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

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 202 100 110
Rank change year-on-year -102 +10 +21
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 662 752 707
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.41% 2.67% 2.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.66% 2.93% 2.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 383 466 428
10th Percentile £313 £320 £319
25th Percentile £400 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £489 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -2.20% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £638
90th Percentile £694 £725 £782
UK median daily rate £475 £489 £500
% change year-on-year -2.86% -2.20% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 47 49
10th Percentile £21.08 £18.40 £24.00
25th Percentile £28.31 £33.25 £41.25
Median hourly rate £52.83 £50.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.67% -23.08% +40.75%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 -
90th Percentile £70.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -5.00% -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 39,797 25,656 27,726
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.00% 90.96% 86.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,013 16,263 16,907
10th Percentile £325 £296 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,100 1,620 1,099
10th Percentile £13.54 £14.64 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.25 £17.87 £20.30
Median hourly rate £38.13 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +51.59% -40.82% -5.56%
75th Percentile £67.25 £45.00 £66.80
90th Percentile £79.00 £67.55 £74.09
UK median hourly rate £37.24 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +48.07% -37.13% -10.11%

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 16 October 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 16 October 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 16 October 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 -81 328 £488 -2.50% 89
North of England -76 98 £438 +3.06% 47
Midlands -41 84 £542 +6.85% 41
West Midlands -39 67 £550 +4.76% 27
South East -59 66 £419 -20.19% 60
South West -29 47 £475 -36.67% 38
North West -39 47 £463 +13.50% 21
Yorkshire -57 40 £476 +5.67% 16
East of England -41 28 £515 +1.98% 18
East Midlands -4 17 £362 -9.38% 14
North East -31 12 £350 -22.22% 10
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 21 (3.17%) Confluence
2 19 (2.87%) Apache Spark
3 13 (1.96%) Apache Airflow
4 12 (1.81%) SharePoint
5 11 (1.66%) ArcGIS
6 10 (1.51%) Apache
7 7 (1.06%) SAS
8 5 (0.76%) CMS
8 5 (0.76%) Palantir Foundry
9 4 (0.60%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.30%) Oracle Application Server
11 1 (0.15%) Apache Superset
11 1 (0.15%) Appian
11 1 (0.15%) FactoryTalk
11 1 (0.15%) GeoServer
11 1 (0.15%) nginx
11 1 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 106 (16.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (1.51%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (0.91%) Adobe Illustrator
4 6 (0.91%) CPLEX
4 6 (0.91%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.60%) Photoshop
6 3 (0.45%) Adobe Premiere
6 3 (0.45%) InDesign
6 3 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.45%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.30%) Adobe After Effects
7 2 (0.30%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.30%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.30%) EPLAN
7 2 (0.30%) Notion
8 1 (0.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.15%) Final Cut Pro
8 1 (0.15%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 8 (1.21%) Dynamics CRM
1 8 (1.21%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (0.91%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.30%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.30%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 2 (0.30%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.15%) Actimize
4 1 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.15%) Primavera
4 1 (0.15%) Raiser’s Edge
