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

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 200 102 108
Rank change year-on-year -98 +6 +21
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 654 733 703
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.41% 2.62% 2.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.67% 2.88% 2.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 375 457 424
10th Percentile £313 £320 £316
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £645
90th Percentile £694 £730 £785
UK median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -1.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 46 50
10th Percentile £21.08 £18.38 £29.90
25th Percentile £28.50 £33.25 £46.18
Median hourly rate £53.70 £50.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.40% -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 39,226 25,436 27,906
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.80% 90.90% 86.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,709 16,124 17,045
10th Percentile £325 £294 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £641
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 2,969 1,568 1,160
10th Percentile £13.70 £14.50 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.43 £17.87 £20.28
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £42.69
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -41.09% -4.07%
75th Percentile £67.25 £45.80 £67.14
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £25.15 £40.33
% change year-on-year +49.11% -37.63% -7.56%

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 8 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 8 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 8 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 -85 324 £480 -4.00% 948
North of England -67 98 £438 +3.06% 179
Midlands -42 81 £528 +4.09% 147
South East -59 66 £419 -20.19% 218
West Midlands -42 62 £550 +4.76% 99
South West -31 46 £475 -36.67% 86
North West -37 46 £500 +22.70% 97
Yorkshire -56 40 £476 +6.85% 58
East of England -48 28 £515 -1.90% 91
East Midlands -10 19 £362 -9.38% 48
North East -32 13 £350 -17.65% 24
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 (3.06%) Confluence
2 18 (2.75%) Apache Spark
3 12 (1.83%) SharePoint
4 10 (1.53%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (1.53%) ArcGIS
5 6 (0.92%) Apache
6 5 (0.76%) CMS
6 5 (0.76%) Palantir Foundry
7 4 (0.61%) Jupyter
8 3 (0.46%) SAS
9 2 (0.31%) Oracle Application Server
10 1 (0.15%) Apache Superset
10 1 (0.15%) nginx
10 1 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 101 (15.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (1.68%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (1.38%) 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%) Chatbot
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%) 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 (1.38%) 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%) Salesforce CRM
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%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.15%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.15%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 336 (51.38%) Power Platform
2 123 (18.81%) Azure
3 92 (14.07%) AWS
4 44 (6.73%) Snowflake
5 39 (5.96%) GCP
6 31 (4.74%) Azure DevOps
7 26 (3.98%) GitHub
8 24 (3.67%) Power Automate
8 24 (3.67%) PowerApps
9 22 (3.36%) Azure Data Factory
10 20 (3.06%) 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
15 10 (1.53%) Dynamics 365
15 10 (1.53%) Figma
15 10 (1.53%) Microsoft Copilot
16 9 (1.38%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.53%) Ethernet
1 10 (1.53%) TCP/IP
2 5 (0.76%) SNMP
2 5 (0.76%) Wireless
3 4 (0.61%) Broadband
3 4 (0.61%) SD-WAN
3 4 (0.61%) WAN
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
1 329 (50.31%) Power BI
2 130 (19.88%) Tableau
3 60 (9.17%) Data Warehouse
4 58 (8.87%) Power Query
5 39 (5.96%) Data Lake
6 34 (5.20%) Relational Database
7 30 (4.59%) Metadata
8 22 (3.36%) SQL Server
9 20 (3.06%) Looker
10 18 (2.75%) BigQuery
11 16 (2.45%) Amazon Athena
11 16 (2.45%) Big Data
12 15 (2.29%) Qlik Sense
13 14 (2.14%) GIS
13 14 (2.14%) PostgreSQL
14 13 (1.99%) QlikView
15 11 (1.68%) Star Schema
16 9 (1.38%) Data Mining
16 9 (1.38%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
17 8 (1.22%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 40 (6.12%) JIRA
2 33 (5.05%) Git
3 11 (1.68%) Visual Studio
4 10 (1.53%) Eclipse
5 7 (1.07%) GitLab
6 4 (0.61%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.46%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.46%) JMeter
8 2 (0.31%) Claude Code
8 2 (0.31%) MLflow
8 2 (0.31%) Selenium
8 2 (0.31%) WebDriver
9 1 (0.15%) Gradle
9 1 (0.15%) Jasmine
9 1 (0.15%) JUnit
9 1 (0.15%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.15%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.15%) Storybook
9 1 (0.15%) Vite
9 1 (0.15%) Xcode
General
1 232 (35.47%) Social Skills
2 229 (35.02%) Analytical Skills
3 141 (21.56%) Finance
4 79 (12.08%) Public Sector
5 50 (7.65%) Banking
6 24 (3.67%) Military
7 21 (3.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 20 (3.06%) Retail
