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 8 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 151 102 138
Rank change year-on-year -49 +36 +1
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 686 636 625
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.69% 2.62% 1.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.00% 2.88% 1.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 426 412 431
10th Percentile £328 £349 £313
25th Percentile £410 £401 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.68% -5.00% -3.38%
75th Percentile £596 £588 £588
90th Percentile £738 £675 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 28 37
10th Percentile £22.02 £22.36 £27.15
25th Percentile £43.13 £25.94 £46.18
Median hourly rate £62.50 £33.81 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +84.88% -43.66% -7.69%
75th Percentile £70.36 £55.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £69.11 £73.95
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £33.81 £60.00
% change year-on-year +84.88% -43.66% -7.69%

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 34,360 22,106 31,891
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.81% 91.23% 86.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,945 14,454 20,903
10th Percentile £319 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £614 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,132 926 2,241
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.56 £12.92
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £46.47 £29.15 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.40% -20.14% -2.14%
75th Percentile £67.84 £63.19 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.00 £28.75 £36.50
% change year-on-year +46.09% -21.23% +1.39%

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 8 May 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 8 May 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 8 May 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 -45 358 £490 +0.26% 171
North of England -52 100 £453 -2.16% 74
Midlands -37 67 £500 +21.21% 45
North West -25 57 £420 -10.40% 45
South East -45 54 £505 -8.18% 90
West Midlands -37 48 £500 +19.40% 26
South West -28 46 £488 +2.63% 37
Yorkshire -40 39 £463 +8.82% 18
East of England -39 32 £565 +18.95% 19
East Midlands -15 19 £488 +32.83% 19
North East -22 7 £420 -13.85% 11
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 36 (5.25%) Apache Spark
2 18 (2.62%) Confluence
3 16 (2.33%) Apache
4 11 (1.60%) Apache Superset
4 11 (1.60%) SharePoint
5 10 (1.46%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.73%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.44%) SAS
8 2 (0.29%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.29%) GeoServer
8 2 (0.29%) Smallworld
9 1 (0.15%) CMS
9 1 (0.15%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.15%) Luigi
9 1 (0.15%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.15%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.15%) R Markdown
9 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
Applications
1 101 (14.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (2.77%) MS Visio
3 15 (2.19%) Microsoft Office
4 11 (1.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (1.31%) Chatbot
6 8 (1.17%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (1.17%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.73%) Adobe Illustrator
7 5 (0.73%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.29%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.29%) CPLEX
8 2 (0.29%) EPLAN
8 2 (0.29%) InDesign
8 2 (0.29%) Notion
9 1 (0.15%) 3ds Max
9 1 (0.15%) Maya
9 1 (0.15%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 17 (2.48%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.73%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.58%) Adobe Campaign
5 3 (0.44%) Eloqua
5 3 (0.44%) iTrent
5 3 (0.44%) Primavera
6 2 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.15%) Advent Geneva
7 1 (0.15%) FLEXCUBE
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.15%) ResourceLink
7 1 (0.15%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.15%) SAP MDM
