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

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 194 109 114
Rank change year-on-year -85 +5 +30
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 661 689 677
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.45% 2.50% 2.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.71% 2.75% 2.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 393 419 425
10th Percentile £317 £311 £313
25th Percentile £400 £394 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.41% -7.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £573 £613
90th Percentile £708 £675 £720
UK median daily rate £488 £460 £500
% change year-on-year +5.98% -8.00% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 46 52
10th Percentile £21.08 £31.64 £30.80
25th Percentile £28.38 £33.25 £46.18
Median hourly rate £52.50 £50.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -23.08% +40.75%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £51.25 £50.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +2.50% -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 38,747 25,016 28,488
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.82% 90.80% 85.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,944 15,923 18,325
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £630 £626 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £753
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,579 1,477 1,517
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.23 £14.05
25th Percentile £18.80 £17.87 £18.13
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +1.18%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.05 £69.79 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.06 £25.15 £40.50
% change year-on-year +63.26% -37.90% -4.71%

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 26 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 26 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 26 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 -72 328 £488 -2.50% 202
North of England -70 99 £451 +6.00% 55
Midlands -42 83 £539 +12.54% 26
West Midlands -52 62 £558 +6.19% 14
South East -67 62 £458 -16.82% 46
North West -37 50 £495 +15.12% 30
South West -23 45 £450 -1.64% 54
Yorkshire -46 44 £466 +16.38% 21
East of England -37 30 £565 +5.12% 16
East Midlands -9 21 £375 -6.25% 12
North East -44 6 £410 -8.89% 4
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 (2.57%) Confluence
2 16 (2.42%) Apache Spark
3 10 (1.51%) ArcGIS
4 9 (1.36%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (1.36%) SharePoint
5 8 (1.21%) Apache Superset
6 6 (0.91%) Apache
7 5 (0.76%) CMS
7 5 (0.76%) Palantir Foundry
8 4 (0.61%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.30%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (0.30%) SAS
10 1 (0.15%) nginx
10 1 (0.15%) R Markdown
Applications
1 104 (15.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (2.12%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.36%) MS Visio
4 9 (1.36%) Spreadsheet
5 7 (1.06%) CPLEX
6 5 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.61%) Adobe Illustrator
7 4 (0.61%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.45%) InDesign
9 2 (0.30%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.30%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.30%) EPLAN
9 2 (0.30%) Notion
10 1 (0.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 10 (1.51%) Dynamics CRM
1 10 (1.51%) Remedy ITSM
2 8 (1.21%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.45%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.30%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.15%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.15%) iTrent
5 1 (0.15%) Primavera
5 1 (0.15%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.15%) ResourceLink
5 1 (0.15%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.15%) SAP MDM
5 1 (0.15%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.15%) Sprinklr
5 1 (0.15%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 336 (50.83%) Power Platform
