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

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 202 98 104
Rank change year-on-year -104 +6 +28
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 655 738 714
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.42% 2.63% 2.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.67% 2.89% 2.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 380 457 431
10th Percentile £313 £320 £315
25th Percentile £400 £400 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £643
90th Percentile £694 £738 £780
UK median daily rate £475 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -2.66% -2.40% -1.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 48 51
10th Percentile £21.08 £18.25 £24.50
25th Percentile £28.50 £33.25 £43.72
Median hourly rate £53.00 £50.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.00% -23.08% +44.44%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 -
90th Percentile £70.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £50.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - -23.08% +44.44%

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 39,257 25,497 27,959
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.86% 90.90% 86.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,690 16,157 17,059
10th Percentile £325 £293 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,996 1,590 1,150
10th Percentile £13.69 £14.54 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.33 £17.87 £20.30
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -40.82% -4.49%
75th Percentile £67.47 £45.00 £67.38
90th Percentile £78.88 £67.28 £74.88
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £25.15 £40.16
% change year-on-year +49.11% -37.38% -8.38%

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 10 October 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 10 October 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 10 October 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 -82 323 £480 -4.00% 1,113
North of England -83 98 £438 +3.06% 219
Midlands -33 84 £542 +6.85% 162
West Midlands -39 65 £550 +4.76% 113
South East -68 65 £400 -23.81% 244
South West -22 46 £475 -36.67% 116
North West -44 46 £500 +22.70% 117
Yorkshire -51 40 £476 +6.26% 67
East of England -46 28 £515 -1.90% 98
East Midlands -11 19 £362 -9.38% 49
North East -35 13 £350 -17.65% 35
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 19 (2.90%) Confluence
2 18 (2.75%) Apache Spark
3 13 (1.98%) Apache Airflow
4 12 (1.83%) SharePoint
5 10 (1.53%) ArcGIS
6 9 (1.37%) Apache
7 5 (0.76%) CMS
7 5 (0.76%) Palantir Foundry
8 4 (0.61%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.46%) SAS
10 2 (0.31%) Oracle Application Server
11 1 (0.15%) Apache Superset
11 1 (0.15%) nginx
11 1 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 103 (15.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.53%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (1.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.92%) Adobe Illustrator
4 6 (0.92%) CPLEX
5 5 (0.76%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.61%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.61%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.46%) Adobe Premiere
7 3 (0.46%) InDesign
7 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.31%) Adobe After Effects
8 2 (0.31%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.31%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.31%) EPLAN
8 2 (0.31%) Notion
9 1 (0.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.15%) Final Cut Pro
9 1 (0.15%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 9 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.22%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.92%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.31%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.31%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 2 (0.31%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.15%) Actimize
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.15%) Primavera
