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

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 153 101 133
Rank change year-on-year -52 +32 +14
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 676 638 629
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.65% 2.61% 1.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.95% 2.86% 2.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 421 410 438
10th Percentile £325 £350 £313
25th Percentile £401 £405 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% -5.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £588
90th Percentile £738 £675 £679
UK median daily rate £488 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +2.63% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 32 38
10th Percentile £20.75 £22.52 £27.30
25th Percentile £37.69 £29.06 £46.18
Median hourly rate £62.50 £34.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +81.16% -42.50% -7.69%
75th Percentile £72.99 £53.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £65.00 £73.28
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £34.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +81.16% -42.50% -7.69%

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 34,677 22,323 31,499
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.63% 91.22% 86.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,105 14,603 20,624
10th Percentile £321 £306 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £505 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -1.94% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,142 946 2,251
10th Percentile £15.31 £14.41 £12.92
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.50 £15.97
Median hourly rate £47.00 £29.00 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +62.07% -20.55% +0.69%
75th Percentile £67.96 £62.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.05 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £28.18 £36.02
% change year-on-year +50.82% -21.77% +1.04%

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 18 May 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 18 May 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 18 May 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 -45 360 £488 -2.50% 181
North of England -64 94 £455 -1.62% 86
Midlands -36 65 £494 +19.70% 48
South East -41 53 £510 -7.27% 78
North West -28 52 £420 -9.19% 45
South West -10 48 £500 +5.26% 45
West Midlands -40 47 £500 +21.21% 22
Yorkshire -53 38 £459 +5.46% 28
East of England -42 27 £565 +2.73% 25
East Midlands -17 18 £488 +27.12% 26
North East -25 7 £420 -20.00% 15
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 35 (5.18%) Apache Spark
2 17 (2.51%) Confluence
3 16 (2.37%) Apache
4 11 (1.63%) Apache Superset
4 11 (1.63%) SharePoint
5 10 (1.48%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.74%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.44%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.44%) CMS
7 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.44%) SAS
8 2 (0.30%) GeoServer
8 2 (0.30%) Smallworld
9 1 (0.15%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.15%) Luigi
9 1 (0.15%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.15%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.15%) R Markdown
9 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
Applications
1 100 (14.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (2.81%) MS Visio
3 15 (2.22%) Microsoft Office
4 10 (1.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (1.33%) Chatbot
6 8 (1.18%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (1.18%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.74%) Adobe Illustrator
7 5 (0.74%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.30%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.30%) CPLEX
8 2 (0.30%) EPLAN
8 2 (0.30%) InDesign
8 2 (0.30%) Notion
9 1 (0.15%) 3ds Max
9 1 (0.15%) Maya
9 1 (0.15%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 17 (2.51%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.33%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.89%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.59%) Adobe Campaign
5 3 (0.44%) Eloqua
5 3 (0.44%) iTrent
5 3 (0.44%) Primavera
