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 9 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 278 148 119
Rank change year-on-year -130 -29 +15
Permanent jobs citing Visualisation 772 1,040 1,555
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.65% 2.09% 2.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.89% 2.35% 2.61%
Number of salaries quoted 433 482 731
10th Percentile £30,750 £37,500 £39,573
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £48,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -11.54% +8.33%
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £80,625
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -17.39% +15.00%

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 86,265 44,296 59,619
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.17% 89.00% 82.18%
Number of salaries quoted 59,107 24,598 32,082
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £97,500
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 9 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Visualisation in the UK

Visualisation
Top 16 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 9 October 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 -104 694 £51,856 -8.22% 1,785
UK excluding London -139 427 £45,000 -5.26% 882
London -85 298 £62,174 -9.57% 1,047
Work from Home -50 257 £55,000 -4.35% 705
North of England -37 132 £42,500 -10.53% 181
Midlands -44 92 £50,000 +15.61% 146
North West +7 89 £42,500 -11.46% 95
South East -126 79 £45,000 -8.16% 217
South West -79 53 £42,500 -15.00% 82
East Midlands -38 46 £70,000 +64.71% 44
West Midlands -40 46 £45,000 -11.76% 102
Yorkshire -32 30 £52,500 +20.00% 59
Wales -57 25 £45,175 +2.67% 24
Scotland -53 24 £75,000 +30.43% 100
East of England -46 22 £44,250 -26.73% 85
North East -61 13 £41,919 -11.75% 27

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 26 (3.37%) Apache Spark
2 16 (2.07%) SharePoint
3 7 (0.91%) SAS
4 6 (0.78%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (0.65%) Apache
5 5 (0.65%) WinCC
6 4 (0.52%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.39%) Appian
8 2 (0.26%) Confluence
8 2 (0.26%) IIS
8 2 (0.26%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.13%) Apache Superset
9 1 (0.13%) CMS
9 1 (0.13%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 108 (13.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (4.27%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (2.85%) EPLAN
4 6 (0.78%) Chatbot
5 5 (0.65%) Blender
6 4 (0.52%) Maya
6 4 (0.52%) Revit
7 3 (0.39%) 3ds Max
7 3 (0.39%) Lightworks
7 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.39%) Notion
7 3 (0.39%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.26%) Adobe After Effects
8 2 (0.26%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.26%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.26%) InDesign
8 2 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 2 (0.26%) SPSS
8 2 (0.26%) Windchill
9 1 (0.13%) CINEMA 4D
Business Applications
1 5 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.52%) Dynamics GP
2 4 (0.52%) SAP PM
3 1 (0.13%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 1 (0.13%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.13%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 413 (53.50%) Power Platform
2 184 (23.83%) Azure
3 122 (15.80%) AWS
4 72 (9.33%) GCP
5 45 (5.83%) Azure DevOps
6 39 (5.05%) Azure Data Factory
7 37 (4.79%) dbt
7 37 (4.79%) Snowflake
8 35 (4.53%) SaaS
9 31 (4.02%) Microsoft Purview
10 29 (3.76%) Google Analytics
11 26 (3.37%) Power Automate
12 24 (3.11%) Microsoft 365
13 21 (2.72%) Azure Machine Learning
13 21 (2.72%) PowerApps
14 14 (1.81%) Amazon S3
15 12 (1.55%) Azure Databricks
15 12 (1.55%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 12 (1.55%) GitHub