5 1 (0.15%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.15%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.15%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.15%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 340 (51.91%) Power Platform
2 122 (18.63%) Azure
3 94 (14.35%) AWS
4 46 (7.02%) Snowflake
5 36 (5.50%) GCP
6 30 (4.58%) Azure DevOps
7 26 (3.97%) GitHub
8 24 (3.66%) Power Automate
8 24 (3.66%) PowerApps
9 22 (3.36%) Azure Data Factory
10 20 (3.05%) Amazon S3
11 18 (2.75%) dbt
12 17 (2.60%) Serverless
13 15 (2.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 15 (2.29%) Google Analytics
14 12 (1.83%) Adobe Analytics
14 12 (1.83%) Microsoft Copilot
15 10 (1.53%) Dynamics 365
15 10 (1.53%) Figma
16 9 (1.37%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.53%) Ethernet
1 10 (1.53%) TCP/IP
2 5 (0.76%) SNMP
3 4 (0.61%) Broadband
3 4 (0.61%) SD-WAN
3 4 (0.61%) WAN
3 4 (0.61%) Wireless
4 3 (0.46%) VPN
5 2 (0.31%) 2G
5 2 (0.31%) 3G
5 2 (0.31%) 4G
5 2 (0.31%) 5G
5 2 (0.31%) DHCP
5 2 (0.31%) DNS
5 2 (0.31%) Network Security
5 2 (0.31%) PCoIP
5 2 (0.31%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (0.31%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.15%) Firewall
6 1 (0.15%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 333 (50.84%) Power BI
2 131 (20.00%) Tableau
3 60 (9.16%) Data Warehouse
4 58 (8.85%) Power Query
5 39 (5.95%) Data Lake
6 34 (5.19%) Relational Database
7 30 (4.58%) Metadata
8 22 (3.36%) SQL Server
9 19 (2.90%) Looker
10 17 (2.60%) Big Data
10 17 (2.60%) BigQuery
11 16 (2.44%) Amazon Athena
12 15 (2.29%) Qlik Sense
13 14 (2.14%) GIS
13 14 (2.14%) PostgreSQL
14 13 (1.98%) QlikView
15 11 (1.68%) BusinessObjects
15 11 (1.68%) Star Schema
16 9 (1.37%) Data Mining
16 9 (1.37%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 39 (5.95%) JIRA
2 33 (5.04%) Git
3 11 (1.68%) Visual Studio
4 10 (1.53%) Eclipse
4 10 (1.53%) GitLab
5 4 (0.61%) Cypress.io
6 3 (0.46%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.46%) JMeter
7 2 (0.31%) Claude Code
7 2 (0.31%) MLflow
7 2 (0.31%) Selenium
7 2 (0.31%) WebDriver
8 1 (0.15%) JUnit
8 1 (0.15%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.15%) Postman
8 1 (0.15%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.15%) Storybook
8 1 (0.15%) Terragrunt
8 1 (0.15%) Vite
8 1 (0.15%) Xcode
General
1 230 (35.11%) Social Skills
2 228 (34.81%) Analytical Skills
3 140 (21.37%) Finance
4 79 (12.06%) Public Sector
5 51 (7.79%) Banking
6 24 (3.66%) Military
7 20 (3.05%) Marketing
8 19 (2.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 19 (2.90%) Retail
9 18 (2.75%) Manufacturing
10 14 (2.14%) Local Government
10 14 (2.14%) Presentation Skills
11 11 (1.68%) Pharmaceutical
12 10 (1.53%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (1.22%) Aerospace
13 8 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
14 6 (0.92%) Financial Institution
14 6 (0.92%) Front Office
14 6 (0.92%) Legal
14 6 (0.92%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 175 (26.72%) Analyst
2 100 (15.27%) Data Analyst
3 97 (14.81%) Developer
4 75 (11.45%) Senior
5 67 (10.23%) Data Engineer
6 39 (5.95%) Lead
7 38 (5.80%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 34 (5.19%) Data Scientist
9 30 (4.58%) Power BI Developer
10 29 (4.43%) Consultant
11 26 (3.97%) Architect
12 24 (3.66%) Designer
12 24 (3.66%) Senior Data Engineer
13 23 (3.51%) Business Analyst
14 19 (2.90%) Performance Analyst
15 17 (2.60%) Data Architect
15 17 (2.60%) Data Manager
16 16 (2.44%) Report Analyst
17 15 (2.29%) Senior Analyst
18 14 (2.14%) Business Intelligence Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (5.50%) Terraform
2 32 (4.89%) REST
3 24 (3.66%) HTML
4 23 (3.51%) CSS
4 23 (3.51%) Pandas
4 23 (3.51%) React
5 22 (3.36%) PySpark
6 16 (2.44%) NumPy
7 14 (2.14%) scikit-learn
8 12 (1.83%) Web Services
9 11 (1.68%) Kafka
10 10 (1.53%) Flask
10 10 (1.53%) Node.js
11 9 (1.37%) JSON
11 9 (1.37%) TensorFlow
12 8 (1.22%) PyTorch
13 7 (1.07%) FastAPI
13 7 (1.07%) Redux
13 7 (1.07%) Spring
13 7 (1.07%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 43 (6.56%) Data Structures
2 27 (4.12%) Onboarding
3 26 (3.97%) Management Information System
4 22 (3.36%) Legacy Systems
5 21 (3.21%) Analytical Mindset
5 21 (3.21%) Cloud Native
6 16 (2.44%) Product Ownership
7 13 (1.98%) AI Agents
8 12 (1.83%) Algorithms
