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 2 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 212 106 89
Rank change year-on-year -106 -17 +43
Permanent jobs citing Visualisation 822 1,147 2,715
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.03% 2.80% 3.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.34% 3.01% 3.49%
Number of salaries quoted 550 644 1,371
10th Percentile £33,750 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -7.54%
75th Percentile £76,500 £85,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,125 £110,000 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,588 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -11.26% +5.00% +3.63%

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 61,153 38,054 77,716
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 76.62% 93.06% 86.41%
Number of salaries quoted 37,653 22,322 57,935
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,097
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £73,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.41%

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 2 April 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 2 April 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 -91 739 £60,000 -0.41% 455
UK excluding London -97 476 £46,588 -11.26% 379
London -77 291 £70,000 -12.50% 160
Work from Home -77 277 £60,000 +4.35% 170
North of England -70 148 £40,000 -16.67% 87
South East -19 118 £57,500 -2.54% 118
Midlands -56 91 £42,500 -22.73% 80
North West -31 86 £40,000 -17.53% 46
West Midlands -28 61 £44,000 -20.00% 37
Yorkshire -60 49 £40,000 -15.79% 26
South West -86 40 £48,373 +13.82% 42
East of England -20 38 £57,500 -17.86% 25
East Midlands -67 30 £40,000 -15.79% 43
Scotland -59 29 £57,500 +27.78% 15
North East -22 13 £37,500 -42.31% 17
Wales -17 6 £38,500 -23.00% 15
Northern Ireland -40 6 - - 9

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 54 (6.57%) Jupyter
2 42 (5.11%) Apache Airflow
3 41 (4.99%) SharePoint
4 30 (3.65%) Apache Spark
5 22 (2.68%) Confluence
6 21 (2.55%) Apache
7 8 (0.97%) WordPress
8 6 (0.73%) SAS
9 5 (0.61%) IIS
10 3 (0.36%) Apache Superset
10 3 (0.36%) CMS
11 2 (0.24%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.12%) Apache Synapse
12 1 (0.12%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Exchange
12 1 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 174 (21.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 54 (6.57%) Chatbot
3 32 (3.89%) Microsoft Office
4 25 (3.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (1.09%) CATIA
6 6 (0.73%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.73%) Trello
7 5 (0.61%) Blender
7 5 (0.61%) Maya
8 4 (0.49%) 3ds Max
8 4 (0.49%) Adobe After Effects
8 4 (0.49%) MS Visio
9 3 (0.36%) Adobe Premiere
9 3 (0.36%) CINEMA 4D
10 2 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
10 2 (0.24%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.24%) Photoshop
11 1 (0.12%) Houdini
11 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
11 1 (0.12%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 15 (1.82%) SAP PM
2 9 (1.09%) SAP CO
3 7 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
5 5 (0.61%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.49%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 2 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.12%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 400 (48.66%) Power Platform
2 197 (23.97%) Azure
3 145 (17.64%) AWS
4 82 (9.98%) Azure Data Factory
5 60 (7.30%) Cloud Computing
6 59 (7.18%) GCP
