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

 6 months to
10 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 180 110 120
Rank change year-on-year -70 +10 +23
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 690 682 654
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.51% 2.45% 1.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.78% 2.70% 2.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 409 415 426
10th Percentile £325 £304 £313
25th Percentile £400 £393 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.70% -7.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £613
90th Percentile £711 £675 £718
UK median daily rate £475 £463 £500
% change year-on-year +2.70% -7.50% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 44 52
10th Percentile £21.08 £25.24 £31.75
25th Percentile £29.96 £33.06 £46.18
Median hourly rate £60.50 £50.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.00% -23.08% +40.75%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 -
90th Percentile £73.75 - -
UK median hourly rate £60.50 £50.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +21.00% -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 38,771 25,264 28,522
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.11% 90.78% 85.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,101 16,147 18,629
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £756
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,535 1,418 1,654
10th Percentile £14.56 £14.20 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.50 £17.87 £18.39
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +2.19%
75th Percentile £68.75 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £70.05 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £40.94
% change year-on-year +68.99% -38.57% -3.67%

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 August 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 August 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 August 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 -72 338 £475 -5.00% 328
North of England -46 106 £455 +5.81% 112
Midlands -36 86 £515 +21.18% 76
West Midlands -38 65 £550 +6.70% 48
South East -63 64 £450 -18.18% 118
North West -23 52 £473 +5.70% 57
Yorkshire -41 49 £471 +17.81% 39
South West -21 46 £463 +2.78% 53
East of England -25 34 £565 +2.73% 49
East Midlands -4 21 £375 -6.25% 28
North East -43 6 £410 -8.89% 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 17 (2.46%) Apache Spark
2 16 (2.32%) Confluence
3 11 (1.59%) Apache Superset
3 11 (1.59%) SharePoint
4 10 (1.45%) ArcGIS
5 8 (1.16%) Apache
6 7 (1.01%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (0.72%) CMS
7 5 (0.72%) Palantir Foundry
8 4 (0.58%) Jupyter
8 4 (0.58%) SAS
9 2 (0.29%) Oracle Application Server
10 1 (0.14%) R Markdown
Applications
1 106 (15.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (1.88%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.45%) MS Visio
4 8 (1.16%) CPLEX
4 8 (1.16%) Spreadsheet
5 7 (1.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 6 (0.87%) Chatbot
6 6 (0.87%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.58%) Adobe Illustrator
7 4 (0.58%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.43%) InDesign
9 2 (0.29%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.29%) EPLAN
9 2 (0.29%) Notion
10 1 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 11 (1.59%) Dynamics CRM
1 11 (1.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.45%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (0.58%) Adobe Campaign
4 3 (0.43%) Eloqua
4 3 (0.43%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.29%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.14%) Advent Geneva
6 1 (0.14%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.14%) iTrent
6 1 (0.14%) Primavera
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%) Sprinklr
6 1 (0.14%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 343 (49.71%) Power Platform
