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

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 197 102 117
Rank change year-on-year -95 +15 +28
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 660 696 674
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.44% 2.53% 2.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.70% 2.78% 2.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 393 424 422
10th Percentile £321 £313 £313
25th Percentile £400 £394 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £471 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -5.75% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £620
90th Percentile £712 £675 £725
UK median daily rate £488 £470 £500
% change year-on-year +3.72% -6.00% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 47 51
10th Percentile £21.08 £27.80 £30.75
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 38,831 25,009 28,459
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.83% 90.78% 85.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,961 15,919 18,268
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £421
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £631 £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 2,587 1,463 1,501
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.25 £14.00
25th Percentile £18.68 £17.87 £18.11
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 £69.47 £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 28 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 28 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 28 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 -79 330 £488 -2.50% 740
North of England -67 100 £451 +6.00% 155
Midlands -41 81 £539 +6.21% 91
South East -53 63 £470 -14.55% 152
West Midlands -53 60 £558 +6.19% 48
North West -34 51 £498 +18.45% 80
South West -8 46 £450 -1.64% 105
Yorkshire -51 44 £451 +12.75% 51
East of England -34 27 £565 +5.12% 64
East Midlands -11 21 £375 -6.25% 43
North East -41 6 £410 -8.89% 26
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 (2.42%) Apache Spark
3 10 (1.52%) 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 (15.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (2.27%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.36%) 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 (0.45%) 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 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
1 10 (1.52%) 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
1 335 (50.76%) Power Platform
2 138 (20.91%) Azure
3 99 (15.00%) AWS
4 43 (6.52%) GCP
5 39 (5.91%) Snowflake
6 36 (5.45%) Azure DevOps
7 31 (4.70%) Azure Data Factory
8 28 (4.24%) Power Automate
9 27 (4.09%) GitHub
10 25 (3.79%) Serverless
11 23 (3.48%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 23 (3.48%) 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 (1.36%) SaaS
16 8 (1.21%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.76%) Wireless
2 4 (0.61%) Ethernet
2 4 (0.61%) SNMP
2 4 (0.61%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.45%) SD-WAN
3 3 (0.45%) VPN
3 3 (0.45%) WAN
4 2 (0.30%) 2G
4 2 (0.30%) 3G
4 2 (0.30%) 4G
4 2 (0.30%) 5G
4 2 (0.30%) Broadband
4 2 (0.30%) DHCP
4 2 (0.30%) DNS
4 2 (0.30%) Network Security
4 2 (0.30%) PCoIP
4 2 (0.30%) Radio Access Network
4 2 (0.30%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (0.15%) Firewall
5 1 (0.15%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 328 (49.70%) Power BI
2 140 (21.21%) Tableau
3 80 (12.12%) Data Warehouse
4 49 (7.42%) Power Query
5 41 (6.21%) Relational Database
6 38 (5.76%) Data Lake
7 32 (4.85%) Metadata
8 26 (3.94%) SQL Server
9 23 (3.48%) Looker
10 21 (3.18%) PostgreSQL
11 20 (3.03%) BigQuery
12 17 (2.58%) Big Data
13 15 (2.27%) Star Schema
14 14 (2.12%) GIS
15 13 (1.97%) Qlik Sense
15 13 (1.97%) QlikView
16 12 (1.82%) Amazon Athena
16 12 (1.82%) Oracle Reports
16 12 (1.82%) Parquet
17 11 (1.67%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 39 (5.91%) JIRA
2 35 (5.30%) 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 (0.45%) 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
1 224 (33.94%) Analytical Skills
2 212 (32.12%) Social Skills
3 144 (21.82%) Finance
4 72 (10.91%) Public Sector
