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

6 months to
27 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 199 101 118
Rank change year-on-year -98 +17 +19
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 644 733 694
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.39% 2.62% 2.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.64% 2.89% 2.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 374 455 417
10th Percentile £313 £320 £318
25th Percentile £400 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £638
90th Percentile £694 £721 £775
UK median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 46 51
10th Percentile £21.08 £20.27 £30.50
25th Percentile £28.50 £33.41 £46.18
Median hourly rate £53.70 £51.25 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.78% -21.15% +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% +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 39,218 25,382 28,205
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.59% 90.90% 86.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,880 16,110 17,293
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £645
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 2,852 1,550 1,234
10th Percentile £13.90 £14.38 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.60 £17.87 £20.26
Median hourly rate £41.03 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +63.14% -41.51% -2.27%
75th Percentile £67.50 £47.41 £66.61
90th Percentile £79.00 £67.28 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £39.50 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +57.06% -40.82% -

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 27 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 27 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 27 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 -83 309 £488 -2.50% 734
North of England -67 101 £439 +5.15% 152
Midlands -35 80 £549 +8.28% 121
South East -60 68 £452 -17.91% 183
West Midlands -45 59 £558 +7.21% 79
North West -45 48 £513 +25.77% 75
South West -27 45 £450 -40.00% 81
Yorkshire -58 42 £480 +20.00% 58
East of England -36 29 £565 +7.62% 84
East Midlands -10 21 £375 -6.25% 42
North East -31 12 £375 -11.76% 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 21 (3.26%) Confluence
2 16 (2.48%) Apache Spark
3 12 (1.86%) SharePoint
4 10 (1.55%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (1.55%) ArcGIS
5 5 (0.78%) CMS
5 5 (0.78%) Palantir Foundry
6 4 (0.62%) Apache
6 4 (0.62%) Apache Superset
6 4 (0.62%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.31%) Oracle Application Server
7 2 (0.31%) SAS
8 1 (0.16%) nginx
8 1 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 104 (16.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (1.71%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.09%) Adobe Illustrator
5 6 (0.93%) CPLEX
5 6 (0.93%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.78%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.78%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.47%) Adobe Premiere
7 3 (0.47%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.47%) InDesign
7 3 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.31%) Adobe After Effects
8 2 (0.31%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.31%) EPLAN
8 2 (0.31%) Notion
9 1 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.16%) Final Cut Pro
9 1 (0.16%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 10 (1.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.40%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.93%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.31%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.31%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.16%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.16%) iTrent
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.16%) Primavera
5 1 (0.16%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.16%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.16%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.16%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 333 (51.71%) Power Platform
2 119 (18.48%) Azure
