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 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 117 101 129
Rank change year-on-year -16 +28 +20
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 756 697 726
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.39% 2.42% 1.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.70% 2.73% 2.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 469 440 481
10th Percentile £342 £330 £310
25th Percentile £405 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -2.42%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £625
90th Percentile £738 £776 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £520
% change year-on-year - -3.85% -3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 37 60
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.25 £32.32
25th Percentile £32.13 £28.50 £35.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £46.18 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +40.75% - -28.95%
75th Percentile - £65.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £81.93 - £63.88
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £42.93 £46.18
% change year-on-year +51.41% -7.04% -28.95%

All Process and 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 28,018 25,529 32,356
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.67% 88.68% 88.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,807 15,764 21,976
10th Percentile £300 £312 £308
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £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 1,812 837 1,391
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £14.75
25th Percentile £17.89 £20.30 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -22.22% +24.47%
75th Percentile £55.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.63 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.90
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.97% +25.43%

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 December 2025.

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 December 2025.

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 December 2025. 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 -17 400 £500 -4.76% 323
North of England -31 112 £438 -2.78% 102
Midlands -8 72 £525 +27.27% 98
Yorkshire -4 59 £500 +11.11% 45
West Midlands +7 58 £525 +27.27% 57
South East +7 56 £500 +25.00% 196
North West -27 50 £405 -7.95% 50
East of England -19 43 £525 +16.15% 72
South West +1 41 £750 +57.89% 76
East Midlands -13 14 £404 +13.41% 37
North East -18 5 £400 -27.27% 8
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 (4.63%) Apache Spark
2 32 (4.23%) Confluence
3 30 (3.97%) Apache
4 18 (2.38%) Apache Airflow
5 17 (2.25%) SharePoint
6 14 (1.85%) WebLogic
7 10 (1.32%) SAS
8 8 (1.06%) Apache Pig
9 6 (0.79%) Jupyter
10 3 (0.40%) GeoServer
10 3 (0.40%) Smallworld
11 2 (0.26%) Apache Superset
12 1 (0.13%) CMS
12 1 (0.13%) Drupal
12 1 (0.13%) IIS
12 1 (0.13%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.13%) Oracle Application Server
12 1 (0.13%) PowerFactory
12 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 115 (15.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (3.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (1.46%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (1.46%) Siemens NX
4 9 (1.19%) MS Visio
5 7 (0.93%) Chatbot
6 6 (0.79%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.53%) Navisworks
7 4 (0.53%) Revit
8 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
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 (1.46%) Teamcenter
2 5 (0.66%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.53%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.13%) Actimize
