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

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 162 94 132
Rank change year-on-year -68 +38 +7
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 701 664 640
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.64% 2.69% 1.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.92% 2.94% 2.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 435 413 438
10th Percentile £325 £322 £313
25th Percentile £401 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £473 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.17% -5.50% -
75th Percentile £581 £575 £585
90th Percentile £725 £675 £675
UK median daily rate £485 £463 £490
% change year-on-year +4.86% -5.61% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 42 42
10th Percentile £18.91 £22.75 £41.25
25th Percentile £34.00 £31.64 £46.20
Median hourly rate £60.50 £42.57 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year +42.12% -32.43% +0.80%
75th Percentile £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £65.00 -
UK median hourly rate £60.50 £42.57 £60.00
% change year-on-year +42.12% -29.05% -

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 36,481 22,561 31,958
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.14% 91.35% 85.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,067 14,578 20,676
10th Percentile £325 £302 £300
25th Percentile £415 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.46% -0.98% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £506 £525
% change year-on-year +1.28% -3.62% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,283 1,053 2,381
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £20.81 £18.13 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.00 £27.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +70.91% -26.67% +7.05%
75th Percentile £68.00 £56.25 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £26.32 £37.18
% change year-on-year +67.02% -29.21% +6.23%

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 16 June 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 16 June 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 16 June 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 -44 368 £488 -2.50% 192
North of England -51 112 £444 -2.42% 89
North West -21 61 £435 -5.95% 59
South East -39 61 £475 -13.64% 88
Midlands -54 61 £520 +30.00% 60
West Midlands -51 49 £538 +28.36% 30
South West -22 46 £475 +10.59% 46
Yorkshire -48 46 £459 +14.69% 23
East of England -42 26 £565 +2.73% 30
East Midlands -26 12 £488 +30.00% 30
North East -37 6 £448 -0.56% 9
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 29 (4.14%) Apache Spark
2 17 (2.43%) Confluence
3 13 (1.85%) Apache
3 13 (1.85%) Apache Airflow
4 12 (1.71%) SharePoint
5 11 (1.57%) Apache Superset
6 5 (0.71%) CMS
6 5 (0.71%) SAS
7 4 (0.57%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.57%) OpenStack
8 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.43%) Palantir Foundry
9 2 (0.29%) GeoServer
9 2 (0.29%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.29%) Smallworld
10 1 (0.14%) Luigi
10 1 (0.14%) R Markdown
10 1 (0.14%) Tomcat
Applications
1 108 (15.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (2.57%) MS Visio
3 13 (1.85%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (1.28%) Chatbot
5 8 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (1.14%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (1.14%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.71%) Adobe Illustrator
6 5 (0.71%) Photoshop
7 4 (0.57%) CPLEX
8 2 (0.29%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.29%) EPLAN
8 2 (0.29%) InDesign
8 2 (0.29%) Notion
9 1 (0.14%) 3ds Max
9 1 (0.14%) Maya
9 1 (0.14%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 19 (2.71%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.57%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (1.00%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.57%) Adobe Campaign
4 4 (0.57%) Primavera
5 3 (0.43%) Eloqua
5 3 (0.43%) iTrent
5 3 (0.43%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.14%) Advent Geneva
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.14%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.14%) ResourceLink
