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

6 months to
12 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 168 108 124
Rank change year-on-year -60 +16 +15
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 722 685 686
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.60% 2.51% 1.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.87% 2.77% 2.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 449 417 462
10th Percentile £325 £315 £313
25th Percentile £401 £388 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.78% -7.50% -
75th Percentile £588 £575 £602
90th Percentile £725 £688 £711
UK median daily rate £485 £463 £500
% change year-on-year +4.86% -7.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 46 51
10th Percentile £17.97 £23.75 £30.75
25th Percentile £29.23 £31.67 £46.18
Median hourly rate £52.50 £46.34 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.29% -28.71% +30.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.75 -
90th Percentile £73.75 £65.00 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £46.34 £65.00
% change year-on-year +7.90% -28.71% +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 38,560 24,752 31,552
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.53% 90.73% 85.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,293 15,918 20,488
10th Percentile £325 £300 £308
25th Percentile £419 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £514 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.14% -2.10% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £645
90th Percentile £733 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £518 £501 £525
% change year-on-year +3.40% -4.67% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,394 1,279 2,235
10th Percentile £15.35 £14.28 £13.00
25th Percentile £20.87 £17.99 £16.25
Median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% -6.09%
75th Percentile £68.75 £54.88 £62.50
90th Percentile £82.85 £72.50 £72.50
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 12 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 12 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 12 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 -44 378 £488 -2.50% 219
North of England -46 115 £445 -0.45% 95
Midlands -26 77 £537 +34.25% 67
South East -53 64 £470 -14.55% 100
North West -15 62 £444 -1.33% 54
West Midlands -48 56 £550 +33.33% 34
Yorkshire -44 48 £455 +7.06% 26
South West -27 45 £450 +6.64% 45
East of England -42 23 £520 -0.95% 37
East Midlands -9 21 £431 +15.00% 33
North East -37 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 26 (3.60%) Apache Spark
2 15 (2.08%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.94%) Apache
4 13 (1.80%) Confluence
5 11 (1.52%) Apache Airflow
5 11 (1.52%) Apache Superset
6 6 (0.83%) ArcGIS
7 5 (0.69%) CMS
7 5 (0.69%) Palantir Foundry
7 5 (0.69%) SAS
8 4 (0.55%) OpenStack
9 3 (0.42%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.42%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.14%) R Markdown
Applications
1 103 (14.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (1.94%) MS Visio
3 13 (1.80%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (1.25%) Chatbot
4 9 (1.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.25%) Spreadsheet
5 7 (0.97%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.83%) Adobe Illustrator
6 6 (0.83%) CPLEX
6 6 (0.83%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.42%) 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%) Maya
9 1 (0.14%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 17 (2.35%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.25%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (1.11%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.55%) Adobe Campaign
5 3 (0.42%) Eloqua
5 3 (0.42%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.28%) iTrent
6 2 (0.28%) Primavera
7 1 (0.14%) Advent Geneva
