Visualization
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Visualisation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 290 148 101
Rank change year-on-year -142 -47 +44
Permanent jobs citing Visualisation 694 1,083 1,989
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.63% 2.16% 2.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.87% 2.44% 3.03%
Number of salaries quoted 433 562 831
10th Percentile £30,750 £37,500 £38,524
25th Percentile £39,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,356 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.63% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,852 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% -12.28% +13.46%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 80,048 44,438 65,626
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.13% 88.74% 80.77%
Number of salaries quoted 55,528 25,365 40,468
10th Percentile £31,125 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,465
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -0.84% -7.56%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,803
% change year-on-year +15.79% -6.50% -6.94%

Visualisation
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Visualisation job vacancy trend in the UK

Visualisation
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Visualisation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Visualisation

Visualisation
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Visualisation over the 6 months to 29 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Visualisation in the UK

Visualisation
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Visualisation within the UK over the 6 months to 29 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -120 639 £51,356 -6.63% 1,298
UK excluding London -136 392 £45,000 -10.00% 719
London -111 261 £70,000 +7.69% 773
Work from Home -93 217 £60,000 +4.35% 467
North of England -20 143 £42,500 -11.92% 161
North West +20 103 £40,000 -17.10% 88
Midlands -53 83 £47,500 +5.56% 105
South East -96 75 £46,500 -7.00% 155
South West -87 44 £42,500 -12.82% 105
West Midlands -34 42 £40,000 -25.50% 55
East Midlands -38 41 £70,000 +64.71% 50
Yorkshire -41 30 £52,500 - 51
Wales -51 21 £66,000 +50.00% 21
East of England -34 14 £62,500 +3.49% 76
Scotland -86 11 £100,000 +42.86% 73
North East -61 10 £49,630 +16.78% 24
Northern Ireland -78 1 - - 30