6 1 (0.14%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.14%) SAP MDM
6 1 (0.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.14%) Sprinklr
6 1 (0.14%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 335 (47.79%) Power Platform
2 143 (20.40%) Azure
3 119 (16.98%) AWS
4 44 (6.28%) GCP
5 43 (6.13%) Snowflake
6 40 (5.71%) Azure Data Factory
7 28 (3.99%) Azure DevOps
8 26 (3.71%) Serverless
9 22 (3.14%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 22 (3.14%) dbt
10 21 (3.00%) Amazon S3
11 20 (2.85%) GitHub
12 19 (2.71%) Power Automate
13 18 (2.57%) AWS Lambda
14 17 (2.43%) PowerApps
15 11 (1.57%) SaaS
16 10 (1.43%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 10 (1.43%) Amazon EC2
16 10 (1.43%) Dynamics 365
16 10 (1.43%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.85%) TCP/IP
2 12 (1.71%) Ethernet
3 6 (0.86%) Firewall
4 4 (0.57%) DNS
5 3 (0.43%) Wireless
6 2 (0.29%) DHCP
6 2 (0.29%) Network Security
6 2 (0.29%) PCoIP
6 2 (0.29%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (0.14%) Internet
7 1 (0.14%) LAN
7 1 (0.14%) Modbus
7 1 (0.14%) Reverse Proxy
7 1 (0.14%) SMS
7 1 (0.14%) SNMP
7 1 (0.14%) SSH
7 1 (0.14%) VPN
7 1 (0.14%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 329 (46.93%) Power BI
2 163 (23.25%) Tableau
3 99 (14.12%) Data Warehouse
4 49 (6.99%) Relational Database
5 47 (6.70%) Power Query
6 42 (5.99%) Metadata
7 34 (4.85%) Data Lake
8 32 (4.56%) SQL Server
9 29 (4.14%) Looker
9 29 (4.14%) PostgreSQL
10 24 (3.42%) BigQuery
11 22 (3.14%) Big Data
12 21 (3.00%) NoSQL
13 13 (1.85%) Hadoop
13 13 (1.85%) Snowflake Schema
14 12 (1.71%) Geospatial Data
15 11 (1.57%) Amazon RDS
15 11 (1.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 10 (1.43%) MySQL
16 10 (1.43%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 39 (5.56%) JIRA
2 32 (4.56%) Git
3 13 (1.85%) Visual Studio
4 12 (1.71%) Eclipse
5 9 (1.28%) Jenkins
6 6 (0.86%) GitLab
6 6 (0.86%) MLflow
7 4 (0.57%) Cypress.io
7 4 (0.57%) ERwin
8 3 (0.43%) Terragrunt
9 2 (0.29%) Charles Proxy
9 2 (0.29%) JMeter
9 2 (0.29%) Selenium
9 2 (0.29%) WebDriver
10 1 (0.14%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.14%) Flyway
10 1 (0.14%) git-flow
10 1 (0.14%) JUnit
10 1 (0.14%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.14%) TeamCity
General
1 224 (31.95%) Analytical Skills
2 216 (30.81%) Social Skills
3 175 (24.96%) Finance
4 56 (7.99%) Public Sector
5 55 (7.85%) Banking
6 37 (5.28%) Retail
7 33 (4.71%) Marketing
8 17 (2.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 17 (2.43%) Publishing
9 15 (2.14%) Military
10 13 (1.85%) Law
11 12 (1.71%) Documentation Skills
11 12 (1.71%) Presentation Skills
12 11 (1.57%) Manufacturing
12 11 (1.57%) Pharmaceutical
13 9 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
14 7 (1.00%) Front Office
14 7 (1.00%) Influencing Skills
14 7 (1.00%) Investment Banking
14 7 (1.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 184 (26.25%) Analyst
2 106 (15.12%) Data Analyst
3 99 (14.12%) Developer
4 95 (13.55%) Data Engineer
5 82 (11.70%) Senior
6 42 (5.99%) Lead
7 39 (5.56%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 38 (5.42%) Consultant
9 37 (5.28%) Business Analyst
10 36 (5.14%) Data Scientist
11 32 (4.56%) Architect
12 30 (4.28%) Power BI Developer
13 25 (3.57%) Senior Data Engineer
14 23 (3.28%) Business Intelligence Analyst
15 18 (2.57%) Data Manager
16 15 (2.14%) Designer
16 15 (2.14%) SAP Consultant
17 14 (2.00%) Software Engineer
18 13 (1.85%) SQL Analyst
18 13 (1.85%) Transformation Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (5.85%) React
2 40 (5.71%) Pandas
3 27 (3.85%) Kafka
4 24 (3.42%) REST
5 22 (3.14%) NumPy
6 21 (3.00%) PySpark
7 19 (2.71%) Node.js
8 18 (2.57%) scikit-learn
9 16 (2.28%) HTML
10 15 (2.14%) JSON
10 15 (2.14%) Web Services
11 14 (2.00%) CSS
11 14 (2.00%) OpenTelemetry
12 13 (1.85%) Matplotlib
13 12 (1.71%) Apache Avro
13 12 (1.71%) PyTorch
13 12 (1.71%) Seaborn
13 12 (1.71%) TensorFlow
14 10 (1.43%) GeoJSON
14 10 (1.43%) Plotly
Miscellaneous
1 45 (6.42%) Data Structures
2 28 (3.99%) Cloud Native
3 25 (3.57%) Analytical Mindset
4 22 (3.14%) Management Information System
5 21 (3.00%) Algorithms
6 20 (2.85%) Product Ownership