7 1 (0.14%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.14%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.14%) ResourceLink
7 1 (0.14%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.14%) SAP MDM
7 1 (0.14%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (0.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.14%) Sprinklr
7 1 (0.14%) Summit
7 1 (0.14%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 358 (49.58%) Power Platform
2 156 (21.61%) Azure
3 121 (16.76%) AWS
4 49 (6.79%) GCP
5 43 (5.96%) Azure Data Factory
5 43 (5.96%) Snowflake
6 37 (5.12%) Azure DevOps
7 28 (3.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 24 (3.32%) dbt
8 24 (3.32%) Power Automate
8 24 (3.32%) Serverless
9 23 (3.19%) GitHub
10 21 (2.91%) Amazon S3
11 20 (2.77%) PowerApps
12 16 (2.22%) AWS Lambda
13 10 (1.39%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 10 (1.39%) Amazon SageMaker
13 10 (1.39%) Dynamics 365
13 10 (1.39%) Microsoft 365
13 10 (1.39%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.80%) TCP/IP
2 12 (1.66%) Ethernet
3 4 (0.55%) DNS
3 4 (0.55%) 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
1 351 (48.61%) Power BI
2 163 (22.58%) Tableau
3 98 (13.57%) Data Warehouse
4 50 (6.93%) Relational Database
5 49 (6.79%) Power Query
6 34 (4.71%) Data Lake
6 34 (4.71%) SQL Server
7 32 (4.43%) Metadata
8 30 (4.16%) Looker
9 29 (4.02%) PostgreSQL
10 28 (3.88%) BigQuery
11 21 (2.91%) Big Data
12 20 (2.77%) NoSQL
13 12 (1.66%) Hadoop
13 12 (1.66%) Snowflake Schema
13 12 (1.66%) Star Schema
14 11 (1.52%) Amazon RDS
14 11 (1.52%) PowerPivot
14 11 (1.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 10 (1.39%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 39 (5.40%) JIRA
2 35 (4.85%) Git
3 13 (1.80%) Visual Studio
4 12 (1.66%) Eclipse
5 8 (1.11%) Jenkins
6 5 (0.69%) GitLab
6 5 (0.69%) MLflow
7 4 (0.55%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.42%) ERwin
9 2 (0.28%) Charles Proxy
9 2 (0.28%) JMeter
9 2 (0.28%) Selenium
9 2 (0.28%) Terragrunt
9 2 (0.28%) WebDriver
10 1 (0.14%) Flyway
10 1 (0.14%) JUnit
10 1 (0.14%) Postman
10 1 (0.14%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.14%) Storybook
10 1 (0.14%) Vite
General
1 226 (31.30%) Social Skills
2 223 (30.89%) Analytical Skills
3 185 (25.62%) Finance
4 69 (9.56%) Public Sector
5 52 (7.20%) Banking
6 37 (5.12%) Marketing
7 36 (4.99%) Retail
8 20 (2.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 16 (2.22%) Military
10 14 (1.94%) Manufacturing
10 14 (1.94%) Presentation Skills
11 11 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
11 11 (1.52%) Law
11 11 (1.52%) Pharmaceutical
12 10 (1.39%) Publishing
13 9 (1.25%) Organisational Skills
14 7 (0.97%) Influencing Skills
14 7 (0.97%) Legal
14 7 (0.97%) Telecoms
15 6 (0.83%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 195 (27.01%) Analyst
2 120 (16.62%) Data Analyst
3 102 (14.13%) Data Engineer
4 98 (13.57%) Developer
5 83 (11.50%) Senior
6 44 (6.09%) Lead
7 42 (5.82%) Data Scientist
8 41 (5.68%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 36 (4.99%) Business Analyst
10 35 (4.85%) Consultant
11 31 (4.29%) Architect
11 31 (4.29%) Power BI Developer
12 27 (3.74%) Senior Data Engineer
13 25 (3.46%) Business Intelligence Analyst
14 18 (2.49%) Designer
15 16 (2.22%) Data Manager
16 14 (1.94%) Data Architect
17 13 (1.80%) Performance Analyst
17 13 (1.80%) Python Developer
18 12 (1.66%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (6.09%) Pandas
2 39 (5.40%) React
3 27 (3.74%) Kafka
3 27 (3.74%) REST
4 24 (3.32%) NumPy
5 21 (2.91%) PySpark
6 19 (2.63%) scikit-learn
7 16 (2.22%) JSON
8 15 (2.08%) Node.js
8 15 (2.08%) Web Services
9 14 (1.94%) CSS
9 14 (1.94%) OpenTelemetry
10 12 (1.66%) Apache Avro
10 12 (1.66%) Spring
10 12 (1.66%) Spring Boot
11 11 (1.52%) AngularJS
11 11 (1.52%) HTML
12 10 (1.39%) GeoJSON
12 10 (1.39%) Matplotlib
12 10 (1.39%) Seaborn
Miscellaneous
1 50 (6.93%) Data Structures
2 33 (4.57%) Cloud Native
3 25 (3.46%) Algorithms
4 24 (3.32%) Analytical Mindset
