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

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 204 102 120
Rank change year-on-year -102 +18 +18
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 659 718 669
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.43% 2.59% 2.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.68% 2.85% 2.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 387 438 405
10th Percentile £315 £317 £313
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £638
90th Percentile £700 £700 £775
UK median daily rate £488 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +2.63% -5.00% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 48 51
10th Percentile £20.17 £28.76 £30.50
25th Percentile £28.25 £33.25 £46.18
Median hourly rate £52.58 £50.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.17% -23.08% +48.57%
75th Percentile £66.25 £65.00 -
90th Percentile £70.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £50.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - -23.08% +52.94%

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 39,153 25,217 28,330
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.77% 90.89% 86.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,009 16,021 17,785
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,713 1,491 1,342
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.30 £14.84
25th Percentile £17.85 £17.65 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -
75th Percentile £68.00 £48.75 £66.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% +1.18%

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 September 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 September 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 September 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 -84 321 £488 -2.50% 577
North of England -65 97 £451 +6.12% 138
Midlands -32 86 £549 +8.23% 94
South East -51 69 £465 -15.45% 152
West Midlands -44 62 £550 +4.76% 44
North West -45 49 £525 +28.83% 65
South West -30 46 £450 -40.00% 89
Yorkshire -53 42 £466 +12.85% 52
East of England -39 28 £565 +5.12% 72
East Midlands -8 24 £375 -6.25% 50
North East -40 7 £400 -5.88% 22
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 20 (3.03%) Confluence
2 15 (2.28%) Apache Spark
3 11 (1.67%) Apache Airflow
3 11 (1.67%) SharePoint
4 10 (1.52%) ArcGIS
5 7 (1.06%) Apache Superset
6 5 (0.76%) Apache
6 5 (0.76%) CMS
6 5 (0.76%) Palantir Foundry
7 4 (0.61%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.30%) Oracle Application Server
8 2 (0.30%) SAS
9 1 (0.15%) nginx
9 1 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.15%) R Markdown
Applications
1 109 (16.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (2.43%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (1.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (1.52%) Spreadsheet
5 7 (1.06%) Adobe Illustrator
5 7 (1.06%) CPLEX
5 7 (1.06%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.76%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.46%) Adobe Premiere
7 3 (0.46%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.46%) InDesign
8 2 (0.30%) Adobe After Effects
8 2 (0.30%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.30%) EPLAN
8 2 (0.30%) Notion
9 1 (0.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.15%) Final Cut Pro
Business Applications
1 10 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
1 10 (1.52%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (0.91%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.30%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.30%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.15%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (0.15%) iTrent
4 1 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.15%) Primavera
4 1 (0.15%) Raiser’s Edge
4 1 (0.15%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.15%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.15%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 339 (51.44%) Power Platform
2 132 (20.03%) Azure
3 93 (14.11%) AWS
4 42 (6.37%) GCP
5 41 (6.22%) Snowflake
