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

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 95 133
Rank change year-on-year -34 +38 +8
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 748 684 667
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.07% 2.76% 1.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.39% 3.05% 2.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 467 470 460
10th Percentile £325 £331 £313
25th Percentile £413 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £484 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.36% -3.25% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £623 £583
90th Percentile £738 £725 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -3.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 23 44
10th Percentile £18.25 £22.54 £25.64
25th Percentile £24.66 £25.50 £42.50
Median hourly rate £62.50 £34.50 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +81.16% -25.29% -28.95%
75th Percentile £65.00 £62.25 £60.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £65.00 £69.38
UK median hourly rate £61.25 £33.66 £46.18
% change year-on-year +81.99% -27.12% -28.95%

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 31,340 22,420 33,107
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.60% 90.56% 86.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,068 14,466 21,877
10th Percentile £313 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,932 799 2,164
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.26 £13.02
25th Percentile £18.84 £21.00 £16.06
Median hourly rate £30.00 £34.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +6.15% -8.84%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £58.53
90th Percentile £74.26 £77.25 £71.83
UK median hourly rate £29.61 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -8.89% - -7.14%

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 March 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 March 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 March 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 -31 417 £500 -3.85% 157
North of England -49 108 £475 +2.70% 116
Midlands -34 66 £500 +25.31% 85
North West -36 57 £420 -11.58% 57
West Midlands -36 52 £500 +21.21% 41
South East -25 51 £500 +11.11% 140
Yorkshire -31 48 £500 +19.76% 39
South West -16 44 £600 +29.73% 46
East of England -37 34 £500 +10.13% 42
East Midlands -23 14 £525 +47.47% 43
North East -19 6 £438 -10.26% 22
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 38 (5.08%) Apache Spark
2 31 (4.14%) Confluence
3 19 (2.54%) Apache
4 17 (2.27%) Apache Airflow
4 17 (2.27%) SharePoint
5 7 (0.94%) Jupyter
6 6 (0.80%) SAS
7 5 (0.67%) GeoServer
7 5 (0.67%) OpenStack
7 5 (0.67%) Smallworld
8 4 (0.53%) Palantir Foundry
9 3 (0.40%) Apache Superset
9 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.27%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.13%) CMS
11 1 (0.13%) Drupal
11 1 (0.13%) Oracle Application Server
11 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.13%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 103 (13.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (1.87%) MS Visio
3 13 (1.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (1.60%) Chatbot
5 11 (1.47%) Microsoft Office
6 8 (1.07%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.53%) Adobe Illustrator
7 4 (0.53%) Photoshop
7 4 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.27%) InDesign
9 1 (0.13%) 3ds Max
9 1 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.13%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.13%) CPLEX
9 1 (0.13%) Maya
9 1 (0.13%) Navisworks
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle Smart View
9 1 (0.13%) Revit
9 1 (0.13%) SOLIDWORKS
9 1 (0.13%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 14 (1.87%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.53%) Adobe Campaign
4 3 (0.40%) Eloqua
4 3 (0.40%) Primavera
4 3 (0.40%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.27%) iTrent
6 1 (0.13%) Actimize
6 1 (0.13%) Advent Geneva
6 1 (0.13%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.13%) Maximo