7 16 (2.28%) Legacy Systems
8 14 (2.00%) Distributed Systems
9 13 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
10 11 (1.57%) Data Protection Act
11 10 (1.43%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 10 (1.43%) Virtual Team
12 8 (1.14%) Derivative
12 8 (1.14%) Life Science
12 8 (1.14%) Marketing Technology
12 8 (1.14%) PKI
13 7 (1.00%) AI Agents
13 7 (1.00%) Hybrid Cloud
13 7 (1.00%) Reference Data
14 6 (0.86%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 25 (3.57%) Windows
2 23 (3.28%) Linux
3 6 (0.86%) Unix
3 6 (0.86%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.71%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.29%) Android
5 2 (0.29%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 355 (50.64%) Business Intelligence
2 346 (49.36%) Data Visualisation
3 298 (42.51%) Analytics
4 210 (29.96%) Data Modelling
5 185 (26.39%) Decision-Making
6 183 (26.11%) Agile
6 183 (26.11%) Problem-Solving
7 144 (20.54%) AI
8 137 (19.54%) Actionable Insight
9 131 (18.69%) Validation
10 126 (17.97%) Data Pipeline
11 121 (17.26%) ETL
12 117 (16.69%) Dashboard Development
13 116 (16.55%) Data Science
14 110 (15.69%) Data Analysis
15 105 (14.98%) Data Engineering
16 103 (14.69%) Continuous Improvement
17 99 (14.12%) Data Governance
18 94 (13.41%) CI/CD
19 84 (11.98%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 352 (50.21%) SQL
2 250 (35.66%) Python
3 64 (9.13%) R
4 61 (8.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 43 (6.13%) JavaScript
6 41 (5.85%) Java
7 37 (5.28%) C#
8 31 (4.42%) TypeScript
9 19 (2.71%) C++
9 19 (2.71%) PowerShell
10 15 (2.14%) Scala
11 10 (1.43%) VBA
12 9 (1.28%) T-SQL
13 7 (1.00%) Perl
13 7 (1.00%) PL/SQL
14 6 (0.86%) Rust
15 4 (0.57%) Bash
15 4 (0.57%) MATLAB
16 3 (0.43%) C
16 3 (0.43%) PromQL
Qualifications
1 127 (18.12%) Security Cleared
2 100 (14.27%) SC Cleared
3 75 (10.70%) Degree
4 19 (2.71%) BPSS Clearance
4 19 (2.71%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (2.28%) DV Cleared
5 16 (2.28%) Master's Degree
6 14 (2.00%) Azure Certification
7 7 (1.00%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (1.00%) PMI Certification
8 5 (0.71%) AWS Certification
9 4 (0.57%) MBA
9 4 (0.57%) Tableau Certification
10 3 (0.43%) CBAP
11 2 (0.29%) APMG
11 2 (0.29%) IIBA
11 2 (0.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (0.29%) PMP
11 2 (0.29%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 2 (0.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 147 (20.97%) Data Quality
2 47 (6.70%) QA
3 27 (3.85%) GDPR
4 21 (3.00%) PMO
5 18 (2.57%) Accessibility
6 8 (1.14%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (0.71%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 5 (0.71%) SLA
8 4 (0.57%) WCAG
9 2 (0.29%) GRC
9 2 (0.29%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.29%) NIST
9 2 (0.29%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.29%) Solvency II
10 1 (0.14%) Basel III
10 1 (0.14%) COBIT
10 1 (0.14%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.14%) P3O
10 1 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 24 (3.42%) Docker
2 12 (1.71%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.29%) HDFS
4 2 (0.29%) Microsoft App-V
4 2 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.29%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 33 (4.71%) Kubernetes
1 33 (4.71%) Terraform
2 17 (2.43%) Prometheus
3 14 (2.00%) Grafana
4 13 (1.85%) Ansible
5 11 (1.57%) Kibana
6 8 (1.14%) SCCM
7 7 (1.00%) logstash
7 7 (1.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 2 (0.29%) Cilium
8 2 (0.29%) Packer
9 1 (0.14%) Fluentd
9 1 (0.14%) Istio
9 1 (0.14%) Kubeflow
9 1 (0.14%) Network Intrusion Detection System
9 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.14%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 114 (16.26%) Microsoft
2 70 (9.99%) Databricks
3 43 (6.13%) SAP
4 41 (5.85%) Google
5 32 (4.56%) Oracle
6 18 (2.57%) ServiceNow
7 15 (2.14%) Adobe
7 15 (2.14%) Sage
8 13 (1.85%) Salesforce
8 13 (1.85%) Splunk
9 11 (1.57%) Dynatrace
9 11 (1.57%) Informatica
10 8 (1.14%) Amplitude
11 7 (1.00%) Alteryx
11 7 (1.00%) Remedy
12 6 (0.86%) Apple
12 6 (0.86%) BMC
12 6 (0.86%) OpenAI
13 5 (0.71%) Cognos
13 5 (0.71%) Solace