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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 165 96 131
Rank change year-on-year -69 +35 +10
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 703 657 654
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.63% 2.64% 1.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.91% 2.89% 2.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 433 408 444
10th Percentile £325 £320 £313
25th Percentile £401 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £466 £498
Median % change year-on-year +2.95% -6.28% -0.50%
75th Percentile £578 £588 £586
90th Percentile £724 £688 £675
UK median daily rate £480 £463 £490
% change year-on-year +3.78% -5.61% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 43 43
10th Percentile £19.05 £23.00 £41.25
25th Percentile £31.50 £31.64 £46.18
Median hourly rate £60.50 £46.18 £61.00
Median % change year-on-year +31.01% -24.30% -2.40%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £65.00 -
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £46.18 £60.00
% change year-on-year +19.10% -23.03% -

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 36,836 22,759 32,181
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.26% 91.40% 85.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,282 14,723 20,802
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £415 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £730 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £502 £525
% change year-on-year +2.19% -4.48% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,303 1,078 2,398
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £21.00 £18.10 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.50 £27.40 £37.63
Median % change year-on-year +73.36% -27.18% +4.81%
75th Percentile £68.75 £56.25 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year +72.39% -32.00% +7.05%

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 20 June 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 20 June 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 20 June 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 -46 366 £488 -2.50% 140
North of England -52 115 £438 -3.74% 73
North West -20 64 £430 -7.03% 53
South East -43 63 £475 -13.64% 85
Midlands -51 63 £538 +34.38% 52
West Midlands -51 49 £538 +28.36% 28
South West -18 47 £475 +16.14% 38
Yorkshire -53 46 £459 +14.69% 13
East of England -46 26 £565 -5.83% 23
East Midlands -18 14 £544 +45.00% 24
North East -39 6 £448 -0.56% 9
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 26 (3.70%) Apache Spark
2 16 (2.28%) Confluence
3 14 (1.99%) SharePoint
4 13 (1.85%) Apache
4 13 (1.85%) Apache Airflow
5 11 (1.56%) Apache Superset
6 5 (0.71%) CMS
6 5 (0.71%) Palantir Foundry
6 5 (0.71%) SAS
7 4 (0.57%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.57%) Jupyter
7 4 (0.57%) OpenStack
8 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.28%) GeoServer
9 2 (0.28%) Smallworld
10 1 (0.14%) Luigi
10 1 (0.14%) R Markdown
Applications
1 107 (15.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (2.56%) MS Visio
3 13 (1.85%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (1.28%) Chatbot
4 9 (1.28%) Spreadsheet
5 8 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (1.14%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.85%) CPLEX
7 5 (0.71%) Adobe Illustrator
7 5 (0.71%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.28%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.28%) EPLAN
8 2 (0.28%) InDesign
8 2 (0.28%) Notion
9 1 (0.14%) 3ds Max
9 1 (0.14%) Maya
9 1 (0.14%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 20 (2.84%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.56%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (1.00%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.57%) Adobe Campaign
4 4 (0.57%) Primavera
5 3 (0.43%) Eloqua
5 3 (0.43%) iTrent
5 3 (0.43%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.14%) Advent Geneva
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.14%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.14%) ResourceLink
6 1 (0.14%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.14%) SAP MDM
