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

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 200 101 113
Rank change year-on-year -99 +12 +24
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 651 727 679
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.40% 2.61% 2.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.65% 2.88% 2.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 377 456 408
10th Percentile £313 £319 £324
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £600 £591 £639
90th Percentile £700 £713 £775
UK median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 45 51
10th Percentile £21.08 £19.91 £30.50
25th Percentile £28.50 £33.25 £46.18
Median hourly rate £54.40 £50.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.80% -23.08% +44.44%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 -
90th Percentile £70.00 - -
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 39,443 25,283 28,060
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.68% 90.86% 86.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,053 16,051 17,283
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £645
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,841 1,529 1,252
10th Percentile £13.99 £14.38 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.72 £17.87 £20.09
Median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +67.00% -41.51% -2.39%
75th Percentile £67.84 £47.12 £66.61
90th Percentile £79.00 £67.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% -

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 24 September 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 24 September 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 24 September 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 -80 312 £486 -2.75% 960
North of England -61 101 £445 +4.71% 209
Midlands -42 82 £549 +8.23% 163
South East -56 67 £452 -14.00% 233
West Midlands -47 60 £565 +7.62% 102
South West -32 47 £450 -40.00% 117
North West -42 47 £525 +28.05% 94
Yorkshire -44 44 £451 +12.75% 83
East of England -45 30 £565 +7.62% 112
East Midlands -12 22 £375 -6.25% 61
North East -39 11 £400 -5.88% 33
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 21 (3.23%) Confluence
2 17 (2.61%) Apache Spark
3 12 (1.84%) SharePoint
4 10 (1.54%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (1.54%) ArcGIS
5 5 (0.77%) Apache Superset
5 5 (0.77%) CMS
5 5 (0.77%) Palantir Foundry
6 4 (0.61%) Apache
6 4 (0.61%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.31%) Oracle Application Server
7 2 (0.31%) SAS
8 1 (0.15%) nginx
8 1 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.15%) R Markdown
Applications
1 107 (16.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (2.00%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.23%) Spreadsheet
5 7 (1.08%) Adobe Illustrator
6 6 (0.92%) CPLEX
7 5 (0.77%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.77%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.46%) Adobe Premiere
8 3 (0.46%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.46%) InDesign
8 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
9 2 (0.31%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.31%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.31%) EPLAN
9 2 (0.31%) Notion
10 1 (0.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.15%) Final Cut Pro
Business Applications
1 10 (1.54%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.38%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.92%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.31%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.31%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.15%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.15%) iTrent
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.15%) Primavera
5 1 (0.15%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.15%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.15%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.15%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 340 (52.23%) Power Platform
2 125 (19.20%) Azure