5 1 (0.13%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.13%) Dynamics CRM
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
5 1 (0.13%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 339 (44.84%) Power Platform
2 177 (23.41%) Azure
3 135 (17.86%) AWS
4 69 (9.13%) GCP
5 40 (5.29%) Snowflake
6 39 (5.16%) Azure Data Factory
7 26 (3.44%) Azure DevOps
7 26 (3.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 26 (3.44%) Power Automate
8 23 (3.04%) dbt
8 23 (3.04%) PowerApps
8 23 (3.04%) Serverless
9 19 (2.51%) GitHub
10 18 (2.38%) AWS Lambda
11 16 (2.12%) Cloud Computing
12 15 (1.98%) Azure Monitor
13 14 (1.85%) Amazon S3
14 13 (1.72%) Figma
15 12 (1.59%) Google Analytics
16 8 (1.06%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 18 (2.38%) TCP/IP
2 17 (2.25%) 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
1 337 (44.58%) Power BI
2 157 (20.77%) Tableau
3 87 (11.51%) Data Warehouse
4 41 (5.42%) Power Query
5 39 (5.16%) Relational Database
6 35 (4.63%) Big Data
7 30 (3.97%) Hadoop
8 29 (3.84%) Data Lake
9 24 (3.17%) Looker
9 24 (3.17%) Metadata
9 24 (3.17%) SQL Server
10 22 (2.91%) BigQuery
11 20 (2.65%) Data Mining
12 18 (2.38%) Azure SQL Database
13 16 (2.12%) PostgreSQL
14 13 (1.72%) Oracle Reports
15 12 (1.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 11 (1.46%) Apache Hive
17 10 (1.32%) Elasticsearch
17 10 (1.32%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 46 (6.08%) Git
1 46 (6.08%) JIRA
2 19 (2.51%) Visual Studio
3 17 (2.25%) Eclipse
3 17 (2.25%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.93%) Gradle
4 7 (0.93%) Storybook
4 7 (0.93%) Xcode
5 3 (0.40%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.26%) Selenium
6 2 (0.26%) webpack
7 1 (0.13%) Ant
7 1 (0.13%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.13%) GitLab
7 1 (0.13%) JUnit
7 1 (0.13%) NUnit
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.13%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.13%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 310 (41.01%) Social Skills
2 216 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
3 176 (23.28%) Finance
4 68 (8.99%) Public Sector
5 63 (8.33%) Banking
6 31 (4.10%) Marketing
6 31 (4.10%) Presentation Skills
7 25 (3.31%) Military
8 23 (3.04%) Manufacturing
9 21 (2.78%) Publishing
10 19 (2.51%) Legal
10 19 (2.51%) Retail
11 17 (2.25%) Investment Banking
12 16 (2.12%) Documentation Skills
12 16 (2.12%) Front Office
13 15 (1.98%) Aerospace
14 13 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
15 11 (1.46%) Organisational Skills
15 11 (1.46%) Pharmaceutical
16 9 (1.19%) Law
Job Titles
1 192 (25.40%) Analyst
2 120 (15.87%) Developer
3 108 (14.29%) Data Analyst
4 79 (10.45%) Senior
5 71 (9.39%) Architect
6 66 (8.73%) Data Engineer
7 55 (7.28%) Data Scientist
8 50 (6.61%) Lead
9 41 (5.42%) Business Analyst
10 37 (4.89%) Consultant
11 35 (4.63%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 33 (4.37%) Senior Analyst
13 28 (3.70%) Power BI Developer
13 28 (3.70%) Software Engineer
14 24 (3.17%) Solutions Architect
15 18 (2.38%) Integration Architect
15 18 (2.38%) Report Analyst
16 15 (1.98%) C# Software Engineer
16 15 (1.98%) Designer
16 15 (1.98%) SQL Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (5.03%) Pandas
2 30 (3.97%) scikit-learn
3 29 (3.84%) Node.js
3 29 (3.84%) PySpark
4 28 (3.70%) NumPy
5 26 (3.44%) React
6 23 (3.04%) Web Services
7 19 (2.51%) D3.js
7 19 (2.51%) Kafka
8 17 (2.25%) Plotly
9 15 (1.98%) CSS
9 15 (1.98%) HTML
9 15 (1.98%) REST
10 14 (1.85%) AngularJS
11 13 (1.72%) OAuth
12 12 (1.59%) Matplotlib
12 12 (1.59%) TensorFlow
13 11 (1.46%) Oracle Fusion
13 11 (1.46%) Vue
14 9 (1.19%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 46 (6.08%) Algorithms
2 39 (5.16%) Analytical Mindset
3 27 (3.57%) Product Ownership
