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

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 179 111 125
Rank change year-on-year -68 +14 +18
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 696 677 648
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.53% 2.45% 1.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.79% 2.70% 2.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 413 408 421
10th Percentile £325 £303 £313
25th Percentile £400 £392 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.70% -7.50% -3.85%
75th Percentile £598 £575 £613
90th Percentile £708 £679 £717
UK median daily rate £475 £463 £500
% change year-on-year +2.70% -7.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 44 52
10th Percentile £21.08 £25.24 £31.75
25th Percentile £29.96 £33.06 £46.18
Median hourly rate £60.50 £50.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.00% -23.08% +40.75%
75th Percentile £66.25 £65.00 -
90th Percentile £73.75 - -
UK median hourly rate £60.50 £50.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +21.00% -23.08% +40.75%

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 38,882 25,041 28,684
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.21% 90.76% 85.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,206 16,026 18,694
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £626 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £756
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,519 1,388 1,683
10th Percentile £14.82 £14.20 £14.05
25th Percentile £20.01 £17.88 £18.15
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -40.82% -
75th Percentile £68.75 £50.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.27 £70.16 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.68 £25.15 £40.33
% change year-on-year +69.69% -37.63% -5.12%

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 7 August 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 7 August 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 7 August 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 -63 348 £475 -5.00% 328
North of England -59 104 £450 +4.05% 114
Midlands -41 85 £515 +21.18% 76
South East -58 65 £450 -18.18% 123
West Midlands -48 64 £550 +6.70% 46
North West -22 52 £450 +0.67% 57
Yorkshire -43 47 £459 +14.69% 39
South West -16 45 £475 +3.83% 55
East of England -30 33 £565 +2.73% 46
East Midlands -9 21 £375 -6.25% 30
North East -43 6 £410 -8.89% 19
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 17 (2.44%) Apache Spark
2 16 (2.30%) Confluence
3 11 (1.58%) Apache Superset
3 11 (1.58%) SharePoint
4 10 (1.44%) ArcGIS
5 8 (1.15%) Apache
6 7 (1.01%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (0.72%) CMS
7 5 (0.72%) Palantir Foundry
8 4 (0.57%) Jupyter
8 4 (0.57%) SAS
9 2 (0.29%) Oracle Application Server
10 1 (0.14%) R Markdown
Applications
1 103 (14.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (1.87%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.44%) MS Visio
4 8 (1.15%) CPLEX
4 8 (1.15%) Spreadsheet
5 7 (1.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 6 (0.86%) Chatbot
6 6 (0.86%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.57%) Adobe Illustrator
7 4 (0.57%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.43%) InDesign
9 2 (0.29%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.29%) EPLAN
9 2 (0.29%) Notion
10 1 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 12 (1.72%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.44%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (1.44%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (0.57%) Adobe Campaign
4 3 (0.43%) Eloqua
4 3 (0.43%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.29%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.14%) Advent Geneva
6 1 (0.14%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.14%) iTrent
6 1 (0.14%) Primavera
6 1 (0.14%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.14%) ResourceLink
6 1 (0.14%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.14%) SAP MDM
