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

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 110 100 127
Rank change year-on-year -10 +27 +22
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 761 697 720
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.41% 2.45% 1.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.72% 2.76% 2.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 474 444 480
10th Percentile £342 £332 £312
25th Percentile £405 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -2.42%
75th Percentile £600 £645 £625
90th Percentile £738 £773 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £521
% change year-on-year - -4.08% -3.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 33 59
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.25 £32.32
25th Percentile £32.50 £26.00 £35.32
Median hourly rate £65.00 £46.18 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +40.75% - -28.95%
75th Percentile - £65.00 £48.13
90th Percentile £82.25 - £64.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £38.59 £46.18
% change year-on-year +68.44% -16.44% -28.95%

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 27,947 25,226 32,434
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.49% 88.70% 88.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,782 15,552 22,007
10th Percentile £301 £313 £308
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £645 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £528
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.57% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,795 831 1,432
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £14.36
25th Percentile £17.96 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +25.64%
75th Percentile £56.69 £64.73 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.42
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.14% +24.04%

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 28 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 28 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 28 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 -18 402 £500 -4.76% 412
North of England -32 112 £434 -6.22% 151
Midlands -4 73 £520 +26.06% 141
West Midlands +8 59 £525 +27.27% 80
South East +6 58 £500 +25.00% 255
Yorkshire -15 55 £507 +12.67% 68
North West -28 53 £405 -12.43% 74
South West +7 43 £750 +57.89% 111
East of England -28 40 £525 +15.64% 109
East Midlands -18 14 £404 +13.41% 53
North East -16 6 £400 -27.27% 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 34 (4.47%) Apache Spark
1 34 (4.47%) Confluence
2 30 (3.94%) Apache
3 17 (2.23%) Apache Airflow
4 15 (1.97%) SharePoint
5 14 (1.84%) WebLogic
6 10 (1.31%) SAS
7 8 (1.05%) Apache Pig
8 6 (0.79%) Jupyter
9 4 (0.53%) GeoServer
9 4 (0.53%) Smallworld
10 2 (0.26%) Apache Superset
11 1 (0.13%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.13%) CMS
11 1 (0.13%) Drupal
11 1 (0.13%) IIS
11 1 (0.13%) Oracle Application Server
11 1 (0.13%) PowerFactory
11 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 113 (14.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (3.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (1.45%) MS Visio
3 11 (1.45%) Siemens NX
4 7 (0.92%) Chatbot
5 5 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.53%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.53%) Navisworks
6 4 (0.53%) Revit
7 3 (0.39%) ProjectWise
8 2 (0.26%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.26%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.13%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.13%) InDesign
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle Smart View
9 1 (0.13%) Simulink
9 1 (0.13%) SPSS
9 1 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (1.45%) Teamcenter
2 6 (0.79%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.53%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.13%) Actimize