3 91 (14.13%) AWS
4 43 (6.68%) Snowflake
5 39 (6.06%) GCP
6 33 (5.12%) Azure DevOps
7 26 (4.04%) GitHub
8 24 (3.73%) Azure Data Factory
8 24 (3.73%) Power Automate
9 23 (3.57%) Amazon S3
10 22 (3.42%) PowerApps
11 21 (3.26%) Serverless
12 19 (2.95%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 18 (2.80%) dbt
14 14 (2.17%) Google Analytics
15 11 (1.71%) Adobe Analytics
16 10 (1.55%) Dynamics 365
16 10 (1.55%) Microsoft 365
17 9 (1.40%) Figma
17 9 (1.40%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.55%) Ethernet
1 10 (1.55%) TCP/IP
2 5 (0.78%) SNMP
2 5 (0.78%) Wireless
3 4 (0.62%) Broadband
3 4 (0.62%) SD-WAN
3 4 (0.62%) WAN
4 3 (0.47%) VPN
5 2 (0.31%) 2G
5 2 (0.31%) 3G
5 2 (0.31%) 4G
5 2 (0.31%) 5G
5 2 (0.31%) DHCP
5 2 (0.31%) DNS
5 2 (0.31%) Network Security
5 2 (0.31%) PCoIP
5 2 (0.31%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (0.31%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.16%) Firewall
6 1 (0.16%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 326 (50.62%) Power BI
2 134 (20.81%) Tableau
3 67 (10.40%) Data Warehouse
4 53 (8.23%) Power Query
5 38 (5.90%) Data Lake
6 37 (5.75%) Relational Database
7 28 (4.35%) Metadata
8 22 (3.42%) SQL Server
9 19 (2.95%) Amazon Athena
9 19 (2.95%) BigQuery
9 19 (2.95%) Looker
10 17 (2.64%) PostgreSQL
11 16 (2.48%) Big Data
12 15 (2.33%) Qlik Sense
13 14 (2.17%) GIS
13 14 (2.17%) QlikView
14 12 (1.86%) Star Schema
15 10 (1.55%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
15 10 (1.55%) Oracle Reports
16 9 (1.40%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 40 (6.21%) JIRA
2 35 (5.43%) Git
3 11 (1.71%) Visual Studio
4 10 (1.55%) Eclipse
5 5 (0.78%) GitLab
6 4 (0.62%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.47%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.47%) JMeter
8 2 (0.31%) Selenium
8 2 (0.31%) WebDriver
9 1 (0.16%) Crashlytics
9 1 (0.16%) Flyway
9 1 (0.16%) Gradle
9 1 (0.16%) Jasmine
9 1 (0.16%) JUnit
9 1 (0.16%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.16%) NeoLoad
9 1 (0.16%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.16%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.16%) Xcode
General
1 228 (35.40%) Social Skills
2 219 (34.01%) Analytical Skills
3 142 (22.05%) Finance
4 76 (11.80%) Public Sector
5 51 (7.92%) Banking
6 24 (3.73%) Military
7 21 (3.26%) Retail
8 20 (3.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 20 (3.11%) Marketing
9 17 (2.64%) Manufacturing
10 16 (2.48%) Presentation Skills
11 13 (2.02%) Local Government
11 13 (2.02%) Organisational Skills
12 9 (1.40%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (1.40%) Pharmaceutical
13 7 (1.09%) Aerospace
13 7 (1.09%) Law
14 6 (0.93%) Front Office
14 6 (0.93%) Legal
14 6 (0.93%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 174 (27.02%) Analyst
2 101 (15.68%) Data Analyst
3 95 (14.75%) Developer
4 77 (11.96%) Senior
5 72 (11.18%) Data Engineer
6 35 (5.43%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 35 (5.43%) Lead
7 33 (5.12%) Data Scientist
8 27 (4.19%) Architect
8 27 (4.19%) Consultant
8 27 (4.19%) Power BI Developer
9 25 (3.88%) Business Analyst
9 25 (3.88%) Designer
10 24 (3.73%) Senior Data Engineer
11 18 (2.80%) Data Manager
11 18 (2.80%) Performance Analyst
12 17 (2.64%) Data Architect
13 15 (2.33%) Senior Analyst
14 14 (2.17%) Python Developer
14 14 (2.17%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (5.59%) Terraform
2 32 (4.97%) REST
3 25 (3.88%) Pandas
3 25 (3.88%) React
4 23 (3.57%) CSS
5 22 (3.42%) HTML
5 22 (3.42%) PySpark
6 15 (2.33%) NumPy
7 14 (2.17%) scikit-learn
8 12 (1.86%) Web Services
9 10 (1.55%) Flask
9 10 (1.55%) Kafka
9 10 (1.55%) Node.js
10 9 (1.40%) PyTorch
10 9 (1.40%) TensorFlow
11 7 (1.09%) FastAPI
11 7 (1.09%) JSON
11 7 (1.09%) Redux
11 7 (1.09%) Vue
12 6 (0.93%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 47 (7.30%) Data Structures
2 27 (4.19%) Onboarding
3 26 (4.04%) Management Information System
4 23 (3.57%) Cloud Native
5 22 (3.42%) Legacy Systems
6 20 (3.11%) Analytical Mindset
7 16 (2.48%) Product Ownership
8 14 (2.17%) Algorithms
9 13 (2.02%) AI Agents
9 13 (2.02%) Data Protection Act
9 13 (2.02%) Distributed Systems