6 1 (0.14%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.14%) Sprinklr
6 1 (0.14%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 348 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 147 (21.12%) Azure
3 107 (15.37%) AWS
4 44 (6.32%) GCP
5 41 (5.89%) Snowflake
6 38 (5.46%) Azure Data Factory
7 37 (5.32%) Azure DevOps
8 29 (4.17%) Serverless
9 28 (4.02%) Power Automate
10 27 (3.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 26 (3.74%) GitHub
12 22 (3.16%) PowerApps
13 20 (2.87%) Amazon S3
14 17 (2.44%) dbt
15 16 (2.30%) AWS Lambda
16 11 (1.58%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 11 (1.58%) Amazon EC2
17 10 (1.44%) Dynamics 365
17 10 (1.44%) Google Analytics
17 10 (1.44%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.72%) Ethernet
2 11 (1.58%) TCP/IP
3 4 (0.57%) Wireless
4 2 (0.29%) 2G
4 2 (0.29%) 3G
4 2 (0.29%) 4G
4 2 (0.29%) 5G
4 2 (0.29%) DHCP
4 2 (0.29%) DNS
4 2 (0.29%) Firewall
4 2 (0.29%) PCoIP
4 2 (0.29%) Radio Access Network
4 2 (0.29%) Remote Desktop
4 2 (0.29%) SNMP
4 2 (0.29%) VPN
5 1 (0.14%) Broadband
5 1 (0.14%) Modbus
5 1 (0.14%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.14%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 341 (48.99%) Power BI
2 147 (21.12%) Tableau
3 88 (12.64%) Data Warehouse
4 51 (7.33%) Power Query
5 47 (6.75%) Relational Database
6 33 (4.74%) Metadata
7 32 (4.60%) Data Lake
8 29 (4.17%) Looker
9 27 (3.88%) SQL Server
10 24 (3.45%) PostgreSQL
11 23 (3.30%) BigQuery
12 19 (2.73%) Big Data
13 14 (2.01%) Star Schema
14 13 (1.87%) Oracle Reports
14 13 (1.87%) QlikView
15 12 (1.72%) Amazon RDS
15 12 (1.72%) GIS
15 12 (1.72%) Parquet
15 12 (1.72%) Qlik Sense
16 11 (1.58%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 41 (5.89%) JIRA
2 36 (5.17%) Git
3 13 (1.87%) Visual Studio
4 12 (1.72%) Eclipse
5 8 (1.15%) Jenkins
6 6 (0.86%) GitLab
7 4 (0.57%) Cypress.io
7 4 (0.57%) MLflow
8 3 (0.43%) JMeter
9 2 (0.29%) Charles Proxy
9 2 (0.29%) Selenium
9 2 (0.29%) WebDriver
10 1 (0.14%) Flyway
10 1 (0.14%) JUnit
10 1 (0.14%) LoadRunner
10 1 (0.14%) Postman
10 1 (0.14%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.14%) Storybook
10 1 (0.14%) Terragrunt
10 1 (0.14%) Vite
General
1 225 (32.33%) Social Skills
2 223 (32.04%) Analytical Skills
3 162 (23.28%) Finance
4 73 (10.49%) Public Sector
5 48 (6.90%) Banking
6 32 (4.60%) Marketing
7 27 (3.88%) Retail
8 21 (3.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 20 (2.87%) Military
10 17 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
11 14 (2.01%) Manufacturing
12 12 (1.72%) Law
13 10 (1.44%) Publishing
14 9 (1.29%) Organisational Skills
14 9 (1.29%) Pharmaceutical
14 9 (1.29%) Telecoms
15 7 (1.01%) Documentation Skills
16 5 (0.72%) Aerospace
16 5 (0.72%) Front Office
16 5 (0.72%) Police
Job Titles
1 184 (26.44%) Analyst
2 113 (16.24%) Data Analyst
3 99 (14.22%) Developer
4 91 (13.07%) Data Engineer
5 78 (11.21%) Senior
6 42 (6.03%) Lead
7 40 (5.75%) Data Scientist
8 37 (5.32%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 32 (4.60%) Business Analyst
10 31 (4.45%) Architect
10 31 (4.45%) Consultant
11 28 (4.02%) Power BI Developer
12 23 (3.30%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 23 (3.30%) Designer
13 19 (2.73%) Data Manager
13 19 (2.73%) Senior Data Engineer
14 17 (2.44%) Data Architect
15 16 (2.30%) Python Developer
16 13 (1.87%) Senior Developer
17 12 (1.72%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (5.60%) Pandas
2 32 (4.60%) REST
3 30 (4.31%) React
4 22 (3.16%) NumPy
5 21 (3.02%) PySpark
6 19 (2.73%) CSS
6 19 (2.73%) scikit-learn
7 16 (2.30%) HTML
7 16 (2.30%) Kafka
8 15 (2.16%) Node.js
8 15 (2.16%) Web Services
9 14 (2.01%) JSON
10 12 (1.72%) PyTorch
10 12 (1.72%) TensorFlow
11 11 (1.58%) Apache Avro
11 11 (1.58%) OpenTelemetry
12 10 (1.44%) .NET
12 10 (1.44%) GeoJSON
12 10 (1.44%) Matplotlib
13 9 (1.29%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 50 (7.18%) Data Structures
2 30 (4.31%) Cloud Native
3 23 (3.30%) Management Information System
4 21 (3.02%) Algorithms
4 21 (3.02%) Analytical Mindset
5 20 (2.87%) Legacy Systems
