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

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 298 154 103
Rank change year-on-year -144 -51 +41
Permanent jobs citing Visualisation 696 1,046 1,923
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.63% 2.13% 2.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.86% 2.41% 3.00%
Number of salaries quoted 427 528 803
10th Percentile £30,750 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £38,875 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,356 £55,317 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.16% -11.49% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £94,850
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% -13.04% +14.46%

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 80,539 43,404 64,098
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.01% 88.47% 80.63%
Number of salaries quoted 56,017 24,525 38,712
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,500 £36,250 £41,250
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 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,650 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -8.65% -5.04%

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 4 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 4 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 -107 640 £51,356 -6.63% 1,376
UK excluding London -144 404 £45,000 -10.00% 726
London -114 252 £70,000 +7.69% 834
Work from Home -93 218 £60,000 +4.35% 525
North of England -11 147 £42,500 -11.46% 151
North West +29 108 £40,000 -17.53% 92
Midlands -52 83 £47,500 +5.56% 111
South East -99 79 £46,500 -6.06% 155
South West -89 46 £42,500 -10.53% 102
West Midlands -39 42 £42,500 -20.84% 60
East Midlands -39 41 £70,000 +64.71% 51
Yorkshire -42 29 £63,076 +20.14% 40
Wales -54 23 £66,000 +50.00% 19
East of England -44 14 £62,500 +3.49% 87
Scotland -74 11 £100,000 +33.57% 73
North East -62 10 £49,630 +16.78% 19
Northern Ireland -84 1 - - 37

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 17 (2.44%) Apache Spark
2 12 (1.72%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.15%) SAS
4 6 (0.86%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.57%) Apache
5 4 (0.57%) ArcGIS
5 4 (0.57%) Jupyter
6 2 (0.29%) Appian
6 2 (0.29%) IIS
6 2 (0.29%) Palantir Foundry
6 2 (0.29%) WinCC
7 1 (0.14%) Apache Superset
7 1 (0.14%) CMS
7 1 (0.14%) Confluence
7 1 (0.14%) GeoServer
7 1 (0.14%) WordPress
Applications
1 100 (14.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (2.73%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (1.29%) EPLAN
4 8 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.86%) Chatbot
6 5 (0.72%) Blender
7 4 (0.57%) CATIA
7 4 (0.57%) Maya
8 3 (0.43%) 3ds Max
8 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (0.43%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.29%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.29%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.29%) InDesign
9 2 (0.29%) Lightworks
9 2 (0.29%) Revit
9 2 (0.29%) Windchill
10 1 (0.14%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.14%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 14 (2.01%) 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
1 358 (51.44%) Power Platform
2 169 (24.28%) Azure
3 121 (17.39%) AWS
4 67 (9.63%) GCP
5 46 (6.61%) dbt
6 35 (5.03%) Azure Data Factory
6 35 (5.03%) Azure DevOps
7 34 (4.89%) Snowflake
8 30 (4.31%) SaaS
9 28 (4.02%) Google Analytics
10 23 (3.30%) Power Automate
11 21 (3.02%) Microsoft 365
11 21 (3.02%) Microsoft Purview