16 11 (1.42%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 24 (3.11%) Profibus
2 10 (1.30%) Internet
3 7 (0.91%) Broadband
4 6 (0.78%) 5G
4 6 (0.78%) Modbus
5 5 (0.65%) VLAN
6 4 (0.52%) MQTT
6 4 (0.52%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.39%) HTTP
7 3 (0.39%) Wireless
8 2 (0.26%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.26%) SNMP
8 2 (0.26%) WAN
9 1 (0.13%) DHCP
9 1 (0.13%) DNS
9 1 (0.13%) Ethernet
9 1 (0.13%) Intranet
9 1 (0.13%) Kerberos
9 1 (0.13%) PPP
9 1 (0.13%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 413 (53.50%) Power BI
2 174 (22.54%) Tableau
3 83 (10.75%) Data Warehouse
4 56 (7.25%) Looker
5 51 (6.61%) Power Query
6 42 (5.44%) SQL Server
7 35 (4.53%) Data Lake
8 29 (3.76%) Big Data
9 28 (3.63%) Metadata
10 27 (3.50%) Relational Database
11 25 (3.24%) Data Mining
11 25 (3.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 24 (3.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 21 (2.72%) Amazon QuickSight
13 21 (2.72%) BigQuery
14 16 (2.07%) Azure SQL Database
14 16 (2.07%) PostgreSQL
15 14 (1.81%) NoSQL
16 13 (1.68%) Star Schema
17 12 (1.55%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 45 (5.83%) Git
2 11 (1.42%) Jenkins
3 6 (0.78%) JIRA
4 5 (0.65%) GitLab
5 4 (0.52%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.26%) ERwin
6 2 (0.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.13%) CocoaPods
7 1 (0.13%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.13%) ER Studio
7 1 (0.13%) fastlane
7 1 (0.13%) MLflow
7 1 (0.13%) Storybook
7 1 (0.13%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.13%) Vite
7 1 (0.13%) Xcode
7 1 (0.13%) Yeoman
General
1 360 (46.63%) Analytical Skills
2 350 (45.34%) Social Skills
3 267 (34.59%) Finance
4 92 (11.92%) Marketing
5 65 (8.42%) Public Sector
6 63 (8.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 61 (7.90%) Retail
8 56 (7.25%) Law
9 49 (6.35%) Organisational Skills
10 40 (5.18%) Banking
11 32 (4.15%) Legal
12 30 (3.89%) Manufacturing
13 26 (3.37%) Back Office
14 24 (3.11%) Military
15 23 (2.98%) Influencing Skills
16 22 (2.85%) Telecoms
17 21 (2.72%) Presentation Skills
18 14 (1.81%) Local Government
19 13 (1.68%) Financial Institution
20 11 (1.42%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 215 (27.85%) Analyst
2 129 (16.71%) Senior
3 124 (16.06%) Data Analyst
4 79 (10.23%) Lead
5 76 (9.84%) Developer
6 66 (8.55%) Data Engineer
7 39 (5.05%) Consultant
7 39 (5.05%) Senior Analyst
8 33 (4.27%) Software Engineer
9 29 (3.76%) Data Scientist
9 29 (3.76%) Senior Data Analyst
10 28 (3.63%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 28 (3.63%) Data Manager
11 27 (3.50%) Analytics Manager
12 24 (3.11%) Automation Engineer
13 19 (2.46%) Power BI Analyst
14 18 (2.33%) Data Consultant
15 17 (2.20%) Team Leader
16 16 (2.07%) Architect
16 16 (2.07%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (4.40%) PySpark
2 25 (3.24%) .NET
3 21 (2.72%) Terraform
4 20 (2.59%) React
5 19 (2.46%) Kafka
5 19 (2.46%) Pandas
6 17 (2.20%) CSS
7 14 (1.81%) NumPy
7 14 (1.81%) REST
8 12 (1.55%) PyTorch
8 12 (1.55%) Streamlit
8 12 (1.55%) TensorFlow
9 11 (1.42%) HTML
10 10 (1.30%) scikit-learn
10 10 (1.30%) Unreal Engine
11 9 (1.17%) AngularJS
11 9 (1.17%) jQuery
12 8 (1.04%) Ajax
12 8 (1.04%) RESTful
12 8 (1.04%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 66 (8.55%) Onboarding
2 61 (7.90%) Management Information System
3 38 (4.92%) Algorithms
4 33 (4.27%) Product Ownership
5 30 (3.89%) SCADA
6 22 (2.85%) Cloud Native
7 19 (2.46%) Blog
8 17 (2.20%) Analytical Mindset
8 17 (2.20%) Data Structures
9 15 (1.94%) Self-Motivation
10 14 (1.81%) Robotics
11 12 (1.55%) AI Agents
11 12 (1.55%) Greenfield Project
12 11 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
13 10 (1.30%) Educational Technology
13 10 (1.30%) NHS
14 8 (1.04%) Clustering
14 8 (1.04%) IoT
