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 13 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 185 110 116
Rank change year-on-year -75 +6 +25
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 680 681 662
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.49% 2.46% 1.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.75% 2.71% 2.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 401 414 428
10th Percentile £325 £301 £313
25th Percentile £400 £393 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.78% -7.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £613
90th Percentile £713 £675 £719
UK median daily rate £485 £463 £500
% change year-on-year +4.86% -7.50% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 44 52
10th Percentile £21.08 £25.24 £31.75
25th Percentile £29.96 £33.06 £46.18
Median hourly rate £60.50 £50.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.00% -23.08% +44.44%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 -
90th Percentile £73.75 - -
UK median hourly rate £60.50 £50.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +21.00% -23.08% +48.57%

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 38,759 25,103 28,648
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.06% 90.80% 85.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,089 16,021 18,628
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £756
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,530 1,424 1,656
10th Percentile £14.55 £14.20 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.50 £17.87 £18.50
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +3.24%
75th Percentile £68.75 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £41.50
% change year-on-year +68.99% -39.40% -1.55%

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 13 August 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 13 August 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 13 August 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 -75 330 £488 -2.50% 681
North of England -53 102 £450 +5.26% 173
Midlands -36 84 £528 +26.09% 100
South East -52 64 £450 -18.18% 155
West Midlands -32 63 £550 +5.77% 60
North West -27 52 £473 +5.70% 89
South West -16 48 £463 +2.78% 87
Yorkshire -47 45 £471 +17.81% 62
East of England -27 35 £565 +2.73% 72
East Midlands -11 21 £375 -3.23% 40
North East -43 6 £410 -8.89% 24
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 18 (2.65%) Apache Spark
2 17 (2.50%) Confluence
3 10 (1.47%) ArcGIS
4 9 (1.32%) Apache Superset
4 9 (1.32%) SharePoint
5 8 (1.18%) Apache Airflow
6 7 (1.03%) Apache
7 5 (0.74%) CMS
7 5 (0.74%) Palantir Foundry
8 4 (0.59%) Jupyter
8 4 (0.59%) SAS
9 2 (0.29%) Oracle Application Server
10 1 (0.15%) nginx
10 1 (0.15%) R Markdown
Applications
1 100 (14.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.76%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.47%) MS Visio
4 8 (1.18%) CPLEX
4 8 (1.18%) Spreadsheet
5 6 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.74%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.59%) Adobe Illustrator
7 4 (0.59%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.44%) InDesign
9 2 (0.29%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.29%) EPLAN
9 2 (0.29%) Notion
10 1 (0.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 10 (1.47%) Dynamics CRM
1 10 (1.47%) Remedy ITSM
1 10 (1.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.59%) Adobe Campaign
3 3 (0.44%) Eloqua
3 3 (0.44%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.29%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.15%) Advent Geneva
5 1 (0.15%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.15%) iTrent
5 1 (0.15%) Primavera
5 1 (0.15%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.15%) ResourceLink
5 1 (0.15%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.15%) SAP MDM
5 1 (0.15%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.15%) Sprinklr
5 1 (0.15%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 335 (49.26%) Power Platform