12 18 (2.59%) Azure Machine Learning
12 18 (2.59%) PowerApps
13 14 (2.01%) GitHub
14 11 (1.58%) Amazon S3
14 11 (1.58%) Dataform
15 9 (1.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 9 (1.29%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.58%) Profibus
2 7 (1.01%) Broadband
3 6 (0.86%) 5G
4 5 (0.72%) Internet
5 4 (0.57%) Modbus
5 4 (0.57%) MQTT
6 2 (0.29%) HTTP
6 2 (0.29%) Network Security
6 2 (0.29%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.29%) VLAN
7 1 (0.14%) AMQP
7 1 (0.14%) Intranet
7 1 (0.14%) PPP
7 1 (0.14%) VoIP
7 1 (0.14%) Wireless
7 1 (0.14%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 358 (51.44%) Power BI
2 178 (25.57%) Tableau
3 71 (10.20%) Data Warehouse
4 60 (8.62%) Looker
5 37 (5.32%) SQL Server
6 36 (5.17%) Power Query
7 30 (4.31%) Data Lake
8 26 (3.74%) Data Mining
9 25 (3.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 24 (3.45%) Metadata
11 21 (3.02%) Amazon QuickSight
11 21 (3.02%) Big Data
11 21 (3.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 20 (2.87%) BigQuery
13 15 (2.16%) GIS
14 13 (1.87%) QlikView
15 12 (1.72%) Relational Database
15 12 (1.72%) Star Schema
16 11 (1.58%) Azure SQL Database
16 11 (1.58%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 28 (4.02%) Git
2 7 (1.01%) Jenkins
2 7 (1.01%) JIRA
3 4 (0.57%) Rational DOORS
3 4 (0.57%) Visual Studio Code
4 3 (0.43%) GitLab
4 3 (0.43%) MLflow
4 3 (0.43%) Selenium
5 2 (0.29%) ERwin
5 2 (0.29%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.14%) CocoaPods
6 1 (0.14%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.14%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.14%) fastlane
6 1 (0.14%) RStudio
6 1 (0.14%) Vite
6 1 (0.14%) Xcode
6 1 (0.14%) Yeoman
General
1 323 (46.41%) Analytical Skills
2 299 (42.96%) Social Skills
3 232 (33.33%) Finance
4 81 (11.64%) Marketing
5 71 (10.20%) Law
6 70 (10.06%) Retail
7 64 (9.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 44 (6.32%) Public Sector
9 41 (5.89%) Back Office
10 39 (5.60%) Military
11 36 (5.17%) Organisational Skills
12 35 (5.03%) Telecoms
13 31 (4.45%) Manufacturing
14 30 (4.31%) Banking
15 22 (3.16%) Influencing Skills
16 17 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
17 15 (2.16%) Financial Institution
17 15 (2.16%) Legal
17 15 (2.16%) Local Government
18 13 (1.87%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 188 (27.01%) Analyst
2 115 (16.52%) Senior
3 104 (14.94%) Data Analyst
4 71 (10.20%) Lead
5 62 (8.91%) Developer
6 54 (7.76%) Data Engineer
7 40 (5.75%) Data Scientist
8 36 (5.17%) Consultant
9 35 (5.03%) Data Manager
10 32 (4.60%) Analytics Manager
10 32 (4.60%) Senior Analyst
11 30 (4.31%) Software Engineer
12 24 (3.45%) Senior Data Analyst
13 21 (3.02%) Performance Analyst
14 20 (2.87%) Architect
15 19 (2.73%) Business Intelligence Analyst
16 17 (2.44%) Data Consultant
16 17 (2.44%) Power BI Analyst
17 16 (2.30%) Head of Business Intelligence
18 15 (2.16%) Governance Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (3.59%) .NET
2 24 (3.45%) PySpark
3 22 (3.16%) Terraform
4 21 (3.02%) CSS
5 20 (2.87%) React
6 19 (2.73%) scikit-learn
7 18 (2.59%) Pandas
7 18 (2.59%) PyTorch
8 16 (2.30%) HTML
9 15 (2.16%) Kafka
10 14 (2.01%) Streamlit
11 12 (1.72%) TensorFlow
12 11 (1.58%) jQuery
12 11 (1.58%) Matplotlib
13 10 (1.44%) Ajax
13 10 (1.44%) CSS3
13 10 (1.44%) HTML5
13 10 (1.44%) LESS
13 10 (1.44%) NumPy
13 10 (1.44%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 42 (6.03%) Onboarding
2 41 (5.89%) Algorithms
3 39 (5.60%) Management Information System
4 30 (4.31%) Product Ownership
5 21 (3.02%) Cloud Native
