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

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 193 111 118
Rank change year-on-year -82 +7 +26
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 659 688 676
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.44% 2.49% 2.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.70% 2.74% 2.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 391 419 424
10th Percentile £320 £311 £313
25th Percentile £400 £394 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.41% -7.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £567 £614
90th Percentile £710 £675 £720
UK median daily rate £488 £463 £500
% change year-on-year +5.41% -7.50% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 47 52
10th Percentile £21.08 £27.80 £25.13
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% +44.44%
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 38,772 25,064 28,481
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.81% 90.82% 85.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,937 15,945 18,292
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £630 £625 £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 1,483 1,510
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.20 £14.05
25th Percentile £18.75 £17.87 £18.13
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -40.82% -
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £69.65 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £40.50
% change year-on-year +63.02% -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 27 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 27 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 27 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 -64 329 £488 -2.50% 143
North of England -69 99 £451 +6.00% 53
Midlands -45 82 £539 +12.54% 26
South East -51 62 £465 -15.45% 44
West Midlands -47 61 £558 +6.19% 13
North West -35 50 £495 +15.12% 27
South West -20 46 £450 -1.64% 53
Yorkshire -54 44 £466 +16.38% 20
East of England -38 27 £565 +5.12% 13
East Midlands -9 21 £375 -6.25% 13
North East -43 6 £410 -8.89% 6
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 (2.58%) Confluence
2 16 (2.43%) Apache Spark
3 10 (1.52%) ArcGIS
4 9 (1.37%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (1.37%) 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 (15.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (2.12%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.37%) Spreadsheet
5 7 (1.06%) CPLEX
5 7 (1.06%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.61%) Adobe Illustrator
7 4 (0.61%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.46%) 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 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
1 10 (1.52%) Remedy ITSM
2 8 (1.21%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.46%) 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
1 335 (50.83%) Power Platform
2 140 (21.24%) Azure
3 100 (15.17%) AWS
4 43 (6.53%) GCP
5 38 (5.77%) Snowflake
6 36 (5.46%) Azure DevOps
7 33 (5.01%) Azure Data Factory
8 28 (4.25%) Power Automate
9 26 (3.95%) GitHub
10 25 (3.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 25 (3.79%) Serverless
11 23 (3.49%) PowerApps
12 19 (2.88%) Amazon S3
12 19 (2.88%) dbt
13 12 (1.82%) Google Analytics
14 10 (1.52%) Adobe Analytics
14 10 (1.52%) Dynamics 365
14 10 (1.52%) Microsoft 365
15 9 (1.37%) SaaS
16 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 (0.46%) SNMP
2 3 (0.46%) 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%) 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%) Firewall
4 1 (0.15%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 328 (49.77%) Power BI
2 139 (21.09%) Tableau
3 82 (12.44%) Data Warehouse
4 50 (7.59%) Power Query
5 41 (6.22%) Relational Database
6 38 (5.77%) Data Lake
7 32 (4.86%) Metadata
8 27 (4.10%) SQL Server
9 23 (3.49%) Looker
10 21 (3.19%) BigQuery
10 21 (3.19%) PostgreSQL
11 17 (2.58%) Big Data
12 15 (2.28%) Star Schema
13 14 (2.12%) GIS
14 13 (1.97%) Qlik Sense
14 13 (1.97%) QlikView
15 12 (1.82%) Oracle Reports
15 12 (1.82%) Parquet
16 11 (1.67%) Amazon Athena
16 11 (1.67%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 39 (5.92%) JIRA
2 34 (5.16%) Git
3 6 (0.91%) GitLab
4 5 (0.76%) Visual Studio
5 4 (0.61%) Cypress.io
5 4 (0.61%) Eclipse
5 4 (0.61%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.46%) JMeter
7 2 (0.30%) Charles Proxy
7 2 (0.30%) Selenium
7 2 (0.30%) WebDriver
8 1 (0.15%) Jasmine
8 1 (0.15%) JUnit
8 1 (0.15%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.15%) MLflow
8 1 (0.15%) NeoLoad
8 1 (0.15%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.15%) Storybook
8 1 (0.15%) Terragrunt
8 1 (0.15%) Vite
General
1 222 (33.69%) Analytical Skills
2 212 (32.17%) Social Skills
3 145 (22.00%) Finance
4 72 (10.93%) Public Sector
5 55 (8.35%) Banking
6 26 (3.95%) Marketing
7 22 (3.34%) Retail
8 21 (3.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 17 (2.58%) Military
10 13 (1.97%) Presentation Skills
11 12 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
12 10 (1.52%) Law
13 9 (1.37%) Manufacturing
13 9 (1.37%) Pharmaceutical
13 9 (1.37%) Telecoms
14 8 (1.21%) Local Government