4 1 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.15%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.15%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.15%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 344 (51.96%) Power Platform
2 127 (19.18%) Azure
3 98 (14.80%) AWS
4 49 (7.40%) Snowflake
5 35 (5.29%) GCP
6 32 (4.83%) Azure DevOps
7 24 (3.63%) Power Automate
7 24 (3.63%) PowerApps
8 23 (3.47%) Azure Data Factory
8 23 (3.47%) GitHub
9 19 (2.87%) Amazon S3
10 17 (2.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 17 (2.57%) dbt
11 16 (2.42%) Serverless
12 15 (2.27%) Google Analytics
13 13 (1.96%) Microsoft Copilot
14 12 (1.81%) Adobe Analytics
15 10 (1.51%) Dynamics 365
16 9 (1.36%) SaaS
17 8 (1.21%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.51%) Ethernet
1 10 (1.51%) TCP/IP
2 5 (0.76%) SNMP
3 4 (0.60%) Broadband
3 4 (0.60%) SD-WAN
3 4 (0.60%) WAN
3 4 (0.60%) Wireless
4 3 (0.45%) VPN
5 2 (0.30%) 2G
5 2 (0.30%) 3G
5 2 (0.30%) 4G
5 2 (0.30%) 5G
5 2 (0.30%) DHCP
5 2 (0.30%) DNS
5 2 (0.30%) Network Security
5 2 (0.30%) PCoIP
5 2 (0.30%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (0.30%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.15%) Firewall
6 1 (0.15%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 337 (50.91%) Power BI
2 130 (19.64%) Tableau
3 61 (9.21%) Data Warehouse
4 59 (8.91%) Power Query
5 43 (6.50%) Data Lake
6 34 (5.14%) Relational Database
7 32 (4.83%) Metadata
8 24 (3.63%) SQL Server
9 20 (3.02%) Looker
10 17 (2.57%) Big Data
10 17 (2.57%) BigQuery
11 15 (2.27%) Amazon Athena
11 15 (2.27%) GIS
11 15 (2.27%) Qlik Sense
12 14 (2.11%) PostgreSQL
13 13 (1.96%) QlikView
14 12 (1.81%) Star Schema
15 11 (1.66%) BusinessObjects
16 10 (1.51%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
17 9 (1.36%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 41 (6.19%) JIRA
2 31 (4.68%) Git
3 11 (1.66%) Visual Studio
4 10 (1.51%) Eclipse
4 10 (1.51%) GitLab
5 3 (0.45%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.45%) JMeter
6 2 (0.30%) Claude Code
6 2 (0.30%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.30%) MLflow
6 2 (0.30%) Selenium
6 2 (0.30%) WebDriver
7 1 (0.15%) fastlane
7 1 (0.15%) JUnit
7 1 (0.15%) Postman
7 1 (0.15%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.15%) Storybook
7 1 (0.15%) Terragrunt
7 1 (0.15%) Vite
7 1 (0.15%) Xcode
General
1 239 (36.10%) Analytical Skills
2 234 (35.35%) Social Skills
3 143 (21.60%) Finance
4 82 (12.39%) Public Sector
5 53 (8.01%) Banking
6 24 (3.63%) Military
7 22 (3.32%) Marketing
8 19 (2.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 18 (2.72%) Manufacturing
9 18 (2.72%) Retail
10 15 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
11 14 (2.11%) Local Government
12 12 (1.81%) Pharmaceutical
13 10 (1.51%) Influencing Skills
14 9 (1.36%) Organisational Skills
15 8 (1.21%) Aerospace
16 6 (0.91%) Financial Institution
16 6 (0.91%) Investment Banking
16 6 (0.91%) Legal
16 6 (0.91%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 180 (27.19%) Analyst
2 106 (16.01%) Data Analyst
3 97 (14.65%) Developer
4 75 (11.33%) Senior
5 67 (10.12%) Data Engineer
6 42 (6.34%) Lead
7 38 (5.74%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 35 (5.29%) Data Scientist
9 29 (4.38%) Power BI Developer
10 28 (4.23%) Architect
10 28 (4.23%) Consultant
11 24 (3.63%) Senior Data Engineer
12 23 (3.47%) Designer
13 22 (3.32%) Business Analyst
14 19 (2.87%) Performance Analyst
15 17 (2.57%) Data Architect
16 16 (2.42%) Data Manager
16 16 (2.42%) Report Analyst
16 16 (2.42%) Senior Analyst
17 15 (2.27%) Business Intelligence Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (5.44%) Terraform
2 32 (4.83%) REST
3 24 (3.63%) HTML
4 23 (3.47%) CSS
4 23 (3.47%) Pandas
4 23 (3.47%) PySpark
5 20 (3.02%) React
6 17 (2.57%) NumPy
7 14 (2.11%) scikit-learn
8 12 (1.81%) Web Services
9 10 (1.51%) Flask
9 10 (1.51%) JSON
9 10 (1.51%) Kafka
9 10 (1.51%) Node.js
10 9 (1.36%) TensorFlow
11 8 (1.21%) PyTorch
12 7 (1.06%) RabbitMQ
12 7 (1.06%) Redux
12 7 (1.06%) Vue
13 6 (0.91%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 42 (6.34%) Data Structures
2 27 (4.08%) Management Information System
2 27 (4.08%) Onboarding
3 21 (3.17%) Analytical Mindset
