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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 166 105 125
Rank change year-on-year -61 +20 +13
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 712 674 684
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.59% 2.48% 1.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.86% 2.74% 2.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 437 407 461
10th Percentile £325 £314 £313
25th Percentile £401 £388 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.70% -7.50% -
75th Percentile £588 £588 £603
90th Percentile £725 £688 £713
UK median daily rate £475 £463 £500
% change year-on-year +2.70% -7.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 46 51
10th Percentile £18.02 £23.75 £30.75
25th Percentile £29.60 £31.67 £46.18
Median hourly rate £52.75 £48.09 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.69% -26.02% +40.75%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.75 -
90th Percentile £73.75 £65.00 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £51.25 £48.09 £65.00
% change year-on-year +6.57% -26.02% +40.75%

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 38,219 24,611 31,409
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.42% 90.71% 85.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,063 15,813 20,400
10th Percentile £325 £300 £308
25th Percentile £420 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £645
90th Percentile £734 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,375 1,290 2,230
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.39 £13.00
25th Percentile £21.00 £18.10 £16.25
Median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +88.87% -34.02% -6.09%
75th Percentile £68.75 £54.56 £62.50
90th Percentile £83.00 £71.60 £72.58
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +74.79% -34.02% -4.70%

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 15 July 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 15 July 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 15 July 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 -43 366 £486 -2.75% 239
North of England -47 114 £450 +0.67% 99
Midlands -37 76 £550 +37.50% 68
South East -49 65 £470 -14.55% 99
North West -16 61 £450 -0.55% 58
West Midlands -52 55 £550 +33.33% 37
Yorkshire -50 48 £455 +7.06% 26
South West -23 45 £450 +6.64% 51
East of England -38 26 £565 +7.62% 36
East Midlands -6 21 £431 +15.00% 31
North East -41 7 £420 -6.67% 17
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 23 (3.23%) Apache Spark
2 14 (1.97%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.83%) Apache
3 13 (1.83%) Confluence
4 11 (1.54%) Apache Superset
5 10 (1.40%) Apache Airflow
6 8 (1.12%) ArcGIS
7 5 (0.70%) CMS
7 5 (0.70%) Palantir Foundry
7 5 (0.70%) SAS
8 3 (0.42%) Jupyter
8 3 (0.42%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.14%) R Markdown
Applications
1 102 (14.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (1.83%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (1.83%) MS Visio
3 10 (1.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.26%) Chatbot
4 9 (1.26%) Spreadsheet
5 7 (0.98%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.84%) Adobe Illustrator
6 6 (0.84%) CPLEX
6 6 (0.84%) Photoshop
7 4 (0.56%) InDesign
8 2 (0.28%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.28%) EPLAN
8 2 (0.28%) Notion
9 1 (0.14%) 3ds Max
9 1 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.14%) Maya
9 1 (0.14%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 16 (2.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.26%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (0.56%) Adobe Campaign
4 3 (0.42%) Eloqua
4 3 (0.42%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.28%) iTrent
5 2 (0.28%) Primavera
6 1 (0.14%) Advent Geneva
6 1 (0.14%) Aladdin