2 145 (21.01%) Azure
3 107 (15.51%) AWS
4 42 (6.09%) GCP
5 40 (5.80%) Snowflake
6 37 (5.36%) Azure Data Factory
6 37 (5.36%) Azure DevOps
7 30 (4.35%) Serverless
8 29 (4.20%) Power Automate
9 27 (3.91%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 25 (3.62%) GitHub
11 23 (3.33%) PowerApps
12 20 (2.90%) Amazon S3
13 17 (2.46%) dbt
14 16 (2.32%) AWS Lambda
15 11 (1.59%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 11 (1.59%) Amazon EC2
15 11 (1.59%) Dynamics 365
15 11 (1.59%) Google Analytics
16 10 (1.45%) Adobe Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.74%) Ethernet
2 11 (1.59%) TCP/IP
3 4 (0.58%) Wireless
4 2 (0.29%) 2G
4 2 (0.29%) 3G
4 2 (0.29%) 4G
4 2 (0.29%) 5G
4 2 (0.29%) DHCP
4 2 (0.29%) DNS
4 2 (0.29%) Firewall
4 2 (0.29%) PCoIP
4 2 (0.29%) Radio Access Network
4 2 (0.29%) Remote Desktop
4 2 (0.29%) SNMP
4 2 (0.29%) VPN
5 1 (0.14%) Broadband
5 1 (0.14%) Modbus
5 1 (0.14%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.14%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 337 (48.84%) Power BI
2 144 (20.87%) Tableau
3 87 (12.61%) Data Warehouse
4 51 (7.39%) Power Query
5 47 (6.81%) Relational Database
6 33 (4.78%) Metadata
7 32 (4.64%) Data Lake
8 26 (3.77%) Looker
8 26 (3.77%) SQL Server
9 22 (3.19%) PostgreSQL
10 21 (3.04%) BigQuery
11 19 (2.75%) Big Data
12 14 (2.03%) Star Schema
13 13 (1.88%) GIS
13 13 (1.88%) QlikView
14 12 (1.74%) Amazon RDS
14 12 (1.74%) Oracle Reports
14 12 (1.74%) Parquet
14 12 (1.74%) Qlik Sense
15 11 (1.59%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 41 (5.94%) JIRA
2 36 (5.22%) Git
3 13 (1.88%) Visual Studio
4 12 (1.74%) Eclipse
5 8 (1.16%) Jenkins
6 6 (0.87%) GitLab
7 4 (0.58%) Cypress.io
7 4 (0.58%) MLflow
8 3 (0.43%) JMeter
9 2 (0.29%) Charles Proxy
9 2 (0.29%) Selenium
9 2 (0.29%) WebDriver
10 1 (0.14%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.14%) Flyway
10 1 (0.14%) Gatling
10 1 (0.14%) git-flow
10 1 (0.14%) Postman
10 1 (0.14%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.14%) Storybook
10 1 (0.14%) Terragrunt
General
1 222 (32.17%) Social Skills
2 219 (31.74%) Analytical Skills
3 160 (23.19%) Finance
4 74 (10.72%) Public Sector
5 48 (6.96%) Banking
6 32 (4.64%) Marketing
7 26 (3.77%) Retail
8 21 (3.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 20 (2.90%) Military
10 17 (2.46%) Presentation Skills
11 13 (1.88%) Manufacturing
12 12 (1.74%) Law
13 9 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
13 9 (1.30%) Publishing
13 9 (1.30%) Telecoms
14 8 (1.16%) Pharmaceutical
15 7 (1.01%) Documentation Skills
16 5 (0.72%) Investment Banking
16 5 (0.72%) Local Government
16 5 (0.72%) Police
Job Titles
1 183 (26.52%) Analyst
2 111 (16.09%) Data Analyst
3 99 (14.35%) Developer
4 89 (12.90%) Data Engineer
5 79 (11.45%) Senior
6 43 (6.23%) Lead
7 38 (5.51%) Data Scientist
8 37 (5.36%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 32 (4.64%) Architect
9 32 (4.64%) Business Analyst
10 31 (4.49%) Consultant
11 28 (4.06%) Power BI Developer
12 24 (3.48%) Designer
13 23 (3.33%) Business Intelligence Analyst
14 19 (2.75%) Data Manager
14 19 (2.75%) Senior Data Engineer
15 18 (2.61%) Data Architect
16 17 (2.46%) Python Developer
17 14 (2.03%) Senior Analyst
18 13 (1.88%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (5.51%) Pandas
2 32 (4.64%) REST
3 30 (4.35%) React
4 22 (3.19%) NumPy
5 21 (3.04%) PySpark
6 20 (2.90%) CSS
7 18 (2.61%) HTML
7 18 (2.61%) scikit-learn
8 16 (2.32%) Kafka
9 15 (2.17%) Node.js
9 15 (2.17%) Web Services
10 14 (2.03%) JSON
11 12 (1.74%) PyTorch
11 12 (1.74%) TensorFlow
12 11 (1.59%) Apache Avro
12 11 (1.59%) OpenTelemetry
13 10 (1.45%) Flask
14 9 (1.30%) AngularJS
14 9 (1.30%) Matplotlib
14 9 (1.30%) Seaborn
Miscellaneous
1 48 (6.96%) Data Structures
2 30 (4.35%) Cloud Native
3 24 (3.48%) Management Information System
4 21 (3.04%) Algorithms
5 20 (2.90%) Product Ownership
6 19 (2.75%) Analytical Mindset
6 19 (2.75%) Legacy Systems
7 16 (2.32%) Distributed Systems
7 16 (2.32%) Onboarding