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.13%) SAP MDM
6 1 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.13%) Sprinklr
6 1 (0.13%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 337 (45.05%) Power Platform
2 146 (19.52%) Azure
3 134 (17.91%) AWS
4 50 (6.68%) GCP
5 46 (6.15%) Azure Data Factory
6 36 (4.81%) Snowflake
7 33 (4.41%) Serverless
8 26 (3.48%) AWS Lambda
9 24 (3.21%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 23 (3.07%) Amazon S3
10 23 (3.07%) dbt
11 20 (2.67%) Power Automate
12 19 (2.54%) Azure DevOps
13 16 (2.14%) PowerApps
14 15 (2.01%) GitHub
15 12 (1.60%) Cloud Computing
16 11 (1.47%) Google Workspace
17 10 (1.34%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 9 (1.20%) Amazon CloudWatch
19 8 (1.07%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 16 (2.14%) TCP/IP
2 14 (1.87%) Ethernet
3 6 (0.80%) Firewall
4 4 (0.53%) 2G
4 4 (0.53%) 5G
5 3 (0.40%) Kerberos
6 2 (0.27%) DNS
6 2 (0.27%) LTE
6 2 (0.27%) Mobile Backhaul
6 2 (0.27%) Network Security
6 2 (0.27%) Radio Access Network
6 2 (0.27%) SMS
6 2 (0.27%) VoIP
7 1 (0.13%) 4G
7 1 (0.13%) Modbus
7 1 (0.13%) Reverse Proxy
7 1 (0.13%) SNMP
7 1 (0.13%) SSH
7 1 (0.13%) VPN
7 1 (0.13%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 336 (44.92%) Power BI
2 152 (20.32%) Tableau
3 89 (11.90%) Data Warehouse
4 35 (4.68%) Relational Database
5 34 (4.55%) Metadata
6 33 (4.41%) Big Data
7 30 (4.01%) Power Query
8 28 (3.74%) Data Lake
8 28 (3.74%) Looker
9 26 (3.48%) Hadoop
10 25 (3.34%) SQL Server
11 19 (2.54%) BigQuery
12 18 (2.41%) PostgreSQL
13 17 (2.27%) NoSQL
14 16 (2.14%) Elasticsearch
15 15 (2.01%) Geospatial Data
15 15 (2.01%) Oracle Reports
16 14 (1.87%) Snowflake Schema
17 13 (1.74%) Azure SQL Database
17 13 (1.74%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 45 (6.02%) JIRA
2 43 (5.75%) Git
3 18 (2.41%) Jenkins
4 15 (2.01%) Visual Studio
5 14 (1.87%) Eclipse
6 5 (0.67%) MLflow
7 4 (0.53%) ERwin
8 3 (0.40%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.40%) GitLab
8 3 (0.40%) Terragrunt
9 2 (0.27%) Postman
10 1 (0.13%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.13%) Claude Code
10 1 (0.13%) git-flow
10 1 (0.13%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.13%) SpecFlow
10 1 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.13%) Visual Studio Coded UI
10 1 (0.13%) Vite
10 1 (0.13%) webpack
General
1 279 (37.30%) Social Skills
2 208 (27.81%) Analytical Skills
3 206 (27.54%) Finance
4 73 (9.76%) Public Sector
5 57 (7.62%) Banking
6 35 (4.68%) Retail
7 27 (3.61%) Marketing
8 23 (3.07%) Publishing
9 21 (2.81%) Military
10 20 (2.67%) Documentation Skills
11 18 (2.41%) Presentation Skills
12 14 (1.87%) Front Office
12 14 (1.87%) Influencing Skills
13 12 (1.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 11 (1.47%) Legal
15 10 (1.34%) Manufacturing
16 9 (1.20%) Law
16 9 (1.20%) Pharmaceutical
17 8 (1.07%) Investment Banking
17 8 (1.07%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 190 (25.40%) Analyst
2 112 (14.97%) Developer
3 103 (13.77%) Data Analyst
4 90 (12.03%) Senior
5 83 (11.10%) Data Engineer
6 63 (8.42%) Lead
7 60 (8.02%) Architect
8 48 (6.42%) Data Scientist
9 44 (5.88%) Consultant
10 41 (5.48%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 40 (5.35%) Business Analyst
12 28 (3.74%) Power BI Developer
12 28 (3.74%) Senior Analyst
13 25 (3.34%) Software Engineer
14 23 (3.07%) Solutions Architect
15 20 (2.67%) Senior Data Engineer
16 19 (2.54%) Business Intelligence Analyst
17 17 (2.27%) Data Business Analyst
18 16 (2.14%) Designer
18 16 (2.14%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (5.75%) Pandas
2 37 (4.95%) React
3 30 (4.01%) scikit-learn
4 29 (3.88%) Kafka
4 29 (3.88%) NumPy
5 26 (3.48%) Node.js
6 25 (3.34%) PySpark
7 19 (2.54%) Web Services
8 17 (2.27%) Elastic Stack
8 17 (2.27%) Plotly
9 16 (2.14%) AngularJS
10 15 (2.01%) Matplotlib
10 15 (2.01%) REST
11 14 (1.87%) JSON
11 14 (1.87%) Vue
12 13 (1.74%) Seaborn
12 13 (1.74%) TensorFlow
13 11 (1.47%) HTML
14 10 (1.34%) PyTorch
15 9 (1.20%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 33 (4.41%) Cloud Native
2 31 (4.14%) Algorithms
3 27 (3.61%) Analytical Mindset
4 25 (3.34%) Product Ownership
5 24 (3.21%) Data Structures