2 139 (21.03%) Azure
3 98 (14.83%) AWS
4 43 (6.51%) GCP
5 38 (5.75%) Snowflake
6 36 (5.45%) Azure DevOps
7 32 (4.84%) Azure Data Factory
8 28 (4.24%) Power Automate
9 25 (3.78%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 25 (3.78%) GitHub
9 25 (3.78%) Serverless
10 23 (3.48%) PowerApps
11 18 (2.72%) Amazon S3
11 18 (2.72%) dbt
12 12 (1.82%) Google Analytics
13 10 (1.51%) Adobe Analytics
13 10 (1.51%) Dynamics 365
13 10 (1.51%) Microsoft 365
14 9 (1.36%) SaaS
15 8 (1.21%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.61%) Ethernet
1 4 (0.61%) TCP/IP
1 4 (0.61%) Wireless
2 3 (0.45%) SNMP
2 3 (0.45%) VPN
3 2 (0.30%) 2G
3 2 (0.30%) 3G
3 2 (0.30%) 4G
3 2 (0.30%) 5G
3 2 (0.30%) Broadband
3 2 (0.30%) DHCP
3 2 (0.30%) DNS
3 2 (0.30%) Firewall
3 2 (0.30%) Network Security
3 2 (0.30%) PCoIP
3 2 (0.30%) Radio Access Network
3 2 (0.30%) Remote Desktop
3 2 (0.30%) SD-WAN
3 2 (0.30%) WAN
4 1 (0.15%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 329 (49.77%) Power BI
2 139 (21.03%) Tableau
3 83 (12.56%) Data Warehouse
4 48 (7.26%) Power Query
5 40 (6.05%) Relational Database
6 37 (5.60%) Data Lake
7 32 (4.84%) Metadata
8 26 (3.93%) SQL Server
9 23 (3.48%) Looker
10 21 (3.18%) BigQuery
10 21 (3.18%) PostgreSQL
11 17 (2.57%) Big Data
12 14 (2.12%) GIS
12 14 (2.12%) Star Schema
13 13 (1.97%) Qlik Sense
13 13 (1.97%) QlikView
14 12 (1.82%) Oracle Reports
14 12 (1.82%) Parquet
15 11 (1.66%) Amazon Athena
15 11 (1.66%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 41 (6.20%) JIRA
2 37 (5.60%) Git
3 5 (0.76%) GitLab
3 5 (0.76%) Visual Studio
4 4 (0.61%) Cypress.io
4 4 (0.61%) Eclipse
4 4 (0.61%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.45%) JMeter
6 2 (0.30%) Charles Proxy
6 2 (0.30%) Selenium
6 2 (0.30%) WebDriver
7 1 (0.15%) Jasmine
7 1 (0.15%) JUnit
7 1 (0.15%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.15%) MLflow
7 1 (0.15%) NeoLoad
7 1 (0.15%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.15%) Storybook
7 1 (0.15%) Terragrunt
7 1 (0.15%) Vite
General
1 221 (33.43%) Analytical Skills
2 215 (32.53%) Social Skills
3 145 (21.94%) Finance
4 71 (10.74%) Public Sector
5 55 (8.32%) Banking
6 26 (3.93%) Marketing
7 22 (3.33%) Retail
8 21 (3.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 16 (2.42%) Military
10 13 (1.97%) Presentation Skills
11 12 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
12 11 (1.66%) Manufacturing
13 10 (1.51%) Law
14 9 (1.36%) Pharmaceutical
14 9 (1.36%) Telecoms
15 8 (1.21%) Local Government
15 8 (1.21%) Publishing
16 7 (1.06%) Influencing Skills
16 7 (1.06%) Investment Banking
17 5 (0.76%) Police
Job Titles
1 176 (26.63%) Analyst
2 101 (15.28%) Data Analyst
3 94 (14.22%) Developer
4 87 (13.16%) Data Engineer
5 84 (12.71%) Senior
6 40 (6.05%) Lead
7 33 (4.99%) Architect
7 33 (4.99%) Data Scientist
8 31 (4.69%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 30 (4.54%) Consultant
10 27 (4.08%) Business Analyst
11 25 (3.78%) Power BI Developer
12 24 (3.63%) Designer
13 23 (3.48%) Senior Data Engineer
14 20 (3.03%) Python Developer
15 19 (2.87%) Data Architect
15 19 (2.87%) Data Manager
16 16 (2.42%) Business Intelligence Analyst
17 14 (2.12%) Performance Analyst
17 14 (2.12%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (5.90%) Terraform
2 33 (4.99%) REST
3 32 (4.84%) Pandas
4 29 (4.39%) React
5 24 (3.63%) CSS
6 23 (3.48%) HTML
7 21 (3.18%) PySpark
8 19 (2.87%) NumPy
9 17 (2.57%) scikit-learn
10 13 (1.97%) Flask
11 12 (1.82%) Kafka
12 11 (1.66%) PyTorch
12 11 (1.66%) TensorFlow
13 10 (1.51%) Vue
14 9 (1.36%) .NET
14 9 (1.36%) AngularJS
14 9 (1.36%) JSON
15 8 (1.21%) FastAPI
16 7 (1.06%) Next.js
16 7 (1.06%) Plotly
Miscellaneous
1 49 (7.41%) Data Structures
2 27 (4.08%) Cloud Native
3 26 (3.93%) Management Information System
4 22 (3.33%) Onboarding
5 21 (3.18%) Legacy Systems
6 20 (3.03%) Analytical Mindset
7 19 (2.87%) Algorithms
8 17 (2.57%) Product Ownership
9 16 (2.42%) Distributed Systems
10 15 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
11 12 (1.82%) AI Agents
11 12 (1.82%) Data Protection Act