7 1 (0.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.15%) Sprinklr
7 1 (0.15%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 312 (45.48%) Power Platform
2 141 (20.55%) Azure
3 121 (17.64%) AWS
4 51 (7.43%) GCP
5 46 (6.71%) Azure Data Factory
6 28 (4.08%) Serverless
7 27 (3.94%) Snowflake
8 26 (3.79%) Azure DevOps
9 25 (3.64%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 21 (3.06%) Amazon S3
10 21 (3.06%) Power Automate
11 19 (2.77%) AWS Lambda
12 17 (2.48%) GitHub
13 16 (2.33%) dbt
14 14 (2.04%) PowerApps
15 10 (1.46%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 10 (1.46%) Amazon EC2
15 10 (1.46%) Google Workspace
15 10 (1.46%) Microsoft 365
15 10 (1.46%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.19%) TCP/IP
2 14 (2.04%) Ethernet
3 6 (0.87%) Firewall
4 4 (0.58%) DNS
5 3 (0.44%) Wireless
6 2 (0.29%) DHCP
6 2 (0.29%) Network Security
6 2 (0.29%) PCoIP
6 2 (0.29%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (0.29%) SMS
7 1 (0.15%) Internet
7 1 (0.15%) LAN
7 1 (0.15%) Modbus
7 1 (0.15%) Reverse Proxy
7 1 (0.15%) SNMP
7 1 (0.15%) SSH
7 1 (0.15%) VPN
7 1 (0.15%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 310 (45.19%) Power BI
2 159 (23.18%) Tableau
3 92 (13.41%) Data Warehouse
4 44 (6.41%) Relational Database
5 40 (5.83%) Metadata
6 34 (4.96%) Power Query
7 31 (4.52%) SQL Server
8 29 (4.23%) Looker
9 28 (4.08%) Data Lake
10 25 (3.64%) Big Data
10 25 (3.64%) PostgreSQL
11 23 (3.35%) BigQuery
12 21 (3.06%) NoSQL
13 17 (2.48%) Hadoop
14 14 (2.04%) Oracle Reports
15 13 (1.90%) Elasticsearch
15 13 (1.90%) Geospatial Data
16 12 (1.75%) Snowflake Schema
17 11 (1.60%) MySQL
17 11 (1.60%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 39 (5.69%) JIRA
2 37 (5.39%) Git
3 15 (2.19%) Visual Studio
4 14 (2.04%) Eclipse
5 12 (1.75%) Jenkins
6 6 (0.87%) MLflow
7 4 (0.58%) ERwin
7 4 (0.58%) GitLab
8 3 (0.44%) Selenium
9 2 (0.29%) Charles Proxy
9 2 (0.29%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.29%) JMeter
9 2 (0.29%) Postman
9 2 (0.29%) Terragrunt
9 2 (0.29%) WebDriver
10 1 (0.15%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.15%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.15%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.15%) SpecFlow
10 1 (0.15%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 231 (33.67%) Social Skills
2 214 (31.20%) Analytical Skills
3 183 (26.68%) Finance
4 61 (8.89%) Public Sector
5 49 (7.14%) Banking
6 35 (5.10%) Retail
7 30 (4.37%) Marketing
8 17 (2.48%) Presentation Skills
9 15 (2.19%) Documentation Skills
9 15 (2.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 15 (2.19%) Military
9 15 (2.19%) Publishing
10 14 (2.04%) Law
11 10 (1.46%) Organisational Skills
12 9 (1.31%) Legal
13 8 (1.17%) Influencing Skills
13 8 (1.17%) Manufacturing
13 8 (1.17%) Pharmaceutical
14 7 (1.02%) Front Office
15 6 (0.87%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 171 (24.93%) Analyst
2 97 (14.14%) Developer
3 96 (13.99%) Data Engineer
4 93 (13.56%) Senior
5 89 (12.97%) Data Analyst
6 46 (6.71%) Lead
7 43 (6.27%) Data Scientist
8 42 (6.12%) Business Analyst
9 38 (5.54%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 38 (5.54%) Consultant
10 31 (4.52%) Architect
11 26 (3.79%) Power BI Developer
12 24 (3.50%) Senior Data Engineer
13 19 (2.77%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 19 (2.77%) Software Engineer
14 17 (2.48%) Senior Analyst
15 16 (2.33%) Data Manager
16 15 (2.19%) Data Business Analyst
16 15 (2.19%) Designer
16 15 (2.19%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (6.12%) Pandas
2 39 (5.69%) React
3 28 (4.08%) Kafka
4 24 (3.50%) Node.js
4 24 (3.50%) scikit-learn
5 22 (3.21%) NumPy
6 21 (3.06%) PySpark
7 19 (2.77%) REST
8 17 (2.48%) Web Services
9 16 (2.33%) JSON
10 15 (2.19%) Elastic Stack
10 15 (2.19%) Matplotlib
10 15 (2.19%) TensorFlow
11 14 (2.04%) PyTorch
12 13 (1.90%) Seaborn
13 12 (1.75%) Apache Avro
13 12 (1.75%) CSS
13 12 (1.75%) HTML
13 12 (1.75%) OpenTelemetry
14 10 (1.46%) Plotly
Miscellaneous
1 37 (5.39%) Data Structures
2 29 (4.23%) Cloud Native
3 24 (3.50%) Management Information System
4 23 (3.35%) Algorithms
5 22 (3.21%) Analytical Mindset
6 17 (2.48%) Product Ownership
