21%) Looker
12 23 (3.07%) PostgreSQL
13 20 (2.67%) BigQuery
14 19 (2.54%) Data Mining
15 16 (2.14%) Azure SQL Database
16 15 (2.01%) Oracle Reports
17 14 (1.87%) NoSQL
18 13 (1.74%) MySQL
18 13 (1.74%) Snowflake Schema
19 12 (1.60%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 57 (7.62%) JIRA
2 43 (5.75%) Git
3 18 (2.41%) Jenkins
4 15 (2.01%) Visual Studio
5 13 (1.74%) Eclipse
6 7 (0.94%) Gradle
6 7 (0.94%) Storybook
6 7 (0.94%) Xcode
7 4 (0.53%) ERwin
8 3 (0.40%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.40%) Terragrunt
9 2 (0.27%) GitLab
9 2 (0.27%) MLflow
10 1 (0.13%) Ant
10 1 (0.13%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle Forms
10 1 (0.13%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.13%) SpecFlow
10 1 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.13%) webpack
General
1 294 (39.30%) Social Skills
2 205 (27.41%) Analytical Skills
3 187 (25.00%) Finance
4 61 (8.16%) Banking
4 61 (8.16%) Public Sector
5 28 (3.74%) Retail
6 27 (3.61%) Marketing
7 26 (3.48%) Presentation Skills
8 22 (2.94%) Publishing
9 21 (2.81%) Military
10 19 (2.54%) Legal
11 15 (2.01%) Front Office
12 14 (1.87%) Documentation Skills
13 13 (1.74%) Influencing Skills
13 13 (1.74%) Investment Banking
14 12 (1.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 9 (1.20%) Law
15 9 (1.20%) Pharmaceutical
16 8 (1.07%) Manufacturing
16 8 (1.07%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 179 (23.93%) Analyst
2 119 (15.91%) Developer
3 96 (12.83%) Data Analyst
4 82 (10.96%) Senior
5 71 (9.49%) Data Engineer
6 68 (9.09%) Architect
7 51 (6.82%) Data Scientist
8 50 (6.68%) Lead
9 44 (5.88%) Business Analyst
10 40 (5.35%) Consultant
11 39 (5.21%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 29 (3.88%) Power BI Developer
12 29 (3.88%) Senior Analyst
13 25 (3.34%) Software Engineer
13 25 (3.34%) Solutions Architect
14 21 (2.81%) Report Analyst
15 18 (2.41%) Integration Architect
16 16 (2.14%) Designer
16 16 (2.14%) SQL Analyst
17 15 (2.01%) Data Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (4.41%) Pandas
2 32 (4.28%) React
3 29 (3.88%) scikit-learn
4 27 (3.61%) PySpark
5 26 (3.48%) Node.js
6 25 (3.34%) NumPy
7 24 (3.21%) Kafka
8 18 (2.41%) Plotly
8 18 (2.41%) Web Services
9 16 (2.14%) D3.js
10 15 (2.01%) AngularJS
10 15 (2.01%) OAuth
10 15 (2.01%) REST
11 14 (1.87%) HTML
12 13 (1.74%) Elastic Stack
12 13 (1.74%) Vue
13 12 (1.60%) CSS
13 12 (1.60%) TensorFlow
14 11 (1.47%) Matplotlib
14 11 (1.47%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 36 (4.81%) Algorithms
2 30 (4.01%) Cloud Native
3 28 (3.74%) Analytical Mindset
4 26 (3.48%) Management Information System
5 25 (3.34%) Product Ownership
6 19 (2.54%) Data Structures
7 17 (2.27%) Legacy Systems
8 15 (2.01%) Onboarding
9 11 (1.47%) PMI
10 9 (1.20%) Data Centre
11 8 (1.07%) Data Protection Act
11 8 (1.07%) Reference Data
12 7 (0.94%) Mobile App
12 7 (0.94%) Replication
13 6 (0.80%) Life Science
13 6 (0.80%) Mainframe
13 6 (0.80%) NHS
13 6 (0.80%) Reinsurance
14 5 (0.67%) Genomics
14 5 (0.67%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 44 (5.88%) Linux
2 35 (4.68%) Windows
3 27 (3.61%) Unix
4 8 (1.07%) Android
5 7 (0.94%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.53%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.27%) 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 (49.20%) Business Intelligence
2 354 (47.33%) Data Visualisation