8 12 (1.83%) Data Protection Act
8 12 (1.83%) Distributed Systems
8 12 (1.83%) Reference Data
9 10 (1.53%) Virtual Team
10 8 (1.22%) Clustering
10 8 (1.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 8 (1.22%) PKI
10 8 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (1.07%) Driving Licence
11 7 (1.07%) Life Science
11 7 (1.07%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 27 (4.12%) Windows
2 20 (3.05%) Linux
3 8 (1.22%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.76%) Unix
5 4 (0.61%) Android
5 4 (0.61%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.46%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.15%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 346 (52.82%) Business Intelligence
2 319 (48.70%) Data Visualisation
3 308 (47.02%) Analytics
4 188 (28.70%) Data Modelling
5 181 (27.63%) Decision-Making
6 177 (27.02%) Agile
7 155 (23.66%) AI
8 146 (22.29%) Problem-Solving
9 144 (21.98%) Data Analysis
10 127 (19.39%) Actionable Insight
11 126 (19.24%) Stakeholder Management
12 118 (18.02%) Continuous Improvement
13 109 (16.64%) Dashboard Development
13 109 (16.64%) Validation
14 100 (15.27%) Data Science
15 96 (14.66%) Data Engineering
15 96 (14.66%) Data Governance
15 96 (14.66%) Data Pipeline
16 94 (14.35%) ETL
16 94 (14.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 317 (48.40%) SQL
2 225 (34.35%) Python
3 66 (10.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 45 (6.87%) JavaScript
5 43 (6.56%) R
6 40 (6.11%) Java
7 28 (4.27%) C#
8 17 (2.60%) TypeScript
9 13 (1.98%) C++
9 13 (1.98%) PowerShell
10 10 (1.53%) T-SQL
11 9 (1.37%) Bash
11 9 (1.37%) PL/SQL
12 6 (0.92%) Cypher
12 6 (0.92%) Gremlin
12 6 (0.92%) Scala
12 6 (0.92%) VBA
13 4 (0.61%) Korn
14 3 (0.46%) Search Processing Language
15 2 (0.31%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 132 (20.15%) Security Cleared
2 93 (14.20%) SC Cleared
3 76 (11.60%) Degree
4 25 (3.82%) BPSS Clearance
5 17 (2.60%) DV Cleared
6 16 (2.44%) Azure Certification
7 11 (1.68%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (1.53%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (1.22%) Master's Degree
10 7 (1.07%) PhD
11 4 (0.61%) Postgraduate
12 3 (0.46%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.46%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.46%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 2 (0.31%) APMG
13 2 (0.31%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.31%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 1 (0.15%) CEH
14 1 (0.15%) IIBA
14 1 (0.15%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 178 (27.18%) Data Quality
2 32 (4.89%) QA
3 24 (3.66%) GDPR
4 23 (3.51%) Accessibility
5 15 (2.29%) PMO
6 12 (1.83%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (0.76%) GRC
8 4 (0.61%) WCAG
9 3 (0.46%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 3 (0.46%) GMP
10 2 (0.31%) Basel III
10 2 (0.31%) Solvency II
11 1 (0.15%) 21 CFR Part 11
11 1 (0.15%) CDISC
11 1 (0.15%) COBIT
11 1 (0.15%) GxP
11 1 (0.15%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.15%) IFRS
11 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 17025
11 1 (0.15%) P3O
System Software
1 21 (3.21%) Docker
2 11 (1.68%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.31%) Microsoft App-V
4 2 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.31%) VMware Workstation
5 1 (0.15%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 15 (2.29%) Kubernetes
2 11 (1.68%) Grafana
3 9 (1.37%) Kibana
4 8 (1.22%) Ansible
5 7 (1.07%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.92%) SCCM
7 4 (0.61%) Podman
8 3 (0.46%) Argo
8 3 (0.46%) logstash
9 2 (0.31%) Packer
9 2 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.15%) Istio
10 1 (0.15%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 129 (19.69%) Microsoft
2 58 (8.85%) Databricks
3 37 (5.65%) SAP
4 33 (5.04%) Google
5 30 (4.58%) Oracle
6 24 (3.66%) ServiceNow
7 17 (2.60%) Adobe
7 17 (2.60%) Dynatrace
8 13 (1.98%) Splunk
9 11 (1.68%) Alteryx
9 11 (1.68%) Salesforce
10 8 (1.22%) Informatica
10 8 (1.22%) Palantir
10 8 (1.22%) Remedy
11 7 (1.07%) BMC
11 7 (1.07%) SnapLogic
12 5 (0.76%) Foundry
13 4 (0.61%) Ariba
13 4 (0.61%) Cloudera
13 4 (0.61%) Workday