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

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 160 98 137
Rank change year-on-year -62 +39 +9
Contract jobs citing Visualisation 696 658 628
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.63% 2.68% 1.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.92% 2.94% 1.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 435 405 436
10th Percentile £325 £323 £313
25th Percentile £401 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £468 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.28% -6.50% -1.43%
75th Percentile £581 £575 £586
90th Percentile £725 £675 £675
UK median daily rate £486 £463 £490
% change year-on-year +5.14% -5.61% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 39 38
10th Percentile £20.81 £22.41 £36.20
25th Percentile £38.88 £31.64 £46.18
Median hourly rate £62.00 £37.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +65.33% -37.50% -4.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £56.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £67.74 £73.28
UK median hourly rate £60.50 £37.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +61.33% -37.50% -4.00%

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 36,315 22,393 32,018
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.15% 91.34% 85.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,987 14,479 20,805
10th Percentile £325 £303 £300
25th Percentile £414 £407 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +0.99% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,273 1,020 2,369
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.80
25th Percentile £20.82 £18.10 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £28.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +69.64% -25.33% +5.63%
75th Percentile £68.00 £58.75 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £27.21 £36.50
% change year-on-year +61.56% -25.45% +4.20%

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 12 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 12 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 12 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 -40 369 £488 -2.50% 120
North of England -57 108 £450 -1.10% 77
Midlands -58 61 £520 +30.00% 48
North West -12 59 £435 -5.95% 54
South East -57 57 £500 -9.09% 82
West Midlands -51 48 £550 +33.33% 31
South West -16 46 £475 +7.47% 42
Yorkshire -49 44 £463 +15.63% 17
East of England -33 26 £565 +2.73% 24
East Midlands -24 13 £488 +30.00% 17
North East -39 6 £448 -8.21% 7
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 31 (4.45%) Apache Spark
2 17 (2.44%) Confluence
3 14 (2.01%) Apache
4 13 (1.87%) Apache Airflow
5 11 (1.58%) Apache Superset
5 11 (1.58%) SharePoint
6 5 (0.72%) CMS
6 5 (0.72%) 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
1 104 (14.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (2.59%) MS Visio
3 13 (1.87%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (1.29%) Chatbot
5 8 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (1.15%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (1.15%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.72%) Adobe Illustrator
6 5 (0.72%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.43%) 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 (2.73%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (1.58%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (1.01%) 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
1 326 (46.84%) Power Platform
2 143 (20.55%) Azure
3 123 (17.67%) AWS
4 46 (6.61%) GCP
5 42 (6.03%) Azure Data Factory
5 42 (6.03%) Snowflake
6 27 (3.88%) Azure DevOps
6 27 (3.88%) Serverless
7 22 (3.16%) Amazon S3
7 22 (3.16%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 22 (3.16%) dbt
8 20 (2.87%) GitHub
9 19 (2.73%) AWS Lambda
10 18 (2.59%) Power Automate
11 16 (2.30%) PowerApps
12 11 (1.58%) SaaS
13 10 (1.44%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 10 (1.44%) Amazon EC2
13 10 (1.44%) Dynamics 365
13 10 (1.44%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.87%) TCP/IP
2 12 (1.72%) 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
6 2 (0.29%) SMS
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%) SNMP
7 1 (0.14%) SSH
7 1 (0.14%) VPN
7 1 (0.14%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 320 (45.98%) Power BI
2 160 (22.99%) Tableau
3 98 (14.08%) Data Warehouse
4 49 (7.04%) Relational Database
5 44 (6.32%) Power Query
6 41 (5.89%) Metadata
7 33 (4.74%) Data Lake
8 32 (4.60%) SQL Server
9 29 (4.17%) Looker
10 28 (4.02%) PostgreSQL
11 23 (3.30%) Big Data
11 23 (3.30%) BigQuery
12 20 (2.87%) NoSQL
13 13 (1.87%) Geospatial Data
13 13 (1.87%) Hadoop
14 12 (1.72%) Snowflake Schema
15 11 (1.58%) Amazon RDS
15 11 (1.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 10 (1.44%) MySQL
16 10 (1.44%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 39 (5.60%) JIRA
2 32 (4.60%) Git
3 13 (1.87%) Visual Studio
4 12 (1.72%) Eclipse
5 9 (1.29%) 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
1 221 (31.75%) Analytical Skills
2 212 (30.46%) Social Skills
3 176 (25.29%) Finance
4 55 (7.90%) Public Sector
5 53 (7.61%) Banking
6 36 (5.17%) Retail
7 35 (5.03%) Marketing