6 1 (0.14%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.14%) Sprinklr
6 1 (0.14%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 341 (48.51%) Power Platform
2 147 (20.91%) Azure
3 119 (16.93%) AWS
4 46 (6.54%) GCP
5 44 (6.26%) Snowflake
6 41 (5.83%) Azure Data Factory
7 29 (4.13%) Azure DevOps
8 26 (3.70%) Serverless
9 24 (3.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 22 (3.13%) dbt
10 22 (3.13%) GitHub
11 21 (2.99%) Amazon S3
12 20 (2.84%) Power Automate
13 18 (2.56%) AWS Lambda
13 18 (2.56%) PowerApps
14 11 (1.56%) SaaS
15 10 (1.42%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 10 (1.42%) Amazon EC2
15 10 (1.42%) Dynamics 365
15 10 (1.42%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.85%) TCP/IP
2 12 (1.71%) Ethernet
3 4 (0.57%) DNS
3 4 (0.57%) Firewall
4 3 (0.43%) Wireless
5 2 (0.28%) DHCP
5 2 (0.28%) PCoIP
5 2 (0.28%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.14%) Modbus
6 1 (0.14%) Network Security
6 1 (0.14%) Reverse Proxy
6 1 (0.14%) SNMP
6 1 (0.14%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 335 (47.65%) Power BI
2 164 (23.33%) Tableau
3 97 (13.80%) Data Warehouse
4 49 (6.97%) Relational Database
5 46 (6.54%) Power Query
6 41 (5.83%) Metadata
7 33 (4.69%) Data Lake
8 31 (4.41%) SQL Server
9 30 (4.27%) Looker
9 30 (4.27%) PostgreSQL
10 25 (3.56%) BigQuery
11 22 (3.13%) NoSQL
12 21 (2.99%) Big Data
13 13 (1.85%) Snowflake Schema
14 12 (1.71%) Geospatial Data
15 11 (1.56%) Amazon RDS
15 11 (1.56%) Hadoop
15 11 (1.56%) PowerPivot
15 11 (1.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 10 (1.42%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 41 (5.83%) JIRA
2 32 (4.55%) Git
3 13 (1.85%) Visual Studio
4 12 (1.71%) Eclipse
5 8 (1.14%) Jenkins
6 6 (0.85%) GitLab
6 6 (0.85%) MLflow
7 4 (0.57%) Cypress.io
7 4 (0.57%) ERwin
8 3 (0.43%) Terragrunt
9 2 (0.28%) Charles Proxy
9 2 (0.28%) JMeter
9 2 (0.28%) Selenium
9 2 (0.28%) WebDriver
10 1 (0.14%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.14%) Flyway
10 1 (0.14%) git-flow
10 1 (0.14%) JUnit
10 1 (0.14%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.14%) TeamCity
General
1 221 (31.44%) Analytical Skills
2 219 (31.15%) Social Skills
3 178 (25.32%) Finance
4 58 (8.25%) Public Sector
5 53 (7.54%) Banking
6 41 (5.83%) Retail
7 34 (4.84%) Marketing
8 18 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 15 (2.13%) Military
9 15 (2.13%) Publishing
10 13 (1.85%) Law
11 12 (1.71%) Manufacturing
11 12 (1.71%) Presentation Skills
12 11 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
12 11 (1.56%) Pharmaceutical
13 9 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
14 7 (1.00%) Influencing Skills
14 7 (1.00%) Legal
15 6 (0.85%) Automotive
15 6 (0.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 188 (26.74%) Analyst
2 112 (15.93%) Data Analyst
3 98 (13.94%) Developer
4 96 (13.66%) Data Engineer
5 82 (11.66%) Senior
6 40 (5.69%) Consultant
6 40 (5.69%) Lead
7 38 (5.41%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 37 (5.26%) Business Analyst
9 35 (4.98%) Data Scientist
10 30 (4.27%) Architect
11 29 (4.13%) Power BI Developer
12 25 (3.56%) Senior Data Engineer
13 24 (3.41%) Business Intelligence Analyst
14 18 (2.56%) Data Manager
15 16 (2.28%) Designer
16 15 (2.13%) SAP Consultant
17 14 (1.99%) Software Engineer
18 13 (1.85%) SQL Analyst
18 13 (1.85%) Transformation Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (5.83%) React
2 38 (5.41%) Pandas
3 27 (3.84%) Kafka
4 26 (3.70%) REST
5 21 (2.99%) NumPy
6 19 (2.70%) PySpark
7 17 (2.42%) Node.js
8 16 (2.28%) scikit-learn
9 15 (2.13%) JSON
9 15 (2.13%) Web Services
10 14 (1.99%) CSS
10 14 (1.99%) OpenTelemetry
11 13 (1.85%) HTML
12 12 (1.71%) Apache Avro
13 11 (1.56%) AngularJS
13 11 (1.56%) Matplotlib
13 11 (1.56%) RESTful
14 10 (1.42%) .NET
14 10 (1.42%) Spring
14 10 (1.42%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 48 (6.83%) Data Structures
2 29 (4.13%) Cloud Native
3 25 (3.56%) Analytical Mindset
4 22 (3.13%) Algorithms
5 20 (2.84%) Management Information System
6 19 (2.70%) Product Ownership
7 16 (2.28%) Legacy Systems
8 15 (2.13%) Distributed Systems
