Data Visualisation Job Trends in the South West

Data Visualization
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Data Visualisation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 150 151 163
Rank change year-on-year +1 +12 +45
Permanent jobs citing Data Visualisation 29 41 56
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.58% 0.99% 1.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.81% 1.15% 1.31%
Number of salaries quoted 27 27 37
10th Percentile £20,000 £34,905 -
25th Percentile £37,500 £39,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,400 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.11% - -15.61%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,886 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,750 £80,000 £96,539
England median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.00% +13.64% -8.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South West

Data Visualisation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,588 3,552 4,279
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 71.52% 85.38% 89.52%
Number of salaries quoted 2,460 1,788 3,242
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £30,250
25th Percentile £34,000 £40,000 £40,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,439 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.15% +3.69% +3.35%
75th Percentile £67,425 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £80,738
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Data Visualisation
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Visualisation relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Data Visualisation job vacancy trend in the South West

Data Visualisation
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Data Visualisation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Data Visualisation

Data Visualisation
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Visualisation in the South West over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Visualisation in the South West

Data Visualisation
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Visualisation within the South West region over the 6 months to 12 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bristol +4 20 £60,000 -7.69% 5
Devon +6 5 £40,000 -5.88% 4
Somerset - 2 £72,500 - 2
Gloucestershire +17 1 £35,000 -55.56% 4
Dorset +3 1 - - 4
Data Visualisation
England

Data Visualisation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 4 (13.79%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.45%) Apache
2 1 (3.45%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (3.45%) Apache Spark
2 1 (3.45%) Apache Superset
Applications
1 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 21 (72.41%) Power Platform
2 12 (41.38%) Azure
3 4 (13.79%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (13.79%) Power Automate
3 4 (13.79%) PowerApps
4 3 (10.34%) Azure Data Factory
4 3 (10.34%) Azure Stack
5 2 (6.90%) GCP
6 1 (3.45%) AWS
6 1 (3.45%) Cloud Run
6 1 (3.45%) Google Ads
6 1 (3.45%) Google Analytics
6 1 (3.45%) Google Tag Manager
6 1 (3.45%) iPaaS
6 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Copilot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (72.41%) Power BI
2 9 (31.03%) SQL Server
3 5 (17.24%) Tableau
4 1 (3.45%) Looker
4 1 (3.45%) Metadata
4 1 (3.45%) Power Query
4 1 (3.45%) Spark SQL
4 1 (3.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (3.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Git
General
1 10 (34.48%) Social Skills
2 9 (31.03%) Marketing
3 8 (27.59%) Finance
4 6 (20.69%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (20.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (6.90%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.45%) Advertising
6 1 (3.45%) Banking
6 1 (3.45%) Financial Institution
6 1 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (3.45%) Investment Banking
6 1 (3.45%) Law
6 1 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.45%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (24.14%) Data Scientist
2 5 (17.24%) Developer
3 4 (13.79%) Data Engineer
3 4 (13.79%) Power Platform Developer
4 3 (10.34%) Lead
5 2 (6.90%) Analyst
5 2 (6.90%) Analytics Manager
5 2 (6.90%) Business Intelligence Manager
5 2 (6.90%) Business Manager
5 2 (6.90%) Lead Data Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Senior
6 1 (3.45%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 1 (3.45%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 1 (3.45%) Data Analyst
6 1 (3.45%) Data Manager
6 1 (3.45%) Marketing Executive
6 1 (3.45%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (3.45%) Senior Data Analyst
6 1 (3.45%) Senior Software Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.45%) AngularJS
1 1 (3.45%) CSS
1 1 (3.45%) D3.js
1 1 (3.45%) FastAPI
1 1 (3.45%) HTML
1 1 (3.45%) Kafka
1 1 (3.45%) NumPy
1 1 (3.45%) Pandas
1 1 (3.45%) PrimeNG
1 1 (3.45%) PySpark
1 1 (3.45%) PyTorch
1 1 (3.45%) REST
1 1 (3.45%) RxJS
1 1 (3.45%) scikit-learn
1 1 (3.45%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.24%) Blog
2 2 (6.90%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (3.45%) AI Agents
3 1 (3.45%) Algorithms
3 1 (3.45%) Cloud Native
3 1 (3.45%) Data Fabric
3 1 (3.45%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (3.45%) Freedom of Information Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (100.00%) Visualisation
2 21 (72.41%) Business Intelligence
3 20 (68.97%) Analytics
4 14 (48.28%) AI
5 12 (41.38%) Data Science
6 11 (37.93%) Decision-Making
7 9 (31.03%) Data Strategy
7 9 (31.03%) Machine Learning
8 8 (27.59%) Actionable Insight
8 8 (27.59%) Continuous Improvement
8 8 (27.59%) Predictive Modelling
8 8 (27.59%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (27.59%) Storytelling
9 7 (24.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 6 (20.69%) Data Management
11 5 (17.24%) Customer Experience
11 5 (17.24%) Digital Strategy
11 5 (17.24%) GTM Strategy
12 4 (13.79%) Data Analytics
12 4 (13.79%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 15 (51.72%) Python
2 9 (31.03%) R
2 9 (31.03%) SQL
3 1 (3.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (3.45%) T-SQL
3 1 (3.45%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 9 (31.03%) Degree
2 1 (3.45%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.45%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (13.79%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.45%) Accessibility
2 1 (3.45%) GDPR
2 1 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (6.90%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (6.90%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 9 (31.03%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.90%) Databricks
2 2 (6.90%) Google
3 1 (3.45%) Oracle
3 1 (3.45%) Verint