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 1 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 181 116 97
Rank change year-on-year -65 -19 +29
Permanent jobs citing Visualisation 881 1,241 2,267
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.26% 2.65% 2.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.60% 2.85% 3.29%
Number of salaries quoted 524 641 1,341
10th Percentile £33,750 £36,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £40,695 £46,250 £42,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +13.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £90,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £115,000 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,195 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -13.91% +10.53% -

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 55,161 43,489 68,939
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 78.71% 93.04% 88.07%
Number of salaries quoted 33,069 21,992 52,917
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,000 £29,440
25th Percentile £38,750 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

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 1 March 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 1 March 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 -60 795 £60,000 -6.25% 657
UK excluding London -36 518 £45,195 -13.91% 597
London -72 311 £70,000 -15.15% 218
Work from Home -78 285 £57,500 -4.76% 222
South East +34 178 £58,750 -4.86% 178
North of England -24 136 £40,000 -15.79% 133
Midlands -40 83 £42,500 -22.73% 109
North West +4 77 £40,000 -18.78% 60
West Midlands -7 55 £44,000 -20.00% 49
Yorkshire -53 45 £40,000 -11.11% 52
South West -59 45 £47,500 +11.76% 65
Scotland -42 36 £51,250 +13.89% 22
East of England -4 30 £56,250 -19.64% 64
East Midlands -47 28 £40,000 -20.00% 57
North East -3 14 £37,500 -44.44% 23
Northern Ireland -30 6 - - 13
Wales -13 5 £38,500 -18.95% 31

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 49 (5.56%) Jupyter
2 46 (5.22%) SharePoint
3 43 (4.88%) Apache Airflow
4 29 (3.29%) Apache Spark
5 26 (2.95%) Confluence
6 21 (2.38%) Apache
7 8 (0.91%) WordPress
8 5 (0.57%) IIS
9 4 (0.45%) CMS
9 4 (0.45%) SAS
10 3 (0.34%) Apache Superset
10 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
11 2 (0.23%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.11%) Apache Synapse
12 1 (0.11%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 193 (21.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 49 (5.56%) Chatbot
3 34 (3.86%) Microsoft Office
4 20 (2.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (1.14%) AutoCAD
6 8 (0.91%) MS Visio
7 6 (0.68%) CATIA
7 6 (0.68%) Trello
8 5 (0.57%) Blender
8 5 (0.57%) Maya
8 5 (0.57%) SOLIDWORKS
8 5 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
9 4 (0.45%) 3ds Max
9 4 (0.45%) Adobe After Effects
10 3 (0.34%) Adobe Premiere
10 3 (0.34%) CINEMA 4D
11 2 (0.23%) Adobe Illustrator
11 2 (0.23%) Photoshop
12 1 (0.11%) Houdini
12 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 51 (5.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.02%) SAP CO
3 6 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.57%) NetSuite
4 5 (0.57%) SAP PM
5 4 (0.45%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 2 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.11%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.11%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 415 (47.11%) Power Platform
2 195 (22.13%) Azure
3 137 (15.55%) AWS
4 76 (8.63%) Azure Data Factory
5 73 (8.29%) Azure DevOps
6 60 (6.81%) GCP
7 55 (6.24%) Cloud Computing
7 55 (6.24%) Snowflake
