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 24 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 97 138
Rank change year-on-year -26 +41 -3
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 770 671 659
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.20% 2.64% 1.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.52% 2.93% 2.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 488 450 449
10th Percentile £330 £332 £313
25th Percentile £413 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £480 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £583
90th Percentile £738 £738 £685
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 23 42
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.54 £26.39
25th Percentile £20.50 £25.50 £42.50
Median hourly rate £59.50 £32.81 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +81.35% -28.95% -28.95%
75th Percentile £65.00 £59.75 £58.38
90th Percentile £82.25 £64.75 £64.88
UK median hourly rate £54.50 £31.91 £46.18
% change year-on-year +70.82% -30.91% -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 30,532 22,872 32,975
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.28% 90.11% 87.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,556 14,324 21,897
10th Percentile £313 £310 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £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 1,892 747 2,040
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.48 £21.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% - -
75th Percentile £63.40 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.18 £72.00
UK median hourly rate £25.77 £33.00 £34.00
% change year-on-year -21.91% -2.94% -2.86%

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 24 February 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 24 February 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 24 February 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 -20 428 £500 -3.85% 184
North of England -45 111 £469 +1.35% 93
Midlands -24 71 £500 +25.31% 74
West Midlands -23 58 £500 +21.21% 39
North West -37 56 £420 -9.19% 45
South East -12 51 £500 +21.21% 142
Yorkshire -23 51 £514 +23.11% 34
South West -6 50 £680 +51.00% 42
East of England -33 28 £500 +10.13% 40
East Midlands -27 13 £450 +26.40% 34
North East -18 7 £425 -19.05% 14
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 38 (4.94%) Apache Spark
2 33 (4.29%) Confluence
3 22 (2.86%) Apache
4 20 (2.60%) SharePoint
5 18 (2.34%) Apache Airflow
6 7 (0.91%) Jupyter
7 6 (0.78%) SAS
8 5 (0.65%) GeoServer
8 5 (0.65%) OpenStack
8 5 (0.65%) Palantir Foundry
8 5 (0.65%) Smallworld
9 4 (0.52%) WebLogic
10 3 (0.39%) Apache Pig
10 3 (0.39%) Apache Superset
10 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
11 2 (0.26%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.13%) CMS
12 1 (0.13%) Drupal
12 1 (0.13%) Oracle Application Server
12 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 107 (13.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (1.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 13 (1.69%) MS Visio
4 12 (1.56%) Chatbot
4 12 (1.56%) Microsoft Office
5 8 (1.04%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.52%) Adobe Illustrator
6 4 (0.52%) Navisworks
6 4 (0.52%) Photoshop
6 4 (0.52%) Revit
6 4 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.39%) ProjectWise
8 2 (0.26%) InDesign
9 1 (0.13%) 3ds Max
9 1 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.13%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.13%) Maya
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle Smart View
9 1 (0.13%) SOLIDWORKS
9 1 (0.13%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 12 (1.56%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.52%) Adobe Campaign
4 3 (0.39%) Eloqua
4 3 (0.39%) Primavera
5 2 (0.26%) iTrent
5 2 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.13%) Actimize
6 1 (0.13%) Advent Geneva
6 1 (0.13%) Aladdin
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%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.13%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 346 (44.94%) Power Platform