14 8 (1.04%) Renewable Energy
15 7 (0.91%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.55%) Linux
2 6 (0.78%) Windows
3 3 (0.39%) Apple iOS
3 3 (0.39%) Unix
3 3 (0.39%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.13%) Android
4 1 (0.13%) CentOS
4 1 (0.13%) Debian
4 1 (0.13%) Mac OS X
4 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 445 (57.64%) Business Intelligence
2 444 (57.51%) Data Visualisation
3 411 (53.24%) Analytics
4 298 (38.60%) Decision-Making
5 254 (32.90%) AI
6 244 (31.61%) Problem-Solving
7 207 (26.81%) Actionable Insight
8 197 (25.52%) Data Analysis
9 186 (24.09%) Data Modelling
10 171 (22.15%) Continuous Improvement
10 171 (22.15%) Machine Learning
11 165 (21.37%) Agile
12 148 (19.17%) Data Science
13 141 (18.26%) Stakeholder Management
14 139 (18.01%) Data Engineering
15 120 (15.54%) Data Governance
16 114 (14.77%) Dashboard Development
17 113 (14.64%) Data Analytics
18 103 (13.34%) Data Pipeline
19 97 (12.56%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 412 (53.37%) SQL
2 332 (43.01%) Python
3 56 (7.25%) R
4 55 (7.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 45 (5.83%) C#
6 39 (5.05%) JavaScript
7 27 (3.50%) TypeScript
8 24 (3.11%) Ladder Logic
9 22 (2.85%) C++
9 22 (2.85%) Java
10 18 (2.33%) Scala
11 16 (2.07%) T-SQL
12 8 (1.04%) Kusto Query Language
12 8 (1.04%) PowerShell
13 7 (0.91%) C
14 5 (0.65%) Bash
14 5 (0.65%) Go
14 5 (0.65%) Rust
14 5 (0.65%) VBA
15 2 (0.26%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 178 (23.06%) Degree
2 93 (12.05%) Security Cleared
3 61 (7.90%) SC Cleared
4 21 (2.72%) DV Cleared
5 18 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (2.33%) HND
5 18 (2.33%) Numerate Degree
6 17 (2.20%) Azure Certification
6 17 (2.20%) Master's Degree
7 15 (1.94%) HNC
8 14 (1.81%) Chartered Engineer
9 13 (1.68%) PhD
10 10 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
11 9 (1.17%) BPSS Clearance
11 9 (1.17%) Postgraduate
12 6 (0.78%) ACCA
12 6 (0.78%) CIMA
13 5 (0.65%) DBS Check
14 3 (0.39%) AWS Certification
15 2 (0.26%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 235 (30.44%) Data Quality
2 43 (5.57%) GDPR
3 29 (3.76%) Accessibility
4 23 (2.98%) QA
5 20 (2.59%) IEC 61131
6 17 (2.20%) Actionable Recommendations
7 15 (1.94%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 5 (0.65%) PMO
9 4 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (0.52%) NEBOSH
9 4 (0.52%) NIST
9 4 (0.52%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.26%) ISO 19650
10 2 (0.26%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.13%) ECSS
11 1 (0.13%) EU AI Act
11 1 (0.13%) GRC
11 1 (0.13%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.13%) IEC 61508
11 1 (0.13%) PERC
System Software
1 25 (3.24%) Docker
2 4 (0.52%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.13%) Ceph
3 1 (0.13%) Lustre
3 1 (0.13%) NFS
3 1 (0.13%) Samba
3 1 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
3 1 (0.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 28 (3.63%) Kubernetes
2 7 (0.91%) EnCase
2 7 (0.91%) FTK
3 5 (0.65%) Ansible
4 2 (0.26%) Kibana
4 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Clustering
5 1 (0.13%) Consul
5 1 (0.13%) Functional Safety
5 1 (0.13%) Grafana
5 1 (0.13%) Kubeflow
5 1 (0.13%) logstash
5 1 (0.13%) MOM
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle ZFS
5 1 (0.13%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 164 (21.24%) Microsoft
2 78 (10.10%) Databricks
3 61 (7.90%) Google
4 29 (3.76%) Siemens
5 20 (2.59%) SAP
6 13 (1.68%) Oracle
7 12 (1.55%) YouTube
8 11 (1.42%) Salesforce
9 8 (1.04%) SYSPRO
10 7 (0.91%) Alteryx
10 7 (0.91%) Cellebrite
10 7 (0.91%) Informatica
10 7 (0.91%) MicroStrategy
10 7 (0.91%) Nuix
10 7 (0.91%) Relativity
11 6 (0.78%) CA Agile Central
11 6 (0.78%) Foundry
11 6 (0.78%) OpenAI
12 5 (0.65%) AVEVA
12 5 (0.65%) Hotjar