8 48 (5.45%) Microsoft 365
8 48 (5.45%) Power Automate
9 46 (5.22%) PowerApps
10 42 (4.77%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 32 (3.63%) dbt
12 24 (2.72%) GitHub
13 22 (2.50%) Google Analytics
14 21 (2.38%) Adobe Analytics
14 21 (2.38%) Dynamics 365
15 20 (2.27%) Figma
16 19 (2.16%) Amazon S3
17 15 (1.70%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.79%) Broadband
1 7 (0.79%) Modbus
2 5 (0.57%) Firewall
2 5 (0.57%) MQTT
3 2 (0.23%) LAN
3 2 (0.23%) LoRaWAN
3 2 (0.23%) VPN
3 2 (0.23%) WAN
3 2 (0.23%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.23%) Wireless
4 1 (0.11%) ADSL
4 1 (0.11%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 414 (46.99%) Power BI
2 151 (17.14%) Tableau
3 71 (8.06%) SQL Server
4 69 (7.83%) Data Warehouse
5 41 (4.65%) Azure SQL Database
6 38 (4.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 37 (4.20%) Amazon Redshift
8 34 (3.86%) Metadata
9 32 (3.63%) BigQuery
10 28 (3.18%) Looker
11 24 (2.72%) Data Lake
12 23 (2.61%) BusinessObjects
13 22 (2.50%) MySQL
14 21 (2.38%) Power Query
15 19 (2.16%) Big Data
16 17 (1.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 15 (1.70%) NoSQL
17 15 (1.70%) Relational Database
18 14 (1.59%) Amazon QuickSight
18 14 (1.59%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 83 (9.42%) JIRA
2 50 (5.68%) eCATT
3 49 (5.56%) Visual Studio Code
4 39 (4.43%) Git
5 22 (2.50%) NeoLoad
6 8 (0.91%) Visual Studio
7 6 (0.68%) Rational DOORS
8 5 (0.57%) Jenkins
9 4 (0.45%) GitLab
10 2 (0.23%) MLflow
11 1 (0.11%) ESLint
11 1 (0.11%) LabVIEW
11 1 (0.11%) Storybook
11 1 (0.11%) Subversion
General
1 339 (38.48%) Finance
2 316 (35.87%) Social Skills
3 313 (35.53%) Analytical Skills
4 144 (16.35%) Marketing
5 136 (15.44%) Manufacturing
6 74 (8.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 71 (8.06%) Influencing Skills
7 71 (8.06%) Retail
8 69 (7.83%) Presentation Skills
9 55 (6.24%) Public Sector
10 49 (5.56%) Law
11 41 (4.65%) Banking
12 38 (4.31%) Legal
13 37 (4.20%) Front Office
14 26 (2.95%) Organisational Skills
15 20 (2.27%) Pharmaceutical
16 16 (1.82%) Advertising
17 14 (1.59%) Billing
18 11 (1.25%) Telecoms
19 10 (1.14%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 227 (25.77%) Analyst
2 134 (15.21%) Senior
3 130 (14.76%) Developer
4 103 (11.69%) Data Analyst
5 66 (7.49%) Data Engineer
6 61 (6.92%) Lead
7 53 (6.02%) Trainee
8 49 (5.56%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
8 49 (5.56%) Programmer
8 49 (5.56%) Trainee Programmer
9 48 (5.45%) Data Scientist
10 40 (4.54%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 35 (3.97%) React Developer
12 34 (3.86%) Senior Analyst
13 32 (3.63%) Consultant
14 31 (3.52%) Business Intelligence Analyst
15 27 (3.06%) Data Manager
16 26 (2.95%) Commercial Analyst
17 24 (2.72%) Architect
18 22 (2.50%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (6.47%) Pandas
1 57 (6.47%) scikit-learn
2 54 (6.13%) NumPy
3 53 (6.02%) Hugging Face
4 52 (5.90%) Matplotlib
5 51 (5.79%) React
5 51 (5.79%) Streamlit
6 32 (3.63%) WebSockets
7 30 (3.41%) Kafka
8 28 (3.18%) PySpark
9 26 (2.95%) CSS
10 21 (2.38%) Highcharts JS
10 21 (2.38%) HTML
11 20 (2.27%) FIX Protocol
11 20 (2.27%) OpenFin
12 17 (1.93%) HTML5 Canvas
13 10 (1.14%) .NET
13 10 (1.14%) JSON
13 10 (1.14%) REST
14 9 (1.02%) SAP CO-PA
Miscellaneous
1 82 (9.31%) Algorithms
2 60 (6.81%) Analytical Mindset
3 50 (5.68%) Self-Motivation
4 39 (4.43%) Management Information System
5 33 (3.75%) Fixed Income
6 31 (3.52%) Cloud Native
6 31 (3.52%) Product Ownership
7 24 (2.72%) Blog
8 17 (1.93%) Data Structures
9 14 (1.59%) IoT
9 14 (1.59%) Onboarding
10 13 (1.48%) FMCG
