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

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 284 158 107
Rank change year-on-year -126 -51 +28
Permanent jobs citing Visualisation 737 1,032 1,827
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.64% 2.09% 2.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.88% 2.35% 2.88%
Number of salaries quoted 424 520 776
10th Percentile £30,750 £37,500 £39,000
25th Percentile £38,938 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,356 £56,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.10% -9.60% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £49,000 £56,754
% change year-on-year -8.16% -13.66% +13.51%

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 84,196 43,853 63,499
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.06% 88.72% 81.26%
Number of salaries quoted 58,302 24,746 35,929
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £41,750 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%

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 18 September 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 18 September 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 -110 672 £51,356 -8.21% 1,498
UK excluding London -136 423 £45,000 -8.16% 846
London -106 272 £70,000 +7.69% 826
Work from Home -70 235 £55,000 -4.35% 583
North of England -19 147 £42,500 -10.99% 172
North West +29 106 £41,250 -14.95% 80
Midlands -52 88 £50,000 +11.11% 135
South East -85 85 £46,500 -5.10% 215
South West -97 49 £42,500 -10.53% 95
West Midlands -51 46 £45,000 -15.89% 74
East Midlands -51 42 £70,000 +64.71% 61
Yorkshire -44 30 £63,076 +29.39% 66
Wales -52 23 £66,000 +50.00% 30
Scotland -67 17 £75,000 +11.22% 81
East of England -49 13 £54,000 -10.59% 94
North East -67 11 £45,774 +7.70% 28
Northern Ireland -77 1 - - 36

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 22 (2.99%) Apache Spark
2 11 (1.49%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.09%) SAS
4 6 (0.81%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.54%) Apache
5 4 (0.54%) ArcGIS
5 4 (0.54%) WinCC
6 2 (0.27%) Appian
6 2 (0.27%) Confluence
6 2 (0.27%) IIS
6 2 (0.27%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.14%) Apache Superset
7 1 (0.14%) CMS
7 1 (0.14%) GeoServer
7 1 (0.14%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.14%) WordPress
Applications
1 105 (14.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (2.85%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (1.63%) EPLAN
4 8 (1.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.68%) Blender
5 5 (0.68%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.54%) CATIA
6 4 (0.54%) Maya
7 3 (0.41%) 3ds Max
7 3 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.41%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.27%) Adobe After Effects
8 2 (0.27%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.27%) InDesign
8 2 (0.27%) Lightworks
8 2 (0.27%) Revit
8 2 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.27%) Windchill
9 1 (0.14%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.14%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 9 (1.22%) SAP PM
2 2 (0.27%) 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
1 391 (53.05%) Power Platform
2 182 (24.69%) Azure
3 122 (16.55%) AWS
4 71 (9.63%) GCP
5 43 (5.83%) dbt
6 41 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
7 37 (5.02%) Azure Data Factory
8 33 (4.48%) Snowflake
9 32 (4.34%) Google Analytics
10 31 (4.21%) SaaS
11 27 (3.66%) Microsoft Purview
12 25 (3.39%) Microsoft 365
13 23 (3.12%) Power Automate
14 19 (2.58%) PowerApps
15 18 (2.44%) Azure Machine Learning
16 14 (1.90%) GitHub
17 13 (1.76%) Amazon S3
18 11 (1.49%) Azure Databricks
18 11 (1.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