8 15 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
9 13 (1.88%) Virtual Team
10 11 (1.59%) AI Agents
10 11 (1.59%) Data Protection Act
11 10 (1.45%) Reference Data
12 9 (1.30%) Clustering
12 9 (1.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 9 (1.30%) PKI
13 8 (1.16%) Marketing Technology
13 8 (1.16%) NHS
14 7 (1.01%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 29 (4.20%) Windows
2 22 (3.19%) Linux
3 9 (1.30%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.87%) Unix
5 5 (0.72%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.29%) Android
6 2 (0.29%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 360 (52.17%) Business Intelligence
2 334 (48.41%) Data Visualisation
3 324 (46.96%) Analytics
4 206 (29.86%) Data Modelling
5 190 (27.54%) Agile
6 177 (25.65%) Decision-Making
7 174 (25.22%) Problem-Solving
8 141 (20.43%) AI
9 128 (18.55%) Actionable Insight
10 123 (17.83%) Data Analysis
11 121 (17.54%) Validation
12 120 (17.39%) Data Science
13 117 (16.96%) Continuous Improvement
14 115 (16.67%) ETL
15 112 (16.23%) Data Pipeline
16 106 (15.36%) Dashboard Development
17 105 (15.22%) Stakeholder Management
18 101 (14.64%) Data Engineering
19 100 (14.49%) Data Governance
20 92 (13.33%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 340 (49.28%) SQL
2 254 (36.81%) Python
3 65 (9.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 56 (8.12%) R
5 46 (6.67%) JavaScript
6 38 (5.51%) Java
7 33 (4.78%) C#
8 24 (3.48%) TypeScript
9 17 (2.46%) C++
10 16 (2.32%) PowerShell
11 11 (1.59%) Scala
12 10 (1.45%) PL/SQL
12 10 (1.45%) T-SQL
13 7 (1.01%) VBA
14 6 (0.87%) Bash
15 5 (0.72%) Cypher
15 5 (0.72%) MATLAB
16 4 (0.58%) Gremlin
16 4 (0.58%) Rust
17 3 (0.43%) Korn
Qualifications
1 147 (21.30%) Security Cleared
2 104 (15.07%) SC Cleared
3 79 (11.45%) Degree
4 22 (3.19%) BPSS Clearance
5 20 (2.90%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (2.90%) DV Cleared
6 17 (2.46%) Azure Certification
7 14 (2.03%) Master's Degree
8 9 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (0.58%) PhD
9 4 (0.58%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 4 (0.58%) Tableau Certification
10 2 (0.29%) APMG
10 2 (0.29%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 1 (0.14%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.14%) IIBA
11 1 (0.14%) Numerate Degree
11 1 (0.14%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 159 (23.04%) Data Quality
2 42 (6.09%) QA
3 26 (3.77%) GDPR
4 20 (2.90%) Accessibility
5 18 (2.61%) PMO
6 7 (1.01%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (0.58%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 4 (0.58%) GRC
7 4 (0.58%) WCAG
8 3 (0.43%) SLA
9 2 (0.29%) Basel III
9 2 (0.29%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.29%) Solvency II
10 1 (0.14%) COBIT
10 1 (0.14%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.14%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.14%) NCSC
10 1 (0.14%) P3O
System Software
1 24 (3.48%) Docker
2 16 (2.32%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.29%) Microsoft App-V
4 2 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.29%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 36 (5.22%) Terraform
2 20 (2.90%) Kubernetes
3 12 (1.74%) Prometheus
4 11 (1.59%) Grafana
5 8 (1.16%) SCCM
6 7 (1.01%) Ansible
7 6 (0.87%) Kibana
8 4 (0.58%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 3 (0.43%) Podman
10 2 (0.29%) Packer
11 1 (0.14%) Fluentd
11 1 (0.14%) Istio
11 1 (0.14%) logstash
11 1 (0.14%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 123 (17.83%) Microsoft
2 61 (8.84%) Databricks
3 42 (6.09%) SAP
4 37 (5.36%) Oracle
5 36 (5.22%) Google
6 28 (4.06%) ServiceNow
7 19 (2.75%) Dynatrace
8 17 (2.46%) Adobe
9 15 (2.17%) Splunk
10 13 (1.88%) Salesforce
11 10 (1.45%) Remedy
12 9 (1.30%) Alteryx
12 9 (1.30%) BMC
13 8 (1.16%) Palantir
14 7 (1.01%) Informatica
15 6 (0.87%) Sage
16 5 (0.72%) Amplitude
16 5 (0.72%) Foundry
17 4 (0.58%) UiPath
17 4 (0.58%) Workday
684 Visualisation jobs in England