5 55 (8.33%) Banking
6 26 (3.94%) Marketing
7 22 (3.33%) Retail
8 21 (3.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 17 (2.58%) Military
10 13 (1.97%) Organisational Skills
10 13 (1.97%) Presentation Skills
11 10 (1.52%) Law
11 10 (1.52%) Manufacturing
12 9 (1.36%) Local Government
12 9 (1.36%) Pharmaceutical
12 9 (1.36%) Telecoms
13 8 (1.21%) Publishing
14 7 (1.06%) Influencing Skills
14 7 (1.06%) Investment Banking
15 6 (0.91%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 174 (26.36%) Analyst
2 101 (15.30%) Data Analyst
3 94 (14.24%) Developer
4 85 (12.88%) Senior
5 84 (12.73%) Data Engineer
6 38 (5.76%) Lead
7 33 (5.00%) Architect
7 33 (5.00%) Data Scientist
8 31 (4.70%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 31 (4.70%) Consultant
9 26 (3.94%) Business Analyst
10 25 (3.79%) Power BI Developer
11 24 (3.64%) Designer
12 23 (3.48%) Senior Data Engineer
13 20 (3.03%) Python Developer
14 19 (2.88%) Data Architect
14 19 (2.88%) Data Manager
15 17 (2.58%) Business Intelligence Analyst
16 15 (2.27%) Performance Analyst
16 15 (2.27%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (5.91%) Terraform
2 33 (5.00%) REST
3 32 (4.85%) Pandas
4 30 (4.55%) React
5 24 (3.64%) CSS
6 23 (3.48%) HTML
7 21 (3.18%) PySpark
8 19 (2.88%) NumPy
9 17 (2.58%) scikit-learn
10 13 (1.97%) Flask
10 13 (1.97%) Kafka
11 11 (1.67%) PyTorch
11 11 (1.67%) TensorFlow
12 10 (1.52%) .NET
12 10 (1.52%) Vue
13 9 (1.36%) AngularJS
13 9 (1.36%) JSON
14 8 (1.21%) FastAPI
15 7 (1.06%) Next.js
15 7 (1.06%) Plotly
Miscellaneous
1 49 (7.42%) Data Structures
2 28 (4.24%) Cloud Native
3 26 (3.94%) Management Information System
4 24 (3.64%) Onboarding
5 21 (3.18%) Legacy Systems
6 20 (3.03%) Analytical Mindset
7 19 (2.88%) Algorithms
8 17 (2.58%) Product Ownership
9 16 (2.42%) Distributed Systems
10 14 (2.12%) 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 (1.36%) 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 13 (1.97%) 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 (51.97%) Business Intelligence
2 331 (50.15%) Data Visualisation
3 317 (48.03%) Analytics
4 181 (27.42%) Data Modelling
5 173 (26.21%) Decision-Making
6 167 (25.30%) Agile
7 161 (24.39%) Problem-Solving
8 147 (22.27%) AI
9 131 (19.85%) Actionable Insight
10 128 (19.39%) Data Analysis
11 118 (17.88%) Continuous Improvement
12 116 (17.58%) Stakeholder Management
13 109 (16.52%) Data Science
14 104 (15.76%) ETL
15 102 (15.45%) Data Engineering
15 102 (15.45%) Data Pipeline
15 102 (15.45%) Validation
16 100 (15.15%) Data Governance
17 98 (14.85%) Dashboard Development
18 89 (13.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 320 (48.48%) SQL
2 242 (36.67%) Python
3 62 (9.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 52 (7.88%) R
5 42 (6.36%) Java
6 41 (6.21%) JavaScript
7 27 (4.09%) C#
8 24 (3.64%) TypeScript
9 16 (2.42%) PowerShell
10 11 (1.67%) PL/SQL
10 11 (1.67%) Scala
10 11 (1.67%) T-SQL
11 9 (1.36%) C++
11 9 (1.36%) VBA
12 8 (1.21%) 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
1 129 (19.55%) Security Cleared
2 86 (13.03%) SC Cleared
3 79 (11.97%) 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 (1.36%) 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 3 (0.45%) 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%) CEH
11 1 (0.15%) CIMA
11 1 (0.15%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 157 (23.79%) Data Quality
2 40 (6.06%) QA
3 29 (4.39%) GDPR
4 24 (3.64%) Accessibility
5 15 (2.27%) 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 24 (3.64%) 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%) Grafana
2 8 (1.21%) SCCM
3 7 (1.06%) Ansible
4 6 (0.91%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.76%) Kibana
6 3 (0.45%) Podman
7 2 (0.30%) Istio
7 2 (0.30%) Packer
8 1 (0.15%) Argo
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
1 121 (18.33%) Microsoft
2 57 (8.64%) Databricks
3 37 (5.61%) SAP
4 32 (4.85%) Oracle
5 31 (4.70%) Google
6 28 (4.24%) ServiceNow
7 18 (2.73%) Dynatrace
8 13 (1.97%) Adobe
9 12 (1.82%) Splunk
10 11 (1.67%) Alteryx
11 10 (1.52%) Remedy
12 9 (1.36%) BMC
12 9 (1.36%) Salesforce
13 8 (1.21%) Palantir
14 6 (0.91%) Informatica
14 6 (0.91%) SnapLogic
15 5 (0.76%) Foundry
16 4 (0.61%) Bloomberg
16 4 (0.61%) Solace
16 4 (0.61%) Workday