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 29 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 97 109 127
Rank change year-on-year +12 +18 +30
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 780 690 790
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.69% 2.20% 1.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.96% 2.54% 2.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 485 418 507
10th Percentile £319 £320 £300
25th Percentile £400 £403 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -3.31%
75th Percentile £588 £643 £630
90th Percentile £720 £788 £725
UK median daily rate £488 £500 £513
% change year-on-year -2.40% -2.44% -6.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 47 73
10th Percentile £18.25 £23.50 £22.95
25th Percentile £33.25 £37.97 £33.00
Median hourly rate £50.00 £65.00 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +40.75% -28.95%
75th Percentile £65.00 - -
90th Percentile - - £60.32
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £63.75 £46.18
% change year-on-year -21.57% +38.05% -28.95%

All Process and 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 26,341 27,134 35,505
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.82% 86.62% 88.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,711 16,570 24,437
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £418 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,680 999 1,489
10th Percentile £14.54 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.22 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% -10.11% +27.14%
75th Percentile £44.75 £66.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.50 £74.45 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.00 £43.86
% change year-on-year -32.03% -15.64% +25.31%

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 29 October 2025.

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 29 October 2025.

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 29 October 2025. 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 -4 402 £500 -9.09% 478
North of England -17 112 £425 -5.56% 124
Midlands +13 82 £514 +28.50% 85
South East +22 70 £500 +4.17% 400
West Midlands +15 67 £525 +31.25% 45
Yorkshire +5 64 £450 - 36
East of England -12 42 £505 +1.00% 33
North West -30 42 £408 -6.27% 75
South West +5 41 £750 +57.89% 54
East Midlands -10 15 £405 -4.71% 38
North East -16 6 £425 -15.00% 14
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 34 (4.36%) Confluence
2 28 (3.59%) SharePoint
3 27 (3.46%) Apache Spark
4 26 (3.33%) Apache
5 20 (2.56%) Apache Airflow
6 14 (1.79%) WebLogic
7 12 (1.54%) SAS
8 8 (1.03%) Apache Pig
9 6 (0.77%) Jupyter
10 3 (0.38%) Apache Superset
10 3 (0.38%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.38%) GeoServer
10 3 (0.38%) Smallworld
11 2 (0.26%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.13%) CMS
12 1 (0.13%) Drupal
12 1 (0.13%) IIS
12 1 (0.13%) PowerFactory
12 1 (0.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 119 (15.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (3.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 23 (2.95%) Microsoft Office
4 14 (1.79%) MS Visio
5 11 (1.41%) Siemens NX
6 6 (0.77%) Adobe Captivate
6 6 (0.77%) Maya
6 6 (0.77%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.51%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.51%) Navisworks
7 4 (0.51%) Revit
8 3 (0.38%) Oracle Smart View
8 3 (0.38%) ProjectWise
9 2 (0.26%) Maple
9 2 (0.26%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.26%) Simulink
10 1 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.13%) SOLIDWORKS
10 1 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (1.41%) Teamcenter
2 6 (0.77%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.51%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.38%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.13%) Actimize