2 156 (20.26%) Azure
3 142 (18.44%) AWS
4 61 (7.92%) GCP
5 44 (5.71%) Azure Data Factory
6 37 (4.81%) Snowflake
7 34 (4.42%) Serverless
8 26 (3.38%) AWS Lambda
8 26 (3.38%) dbt
9 24 (3.12%) Amazon S3
10 22 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
10 22 (2.86%) Power Automate
11 21 (2.73%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 18 (2.34%) PowerApps
13 16 (2.08%) GitHub
14 15 (1.95%) Cloud Computing
15 11 (1.43%) Google Workspace
16 10 (1.30%) Google Analytics
16 10 (1.30%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 9 (1.17%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.43%) TCP/IP
2 9 (1.17%) Ethernet
3 5 (0.65%) Firewall
4 4 (0.52%) 2G
4 4 (0.52%) 5G
5 3 (0.39%) Kerberos
6 2 (0.26%) DNS
6 2 (0.26%) LTE
6 2 (0.26%) Mobile Backhaul
6 2 (0.26%) Network Security
6 2 (0.26%) Radio Access Network
6 2 (0.26%) SMS
6 2 (0.26%) 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%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 345 (44.81%) Power BI
2 159 (20.65%) Tableau
3 84 (10.91%) Data Warehouse
4 36 (4.68%) Relational Database
5 33 (4.29%) Big Data
5 33 (4.29%) Looker
5 33 (4.29%) Metadata
6 30 (3.90%) Power Query
7 29 (3.77%) Data Lake
8 28 (3.64%) Hadoop
9 26 (3.38%) BigQuery
10 25 (3.25%) SQL Server
11 21 (2.73%) PostgreSQL
12 16 (2.08%) Elasticsearch
12 16 (2.08%) NoSQL
13 15 (1.95%) Data Mining
13 15 (1.95%) Geospatial Data
13 15 (1.95%) Oracle Reports
14 14 (1.82%) Azure SQL Database
15 13 (1.69%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 47 (6.10%) JIRA
2 38 (4.94%) Git
3 15 (1.95%) Jenkins
4 9 (1.17%) Visual Studio
5 8 (1.04%) Eclipse
6 5 (0.65%) MLflow
7 4 (0.52%) ERwin
8 3 (0.39%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.39%) GitLab
8 3 (0.39%) Terragrunt
9 2 (0.26%) Postman
10 1 (0.13%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.13%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.13%) Claude Code
10 1 (0.13%) Gradle
10 1 (0.13%) Snyk
10 1 (0.13%) SpecFlow
10 1 (0.13%) Storybook
10 1 (0.13%) Vite
10 1 (0.13%) webpack
General
1 288 (37.40%) Social Skills
2 219 (28.44%) Analytical Skills
3 208 (27.01%) Finance
4 69 (8.96%) Public Sector
5 62 (8.05%) Banking
6 36 (4.68%) Retail
7 30 (3.90%) Marketing
8 24 (3.12%) Publishing
9 20 (2.60%) Documentation Skills
10 16 (2.08%) Influencing Skills
11 15 (1.95%) Military
11 15 (1.95%) Presentation Skills
12 14 (1.82%) Front Office
12 14 (1.82%) Legal
13 12 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 11 (1.43%) Pharmaceutical
15 9 (1.17%) Organisational Skills
16 8 (1.04%) Investment Banking
16 8 (1.04%) Manufacturing
17 6 (0.78%) Law
Job Titles
1 191 (24.81%) Analyst
2 113 (14.68%) Developer
3 106 (13.77%) Data Analyst
4 86 (11.17%) Senior
5 83 (10.78%) Data Engineer
6 68 (8.83%) Architect
7 62 (8.05%) Lead
8 55 (7.14%) Data Scientist
9 46 (5.97%) Consultant
10 42 (5.45%) Business Analyst
11 40 (5.19%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 30 (3.90%) Senior Analyst
13 27 (3.51%) Power BI Developer
14 24 (3.12%) Solutions Architect
15 20 (2.60%) Software Engineer
16 18 (2.34%) Business Intelligence Analyst
16 18 (2.34%) Data Business Analyst
16 18 (2.34%) Integration Architect
16 18 (2.34%) Senior Data Engineer
17 16 (2.08%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (5.58%) Pandas
2 34 (4.42%) React
3 32 (4.16%) scikit-learn
4 29 (3.77%) Kafka
4 29 (3.77%) NumPy
5 28 (3.64%) PySpark
6 22 (2.86%) Node.js
7 17 (2.21%) Elastic Stack
7 17 (2.21%) Plotly
8 15 (1.95%) AngularJS
8 15 (1.95%) Matplotlib
8 15 (1.95%) REST
9 14 (1.82%) JSON
9 14 (1.82%) TensorFlow
9 14 (1.82%) Vue
9 14 (1.82%) Web Services
10 13 (1.69%) HTML
11 12 (1.56%) Seaborn
12 11 (1.43%) CSS
13 10 (1.30%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 34 (4.42%) Cloud Native
2 33 (4.29%) Algorithms
3 30 (3.90%) Analytical Mindset
4 28 (3.64%) Management Information System
4 28 (3.64%) Product Ownership
5 25 (3.25%) Data Structures
6 17 (2.21%) Legacy Systems