11 12 (1.82%) Reference Data
12 10 (1.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 10 (1.51%) PKI
13 9 (1.36%) Clustering
13 9 (1.36%) Virtual Team
14 8 (1.21%) NHS
15 7 (1.06%) Derivative
15 7 (1.06%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 22 (3.33%) Windows
2 12 (1.82%) Linux
3 9 (1.36%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.76%) Unix
5 4 (0.61%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.45%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.30%) Android
8 1 (0.15%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 343 (51.89%) Business Intelligence
2 329 (49.77%) Data Visualisation
3 317 (47.96%) Analytics
4 183 (27.69%) Data Modelling
5 171 (25.87%) Decision-Making
6 168 (25.42%) Agile
7 163 (24.66%) Problem-Solving
8 146 (22.09%) AI
9 131 (19.82%) Actionable Insight
10 129 (19.52%) Data Analysis
11 116 (17.55%) Continuous Improvement
12 115 (17.40%) Stakeholder Management
13 108 (16.34%) Data Science
14 107 (16.19%) ETL
15 105 (15.89%) Validation
16 102 (15.43%) Data Pipeline
17 101 (15.28%) Data Governance
18 98 (14.83%) Dashboard Development
18 98 (14.83%) Data Engineering
19 89 (13.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 321 (48.56%) SQL
2 244 (36.91%) Python
3 63 (9.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 53 (8.02%) R
5 41 (6.20%) Java
6 40 (6.05%) JavaScript
7 26 (3.93%) C#
8 24 (3.63%) TypeScript
9 15 (2.27%) PowerShell
10 11 (1.66%) PL/SQL
10 11 (1.66%) Scala
10 11 (1.66%) T-SQL
11 9 (1.36%) C++
11 9 (1.36%) VBA
12 7 (1.06%) Bash
13 5 (0.76%) Cypher
14 4 (0.61%) Gremlin
14 4 (0.61%) MATLAB
15 3 (0.45%) Korn
15 3 (0.45%) Rust
Qualifications
1 128 (19.36%) Security Cleared
2 85 (12.86%) SC Cleared
3 79 (11.95%) Degree
4 18 (2.72%) BPSS Clearance
4 18 (2.72%) DV Cleared
5 17 (2.57%) Azure Certification
5 17 (2.57%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (1.82%) Master's Degree
7 9 (1.36%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (0.61%) PhD
8 4 (0.61%) Postgraduate
8 4 (0.61%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 4 (0.61%) Tableau Certification
9 2 (0.30%) APMG
9 2 (0.30%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.30%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (0.15%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.15%) Numerate Degree
10 1 (0.15%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 155 (23.45%) Data Quality
2 39 (5.90%) QA
3 28 (4.24%) GDPR
4 25 (3.78%) Accessibility
5 15 (2.27%) PMO
6 8 (1.21%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (0.76%) GRC
7 5 (0.76%) WCAG
8 4 (0.61%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 2 (0.30%) Basel III
9 2 (0.30%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.30%) SLA
9 2 (0.30%) Solvency II
10 1 (0.15%) COBIT
10 1 (0.15%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.15%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.15%) NCSC
10 1 (0.15%) NIST
10 1 (0.15%) P3O
System Software
1 23 (3.48%) Docker
2 15 (2.27%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.30%) Microsoft App-V
4 2 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.30%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 14 (2.12%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.21%) SCCM
3 7 (1.06%) Grafana
4 6 (0.91%) Ansible
5 5 (0.76%) Kibana
5 5 (0.76%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.45%) Podman
7 2 (0.30%) Istio
7 2 (0.30%) Packer
8 1 (0.15%) Fluentd
8 1 (0.15%) logstash
8 1 (0.15%) Network Intrusion Detection System
8 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.15%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 119 (18.00%) Microsoft
2 62 (9.38%) Databricks
3 38 (5.75%) SAP
4 34 (5.14%) Oracle
5 33 (4.99%) Google
6 30 (4.54%) ServiceNow
7 19 (2.87%) Dynatrace
8 13 (1.97%) Adobe
9 11 (1.66%) Alteryx
9 11 (1.66%) Splunk
10 10 (1.51%) Remedy
11 9 (1.36%) BMC
11 9 (1.36%) Salesforce
12 8 (1.21%) Palantir
13 7 (1.06%) Informatica
14 5 (0.76%) Foundry
14 5 (0.76%) SnapLogic
15 4 (0.61%) Bloomberg
15 4 (0.61%) Solace
15 4 (0.61%) Workday