6 1 (0.13%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.13%) Endur
6 1 (0.13%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.13%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 332 (42.56%) Power Platform
2 183 (23.46%) Azure
3 140 (17.95%) AWS
4 76 (9.74%) GCP
5 43 (5.51%) Snowflake
6 34 (4.36%) Azure Data Factory
7 31 (3.97%) dbt
8 27 (3.46%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 27 (3.46%) Serverless
9 26 (3.33%) Azure DevOps
9 26 (3.33%) Power Automate
10 24 (3.08%) AWS Lambda
11 22 (2.82%) PowerApps
12 21 (2.69%) GitHub
13 20 (2.56%) Amazon S3
13 20 (2.56%) Cloud Computing
14 15 (1.92%) Azure Monitor
15 14 (1.79%) Microsoft 365
16 13 (1.67%) Figma
17 11 (1.41%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 19 (2.44%) TCP/IP
2 18 (2.31%) Ethernet
3 5 (0.64%) Internet
4 3 (0.38%) 2G
4 3 (0.38%) 5G
4 3 (0.38%) Kerberos
5 2 (0.26%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (0.26%) SNMP
5 2 (0.26%) SSH
5 2 (0.26%) SSL
6 1 (0.13%) 4G
6 1 (0.13%) DSL
6 1 (0.13%) Firewall
6 1 (0.13%) LTE
6 1 (0.13%) Mobile Backhaul
6 1 (0.13%) NAS
6 1 (0.13%) SAN
6 1 (0.13%) TETRA
6 1 (0.13%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 325 (41.67%) Power BI
2 170 (21.79%) Tableau
3 95 (12.18%) Data Warehouse
4 40 (5.13%) Relational Database
5 39 (5.00%) Power Query
6 33 (4.23%) Big Data
6 33 (4.23%) BigQuery
6 33 (4.23%) Looker
7 31 (3.97%) Data Lake
8 30 (3.85%) SQL Server
9 28 (3.59%) Hadoop
10 23 (2.95%) Metadata
11 20 (2.56%) Geospatial Data
11 20 (2.56%) PostgreSQL
12 17 (2.18%) Data Mining
12 17 (2.18%) GIS
13 14 (1.79%) Amazon Redshift
13 14 (1.79%) Azure SQL Database
13 14 (1.79%) NoSQL
13 14 (1.79%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 49 (6.28%) Git
1 49 (6.28%) JIRA
2 19 (2.44%) Visual Studio
3 18 (2.31%) Eclipse
4 16 (2.05%) Jenkins
5 7 (0.90%) Gradle
5 7 (0.90%) Storybook
5 7 (0.90%) Xcode
6 6 (0.77%) Cypress.io
7 4 (0.51%) GitLab
8 2 (0.26%) GDB
8 2 (0.26%) Liquibase
8 2 (0.26%) Selenium
8 2 (0.26%) webpack
9 1 (0.13%) Ant
9 1 (0.13%) JUnit
9 1 (0.13%) Snyk
9 1 (0.13%) Terragrunt
General
1 328 (42.05%) Social Skills
2 236 (30.26%) Analytical Skills
3 167 (21.41%) Finance
4 63 (8.08%) Banking
5 59 (7.56%) Public Sector
6 45 (5.77%) Presentation Skills
7 35 (4.49%) Marketing
8 28 (3.59%) Manufacturing
9 23 (2.95%) Military
10 22 (2.82%) Retail
11 19 (2.44%) Telecoms
12 17 (2.18%) Investment Banking
13 16 (2.05%) Legal
13 16 (2.05%) Organisational Skills
14 14 (1.79%) Pharmaceutical
14 14 (1.79%) Publishing
15 13 (1.67%) Front Office
15 13 (1.67%) Influencing Skills
16 12 (1.54%) Aerospace
17 10 (1.28%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 227 (29.10%) Analyst
2 139 (17.82%) Data Analyst
3 117 (15.00%) Developer
4 75 (9.62%) Architect
5 70 (8.97%) Senior
6 68 (8.72%) Data Engineer
7 49 (6.28%) Lead
8 44 (5.64%) Business Analyst
9 42 (5.38%) Data Scientist
10 35 (4.49%) Consultant
11 33 (4.23%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 29 (3.72%) Senior Analyst
13 24 (3.08%) Power BI Developer
14 23 (2.95%) Software Engineer
15 22 (2.82%) Solutions Architect
16 18 (2.31%) C# Software Engineer
16 18 (2.31%) Data Architect
16 18 (2.31%) Report Analyst
17 17 (2.18%) Integration Architect
18 16 (2.05%) SQL Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (3.85%) Pandas
2 26 (3.33%) Node.js
2 26 (3.33%) PySpark
3 25 (3.21%) Web Services
4 24 (3.08%) HTML
4 24 (3.08%) NumPy
4 24 (3.08%) React
5 23 (2.95%) CSS
5 23 (2.95%) scikit-learn
6 19 (2.44%) D3.js
7 16 (2.05%) Kafka
7 16 (2.05%) REST
8 12 (1.54%) Django
8 12 (1.54%) OAuth
9 11 (1.41%) AngularJS
9 11 (1.41%) Plotly
10 10 (1.28%) GraphQL
10 10 (1.28%) Matplotlib
11 9 (1.15%) TensorFlow
11 9 (1.15%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 53 (6.79%) Algorithms
2 36 (4.62%) Analytical Mindset
3 25 (3.21%) Product Ownership
4 23 (2.95%) Cloud Native
4 23 (2.95%) Management Information System