19 10 (1.36%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.90%) Profibus
2 7 (0.95%) Broadband
3 6 (0.81%) 5G
3 6 (0.81%) Internet
3 6 (0.81%) Modbus
4 4 (0.54%) MQTT
4 4 (0.54%) VLAN
5 3 (0.41%) Wireless
6 2 (0.27%) HTTP
6 2 (0.27%) Network Security
6 2 (0.27%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.27%) SNMP
6 2 (0.27%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.27%) WAN
7 1 (0.14%) AMQP
7 1 (0.14%) Intranet
7 1 (0.14%) PPP
7 1 (0.14%) VoIP
7 1 (0.14%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 391 (53.05%) Power BI
2 181 (24.56%) Tableau
3 78 (10.58%) Data Warehouse
4 60 (8.14%) Looker
5 45 (6.11%) Power Query
6 40 (5.43%) SQL Server
7 33 (4.48%) Data Lake
8 28 (3.80%) Metadata
9 26 (3.53%) Data Mining
9 26 (3.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 24 (3.26%) Big Data
10 24 (3.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 21 (2.85%) Amazon QuickSight
11 21 (2.85%) BigQuery
12 19 (2.58%) Relational Database
13 17 (2.31%) GIS
14 15 (2.04%) Azure SQL Database
14 15 (2.04%) NoSQL
15 12 (1.63%) QlikView
15 12 (1.63%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 36 (4.88%) Git
2 11 (1.49%) Jenkins
3 8 (1.09%) JIRA
4 4 (0.54%) Rational DOORS
5 3 (0.41%) GitLab
6 2 (0.27%) ERwin
6 2 (0.27%) MLflow
6 2 (0.27%) Selenium
6 2 (0.27%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.27%) Vite
7 1 (0.14%) CocoaPods
7 1 (0.14%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.14%) ER Studio
7 1 (0.14%) fastlane
7 1 (0.14%) RStudio
7 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.14%) Storybook
7 1 (0.14%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.14%) Xcode
7 1 (0.14%) Yeoman
General
1 348 (47.22%) Analytical Skills
2 321 (43.55%) Social Skills
3 245 (33.24%) Finance
4 87 (11.80%) Marketing
5 69 (9.36%) Retail
6 67 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 67 (9.09%) Law
7 49 (6.65%) Public Sector
8 45 (6.11%) Organisational Skills
9 36 (4.88%) Back Office
9 36 (4.88%) Military
10 35 (4.75%) Banking
11 32 (4.34%) Telecoms
12 28 (3.80%) Manufacturing
13 23 (3.12%) Influencing Skills
13 23 (3.12%) Legal
14 18 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
15 15 (2.04%) Financial Institution
16 14 (1.90%) Local Government
17 13 (1.76%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 201 (27.27%) Analyst
2 124 (16.82%) Senior
3 111 (15.06%) Data Analyst
4 80 (10.85%) Lead
5 66 (8.96%) Developer
6 62 (8.41%) Data Engineer
7 37 (5.02%) Consultant
8 35 (4.75%) Data Manager
8 35 (4.75%) Data Scientist
9 34 (4.61%) Senior Analyst
10 31 (4.21%) Analytics Manager
10 31 (4.21%) Software Engineer
11 26 (3.53%) Senior Data Analyst
12 22 (2.99%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 21 (2.85%) Architect
13 21 (2.85%) Performance Analyst
14 18 (2.44%) Data Consultant
15 17 (2.31%) Power BI Analyst
16 16 (2.17%) Head of Business Intelligence
16 16 (2.17%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (4.21%) PySpark
2 25 (3.39%) .NET
3 23 (3.12%) Terraform
4 22 (2.99%) CSS
5 20 (2.71%) Pandas
6 19 (2.58%) Kafka
6 19 (2.58%) React
7 18 (2.44%) PyTorch
8 16 (2.17%) HTML
8 16 (2.17%) scikit-learn
9 12 (1.63%) TensorFlow
10 11 (1.49%) jQuery
10 11 (1.49%) Streamlit
11 10 (1.36%) Ajax
11 10 (1.36%) CSS3
11 10 (1.36%) HTML5
11 10 (1.36%) LESS
11 10 (1.36%) NumPy
11 10 (1.36%) REST
11 10 (1.36%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 51 (6.92%) Onboarding
2 49 (6.65%) Management Information System
3 38 (5.16%) Algorithms
4 32 (4.34%) Product Ownership
5 21 (2.85%) Cloud Native
5 21 (2.85%) Data Structures
6 20 (2.71%) Analytical Mindset
6 20 (2.71%) SCADA
7 16 (2.17%) Blog
8 13 (1.76%) Self-Motivation
9 12 (1.63%) Greenfield Project
