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 17 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 97 136
Rank change year-on-year -39 +39 +5
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 742 682 649
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.01% 2.78% 1.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.33% 3.06% 1.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 457 463 452
10th Percentile £325 £330 £313
25th Percentile £413 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.16% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £588 £609 £583
90th Percentile £725 £700 £687
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 23 41
10th Percentile £18.25 £22.54 £25.38
25th Percentile £24.66 £25.50 £42.50
Median hourly rate £62.50 £33.11 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +88.76% -28.30% -28.95%
75th Percentile £65.00 £59.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.96 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £61.25 £32.96 £46.18
% change year-on-year +85.83% -28.63% -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 31,848 22,266 32,932
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.46% 90.63% 86.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,386 14,474 21,796
10th Percentile £313 £310 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.29% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £640 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,978 815 2,152
10th Percentile £15.29 £15.18 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.00 £16.06
Median hourly rate £30.79 £34.11 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.73% +4.95% -12.87%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £70.50
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -7.69% - -7.14%

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 17 March 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 17 March 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 17 March 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 -33 414 £500 -2.91% 202
North of England -54 109 £475 +2.70% 119
Midlands -29 63 £500 +25.00% 81
North West -36 58 £420 -11.58% 64
South East -23 53 £500 +11.11% 151
West Midlands -45 50 £500 +21.21% 35
Yorkshire -30 48 £500 +22.70% 39
South West -21 39 £488 +2.63% 47
East of England -32 34 £500 +11.11% 39
East Midlands -24 13 £525 +47.47% 46
North East -18 6 £438 -2.78% 17
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 37 (4.99%) Apache Spark
2 31 (4.18%) Confluence
3 20 (2.70%) Apache
4 17 (2.29%) Apache Airflow
4 17 (2.29%) SharePoint
5 7 (0.94%) Jupyter
6 6 (0.81%) SAS
7 5 (0.67%) Apache Superset
7 5 (0.67%) GeoServer
7 5 (0.67%) OpenStack
7 5 (0.67%) Smallworld
8 4 (0.54%) Palantir Foundry
9 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.27%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.13%) CMS
11 1 (0.13%) Drupal
11 1 (0.13%) Oracle Application Server
11 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.13%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 109 (14.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (1.89%) MS Visio
3 13 (1.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (1.62%) Chatbot
4 12 (1.62%) Microsoft Office
5 8 (1.08%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.54%) Adobe Illustrator
7 4 (0.54%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.27%) CPLEX
8 2 (0.27%) InDesign
9 1 (0.13%) 3ds Max
9 1 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.13%) Maya
9 1 (0.13%) Navisworks
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle Smart View
9 1 (0.13%) Revit
9 1 (0.13%) SOLIDWORKS
9 1 (0.13%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 14 (1.89%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.54%) Adobe Campaign
4 3 (0.40%) Eloqua
4 3 (0.40%) Primavera
4 3 (0.40%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.27%) iTrent
6 1 (0.13%) Actimize
6 1 (0.13%) Advent Geneva
6 1 (0.13%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.13%) Maximo
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.13%) ResourceLink
6 1 (0.13%) SAP MDM
6 1 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.13%) Sprinklr