Visualisation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 16 (2.31%) Apache Spark
2 13 (1.87%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.30%) SAS
4 6 (0.86%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (0.72%) Jupyter
6 4 (0.58%) Apache
6 4 (0.58%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.29%) Appian
7 2 (0.29%) IIS
7 2 (0.29%) Palantir Foundry
7 2 (0.29%) WinCC
8 1 (0.14%) Apache Superset
8 1 (0.14%) CMS
8 1 (0.14%) Confluence
8 1 (0.14%) GeoServer
8 1 (0.14%) WordPress
Applications
1 98 (14.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (2.74%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.15%) EPLAN
3 8 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.01%) Chatbot
5 5 (0.72%) Blender
6 4 (0.58%) CATIA
6 4 (0.58%) Maya
7 3 (0.43%) 3ds Max
7 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.43%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.29%) Adobe After Effects
8 2 (0.29%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.29%) InDesign
8 2 (0.29%) Lightworks
8 2 (0.29%) Revit
8 2 (0.29%) Windchill
9 1 (0.14%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.14%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 14 (2.02%) SAP PM
2 2 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.14%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.14%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 1 (0.14%) Maximo
3 1 (0.14%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.14%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 356 (51.30%) Power Platform
2 167 (24.06%) Azure
3 119 (17.15%) AWS
4 67 (9.65%) GCP
5 46 (6.63%) dbt
6 34 (4.90%) Azure Data Factory
6 34 (4.90%) Azure DevOps
6 34 (4.90%) Snowflake
7 31 (4.47%) SaaS
8 28 (4.03%) Google Analytics
9 23 (3.31%) Power Automate
10 22 (3.17%) Microsoft 365
11 21 (3.03%) Microsoft Purview
12 19 (2.74%) PowerApps
13 18 (2.59%) Azure Machine Learning
14 13 (1.87%) GitHub
15 11 (1.59%) Dataform
15 11 (1.59%) Dynamics 365
16 9 (1.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 9 (1.30%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.44%) Profibus
2 7 (1.01%) Broadband
3 6 (0.86%) 5G
3 6 (0.86%) Internet
4 4 (0.58%) Modbus
4 4 (0.58%) MQTT
5 2 (0.29%) HTTP
5 2 (0.29%) Network Security
5 2 (0.29%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.29%) VLAN
6 1 (0.14%) AMQP
6 1 (0.14%) Intranet
6 1 (0.14%) PPP
6 1 (0.14%) VoIP
6 1 (0.14%) Wireless
6 1 (0.14%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 356 (51.30%) Power BI
2 177 (25.50%) Tableau
3 72 (10.37%) Data Warehouse
4 61 (8.79%) Looker
5 36 (5.19%) Power Query
5 36 (5.19%) SQL Server
6 27 (3.89%) Data Lake
7 25 (3.60%) Data Mining
7 25 (3.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 24 (3.46%) Metadata
9 21 (3.03%) Amazon QuickSight
9 21 (3.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 20 (2.88%) Big Data
10 20 (2.88%) BigQuery
11 17 (2.45%) GIS
12 13 (1.87%) QlikView
13 12 (1.73%) Relational Database
13 12 (1.73%) Star Schema
14 11 (1.59%) PostgreSQL
15 10 (1.44%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 29 (4.18%) Git
2 8 (1.15%) JIRA
3 6 (0.86%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.72%) Visual Studio Code
5 4 (0.58%) Rational DOORS
5 4 (0.58%) Vite
6 3 (0.43%) GitLab
6 3 (0.43%) MLflow
6 3 (0.43%) Selenium
7 2 (0.29%) ERwin
7 2 (0.29%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.14%) CocoaPods
8 1 (0.14%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.14%) ER Studio
8 1 (0.14%) ESLint
8 1 (0.14%) fastlane
8 1 (0.14%) RStudio
8 1 (0.14%) Storybook
8 1 (0.14%) Xcode
8 1 (0.14%) Yeoman
General
1 318 (45.82%) Analytical Skills
2 296 (42.65%) Social Skills
3 228 (32.85%) Finance
4 83 (11.96%) Marketing
5 71 (10.23%) Retail
6 69 (9.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 69 (9.94%) Law
7 45 (6.48%) Public Sector
8 41 (5.91%) Back Office
9 39 (5.62%) Military
10 35 (5.04%) Telecoms
11 32 (4.61%) Manufacturing
11 32 (4.61%) Organisational Skills
12 30 (4.32%) Banking
13 22 (3.17%) Influencing Skills
14 18 (2.59%) Presentation Skills
15 15 (2.16%) Financial Institution
16 14 (2.02%) Local Government
17 13 (1.87%) Documentation Skills
17 13 (1.87%) Legal
Job Titles
1 188 (27.09%) Analyst
2 121 (17.44%) Senior
3 105 (15.13%) Data Analyst
4 67 (9.65%) Lead
5 63 (9.08%) Developer
6 53 (7.64%) Data Engineer
7 41 (5.91%) Data Scientist
8 38 (5.48%) Consultant
9 34 (4.90%) Data Manager
10 32 (4.61%) Analytics Manager
10 32 (4.61%) Senior Analyst
10 32 (4.61%) Software Engineer
11 25 (3.60%) Senior Data Analyst
12 21 (3.03%) Performance Analyst
13 20 (2.88%) Architect
13 20 (2.88%) Business Intelligence Analyst
14 19 (2.74%) Data Consultant
15 18 (2.59%) Power BI Analyst