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%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 354 (49.72%) Power Platform
2 150 (21.07%) Azure
3 116 (16.29%) AWS
4 44 (6.18%) GCP
5 42 (5.90%) Snowflake
6 40 (5.62%) Azure Data Factory
7 35 (4.92%) Azure DevOps
8 27 (3.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 25 (3.51%) GitHub
9 25 (3.51%) Power Automate
10 24 (3.37%) Serverless
11 22 (3.09%) dbt
12 21 (2.95%) Amazon S3
13 20 (2.81%) PowerApps
14 16 (2.25%) AWS Lambda
15 10 (1.40%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 10 (1.40%) Amazon SageMaker
15 10 (1.40%) Dynamics 365
15 10 (1.40%) Microsoft 365
15 10 (1.40%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.83%) TCP/IP
2 12 (1.69%) Ethernet
3 4 (0.56%) DNS
3 4 (0.56%) Firewall
4 3 (0.42%) Wireless
5 2 (0.28%) 2G
5 2 (0.28%) 3G
5 2 (0.28%) 4G
5 2 (0.28%) 5G
5 2 (0.28%) DHCP
5 2 (0.28%) PCoIP
5 2 (0.28%) Radio Access Network
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
1 347 (48.74%) Power BI
2 156 (21.91%) Tableau
3 93 (13.06%) Data Warehouse
4 50 (7.02%) Power Query
5 47 (6.60%) Relational Database
6 32 (4.49%) Data Lake
7 31 (4.35%) Looker
8 30 (4.21%) Metadata
9 29 (4.07%) SQL Server
10 26 (3.65%) PostgreSQL
11 25 (3.51%) BigQuery
12 20 (2.81%) Big Data
13 17 (2.39%) NoSQL
14 12 (1.69%) Snowflake Schema
15 11 (1.54%) Amazon RDS
15 11 (1.54%) Hadoop
15 11 (1.54%) PowerPivot
15 11 (1.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 11 (1.54%) Star Schema
16 10 (1.40%) GIS
Development Applications
1 37 (5.20%) JIRA
2 36 (5.06%) Git
3 13 (1.83%) Visual Studio
4 12 (1.69%) Eclipse
5 7 (0.98%) Jenkins
6 5 (0.70%) GitLab
6 5 (0.70%) MLflow
7 4 (0.56%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.28%) Charles Proxy
8 2 (0.28%) ERwin
8 2 (0.28%) JMeter
8 2 (0.28%) Selenium
8 2 (0.28%) Terragrunt
8 2 (0.28%) WebDriver
9 1 (0.14%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.14%) JUnit
9 1 (0.14%) Postman
9 1 (0.14%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.14%) Storybook
9 1 (0.14%) Vite
General
1 222 (31.18%) Social Skills
2 219 (30.76%) Analytical Skills
3 175 (24.58%) Finance
4 70 (9.83%) Public Sector
5 51 (7.16%) Banking
6 37 (5.20%) Marketing
7 32 (4.49%) Retail
8 19 (2.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 18 (2.53%) Military
10 15 (2.11%) Presentation Skills
11 14 (1.97%) Manufacturing
12 11 (1.54%) Law
12 11 (1.54%) Pharmaceutical
13 10 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
13 10 (1.40%) Publishing
14 9 (1.26%) Organisational Skills
15 7 (0.98%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (0.98%) Telecoms
16 6 (0.84%) Investment Banking
16 6 (0.84%) Legal
Job Titles
1 196 (27.53%) Analyst
2 120 (16.85%) Data Analyst
3 97 (13.62%) Data Engineer
4 96 (13.48%) Developer
5 79 (11.10%) Senior
6 45 (6.32%) Lead
7 40 (5.62%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 40 (5.62%) Data Scientist
8 36 (5.06%) Business Analyst
9 35 (4.92%) Consultant
10 30 (4.21%) Architect
10 30 (4.21%) Power BI Developer
11 26 (3.65%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 23 (3.23%) Senior Data Engineer
13 20 (2.81%) Designer
14 17 (2.39%) Data Manager
15 14 (1.97%) Data Architect
16 13 (1.83%) Performance Analyst
16 13 (1.83%) Python Developer
17 12 (1.69%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (6.18%) Pandas
2 37 (5.20%) React
3 28 (3.93%) REST
4 24 (3.37%) Kafka
4 24 (3.37%) NumPy
5 20 (2.81%) PySpark
6 18 (2.53%) scikit-learn
7 16 (2.25%) JSON
8 15 (2.11%) Node.js
8 15 (2.11%) Web Services
9 14 (1.97%) CSS
9 14 (1.97%) OpenTelemetry
10 12 (1.69%) Apache Avro
11 11 (1.54%) HTML
12 10 (1.40%) AngularJS
12 10 (1.40%) GeoJSON
12 10 (1.40%) Matplotlib
12 10 (1.40%) Seaborn
12 10 (1.40%) Spring
12 10 (1.40%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 50 (7.02%) Data Structures
2 31 (4.35%) Cloud Native
3 24 (3.37%) Algorithms
4 23 (3.23%) Analytical Mindset
5 19 (2.67%) Product Ownership
6 17 (2.39%) Distributed Systems