7 14 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
8 11 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
8 11 (1.60%) Virtual Team
9 10 (1.46%) Data Protection Act
9 10 (1.46%) Distributed Systems
9 10 (1.46%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 8 (1.17%) AI Agents
10 8 (1.17%) Derivative
10 8 (1.17%) Marketing Technology
10 8 (1.17%) PMI
11 7 (1.02%) Hybrid Cloud
11 7 (1.02%) Life Science
11 7 (1.02%) Reference Data
12 6 (0.87%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 28 (4.08%) Linux
1 28 (4.08%) Windows
2 8 (1.17%) Unix
3 5 (0.73%) Apple iOS
4 4 (0.58%) Mac OS
4 4 (0.58%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.29%) Android
6 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.15%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 344 (50.15%) Business Intelligence
2 329 (47.96%) Data Visualisation
3 275 (40.09%) Analytics
4 219 (31.92%) Data Modelling
5 183 (26.68%) Decision-Making
6 177 (25.80%) Agile
6 177 (25.80%) Problem-Solving
7 150 (21.87%) Actionable Insight
8 131 (19.10%) Validation
9 121 (17.64%) AI
10 119 (17.35%) Data Pipeline
11 115 (16.76%) Data Analysis
12 113 (16.47%) Data Science
13 111 (16.18%) Dashboard Development
14 108 (15.74%) Data Governance
14 108 (15.74%) ETL
15 105 (15.31%) Data Engineering
16 94 (13.70%) CI/CD
17 82 (11.95%) Continuous Improvement
17 82 (11.95%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 327 (47.67%) SQL
2 238 (34.69%) Python
3 66 (9.62%) R
4 49 (7.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 45 (6.56%) JavaScript
6 39 (5.69%) C#
7 37 (5.39%) Java
8 32 (4.66%) TypeScript
9 26 (3.79%) C++
10 19 (2.77%) PowerShell
10 19 (2.77%) Scala
11 12 (1.75%) VBA
12 7 (1.02%) Perl
12 7 (1.02%) PL/SQL
12 7 (1.02%) T-SQL
13 6 (0.87%) Rust
14 4 (0.58%) MATLAB
14 4 (0.58%) PHP
15 3 (0.44%) C
15 3 (0.44%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 127 (18.51%) Security Cleared
2 101 (14.72%) SC Cleared
3 65 (9.48%) Degree
4 20 (2.92%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (2.77%) Master's Degree
6 17 (2.48%) Azure Certification
6 17 (2.48%) BPSS Clearance
7 13 (1.90%) DV Cleared
8 9 (1.31%) PMI Certification
9 6 (0.87%) AWS Certification
9 6 (0.87%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (0.58%) MBA
10 4 (0.58%) Tableau Certification
11 3 (0.44%) CBAP
11 3 (0.44%) CISM
11 3 (0.44%) CISSP
12 2 (0.29%) IIBA
12 2 (0.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (0.29%) PhD
12 2 (0.29%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 134 (19.53%) Data Quality
2 49 (7.14%) QA
3 26 (3.79%) GDPR
4 22 (3.21%) PMO
5 20 (2.92%) Accessibility
6 10 (1.46%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (0.73%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 5 (0.73%) SLA
8 4 (0.58%) WCAG
9 3 (0.44%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.29%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.29%) NIST
10 2 (0.29%) P3O
11 1 (0.15%) Basel III
11 1 (0.15%) GRC
11 1 (0.15%) ISO 14001
11 1 (0.15%) PERC
11 1 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 30 (4.37%) Docker
2 11 (1.60%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.29%) HDFS
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 41 (5.98%) Kubernetes
2 35 (5.10%) Terraform
3 17 (2.48%) Prometheus
4 16 (2.33%) Grafana
4 16 (2.33%) Kibana
5 15 (2.19%) Ansible
6 12 (1.75%) logstash
7 7 (1.02%) SCCM
7 7 (1.02%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 3 (0.44%) SysTrack
9 2 (0.29%) Cilium
9 2 (0.29%) Packer
10 1 (0.15%) Cacti
10 1 (0.15%) Fluentd
10 1 (0.15%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.15%) Istio
10 1 (0.15%) Kubeflow
10 1 (0.15%) Network Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.15%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 107 (15.60%) Microsoft
2 64 (9.33%) Databricks
3 43 (6.27%) Google
4 39 (5.69%) SAP
5 31 (4.52%) Oracle
6 21 (3.06%) ServiceNow
7 16 (2.33%) Sage
8 14 (2.04%) Splunk
9 12 (1.75%) Adobe
10 11 (1.60%) Salesforce
11 10 (1.46%) Informatica
12 8 (1.17%) Amplitude
13 6 (0.87%) Apple
13 6 (0.87%) Cognos
13 6 (0.87%) Dynatrace
13 6 (0.87%) OpenAI
14 5 (0.73%) BiZZdesign
14 5 (0.73%) Bloomberg
14 5 (0.73%) Remedy
14 5 (0.73%) Solace