6 2 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.15%) Advent Geneva
7 1 (0.15%) FLEXCUBE
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.15%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.15%) ResourceLink
7 1 (0.15%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.15%) SAP MDM
7 1 (0.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.15%) Sprinklr
7 1 (0.15%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 311 (46.01%) Power Platform
2 138 (20.41%) Azure
3 120 (17.75%) AWS
4 49 (7.25%) GCP
5 45 (6.66%) Azure Data Factory
6 33 (4.88%) Snowflake
7 28 (4.14%) Serverless
8 25 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
9 24 (3.55%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 21 (3.11%) Amazon S3
11 20 (2.96%) Power Automate
12 19 (2.81%) AWS Lambda
13 18 (2.66%) dbt
14 17 (2.51%) GitHub
15 15 (2.22%) PowerApps
16 10 (1.48%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 10 (1.48%) Amazon EC2
16 10 (1.48%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 9 (1.33%) Google Workspace
17 9 (1.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.78%) TCP/IP
2 11 (1.63%) Ethernet
3 6 (0.89%) Firewall
4 4 (0.59%) DNS
5 3 (0.44%) Wireless
6 2 (0.30%) DHCP
6 2 (0.30%) Network Security
6 2 (0.30%) PCoIP
6 2 (0.30%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (0.30%) SMS
7 1 (0.15%) Internet
7 1 (0.15%) LAN
7 1 (0.15%) Modbus
7 1 (0.15%) Reverse Proxy
7 1 (0.15%) SSH
7 1 (0.15%) VPN
7 1 (0.15%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 307 (45.41%) Power BI
2 159 (23.52%) Tableau
3 92 (13.61%) Data Warehouse
4 43 (6.36%) Relational Database
5 39 (5.77%) Metadata
6 33 (4.88%) SQL Server
7 32 (4.73%) Looker
7 32 (4.73%) Power Query
8 26 (3.85%) Data Lake
8 26 (3.85%) PostgreSQL
9 24 (3.55%) BigQuery
10 23 (3.40%) Big Data
11 20 (2.96%) NoSQL
12 15 (2.22%) Hadoop
13 13 (1.92%) Elasticsearch
13 13 (1.92%) Geospatial Data
13 13 (1.92%) Oracle Reports
14 12 (1.78%) Snowflake Schema
15 10 (1.48%) RDBMS
15 10 (1.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 38 (5.62%) JIRA
2 36 (5.33%) Git
3 12 (1.78%) Visual Studio
4 11 (1.63%) Eclipse
4 11 (1.63%) Jenkins
5 6 (0.89%) MLflow
6 4 (0.59%) ERwin
6 4 (0.59%) GitLab
7 3 (0.44%) Selenium
8 2 (0.30%) Charles Proxy
8 2 (0.30%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.30%) JMeter
8 2 (0.30%) Postman
8 2 (0.30%) Terragrunt
8 2 (0.30%) WebDriver
9 1 (0.15%) Flyway
9 1 (0.15%) git-flow
9 1 (0.15%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.15%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.15%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 214 (31.66%) Analytical Skills
2 210 (31.07%) Social Skills
3 177 (26.18%) Finance
4 58 (8.58%) Public Sector
5 46 (6.80%) Banking
6 34 (5.03%) Retail
7 31 (4.59%) Marketing
8 17 (2.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 16 (2.37%) Publishing
10 14 (2.07%) Documentation Skills
11 13 (1.92%) Law
11 13 (1.92%) Military
12 11 (1.63%) Presentation Skills
13 10 (1.48%) Pharmaceutical
14 9 (1.33%) Legal
14 9 (1.33%) Organisational Skills
15 8 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
15 8 (1.18%) Manufacturing
16 7 (1.04%) Front Office
17 6 (0.89%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 174 (25.74%) Analyst
2 96 (14.20%) Data Engineer
3 94 (13.91%) Data Analyst
4 93 (13.76%) Senior
5 90 (13.31%) Developer
6 44 (6.51%) Lead
7 42 (6.21%) Data Scientist
8 40 (5.92%) Business Analyst
9 38 (5.62%) Consultant
10 34 (5.03%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 31 (4.59%) Architect
12 25 (3.70%) Senior Data Engineer
13 23 (3.40%) Power BI Developer
14 20 (2.96%) Business Intelligence Analyst
15 16 (2.37%) Designer
15 16 (2.37%) Software Engineer
16 15 (2.22%) Data Manager
16 15 (2.22%) SAP Consultant
17 14 (2.07%) Data Business Analyst
17 14 (2.07%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (6.21%) Pandas
2 39 (5.77%) React
3 27 (3.99%) Kafka
4 21 (3.11%) Node.js
4 21 (3.11%) NumPy
4 21 (3.11%) REST
4 21 (3.11%) scikit-learn
5 20 (2.96%) PySpark
6 16 (2.37%) JSON
7 15 (2.22%) Elastic Stack
8 14 (2.07%) Matplotlib
8 14 (2.07%) Web Services
9 13 (1.92%) CSS
9 13 (1.92%) HTML
10 12 (1.78%) Apache Avro
10 12 (1.78%) OpenTelemetry
10 12 (1.78%) Seaborn
10 12 (1.78%) TensorFlow
11 11 (1.63%) PyTorch
12 10 (1.48%) Plotly
