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

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 94 139
Rank change year-on-year -27 +45 -5
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 764 699 679
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.25% 2.68% 1.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.57% 2.99% 2.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 477 461 459
10th Percentile £343 £331 £315
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 £608 £638 £590
90th Percentile £738 £738 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 24 49
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.69 £27.45
25th Percentile £21.13 £24.88 £42.50
Median hourly rate £57.25 £31.91 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +79.44% -30.91% -28.95%
75th Percentile £65.00 £59.25 £52.50
90th Percentile £81.93 £64.63 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £54.75 £31.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year +76.61% -32.87% -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 29,739 23,407 32,830
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.55% 89.77% 87.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,003 14,473 21,878
10th Percentile £308 £310 £300
25th Percentile £412 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £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 1,861 738 1,959
10th Percentile £15.09 £15.62 £13.39
25th Percentile £18.00 £21.05 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.77 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.37% - -
75th Percentile £60.61 £64.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £72.90
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £33.07
% change year-on-year -22.62% -1.71% +1.74%

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 12 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 12 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 12 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 -24 418 £523 +0.48% 168
North of England -49 113 £455 -1.62% 82
Midlands -16 72 £504 +26.51% 68
West Midlands -13 60 £507 +24.86% 38
South East -5 56 £500 +21.21% 134
North West -32 56 £409 -11.62% 46
Yorkshire -30 52 £517 +21.53% 28
South West -12 47 £750 +62.16% 45
East of England -39 29 £513 +12.89% 25
East Midlands -21 12 £423 +20.71% 30
North East -22 8 £450 -14.29% 8
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 (4.97%) Apache Spark
2 37 (4.84%) Confluence
3 24 (3.14%) Apache
4 22 (2.88%) SharePoint
5 18 (2.36%) Apache Airflow
6 8 (1.05%) Apache Pig
7 7 (0.92%) Jupyter
8 6 (0.79%) Palantir Foundry
9 5 (0.65%) GeoServer
9 5 (0.65%) OpenStack
9 5 (0.65%) Smallworld
10 4 (0.52%) SAS
10 4 (0.52%) WebLogic
11 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
12 2 (0.26%) Apache Superset
12 2 (0.26%) ArcGIS
13 1 (0.13%) CMS
13 1 (0.13%) IIS
13 1 (0.13%) PowerFactory
13 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 105 (13.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (2.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 14 (1.83%) MS Visio
4 10 (1.31%) Microsoft Office
5 8 (1.05%) Chatbot
6 7 (0.92%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.52%) Adobe Illustrator
7 4 (0.52%) Navisworks
7 4 (0.52%) Photoshop
7 4 (0.52%) Revit
7 4 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.39%) ProjectWise
9 2 (0.26%) InDesign
10 1 (0.13%) 3ds Max
10 1 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.13%) Maya
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.13%) SOLIDWORKS
10 1 (0.13%) SPSS
10 1 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (1.31%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.39%) Primavera
3 2 (0.26%) iTrent
3 2 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.13%) Actimize
4 1 (0.13%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.13%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.13%) Maximo