4 25 (3.31%) Cloud Native
5 22 (2.91%) Management Information System
6 21 (2.78%) Data Structures
7 19 (2.51%) Legacy Systems
8 14 (1.85%) Onboarding
9 9 (1.19%) Data Centre
10 8 (1.06%) Data Protection Act
10 8 (1.06%) Mobile App
11 7 (0.93%) PMI
11 7 (0.93%) Reference Data
11 7 (0.93%) Reinsurance
11 7 (0.93%) Replication
12 6 (0.79%) Life Science
12 6 (0.79%) Low-Code
12 6 (0.79%) Mainframe
12 6 (0.79%) NHS
12 6 (0.79%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 49 (6.48%) Linux
2 40 (5.29%) Windows
3 27 (3.57%) Unix
4 8 (1.06%) Android
5 7 (0.93%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.26%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.26%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.13%) VMS
7 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 373 (49.34%) Business Intelligence
2 354 (46.83%) Data Visualisation
3 273 (36.11%) Analytics
4 199 (26.32%) Data Modelling
5 193 (25.53%) Decision-Making
6 182 (24.07%) Data Analysis
7 170 (22.49%) Problem-Solving
8 158 (20.90%) Agile
9 140 (18.52%) Actionable Insight
10 131 (17.33%) Data Science
11 107 (14.15%) ETL
12 106 (14.02%) Machine Learning
13 103 (13.62%) AI
14 96 (12.70%) Stakeholder Management
15 95 (12.57%) Data Governance
16 94 (12.43%) Data Pipeline
17 87 (11.51%) Validation
18 85 (11.24%) Continuous Improvement
19 81 (10.71%) Dashboard Development
20 78 (10.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 345 (45.63%) SQL
2 253 (33.47%) Python
3 55 (7.28%) JavaScript
4 53 (7.01%) R
5 44 (5.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 36 (4.76%) C++
7 32 (4.23%) C#
7 32 (4.23%) Java
8 24 (3.17%) TypeScript
9 22 (2.91%) Scala
10 14 (1.85%) PowerShell
11 12 (1.59%) Bash
12 10 (1.32%) PL/SQL
13 8 (1.06%) T-SQL
13 8 (1.06%) VBA
14 7 (0.93%) Go
14 7 (0.93%) Groovy
14 7 (0.93%) PHP
15 5 (0.66%) Perl
16 4 (0.53%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 157 (20.77%) Security Cleared
2 125 (16.53%) SC Cleared
3 71 (9.39%) Degree
4 33 (4.37%) Master's Degree
5 19 (2.51%) Computer Science Degree
6 18 (2.38%) CISSP
7 16 (2.12%) Azure Certification
8 15 (1.98%) CISM
9 13 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
9 13 (1.72%) DV Cleared
9 13 (1.72%) PhD
10 10 (1.32%) PMI Certification
10 10 (1.32%) TOGAF Certification
11 8 (1.06%) CFA
12 7 (0.93%) AWS Certification
13 5 (0.66%) CBAP
13 5 (0.66%) CEH
14 4 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
15 3 (0.40%) PMP
15 3 (0.40%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 117 (15.48%) Data Quality
2 52 (6.88%) Accessibility
3 33 (4.37%) QA
4 30 (3.97%) GDPR
5 10 (1.32%) Actionable Recommendations
5 10 (1.32%) 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%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 2 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 33 (4.37%) 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 32 (4.23%) Terraform
2 30 (3.97%) Kubernetes
3 15 (1.98%) Kibana
4 14 (1.85%) Ansible
5 10 (1.32%) Grafana
6 9 (1.19%) logstash
7 4 (0.53%) Argo
7 4 (0.53%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.26%) SysTrack
10 1 (0.13%) Cacti
10 1 (0.13%) Fluentd
10 1 (0.13%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.13%) QRadar
10 1 (0.13%) Rsyslog
10 1 (0.13%) Thomson Reuters DACS
10 1 (0.13%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 130 (17.20%) Microsoft
2 53 (7.01%) Oracle
3 48 (6.35%) Databricks
4 38 (5.03%) Splunk
5 36 (4.76%) Google
6 27 (3.57%) Salesforce
7 21 (2.78%) Dynatrace
8 19 (2.51%) Cisco
9 18 (2.38%) AppDynamics
10 16 (2.12%) SAP
10 16 (2.12%) ServiceNow
11 15 (1.98%) BiZZdesign
12 13 (1.72%) CyberArk
12 13 (1.72%) Foundry
13 12 (1.59%) Centrify
13 12 (1.59%) OpenAI
14 10 (1.32%) Siemens
15 9 (1.19%) Palantir
16 8 (1.06%) Alteryx
16 8 (1.06%) Talend