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

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 165 108 128
Rank change year-on-year -57 +20 +10
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 721 685 684
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.61% 2.51% 1.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.88% 2.77% 2.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 447 417 461
10th Percentile £325 £315 £313
25th Percentile £401 £388 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.70% -7.50% -
75th Percentile £586 £575 £603
90th Percentile £725 £688 £713
UK median daily rate £480 £463 £500
% change year-on-year +3.78% -7.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 46 51
10th Percentile £17.97 £23.75 £30.75
25th Percentile £29.23 £31.67 £46.18
Median hourly rate £52.50 £46.34 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.29% -28.71% +35.16%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.75 -
90th Percentile £73.75 £65.00 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £46.34 £65.00
% change year-on-year +7.90% -28.71% +40.75%

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 38,320 24,760 31,431
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.46% 90.73% 85.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,128 15,919 20,389
10th Percentile £325 £300 £308
25th Percentile £419 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £514 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.14% -2.10% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £645
90th Percentile £735 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £501 £525
% change year-on-year +3.81% -4.67% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,389 1,284 2,227
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.33 £13.00
25th Percentile £21.00 £18.08 £16.25
Median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% -5.96%
75th Percentile £68.75 £54.81 £62.50
90th Percentile £83.00 £72.20 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +74.79% -34.02% -4.70%

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 13 July 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 13 July 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 13 July 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 -48 376 £488 -2.50% 319
North of England -45 115 £445 -0.45% 100
Midlands -29 78 £537 +34.25% 68
South East -60 64 £470 -14.55% 104
North West -21 62 £444 -1.33% 55
West Midlands -51 57 £550 +33.33% 35
Yorkshire -47 48 £455 +7.06% 29
South West -24 45 £450 +6.64% 88
East of England -40 23 £520 -0.95% 38
East Midlands -8 21 £431 +15.00% 33
North East -36 7 £420 -6.67% 18
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 25 (3.47%) Apache Spark
2 15 (2.08%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.94%) Apache
4 13 (1.80%) Confluence
5 11 (1.53%) Apache Superset
6 10 (1.39%) Apache Airflow
7 6 (0.83%) ArcGIS
8 5 (0.69%) CMS
8 5 (0.69%) Palantir Foundry
8 5 (0.69%) SAS
9 4 (0.55%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.42%) Jupyter
11 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
12 1 (0.14%) R Markdown
Applications
1 103 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (1.94%) MS Visio
3 13 (1.80%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (1.25%) Chatbot
4 9 (1.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.25%) Spreadsheet
5 7 (0.97%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.83%) Adobe Illustrator
6 6 (0.83%) CPLEX
6 6 (0.83%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.42%) InDesign
8 2 (0.28%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.28%) EPLAN
8 2 (0.28%) Notion
9 1 (0.14%) 3ds Max
9 1 (0.14%) Maya
9 1 (0.14%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 17 (2.36%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.25%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (1.11%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.55%) Adobe Campaign
5 3 (0.42%) Eloqua
5 3 (0.42%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.28%) iTrent
6 2 (0.28%) Primavera
7 1 (0.14%) Advent Geneva
7 1 (0.14%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.14%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.14%) ResourceLink
