Visualisation Job Trends

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

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 176 119 107
Rank change year-on-year -57 -12 +22
Permanent jobs citing Visualisation 809 1,327 1,602
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.36% 2.47% 2.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.68% 2.73% 3.18%
Number of salaries quoted 448 690 1,009
10th Percentile £37,275 £37,400 £33,703
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £55,011
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +18.16% -8.32%
75th Percentile £75,000 £87,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,688 £50,000
% change year-on-year -6.87% +7.38% -

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 48,096 48,629 50,303
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.07% 90.53% 89.95%
Number of salaries quoted 28,289 23,726 38,360
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%

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 11 January 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 11 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
England -50 725 £60,000 -7.69% 657
UK excluding London -26 447 £50,000 -6.87% 629
London -65 308 £70,000 -13.85% 147
Work from Home -46 261 £57,500 -14.81% 223
South East +17 164 £55,000 -15.38% 203
North of England -8 94 £45,000 -5.26% 119
Midlands -8 76 £42,500 -22.73% 93
North West +8 51 £45,000 -14.29% 52
West Midlands +11 49 £47,500 -13.64% 40
South West -39 37 £50,000 +12.46% 79
East of England +9 34 £57,500 -6.50% 87
Yorkshire -32 34 £45,000 - 50
Scotland -34 32 £57,500 +5.50% 29
East Midlands -20 27 £42,500 -24.78% 52
North East +6 9 £62,500 -7.41% 17
Wales -9 7 £41,250 -13.16% 26
Northern Ireland -12 4 - - 12