5 20 (2.56%) Data Structures
6 16 (2.05%) Legacy Systems
7 15 (1.92%) Onboarding
8 11 (1.41%) Data Centre
9 9 (1.15%) Data Protection Act
9 9 (1.15%) Distributed Computing
9 9 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
9 9 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (1.03%) Animation
10 8 (1.03%) Low-Code
10 8 (1.03%) Mobile App
10 8 (1.03%) NHS
11 7 (0.90%) IoT
11 7 (0.90%) SCADA
11 7 (0.90%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 47 (6.03%) Linux
2 39 (5.00%) Windows
3 21 (2.69%) Unix
4 8 (1.03%) Android
5 7 (0.90%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.26%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.13%) VMS
7 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 364 (46.67%) Data Visualisation
2 354 (45.38%) Business Intelligence
3 261 (33.46%) Analytics
4 207 (26.54%) Decision-Making
5 202 (25.90%) Data Analysis
6 199 (25.51%) Data Modelling
7 181 (23.21%) Problem-Solving
8 172 (22.05%) Agile
9 131 (16.79%) Actionable Insight
10 121 (15.51%) Data Science
11 119 (15.26%) ETL
12 107 (13.72%) Machine Learning
13 93 (11.92%) Stakeholder Management
14 92 (11.79%) AI
15 91 (11.67%) Validation
16 88 (11.28%) Continuous Improvement
17 84 (10.77%) Data Governance
17 84 (10.77%) Data Pipeline
17 84 (10.77%) DevOps
18 79 (10.13%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 361 (46.28%) SQL
2 257 (32.95%) Python
3 54 (6.92%) JavaScript
4 44 (5.64%) R
5 42 (5.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 37 (4.74%) C++
7 33 (4.23%) Java
8 22 (2.82%) TypeScript
9 20 (2.56%) C#
9 20 (2.56%) Scala
10 13 (1.67%) Bash
11 8 (1.03%) Go
11 8 (1.03%) MATLAB
11 8 (1.03%) PL/SQL
11 8 (1.03%) PowerShell
12 6 (0.77%) PHP
12 6 (0.77%) T-SQL
12 6 (0.77%) VBA
13 4 (0.51%) C
13 4 (0.51%) LookML
Qualifications
1 137 (17.56%) Security Cleared
2 110 (14.10%) SC Cleared
3 96 (12.31%) Degree
4 35 (4.49%) Master's Degree
5 23 (2.95%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (2.05%) CISSP
7 13 (1.67%) CISM
7 13 (1.67%) PhD
8 10 (1.28%) Azure Certification
8 10 (1.28%) BPSS Clearance
8 10 (1.28%) DV Cleared
9 9 (1.15%) AWS Certification
10 7 (0.90%) CFA
10 7 (0.90%) TOGAF Certification
11 6 (0.77%) PMI Certification
12 5 (0.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 5 (0.64%) CBAP
12 5 (0.64%) CEH
13 4 (0.51%) ACCA
14 3 (0.38%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 123 (15.77%) Data Quality
2 54 (6.92%) Accessibility
3 31 (3.97%) QA
4 23 (2.95%) GDPR
5 8 (1.03%) PMO
6 6 (0.77%) Actionable Recommendations
6 6 (0.77%) HIPAA
7 5 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (0.64%) WCAG
8 4 (0.51%) ISO 19650
8 4 (0.51%) MiFID
8 4 (0.51%) NIST
8 4 (0.51%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.38%) EMIR
10 2 (0.26%) Dodd-Frank
10 2 (0.26%) FIPS 140-2
10 2 (0.26%) GxP
10 2 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 2 (0.26%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 27 (3.46%) Docker
2 10 (1.28%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.64%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.13%) HDFS
4 1 (0.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 32 (4.10%) Terraform
2 24 (3.08%) Kubernetes
3 11 (1.41%) Ansible
3 11 (1.41%) Kibana
4 7 (0.90%) Grafana
5 5 (0.64%) logstash
6 4 (0.51%) Argo
6 4 (0.51%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.13%) Fluentd
8 1 (0.13%) QRadar
8 1 (0.13%) Rsyslog
8 1 (0.13%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 150 (19.23%) Microsoft
2 58 (7.44%) Oracle
3 42 (5.38%) Databricks
4 37 (4.74%) Google
4 37 (4.74%) Splunk
5 22 (2.82%) SAP
6 20 (2.56%) Dynatrace
6 20 (2.56%) Salesforce
7 17 (2.18%) AppDynamics
7 17 (2.18%) Cisco
8 13 (1.67%) BiZZdesign
9 12 (1.54%) Foundry
10 11 (1.41%) Adobe
11 10 (1.28%) Autodesk
11 10 (1.28%) OpenAI
11 10 (1.28%) ServiceNow
11 10 (1.28%) Siemens
11 10 (1.28%) Talend
12 9 (1.15%) Centrify
12 9 (1.15%) CyberArk