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

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 193 106 115
Rank change year-on-year -87 +9 +26
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 666 703 675
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.46% 2.53% 2.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.72% 2.79% 2.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 389 427 424
10th Percentile £319 £305 £313
25th Percentile £400 £393 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £473 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.17% -5.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £613
90th Percentile £721 £675 £720
UK median daily rate £488 £463 £500
% change year-on-year +5.41% -7.50% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 47 52
10th Percentile £21.08 £27.98 £30.80
25th Percentile £28.50 £33.25 £46.18
Median hourly rate £57.75 £50.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.50% -23.08% +40.75%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 -
90th Percentile £70.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £50.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +10.00% -23.08% +42.58%

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 38,743 25,202 28,504
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.81% 90.84% 85.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,962 16,051 18,351
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £424
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £630 £627 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £751
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,572 1,476 1,524
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.25 £14.05
25th Percentile £19.17 £17.87 £18.08
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +1.18%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.05 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £40.94
% change year-on-year +67.00% -38.57% -3.67%

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 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 24 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 24 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 -71 324 £500 - 188
North of England -65 100 £450 +5.88% 89
Midlands -35 82 £539 +6.21% 53
West Midlands -39 62 £558 +6.19% 26
South East -65 62 £458 -16.82% 110
North West -34 50 £473 +9.88% 47
South West -19 48 £450 - 56
Yorkshire -46 45 £466 +16.38% 32
East of England -33 34 £565 +5.12% 36
East Midlands -7 20 £375 -6.25% 27
North East -41 6 £410 -8.89% 12
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 (2.55%) Confluence
2 16 (2.40%) Apache Spark
3 10 (1.50%) ArcGIS
4 9 (1.35%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (1.35%) SharePoint
5 8 (1.20%) Apache Superset
6 6 (0.90%) Apache
7 5 (0.75%) CMS
7 5 (0.75%) Palantir Foundry
8 4 (0.60%) 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
1 101 (15.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (2.10%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.35%) MS Visio
4 9 (1.35%) Spreadsheet
5 8 (1.20%) CPLEX
6 5 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.60%) Adobe Illustrator
7 4 (0.60%) 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 (1.50%) Remedy ITSM
2 9 (1.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.35%) 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
1 330 (49.55%) Power Platform
2 137 (20.57%) Azure
3 101 (15.17%) AWS
4 43 (6.46%) GCP
5 38 (5.71%) Snowflake
6 35 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
7 32 (4.80%) Azure Data Factory
8 26 (3.90%) Power Automate
9 25 (3.75%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 25 (3.75%) GitHub
9 25 (3.75%) Serverless
10 22 (3.30%) PowerApps
11 18 (2.70%) Amazon S3
11 18 (2.70%) dbt
12 12 (1.80%) Google Analytics