16 16 (2.31%) Head of Business Intelligence
17 15 (2.16%) Governance Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (3.60%) .NET
2 24 (3.46%) React
3 23 (3.31%) PySpark
4 21 (3.03%) Terraform
5 20 (2.88%) scikit-learn
6 19 (2.74%) CSS
6 19 (2.74%) Pandas
7 17 (2.45%) PyTorch
8 15 (2.16%) Streamlit
9 14 (2.02%) HTML
9 14 (2.02%) Kafka
9 14 (2.02%) Matplotlib
10 12 (1.73%) REST
11 11 (1.59%) jQuery
11 11 (1.59%) NumPy
11 11 (1.59%) TensorFlow
12 10 (1.44%) Ajax
12 10 (1.44%) CSS3
12 10 (1.44%) HTML5
12 10 (1.44%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 42 (6.05%) Algorithms
2 41 (5.91%) Onboarding
3 39 (5.62%) Management Information System
4 30 (4.32%) Product Ownership
5 22 (3.17%) Cloud Native
6 20 (2.88%) Analytical Mindset
6 20 (2.88%) Data Structures
7 15 (2.16%) Blog
7 15 (2.16%) Greenfield Project
8 14 (2.02%) SCADA
9 11 (1.59%) NHS
9 11 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
10 9 (1.30%) Data Protection Act
10 9 (1.30%) Social Media
11 8 (1.15%) Clustering
11 8 (1.15%) Educational Technology
11 8 (1.15%) IoT
11 8 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
12 7 (1.01%) Distributed Systems
12 7 (1.01%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.30%) Linux
2 3 (0.43%) Apple iOS
2 3 (0.43%) Unix
2 3 (0.43%) Windows
3 2 (0.29%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.14%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 396 (57.06%) Data Visualisation
2 379 (54.61%) Business Intelligence
3 376 (54.18%) Analytics
4 255 (36.74%) Decision-Making
5 212 (30.55%) AI
6 208 (29.97%) Problem-Solving
7 176 (25.36%) Data Modelling
8 173 (24.93%) Data Analysis
9 169 (24.35%) Actionable Insight
10 163 (23.49%) Machine Learning
11 159 (22.91%) Data Science
12 137 (19.74%) Agile
13 115 (16.57%) Continuous Improvement
13 115 (16.57%) Data Governance
14 112 (16.14%) Data Engineering
15 99 (14.27%) Dashboard Development
16 94 (13.54%) Data Analytics
17 93 (13.40%) Stakeholder Management
18 88 (12.68%) Data-Driven Decision Making
19 85 (12.25%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 358 (51.59%) SQL
2 299 (43.08%) Python
3 49 (7.06%) R
4 46 (6.63%) JavaScript
5 42 (6.05%) C#
5 42 (6.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 31 (4.47%) TypeScript
7 16 (2.31%) C++
8 15 (2.16%) Java
8 15 (2.16%) T-SQL
9 13 (1.87%) Scala
10 10 (1.44%) Ladder Logic
11 6 (0.86%) C
11 6 (0.86%) Julia
12 5 (0.72%) Go
12 5 (0.72%) Kusto Query Language
12 5 (0.72%) Rust
12 5 (0.72%) VBA
13 4 (0.58%) Bash
13 4 (0.58%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 148 (21.33%) Degree
2 73 (10.52%) Security Cleared
3 44 (6.34%) SC Cleared
4 16 (2.31%) DBS Check
4 16 (2.31%) DV Cleared
5 13 (1.87%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (1.73%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (1.73%) Master's Degree
6 12 (1.73%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (1.73%) Numerate Degree
6 12 (1.73%) Postgraduate
7 11 (1.59%) Azure Certification
8 9 (1.30%) HNC
8 9 (1.30%) HND
9 8 (1.15%) Chartered Engineer
10 7 (1.01%) AWS Certification
11 5 (0.72%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 3 (0.43%) ACCA
12 3 (0.43%) CIMA
12 3 (0.43%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 178 (25.65%) Data Quality
2 39 (5.62%) GDPR
3 33 (4.76%) QA
4 26 (3.75%) Accessibility
5 15 (2.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 9 (1.30%) Actionable Recommendations
7 6 (0.86%) IEC 61131
8 5 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.72%) NIST
8 5 (0.72%) PMO
9 4 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 4 (0.58%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.29%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.14%) EU AI Act
11 1 (0.14%) GRC
11 1 (0.14%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.14%) PERC
11 1 (0.14%) SLA
System Software
1 20 (2.88%) Docker
2 5 (0.72%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.14%) Apache Flume
3 1 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 21 (3.03%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.58%) Ansible
3 3 (0.43%) Kubeflow
4 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Clustering
5 1 (0.14%) Consul
5 1 (0.14%) Grafana
5 1 (0.14%) MOM
5 1 (0.14%) SCCM
5 1 (0.14%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 126 (18.16%) Microsoft
2 64 (9.22%) Databricks
3 59 (8.50%) Google
4 26 (3.75%) SAP
5 13 (1.87%) Oracle
6 12 (1.73%) Siemens
7 8 (1.15%) SYSPRO
8 7 (1.01%) Informatica
8 7 (1.01%) MicroStrategy
8 7 (1.01%) Salesforce
9 6 (0.86%) IBM
10 5 (0.72%) Alteryx
10 5 (0.72%) CA Agile Central
10 5 (0.72%) Hotjar
11 4 (0.58%) Adobe
11 4 (0.58%) Cognos
11 4 (0.58%) Foundry
11 4 (0.58%) OpenAI
11 4 (0.58%) YouTube
12 3 (0.43%) Cognizant