5 20 (2.87%) Product Ownership
6 16 (2.30%) Distributed Systems
6 16 (2.30%) Onboarding
7 15 (2.16%) Self-Motivation
8 13 (1.87%) Virtual Team
9 11 (1.58%) AI Agents
9 11 (1.58%) Data Protection Act
10 9 (1.29%) Clustering
10 9 (1.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 9 (1.29%) PKI
10 9 (1.29%) Reference Data
11 8 (1.15%) Marketing Technology
12 7 (1.01%) Derivative
12 7 (1.01%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 29 (4.17%) Windows
2 22 (3.16%) Linux
3 9 (1.29%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.86%) Unix
5 5 (0.72%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.29%) Android
6 2 (0.29%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 366 (52.59%) Business Intelligence
2 335 (48.13%) Data Visualisation
3 329 (47.27%) Analytics
4 207 (29.74%) Data Modelling
5 190 (27.30%) Agile
6 176 (25.29%) Decision-Making
7 175 (25.14%) Problem-Solving
8 144 (20.69%) AI
9 131 (18.82%) Actionable Insight
10 124 (17.82%) Data Analysis
10 124 (17.82%) Validation
11 123 (17.67%) Data Science
12 118 (16.95%) Continuous Improvement
13 115 (16.52%) ETL
14 114 (16.38%) Data Pipeline
15 108 (15.52%) Dashboard Development
16 104 (14.94%) Stakeholder Management
17 103 (14.80%) Data Engineering
18 101 (14.51%) Data Governance
19 91 (13.07%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 346 (49.71%) SQL
2 258 (37.07%) Python
3 64 (9.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 59 (8.48%) R
5 44 (6.32%) JavaScript
6 38 (5.46%) Java
7 34 (4.89%) C#
8 24 (3.45%) TypeScript
9 17 (2.44%) C++
10 16 (2.30%) PowerShell
11 11 (1.58%) Scala
12 10 (1.44%) PL/SQL
12 10 (1.44%) T-SQL
13 7 (1.01%) VBA
14 6 (0.86%) Bash
15 5 (0.72%) Cypher
15 5 (0.72%) MATLAB
16 4 (0.57%) Gremlin
16 4 (0.57%) Rust
17 3 (0.43%) Korn
Qualifications
1 148 (21.26%) Security Cleared
2 104 (14.94%) SC Cleared
3 79 (11.35%) Degree
4 22 (3.16%) BPSS Clearance
5 20 (2.87%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (2.87%) DV Cleared
6 17 (2.44%) Azure Certification
7 14 (2.01%) Master's Degree
8 9 (1.29%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (0.57%) PhD
9 4 (0.57%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 4 (0.57%) Tableau Certification
10 2 (0.29%) APMG
10 2 (0.29%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 1 (0.14%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.14%) Numerate Degree
11 1 (0.14%) Six Sigma Black Belt
11 1 (0.14%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 163 (23.42%) Data Quality
2 41 (5.89%) QA
3 25 (3.59%) GDPR
4 21 (3.02%) Accessibility
5 18 (2.59%) PMO
6 8 (1.15%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (0.57%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 4 (0.57%) WCAG
8 3 (0.43%) GRC
8 3 (0.43%) SLA
9 2 (0.29%) Basel III
9 2 (0.29%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.29%) Solvency II
10 1 (0.14%) COBIT
10 1 (0.14%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.14%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.14%) NCSC
10 1 (0.14%) P3O
System Software
1 23 (3.30%) Docker
2 16 (2.30%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.29%) Microsoft App-V
4 2 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.29%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 35 (5.03%) Terraform
2 20 (2.87%) Kubernetes
3 12 (1.72%) Prometheus
4 11 (1.58%) Grafana
5 8 (1.15%) SCCM
6 7 (1.01%) Ansible
7 6 (0.86%) Kibana
8 4 (0.57%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 3 (0.43%) Podman
10 2 (0.29%) Packer
11 1 (0.14%) Fluentd
11 1 (0.14%) Istio
11 1 (0.14%) logstash
11 1 (0.14%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 121 (17.39%) Microsoft
2 62 (8.91%) Databricks
3 44 (6.32%) SAP
4 38 (5.46%) Oracle
5 36 (5.17%) Google
6 27 (3.88%) ServiceNow
7 19 (2.73%) Dynatrace
8 16 (2.30%) Adobe
9 15 (2.16%) Splunk
10 13 (1.87%) Salesforce
11 10 (1.44%) Remedy
12 9 (1.29%) Alteryx
12 9 (1.29%) BMC
13 8 (1.15%) Palantir
14 7 (1.01%) Amplitude
14 7 (1.01%) Informatica
14 7 (1.01%) Sage
15 5 (0.72%) Foundry
16 4 (0.57%) Apple
16 4 (0.57%) Brio