3 95 (14.59%) AWS
4 43 (6.61%) GCP
4 43 (6.61%) Snowflake
5 33 (5.07%) Azure DevOps
6 25 (3.84%) Azure Data Factory
6 25 (3.84%) GitHub
6 25 (3.84%) Power Automate
7 23 (3.53%) Amazon S3
7 23 (3.53%) PowerApps
8 21 (3.23%) Serverless
9 20 (3.07%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 19 (2.92%) dbt
11 14 (2.15%) Google Analytics
12 13 (2.00%) Adobe Analytics
13 10 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
13 10 (1.54%) Microsoft 365
14 9 (1.38%) SaaS
15 8 (1.23%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.54%) Ethernet
1 10 (1.54%) TCP/IP
2 6 (0.92%) Wireless
3 5 (0.77%) SNMP
4 4 (0.61%) Broadband
4 4 (0.61%) SD-WAN
4 4 (0.61%) WAN
5 3 (0.46%) VPN
6 2 (0.31%) 2G
6 2 (0.31%) 3G
6 2 (0.31%) 4G
6 2 (0.31%) 5G
6 2 (0.31%) DHCP
6 2 (0.31%) DNS
6 2 (0.31%) Network Security
6 2 (0.31%) PCoIP
6 2 (0.31%) Radio Access Network
6 2 (0.31%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (0.15%) Firewall
7 1 (0.15%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 333 (51.15%) Power BI
2 136 (20.89%) Tableau
3 68 (10.45%) Data Warehouse
4 54 (8.29%) Power Query
5 39 (5.99%) Data Lake
5 39 (5.99%) Relational Database
6 29 (4.45%) Metadata
7 22 (3.38%) SQL Server
8 20 (3.07%) BigQuery
9 19 (2.92%) Amazon Athena
9 19 (2.92%) Looker
10 18 (2.76%) PostgreSQL
11 16 (2.46%) Big Data
12 15 (2.30%) Qlik Sense
13 14 (2.15%) GIS
13 14 (2.15%) QlikView
14 12 (1.84%) Star Schema
15 11 (1.69%) Parquet
16 10 (1.54%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
16 10 (1.54%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 42 (6.45%) JIRA
2 36 (5.53%) Git
3 11 (1.69%) Visual Studio
4 10 (1.54%) Eclipse
5 5 (0.77%) GitLab
6 4 (0.61%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.46%) JMeter
8 2 (0.31%) Charles Proxy
8 2 (0.31%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.31%) Selenium
8 2 (0.31%) WebDriver
9 1 (0.15%) Flyway
9 1 (0.15%) Jasmine
9 1 (0.15%) NeoLoad
9 1 (0.15%) Postman
9 1 (0.15%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.15%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.15%) Storybook
9 1 (0.15%) Terragrunt
9 1 (0.15%) Vite
General
1 232 (35.64%) Social Skills
2 223 (34.25%) Analytical Skills
3 146 (22.43%) Finance
4 77 (11.83%) Public Sector
5 50 (7.68%) Banking
6 24 (3.69%) Military
7 21 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 21 (3.23%) Marketing
7 21 (3.23%) Retail
8 17 (2.61%) Manufacturing
9 16 (2.46%) Presentation Skills
10 13 (2.00%) Organisational Skills
11 12 (1.84%) Local Government
12 9 (1.38%) Influencing Skills
13 8 (1.23%) Law
13 8 (1.23%) Pharmaceutical
14 7 (1.08%) Aerospace
15 6 (0.92%) Front Office
15 6 (0.92%) Legal
15 6 (0.92%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 174 (26.73%) Analyst
2 101 (15.51%) Data Analyst
3 96 (14.75%) Developer
4 78 (11.98%) Senior
5 77 (11.83%) Data Engineer
6 36 (5.53%) Lead
7 35 (5.38%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 32 (4.92%) Data Scientist
9 29 (4.45%) Architect
10 28 (4.30%) Consultant
11 27 (4.15%) Power BI Developer
12 25 (3.84%) Business Analyst
13 24 (3.69%) Designer
13 24 (3.69%) Senior Data Engineer
14 18 (2.76%) Data Architect
14 18 (2.76%) Data Manager
14 18 (2.76%) Performance Analyst
15 15 (2.30%) Senior Analyst
16 14 (2.15%) Python Developer
16 14 (2.15%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (5.68%) Terraform
2 32 (4.92%) REST
3 25 (3.84%) Pandas
4 24 (3.69%) CSS
4 24 (3.69%) React
5 23 (3.53%) HTML
6 22 (3.38%) PySpark
7 15 (2.30%) NumPy
8 14 (2.15%) scikit-learn
9 12 (1.84%) Web Services
10 11 (1.69%) Kafka
11 10 (1.54%) Flask
11 10 (1.54%) Node.js
12 9 (1.38%) JSON
12 9 (1.38%) PyTorch
12 9 (1.38%) TensorFlow
13 7 (1.08%) .NET
13 7 (1.08%) FastAPI
13 7 (1.08%) Redux
13 7 (1.08%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 47 (7.22%) Data Structures
2 27 (4.15%) Onboarding
3 25 (3.84%) Cloud Native
3 25 (3.84%) Management Information System
4 22 (3.38%) Analytical Mindset
4 22 (3.38%) Legacy Systems
5 17 (2.61%) Product Ownership
6 15 (2.30%) Data Protection Act
7 14 (2.15%) Algorithms
7 14 (2.15%) Distributed Systems