8 15 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
9 12 (1.71%) Data Protection Act
10 10 (1.42%) Virtual Team
11 9 (1.28%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 8 (1.14%) Derivative
12 8 (1.14%) Life Science
12 8 (1.14%) Marketing Technology
12 8 (1.14%) PKI
13 7 (1.00%) Hybrid Cloud
13 7 (1.00%) Reference Data
14 6 (0.85%) Clustering
14 6 (0.85%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 25 (3.56%) Windows
2 23 (3.27%) Linux
3 6 (0.85%) Unix
3 6 (0.85%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.71%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.28%) Android
5 2 (0.28%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 360 (51.21%) Business Intelligence
2 347 (49.36%) Data Visualisation
3 312 (44.38%) Analytics
4 210 (29.87%) Data Modelling
5 185 (26.32%) Agile
6 184 (26.17%) Decision-Making
7 182 (25.89%) Problem-Solving
8 146 (20.77%) AI
9 138 (19.63%) Actionable Insight
10 137 (19.49%) Validation
11 128 (18.21%) Data Pipeline
12 123 (17.50%) ETL
13 120 (17.07%) Data Science
14 116 (16.50%) Dashboard Development
15 114 (16.22%) Data Analysis
16 108 (15.36%) Data Engineering
17 107 (15.22%) Continuous Improvement
18 101 (14.37%) Data Governance
19 97 (13.80%) CI/CD
20 86 (12.23%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 352 (50.07%) SQL
2 255 (36.27%) Python
3 63 (8.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 63 (8.96%) R
4 43 (6.12%) JavaScript
5 40 (5.69%) Java
6 35 (4.98%) C#
7 32 (4.55%) TypeScript
8 18 (2.56%) PowerShell
9 17 (2.42%) C++
10 14 (1.99%) Scala
11 10 (1.42%) VBA
12 9 (1.28%) T-SQL
13 7 (1.00%) PL/SQL
14 6 (0.85%) Perl
14 6 (0.85%) Rust
15 5 (0.71%) Bash
16 4 (0.57%) MATLAB
17 3 (0.43%) C
17 3 (0.43%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 124 (17.64%) Security Cleared
2 95 (13.51%) SC Cleared
3 77 (10.95%) Degree
4 20 (2.84%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (2.56%) BPSS Clearance
6 16 (2.28%) Master's Degree
7 15 (2.13%) DV Cleared
8 12 (1.71%) Azure Certification
9 7 (1.00%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (0.71%) PMI Certification
11 4 (0.57%) AWS Certification
11 4 (0.57%) MBA
11 4 (0.57%) Tableau Certification
12 3 (0.43%) CBAP
13 2 (0.28%) APMG
13 2 (0.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.28%) IIBA
13 2 (0.28%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 2 (0.28%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 2 (0.28%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 150 (21.34%) Data Quality
2 47 (6.69%) QA
3 30 (4.27%) GDPR
4 20 (2.84%) PMO
5 19 (2.70%) Accessibility
6 8 (1.14%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (0.71%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 5 (0.71%) SLA
8 4 (0.57%) WCAG
9 2 (0.28%) GRC
9 2 (0.28%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.28%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.28%) Solvency II
10 1 (0.14%) COBIT
10 1 (0.14%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.14%) NIST
10 1 (0.14%) P3O
10 1 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 23 (3.27%) Docker
2 12 (1.71%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.28%) Microsoft App-V
4 2 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.28%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 33 (4.69%) Terraform
2 32 (4.55%) Kubernetes
3 17 (2.42%) Prometheus
4 14 (1.99%) Grafana
5 13 (1.85%) Ansible
6 11 (1.56%) Kibana
7 8 (1.14%) SCCM
8 7 (1.00%) logstash
8 7 (1.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 2 (0.28%) Cilium
9 2 (0.28%) Packer
10 1 (0.14%) Fluentd
10 1 (0.14%) Istio
10 1 (0.14%) Kubeflow
10 1 (0.14%) Network Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.14%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 116 (16.50%) Microsoft
2 70 (9.96%) Databricks
3 45 (6.40%) SAP
4 42 (5.97%) Google
5 32 (4.55%) Oracle
6 19 (2.70%) ServiceNow
7 15 (2.13%) Adobe
7 15 (2.13%) Sage
8 14 (1.99%) Splunk
9 13 (1.85%) Salesforce
10 11 (1.56%) Dynatrace
10 11 (1.56%) Informatica
11 8 (1.14%) Amplitude
11 8 (1.14%) Palantir
12 7 (1.00%) Alteryx
12 7 (1.00%) Remedy
13 6 (0.85%) Apple
13 6 (0.85%) BMC
14 5 (0.71%) Cognos
14 5 (0.71%) Foundry