13 10 (1.50%) Adobe Analytics
13 10 (1.50%) Microsoft 365
14 9 (1.35%) AWS Lambda
14 9 (1.35%) Dynamics 365
14 9 (1.35%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.65%) Ethernet
1 11 (1.65%) TCP/IP
2 3 (0.45%) VPN
2 3 (0.45%) Wireless
3 2 (0.30%) 2G
3 2 (0.30%) 3G
3 2 (0.30%) 4G
3 2 (0.30%) 5G
3 2 (0.30%) Broadband
3 2 (0.30%) DHCP
3 2 (0.30%) DNS
3 2 (0.30%) Firewall
3 2 (0.30%) Network Security
3 2 (0.30%) PCoIP
3 2 (0.30%) Radio Access Network
3 2 (0.30%) Remote Desktop
3 2 (0.30%) SNMP
4 1 (0.15%) Reverse Proxy
4 1 (0.15%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.15%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 323 (48.50%) Power BI
2 134 (20.12%) Tableau
3 82 (12.31%) Data Warehouse
4 48 (7.21%) Power Query
5 40 (6.01%) Relational Database
6 36 (5.41%) Data Lake
7 32 (4.80%) Metadata
8 26 (3.90%) SQL Server
9 23 (3.45%) Looker
10 22 (3.30%) PostgreSQL
11 21 (3.15%) BigQuery
12 17 (2.55%) Big Data
13 14 (2.10%) GIS
13 14 (2.10%) Star Schema
14 13 (1.95%) Qlik Sense
14 13 (1.95%) QlikView
15 12 (1.80%) Oracle Reports
15 12 (1.80%) Parquet
16 11 (1.65%) Amazon Athena
16 11 (1.65%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 41 (6.16%) JIRA
2 36 (5.41%) Git
3 13 (1.95%) Visual Studio
4 12 (1.80%) Eclipse
5 6 (0.90%) GitLab
6 5 (0.75%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.60%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.45%) JMeter
9 2 (0.30%) Charles Proxy
9 2 (0.30%) Selenium
9 2 (0.30%) WebDriver
10 1 (0.15%) Jasmine
10 1 (0.15%) JUnit
10 1 (0.15%) LoadRunner
10 1 (0.15%) MLflow
10 1 (0.15%) NeoLoad
10 1 (0.15%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.15%) Storybook
10 1 (0.15%) Terragrunt
10 1 (0.15%) Vite
General
1 216 (32.43%) Social Skills
2 214 (32.13%) Analytical Skills
3 146 (21.92%) Finance
4 67 (10.06%) Public Sector
5 54 (8.11%) Banking
6 26 (3.90%) Marketing
7 22 (3.30%) Military
7 22 (3.30%) Retail
8 21 (3.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 19 (2.85%) Presentation Skills
10 12 (1.80%) Law
10 12 (1.80%) Manufacturing
10 12 (1.80%) Organisational Skills
11 10 (1.50%) Pharmaceutical
12 9 (1.35%) Telecoms
13 8 (1.20%) Local Government
13 8 (1.20%) Publishing
14 7 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
14 7 (1.05%) Investment Banking
15 5 (0.75%) Police
Job Titles
1 170 (25.53%) Analyst
2 97 (14.56%) Data Analyst
3 94 (14.11%) Developer
4 87 (13.06%) Data Engineer
5 86 (12.91%) Senior
6 40 (6.01%) Lead
7 34 (5.11%) Data Scientist
8 33 (4.95%) Architect
9 32 (4.80%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 30 (4.50%) Consultant
11 27 (4.05%) Business Analyst
12 26 (3.90%) Power BI Developer
13 24 (3.60%) Designer
14 23 (3.45%) Senior Data Engineer
15 20 (3.00%) Python Developer
16 19 (2.85%) Data Architect
16 19 (2.85%) Data Manager
17 16 (2.40%) Business Intelligence Analyst
18 14 (2.10%) Senior Analyst
19 13 (1.95%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (6.01%) Terraform
2 34 (5.11%) REST
3 32 (4.80%) Pandas
4 31 (4.65%) React
5 24 (3.60%) CSS
6 23 (3.45%) HTML
7 21 (3.15%) PySpark
8 19 (2.85%) NumPy
9 16 (2.40%) scikit-learn
10 14 (2.10%) Node.js
10 14 (2.10%) Web Services
11 13 (1.95%) Flask
11 13 (1.95%) Kafka
12 11 (1.65%) PyTorch
12 11 (1.65%) TensorFlow
13 10 (1.50%) Vue
14 9 (1.35%) AngularJS
14 9 (1.35%) JSON
15 8 (1.20%) .NET
15 8 (1.20%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 47 (7.06%) Data Structures
2 27 (4.05%) Cloud Native
3 26 (3.90%) Management Information System
4 21 (3.15%) Legacy Systems
5 20 (3.00%) Analytical Mindset
6 19 (2.85%) Algorithms
6 19 (2.85%) Onboarding
7 16 (2.40%) Distributed Systems
7 16 (2.40%) Product Ownership
8 15 (2.25%) Self-Motivation
9 12 (1.80%) Data Protection Act
9 12 (1.80%) Reference Data
10 11 (1.65%) AI Agents
11 10 (1.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 10 (1.50%) PKI