5 1 (0.13%) Aladdin
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%) Primavera
5 1 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.13%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 337 (44.28%) Power Platform
2 176 (23.13%) Azure
3 136 (17.87%) AWS
4 68 (8.94%) GCP
5 39 (5.12%) Snowflake
6 37 (4.86%) Azure Data Factory
7 26 (3.42%) Azure DevOps
7 26 (3.42%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 25 (3.29%) Power Automate
9 24 (3.15%) Serverless
10 23 (3.02%) dbt
11 21 (2.76%) PowerApps
12 19 (2.50%) AWS Lambda
12 19 (2.50%) GitHub
13 16 (2.10%) Cloud Computing
14 15 (1.97%) Azure Monitor
15 14 (1.84%) Amazon S3
16 13 (1.71%) Figma
17 11 (1.45%) Google Analytics
18 8 (1.05%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 18 (2.37%) TCP/IP
2 17 (2.23%) Ethernet
3 4 (0.53%) 2G
3 4 (0.53%) 5G
3 4 (0.53%) Internet
4 3 (0.39%) Firewall
4 3 (0.39%) Kerberos
4 3 (0.39%) 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
1 336 (44.15%) Power BI
2 152 (19.97%) Tableau
3 87 (11.43%) Data Warehouse
4 39 (5.12%) Relational Database
5 38 (4.99%) Power Query
6 34 (4.47%) Big Data
7 29 (3.81%) Data Lake
7 29 (3.81%) Hadoop
8 26 (3.42%) Metadata
9 25 (3.29%) SQL Server
10 23 (3.02%) Looker
11 21 (2.76%) BigQuery
12 20 (2.63%) Data Mining
13 18 (2.37%) Azure SQL Database
14 17 (2.23%) PostgreSQL
15 13 (1.71%) Oracle Reports
16 12 (1.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 11 (1.45%) Apache Hive
17 11 (1.45%) MySQL
17 11 (1.45%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 49 (6.44%) JIRA
2 47 (6.18%) Git
3 19 (2.50%) Visual Studio
4 17 (2.23%) Eclipse
4 17 (2.23%) Jenkins
5 7 (0.92%) Gradle
5 7 (0.92%) Storybook
5 7 (0.92%) Xcode
6 3 (0.39%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.26%) GitLab
7 2 (0.26%) Selenium
7 2 (0.26%) webpack
8 1 (0.13%) Ant
8 1 (0.13%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.13%) JUnit
8 1 (0.13%) NUnit
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.13%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.13%) TeamCity
General
1 315 (41.39%) Social Skills
2 217 (28.52%) Analytical Skills
3 178 (23.39%) Finance
4 68 (8.94%) Public Sector
5 65 (8.54%) Banking
6 30 (3.94%) Marketing
6 30 (3.94%) Presentation Skills
7 25 (3.29%) Military
8 22 (2.89%) Manufacturing
9 21 (2.76%) Publishing
9 21 (2.76%) Retail
10 19 (2.50%) Legal
11 17 (2.23%) Investment Banking
12 16 (2.10%) Documentation Skills
12 16 (2.10%) Front Office
13 15 (1.97%) Aerospace
14 13 (1.71%) Influencing Skills
15 11 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
15 11 (1.45%) Pharmaceutical
16 9 (1.18%) Law
Job Titles
1 189 (24.84%) Analyst
2 120 (15.77%) Developer
3 105 (13.80%) Data Analyst
4 77 (10.12%) Senior
5 72 (9.46%) Architect
6 65 (8.54%) Data Engineer
7 55 (7.23%) Data Scientist
8 51 (6.70%) Lead
9 42 (5.52%) Business Analyst
10 38 (4.99%) Consultant
11 35 (4.60%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 32 (4.20%) Senior Analyst
13 28 (3.68%) Power BI Developer
13 28 (3.68%) Software Engineer
14 24 (3.15%) Solutions Architect
15 18 (2.37%) Integration Architect
15 18 (2.37%) Report Analyst
16 15 (1.97%) C# Software Engineer
16 15 (1.97%) Designer
16 15 (1.97%) SQL Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (4.86%) Pandas
2 30 (3.94%) Node.js
3 29 (3.81%) PySpark
3 29 (3.81%) scikit-learn
4 28 (3.68%) React
5 27 (3.55%) NumPy
6 23 (3.02%) Web Services
7 20 (2.63%) Kafka
8 19 (2.50%) D3.js
9 17 (2.23%) Plotly
10 16 (2.10%) HTML
10 16 (2.10%) REST
11 15 (1.97%) CSS
12 14 (1.84%) AngularJS
12 14 (1.84%) OAuth
13 11 (1.45%) Matplotlib
13 11 (1.45%) Oracle Fusion
13 11 (1.45%) TensorFlow
13 11 (1.45%) Vue
14 10 (1.31%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 44 (5.78%) Algorithms
2 39 (5.12%) Analytical Mindset
3 27 (3.55%) Product Ownership
4 25 (3.29%) Cloud Native
5 22 (2.89%) Management Information System
6 21 (2.76%) Data Structures