7 47 (5.72%) Microsoft 365
8 45 (5.47%) Snowflake
9 43 (5.23%) PowerApps
10 42 (5.11%) Power Automate
11 40 (4.87%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 39 (4.74%) dbt
13 27 (3.28%) Azure DevOps
14 26 (3.16%) GitHub
15 24 (2.92%) Google Analytics
16 21 (2.55%) Dynamics 365
17 19 (2.31%) Amazon S3
18 15 (1.82%) SaaS
18 15 (1.82%) Serverless
19 13 (1.58%) Adobe Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.85%) Broadband
1 7 (0.85%) Modbus
2 5 (0.61%) MQTT
3 2 (0.24%) Internet
3 2 (0.24%) LoRaWAN
3 2 (0.24%) Wireless
4 1 (0.12%) ADSL
4 1 (0.12%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 399 (48.54%) Power BI
2 148 (18.00%) Tableau
3 70 (8.52%) Data Warehouse
4 64 (7.79%) SQL Server
5 41 (4.99%) Azure SQL Database
6 36 (4.38%) Amazon Redshift
7 35 (4.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 30 (3.65%) BigQuery
9 27 (3.28%) Looker
10 26 (3.16%) Metadata
11 23 (2.80%) BusinessObjects
12 21 (2.55%) MySQL
12 21 (2.55%) Power Query
13 20 (2.43%) Big Data
13 20 (2.43%) Data Lake
14 19 (2.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 16 (1.95%) NoSQL
15 16 (1.95%) Relational Database
16 15 (1.82%) Data Mining
17 14 (1.70%) Amazon QuickSight
Development Applications
1 54 (6.57%) Visual Studio Code
2 47 (5.72%) Git
3 35 (4.26%) JIRA
4 9 (1.09%) Rational DOORS
4 9 (1.09%) Visual Studio
5 6 (0.73%) eCATT
5 6 (0.73%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.49%) GitLab
7 3 (0.36%) MLflow
7 3 (0.36%) NeoLoad
7 3 (0.36%) Selenium
7 3 (0.36%) Vite
8 2 (0.24%) ESLint
8 2 (0.24%) Storybook
9 1 (0.12%) LabVIEW
9 1 (0.12%) RStudio
9 1 (0.12%) Subversion
General
1 310 (37.71%) Analytical Skills
2 301 (36.62%) Social Skills
3 269 (32.73%) Finance
4 99 (12.04%) Manufacturing
5 86 (10.46%) Marketing
6 85 (10.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 83 (10.10%) Retail
8 59 (7.18%) Public Sector
9 57 (6.93%) Law
10 38 (4.62%) Banking
11 34 (4.14%) Legal
12 30 (3.65%) Front Office
13 29 (3.53%) Influencing Skills
14 28 (3.41%) Presentation Skills
15 26 (3.16%) Pharmaceutical
16 21 (2.55%) Organisational Skills
17 19 (2.31%) Telecoms
18 16 (1.95%) Billing
19 15 (1.82%) Military
20 14 (1.70%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 163 (19.83%) Analyst
2 125 (15.21%) Developer
3 119 (14.48%) Senior
4 89 (10.83%) Data Analyst
5 66 (8.03%) Data Engineer
6 61 (7.42%) Data Scientist
7 56 (6.81%) Trainee
8 51 (6.20%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
8 51 (6.20%) Programmer
8 51 (6.20%) Trainee Programmer
9 46 (5.60%) Lead
10 43 (5.23%) Consultant
11 38 (4.62%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 32 (3.89%) React Developer
13 31 (3.77%) Data Manager
14 28 (3.41%) Business Intelligence Analyst
15 24 (2.92%) Architect
15 24 (2.92%) Junior
15 24 (2.92%) Senior Analyst
16 22 (2.68%) Power BI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (8.15%) Pandas
1 67 (8.15%) scikit-learn
2 64 (7.79%) Matplotlib
3 58 (7.06%) NumPy
4 56 (6.81%) Streamlit
5 54 (6.57%) Hugging Face
6 51 (6.20%) React
7 31 (3.77%) Kafka
8 29 (3.53%) WebSockets
9 27 (3.28%) PySpark
10 23 (2.80%) CSS
11 22 (2.68%) HTML
12 17 (2.07%) Highcharts JS
13 16 (1.95%) FIX Protocol
13 16 (1.95%) OpenFin
14 15 (1.82%) PyTorch
15 14 (1.70%) HTML5 Canvas
16 12 (1.46%) JSON
17 10 (1.22%) .NET
17 10 (1.22%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 87 (10.58%) Algorithms
2 47 (5.72%) Analytical Mindset
3 44 (5.35%) Management Information System
4 43 (5.23%) Self-Motivation
5 28 (3.41%) Fixed Income
6 27 (3.28%) Cloud Native
6 27 (3.28%) Product Ownership