4 1 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.13%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.13%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 343 (44.90%) Power Platform
2 165 (21.60%) Azure
3 128 (16.75%) AWS
4 63 (8.25%) GCP
5 43 (5.63%) Azure Data Factory
6 35 (4.58%) Snowflake
7 27 (3.53%) dbt
8 25 (3.27%) Serverless
9 24 (3.14%) Azure DevOps
10 23 (3.01%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 20 (2.62%) Power Automate
12 19 (2.49%) AWS Lambda
12 19 (2.49%) GitHub
13 18 (2.36%) PowerApps
14 17 (2.23%) Amazon S3
15 15 (1.96%) Cloud Computing
16 10 (1.31%) Google Analytics
16 10 (1.31%) Microsoft 365
17 8 (1.05%) Figma
18 7 (0.92%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.70%) TCP/IP
2 10 (1.31%) Ethernet
3 5 (0.65%) Firewall
4 4 (0.52%) 2G
4 4 (0.52%) 5G
5 3 (0.39%) Internet
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%) SNMP
6 2 (0.26%) SSH
6 2 (0.26%) VoIP
7 1 (0.13%) 4G
7 1 (0.13%) LAN
7 1 (0.13%) Reverse Proxy
7 1 (0.13%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 341 (44.63%) Power BI
2 154 (20.16%) Tableau
3 80 (10.47%) Data Warehouse
4 34 (4.45%) Big Data
5 33 (4.32%) Power Query
5 33 (4.32%) Relational Database
6 32 (4.19%) Hadoop
7 31 (4.06%) Looker
8 30 (3.93%) Metadata
9 29 (3.80%) SQL Server
10 28 (3.66%) Data Lake
11 26 (3.40%) BigQuery
12 21 (2.75%) PostgreSQL
13 19 (2.49%) Data Mining
14 17 (2.23%) NoSQL
15 16 (2.09%) Elasticsearch
16 15 (1.96%) Azure SQL Database
16 15 (1.96%) Oracle Reports
17 14 (1.83%) Snowflake Schema
18 13 (1.70%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 48 (6.28%) JIRA
2 36 (4.71%) Git
3 12 (1.57%) Jenkins
3 12 (1.57%) Visual Studio
4 10 (1.31%) Eclipse
5 4 (0.52%) ERwin
5 4 (0.52%) Gradle
5 4 (0.52%) Storybook
5 4 (0.52%) Xcode
6 3 (0.39%) Cypress.io
6 3 (0.39%) Terragrunt
7 2 (0.26%) GitLab
7 2 (0.26%) MLflow
8 1 (0.13%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.13%) Postman
8 1 (0.13%) Snyk
8 1 (0.13%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.13%) Visual Studio Coded UI
8 1 (0.13%) Vite
8 1 (0.13%) webpack
General
1 284 (37.17%) Social Skills
2 213 (27.88%) Analytical Skills
3 194 (25.39%) Finance
4 68 (8.90%) Banking
5 59 (7.72%) Public Sector
6 32 (4.19%) Retail
7 25 (3.27%) Marketing
8 23 (3.01%) Publishing
9 19 (2.49%) Documentation Skills
9 19 (2.49%) Legal
10 18 (2.36%) Military
10 18 (2.36%) Presentation Skills
11 16 (2.09%) Influencing Skills
12 15 (1.96%) Front Office
13 13 (1.70%) Investment Banking
14 11 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 11 (1.44%) Pharmaceutical
15 8 (1.05%) Law
15 8 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
16 7 (0.92%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 178 (23.30%) Analyst
2 116 (15.18%) Developer
3 95 (12.43%) Data Analyst
4 86 (11.26%) Data Engineer
4 86 (11.26%) Senior
5 72 (9.42%) Architect
6 57 (7.46%) Data Scientist
7 53 (6.94%) Lead
8 44 (5.76%) Consultant
9 43 (5.63%) Business Analyst
10 40 (5.24%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 30 (3.93%) Solutions Architect
12 29 (3.80%) Power BI Developer
13 27 (3.53%) Senior Analyst
14 22 (2.88%) Software Engineer
15 18 (2.36%) Integration Architect
15 18 (2.36%) Report Analyst
15 18 (2.36%) Senior Data Engineer
16 17 (2.23%) Designer
16 17 (2.23%) SQL Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (5.10%) Pandas
2 35 (4.58%) React
3 31 (4.06%) scikit-learn
4 29 (3.80%) Kafka
5 28 (3.66%) PySpark
6 26 (3.40%) NumPy
7 23 (3.01%) Node.js
8 17 (2.23%) Elastic Stack
8 17 (2.23%) Plotly
9 15 (1.96%) AngularJS
9 15 (1.96%) REST
9 15 (1.96%) Web Services
10 14 (1.83%) Vue
11 13 (1.70%) HTML
11 13 (1.70%) TensorFlow
12 12 (1.57%) D3.js
12 12 (1.57%) JSON
12 12 (1.57%) Matplotlib
12 12 (1.57%) OAuth
13 11 (1.44%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 38 (4.97%) Algorithms
2 33 (4.32%) Cloud Native
3 30 (3.93%) Analytical Mindset
4 27 (3.53%) Management Information System
5 25 (3.27%) Product Ownership
6 23 (3.01%) Data Structures
7 17 (2.23%) Legacy Systems
8 12 (1.57%) Onboarding
9 11 (1.44%) PMI
10 9 (1.18%) Data Protection Act