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 35 (4.33%) SharePoint
2 28 (3.46%) Apache Airflow
3 26 (3.21%) Confluence
4 17 (2.10%) Apache
4 17 (2.10%) Apache Spark
5 7 (0.87%) WordPress
6 5 (0.62%) IIS
7 4 (0.49%) Apache Superset
8 3 (0.37%) CMS
8 3 (0.37%) Jupyter
8 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.37%) SAS
9 2 (0.25%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.12%) Apache Synapse
10 1 (0.12%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.12%) Drupal
Applications
1 205 (25.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (3.83%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (1.85%) AutoCAD
4 13 (1.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (1.24%) MS Visio
6 9 (1.11%) SOLIDWORKS
7 6 (0.74%) Trello
8 4 (0.49%) Adobe After Effects
9 3 (0.37%) Adobe Illustrator
9 3 (0.37%) Adobe Premiere
9 3 (0.37%) Adobe XD
9 3 (0.37%) Blender
9 3 (0.37%) Maya
9 3 (0.37%) Photoshop
10 2 (0.25%) 3ds Max
10 2 (0.25%) EPLAN
10 2 (0.25%) Sketch
10 2 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
11 1 (0.12%) MicroStation
11 1 (0.12%) Revit
Business Applications
1 51 (6.30%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.11%) NetSuite
3 6 (0.74%) SAP CO
4 4 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.37%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 3 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.25%) Towers Watson Igloo
7 1 (0.12%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.12%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.12%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 417 (51.55%) Power Platform
2 189 (23.36%) Azure
3 78 (9.64%) AWS
4 69 (8.53%) Azure DevOps
5 68 (8.41%) GCP
6 67 (8.28%) Azure Data Factory
7 64 (7.91%) Snowflake
8 45 (5.56%) Power Automate
9 41 (5.07%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 39 (4.82%) PowerApps
11 37 (4.57%) Microsoft 365
12 25 (3.09%) Google Analytics
13 23 (2.84%) GitHub
14 20 (2.47%) Figma
15 18 (2.22%) Adobe Analytics
15 18 (2.22%) Fivetran
16 17 (2.10%) dbt
16 17 (2.10%) Dynamics 365
17 15 (1.85%) Amazon S3
18 14 (1.73%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.87%) Firewall
2 5 (0.62%) LAN
2 5 (0.62%) WAN
3 4 (0.49%) Modbus
3 4 (0.49%) MQTT
3 4 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.25%) Profibus
4 2 (0.25%) VPN
5 1 (0.12%) ADSL
5 1 (0.12%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 415 (51.30%) Power BI
2 175 (21.63%) Tableau
3 78 (9.64%) SQL Server
4 55 (6.80%) Data Warehouse
5 45 (5.56%) Looker
6 42 (5.19%) BigQuery
7 41 (5.07%) Azure SQL Database
8 39 (4.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 31 (3.83%) Amazon Redshift
10 27 (3.34%) Metadata
11 26 (3.21%) Data Lake
12 23 (2.84%) BusinessObjects
13 22 (2.72%) MySQL
14 18 (2.22%) Power Query
15 17 (2.10%) Big Data
15 17 (2.10%) NoSQL
16 15 (1.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 14 (1.73%) Data Mining
18 13 (1.61%) Hadoop
19 12 (1.48%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 85 (10.51%) JIRA
2 50 (6.18%) eCATT
3 28 (3.46%) Git
4 22 (2.72%) NeoLoad
5 6 (0.74%) Visual Studio
6 4 (0.49%) GitLab
6 4 (0.49%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.37%) MLflow
8 1 (0.12%) LabVIEW
8 1 (0.12%) Rational DOORS
General
1 326 (40.30%) Social Skills
2 300 (37.08%) Analytical Skills
2 300 (37.08%) Finance
3 147 (18.17%) Marketing
4 86 (10.63%) Manufacturing
5 82 (10.14%) Presentation Skills
6 76 (9.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 73 (9.02%) Influencing Skills
8 51 (6.30%) Law
9 41 (5.07%) Public Sector
10 39 (4.82%) Banking
11 35 (4.33%) Legal
12 31 (3.83%) Organisational Skills
13 30 (3.71%) Front Office
14 27 (3.34%) Retail
15 23 (2.84%) Advertising
16 21 (2.60%) Pharmaceutical
17 17 (2.10%) French Language
18 14 (1.73%) Billing
18 14 (1.73%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 256 (31.64%) Analyst
2 144 (17.80%) Senior
3 114 (14.09%) Developer
4 112 (13.84%) Data Analyst
5 71 (8.78%) Lead
6 53 (6.55%) Data Engineer
7 45 (5.56%) Senior Analyst
8 42 (5.19%) Data Scientist
9 35 (4.33%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 34 (4.20%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 30 (3.71%) Insight Analyst
12 25 (3.09%) Data Manager
12 25 (3.09%) Senior Developer
13 24 (2.97%) Commercial Analyst
13 24 (2.97%) Senior Manager
14 23 (2.84%) React Developer
15 22 (2.72%) Performance Analyst
16 21 (2.60%) Consultant
16 21 (2.60%) Junior