Miscellaneous
1 39 (5.77%) Data Structures
2 27 (3.99%) Cloud Native
3 22 (3.25%) Analytical Mindset
3 22 (3.25%) Management Information System
4 20 (2.96%) Algorithms
5 18 (2.66%) Product Ownership
6 14 (2.07%) Legacy Systems
7 12 (1.78%) Self-Motivation
8 10 (1.48%) Data Protection Act
8 10 (1.48%) Distributed Systems
8 10 (1.48%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 10 (1.48%) Virtual Team
9 8 (1.18%) AI Agents
9 8 (1.18%) Derivative
9 8 (1.18%) Marketing Technology
10 7 (1.04%) Hybrid Cloud
10 7 (1.04%) Life Science
10 7 (1.04%) PKI
10 7 (1.04%) PMI
10 7 (1.04%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 26 (3.85%) Windows
2 22 (3.25%) Linux
3 5 (0.74%) Apple iOS
3 5 (0.74%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.59%) Mac OS
4 4 (0.59%) Unix
5 2 (0.30%) Android
6 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.15%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 334 (49.41%) Business Intelligence
2 326 (48.22%) Data Visualisation
3 280 (41.42%) Analytics
4 217 (32.10%) Data Modelling
5 183 (27.07%) Decision-Making
6 175 (25.89%) Problem-Solving
7 167 (24.70%) Agile
8 147 (21.75%) Actionable Insight
9 123 (18.20%) Validation
10 119 (17.60%) AI
10 119 (17.60%) Data Pipeline
11 114 (16.86%) Data Science
12 108 (15.98%) Data Governance
12 108 (15.98%) ETL
13 107 (15.83%) Dashboard Development
14 105 (15.53%) Data Analysis
15 101 (14.94%) Data Engineering
16 92 (13.61%) CI/CD
17 82 (12.13%) Continuous Improvement
18 81 (11.98%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 333 (49.26%) SQL
2 241 (35.65%) Python
3 69 (10.21%) R
4 47 (6.95%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 42 (6.21%) JavaScript
6 37 (5.47%) Java
7 34 (5.03%) C#
8 32 (4.73%) TypeScript
9 21 (3.11%) PowerShell
10 20 (2.96%) C++
11 18 (2.66%) Scala
12 12 (1.78%) VBA
13 8 (1.18%) T-SQL
14 7 (1.04%) Perl
14 7 (1.04%) PL/SQL
15 6 (0.89%) Rust
16 4 (0.59%) Bash
16 4 (0.59%) MATLAB
17 3 (0.44%) C
17 3 (0.44%) PromQL
Qualifications
1 125 (18.49%) Security Cleared
2 97 (14.35%) SC Cleared
3 69 (10.21%) Degree
4 20 (2.96%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (2.66%) Master's Degree
6 17 (2.51%) BPSS Clearance
7 16 (2.37%) Azure Certification
8 15 (2.22%) DV Cleared
9 9 (1.33%) PMI Certification
10 6 (0.89%) AWS Certification
10 6 (0.89%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (0.59%) CBAP
11 4 (0.59%) MBA
11 4 (0.59%) Tableau Certification
12 2 (0.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.30%) IIBA
12 2 (0.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (0.30%) PMP
12 2 (0.30%) Six Sigma Green Belt
12 2 (0.30%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (20.12%) Data Quality
2 48 (7.10%) QA
3 28 (4.14%) GDPR
4 22 (3.25%) PMO
5 20 (2.96%) Accessibility
6 9 (1.33%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (0.74%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 5 (0.74%) SLA
8 4 (0.59%) WCAG
9 3 (0.44%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.30%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.30%) NIST
10 2 (0.30%) P3O
11 1 (0.15%) Basel III
11 1 (0.15%) GRC
11 1 (0.15%) ISO 14001
11 1 (0.15%) PERC
11 1 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 26 (3.85%) Docker
2 12 (1.78%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.30%) HDFS
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 36 (5.33%) Kubernetes
2 35 (5.18%) Terraform
3 17 (2.51%) Prometheus
4 16 (2.37%) Kibana
5 15 (2.22%) Ansible
6 13 (1.92%) Grafana
7 12 (1.78%) logstash
8 7 (1.04%) SCCM
8 7 (1.04%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 3 (0.44%) SysTrack
10 2 (0.30%) Cilium
10 2 (0.30%) Packer
11 1 (0.15%) Fluentd
11 1 (0.15%) HP ALM
11 1 (0.15%) Istio
11 1 (0.15%) Kubeflow
11 1 (0.15%) Network Intrusion Detection System
11 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 102 (15.09%) Microsoft
2 68 (10.06%) Databricks
3 42 (6.21%) Google
4 39 (5.77%) SAP
5 30 (4.44%) Oracle
6 21 (3.11%) ServiceNow
7 16 (2.37%) Sage
8 13 (1.92%) Splunk
9 12 (1.78%) Adobe
10 11 (1.63%) Salesforce
11 10 (1.48%) Amplitude
12 9 (1.33%) Informatica
13 6 (0.89%) Apple
13 6 (0.89%) Cognos
13 6 (0.89%) Dynatrace
13 6 (0.89%) OpenAI
13 6 (0.89%) Remedy
14 5 (0.74%) Bloomberg
14 5 (0.74%) BMC
14 5 (0.74%) Solace