12 9 (1.35%) Clustering
12 9 (1.35%) Virtual Team
13 8 (1.20%) Derivative
14 7 (1.05%) Driving Licence
14 7 (1.05%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 31 (4.65%) Windows
2 21 (3.15%) Linux
3 9 (1.35%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.75%) Unix
5 4 (0.60%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.45%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.30%) Android
8 1 (0.15%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 338 (50.75%) Business Intelligence
2 326 (48.95%) Data Visualisation
3 313 (47.00%) Analytics
4 183 (27.48%) Data Modelling
5 177 (26.58%) Agile
6 168 (25.23%) Decision-Making
7 163 (24.47%) Problem-Solving
8 145 (21.77%) AI
9 128 (19.22%) Actionable Insight
10 125 (18.77%) Data Analysis
11 114 (17.12%) Continuous Improvement
12 113 (16.97%) Stakeholder Management
13 112 (16.82%) Validation
14 109 (16.37%) Data Science
15 106 (15.92%) ETL
16 100 (15.02%) Data Governance
16 100 (15.02%) Data Pipeline
17 96 (14.41%) Data Engineering
18 94 (14.11%) Dashboard Development
19 92 (13.81%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 315 (47.30%) SQL
2 240 (36.04%) Python
3 63 (9.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 51 (7.66%) R
5 48 (7.21%) JavaScript
6 41 (6.16%) Java
7 33 (4.95%) C#
8 26 (3.90%) TypeScript
9 17 (2.55%) C++
10 15 (2.25%) PowerShell
11 11 (1.65%) PL/SQL
11 11 (1.65%) Scala
12 10 (1.50%) T-SQL
13 9 (1.35%) VBA
14 7 (1.05%) Bash
15 5 (0.75%) Cypher
15 5 (0.75%) MATLAB
16 4 (0.60%) Gremlin
16 4 (0.60%) Rust
17 3 (0.45%) Korn
Qualifications
1 134 (20.12%) Security Cleared
2 91 (13.66%) SC Cleared
3 81 (12.16%) Degree
4 19 (2.85%) BPSS Clearance
4 19 (2.85%) DV Cleared
5 18 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (2.55%) Azure Certification
7 13 (1.95%) Master's Degree
8 9 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (0.60%) PhD
9 4 (0.60%) Postgraduate
9 4 (0.60%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 4 (0.60%) Tableau Certification
10 2 (0.30%) APMG
10 2 (0.30%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.30%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 1 (0.15%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.15%) Numerate Degree
11 1 (0.15%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 150 (22.52%) Data Quality
2 37 (5.56%) QA
3 28 (4.20%) GDPR
4 23 (3.45%) Accessibility
5 15 (2.25%) PMO
6 7 (1.05%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (0.75%) GRC
7 5 (0.75%) WCAG
8 4 (0.60%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 2 (0.30%) Basel III
9 2 (0.30%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.30%) SLA
9 2 (0.30%) Solvency II
10 1 (0.15%) COBIT
10 1 (0.15%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.15%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.15%) NCSC
10 1 (0.15%) NIST
10 1 (0.15%) P3O
System Software
1 23 (3.45%) Docker
2 15 (2.25%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.60%) 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 (2.10%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.20%) Grafana
2 8 (1.20%) SCCM
3 6 (0.90%) Ansible
3 6 (0.90%) Prometheus
4 5 (0.75%) Kibana
5 3 (0.45%) Podman
6 2 (0.30%) Istio
6 2 (0.30%) Packer
7 1 (0.15%) Fluentd
7 1 (0.15%) logstash
7 1 (0.15%) Network Intrusion Detection System
7 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.15%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 122 (18.32%) Microsoft
2 59 (8.86%) Databricks
3 39 (5.86%) SAP
4 34 (5.11%) Google
4 34 (5.11%) Oracle
5 30 (4.50%) ServiceNow
6 19 (2.85%) Dynatrace
7 13 (1.95%) Adobe
8 11 (1.65%) Alteryx
9 10 (1.50%) Remedy
9 10 (1.50%) Splunk
10 9 (1.35%) BMC
10 9 (1.35%) Salesforce
11 8 (1.20%) Palantir
12 7 (1.05%) Informatica
13 5 (0.75%) Foundry
13 5 (0.75%) SnapLogic
14 4 (0.60%) Sage
14 4 (0.60%) Solace
14 4 (0.60%) Workday