2 146 (21.47%) Azure
3 105 (15.44%) AWS
4 43 (6.32%) GCP
5 40 (5.88%) Snowflake
6 37 (5.44%) Azure Data Factory
7 36 (5.29%) Azure DevOps
8 28 (4.12%) Serverless
9 27 (3.97%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 27 (3.97%) Power Automate
10 24 (3.53%) GitHub
11 22 (3.24%) PowerApps
12 18 (2.65%) dbt
13 17 (2.50%) Amazon S3
14 13 (1.91%) AWS Lambda
15 11 (1.62%) Google Analytics
16 10 (1.47%) Adobe Analytics
16 10 (1.47%) Dynamics 365
17 9 (1.32%) Microsoft 365
17 9 (1.32%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.76%) Ethernet
2 11 (1.62%) TCP/IP
3 4 (0.59%) Wireless
4 3 (0.44%) Firewall
5 2 (0.29%) 2G
5 2 (0.29%) 3G
5 2 (0.29%) 4G
5 2 (0.29%) 5G
5 2 (0.29%) DHCP
5 2 (0.29%) DNS
5 2 (0.29%) PCoIP
5 2 (0.29%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (0.29%) Remote Desktop
5 2 (0.29%) SNMP
5 2 (0.29%) VPN
6 1 (0.15%) Broadband
6 1 (0.15%) Modbus
6 1 (0.15%) Network Security
6 1 (0.15%) Reverse Proxy
6 1 (0.15%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 329 (48.38%) Power BI
2 137 (20.15%) Tableau
3 90 (13.24%) Data Warehouse
4 52 (7.65%) Power Query
5 46 (6.76%) Relational Database
6 34 (5.00%) Data Lake
6 34 (5.00%) Metadata
7 26 (3.82%) SQL Server
8 24 (3.53%) Looker
9 23 (3.38%) PostgreSQL
10 19 (2.79%) BigQuery
11 18 (2.65%) Big Data
12 14 (2.06%) Star Schema
13 13 (1.91%) GIS
13 13 (1.91%) QlikView
14 12 (1.76%) Oracle Reports
14 12 (1.76%) Parquet
14 12 (1.76%) Qlik Sense
15 11 (1.62%) NoSQL
15 11 (1.62%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 42 (6.18%) JIRA
2 35 (5.15%) Git
3 13 (1.91%) Visual Studio
4 12 (1.76%) Eclipse
5 8 (1.18%) Jenkins
6 6 (0.88%) GitLab
7 4 (0.59%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.44%) JMeter
8 3 (0.44%) MLflow
9 2 (0.29%) Charles Proxy
9 2 (0.29%) Selenium
9 2 (0.29%) WebDriver
10 1 (0.15%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.15%) Flyway
10 1 (0.15%) Gatling
10 1 (0.15%) git-flow
10 1 (0.15%) JUnit
10 1 (0.15%) LoadRunner
10 1 (0.15%) NeoLoad
10 1 (0.15%) REST Assured
General
1 215 (31.62%) Social Skills
2 214 (31.47%) Analytical Skills
3 151 (22.21%) Finance
4 69 (10.15%) Public Sector
5 47 (6.91%) Banking
6 32 (4.71%) Marketing
7 25 (3.68%) Retail
8 21 (3.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 20 (2.94%) Military
10 17 (2.50%) Presentation Skills
11 13 (1.91%) Manufacturing
12 12 (1.76%) Law
13 9 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
13 9 (1.32%) Publishing
13 9 (1.32%) Telecoms
14 8 (1.18%) Pharmaceutical
15 6 (0.88%) Front Office
15 6 (0.88%) Investment Banking
15 6 (0.88%) Local Government
16 5 (0.74%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 179 (26.32%) Analyst
2 108 (15.88%) Data Analyst
3 97 (14.26%) Developer
4 88 (12.94%) Data Engineer
5 79 (11.62%) Senior
6 43 (6.32%) Lead
7 37 (5.44%) Data Scientist
8 35 (5.15%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 33 (4.85%) Architect
10 31 (4.56%) Business Analyst
11 30 (4.41%) Consultant
12 27 (3.97%) Power BI Developer
13 24 (3.53%) Designer
14 20 (2.94%) Data Architect
14 20 (2.94%) Senior Data Engineer
15 19 (2.79%) Data Manager
16 18 (2.65%) Business Intelligence Analyst
16 18 (2.65%) Python Developer
17 14 (2.06%) Senior Analyst
18 13 (1.91%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (5.44%) Pandas
2 33 (4.85%) REST
3 30 (4.41%) React
4 22 (3.24%) NumPy
4 22 (3.24%) PySpark
5 21 (3.09%) CSS
6 19 (2.79%) HTML
7 17 (2.50%) scikit-learn
8 15 (2.21%) Node.js
8 15 (2.21%) Web Services
9 13 (1.91%) Kafka
10 12 (1.76%) PyTorch
10 12 (1.76%) TensorFlow
11 11 (1.62%) Flask
11 11 (1.62%) JSON
12 9 (1.32%) Matplotlib
13 8 (1.18%) .NET
13 8 (1.18%) AngularJS
13 8 (1.18%) Seaborn
13 8 (1.18%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 48 (7.06%) Data Structures
2 28 (4.12%) Cloud Native
3 25 (3.68%) Management Information System
4 20 (2.94%) Algorithms
4 20 (2.94%) Legacy Systems
5 19 (2.79%) Analytical Mindset
5 19 (2.79%) Product Ownership
6 17 (2.50%) Distributed Systems
7 16 (2.35%) Onboarding