9 18 (2.75%) Manufacturing
9 18 (2.75%) Marketing
10 14 (2.14%) Presentation Skills
11 13 (1.99%) Local Government
12 11 (1.68%) Pharmaceutical
13 10 (1.53%) Organisational Skills
14 9 (1.38%) Aerospace
15 8 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
16 7 (1.07%) Financial Institution
17 6 (0.92%) Front Office
17 6 (0.92%) Investment Banking
17 6 (0.92%) Police
Job Titles
1 175 (26.76%) Analyst
2 99 (15.14%) Data Analyst
3 98 (14.98%) Developer
4 75 (11.47%) Senior
5 68 (10.40%) Data Engineer
6 38 (5.81%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 38 (5.81%) Lead
7 35 (5.35%) Data Scientist
8 30 (4.59%) Power BI Developer
9 29 (4.43%) Consultant
10 26 (3.98%) Architect
11 24 (3.67%) Business Analyst
11 24 (3.67%) Designer
11 24 (3.67%) Senior Data Engineer
12 19 (2.91%) Performance Analyst
13 17 (2.60%) Data Architect
13 17 (2.60%) Data Manager
14 16 (2.45%) Report Analyst
15 15 (2.29%) Senior Analyst
16 13 (1.99%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (5.50%) Terraform
2 32 (4.89%) REST
3 25 (3.82%) React
4 24 (3.67%) HTML
5 23 (3.52%) CSS
5 23 (3.52%) Pandas
6 22 (3.36%) PySpark
7 16 (2.45%) NumPy
8 14 (2.14%) scikit-learn
9 12 (1.83%) Web Services
10 11 (1.68%) Kafka
11 10 (1.53%) Flask
11 10 (1.53%) Node.js
12 9 (1.38%) JSON
12 9 (1.38%) TensorFlow
13 8 (1.22%) PyTorch
14 7 (1.07%) FastAPI
14 7 (1.07%) Redux
14 7 (1.07%) Spring Boot
14 7 (1.07%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 43 (6.57%) Data Structures
2 27 (4.13%) Onboarding
3 26 (3.98%) Management Information System
4 22 (3.36%) Legacy Systems
5 21 (3.21%) Analytical Mindset
5 21 (3.21%) Cloud Native
6 16 (2.45%) Product Ownership
7 14 (2.14%) AI Agents
8 13 (1.99%) Algorithms
9 12 (1.83%) Data Protection Act
9 12 (1.83%) Distributed Systems
9 12 (1.83%) Reference Data
10 10 (1.53%) Virtual Team
11 9 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
12 8 (1.22%) Clustering
12 8 (1.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 8 (1.22%) PKI
13 7 (1.07%) Derivative
13 7 (1.07%) Life Science
13 7 (1.07%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 27 (4.13%) Windows
2 20 (3.06%) Linux
3 8 (1.22%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.76%) Apple iOS
4 5 (0.76%) Unix
5 4 (0.61%) Android
6 3 (0.46%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.15%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 342 (52.29%) Business Intelligence
2 321 (49.08%) Data Visualisation
3 310 (47.40%) Analytics
4 188 (28.75%) Data Modelling
5 181 (27.68%) Decision-Making
6 177 (27.06%) Agile
7 156 (23.85%) AI
8 148 (22.63%) Problem-Solving
9 144 (22.02%) Data Analysis
10 126 (19.27%) Actionable Insight
11 123 (18.81%) Stakeholder Management
12 118 (18.04%) Continuous Improvement
13 112 (17.13%) Validation
14 108 (16.51%) Dashboard Development
15 103 (15.75%) Data Science
16 99 (15.14%) Data Governance
17 95 (14.53%) Data Pipeline
17 95 (14.53%) ETL
18 94 (14.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 93 (14.22%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 318 (48.62%) SQL
2 226 (34.56%) Python
3 66 (10.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 45 (6.88%) JavaScript
5 43 (6.57%) R
6 37 (5.66%) Java
7 29 (4.43%) C#
8 19 (2.91%) TypeScript
9 13 (1.99%) C++
9 13 (1.99%) PowerShell
10 11 (1.68%) T-SQL
11 10 (1.53%) PL/SQL
12 9 (1.38%) Bash
13 7 (1.07%) Scala
14 6 (0.92%) Cypher
14 6 (0.92%) Gremlin
14 6 (0.92%) VBA
15 4 (0.61%) Korn
16 3 (0.46%) Search Processing Language
17 2 (0.31%) Go
Qualifications
1 130 (19.88%) Security Cleared
2 91 (13.91%) SC Cleared
3 76 (11.62%) Degree
4 24 (3.67%) BPSS Clearance
5 17 (2.60%) DV Cleared
6 16 (2.45%) 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%) CTC Cleared
14 1 (0.15%) IIBA
14 1 (0.15%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 179 (27.37%) Data Quality
2 33 (5.05%) QA
3 24 (3.67%) Accessibility
3 24 (3.67%) GDPR
4 15 (2.29%) PMO
5 11 (1.68%) Actionable Recommendations
6 5 (0.76%) GRC
7 4 (0.61%) WCAG
8 3 (0.46%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 3 (0.46%) GMP
9 2 (0.31%) Basel III
9 2 (0.31%) Solvency II
10 1 (0.15%) CDISC
10 1 (0.15%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.15%) IFRS 17
10 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 17025
10 1 (0.15%) NCSC
10 1 (0.15%) NIST
10 1 (0.15%) P3O
10 1 (0.15%) SOC 2
System Software
1 21 (3.21%) Docker
2 12 (1.83%) 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 12 (1.83%) Kubernetes
2 9 (1.38%) Kibana
3 8 (1.22%) Ansible
4 7 (1.07%) Grafana
4 7 (1.07%) SCCM
5 4 (0.61%) Podman
5 4 (0.61%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.46%) Argo
6 3 (0.46%) logstash
7 2 (0.31%) Istio
7 2 (0.31%) Packer
7 2 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.15%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 129 (19.72%) Microsoft
2 58 (8.87%) Databricks
3 34 (5.20%) SAP
4 32 (4.89%) Google
5 27 (4.13%) Oracle
6 25 (3.82%) ServiceNow
7 17 (2.60%) Adobe
7 17 (2.60%) Dynatrace
8 13 (1.99%) Splunk
9 11 (1.68%) Alteryx
10 10 (1.53%) Salesforce
11 8 (1.22%) Informatica
11 8 (1.22%) Palantir
11 8 (1.22%) Remedy
12 7 (1.07%) BMC
12 7 (1.07%) SnapLogic
13 5 (0.76%) Foundry
14 4 (0.61%) Amplitude
14 4 (0.61%) Ariba
14 4 (0.61%) UiPath