10 12 (1.86%) Reference Data
11 11 (1.71%) Self-Motivation
12 9 (1.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 9 (1.40%) PKI
12 9 (1.40%) Virtual Team
13 8 (1.24%) Clustering
14 7 (1.09%) Derivative
14 7 (1.09%) Life Science
14 7 (1.09%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 28 (4.35%) Windows
2 18 (2.80%) Linux
3 9 (1.40%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.78%) Apple iOS
4 5 (0.78%) Unix
5 4 (0.62%) Android
6 3 (0.47%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.16%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 339 (52.64%) Business Intelligence
2 321 (49.84%) Data Visualisation
3 313 (48.60%) Analytics
4 178 (27.64%) Data Modelling
5 174 (27.02%) Agile
5 174 (27.02%) Decision-Making
6 151 (23.45%) AI
7 147 (22.83%) Problem-Solving
8 138 (21.43%) Data Analysis
9 128 (19.88%) Actionable Insight
10 123 (19.10%) Stakeholder Management
11 114 (17.70%) Continuous Improvement
12 108 (16.77%) Validation
13 105 (16.30%) Data Science
14 102 (15.84%) Data Governance
15 99 (15.37%) Dashboard Development
15 99 (15.37%) Data Engineering
16 97 (15.06%) ETL
17 94 (14.60%) Data Pipeline
18 89 (13.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 313 (48.60%) SQL
2 224 (34.78%) Python
3 63 (9.78%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 47 (7.30%) JavaScript
5 45 (6.99%) R
6 37 (5.75%) Java
7 31 (4.81%) C#
8 21 (3.26%) TypeScript
9 14 (2.17%) PowerShell
10 13 (2.02%) C++
10 13 (2.02%) T-SQL
11 10 (1.55%) PL/SQL
12 9 (1.40%) Scala
13 7 (1.09%) Bash
13 7 (1.09%) VBA
14 6 (0.93%) Cypher
15 5 (0.78%) Gremlin
16 3 (0.47%) Korn
16 3 (0.47%) Search Processing Language
17 2 (0.31%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 125 (19.41%) Security Cleared
2 85 (13.20%) SC Cleared
3 72 (11.18%) Degree
4 22 (3.42%) BPSS Clearance
5 18 (2.80%) DV Cleared
6 16 (2.48%) Azure Certification
7 11 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (1.55%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (1.24%) Master's Degree
10 6 (0.93%) PhD
11 4 (0.62%) Postgraduate
12 3 (0.47%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.47%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 2 (0.31%) APMG
13 2 (0.31%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.31%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.31%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 1 (0.16%) CEH
14 1 (0.16%) CIMA
14 1 (0.16%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 171 (26.55%) Data Quality
2 35 (5.43%) QA
3 26 (4.04%) Accessibility
4 25 (3.88%) GDPR
5 12 (1.86%) PMO
6 11 (1.71%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (0.78%) GRC
8 4 (0.62%) WCAG
9 3 (0.47%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 3 (0.47%) GMP
10 2 (0.31%) Basel III
10 2 (0.31%) Solvency II
11 1 (0.16%) 21 CFR Part 11
11 1 (0.16%) COBIT
11 1 (0.16%) GxP
11 1 (0.16%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.16%) IFRS
11 1 (0.16%) IFRS 17
11 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 17025
11 1 (0.16%) P3O
System Software
1 22 (3.42%) Docker
2 13 (2.02%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.62%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.31%) Microsoft App-V
4 2 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.31%) VMware Workstation
5 1 (0.16%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 12 (1.86%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.09%) Grafana
2 7 (1.09%) Kibana
2 7 (1.09%) SCCM
3 6 (0.93%) Ansible
4 4 (0.62%) Podman
4 4 (0.62%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.31%) Istio
5 2 (0.31%) Packer
5 2 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.16%) Argo
6 1 (0.16%) logstash
6 1 (0.16%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 131 (20.34%) Microsoft
2 56 (8.70%) Databricks
3 39 (6.06%) SAP
4 31 (4.81%) Google
5 27 (4.19%) Oracle
6 25 (3.88%) ServiceNow
7 17 (2.64%) Dynatrace
8 16 (2.48%) Adobe
9 12 (1.86%) Alteryx
9 12 (1.86%) Splunk
10 10 (1.55%) Salesforce
11 9 (1.40%) Informatica
11 9 (1.40%) Remedy
12 8 (1.24%) BMC
12 8 (1.24%) Palantir
13 6 (0.93%) SnapLogic
14 5 (0.78%) Foundry
15 4 (0.62%) Amplitude
15 4 (0.62%) Ariba
15 4 (0.62%) UiPath