10 13 (1.48%) Low-Code
11 12 (1.36%) Social Media
12 10 (1.14%) SCADA
13 8 (0.91%) Distributed Systems
14 7 (0.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 7 (0.79%) Legacy Systems
14 7 (0.79%) Renewable Energy
15 6 (0.68%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 13 (1.48%) Linux
2 9 (1.02%) Unix
3 7 (0.79%) Windows
4 6 (0.68%) Android
5 4 (0.45%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.34%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.23%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 461 (52.33%) Data Visualisation
2 434 (49.26%) Business Intelligence
3 428 (48.58%) Analytics
4 286 (32.46%) Decision-Making
5 238 (27.01%) AI
6 230 (26.11%) Problem-Solving
7 204 (23.16%) Data Analysis
8 188 (21.34%) Continuous Improvement
9 168 (19.07%) Machine Learning
10 163 (18.50%) Data Modelling
11 158 (17.93%) Actionable Insight
11 158 (17.93%) ETL
12 153 (17.37%) Data Science
13 147 (16.69%) Agile
14 137 (15.55%) Data Analytics
15 123 (13.96%) Data Management
16 112 (12.71%) Data Governance
17 108 (12.26%) Data Engineering
18 98 (11.12%) Computer Science
19 89 (10.10%) LLM
Programming Languages
1 386 (43.81%) SQL
2 360 (40.86%) Python
3 85 (9.65%) JavaScript
4 60 (6.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 60 (6.81%) R
5 39 (4.43%) VBA
6 31 (3.52%) Java
7 27 (3.06%) C#
8 25 (2.84%) TypeScript
9 17 (1.93%) Scala
10 12 (1.36%) Bash
10 12 (1.36%) C++
11 9 (1.02%) PowerShell
12 6 (0.68%) MATLAB
13 5 (0.57%) C
13 5 (0.57%) Ruby
14 4 (0.45%) Go
14 4 (0.45%) T-SQL
14 4 (0.45%) VB
14 4 (0.45%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 248 (28.15%) Degree
2 59 (6.70%) Security Cleared
3 54 (6.13%) AWS Certification
4 50 (5.68%) SC Cleared
5 49 (5.56%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 47 (5.33%) Master's Degree
7 32 (3.63%) Computer Science Degree
8 26 (2.95%) Microsoft Certification
9 23 (2.61%) MBA
10 15 (1.70%) Azure Certification
11 14 (1.59%) BPSS Clearance
11 14 (1.59%) Numerate Degree
12 13 (1.48%) APMP
13 12 (1.36%) Six Sigma Green Belt
14 11 (1.25%) DBS Check
15 8 (0.91%) CISSP
15 8 (0.91%) PhD
16 7 (0.79%) CISA
16 7 (0.79%) DV Cleared
17 6 (0.68%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 138 (15.66%) Data Quality
2 38 (4.31%) QA
3 30 (3.41%) Accessibility
4 25 (2.84%) GDPR
5 24 (2.72%) Actionable Recommendations
6 10 (1.14%) Good Clinical Practice
6 10 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 5 (0.57%) NIST
8 5 (0.57%) PMO
9 4 (0.45%) IEC 61131
10 3 (0.34%) COBIT
10 3 (0.34%) GRC
10 3 (0.34%) ITGC
11 2 (0.23%) Disclosure Scotland
11 2 (0.23%) ISO 19650
12 1 (0.11%) EMIR
12 1 (0.11%) ISO 13485
12 1 (0.11%) MiFID
System Software
1 21 (2.38%) Docker
2 7 (0.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.11%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 50 (5.68%) HP ALM
2 19 (2.16%) Kubernetes
3 18 (2.04%) Terraform
4 8 (0.91%) Grafana
4 8 (0.91%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.57%) Ansible
6 4 (0.45%) SCCM
7 3 (0.34%) Argo
8 2 (0.23%) CASB
8 2 (0.23%) Kibana
8 2 (0.23%) logstash
8 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.23%) MOM
8 2 (0.23%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 200 (22.70%) Microsoft
2 98 (11.12%) SAP
3 50 (5.68%) Google
3 50 (5.68%) HP
4 39 (4.43%) Databricks
5 28 (3.18%) Adobe
6 26 (2.95%) Oracle
6 26 (2.95%) Salesforce
7 19 (2.16%) Qualtrics
8 14 (1.59%) Alteryx
8 14 (1.59%) IBM
9 7 (0.79%) Cognos
9 7 (0.79%) ESRI
9 7 (0.79%) Informatica
9 7 (0.79%) OpenAI
9 7 (0.79%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 7 (0.79%) VMware
10 5 (0.57%) BT
10 5 (0.57%) Epicor
10 5 (0.57%) Talend