7 11 (1.43%) Data Protection Act
7 11 (1.43%) PMI
7 11 (1.43%) Virtual Team
8 10 (1.30%) Onboarding
9 8 (1.04%) Hybrid Cloud
9 8 (1.04%) Life Science
9 8 (1.04%) Reference Data
10 7 (0.91%) Distributed Systems
10 7 (0.91%) Marketing Technology
10 7 (0.91%) NHS
11 6 (0.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 6 (0.78%) IoT
11 6 (0.78%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 27 (3.51%) Linux
2 20 (2.60%) Windows
3 14 (1.82%) Unix
4 4 (0.52%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.26%) Android
5 2 (0.26%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.13%) VMS
6 1 (0.13%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 373 (48.44%) Business Intelligence
2 368 (47.79%) Data Visualisation
3 287 (37.27%) Analytics
4 205 (26.62%) Data Modelling
5 198 (25.71%) Decision-Making
6 188 (24.42%) Problem-Solving
7 174 (22.60%) Agile
8 156 (20.26%) Data Analysis
9 148 (19.22%) Actionable Insight
10 136 (17.66%) Data Science
11 123 (15.97%) AI
12 117 (15.19%) Data Pipeline
13 112 (14.55%) ETL
14 103 (13.38%) Validation
15 102 (13.25%) Data Governance
15 102 (13.25%) Machine Learning
16 100 (12.99%) Data Engineering
16 100 (12.99%) Stakeholder Management
17 98 (12.73%) Dashboard Development
18 92 (11.95%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 348 (45.19%) SQL
2 255 (33.12%) Python
3 56 (7.27%) R
4 48 (6.23%) JavaScript
5 39 (5.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 30 (3.90%) Java
7 28 (3.64%) C#
8 23 (2.99%) C++
8 23 (2.99%) TypeScript
9 19 (2.47%) Scala
10 14 (1.82%) PowerShell
11 10 (1.30%) VBA
12 8 (1.04%) PL/SQL
13 7 (0.91%) Bash
13 7 (0.91%) Groovy
13 7 (0.91%) PHP
14 6 (0.78%) Perl
15 4 (0.52%) C
15 4 (0.52%) Go
15 4 (0.52%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 152 (19.74%) Security Cleared
2 122 (15.84%) SC Cleared
3 81 (10.52%) Degree
4 34 (4.42%) Master's Degree
5 19 (2.47%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (2.21%) Azure Certification
7 16 (2.08%) CISM
7 16 (2.08%) CISSP
8 15 (1.95%) BPSS Clearance
9 13 (1.69%) PMI Certification
10 12 (1.56%) DV Cleared
11 11 (1.43%) PhD
12 10 (1.30%) TOGAF Certification
13 9 (1.17%) AWS Certification
14 7 (0.91%) CBAP
15 5 (0.65%) MBA
16 4 (0.52%) CFA
16 4 (0.52%) Postgraduate
17 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Certification
18 2 (0.26%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 129 (16.75%) Data Quality
2 48 (6.23%) Accessibility
3 44 (5.71%) QA
4 27 (3.51%) GDPR
5 19 (2.47%) PMO
6 13 (1.69%) Actionable Recommendations
7 6 (0.78%) WCAG
8 4 (0.52%) ISO 19650
9 3 (0.39%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 3 (0.39%) SLA
10 2 (0.26%) Dodd-Frank
10 2 (0.26%) EMIR
10 2 (0.26%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.26%) NIST
10 2 (0.26%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.26%) Software Quality Assurance
11 1 (0.13%) GRC
11 1 (0.13%) P3O
11 1 (0.13%) SOC 2
System Software
1 33 (4.29%) Docker
2 7 (0.91%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.39%) HDFS
4 2 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 41 (5.32%) Kubernetes
2 40 (5.19%) Terraform
3 22 (2.86%) Kibana
4 19 (2.47%) Ansible
5 17 (2.21%) Grafana
6 16 (2.08%) Prometheus
7 14 (1.82%) logstash
8 7 (0.91%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 4 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.39%) SCCM
11 2 (0.26%) Cilium
11 2 (0.26%) SysTrack
12 1 (0.13%) Argo
12 1 (0.13%) Cacti
12 1 (0.13%) HP ALM
12 1 (0.13%) Kubeflow
12 1 (0.13%) Network Intrusion Detection System
12 1 (0.13%) Thomson Reuters DACS
12 1 (0.13%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 108 (14.03%) Microsoft
2 65 (8.44%) Databricks
3 46 (5.97%) Google
4 34 (4.42%) Oracle
5 24 (3.12%) SAP
5 24 (3.12%) Splunk
6 21 (2.73%) Salesforce
7 18 (2.34%) BiZZdesign
8 13 (1.69%) CyberArk
8 13 (1.69%) Sage
8 13 (1.69%) ServiceNow
9 12 (1.56%) Adobe
9 12 (1.56%) Centrify
10 11 (1.43%) Dynatrace
11 10 (1.30%) Cisco
12 9 (1.17%) Foundry
13 8 (1.04%) Amplitude
13 8 (1.04%) AppDynamics
14 7 (0.91%) MicroStrategy
14 7 (0.91%) OpenAI