6 36 (5.46%) Azure DevOps
7 28 (4.25%) GitHub
8 27 (4.10%) Azure Data Factory
8 27 (4.10%) Power Automate
9 25 (3.79%) Serverless
10 24 (3.64%) PowerApps
11 21 (3.19%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 19 (2.88%) Amazon S3
12 19 (2.88%) dbt
13 12 (1.82%) Google Analytics
14 11 (1.67%) Adobe Analytics
14 11 (1.67%) Dynamics 365
14 11 (1.67%) Microsoft 365
15 9 (1.37%) GitHub Actions
15 9 (1.37%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.21%) Ethernet
1 8 (1.21%) TCP/IP
2 6 (0.91%) Wireless
3 5 (0.76%) SNMP
4 4 (0.61%) Broadband
4 4 (0.61%) SD-WAN
4 4 (0.61%) WAN
5 3 (0.46%) VPN
6 2 (0.30%) 2G
6 2 (0.30%) 3G
6 2 (0.30%) 4G
6 2 (0.30%) 5G
6 2 (0.30%) DHCP
6 2 (0.30%) DNS
6 2 (0.30%) Network Security
6 2 (0.30%) PCoIP
6 2 (0.30%) Radio Access Network
6 2 (0.30%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (0.15%) Firewall
7 1 (0.15%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 332 (50.38%) Power BI
2 134 (20.33%) Tableau
3 72 (10.93%) Data Warehouse
4 52 (7.89%) Power Query
5 41 (6.22%) Relational Database
6 38 (5.77%) Data Lake
7 28 (4.25%) Metadata
8 24 (3.64%) SQL Server
9 23 (3.49%) Looker
10 21 (3.19%) PostgreSQL
11 20 (3.03%) BigQuery
12 16 (2.43%) Big Data
13 15 (2.28%) Star Schema
14 14 (2.12%) GIS
15 13 (1.97%) Amazon Athena
15 13 (1.97%) Oracle Reports
15 13 (1.97%) Qlik Sense
16 12 (1.82%) Parquet
16 12 (1.82%) QlikView
17 10 (1.52%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 41 (6.22%) JIRA
2 38 (5.77%) Git
3 9 (1.37%) Visual Studio
4 8 (1.21%) Eclipse
5 6 (0.91%) GitLab
6 4 (0.61%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.46%) JMeter
8 2 (0.30%) Charles Proxy
8 2 (0.30%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.30%) Selenium
8 2 (0.30%) WebDriver
9 1 (0.15%) Jasmine
9 1 (0.15%) MLflow
9 1 (0.15%) NeoLoad
9 1 (0.15%) Postman
9 1 (0.15%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.15%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.15%) Storybook
9 1 (0.15%) Terragrunt
9 1 (0.15%) Vite
General
1 227 (34.45%) Analytical Skills
2 225 (34.14%) Social Skills
3 141 (21.40%) Finance
4 77 (11.68%) Public Sector
5 52 (7.89%) Banking
6 24 (3.64%) Marketing
7 22 (3.34%) Military
7 22 (3.34%) Retail
8 21 (3.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 15 (2.28%) Manufacturing
9 15 (2.28%) Organisational Skills
9 15 (2.28%) Presentation Skills
10 10 (1.52%) Law
11 9 (1.37%) Local Government
12 8 (1.21%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (1.21%) Telecoms
13 7 (1.06%) Aerospace
13 7 (1.06%) Pharmaceutical
13 7 (1.06%) Publishing
14 6 (0.91%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 175 (26.56%) Analyst
2 100 (15.17%) Data Analyst
3 96 (14.57%) Developer
4 87 (13.20%) Senior
5 79 (11.99%) Data Engineer
6 37 (5.61%) Lead
7 33 (5.01%) Data Scientist
8 32 (4.86%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 30 (4.55%) Architect
9 30 (4.55%) Consultant
10 26 (3.95%) Business Analyst
11 25 (3.79%) Power BI Developer
12 24 (3.64%) Designer
12 24 (3.64%) Senior Data Engineer
13 18 (2.73%) Data Architect
13 18 (2.73%) Data Manager
13 18 (2.73%) Python Developer
14 17 (2.58%) Senior Analyst
15 16 (2.43%) Business Intelligence Analyst
15 16 (2.43%) Performance Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (5.92%) Terraform
2 34 (5.16%) REST
3 29 (4.40%) Pandas
4 27 (4.10%) React
5 24 (3.64%) CSS
6 23 (3.49%) HTML
6 23 (3.49%) PySpark
7 18 (2.73%) NumPy
8 16 (2.43%) scikit-learn
9 13 (1.97%) Flask
9 13 (1.97%) Kafka
10 11 (1.67%) Web Services
11 10 (1.52%) .NET
11 10 (1.52%) Node.js
12 9 (1.37%) JSON
12 9 (1.37%) PyTorch
12 9 (1.37%) TensorFlow
12 9 (1.37%) Vue
13 8 (1.21%) AngularJS
13 8 (1.21%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 49 (7.44%) Data Structures
2 27 (4.10%) Management Information System
3 26 (3.95%) Onboarding
4 25 (3.79%) Cloud Native
5 22 (3.34%) Analytical Mindset
6 20 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
7 18 (2.73%) Product Ownership
8 17 (2.58%) Algorithms
9 16 (2.43%) Distributed Systems
10 13 (1.97%) AI Agents
10 13 (1.97%) Self-Motivation
11 12 (1.82%) Data Protection Act