7 15 (2.11%) Management Information System
7 15 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
8 13 (1.83%) Legacy Systems
9 12 (1.69%) Virtual Team
10 11 (1.54%) Data Protection Act
11 10 (1.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 10 (1.40%) PKI
12 8 (1.12%) AI Agents
12 8 (1.12%) Clustering
12 8 (1.12%) Life Science
12 8 (1.12%) Marketing Technology
12 8 (1.12%) Onboarding
13 7 (0.98%) Derivative
13 7 (0.98%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 27 (3.79%) Windows
2 23 (3.23%) Linux
3 8 (1.12%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.84%) Unix
5 5 (0.70%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.28%) Android
7 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 372 (52.25%) Business Intelligence
2 345 (48.46%) Data Visualisation
3 317 (44.52%) Analytics
4 217 (30.48%) Data Modelling
5 188 (26.40%) Decision-Making
6 185 (25.98%) Agile
7 173 (24.30%) Problem-Solving
8 155 (21.77%) AI
9 140 (19.66%) Actionable Insight
10 134 (18.82%) Validation
11 128 (17.98%) Data Analysis
12 126 (17.70%) Data Pipeline
12 126 (17.70%) Data Science
12 126 (17.70%) ETL
13 119 (16.71%) Dashboard Development
14 115 (16.15%) Continuous Improvement
15 111 (15.59%) Data Engineering
16 106 (14.89%) Data Governance
17 97 (13.62%) Stakeholder Management
18 95 (13.34%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 355 (49.86%) SQL
2 265 (37.22%) Python
3 66 (9.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 62 (8.71%) R
5 41 (5.76%) Java
6 39 (5.48%) JavaScript
7 32 (4.49%) C#
8 30 (4.21%) TypeScript
9 17 (2.39%) C++
10 14 (1.97%) PowerShell
11 11 (1.54%) Scala
12 10 (1.40%) T-SQL
12 10 (1.40%) VBA
13 8 (1.12%) PL/SQL
14 5 (0.70%) Bash
15 4 (0.56%) Cypher
15 4 (0.56%) Gremlin
15 4 (0.56%) MATLAB
15 4 (0.56%) Rust
16 3 (0.42%) PromQL
Qualifications
1 141 (19.80%) Security Cleared
2 100 (14.04%) SC Cleared
3 76 (10.67%) Degree
4 19 (2.67%) BPSS Clearance
4 19 (2.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (2.39%) DV Cleared
6 15 (2.11%) Azure Certification
7 14 (1.97%) Master's Degree
8 9 (1.26%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (0.70%) Tableau Certification
10 4 (0.56%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.42%) CBAP
11 3 (0.42%) PMI Certification
11 3 (0.42%) Six Sigma Green Belt
12 2 (0.28%) ACCA
12 2 (0.28%) APMG
12 2 (0.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.28%) CIMA
12 2 (0.28%) IIBA
12 2 (0.28%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 160 (22.47%) Data Quality
2 45 (6.32%) QA
3 29 (4.07%) GDPR
4 25 (3.51%) Accessibility
5 20 (2.81%) PMO
6 6 (0.84%) Actionable Recommendations
6 6 (0.84%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 5 (0.70%) SLA
8 4 (0.56%) WCAG
9 3 (0.42%) GRC
10 2 (0.28%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.28%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.28%) Solvency II
11 1 (0.14%) Basel III
11 1 (0.14%) COBIT
11 1 (0.14%) ISO 14001
11 1 (0.14%) NIST
11 1 (0.14%) P3O
11 1 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 22 (3.09%) Docker
2 14 (1.97%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.70%) 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 (4.63%) Terraform
2 28 (3.93%) Kubernetes
3 16 (2.25%) Prometheus
4 13 (1.83%) Ansible
4 13 (1.83%) Grafana
5 11 (1.54%) Kibana
6 8 (1.12%) SCCM
7 7 (0.98%) logstash
7 7 (0.98%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 3 (0.42%) Podman
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
1 120 (16.85%) Microsoft
2 70 (9.83%) Databricks
3 44 (6.18%) SAP
4 38 (5.34%) Google
5 34 (4.78%) Oracle
6 22 (3.09%) ServiceNow
7 17 (2.39%) Adobe
8 15 (2.11%) Dynatrace
9 14 (1.97%) Splunk
10 11 (1.54%) Sage
10 11 (1.54%) Salesforce
11 9 (1.26%) Alteryx
11 9 (1.26%) Informatica
11 9 (1.26%) Remedy
12 8 (1.12%) Amplitude
12 8 (1.12%) BMC
12 8 (1.12%) Palantir
13 6 (0.84%) Solace
14 5 (0.70%) Cognos
14 5 (0.70%) Foundry