14 8 (1.21%) Publishing
15 7 (1.06%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (1.06%) Investment Banking
16 5 (0.76%) Police
Job Titles
1 175 (26.56%) Analyst
2 101 (15.33%) Data Analyst
3 94 (14.26%) Developer
4 84 (12.75%) Data Engineer
4 84 (12.75%) Senior
5 39 (5.92%) Lead
6 33 (5.01%) Architect
6 33 (5.01%) Data Scientist
7 31 (4.70%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 31 (4.70%) Consultant
8 26 (3.95%) Business Analyst
9 25 (3.79%) Power BI Developer
10 24 (3.64%) Designer
11 22 (3.34%) Senior Data Engineer
12 20 (3.03%) Python Developer
13 19 (2.88%) Data Architect
13 19 (2.88%) Data Manager
14 17 (2.58%) Business Intelligence Analyst
15 15 (2.28%) Performance Analyst
15 15 (2.28%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (5.92%) Terraform
2 33 (5.01%) REST
3 32 (4.86%) Pandas
4 30 (4.55%) React
5 24 (3.64%) CSS
6 23 (3.49%) HTML
7 21 (3.19%) PySpark
8 19 (2.88%) NumPy
9 17 (2.58%) scikit-learn
10 13 (1.97%) Flask
11 12 (1.82%) Kafka
12 11 (1.67%) PyTorch
12 11 (1.67%) TensorFlow
13 10 (1.52%) .NET
13 10 (1.52%) Vue
14 9 (1.37%) AngularJS
14 9 (1.37%) JSON
15 8 (1.21%) FastAPI
16 7 (1.06%) Next.js
16 7 (1.06%) Plotly
Miscellaneous
1 49 (7.44%) Data Structures
2 27 (4.10%) Cloud Native
3 26 (3.95%) Management Information System
4 23 (3.49%) Onboarding
5 21 (3.19%) Legacy Systems
6 20 (3.03%) Analytical Mindset
7 19 (2.88%) Algorithms
8 17 (2.58%) Product Ownership
9 16 (2.43%) Distributed Systems
10 15 (2.28%) Self-Motivation
11 12 (1.82%) AI Agents
11 12 (1.82%) Data Protection Act
11 12 (1.82%) Reference Data
12 10 (1.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 10 (1.52%) PKI
13 9 (1.37%) Clustering
13 9 (1.37%) Virtual Team
14 8 (1.21%) NHS
15 7 (1.06%) Derivative
15 7 (1.06%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 22 (3.34%) Windows
2 12 (1.82%) Linux
3 9 (1.37%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.76%) Unix
5 4 (0.61%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.46%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.30%) Android
8 1 (0.15%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 344 (52.20%) Business Intelligence
2 333 (50.53%) Data Visualisation
3 319 (48.41%) Analytics
4 182 (27.62%) Data Modelling
5 174 (26.40%) Decision-Making
6 167 (25.34%) Agile
7 161 (24.43%) Problem-Solving
8 147 (22.31%) AI
9 132 (20.03%) Actionable Insight
10 128 (19.42%) Data Analysis
11 118 (17.91%) Continuous Improvement
12 115 (17.45%) Stakeholder Management
13 109 (16.54%) Data Science
14 105 (15.93%) ETL
15 102 (15.48%) Validation
16 100 (15.17%) Data Engineering
16 100 (15.17%) Data Governance
16 100 (15.17%) Data Pipeline
17 98 (14.87%) Dashboard Development
18 91 (13.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 321 (48.71%) SQL
2 242 (36.72%) Python
3 64 (9.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 53 (8.04%) R
5 42 (6.37%) Java
6 41 (6.22%) JavaScript
7 27 (4.10%) C#
8 24 (3.64%) TypeScript
9 16 (2.43%) PowerShell
10 11 (1.67%) PL/SQL
10 11 (1.67%) Scala
10 11 (1.67%) T-SQL
11 9 (1.37%) C++
11 9 (1.37%) VBA
12 7 (1.06%) Bash
13 5 (0.76%) Cypher
14 4 (0.61%) Gremlin
14 4 (0.61%) MATLAB
15 3 (0.46%) Korn
15 3 (0.46%) Rust
Qualifications
1 129 (19.58%) Security Cleared
2 86 (13.05%) SC Cleared
3 79 (11.99%) Degree
4 18 (2.73%) BPSS Clearance
4 18 (2.73%) DV Cleared
5 17 (2.58%) Azure Certification
5 17 (2.58%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (1.82%) Master's Degree
7 9 (1.37%) 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 3 (0.46%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.30%) APMG
10 2 (0.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.30%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 1 (0.15%) CBAP
11 1 (0.15%) IIBA
11 1 (0.15%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 155 (23.52%) Data Quality
2 40 (6.07%) QA
3 29 (4.40%) GDPR
4 25 (3.79%) Accessibility
5 15 (2.28%) PMO
6 8 (1.21%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (0.76%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 5 (0.76%) GRC
7 5 (0.76%) WCAG
8 2 (0.30%) Basel III
8 2 (0.30%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.30%) Solvency II
9 1 (0.15%) COBIT
9 1 (0.15%) ISO 14001
9 1 (0.15%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.15%) NCSC
9 1 (0.15%) NIST
9 1 (0.15%) P3O
System Software
1 23 (3.49%) Docker
2 15 (2.28%) 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%) Ansible
3 7 (1.06%) Grafana
4 5 (0.76%) Kibana
4 5 (0.76%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.46%) Podman
6 2 (0.30%) Istio
6 2 (0.30%) Packer
7 1 (0.15%) Fluentd
7 1 (0.15%) logstash
7 1 (0.15%) Network Intrusion Detection System
7 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.15%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 120 (18.21%) Microsoft
2 58 (8.80%) Databricks
3 37 (5.61%) SAP
4 33 (5.01%) Oracle
5 31 (4.70%) Google
6 28 (4.25%) ServiceNow
7 18 (2.73%) Dynatrace
8 13 (1.97%) Adobe
9 11 (1.67%) Alteryx
9 11 (1.67%) Splunk
10 10 (1.52%) Remedy
11 9 (1.37%) BMC
11 9 (1.37%) Salesforce
12 8 (1.21%) Palantir
13 6 (0.91%) Informatica
14 5 (0.76%) Foundry
14 5 (0.76%) SnapLogic
15 4 (0.61%) Solace
15 4 (0.61%) UiPath
15 4 (0.61%) Workday