11 8 (1.05%) Life Science
11 8 (1.05%) Reference Data
12 7 (0.92%) Hybrid Cloud
12 7 (0.92%) Security Posture
12 7 (0.92%) Virtual Team
13 6 (0.79%) Distributed Systems
13 6 (0.79%) NHS
14 5 (0.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 5 (0.65%) IoT
14 5 (0.65%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 31 (4.06%) Linux
2 22 (2.88%) Windows
3 15 (1.96%) Unix
4 5 (0.65%) Android
5 4 (0.52%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.52%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.13%) VMS
6 1 (0.13%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 369 (48.30%) Data Visualisation
2 365 (47.77%) Business Intelligence
3 278 (36.39%) Analytics
4 195 (25.52%) Data Modelling
5 191 (25.00%) Decision-Making
6 183 (23.95%) Problem-Solving
7 160 (20.94%) Data Analysis
8 157 (20.55%) Agile
9 147 (19.24%) Actionable Insight
10 136 (17.80%) Data Science
11 126 (16.49%) AI
12 108 (14.14%) Data Pipeline
13 106 (13.87%) Machine Learning
14 105 (13.74%) ETL
15 102 (13.35%) Stakeholder Management
16 99 (12.96%) Data Governance
16 99 (12.96%) Validation
17 96 (12.57%) Data Engineering
18 94 (12.30%) Dashboard Development
19 86 (11.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 337 (44.11%) SQL
2 253 (33.12%) Python
3 53 (6.94%) R
4 49 (6.41%) JavaScript
5 43 (5.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 37 (4.84%) Java
7 28 (3.66%) C#
8 27 (3.53%) TypeScript
9 25 (3.27%) C++
9 25 (3.27%) Scala
10 15 (1.96%) PowerShell
11 11 (1.44%) VBA
12 10 (1.31%) Bash
13 8 (1.05%) PL/SQL
14 7 (0.92%) Groovy
14 7 (0.92%) PHP
15 6 (0.79%) Perl
15 6 (0.79%) T-SQL
16 4 (0.52%) C
16 4 (0.52%) Go
Qualifications
1 141 (18.46%) Security Cleared
2 111 (14.53%) SC Cleared
3 76 (9.95%) Degree
4 32 (4.19%) Master's Degree
5 19 (2.49%) Computer Science Degree
6 18 (2.36%) Azure Certification
6 18 (2.36%) CISSP
7 16 (2.09%) CISM
8 14 (1.83%) BPSS Clearance
9 13 (1.70%) DV Cleared
9 13 (1.70%) PMI Certification
10 11 (1.44%) PhD
11 10 (1.31%) TOGAF Certification
12 9 (1.18%) AWS Certification
13 7 (0.92%) CBAP
13 7 (0.92%) CFA
14 5 (0.65%) MBA
15 4 (0.52%) CEH
16 3 (0.39%) GIAC
16 3 (0.39%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 114 (14.92%) Data Quality
2 51 (6.68%) Accessibility
3 41 (5.37%) QA
4 29 (3.80%) GDPR
5 13 (1.70%) Actionable Recommendations
5 13 (1.70%) PMO
6 6 (0.79%) WCAG
7 4 (0.52%) HIPAA
7 4 (0.52%) ISO 19650
8 3 (0.39%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 3 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.39%) NIST
8 3 (0.39%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.39%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.26%) Dodd-Frank
9 2 (0.26%) EMIR
9 2 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.26%) SLA
9 2 (0.26%) Software Quality Assurance
10 1 (0.13%) GRC
System Software
1 29 (3.80%) Docker
2 6 (0.79%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.39%) HDFS
3 3 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 42 (5.50%) Terraform
2 37 (4.84%) Kubernetes
3 22 (2.88%) Kibana
4 20 (2.62%) Ansible
5 15 (1.96%) logstash
6 13 (1.70%) Grafana
6 13 (1.70%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.39%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 2 (0.26%) Cilium
9 2 (0.26%) SCCM
9 2 (0.26%) SysTrack
10 1 (0.13%) Argo
10 1 (0.13%) Cacti
10 1 (0.13%) Fluentd
10 1 (0.13%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.13%) Kubeflow
10 1 (0.13%) Network Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.13%) Rsyslog
10 1 (0.13%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 114 (14.92%) Microsoft
2 59 (7.72%) Databricks
3 42 (5.50%) Google
4 31 (4.06%) Splunk
5 29 (3.80%) Oracle
6 26 (3.40%) Salesforce
7 20 (2.62%) SAP
8 18 (2.36%) BiZZdesign
9 13 (1.70%) CyberArk
9 13 (1.70%) ServiceNow
10 12 (1.57%) Centrify
10 12 (1.57%) OpenAI
11 11 (1.44%) Dynatrace
11 11 (1.44%) Foundry
11 11 (1.44%) Sage
12 10 (1.31%) Cisco
13 8 (1.05%) AppDynamics
14 7 (0.92%) Adobe
14 7 (0.92%) Alteryx
14 7 (0.92%) Palantir