8 13 (2.00%) AI Agents
9 12 (1.84%) Reference Data
10 11 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
11 10 (1.54%) Virtual Team
12 9 (1.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 9 (1.38%) PKI
13 8 (1.23%) Clustering
14 7 (1.08%) Derivative
14 7 (1.08%) Life Science
14 7 (1.08%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 28 (4.30%) Windows
2 18 (2.76%) Linux
3 9 (1.38%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.77%) Apple iOS
4 5 (0.77%) Unix
5 3 (0.46%) Android
5 3 (0.46%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.15%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 345 (53.00%) Business Intelligence
2 323 (49.62%) Data Visualisation
3 317 (48.69%) Analytics
4 180 (27.65%) Data Modelling
5 177 (27.19%) Agile
6 176 (27.04%) Decision-Making
7 152 (23.35%) Problem-Solving
8 147 (22.58%) AI
9 139 (21.35%) Data Analysis
10 129 (19.82%) Actionable Insight
11 120 (18.43%) Stakeholder Management
12 118 (18.13%) Continuous Improvement
13 113 (17.36%) Validation
14 104 (15.98%) Data Science
15 102 (15.67%) Data Engineering
15 102 (15.67%) Data Governance
16 99 (15.21%) Data Pipeline
17 98 (15.05%) Dashboard Development
17 98 (15.05%) ETL
18 89 (13.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 319 (49.00%) SQL
2 230 (35.33%) Python
3 64 (9.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 48 (7.37%) JavaScript
4 48 (7.37%) R
5 39 (5.99%) Java
6 32 (4.92%) C#
7 21 (3.23%) TypeScript
8 14 (2.15%) C++
8 14 (2.15%) PowerShell
9 13 (2.00%) T-SQL
10 10 (1.54%) PL/SQL
10 10 (1.54%) Scala
11 7 (1.08%) Bash
11 7 (1.08%) VBA
12 6 (0.92%) Cypher
13 5 (0.77%) Gremlin
14 4 (0.61%) Search Processing Language
15 3 (0.46%) Korn
15 3 (0.46%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 124 (19.05%) Security Cleared
2 84 (12.90%) SC Cleared
3 73 (11.21%) Degree
4 21 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
5 18 (2.76%) DV Cleared
6 17 (2.61%) Azure Certification
7 11 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (1.23%) Master's Degree
10 5 (0.77%) PhD
11 4 (0.61%) Postgraduate
11 4 (0.61%) Six Sigma Green Belt
12 3 (0.46%) AWS Certification
13 2 (0.31%) APMG
13 2 (0.31%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.31%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 1 (0.15%) CEH
14 1 (0.15%) IIBA
14 1 (0.15%) Six Sigma Black Belt
14 1 (0.15%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 173 (26.57%) Data Quality
2 35 (5.38%) QA
3 29 (4.45%) GDPR
4 26 (3.99%) Accessibility
5 13 (2.00%) PMO
6 10 (1.54%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (0.77%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 5 (0.77%) GRC
7 5 (0.77%) WCAG
8 3 (0.46%) GMP
9 2 (0.31%) Basel III
9 2 (0.31%) Solvency II
10 1 (0.15%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 1 (0.15%) COBIT
10 1 (0.15%) GxP
10 1 (0.15%) IFRS
10 1 (0.15%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.15%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 17025
10 1 (0.15%) P3O
System Software
1 22 (3.38%) Docker
2 14 (2.15%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.31%) Microsoft App-V
4 2 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.31%) VMware Workstation
5 1 (0.15%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 14 (2.15%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.23%) Grafana
2 8 (1.23%) SCCM
3 7 (1.08%) Kibana
4 6 (0.92%) Ansible
5 5 (0.77%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.61%) Podman
7 2 (0.31%) Istio
7 2 (0.31%) Packer
7 2 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.15%) Argo
8 1 (0.15%) Fluentd
8 1 (0.15%) logstash
8 1 (0.15%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 135 (20.74%) Microsoft
2 57 (8.76%) Databricks
3 40 (6.14%) SAP
4 33 (5.07%) Google
5 27 (4.15%) Oracle
6 26 (3.99%) ServiceNow
7 18 (2.76%) Adobe
7 18 (2.76%) Dynatrace
8 14 (2.15%) Splunk
9 12 (1.84%) Alteryx
10 10 (1.54%) Salesforce
11 9 (1.38%) Informatica
11 9 (1.38%) Remedy
12 8 (1.23%) BMC
12 8 (1.23%) Palantir
13 6 (0.92%) SnapLogic
14 5 (0.77%) Foundry
15 4 (0.61%) Amplitude
15 4 (0.61%) Ariba
15 4 (0.61%) UiPath