7 18 (2.37%) Legacy Systems
8 14 (1.84%) Onboarding
9 9 (1.18%) Data Centre
10 8 (1.05%) Data Protection Act
10 8 (1.05%) Mobile App
10 8 (1.05%) PMI
11 7 (0.92%) Reference Data
11 7 (0.92%) Reinsurance
11 7 (0.92%) Replication
12 6 (0.79%) Life Science
12 6 (0.79%) Mainframe
12 6 (0.79%) NHS
12 6 (0.79%) Virtual Team
13 5 (0.66%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 49 (6.44%) Linux
2 40 (5.26%) Windows
3 27 (3.55%) Unix
4 8 (1.05%) Android
5 7 (0.92%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.39%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.26%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.13%) VMS
8 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 372 (48.88%) Business Intelligence
2 353 (46.39%) Data Visualisation
3 272 (35.74%) Analytics
4 198 (26.02%) Data Modelling
5 192 (25.23%) Decision-Making
6 183 (24.05%) Data Analysis
7 173 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
8 162 (21.29%) Agile
9 140 (18.40%) Actionable Insight
10 130 (17.08%) Data Science
11 105 (13.80%) Machine Learning
12 104 (13.67%) ETL
13 102 (13.40%) AI
14 97 (12.75%) Stakeholder Management
15 96 (12.61%) Data Governance
16 93 (12.22%) Data Pipeline
17 89 (11.70%) Validation
18 86 (11.30%) Continuous Improvement
19 80 (10.51%) Dashboard Development
20 77 (10.12%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 343 (45.07%) SQL
2 250 (32.85%) Python
3 57 (7.49%) JavaScript
4 52 (6.83%) R
5 44 (5.78%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 36 (4.73%) C++
7 32 (4.20%) C#
7 32 (4.20%) Java
8 26 (3.42%) TypeScript
9 23 (3.02%) Scala
10 15 (1.97%) PowerShell
11 12 (1.58%) Bash
12 10 (1.31%) PL/SQL
13 8 (1.05%) T-SQL
13 8 (1.05%) VBA
14 7 (0.92%) Go
14 7 (0.92%) Groovy
14 7 (0.92%) PHP
15 5 (0.66%) Perl
16 4 (0.53%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 158 (20.76%) Security Cleared
2 126 (16.56%) SC Cleared
3 74 (9.72%) Degree
4 34 (4.47%) Master's Degree
5 20 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
6 18 (2.37%) CISSP
7 16 (2.10%) Azure Certification
8 15 (1.97%) CISM
9 13 (1.71%) BPSS Clearance
9 13 (1.71%) DV Cleared
10 12 (1.58%) PhD
11 11 (1.45%) PMI Certification
12 10 (1.31%) TOGAF Certification
13 8 (1.05%) CFA
14 7 (0.92%) AWS Certification
15 5 (0.66%) CBAP
15 5 (0.66%) CEH
16 4 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
17 3 (0.39%) PMP
17 3 (0.39%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 116 (15.24%) Data Quality
2 52 (6.83%) Accessibility
3 32 (4.20%) QA
4 30 (3.94%) GDPR
5 11 (1.45%) Actionable Recommendations
5 11 (1.45%) 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 (0.39%) 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%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.26%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 33 (4.34%) Docker
2 9 (1.18%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.39%) HDFS
4 2 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 33 (4.34%) Terraform
2 30 (3.94%) Kubernetes
3 16 (2.10%) Kibana
4 14 (1.84%) Ansible
5 11 (1.45%) Grafana
6 9 (1.18%) logstash
7 5 (0.66%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.53%) Argo
9 3 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.26%) SysTrack
11 1 (0.13%) Cacti
11 1 (0.13%) Fluentd
11 1 (0.13%) HP ALM
11 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Intune
11 1 (0.13%) QRadar
11 1 (0.13%) Rsyslog
11 1 (0.13%) Thomson Reuters DACS
11 1 (0.13%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 131 (17.21%) Microsoft
2 53 (6.96%) Oracle
3 48 (6.31%) Databricks
4 38 (4.99%) Splunk
5 37 (4.86%) Google
6 29 (3.81%) Salesforce
7 21 (2.76%) Dynatrace
8 19 (2.50%) Cisco
9 18 (2.37%) AppDynamics
10 17 (2.23%) SAP
11 16 (2.10%) ServiceNow
12 15 (1.97%) BiZZdesign
13 13 (1.71%) CyberArk
13 13 (1.71%) Foundry
14 12 (1.58%) Centrify
14 12 (1.58%) OpenAI
15 10 (1.31%) Siemens
16 9 (1.18%) Palantir
17 8 (1.05%) Alteryx
17 8 (1.05%) Talend