3 21 (3.17%) Cloud Native
3 21 (3.17%) Legacy Systems
4 16 (2.42%) Product Ownership
5 13 (1.96%) AI Agents
5 13 (1.96%) Data Protection Act
6 12 (1.81%) Reference Data
6 12 (1.81%) Virtual Team
7 11 (1.66%) Algorithms
7 11 (1.66%) Distributed Systems
8 9 (1.36%) Clustering
9 8 (1.21%) PKI
9 8 (1.21%) Self-Motivation
10 7 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (1.06%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 7 (1.06%) Life Science
10 7 (1.06%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 27 (4.08%) Windows
2 20 (3.02%) Linux
3 8 (1.21%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.91%) Unix
5 4 (0.60%) Android
5 4 (0.60%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.45%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.15%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 353 (53.32%) Business Intelligence
2 317 (47.89%) Analytics
3 316 (47.73%) Data Visualisation
4 192 (29.00%) Data Modelling
5 189 (28.55%) Decision-Making
6 178 (26.89%) Agile
7 155 (23.41%) AI
8 148 (22.36%) Problem-Solving
9 144 (21.75%) Data Analysis
10 134 (20.24%) Actionable Insight
11 132 (19.94%) Stakeholder Management
12 120 (18.13%) Continuous Improvement
13 111 (16.77%) Dashboard Development
14 110 (16.62%) Validation
15 100 (15.11%) Data Engineering
15 100 (15.11%) Data Science
16 99 (14.95%) Data Governance
16 99 (14.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 98 (14.80%) Data Pipeline
18 95 (14.35%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 325 (49.09%) SQL
2 229 (34.59%) Python
3 68 (10.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 45 (6.80%) R
5 42 (6.34%) JavaScript
6 39 (5.89%) Java
7 28 (4.23%) C#
8 14 (2.11%) TypeScript
9 13 (1.96%) C++
9 13 (1.96%) PowerShell
10 10 (1.51%) T-SQL
11 9 (1.36%) Bash
11 9 (1.36%) PL/SQL
12 6 (0.91%) Cypher
12 6 (0.91%) Gremlin
12 6 (0.91%) Scala
12 6 (0.91%) VBA
13 4 (0.60%) Korn
14 3 (0.45%) Search Processing Language
15 2 (0.30%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 135 (20.39%) Security Cleared
2 96 (14.50%) SC Cleared
3 79 (11.93%) Degree
4 26 (3.93%) BPSS Clearance
5 18 (2.72%) DV Cleared
6 17 (2.57%) Azure Certification
7 11 (1.66%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (1.51%) Master's Degree
8 10 (1.51%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (1.36%) PhD
10 4 (0.60%) DBS Check
10 4 (0.60%) Postgraduate
11 3 (0.45%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.30%) ACCA
12 2 (0.30%) APMG
12 2 (0.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.30%) CIMA
12 2 (0.30%) Six Sigma Green Belt
12 2 (0.30%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 1 (0.15%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 185 (27.95%) Data Quality
2 31 (4.68%) QA
3 24 (3.63%) Accessibility
3 24 (3.63%) GDPR
4 15 (2.27%) PMO
5 13 (1.96%) Actionable Recommendations
6 5 (0.76%) GRC
7 4 (0.60%) WCAG
8 3 (0.45%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 3 (0.45%) 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%) CDISC
10 1 (0.15%) COBIT
10 1 (0.15%) GxP
10 1 (0.15%) IFRS
10 1 (0.15%) ISO 13485
10 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 17025
10 1 (0.15%) P3O
System Software
1 20 (3.02%) Docker
2 11 (1.66%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.45%) 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
5 1 (0.15%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 15 (2.27%) Kubernetes
2 11 (1.66%) Grafana
3 9 (1.36%) Kibana
4 8 (1.21%) Ansible
5 7 (1.06%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.91%) SCCM
7 4 (0.60%) Podman
8 3 (0.45%) Argo
8 3 (0.45%) logstash
9 2 (0.30%) Packer
9 2 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.15%) Istio
10 1 (0.15%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 130 (19.64%) Microsoft
2 62 (9.37%) Databricks
3 35 (5.29%) SAP
4 32 (4.83%) Google
5 31 (4.68%) Oracle
6 23 (3.47%) ServiceNow
7 17 (2.57%) Adobe
7 17 (2.57%) Dynatrace
8 13 (1.96%) Salesforce
8 13 (1.96%) Splunk
9 12 (1.81%) Alteryx
10 8 (1.21%) Informatica
10 8 (1.21%) Palantir
10 8 (1.21%) Remedy
11 7 (1.06%) BMC
11 7 (1.06%) SnapLogic
12 5 (0.76%) Foundry
13 4 (0.60%) Ariba
13 4 (0.60%) Cloudera
13 4 (0.60%) Workday