7 26 (3.16%) Blog
8 21 (2.55%) Data Structures
9 16 (1.95%) Social Media
10 15 (1.82%) IoT
11 12 (1.46%) Low-Code
12 11 (1.34%) Onboarding
13 10 (1.22%) SCADA
14 9 (1.09%) Legacy Systems
15 8 (0.97%) Distributed Systems
16 7 (0.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 6 (0.73%) Anti-Piracy
17 6 (0.73%) Data Protection Act
18 5 (0.61%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 11 (1.34%) Linux
2 9 (1.09%) Unix
3 4 (0.49%) Android
3 4 (0.49%) Apple iOS
3 4 (0.49%) Windows
4 1 (0.12%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 455 (55.35%) Data Visualisation
2 411 (50.00%) Analytics
3 402 (48.91%) Business Intelligence
4 270 (32.85%) Decision-Making
5 235 (28.59%) AI
5 235 (28.59%) Problem-Solving
6 212 (25.79%) Data Analysis
7 180 (21.90%) Machine Learning
8 166 (20.19%) Data Modelling
9 158 (19.22%) Data Science
10 142 (17.27%) ETL
11 139 (16.91%) Continuous Improvement
12 135 (16.42%) Agile
13 134 (16.30%) Actionable Insight
14 121 (14.72%) Data Management
15 117 (14.23%) Data Analytics
16 113 (13.75%) Data Governance
17 106 (12.90%) Data Engineering
18 93 (11.31%) Dashboard Development
19 88 (10.71%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 371 (45.13%) SQL
2 356 (43.31%) Python
3 80 (9.73%) JavaScript
4 64 (7.79%) R
5 63 (7.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 38 (4.62%) VBA
7 32 (3.89%) Java
8 28 (3.41%) C#
8 28 (3.41%) TypeScript
9 16 (1.95%) Scala
10 12 (1.46%) Bash
10 12 (1.46%) C++
11 9 (1.09%) MATLAB
12 7 (0.85%) T-SQL
13 6 (0.73%) Julia
14 5 (0.61%) C
14 5 (0.61%) Ruby
14 5 (0.61%) VB
14 5 (0.61%) VBScript
15 4 (0.49%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 211 (25.67%) Degree
2 64 (7.79%) Security Cleared
3 60 (7.30%) AWS Certification
4 54 (6.57%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 51 (6.20%) SC Cleared
6 37 (4.50%) Master's Degree
7 24 (2.92%) Computer Science Degree
8 23 (2.80%) Microsoft Certification
9 22 (2.68%) DBS Check
10 19 (2.31%) MBA
11 17 (2.07%) BPSS Clearance
12 13 (1.58%) APMP
12 13 (1.58%) Azure Certification
13 12 (1.46%) Six Sigma Green Belt
14 10 (1.22%) DV Cleared
15 8 (0.97%) Numerate Degree
16 7 (0.85%) PhD
16 7 (0.85%) Postgraduate
17 6 (0.73%) ACCA
17 6 (0.73%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 145 (17.64%) Data Quality
2 29 (3.53%) GDPR
3 27 (3.28%) Accessibility
3 27 (3.28%) QA
4 24 (2.92%) Actionable Recommendations
5 10 (1.22%) Good Clinical Practice
6 9 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 5 (0.61%) PMO
8 4 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.24%) Disclosure Scotland
9 2 (0.24%) ISO 19650
10 1 (0.12%) ISO 13485
10 1 (0.12%) NIST
System Software
1 19 (2.31%) Docker
2 6 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.36%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.12%) Apache Flume
4 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 17 (2.07%) Terraform
2 14 (1.70%) Kubernetes
3 8 (0.97%) Grafana
3 8 (0.97%) Prometheus
4 6 (0.73%) HP ALM
5 5 (0.61%) SCCM
6 3 (0.36%) Ansible
6 3 (0.36%) Argo
7 2 (0.24%) Kibana
7 2 (0.24%) Kubeflow
7 2 (0.24%) logstash
7 2 (0.24%) MOM
Vendors
1 190 (23.11%) Microsoft
2 62 (7.54%) SAP
3 53 (6.45%) Google
4 46 (5.60%) Databricks
5 25 (3.04%) Oracle
6 21 (2.55%) Adobe
7 20 (2.43%) Salesforce
8 18 (2.19%) IBM
9 11 (1.34%) Qualtrics
10 10 (1.22%) Alteryx
11 8 (0.97%) Informatica
12 6 (0.73%) Cognos
12 6 (0.73%) HP
12 6 (0.73%) Talend
12 6 (0.73%) VMware
13 5 (0.61%) BT
13 5 (0.61%) Epicor
13 5 (0.61%) Infor
13 5 (0.61%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 5 (0.61%) Snow