6 1 (0.13%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 335 (45.15%) Power Platform
2 151 (20.35%) Azure
3 137 (18.46%) AWS
4 50 (6.74%) Azure Data Factory
4 50 (6.74%) GCP
5 36 (4.85%) Snowflake
6 34 (4.58%) Serverless
7 27 (3.64%) AWS Lambda
8 25 (3.37%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 24 (3.23%) Amazon S3
10 23 (3.10%) dbt
11 19 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
11 19 (2.56%) Power Automate
12 16 (2.16%) GitHub
12 16 (2.16%) PowerApps
13 12 (1.62%) Cloud Computing
14 11 (1.48%) Google Workspace
14 11 (1.48%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 10 (1.35%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 9 (1.21%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 16 (2.16%) TCP/IP
2 14 (1.89%) Ethernet
3 6 (0.81%) Firewall
4 4 (0.54%) 2G
4 4 (0.54%) 5G
5 3 (0.40%) Kerberos
6 2 (0.27%) DNS
6 2 (0.27%) LTE
6 2 (0.27%) Mobile Backhaul
6 2 (0.27%) Network Security
6 2 (0.27%) Radio Access Network
6 2 (0.27%) SMS
6 2 (0.27%) VoIP
7 1 (0.13%) 4G
7 1 (0.13%) DSL
7 1 (0.13%) Internet
7 1 (0.13%) Modbus
7 1 (0.13%) Reverse Proxy
7 1 (0.13%) SSH
7 1 (0.13%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 334 (45.01%) Power BI
2 154 (20.75%) Tableau
3 91 (12.26%) Data Warehouse
4 38 (5.12%) Metadata
4 38 (5.12%) Relational Database
5 32 (4.31%) Power Query
6 31 (4.18%) Big Data
7 27 (3.64%) Data Lake
7 27 (3.64%) Looker
7 27 (3.64%) SQL Server
8 21 (2.83%) Hadoop
9 18 (2.43%) BigQuery
9 18 (2.43%) NoSQL
9 18 (2.43%) PostgreSQL
10 17 (2.29%) Geospatial Data
10 17 (2.29%) Oracle Reports
11 16 (2.16%) Elasticsearch
12 14 (1.89%) MySQL
12 14 (1.89%) Snowflake Schema
13 13 (1.75%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 45 (6.06%) JIRA
2 43 (5.80%) Git
3 18 (2.43%) Jenkins
4 15 (2.02%) Visual Studio
5 14 (1.89%) Eclipse
6 6 (0.81%) MLflow
7 4 (0.54%) ERwin
8 3 (0.40%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.40%) GitLab
8 3 (0.40%) Terragrunt
9 2 (0.27%) Postman
10 1 (0.13%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.13%) Claude Code
10 1 (0.13%) git-flow
10 1 (0.13%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.13%) TeamCity
10 1 (0.13%) Visual Studio Coded UI
10 1 (0.13%) Vite
10 1 (0.13%) webpack
General
1 271 (36.52%) Social Skills
2 219 (29.51%) Analytical Skills
3 199 (26.82%) Finance
4 75 (10.11%) Public Sector
5 52 (7.01%) Banking
6 34 (4.58%) Retail
7 27 (3.64%) Marketing
8 26 (3.50%) Publishing
9 20 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
9 20 (2.70%) Military
10 18 (2.43%) Presentation Skills
11 13 (1.75%) Front Office
12 12 (1.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 12 (1.62%) Influencing Skills
13 11 (1.48%) Legal
14 10 (1.35%) Law
14 10 (1.35%) Manufacturing
14 10 (1.35%) Pharmaceutical
15 8 (1.08%) Investment Banking
15 8 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 188 (25.34%) Analyst
2 114 (15.36%) Developer
3 103 (13.88%) Data Analyst
4 90 (12.13%) Senior
5 88 (11.86%) Data Engineer
6 65 (8.76%) Lead
7 49 (6.60%) Architect
8 44 (5.93%) Consultant
9 43 (5.80%) Data Scientist
10 42 (5.66%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 39 (5.26%) Business Analyst
12 29 (3.91%) Power BI Developer
13 27 (3.64%) Senior Analyst
14 25 (3.37%) Software Engineer
15 22 (2.96%) Solutions Architect
16 20 (2.70%) Business Intelligence Analyst
16 20 (2.70%) Senior Data Engineer
17 16 (2.16%) Data Business Analyst
18 15 (2.02%) Designer
19 13 (1.75%) Transformation Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (6.60%) Pandas
2 37 (4.99%) React
3 33 (4.45%) NumPy
4 32 (4.31%) scikit-learn
5 30 (4.04%) Kafka
6 25 (3.37%) Node.js
7 22 (2.96%) PySpark
8 20 (2.70%) Web Services
9 18 (2.43%) Matplotlib
10 17 (2.29%) Elastic Stack
10 17 (2.29%) Plotly
11 16 (2.16%) Seaborn
12 15 (2.02%) AngularJS
12 15 (2.02%) REST
13 14 (1.89%) TensorFlow
14 13 (1.75%) JSON
14 13 (1.75%) Vue
15 11 (1.48%) PyTorch
16 10 (1.35%) OpenTelemetry
16 10 (1.35%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 34 (4.58%) Cloud Native
2 30 (4.04%) Algorithms
3 28 (3.77%) Analytical Mindset
3 28 (3.77%) Data Structures
4 26 (3.50%) Management Information System
5 23 (3.10%) Product Ownership