5 19 (2.63%) Product Ownership
6 17 (2.35%) Distributed Systems
6 17 (2.35%) Management Information System
7 15 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
8 13 (1.80%) Legacy Systems
9 12 (1.66%) Virtual Team
10 11 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
10 11 (1.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 9 (1.25%) Onboarding
11 9 (1.25%) PKI
12 8 (1.11%) Life Science
12 8 (1.11%) Marketing Technology
13 7 (0.97%) AI Agents
13 7 (0.97%) Clustering
13 7 (0.97%) Derivative
13 7 (0.97%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 26 (3.60%) Windows
2 23 (3.19%) Linux
3 7 (0.97%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.83%) Unix
5 5 (0.69%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.28%) Android
7 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 377 (52.22%) Business Intelligence
2 347 (48.06%) Data Visualisation
3 323 (44.74%) Analytics
4 218 (30.19%) Data Modelling
5 191 (26.45%) Decision-Making
6 190 (26.32%) Agile
7 179 (24.79%) Problem-Solving
8 160 (22.16%) AI
9 148 (20.50%) Actionable Insight
10 139 (19.25%) Validation
11 133 (18.42%) Data Pipeline
12 131 (18.14%) Data Science
13 129 (17.87%) Data Analysis
13 129 (17.87%) ETL
14 121 (16.76%) Dashboard Development
15 120 (16.62%) Data Engineering
16 115 (15.93%) Continuous Improvement
17 107 (14.82%) Data Governance
18 100 (13.85%) CI/CD
19 97 (13.43%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 363 (50.28%) SQL
2 268 (37.12%) Python
3 67 (9.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 64 (8.86%) R
5 43 (5.96%) Java
6 39 (5.40%) JavaScript
7 32 (4.43%) C#
8 31 (4.29%) TypeScript
9 17 (2.35%) C++
10 13 (1.80%) PowerShell
10 13 (1.80%) Scala
11 10 (1.39%) T-SQL
11 10 (1.39%) VBA
12 8 (1.11%) PL/SQL
13 5 (0.69%) Bash
14 4 (0.55%) Cypher
14 4 (0.55%) Gremlin
14 4 (0.55%) MATLAB
14 4 (0.55%) Rust
15 3 (0.42%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 141 (19.53%) Security Cleared
2 102 (14.13%) SC Cleared
3 79 (10.94%) Degree
4 21 (2.91%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (2.77%) BPSS Clearance
6 17 (2.35%) Azure Certification
7 16 (2.22%) DV Cleared
8 14 (1.94%) Master's Degree
9 9 (1.25%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (0.69%) Tableau Certification
11 4 (0.55%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.42%) CBAP
12 3 (0.42%) PMI Certification
13 2 (0.28%) ACCA
13 2 (0.28%) APMG
13 2 (0.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.28%) CIMA
13 2 (0.28%) IIBA
13 2 (0.28%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 2 (0.28%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 163 (22.58%) Data Quality
2 46 (6.37%) QA
3 31 (4.29%) GDPR
4 25 (3.46%) Accessibility
5 19 (2.63%) PMO
6 6 (0.83%) Actionable Recommendations
6 6 (0.83%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 5 (0.69%) SLA
8 4 (0.55%) 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 25 (3.46%) Docker
2 13 (1.80%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.69%) 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 35 (4.85%) Terraform
2 32 (4.43%) Kubernetes
3 16 (2.22%) Prometheus
4 14 (1.94%) Ansible
5 13 (1.80%) Grafana
6 12 (1.66%) Kibana
7 8 (1.11%) logstash
7 8 (1.11%) SCCM
8 7 (0.97%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 3 (0.42%) Podman
10 2 (0.28%) Cilium
10 2 (0.28%) Packer
11 1 (0.14%) Fluentd
11 1 (0.14%) Istio
11 1 (0.14%) Kubeflow
11 1 (0.14%) Network Intrusion Detection System
11 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.14%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 122 (16.90%) Microsoft
2 72 (9.97%) Databricks
3 44 (6.09%) SAP
4 41 (5.68%) Google
5 35 (4.85%) Oracle
6 21 (2.91%) ServiceNow
7 16 (2.22%) Adobe
8 15 (2.08%) Dynatrace
9 14 (1.94%) Splunk
10 12 (1.66%) Sage
11 11 (1.52%) Informatica
11 11 (1.52%) Salesforce
12 9 (1.25%) Alteryx
13 8 (1.11%) Amplitude
13 8 (1.11%) Palantir
13 8 (1.11%) Remedy
14 7 (0.97%) BMC
15 6 (0.83%) Solace
16 5 (0.69%) Foundry
16 5 (0.69%) Workday