8 17 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 16 (2.30%) Publishing
10 15 (2.16%) Military
11 13 (1.87%) Law
12 12 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
12 12 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
13 11 (1.58%) Pharmaceutical
14 10 (1.44%) Manufacturing
15 9 (1.29%) Organisational Skills
16 7 (1.01%) Front Office
16 7 (1.01%) Influencing Skills
16 7 (1.01%) Investment Banking
16 7 (1.01%) Legal
Job Titles
1 179 (25.72%) Analyst
2 102 (14.66%) Data Analyst
3 97 (13.94%) Data Engineer
3 97 (13.94%) Developer
4 83 (11.93%) Senior
5 42 (6.03%) Lead
6 38 (5.46%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 38 (5.46%) Consultant
7 37 (5.32%) Business Analyst
8 36 (5.17%) Data Scientist
9 31 (4.45%) Architect
10 28 (4.02%) Power BI Developer
11 26 (3.74%) Senior Data Engineer
12 23 (3.30%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 18 (2.59%) Data Manager
14 17 (2.44%) Designer
15 15 (2.16%) SAP Consultant
16 14 (2.01%) Software Engineer
17 13 (1.87%) Transformation Consultant
18 12 (1.72%) SQL Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (5.89%) Pandas
1 41 (5.89%) React
2 26 (3.74%) Kafka
3 24 (3.45%) REST
4 21 (3.02%) NumPy
5 20 (2.87%) Node.js
5 20 (2.87%) PySpark
6 19 (2.73%) scikit-learn
7 17 (2.44%) HTML
8 16 (2.30%) JSON
9 15 (2.16%) CSS
9 15 (2.16%) Web Services
10 14 (2.01%) OpenTelemetry
11 13 (1.87%) Matplotlib
11 13 (1.87%) TensorFlow
12 12 (1.72%) Apache Avro
12 12 (1.72%) PyTorch
12 12 (1.72%) Seaborn
13 11 (1.58%) .NET
14 10 (1.44%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 42 (6.03%) Data Structures
2 30 (4.31%) Cloud Native
3 26 (3.74%) Analytical Mindset
4 22 (3.16%) Management Information System
5 20 (2.87%) Algorithms
5 20 (2.87%) Product Ownership
6 16 (2.30%) Legacy Systems
7 14 (2.01%) Distributed Systems
8 13 (1.87%) Self-Motivation
9 11 (1.58%) Data Protection Act
10 10 (1.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 10 (1.44%) Virtual Team
11 8 (1.15%) Derivative
11 8 (1.15%) Life Science
11 8 (1.15%) Marketing Technology
11 8 (1.15%) PKI
12 7 (1.01%) AI Agents
12 7 (1.01%) Hybrid Cloud
12 7 (1.01%) Reference Data
13 6 (0.86%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 25 (3.59%) Windows
2 23 (3.30%) Linux
3 6 (0.86%) Unix
3 6 (0.86%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.72%) 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
1 346 (49.71%) Business Intelligence
2 342 (49.14%) Data Visualisation
3 296 (42.53%) Analytics
4 208 (29.89%) Data Modelling
5 183 (26.29%) Agile
6 182 (26.15%) Decision-Making
7 181 (26.01%) Problem-Solving
8 142 (20.40%) AI
9 135 (19.40%) Actionable Insight
10 130 (18.68%) Validation
11 125 (17.96%) Data Pipeline
12 118 (16.95%) ETL
13 117 (16.81%) Dashboard Development
14 115 (16.52%) Data Science
15 107 (15.37%) Data Engineering
16 104 (14.94%) Data Analysis
17 102 (14.66%) Continuous Improvement
18 101 (14.51%) Data Governance
19 95 (13.65%) CI/CD
20 85 (12.21%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 350 (50.29%) SQL
2 248 (35.63%) Python
3 65 (9.34%) R
4 59 (8.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 44 (6.32%) JavaScript
6 41 (5.89%) Java
7 36 (5.17%) C#
8 31 (4.45%) TypeScript
9 19 (2.73%) C++
9 19 (2.73%) PowerShell
10 15 (2.16%) Scala
11 10 (1.44%) VBA
12 9 (1.29%) T-SQL
13 7 (1.01%) Perl
13 7 (1.01%) 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
1 128 (18.39%) Security Cleared
2 100 (14.37%) SC Cleared
3 75 (10.78%) Degree
4 19 (2.73%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (2.59%) BPSS Clearance
6 16 (2.30%) Master's Degree
7 15 (2.16%) Azure Certification
7 15 (2.16%) DV Cleared
8 7 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (1.01%) PMI Certification
9 6 (0.86%) AWS Certification
10 4 (0.57%) MBA
10 4 (0.57%) Tableau Certification
11 3 (0.43%) CBAP
12 2 (0.29%) APMG
12 2 (0.29%) IIBA
12 2 (0.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (0.29%) PMP
12 2 (0.29%) Six Sigma Green Belt
12 2 (0.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 143 (20.55%) Data Quality
2 47 (6.75%) QA
3 27 (3.88%) GDPR
4 20 (2.87%) PMO
5 18 (2.59%) Accessibility
6 8 (1.15%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (0.72%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 5 (0.72%) 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 23 (3.30%) Docker
2 12 (1.72%) 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 35 (5.03%) Terraform
2 32 (4.60%) Kubernetes
3 17 (2.44%) Prometheus
4 14 (2.01%) Grafana
5 13 (1.87%) Ansible
6 11 (1.58%) Kibana
7 8 (1.15%) SCCM
8 7 (1.01%) logstash
8 7 (1.01%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 2 (0.29%) Cilium
9 2 (0.29%) Packer
10 1 (0.14%) Fluentd
10 1 (0.14%) Istio
10 1 (0.14%) Kubeflow
10 1 (0.14%) Network Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.14%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 112 (16.09%) Microsoft
2 72 (10.34%) Databricks
3 43 (6.18%) SAP
4 41 (5.89%) Google
5 31 (4.45%) Oracle
6 18 (2.59%) ServiceNow
7 16 (2.30%) Adobe
8 15 (2.16%) Sage
9 13 (1.87%) Splunk
10 12 (1.72%) Salesforce
11 11 (1.58%) Dynatrace
11 11 (1.58%) Informatica
12 8 (1.15%) Amplitude
13 7 (1.01%) Remedy
14 6 (0.86%) Alteryx
14 6 (0.86%) Apple
14 6 (0.86%) BMC
14 6 (0.86%) OpenAI
15 5 (0.72%) Cognos
15 5 (0.72%) Solace