10 11 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
10 11 (1.49%) NHS
11 9 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
11 9 (1.22%) Robotics
12 8 (1.09%) Clustering
12 8 (1.09%) Educational Technology
12 8 (1.09%) Social Media
13 7 (0.95%) AI Agents
13 7 (0.95%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.22%) Linux
2 4 (0.54%) Windows
3 3 (0.41%) Apple iOS
3 3 (0.41%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.27%) Unix
5 1 (0.14%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 420 (56.99%) Data Visualisation
2 408 (55.36%) Business Intelligence
3 398 (54.00%) Analytics
4 280 (37.99%) Decision-Making
5 237 (32.16%) Problem-Solving
6 230 (31.21%) AI
7 195 (26.46%) Data Analysis
8 188 (25.51%) Actionable Insight
9 186 (25.24%) Data Modelling
10 164 (22.25%) Machine Learning
11 154 (20.90%) Data Science
12 153 (20.76%) Agile
13 144 (19.54%) Continuous Improvement
14 125 (16.96%) Data Engineering
15 123 (16.69%) Data Governance
16 108 (14.65%) Stakeholder Management
17 105 (14.25%) Data Analytics
18 104 (14.11%) Dashboard Development
19 95 (12.89%) Data Pipeline
20 87 (11.80%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 388 (52.65%) SQL
2 313 (42.47%) Python
3 49 (6.65%) R
4 47 (6.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 45 (6.11%) JavaScript
6 42 (5.70%) C#
7 28 (3.80%) TypeScript
8 20 (2.71%) C++
8 20 (2.71%) Java
9 18 (2.44%) Scala
10 14 (1.90%) Ladder Logic
10 14 (1.90%) T-SQL
11 8 (1.09%) PowerShell
12 6 (0.81%) C
12 6 (0.81%) Kusto Query Language
13 5 (0.68%) Bash
13 5 (0.68%) Go
13 5 (0.68%) Rust
13 5 (0.68%) VBA
14 4 (0.54%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 158 (21.44%) Degree
2 85 (11.53%) Security Cleared
3 55 (7.46%) SC Cleared
4 16 (2.17%) DV Cleared
5 15 (2.04%) Azure Certification
6 14 (1.90%) DBS Check
7 13 (1.76%) BPSS Clearance
8 12 (1.63%) Computer Science Degree
8 12 (1.63%) Master's Degree
8 12 (1.63%) Numerate Degree
9 11 (1.49%) HNC
9 11 (1.49%) HND
10 10 (1.36%) Chartered Engineer
10 10 (1.36%) Microsoft Certification
10 10 (1.36%) Postgraduate
11 4 (0.54%) PhD
12 3 (0.41%) AWS Certification
13 2 (0.27%) ACCA
13 2 (0.27%) CIMA
13 2 (0.27%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 202 (27.41%) Data Quality
2 41 (5.56%) GDPR
3 31 (4.21%) QA
4 28 (3.80%) Accessibility
5 15 (2.04%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 10 (1.36%) IEC 61131
7 9 (1.22%) Actionable Recommendations
8 6 (0.81%) PMO
9 5 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 5 (0.68%) NIST
10 4 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 15288
10 4 (0.54%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.27%) NEBOSH
11 2 (0.27%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.14%) EU AI Act
12 1 (0.14%) GRC
12 1 (0.14%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.14%) PERC
12 1 (0.14%) SLA
System Software
1 23 (3.12%) Docker
2 5 (0.68%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.14%) Apache Flume
3 1 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 26 (3.53%) Kubernetes
2 5 (0.68%) Ansible
3 4 (0.54%) EnCase
3 4 (0.54%) FTK
4 2 (0.27%) Kubeflow
4 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Clustering
5 1 (0.14%) Consul
5 1 (0.14%) Grafana
5 1 (0.14%) Kibana
5 1 (0.14%) logstash
5 1 (0.14%) MOM
5 1 (0.14%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 145 (19.67%) Microsoft
2 73 (9.91%) Databricks
3 63 (8.55%) Google
4 23 (3.12%) SAP
5 18 (2.44%) Siemens
6 10 (1.36%) Oracle
7 9 (1.22%) YouTube
8 8 (1.09%) SYSPRO
9 7 (0.95%) Informatica
9 7 (0.95%) MicroStrategy
9 7 (0.95%) Salesforce
10 6 (0.81%) Alteryx
10 6 (0.81%) CA Agile Central
11 5 (0.68%) Hotjar
11 5 (0.68%) IBM
11 5 (0.68%) OpenAI
12 4 (0.54%) Cellebrite
12 4 (0.54%) Foundry
12 4 (0.54%) Nuix
12 4 (0.54%) Relativity