6 20 (2.87%) Analytical Mindset
7 18 (2.59%) Data Structures
8 15 (2.16%) Blog
8 15 (2.16%) SCADA
9 12 (1.72%) Greenfield Project
9 12 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
10 11 (1.58%) NHS
11 9 (1.29%) Data Protection Act
11 9 (1.29%) Social Media
12 8 (1.15%) Clustering
12 8 (1.15%) Educational Technology
12 8 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
13 7 (1.01%) AI Agents
13 7 (1.01%) Distributed Systems
13 7 (1.01%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.29%) 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
1 393 (56.47%) Data Visualisation
2 380 (54.60%) Business Intelligence
3 372 (53.45%) Analytics
4 261 (37.50%) Decision-Making
5 215 (30.89%) AI
6 212 (30.46%) Problem-Solving
7 180 (25.86%) Data Modelling
8 179 (25.72%) Data Analysis
9 170 (24.43%) Actionable Insight
10 161 (23.13%) Machine Learning
11 157 (22.56%) Data Science
12 139 (19.97%) Agile
13 124 (17.82%) Continuous Improvement
14 118 (16.95%) Data Engineering
15 117 (16.81%) Data Governance
16 99 (14.22%) Stakeholder Management
17 95 (13.65%) Dashboard Development
18 92 (13.22%) Data Analytics
19 90 (12.93%) Data-Driven Decision Making
20 88 (12.64%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 359 (51.58%) SQL
2 299 (42.96%) Python
3 49 (7.04%) R
4 46 (6.61%) JavaScript
5 42 (6.03%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 41 (5.89%) C#
7 28 (4.02%) TypeScript
8 17 (2.44%) Java
9 16 (2.30%) C++
10 15 (2.16%) T-SQL
11 14 (2.01%) Scala
12 11 (1.58%) Ladder Logic
13 6 (0.86%) C
13 6 (0.86%) Julia
13 6 (0.86%) VBA
14 5 (0.72%) Go
14 5 (0.72%) Kusto Query Language
14 5 (0.72%) Rust
15 4 (0.57%) Bash
15 4 (0.57%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 150 (21.55%) Degree
2 74 (10.63%) Security Cleared
3 46 (6.61%) SC Cleared
4 16 (2.30%) DBS Check
5 15 (2.16%) DV Cleared
6 13 (1.87%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (1.72%) Azure Certification
7 12 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (1.72%) Master's Degree
7 12 (1.72%) Numerate Degree
8 10 (1.44%) Microsoft Certification
8 10 (1.44%) Postgraduate
9 9 (1.29%) HNC
9 9 (1.29%) HND
10 8 (1.15%) Chartered Engineer
11 6 (0.86%) AWS Certification
12 4 (0.57%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 3 (0.43%) ACCA
13 3 (0.43%) CIMA
13 3 (0.43%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 183 (26.29%) Data Quality
2 38 (5.46%) GDPR
3 33 (4.74%) QA
4 26 (3.74%) Accessibility
5 15 (2.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 9 (1.29%) Actionable Recommendations
7 7 (1.01%) IEC 61131
8 6 (0.86%) PMO
9 5 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 5 (0.72%) NIST
10 4 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 15288
10 4 (0.57%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.29%) 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 20 (2.87%) Docker
2 5 (0.72%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.14%) Apache Flume
3 1 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 22 (3.16%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.57%) 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
1 130 (18.68%) Microsoft
2 67 (9.63%) Databricks
3 58 (8.33%) Google
4 26 (3.74%) SAP
5 13 (1.87%) Siemens
6 12 (1.72%) Oracle
7 8 (1.15%) SYSPRO
8 7 (1.01%) MicroStrategy
8 7 (1.01%) Salesforce
8 7 (1.01%) YouTube
9 6 (0.86%) IBM
9 6 (0.86%) Informatica
10 5 (0.72%) CA Agile Central
10 5 (0.72%) Hotjar
11 4 (0.57%) Adobe
11 4 (0.57%) Alteryx
11 4 (0.57%) Cognos
11 4 (0.57%) Foundry
11 4 (0.57%) OpenAI
12 3 (0.43%) Cognizant