7 1 (0.14%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.14%) SAP MDM
7 1 (0.14%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (0.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.14%) Sprinklr
7 1 (0.14%) Summit
7 1 (0.14%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 357 (49.51%) Power Platform
2 154 (21.36%) Azure
3 120 (16.64%) AWS
4 48 (6.66%) GCP
5 42 (5.83%) Azure Data Factory
5 42 (5.83%) Snowflake
6 37 (5.13%) Azure DevOps
7 28 (3.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 24 (3.33%) Power Automate
8 24 (3.33%) Serverless
9 23 (3.19%) dbt
9 23 (3.19%) GitHub
10 21 (2.91%) Amazon S3
11 20 (2.77%) PowerApps
12 16 (2.22%) AWS Lambda
13 10 (1.39%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 10 (1.39%) Amazon SageMaker
13 10 (1.39%) Dynamics 365
13 10 (1.39%) Microsoft 365
13 10 (1.39%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.80%) TCP/IP
2 12 (1.66%) Ethernet
3 4 (0.55%) DNS
3 4 (0.55%) Firewall
4 3 (0.42%) Wireless
5 2 (0.28%) 2G
5 2 (0.28%) 3G
5 2 (0.28%) 4G
5 2 (0.28%) 5G
5 2 (0.28%) DHCP
5 2 (0.28%) PCoIP
5 2 (0.28%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (0.28%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.14%) Modbus
6 1 (0.14%) Network Security
6 1 (0.14%) Reverse Proxy
6 1 (0.14%) SNMP
6 1 (0.14%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 350 (48.54%) Power BI
2 163 (22.61%) Tableau
3 97 (13.45%) Data Warehouse
4 49 (6.80%) Power Query
4 49 (6.80%) Relational Database
5 33 (4.58%) Data Lake
6 32 (4.44%) Metadata
6 32 (4.44%) SQL Server
7 30 (4.16%) Looker
8 28 (3.88%) BigQuery
8 28 (3.88%) PostgreSQL
9 21 (2.91%) Big Data
10 19 (2.64%) NoSQL
11 12 (1.66%) Hadoop
11 12 (1.66%) Snowflake Schema
11 12 (1.66%) Star Schema
12 11 (1.53%) Amazon RDS
12 11 (1.53%) PowerPivot
12 11 (1.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 10 (1.39%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 39 (5.41%) JIRA
2 35 (4.85%) Git
3 13 (1.80%) Visual Studio
4 12 (1.66%) Eclipse
5 8 (1.11%) Jenkins
6 5 (0.69%) GitLab
6 5 (0.69%) MLflow
7 4 (0.55%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.42%) ERwin
9 2 (0.28%) Charles Proxy
9 2 (0.28%) JMeter
9 2 (0.28%) Selenium
9 2 (0.28%) Terragrunt
9 2 (0.28%) 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%) Postman
10 1 (0.14%) REST Assured
General
1 226 (31.35%) Social Skills
2 223 (30.93%) Analytical Skills
3 183 (25.38%) Finance
4 69 (9.57%) Public Sector
5 52 (7.21%) Banking
6 37 (5.13%) Marketing
7 36 (4.99%) Retail
8 20 (2.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 17 (2.36%) Military
10 14 (1.94%) Manufacturing
10 14 (1.94%) Presentation Skills
11 11 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
11 11 (1.53%) Law
11 11 (1.53%) Pharmaceutical
12 10 (1.39%) Publishing
13 9 (1.25%) Organisational Skills
14 7 (0.97%) Influencing Skills
14 7 (0.97%) Legal
14 7 (0.97%) Telecoms
15 6 (0.83%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 195 (27.05%) Analyst
2 120 (16.64%) Data Analyst
3 101 (14.01%) Data Engineer
4 97 (13.45%) Developer
5 82 (11.37%) Senior
6 44 (6.10%) Lead
7 42 (5.83%) Data Scientist
8 41 (5.69%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 36 (4.99%) Business Analyst
10 35 (4.85%) Consultant
11 31 (4.30%) Architect
11 31 (4.30%) Power BI Developer
12 26 (3.61%) Senior Data Engineer
13 25 (3.47%) Business Intelligence Analyst
14 18 (2.50%) Designer
15 16 (2.22%) Data Manager
16 14 (1.94%) Data Architect
17 13 (1.80%) Performance Analyst
17 13 (1.80%) Python Developer
18 12 (1.66%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (6.10%) Pandas
2 39 (5.41%) React
3 27 (3.74%) REST
4 26 (3.61%) Kafka
5 24 (3.33%) NumPy
6 21 (2.91%) PySpark
7 19 (2.64%) scikit-learn
8 16 (2.22%) JSON
9 15 (2.08%) Node.js
9 15 (2.08%) Web Services
10 14 (1.94%) CSS
10 14 (1.94%) OpenTelemetry
11 12 (1.66%) Apache Avro
12 11 (1.53%) AngularJS
12 11 (1.53%) HTML
12 11 (1.53%) Spring
12 11 (1.53%) Spring Boot
13 10 (1.39%) GeoJSON
13 10 (1.39%) Matplotlib
13 10 (1.39%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 50 (6.93%) Data Structures
2 33 (4.58%) Cloud Native
3 25 (3.47%) Algorithms
4 24 (3.33%) Analytical Mindset
5 19 (2.64%) Product Ownership