16 21 (2.60%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (4.45%) React
2 24 (2.97%) WebSockets
3 22 (2.72%) PySpark
4 20 (2.47%) CSS
4 20 (2.47%) FIX Protocol
4 20 (2.47%) Highcharts JS
4 20 (2.47%) OpenFin
5 15 (1.85%) HTML5 Canvas
5 15 (1.85%) Kafka
5 15 (1.85%) Pandas
5 15 (1.85%) REST
5 15 (1.85%) scikit-learn
6 13 (1.61%) JSON
6 13 (1.61%) NumPy
7 12 (1.48%) HTML
7 12 (1.48%) PyTorch
8 9 (1.11%) Flask
8 9 (1.11%) TensorFlow
9 8 (0.99%) FastAPI
10 7 (0.87%) Matplotlib
Miscellaneous
1 55 (6.80%) Analytical Mindset
2 46 (5.69%) Self-Motivation
3 35 (4.33%) Algorithms
4 30 (3.71%) Management Information System
5 27 (3.34%) Product Ownership
6 26 (3.21%) Cloud Native
6 26 (3.21%) Fixed Income
7 25 (3.09%) Onboarding
8 24 (2.97%) Blog
9 16 (1.98%) Data Structures
10 13 (1.61%) Low-Code
11 12 (1.48%) Data Protection Act
11 12 (1.48%) FMCG
12 10 (1.24%) IoT
13 9 (1.11%) Reinsurance
14 8 (0.99%) Social Media
15 7 (0.87%) Distributed Systems
15 7 (0.87%) Renewable Energy
16 6 (0.74%) SCADA
17 5 (0.62%) Freedom of Information Act
Operating Systems
1 10 (1.24%) Linux
1 10 (1.24%) Windows
2 8 (0.99%) Unix
3 6 (0.74%) Android
4 4 (0.49%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.37%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.25%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 449 (55.50%) Data Visualisation
2 435 (53.77%) Business Intelligence
3 411 (50.80%) Analytics
4 278 (34.36%) Decision-Making
5 218 (26.95%) Problem-Solving
6 193 (23.86%) Data Analysis
7 183 (22.62%) Continuous Improvement
8 170 (21.01%) AI
9 169 (20.89%) Actionable Insight
10 150 (18.54%) Data Science
11 148 (18.29%) Agile
12 145 (17.92%) ETL
13 139 (17.18%) Data Modelling
14 132 (16.32%) Data Analytics
15 122 (15.08%) Data Management
16 116 (14.34%) Machine Learning
17 106 (13.10%) Data Engineering
18 95 (11.74%) Computer Science
19 93 (11.50%) Project Management
20 83 (10.26%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 394 (48.70%) SQL
2 302 (37.33%) Python
3 63 (7.79%) JavaScript
4 59 (7.29%) R
5 51 (6.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 26 (3.21%) VBA
7 18 (2.22%) C#
7 18 (2.22%) Java
8 14 (1.73%) Scala
9 13 (1.61%) TypeScript
10 11 (1.36%) PowerShell
11 8 (0.99%) Bash
11 8 (0.99%) T-SQL
12 5 (0.62%) C++
13 4 (0.49%) ANSI SQL
13 4 (0.49%) Ruby
14 3 (0.37%) Bicep
14 3 (0.37%) Go
14 3 (0.37%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.25%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 267 (33.00%) Degree
2 50 (6.18%) Security Cleared
3 49 (6.06%) Master's Degree
4 46 (5.69%) SC Cleared
5 41 (5.07%) Computer Science Degree
6 25 (3.09%) Microsoft Certification
7 21 (2.60%) CISSP
8 20 (2.47%) CISA
9 17 (2.10%) MBA
10 16 (1.98%) PhD
11 14 (1.73%) CISM
11 14 (1.73%) Numerate Degree
12 12 (1.48%) Azure Certification
12 12 (1.48%) CRISC
12 12 (1.48%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 11 (1.36%) ACCA
13 11 (1.36%) CIMA
14 9 (1.11%) BPSS Clearance
15 8 (0.99%) DBS Check
16 7 (0.87%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 127 (15.70%) Data Quality
2 45 (5.56%) QA
3 31 (3.83%) Accessibility
4 24 (2.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 21 (2.60%) GDPR
6 20 (2.47%) Actionable Recommendations
7 14 (1.73%) NIST
8 12 (1.48%) COBIT
8 12 (1.48%) GRC
8 12 (1.48%) ITGC
9 10 (1.24%) Good Clinical Practice
9 10 (1.24%) IEC 61131
10 5 (0.62%) PMO
11 2 (0.25%) Disclosure Scotland
12 1 (0.12%) EMIR
12 1 (0.12%) ISO 13485
12 1 (0.12%) ISO 19650
12 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 15288
12 1 (0.12%) MiFID
System Software
1 20 (2.47%) Docker
2 5 (0.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.12%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 50 (6.18%) HP ALM
2 16 (1.98%) Kubernetes
3 12 (1.48%) Terraform
4 7 (0.87%) Ansible
5 5 (0.62%) RSA Archer
6 4 (0.49%) CASB
7 3 (0.37%) Argo
7 3 (0.37%) Grafana
7 3 (0.37%) Kibana
7 3 (0.37%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.25%) logstash
8 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.12%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 157 (19.41%) Microsoft
2 94 (11.62%) SAP
3 57 (7.05%) Google
4 50 (6.18%) HP
5 48 (5.93%) Databricks
6 28 (3.46%) Oracle
6 28 (3.46%) Salesforce
7 23 (2.84%) Adobe
8 17 (2.10%) Qualtrics
9 11 (1.36%) Alteryx
10 8 (0.99%) ServiceNow
11 7 (0.87%) Cisco
11 7 (0.87%) ESRI
11 7 (0.87%) Progress
12 6 (0.74%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 5 (0.62%) Anaplan
13 5 (0.62%) BT
13 5 (0.62%) Epicor
13 5 (0.62%) Verint
13 5 (0.62%) VMware