11 12 (1.82%) Reference Data
12 10 (1.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 10 (1.52%) PKI
12 10 (1.52%) Virtual Team
13 9 (1.37%) Clustering
14 8 (1.21%) NHS
15 7 (1.06%) Driving Licence
15 7 (1.06%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 27 (4.10%) Windows
2 16 (2.43%) Linux
3 10 (1.52%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.76%) Unix
5 4 (0.61%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.46%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.30%) Android
8 1 (0.15%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 345 (52.35%) Business Intelligence
2 330 (50.08%) Data Visualisation
3 315 (47.80%) Analytics
4 178 (27.01%) Decision-Making
5 176 (26.71%) Data Modelling
6 175 (26.56%) Agile
7 158 (23.98%) Problem-Solving
8 148 (22.46%) AI
9 138 (20.94%) Data Analysis
10 131 (19.88%) Actionable Insight
11 121 (18.36%) Continuous Improvement
12 119 (18.06%) Stakeholder Management
13 111 (16.84%) Validation
14 107 (16.24%) Data Science
15 101 (15.33%) Dashboard Development
15 101 (15.33%) Data Pipeline
16 100 (15.17%) Data Engineering
16 100 (15.17%) Data Governance
17 97 (14.72%) ETL
18 88 (13.35%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 316 (47.95%) SQL
2 240 (36.42%) Python
3 62 (9.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 50 (7.59%) R
5 47 (7.13%) JavaScript
6 42 (6.37%) Java
7 32 (4.86%) C#
8 22 (3.34%) TypeScript
9 16 (2.43%) PowerShell
10 12 (1.82%) C++
10 12 (1.82%) T-SQL
11 11 (1.67%) Scala
12 10 (1.52%) PL/SQL
13 9 (1.37%) VBA
14 7 (1.06%) Bash
15 6 (0.91%) Cypher
16 5 (0.76%) Gremlin
17 4 (0.61%) MATLAB
17 4 (0.61%) Search Processing Language
18 3 (0.46%) Korn
Qualifications
1 130 (19.73%) Security Cleared
2 88 (13.35%) SC Cleared
3 74 (11.23%) Degree
4 20 (3.03%) BPSS Clearance
4 20 (3.03%) DV Cleared
5 17 (2.58%) Azure Certification
6 13 (1.97%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (1.67%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (1.37%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.61%) PhD
9 4 (0.61%) Postgraduate
9 4 (0.61%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 3 (0.46%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.30%) APMG
11 2 (0.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.30%) Tableau Certification
11 2 (0.30%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 1 (0.15%) CEH
12 1 (0.15%) IIBA
12 1 (0.15%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 162 (24.58%) Data Quality
2 39 (5.92%) QA
3 28 (4.25%) Accessibility
3 28 (4.25%) GDPR
4 14 (2.12%) PMO
5 10 (1.52%) Actionable Recommendations
6 5 (0.76%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 5 (0.76%) GRC
6 5 (0.76%) WCAG
7 3 (0.46%) GMP
8 2 (0.30%) Basel III
8 2 (0.30%) Solvency II
9 1 (0.15%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 1 (0.15%) COBIT
9 1 (0.15%) GxP
9 1 (0.15%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.15%) ISO 14001
9 1 (0.15%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 17025
9 1 (0.15%) P3O
System Software
1 24 (3.64%) Docker
2 15 (2.28%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.30%) Microsoft App-V
4 2 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.30%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 14 (2.12%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.21%) Grafana
2 8 (1.21%) SCCM
3 6 (0.91%) Ansible
3 6 (0.91%) Kibana
4 5 (0.76%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.61%) Podman
6 2 (0.30%) Istio
6 2 (0.30%) Packer
6 2 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.15%) Argo
7 1 (0.15%) Fluentd
7 1 (0.15%) logstash
7 1 (0.15%) Network Intrusion Detection System
7 1 (0.15%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 136 (20.64%) Microsoft
2 59 (8.95%) Databricks
3 39 (5.92%) SAP
4 30 (4.55%) Google
4 30 (4.55%) Oracle
5 29 (4.40%) ServiceNow
6 18 (2.73%) Dynatrace
7 16 (2.43%) Adobe
8 12 (1.82%) Splunk
9 11 (1.67%) Alteryx
10 10 (1.52%) Remedy
10 10 (1.52%) Salesforce
11 9 (1.37%) BMC
12 8 (1.21%) Palantir
13 7 (1.06%) Informatica
14 6 (0.91%) SnapLogic
15 5 (0.76%) Foundry
16 4 (0.61%) Ariba
16 4 (0.61%) Solace
16 4 (0.61%) UiPath