6 17 (2.36%) Distributed Systems
6 17 (2.36%) Management Information System
7 15 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
8 13 (1.80%) Legacy Systems
9 12 (1.66%) Virtual Team
10 11 (1.53%) Data Protection Act
10 11 (1.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 9 (1.25%) Onboarding
11 9 (1.25%) PKI
12 8 (1.11%) Life Science
12 8 (1.11%) Marketing Technology
13 7 (0.97%) AI Agents
13 7 (0.97%) Clustering
13 7 (0.97%) Derivative
13 7 (0.97%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 26 (3.61%) Windows
2 23 (3.19%) Linux
3 7 (0.97%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.83%) Unix
5 5 (0.69%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.28%) Android
7 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 376 (52.15%) Business Intelligence
2 348 (48.27%) Data Visualisation
3 321 (44.52%) Analytics
4 218 (30.24%) Data Modelling
5 191 (26.49%) Decision-Making
6 190 (26.35%) Agile
7 179 (24.83%) Problem-Solving
8 160 (22.19%) AI
9 148 (20.53%) Actionable Insight
10 138 (19.14%) Validation
11 132 (18.31%) Data Pipeline
12 131 (18.17%) Data Science
13 128 (17.75%) Data Analysis
13 128 (17.75%) ETL
14 121 (16.78%) Dashboard Development
15 118 (16.37%) Data Engineering
16 115 (15.95%) Continuous Improvement
17 107 (14.84%) Data Governance
18 99 (13.73%) CI/CD
19 97 (13.45%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 362 (50.21%) SQL
2 266 (36.89%) Python
3 67 (9.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 64 (8.88%) R
5 42 (5.83%) Java
6 39 (5.41%) JavaScript
7 32 (4.44%) C#
8 31 (4.30%) TypeScript
9 17 (2.36%) C++
10 13 (1.80%) PowerShell
11 12 (1.66%) Scala
12 10 (1.39%) T-SQL
12 10 (1.39%) VBA
13 8 (1.11%) PL/SQL
14 5 (0.69%) Bash
15 4 (0.55%) Cypher
15 4 (0.55%) Gremlin
15 4 (0.55%) MATLAB
15 4 (0.55%) Rust
16 3 (0.42%) Korn
Qualifications
1 141 (19.56%) Security Cleared
2 102 (14.15%) SC Cleared
3 78 (10.82%) Degree
4 20 (2.77%) BPSS Clearance
4 20 (2.77%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (2.36%) Azure Certification
6 16 (2.22%) DV Cleared
7 14 (1.94%) Master's Degree
8 9 (1.25%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (0.69%) Tableau Certification
10 4 (0.55%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.42%) CBAP
11 3 (0.42%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.28%) ACCA
12 2 (0.28%) APMG
12 2 (0.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.28%) CIMA
12 2 (0.28%) IIBA
12 2 (0.28%) Six Sigma Green Belt
12 2 (0.28%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 162 (22.47%) Data Quality
2 46 (6.38%) QA
3 30 (4.16%) GDPR
4 25 (3.47%) Accessibility
5 19 (2.64%) PMO
6 6 (0.83%) Actionable Recommendations
6 6 (0.83%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 5 (0.69%) SLA
8 4 (0.55%) WCAG
9 3 (0.42%) GRC
10 2 (0.28%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.28%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.28%) Solvency II
11 1 (0.14%) Basel III
11 1 (0.14%) COBIT
11 1 (0.14%) ISO 14001
11 1 (0.14%) NIST
11 1 (0.14%) P3O
11 1 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 24 (3.33%) Docker
2 13 (1.80%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.28%) Microsoft App-V
4 2 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.28%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 35 (4.85%) Terraform
2 31 (4.30%) Kubernetes
3 16 (2.22%) Prometheus
4 14 (1.94%) Ansible
5 13 (1.80%) Grafana
6 12 (1.66%) Kibana
7 8 (1.11%) logstash
7 8 (1.11%) SCCM
8 7 (0.97%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 3 (0.42%) Podman
10 2 (0.28%) Cilium
10 2 (0.28%) Packer
11 1 (0.14%) Fluentd
11 1 (0.14%) Istio
11 1 (0.14%) Kubeflow
11 1 (0.14%) Network Intrusion Detection System
11 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.14%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 122 (16.92%) Microsoft
2 71 (9.85%) Databricks
3 44 (6.10%) SAP
4 41 (5.69%) Google
5 35 (4.85%) Oracle
6 21 (2.91%) ServiceNow
7 16 (2.22%) Adobe
8 15 (2.08%) Dynatrace
9 14 (1.94%) Splunk
10 12 (1.66%) Sage
11 11 (1.53%) Salesforce
12 10 (1.39%) Informatica
13 9 (1.25%) Alteryx
14 8 (1.11%) Amplitude
14 8 (1.11%) Palantir
14 8 (1.11%) Remedy
15 7 (0.97%) BMC
16 6 (0.83%) Solace
17 5 (0.69%) Cognos
17 5 (0.69%) Foundry