8 15 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
9 12 (1.76%) Data Protection Act
9 12 (1.76%) Reference Data
9 12 (1.76%) Virtual Team
10 11 (1.62%) AI Agents
11 10 (1.47%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 10 (1.47%) PKI
12 9 (1.32%) Clustering
13 8 (1.18%) Derivative
13 8 (1.18%) Marketing Technology
14 7 (1.03%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 29 (4.26%) Windows
2 22 (3.24%) Linux
3 9 (1.32%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.88%) Unix
5 5 (0.74%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.29%) Android
6 2 (0.29%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.15%) Robot Operating System
7 1 (0.15%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 352 (51.76%) Business Intelligence
2 329 (48.38%) Data Visualisation
3 319 (46.91%) Analytics
4 201 (29.56%) Data Modelling
5 185 (27.21%) Agile
6 171 (25.15%) Decision-Making
7 169 (24.85%) Problem-Solving
8 144 (21.18%) AI
9 126 (18.53%) Actionable Insight
10 124 (18.24%) Data Analysis
11 117 (17.21%) Data Science
12 116 (17.06%) Validation
13 115 (16.91%) Continuous Improvement
14 109 (16.03%) ETL
15 108 (15.88%) Data Pipeline
16 104 (15.29%) Stakeholder Management
17 101 (14.85%) Data Governance
18 96 (14.12%) Dashboard Development
18 96 (14.12%) Data Engineering
19 93 (13.68%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 332 (48.82%) SQL
2 249 (36.62%) Python
3 65 (9.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 53 (7.79%) R
5 46 (6.76%) JavaScript
6 39 (5.74%) Java
7 33 (4.85%) C#
8 25 (3.68%) TypeScript
9 17 (2.50%) C++
10 16 (2.35%) PowerShell
11 12 (1.76%) Scala
12 11 (1.62%) PL/SQL
13 10 (1.47%) T-SQL
14 8 (1.18%) VBA
15 6 (0.88%) Bash
16 5 (0.74%) Cypher
16 5 (0.74%) MATLAB
17 4 (0.59%) Gremlin
17 4 (0.59%) Rust
18 3 (0.44%) Korn
Qualifications
1 142 (20.88%) Security Cleared
2 98 (14.41%) SC Cleared
3 80 (11.76%) Degree
4 21 (3.09%) BPSS Clearance
5 20 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (2.94%) DV Cleared
6 17 (2.50%) Azure Certification
7 14 (2.06%) Master's Degree
8 9 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (0.59%) PhD
9 4 (0.59%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 4 (0.59%) Tableau Certification
10 2 (0.29%) APMG
10 2 (0.29%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.29%) Postgraduate
10 2 (0.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 1 (0.15%) IIBA
11 1 (0.15%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 1 (0.15%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 156 (22.94%) Data Quality
2 42 (6.18%) QA
3 27 (3.97%) GDPR
4 20 (2.94%) Accessibility
5 15 (2.21%) PMO
6 7 (1.03%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (0.59%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 4 (0.59%) GRC
7 4 (0.59%) WCAG
8 2 (0.29%) Basel III
8 2 (0.29%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.29%) SLA
8 2 (0.29%) Solvency II
9 1 (0.15%) COBIT
9 1 (0.15%) ISO 14001
9 1 (0.15%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.15%) NCSC
9 1 (0.15%) NIST
9 1 (0.15%) P3O
System Software
1 24 (3.53%) Docker
2 16 (2.35%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
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 38 (5.59%) Terraform
2 16 (2.35%) Kubernetes
3 11 (1.62%) Grafana
4 8 (1.18%) Prometheus
4 8 (1.18%) SCCM
5 7 (1.03%) Ansible
6 6 (0.88%) Kibana
7 3 (0.44%) Podman
7 3 (0.44%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 2 (0.29%) Istio
8 2 (0.29%) Packer
9 1 (0.15%) Fluentd
9 1 (0.15%) logstash
9 1 (0.15%) Network Intrusion Detection System
9 1 (0.15%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 122 (17.94%) Microsoft
2 61 (8.97%) Databricks
3 41 (6.03%) SAP
4 38 (5.59%) Oracle
5 35 (5.15%) Google
6 28 (4.12%) ServiceNow
7 19 (2.79%) Dynatrace
8 17 (2.50%) Adobe
9 12 (1.76%) Salesforce
10 11 (1.62%) Splunk
11 10 (1.47%) Remedy
12 9 (1.32%) Alteryx
12 9 (1.32%) BMC
13 8 (1.18%) Palantir
14 7 (1.03%) Informatica
15 5 (0.74%) Amplitude
15 5 (0.74%) Foundry
15 5 (0.74%) Sage
16 4 (0.59%) Apple
16 4 (0.59%) UiPath