5 24 (3.21%) Management Information System
6 16 (2.14%) Legacy Systems
7 11 (1.47%) Onboarding
7 11 (1.47%) Virtual Team
8 9 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
9 8 (1.07%) Hybrid Cloud
9 8 (1.07%) Life Science
9 8 (1.07%) PMI
10 7 (0.94%) Marketing Technology
10 7 (0.94%) Reference Data
11 6 (0.80%) AI Agents
11 6 (0.80%) Distributed Systems
11 6 (0.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 6 (0.80%) Self-Motivation
12 5 (0.67%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 31 (4.14%) Linux
2 24 (3.21%) Windows
3 11 (1.47%) Unix
4 4 (0.53%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.13%) Android
5 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.13%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 365 (48.80%) Business Intelligence
2 351 (46.93%) Data Visualisation
3 274 (36.63%) Analytics
4 207 (27.67%) Data Modelling
5 197 (26.34%) Decision-Making
6 195 (26.07%) Problem-Solving
7 168 (22.46%) Agile
8 155 (20.72%) Actionable Insight
8 155 (20.72%) Data Analysis
9 120 (16.04%) Data Science
10 119 (15.91%) ETL
11 116 (15.51%) AI
11 116 (15.51%) Data Pipeline
12 110 (14.71%) Validation
13 99 (13.24%) Dashboard Development
13 99 (13.24%) Data Governance
14 95 (12.70%) Machine Learning
15 93 (12.43%) Data Engineering
16 90 (12.03%) Stakeholder Management
17 87 (11.63%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 335 (44.79%) SQL
2 242 (32.35%) Python
3 54 (7.22%) R
4 49 (6.55%) JavaScript
5 42 (5.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 33 (4.41%) C#
7 28 (3.74%) C++
8 27 (3.61%) Java
9 24 (3.21%) TypeScript
10 17 (2.27%) Scala
11 13 (1.74%) PowerShell
12 10 (1.34%) VBA
13 7 (0.94%) Groovy
13 7 (0.94%) Perl
14 6 (0.80%) Bash
14 6 (0.80%) PHP
15 5 (0.67%) PL/SQL
15 5 (0.67%) T-SQL
16 4 (0.53%) C
17 3 (0.40%) Rust
Qualifications
1 147 (19.65%) Security Cleared
2 116 (15.51%) SC Cleared
3 79 (10.56%) Degree
4 30 (4.01%) Master's Degree
5 21 (2.81%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (2.14%) BPSS Clearance
6 16 (2.14%) CISM
6 16 (2.14%) CISSP
7 15 (2.01%) Azure Certification
8 11 (1.47%) DV Cleared
9 10 (1.34%) PhD
9 10 (1.34%) TOGAF Certification
10 9 (1.20%) AWS Certification
10 9 (1.20%) PMI Certification
11 4 (0.53%) CBAP
11 4 (0.53%) CFA
11 4 (0.53%) MBA
11 4 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (0.53%) Postgraduate
12 2 (0.27%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 133 (17.78%) Data Quality
2 45 (6.02%) Accessibility
2 45 (6.02%) QA
3 24 (3.21%) GDPR
4 18 (2.41%) PMO
5 12 (1.60%) Actionable Recommendations
6 6 (0.80%) WCAG
7 5 (0.67%) SLA
8 4 (0.53%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.40%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 2 (0.27%) Dodd-Frank
10 2 (0.27%) EMIR
10 2 (0.27%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.27%) NIST
10 2 (0.27%) Software Quality Assurance
11 1 (0.13%) Basel III
11 1 (0.13%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.13%) MiFID
11 1 (0.13%) P3O
11 1 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 30 (4.01%) Docker
2 7 (0.94%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.40%) HDFS
4 1 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 40 (5.35%) Kubernetes
2 38 (5.08%) Terraform
3 22 (2.94%) Kibana
4 20 (2.67%) Ansible
5 15 (2.01%) Grafana
5 15 (2.01%) Prometheus
6 14 (1.87%) logstash
7 7 (0.94%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 4 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.40%) SCCM
10 2 (0.27%) Cilium
10 2 (0.27%) SysTrack
11 1 (0.13%) Cacti
11 1 (0.13%) HP ALM
11 1 (0.13%) Kubeflow
11 1 (0.13%) Network Intrusion Detection System
11 1 (0.13%) Thomson Reuters DACS
11 1 (0.13%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 107 (14.30%) Microsoft
2 67 (8.96%) Databricks
3 43 (5.75%) Google
4 33 (4.41%) Oracle
5 24 (3.21%) SAP
6 21 (2.81%) Splunk
7 20 (2.67%) Salesforce
8 18 (2.41%) BiZZdesign
9 16 (2.14%) Sage
10 14 (1.87%) ServiceNow
11 13 (1.74%) CyberArk
12 12 (1.60%) Adobe
12 12 (1.60%) Centrify
13 8 (1.07%) Amplitude
13 8 (1.07%) Dynatrace
14 7 (0.94%) Bloomberg
14 7 (0.94%) Cisco
14 7 (0.94%) Cognos
14 7 (0.94%) Informatica
14 7 (0.94%) MicroStrategy