6 17 (2.29%) Legacy Systems
7 11 (1.48%) Virtual Team
8 9 (1.21%) Onboarding
9 8 (1.08%) Distributed Systems
9 8 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
9 8 (1.08%) Life Science
9 8 (1.08%) Marketing Technology
9 8 (1.08%) PMI
9 8 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
10 7 (0.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 7 (0.94%) Reference Data
11 6 (0.81%) AI Agents
11 6 (0.81%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (0.81%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 30 (4.04%) Linux
2 24 (3.23%) Windows
3 10 (1.35%) Unix
4 4 (0.54%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.13%) Android
5 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.13%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 367 (49.46%) Business Intelligence
2 353 (47.57%) Data Visualisation
3 280 (37.74%) Analytics
4 211 (28.44%) Data Modelling
5 200 (26.95%) Decision-Making
6 195 (26.28%) Problem-Solving
7 173 (23.32%) Agile
8 154 (20.75%) Actionable Insight
9 153 (20.62%) Data Analysis
10 120 (16.17%) ETL
11 118 (15.90%) Data Science
12 117 (15.77%) Data Pipeline
13 116 (15.63%) AI
14 111 (14.96%) Validation
15 106 (14.29%) Dashboard Development
16 102 (13.75%) Data Governance
17 96 (12.94%) Data Engineering
18 90 (12.13%) Machine Learning
19 83 (11.19%) Continuous Improvement
19 83 (11.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 343 (46.23%) SQL
2 242 (32.61%) Python
3 55 (7.41%) R
4 47 (6.33%) JavaScript
5 44 (5.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 33 (4.45%) C#
7 27 (3.64%) C++
8 25 (3.37%) Java
8 25 (3.37%) TypeScript
9 15 (2.02%) Scala
10 12 (1.62%) PowerShell
11 10 (1.35%) VBA
12 7 (0.94%) Groovy
12 7 (0.94%) Perl
13 6 (0.81%) PHP
14 5 (0.67%) PL/SQL
14 5 (0.67%) T-SQL
15 4 (0.54%) Bash
15 4 (0.54%) C
16 3 (0.40%) Rust
Qualifications
1 145 (19.54%) Security Cleared
2 112 (15.09%) SC Cleared
3 83 (11.19%) Degree
4 33 (4.45%) Master's Degree
5 22 (2.96%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (2.16%) BPSS Clearance
6 16 (2.16%) CISM
6 16 (2.16%) CISSP
7 15 (2.02%) Azure Certification
8 11 (1.48%) DV Cleared
9 10 (1.35%) PhD
9 10 (1.35%) TOGAF Certification
10 9 (1.21%) AWS Certification
10 9 (1.21%) PMI Certification
11 4 (0.54%) CBAP
11 4 (0.54%) CFA
11 4 (0.54%) MBA
11 4 (0.54%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (0.54%) Postgraduate
11 4 (0.54%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 145 (19.54%) Data Quality
2 45 (6.06%) QA
3 42 (5.66%) Accessibility
4 25 (3.37%) GDPR
5 19 (2.56%) PMO
6 12 (1.62%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (0.67%) SLA
7 5 (0.67%) WCAG
8 4 (0.54%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.40%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 2 (0.27%) Dodd-Frank
10 2 (0.27%) EMIR
10 2 (0.27%) NIST
10 2 (0.27%) Software Quality Assurance
11 1 (0.13%) Basel III
11 1 (0.13%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.13%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.13%) MiFID
11 1 (0.13%) P3O
11 1 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 32 (4.31%) Docker
2 7 (0.94%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.27%) HDFS
4 1 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 41 (5.53%) Kubernetes
2 37 (4.99%) Terraform
3 22 (2.96%) Kibana
4 18 (2.43%) Ansible
5 16 (2.16%) Grafana
5 16 (2.16%) Prometheus
6 14 (1.89%) logstash
7 7 (0.94%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 4 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.40%) SCCM
10 2 (0.27%) Cilium
10 2 (0.27%) SysTrack
11 1 (0.13%) Cacti
11 1 (0.13%) HP ALM
11 1 (0.13%) Kubeflow
11 1 (0.13%) Network Intrusion Detection System
11 1 (0.13%) Thomson Reuters DACS
11 1 (0.13%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 107 (14.42%) Microsoft
2 66 (8.89%) Databricks
3 44 (5.93%) Google
4 34 (4.58%) Oracle
5 25 (3.37%) SAP
6 20 (2.70%) Salesforce
7 18 (2.43%) BiZZdesign
8 16 (2.16%) Sage
8 16 (2.16%) Splunk
9 14 (1.89%) ServiceNow
10 13 (1.75%) CyberArk
11 12 (1.62%) Centrify
12 11 (1.48%) Adobe
13 8 (1.08%) Amplitude
13 8 (1.08%) Dynatrace
14 7 (0.94%) Bloomberg
14 7 (0.94%) Cisco
14 7 (0.94%) Cognos
14 7 (0.94%) Informatica
14 7 (0.94%) MicroStrategy