3 275 (36.76%) Analytics
4 189 (25.27%) Decision-Making
5 185 (24.73%) Data Modelling
6 174 (23.26%) Problem-Solving
7 170 (22.73%) Data Analysis
8 156 (20.86%) Agile
9 136 (18.18%) Actionable Insight
10 130 (17.38%) Data Science
11 110 (14.71%) AI
12 103 (13.77%) Stakeholder Management
13 101 (13.50%) Data Pipeline
13 101 (13.50%) Machine Learning
14 100 (13.37%) ETL
15 97 (12.97%) Data Governance
16 91 (12.17%) Continuous Improvement
16 91 (12.17%) Validation
17 86 (11.50%) DevOps
18 79 (10.56%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 337 (45.05%) SQL
2 232 (31.02%) Python
3 53 (7.09%) JavaScript
4 49 (6.55%) R
5 42 (5.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 35 (4.68%) Java
7 29 (3.88%) C#
8 27 (3.61%) C++
8 27 (3.61%) Scala
8 27 (3.61%) TypeScript
9 16 (2.14%) PowerShell
10 11 (1.47%) Bash
10 11 (1.47%) VBA
11 9 (1.20%) PL/SQL
12 7 (0.94%) Go
12 7 (0.94%) Groovy
12 7 (0.94%) PHP
13 6 (0.80%) Perl
13 6 (0.80%) T-SQL
14 4 (0.53%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 150 (20.05%) Security Cleared
2 122 (16.31%) SC Cleared
3 72 (9.63%) Degree
4 29 (3.88%) Master's Degree
5 19 (2.54%) Azure Certification
5 19 (2.54%) CISSP
5 19 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (2.14%) CISM
7 13 (1.74%) BPSS Clearance
7 13 (1.74%) DV Cleared
7 13 (1.74%) PMI Certification
8 11 (1.47%) PhD
9 10 (1.34%) TOGAF Certification
10 9 (1.20%) AWS Certification
11 7 (0.94%) CFA
12 6 (0.80%) CBAP
13 5 (0.67%) CEH
13 5 (0.67%) MBA
14 4 (0.53%) Tableau Certification
15 3 (0.40%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 113 (15.11%) Data Quality
2 51 (6.82%) Accessibility
3 36 (4.81%) QA
4 29 (3.88%) GDPR
5 13 (1.74%) PMO
6 12 (1.60%) Actionable Recommendations
7 6 (0.80%) WCAG
8 5 (0.67%) HIPAA
9 4 (0.53%) ISO 19650
9 4 (0.53%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.53%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 3 (0.40%) NIST
10 3 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.27%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 2 (0.27%) Dodd-Frank
11 2 (0.27%) EMIR
11 2 (0.27%) FIPS 140-2
11 2 (0.27%) GxP
11 2 (0.27%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 36 (4.81%) Docker
2 7 (0.94%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.40%) HDFS
4 2 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 40 (5.35%) Terraform
2 37 (4.95%) Kubernetes
3 19 (2.54%) Kibana
4 17 (2.27%) Ansible
5 11 (1.47%) Grafana
5 11 (1.47%) logstash
6 5 (0.67%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.53%) Argo
8 3 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.27%) SysTrack
10 1 (0.13%) Cacti
10 1 (0.13%) Fluentd
10 1 (0.13%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.13%) Kubeflow
10 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.13%) Network Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.13%) QRadar
10 1 (0.13%) Rsyslog
10 1 (0.13%) Thomson Reuters DACS
10 1 (0.13%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 124 (16.58%) Microsoft
2 52 (6.95%) Databricks
3 49 (6.55%) Oracle
4 39 (5.21%) Splunk
5 37 (4.95%) Google
6 29 (3.88%) Salesforce
7 21 (2.81%) Dynatrace
8 19 (2.54%) Cisco
8 19 (2.54%) SAP
9 18 (2.41%) AppDynamics
10 17 (2.27%) BiZZdesign
11 15 (2.01%) ServiceNow
12 13 (1.74%) CyberArk
13 12 (1.60%) Centrify
13 12 (1.60%) OpenAI
14 11 (1.47%) Foundry
15 8 (1.07%) Informatica
15 8 (1.07%) Sage
15 8 (1.07%) Talend
16 7 (0.94%) MicroStrategy